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HISTORY

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WEST VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

By Special Staff of Writers

VOLUME II

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History of West Virginia

Dk. Israel C. White received his Bachelor's degree from
West Virginia University in 1872. In the interval of half
a century his work has hrought him a reputation among
America's foremost scientific scholars and greatest authori-
ties in the field of geology. West Virginia is proud of him
not only as a native son, but for the fact that, so frequently
associated with labors in other states, under the national
government and foreign governments, he has regarded
Morgantown as his home, and for much the greater part
of fifty years has been officially connected with the faculty
of West Virginia University or as state geologist.

While the investigation has been the result of labors
of others, Doctor White is one of the few men who pre-
sent a connected genealogical account of his family run-
ning back through twenty-eight consecutive generations.
A volume published in 1920, entitled "Genesis of the
White Family" furnishing a connected record of the
White family beginning with 900, at the time of its
Welsh origin, when the name was Wynn. Briefly this
lineage of twenty-eight generations is given in the fol-
lowing paragraphs.

1. Otho, living in the time of Edward the Confessor,
1042-65; 2. Walter Fitz Otho, whose name appears in
Domesday Book; 3. Gerald Fitz Walter, married Nesta,
daughter of Rys ah Tewdwdwr (Rhys ab Tudor), Prince
of South Wales, slain in 1093; 4. Maurice Fitz Gerald;
5. Walter White (Whyte), of Wales, was made a knight
by Henry II. His descendant: 6. Thomas de Whyte,
was assessed in Martock in 1333; 7. Robertus White, men-
tioned as Robert Whyte de Alnewyk, in the Knights of
Yorkshire, 31 of Edward I., 1303, as of Agton (the pres-
ent Egton in North Riding), in Chapter House, West-
minster; 8. Wilelmus White, living in Yorkshire in 1339;
9. Adam White, living in 1365; 10. Johannes White, of
Yorkshire, living in 1390; 11. Johannes White, Jr., Alder-
man and Grosinor of York, living in 1394; 12. Johannes
White, of North Colyngham, Nottinghamshire, is named
in the list of landed gentry of Nottinghamshire, drawn
hy order of Henry VI, 1428; 13. Robert White, "mer-
chant and maior of the staple of Calais, b. at Yatley,
in Hampshire, his dwelling (sic) was first at Sandwich,
in Kent and after at Farnham, in Surrey where he de-
ceased, hee purchased the mannor of Southwarnbourne, of
Sr. Foulke Pembridge, knt., hee had a wiffe Alice." He
was living in 1461 or 1462. 14. John White of Swan-
borne, died 1469-70, married Eleanor Hungerford; 15.
Robert White, born about 1455, married Margaret Gayns-
ford; 16. Robert White of Swanborne, married Elizabeth
Englefield; 17. Henry White, father of "The Chancellor;"
18. Henry White, born about 1514; 19. John White, mar-
ried Isabel Ball; 20. Stephen White, married Marie Water-
house (he died 1629); 21. Stephen White, of Maryland,
came in 1659, married Anne Rochold; 22. Stephen White,

died 1717, married Sarah ; 23. John White, died

November 14, 1737, married 1722, Mary Rencher (Ren-
shaw); 24. Stephen White, born January 26, 1723, died
1754, married January 1, 1751, Hannah Baker; 25. Grafton
White, horn 1752, died July 15, 1829, married Margaret
Dinney; 26. William White, born August 15, 1783, died
1860, married Mary Darling; 27. Michael White, married
Mary Anne Russell (Rischel) ; 28. I. C. White.

The first American ancestor was Stephen White, who,
as noted above, came over in 1659 and settled in Anne
Arundel County, near Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. I. C.
White is a son of Michael and Mary Anne (Russell)
White. His father was a farmer and one of the com-
missioners who divided Monongalia County into districts
after the formation of West Virginia and gave the name
to Battelle District. He served in the Federal Home
Guards during the Civil war.

Israel C. WTiite was born in Monongalia County, Novem-
ber 1, 1848, acquired a private school education, graduated
with honors from West Virginia University in 1872, re-
ceived the Master of Arts degree in 1875, and took post-
graduate work in geology at Columbia University in 1875-
76, and in 1880 was awarded the degree of Ph. D. by
the University of Arkansas. West Virginia University
in 1919 conferred upon him the degree of LL. D., and
in 1921 he was made a Doctor of Science by the University
of Pittsburgh.

The services upon which his reputation is based are
suggested rather than described in the following itinerary
of his experience : He began the practical study of geology
in 1875 as field aid to Dr. John J. Stevenson, assistant
geologist on the second geological survey of Pennsylvania.
Subsequently he was assistant geologist of the second
geological survey of Pennsylvania in 1875-83; professor
of geology in West University, 1877-92; assistant geologist
of the United States geological survey, 1884-88; chief
geologist of the Brazilian Coal Commission, 1904-06, when
he visited Brazil at the request of that government to
make studies and an official report on the coal fields of
Southern Brazil; and has been state geologist of West
Virginia since 1897. Doctor White resigned his position
in the University of West Virginia in 1892 to take charge
of a large petroleum business which he had developed for
himself and associates through scientific discoveries made
in connection with his studies of the occurrence of petro-
leum, natural gas and coal, in all of which he is an expert
specialist. He discovered in 1882 the anticlinal theory
of petroleum and natural gas, and was the first one to
apply it practically in locating new oil and gas pools.
He has written extensively on his discoveries and investi-
gations, being the author of eight volumes of reports on
the second geological survey of Pennsylvania from 1875
to 1884. While assistant geologist on the United States
survey in 1884-88 he prepared and published "Bulletin 65"
on the "Stratigraphy of the Appalachian Coal Field."
As state geologist Doctor White has also prepared and
published five of the volumes of the reports, which in-
clude "Petroleum and Natural Gas," "Coal," and "Levels
and Coal Analyses." He has also supervised and edited
thirty other volumes published by the West Virginia
geological survey. His report on the Brazilian coal fields
was published in 1908 in a quarto volume, in both English
and Portuguese, and that same year he also delivered an
address on "The Waste of Our Fuel Resources," at the
First White House conference of governors.

Doctor White is a member of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, and was vice president
of section E of that association in 1896-97. He was
president of the Association of American State Geologists

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in 1913- 1.3, ami a Fellow of the Geological Society of
America, which he served as treasurer in 1892-1907, vice
president, 1911-12, and its president during 1920. lie
has been vice president of the American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, and also its president for 1919 20.

Aside from his profession he has taken an active interest
in civic affairs, having been vice president for West Vir-
ginia of the International League for Highway Improve-
ment, president of the West Virginia Board of Trade
and president of the Morgantown Board of Trade. lie
was president of the Union Utility Company in 1902-05,
and has been a director of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank of Morgantown since 189.3 and president of the
Morgantown Brick Company since its organization in 1S90,
His only military experience was as member of the West
Virginia University Cadet Corps in 18(57-72, where he
was graduated as a captain. He has held but one political
position, that of delegate to the Minneapolis convention
which renominated Benjamin Harrison for president in
1892. Doctor White is a member of the Cosmos Club,
Washington, D. C, the Rocky Mountain Club of New
York, the American Philosophical Society, the American
Geographical Society, in addition to numerous other scien-
tific bodies in which his presence is so highly esteemed.

Doctor White has been twice married. On July 27,
I.K72, he married Emily McClane, daughter of dames Shay,
a merchant tailor and postmaster of Morgantown. The
only child of this union is Emily McClane, wife of Dr.
R. W. Fisher, of Morgantown. Mrs. White died in 1S74.
On December 4, 1878, he married Mary, daughter of
Henderson H. Moorhead, a merchant of New Castle, Peun-
svlvania, and of this union were born five children:- Nell
Moorhead, wife of C. W. Maxwell, of Elkins, West Vir-
ginia; Fanny Russell, wife of H. P. Brightwel), of Charles-
ton, West Virginia ; Edith Nina Miller, deceased wife of
K. L. Kithil, of Denver, Colorado; Charles Stevenson,
purchasing agent of the New York Central Railway Com-
pany at New York City, who married Miss Helen Todd;
and' Mary Gertrude, wife of E. R. Wise, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Doctor White is the happy grandfather of nineteen grand-
children, ten boys and nine girls, one of his grandsons
being named I. C. White, II.

Robert Jefferson Alexander Borejian, one of the most
estimable citizens of Parkersbnrg, who died June 24, 1922,
was very actively associated with business affairs in this
city for half a century.

He was a great-grandson of John Boreman, who was a
native of Manchester, England, and ran away from home
at the age of sixteen, coming to America on a sailing ves-
sel. He landed at Havre de Grace, Maryland, and eventu-
ally became a merchant at Fifth and Arch streets in
Philadelphia. He served Ms apprenticeship there until
he was twenty one, and then continued in business on
his own responsibility. With the beginning of the Revolu-
tionary war he joined the Colonial forces as a private in a
Pennsylvania regiment. His superior penmanship attracted
the atteution of his officers, and he was made adjutant
of his company, then adjutant of the regiment, then chief
clerk to the paymaster general of the army, with head-
cpiarters in New York City, and finally was assistant pay-
master general of the army, with headquarters at
Pittsburgh, and had the duty of paying off the troops
in Pennsylvania. With the close of the struggle for in-
dependence he established a home iu Western Pennsylvania,
ami when Greene County, that state, was organized he
was made probate judge and clerk of the courts, and
served as such during the remainder of his life. John
Boreman married Betty Kenner. Their son, Kenner Sea-
ton Boreman, became a merchaut. He was a whig in
polities and a member of the Methodist Church. He mar-
ried Sarah Ingram, and their family consisted of six sons
and one daughter, namely: William, Kenner Seaton, Arthur
Ingram, James Mason, Thomas Ingram, Jacob Smith and
Agnes Mason, who married James M. Stephenson. With
the exception of Jacob, who was educated at Washington
and Jefferson College, these sous had only a common school
education, and their subsequent prominence in business

and public, affairs was largely due to their native ability'
It was this generation of the family that became ident
fied with West Virginia and particularly with Wood Count;
The son William was a lawyer at Middlebourne, and servM
many years in the House and Senate. The son Arthur
Boreman was the first governor of West Virginia, and a
appropriate sketch of his career is given elsewhere, and ah
his name figures in the accounts of the formation of Wen
Virginia found in the general historical narrative. Tli,
son James Mason Boreman was a merchant, ami was aj
pointed postmaster of Parkersburg by President Lincoj
and held that office for twenty-three years. The S"'
Thomas I. Boreman devoted all his active life to mercha]
dising at Parkersburg. Jacob S. Boreman at one time pul
lished the Kansas City Star and later, under appointmeii
from the President, was judge of the United States Coin
in the Territory of Ftah for forty-two years. He preside
at the trial of John D. Lee, convicted and executed fo
participation in the historic Mountain Meadow massacr<

Kenner S. Boreman, Jr.,. a brother of Governor Boremal
was also a man of inrwe than ordinary intelligence an
capacity. He was born at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Apr
19, 1819. Nature especially equipped him for a carees
as a lawyer and politician, but owing to impaired visioi
which eventually terminated in blindness, he became a mJ
chant at Parkersburg and finally an insurance man, an<|
was widely known for his success in business ami tli'
probity of his character. He began voting as a whig ail
later was a republican. On January HO. 1S.30, he marriJ
M. Theresa Alexander, who was born at St. Clairsvilh.
Ohio, September 5, 1832, daughter of Robert Jell'ersoY
and Ann (Jennings) Alexander. Her father was a lawyeif

Robert Jefferson Alexander Boreman -was the only chili,
of his parents and was born at Parkersburg November i)
1850. His well informed and disciplined mind was rathel
the result of self training than because of long contael
with schools and educational institutions. He entered husjl
ness for himself at Parkersburg when a youth, later vM
in the insurance business, also a wholesale dealer in chin*
and house furnishings, and took a prominent part ii
banking affairs as one of the executive officers of th
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank, now the Firs!
National Bank. He was a republican, but showed littlJ
disposition to get into politics. The one oilice which hi
held and in which he did distinctive service was as presij
dent of the Board of Education of Parkersburg for \\\\
years. During that time he succeeded in providing a InrgJ
sum for school buildings and a complete reorganizati i|
of the school system, and after retiring from otiiee kepi
in close touch with educational interests. lie was also :|
member of the State Debt Commission.

Mr. Boreman never married. He was a Scottish Kit J
Mason and held chairs in the Lodge, Royal Arch (liap'fl
and Knight Templar Commandery. He was a mend el
of the Presbyterian Church.

Arthur 1. Boreman, first governor of the State of WvM
Virginia, was born at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, July 241
1823, son of Kenner Seaton Boreman. A nephew of* Gov!
em or Boreman was the late Robert J. A. Boreman ot
Parkersburg, and under his name will be found a mora
complete account of the family as a whole, one of tlnj
most distinguished in West Virginia.

Governor Boreman was a child when taken to TyleJ
County, Virginia, where he attended common schools. Hit
began the study of law under his brother William and hb|
brother-in-law James M. Stephenson at Middlebourne ill
that county, and was admitted to the bar in May, 184.il
In the fall of that year he moved to Parkersburg, whoril
in a few years he had earned a reputation as an a hi J
jurist and lawyer. In ls.35 he was elected to the YirginirJ
House of Delegates from Wood County, and continued ill
that office by successive election until 1SGI. He was still
a member of the Legislature at the time of the extra
session of 1S<>1 to consider the matter of secession. Htj
took an active stand against secession.

Iu the trying times which followed, during the formation
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standing, «iu i«- k lit- — : "i division, persistence :iu<l definite
, ness of purpose, his force of will and indefatigable energy
.placed liim in the very fori- fro lit. among the lenders. Being
:i 111:1 11 of the most positive convictions, lit- \\;is iiicvil sil ily
;i devoted partisan. When tlie throat of eivi] strife was
'impending over our country in l^t'il, and when the north-
1 western part of Virginia determined to maintain a plaee
in the nation and to hold allegiance to the flag, .Mr. Bo re-
in* n '« peculiar innate qualities of untiring energy and
industry, imh mitalde will and intense purpose titled him
to he a successful leader in the great erisis, and were un-
doubtedly the causes impelling the people to call him
into a high and commanding position in the councils of
the new state.

After the extra session of the Virginia Legislature in
Im'iI he presided over the convention held at Wheeling for
, the purpose of reorganizing the state government. In
October, 1801, he was elected judge of the Circuit Court
under the restored government of Virginia. He presided
over this court until his unanimcus election, in 1803, to
he the first governor of the new State of West Virginia.
The wisdom with which ho wielded the executive power and
his rare, accurate conception of the needs of that critical
time are apparent in the success of the effort to form and
the movements to develop the state, hut his personal bravery
and fearlessness can be appreciated only in the light of
a full understanding of the conditions and circumstances
attending that interesting and complicated portion of our
history. In 1864 and in 1S06 Mr. Boreman was re-elected
to the otl'ue of governor; in 1S0S he declined to be again
a candidate The Legislature of West Virginia at its ses-
sion in 1*69 elected Arthur Inghram Boreman to the
1'nited States Senate, in succession to lion. Peter G. Van
Winkle; and he took his seat in that body March 4, 1869,
and served the state with great efficiency. Be was a mem-
ber of the committee of manufactures, the committee on
territories, and the committees on political disabilities.
During the Forty third Congress he was chairman of the
committee on territories and a member of the committee
on claims.

Probably no truer aspect of the personality of the man
as he was can be given than that in the following descrip-
tion, quoted from a former historian: Viewing Governor
Morciuau as a partisan leader in those times that tried
men's souls even his opponents in after years conceded
that he possessed many high and generous qualities of
both head and heart. If he struck hard blows, he did not
shrink f rem receiving hard blows in return; and when the
strife was ended he was ever ready to extend a hand
and to sink, if not to forget, the past. And while he
never gave up a partisan advantage, he was ever ready
to perforin a personal act of kindness or friendship to a
political adversary, as well as to a political friend; and
the admiration, love and affection of those avIio stood
nearest to him in those dark days of the past could then,
as now, attest that warmth and strength of his own affec-
tions. His record is before the people of the state. From
it no fair-minded man would blot out a single page. It is
easily understood— bold, fearless, direct, distinct. There is
no evasion or darkness in the definitions of his principles
or policies. As the bold, fearless, loyal president of the
Wheeling Convention that reorganized the government of
Virginia, and as the first governor of the new State of
West Virginia, his heroic, manly conduct gave him a place
in the affections of the. Union people of the state that
will not soon be forgotten.

At the expiration of his term as United States senator,
West Virginia, having become a democratic state, he re-
sumed law practice at Parkersburg. Iu 18vS, as an un-
solicited tribute, he was nominated and elected as judge
of the Circuit Court, and began his term January 1, 18s9.
He had just completed a term of court at Elizabeth in Wirt
County when he was seized with a fatal illness that took
him off April 19, 1896.

Governor Boreman was a loyal Methodist and in 1888
was chosen a lay delegate by the State Conference To
attend the General Conference at New York. November 30,
1864. he married Laurane Tanner, daughter of Dr. James

'runner, who n;is a physician of high standing at Wheeling.
Her first husband was .lolm (). Mullock. Governor Boreman
was survived b\ two duughlri-s; Maud, wife of G. II.
Cotton, and Lnurniie. wife of Abijah Hays, of Parkers-
burg.

('. T.VLnOTT lliTKsll W, a busings man of many interests
at Parkersburg. is by profession a banker, having been in
the service of Parkersburg 's banks for thirty years, lie
was honon-d with election as president of the West Vir
ginia Bankers Association in I91U-1I, having previously
served four years as secretary.

Mr. Hiteshew was horn at Parkersburg September 30.
1H72, oldest of the four children of Isaac Wesley and
Columbia Ann (Bradford) Biteshcw. His father, a native
of Maryland, was during the <'ivil war a division super-
intendent of the Baltimore & Ohio Kail way. After the
war he removed to Parkersburg, where he was engaged
iu the milling and feed business until about 1K75. He then
retired and for a number of years was an invalid. Be died
in 18S9, and is remembered for his success in husiness and
for his kind hearted, generous nature.

C. Talbott Hiteshew has spent the whole of his busy
and useful life in his native city. Be graduated from the
Parkersburg High School in 1SS9, following that with a
course in Eastmau 's Business College in Poughkeepsie, New-
York. On returning to Farkersburg he was a clerk, first
in the wholesale hardware establishment of P. L. Neal A.
Company and then in the Citizens National Bank. Later
he was assistant cashier of the Farmers and Mechani s
National Bank and subsequently promoted to cashier. In
1917 this bank was consolidated with the First National
Bank, the second oldest national bank in West Virginia.
With the consolidation Mr. Hiteshew became cashier and
upon the death of W. W. Van Winkle, was elected man
aging vice president of the First National Bank, which
position he still occupies.

During the W T orld war he was chairman of Liberty Loan
drives for ten counties in this section of West Virginia.
Of his extensive business interests he is director and vice
president of the Imperial Ice Cream Company, director and
vice president of the American Creamery Company, director
and treasurer of the Walker Oil Company, treasurer of
the Mingo Block Coal Company, a director in the Gilmer
Fuel Company, director of the Grande Oil Company, oper
ating in the Oklahoma fields, and a director in the West
Virginia Metal Products Company of Fairmont. Mr. Hite-
shew is a vestryman and junior warden of the Episcopal
Church at Parkersburg and a democrat in polities. He
is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner
and a member of I he Blennerhasset Club and Parkersburg
Country Club.

April 26, 1917, Mr. Hiteshew married Miss Mary Van
Winkle, only daughter of the late W. W. Van Winkle, one
of the foremost lawyers and men of affairs of West Vir-
ginia, whose biography follows.

Wallixg W.m.lfnsox Van* Winkle at the time of his
death on April 15, 1921, had been a member of the Parkers
burg bar almost fifty -five years, being the oldest active
practitioner iu Wood Comity. He was one of the foremost
business lawyers of West Virginia, and in many ways he
exerted a great and helpful influence in the affairs and
development of Parkersburg throughout most of the city's
history.

The late Mr. Van Winkle stood in the eighth generation
of the Van Winkle ancestry in America. The founder of
the family was Jacob Walling Van Winkle, who arrived
at New Amsterdam from Holland in 1636. and subsequently
moved over to New Jersey, where the name has been a
distinguished one for nearly three centuries. The grand-
father of the lale Mr. Van Winkle was Peter Van Winkle,
whose wife, Phoebe Godwin, was of Revolutionary ancestry
and of prominent literary connections in the Fast.

The distinguished West Virginian, Peter Godwin Van
Winkle, was an uncle of the late W. W. Van Winkle of
Parkersburg. Peter G. Van Winkle was bom in New York
City in I80S, and died at Parkersburg April 15. 1S72. He

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became noted as a man of deep scholarship, was a poet and
wrote verse as a diversion from the busy activities of a
life devoted to legal, commercial and political affairs.
He settled at Parkersburg as early as 1835, when it was
a village of 200 inhabitants. He finished his law studies
and for several years practiced law with Gen. John J.
Jackson, but after 1852 his time was chiefly devoted to
the promotion and building of railroads and other large
affairs. He was the first president of the Little Kanawha
Navigation Company, and was also president of the North-
western Virginia Railroad Company and the Parkersburg
Branch Railway Company. Of his public life the follow-
ing is a brief account: "His political career began early
in the development of Parkersburg, with membership in
the town council, and he was president of the board for
several years. For many years active in local affairs, he
was soon called to a wider field. In 1850 he was elected
a member of the constitutional convention of Virginia, in
which he served with distinction, performing arduous work
on important committees of that body. Some ten years later
he was a delegate to the convention at Wheeling, called
to reorganize the government of Virginia. In 1862 he was
a delegate to the convention assembled to frame a con-
stitution for the proposed new state of West Virginia, and
he was a member of its first house of delegates. In August,
1863, he was elected one of the first United States senators
from the new state, and drew the long term. He was one
of the seven republican senators who voted for the acquittal
of President Johnson in the impeachment proceedings. In
all these various positions of public trust he performed his
duties with laborious attention, conscientiousness, exact-
ness, devotion and ability. In his case honorable position
sought the man invariably and no office was obtained by
personal solicitation, but because of his integrity and
capableness. Pure and incorruptible, he was a noble
specimen of that highest type of a true manhood, a
Christian gentleman."

Walling Wallenson Van Winkle was born November 19,
1845, at Lodi, Bergen County, New Jersey, at the home-
stead standing on land that had been acquired by the
Van Winkle family as early as 1684. He was a son of
Adolphus Walling and Petrina (Van Winkle) Van Winkle,
his mother being also of a collateral line of the same Van
Winkle ancestry. W. W. Van Winkle was educated in the
schools of Jersey City and the University of New York,
and after partly qualifying himself for the practice of
law came to Parkersburg in October, 1864, where he com-
pleted his legal studies under his uncle, being his uncle's
secretary while the latter was in the United States Senate.
He was admitted to the bar December 1, 1866, and was
in continuous active practice until his death. On June 1,
1875, he formed a partnership with B. Mason Ambler,
under the name of Van Winkle & Ambler, a firm which
attained a very high standing in the profession.

Much of his legal talent was devoted to large and con-
structive business affairs. He was acting secretary of the
Northwestern Virginia Railroad Company until Mav, 1865,
when the company was reorganized as the Parkersburg
Branch Railroad Company, and he continued to be officially
identified with its affairs as secretary until 1899, when he
became a director. He was also a director of the Ohio
River Railroad Company, the Huntington & Big Sandy
Railroad, the Raveuswood and Mill Creek Valley Railroad,
the Ravenswood, Spencer & Glenwood, was the first secre-
tary of the Little Kanawha Navigation Company, and in
1886 was one of the projectors of what is now the Parkers-
burg, Marietta & Interurban Railway Company and for
many years was its secretary and director. He was identi-
fied with the Baltimore & Ohio Railway from 1864, being
a member of its legal department from 1870 until his
death.

Mr. Van Winkle succeeded 0. C. Martin as president of
the First National Bank of Parkersburg. He was also
president of the Peerless Milling Company, a director of
the Parkersburg Industrial Company, the Shaffer Oil &
Refining Company of Chicago. He was a trustee of the
sinking funds of the City of Parkersburg for forty years,
but was never active in politics. He was a member of the

American, County and State Bar associations, the Dutel
Reformed Church, the Union League Club of Chicago, am
at one time was president of the Blennerhasset Club am
the Parkersburg Country Club. He was an honorary thirty
third degree Mason and a member of the Holland Society
of New York.

Among the many tributes paid to bis character am
activities at the time of his death the following expressei
some of the qualities outside of his character as a lawyer
''His chief characteristics were his indomitable courage
his unswerving loyalty to his friends and clients, an even
unruffled temper which no stress or storm of controversy
could disturb; a kindliness and courtesy which often woi
his opponents to his views. He possessed unusual abilitie
as an executive, and his learning and clear common sensi
had much to do with his success in corporate matters.'

October 21, 1868, Mr. Van Winkle married Miss Hannal
Cook, daughter of Paul Cook of Parkersburg. Mrs. Vai
Winkle died August 26, 1902. Their only surviving chilt
is Mary, now Mrs. C. T^Hiteshew of Parkersburg.

Hon. Ephraim F. Morgan, sixteenth governor of th.,
State of West Virginia, has done much to exemplify whil..
in office the virile efficiency and manhood that is his in ;
heritance from pioneer trail blazers and Indian fighters a
the very onset of civilization into what is now West Vir
ginia.

Governor Morgan is in the sixth generation from Col
Morgan Morgan, a native of Wales, who was educated ii
London, came to America during the reign of William III
first locating in Delaware and in 1727 removed to the vicin
ity of Winchester, Virginia. He is credited with havin<
made the first white settlement and having built the firs,
church in what is now Berkeley County, West Virginia
From his time to the present the Morgans have been s
historic family, men of constructive ideals and activities i)
every generation. A son of Colonel Morgan was Zaekwel
Morgan, a colonel in the Continental Army in the Revolu?
tion and founder of the Town of Morgantown. Anothe
son was David Morgan, from whom the present governo,
directly descends. David Morgan was a surveyor, with hi
brother Zackwell moved to the Monongahela Valley, Zack,
well settling at the present site of the City of Morgantown
while David settled near the present City of Rivesville i\
Marion County, where he is buried. The paternal grand
father of Governor Morgan was James Morgan. This i
only brief reference to an ancestry that contains mam'
notable names, some of which are more adequately treated
elsewhere iu this publication.

Governor Ephraim F. Morgan was born at Forksburg I
Marion County, January 16, 1869, son of Marcus and Vir
ginia (Wymer) Morgan. Marcus Morgan was a Union sol
dier throughout the Civil war, serving in the Sixth Wesf
Virginia Infantry. There have been Morgans in all tlr
wars. Governor Morgan was a volunteer in the Spanish
American war, being a member of the First West Virgini;
regiment.

Ephraim F. Morgan attended public schools in Marioi
County, the Fairmont State Normal School, and graduate*
in 1897 from the law department of the University of Wes
Virginia. As a youth he taught school, and continued hi
work as an educator in the public schools of Marion Count;
for nine years. In 1898 he began the practice of law a',
Fairmont, and had demonstrated his sound abilities as i
lawyer before he accepted the honors and responsibilities o
public office. He served as judge of the Intermediate Cour
of Marion County for six years, from 1907 to 1913. Oi
leaving the bench he resumed private practice, from whicl
he was called by appointment of Governor Hatfield as j,
member of the Public Service Commission of West Virgini:
for a tenn of four years, and was reappointed for two ad
ditional years to fill out the unexpired term of Hon. Elliot'
Northcott, resigned. He began his duties June I, 1915, am
soon afterward removed to Charleston. He resigned Noi
vember 15, 1919, to become a candidate for the republicai
nomination for governor, was nominated and had a sweep
ing victory in the November election of that year.

Governor Morgan married Miss Alma Bennett, daughte

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5

of Albert Bennett, of Monongalia County, a prominent
family in t lie Mououguhcln Valley. The only (laughter of
Coventor and Mrs. Morgan, Lncile, died at the ago of fif-
teen mouths. Thev have a son, Albert Marcus Morgan, horn
July 29, 11)12.

Daniel Boardman ITRinton, 1'h. 1)., LL. D., president
emeritus of West Virginia University, enjoys an impressive
accumulation of the honors ami attainments of scholarship.
His ancestors were college men ami able ministers of the
Gospel, so that though horn in a section of West Virginia
where education ami culture were not generally diffused, his
early inclinations were thoughtfully cherished and encour-
aged. His own children have gained notable recognition in
the world of arts and letters.

Doctor Purinton was horn on Buffalo Creek, seven miles
south of Roseburg, in Preston County, West Virginia,
February 15, 1850, son of Rev. Jesse M. and Nancy (Ahlen)
Purinton. His great-grandfather, Rev. D. Purinton, was a
New England Baptist minister. The grandfather. Rev.
Thomas Purinton, P. P., was a native of Massachusetts, and
early gained fame for his eloquence and ability as a church-
man and scholar. He was pastor of Baptist churches at
Colcraine and Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, and subse-
quently was editor and managing head of the Watchman and
Reflector, the official Baptist periodical of New Vork State.
Some years before his death, which occurred in New York
State, he made a t rip into Western Virginia, and while here
purchased upwards of a thousand acres of wild land in
Preston County. It was this land that influenced the fol-
lowing generation to locate in West Virginia.

Rev. Jesse Martin Purinton, P. 1)., was horn at Shelburne
Falls, Massachusetts, August 12, is(M). He was educated at
Madison, now Colgate, University, and was both a minister
and educator. He held the same pulpits at Colcraine and
Shelburne Falls as his father, and was also an instructor at
Shelburne Falls Academy. In 1849 he settled on a portion of
his father 's land in Preston County, West Virginia, but sub-
sequently removed to Morgantown, and was pastor of the
First Baptist Church of that city for two years. He died
at Morgantown in 1869. His wife, Nancy Ahlen, was born
in Central New York, July 2, 1814, daughter of Deacon
Aaron Lyon. She died at Morgantown in 1902. Her chil-
dren were: Edward Lord, who died at the age of fifteen;
Daniel Boardman ; Aaron Lyon, Ph. D., M. P., who at the
tune of his death was professor of chemistry in the Univer-
sity of Nashville, Tennessee; George Pana, Ph. P., M. P'.,
formerly a professor in the University of Missouri and at
the time of his death was a practicing physician at St.
Louis.

Daniel Boardman Purinton acquired his early education
in Georges Creek Academy at Smithtield, Pennsylvania, at-
tended the West Virginia University Preparatory School,
and graduated A. B. from West Virginia University in
1873 and received the Master of Arts degree in 1876. In
1889 Denison University of Ohio conferred upon him the
degree LL. P. and his Bachelor of Philosophy degree was
bestowed by the University of Nashville in 1892. Poctor
Purinton received his Bachelor's degree at Morgantown
nearly half a century ago, and of that long and interesting
period of ripening honors he has devoted nearly four decades
to the service of his alma mater. He was teacher in the
University Preparatory School from 1873 to 1878. He was
then successively professor of .logic, 1878-X0, of mathematics,
1880-84, of metaphysics, 1885-89, and in the meantime, dur-
ing 1881-82, was vice president and acting president. Poctor
Purinton left West Virginia University to become president
of Denison University in Ohio, and held that post of duty
from 1890 to 1901. He then returned to his alma mater
and was president of the university from 1901 to 1912, and
since that year has been president emeritus, always deeply
interested in University affairs.

Doetor Purinton is a member of the National Education
Association, the American Association of State University
Presidents, the Ohio Educational Association, the Southern
Association of College Sunday Schools, and is one of the
most prominent Baptists of the state. For years he has been
a member of the executive committee of the Northern Bap-

tists ('on vent ion, also ncthc mi its apportionment conference,
and for eight years was president of the Baptist (ioneint
Association of West Virginia. For six years he was modna
tor of the Goshen Hnptist Association. For many years he
has been a member of the executive committee of the Inter
national Sunday School Association and for some years
chairman of its educational committee. He was for several
years president of the West Virginia Sunday School Associa-
tion, and is now chairman of its executive committee. For
twenty years he has been president of the Oak Grove (Vine
tery Association at Morgantown.

Poctor Purinton married Florence Ahlen Lyon, who was
bom in Chautauqua County, New York, August 26, ls."i4,
daughter of Professor F. S. Lyon, former president of
Broaddus College in West Virginia, and Amanda (Johnson)
Lyon, his wife. Mrs. Purinton is a descendant in the ninth
generation of John and Priscilla Ahlen of the Mayflower.
Her descent comes through the marriage of Armilla Ahlen
to Aaron Lyon. Aaron Lyon was the only brother of Mary
Lyon, leader of the first successful movement for the higher
education of women in America and founder of Mount
llolyoke College, the first institution for the advanced train-
ing of women in the world.

Of the children of Doctor Purinton and wife the oldest
is Edward Karl, who was horn in Morgantown, April 24.
1-S76. He did some of his collegiate work in West Virginia
University, graduated A. B. from Denison University, and
is a recognized international authority on subjects of effi-
ciency. He is author of "Triumph of a Man who Acts,"
which was published in several editions, to a total number
of over 3,000,000 copies. Fifty thousand copies were pur-
chased by Gen. Lord Kitchener of the English army for dis-
tribution among his officers. This and other works on effi-
ciency have been published in many different languages.
E. E. Purinton is now dean and director of the American
Efficiency Foundation, an alliance of noted educators for
the advancement of the study of personal and business effi-
ciency. The business headquarters of the foundation are
in New York City, but Mr. Purinton still regards Morgan
town as his home.

The second child, Mary Lyon born November 30, 1879, is
the wife of Robert R. Green, who at one time was editor of
the Morgantown Post and is now a resident of New York
City.

John Alden Purinton, born July 27, 1884, graduated A. B.
and LL. B. from West Virginia University, practiced law at
Morgantown, and gave up his practice to become the leading
civilian member of the Claims Board at Washington, Dis-
trict, of Columbia, and is now continuing his practice in thai
city as a member of the law firm Brown & Purinton.

The youngest child, Helen Elizabeth, born September 21,
1893, graduated A. B. and A. M. from West Virginia Uni-
versity, and is a teacher in the English Department of the
University. Her husband, Parry Alford Pettigrew recently
returned from service in France to complete his medical edu
cation at Morgantown.

Hon. Aretas BnooKs Flemish. Asa lawyer, jurist, public
official, promoter of industrial progress and exemplar of the
finest ideals of citizenship there have been few who have more
significantly honored their native state than Hon. A. Brooks
Fleming, former governor of West Virginia and now one of
the most venerable and distinguished members of the bar of
this commonwealth.

Governor Fleming was born on a farm near Middletown.
Harrison County, Virginia (now Fairmont, Marion County.
West Virginia!, on the 15th of October, IS39, and is a son of
Benjamin F. and Rhoda (Brooks) Fleming, the latter a
daughter of Rev. Asa Brooks, the family lineage tracing back
to Scotch-Irish origin. William Fleming, great-grandfather of
the former governor of West Virginia, was one of four brothers
who came to America in 1741 and took up land in the Pennsyl-
vania colony of William Peun.

Reared on his father's old homestead farm in what is now
Marion County, the future governor profited fully by the
advantages of private and select schools, and in 1859 he
entered the University of Virginia, where he completed the
course of law lectures under the distinguished Dr. John B.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Minor. He taught school in Marion and Gilmer counties,
and in 1861, after his graduation in the law department of the
University of Virginia, he engaged in the practice of his pro-
fession in Gilmer County. While waiting for clients he opened
and conducted a private school at Glenville, the county seat.
His law business soon demanded so much of his time that he
called upon his brother, Robert F., to take charge of the
school, this brother having later become judge of the Circuit
Court in that circuit. Upon the inception of the Civil war,
Governor Fleming returned to Fairmont, and here he served
from 1S63 as prosecuting attorney of Harrison County, in the
newly created State of West Virginia. After the close of the
war he formed a law partnership with the late Judge Alpheus
F. Haymond, and in 1S73 he was elected representative of
Marion County in the State Legislature, re-election having
followed in 1S75. He served on important committees of
the House of Delegates, including the judiciary and the com-
mittee on taxation and finance, of which he was made chair-
man. In 187S he was appointed judge of the Circuit Court of
the Second Judicial Circuit, and thereafter he was twice
elected to this bench, the circuit at that time having com-
prised Marion, Monongalia, Harrison, Taylor, Wetzel and
Doddridge counties. In his election to the circuit bench, as a
democrat, his personal popularity and distinctive ability
enabled him to win victory in counties giving large republican
majorities at that time. After his election to the bench of
the new circuit, composed of Marion, Monongalia and Harri-
son counties, Judge Fleming continued his service until the
autumn of 1S88, when he received the unanimous nomination
of his party for the office of governor of West Virginia, his
election to this office having occurred February 6, 1890. He
resigned his position on the bench September 1, 1SS8. The
record of his election to the position of chief executive of the
state has become an integral part of West Virginia history,
and it is not necessary to review the same in this abridged
article. The following statements, however, are worthy of
reproduction in this connection:

" Governor Fleming, as a leader of his party during his term
of office, was very successful in holding his party together and
rendering to it valuahle service; but his greatest service tD his
party, as well as to his state, was in his efficient administration
of the duties of his office, his insistent policy of executive
economy, and his constant effort to induce capital to enter
the state for investment and the building of railroads, opening
of mines, and developing of timber lands and oil and gas
fields."

In the active career of Governor Fleming from 1874 for-
ward he was actively identified with the coal development of
the Upper Monongahela Valley, in association with his father-
in-law, the late James Otis Watson, who was the pioneer coal
operator in this region. The Governor, with the sons of Mr.
Watson, was concerned in the organization of the early coal
companies which have acquired vast acreage on the Monon-
gahela and West Fork rivers, and he played a large part in the
development Df the great coal industry of his native state,
his connections having been with the Gaston Gas Coal Com-
pany, Montana Coal & Coke Company, West Fairmont Coal
Company, New England Coal Company, Briar Hill Coal &
Coke Company, and others. He was identified also with the
huilding of the Monongahela River Railroad, which brought
about the opening of large and important coal mines. As the
coal, oil and gas industries developed and railroads were
built Governor Fleming was actively concerned in all the
efforts for advancement, both in the Upper Monongahela
Valley and other parts of the state. When the Fairmont Coal
Company was organized, in 1901, he became one of its direc-
tors and also its attorney in the purchase and consolidation
of other companies into it. This company later developed intD
the Consolidation Coal Company, which owns vast properties
in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Kentucky.
Governor Fleming continued a director of this great corpor-
ation until he retired from active business, but he still serves as
general counsel for the company in West Virginia. He was a
director of the Cumberland & Pennsylvania and the Monon-
gahela River Railroads, and his son, A. Brooks Fleming, Jr.,
is his successor as a director of the various corporations. The
Governor was actively concerned also with the building of
electric traction lines in Fairmont and Clarksburg, and the
inter-urban lines connecting the two cities. He was one of

the organizers of the National Bank of Fairmont, and ws
long a director of the same, he being still one of its stocl
holders, as is he also in the Watson Company, which owns th
fine stone bank and office building, ten stories, known as th
Watson Building, in the City of Fairmont.

Governor Fleming was one of the founders of what i 1
now the State Normal School at Fairmont, and has otherwis
done much to promote advancement in educational affairs i
West Virginia. In recognition of his distinguished services t
the state along many lines the University of West Virgini
has twice conferred upon him honorary degrees.

The following estimate is entitled to preservation in thi
review: "As legislator, judge and governor, Hon. A. Brook
Fleming has served the state and his native county witl
fidelity, and reflected credit upon himself and the peopl
whom he served. Public-spirited as a citizen, he carried hi
enthusiasm for righteousness and efficiency into the offices hi
held. He attracted the attention, especially while governor
of the whole country to the then almost undeveloped miners
and timber resources of West Virginia, by public addresse
and puhlished articles intrade and other papers."

In his profession Governor Fleming has long been recognizee
as one of the foremost and most influential corporatior
lawyers in West Virginia, and though in October, 1921, h<
celebrated his eighty-second birthday anniversary, he stil
gives attention to his important law business, as legal repre-:
sentative of divers and important commercial and industria
interests. The Governor, as he is familiary known, is in every
sense "the grand old man" of Fairmont, and of him it has
consistently been said: "No better loved man lives in his
native town, where for him tender regard is manifested hy
all, from his oldest friends to the children, who are all his'
friends. All are unanimous in their declaration 'to know hinx
is to love him.' For eighty-two years he has lived a life'
guided by honor, truth and fidelity."

Governor Fleming is a member of the West Virginia Board
of Trade and is the oldest member of the Marion County Bar
Association, which passed sentence upon him in these words:
"That Governor A. B. Fleming be incarcerated forever and a'
day in the hearts and affections of the members of the asso-'
ciation as their idol and ideal."

September 7, 1865, recorded the marriage of Governor.
Fleming and Miss Caroline Margaret Watson, daughter of
James Otis Watson and Matilda Watson, and their devoted
companionship has been one of idyllic order. Robert, thef
first of their children, died in childhood. Ida W. became the
wife of Walton Miller, president of the National Bank of
Fairmont, her death occurring in 1906, and her one surviving
child being a daughter, Helen. Gypsie W. is the wife of
Charles E. Ward, of Charleston, this state, and they have two
children, Margaret F. and Caroline B. George W. and Vir-
ginia W. are twins, the former having wedded Doris Under-
bill and Virginia being the wife of Charles Baird Mitchell, of
Fairmont. George W. is president of the Elk Horn Coal
Corporation. A. Brooks, Jr., youngest of the children, is
assistant to the president of the Consolidation Coal Company.
His first wife, whose maiden name was Amy Dodson, died in
1S97, and in 1910 he married Marie Antoinette Boggess, their
children being Caroline, Virginia, Ida Watson and Sarah.

Hon. George Cookman Sturgiss. One of the prominent
men of West Virginia of the present generation is Judge (
George Cookman Sturgiss of Morgantown, who has been
identified with the history of the commonwealth since before
the Civil war period, and has rendered distinguished service
in the State Legislature, the Federal Congress and on the
Bench of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County.

Judge Sturgiss was born at Poland, Mahoning County,
Ohio, August 16, 1S42, a son of Rev. Alfred Gallatin Stur-
giss and Sabra Lucinda (Miner) Sturgiss, who were mar-
ried July 26, 1837. Rev. Alfred G. Sturgiss died Novem-
ber 4, 1845, and is buried at Uniontown, where four gen-
erations of his paternal ancestors are interred. He was
graduated from Madison College in his native town, en-
tered the Methodist Episcopal ministry, afterward holding
charges in Pennsylvania and Ohio, his ministerial labors
being ended only by his death at Uniontown at his father's
home. He left three sons, aged one, three and five years,
all of whom later served in the Union Army during the

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imr between the slates. The older ami younger .sons died
home years ago.

, The' mother of Rev. Alfred G. Sturgiss «a» llaimah
iLincoIn Sturgiss, who was of a collateral branch of the
[Lincoln family of which the martyr president was a mem-
l»cr. She was horn .Inly 11, 1792, at Uniontown, Pennsyl-
vania, ami died April 4, 1*72. .John 1'. Sturgiss and Han-
nah Lincoln were married May 11, 1912.

The mother of George O. Sturgiss was a daughter of
llori and Permelia (Red) Miner natives of Connecticut,
where they were married. They migrated to the Connec-
ticut Reserve >» tne Ohio Western Reserve in Ashtabula
County, driving across the country in a two horse Cones
toga wagon and carrying the family ami household effects.
This was a journey of six weeks. Sahra Lueinda Miner
was the oldest of the children, and it fell to her to take
special care of a brother, the youngest child, then one
year old. Sahra Lueinda Sturgiss lacked one day of at-
taining the age of eighty years. The three sons were at
her bed>ide when she died and she was buried the day
after her eightieth birthday, having remained a widow
fifty years.

George C. Sturgiss after the death of his father lived
with his mother in Ashtabula County, Ohio. He began
earning his living at fourteen, and from the spring of 18.>6
to the tall of 1S.">9 he worked as a furniture varnisher at
points in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, and Novem-
ber of the latter year found him in the City of New York,
possessed of .$300 in gold that he had managed to save
from his earnings. With this gold concealed in a belt
around his body he made his way to Fayette County, Penn-
sylvania, to the home of his older brother, and after reach-
ing there the brothers decided to pay a visit to their uncle,
Col. Addison S. Vance, who had married their father's
sister and resided near Morgantown Virginia. They
reached Morgantown, November 11, 1*59, and that date
Judge Sturgiss claims as the beginning of his permanent
residence in the city, whose population was then only ~>00.
The Monongahela River was spanned by a wire suspension
bridge. Through the intluenee of Rev. J. R. Moore, then
principal of the Monongalia Academy. George C. Sturgiss
remained and entered the academy, paying his nay through
school by teaching and tutoring, assisted by his gold sav-
ings fund. He studied law with Hon. W. T. Willey, a col-
lege classmate of his father, and in 1863 was admitted to
the bar. Judge Sturgiss never graduated from any college
or university except the "school of hard knock-?."

The war between the states was still in progress and the
young lawyer saw no immediate opportunity to secure prac-
tice. In | ie W as appointed paymaster 's elerk in the
Union Army, and served as such to the end of the war.
In the meantime he had become widely acquainted in
Monongalia County, and under the new law providing a
public school system was chosen the first county superin-
tendent of schools of that county and served two terms of
two years each.

Judge Sturgiss was three times elected a mcmher of
the House of Delegates, serving from 1870. The sole pur-
pose of his election to the Legislature was to secure the
Federal Land Grant for the benefit of the future State
University at Morgantown. When recently asked what he
regarded as the greatest service he had rendered Morgan-
town Judge Sturgiss promptly replied: "Securing from
the Legislature the United States Land Grant for the fu
ture university." He voted for locating the penitentiary
at Moundsville, the insane asylum at Weston and the eap-
itol at Charleston, upon condition that the representatives
of all these iuterests vote for the land grant for the in-
cipient university at Morgantown, believing that the lat-
ter would be worth more than all the others combined, and
time has vindicated his judgment.

In 1872 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Monon
galia County and re-elected in 1876, holding office until
1SS0. In 1SS0 he was the republican party's candidate for
governor, but met defeat with the entire state ticket that
year. In 1*S9 President Harrison appointed him United
States attorney for the district of West Virginia, an office
he held until the incoming Cleveland administration.

All the important questions of the day and problems of
state government claimed his close attention and study,
but especially was he interested in the Tax Reform move-
ment. In order to gain a wide audience for views he deemed
of paramount importance he purchased and edited the
Morgantown Daily Post, through the medium of which
explained his tax reform plans with telling argument
Alter this question was settled he sold the newspaper. In
1906 Judge Sturgiss was elected to represent the Second
West Virginia District in the Sixtieth Congress and was
re elected in 1908, serving from 1907 to 1911. lie was re
nominated in 1910, but vim red in the general defeat of his
party that year. In 19)2 he was elected judge of the Cir
enit Court of Monongalia County for the Twenty third
Judicial Circuit, serving eight years, until December 31,
1920. He was not a candidate for re-election.

In 1S67 Judge Sturgiss became the secretary to the lii>t
Hoard of Trustees of the newly organized University of
West Virginia, and served until 1897, when he whs ap-
pointed a member of the Hoard of Regents and, by the
board was unanimously chosen president and served four
years.

Judge Sturgiss has been associated with many enter
prises for the upbuilding of Morgantown and vicinity,
lie was largely instrumental in bringing to the city its iir.-t'
telegraph line and its first railroad, lie made possible the
establishment of Morgantown 's first electric light plant an i
its first street car line. He was builder of the first eig
teen miles of the Morgantown and Kiugwood Railroad.
While in Congress he secured the appropriation for the
United States Post Office building at Morgantown, com-
pleted soon afterward but already too small for the raj. id
growth in population ami business of the city.

He located in the Valley of Decker's Creek the Sabrato i
Works of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, the
Woven Wire Glass Plant, the Pressed Prism Plate Glass
Works and other factories that in 1919 paid out for la! or
$2.10,000 a month or $3,000,000 a year. These works are
:ill in Sturgiss City, a municipality adjoining Morgantown.
cieated and named by the affirmative vote of ninety-five
to six voters, without the solicitation of Judge Sturgiss.

Judge Sturgiss served as a lay delegate in 1*96 to the
Ceneral Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of
which he is a member. He is a trustee of the American
University at Washington and the West Virginia Wesley an
College at Buchanan. He was first president of the West
Virginia State Board of Trade and has been president of
I lie Morgantown Board of Trade. Judge Sturgiss is the
oldest member at Morgantown of the Delta Tan Delta fra-
ternity both in length of membership and in age. He is
the oldest in length of membership and in age of Monon-
Lalia Lodge No. 10, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
which now has a membership of 4.)0. He has been a dele-
gate twice to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the United
States and is the holder of the Past Grand Master's Jewel,
voted to him by the State Grand Lodge November 20, l!)06

September 22, 1S63, Judge Sturgiss married Sabra J.
Yanec, of Morgantown. She died May 22, 1903. lie mar
ried Charlotte Cecilia Kent, of Alameda, California, on
the 25th day of November, 190s. Jud«re and Mrs. Sturgiss
have four children: Katherine Kent, Helen Marie, Roberta
Cecilia and Elizabeth Arahella.

A man of strong conviction and great will power like
Judge Sturgiss inevitably makes enemies, but time softens
such asperities, and the principle of forgive and forget has
all but effaced these enmities from the consciousness of
Judge Sturgiss.

Mathews Family of Greenbrier. From the early
years of colonial adventure along the James River men of
the Mathews name have had a distinguished part in the af
fairs of Virginia. The scope of their action was extended
beyond the Alleghanies before the Revolution, and from
about that time they have constituted one of the most
notable families of old Greenbrier County, and from here
have gone into the larger life of the state and even that of
the nation. In the following paragraphs several individuals
of the Greenbrier County lineage are selected for special

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mention with incidental reference to some others who have
made "history."

The first American of the family was Capt. Samuel
Mathews, who came to Virginia in 1622, was a leader in
an Indian campaign the following year and in 1624 was one
of the commissioners appointed by the king to investigate
the condition of the colony. In succeeding years he figured
prominently in Colonial affairs, and on March 13, 1658, be-
came governor of the colony, was disposed by the House
of Burgesses, but immediately reelected, and he died while
still in office, in January, 1660.

Another member of this family was Thomas Mathews,
who was created an admiral in the British Navy in 1718,
and died in 1751. His son, John Mathews, came from Eng-
land and settled in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1730, and
later permanently located in Rockbridge County, on Mill
Creek, a tributary of Buffalo Creek, which empties into
North River. Here he operated a large plantation of over
1,600 acres granted him by George the Second, \mder patent
from Governor Dinwiddie. This patent is carefully preserved
in the possession of his descendant Charles Gardner Mathews,
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County. John Mathews married
Ann Archer, and they were the parents of seven sons and
four daughters. Five of the sons, it is recorded, followed
Braddock, on his ill fated campaign in 1754. One of the
sons, George Mathews, was particularly active and efficient
in protecting the early settlers from Indian depredations,
and at the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, commanded a
company under Gen. Andrew Lewis. It was his company
that by a forced march up Crooked Creek turned the enemy 's
flank and saved the day for the Virginians. George Mathews
likewise had a conspicuous part in the Revolutionary strug-
gle, and received special mention for his service in the bat-
tles of Monmouth and Brandywine. At the close of the
war he held the rank of hrigadier general, and, removing
to Georgia, was twice elected governor of that state, in 17S6
and in 1794, he was also a member of Congress from
Georgia.

However, the branch of the family in which this article
is more particularly interested is through another son of
John Mathews, Joseph Mathews. Joseph Mathews married
Mary Edgar, daughter of James and Mary (Mason) Edgar.
They were married April 17, 1794. Of their six children the
fifth was Mason Mathews, one of the most notable citizens
of Greenbrier County in the last century.

Mason Mathews was born at Lewisburg, December 15,
1803, and died September 16, 1S78. His early career was
one of hardship and self denial. He was a boy when his
father died, and other misfortunes befalling the family at
that time he loyally accepted obligations that left him no
time for personal leisure or selfish plans. He worked in a
store at Lewisburg, and for a number of years turned over
his earnings to the rehabilitation of the family fortunes.
He was deputy to the high sheriff of the county, and in
1828 was elected commissioner of revenue, a position he held
many years by reelection. In 1827 he married Miss Eliza
S. Reynolds, member of one of the best known families of
Lewisburg. Soon afterward he removed to Frankfort,
Greenbrier County, and became a merchant, and in the
course of years laid the solid foundation of his personal
fortune. Subsequently he returned to Lewisburg, and was
justice of the peace until the entire judicial system of the
state was changed by the convention of 1849-50. For years
he was treasurer of the Board of Commissioners of Free
Schools. Because of his judicial temperament he was often
called upon to arbitrate differences arising among his
neighbors. He was a veritable father to his people. He
opposed secession, favoring the Union, but when the state
passed the ordinance of secession he cast in his lot with the
Confederacy, for which he made many sacrifices. From
1859 to 1864 he was a member of the Virginia Legislature.
Mason Mathews was a gentlemen of the old school, un-
failing in his courtesy, which was given to those of high as
well as low estate. He was honest and upright, devoted to
his family, and few men enjoyed the love and esteem ac-
corded him.

Mason Mathews was the father of eight children, and
lived to see seven of them grown, married and successfully

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established in life. The most noted perhaps of them «
Henry Mason Mathews, who became one of the gut
lawyers of West Virginia, served as attorney-general, «J
also as governor of the state.

Another son of Mason Mathews was Capt. Alexarjr
F. Mathews, who added to the prestige of the family n;ie
in Greenbrier County. He was born at Lewisburg in 1.8
and died December 17, 1906. At the age of fifteen he a-
tered the University of Virginia, and graduated two yets
later with high honors and the degree Master of As.
For a time he taught school, and at the beginning of ie
Civil war he espoused the Confederacy and was comrs-
sioned captain, and served as aide-de-camp on the staffjf
General Wise and afterward was in service in North &>
lina. When the war was over he returned to Lewisbij,
with physical energies unimpaired, but impoverished in Jr
tune. He married in 1865 Laura Gardner, of Christias-
burg, Virginia. He taught school, and though he Id
studied law in the University of Virginia he was debar d
from practicing that profession because of having taken p
arms against the United States. Later he formed a p<t-
nership with his famous brother, Governor Henry I.
Mathews, and was also a partner for a time of Ju<«
Adam C. Snyder. Capt. Alexander Mathews steadfasy
refused to hold office. Along with the legal profession*
was a banker for many years, being president of the Bik
of Lewisburg. This was the oldest bank between Chariest i,
West Virginia, and Staunton, Virginia. He was a nn
possessed of high ideals, and made those ideals effective n
his every day life. Intellectually he was one of the bt
equipped lawyers of his time.

Capt. Alexander Mathews and wife had seven childrt:
Mason; Charles Gardner; Mary M., deceased wife of D.J.
T. Davis; Eliza P., the only surviving daughter; Maude 5:
Florence V.; and Henry A.

Mason Mathews, son of Capt. Alexander F. Mathews,e
one of West Virginia's ablest bankers and financiers, e
was born at Christiansburg, June 29, 1867. He was reaii
in Lewisburg, and that city has always been his home, e
had a public school education, attended a military acadeip
at Bethel, Virginia, and studied law until failing eyesigt
compelled him to relinquish professional ambition. e
soon afterward entered the Bank of Lewisburg as a tell
and has been with that institution thirty years or mo.
Since 1906 he has been its president.

His financial ability has brought him a wide field f
service. He helped organize the Richwood Bank and Tnt
Company. He was a director for ten years and later electl
president of the First National Bank of Ronceverti, and 3
still its president. He is now vice president and was ti
first president of the Virginia Joint Stock Land Bank I
Charleston, which succeeded the Virginia Rural Credit Ass-
ciation, of which Mr. Mathews was also president. He isi
director of the West Virginia Mortgage and Discount C«-
poration of Charleston, which was organized in 1921. 1$
has also been extensively interested in land and oil ۥ
velopments.

Mason Mathews married Jane C. Montgomery, of Lew-
burg. Their children are: Florence M., wife of Bufol
Hendrick, Jr.; Alexander F.; and Elizabeth M.

A soldier of the great war, an air pilot, who lost his lis
in France, was Alexander F. Mathews, only son of t>
Lewisburg banker. He was born August 23, i895, and wi
educated in the Greenbrier Presbyterian Military School ai.
graduated in 1914 from Culver Military Academy of I-
diana, with the rank of first lieutenant. He also spent
year in Purdue University, and in 1915 entered Corn<
University. He was one of the young men of universi
training "and technically equipped who volunteered at t
very beginning of the war when America entered t)
struggle. He volunteered for the aviation service in Marc
1917, was in training at Miami, Florida, and in July, 191
ordered to France. He was commissioned first lieutenant •
the American Air Force on September 29, 1917, and w;
then sent to England for special training with the Roy
Flying Corps. April 1, 1918, he returned to France, ai
though an American aviator was assigned to duty with tl
Eighty-fourth Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Havii

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downed 31/3 enemy machines, he lacked only a fraction of
the work required of an "Ace." On the night of August
24, the day after his twenty- third birthday, he was killed
».v a Herman bomb dropped during a raid over the section
"i which he was engaged. His death was instant. His
aptain wrote as follows:

"1 have known Alex, ever since he joined the squadron
and have done a great deal of work with him over the lines,
and thire was nobody I would sooner go into a scrap with,
lie was an excellent pilot and was very keen, and had be-
come one of the tried and trustworthy pilots who are the
haeVbone of a lighting squadron. A chap like Alex, is
uwfullv ha'.d to replace, for although only with us for five
months he l as n < , en i" dozens of tights and was a very
experienced *nd scientific Hun tighter."

The b**Jy of Lieutenant Mathews was subsequently re-
turned to America, and was laid to rest in the National
Cemetery at Arlington.

Claries Gnrdner Mathews, a brother of Mason Mathews,
tli- Lewisburg banker, was born at Lewishurg Febnrary 14,
]i&.K He was educated in private schools in Virginia and
die University of Virginia, where he studied law. Though
admitted to the bar, his active years have been devoted to
private business affairs. In 11)07 he married Miss Har-
riet B. Tompkins. Their two children are: Jane Graves
and Charles G., Jr.

John William Mason, who is engaged in the active prac-
tice of his profession in the City of Fairmont, Marion
County, is consistently to be designated as one of the able
and representative younger members of the bar of his native
state. He was born at Grafton Taylor County. April 9,
1*83, and is a son of Judge John William and Rebecca
Klizabeth ( Wallace) Mason. Judge Mason was one of the
most distinguished and influential members of the bar of
West Virginia, served as commissioner of internal revenue
in the City of Washington, as judge of the Circuit Court, and
later as judge of the Supreme Court of West Virginia.
Judge Mason was born on a farm in Monongalia County, this
*fatc, January 13, 1842, a son of John Mason, the maiden
name of whose mother was Casey. She was a descendant
of Nicholas Casey, who was a patriot soldier in the War of
the Revolution. Judge Mason read law under the preceptor-
ship of the late Judge Hagans of Morgantown, and after
admission to the bar he established himself in practice at
Grafton. In ls$9 President Harrison appointed him United
State commissioner of internal revenue, and he continued
♦ lie incumbent of that office until 1893. Returning from the
mf.ional capital to West Virginia, Judge Mason was en-
gaged in the practice of law at Fairmont until 1900, when
he was elected to the bench of the Circuit Court of the
circuit then comprising Marion, Harrison and Monongalia
counties. His service on the Circuit bench continued until
January 1, 1913, and thereafter he was engaged in private
practice at Fairmont until November, 1915, when Governor
Hatfield appointed him a judge of the Supreme Court of
the state. He continued his service as a member of this
tribunal until January 1, 1917, and thereafter he was en-
gaged in the practice of his profession, in a restricted way,
until the time of his death, which occurred at Fairmont on
the 23d of April of the same year. Judge Mason by his
character and ability honored both the bench and the bar
of his native state and was a man who ever commanded un-
qualified popular confidence and good will. His high place
in the esteem of his professional eoofreres was shown in his
election to the presidency of the West Virginia Bar Associa-
tion. The wife of Judge Mason was born in Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, December 21, 1<*42, a daughter of John and
Mary (Manser) Wallace, both of Scotch lineage. Mrs.
Mason did not loug survive her husband, as she died on the
10th of April, 1919, her memory being revered by all who
came within the sphere of her gentle and graeious influence.

John William Mason, who bears the full name of his dis-
tinguished father, supplemented the training of the Fair-
mont schools by attending the State Normal School, and
afterward continued his studies in the University of West
Virginia. Later he entered the law school of Yale Univer-
sity. He received from the State Univendtv the degree of
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Bachelor of Arts in 1908, and from Vale the degree of
Bachelor of Laws in 1910, the same degree having been con-
ferred upon him in the preceding year by the University of
West Virginia. While at Vale he was" a member of the
Board of Editors of the Yale Law Journal. He was ad-
mitted to the bar at Fairmont, February 22, 1909, before
he had received his law degree, and in 1910 he engaged in
the practice of his profession at Fairmont, in partnership
with A. C. Merrill, the firm of Merrill & Mason continuing
until the following year, and for somewhat more than a year
thereafter Mr. Mason was associated with his father in
practice.

December 20, 1914, Mr. Mason was commissioned captain
in the Quartermaster Department of the West Virginia Na-
tional Guard, and June IS, 1916, he was called into active
service in connection with troubles on the Mexican border.
He was on active duty as assistant camp quartermaster under
Maj. Charles R. Morgan in the City of Charleston until the
following November, and thereafter continued his law prac-
tice at Fairmont until August 1, 1917, when he was mustered
into the United States Army, with the rank of captain, and
was assigned to service as assistant to the constructing
quartermaster at Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Ala-
bama. On the 14th of the following December he became
assistant to the camp quartermaster, and on the 19th of
January, 1918, he was assigned to duty as salvage officer at
that Camp. On the 12th of the following October, Captain
Mason was transferred to Camp Fremont, California, where
he served as camp salvage officer until the 1st of the follow-
ing February, when he was assigned to duty as assistant
salvage zone officer at Fort Mason, in the City of San Fran-
cisco. On the 19th of the following June he was made zone
salvage officer, and in this capacity he served until October
16, 1919, when he received his honorable diseharge. There-
after he continued in the private practice of his profession
at Fairmont until January 1, 1921, when 'he was appointed
assistant prosecuting attorney of Marion County. In his
profession and as a loyal and public-spirited citizen he is
well upholding the prestige of the honored family name.

Captain Mason is a member of Fairmont Lodge No. 9,
A. F. and A. M., is a Knight Templar and an eighteenth
degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member. of Osiris Temple
of the Mystic Shrine in the City of Wheeling. He is also
a member of the America n Legion, Elks and Odd Fellows
and is* a member of the Country and Automobile clubs of
his home city.

Captain Mason married Miss Josephine Colbert, daughter
of Henry Clay Colbert, of Martinsburg, this state, and their
one child is a son, John William (III), born May 25, 1914.

Adam B. Littlepage, who for three terms was a member
of Congress from West Virginia, his last term coinciding
with the period of the war, with Germany, earned a dis-
tinctively high place as a lawyer as well as a statesman, and
he was still enjoying an undiminished prestige in his pro-
fession when overtaken by death June 29, 1921.

Adam Brown Littlepage was born in Kanawha County
April 14, 1839, son of Adam and Rebecca T. (Wood)
Littlepage. His father was born in Greenbrier County,
Virginia, where his French-Scotch ancestors had settled.
In 1840 he built salt works near Kanawha Saline, where
he engaged in salt manufacturing and contracting, re-
moving from there in 1845 to a farm near Kanawha Two-
Mile. He possessed business qualifications of a high order
and became a man of large estate. During the unhappy
Civil war he suffered great losses, many of which he
claimed to be unjust, and he subsequently gave up his
life in a duel at Dublin, Virginia, in an effort to sub-
stantiate his right to a valuable property. Although the
larger part of the fortune which he had acquired was not
preserved to his family, they were able to retain 900 acres
of land, little of which, however, was eontributive to the
comfort or maintenance of his immediate family. Adam
Littlepage married Rebecca T. Wood. She was bom i
Kanawha County, Virginia, and died at Charleston, West
Virginia, in 1898, aged seventy one years. Seven children
were born to this marriage, several of whom died in
infancy. One son, Alexander, became a noted physician,

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while Adam B. and Samuel D. both became lawyers and
both gained prominence as members of the Charleston bar.

Adam B. Littlepage attended the public schools in
Kanawha County. The death of his father in 1862 had
brought about domestic ehanges, and the advantages that
might have been accorded the children of the family were
measurably limited. When the youth decided to study law
he went to his uncle, who was a resident of Lodi, Indiana,
and remained with him until the latter 's death, after
which for a time he was employed in settling up his uncle's
large estate. In his early endeavors to secure an educa-
tion in law that would admit him to practice Mr. Little-
page met with many discouragements which to a man of
less determination would have caused his turning to some
other means to gain a livelihood. Fortunately he had
faith in himself, an important factor in the pursuit of
any ambition, and struggled on until he attained his de-
sire. In painful measure in his early years of law practice
at Newport, Indiana, in which state he had been admitted
to the bar, he was hampered by lack of means, increased
somewhat by the desire as well as necessity of contribut-
ing to the support of those dear to him. In this connection
it may be mentioned that when his income was $50.00 a
month he sent thirty-five dollars of this amount to his
mother. Also, in Indiana he found himself not altogether
in touch with the people and conditions which surrounded
him, and after two years of trial a natural feeling of
homesickness perhaps had its influence and he returned
to Kanawha County, opening an office at Charleston.

Mr. Littlepage as a lawyer was equally at home in the
civil and criminal branches of the law, and gained dis-
tinction not only by individual cases but through the great
volume of important litigation he handled. At one time
he was general counsel in West Virginia for the United
Mine Workers of America. He was a member of several
law partnerships at Charleston. In 1907 he became senior
member of the firm Littlepage, Cato & Bledsoe. This
was succeeded in February, 1911, by the firm Littlepage
& Son, and still later by the firm of Littlepage, Littlepage
& Littlepage.

The late Mr. Littlepage was a loyal democrat, but seldom
allowed his name to be associated with candidacy for office.
At one time he was defeated by forty-nine votes for the
office of prosecuting attorney, and a recount of the votes
was settled by a compromise dividing the office between
the two candidates. In November, 1906, he was elected
a member of the State Senate from a district 3,000 votes
normally republican. During his term in the Senate he
was a member of the finance and other committees. In
November, 1910, he was elected to the Sixty-second Con-
gress as a representative of the Third West Virginia Dis-
trict. The normal political complexion of the district was
republican by a majority of 6,000, and he received a
margin over his competitor by nearly 2,000 ballots. He
was re-elected from the Third District in 1914, and in
1916 was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress from the Sixth
District, his third term ending in March, 1919. He served
for some time as a member of the committee on military
affairs, but at the special request of Secretary Daniels
he resigned his membership in this committee and was
made a member of the naval affairs committee during the
World war.

On April 8, 1884, Mr. Littlepage married Eva Collett,
daughter of Stephen S. and Jane (Dunlap) Collett. Her
parents were natives of Vermilion County, Indiana, where
her father was president of a bank. Mr. and Mrs. Little-
page had two children: Clara Frances, who became- the
wife of R. F. Irwin, and S. Collett Littlepage, whose
career is sketched in biography following.

Mr. Littlepage was a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite
Mason and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, an Odd Fellow,
a Knight of Pythias, an Elk and a Red Man.

As an individual, as a lawyer, and as a legislator Adam
B. Littlepage stood exemplar of those principles wlrich
tend towards the better life. While manifesting and prac-
ticing towards others the utmost measure of kindliness and
charity, he maintained for himself a rigid adherence to
the principles of absolute equity and fairness. Scrupulously

honest in all of his dealings with his fellow men, he coil
never countenance, much less practice, the petty tri<g
which too often pass current in the business and politi 1
world. Kind hearted and generous, almost to a fault, e
possessed an affability and charm of manner which wi
and held friendships, and marked him a man among s
peers. ~f»

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Stephen Collett Littlepage became an active \
ber of the Charleston bar in 1908, for a dozen years *s (
actively associated with his distinguished father, p.nd .
been ably carrying on the great and important volume f I
the practice of the old firm since the death of Jig father.) '

His father was the late Hon. Adam Browj Littlepaj, I
one of Charleston's most distinguished citizens. He wi '
born near Charleston, April 14, 1859, son of Adam B. a I
Rebecca T. (Wood) Littlepage. He was educated in tj
public schools near Charleston, and in his professor!
career held the offices of prosecuting attorney, menJ?t
of the State Senate, from 1906 to 1910, and representl
the Charleston District in Congress, elected in 1910, 1b
only democrat ever chosen to Congress from this distrt
since the Civil war. He was general counsel in W.,t |
Virginia for the United Mine Workers of America. Ada
B. Littlepage died June 29, 1921. He marked Eva
Collett, of Newport, Indiana, April 8, 188*. She wj
born at Newport, a daughter of Stephen S. Collett, i
banker, and a uiece of Joseph and John Collett. Jo'i
Collett was distinguished as the builder of the Cbica>
and Eastern Illinois Railroad, and was its first preside,
Joseph Collett was state geologist for the State of Indiau

Stephen Collett Littlepage was born at Charleston l
1887, was educated in the grammar and higl schools E
his native city, attended Kentucky Military Institute, Wa>
ington and Lee University, and graduated LL. B. fr<|
the University of West Virginia in 1908. He at oi»
returned to Charleston, and has since been in active pr:fc
tice and his personal abilities have won him much of 1s
prestige given his honored father.

Mr. Littlepage early in 1918 volunteered as a priv;s
in the infantry service, and was assigned to duty wi
the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Depot Brigade at Can
Lee, Virginia. While there he was recommended by offices
of his company and battalion to enter the line of office '
training school. He was one of only three men who w<e
commissioned first lieutenants at Camp Lee, all the otlr
candidates attending school having to be satisfied wi
the grade of second lieutenant. Mr. Littlepage is stilh
first lieutenant of the Reserves. He married Novemlr
22, 1919, Marguerite E. Payne, of Charleston, West V-
ginia, only daughter of Charles K. and Emma E. Payl

Mr. Littlepage is a member of the Kappa Alpha f-
ternity, Theta Nu Epsilon fraternity, Edgewood Cot-
try Club. He is also a member of numerous hunting ai
fishing clubs, including the Alleghany and Cheat Mountsi
clubs and the Paul J. Rainey Fox Hunters' Associatii
and the National Fox Hunters' Association. In fratenl
eireles he holds membership in the Elks Lodge and 13
Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Presbyterii
Church.

Hon. Nathan Gofp. In the public service of state ai
nation perhaps no West Virginian had longer and nne
distinguished service than the late Nathan Goff. He \»B
one of the first volunteers in the war for the Union, in wh i
he rose to the rank of major. From the close of the vt
he practiced law, was an officer of the state and fedel
governments, a cabinet officer, congressman, federal judj
and United States senator, and in these varied responsib>
ties was almost continuously active until a short time bef<3
his death.

He was born in the City of Clarksburg, which alwES
remained bis home, on February 9, 1843. His first Am*
iean ancestors were New England settlers. His gre>
grandparents were Nathan and Mary (Potter) Goff, w)
were married at Coventry, Rhode Island, in 1746. Is
grandfather, Job Goff, was born at Coventry, Rhode Islai,
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*»ne of the volunteers from Vermont to the American forces
5n the Revolutionary war. Subsequently he removed to
Otsego County, New York, and in 1804 settled in what is
now Harrison County, West Virginia. lie lived there until
his death on December 8, 1845.

, Tha parents of the late Judge Goff were Waldo Potter
ind Harriet Louise (Moore) Golf. His father was born in
Otsego County, New York, and died at Clarksburg, Septem-
ber 17, 1881. He was a farmer and merchant, held several
rounty offices and was a member of the Virginia Senate.
At Clarksburg in 1839, be married Harriet Louise Moore,
a daughter of Thomas Preston and Rachel (Pindall)
Moore. Their children were named: Gay, Henry Clay,
Nathan, Thomas Moore, Charles James, May, Flora, Lizzie
[and Hattie.

[ Nathan Goff acquired a liberal education, attending
.Northwestern Academy at Clarkshurg and the Georgetown
[College in the District of Columbia. He left Georgetown
-College to enlist as a private in Company G of the Third
'Virginia Infantry at the very beginning of the war, and re-
gained in service until the close. He was promoted to
jlieutenant and finally to major, and at his discharge was
^revetted a brigadier-general of volunteers. He received his
aouorable discharge January 20, 1864. He was once a prisoner
>f war and spent four months in Libby Prison. After leaving
jfhe army he studied law in the University of the City of New
York, from which he received his LL. B. degree. Georgetown
(College conferred upon him the honorary degree LL. B. in
.1889. He was admitted to the bar in 1866, and began
[practicing that year at Clarksburg. In 1867 he was elected
a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and
'reelected in 186S. In 1869 President Grant appointed him
district attorney for the District of West Virginia, and he
f held that office for twelve years, until 1881, when, toward
jthe close of the administration of President Hayes, he re-
signed to become secretary of the navy in President Hayes'
cabinet. In the meantime he had been one of the promi-
nent republican leaders in his state; was candidate for Con-
gress in 1S70 and 1874, and for governor in 1876. During
1881-82 he was again United States district attorney. In

1882 he was elected to Congress, serving three terms, from

1883 to 1889. In 1S88 Judge Goff was again his party's
candidate for governor, and on the face of the returns was
'elected by a plurality of one hundred and thirty votes, but
the election was contested by the democratic candidate, who
was seated by a majority vote of the Legislature. In 1884
and in 188S, Judge Goff was chairman of the National Re-
publican Congressional Committee.

In 1892 he was appointed by President Harrison judge
of the United States Circuit Court, Fourth Division, and
he was on the bench for a period of nineteen years and
during 1912-13 was judge of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals. In 1913 Judge Goff left the bench to
become United States Senator from West Virginia, and
served out his six year term, ending in March, 1919. He
had been in some branch of the public service for over half
a century, and had earned some of the finest distinctions
as soldier, lawyer, judge and statesman.

Through all these years he was exceptionally loyal as a
citizen of Clarksburg. A monument to his enterprise as a
business man and as a citizen include his splendid resi-
dence in that citv, the Goff office building and the Waldo
Hotel.

November 7, 1865, Judge Goff married Laura Dcspanl.
Two sons were horn to this marriage, Guy D. and Waldo
Percy Goff. Guy D. Goff took up his father's profession,
and is now assistant United States attorney-general. Waldo
P. Goff is a prominent physician and business man of
Clarksburg. On August 28, 1919, Judge Goff married Miss
Katherine M. Penney. She survives him and lives at Clarks-
burg. Judge Goff died April 23, 1920, at the age of sev-
enty-seven.

Jaxes A. Bryan. The aerviceableness of good citizen-
ship baa a most splendid example in the career of James
A. Bryan of Parkersburg. While a busy and successful
manufacturer, Mr. Bryan at all times has been ready to
pnt the interests of the community first in importance.
While so well known and loved in his home community,

he is widely known all over the atate for his prominence
in Masonry.

He waa born at Parkersburg February 14, 1858, aon
of William and Margaret (Wreath) Bryan. His father
was one of the early engineers on tbe Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, running trains over the branch to Parkersburg.
He waa also at one time a captain of tho Mount Clare
transport steamboat.

James A. Bryan was reared in Parkersburg, attended
public and private achools there, and has been in business
since the close of his school days. He ia one of the
principal ownera of the National Woolen Mills, with its
numerous subsidiary establishments.

For twenty years, ending in 1906, Mr. Bryan was a
member of the Board of Education, serving without
remuneration. The last four yeara he was president of
the board. During bis administration the McKinley School
Building was erected, at a cost of $90,000; $25,000 were
expended in rebuilding tbe Willard School, and $8,000 in
the remodeling of the Sumner High School. The Carnegie
Public Library Building was also erected, at a cost of
$34,000, tbe gift from Mr. Carnegie being secured largely
through tbe personal efforts of Mr. Bryan. As president
of the Board of Education, it may be safely asserted that
Mr. Bryan accomplished more than any other citizen ever
has in behalf of local educational progress. While he
was on the board a system of free text books was adopted,
teachers' salariea were increased, and a four year high
school course adopted.

Mr. Bryan is a prominent Methodist and has been
identified with that church aince early youth. He served
as steward and treasurer of the Board of Stewards for
thirty years, served as secretary of the Sunday School, for
five years was superintendent of the Sunday School, and
is still treasurer of the church. When the Parkers-
burg Y. M. C. A. was organized on a permanent basis he
was unanimously chosen as first president of the Board
of Directors. During the three years he held that office,
the Y. M. C. A. Building was erected and equipped at a
cost of $85,000.

His many services aa a Mason are well known, and may
be only briefly outlined. He waa made a Master Mason
of Mount Olivet Lodge No. 3, in 1879, filled various chairs
in that lodge, was its worshipful master in 1882-84, and
for many years past has been its secretary. In 1879 he
was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree, waa high priest of
Jerusalem Chapter No. 3, in 1885, and aince 1895 has been
secretary of the chapter. In November, 1900, he received
the order of High Priesthood. He also was elevated in
1879 to the rank of Knight Templar in Calvary Com-
mandery No. 3, and was chosen its eminent commander in
1885, and has been its recorder since 1S95. Besides his
responsibilities in connection with the York Rite bodies at
Parkersburg, he has had many honors in the state organi-
zations. In 1907-08 be was grand master of the Grand
Lodge of the State of West Virginia. He is now Captain
of Host, Sojourner of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons, and in 1902-03 was grand commander of the
Grand Commandery of the atate. He has also been repre-
sentative of these Grand Bodies. Up to the nineteenth
degree of the Scottish Rite he holds membership in Parkers-
burg, and acts officially in all tbe various proceedings. Tbe
remainder of the Scottish Rite degrees he holds in West
Virginia Consistory at Wheeling. In 1907, at a meeting
of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite held in Wash-
ington, D. C, he was elected a Knight Commander of
the Court of Honor and later was made a thirty-third
degree, Honorary. Mr. Bryan became a charter member
of Nemesis Temple of the Mystic Shrine after having
previously been a member of Osiris Temple at Wheeling,
lie is present recorder of the local Shrine.

In 1884 Mr. Bryan married Miss Lulu Kendall, daughter
of Dr. J. E. Kendall. Of their two children the daughter,
Margaret, died at the age of eighteen months. The son,
James K. Bryan, is a member of the senior class of the
Ohio Wesleyan College at Delaware, was senior class presi-
dent, a member of the Boosters Class, on the ataff of
the college paper, received his athletic Letter in basket

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IIISTOKY OF WEST VIRGINIA

ball and was one of the ten men and ten women students
elected to the distinction of having been one of the most
serviceable to their college. This son was for twenty-two
months in the hospital service during the World war,
attached to the Thirty-seventh Ohio Regiment and spent
eleven months overseas, being at the front during the
Argonne battle.

Gilbert L. Watson. Practically all the experiences of
his mature career have identified Mr. Watson with the
great industry of oil production. Oil circles know him as
a veteran, and his activities have extended from the East
to the West. He first became identified with oil production
in West Virginia thirty years ago, and for a quarter of a
century his home has been at Parkershurg, where lie is presi-
dent of the Citizens National Bank.

Mr. Watson was born at Olean, New York, May 26, 1X55,
son of Hiram and Melvina (Freeman) Watson. The Wat-
sons were an old New England family, coming from Scot-
land about 1629 and settling in and around Hartford,
Connecticut. The great grandfather of Gilbert L. Watson
was Simeon Watson, a soldier of the Revolution.

Gilbert L. Watson while a boy spent several years in
Northern Illinois, but otherwise his early life was passed in
New York. He completed his education in the Olean Acad-
emy, and from the age of fifteen to twenty he was employed
as an operator and manager of the Olean office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. In 1*75 Mr. Watson
opened for the Enterprise Transportation Company, the first
pipe line office for the purchase of oil at Bradford, Pennsyl-
vania. About two years later tliis business was taken over
by the Standard interests but he continued in the producing
end of the Enterprise Transportation Company until IXX4.

In that year he became an oil producer on his own
responsibility, his first efforts being made in the Bradford
held. Gradually his operations extended down through
Butler and Washington counties, Pennsylvania, and during
the Belmont excitement in 1 SO 1 he came into West Virginia.
During the past thirty years Mr. Watson has operated in
nearly every oil producing county in West Virginia, and also
in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Okla-
homa. He moved his family to Parkershurg in 1X96. As an
oil producer his endeavors have been attended with u re-
markable uniformity of success. This has been due no
doulit to his long experience and also to his well balanced
mind and detailed practical knowledge of every feature of
the business. His interests as an oil producer are still scat-
tered over five states.

^\!r. Watson is a Knight Templar Mason, a thirty-second
degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriller and an Elk. He is
a member of the Congregational Church and is president
of the Union Mission and member of the Rotary Club,
Blennerhasset Club and Chamber of Commerce.

April 9, 1884, Mr. Watson married Miss Charlotte Bush-
nell, and he began his career as an independent oil producer
shortly after his marriage. Her father, Cornelius S. Bush-
tt ell, lived for many years at New Haven Connecticut, and
was a man of distinction. He helped the famous engineer,
John Erickson, build the Monitor during the Civil war.
Later he was actively identified with the construction of the
Union Pacific Railway. Mr. and Mrs. Watson had one
daughter, Emily, who died at the age of nine years. Their
only surviving child is Cornelius B. Watson, now assistant
to the president of the Pure Oil Company of Columbus,
Ohio.

Gray Silver. What promises to be the most significant
and important move ever made for the advancement and
welfare of American farmers and necessarily by virtue of
that fact benefiting the entire nation as well, was the or-
ganization of the American Farm Bureau Federation, which
is now in its third year and which at the close of 1921 was
a national organization representing through its local con-
stituencies every state in the Union except two and compris-
ing nearly a million members distributed among the approx
imately fifteen hundred county farm bureaus and the forty-
six state farm bureau federations. The Federation in its
plan for practical work has nine administrative divisions.

one of which, with official headquarters at Washington^
the legislative. The man in charge of this legislative >■
partment, located in the Munsey Building at Washington's
a West Virginia farmer and fruit grower, member of an |J
and distinguished family of Berkeley County, and who |s
expressed his chief life enthusiasm in practical farming id
fruit growing and all the problems incidental thereto.

James Silver, colonist to America, was one of the f;t
permanent settlers in the Cumberland Valley of Pennd-
vania (about 1725.) He gave the site for Silver Sprg
Presbyterian Church, six miles from Carlisle, and wa?£
leading spirit in securing the erection of Cumberland Couk,
and served with the rank of captain in the French and
dian war. He died in 1776. His son, Francis Silver, !.,
born in 1740, was a large owner and operator of mills in jjl
Cumberland Valley, and took his father's place in bush is
and in ecclesiastical affairs. He was a soldier of the H*-
olution, and his mills helped feed the Continental Army. 3
1798 he removed with his family to Berkeley County, V
ginia, where he died in 1820.

Francis Silver, .1 r>{ 1 775-1852) , lived at Bunker Hill, »J
quired a large landed estate, operated several mills, wa a
soldier in the War of 1X12, and a force for good through t
his community. He married in 1802 Anne Beall, daughr
of Capt. Zephaniah Beall, a soldier of the Revolutions
son of William and Sarah (Magruder) Beall, the lattea
descendant of the Scotch clan McGregor.

The only sou of Francis and Anne (Beall) Silver )s
Zephaniah Silver, grandfather of Gray Silver. lie was b<«
at Bunker Hill May 24, 1805, and' lived at White HI,
Frederick County, where he dispensed a generous hospital!
He married in 1834 Martha Jane, accomplished daughter^
Captain Hiram and Mary (McConuell) Ilenshaw. Sprg
Hill, her birthplace, was founded by her grent-grandfatlf,
John Henshaw, in 1760. The first chapter of the D. A.f.
in West Virginia, organized in 1899, was named in honofi
her grandfather, Capt. William Henshaw. Martha J;e
Silver, a granddaughter of Mrs. Martha Jane Hensh'i
Silver, was a charter member and regent of the chapr
1901-04 and 1914-19. Hiram Henshaw was a captain n
the War of 1.H12.

Col. Francis Silver 3d, familiarly known as (L
Frank Silver, was born near White Hall, Frederick Com',
May 10, 1X36, was educated in private schools, and wasn
Company B of the First Virginia Cavalry from the outt
of the war until the surrender at Appomattox, being sevcl
ly wounded at Roods Hill. He was reared a federalist!
politics, but after the war voted as a democrat, was a Pil
byterian, and was a gentleman of the old school, courtlyn
manner, handsome and generous. Like most Valley \fl
ginians of his day, his business interests were mainly the
of a farmer. He was a director of the Old National Brk
and of the Shenandoah Valley Agriculture Society of W-
Chester. He took an active part in the reconstruction of is
native state. He died at his home in Berkeley County Am
28, 1x85.

November 6, 1N07, he married Mary Ann Gray, who \S
born on the Grav homestead, later known as Grayvii,
Berkeley County, December 19. 1X41. She was a descendit
of John Gray (1746 1X16), who came from Scotland in 1<)
and settled in Berkeley County, was a government survey,
acquired a large landed estate, and in 1787 laid out e
village of Gcrardstown. His oldest son, James Willi l
Gray, born in IX] 1, married Martha Jane Gilbert, daughr
of Edward Gilbert, Jr., and their oldest child was Mjf
Ann.

The parents of both Colonel Silver and his wife, M«'7
Ann Gray, were representatives of the best type of Val7
Virginians of protestant faith, intelligent and prosporo.
living on large plantations of considerably more than i
thousand acres and until after the War of 1X61-5 surrounc'i
by a large number of well cared for and contented servar.
This property was devastated, or entirely swept away, >
that dreadful conflict between the North and South. 1'
Silver and Gray plantation homes were both situated in I
fairest part of the beautiful and far famed Shenandoi
Valley, the immediate scene of the fiercest conllict botwd

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13

the contending armies during those four years of dreadful
warfare.

It was of such traditions and ancestry and under the fore-
going circumstances that Gray Silver began the battle of
life. He was bora, February 17, 1870, at White Hall, Fred-
erick County, Virginia. In his early infancy his parents re-
moved from the Silver homestead at White Hall to Mrs.
Silver 's paternal estate near Gerardstown, Berkeley County,
West Virginia, where the family thereafter made their home,
where their younger children were born, and where Colonel
Silver spent the remaining years of his life and where his
five children grew to maturity. With later additions this
•Ntate, now comprising about 900 acres, is the well known
"Silver II ill Farms" of Inwood, Berkeley County, where
the family hold large orchard and other interests.

Gray Silver was educated in the private and publie schools
of Berkeley County, being graduated from the latter in the
class of 1885, when but fifteen years of age. Having lost
his father at an early age, he soon learned to assume leader-
ship and responsibility, consequently we find him in the
business world when most youths are in sehool. His occu-
pation has been largely that of an agriculturist and horti-
culturist since the beginning of his business career, and he
has also been interested in the breeding of live stock aud
the growing of wool. He was a pioneer in bringing raneh
sheep to the East for breeding purposes. He was invited
to attend the eonferenee of the tariff board to discuss the
t'ffect of free wool in the sheep industry. He had been
active in the development of the Appalachian apple belt,
and is a large owner of orchards at the present time.

He has been a member of the Board of Directors of dif-
ferent local banking institutions. At present he holds a
directorship in the Merchants and Farmers Bank at Mar-
tinsburg. He was appointed commissioner on inland waters
by President Taft. During the World war he was appointed
by President Wilson as chairman of the County Liberty
Loan Board, as well as controller of food and fuel and rep-
resentative of labor distribution.

In the selection of Mr. Silver for his present important
responsibilities with the American Farm Bureau Federation
his qualifications rested not only upon his very close touch
with the practical side of American agriculture, but also
upon his familiarity with and experience in the publie af-
fairs of his home state. For eight years he was a member
of the State Senate of West Virginia and a leader in that
body. He was elected to the Senate in 1906, beginning his
work in the session of 1907. The district he represented
embraced Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan and Hampshire coun-
ties, ne was president of the Senate, being thereby ex-
offieio lieutenant governor of the state.

Sir. Silver is a member of the Masonic fraternity being a
thirty-second degree, a Knight Templar, Scottish Kite and a
Shriner; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the fol-
lowing patriotic and hereditary societies: National Soeiety
of Sons and Daughters of Pilgrims, with forty-two ancestral
gold stars to his credit; the American Clan Gregor Society,
Deputy Chieftain for West Virginia; the National Society
Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of Confederate
Veterans; the Imperial Military Order of the Yellow Hose.
He is a member of the Presbyterian Church; holding the
office of Deacon.

Because of the interests he represented and also for his
leadership he was one of the group of American farmers
who were most aetive in the organization of the American
Farm Bureau Federation in 1919. He had been' interested
in all fanner movements, particularly the Grange, and state
lecturer in his home state for that organization.

He was active in the work which began and led up to the
organization of local Farm Bureaus. Some 850 County
Farm Bureaus had been organized into their respective state
federations, and these were the units whieh made the Amer-
ican Farm Bureau Federation in 1919. When the organiza-
tion was completed he was put in charge of the legislative
department at Washington. This Washington offiee is
designated as a general aid ageney to all farmers ' activities
in the national capital, and has been particularly helpful
hi furthering the Federation's program of national legisla-

tion affecting the farm industry in general, and in providing
a nueleus of infiuenee to bring agricultural questions to the
attention of Congress. Undoubtedly the legislative offiee
sharea to a large measure the credit for the extensive pro-
gram of legislation passed during the year 1921, including
sueh vital measures as those increasing the capital and the
working efficiency of the Federal Farm Loan system, the
limitation of foreign immigration, the regulation of grain
exchanges and packing houses. Mr. Silver not only under-
stands the farmers' immediate problems, but his long con-
tact with mea of affairs and his experience in polities makes
him familiar with the avenues of approach to Congress and
higher Government officials.

Mr. Silver and his wife, Kate (Bishop) Silver, have five
young children, as follows: Mary Gray Silver; Gray Silver,
Jr.; Anne Beall Silver; Francis Silver 5th; Catherine du
Bois.

Mrs. Kate^ (Bishop) Silver was educated at Randolph
Macon Woman 's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, elass of 1907,
is an accomplished musician, and is an active member of the
Wednesday afternoon Music Club of Martinsburg. She is
a member of the Alumnae Association of .Randolph Macon
Woman's College; member of the American Association of
University Women's College Club, a Chi Omega; is a mem-
ber of the Martinsburg Golf Club, and of the following
patriotic and hereditary societies: National Society of Sons
and Daughters of Pilgrims, and by an interesting coin-
cidence is entitled to forty-two ancestral stars, exactly the
number accredited to her husband by the same society, in-
dicating that they have the same number of Pilgrim an-
cestors. Mrs. Silver is also a member of the National So-
ciety Daughters of the American Revolution, the National
Soeiety of United States Daughters of 1812, the United
Daughters of the Confederacy and an associate member of
the Ameriean Clan Gregor Society.

Samuel Fuller Glasscock, of the law firm of Glass-
cock & Glasseoek at Morgantown, has been distinguished
for his ability and very successful work as a lawyer, and
while well known in the public life of his state, his chief
ambition has been in his profession, in which for a number
of years he has been associated with his brother, former
Governor W. E. Glasscock.

The Glasseoek family of Monongalia County was estab-
lished here more than a century ago by John Glasscock.
John was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and he and
his brother Hezekiah settled on Indian Creek in Monongalia
County. One of the grandsons of John Glasscock was
Arthur C. Mellette, the first governor of South Dakota.

Charles Glasseoek, son of the Revolutionary soldier, was
boru in Virginia July 20, 1775, and was a young man when
he came with his father and uncle to Monongalia County.
He was a miller in Grant District of that county, and died
in February, 1840. His wife was Mary Arnett, who was
born in 1794 aud died in IS78.

Among the children of Charles Glasscock was Daniel
Glasseoek, father of the Morgantown lawyers. Daniel Glass-
cock was born at Arnett ville in 1828 and spent a long and
industrious life as a farmer. He died in 1910. He was one
of the early members of the republican party in the state
and was a member of the Methodist Church. In 1859 he
married Prudenee Michael, who died in 1904. Her children
were: Stephen A. D., William E., Louverna, Samuel Fuller,
James F., Sarah, Mary J., Alice and Zana.

Samuel Fuller Glasseoek grew up on his father's farm,
acquired his early education in the public schools, and was
a successful teacher for several years. He graduated in law
from the West Virginia University in 1893, was admitted
to the bar the same year, and at once began his profes-
sional work in Morgantown as a member of the firm of
Moreland & Glasscock. About nine years later he became
associated with his brother William E. in the firm of Glass-
eoek & Glasscock, and they have practiced law together
except for the four year period when William was gov-
ernor of the state. As a law firm it stands in the front
rank both in point of ability of the members and the
importance of its clientage. Among other corporations
whose legal affairs they have handled are: General counsel

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

for thf Morgantown & Kingwood Railway Company, now
part of the Baltimore & Ohio System; general counsel for
the Elkins Coal & Coke Company and its successor, the
Bethlehem Coal Company; attorneys for the Bank of Mor-
gantown, Glasscock Collieries Company, the Cheat Canyon
Coal Company and others.

Mr. Glasscock is a past grain! of Monongalia Lodge No.
10, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was the first
president of the Morgantown Rotary Club and a delegate
to the National Convention of Rotary Clubs at Atlantic-
City in 1920. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and a member of the County and State Bar asso-
ciations. July 29, 1908, he married Mabel C. Reynolds,
daughter of Dl\ P. B. Reynolds, who for many years was
professor of metaphysics in the University of West Vir-
ginia, of which Mrs. Glasscock is a graduate.

Hon. William Ellsworth Glasscock, governor of West
Virginia from 1909 to 1913, is a member of "the Morgan-
town law firm of Glasscock & Glasseoek, and a brother of
Samuel Fuller Glasseoek.

He was born on his father 's farm in Monongalia County,
December 13, 1862, was reared on the farm, and is a
product of West Virginia environment and institutions. He
attended the public schools, later the University of West
Virginia, and for a number of years devoted his time to
teaching. He taught school in Iowa and Nebraska as well
as in his native state, and during 1887-90 was superin-
tendent of schools for Monongalia County.

He was admitted to the bar in 1902, and in the same
year joined his brother S. F. Glasscock in the practice of
law at Morgantown. His interests as a lawyer are described
in the sketch of his brother.

He was a member of the Republican State Central Com-
mittee from 1900 to 1908 and was its secretary and chair-
man at different times. From 1905 to 1908 he was United
States collector of internal revenue for the District of West
Virginia, resigning that office to become candidate on the
republican ticket for governor. He was elected, and his
term as governor was from Mareh 4, 1909, to March 3,
1913. In 1912 he was delegate at. large from the state to
the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

August 15, 188S, Governor Glasscock married Mary Alice
Miller, of Monongalia County. She is a descendant in the
sixth generation from Col. John Evans, one of the promi-
nent leaders in the settlement of the Monongahela Valley
of West Virginia.

Charles James Faulkner. In that broad zone of in-
terests and affairs where the life of the community merges
with that of the state and nation and the local citizen be-
comes a power and influence in the web of a larger destiny,
one of the most interesting figures supplied by West Vir-
ginia was the late Charles James Faulkner of Martinsburg.
In his varied experience as lawyer, legislator, diplomat and
soldier he was of a rank and character that puts his name
easily among the first in the "Great Men of the Virginias.' '
Hardly less distinctive, though wrought in the medium of a
later and less turbulent age, is the career of his sou and
namesake, familiarly known in Martinsburg, his home, as
Senator Faulkner.

Charles James Faulkner, Sr., was born at Martinsburg in
1806, son of Maj. James Faulkner and Sarah (Mackey)
Faulkner. The grandfather was a native of County Ar-
magh, Ireland, whither the family had settled on leaving
England during the reign of William and Mary. Maj.
James Faulkner was born April 2, 1776, and served as a
major of artillery in the War of 1812, and was in command
of the fortifications and American forces that defeated the
British at Craney Island, near Norfolk, Virginia. He was
a merchant by occupation, and spent his last years in Mar-
tinsburg, where he died in 1817. Major Faulkner married
in 1803 Sarah Maekey. Sarah Mackey, who died in 1808,
was a daughter of Capt. William Mackey, who lived from
1738 to 1819, and his wife, Ruth Cromwell. Ruth Crom-
well was the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Murray)
Cromwell. Elizabeth Murray, whose second husband was
Samuel Chenowith, was the daughter of Josephus Murray

by his second wife, Ruth Hawkins. Josephus Murray v i
the son of James Murray, of Baltimore County, Maryla:,
and his wife, Jemima Morgan, who married secon. ■
Thomas Cromwell. Jemima Morgan was the daughter :
Captain Morgan. Capt. William Mackey commanded t
regiment in the Revolution at the battle of Brandywine, vs
a member of the Order of Cincinnati, and his members] i
diploma is now in possession of his great-grandson, »
oldest male descendant.

Charles James Faulkner was only two years of age wl i
his mother died and about eleven at the death of his ■
ther. With no relatives in this county, he was reared amor
strangers. The village doctor gave him a home. At i
early age he began the study of law under Chancelr
Tucker at Winchester, and he was also a graduate of Geor i
town University, near Washington. He was admitted 6
the bar in 1829, and almost from the first was aeeorcl
recognition in his profession and in politics. His first pit
lie effort was in behalf of the Constitution of 1830, il
he led the eampaign^iu his district for its adoption, whe
Tom Marshall was bitterly opposed to it. In the eontt
Marshal] had the advantage of wit and eloquence, but 3*.
Faulkner by his industry secured for the constitution a
large majority in Berkeley County. Two years after 'b
admission to the bar, in 1832, he took his place in the Vj-
ginia House of Delegates. He was then a boy in age a J
appearanee, but a man in mind. While in the Legislate
he introduced a measure for the gradual abolition of slav(f
in Virginia, upon what was known the "post nati" prinj.
pie, declaring that all children born of slave parents af.r
July 1, 1840, should be free. The proposition was <|
feated and it was used against him the following yd*
when he was a candidate for the Legislature, but he V8
re-elected by a unanimous vote. In 1833 he declined *
election and was appointed a commissioner on behalf f
Virginia to examine and report on the. disputed questi*
of boundary line between Maryland and Virginia. He V9
successful in settling this dispute and won a clear title it
Virginia. During the next fifteen years he applied hif
self steadily to his profession, and from his practice ir
quired a fortune. However, there were some interrnptits
even during this period of abstention from politics, i
1841 he was elected state senator, but resigned the folic}
ing year. In 1843 he was an advoeate of the annexatii
of Texas and in 1846 a warm supporter of the Mexiel
war. In 1848 he was elected to the House of Delegatl
and during the following session he introduced a series 1
resolutions which were passed by the Legislature ami trail
mitted to Congress, where the bill became the basis of ii
famous fugitive slave law passed by Congress in 1850. h
was a member of the Convention for the revision of t3
State Constitution in 1850, and worked hard for the intent
of Western Virginia, gaining for that section the position 1
the Council of States to which it was entitled. The em
promise of 1850 changed the political affiliations of mar
men, and Mr. Faulkner drifted to the side of the Unii
and in 1851, when he was a candidate for re-election, tls
was an issue against him, but he won by a good majorit
He was elected a member of Congress aiul in 1852 left H
whig party, joining his political fortunes with the denj-
crats, by whom he was re-elected, and served four si-
cessive terms, from December 1, 1851, until March 3, 19
During his first term he delivered a speech in Congress {;
titled "The Compromise — The Presidency — Political P:-
ties. " This was a big effort in behalf of Franklin Pieii
for the presidency, and more than 125,000 copies of t^
speech were printed and distributed. He also took tJ
stump and carried his district for Pierce. He was an
tive opponent of the ' ' know nothing ' ' party and workl
for the election of Buchanan in 1856. Buchanan on 1
coming president in 1857 offered Mr. Faulkner the positil
of Minister to France. But as he was in Congress and
Hon. John Y. Mason, a personal friend, was then Minisl
to France, he declined in favor of Mr. Mason. On t
death of Mr. Mason in 1859 Mr. Faulkner was nominat
to fill his place and accepted. He was recalled in 1861
President Lincoln, and on his return he was arrested a
confined as a disloyal citizen. He demanded of the Seci

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15

>irv of War upon what chaigo In- had been arrested and
stained, and received tin 1 following message from Simon
'^mcron, secretary of war: " V»ni are held as a distill-
ashed citizen uf Virginia, as a hostage tor dames Mc
raw, State Treasurer of 1 Vitnsylvanin, who wliile search
lig for the dead hotly of a friend <m the hattletiehl of
>ull Run was taken aiul thrown into prison by the people
n vour state now in rebellion against the authority of the
nrernmcnt, and, so help me Cod, you shall never be re-
| ved until James MeGrnw and his party are set at lib-
My ami are safe." He \va> confined in Washington one
lionth, then transferred to Fort Lafayette, ami while there
'a- offered his liberty if he would take the oath of allc-
liatice to the United States. This lie refused, saying that
I had In-en guilty of no offense ami that he would submit
t no conditions for his release. Soon after this he learned
kit McGraw of Pennsylvania had been set at liberty, and
fr again wrote to the Secretary of War, whose answer
fas: "You are no longer in my custody. You have been
ransfcrred to the Secretary of State as a political pris-
oner." The charge against Mr. Faulkner now was that he
Nil refused the oath of allegiance. Soon afterward he
:is removed to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor and finally
as "exchanged" for a Mr. Ely of New York, a congress-
>an who had been captured while a spectator at the Battle
if Bull Run.

Though then nearly sixty years of age, and exempt by
iw from military service, as soon as lie was released he
utered the army as a member of the staff of (Jen. Stone-
all Jackson, ranking as senior adjutant general and lieu-
i nant colonel. General Jackson referred to him as being of
real service to him in the making of his reports. There
re only twenty of these reports now in existence, and they
ere all written by t'olonel Faulkner. During his ab-
mce in the war his old home was ordered to be burned by
Jen. David Hunter, and an officer appeared to put the
ommand into effect, giving the ladies of the household one
our in which to take their clothing and leave. During
hat hour Mrs. Faulkner sent a telegram of a] meal to
"resident Lincoln and received an answer in time to save
he property. Some years after the war Colonel Faulkner
as debarred the rights of citizenship on account of having
orne arms against the Government, but in 1872 his polit-
*al difficulties were removed. He was deeply interested
n the affairs of the new State of West Virginia and exer-
ised a powerful influence in favor of incorporating the
wo rich counties of Jefferson and Berkeley in the new state,
le was the leading counsel for West Virginia in this matter
kdien the case was argued before the Supreme Court of the
"nitcd States in February, 1n71, and decided in favor of
Vest Virginia. He was elected a member of the Constitu-
ional Convention in 1872, and in 1874 was elected to Con-
.ress for the term which expired March 3, 1*77. He de-
lined re-election in order to become a candidate for the
'nited States Senate, but was defeated in the Legislature
>y a combination of republicans with some of the demo-
rats. Later he was mentioned as candidate for governor,
lis last years were spent in retirement, and he died No-
ember 1, LS84, at BoydvilJe, West Virginia, and was
•uried with Masonic honors.

In 1S33 Charles James Faulkner, Sr.. married Mary
•Vagner Boyd, daughter of Gen. Elisha Boyd and Ann
Holmes) Boyd. Ann Holmes was the daughter of Joseph
nd Rebecca (Hunter) Holmes. Joseph Holmes was a son
•f Hugh Holmes. Rebecca Hunter was the daughter of
'aul Hunter, who was a son of William and Martha Hunter.
•Villiam Hunter was a son of Andrew Hunter, of Cloghan
•'arm in County Londonderry, Ireland, and was bom in
040 and died in 1733. He was a descendant of the Hunt-
•rs of Ayrcshire, Scotland.

Charles James Faulkxeb, distinguished son of a dis-
inguished father, Charles James Faulkner, Sr., was born
it Martinsburg, September 21, 1847. When he was about
welve years of age he accompanied his father when the
atter went abroad as Minister to France, and while in Eu-
*ope he attended schools in Paris and Switzerland until
•eturning to America in 1*61. Then, in his fifteenth vear,

lie entered as a student the Virginia Military Institute at
Lexington. When, during the desperate lighting in lM>4
the little battalion of cadets was rushed into service ami
rendered such heroic assistance in tin- battle of New Mar
kit, there was no further talk of schooling, ami from that
time until the end of the war he was on duty first as an
aide on the staff of Gen. John « '. Brockciiridgo, and later
on the staff of Gen. Henry A. Wise, ami was with General
Wise when Lee's army was .surrendered at Appomattox.
Following his return home after the war he studied under
his father until October, !*<>»>, and then entered the law
department of the University of Virginia, graduating in
dune, IfS»js, and being admitted to the bar the following
September, when he was just twenty-one years of age. Kn
tering practice in his native town, he quickly justified the
brilliant promise of his university career and his family
prestige. He devoted himself with scarcely any interrup-
tions to the general practice of law for twelve years before
answering a call of public duty.

In lVNO he was elected ami served a term of six years
as judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of West Vir
ginia, composed of the counties of Jefferson, Morgan and
Berkeley. In 1 W, before he was forty years of age, but
with reputation thoroughly established as an able lawyer
and judge, he was elected to the I'nited States Senate to
succeed Johnson N. Camden. Though formally he was
elected by the Legislature, he was in a peculiar sense tin-
choice of a great majority of the people, who had unlim-
ited confidence in the integrity as well as the intellectual
strength of Judge Faulkner, lie enteretl the Senate at a
time when party feeling ran high, and speedily made a
reputation as one of the strong men on the democratic
side. He served with distinction for six years, and in
H93 was honored by re cleetion ami was in the Senate un-
til the beginning of lr>9!». During his second term his
party was in the majority in the senate, and he was made
chairman of the committee on territories. During the
twelve years he was a member of many of the most impor-
tant committees, including judiciary, appropriations, Dis-
trict of Columbia, Pacific railroads, territories, Indian dep-
redations, claims and others. One of the great contests
staged on the lloor of the Senate and in which he took a
leading part was the Blair Educational Bill, in which he
organized and led the contest in the Senate against its
passage, and was successful in securing its defeat, lie was
also the conspicuous figure in the filibuster used to defeat
the iniquitous Force Bill. In that contest the late Senator
Gorman of Maryland was Jloorloader of the democrats, and
Senator Faulkner one of his ablest lieutenants. At the re-
quest of his party associates Senator Faulkner kept the
lloor, speaking from 10:0n P. M. on one evening until
10:00 A. M. of the next day as a necessary means of meet-
ing a move of the republicans which would have forced a
vote on the main question which, had it succeeded at the
time, would have carried the bill.

After his retirement from the Senate in 1S99 Senator
Faulkner devoted his time to the practice of law, to his
large agricultural interests in the Eastern Panhandle and
on a number of occasions to important public affairs and
interests. He is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court
of the L nitcd States, a member of the American Society of
International Law, the National Geographic Society, the
Committee of One Hundred of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, and a trustee of the
Alumni Endowment Fund of the University of Virginia.
In the democratic party he was permanent chairman of the
Democratic State Convention of l^ss, both temporary and
permanent chairman of the Convention of 1x92, and was
chairman of the Congressional Committee in 1*94. l s 9*»
and 189S.

While he was in the Senate he was appointed in \^9b a
member of the British-American Joint High Commission
for the adjustment of differences in respect to the Domin-
ion of Canada. Senator Faulkner enjoyed the distinctive
honor of being chosen grand master of the Grand Lodge
of West Virginia Masons in 1879. lie was initiated into
the society of The Ravens of the University of Virginia in
19m9, and into the society of Phi Beta Kappa of Virginia,

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June 12, 1912. He is a member of the Metropolitan and
Cosmos Clubs of Washington, the Delta Psi of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, and the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows.

In November, 1869, he married Sallie Winn, daughter of
Johu and Ann Winn, of Charlottesville, Virginia. She died
in March, 1S91, the mother of five children. On January
3, 1894, Senator Faulkner married Virginia Fairfax Whit-
ing, daughter of H. C. and Martha Whiting, of Hampton,
Virginia. There is one child by the second marriage.

Robert Allen Armstrong has achieved many of the
genuine honors and attainments of scholarship, but with
them has gone a devoted service in the cause of education,
social and intellectual ideals, so that it is not difficult to
understand the appreciation and admiration given him
throughout the State of West Virginia.

Doetor Armstrong, who for many years has been head of
the English Department of West Virginia University, was
born at Frenehton, Upshur County, West Virginia, Sep-
tember 23, 1860, son of Jared M. and Eliza (Bennett)
Armstrong. His father was born in Highland County,
Virginia, in 1814, son of John and Elizabeth (Wilson)
Armstrong, who in 1840 moved over the mountains to Lewis
County, now Upshur County, West Virginia. Jared Arm-
strong died in June, 1899. His wife, Eliza, was the daugh-
ter of David and Mary (Stuart) Bennett.

Robert A. Armstrong is an alumnus of West Virginia
University, having graduated A. B. in 1886 and reeeived his
Master of Arts degree in 1889. From 1886 to 1893 he was
principal of the West Liberty State Normal Sehool. When
he entered teaching he regarded it as a temporary voeation
until he could qualify as a lawyer, and in 1890 he was ad-
mitted to the West Virginia bar, though it is probable he
has never represented a single elient. Since 1893 Doetor
Armstrong's services have been with West Virginia Uni-
versity. He was professor of English from 1893 to 1901,
was viee president of the university during 1897-99 and
since 1901 has been professor of English language and
literature and head of the English department since 1903.
In 1921, during the summer term, he served as exchange
professor of English in the University of Missouri.

Doetor Armstrong in the eourse of his career has utilized
a number of vacation and absence periods for post-graduate
study. He attended the University of Chicago in 1898,
was a student in Columbian, now George Washington Uni-
versity, in 1900, and during 1902-03 was in Harvard Uni-
versity, where he received the Master of Arts degree in
1903. Allegheny College bestowed upon him the L. H. D.
degree in 1908.

Doetor Armstrong has been chaplain of the university
sinee 1910. Since 1886 he has been an instructor in Teach-
ers Institutes of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi-
ana and Illinois. He was secretary of the West Virginia
State Board of School Examiners from 1S99 to 1909, was
editor of the West Virginia Sehool Journal from 1904 to
1921, was demoeratie nominee for state superintendent in
1900 and again in 1916, was a member of the West Vir-
ginia School Book Commission in 1917-22, was a member
and president of the School Board of Morgantown Inde-
pendent Sehool District in 1912-17, was president of the
West Virginia Sunday School Association in 1902, presi-
dent of the West Virginia Educational Association in 1907-
08, a delegate to the general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1900 and 1904, is president for 1921-22
of the local braneh of the American Association of Uni-
versity Professors, and is a member of the National Educa-
tional Association and the Kappa Alpha and Phi Beta
Kappa fraternities.

With all his other duties Doctor Armstrong has found
time for original and constructive literary work. He is au-
thor of a Geography of West Virginia — supplement to the
National Geography, published in 1899; Life out of Death,
1906; The Law of Service, 1907; Historical and Literary
Outlines of the Bible, 1907; Dramatic Interpretations of
Shakespeare's Tragedies, 1907; Mastering the Books of the
Bible, 1916. He was editor of a volume of Eclectic English

Classics, published in 1912, and has contributed manyais-
eellaneous articles to educational journals.

For six years he was in the military service of the ate,
being a captain in the National Guard from 1887 to 389
and major of the First Regiment from 1889 to 1893, hen
he resigned. He is a Knight Templar Mason and Kght
of Pythias.

Deeember 28, 1900, Doctor Armstrong married Ciie
Louise Dent, of Grafton. She died in 1903, leavii a
daughter, Virginia Dent Armstrong, who was born in <0l.
On June 11, 1914, Doctor Armstrong married Myr L.
Shank, of Auburn, New York. They have three chilon:
Roberta Jean, born in 1915; Barbara Allen, born in 117;
and Keith Stuart, born in 1919.

Hon. Frank Cox. One of the native sons of Monomlia
County whose private life and public career have refhted
credit upon himself and upon his birthplace is Hon. Jink
Cox of Morgantown, who has won prominence at the baind
on the bench and -today is recognized as one of the flest
lawyers and fair-minded jurists in West Virginia.

Judge Cox was born on the old Cox homestead in Cant
District, Monongalia County, West Virginia, June 18, -62,
a descendant of one of the old pioneer families of the coiiy.
This branch of the Cox family, which is of Scotch-Irish sick,
was founded in Maryland about the middle of the eightcath
century by Abraham Cox, who was the American anc€x>r.
From Maryland he came to Virginia and settled on 300 aes
of Government land near Morgantown, and there spen the
rest of his life. His son Moses, who was born near Hairs-
town, Maryland, in 1780, came with his parents to Mcon-
galia County, and later located his home on Indian Caek
in Grant District. He served as a soldier in the War of j 12,
was a justice of the peace and county sheriff, and die in
1861. He was twice married, first to Jane Musgrove, od,
second, to Mrs. Charlotte (McDermott) Foster.

Henry L. Cox, son of Moses and Charlotte (Foster) Jox
and father of Judge Frank Cox, was born in Mononilia
County, in 1 836, and became a man of wide influence and >lid
worth. From Monongalia Academy he entered Waynesirg
College, which he attended for two summers, in the min-
while teaching school during the two winters in Grsne
County, Pennsylvania. In 1867 Henry L. Cox was ele;ed
superintendent of the Monongalia County schools, was ib-
sequently re-elected, and served in this office for fifteen y is.
He was active also in the political field and in 1880 ras
elected a member of the West Virginia Legislature and ras
returned in 1882. On February 28, 1861, he married iiss
Elizabeth Matilda Boydston, a daughter of Boaz Boydsm,
of Greene County, Pennsylvania. Judge Cox was leir
only child.

In the class of 1883 Frank Cox was graduated fromie
University of West Virginia with the degree of LL. B., 'as
admitted to the bar in the same year and immediacy
entered upon the practice of law at Morgantown. In .88
he was elected prosecuting attorney and re-elected in 1)0.
He appointed George C. Baker of Morgantown his assistat,
and in 1892 Mr. Baker succeeded Mr. Cox as prosecung
attorney, and he appointed Mr. Cox as his assistant. Aiw
partnership had been formed in 18S9, and this professiial
association has continued to the present, with the excepon
of the interim while Judge Cox served on the bench.

In 1904 Mr. Cox was elected judge of the Superior Girt
of Appeals of West Virginia, a position for which he as
singularly well qualified, but in 1907 he resigned and resumed
private practice at Morgantown. In numerous other sa-
pacities he has been equally prominent and trustwor.y.
He served as judge advocate general on the staff of Goveior
Atkinson, was a member of the West Virginia World's "iir
Commission, and during the World war was active ad
influential both publicly and personally, serving as chainan
of the Second Liberty Loan drive in Monongalia Cou.y,
and giving generous assistance to all the local patriiic
movements.

On March 5, 1885, Judge Cox was united in marriage \th
Miss Mattie J. Weaver, a daughter of George and Marget
Weaver. Judge and Mrs. Cox have two children, Staisy
Rhey and Margaret Elizabeth. Stanley Rhey Cox was trn
March 23, 1S89. He was graduated from the Universit;of

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

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est Virginia, entered into the practice of law at Morgan-

wn and subsequently was elected prosecuting attorney of
tonongnlia County, and since the expiration of his term,
muary ], 1921, has engaged in private practice. Judge

»x's daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, was horn June 15, 1K9S.
10 was educated in the University of West Virginia and in
nvate schools, and is now the wife of Charles Burke Morris,

Clarksburg, West Virginia. Judge Cox and family belong
• the Methodist Episcopal Church at Morganlown, and he

a meml>or of its Board of Trustees. For a number of years
» has been a member of the School Board in this city and
ce president of the Board of Trade. He belongs to the
bisons. Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen of .America.

Staxi.ky Rh'y Cox. To interpret the law pro|>erly in all
s complexities and to apply its provisions unerringly to
itablish human rights and defeat injustice demands such a
unprehensive knowledge not only of books hut of life
>elf that he who reaches a high plane in this profession must
»nimand more than negative consideration in the minds of
is fellowmen. History evidences the fact that a kind of
•w has always been upheld by savage peoples, but when
;plaincd it resolves itself into the old axiom that "might
:akes right," and in modern, civilized life it becomes the
»sk of the exponents of the law to overcome this only too
revalent idea. Hence, on a solid educational foundation
uist Ik? built up a thorough knowledge of what law means
the proven t-day man, and how it can be applied to cireum-
ent evil, protect the helpless and bring happiness ami safety
> the deserving. Of the members of the Monongalia County
ar who jiossess the qualities necessary for the successful
•raetice of their calling and the gaining of a place in public
onhdence and esteem, one who has made rapid strides
uring the comparatively few years that he has practiced
iw is Stanlev Rhey Cox, of Morgantown. Mr. Cox comes
laturallv by his predilection for the law, being a son of Judge
Vank Cox, of Morgantown.

Stanley H. Cox was l>orn March 23. ISS9, in Grant District,
donongalia County, West Virginia, and as a youth attended
he public schools of Morgantown, being graduated from the
ligh school with the class of 1907. He then entered the
"nivrrsity of West Virginia, from which he was graduated as
i member of the class of 1911, receiving the degree of Bachelor
>f Arts and following this took up the study of law in the law
lepartment of the University of West Virginia, being grad-
lated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, class of 1912.
Vdmitted to the bar of West Virginia during the same year,
ic entered practice at Morgantown in association with his
at her, and continued to be identified with the elder man
intil Xovombc, 1916. when the partnership was dissolved
>v the election of Mr. Cox to the office of prosecuting attorney
>f Monongalia County. He assumed the duties of that office
fanuary 1, 1917, for a term of four years, and when he retired
rom that office, December 31, 1920, resumed practice, this
imp alone. He has met with excellent success in his calling,
las the names of a large number of important concerns on
lis Ixmks, and is held in general esteem by his clients as well
s by his fellow-practitioners. Mr. Cox has applied himself
Jmost exclusively to the duties of his profession, and has
ound little time for outside activities. However, he has not
leglected the responsibilities of citizenship, and has shown
limsclf fond of the companionship of his fellows by his mem-
•cr^hip in several social and fraternal bodies.

In 1912 Mr. Cox married Esther Jean (Jilmore, daughter
•f S. W. Gilmore. of Battell District, Monongalia Countv,
ind to this union there have been born a son and a daughter:
r rank C. and Elizabeth Jane.

Albert Blakeslee White, who was governor of West
"irginia from 1901 to 1905, exercised his first occupational
hoice in the newspaper husines-i, and conferred distine-
ion ttoth on himself and his vocation duriug his long aud
irduous devotion to that calling. Tt was as a newspaper
nan that he came to West Virginia, locating at Parkers-
•urg forty years ago, and virtually creating the State
fuurnal a* a newspaper of wide influence and a successful
msiness institution. Governor White has the gift of
eraatility, and has succeeded in several fields to a degree

that would satisfy the ambitions' of most men who con-
centrate their energies along one particular line.

Governor White has behind him an American ancestry
dating hack nearly three centuries, and there have been
many men of great distinction in the various branches.
Governor White stands in the ninth generation of the Amer
iean family. The first American of the family was Thomas
White, who was born in Ireland in 1599, was a lawyer by
profession, settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1031',
was prominent in the affairs of that colony, and died in
1079. Joseph White was bom at Weymouth in 1035, was
known as Captain Joseph, and died at Mendon, Massa
chusetts, in 1700. Thomas White was bom at Mendon in
1005. Deacon Samuel White was bom at Uxbridge, Mas
sachusetts, in 1700. ('apt. Paul White was born at l'x
bridge in 1744, and died at Douglass, Massachusetts, in
1790. Calvin White was bom August 30, 1771. and died
August 31, ]S::S. and about 1800 moved to Ware, Mas
sachusetts. Jonas White, horn November IS, 1795, founded
this branch of the family in the West, being an early
settler of the Ohio Western Reserve, where he followed
fanning. He died in Portage County, Ohio, August 29,
1S7G. In 1819 he married Sarah MeGregory, and they
were the grandparents of Governor A. B. White.

Emerson Klbridge White, son of Jonas and Sarah White,
gave his life to the cause of education, and his name and
achievements are permanently associated with the history
of educational development in Ohio and in fact in the
nation. He was hem January 10. ] >»29, at Mantua, Portage
County, and died at Columbus,' Ohio, October 21, 190*2,
He was educated in common schools and academies, and
for several years was a student of Cleveland University.
He was a teaeher and principal in the Cleveland public
schools, was superintendent of schools at Portsmouth, Olro,
and in 1801 moved to Columbus and for fifteen years con-
ducted the Ohio Educational Monthly, which he made one
of the foremost educational journals in the country, lit
connection he also published the National Teacher for
several years. He was appointed state commissioner of
the common schools of Ohio in 1863, and during his thr.-o
years in that office was instrumental in securing the laws
establishing a teachers' institute system in Ohio, also
created a State Board of Examiners and required more
adequate qualifications for teachers. Tn 1870 Doctor White
was called to the presidency of Purdue University at
Lafayette, Indiana. He was president seven years, in-
creased the attendance more than sevenfold, and laid tin-
foundation for the broad educational program of Purdue,
which for many years has ranked as one of the foremr st
technical and professional universities in the country. In
1SS0 Doctor White was appointed superintendent of schools
for Cincinnati, and served two terms. In 1S91 he re-
turned to Columbus, where he continued his literary labors.
An entire generation of school children recall his name
in connection with the text book White's Arithmetic, and
he was the author of a number of other works on pedagogy
and school management.

To quote a paragraph from his biography, "lie was
often styled 'the grand old man' of the educational
profession. Scholarly, accurate in speech and writing, a
man of philosophical force, professional devotion aud ex
perience, he reaped well deserved honors. In 1**03 he was
president of the Ohio Teachers' Associatiou, in ]S0^ of
the National Superintendents ' Association, and of the
Natioual Educational Association in ls72, also of the
National Council of Education in 1S84 and 1885. He was
the mover, in 1SG0, in a paper read before the National
Superintendents ' Association in Washington, for the for
mation of a national bureau of education, and he framed
the bill which created it. In the study of educational
work aiid in lecturing Doctor White traveled extensively.
He was lecturing at Asbury Park, New Jersey, when he
was taken with his last sickness. In the Presbyterian
( hunh he was for nearly fifty years a ruling cider, and
for many years he was president of the Board of Trustees
of bane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati. He was an
earnest church worker, and sometimes lectured on moral

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and religious subjects, these lectures being, like his edu-
cational works, of unusual excellence."

July 26, 1S53, at Hudson, Ohio, Emerson E. White mar-
ried Mary Ann Sahin, who was born in Cuyahoga County,
Ohio, October 15, 1827, and died July i9, 1901. She
was a daughter of Henry W. and Clarissa (Church) Sahin,
and was in the eighth generation from "William Sahin, a
French Huguenot who went to England and settled at
Rehohoth, Massachusetts, in 1643.

Albert Blakeslee White, son of Dr. Emerson Elbridge and
Mary Ann (Sabin) White, was born at Cleveland, Ohio,
September 22, 1856. His journalistic experience began
at the age of fourteen, while he was private secretary
to his father, then publishing the Ohio Educational Monthly
and the National Teacher. Governor White graduated as
valedictorian of the class of 1878 from Marietta College,
Ohio. He then returned to the home of his father at
Lafayette, Indiana and became a third owner of the Daily
.Journal of Lafayette. For three years he was managing
editor. Largely on account of the adverse influence of the
climate on his health Mr. White gave up a promising career
in Indiana and in December, 1881, purchased the State
Journal of Parkersburg, West Virginia. This was then a
weekly, printed on a hand press, and in making a real
newspaper Mr. White showed to good advantage his abilities
as a journalist as well as a husiness executive, though in
the light of his subsequent career it ranks as one of his
minor achievements. In July, 1883, with Mr. S. B. Baker
as his partner, he began publishing the State Journal
as a daily, and thus broadened the power and influence
of a paper that for many years ranked as one of the first
m West Virginia. It was a republican paper, and through
its columns Mr. White first exercised a potent influence
in West Virginia polities and in developing the majority
party in the state. Governor White was identified" with
the fortunes of the State Journal nearly twenty Years
selling his interest in June, 1899. He served at one time
as president of the West Virginia Press Association, and
in 1887 was elected president of the National Editorial
Association.

For many years Governor White has been prominent in
banking and manufacturing at Parkersburg. After he
left the office of governor he helped organize and became
vice president and agency director of the Southern States
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Charleston, now the
George Washington Life Insurance Company. He is still
vice president of the present company. He resigned as
agency director of the life insurance company in the
spring of 1907, and in April of that year entered upon
his duties as state tax commissioner, serving until Decem-
ber 31, 1908. In July, 1909, he was elected president
and cashier of the Parkersburg Banking & Trust Com-
pany, now known as the Commercial Banking & Trust
Company. He resigned his presidency in 1914 in order to
give his entire time and attention to the Parkersburg lee
and Coal Company. He has also been president of the
Briar Mountain Coal Company, vice president of the
Ohio Valley Bending Company, a Parkersburg corporation,
president of the Parkersburg Chair Company, and inter-
ested in many other industrial and banking corporations.

Tn the opinion of his friends and associates few men
have so great a capacity for work as Governor White. To
express his talents in some form of useful service is un-
doubtedly his chief ambition, since the accumulation of
wealth has apparently not heen one of his chief incentives.
A man of such initiative, tremendous energy, actuated by
a public spirited disinterestedness, is the class of citizen
best fitted to adorn a public office and perform its func-
tions. His first important public office was as collector
of internal revenue for the District of West Virginia. On
the walls of his office at Parkersburg, Governor White
has three framed certificates, one signed by Benjamin
Harrison, the second by William McKinley and the third
by Warren G. Harding, each document being an appoint-
ment as internal revenue collector of West Virginia. His
first four year term began in July, 1889, the second in
July, 1897, and in May, 1921, he was nominated by Presi-

dent Harding and commissioned internal revenue collectoi
for the District of West Virginia.

In July, 1900, Mr. White was unanimously nominated
by the republican party for governor, and in the following
November he was given the largest majority ever given },
candidate for the governorship up to this time, approxi
imately twenty thousand. He was governor of West Vir
ginia from March 4, 1901, to March 4, 1905. His was :|
businesslike, systematic and efficient administration, but it ]
outstanding feature was the remedying of long standing]
abuses and inequalities of the state tax laws. The firs]
substantial reform in these old laws was made by thi '
Legislature of 1901, followed in 1904 by the enactmen j
of a system of tax laws and the creation of the office o
state tax commissioner. As noted above, Governor White
two years after leaving the office of governor accepter
appointment as state tax commissioner, serving abou!
eighteen months.

In 1916 Governor White was candidate in the primar
for United States senator, but the honor went by a smal I
margin to the present senator, Howard Sutherland. Gov]
ernor White in 1918 was accepted upon physical examina
tion as a Y. M. C. A. war worker overseas, and in tb ;
fall of 1918 sailed for France, where he was in servic'
about six months. While overseas he supervised the cor M
struction of a rest area at Annecy, one of the largest j
and best equipped Y. M. C. A. rest areas in France. Hi
held the position of division secretary.

Governor White is as deeply interested in politiea I
problems and in politics today as at any time in his bus 1
career. He has probably made more political addresse I
on hehalf of his party than any other individual in Wes j
Virginia. For thirty-eight years he has been exceptional! I
active iu every biennial campaign.

Governor White is prominent in Masonry, and in 191 I
was one of the organizers of Nemesis Temple of th I
Mystic Shrine and was, the third potentate of that Temph; j
He has attended the Imperial Council for ten years and i
1921, at Des Moines, was elected a life member of th i
Imperial Council, entitled to all the rights and privilege
thereof. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Churc
at Parkersburg.

At Marietta, Ohio, October 2, 1879, he married Ague 1
Ward, daughter of William Skinner and Catherine (Clark \
Ward, of Marietta. She is a descendant in the eight
generation from William Ward, who was on record as
freeman at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1643. Mrs. Whit
is a member of the Colonial Dames and the Daughter
of the American Revolution. Her Revolutionary ancesto
was Gen. Artemas Ward. Her grandfather, Nahum Wan
settled at Marietta, Ohio, in 1811.

Governor and Mrs. White have five children, Katherin 1
Vaughan, Ethel Sabin, Grace Rolston, Ward Emerson an
Albert Blakeslee, Jr., all of whom are living.

William Eli Baker. For a quarter of a century on !
of the leading lawyers of Randolph County, William E
Baker had the distinction of being the first Federal judg
appointed by President Harding. He was selected by th >
new President as judge of the United States District Com '
for the Northern District of West Virginia, and his a] |
pointment was confirmed by the Senate and he entere
upon his duties on the bench on April 3, 1921, less tha
a month after the President was inaugurated. Judge Bake
brought to the bench the qualifications and experience o
a long and successful practice and a record of prominer
participation in the republican politics of the state. H
retains his home at Elkins, and that is one of the fi?
cities in the Northern District in which he holds session ,
of the Federal Court.

Judge Baker was born at Beverly in Randolph Count"
February 25, 1873, son of Eli and Margaret Ellen (Sexton
Baker, and a grandson of Isaac and Maria (Stalnaker
Baker. Isaac Baker was a native of old Virginia, was a
early settler in what is now Randolph County, and followe
the trade of saddler at Beverly. His wife, Maria Sta
naker, was born in Randolph County. Her father, Adai
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led by the Indians. Eli Baker, father of Judge Baker,
s born in Randolph County, December 31, 1835, was a
•mer and merchant, served for twenty-four years as post-
ster at Beverly, and lived there until his death on Octo-
- 12, 1S98. He was twice married. His first wife,
[becca Sextoo, became the mother of a daughter, Jessie.

then married his first wife's sister, Margaret Ellen
itoo, who was born in Upshur County, West Virginia,
nuary 14, 1848, and died at Beverly April 21, 1916. Her
her," William Sexton, was a New Englander and a
nicer in Upshur Countv. She was mother of the follow-
l children: William Eli, Charles C, George C, Anna
eta and Randolph. The last named died in infancy, but
» other children are still living.

IThe family of Judge Baker in both lines represents
irdy stock, of patriotic ideals and a long record of par-
lipation in the republican party. His mother was a
'esbvterian, and reared her children in the same faith.
William Eli Baker spent his early life at Beverly, and
pt his home there until 1900, when the county seat of

ndolph County was transferred to Elkins, Judge Baker,

inferring his own residence in the same year. He ac-
ired his early education in private schools at Beverly,
d he was one of four boya who was favored with special
'mission to attend the Randolph Female Seminary at
•verly. In 1890, when he was seventeen years of age, he
is the eighth young man to register as a student in what
now the West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon,
d entered that institution at its opening and graduated
th the class of 1S93, in the scientific course. From there

entered West Virginia University at Morgantown, and
aduated with the Bachelor of Arts and Law degrees in
96. Judge Baker was admitted to the bar at Beverly
I 1S96, and practiced there until 1900.
The year he was admitted to the bar he was nominated

the republican ticket as candidate for county prosecuting
Itorney. Randolph County then had a normal democratic
ljority of 1,200, but his democratic rival that year had to
> satisfied with a margin of only fifty-one votes. Judge
jkker was a skilled campaigner, had been interested in
litres for several years, and his father had also in his time
en an able man in local politics. However, after this
mpaign Judge Baker applied himself assiduously to the
actice of law, and had built up a reputation as an able
wyer before he again became a candidate for office. His
ther was not a wealthy man and had helped the son
rough collegs at considerable sacrifice. The son had re-
lid this aid by hard work and rigid economy in completing
s college career, and he began practice as a lawyer with a
ew to establishing himself professionally before he could
ke up any of the side lines and side issues of the law.
Aboot the time he removed to Elkins Judge Baker was
tained as counsel by the Elkins and Davis interests, and
ir years, in fact until he went on the bench, he repre-
nted those interests and was also closely associated with
nited States Senators Elkins and Davis. He was a valu-
de supporter of Senator Elkins in his aspirations for
ection to the United States Senate. In 1912 Judge Baker
rein expected the nomination of his party for prosecuting
torney, and again had about the same majority to over-
•me, and this time was defeated by only thirty-aeven votes.
In 1920 he was prevailed upon to become state chairman
' the repuhlican party, and he took a very prominent part

the campaign that year and for four months spent prac-
eally all his time in the national campaign headquarters

Chicago.

Judge Baker ia a Knight Templar and thirty-second de-
•ee Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. In 1906 he married

artha R. Davidson at Evansville, Indiana. She was born
id reared in that Southern Indiana city, daughter of Wil-
im and Elizabeth Davidson. Her father was for years

prominent citizen and manufacturer at Evanaville. The
lly child of Judge and Mrs. Baker is Miss Janet.

Luther Samson Brock, M. D., has been closely identified
ith the history of the City of Morgantown for upwards of
»li a century, during which time he has won success and

prominence both in the profession of medicine and in business
circles, and is today recognized as one of the leaders in the
public affairs of the community, as well as one of the worth-
while men of West Virginia.

Doctor Brock was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania,
December 19, 1844, a son of Fletcher and Rachel Stephenson
Brock. This branch of the Brock family is descended from
Burbridge Brock, who came to America from England,
settling in New Jersey in the middle of the seventeenth cen-
tury. His son William, who was born in New Jersey in
1760, married Margaret Dunn, and brought his family to the
borderland of Virginia, where he settled on land lying on
each aide of the "Mason and Dixon Line" in Pennsylvania
and Virginia (now West Virginia). Fletcher Brock, son of
William and father of Dr. Luther S. Brock, was born in
Virginia May 5, 1S07. He built his home practically upon
the spot where he was born, on land touching and overlapping
the "Mason and Dixon Line," and became a prominent citizen
of his section. While his business was in Virginia, his home
was in Pennsylvania and he was alwava a citizen of the Key-
stone State, which he represented in the Legislature. In
1829 he was united in marriage with Miss Rachel Stephen-
son, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and four sons, ana five
daughters were born to them, two of the sons dying in infancy.
Of the five daughters, three are now living: Mrs. Cynthia B.
Glenn and Mrs. Harriet B. Showalter of Kansas City,
Missouri, and Miss Martha Brock of Morgantown.

Living on the border line between the states of Pennsylvania
and Virginia (now Weat Virginia), Luther S. Brock attended
the free schools of Pennsylvania and the subscription schools
of Virginia. At the age of fourteen he entered the Monon-
galia Academy at Morgantown, an institution of very high
grade and standing, where he completed the full classical
course. He read medicine under the preceptorship of his
brother, Dr. Hugh Workman Brock, who after the death
of their father had taken upon himself the care and educa-
tion of his younger brother and sisters. After his graduation
from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1874, Dr. Luther S. Brock
entered the general practice of medicine in partnership
with his brother, Dr. Hugh Workman Brock, a distinguished
physician and surgeon of Morgantown, an association which
was terminated by the death of the latter in 1882. Since
the above year he has been a senior member of the firm of
Brock and Wade of Morgantown, the junior member being
Dr. Spencer S. Wade. During the more active years of Dr.
Brock's professional labors his practice extended over a
broad area of surrounding country, often reaching beyond
the borders of the neighboring states.

For a number of the years Dr. Brock served as a member
of the United States Board of Examining Surgeons, and under
the administrations of Governor A. B. Fleming and Governor
William E. Glasscock, served as a member of the State Board
of Health of Weat Virginia. He likewise was a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Fairmont Miners' Hospital, in
the locating of which institution he was largely instrumental.
He also served as president of the West Virginia State Medi-
cal Society, and was one of the founders of the Monongalia
County Medical Society, and for several years was its presi-
dent. He ia still a member of these societies and of the
American Medical Association. He served for at least fifteen
years as a member of the Morgantown School Board, and still
retains a keen interest in educational affairs. He is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been for
many years one of its trustees.

Doctor Brock has been one of the Board of Directors and
vice-president of the Bank of the Monongahela Valley since
its organization in 1888, and is now its president. He was
one of the founders of the Morgantown Brick Company, and
has been its vice-president since its organization.

In 1891 Dr. Brock was united in marriage with Miss Agnes
Lauck, daughter of Rev. William and Sarah (Benny) Lauck,
of Beaver, Pennsylvania, and to their union two daughters
and one son have been born: Rachel Stephenaon 2 who is
deceased; Eleanor, who has won national distinction aa a
singer; and Robert Luther, a graduate of the West Virginia
University, who served during the World war with the rank
of lieutenant, and is now married and living in Morgantown.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Robert Luther Brock, son of the well-known physician
and banker, Dr. Luther 8. Brock, is an interesting example
of the vigorous young American who loses no time after
leaving college to connect himself with the important re-
sponsibilities of business. Mr. Brock is treasurer of the
Mon-Scott Fuel Company and treasurer of the Sesaminc Coal
Company of Morgantown.

He was born at Morgantown May 26, 1896, attended city
schools, graduating from high school in 1914, and then
entered the West Virginia University. He was a stu-
dent there when the World war came on, and in June,
1917, he joined the West Virginia National Guard, and
later attended the Third Officers Training Camp at Fort
Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was commissioned a second lieu-
tenant of infantry and from Fort Oglethorpe was sent with
other officers to Camp Gordon, Georgia, thence to Camp
Pike at Little Rock, Arkansas, and subsequently, to secure
a better prospect of getting overseas, joined the Tank Corps
at Camp Polk, Raleigh, North Carolina. He was assigned
to duty with the Three Hundred and Fifth Battalion of
the Tank Corps. Orders eame for the embarkation over-
seas only a few days before the signing of the armistice.
Mr. Brock received his honorable discharge at Camp Polk
on January 8, 1919.

After returning to Morgantown Mr. Brock resumed his
work in the university, was granted his A. B. degree in
1920, and continued a student in the law department, but
after a year abandoned these studies to enter business. He
was one of the organizers of the two coal corporations of
which he is treasurer, and is now giving his full time to
the executive responsibilities of this business.

Mr. Brock is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi college fra-
ternity, the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis
Club, and Morgantown Lodge No. 411, Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks. May 25, 1921, he married Miss Esther
Bair, a native of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and daughter
of Edward H. and Esther Bair.

George Jackson Eogers has been a Wheeling lawyer
for the past twenty years, with an extensive civil practice.
He belongs to a family of lawyers, his father having been
one of the prominent members of the West Virginia bar.

The grandfather of George J. Rogers was Alexander
Rogers, who was born at Newry, County Armagh, Ireland,
in 1801. He came to America when a young man, about
1830, settled at Wheeling, and was prominent in business,
at first as a merchant tailor and later as owner and operator
of an- iron foundry. He died at Wheeling January 5, 1887.
After coming to Wheeling he married, in 1836, Miss Eliza-
beth Johnston, who was born at Wheeling September 28,
1815, and died in that city February 24, 1S97. Of her five
children three reached mature years: James P. Rogers;
Margaret Johnston, wife of Frederick H. Lange, who is
president of the Home Outfitting Company at Wheeling and
manager of the Alexander Rogers estate; and Thomas
Johnston Rogers, who died at Wheeling in 1864, at the age
of twenty-four. Elizabeth Johnston, the mother of these
children, was a daughter of Thomas Johnston, who became
identified with the Village of Wheeling about 179S and was
one of the leading merchants of the town in early times. He
died at Wheeling in 1849. Thomas Johnston married Miss
Meholin, who was born in Harrison County, Ohio, and died
at Wheeling.

James Patterson Rogers, who was born at Wheeling April
29, 1838, spent all his life in his native eity, graduated
A. B. from Jefferson College at Cannonsburg, and for about
forty years was engaged in an extensive law practice. He
was one of the leaders in the democratic party, and shortly
after the Civil war served as prosecuting attorney. He was
Municipal Court judge in 1874-75, and always after that
was known as Judge Rogers. He died at Wheeling January
24, 1904. He was one of the founders of St. Luke's Epis-
copal Church at Wheeling, and was senior warden from 18S1
until his death. He also belonged to the Masonic fraternity.
Judge Rogers married Martha Joanna Jackson, who is still
living in Wheeling. She was born at Cedarville, Ohio, Janu-
ary 9, 1850. George Jackson Rogers is her oldest child.
Elizabeth Johnston Rogers is the wife of James W. Ewing,

a Wheeling lawyer. Ladora Kerr Rogers is the wife f
Newton Waltz, who is engaged in the carriage and autoii-
hile manufacturing business at Wheeling. Minerva Towns j
Rogers, the youngest child, died in April, 1882, at the ;e
of seventeen months.

George. Jackson Rogers was born at Wheeling March \- t
1S76. He acquired a public school education at WheeliL.
graduated in 1894 from Linsly Institute, and was major f
a battalion of cadets while in the institute. With tl
preparation he entered the University of Virginia at Ch'-
lottesville, graduating A. B. in 1897, and did his law wii
at Harvard University, graduating LL. B. in 1901. Shi
then he has been steadily engaged in the practice of lawt
Wheeling, and has confined his attention to civil cases sv
has almost altogether an office practice. His offices arei
the Wheeling Steel Corporation Building. Mr. Rogers im
member of the Ohio County Bar Association, is a vest -J
man in St. Luke 's Episcopal Church and votes as a del I
crat. At Belief ontaine, Ohio, September 11, 1912, he ir!-|
ried Miss Clara E. West, daughter of John E. and Elea^r
(Johnson) West, residents of Belief ontaine, where ]A
father is one of the leading lawyers of his district. M."
Rogers is a graduate with the A. B. degree from Woos 1 '
University of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have four cl-'
dren: Elizaheth Johnston, horn July 15, 1913; Joi
West, born December 2, 1914; James Patterson, born M
vember 6, 1916; and Eleanor Johnson, born December J
1920.

Wilbert S. Miller is president of The Wheeling Rea'
Company. This is an organization amply financed and w)|
a number of years' record of successful handling of bet
large and small properties, city and agricultural, witht
number of large transactions to its credit in the transfer 1
industrial properties. It is a memher of the Chamber 1
Commerce and the Real Estate Board. Mr. Miller is a me
ber of the Lions Club.

He represents some of the prominent land holding fai
lies of Eastern Ohio. His great grandfather, Daniel Mill
was born in Maryland in 1788, and was eighteen years '
age when his parents came west and settled in Harris
County in 1806. The Millers acquired Government lai,
Daniel Miller married Susannah Lowmiller, who was bo
in Pennsylvania in 1796 and was four years of age wh
her parents, John and Katherine Lowmiller, settled in H: ;
rison County. John Miller, grandfather of Wilbert -
Miller, was born in Harrison County February 22, 18£!
grew up under pioneer conditions and was a prospero
and well to do fanner of the county. He was especia
active in the affairs of Harrison County, and held the offi
of county commissioner. In 1849 he married Susan Mikesf
representing another old family of Harrison County, wht
she was born in 1824. John Miller and wife had nine ch
dren, and seven of them are still living: Oscar B., a re
dent of Ironton, Ohio, and one of the oldest teachers in t
state, hoth in length of service and in age; Andrew
Miller; Rev. Daniel D., a Lutheran minister at Smithtc
Pennsylvania; Joseph a farmer in Hancock County, Wc
Virginia; Samuel H., formerly professor of science at Th
College in Pennsylvania, now in the insurance bnsines
Clement E., who operates the homestead farm in Harris*
County; and Rev. Jesse L., who for over twenty-five yea
has been pastor of Grace Lutheran Church at YoungstOTt
Ohio.

Andrew B. Miller, father of Wilbert S., is still active
a farmer in Harrison County, where he was born Deeemb
9, 1852. He had a good education in public and norm
schools and for half a century has devoted his time
gram and stock farming. He has heen a life-long democr
and a leader in the Lutheran Church. Andrew B. Mill
married Flora A. Smith, who was born in Jefferson Count
Ohio, February 16, 1859, daughter of Aaron and Sar?
(Weir) Smith. Aaron Smith was a life-long resident <
Jefferson County, and owned half a dozen farms thei
His wife, Sarah Weir, was a native of Ireland. Aart
Smith and wife reared a family of five children : Samn
Jefferson, now living retired at Amsterdam, Ohio; Mr
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r the Methodist Episcopal Church at Norwalk, Ohio;
illiaiD E., at Alliance, Ohio; and Margaret, wife of
ank Knox, a farmer of Jefferson County, Ohio.
Andrew B. Miller and wife are the parents of five chil-
en. Rev. Charles D., who is a graduate of Giove City
•liege of Pennsylvania and Mount Airy Lutheran Seminary
Philadelphia, now pastor of the First English Lutheran
lurch at Cleveland; M. LeRoy, now farming a place
joining his father's in Harrison County; Wilhert S. ;
ura B., wife of Fred W. Miller, of Jefferson County,
iio; Harry C, a partner in The Wheeling Realty Company.
Harry C. Miller waa born in Harriaon County June 24,
SS, attended high school at New Jefferson, Ohio, and the
iiott Commercial School of Wheeling, and for a time was
lployed by the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company of
renmore, Pennsylvania. In 1911 he removed to Wheeling,
lere he has aince been associated with his brother in the
al estate business, being secretary and treasurer of The
heeling Bealty Company. He is one of the active mem-
rs of tha Kiwanis Club, is an ex-service man, having
ined the colors in August, 1917, and towards the close
the same year went overseas, serving with the Trans-
ition Department in the Operative Engineers Corps,
e became a sergeant, first class engineers, and waa on
i.ty in France for nineteen months, receiving his honorable
Charge July 5, 1919. He has been post commander of
heeling Post No. 1, The American Legion, at Wheeling.
I Wilbert S. Miller, who was born in Harrison County
[ovember 17, 1S83, was educated in the public schools of
iew Jefferson, graduating from high school there in 1900,
id attended Seio College, at Scio, Ohio. He became in-
rested in a mercantile concern in Ohio, and in 1909 lo-
,te<] at Wheeling, being one of the organizers of The
' heeling Realty Company, of which he ia president. This
tmpany does a business all over the Tri State District of
Sst Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, handling city prop-
jty, subdivisions and farms, and coal and timber lands.
\s officers are in the Wheeling Steel Corporation Building.
iOn June 18, 1919, Wilbert S. Miller married Misa Ruth
[ Snyder, daughter of Casper S. and Margaretta Snyder,
er parents live on their farm in Armstrong County, Penn-
livania. Mrs. Miller studied music in Philadephia and
liished her musical education in the Dana Institute at
"arren, Ohio, and she and Mr. Miller were married in the
tter city. They have two children: Frank R., born April
}, 1920, and Flora Margaretta, bom September 18, 1921.

Joel E. Moss has become one of the most influential
idostrial leaders in Wheeling within a comparatively few
jars. He has developed one of the principal industries of
le city, the J. E. Moss Iron Works, of which he is presi-
?nt. While this is his main business, he is interested in a
umber of financial and industrial organizations, and at all
mes has kept in close touch with the civic welfare.

Mr. Moss was born in New York City January 19, 1887.
lis father, Julius Moss, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in
352, and was reared in his native country, where he learned
ie trade of ornamental iron worker. About 1S75 he came
) the United States, and for a number of years followed
is trade in New York City, where eventually he became
iperintendent of the Prince & Kinkel Iron Works. In 1895
e removed to Wheeling, and organized and started the
architectural Iron & Wire Works, a business he conducted
y himself until 1900, after which for two yeara his brother-
l-law, E. A. Reieh, was his partner. Two years later Julius
loss retired, and he died at St. Louis in 1904. He was a
emocrat in his political affiliations, was a member of the
!off Street Temple and was affiliated with the Knights of
'ythias and Ancient Order of United Workmen. He mar-
ied Celia Reich, who waa born in Austria in 1860, and died
t Wheeling in 1912, she having come to the United States
nth her mother when a girl. Julius and Celia Moss bad
even children. The oldest, Julius, is an advertising man-
ger in the theatrical business at Chicago; Jerome A. is a
•eaeral contractor at Chicago ; Joel E. is the third ; Edward
v.. is a steel contractor at Cleveland; Miss Rosa is engaged
a social service work at Cleveland; Jeannette is the wife
f Samnel Orenstein, in the bakery business at Stenbenville,

Ohio; Miss Sarah Leah is a teacher in the kindergarten
department of the Cleveland public schools.

Joel E. Moss was eight years of age when the family
moved to Wheeling. He first attended school in New York
City, and was a pupil in the Wheeling High School until
1901. By home study through the International Corre-
spondence School of Seranton he perfected his technical
knowledge of structural engineering. While thus studying
he was doing practical work as an employe of the Architec-
tural Iron and Wire Works until July, 1910, and he then
engaged in business for himaelf as a contractor and quiekly
had an extensive business involving contracts all over the
state. After a year he atarted a small shop on Eighteenth
Street as an auxiliary to his contracting business, this shop
employing only teu men at the beginning. Within a year
the quarters were outgrown, and in 1913 he secured a piece
of ground on Twenty-eighth Street and built a modern plant,
while the following year he bought the plant of the Architec-
tural Iron & Wire Works. This is the industry now known
as the J. E. Moss Iron Works, and by subsequent exten-
sions the plant now covers six aeres of ground and employs
500 men. The annual business is in excess of $2,500,000.
This plant ia equipped for the manufacture of structural
and ornamental steel products of all kinds and these products
are shipped all over the country. The plant and officers are
at Twenty-eighth and Chapline streets.

While this is a business constituting heavy cares and
responsibilities for Mr. Moss, he is also a director in the
Quarter Savings & Trust Company of Wheeling, the Wheel-
ing Axle Company, the North Wheeling Glass Bottle Com-
pany, and is president of the Compo Tile Fire Proofing
Company. He is a director in the Industrial Relations
Association of Wheeling, a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, and his counsel is sought in all matters affecting
the industrial welfare. He is a republican, a member of the
Eoff Street Temple, is a past president of the Independent
Order of B'Nai B'Rith, and is affiliated with Nelson Lodge
No. 30, A. F. and A. M., West Virginia Consistory No. 1
of the Scottish Rite, Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine and
Wheeling Lodge No. 28, B. P. O. E. During the war he
had a place on many of the committees for the sale of
Liberty Loan Bonds, raising the funds for Red Cross and
other purposes. Mr. Moss owns considerable improved real
estate in Wheeling, including his modern home on Hilltop,
overlooking the Pike District, where he has a modern country
home. On September 14, 1914, at Ashtabula, Ohio, he mar-
ried Miss Sarah Thomas, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth
Thomas, residents of Wheeling, where her father is foreman
of the La Belle Mill of the American Sheet & Tin Plate
Company. Mr. and Mrs. Moss have four children: Joel
Kenneth, born October 13, 1915; Jerome Leo, born February
15, 1918; Cecil Reich, born August 23, 1919; and Jay Eea,
born on Mr. Moss' birthday, January 19, 1922.

Edward Samuel Bippus, M. D., has been engaged in his
steadily broadening service as a physician and surgeon for
the past fifteen years. Doctor Bippus is also a member of
the city council.

He was horn across the river at Bellaire, Ohio, November
26, 1S84, son of Christian Bippus, who was born in Strass-
burg, Germany, in 1826, and at the age of seventeen came
to the United States and settled at Bellaire. He was a
stationary engineer by trade, and several of his sona have
followed the same occupation. A republican in politics,
he was twelve years a valuable member of the school board
of Bellaire and was closely identified in membership with
the Presbyterian Church. He was affiliated with the Ma-
sonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Christian Bippus died at Bellaire in 1902. He married
Sophia Fauple, who was born in Essen, Germany, in 1838,
and is still living, at the age of eighty-three, in Bellaire.
She came to this country with her parents at the age of
thirteen and was reared and educated in Cumberland, Mary-
land. The children of Christian Bippus and wife are:
Catherine, wife of Frank Rielley, a retired lumber dealer
at St. Paul, Minnesota; William, president of the Joyce
Cridland Company at Dayton, Ohio; George and Jesse T.,
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ginia, and the hitter of Bellaire; Harry T. is also a
stationary engineer at. Bellaire; Howard is proprietor of the
Bryan Bippus Boiler Works at Bellaire; and Eduard
Samuel is tho seventh aud the youngest, and the only nne
of the children to take up a professional career.

He acquired a public school education in his native
city, attended high school there, completed the work of the
sophomore year in Franklin College at Franklin, Ohio, and
in 1902 graduated in the pharmacy course from Scio College.
Without making use to any important extent of his pro-
fession as a pharmacist Doctor Bippus soon afterward en-
tered the Ohio Medical College, which he attended two
years, and in 190(1 received his M. D. degree from the Mary-
land Medical College at Baltimore. He is a member of the
Phi Chi college fraternity.

On graduating in 1906 Doctor Bippus located at Wheel-
ing, and has since been engaged in general practice. His
offices and home are at 77 Sixteenth Street. He is a mem-
ber of the County, State and American Medical associa-
tions. He has been a member of the Wheeling City Council
for two years. He is a republican, is affiliated with the
Presbyterian Church, and is a member of Bellaire Lodge
No. 267, F. and A. M., West Virginia Consistory No. 1 of
the Scottish Kite at Wheeling, and Osiris Temple of the
Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to Wheeling Lodge No.
28, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

In 1910, at Wheeling, Doctor Bippus married Miss Mar-
garet Beckett, daughter of John and Margaret (Young)
Beekett, the latter still living at Wheeling, where the father
died. He was a wagon maker by trade. Mrs. Bippus fin-
ished her education in the Sweetbriar College of Virginia.
Four children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Bippus;
William, born in 1911; Margaret Jane, born in 1914; Helen
Catherine, born in 1917; and Edward S., bom in November,
1920.

Harry Shaw, a prominent and successful member of the
bar of Marion County, is established in the practice of
his profession at Fairmont, the county seat, and is one of
the liberal and progressive eitizens of this city. He was
born on a farm in Union District, this county, on tho 15th
of February, 1872, and is a son of Joshua and Emily (West)
Shaw, the former of whom was born in Greene County,
Pennsylvania, in 1829, and the latter in what is now Marion
County, West Virginia, in 1834, her parents, Zaecheus M.
and Sarah (Layman) West, having been early settlers in
this eounty. Joshua Shaw, uhose death occurred at Fair-
mont in 1910, was a son of Samuel Shaw, who was of Seoteb
and English lineage and who was a pioneer settler in West-
ern Pennsylvania, whence he came with his family to Marion
County, West Virginia (then Virginia), when his son
Joshua was a boy. Joshua Shaw was a carpenter by trade,
and was also actively identified with farm industry in Ma-
rion County for many years. Tie served three years as a
loyal soldier of the Union in the Civil war as a member of
Company F, Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry.
He was wounded while participating in the battle of Win-
chester, Virginia, was captured by the enemy and was held
a captive in historic old Libby Prison about four months.
He was a stalwart republican, served as a member of the
County Court of Marion County, and for forty years he held
the office of justice of the peace. Both he and his wife
were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh.

On the old home farm which was the place of his birth
Harry Shaw was reared to the age of fourteen years, his
educational advantages in the meanwhile having been those
of the rural schools. At the age noted he beeame a clerk
in the general store conducted by his older brother at
Homestead, Pennsylvania, and there he continued his
studies in the public sehools. Later he was a student in
Duquesne College at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after whieh
he attended the W T est Virginia State Normal School at
Fairmont, for two years. Thereafter he made a record of
successful work as a teacher in the rural sehools of his
native county and in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In
1893 Mr. Shaw entered the University of West Virginia,
from the law department of which he received the degree

of Bachelor of Laws in the year lh9o, also receiving ii
1898 the degreo of Bachelor of Arts. He was admitted t<
the bar in lH9f>, and he served his professional novitiate b;
obtaining desk room in the offices of Jndgo William £?
Haymond, of Fairmont, against whom, it is interesting t<
record, he appeared as the unsuccessful candidate for judgi
of the Circuit Court in the election of 1912. He gradually
aud surely extended the scope and importance of his lav
practice, and from 1901 to 190o he was ehief elerk of tin!
Lower House of the West Virginia Legislature. In 1891 s '
and again in 1904, he was the republican nominee for thi
office of prosecuting attorney of Marion County, aud ii
19112, as previously noted, he was a candidate for judge o
the Circuit Court. In that year he was a delegate to tfl
Republican National Convention at Chicago, and a menibe
of the Committee on Credentials whieh had to consider the
Roosevelt-Taft eontests. During the administration of Gov
ernor Dawson he served as a member of the State Prisor
Board of West Virginia. Tn the World war period Ml
Shaw was most zealous in patriotic service, and he wa
one of the vigorous 4 4 Four-Minute Men" in delivering
speeehes in furtherance of the Government war loans. Ii
the campaign for the first Liberty Loan he stood in fron
of the Marion County Court House on a Sunday morning
in a downfall of rain and sold bonds to the amount oi
$36,000, and in the final bond campaign, from the vantage
place of the proverbial soap-box, in front of the courthouse
lie sold bonds to the amount of $100,000 in twenty-five
minutes, making a virtually unemialed record in both in
stances. He also helped to put them "over the top" ii,
every section of the eounty. Mr. Shaw is a member of tht"
American Bar Assoeiatiou, the West Virginia Bar Assoi
ciation and the Marion County Bar Association. His law!
business has long been one of substantial and representa
tive order. He is a member of the Board of Stewards oi
the Methodist Protestant Church at Fairmont, and haf;
been several times a delegate to the annual conference oi'
his ehureh in West Virginia, as well as to two of its"
general conferences. He had the distinction also of being
a delegate to the fifth Methodist Ecumenical Conference
held in London, England, September 6-16, 1921.

October 10, 1896, reeorded the marriage of Mr. Shaw
and Miss Willa M. Berry, who was born and reared ii
Marion County, a daughter of Thomas L. and Nancy L ;
(Ross) Berry. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Shaw is ai
son, Victor Harry, who was born in 1897, and who wa*
graduated from the University of West Virginia as a mem
her of the class of 1922.

Edward A. Arkle. Beginning when he was about eigh-
teen years of age and soon after leaving school, the almost
continuous experience and service of Edward A. Arkle ha>|
been represented by work in the newspaper and publicity
profession. Mr. Arkle is proprietor of the Wheeling Newt-
and Advertising Bureau, and has earned for himself a place
of exceptional esteem in his native city.

He was born at Wheeling June 10, 1876. His grand-
father, Robert Vincent Arkle was born in England in
1 SIS, and was an early settler in the country around Wheel-;
ing and also lived at Wheeling for many years, being a
merchant there. He died in 1S88. Robert V. Arkle, father,
of Edward A., was born in Ohio County and died at Wheel-'
ing at the age of forty-seven. He lived at Wheeling prac-
tically all his life, and for many years was a merchant.
He also served a number of years as assistant ehief of the
lire department under the late Chief James Dunning. He
was a member of the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
tion, and was noted as a tenor soloist and was director of
the church choir. He was a demoerat in politics and was
affiliated with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Robert V. Arkle married Miss Barbara Anne Habig, a native
and life-long resident of Wheeling. Their ehildren were:
Joseph M., who succeeded to his father's hardware busi-
ness and died at Wheeling aged forty-seven; Harry V., who
for many years was editor of the Wheeling Register, died
at Wheeling also aged forty-seven; Miss Ella, who died
at the age of twenty-two; Robert A., a jeweler with John

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23

Uecker & Company and a resident of Warwood; Edward A.;
and Vincent J., who was a jeweler and died at Wheeling
«t the age of thirty-seven.

i Edward A. Arkle attended the parochial and public
ichools, graduating from the public schools in 1894. His
fcrst journalistic experience was acquired with the Wheeling
Intelligencer, where he served what might be termed his
apprenticeship for three years. Later he was one of the
organizers of the Wheeling Telegraph, and was city editor
three years, lie was a niembor of the staff of the Wheeling
News three years, and then went back to the Telegraph
as editor until 191 S. For about a year Mr. Arkle was news
editor for the Wheeling Majority. Then, in 1919, he estab-
lished the Wheeling News and Advertising Bureau, of which
he ia sole proprietor. He has facilities for every class of
publicity work and advertising, one feature being a news-
paper clipping bureau. His offices aro in the Mutual Bank
Building. Mr. Arkle is also secretary of the Terminal
Storage Company of Wheeling. He is a democrat, a Cath-
olic, and is affiliated with Reliance Lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen and the Lions Club. His home
ia on Avenue A, Edgdale, Wheeling. During the war he
responded to all the demands and performed some useful
service as a member of the several publicity committees.

In 1908, at Wheeling, Mr. Arkle married Miss Helen
H. Perkins, daughter of Benjamin F. and Sarah Elizabeth
(Egliaton) Perkins, residents of Wheeling. Her father is
a general contractor and is president of the Terminal
Storage Company. Mr. and Mrs. Arkle have one son, Benja-
min F., bora in July, 1909.

The First National Bank and Trust Company of
Elm Grove is a financial institution that has grown steadily
and rapidly in power and resources since it was established
some fourteen years ago, and is one of the largest banks
in the outlying Wheeling District.

It was established in 1908 by J. B. Chambers and Samuel
Chambers. It has always operated under a national charter,
and was known as the First National Bank of Elm Grove
until 1920, when the trust department waa added. This
bank has a capital stock of $100,000, surplus and profits
of $40,000, while the deposits now aggregate about $800,000.
The bank has a thoroughly modern home, erected in 1910
at 400 National Road, and contains all the facilities and
safeguards found in most city banks, including safety de-
posit boxes.

The executive officers of the bank are: J. B. Chambers,
of West Alexander, president; C. C. Woods, of Wheeling,
vice president; and George H. Grodhaus, of Elm Grove,
cashier. The other directors besides these three officers are:
W. E. Echard, W. R. Chambers, George P. Folmar, Leopold
Miller, G. W. Maxwell, S. R. Davis, William Buchanan,
Thomas Skillcorn, H. W. Thornburg, A. E. Crider, all of
Elm Grove; R. E. Carroll, of West Finley, Pennsylvania;
R. H. Bowman, of Valley Giove; R. H. Orr, of Roaey's
Point; J. L. Schenk, of West Alexander; Joseph Handlan,
of Wheeling, and E. L. Kimmons, W. W. Campbell and
W. H. Trussell, of Dallas, West Virginia.

Frank C. Kirkpatrick, of Wheeling, is one of the
vigorous and successful exponents of the oil-producing in-
dustry in this state. He was born at Parkersburg, West
Virginia, August 14, 1873, and is a son of Columbus B.
and Lucy B. (Oakes) Kirkpatrick, both natives of Belpre
Township, Washington County, Ohio, where the former was
born in 1838 and the latter in 1839. The father of Columbus
B. Kirkpatrick was born in one of the New England states,
in 1805, became a cabinetmaker by trade and was one of the
pioneer eettlers of Belpre Township, Washington County,
Ohio, where he remained until his death in 1885. His wife,
whose family name was Cole, waa born and reared in that
township, and there she died at a venerable age. She was
the author of a very popular book of poems pertaining to
the Civil war, in which struggle she lost three of her sons,
including Mortimer and Henry. The original American
progenitors of the Kirkpatrick family came from the north
of Ireland and settled in New England in the Colonial
period of our national history.

Columbus B. Kirkpatrick was reared and educated in his
native township, where his marriage was solemnized, and
shortly after the close of the Civil war he established his
home at Parkersburg, West Virginia, where for several
years he gavo his attention to contracting and building.
His ambition led him to devote much of his leisure hours
to the study of architecture, and he became a successful
architect at Parkersburg. In the '70s he drew plans for
an addition to the first West Virginia State Hospital for
the Insane at Weston, these plans being accepted. In 1879,
while supervising construction on this addition to the hos-
pital, he fell from one of the higher points of the building,
and so injured his spino and brain that he was con-
fined from that year until 1881 in a private institution at
Dixmont, Pennsylvania. He was then returned to the in-
stitution he had designed, and there he remained until his
death, at the Weston Hospital for the Insane, February 27,
1917. Mr. Kirkpatrick was a man of fine mind and moral
fiber, and gained high place in the confidence and esteem
of his fellow men, so that the tragedy of his life brought
sorrow to a host of loyal friends as well as to his imme-
diate family. He waa a democrat, served many consecutive
terms as a member of the city council of Parkersburg, was
a Knight Templar Mason and was an earnest member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Kirkpatrick
was a gallant young soldier of the Union in the Civil war
as a member of an Ohio regiment of volunteer infantry.
His wife continued to reside at Parkersburg until her death,
February 18, 1916. Charles R., eldest of their children,
became a skilled machinist and molder, and died at Parkers-
burg in 1912; Estella is the wife of Dennis Flint, a busi-
ness man at Parkersburg; George has active charge of the
Baptist Banner, a newspaper published at Parkersburg;
Frank C, of this review, was the next in order of birth;
Belle is the wife of Bernard Cannon, foreman in extensive
glass works in the City of Cleveland, Ohio; and Josephine
is the wife of James Whittaker, superintendent of a foundry
at Orville, that state.

Frank C. Kirkpatrick attended the public schools of
Parkersburg until he was fifteen years old, when he entered
the employ of a merchant tailor in that city. Three years
later he entered the Mountain State Business College at
Parkersburg, where he completed a thorough course of
study. In 1892 he took a position in the office of the
Adams Express Company at Parkersburg, and in October
of the year 1894 he entered the employ of the Ohio River
Railroad Company, the line of which ia now a part of the
Baltimore & Ohio system. He continued in the train service
of the railroad until 1916, with headquarters at Parkers-
burg, and then was granted a furlough of indefinite length,
owing to his seriously impaired health. In the same year
he became an oil producer in Pleasants County, this state,
where he still retains his interests in this line. Mr. Kirk-
patrick has visited virtually all important oil fields in the
United States, and he is now vice president and general
manager of the Southland Oil Company of West Virginia.
He also holds under lease 1,000 acres of very valuable oil
land in Simpson County, Kentucky. He maintains his
office headquarters in the Wheeling Bank & Trust Company
Building.

Mr. Kirkpatrick is independent in politics, he and his
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
and in the Masonic fraternity his basic affiliation is with
Kenova Lodge No. 110, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
at Kenova, this state. At Wheeling he is a member of
Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and has received the
thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite of Masonry in
West Virginia Sovereign Consistory No. I. He is affiliated
also with the Lodge of Elks in the City of Huntington and
with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Brother-
hood of Railroad Trainmen.

June 12, 1912, at Wheeling, recorded the marriage of
Mr. Kirkpatrick and Miss lone M. Cassidy, daughter of
Isaac and Clara (Lawrence) Cassidy, the former of whom
died at Wheeling in 1913, and the latter now resides in
Washington, District of Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk-
patrick have no children of their own, but in their home
have reared from the age of six years Grace, a sister of

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Mrs. Kirkpatriek, she being now a member of the class
of 1923 in the Wheeling High School.

.John A. Moore is a native son of the City of Wheeling
and has become an intluential figure in the industrial and
commercial life ot* this metropolitan District of West Vir-
ginia, where he is secretary, treasurer and general manager
of the Warwood Tool Company. The modern manufactur-
ing plant is established in the suburb of Warwood.

Mr. Moore is a scion of one of the sterling pioneer fami-
lies of Wheeling, in which city his father, James B. Moore,
was born in the year IS3S and died in 1007. William
Moore, great-grandfather of the subject of this review, was
born in the north of Ireland, came to the United States in
the early part of the nineteenth century, resided for a time
in Western Pennsylvania, and thereafter became a pioneer
settler in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he passed the
remainder of his life. His wife, whose maiden name was
Martha Purvianee, likewise was born in the north of Ire-
land, and she was a resident of Wheeling, West Virginia,
at the time her death, her remains being interred in a ceme-
tery here.

John Moore, grandfather of him whose, name initiates this
review, was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in ISIO,
and died at Wheeling, West Virginia (then Virginia), in
I860. He came to Wheeling about the year LS27, learned the
plumbing trade, and owned the leading plumbing shop of the
town in ^ the early days. He established the first water-
works of Wheeling, and continued as superintendent of the
same a number of years. In the '3Us and '40s he served
as steamboat inspector, and later he became the owner of
a machine shop, to the conducting of which he gave his
attention until his death. He married Sarah Irwin, who
was born at Wheeling, and they reared a family of two
sons and three daughters, of whom only one is living in
1921 — Elizabeth Irwin, who is the widow of Rev. J. R.
Moore, and who resides at Morgantown, Monongalia County.
Rev. J. R. Moore a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church,
attained distinction in educational work in West Virginia.
As a young man he was a member of the faculty of Linsly
Institute at Wheeling, and later conducted the Monongalia
Academy at Morgantown, from which was eventually de-
veloped the University of West Virginia.

Mrs. Sarah (Irwin) Moore, paternal grandmother of the
subject of this sketch, was a daughter of William Irwin,
who settled at Wheeling when the future metropolis and
capital of West Virginia had only thirty houses. He was
born in what is now Harrison County, this state, and was
one of the incorporators of the village of Wheeling, besides
which he served as a member of the Virginia House of
Burgesses, as representative of Ohio County, in what is now
West Virginia. He was prominent and intluential in con-
nection with business, civic and political affairs in this
section of Virginia in the pioneer days. He reared a large
family of children, and many of his descendants still reside
in Wheeling and vicinity. His wife, whose maiden name
was Elizabeth Snodgrass, was a daughter of John Snnd-
grass, who eame to Ohio County in the pioneer days and
settled in the Short Creek District where he reclaimed and
developed a farm. He came to this county from the vicinity
of Philadeli hia, Pennsylvania. His daughter Elizabeth was
born on this old homestead on Short Creek, and both she
and her husband were residents of Wheeling at the time
of their deaths.

James B. Moore, who passed his entire life in Wheeliug,
was a skilled mechanical draftsman and was actively asso-
ciated with business activities in his native city for many
years. He was a republican, and he and his wife were
zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. He served
as a member of the State Militia in the period of the Civil
war, but was not called to the front. He married Louisa
S. Craig, who was born in Westmoreland County, Penn-
sylvania, in 1840, and whose death occurred at Wheeliug
in 1910. Of the children John A., of this review, is the
elder, and the younger son, J. Craig Moore, is in the employ
of the Warwood Tool Company, of which his brother is
general manager.

In the public schools of Wheeling John A. Moore con-

tinued his studies until he was seventeen years old, audu
then entered the employ of J. A. Holliday & Son, luner
dealers, with whom he remained until 1893. He then becne
associated with the Warwood Tool Company iu the posijn
of bookkeeper, and he has continued his connection ith
this concern to the present time, in the meanwhile ha<ig
become its secretary, treasurer and general manager, he
plant and officers of the company are situated at the ot
of Nineteenth Street in Warwood, and here are manu c
tured picks, mattocks, hoes, wedges sledges, crowbars, d Is
and other tools used in coal mines. The concern is it-
largest of its kind in the state, its products are sold in til
sections of the Union, and for fully a quarter of a cent;?
its foreign trade has been of appreciable volume. The |
ficers of the company are as here designated: B. W. Per-
son, president; and John A. Moore, secretary, treasurer Id
general manager.

Mr. Moore is staunchly aligned in the ranks of the e
publican party, and he is a communicant of the Protest it
Episcopal Church. He is a past master of Wheeling Loje
No. 5, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and i9 aftiliad
also with Wheeling Chapter No. 1, Royal Arch Maso ;
Cyrene Commandery No. 7, Knights Templars, of which <e
is a past commander; West Virginia Consistory No. J,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in which he has recei d
the thirty-second degree; and Osiris Temple of the Mys'fc
Shrine. He also holds membership iu Welcome Lodj
Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Fort Henry Cb
and the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce. He is treasua-
and general manager of the Warwood Water & Light C(|-
pany. In the World war period he was a loyal and vigor!
supporter of patriotic agencies, was chairman of the til
industry committee for war production and devoted mih
of his time and energy to the perfecting of this importit
part of war service. Mr. Moore's name remains on it
roster of eligible bachelors in his native city.

John Marshall Jacobs has shown much initiative ai
administrative ability in connection with husiness entf
prises of important order, and is one of the most lo-l
and progressive citizens of Fairmont, judicial center *f
Marion County. He was born near Pleasant Valley i
Clinton District, Monongalia County, West Virginia, Jit
16, I860, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Steele) Jaeo \
the former of whom was born near the Summers Church i
Clinton District, Monongalia County, January 18, 18!,
and the latter of whom was born in the same distri
August 2, 1834, a daughter of John and Nancy (Mille
Steele. Mrs. Jacobs still survives her honored husband a
resides in the home of her son Charles, a few miles dista
from the place of her birth, her entire life having be
passed in Clinton District and she being now one of
most venerable native citizens* at the age of eighty-eig
years.

Jacob Jacobs, a son of Elijah and Mary Jacobs, w
reared under the conditions marking the pioneer period
the history of Monongalia County, and he was a repi
sentative of farm enterprise in that county at the outbrei
of the Civil war. He served as a soldier of the Unie 1
from August, 1862 until the close, of the war, his honorab
discharge having been received at Wheeling, West Virgini
July 3, 1865. He took part in many engagements, inclu
ing the battles of Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, Carter
Farm, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, and all of the battl
of General Sheridan's army in the historic Shenando.'
Valley campaign. He was well advanced in years at tl
time of his death.

John M. Jacobs gained his early education in the publ
schools of his native county, and among his instructo:
were E. Trickett and M. H. Steele, who were among tl
first graduates of the State Normal School at Fairmon
and also Dr. Fleming Howell, A. L. Purinton and W. 1
Joliffe, of the University of West Virginia. Mr. Jacol
has often maintained that through the effective teachin
of these able instructors and splendid men he may we
claim to be a graduate, by their proxy, of both of tfc
institutions mentioned. From 1879 to 1884 Mr. Jacol
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ilia County. In the latter year he engaged in the mer-
intile business at Little Falla, that county, as junior
lember of the firm of Hutchinson & Jacobs. He there
>ntinued as a prosperous merchant, hesides being post-
iMter and railroad station agent, until 1S95, in which
ear he removed with his family to Fairmont, where
e became manager of the Fairmont Planing Mill Com-
any. He is now president of the Fairmont Mold &
oundry Company, of which his son Melville is treasurer.
la is "also manager of the Jacobs-Hutchinson Hardware
fompany, of which his son Melville is assistant manager
nd his* daughter Jessie is bookkeeper; he is treasurer
f the Stevenson Company; and is a director of the Na-
lonal Bank of Fairmont. He is an active and valued
jiember of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce, of which
e has served as president, and was director of each the
Fairmont Hotel Company, the Fairmont Business Men 's
Association and the local Young Men's Christian Associa-
jion, hesides which he was vice president of the Cook
lospital and of the Greater Fairmont Investment Com-
>any. He was a member of the building committee of
\e Young Men's Christian Association and also of the
"irst Methodist Episcopal Church, in connection with the
rection of two of the finest buildings of their respective
:inds in this section of the state, while few cities of the
lize in the entire state can claim better buildings than
his church edifice and the Young Men's Christian Asso-
iation Building in Fairmont. Mr. Jacobs and his family
vere the largest single contributors to the building fund
>f this church, of which all are active members. Mr.
Tacobs was active in the recent Billy Sunday religious
ampaign in Fairmont, and is a member of the Billy Sun-
lay Business Men 's Club, which is doing good work in
Jus part of "West Virginia. In the World war period Mr.
Jacobs served on the Draft Board of the City of Fair-
nont, and he received in this connection a selective service
medal, of which he is very proud. He places high esti-
mate also on a letter written to the Local Draft Board
by President Wilson and General Crowder, in which the
kembers of the board were specially commended for the
[splendid work which they did, and that without financial
[compensation, in behalf of the National Army which
acquitted itself so admirably in the greatest of all wars.
Mr. Jacobs was liberal and active also in supporting other
patriotic activities and service during the war period. He
is a staunch republican, and in recent campaigns has
made many speeches in behalf of the party cause, prin-
cipally in Marion County. He is affiliated with the Knights
of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

On the 14th of April, 1S8S, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Mr. Jacobs and Miss Mary Alice Selby, daughter
of Thomas P. and Salina E. Selby. Mr. and Mra. Jacobs
have three children, all of whom were born at Little Falls,
Monongalia County. A. Melville was born January 17,
1SS9; Edna May was born May 21, 1891; and Jessie O.
was born February 14, 1893. All three were graduated
from the Fairmont High School and the State Normal
School at Fairmont, and the only son graduated from
the University of West Virginia as a member of the class
of 1910, he having there given special study to history
under the preceptorship of Professor Callahan.

Mr. Jacobs' civic loyalty and stewardship found ex-
cellent expression in his service as a member of the house
of Delegates of the West Virginia Legislature in 1907
and in the special session of 1908. He did much to further
effective legislation of constructive order, and was in-
fluential in the work of the various house committees to
which he was assigned, including some of the most im-
portant of that body.

Lee C. Paull. Aa an underwriter of insurance in vir-
tually all lines except that of life, Mr. Paull owns and
controls what is undoubtedly the most important agency
of its kind in his native city of "Wheeling, his insurance
business having been ao expanded that it now extends into
sixteen different states of the "Union, and its general offices
occupy the entire building at 1136-38-40 Chapline Street.

Mr. Paull was born at "Wheeling on the 12th of May,

18S9, and is a son of Alfred and Lee (Singleton) Paull,
both likewise natives of Wheeling, where the former was
born October 17, 1854, and the latter in June, 1856. The
Pnull family has been one of prominence and influence for
many years in what is now the State of West Virginia.
James Paull, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was
born at Wheeling, became one of the most distinguished
members of the bar of Virginia, of which West Virginia
was still a part, and after the forming of the new state
he served many years as a judge of the West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals,. The closing years of his life
were passed at Wellsburg, Brooke County.

Alfred Paull has long been one of the leading insurance
men in Wheeling, where he is now state agent for a number
of the prominent fire-insurance companies of the country,
with offices in the Court Theater Building. He is a re-
puhliean in polities, and he and his wife are honored mem-
bers of the Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church, in which
he is serving as an elder. Mr. Paull is affiliated with the
Masonic fraternity and is a citizen of prominence and in-
fluence in his native citv, where he is vice president of
the Bank of the Ohio Valley. Of the children of Alfred
and Lee (Singleton) Paull the eldest is Mary 1., wife of
A. G. Hubbard, a retired manufacturer of Wheeling; Lyde
is the wife of L. B. Kirkpatrick, a representative real
estate broker in the City of Rochester, New York; Alfred
S. is associated with his father in the insurance business at
Wheeling.

Lee C. Paull is indebted to the public schools and the
Linsly Institute of Wheeling for his earlier education, which
was continued in the Pennsylvania Military College, at
Chester. After leaving the latter institution he was a stu-
dent in Princeton University, New Jersey, until he had par-
tially completed the work of his sophomore year. He left
the university in 1907, and for one year thereafter was asso-
ciated with his father's insurance business. He then became
identified with the insurance business conducted by Maj.
D. E. Stalnaker, and this alliance continued until the death
of Major Stalnaker in July, 1918, when he purchased the
business of the deceased and assumed full control of the
same. He has since continued the enterprise with unquali-
fied success, with a large and representative clientage.

Mr. Paull takes loyal interest in all* that concerns the
civic and material well being of his native city, is a re-
publican in politics and holds membership in the Vance
Memorial Presbyterian Church. He is affiliated with "Wheel-
ing Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, and is a member of the Fort Henry Club, of which he
is a director. He is a director also of the University Club
and is a member of the Wneeling Country Club. In the
realm of business he is a director of the Dollar Savings &
Trust Company; is vice president of the Liberty Transit
Company of "Wneeling; is vice president of the Camden
Coal Land Company of this eity; a director of the Arizona
Mossback Mines Company in the State of Arizona, and a
director of the McClaskey Company, incorporated, of "Wheel-
ing. He owns his attractive residence property in the beau-
tiful Highland Park District of Wneeling, and also the
building in which his insurance offices are established.

April 6, 1910, recorded the marriage of Mr. Paull and
Miss Mary Glessner, daughter of the late "William L. Gless-
ner, who was one of the principals of the "Whitaker-Glessner
Company of Wheeling. Mrs. Paull received excellent edu-
cational advantages, including those of the Campbell-Hager-
man Seminary in the City of Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. and
Mrs. Paull have two children: Lee C, Jr., who was born
December 10. 1911, and "William Glessner, who was born
January 10, 1915.

John B. GxaDEN is the only survivor in Wheeling of the
group of Wheeling business men who started the pioneer
enterprise of the "Wheeling Electric Company nearly forty
years ago. For nearly twenty years the "Wheeling Electric
Company was an individual and independent organization,
supplying electricity for commercial use in the "Wheeling
District. With the rapidly increasing use of electricity it
became impossible for a company supported by local capital
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the Wheeling Electric Company merged into a great cor-
poration known as the American Gas and Electric Company,
with headquarters in New York City. The public utilities
owned and operated by this corporation cover a large section
of the Middle West. The Wheeling District embraces many
of the cities and industrial towns on both sides of the Ohio
River, and Mr. Garden is general manager for this district.
There was recently completed at an expense of over $10,-
000,000 one of the largest electric generating plants in the
country at Beech Bottom, some miles above Wheeling, and
this plant, with its steam turbine generators, represents
practically the last word in a continuous electrical develop-
ment that has been going on at Wheeling and vicinity for
nearly forty years, and in which Mr. Garden has had an
uninterrupted participation.

Mr. Garden was born at Wheeling February 27, 1860
son of Alexander T. and Mary M. (Bankard) Garden and
grandson of David Garden, a native of Scotland, who settled
at Wheeling as early as LSI 6. He was a tanner, and he
established and operated a tannery at North Wheeling until
1858. He then returned to his farm at Glen's Run, above
Wheeling, where he died in 168G, at the age of sixtv five.
Alexander T. Garden, his son, also became a tanner, and was
associated with his father's industry for many years
Alexander T. Garden, as well as his son John B., was also
associated with the establishment of the Wheeling Electric
Company during the 'SOs. His home vas in Wheeling from
about 1S70, and at one tim.e he was a member of the citv
council.

The mother of John B. Garden was Mary Bankard, who
was born May 24, 1834, and died May 24, 1902. Her father
James Bankard was of the firm Stackt m, Bankard & Com-
pany, wmdow glass manufacturers, owning and operating
<me of the first glass factories in Wheeling. Mary Bankard
was educated in Wheeling and was married to Mr. Garden
t\ I" Her three children were: Mrs. John M. Sweenev,
John B. Garden and David A. Garden. The latter for 'a
number of years was with the Whitaker-Glessner Companv
and is now living in St. Louis, Missouri.

John B. Garden acquired a public school and business
college education, and as a young man became absorbed in
the progress of electrical development, which at that time
had hardly extenTled to any practical or commercial pur-
poses. A few years later he became an associate with his
father and with A. J. Sweeney and John M. Sweenev in
installing a small plant to furnish electricity for electric
lighting at Wheeling. This plant was installed in the shop

iLiti w. S r P,U 'VV S ? n ° n Twelfth Stm?t - opposite the
Hotel Windsor. Sufficient electricity was generated for
about forty lights, used at first in stores only. About two
years later the incandescent system of lighting came into
use and the men in the company secured an old skating rink
at Iwenty-second and Chapline for a larger plant. Wheel
mg was the fifth city in the United States to use alternating
machines. Here a 650 light machine was installed. Grad

*oSnnr! \\ ° t ri ?i ,ial 1 . C T ta 1 I of $15 ' 000 was ^tended to
*-0,000, but the dividends were paid on the stock for
ten years. All the increasing capital and surplus was rein-
vested in equipment, and after several rears a new location
was bought at Thirty sixth Street and McColloch Avenue
ihe facilities there sufficed onlv twelve years, and the next
ocahon was at Forty-second and Water streets, where a
building was provided five times as large as that at Thirty
sixth Street, yet in three years' time it was too small. Then
m 101a a large tract of ground eleven miles above Wheeling,
at Beech Bottom, was purchased, the selection of the site
1 hG . ™ m *™\™ 0f an a ' lef inate water supply
with an inexhaustible supply of coal for fuel *

It should also be noted that Mr. Garden and his asso-
ciates m the Wheeling Electric Company pot in operation
the first electrically operated cars at WVeling, and this was
also a pioneering work, since there were only a few cities
m the entire country with electric transportation

Mr. Garden served some years as a member of the Wheel-
ing Board of Education, a member of the Board of Trade
he Second United Presbyterian Church, and is a director
m the Community Savings Bank.

June 17, 1885,* he married Miss Mary Ralston Sweeney

(Inn.
sen ai

daughter of Andrew James and Maria Elizabeth (It
Sweeney. A review of the life of Andrew J. Sween a\
his family is given on other pages. Mrs. Garden foi» a
years has been one of West Virginia 's most prominei c l!
women, and she is now president of the State Federate
Women's Clubs. She is also prominent in the Daughrs
the American Revolution, having served as regent of "he,
mg Chapter; and she is active in other organization' Ji
and Mrs. Garden have two children, George Alan ana
uate of West Virginia University and a Wheeling attic
and Gertrude, who was one of the West Virginia e\\
sent by the General Federation of Women's Ch B
I ran.-e during the World war. She is the wife off
Throp. ■

Andrew J. Sweeney. The family of which th la
J - Sweeney was m some respects the most eonsruo
representative has for nearly a century been identified
the manufacturing, industrial, civic and cultural affi's ,
the Upper Ohio Valley.

Thomas Sweeney, father of Andrew J., came to wjlii
from Pittsburgh m 1830. Thomas Sweeney was a naH> ,
Ireland. He married Rosanna Mathews, of Pittsburg! w!
was the mother of the following children: Andro
Rebecca, Thomas Campbell and Robert H. At Wblh

\fo„,?? g T th ° S r.° P " aml l ,r °P ert y of the North wli*
Manufacturing Company, and with his brothers am so.
he continued this industry until about 1874, being suetk

t S ^eney. This industrial enterprise I
a period of half a century manufactured a large and trie
line, consisting of engines, mill machinery, foundry ca£«
and also steamboats. Andrew J. Sweeney was admit
a partnership i» the firm in 1858. He in turn, in 18?JJ
n his son, John M. Sweeney. The industry was gari
broadened after the accession of Andrew J. Sweeney 1 f„
control , n 1875, extending to the manufacture of rli
null steamboat and other machinery and also agricuim
machinery and implements. ,

i C £r ndre T v , S ^ eeue y ™ s »oni at Pittsburgh, Janul 1
18-7, and died February 14, 1893. He was not only Jur
usually vigorous and successful industrial leader, but o
Wheeling's most devoted citizens, and held the offi? o
mayor for a longer time than any other one man. H wa
first appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1855. H.wa
elected in the years 1861, 1862, 1S65, 1867 and 1875am
served from the latter year until 1881. He was a coloil o
militia during the Civil war, in addition to behJ he; o
he municipal government. In 1S76 President Grai&p
pointed him commissioner for West Virginia to the>.
tennial Exposition at Philadelphia. He was also a ,p ( t<"
m l.S/o by President Grant, as a commissioner t< tl.<
piT a ^ ,OSltlon and > 18 "« to the French Expositi a
Wheeling l >ro,mnent in a » the Masonic bodi. a

i T ^'° ^n 0 . 13 ]! 0 " 8 from Reeling papers at the time c hi.
death will indicate some of the other qualities in this mi el
genius. -Colonel Sweeney was an inventor of no sma re
jmwn, a number of valuable patents having been -rite,
him and his intimacy with all forms of machinery an hi.<
Know e,lge of applied mechanics was second to no nn in
lns t community. A proverbial hard worker, it was a .osi
us invariable custom to close a day of toil as grimy ath><
humblest man m his employ, and it was conceded that L
at ins age few men could stand more hours of labor ia»

H ih\t\L?7 eT u Uon . h L Was i,ltinia ^ly connected ath
■ill that y,ent to benefit this community, and all suclim-
provements as to street railway, the electric lighting »m-

any, the paid fire department, the fire alarm telegraptund

rowf"/ DeW bndges and slli ^ in S facilities foun in
< olcmel Sweeney a stanch and powerful friend

m\o*L hl L C ?r eT Mr ; S , we W saw vicissitudes.po-
iiti ally, in the country's history and in a business ay,
and no man was ever more equal to an emergency thaihe.
cTcdTt 1 ?I 8 °^ Cial r tS TVi " l0n ^ be remembered tchis
\\ llii • 6y i sh0W / fl P r0I »P tne ss, courage and intelllgicc
as well as independence. Many people yet remember**
^H eS T^^l 879 ^en he was mayor oft
city and the Prttsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky Rail ad

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

2;

1 , rbmpaay was granted the right of way for its Benwood
> extension. The Baltimore & Ohio Company opposed, and,
, realizing that increased facilities were for the city 's good,
t,Mr. Sweeney with customary decision of character threw tho
whole force of his authority in favor of carrying out the
rights granted by the city and personally supervised the all
night work of laying the ' Pewky ' track."
I In ISIS Andrew J. Sweeney married Mary R. Moore. Her
father was John Moore, for many yenrs superintendent of
the city waterworks and at one time head of tho machine
4 shop of John Moore & Company, an industry that became
amalgamated with the industrial interests of the Sweeneys.
Mrs. Mary Sweeney died in 18G0, at the age of thirty years.
She was the mother of four children. The oldest, John M.,
for a number of years associated with his father as a steam-
j boat builder, also interested in the Wheeling Electric Com-
. j.any and associated with the building and operation of
Wheeling's first electric street ear, has had a long and
I prominent career as a meehanieal engineer, lived for many
years in Chicago, was an expert engineer for the Govern-
t ment during the World war, located at Pensacola, Florida,
1 and is now living retired at Los Angeles. He married Miss
Julia Garden, a sister of John B. Garden of Wheeling.
• The second child, Nellie B., had a wide reputation as a
vocalist in concert work, and died at Washington City,
widow of David Palmer. Miss Rose M. Sweeney, the third
child, also cultivated the family gift for music to a degree
' of high excellence, was a student abroad at London and
Paris, was at one time dean of the College for Women
' at Richmond, Virginia, and later assistant dean at Linden-
wood College at St. Charles, Missouri, and at West Virginia
University at Morgantown. The youngest child of Andrew
.1. Sweeney's first marriage was the late Andrew Thomas
Sweeney, who died September 18, 1918, shortly after com-
pleting four years of consecutive service as sheriff of Ohio
County. He had also been mayor of Wheeling six years,
married Kate B. Lukens, who with their one daughter,
Eleanor M., survive.

In 1S61 Col. A. J. Sweeney married Maria E. Hanna,
who died at Wheeling October 8, 1909. She was born at
Cadiz, Ohio, in 1838, daughter of Rev. Thomas Hanna, a
prominent minister and for many years pastor of the
I'nited Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. Mrs. Sweeney was
a devoted member of the same faith, and at the time of her
death was active in the Second Church at Wheeling and
had served as president of the Women '9 Missionary Society
of the Wheeling Presbytery. Her mother was a daughter
of Robert Patterson and a descendant of the historic Van
Meter family which made the first settlement near West
Liberty, West Virginia, about 1763, building Fort Van
Meter four miles from West Liberty.

Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Sweeney was the mother of nine
children, and six of them survive her. The oldest is Mary
R.. who is Mrs. John B. Garden of Wheeling. (See J. B.
Garden's sketch on other pages.) Sarah Patterson, who
lias gained distinction in musical circles, is the wife of
Charles 0. Roemer of Cumberland, Maryland. They have
two children, Andrew S. and Dorothy D. William H.
Sweeney, who is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson
College and Virginia University, is associated with the
Duquesne Light and Power Company of Pittsburgh and
is a director of an orchestra in that city. He married Miss
Mullen, of Wisconsin, and has four children, Frank M.,
Marian E., Mary A. and Virginia M. Frank B. Sweeney
is in the telephone business at Los Angeles, California,
lie married Elizabeth Vorhees, of New Jersey. Col. Walter
C. Sweeney is the military figure of the family, served
in the Spanish American war, in the Philippines and 'in
the Regular Army, was an American officer in France, was
decorated by both the French and American governments,
received special mention by the British Government, and is
now stationed at Boston. He married Anne E. McConnell,
a daughter of N. W. McConnell, of Helena, Montana. Mr.
and Mrs. Sweeney have three children, Elizabeth J., Anice
E. and Walter C. The youngest of the family is James
Edgar Sweeney, who is chief elerk of the Langhlin plant of
the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company. He lives at

Wheeling, and married Stella, daughter of Capt. John II.
Crawford. They havo one daughter, Mary Elizabeth.

William M. Dunlap, who has been for half a century
actively identified with the handling of real estate and whose
operations in West Virginia have been of broad scope and
importance, maintains his residenco at West Alexander,
Pennsylvania, near the West Virginia line, and his long ami
worthy association with affairs in the latter state justify
his special recognition in this publication.

In an historic way it may be recorded that James Curtis
took up one of the first three farms in Ohio County, West
Virginia, as now constituted, he having come here in 177;:,
in company with James Hardcsty and James Morgan, whose
names became associated with the other two pioneer farms.
The old Curtis homestead farm is in the center of Liberty
District, on Buffalo Creek, and the property remained in
the possession of the Curtis family until about 1900. Sala
thiel, a son of James the pioneer, became one of the early
lawyers of this section, when members of the bar rode the
circuit in their professional work. He resided on the old
home farm and was one of the leading men of his day in
this section of West Virginia, lie had marked ability,
and was the author of a book of poems and also a book of
music. He died in 1SGS, when about eighty eight years of
age. He was one in a family of ten ehildren, all born on
the old homestead and all except one of the number lived to
pass the age of eight years, John, an enterprising farmer,
having been ninety-six years of age at the time of his
death. James Curtis was a great hunter and well equipped
for the hardships of pioneer life on the frontier. After
settling in what is now Ohio County he went forth as a
patriot soldier in the Revolution from Frederick County.
Maryland. He became the owner of about 400 arivs of land
in Ohio County. His son John lived and died on the an
eestral homestead, and was about ninety-three years old at
the time of his death. Joseph, another son, died when about
eighty, he having been a large landholder. James, another
son, went to Jacksonville, Illinois. The daughter, Ruth
Eliza, was born in 1812, on the old homestead, and as a
young woman she became the wife of Samuel Dunlap, who
was born on an adjoining farm in 1X01, a son of William
Dunlap, who with four of his brothers came to this locality
from Martinsburg, Virginia. Joseph Dunlap, ono of the
brothers, later went to Indiana; another brother went to
Peoria County, Illinois; and Salnthicl Dunlap established
his home at Mount Pleasant, Ohio. Another hrother settled
in Kentucky. William Dunlap died about 1851, and of his
four sons it may be recorded that James went to Crawford
County, Ohio, and was a resident of Columbus, that state,
at the time of his death; Mason, who died at West Liberty,
Ohio County, aided in establishing the old academy at that
place, where he also built the large hotel which he con-
ducted until his death; Samuel remained in Ohio County
until his death; William resided at West Liberty and died
in 1883, at the age of eighty-two years, his wife having
died three years previously. Samuel Dunlap was the owner
of the Pleasant Hill Nurseries, which he made one of the
best in this section. The Curtis men were old-time Virginia
democrats, and the Dunlaps were originally whigs and later
republicans. Early representatives of the Dunlap family
owned slaves, but set them free prior to the Civil war,
"Aunt Polly," one of the number, being well remembered
by old settlers in Ohio County. Of the nine ehildren of
Samuel Dunlap eight attained to maturity: Virginia died
at the age of twenty years; Engene died in 1913, at Wash-
ington, Pennsylvania, where he had served a number of
years as county recorder; William M., to whom this sketch
is dedicated, was the next in order of birth; Emma became
the wife of Lewis B. Morgan; Florence O. married Cambell
Riee and after several years of pioneer experience in
Nebraska they returned to Wheeling; Matilda is the wife
of Samuel Ullum and resides at Wheeling; Eudora is the
wife of Calvin Hare and lives at Wheeling; Frank died in
infancy; John was a merchant at Claysville, Pennsylvania,
where he died in 1916.

William M. Dunlap was a boy when he earned his first
five dollars by mowing eight acres of hay with a scythe.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

At the age of sixteen years he went forth as a soldier in
the Civil war. He enlisted in Company D, Twelfth West
Virginia Infantry, under Captain William B. Curtis, who
la tef hecame colonel of the regiment and still ^brigade
commander in the Second Division, Twenty-fourth Army
Corps Mr. Dunlap's compauy made an enviable record,
and of the 300 medals issued by Congress in the war period
three were gained by members of this company. Mr. Dun-
lap first served under General Milroy in the Valley of Vir-
ginia, and he took part in many engagements in the course
of his loyal eervice as a gallant young soldier of the Union.
After the war he studied law at home, his admission to
the bar, at Wheeling, having occurred November 2, 1870.
In 1871-2 he had an office in Wheeling, West Virginia, and
in the latter part of 1872 was on the home farm. He con-
tinued in the practice of law for a number of years, mainly
in. Ohio and adjoining counties. He has ever been a stal-
wart advocate of the principles of the republican party,
and has long been affiliated with the Grand Army of the
Republic. He has dealt extensively in coal lands through-
out West Virginia, as well as in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
He gave fourteen years to the handling of 6,000 acres in
the Wheeling District, and he paid a total of $26,000 in
options on this property before he eold it. He is now en-
gaged in coal operations on a tract of 600 acres, but has
been primarily a dealer in coal lands rather than a coal
operator. He has maintained his residence at West Alex-
ander, Pennsylvania, since 1897. As administrator and ex-
ecutor he has settled many estates, and in his extensive
real-estate operations, involving millions of dollars within
his fifty years of activity, none of his clients have lost
a cent through his interposition, the result being that his
reputation has ever been unassailable. He is a member of
the Presbyterian Church in his home village.

Mr. Dunlap's first wife, who was Harriet Hare, of Wash-
ington Couuty, Pennsylvania, continued as his devoted com-
panion and helpmeet for twenty-three years, when the
gracious ties were severed by her death. They had six
children: Herhert E. is a representative member of the
Wheeling bar and a patent attorney in this city; Olive D.,
■widow of John Wallace, resides at Woodlawn, a suburb of
Wheeling; Charles E. has a position in the office of the
Wheeling Steel & Iron Company; John H. is engaged in
the undertaking business at West Alexander; Amy C. is a
professional nurse employed in the Ohio Valley General
Hospital at Wheeling; and Alverda L. is employed in the
X-ray department of that institution. For his second wife
Mr. Dunlap married Mary Yates, who died ten years later,
leaving no children. His present wife, whose maiden name
was Mary E. Truesdell, is a daughter of Joel Truesdell,
who was a prominent merchant at West Alexander.

Walter Kenneth Barnes, one of the younger mem-
bers of the bar of his native city and county, was born
at Fairmont, Marion County, on April 6, 1891, and is a
scion in the fifth generation of the Barnes family in what
is now Marion County. Mr. Barnes is a descendant of
William Barnes, who came to this section from George's
Creek, Maryland, some time prior to 1782 and settled on
the Tygart's Valley Biver, near where the City Pump
Station of the City of Fairmont is now located. There
William Barnes, one of the pioneers of this section, huilt
one of the first water mills in this locality, and followed
his trade of millwright. For several generations the land
originally occupied by this William Barnes, together with
a large part of the land now known as Pleasant Valley,
were owned and occupied by the Barnes family and their
connections. Ahraham Barnes, the eighth son of William
Barnes, was born in 1782 at the Pleasant Valley home
of William Barnes. He married Mary Ann Hall, daughter
of Jordan Hall, of Pleasant Valley. Among their chil-
dren was Peter T. Barnes, born September 3, 1828. Dur-
ing his young manhood he was a teacher, but later en-
gaged in the mercantile and milling business, he together
with his brother, Thomas H. Barnes, owning and operat-
ing the Palatine Mills near Water Street of Palatine
(now Fairmont) for several years. March 11, 1852, Peter
T. Barnes married Mary Vandervort Martin, a widow, to

which uniou several children were born, one of them ing
James Walter Barnes, born September 3, 1862.

J. Walter Barnes, the father of the subject of this
sketch, engaged in teaching during his early mamod.
In 1882-3 he studied law at the University of Virjaia,
and in September, 1883, he was admitted to the hi of
Marion County. He practiced law at Fairmont until 185,
when he accepted a position as teacher in the Fairont
State Normal School, and in 1892 he was made present
of this institution, in which capacity he served until 101.
In 1902 Mr. Barnes became general manager of the on-
solidated Telephone Company, and made it one ofthe
strongest independent telephone companies in the 'tm-
try. He retained his connection with this company itil
it was absorhed by the Bell System in 1915. From )14
to 1919 Mr. Barnes was commissioner of finance tnd
puhlie utilities of the City of Fairmont, being on of
the four city commissioners in charge of the governmital
affairs of the City of Fairmont. During the World far
he served as Federal fuel administrator for the Stai of
West Virginia, having charge of the enforcement oithe
orders and rulings of the Federal fuel administrator whin
the state. In March, 1920, Mr. Barnes was appoited
by Governor Cornwell, a member of the State Boar' of
Control for a term of six years, which position he till
holds, being the treasurer of the board. On June 3, 184,
Mr. Barnes married Miss Olive Cooper, a daughte: of
Maj. William P. Cooper, who was the founder and ab-
Hsher of the Fairmont Index. To this union were irn
six children, Hugh Cooper, George Roscoe, Walter Ken-
neth, Fay Evans (died May 17, 1903), Homer Fncis
and Mabel Irene.

Walter Kenneth Barnes, the third son of J. W.ler
Barnes and Olive (Cooper) Barnes, was educated in the
public schools of Fairmont, graduating from the grjes
in 1905 and from the Fairmont High School 1909. He
then became associated with his father in the telepme
business for a while in the plant department, later bng
made commercial manager of the Consolidated Teleptoo
Company and associated companies, and having supervixm
of the commercial affairs of thirty-four telephone ax-
changes, covering eleven counties in the northern par (of
West Virginia. He remained in this position until )p-
tember, 1912, when he resigned and entered the Colge
of Law of the West Virginia University, from w:ch
school he was graduated in June, 1915, with the dcee
of Bachelor of Laws. The following month he was id-
mitted to the bar in Marion County, and has engjed
in the practice of law at Fairmont ever since, with he
exception of the period in which he was in active seiice
during the World war. In May, 1918, he enlisted in he
United States Naval Reserve Force and reported for cty
at St. Helena Training Station, being later transfeed
to the Naval Operating Base at Hampton Roads, ir-
ginia. There he was made a company commander by
reason of his cadet training while at the university, ad
was assigned to the duty of training new recruits. le
was discharged on January 4, 1919, and then retuifed
to Fairmont, where he resumed the practice of law. In
August, 1919, Mr. Barnes formed a law partnership ^tb
Herschel H. Rose, of the same city, under the firm nho
of Rose & Barnes.

Mr. Barnes is a Presbyterian, as his family has I311
for the past five generations, his father having eeisd
as an elder in that church since 1890 and as supen
tendent of the Sunday School for thirty years. Mr. Baies
has been for the past seven years secretary-treasurer 3i
the Board of Trustees of the same church. He is :3c
a member of Fairmont Lodge No. 9, Ancient Free 1<1
Accepted Masons, and Fairmont Lodge No. 294, Benevo!n1
and Protective Order of Elks. He also follows the leatT
ship of his ancestors in his political allegiance, as he is
a member of the democratic party.

While in active service in the navy Mr. Barnes iet
Miss Margaret Rogan Millar, of Norfolk, Virginia, nc
became Mrs. Barnes on July 3, 1920. Mrs. Barnes ia
daughter of William H. and Margaret (Rogan) Milr
of Norfolk, Virginia, where Mr. Millar is engaged a
the wholesale dry-goods husiness. Mrs. Millar is a B

HISTORY OF \

!H-oii<l:int of Hugh Patterson, of Eastern Tennessee, and
moved to Norfolk from Russellville, Tennessee, at the time
of her marriage to Mr. Millar. On December 2, 1921, a
daughter, Margaret Cooper Barnes, was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Barnes.

William .1. Rodueks. Among the oil operators of the
Hiintin.iton lHstriet of West Virginia who have won success
nnd prominence, one who has depended upon his own
| abilities and judgment in the accumulation of prestige and
prosperity is William J. Rodger*. His has been an active
career, filled with achievements, and at present he occupies
.1 |H>sitiou not only high in the business world of his adopted
community, but in the esteem and confidence of his fellow-
citizens.

Mr. Rodgcrs was bom at Silver Creek, New York, Febru-
ary 27, 1st)", a son of David R. and Julia A. (Porter)
Rodgcrs. The Rodgcrs family originated in Ireland whence
it was transplanted to the I'nited States by the great-grand-
father of William J. Rodgcrs. Mis grandfather, son of the
immigrant, was born in 17S7, at Franklin, Pennsylvania,
where he passed his entire life in the pursuits of the soil
and became a prosperous and extensive agriculturist, A
man of excellent education, he possessed oratorical powers
beyond the ordinary, and as lie was a strict temperance
man and a great Abolitionist, and as he did not hesitate
tn air his views on any and all occasions, in the most aggres-
sive way, he was often in the midst of turbulent scenes and
experiences. He died at Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1872,
ami while he had made numerous enemies because of his
outspokenness he also left behind him many friends and
admirers who had been attracted to him because of his fear-
less stand in support of his own convictions.

David R. Rodgcrs was born in 1838 at Franklin, Pennsyl-
vania, and was reared and educated in Venango County, that
•»tatc, where he became a pioneer operator in the oil fields.
During the war between the states he became a captain in
the Eighty third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer In-
fantry, nf the t'nion army, with which he served throughout
the struggle. Among the more serious engagements in
which he participated was Gettysburg, and at Little Round
Top he had the distinction of capturing Col. R. M. Powell,
the famous Texas ranger. In later years, about 11)00,
Captain Rodgcrs, as a matter of courtesy, returned Colonel
I'dwell's sword and revolver to him. After taking part in
all the engagements of his Tcgiment and establishing a
«plrndid record for hravery ami faithful performance of
duty, Captain Rodgcrs received his honorable discharge and
returned to the Venango County oil fields. Later he ex-
tended his operations to West Virginia, whither he came in
19ul, locating at Parkersburg and carrying on his opera-
tions from that point, although he maintained his residence
at Pittsburgh from 1006. In 1918 he met with an accident
in the oil fields, and was taken to his home, where his death
occurred. He was a man of high principles and of the
strictest integrity, and in all the relations of life was
worthy nf the respect and esteem accorded him. At Pleas-
antville, Pennsylvania, Captain Rodgcrs married Miss Julia
\. Porter, who was born in 1 845, at Pleasantville, and who
survives him as a resident of Pittsburgh. They became the
parents of the following children: William J., of this
notice; Marshall C, who is an oil operator and resides at
Fittsborgh; La Verne, who married Stephen H. Hnselton,
also an oil operator of Pittsburgh; and Clara A., un-
married, an artist, who resides with her mother at Pitts-
burgh.

William J. Rodgcrs was educated in the pnblic schools of
Greenville, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from the high
school in 1886, and at that time entered the 6il fields at
Butler, Pennsylvania, operating with his father at various
places in Butler County. Later he moved on to the fields
at Findlay and Marietta, Ohio, and in 1894 came to West
Virginia, where he operated out of Parkersburg until 1907.
la that year he changed his location to Huntington, which
has been his home since that time, and where he has con-
tinued to be active in the oil business as an operator. Mr.
Rodgers is secretary, treasurer and manager of the Hamlin
Dil Company of Huntington, secretary and general manager

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of the Transylvania Petroleum Company of Huntington, a
director in several other oil and gas companies, president
of the BranchJand Supply Company of Huntington, a com
j way dealing in oil well supplies, and a partner witli F. S.
Figley in oil well drilling. His olliccs are situated at N'os.
501 -502 Day and Night Bank Building. In politics Mi.
Rodgcrs maintains an independent stand, preferring his own
choice of candidates and admitting no party allegiance,
lie is interested in civic affairs in his adopted city, and is
an active member of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce.

On February 10, 1 8!»3, Mr. Rodgcrs was united in mar
ri;ige with Miss Mary Bailey, of Panama. New Vork, a
daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Charles A. Bailey the latter a
resident of Panama, where the father, a farm owner, died.
Mrs. Rodgcrs, a graduate of the Panama High School, took
"an active part in the local movements during the World war.
being executive secretary of Huntington Chapter of the
American Red Cross, ami devoting her entire time for three
years to this work. Mr. Rodgcrs also assisted the activities
in various ways. Mr. and Mrs. Rodgcrs have no children.

D. T. Pritchakd. In the coal industry of the Huntington
District of West Virginia a name that is well and favorably
known is that of Pritchard, which has always been identified
with large operations carried on in an honorable manner.
A worthy representative of the name is found in D. T.
Pritchard, who belongs to the younger generation of bust
ness men, and who within recent years has made rapid
strides toward a commanding position in the business world,
particularly in the line of enterprises connected with the
mining and distribution of coal.

Mr. Pritchard was born at Algoma, West Virginia, April
3, 1894, a son of William J. and Ann (Thomas; Pritchard.
His father was born March 19, ls(34, at Thrandrovry, Wales,
where he was reared and educated, and about the time that
he attained his majority, in is.H.", came to the United
States and settled first at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania,
where he was employed as a coal miner. In 18S8 he re-
moved to Cooper, Mercer County, West Virginia, where he
became a mine foreman, and in 1890 to Algoma, this stat»,
where he was made sii| erintendent of the Algoma Coal and
Coke Company. Mr. Pritchard subsequently became inter
ested in this company as a partner, being associated with
W. H. Thomas, but in 1900 disposed of his holdings, ami
since then has been extensively interested in coal operations
on his own account. In 1902 he removed to Bramwell,
Mercer County, ami that has continued to be his home to the
present. Mr. Pritchard is general manager, a stockholder
and a director in the Thomas Coal Company and the
Crystal Coal Company, of Bramwell; a director in the Flat
Top Fuel Company, of Bluefield, West Virginia; president
of the Barnwell Coal and Coke Company, of Sprigg, West
Virginia; president of the Long Flame Coal Company, of
Lundale, West Virginia; president of the Algoma Block
Coal Company, of Lothair, Kentucky; president of the
Superior Harlan Coal Company, of Evarts, Kentucky; and
president of the Virginia Fuel Company, of Cincinnati,
Ohio. The main offices of the last five mentioned companies
are situated at No. 619-620 First National Bank Building,
Huntington. The career of William J. Pritchard is indeed
a Temarkable one, including as it does all the elements of
self-made manhood. Starting a humble miner, through sheer
perseverance and ability he has forced his way upward to a
position where he is justly accounted one of West Virginia's
leading coal operators. His ability is freely acknowledged
by his associates, who at all times accept his judgment as
final and his advice as valuable. Mr. Pritchard is a re-
publican in politics, but polities has played but a small part
in his career, which has been devoted to his business affairs.
He is a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, in
which he officiates as a deacon, and as a fraternalist is
identified with the Masonic order. Mr. Pritchard married
Miss Ann Thomas, who was born in Wales, April 9, ISO'S,
and to this union there were born the following children:
Marjorie, the wife of Newton T. Roberts, a coal operator
of Bramwell, West Virginia; William, of Huntington, who
is general manager of the Barnwell Coal and Cuke Company,
the Long Flame Coal Company, the Algoma Block Coal

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Company, the Superior Harlan Coal Company and the Vir-
ginia Fuel Company; Elizabeth P., the wife of Joaeph H.
Bowen, a coal operator of Brain well, West Virginia; D. T.,
of this review; Daniel H., of Cincinnati, Ohio, general
manager of sales of the Pritchard interests, a veteran of
the World war, who was trained at Port Benjamin Harrison,
Indiana, and Camp Grant, Illinois, and was assigned to
training negro troops, having the rank of first lieutenant;
Rohert C, of Lundale, West Virginia, superintendent of
the Long Flame Coal Company, who during the World war
was stationed in the training camp at Lexington, Virginia;
and Thomas H., residing with his parents at Bramwell, a
student of mining engineering in the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute at Blacksburg, Virginia.

D. T. Pritchard was educated in the puhlic schools of
Bramwell, and was graduated from the high school of that
place with the class of 1914, following which he enrolled
as a student at the Wyoming College of Business, Wilkes
Barre, Pennsylvania, and was graduated in 1915 in a gen-
eral business* course. Since leaving this institution Mr.
Pritchard has been associated with his father in his various
coal operations, and has been a resident of Huntington since
September, 1920, his well-appointed offices being situated
at 619-620 First National Bank Building, he being in
charge of the offices in which the Pritchard interests are
cared for. Mr. Pritchard is secretary and treasurer of the
Burnwell Coal and Coke Company, the Long Flame Coal
Company, the Algoma Block Coal Company and the Superior
Harlan Coal Company, and vice president of the Virginia
Fuel Company of Cincinnati. He is 'widely and favorably
known in the coal industry, and is regarded as a young
man of pushing energy and aggressiveness, marked ability
of a sound nature, excellent judgment and executive
capacity.

Mr. Pritchard is a republican in his political leanings, but
has devoted his attention to business and has had no aspira-
tions for public preferment. However, he takes a publie.-
spirited citizen's interest in civic affairs, and gives his
support to all worthy civic measures, as he does also to
those movements which have for their object better educa-
tional, religious and eharitable conditions. He belongs to
the First Presbyterian Church of Huntington. Fraternally
Mr. Pritchard is affiliated with Bramwell Lodge No. 45,
A F. and A. M. ; Bramwell Chapter No. 15, R. A. M.; Ivan-
hoe Commandery No. 10, K. T., of Bramwell; and
Beni-Kedem Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S, of Charleston.
He likewise holds membership in the Guyan Country Club,
the Guyandot Club and the Huntington 'Chamber of Com-
merce. He owns a modern residence at No. 724 Thirteenth
Avenue, one of the fine homes of Huntington.

On January 1, 1920, Mr. Pritchard was united in mar-
riage with Miss Glenna Pack, of Bramwell, daughter of
John C. and Emma (Johnson) Pack, residents of Bramwell,
Mr. Pack being an extensive coal operator in the West
A'irginia fields and a man well and prominently known in
his community. Mrs. Pritchard, a woman of numerous
attainments and graces, is a graduate of the Peabody Con-
servatory of Music at Baltimore, Maryland, and a talented
pianist.

Edwakd B. Raiguel. The profession of civil engineering
undoubtedly offers a great future to those equipped by
nature and training for this calling. It demands, how-
ever, perhaps a more thorough technical knowledge of more
subjects than almost any other vocation in which an indi-
vidual may engage, but if its demands are severe its rewards
are commensurate with its difficulties, and on the pages of
history the names of civil engineers who have accomplished
the seemingly impossible appear with other benefactors of
mankind. A*leading consulting engineer of Huntington, who
is chief engineer for W. H. Cunningham, is Edward B.
Raiguel. He is a native of Reading, Pennsylvania, and was
born December 13, 1883, a son of A. Harper and Sarah
Louise (Albright) Raiguel.

Abram Raiguel, the great-grandfather of Edward B.
Raiguel, was born in Southern France, and iu middle life
immigrated to America, settling in Lebanon County, Penn-

sylvania, where he took up farm lands, married and spent
the remainder of his life. His son, A. Harper Raiguel, the
elder, was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, and spent
practically all of his life at Philadelphia, having an inde-',-
pendent income from fortunate investments. A republican!
in politics, he took an active part in party affairs and held:
several minor offices. He died at Philadelphia in 1870,!
while his wife, who had been a Miss Boyer, passed away at
Reading.

A. Harper Raiguel, the younger, was born at Philadelphia,
February 22, 1850, and was reared in that city until young!
manhood, when he removed to Reading, in which city he was 1
married. He secured a clerkship in the First National-
Bank of Reading, in which institution he rose to assistant
cashier, and after thirty-five years of faithful service retired
from active life with a splendid record. He was a repub-
lican in polities and a Knight Templar Mason, and belonged
to the Presbyterian Church, in the faith of which he died
at Reading in March, 1918. Mr. Raiguel married Misf
Sarah Louise Albright, who was boru July 28, 1852, at
Reading, and survives him as a resident of that city. They
became the parents of three children: Susan Albright, the
wife of George Beggs, assistant sales manager lor the
Narrow Fabric Company of Reading; • Edward B., of this
record; and Helen Louise, the wife of Carl Moyer, engaged
in the insurance business at West Reading, Pennsylvania.

The public schools of Reading furnished Edward B. Rai-
guel with his primary educational training, and after his
graduation from the Reading High School with the cJassil
of 1900 he attended the Reading Classical School. He nextU
enrolled as a student at Cornell University, attending twol
years, and at once commenced work at Reading, being em- 1
ployed by W. H. Deehant, a civil engineer. Mr. Raiguel (
spent one year with Mr. Deehant and then for a few months B
was a civil engineer with the New Jersey Short Line Rail-|
way Company, next being identified with the Batehellerj
Pneumatic Tube Company of Philadelphia in the capacity i
of assistant engineer. In July, 1906, lie accepted a position
with the Temple Ornamental and Structural Iron Company]
at Temple, Pennsylvania, as assistant draughtsman, butj
remained only two* months. During 1907 he was with the.
Acme Motor Company of Reading as assistant superintend
dent, and in April, 1908, came to Huntington as draughts-'
man for the W. G. Wilkins Company of Pittsburgh in the
Huntington offices. He remained in this position for one
year and for another year was chief draughtsman, and then
became assistant engineer for the same concern, remaining
until December, 1913. He was then made chief engineer
for the Partridge Woodrow Company of Ocala, Florida, a
concern with which he remained one year as chief engineer.
From December, 1914, to November, 1915, Mr. Raiguel eon- j
ducted a general engineering business at nuntington, and |
was then made engineer in charge of field parties for W. H. i
Cunningham, a well-known consulting engineer, from which j
position he was advanced to that of chief engineer January |
1, 1918. He holds this position today, his offices being"
situated at No. 802 First National Bank Building. Mr. I
Raiguel has become well and favorably known in his pro-j
fession, and his name has been connected with a number of]
large and important enterprises.

Politically Mr. Raiguel is a democrat, but has found little I
time from the duties of his calling to engage in public <
matters or the game of polities. He belongs to the Lutheran I
Church, and holds membership in the Guyandotte Club and
the Guyan Country Club of Huntington and the American |
Institute of Mining Engineers. He is the owner of a
modern home at No. 440 Thirteenth Avenue, in one of I
nuntington 's exclusive residential districts. From Septem- j
ber, 1915, to August, 1916, Mr. Raiguel was a member of
the Second Regiment, West Virginia National Guard, and j
was honorably discharged with the rank of regimental I
sergeant major.

On June 15, 1909, at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Mr. j
Raiguel married Miss Ruth Greenwood, a graduate of Fair-
mont Seminary, Washington, D. C, aud a daughter of
Raymond and Julia (Brockett) Greenwood, residents of
Montclair, New Jersey, where Mr. Greenwood owns and '

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rates a public garage. Mr. and Mrs. Kaiguel have three
f * Idren: Julia, horn June In, MHO; Edward Ib-rvey, born
\|.v 4. )!»13; ami Kulli, horn March ], HMD.

John Thomas Mastkkson. secretary am! treasurer of tlu*
Winner Gas Stove (.'oni|iaiiy at Huntington, was bom in
i.allia County, Ohio, July 17, lsG-1, ami is a son of Bernard
and Martha K. (Snowden) Masterson, the former of whom
was born in County Cavan. Ireland, in lH.'ls, ami the latter
.f nhoni was horn at Steubenville, Ohio, in 1841. The
.leath of the father occurred in Gallia County, Ohio, in 1 h}>3,
ami lhat of the mother at Marietta, that state, iu June,

im.

Bernard Masterson gained his early education in the
vhools of his native land, and was a lad of fourteen years
when he came to the United States. At Steubenville, Ohio,
he learned the blacksmith's trade, and in 1862 he removed
to Gallia County, that state, where he eoutiuued in the
sturdy work of his trade until the time of his death — a man
of sterling character, a loyal and useful citizen. He served
in the Ohio militia or Home Guard in the period of the
Civil war, and aided in suppressing the raids of the Con-
federate forces under command of Gen. John Morgan. lie
was a democrat in polities and was affiliated with the
Masonic fraternity. Of the family of twelve children six
are living at the time of this writing in the spring of
1922: Elizabeth is the widow of John Howarth, who was
a carpenter and builder by vocation and who died April
30, 1913, in Gallia County, Ohio, she being now a resident of
Huntington, West Virginia; John T., of this sketch, was
next in order of birth; Annie G. is the wife of John Seherer,
a retired farmer, and they reside at Marietta, Ohio; Homer
»!., a blacksmith by trade, resides iu the City of Huntington,
West Virginia; Clara E. is the wife of Herschel V. Brown,
a contractor and builder at Marietta, Ohio; Walter L. owns
and conducts a restaurant in that city.

John T. Masterson is indebted to the district schools of
(»allia County, Ohio, for his early education, whieh was
thereafter continued in the high school at Gallipolis, in
whieh he was graduated as a member of the elass of 188.3.
Thereafter he continued as a successful teacher in the
vhools of his native county until 1>94, when he engaged in
similar service in Madison County, Missouri. After his
return to the old home county in Ohio he there continued
a* a popular teacher until 1901, when he became principal
of the schools at St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Vir-
ginia. He retained this position until 1903, and thereafter
wa« for one year an instructor in the Huntington Business
College. For the ensuing seven months he was here book-
Wper for the Huntington Hardware Company, and from
H»o.$ to 1915 he served as assistant eity treasurer of Hunt-
ington. He next held for three years the position of book-
keeper for the Overland-Perry-Curtis Company of Hunting-
toD, and in the meanwhile, in 1916, he became financially
interested in the Winner Gas Stove Company, of whieh he
has been secretary and treasurer since 1918. This com-
pany is incorporated under the laws of West Virginia and
manufactures a very superior type of gas heating stoves,
the factory and offices being at 927 Second Avenue. The
company holds patents on the improved burner which is
utilized in its stoves, the business is constantly expanding
in scope and importance, and the trade extends from Penn-
sylvania on the east to the Rockv Mountains on the west,
and south to the Gulf of Mexico'. William E. Deegans i>
president of the company, and II. C. Daniels is vice presi-
dent and general manager.

Mr. Masterson maintains an independent attitude in poli-
tics and gives his support to candidates and measures meet-
ing the approval of his judgment. In his native county he
still maintains affiliation with Gallipolis Lodge No. 861,
I. 0. O. F. At Huntington he owns and occupies a modern
residence at 1209 Seventh Street, and he has identified
himself fully and loyally with the civic and business inter-
ests of his adopted eity.

At Cornwall, Missouri, in 1886, was solemnized the mar-
riage nf Mr. Masterson and Miss Marv A. Stephens, and
the one child of this union is Alice B./wife of Herman C.

Daniels, of whom individual mention is made in following
paragraphs.

Herman <\ Daniels was burn at Akron, Ohio, June !",
1**7, gained bis early education in rural schools of Law
rence County, that State, and in 19<>1, when but fourteen
years of age, h.- entered the employ of the American Car
& Foundry Company. Two years later he went to Louisiana,
where he worked iu the lumber woods about one year, and
the ensuing year he was again in the employ of the Amer-
ican Car & Foundry Company, in the building of steel
railway ears. He next passed a year in the employ of the
Pullman Company, the great ear* building concern at Pull-
man, Illinois, and during the next five years he was again
in the service of the American Car & Foundry Company at
Huntington, West Virginia. He then became manager of
the Columbia Gas Stove Company of this city, a position
which he retained until 191.S, when he organized the Winner
Gas Stove Company, of whieh he has since continued vice
president and general manager. He and his wife are mem-
bers of the Johnson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, as are also Mrs. Daniels' parents. They have two
children: Louise, bom June 17, 191.J, and Dorothv, born
July 4, 192L

Thomas Masterson, grandfather of him whose name
initiates this review, was born and reared in County Cavan,
Ireland, and died in Gallia County, Ohio, at the age of
eighty-eight years. The maternal grandfather, James F.
Snowden, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1809, and died at
Cornwall, Missouri, iu lsl»9. He gained high reputation as
an educator, was for several years a teacher in the schools
of Steubenville, Ohio, was for two years principal of the
Fourth Ward School at Wheeling, West Virginia, and later
served as principal in the public schools of St. Louis,
Missouri. In that state he became the owner of a valuable
farm of 400 acres, lie married Ann .lane Stevenson, who
was born at Wheeling, West Virginia, and who died at
'Cornwall, Missouri, at a venerable age. The father of James
F. Snowden was born near Mount Snowden, Wales, and
upon coming to America settled in Pennsylvania.

Herman O. Daniels, son-in-law of Mr. Masterson, is a
son nf Frank M. Daniels, who was born in Lawrence County,
Ohio, in I860, and who followed the cooper's trade in Ohio,
principally at Toledo and Akron, until June, 1921, since
whieh time he has lived retired at Huntington, West Vir-
ginia. He is a democrat and is affiliated with the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife, whose family
name was Lewis, was born in Lawrenee County, Ohio, in
1*60, and died at Akron that state, in lKHS. Of the chil-
dren the eldest is Samuel, a resident of Fairport Harbor,
Ohio; George S. is a resident of Barberton, that state;
Miss Lizzie resides at Huntington, West Virginia; and
Herman C. is the youngest of the number. Frank M.
Daniels is a son of Morrow Daniels, who was born in Ire-
land, in 1*2,H, and who died in Lawrenee County, Ohio, in
1914, he having been a pioneer farmer in that county.

Thomas Sedgwick Neptune, treasurer and general man-
ager of the Fairmont-Sewiekley Company, and also sec-
retary-treasurer and general manager of the Clarksburg-
Sewickley Company, has his executive headquarters in a
well appointed office in the Deveny Building in the City
of Fairmont, Marion County. He was born in Paw Paw
District, this county, January 26. 1876, and is a son of
William II. and Caroline (Prichard) Neptune.

William H. Neptune was born in Marion County in
the year 1847, a son of John and Serena (Straight) Nep
tune, the names of both families having been elosely linked
with the history of this section since the early pioneer
days. William H. Neptune was for many years one of
the substantial and representative exponents of farm in-
dustry in his native county, and is now living virtually
retired at Fairmont. His wife, who likewise was born
and reared in Marion County, died in the year 189S. She
was a daughter of Thomas and Mahala (Morris) Prichard.
William H. Neptune was a gallant young soldier of the
Confederacy in the Civil war.

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and early youth on the old home farm and in the mean-
while made good use of the advantages offered in the
local schools. In 1902 he severed his alliance with farm
enterprise and entered the employ of the Fayette County
Gas Company and the Treat & Crawford Oil Company
of Pittsburgh, for which corporations he had charge of
leases and rights of way in West "Virginia. In 1908 he
left the employ of these companies and engaged in the
real estate business at Fairmont, in which line of enter-
prise he still continues operations, in the buying and sell-
ing of land, principally coal and oil tracts. Mr. Neptune
was one of the organizers of the Fairmont-Sewickley Com-
pany and the Clarksburg-Sewickley Company in 1917, and
much of his time and attention have since been given to
his executive service with these important corporations.

Mr. Neptune is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias
and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He
and his wife and son hold membership in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South.

In the year 1899 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Neptune and Miss Rose M. Hibbs, who likewise was born
and reared in Marion County and who is a daughter of
Alpheus T. and Lydia (Wilson) Hibbs. Mr. and Mrs.
Neptune have one son, Harry Alfrod, born June 2, 1906.

Arthur Hamilton Adams, vice president of the Hunt-
ington Wholesale Grocery Company and recognized as one
of the vital and progressive citizens and business men of the
City of Huntington, was born in Pittsylvania County, Vir-
ginia, September 24, 1879, and is a son of Thomas J. and
Mary Jane (Jones) Adams, both likewise natives of that
county, where the former was born in 1834 and the latter
in 1842. Their entire lives were passed in their native
county, where the death of the father occurred in 1913 and
that of the mother in 1917. Thomas J. Adams owned and
operated a large tobacco plantation in Pittsylvania County,
was a scion of an old and influential family of that section'
of the Old Dominion commonwealth, was a democrat in
politics, served as a gallant soldier of the Confederacy
during virtually the entire period of the Civil war, and was a
man whose character and ability gave him no small measure
of influence in connection with community affairs. In
religious faith he was a member of the Presbyterian Church,
while his wife was a member of the Baptist Church. Of
their children the eldest is James S., who is a retired farmer
and resides in the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia; John A.
died at Roanoke, that state, at the age of forty-eight years,
he having been in the service of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad; Selena B. is the wife of John Motley, a merchant
at Shockoe, Virginia; Patsy is the wife of John Thompson,
a farmer in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; Virginia Rosa
is the wife of William T. Shelton, who is engaged in the
mercantile business at Westmoreland, West Virginia; Lnla
L. resides at Danville, Virginia, and is the widow of Adam
T. Clement, who was a successful meat packer in that city
at the time of his death, in 1920; Carrie S. became the
wife of Thomas J. Watson, who was an extensive farmer
and dealer in cotton near Byhalia, Mississippi, and after his
death she became the wife of John Keesee, their residence
being on a part of the old homestead plantation of her
father, which property they own and operate; William W.
owns the remainder of the old homestead farm and has
active charge of its operations; Arthur H., of this sketch,
was the next in order of birth; and Edna Gertrude is the
wife of Eugene A. Smith, of Christiansburg, Virginia, he
being a grower of and dealer in live stock.

In the rural school near his birthplace Arthur H. Adams
acquired his youthful education, after having previously
been instructed by a private tutor, but he was only four-
teen years of age when his boyish ambition led him to leave
the parental roof and take a position in the general store of
W. P. Hodnett at Danville, Virginia. He was thus em-
ployed three years, and he supplemented his education by
a course in the Danville Business College. In 1897 he was
suddenly called upon to settle the affairs of the estate of
Thomas J. Watson, his brother-in-law, in Mississippi, a work
that engrossed his attention one year. He then returned to
Danville, where he was employed in a retail grocery one

year and the following year in a dry goods establishment ii
that city. He next passed a year in the wholesale grocer
house of Overbey-Swanson Brothers at Danville, and ii
1900 he there engaged in the general merchandise business?
on Union Street, as a member of the firm of Adams & Allen |
Three years later his impaired health compelled him to retml
from active business, and two years passed ere he recuper 1
ated sufficiently to resume his activities. In 1905 he becanu
a traveling salesman for Clifford Weil, of Richmond, dis
tributor for the American Tobacco Company, and in 190.
he came to Huntington, West Virginia, and took the positioi
of bill clerk in the offices of the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
road. He was promoted to chief bill clerk, and upon resign
ing this position in 1909 he took a place in the shipping
department of the wholesale grocery house of the Sehon
Stevenson Company. He was eventually advanced to th(
post of shipping clerk, and after remaining two and one,
half years with this company he became shipping clerk foi
the Loar-Berry Company, likewise engaged in the wholesale
grocery trade at Huntington. He gained comprehensive
knowledge of the various details of the business and in May
1913, upon the reorganization of the Loar-Berry Companj
under the title of the Huntington Wholesale Grocery Com
pany Mr. Adams became buyer and sales manager for th(
new corporation. In 1914 he became vice president of the ]
company, of which office he has since remained the incum-.j
bent, the offices and warehouse of the company being estab-.j
lished at the corner of Eleventh Street and Second Avenue.i
F. C. Pritchard is president of this vital and progressive
corporation, and H. S. I vie is its secretary and treasurer.l
The concern has the most modern equipment and facilities,
and is one of the important commercial corporations con
tribnting to the prestige of Huntington.

Mr. Adams is aligned loyally in the ranks of the demo-i
eratic party, he and his wife are zealous members of the'
Baptist Church and he is specially active in the work of
its Sunday school. His Masonic affiliations are with Hunt-
ington Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M. ; Huntington Chaptei
No. 6, R. A. M., and the local Masonic Club. He is a mem-
ber of the Knights of Pythias and also of its club in his,
home city.

At Richmond, Virginia, in 1907, Mr. Adams wedded Miss
Florcan Forbean, who was born at Bristol, Tennessee, and '\
whose death occurred in 1911, the one surviving child of this
union being a son, Hamilton Joe, born October 20, 1911.
In November, 1912, at Ashland, Kentucky, was solemnized
the marriage of Mr. Adams and Mrs. Emma (Matthews)
Wilson, daughter of John W. and Delia Matthews. Mr.
Matthews was a contractor and builder at Huntington at
the time of his death, and his widow resides in the hornet,
of her daughter, Mrs. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have
two children: Mary Jane, born in December, 1914, and
Patsy Leona, born in August, 1916.

William Jefferson Harvie is secretary, treasurer and
general manager of the Miller Supply Company, one of the
largest and most important jobbing concerns engaged in
distributing mining, mill and contractors' supplies in the
coal districts of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and
Southern Ohio, with offices and warehouse at 742 Third
Avenue in the City of Huntington. He is one of the repre-
sentative business men of this vital city, and of the com-
pany with which he is identified adequate mention is made
on other pages, in the personal sketch of its president, J.
Craig Miller.

Mr. Harvie was born in Amelia County, Virginia, No-
vember 16, 1875, and is a scion of a family that was
founded in that historic commonwealth in the Colonial
period of our national history. His grandfather, Lewis E.
Harvie, passed his entire life in Virginia, was the owner of
a large and valuable plantation in Amelia County, was
influential in public affairs as a stalwart snpporter of the
cause of the democratic party, and was president of the old
Richmond & Danville (now the Southern) Railroad. He
married Sarah Blair, and both died in Amelia County, when
well advanced in years. The lineage of the Harvie family
traces back to stanch English origin.

Maj. William O. Harvie, father of the subject of this

IIISTORV OF WEST VIRGINIA

33

review, was born in Amelia County, Virginia, in 1S39, ami
*here his death occurred in October, 1921. He passed his
Entire life iu his native eounty, was one of its extensive
►andholders and agriculturists, was a democrat of unwaver-
ing loyalty, held various public offices of local order, served
| hroughout the Civil war as a gallant soldier of the Con-
ffederaney, with the rank of major, and was a zealous mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow, who
Mill resides on the old homestead farm. Her maiden name
Was Anna Jefferson, and her birth occurred in the State of
Couisiaoa, in 1S43. Of their children the firstborn, Mar
►;aret, became the wife of John J. Allen, and both died in
►\melia County, she having passed away at the aye of
►"orty-eight years; Lewis E. resides in Amelia County and
\s cashier of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company of
•Richmond, Virginia; Lelia is the wife of Samuel .1. Bar-
rnett, a member of the faeulty of Carnegie Institute in the
?ity of Washington, 1>. C; William J., of this sketch, was
^aext in order of birth; Westmore Gordon resides in his
native eounty and is a member of the iusurauce firm of
(Jefferson & ilarvie; Armistead Taylor is actively identified
vith the real estate business in the City of Richmond, Vir-
ginia; and Miss Otelia Ci. remains with her widowed mother
bn the old homestead.

After attending the rural schools of his native county
William J. ITarvie entered Smithdeal Business College in
the City of Richmond, and in the same he was graduated
in 1892. Thereafter he was identified with the insurance
business in that city until 1900, in December of which year
he came to Huntington, West Virginia, and allied himself
•with the Miller Supply Company, of which he became
a director iu the following year, and of which he is now
tarretary and treasurer, as well as general manager. Me is
•secretary and treasurer of the Kentncky-EIkhorn By Prod-
ucts Coal Company of Dorton, Kentucky; is secretary and
treasurer of the Sharlow Gas Coal Company of Huntington,
whieh operates mines at Sharlow, Boone County; is secre-
tary and treasurer of the Maxine Coal Company of Hunt
ington, which operates mines at Maxine, Boone County; is
treasurer of the Bull Creek Mining Company of Charleston,
with mines at Javins, Boone County; and as a member of
the Board of Directors of the Huntington National Bank
he is serving on its executive committee. He is a member
of the Citizens Board of Huntingtou, is a democrat in
politics, is a deacon and president of the official board of the
First Presbyterian Church of Huntington, is a valued mem-
ber of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce, and holds
membership in the Guyan Country Club, the Guyau-
dotte Club, and Huntington Council No. 53, United Com-
mercial Travelers. He owns aud occupies one of the
attractive and modern residences of the city, the same being
at 818 Thirteenth Avenue. As a member of the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues, a continuous military organization
since 1793, Mr. Ilarvie entered the nation's military service
in the Spanish-American war.

At Charleston, this state, on the 30tb of July, 1921, Mr.
Ilarvie was united in marriage to Mrs. Julia Lewis (deGruy-
ter) Anderson, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. dcGruyter,
reside in that eity, where her father is serving, in 1922, as
postmaster. By her former marriage Mrs. Harvie has one
son, Lane Anderson, Jr., who was born February 6, 191 S.

Russell E. Barx&art, district freight agent for the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, with residence and official head-
quarters in the City of Huntington, is a native of the old
Buckeye State and a scion of one of its honored pioocer
families. The original American progenitors of the Barn-
hart family came from Holland and settled in Pennsyl-
vania in the Colonial period of our national history. Wil-
liam Barnhart, great-great-grandfather of the subject of
this review, made his way down the Ohio River to Cincin-
nati, Ohio, in the year 1811, beeame a pioneer ia real estate
operations in that section of the state and erected some of
the first brick buildings in Cincinnati. Daniel W. Barnhart,
grandfather of Russell E. of this review, was born in Cin-
cinnati in the year 1S16, was there reared to manhood and
there beeame a manufacturer of pianos. About 1^">0 he
removed to Dayton, Ohio, where he conducted a music store

about ten years, lie was thereafter engagid in the i
business at Tiffin, Hint .,tat- , and finally he r mot It
Kokomo, Indiana, when- his .j. ath oc urr« I in W>s II
served as a gallant soldier of the I n on in the t »vi «nr,
as a member of an Ohio regiment. Ids wife. win. m*wW+
name was Anna Gabriel, wm I > rn nt Ot-unt.1 n, keitfti k\
and died at Tiffin, Ohio. Tin ir m.i, t.u&m », *.„ Km at
Dayton, Ohio, D.c.n.l.er 3d, |v\". a id ,li ■ ,t Tiffin tUt
state, DeeemlHT 3, 1917 II, »a< rnrd ni I ,*,r.\. } .»
Tifiin, nnd there he pn-se<] \irf illv li .ntr If. It.
was long in the seruci of the < la i ago, ( . \,l.n» < v i
nati & St. Louis Railroad, and wa- at cm t««n«» g*r**«e
ageDt for the <\ S. & <\ nnd the (in iimti .\! ,I!n i I r..
roads. He was a stalwart republican, was :» in. ml* r . f t»
Knights of Pythias and the Junior Or.hr Fluted \u . r u
Mechanics, ami was a communicant of tin* Ki -g • ■ i I. tl mi
Church, as is also his widow, who still re >.|. s at 'IV*. ■
where she was bom in llecember, I »."..". II. r naiden nine
was Laura J. Kchinnc**. Of their childn n th» el. t
Kdward \Y., is manager of the Ohio .Lwelrv Cm »**% -t
Tiffin; Mabel A. is the wife of Amandiw Kroi^., of T'lVw,
Russell E., subject of this skcteh, was next in or'.r if
birth; and Jesse A., who was- born in I ♦»■><•, died in l*«'>t

Russell E. Barnhart was born at Tiffin, DMn, \j r I (>
1879, and after there continuing his Mudita in tin* j il<
schools until his graduation in the high school in I •*!»«$, h.
took a speeial scientific course of three years in II 1 1. 1 - rg
University at Tiffin. In ls99 he entered the i mj loy « f t h •
Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati & St. Louis (Big Four
Railroad Company at Tiffin, where he won ad vane m<*i t t i
the portion of chief clerk. In June, 1903, he enNrt.J the
service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railrund Company at N rt i
lialtimore, where he served eleven months u.s chief . rk.
In July, 1904, he became chief clerk and cashier f« r tl .
same road at Insider. Ohio; in May, 1906. In w. s n i I
joint agent for the Baltimore Sc Ohio and the J), tr. ".
Toledo & Ironton railroads for the Pacific and the Nation* I
Lxpress companies at llamler, Ohio; in 19<»7 he was ninde
freight aud ticket agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Ra ; roa I
at Walkcrton, Indiana, and in September of the same y«ar
was i>romoted to a .similar position at Mi ntingt. n. WrM
Virginia. In 1911 the functions of yardmnst. r at this jo at
likewise were assigned to Mm; in Ajril, 1917, he wn«
appointed commercial freight agent for the company at
Huntington; ami in July, 191S. he was appoint*"! to h «
present office, thst of district freight agent, his ofiiees l>. ig
established at 400-401 First Nationnl Hank Muilding. an I
his district covering the territory from Point Phasnnt to
Kanova, this state. He is a director of the M. Gnire M •
cine Company of Huntington, is a republican in joit > •
allegiance, and he and his wife are mem 'ers of tl. F t
Presbyterian Church in their home city. Mr. Nlri art •>
the owner of valuable real estate in this city, in lu I >g I
attractive home j.roperty at 606 Thirteenth Avenue lie
a member of the local Rotary Club, his basic M.i n
affiliation is with Syeamore Lodge No. OJ 1 ), A. F. an I \. M
and in the Scottish Rite of the time-honored frattrmty l<
is affiliated with Huntington Lodge of Perfection No. 4 Hi
was a vital factor in local patriotic activities in ennm »m»
with the World war, served on various comm tttes that 1 nd
direction of drives in support of Government war lonn. R* d
Cross work, etc., and made his pfiaona! contribut is
large as his financial resources permitted.

At Paulding, Ohio, on the 7th of January, 1«««>. w«»
solemnized the marriage of Mr. Barnlnrt and Mi s M-ir\
J. Collins, whose mother, Josej.hine, by n ^>nl rarr'-g
is now the wife of J. H. Long, an ext*flfi«' farr-.r r
Ashtabula, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart l« ime t ] r
ents of five children, of whom the first two, 1 F g*n

and Virginia Bloom, died in early infan y, nt-d the t • I
Evclrn Louise, at the age of eighteen m. nil*. T u
surviving children are: Margaret, born .M ]9*M* mW
Richard Carlisle, born June 6. 1914.

Ratmond II. Williams. *t llunt-ngt n. r b •
agcr of the nercuh-s Powd r Con my 1 '» • '
progressive business- m n of t is c ty. H« «*• < r
City of Baltimore. Maiyland. I>r~emb»r 4 1**1. a n i

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Jacob F. Williams and Anna Garland (Green) Williams,
both of whom were born in Baltimore and lived there,
during their lifetime. The parents of Mr. Williams are
dec eased.

The lineage of Air. Williams on the paternal side traces
back to Welsh origin, and the original representatives came
from Wales and settled in New England in the Colonial
period of our national history. On the maternal side his
lineage traces back to Scotch origin, the original representa-
tives having come from Scotland and settled in Virginia in
early Colonial days. ,

The public schools of Baltimore afforded Raymond II.
Williams his preliminary education, which was supplemented
by his attending the Baltimore City College two years and
also the Maryland Institute of Art and Design, in which he
attended the night sessions and was graduated in mechanical
drawing as a member of the class of 190$. In the mean-
while, at the age of seventeen years, he entered the employ
of a Baltimore firm of consulting engineers, with whom he
remained from 1901 to 1903, after which he was in service
with the engineering corps of the Western Maryland Rail-
way Company until August, 1904, when he was appointed
assistant engineer in connection with the topographical
survey of Baltimore, a service in which he continued until
February, 1900. From that date until April, 1917, he was
assistant engineer with the Baltimore Sewerage Commis-
sion, and he then engaged in the engineering and general
contracting business in an independent way, with offices in
his native city. From April 1917, to July, 1921, he was a
salesman for the Hercules Powder Company in Southern
and Eastern Ohio, with headquarters in the City of Co-
lumbus. He was then advanced to his present office, that of
resident manager for this great corporation at Huntington,
West Virginia, where he maintains his offices in the Amer-
ican Bank Building, his assigned territorial jurisdiction
covering Southern West Virginia and a part of the State of
Kentucky.

Mr. Williams is loyally aligned in the ranks of the demo-
cratic party, and he and his wife are communicants of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. In the Masonic fraternity
his basic affiliation is with Goodale Lodge No. 372, A. F.
and A. M., at Columbus, Ohio, where also he has received
the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Scioto
Consistory, and is a member also of Aladdin Temple of the
Mystic Shrine.

At Vork, Pennsylvania, in October, 1915, Mr. Williams
wedded Miss Edna* Marie Heinekamp, daughter of the late
William and Laura V. ( Riddlemoser) Heinekamp. her
father having been a member of the firm of William Heine-
kamp & Sons, piano manufacturers in the City of Baltimore,
a concern founded by his father, William Heinekamp. Sr.
Mrs. Williams is a graduate of the art school of the Mary-
land Institute at Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have
two children: Raymond llartman II, bom .Inly II, 1916
and Virginia Garland, bom September 10, 1919.

Francis Guy Ash, prominently connected with real estate,
insurance and other business organizations at Morgantown,
is a native of Tennessee, but represents two West Virginia
families that have been in the state for four generations.
Mr. Ash has an interesting record of service as a military
man, beginning with the National Guard of West Virginia
before the World war and continuing throughout the period
of those hostilities.

In the paternal line the founder of the family in Dod-
tlridge County, West Virginia, was Jacob Ash, who acquired
nearly twenty thousand acres of government land compris-
ing a large portion of the northern edge of Doddridge
County, the eastern part of Tyler County and the south-
eastern part of Wetzel County. His son, William Ash, was
born in Doddridge County and married Nancy Swiger, also
a native of that county. The father of Francis Guy Ash
was the late Benton Ash, who was born at Ashley, a town
named for the family in Doddridge County, January 26,
1806. He was educated in an Ohio college, being trained
for the civil engineering profession, and was county sur-
veyor of Doddridge County, with home at West Union. In

J 891 his professional services as an engineer on railroat
construction took him into Eastern Tennessee, and he diet
at Elizabethton in Carter County of that state dune 22
1 S94.

The mother of Francis Guy Ash was II attic A^irginit
Jeff cry, who was burn at West Union, Doddridge County
October 18, 1872, daughter of Elias and Mary F. (Hick
man) Jeffery and granddaughter of Neely D. and Delia
Ann (Davis) Jeffery. Delia Ann Davis was a daughter ot
Rhuhama Randolph, of the famous Virginia Randolphs.!
After the death of Benton Ash his wife returned with her
family to her old home at Ashley, West Virginia, and later)
removed to Morgantown.

Francis Guy Ash was born at Elizabethton, Tennessee,
November 13* 1893, but spent his boyhood in D'oddridge
County. He was educated in the public schools, graduated
from West Union High School in 1912, and in the fall of
that year located at Morgantown and enrolled in the uni-
versity, being a student therein for two years. After leav-
ing the university he had some good business training ami'
experience in the office of Judge George C. Sturgiss. He
then joined the real estate and insurance organization of
Howard L. Swisher. At the same time he performed some
duties in the office of Mr. Cassius McCarl Lemley, the
geologist of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway.

Mr. Ash was commissioned a second lieutenant in the
West Virginia National Guard May 1, 1916, and promoted
to first lieutenant June I, of that year. On March 28,
West Virginia National Guard was called for duty in the f
war with Germany. They mobolized at Camp Cornwell, !
Fairmont, where he was mustered into the Federal service'
as first lieutenant of Company L, First West Virginia Regi- 1
ment of Infantry. April 12, 1917, his company was or-K
dered for guard duty at the Pittsburg Storage and Supply)
Depot in the Quartermaster's Department, and remained I
there until July 22, 1917, when it returned to Camp Corn-
well and on September 14th was ordered to Camp Shelby, I
Mississippi. At Camp Shelby Lieutenant Ash entered the |
"one pound platoon" of Headquarters Company, 150th
Infantry. March 28 1918, he was ordered to the Infantry i
School of Arms at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he remained '
in intensive training until September 4, 1918, and then ]
rejoined his outfit, taking command of Headquarters Com-
pany. On Friday, September 13, 1918, he left Camp Shelby
with his company fur Camp Mills, Long Island, and soon
afterward the regiment embarked and sailed for France,
October 2d. On the day of sailing Lieutenant Ash entered
the camp hospital a victim of appendicitis, and when he
received his discharge from the hospital at Camp Mills,
November 1 4th, the war had been ended three days by the
signing of the armistice. On leaving the hospital Lieutenant
Ash was ordered to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, where he
was a casual officer in charge of returning wounded soldiers
until January 26, 1919. lie was discharged at Camp Lee,
Virginia, January 28, 1919, and then accepted a captain's
commission in the Reserves.

On returning to Morgantown Captain Ash resumed his
business relations with the H. L. Swisher Company, in real
estate and insurance, and is also secretary of the Morgan-
town Building Association, secretary of the Labor Building
& Loan Association, and is treasurer of the Peerless Smoke-
less Smithing Coal Company. Captain Ash was secretary
of the Morgantown Business Men's Association until it
was converted into the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce,
and continued his duties as secretary until his successor
was elected. He is now a member of the executive board
of the Chamber. He is secretary and treasurer of the Mor-
gantown Real Estate Board. Captain Ash is popular in
both business and social circles, a member of Friendship
Lodge No. 56, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, at
West Union, Morgantown Chapter No. 30, Royal Arch
Masons, Morgantown Lodge of Perfection No. 6 of the Scot-
tish Rite and the Shrine, and of Morgantown Lodge No.
411, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and Athens Lodge
No. 36, Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the
Kiwanis Club and Commander of Monongahela Post No. 2
of the American Legion.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

33

Otho Clabence Huffman. Mr. Huffman's approach to
. larger responsibilities of industrial management was
rough the clerical profession of stenographer and hook-
Zcr increasing to a specialized service » behalf of the
Etl companies who employed him and broaden,..* out
o the sales and executive departments For some years
«t he has been general superintendent for he \J. E.
plans' Coal Interests, representing some of the largest
SK"s and operations in the eoal fields of West _ Virginia.
8 home and business headquarters are in Hunting on
Mr Huffman was born at Harrisonburg « Rockingham
♦ virmnii \nril °6 1^1. His grandfather was a
35* b^n1n\705, and on coming to this

Sntrv settled in Rockingham County, A irgin.a where he
vamT a prosperous farmer. He died near Brnlgewa er in
it"tafc in 1S87. John S. Huffman, father of the Hunt-

a^ro^tel^one and a ha.f million to,, , .
rial Mr. Huffman is also ncc president of tie Jlarieua
Coal Companv of Pinsonfork, Kentucky. \ l .r,„. ve li
In polities he is a republican is a member of M'D?™"
Lodg/Xo. 112. F. an.l A. M Scwcl] Chapter. R. A , M at
Tburman, BlucfieM Commandery No. 19, ^- T -,
ginia Consistory No. 1 of the .thirty-second /j ^
Rite at Wheeling, and Beni-Kedcm Temple of the Myst c
irinf aV chariSton. Mr. Huffman has a modern home
at 10S6 Tenth Street in Huntington

U Washinirton. D. C, n 1912, he married Miss iserina
E Whitsell "daughter of George and Margaret Wh.tsel 1.

now leased Her father was a hHJt'-W »» «»*
.sawmill operator and owner. The two children of Mr. and

Mrs. Huffman arc: Marence, born March 4, 1913, ana

Margaret Anne, born March 12, 191o.
Frederick O Blue. The example of a lawyer who makes

fa ,S« direct souree of benefit to the public is the

case of Frederick U. Ittuo of Charleston, rerngmwd an »n
of Wist Virginia's f*r ef.l j^Mic men. Some yean ag
he was a member of the State S. nnte, h#» #• rv.vl as »tat«
tax eoiumissinner, and i" i««|M-iai'y w«M kn >wn for t**
nggr«*nifo fight he mn.lt. in « nf< r n»n the law* n^ung t»
taxation and public n.--untiiig and t«* -t»«t» pro%ikit»n
laws.

Frederick Omnr Itlue was lorn at <»raft-n, \N c t \ irginn
November !!."», Wl!, -< n of liiorge Fr,- • k an-1 M»n
Martha See Mine. He wM elutattl in t»» h«»»
school and under private tiitwrs, and wa« •U.tti-I t v •
bar at the age of twenty one. lie beg.in pn t • . at F •»#•?•
in \*9ll and Fliilippi remained hi* home until 1IM1, w
he removed to Charleston. During the last thr.e y*ur* ti n
he practiced law with Arthur S. Dayton, lie wan a t.i«k r
as well as a lnwver. Mr. Hlue is now a imn.l.r . f il
firm ltlue & MeCi.be at CharkMun, and is a d r.otrr mi m
Kanawha National Hank and the tie. rgt Wnsliiugl n l.if
Insurance rnmpany.

His term in the State S, natc ran from li»MJ to a.
he reprinted the Thirteenth DiMri.C em »rn#ing tM
counties of Upshur, Hand, Iph and Pi n. II. ton. *r« 1
1917 he was state tax commission, r of \Sct \irgn»i. n
on the expiration of his time in this Mat. oftn-e hi -nt. n I
private practice at f'harleston. January 1. II»K Mr •
ierve.l as a member of the W*,t \ rgin.n Min ng htnh
Commission in HM2 YA. 11. s service a . , tote com m . rn r
of prohibition was .luring the years 19 I i«. Af r t r
atate Prohibition law was pa.^cd he had , lmge n " ^
and administrative for.es endeavoring t> . xecut • tl.it M«
Specially noteworthy was the lit gat. on conducted h; I «^
under the Webb-Kenyon Federal U« aga nM the I -t . r-
and express companies for the pur, o^e of j » n >h i > it in g i r t • r
Mate shipment nf liquors into >Ve*t > irgin.a Hy r
'tSi contest to the Fnited States Circuit Conrt and t "
o tie Supreme Court at Washington, whrre \» « n a
favorable decision, lie has written an in er, st.ng Htt W
Look based upon his experiences under the titU h, n

St 5!r^e D ^\Vulef «V>hge at Fl.il,,.

He is' a member of the National Tax A- Malum the .W,

Zgs to the Rotary Clut, was f;™^^™^^
Vh'li";;-.. fb-v bav; one son. William l«u.

J;;^f^

W tr Ym^rand?^^ ^ Yeung. wto , n
i„ %hk rSiiintT. Ohio, in )<U. and l.na lv . to \N, J

ScH^:in^f«S:c ; ;,'

™ Yirein... He continue farni.ng tin r •. and in _

K» %fi- r --

Brumfield. an oil well driller in 1 in • n w .

ff inia; Maude, whc»e fcn.»a» . ^ n M ^

driller at Coal nca, Ca^-rnia. Dy, wwe t . rt E

is a driller in the oil fields f L.n

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Okey and One, both miners at Logan; and Nauna, the tenth
and youngest of the family, wife of E. L. Pontier, a travel-
ing salesman living at Baltimore.

Egbert E. Young was horn in Lawrence County, Ohio,
January 3, 1885, and was about eleven years of age when
the family moved to West Virginia. He finished his rural
school education in Lincoln Comity, spent two years in
Marshall College at Huntington, and in 1909 graduated
from the law department of West Virginia University. He
was admitted to the har the same year, and after practicing
two years in Logan County returned to his home community
in Lincoln County and for eight years was prosecuting attor-
ney of that county. He also held other local offices in Lin-
coln County, and enjoyed a very successful practice there
until 1921, when he moved to Huntington. He is a member
of the firm Dougherty & Voting, with offices at 914 V 2 Fourth
Avenue.

Mr. Young is a democrat, and was elected to office on that
ticket. He is a member of the Church of Christ, is a past
master of Hamlin Lodge No. 179, A. F. and A. M., at
Hamlin, West Virginia, is a past chancellor of Mountain
Diamond Lodge No. 179, Knights of Pythias, and belongs
to the Bar Association of Cabell, Lincoln and Logan coun-
ties. Among other interests Mr. Young owns farm land
in Lewis County, Kentucky, and has a modern home at
1016 Sixth Street in Huntington. As prosecuting attorney
and also as private citizen he was foremost in promoting the
cause of the Government at the time of the World war.
He served as Government appeal agent for Lincoln County,
was chairman of the Red Cross and several other drives.

In 1917, in Lincoln County, he married Miss lone Gallo-
way, daughter of Sherman T. and Myrtie (Runyan) Gal-
loway residents of Qnincy, Kentucky. Her father is a
farmer. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Young are:
Charles Egbert, born December 12, 1919, and James Doug
lass, born May 30, 3921.

Reuben S. Prindle. From the time he finished his uni-
versity education more than thirty years ago, Mr. Primlle
has been actively associated with the mercantile and other
business interests of Huntington. He has been in this city
during its greatest period of growth, and his work has
undoubtedly impressed itself for good on the welfare and
progress of the community.

Mr. Prindle was born at Lancaster, Ohio July 8, 1863.
The Prindle family is of Scotch origin, and was established
in Connecticut in Colonial times. His grandfather. William
Prindle, was born at Horncllsville New York, in 1793, and
was an early settler and farmer near Lancaster, Ohio, where
he lived until his death, in 1S82. He married Elizabeth
Beecher, a native of Connecticut, who died near Lancaster.
She was a second cousin of the famous preacher, Henry
Ward Beecher. Myron Beecher Prindle, father of the
Huntington business man, was born at Canisteo New York,
in 1834. He was reared there, went to Lancaster, Ohio,
when a young man, married and settled down on a farm. In
1893 he came to Charleston, West Virginia, and though now
well on toward ninety years of age he is still interested in
the general merchandise and furniture business there. He is
a republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Myron Beecher Prindle married Delia Shelten-
barger, who was born at Lancaster, and died there in 1881.
Elizabeth, the oldest of his children, is the wife of Frank
Claypool, a farmer near Lancaster; Alice, is the wife of
David A. Alspangh, a merchant of Huntington; Reuben S.
is the third in age; William is in business at Huntington;
and Myron B. is associated with his brother Reuben.

Reuben S. Prindle acquired a public school education at
Lancaster, graduating from high school in 1884. Following
that he was for three years a student in the Ohio Westeyan
University of Delaware, and finished his scholastic career
in Otterbein University at Westerville, Ohio, where he
graduated in 1888. Soon after graduation he came to
Huntington, became a general merchant, and has been in
that line of business ever since. lie also conducts a storage
warehouse, the offices and warehouse being located at 911
Second Avenue, and for a number of years he has done a
large business in the buying, selling and development of

real estate. Besides his office and warehouse building ie
owns six other business buildings in Huntington, .d
twenty-three residences in the city, including his moon
home at 547 Adams Avenue.

Mr. Prindle is a republican, is a steward in the Mcthoit
Episcopal Church, North, a member of Huntington Lo;c
No. 313, B. P. O. E., and in the line of public service is
a member of the city council six years and on the scbl
board four years.

At Paris, Kentucky, in 1888, Mr. Prindle married ijs
Jennie Carpenter, daughter of Squire John .1. and Ljia
(Hoy) Carpenter, now deceased. Her father was a f ar ;r
near Lancaster, Ohio. Mrs. Prindle, who died at Hunting u
in 1910, is survived by one child, Elizabeth, born Septen^r
1, 1909'. In 1914 Mr. Prindle married Gertrude Callili,
daughter of Daniel and Sallie (Willis) Callihan til
natives of Kentucky.

John Thomas Harris. His uninterrupted service sie
1895 as clerk of the Senate of West Virginia makes e
name of John T. Harris probably as well known as tit
of any public official of the state in the present generatii.

Mr. Harris was born in the Village of Harrisville,
chip County, Virginia (now in West Virginia), April 7,
1851. He reached manhood with a liberal educath
though he first attended the subscription schools of c
day. later the public schools of Washington, Pennsylvan,
and during the year before the consolidation of Washi;-
ton College with Jefferson College he was for a short tie
a student in the preparatory department of the fora\
In 1870 be entered West Virginia University at Morgi-
town, graduated Bachelor of Science with the class f
1873, and a few years later was honored with the Masi
of Science degree. In the meantime, as a boy he Id
learned printing in an old time country printing off;.
Following his college career he spent several years n
newspaper work. In 1877 he went West, and was co-
llected with railway service from 1878 to 1883 at Peoa
and Detroit, in general office work and as private secretiV
to superintendents and general managers. He held a
similar position with one of the lake lines in 1884 al
the early part of 1885. Then, returning to his old hop
in West Virginia, Mr. Harris took up the profession f
a shorthand law reporter. In 1887 he established himsf
in the City of Parkersburg, where he followed this wik
for more than twenty-five years. In that capacity he '»
ported in Federal and State Courts, in some of the heavit
cases ever tried in the state.

January 8, 1895, Mr. Harris received the republic!
caucus nomination for clerk of the Senate of West V-
ginia. At the organization of that body on the followi*
day he was duly elected, and since then he has been -
eleetcd thirteen times. Beginning in 1901, at every bi-
nial session up to and including that of 1921 he has -
ceived the unanimous vote of the Senate, the demoer;s
seconding his nomination. For twenty -seven years the -
fore without a break he has filled the office of clerk f
the Senate, and it is said that no other man in the Unill
States has to his credit so long a continuous service recti
in a similar legislative position.

Ex-officio in a sense, Mr. Harris has performed an i-
portant routine of duty in related capacities, serving <
secretary and official reporter of the Legislative Mine ]•
vestigating Committee, of a committee raised by the Ley-
lature to visit and report upon the public institutions f
the state, and also of the Virginia Debt Commission. T»
work, however, by which he is widely known througlut
the state is as compiler, editor and publisher of the W<t
Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Offiel
Register. He brought out the first Hand Book in 191 G. 1
was adopted in 1917 as an official publication of the Leg-
lature, and has since then been issued yearly under 1?
management and direction. Mr. Harris still keeps If
home at Parkersburg. He is affiliated with the Benevnlci
and Protective Order of Elks.

Thomas E. Evans, secretary and treasurer of the We'
Virginia Paving & Pressed Brick Company, which rep"

HISTORY OF WKST VIRGINIA

ill

sents one of the important industrial enterprises in the
City of Huntington, was born at Clarksburg. Harrison
County, this state, on the 16th of February, 1S93. He is
a son of Thomas Evans, who was born in the State of
Pennsylvania, in 1S59, and whose death occurred at Hunt-
ington, West Virginia, in 1911.

Thomas Evans was a son of Thomas Evans, Sr., who
was born and reared in Pennsylvania, a representative of a
family of Welsh aneestry, that v»as there founded in an
early" day, and he became a pioneer farmer in Harrison
County, West Virginia, where he continued his residence
until his death.

Thomas Evans, Jr., was a boy at the time of the family
removal from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, where he
was reared on the home farm and gained his youthful
education in the schools of the period. His marriage was
solemnized in Gilmer County, and there he was engaged ia
the huying and shipping of live stock for a few years. lie
then returned to Harrison County, where he became the
owner of a large and well improved farm estate and en-
paged in the raising of and dealing in cattle and horses
upon an extensive scale. In the autumn of 1902 Mr. Evans
came to Huntington, and here he became associated with
George F. Miller in establishing the West Virginia Pav-
ing & Pressed Brick Company, of which he became the
general manager and which under his able direction de-
veloped a substantial and important industrial enterprise.
He continued general manager of the business until his
death. Mr. Evans was a republican in political adherency,
was affiliated with Huntington Lodge No. 313, B. P. 0. E.,
and was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, at Huntington, as is also his widow, who still main-
tains her home in this city. Mrs. Evans, whose maiden
name was Virginia Dent, was bom in Gilmer County in
1850, her father having been a representative farmer of
that county. Dora Grace, eldest of the children, remains
with her widowed mother in the pleasant home at Hunt-
ington; Margaret May is the wife of Richard Murphy, of
Cereal, Oklahoma, who is actively identified with opera-
tions in the oil fields of that state; Dorsey D. is vice
president and general manager of the West Virginia Pav-
ing and Pressed Briek Company; Florence remains at the
maternal home; and Thomas E., of this sketch, is the
youngest of the number.

As a boy and youth Thomas E. Evans made excellent
educational advancement under the direction of private
tutors engaged by his father for such service at the family
home, and thereafter he entered Marshall College at Hunt-
ington, in which institution he was graduated as a mem-
ber of the class of 1911, the year in which occurred the
death of his honored father. At the age of fourteen
years he had initiated his service in connection with the
brick eompany of which his father was the general man-
ager, and the experience which he had gained in the
practical details of the business proved of great value to
him when, in 1913, he was made secretary and treasurer of
the company, of which dual office be has since continued
the efficient incumbent. The company is incorporated
under the laws of West Virginia, and Charles M. Gohen
is its president, the names of the other two executive
officers having already been noted in this context. The
offices and yards are situated at the corner of Sixteenth
Street and Fourteenth Avenue, and the extensive plant has
a capacity for the production of 75,000 brick daily, the
concern being now one of the largest of its kind in the state
and its business being of most substantial order.

Mr. Evans holds the principles of the republican party as
worthy of his unqualified support, he is a member of the
Goyan Country Club, and is affiliated with Huntington
I-odge No. 313, B. P. O. E.

At Hot Springs, Virginia, on the 8th of February, 1913,
was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Evans and Misa Ida
McCUntic, a daughter of Jacob McClintic, a retired stock
dealer residing at Hot Springs, his wife being deceased.
Mrs. Evans is a graduate of Lewisburg Seminary at
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Mr. and
Mrs. Evans have no children.

Claude Gilbeht Li.Mastirs conducts a represcntatn©
business as a certified public accountant in the City of
Huntington, where he is president of C. G. LeMasters &
Company, of which his only aon, Earlo II., is secretary and
treasurer, the offices of the concern be ng established in
suite 915 916 First National Bank Building, beside* which
offices arc maintained also at h.'tS Munscv Building in the
City of Washington, D. O.

Mr. LcMasters was born at Brownsville, Oregon. March
6, 1876, and is the only child of William F. and Lueindn
(Simons) LeMasters, the former of whom was born at
Frankfort, Kentucky, in lvlO, and the latter of whom irai
born at Knoxville, Illinois, August 16, 1S50. William V.
LeMasters gained his early education in the schools of hi*
native city, and was a lad of about twelve years when he
accompanied hi9 parents across tho plains to Oregon, in
1852, the long and perilous journey having bcou made
with wagon and ox team and he having rude & aor** and
driven a small herd of cattle on th<* eventful pioneer trip.
The family home «as established nt Brownsville, Oregon,
where he was reared to manhood and where eventually he
became a representative merchant, as a denier in boots ami
shoes. He was a democrat in politics, and both he nnd
his wife were most earnest and active members of the
Christian Church. Their marriage was solemnized at
Brownsville, and both were residents of Oregon until their
deaths, William F. LeMasters having passed the closing
years of his life at Salem, that state, where he died in 1912.
He served as a member of an Oregon regiment in the Civil
war.

In the public schools of Oregon Claude G. LcMasters
continued his studies until his graduation in the high school
at Amity in 1*95. For a year thereafter he was a stu-
dent at Mineral Springs Academy at Sodaville, that state,
and he then completed the work of the junior year in the
University of Oregon, at Eugene. He next passed two
years as a student ia the Eugene Bible University, in
preparation for the ministry of the Christian Church. In
1901 he became pastor of "churches of this denomination
at Corvallis and Dallas, Oregon, and he continued his
ministerial service until 1904. when he made a radical
change of vocation and became a telegraph operator on the
Sacramento (California) division of the Southern Pacitic
Railroad. Two years later he was promoted to the position
of cashier and chief clerk for the same company at Reiio.
Nevada, and after thus serving two years he was tor n\\
months paving teller of the Farmers & Merchants National
Bank of Reno. He then effected the organization of the
Carson Valley Bank, at Carson City, that state, and of
this institution he served as cashier until 1911. During the
ensuing vear he was cashier of the Richmond National
Bank and of the Richmond Savings Bank, allied insfitu
tions, at Richmond. California. He then purchased the
plant and business of a weeklv newspap< r at Amity. Oregon,
and he continued as editor and publisher of this paper
until 1918. in March of which year he went to the < it?
of Washington, D. C, where for one year he held the post
of chief auditor of the coal section of the excess prohts
tax division. In March, 1919, he removed to the City of
Chicago and engaged in the public accounting business,
as a member of the firm of Crawford & LeMasters in
which his associate was P. L. Crawford. He remained thus
encaged in the great metropolis at the foot of Lnke Michi-
gan until November. 1920. when he established his present
business as a certified public accountant m the City of

^Mr^LeMasters is a staunch advocate of the principles
of' the republican party, and he and his wife arc active
members of the Christian Church in their home eJJ- *J
Turner, Oregon, be still maintains affiliation with Pearl
Lodge No. 66, Ancient Free and Accepted MtaoH, *nd
he is a member also of Huntington Lodge No. 313, Bener-
olent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of
the Guyandotte Club of Huntington and Is an active mem-
ber of the National Association of Certified Pnbl c Ac-

C Tt ta Amity, Oregon, in June, IMS, was solemnized the

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HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

marriage of Mr. LeMasters and Miss Myrtle Hamilton, a
daughter of Jamea K. and Sadie E. (Towner) Hamilton,
both now deceased, Mr. Hamilton having been a successful
farmer near Amity, Oregon. Earle H., the only child of
Mr. and Mrs. LeMasters, was born in Oregon, July 24,
1900, and after his graduation in the Lincoln High School
in the City of Portland, that state, he furthered his edu-
cation by a course in the accounting school of North-
western University, in the City of Chicago, later complet-
ing a course of similar and advanced line at Pace In-
stitute, Washington, D. C. where in 1921 he received his
degree of Certified Public Accountant. He has since been
associated with his father in business, as noted in an
earlier paragraph of this review. Earle H. LeMasters
enlisted in the United States Navy in September, 1918,
attended the Officers Training School maintained at George
Washington University, in the national capital, where as a
member of the Naval Beserves he was stationed at the
time when the great World war came to a close.

Wellington Earl Weidler is a chemical engineer by
profession and for a number of years, except during the
war, has been identified with oil refining, and is now
both an executive as well as a technical expert of the
Elk Kefining Company, being manager of the Charleston
offices.

Mr. Weidler was born at Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1890.
He acquired a liberal education, attending Allegheny
College at Meadville, Pennsylvania, and prepared for his
profession in the technical schools of Cornell University,
where he was graduated with the degree Chemical Engineer
in 1912. Following that for several years he was em-
ployed in the export department of the Standard Oil
Company.

The active service he rendered at the time of the World
war was as a captain in the Quartermaster's Corps, U. S. A.
For a time he was stationed at Camp Merritt and later
transferred to New York City. Captain Weidler received
his honorable discharge in January, 1919, and in 1920
came to Charleston to become manager of the Elk Kefining
Company. Ms. H. A. Logan, of Warren, Pennsylvania,
is president of this company, which owns and operates the
Elk Refinery at Falling Rock in Kanawha County, while
the executive offices are in Charleston, with Mr. Weidler
in charge as manager and technical expert supervising all
the refinery processes. The Falling Rock plant is one of
the largest and best equipped refineries in West Virginia,
producing various grades of refined oil from the crude
production in the nearby fields. The normal output of the
refinery is a thousand barrels per day.

Although a young man, Captain Weidler has earned a
high reputation as a chemical engineer and an expert in
oil refining. He is a popular citizen of Charleston, a
member of the Edgewood Country Club, the Rotary Club
and the Chamber of Commerce. He married Miss Helen
Faweett, of Oil City, Pennsylvania. They have one son,
Wellington Earl, Jr., and one daughter, Suzanne.

Captain Weidler is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
having been initiated into the order as a member of the
Zion Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Johannesburg, South Africa.
He is also a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Delta
Chapter, Cornell University.

C. L. Topping. The office of state fire marshal is one
that in the hands of such a capable man as C. L. Topping
involves an enormous and vital service to every interest of
the state. Besides the routine service involved in the
office Mr. Topping has made his department of primary
value through the educational campaign he has carried on
in the direction of fire prevention.

Marshal Topping prepared and had distributed through-
out the schools of the state, 50,000 copies of a manual
entitled "Safeguarding the Home Against Fire." This
manual contains full and explicit directions for preventing
fires, and sets forth in plain but impressive manner the
enormous waste and financial disaster that annually result
in this state simply from carelessness and lack of thought
in observing the most elemental precautions that would

avoid fire. The matter in the booklet is arranged an>
presented in the most attractive manner, accompanied b
striking illustrations, so that the subject is easily undei
stood by everyone from the oldest to the youngest. Ir
deed some of Mr. Topping's strongest appeals are to th
young people, and the propaganda he carries on throug
the Boy Scouts is particularly forcible. Mr. Topping j
therefore doing a work of much wider scope than would b
measured by the formal nature of his jurisdiction, an
has already succeeded in winning the cooperation and aj
proval of public bodies and individuals throughout th
state.

While Mr. Topping is not a native of West Virginu
his parents moved to the state when he was a child an
he has spent the greater part of his life at Charleston. H
has been in public affairs for a number of years, and ha
perhaps as wide a circle of friends and acquaintance
throughout the state as any other man. Mr. Topping wa
clerk of the House of Delegates in the State Legislatui
from 1907 to 1909 and again in 1919. He was ma<?
state fire marshal in June, 1921.

He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason,
Shriner, and a life member of the Charleston Lodge c
Elks. Mr. Topping married Miss Mary E. Wyatt, who wa
born and reared in Kanawha County. Their three daughtei
are Mrs. J. M. McVey, Mrs. H. T. Lyttleton and Mrs. f
S. Stone.

Arnold B. McCutcheon. In the City of Richwoo<
Nicholas County, Mr. McCutcheon owns and conducts a
undertaking and funeral directing establishment of the he!
modern equipment and service, and he is known and value
as one of the representative business men and liberal an
progressive citizens of this fine little industrial city.

Mr. McCutcheon was born on a farm near Hominy Fall
Nicholas County, September 18, 1853, and is a son of Job
W. and Ann (Amick) McCutcheon, both likewise natives c
this county, where the former was born in 1832 and tl
latter in 1828 — dates that indicate clearly that the respe«
tive families were here founded in the pioneer days. Aft<
their marriage the parents settled on the farm near Honiin.
Falls, and there they passed the remainder of their live
folk of noble character and given to the constructive ii
dustry that ever conserves communal prosperity, both havin
been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, and Mr. McCutcheon having been unflagging in h
allegiance to the democratic party. Of their eight childre
five are living at the time of this writing, in 1922, and <
this number the subject of this review is the eldest; Pet<
B. is a resident of Wyoma, Mason County; Sarah is
widow and resides in the City of Columbus, Ohio; Isa is tl
wife of A. O. Odell; and John is a resident of the State (
Kansas.

He whose name initiates this review gained his initi.
experience by aiding in the work of the old home farm, ar
in the meanwhile profited by the advantages afforded in tl
local schools, he having remained at the parental home unt
he attained to his legal majority, when he married and b
gan his iudependent career as a farmer. The energy ar
resourcefulness which he manifested in his farm enterpri:
have been equally effective in connection with the busine
which he now conducts in the City of Richwood, and 1
commands unqualified confidence and esteem in his natr
county, his loyalty to which is unstinted and marked li
full appreciation of its advantages and attractions. E
has never had any desire for public office, but is a loy
supporter of the principles of the republican party, and
a fraternal way he is affiliated with the Loyal Order i/
Moose. His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episc
pal Church, South, of which his wife likewise was a devot(
member.

Mr. McCutcheon was united in marriage to Miss Mai'
E. Nicholas, and the supreme bereavement in his life can
when she passed to eternal rest, her death having occurn
February 7, 1919. Of their nine children all but one survr
the devoted mother : Cynthia C. is the wife of D. P. Odel
Anna is the wife of E. P. Carter; Bertha is the wife <
Henry Pittsenbarger; William B. resides in the City <

J 1 1ST 0 It Y OF WKST VIRGINIA

Charleston; Martha is the wife ol" Kellis Morris; Theresa
is th« wife of L. H. Boor; Osie is the wife of Robert
Eckert; and Lottie is the wife of W. W. MeClung.

Rev. Cloyd Goodnight lias been president of Bethany
College since 1919. This institution, founded more than
light; years ago by Rev. Alexander Campbell, who wns its
president until his death in 1S6G, has been one of the
noat influential among the smaller colleges of tho nation.
While in a sense it has been the chief center of culture for
the traditions and principles of the founder of the Church
jf the Disciples, it has also educated many men who have
become prominent in other professions and walks than the
ministry, and the prominent meu who have regarded it as
i distinction that they were at some time students of old
Bethany would comprise an impressive list both in length
ind in volume of achievement.

Cloyd Goodnight was born at Miehigantown, Clinton Coun-
ty, Indiana, December 2, 1SS1, son of .John and Ida (Lny-
toa) Goodnight. His grandfather, William Goodnight,
was born in Hardy County, West Virginia, and as a young
man removed to Indiana. Rev. Cloyd Goodnight finished
lis edueatiou in Butler College of Indianapolis, graduating
\. B. in 1906 and with the Master of Arts degree in 1907.
lie was also a special student in the University of Chi-
•ngo in 1912. lie was ordained to the ministry of the
Christian or Disciples Church in 1907, and for two years
was pastor of a church at Danville, Indiana, and from
1910 to 1913, of Shelbyville, that state. In 1913 he ac-
cepted the pastorate of the Central Christian Church at
1'niontowu, Pennsylvania, and remained there until he took
up his duties as president of Bethany College on July 17,
1919. Bethany College under bis administration is one of
the efficient units in the higher educational institutions of
the state. ' It enrolls about three hundred pupils, has 'twenty-
four members of the faculty, and two-thirds of the student
*roup represent other states than West Virginia, a condi-
tion that has been quite uniformly characteristic of Bethany
since its fouuding. Rev. Goodnight gives his entire time
to his duties as president and as a member of the faculty.
He is well qualified for his office, has a strong and pleas-
ing personality, and has a record of splendid work as a
minister. He married Miss Anna Hussey, of Carmel,
Indiana, November 20, 1907. They have two children, John
Thomas and Ida Frances.

Henry Clay Wells is one of the progressive agricultur-
ists and stock-growers of his native state, and is a scion of
one of the honored pioneer families of West Virginia, his
[tost office address being Beeehbottom, Brooke Couuty. His
father, Robert M. Wells, was the second son of Basileel
Wells, whose father was Absalom Wells, a descendant of
one of three brothers who came from Wales to America in
an early day, one of the number having settled at Stcuben-
ville, Ohio, which place, as Wellsburg, was originally named
in his honor. Absalom Wells was a resident of what is
now Brooke County, West Virginia, at the time of his death,
and his remains here rest in the old family cemetery on the
farm of his son, Basiled, a part of this property being
still in the possession of the family. On this old pioneer
homestead Basileel Wells was born and reared, aud there
he passed his entire life, as one of the representative farm-
ers of this section of the present State of West Virginia,
his landed estate having comprised about eleven hundred
acres. He married Nancy Melntire, and the remains of
both rest in the old family cemetery above mentioned. Both
were devout and influential members of the Christian Church
in their community. In the Wells home, about seven miles
from Bethany, Rev. Alexander Campbell, the founder of
the Christian or Campbellite Church, frequently visited, he
having heen a close friend of the family. The children
of Basileel Wells were eight sons and three daughters.
Absalom passed his entire life in Brooke County and was
one of its venerable and honored citizens at the time of
his death, aged seventy-eight years; Robert M. will be men-
tioned in later paragraphs; the daughter Michael became
the wife of Rev. Thomas V. Berry, a clergyman of the
Christian Church, and they removed to Illinois, her death

having occurred at Mnumouth, that »iatc; Libai, who «u«
u prosperous fanner neur the old homeatead, died at tin-
age of seventy six, a mau of unassuming worth of char
neter; Milton atteuded Bethany College, wns a soevvWul
teacher as a young man ami been me a pioneer clergyman
of the Christian Church in Wisconsin, his published memoir*,
giving interesting record of hid work in that Commonwealth,
and further distinction having been his by reason of In*
loyal service as a soldier of the Union, in u Went \ irginin
regiment, in the Civil war.

Robert M. Wells was bom and reared on the old home
farm and, as a young man he married Eli/.u Ann Curb,
a daughter of John Carle, a member of a leading in ami
factoring firm at Wellsburg. Robert M. We I In finally mjLI
his original farm and purchased another, rear Went Liberty,
lirooke County, where he remained until well advanced in
years, when he removed to Wellsburg, where he died at
the age of eighty-seven years, lie was a man who was juiit
and upright in all the relations of life, imbued with excel
lent judgment and much business ability, ami contributed
his share to civic and material advancement in his native
county. He survived his wife by eighteen years, both hav
ing been zealous members of the Christian Church. Uf the
children who attained to mature years the elder was \ ir
ginia Ella, who became the wife of Kdgar Wells (no f:im
ily kinship), lie was a leading architect and builder in the
City of Wheeling at the time of his death, he having been
drowned in the Ohio River. His wife died ut the age of
fifty-nine years. The younger of the two children i*
Henry C., immediate subject of this review.

Henry Clay Wells was born on hi.-* futher's farm, not
far distant from his own farm of the present day, and the
date of his nativity was October 27, 1853. II is early i-duc*
tion included a course in the West Liberty Nonnnl School,
and his entire active career has been marked by rbrse sue
cessfut aud progressive association with farm industry.
His home farm comprises 200 acres, and he owns also 20*»
acres of the ancestral home-tead, both places being ex
eellently improved. His home farm is that formerly owned
by his uncle, Ezbai Wells, on the Ohio Valley Road, twelve
miles north of Wheeling and five miles south of Wells-
burg. He is a stockholder in the West lVnn Railroad and
the West lYnn Power Company, is a director and vice pres-
ident of the Farmers State Bank at Wellsburg and a di-
rector of the Commercial Bank at that place. He has done
much to advance the standards of agricultural and live
stock industry in his native county and state, and in all of
the relations of life has upheld the high honors of the
family name. He is a republican in politics, but has had
no desire for political office. He has shown his civic and
communal loyalty, however, by service as a member of the
Board of Education and also the Couuty Board of Equnl-
ization. lie and his family retain the ancestral religious
faith, that of the Christian Church.

Mrs. Jennie Walker (Hedges) Wells, the first wife of
Henry C. Wells, was a daughter of the late Bukey Hedges,
who was a prosperous farmer near West Liberty. The man
tal companionship of Mr. and Mrs. Wells continued forty
five years and was broken by the death of the loved wife and
mother. The two children who survive her are Lena O.
and Carl Walker. The son, the maiden name of whose
wife was Berlin Underwood, is operating a dairy farm ami
business near the home place of his father, and hi* five
children are: Virginia, Ira Emerson, Esther Carle, Henry
Robert and Elvina Catherine.

Ou December G, 191 G, Henrv C. Wells married Elizabeth
Maude Smith, who had been 'for twelve years a succcswft I
kindergarten teacher at Washington and Heaver, I'eniwvl
vania. She in a daughter of John K. Smith, a rcpresenta
tive farmer of Brooke County, and is a great-niece of the
late Dr. Edward Smith, who was one of the able, honored
and loved physicians of this section of West Virginia for
many years.

Edward Smith, M. D., gave nearly sixty years to the
practice of his profession in Brooke County, where he pas.*cd
his entire life and where he was a scion of an honored pio-
neer family that was here founded when this section was

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

little more than a frontier wilderness. His father, Wil-
liam Smith, from New Jersey, here established the family
home in 1796, and here reclaimed a farm from the forest
wilds, this ancestral homestead having continued in the
possession of the Smith family for more than a century.
Adequate record concerning this influential pioneer family
is given below, in the personal sketch of Edward M. Smith.

Doctor Smith was born on the old home farm and early
gained his share of pioneer experience as a farm worker.
He made good use of such educational advantages as were
here offered, and thereafter broadened his intellectual ken
by private study and reading and by his preliminary disci-
pline in preparing himself for his chosen profession. After
becoming a physician and surgeon of marked skill he con-
tinued to reside on the farm and follow his profession
many years. He then removed to Wellsburg, the county
seat, and later he established his home at West Liberty,
where he died at a venerable age. In his profession he
had a high sense of stewardship, and no labor or personal
sacrifice was too great to deter him from ministering to
those in affliction or distress, his genial presence and un-
failing kindness, as well as his able professional service,
having made him one of the most revered and loved men
in Brooke County. He was a member of the Virginia
House of Delegates at the time of the secession of West
Virginia and the organization of a new state under this
name. He was an implacable opponent of human slavery
and had been a strong whig to the climacteric period
culminating in the Civil war. He thus naturally became a
local leader in the republican party, and he utilized his
fine powers as a public speaker by doing vigorous campaign
service for his party, his two sons having inherited much
of his ability along this line. The son, Robert, became a
clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church and also
president of a college in the State of Ohio. The son, Ebe-
nezer, achieved success as a teacher and as a public speaker,
and he likewise established his home in Ohio. Mrs. Hervey,
a daughter of the Doctor, became the mother of Hon. Clay
Henry Hervey, who attained to prominence as a teacher,
lawyer and jurist in West Virginia and who served about
sixteen years on the bench of the Circuit Court. He re-
tained this position until his death, at the age of fifty-six
years, and his sisters are still residents of Wellsburg.

In his character and achievement Doctor Smith honored
his native county and state, and added new laurels to the
family name.

Edwakd M. Smith has been for nearly twenty consecutive
years county assessor of Brooke County, and this fact af-
fords ample evidence of the high estimate placed upon him
in the county of which he is a native and a representative
of an honored pioneer family.

On the old homestead farm of the Smith family, 3^ miles
east of Wellsburg, the county seat. Edward M. Smith was
born August 2, 1863, a son of John E. and Permelia (Green)
Smith. On the same ancestral homestead John E. Smith
was born on the 12th of March, 1838, and he met a tragic
death, November 30, 1917, when he was drowned in the
Ohio River. He had attended church services, and in a
terrific storm that was raging at the time when he left the
church he became confused in directions and thus met his
death, he having been a resident of Wellsburg during the
last five years of his life. The old Green homestead farm,
inherited by his wife, is now in the possession of their
son, Edward M., the home of the family having there beeu
maintained for many years. John E. Smith was a son of
Andrew Smith, who was born on the same old homestead in
1802, a son of William Smith, who came from New Jersey
in 1796 and secured the land on which he here settled
in the following year, he having been somewhat more than
thirty years old at the time. The land, 288 acres, was
covered with timber, and the first domicile of the family
was a log cabin, which William Smith later replaced with a
commodious brick house erected on a hill and constituting
one of the first brick structures in this section. This his-
toric landmark continued as the farm home of the Smith
family for fully a century and was finally destroyed by
fire in 1914. The ancestral homestead later was sold to

one not a member of the family. Andrew Smith marrie
Jane Green, and as a successful and influential farmer h
became the owner of a landed estate of 1,600 acres, froi
which he gave a farm to each of his children who attaine
to maturity. On his farm Andrew Smith introduced an
bred the famous Plenapose horses, and one horse, whic
he sold for $500, was later sold in Philadelphia for $30,00(
On the old Smith homestead farm the Pierces Run Ston
Chapel was built in 1837, Andrew Smith having given th
land for this purpose and having served as a trustee of tfc
church until his death, when he was succeeded by his soi.
Andrew, Jr., who served until his death and who in tur
was succeeded by Edward M. Smith, the immediate subje<
of this sketch. This ancient stone chapel is still in us
and is one of the prosperous rural churches of the Methc
dist Episcopal Church, South, in Brooke County. The libe
ality of the early and later members of this church is bt
tokened by the fact that the little edifice was gladly opene
for the services of other religious denominations. Andre
Smith, Sr., passed his entire life on the old homester
and died at the age of eighty-one years, his wife havhv
passed away seven years previously. William, eldest of tl
children, continued his residence in Brooke County until h
death, at an advanced age; Sarah, who died at the age (
ninety years, was the wife of Nathan Hunter, their foi
children having died young; Rose became the wife of Jol
Castner, and after the Civil war they removed to St. Charl«
County, Missouri, where they passed the remainder of the
lives; Mary Ann married John Hunter, and two of the
sons became clergymen of the Methodist Church, Re
Andrew Smith Hunter being now a resident of St. Peter
burg, Florida, and Rev. James J. being a resident of tl
State of Wyoming; John E., father of the subject of th
sketch, was the fifth of the children born to his parent
He gave his entire life to constructive farm enterprise, ar
he was loyal and liberal as a citizen. He was not a ehun
member, but gave financial support to churches of varioi
denominations. He commanded unqualified popular estee
and was one of the venerable native sons of the counl
at the time of his death in 1917, as previously noted. H
widow will celebrate her eightieth birthday anniversary 1
1922. She likewise was born and reared in Brooke Count
the farm on which she was born having been land grant*
to a member of the Lucas family, who came here befo
the arrival of the first representative of the Smith famil
a member of the Lucas family having married a Gre(
and the property having thus come into possession of tl
parents of Mrs. Smith. Of the children of John E. ai
Permelia (Green) Smith seven attained maturity, and <
the number the subject of this sketch is the eldest; Frai
E., who became a successful business man and the own
of valuable real estate at Wellsburg, died in that city ag<
forty-nine years; Elizabeth M. is the wife of Henry Ch
Wells, who is individually mentioned on other pages •
this work; John E. as a boy became associated with t'-
meat-market business of his brother Frank, at Wellsbur
where he still is engaged in this business; Miss Catheri:
remains with her venerable mother; Pearl Virginia, a
ented musician who has had three years of musical study
Germany, is the wife of Alfred L. Cochran, of Rochestt
New York; Robert W. has long been identified with t
Atlas Glass Company.

Edward M. Smith, who owns the fine old Green horn
stead farm and has made the place known as the stage
vigorous and successful agricultural and live-stock ent<
prise, has here maintained his home from the time of I
birth, his early education having been acquired in t
schools of his native county. He is now serving his fif
term, of four years each, as county assessor, and, as J
matter of course, he maintains his official headquarters
the courthouse at Wellsburg. He is a stalwart in the loc
camp of the republican party. At the age of twenty-eig
years Mr. Smith was so injured in a railroad accident r
Wheeling as to necessitate the amputation of his left ar:
and thereafter he supplemented his education by attendir
the West Liberty Normal School. He was a successf
teacher for some time thereafter, and since 1896 he has be
active in political work and in official service in his hoi

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41

uuty. He and his family reside od the home farm, aud
that community he is a trustee of the old Stone Chapel
ethodist Church, as previously noted.
Mr. Smith wedded Miss Mina Forse, who was born in
rooke Comity, but who was reared in the City of Pitts-
irgh, Pennsylvania. They have five children: Emory
issistant county assessor under his father), David P., Ed-
ird M., Jr., .Mariana V. and John E. III.

Ilo.v. Lee Ott was the first and has been the only state
-mpensation commissioner of West Virginia, and it is
ating only a consensus of opinion to say that the adinir-
>le workings of the Compensation Act and the official
(ministration ereated thereby had been primarily due to
ic exceptional executive ability, the broad vision and
inpathetie interest of Mr. Ott.

West Virginia was the seventh state in the Union to put
.mpensation laws into effeet, though such laws had been
[forced in European countries for years. Similar legisla-
ou has since been enacted by nearly all the states of the
nion. These compensation laws to a large degree supply
■e object of old liability insurance and substitute a process
orderly administratiou for the old system of damage
•its and other eostly litigation. When a candidate for
Dvernor in 1912, H. D. Hatfield incorporated into his per-
,nal platform a plank advocating the passage of such a
unpensation law. The first law providing for the Publie
ervice Commission was in the nature of a compromise and
iulty in many directions. The amended law providing for
■e office of state compensation commissioner became effec-
ve in May, 1915, aud the law was again amended in 1919.
he present law and system are regarded as among the very
est found in operation in any of the states. It is the duty
f the state compensation commissioner to administer the
>mpeusation fund as ereated and provided for by these
iws.

Mr. Ott has had a life-long and very sincere and heart-
•lt interest in the welfare of miners and their families, the
lass that is most largely benefitted by the compensation
iws of West Virginia, since coal mining is the state's
reatest industry. He was a leader in having enacted the
resent compensation law, and in order to eoustitute hirn-
elf a reliable refereuce authority to the legislators who
ad the responsibility for the legislation he made a thorough
tudy of the compensation laws of Belgium, Germany, Eng-
ind and other European countries as well as those already
n force in the United States. After the passage of the
riginal legislatiou Governor Hatfield appointed him a mem
er of the Publie Serviee Commission on July 19, 1913, and
e was ehairman of that body until June 30, 1915, when
gain by appointment and express ehoiee of Governor Hat-
eld he "became state compensation commissioner. His first
erni expired in June, 1921, and Governor Morgan then re-
ppointed him for a second term of six years.

Mr. Ott was born at Hopewell, Bedford County. Penn-
ylvania, January 5, 1S59, son of John and Liddie (Weim-
rt) Ott. He aequired a eommon school education, spent
lis early life on a farm, and at the age of sixteen went to
vork in" the mines of his home eouuty in Pennsylvania. He
vorked as a miner and in various positions in mines lending
ip to mine foreman, superintendent and general manager,
n the meantime he took a course in mining engineering,
ind until he was induced to aeeept public office mining and
nine operation were his sole business. He came to West
Virginia ia June, 1898, being appointed superintendent of
he Thomas plant of the Dans Coal & Coke Company, filling
hat position until April, 1900. At that time he was trans-
'erred as superintendent to the Elk Garden mines, but re-
iiraed to Thomas November 1, 1907, as general superin-
endent of all the mines of the Davis Coal & Coke Company,
laving eharge of the twenty-nine mines of this corporation
n Randolph, Tueker, Grant, Barbour and Mineral counties.
Uader his management these mines and coke ovens were
wrought to a fine state of efficiency and economical produe-
:ion, and he also had eharge of the great improvements
inaugurated by the corporation. It was therefore a genuine
jacrifiee financially and otherwise when Mr. Ott w-as indueed
to become compensation commissioner, and in time it was

one of the best move* mude by Governor Hut field in bn
vigorous administration of the state.

For many years Mr. Ott hna been actively identified with
business and enterftri.se, particularly in the eastern section
uf the state. He is now president of the English Ott I. urn
I er Company of Charleston, luiiil.ir manufacturers with a
loinber mill in Bland lounty, Virginia, lie has Wen a
director of the Davis National Bnnk of Piedmont.

Under his wise and skillful administration the State
Compensation Department has been a source of genu'iu*
benefit to the miners and their families. When the prewnt
compensation law was amended in 1915 there was a liability
deficit of $795,000 in the compensation fund, due to tin*
inadequate provisions of the first law. By October, li» 1 1»,
Mr. Ott had been enabled to bring about such change met
improvements in the law and ita operation that there wan
an actual surplus of something over $750,000. The corn
pensation to injured persons had increased, and up to the
fall of 1921 there is a pension j>ny roll of $v"j,000 a month.
Under the direction of the office more than $5,0uo,000 have
been paid in lost elaima. When working conditions nr.
norma} in the state this office handles about 100 accidents
per day, with a total pay roll for compensation premiums
(medical and funeral service, etc.), of about $225,000 jer
month. There are on the pay roll today 1,400 widows and
about 3,700 children under the age of fifteen.

Mr. Ott is a member of the executive eommitUe of tin'
International Association of Industrial Accident Boards, is
an official of the affiliation board of the Coal Mining In-
stitute of America, and a member of the executive board of
the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute. He is a thirty
second degree Seottish Rite Mason and Shriner, being a lite
member of Logan Lodge No. 490 of Altoonn, Pennsylvania,
and his Cousistorv and Shrine affiliationa are at Wheeling.
He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at
Charleston. He has always been a republican, but his rhi. f
interest in polities has been in the activities and the office
already described. Mr. Ott married Miss Elizabeth Jenkins,
uf Pennsylvania.

Guy Allkn Shittlewokth, a veteran of the Spanish-
\merican and Philippine wars, and postmaster at Nutter
Port (Norwood), is a member of a family of distinction
in Harrison Countv, and his own career since he left the
army has involved* some active interests in the business
life 'of the community.

Mr Shuttleworth was born on a farm in Harrison ( ounty
July 3 1879 son of Samuel Adams and Martha Elizabeth
(Stuart) Shuttleworth. His father's birthplace was the
sheriff's residence in Harrison County. At that time the
crandfather, Notley Shuttleworth was sheriff. The mother of
Guv A. Shuttleworth was born in Barbour County, West
Virginia. Her father, Kobert Stuart, was a native of Old
Virginia. Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Shuttleworth is now eighty-
two years of age, lives at Homines Mills in Harrison Umhi-
tv, and her home has Lee., in the » me lo^hty here
for over sixty eight vears. For a period of fort) five viars
the leading merchant at Homines Mills vvas the late Samuel
Adams Shuttleworth. who died there in P..n: at the age of
seventy-eight. He wu a very capable business man ami
besides bfs store had farm interests lie "J* **P£ ,n .
terested in the public welfare on politic affairs though
he never held a political ofliee, was a republican voter, ami
of his twelve children nine are still living. p

Ouv \ Shuttleworth spent his early youth at Romim-s
Mills* attended public school there and for two years was
a student in the West Virginia University. He was not vo
eighteen when the Spanish-American war broke out
he volunteered and soon afterward entered the regular a rag
serviee, and had a service record of six years to b,< credit
before 'he received his discharge For two years o f t hte
time he was in the Philippine Islands. Mr. ^ ha "'^°™
came out of the army with the rank of ™&»\*rt *t*r
n brief visit at the old homestead and a period of work on
the farJ he removed to Clarksburg and for several years
It aTv'e inthTmercantye business. Hh . home smce is
marriage has been at Norwood or Nutt-r Post Office,
and in July, 1921, he was c^mmi-s.oaeJ postmasb r Uare.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Like his father he has always been a stanch republican
in polities. He is an Odd Fellow and a member of the
Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Shuttleworth married in 1916 Miss Rosa A. Kester.
Their two children are named Jack Carr and Martha
Louise Shuttleworth. Mrs. Shuttleworth is a daughter of
William Granville and Louise E. (Carr) Kester. Her fa-
ther was born in Harrison County, March 30, 1854, son of
William J. aud Sarah N. (Nutter) Kester, natives of the
same eounty. The paternal grandfather of William G.
Kester was Peter Kester, who was a soldier in the War
of 1812, and was founder of the Kester family in Harrison
County. Jacob C. Nutter, maternal grandfather of Wil-
liam G. Kester was a Harrison County pioneer, and Nutter
Fort was named in honor of this family.

Louise E. (Carr) Kester, mother of Mrs. Shuttleworth,
was born in Harrison County, a daughter of James Mad-
ison and Elizabeth (Cost) Carr.

Frank C. Shriver. The Monongahela Supply Company,
of which he is president and general manager, and several
other corporations in whieh he is an official, represent the
important business relations of Frank C. Shriver to the
commercial life of Morgantown and vicinity. His business
career covers only about twenty years and he has achieved
a successful position in affairs in advance of most men of
his years. He had a good inheritance, and his ancestral
history conneets his family with pioneer times in this
part of West Virginia.

His family record begins with Abram Shriver who was
born in Frederick County, Virginia, September 6, 176S.
March 31, 1791, he married Mary Keckley, who was born
in Frederick County, April 19, 1770. Of the ten chil-
dren of these parents the first three were born in Frederick
County, Virginia, and the others in Monongahela County in
what is now West Virginia. The record is: Catherine,
born April 16, 1792, was married to Jacob Horner and
they settled in Monongalia County; Adam, bom Septem-
ber 7, 1793; Elias, born August 9, 1795; Jacob, born in
July, 1797, the first of the children born in Monongalia
County; Christiana, bom April 12, 1799, became the wife
of Michael Core of Monongalia County; Elizabeth, born
April 5, 1800, was married to Ezekiel Morris; John, born
April 30, 1801, and died in 1885, haviug married Sarah
Morris; Benjamin, born May 27, 1805; Isaac, and Abra-
ham.

Isaac Shriver, the ninth of these children, was born in
Monongalia County, May 27, 1807, and died March 30, 1S80.
He married Minerva Sine, who was born in Monongalia
County, February 2, 1820, daughter of Moses and Sarah
(Kelley) Sine. She died October 1, 1899. The children
of Isaac and wife were: William Henry, born May 8, 1840,
was a Union soldier in the Third West Virginia Cavalry,
spent six months as a prisoner in Libby prison, and died
April 27, 1920; Jasper Newton, born October 4, 1841;
Elizabeth A., born July 8, 1844, became the wife of Titus
Remley; Lee Roy; George W., born September 24, 1848;
Moses L., born July 11, 1851; Mary J., born August 28,
1853, and died in 1908; Simon L., born Mareh 24 1856,
now deceased; John L., born August 26, 1S58, deceased;
and Alfred, horn December 2, 1860.

Lee Roy Shriver, father of Frank C. Shriver, was born
June 24, 1846. In early life he was a farmer, later in
the lumber business, but kept his home on the farm until
1910, when he removed to Morgantown. For the last fifteen
years he has looked after a number of responsibilities and
interests. He has secured the rights of way for a number
of railroads, has bought and sold coal lauds and to some
extent has been interested in coal mining. He is justly
credited with being a pioneer in the development of the
coal resources of Monongalia County. He and his as-
sociates in the Seott Run Coal Company opened up the
first mine in the Seott Run district, and to him as much
as to any other individual is due the honor for this de-
velopment. He has bought and sold more eoal land in this
district than any other and though now seventy-five years
of age he is still a thorough business man, and on duty
nearly every day. He was one of the promoters of the

building of the Wheeling & Morgantown Railroad, a rcl
that contributed in large measure to the growth of Morg;»
town and the eounty. For many years he has been i
active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Lee Roy Shriver married Margaret A. Clovis. Tb
were the parents of three children, Ernest E., horn Nove-
ber 13, 1867, now a partner in the Monongahela Supp
Company of Morgantown; Alice, who was born July
1869, and died January 14, 1870; and Frank C.

Frank Clovis Shriver was born on the Shriver farm nq
Wadestown, Battelle District of Monongalia County, ll
vember 8, 1881. He grew up on the farm, was edueatl
in the puhlic schools, and began his business career asi
lumber merchant. Selling his lumber interests in 19 ,
in July, 1913, he was one of the organizers of the Mononf.
hela Supply Company, Incorporated, and has since been }
president and general manager. This company start!
business in a modest way as manufacturers agents, al
first occupied the hasement of the Rightmier Building I
the wharf. The trade and service rapidly expanded so ta
the company took the entire floor space of that buildh,
and it is now known as Warehouse No. 1 of the compai.
In 1919 the company erected a three-story concrete buildij
on Wall Street, known as Warehouse No. 2 and used pr-
eipally for heavy machinery, and pipe. In 1921 the co-
pany took its next step in progress, establishing its mf'i
offices aud retail stores in the business block at the con 1
of Front and Walnut streets, leasing this building from \
owners, Frank C. and Ernest E. Shriver. The company
originally capitalized at $5,000. This capitalization bi
beeu raised successively to $25,000, to $50,000 and now )
$100 000. The business is an extensive one, handling buf>
era' supplies, mine, mill and farm machinery, and electric,
equipment. They have built up an extensive trade all oV
Monongalia, Preston, Marion, Harrison and part of B{
bour counties, West Virginia, and portions of Greene a
Fayette counties in Pennsylvania.

While the prospering affairs of this company receiv
the greater part of his time and attention Mr. Shriver
also president of the Marteny Coal Company, vice pre
dent of the Shriver Coal Company, secretary of the Sc(
Run Coal Company, and a director in the Labor Buildr
and Loan Association. Socially he is affiliated with t
Elks, Knights of Pythias, and the Country Club, is a mei
ber of the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club. 1
1902 Mr. Shriver married Pearl Coburn, daughter of t
late C. C. Coburn of Monongalia County. They have o'
son, Leroy, born February 14, 1904.

Thomas J. Mahan, who is now living retired at Foliar
bee, Brooke County, West Virginia, a town situated >
the old homestead farm whieh came into the possession |
the Mahan family more than a century ago, is one of t
venerable and honored citizens of his native county a:
well merits recognition in this history.

lu the year 1814 William Mahan, who was born
Wales, in 1804, eame, as a lad of ten years, with his ps
ents to the frontier wilds of what is now Brooke Count
West Virginia, where the family home was established ■
the embryonic farm which became the site of the prese
vigorous industrial town of Follansbee, the original own
of the property having been a pioneer named Wells. C
this ancestral farmstead, reclaimed and developed by re
resentatives of the Mahan family, William Mahan continue
to reside until his death, at the age of seventy-five yeai
His wife, whose maiden name was Nancy Jones, w
born in England, and she survived him by several years. C
the site of their old home, on the bank of the Ohio Rive
now stands the substantial brick residence that was erecb
by Thomas Mahan in 1865. The father of William Mah<*
was a soldier in the War of 1812, his serviee having bei
principally at Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, Marylan
Of the four sons and five daughters of William and Nani
(Jones) Mahan the eldest of the sons was Thomas, fath
of the subject of this sketch; William, Jr., was a res
dent of Brooke County until his death and attained
venerable age, he having developed and owned one of tl
largest and best orchards in the county; John lived in Ha

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Afk County until his death, when advanced in years; aud
ames was a resident^of Missouri at the time of his death.
Thomas Mahan bought the interests of tho other heirs
4 id came into full ownership of the old homestead farm,

♦ >mprising more than three hundred acres. He erected the
rick house now occupied by Follansbee Brothers as an

«£ce building, and there he continued to reside until his
->ath, at the age of seventy-six years. In his farm opera-
' ons he gave special attention to the raising of sheep, aud

♦ » was one of the substantial and honored citizens of the
Ipunty. He married Judith Brennaman, daughter of
h hristian Brennaman, who came from Lancaster County,
4 ennsylvauia, and established his residence near the pros-
. it village of Arroyo, Hancock County, in 17x3. Mrs.
flahan was born and reared in this county, and here she
. ied at the venerable age of ninety-six years. She was

♦ woman of fine mentality, a reader and student, and a
>ost gracious and lovable personality, she having been a
lost zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
outh, as was also her husband. Of tho children the daugh-
■r, Elizabeth, is the widow of James Hamilton and is

. resident of Brooke County; Emily is the widow of Wil-
? am Fisher and resides at Follansbee; Nancy died when a
' oung woman; Barbara, who died at the age of seventy
» ears, was the wife of William Ilervey, he having been a
iiceessful farmer near Wellsburg, Brooke County; Wil-
am was a fanner in Brooke County at the time of his
eath; Richard, who was a soldier of the Union in the
i-'ivil war, was a sergeant in the Twelfth West Virginia
infantry, took part in numerous engagements ami was
eld a prisoner of war at Danville for seven months, he
iter having been a merchant at Steubenville, Ohio, but
aving passed the closing period of his life near the old
ome in Brooke County; Thomas J., of this review, is the
ext younger son; and Herman is president of the Citizens
,*ank at Follansbee.
On the ancestral homestead in Brooke County, Thomas
. Mahan was born November 26, 1S46, and his early eduea-
ional advantages included a course in Mount Union Col-
,?ge at Alliance, Ohio. Thereafter he became associated
rith his brother, Herman, in the management of the old
.ome farm, and their progressiveness was shown in their
getting out of a fine apple orehard of fifty acres. Mr.
Jahan has kept pace with the march of progress in this
ection, has been a successful dealer in real estate and has
reeted several houses at Follansbee. In 1879 he here
,rected his present attractive residence, before the town of
follansbee was thought of. He has served as president of
he Board of Education, and had the distinction of being
he first mayor of Follansbee, an office in which he served
wo terms. He was actively identified with the organiza-
ion of the village and has been one of the loyal aids in
ts development and upbuilding, especially in connection
*ith providing adequate water, sewer and electric-lighting
(ystems. In 1903 the town of Follansbee was platted on
-00 acres of land sold by Thomas J. and Herman Mahan
o the Follansbee Brothers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
who here established a plant for the dipping of steel plate.
\t first Follansbee Brothers employed about one hundred
aisn, and the company now gives employment to fully one
thoasand. The Follanshee Company has developed a large
ind important industrial enterprise, with a modern manu-
facturing plant at Follansbee, has here erected many houses
and has urgently encouraged employes in becoming owners
of homes a second mill having been established by the
company at Toronto. Ohio. The brothers, Benjamin and
William U. Follansbee, have been valuable acquisitions to
Brooke County and are numbered among the representative
."captains of industry" in this section of the state.
t In 1919 Mr. Mahan, as nominee on the republican ticket,
was elected to the Lower House of the State Legislature,
,where he was assigned membership on various important
committees, including those on cities and towns and agri-
culture. He has frequently been a delegate to the state
conventions of his party, he was active in patriotic service
in the World war period and is still continuing his service
as chairman of the local Red Cross. Both he and his wife
are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church, and he

is n trustee in the same. They were charter member* «.f
this church in Follansbee.

At the age of thirty-one years Mr. Mahan wedded Mk
Miriam Browning, daughter of Lean tier mid Elizabeth
(Steelinan) Drowning, she bating been born on her fn
thcr's farm near the old home-lead of the Mahan family,
hi conclusion is given brief record concerning the chil
drcn of Mr. and Mrs. Mahan: Mabel is the wife of F. h
Watson, of Follansbee; Hemic AH. n Wcnme the »if.- of
Harry C. Irwin and died at the ag«> of thirty four ytnrn;
Cornelia is the wife of John Drady, of SU 1'etcrs >urg,
Florida; Judith B. died nt the age of nineteen yearn,
Lucille is the wife of Junes Banfield mp.rinUndent of
the Follansbee Mill at Toronto, Ohio; Klizab.-th Browning
is the wife of 1). U. Hooke, of SteubenvJle, Ohio; Thomu*
Wesley resides at Follansbee, as does nlso Orlando Stew
art, the youngest son, who here conducts an automobih'
garage.

Herman B. Mahan, president of the Citizens Bank nt
Follausbee, Brooke County, was born in the old family home
stead that was later replaced by a brick residence that
is still standing and is now in the village of Follnnsb. <>.
which is situated on a part of the old homestead farm
of the Mahan family — property that has been in the pos
session of the family for more than n century. Of thin
sterling and influential pioneer family detailed record is
given above, in the personal sketch of Thomas J. Mnhnn,
an elder brother of Herman B., these two brothers hav-
ing become associated in the ownership of the old home
farm, a part of which they sold to the Follansbee Brothers
as the site of the present vigorous little City of Follansbee.
Here Herman B. Mahan was born November G, 1>3'2,
and here he was reared to the sturdy discipline of the
home farm, the while he profited by the advantages of the
schools of the locality and period, lie and his brother.
Thomas J., made the old home farm the stage of progrcs
site and successful agricultural and live-stock enter] irises,
besides there planting an orchard of fifty acres, now one
of the largest and best in this part of the state, with
many choice varieties of apples. The brothers have been
actively concerned also in the development and upbuilding
of Follansbee, where the pleasant home of Herman B. is
situated on a part of the ancestral estate of the family.
At Follausbee Mr. Mahan has erected several houses and
has otherwise been active in the real-estate business. He
was one of the organizers and is now president of the
Citizens Bank at Follansbee, of which specific mention is
made in following sketch. He is a republican in political
allegiance, and he and his wife are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. Mahan married Miss Martha Everett, daughter «>f
Thomas Everett, of Wellsburg. and the two children of this
union are: Herman Le.c, who is assistant cashier of the
Citizens Bank, and is a graduate of Bethany College; and
Walter E., a student in the University of WVst Virgin i.

The Citizens Bank at Follansbee, Urooke County, was
founded in 1906, about three years after this thriving lit-
tle city had been established, and it has played an important
part in the stable development and advancement of the
eommunitv. Operations were based on a capital stock of
$21,000, and the original Board of Directors of the new
institution had the following personnel: William Banfnld.
of Follansbee; Herman B. Mahan. now president of the
bank: and \V. W. Beal, John T. Douglass, II. C. Meyer,
J. S. Liggett and F. A. Chapman, nil of Wellsburg. th •
county seat. The membership of the directorntc in l'J-2 is
as here noted: Herman B. Mahan, president; Chnrlen L.
Wilson, vice president; J. V. Balch. enshi r; If. L. Mnhnn.
assistant cashier; William Banfield. L. A. Diller, J. t\
Walker, and F. A. Chapman. II. C Meyer wn« the first
president of the bank and continued as its chief executive
until Julv, 1913, when he was succeeded by the prfocnt
incumbent. Herman B. Mahan. who had previously htm.
from the beginning, its vice president. The fir>t . ea -hicr.
C. B. Crawford, continued his service until 1915, wjun
he was succeeded bv Frank Z hcrl. Upon the death of Mr.

HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

Ziherl in 1919 J. V. Baleh was chosen cashier, an office
of which he has continued the efficient and popular in-
cumbent. The Citizens Bank now has resources of $650,000,
it has paid regular dividends to its stockholders and its
affairs have been carefully and successfully ordered along
conservative lines. In 1912 the institution erected its pres-
ent modern and attractive building, the appointments and
equipment of which are of the best standard, and include
a burglar-alarm system. Of the president of this sub-
stantial bank individual record is given in preceding sketch.

C. P. Fortney is a civil engineer by profession, and in
April, 1921, was selected by Governor Morgan as chairman
of the State Road Commission of West Virginia. The two
other members of this commission are N. Price Whitaker
and E. B. Stephenson. While the subject of roads is dealt
with in much detail by Doctor Callahan in the historical
volume, something may be said here as to the official interest
taken by the state in the subject.

The beginning of state road supervision dates from 1872
at the adoption of the new constitution, when all road worK
was turned over to the respective counties, except that of
the New Cumberland Road, which was in the hands of the
Board of Public Works. The first attempt at the codifica-
tion of road laws came in 1906. The following year a
highway inspector was named, who worked under the Board
of Agriculture and in close association with the State
University. In 1909 a commission was provided for, and
Governor Glasscock appointed Charles P. Light, Edward
D. Baker and Ray C. Teter. A levy of I cent was raised
as state aid to roads. Two years later the law was modified,
and funds which had accumulated to the amouut of some-
thing over $226,000 were distributed to the counties without
provision as to its ultimate use. No accounting was ever
made of this money.

In 1913 a State Road Bureau was created, Governor
Henry D. Hatfield naming A. D. Williams as chief road
engineer, with George D. Cortland and J. W. Lynch, asso-
ciates. No provision was made for financing their work
except from university funds. Road schools about that time
were established as part of the university extension work.

In 1917 a bi-partisan board of two members was created,
with C. P. Fortney as chairman and James K. Monroe as
secretary and treasurer. In 1921 the membership was in-
creased to three, permitting the minority party to be repre-
sented by one member. This commission organized with a
division engineer in each of the five divisions of the state,
ami with three departments — road construction and main-
tenance, autos and traffic, audits and purchase. Bonds to
the amount of $15,000,000 were authorized, though only
$50,000 could be disposed of at one time. The road fund
also has the vehicle license fees, which now aggregate about
$2,000,000 a year. A state system of road construction has
been adopted, and at this writing contracts to the amount
of about $5,000,000 have been let.

C. P. Fortney has been closely associated with high-
way developments for a number of years. He was born in
Harrison County, June 30, IS79. His grandfather, Jacob D.
Fortney, moved to Harrison County from Preston County.
His father, E. R. Fortney, has spent his life in Harrison
County as a farmer. C. P. Fortney attended preparatory
school at Fairmont, and graduated as a civil engineer from
West Virginia University in 1907. In 1909 he married
Jessie Jenkins, of Pennsylvania. They were classmates in
the university. They have four children.

John J. Henderson, osteopathic physician, president
of the State Osteopathic Association, has been in practice
for about fifteen years at Charleston. His has been a
distinctive service in the medical profession, and out of
his experience and studies he has written several valuable
books on health and right living.

He was born in Lincoln County, West Virginia, in 1877,
and acquired a thorough academic education, but he is a
man whose insatiable intellectual curiosity would never
be satisfied and he is a student now and has covered an
astonishingly wide range of subjects both within and with-
out his profession. He graduated in 1905 from the New

York School of Osteopathy, soon located at St. Albans
Kanawha County, but remained there only a brief tit
when he established his permanent home in Charlesto
Doctor Henderson since graduation has taken nnmero
post-graduate courses in medical colleges of nearly all t
recognized schools, including the allopathic and home
pathic, and through hard study and investigation has a
quired and put into practice an exhaustive knowledge
the human body, its ailments and their treatment. Bo
as a physician and as a citizen Doctor Henderson h
earned exceptional esteem in Charlston. His home is «
the south side, one of the beautiful places of the city.

He was elected president of the West Virginia Osteopath
Association at the annual convention in Huntington in Oct
her, 1921.

He married Miss Frances Kathleen Henley, a native <
Kanawha County. Her father, the late C. W. Henle,
achieved substantial fame as a tunnel builder and railro:
contractor, and did most of the tunnel construction on tl
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in West Virginia.

Doctor Henderson devoted several years of hard stui
to the chemistry of the body. One of the results w;
his discovery of a method of isolation of the various el
ments of the blood and a method of treatment by whk
he can supply these elements to the person in whose bloc
any of the elements may be lacking, as in cases of anem
and in brain, nervous, muscular and bone disorders. Medic
authorities have pronounced it a distinctive scientil
achievement.

Doctor Henderson chose a profession as a means <
satisfying his great ambition for human service, and th
ambition has led him into many activities far beyond tl
scope of the average physician. He has written and pu
lished a number of books on the physical and mental il
that afflict the race, with full outlines and directions ft
their treatment and cure, accompanied by illuminatir
illustrations. The first four of these books bear the follow
ing titles: "Apoplexy, Paralysis, High Blood Pressure at
Nervous Diseases, Prevention and Cure;" "The Scien<
of Food Selection;" "How to Eliminate Uric Acid Toxii
and Body Poisons;" "How to Adjust Mental Maladjus
ments." These books are all small in size, the subje
matter brief and concise, are written in the plainest ar
most understandable English, with complete avoidance <
technical or scientific words and phrases, thus making the
available for use and profit by all persons possessed of a
ordinary education. His work on Mental Maladjustmen
is undoubtedly the only one that has ever made tl
psychopathic sciences understandable and of real benel
to persons of ordinary education.

G. F. Daugherty who has to his credit a veteran
service as a locomotive engineer with the Norfolk ar
Western Railway, was called in the spring of 1921 by a]
pointment of Governor Morgan to the duties of state con
missioner of labor, with headquarters at Charleston, t
has charge of the Bureau of Labor and is ex-officio con
missioner of weights and measures. The State Bureau (
Labor has been in existence officially for many years, bi
only within recent years has it become a vital and importai
part of the state government. This development of tl
office itself is directly due to the remarkable development c
the state's industries, manufacturing. The bureau hi
charge of the inspection service over factories, mereanti
establishments, mills and workships, looks after all tl
measures providing safeguards and sanitary precautioi
for workers, and also has the enforcement of the chil
labor law. Under Commissioner Daughtery are five fat
tory inspectors and two sealers of weights and measure
besides a numerous force of minor employes. The respoi
sibilities of the bureau have been greatly enlarged throug
the enactment of the new child labor law of the state i
1919. This child labor law is directly modeled after an
largely conforms to the Federal law on the same subject.

Mr. Daugherty was born in Tazewell County, Virginii
in 1869, son of Rev. David and Nannie (Moore) Daughter^
of Irish and Scotch-Irish ancestry. His father, who ws
a Methodist minister, was born in the Valley of Vii

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45

[du, his grandfather having come from Ireland to that
j ite. The Moorcs are an old family of Virginia, having

ught in the Indian wars in Colonial times.
► G. F. Daugherty was reared on a farm, but hia eutire
tive service has been as a railroad man and with one
loipany, the Norfolk & Western. Before he reached his
Bjority he was doing duty as a brakeman, subsequently
[ 9 locomotive fireman for three years, and in 1^97 was
[omoted to locomotive engineer. He had filled that post
h duty continuously for nearly twenty-four years when he
>~.s called to the state enpitol as commissioner of labor, but
I still holds his seniority rights as locomotive engineer for
'? company. Since 1892 his home has been at Bluclicld,
|d his family still live there, though his official head
arters are in the state capitol. All of his railroad
rvice has been on the Pocahontas Division of the Xor-
!k & Western, the division headquarters being at Blue
Id. For several years before becoming a commissioner
labor he had charge of one of the great electrically
iven locomotives of the Norfolk & Western.
Mr. Daugherty for many years has been a prominent mem-
r of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. lie is a
yal Arch Mason, Knight of Pythias and Elk and a
>mber of the Methodist Church.

He married Miss May Walker, also a native of Virginia.
ieir six sons are James S., Hubert A., William C, Elmo,
■rlisle and Paul. All the people of the state as well a9
r. Daugherty find reasons for pride in the record of his
rce oldest sons, all in the service of their country in
-ance during the World war. Hubert and William were
lunteers after America entered the war with Germany,
mes S. had been in the Regular Army for about three
ars previously, was on the Mexican border during 1916,
.d was a member of General Pershing's bodyguard in the
mitive expedition into Mexico in the fall of that year,
r. Daugherty is one of the comparatively few men in the
ate who had three sons represented overseas in the late
u.

Carl J. Patterson finds ample demand upon his time
id attention in the discharging of nis several scholastic
id executive functions. At West Liberty, Ohio County,
e seat of one of the oldest of the state normal schools

West Virginia, he is principal of the high school and
cretary of the Board of Education, besides which he i9
ving effective service also as superintendent of the schools

Liberty District.

Mr. Patterson was bom in Belmont County, Ohio, No-
•mber 15, 1894, and is a foster son of Harrison and Lovina
atterson, in whose home he was reared with all the loving
licitude and advautitious privileges that could be accorded
r the most devoted of parents, with the result that he
ivc to them most loyal filial affection and has attributed

their teachings and high ideals much of the success and
Ivancement which he has won in later years. The home
' the Patterson family was at McMeehen, West Virginia,
id there the foster son acquired his preliminary education
. the public schools. That he made good nse of his ad-
intages is shown by the fact that when he was fifteen
>ara old he proved himself eligible for and was admitted

the West Virginia State Normal School at West Liberty,
is ambition, even at that time was to fit himself for teach-
g, and to defray his expenses he worked in factories and
i farms, in mills and at other employment that would aid
m in completing his education. He was graduated in
ie West Liberty Normal School as a member of the class
. 1915, and has since been actively engaged in educa-
onal work in the same community. He is, in 1922, serving
s second year as principal of* the West Liberty High
shool, has been for two years secretary of the local Board
c Education, and about two years also have marked his
Iministration aa district superintendent of schools for
iherty District, in which connection he has supervision
f eleven schools and fifteen teachers. As principal of the
igh school he has two assistant teachers, the enrollment
t pupils numbering thirty-five. A new high-school build-
ig^ is under construction and will be completed in the
tring or summer of 1922, with modern equipment and

six classrooms. Mr. Patterson ia identified with v»Houi
educational associations, includ ng the West Virginia State
Teachers Association; he is n pnst mnster of Liberty Lodk"'
No. 26, Ancient Free and Aece| ted Masons, and in the
Scottish Kite of the same time honored fraternity he hn»
received the thirty-second degree in the Consistory at Wheel
ing where also he is a member of the Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. His wife, whose maiden name «ni Mnrjoric Smyth,
is a daughter of W. IJ. Smyth, of Mor^antown, and 'she
was prior to her marriage a st id. nt in the Wmt Literty
State Normal Sehool. Mr. ami Mr* Patterson haw two
children, Robert Bruce and Cnrl J., Jr

Charles L. Wilson, who is secretary, treasurer and gen
oral manager of the Builders Supply Company nt Fol aim-
bee, Brooke Comity, and who resides at Wellshurg, the
eounty seat, i> one of the proi;resM>e and repress ntnti\e
business men of his native county.

The organization of the Builders Supply Company, in
19i»4, was virtually coincident with the founding of the
town of Follansbee, which was pi -it ted in the preceding
year. Mr. Wilson has been secretary, treasurer and g« n
eral manager of the company from the time of its incor
poration, and t'.e concern has been one of the important
functions iu connection with the develoj ment and upbuild
ing of the now thriving little industrial City of Follnn^lee.
The company handles all kinds of building materials, con-
trols a substantial local trade and gives employment to nn
adequate corps of assistants to the manager.

Mr. Wilson was born on a farm in Cross Creek Dis-
trict. Brooke County, in the year 1*79, and is a son of
Geortrc L. and Rachel (Park) Wilson, both likewise natives
of Brooke County, the Wilson family having here been
established in the pioneer days, and Jonathan Wilson,
grandfather of the subject of this sketch, having here
been a representative f.'iriner and citizen from his young
manhood until hi* death, nt advanced age. Robert Fark,
maternal grandfather of Charles L. Wilson, came to Amer-
ica from Londonderry, Ireland, about the year 1797, and
became one of the very early settlers in Brooke County,
where he became actively identified with the operation of
tiatboats used in transporting produce and merchandise
tip and down the Ohio River. Later he engaged in farm
enterprise in Brooke County, and he passed the re-t of
his life on this farm and attained to the patriarchal nge Of
ninety-one years. His old homestead later became the
property of George L. Wilson, and it was on this farm
that the latter continued his productive activities until 1900.
His death occurred in 1915, at the age of Bixty three years,
and his widow died at the age of sixty-four years. It was
on this old homestead that Charles L. Wilson was born
and reared, and he there remained until he was twenty-
one years of age, his early education having been gainetl
iu the local schools and supplemented by a course in the
high school at WelNburg and by attending a hus'nes*
college. His first business venture was in the establishing
of a feed store at AVellsburg, and this enterprise he con
tinned until he became assoe'nted with Robert Scott, J. M.
Walker, J. S. Liggett and George L. Wilson, his father,
in organizing the Builders Supply Company of Follans
bee. The stock of the company is nnw held Inrcely by
local men and J. M. Brady is president of the corporation
Mr. Wilson was one of the originnl stockholders of the
Citizens Bank of Follansbee, and had served ns a director
of the same prior to becoming its vice president in 191.'
when Herman B. Mahan, former incumbent of this office,
became president of the institution. Mr. Wilson is a demo
erat in politics, and in the Masonic fraternity he has
received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite.

Mr. Wilson married Miss Margaret Bucy, daughter of
Erasmus Bucy. of Wellshurg, and the two children of this
union are George and Margaret.

Arthur Lanohans has heen a resident of Whcclii g
twenty years, going to that city from the Pittshurgh Dis-
trict, where he spent his early life. The name Langhan-
is associated all over the Wbceling District with the flora

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

trade, and he has developed what is prohably the largest
retail dower business in this part of the Upper Ohio Valley.

Mr. Langhans was born in the City of Allegheny, now
a part of Greater Pittsburgh, July 1, 1876. His grand-
father, William Langhans, spent his life in and around
the City of Berlin, Germany, and for many years was
actively identified with educational work there. He died
at the age of sixty-eight. Herman Langhans, father of
Arthur, was bom at Berlin in 1837 and came to the
United States about 1859. He possessed a liberal educa-
tion and for a number of years was a professor in private
schools in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Ill health eventually
forced him out of this profession, and he went into the
dry goods business, hut for the last ten years of his life
was connected with the Equitable Life Iusurauce Company
of Pittsburgh. He died at Allengheny in 1905. He was a
democratic voter until Cleveland's second election and there-
after voted as a republican. He was always very diligent
in the performance of his duties as a member of the Luth-
eran Church. His wife, Mary Hallstein, was born at Zeli-
enople in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1844, and died
at Allegheny in 1886. She became the mother of seven
children: Harry J., an artist who died at Pittsburgh at
the age of twenty-two; Theodore P., secretary and part
owner of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Company; Arthur;
Hulda, wife of Alfred Beehtold, a representative of the
Maeaskey Register Company, living at Belleview, Pennsyl-
vania; Dora, wife of Edward Taylor, a machinist at States-
ville, North Carolina; Rev. Walter S., a Lutheran minister
in Pennsylvania; Allen M., an oil operator at Warren,
Pennsylvania.

Arthur Langhans acquired a public-school education at
Allegheny, graduating from high school in 1892. The
year following he spent in the Pittsburgh office of R. G.
Dun & Company, and for six years was shipping clerk
for the Kaufmann Department Stores Company. With the
benefit of this general business training Mr. Langhans en-
tered the flower business as a retail florist at Steubenville,
Ohio, remaining there for three years, and in 1901 sought
a larger field at Wheeling. In this city he established his
first retail flower shop at 1404 Market Street. He moved
to a larger store at 1157 Market Street in 1905, and with
the continued growth of his business he finally moved to
1217 Chapline Street, where he has a store and offices in
which he directs the largest retail floral business in this
part of the state. He employs as high as forty-two hands
in the business. The freshest of flowers come from
" Langhans the Florist," and shipments are made from his
store to hundreds of towns around Wheeling. Mr. Lang-
hans is also a director in the Wheeling Bank & Trust Com-
pany, is a republican, is a trustee of the First United
Presbyterian Church of Wheeling and is affiliated with
Wheeling Lodge No. 5, F. and A. M., West Virginia Con-
sistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite and Osiris Temple of the
Mystic Shrine. He is a member of Wheeling Lodoje No. 28,
B. P. O. E., the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and
the Wheeling Country Club. Dm ins: the Spanish-American
war he was a member of the Pennsylvania State Guard and
was mustered into service with the Nival Reserves. Mr.
Langhans has a very attractive home on Hawthorne Court,
Woodsdale, Wheeling. The house itself is one of the beau-
tiful ones of that attractive residence suburb, but the dis-
tinctive features are the grounds and flower gardens main-
tained by Mr. Langhans.

In 1899, near Belleview, Pennsylvania, Mr. Langhans
married Adah Blanche Taylor, daughter of Samuel and
Agnes M. (Oakley) Taylor, her mother still living at Belle-
view, where her father died. He was a farmer. Mrs.
Langhans finished her education in a business school.

Emmet L. Bailey, mayor of Bluefield, can probably
claim the distinction of being the oldest native son of
that industrial and commercial city, and both aa a business
man and citizen has made a career that honora his birth
place. Mr. Bailey for a number of years was in the
railroad aervice, until hia manufacturing and other in-
dustrial intereats demanded his entire attention. He is

president of the Bailey Lumber Company and presidt
of the Bluefield Garage Company.

His birth occurred within what is now the city limits f
Bluefield, at Beaverpond Springs, April 20, 1865. His p .
ents were Capt. John Madison and Sarah Antoinette (Ke)
Bailey. John M. Bailey was a native of Tazewell Coun ,
Virginia, and served throughout the entire Civil war in e
Confederate Army, being captain of his company, and tD
of his brothers lost their lives in the war. Captain Bai?
was a prosperous farmer, but in later years lost his pr -
crty through paying security debts. His death was dueo
an accident at Bluefield when a freight yard engine ia
over him. ne was active in politics as a democrat, i}
was a member of the Christian Church. His home was e
second house erected in Bluefield. He was of English \
cestry and of a very sturdy race of people. His wife, Sa;t
Antoinette Kerr, was born in Berlin, Germany, and ys
thirteen years of age when her family settled in Tazeml
County, Virginia. She died in 1915, at the age of eigh-
four. Of her ten children eight are living, Emmet L. -
ing the sixth in age.

Emmet L. Bailey finished his education in Mulligan C-
lege near Johnson City, Tennessee, but left school at s
age of sixteen to become clerk in a store at Lowell, Wt
Virginia, on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. A year lar
he beeame a brakeman in the service of the Norfolk fc
Western Railroad between Radford and Pocahontas. }.
Bailey was very competent in railroading, evidence of whi
is found in the fact that eight months after he becamu
brakeman he was promoted to freight conductor, and th»
years later was a passenger conductor on a run betwn
Roanoke, Virginia, and Bluefield and from Bluefield )
Kenova. He was conductor of the first passenger train n
over the division between Bluefield and Kenova. At tit
time the operation of trains over this road was attend
with difficulties and numerous hazards. He continued a
work as a passenger conductor for twelve years and becae
personally known to a large part of the citizenship patroi-
ing the road from Roanoke to Kenova, and is still refer: 1
to hy them as Captain Bailey.

In 1898, while still in the service of the railroad, I:
Bailey became a member of the partnership Suddith*
Bailey, operating circular saw mills in Scott County, V
ginia, and McDowell County, West Virginia. At one tie
the firm had three mills in operation in McDowell Coun ,
one in Scott County, while Mr. Bailey personally opera 1
one in Mercer County. He gave up his position with e
railroad in 1901 to give his entire time to his lumber!
and other interests. Early in November, 1912, the Baif
Lumber Company was incorporated, of which he has are
been president. The main plant of this company ^3
erected on land belonging to Mr. Bailey at Bluefield. Ts
plant is equipped with modern machinery, making up <e
of the most efficient lumbering plants in the southern pt
of West Virginia. The product comprises a large and -
portant line of construction material. Only recently a la e
amount has heen expended on new equipment and enlar -
ment. Mr. Bailey is also president of the Bluefield Garse
Company. He is a director of the Flat Top National Bfk
of Bluefield, of which he was one of the original organize).
He is also a director of the Bluefield Supply Company, f
which he was also one of the organizers. This is a $500,(3
corporation. In 1903 he assisted in organizing the Willi? -
son Coal & Coke Company, and had an active part in s
early management. He also opened the Suddith Mine ti
the Bailey Mine on Pond Creek in Pike County, Kentuc*.
Mr. Bailey sold his coal interests in 1920. Since 1903 c
has been an influential factor in the building up of Bb-
field, both from the material and civic point of view, e
has had complete faith in the community where he
born, and his good citizenship has caused him to be ur$3
many times for the post of mayor, but he declined tit
honor until recently. The City of Bluefield is to be c|
gratulated on the able man it now has in charge of its r*
nicipal affairs.

June 20, 1893, Captain Bailey married Mabel Gertne
Kutz, daughter of James A. Kutz, of Allentown, Penns-
vania. Their four children are Paul H., Loraine, Gla(S

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47

and Richard. Mrs. Bailey and her children arc members
of the Lutheran Church, while he is affiliated with the Chris-
tian Church. He is a member of the Lodge, Royal Arch
Chapter and Knight Templar Commandery of the Masons
at Bluefield, West Virginia Consistory at Wheeling, and
also the Shrine at Charleston. lie still retains member-
ship in the Order of Railway Conductors and is a member
of the Kiwanis Club and Country Club.

Robert Mulligan Addleman during an incumbency of six
vcars has made an impressive and dignified record as a
"judge of the First Judicial Circuit of West Virginia at
Wheeling. Judge Addleman has allowed no large outside
aspirations to interfere with his success within the strict
field of the legal profession. He has practiced law at
Wheeling a quarter of a century, and the official honors
he has enjoyed have been only those for which members
of the bar are qualified.

Judge Addleman was born in Greene County, Pennsyl-
vania, July 21, 1S66. There were three Addleman brothers
who came" from Germany and settled in Ameriea shortly
lfter the Revolutionary war. Oue of them became a resi-
dent of Pennsylvania, another of Ohio, and the third wont
still further west. Judge Addleman belongs to the Pennsyl-
vania branch. His father, Solomon Addleman, was a life-
long resident of Greene County, where he was born in
IS36 and died in 1906. He owned extensive farming in-
terests, and throughout his farming career was a leader
in the rural affairs of Southwestern Pennsylvania. He
served as a member of the School Board, voted as a re-
publican, and for many years was a faithful member of
the Christian Church. He married Xaney nil], who was
born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1841, and died
in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1889. Of their ehil-
•lren Elizabeth is' the wife of James K. Gayman, a farmer
of Washington County, Pennsylvania; Decima, living in
Washington County, is the widow of James R. Hawkins,
a farmer; James ' Curtain, a farmer in Greene County;
Thomas Stewart was a farmer and died in Greene County
at the age of forty; Robert M. was the only son to take
up a professional career ; Ella, who died in Washington
County at the age of thirty-five, was the -wife of William
Wise, a farmer still living in that county ; Cora was acci-
dentally killed at the age of fourteen; and another daugh-
ter died in infancy.

Robert M. Addleman spent his boyhood on a farm,
enjoyed its healthful work and pastimes, attended rural
schools, and finished his literary education with a year
and a half in Waynesburg College in Pennsylvania and com-
pleted his junior year in Bethany College at Bethany, West
Virginia. Mr. Addleman took his law course at the Uni-
versity of Michigan, graduating LL.B. in 1895. In the
fall of the same year he came to Wheeling, where he soon
won for himself a place of secure advantage in his pro-
fession, and where he was successfully engaged in general
practice until his elevation to the bench. Judge Addle-
man had been in practice more than ten years before he
accepted any of the public duties of the profession. From
190S to 1912 he was city solicitor of Wheeling, and was
the prosecuting attorney for Ohio County from 1912 to
1914. It was by appointment from Governor nenry 1).
Hatfield that he went on the bench as judge of the First
Judicial Circuit of West Virginia. In the fall of 1916 he
was elected by popular vote to fill out the unexpired term,
ind in November. 1920, was eleeted for a full term of

ight years, this term expiring in December, 1928.

Judge Addleman is a well-known member of the Ohio
bounty and State Bar associations. He is a republican,
md in Masonry is affiliated with Wheeling Lodge Xo. 5,
A F. and A. M., West Virginia Consistory Xo. 1 of the
Sottish Rite, and Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine at
Wheeling. He also belongs to Wheeling Lodge Xo. 4.
Knights of Pythias. His home is an attractive residence at
Birch Lynn, Wheeling.

October 1, 1896. in Washington Connty. Pennsylvania,
Indee Addleman married Miss Margaret Jobes. daughter

>f Rev. Alexander Campbell and Phoebe (Mitchell) Jobes,

he latter deceased. Rev. Mr. Jobes is a retired minister

of the Christian Church and hu- s with Judg« nnd Mrs
Addleman. Mrs. Addleman is a graduato of Bethany Col
lege.

Richard Rouertson has Ik-.u a re*idmt of Win cling
more than seventy years. As u youth he lenrned the print
er's trade, for a long time wan identified with the j rioting
business and at times had a part in the fortunes of w?v#ral
newspaper ventures. Mr. Robertson is now pra tieally re
tired, though still financially interested in one or tw.> bank
ing organizations.

lie was horn at llagerstown. Maryland, Nownl/W 7,
1*45. His grandfather was of Irish descent, «p«nt mo»t of
his life at llagerstown, and enjoyed a great reputation
a9 an earnest and eloquent minister of the Presbyterian
Church. He finally came to Wheeling, where he died.
William Robertson father of Richard, was born nt Hag«T»
town, where for a number of years he was a merchant, and
in 1549 moved to Wheeling and added his enterprise to
the mercantile interests of the city about the time the I r.«.t
railroad came. He conducted a prosperous store at Market
and old Cniou streets. lie died at Wheeling at tin- nge
of sixty years. He was an old line whig in politics, fille I
the office of alderman in Wheeling for a number of Urn-*,
and was a very liberal contributing memb< r »>f the Kir-t
Presbyterian Church. He married Elizabeth Hark, a native
of Hagerstown, who died at Wheeling. They had a largi
family of twelve ehildren, and several of the sons hecauu
soldiers during the Civil war: John, who was a Union
soldier, left this community soon after the war and wa*
never heard of again by his family; Mary, his twin sifter,
ucver married and di«'d at Wheeling; William went into
the Confederate Army, was killed in the Virginia Valley
early iu the war; James, a 1'nion soldier and a mill workir
in civilian life, died at Wheeling soon after the war;
Clagget, a I'nion soldier, died at Wheeling at the age of
thirty-five; Richard; Edward, twin brother of Khhnrd, was
also "a printer, had a record as a Cnion soldier and di«»l
at Wheeling; Harry, a mi'l worker, died at Wheeling.
Marsh, who also worked in the mills, died at Wheeling;
George died at Wheeling in early life; Sal'ie, of Winkling,
widow of William S. Meek, who was a printer; and Mi-
Helen of Wheeling.

Riehard Robertson acquired a public-school education at
Wheeling, but left school at the age of fourteen and en
tered a priuter's office. He learned the print ing trade ne
cording to the old time standards of that profe*«don. and
for many years was recognized as one of the experts. In
1*7"> he established a printing ofli<c of his own, nnd eon
ducted it for several years and also established Th.-
Wheeling Sunday Xews Letter, which he edited. He I
came associated with Mr. Ogdcn in printing an e\en i*»
[>aper, but eventually sold his interests to Mr. Ogden Il<
continued in the jo"b printing business for a numl.tr <>f
years, but has been practically retired since 1903. Mr.
Robertson is a director in the* Center Wheeling Bank, of
which he was one of the founders, and is also one of the
founders and a director of the Community Savings & Loan
Company.

He was twice elected and for tw dve years held the ofliH
of clerk of the Court of Ohio County. He is a republi an.
has for many years been a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, and is affiliated with Wheeling Lodge No. J*
B. P. O. E. He is owner of some valuable real e-tat. n
Wheeling, including his modern home at 96 KourMntb
Street another fine dwelling on the same street and one
on Xineteenth Street. At Wheeling Mr. Robertson married
Miss Mary Emmert. a native of that city, where sho was
reared and educated.

\kchie Q. Moffat is a native of Wheeling and for a
quarter of a century has been closely identified with U>o
growth and development of the Wheeling Corrugating Com-
pany, of which he is vice president. Mr. Moffat * a lead, r
in industrial affairs, and is well known in business circl <

th Teti:\orl Reeling, February 11 1*73. His grand-
father, John Moffat, was a native of Scotland, eame to the

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United States when a young man and settled in Belmont
County, Ohio, and later moved to the east side of the river
at Wheeling. He was a minister of the Presbyterian Church
and died at Wheeling in 1878. Thomas C. Moffat, son of
Rev. Mr. Moffat, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in
1848, but since early boyhood has lived at Wheeling. He
was a merchant tailor for twenty-five years, for eighteen
years was clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, and
has since heen identified with the automobile business in con-
nection with the Engineering and Equipment Company of
Wheeling. Thomas C. Moffat is a republican, and is very
faithful in his membership in the Presbyterian Church. He
married Blanche Quarrier, who was born at Wheeling in
1853. Archie Q. is the oldest of their children. Mary is
the wife of John W. Storer, a dentist at Wheeling. Blanche
is the wife of Harry C. Hazlett, a Wheeling broker. Jessie
is the wife of Hon. Jesse A. Bloch, first vice president of
the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company.

Archie Q. Moffat attended public school in Wheeling to
the age of seventeen, following which he had a valuable
commercial^ training as an employe of the wholesale house
of the Speidel Grocery Company. On January 1, 1897, he
entered the service of the Wheeling Corrugating Company
as clerk, and has enjoyed a most gratifying promotion
through various stages with that corporation and has been
its vice president since January 1, 1921. For ten years he
was manager of the branch warehouse at Philadelphia.
The main oflSce and plant are at the east end of Seventeenth
Street in Wheeling.

Mr. Moffat is a member of the Fort Henry Club and
Wheeling Country Club, the Duqut-sne Club of Pittsburgh
and the Union League Club of New York City. He is a
republican and a member of the Episcopal Church. In 1902,
at Wheeling, he married Miss Sue M. Caldwell, daughter of
Col. George B. and Sue (Smith) Caldwell. Col. George B.
Caldwell was one of the eminent lawyers of his day in
Wheeling, where he practiced for many years, and had at-
tained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Union army.

Frank Randolph Lyon, vice president in charge of
operations of the great industrial corporation known as
the Consolidation Coal Company, with headquarters at
Fairmont, Marion County, was born in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania, on the 27th of September, 1871, and is a
son of the late Locke L. and Sarah (Bowman) Lyon,
both likewise natives of Bradford County. In the earlier
part of his career the father was engaged in mercantile
business in Bradford County, and later, when the son
Frank R. was a boy, removal was made to the State of
Colorado, where the father was for a number of years
interested in mineral properties and mining developments,
his death having occurred in the City of Denver, that
state, in 1909, when he was sixty-five years of age. Mrs.
Lyon also passed away in Denver, her death occurring
in 1898.

Frank R. Lyon did not accompany his parents on their
removal to Colorado, and for a number of years there-
after resided in the home of one of his uncles in Penn-
sylvania. He supplemented the discipline of the public
schools by a course in the Pennsylvania State Normal
School at Mansfield, in which he was graduated in 1889
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Aside from his
•egular studies he also took up the study of engineering,
mder the preceptorship of Professor Ewing, a member
>f the faculty of the normal sehool, and in his vacation
periods he gained practical experience through employ-
ment in the engineering offices of the Blossburg Coal Com-
pany at Arnot, Pennsylvania. After leaving the normal
school he found employment as transit man in the employ
of the coal company mentioned, and later he came to
West Virginia and assumed a position under Chief En-
gineer Tyler, of the Monongah Coal Company, near Fair-
mont. Upon his return to Pennsylvania he joined the
survey and location corps in charge of the construction
of a hroad-gauge railroad which was being constructed in
connection with the development of lumbering industry.
After being thus employed about eighteen months Mr.
Lyon passed four years at Evansville, Indiana, as chief

engineer in eharge of the Sunnyside Coal Company. H
next became chief engineer for the Rock Hill Iron i
Coal Company of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, an
his service in this connection continued about four yean
In 1901 he engaged independently in practice as an en
gineer, opening an office at Somerset, Pennsylvania. I
the following year he became identified with the Somerse
Coal Company, at its organization, and was made dis
trict superintendent. Shortly after the organization o
the Somerset Coal Company the Watson interests becam
interested in this company. Six months later Mr. Lyo
was advanced to the position of assistant general supei
intendent, and in the fall of 1904 he became assistan
general superintendent of the Consolidation Coal Con
pany at Frostburg, Maryland, this likewise being a Wa1
son interest. A year later he became general superh
tendent of the Somerset Coal Company, of which he ws
made manager in 1906. In 1913 Mr. Lyon establishe
his headquarters at Fairmont as general manager of ope
ations of the Consolidation Coal Company, and in Apr:
1919, he was made vice president of the company, in whic
office he has since continued, with effective functional
in eharge of operations.

Mr. Lyon is affiliated with the Masonic Order, and
a Thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a Kniglr
Templar, and a Shriner. At Johnstown, Pennsylvania, he
a life member of the lodge of the Benevolent and Protects
Order of Elks, and in his home City of Fairmont 1
is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce an
the Rotary Club. Mr. Lyon is a director of the Fai
mont Mining Machinery Company, is vice president (
the Fairmont Supply Company, and is a director of tl
Fairmont Building & Investment Company. He and h
wife are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Churc

In 1906 Mr. Lyon wedded Miss Mary E. Beerits, daug
ter of Henry Beerits, a representative wholesale and r
tail merchant of Somerset, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mi
Lvon have three children: Sarah B., Frank R., Jr., ar
Rohert B.

Joseph H. Reass, Jr., who was a captain in the am
service during the World war, has been prominent in bu:
ness affairs at Wheeling for many years. He is secreta
and treasurer of the Wheeling Savings & Loan Associatio

Captain Reass was born at Wheeling, April 17, 1881. T
Reass family has been in Wheeling for seventy years. H
grandfather, Mathew Reass, was born at Frankfort-on-tl
Main, Germany, in 1822. He was prominent in the repu
lican movement in Germany during the '40s, was preside,
of one of the republican governments in 1848, and becam
of his prominence as a leader after the collapse of t«
Revolution he suffered exile, went to Paris in 1849, then!
to London, and in 1850 settled at Wheeling, where he spe.
the rest of his life as a carpenter contractor. He died i
1887. His wife was Catherine Limburger, a native :
Germany, who died at Wheeling.

Their son, Joseph F. Reass, was born at Wheeling, S
vember 15, 1858, and has spent a busy and honored life i
this city. For many years, until he retired in 1913, !
conducted a transfer business. Some years ago he ma;
the race for the city council, received the largest major:'
ever given a candidate for that office, but after one term c
this service he refused reelection and never again has sougfc
any political honor. He is a republican, a member of 01)
Valley Lodge Knights of Pythias and John A. Logi
Council No. 95, Junior Order United American Mechani.
Joseph F. Reass married Margaret Wilkerson, who was bo
January 15, 1856, and was reared and educated at Nc*
castle on Tyne, England. After losing her parents by den
she came at the age of twenty to the United States al
located at Wheeling. Joseph F. Reass and wife had t3
children, Joseph H. and George M. The latter represas
the Pinkerton Tobacco Company of Toledo and lives t
Wheeling. 1 '

Joseph H. Reass was educated in the public schools f
Wheeling, graduated from Linsly Institute in 1898, and :r
about two years was a traveling representative for ie
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

I Ohio, ludiana and Illinois. He then entered business with
I his father under the name Joseph Reass & Sons, and gave
I much of his time to this transfer and local transportation
' concern until 1913.

Ia the meantime, in 1902, Mr. Reass established the Reass
I Advertising Company, of which he is still proprietor. Be-
' ginning merely as a local auxiliary to Wheeling business, it
I has grown and developed as an organization with an almost
• national scope. It makea a specialty of outdoor advertising
and card tacking, and is said to be the largest card tacking
firm in the United States, its service being availed by firms
and business houses in every state of the Union. From 1913
until he entered the army Mr. Reass gave his entire time to
I the advertising business.

' He offered his services to the Government the very day
war was declared against Germany. May 13, 1917, he
entered the First Officers Training Camp at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Indiana, was commissioned second lieutenant, was
ordered to Camp Sherman, Ohio, and there organized the
first teamsters' school in the National array. He commanded
Wagon Company No. 318, and in December, 1917, was
transferred to Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Caro
Iina, with the Twenty-seventh Division as assistant to the
commanding offieer, A. R. D. No. 307. Next he was at
Camp Upton, New York, in March, 1918, and organized
and commanded Wagon Company No. 302, known as the
New York Gunmen. He had in the meantime been ad
vaneed to a first lieutenancy and then to the rank of captain.
Captain Reass next organized the Embarkation Remount
Depot at Jersey City, and this organization supervised the
shipment of every horse and mule that went out of New
York Harbor for the Ameriean Expeditionary Forces.
Captain Reass after nearly two years of army service re-
signed March 1, 1919.

Soon after his return to Wheeling he organized Wheeling
Post No. 1 of the American Legion. He was a delegate to
the St. Louis convention of 1919 when the various posts
through their delegates organized the National Association
of the Ameriean Legion. In 1920 Captain Reass organized
the Wheeling Savings & Loan Association, of which he has
since been secretary and treasurer. This association has
grown under his direction faster than any building and loan
association in the state, and in point of resources and sub-
stantial service now stands in the front rank. Its ofliees are
at Fourteenth and Market streets and the officers are:
Charles Hartman, president; H. L. Kirk, vice president; and
Joseph II. Reaas, secretary and treasurer. Captain Reass is
also treasurer of the Wheeling Foreign Corporation.

He is allied with the republican party in polities. He has
several times been a candidate for alderman-at-large in
Wheeling. He is a member of the Lutheran Chureh, Ohio
Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M., Wheeling Consistory No. 1 of
the Scottish Rite is a past chancellor of Baltimore Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, a member of Wheeling Lodge No. 9,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Wheeling Council
No. 37, United Commercial Travelers. Hia home is at 41
Kentucky Street.

In 1907, at Wheeling, Captain Reass married Miss Julia
Loftus, daughter of Michael J. and Julia Loftus, now de-
ceased. Her father for some years was superintendent of
the Wheeling Traction Company. Captain Reass lost his
first wife by death in 1914. She was the mother of three
children: Julia Margaret, born in 1908; Joseph Loftua,
born in 1911; and Rose Catherine, who died at the age of
nine months. In 1917 Captain Reass married Miss Viola
Winters. She was born at Elm Grove, Wheeling. They
have two daughters, Viola Jeanette, born in 1918, and Mary
Catherine, born in 1920.

Campbell H. Henderson. Soon after completing his edu-
cation Campbell H. Henderson was diverted into the news-
paper business, beginning as a circulation manager, and has
been actively identified with the fortunes of the Wheeling
Telegraph almost throughout its existence, covering nearly
twenty years. He is general manager of this, one of the
strongest and most influential newspapera in Upper West
Virginia.

Mr. Henderson was born at Wheeling, January 2, 1881.

This branch of the Henderson family has been in We«t Vir
groin for a number of generations. Ilia grand fnther, Thorna*
Henderson, una born in the state, and apont prn<ticallv all
Ins life at Triadelphia in Ohio County. For n number of
years he was enptain on Ohio mi l MisHisMppl River *tiam-
boats, making frequent voyages between Pittsburgh and
New Orleans. In later years he devoted his timo nnd
energies to the operation of his farm at Triadilphia where
he died about 1S77.

David II. Henderson, father of the Wheeling ncwM,:nKT
man, was born nt Triadelphia in K>U, Jhed in that vicin'tv
for a number of years and operated a largo farm, and in
1»S0 moved to Wheeling, but continued the operntion nnd
ownership of a dairy farm near the city. This farm woa
noted for its blooded stork. David Henderson died nt
Wheelmg in 1917. He was a republican, nnd one of the
very active members of the First Presbyterian Church. Ho
married Margaret Garrison, who wa« born at Wheeling in
1S52, and is still living in that city. Campbell H. u the
oldest of their children. Thomas *w a civil engineer in
Orauge New Jersey. Charles is chief clerk for the Amer-
ican Sheet & Tin Plate Company nt Wheeling. Margnret
is the wife of Charles Leiphart, a postal employe at Wheel-
ing. William ia an accountant for the Federal Sli p Build
ing Company at Newark, New Jers.y.

Campbell II. Henderson attended publie school, grndunted
from the Wheeling Business College in 1»9S, and suon after-
ward became circulation manager for the News Publishing
Company. H e was with the News Company four vears, and
then joined the recently established Wheeling Tefegraph a.s
circulation manager. During the next four years he gave
the Telegraph its secure position in circulation, and since
then has been general manager of the company and business.
The Telegraph is an independent republican paper, pub-
lished at 68 Sixteenth Street, and has n large circulation
throughout the eity and surrounding district.

The only important interruption to his newspaper work
eame in 1917, when Mr. Henderson was appointed chief of
police of Wheeling, an office lie filled two yenrs. He is a
republican, secretary of the First Presbyterian Church, and
is a past grand of Wheeling Lodge No. 9, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. His home is at 121 Nineteenth
Street at Warwood. Wheeling. In 190^ he married Miss
Mary L. Kindelberger, a native of Wheeling and a graduate
of the Wheeling High School and the Wheeling Business
College. Before her marriage ahe taught in the public
schools for three years and for one year was a teacher in
the Linsly Institute at Wheeling. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson
have t wo children, David, born July 27, 1910, and Louise,
born December 15, 1913.

Samuel Sriuoo Jacob is one of the most venerable and
most highly honored native sons of Ohio County, and ia liv-
ing in gracious retirement at his pleasant home five miles
northeast of Wheeling. He was born on the old family
homestead on Short Creek, Ohio County, June 23, 1S.18, and
is the eldest son of the late John J. and Mahala (Ridgely)
Jacob. Zachariah Jacob, great-grandfather of the subject
of this review, was born in Wales, of worthy Jewish lineage,
and came to America prior to the War of the Revolution,
the personal name of his wife having been Susannah, and
their children having been Samuel Ezekiel, William,
Susannah, John J. and Gabriel. Gabriel, father of John J.
(II), was born July 1, 1759, and died Mareh 20, 1^22, ho
having married Ruth Hurst, of Washington County, Mary-
land, and their children having been John J., Joseph,
Zachariah and Susan (twins), Ezekiel and Samuel. Gabriel
Jacob beeame the pioneer representative of the family in
what is now the State of West Virginia. About 1790 he
settled on Short Creek, in the present Ohio County, and the
old homestead farm continued in the possession of his
descendants until about 1919, the last of the family to hare
owned the property having been Ahsolom R. Jacob, now a
resident of Woodsdale, thi9 county. Gabriel Jacob did well
his part in connection with the social and industrial develop-
ment of this section of the state, and his remains were laid
to rest in the pioneer cemetery in connection with the
Methodist Church of the Short Creek neighborhood, the

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ancient churchyard, with its numerous graves, now covering
also the site of the original church building. Among the
graves are those of the maternal grandparents of the sub-
ject of this sketch. Mrs. Ruth (Hurst) Jacob survived her
husband by a number of years. Their son Joseph became
a physician, but passed his active life on his farm, where
he died in 1868; Zachariah, the third son, became a suc-
cessful lawyer in the City of Wheeling, where he died in
1868, his twin sister, Susan, having become the wife of Rev.
James Moore, a clergyman of the Methodist Church, and
their home having been in Belmont County, Ohio; Ezekiel,
the fourth son, died young; and Samuel became a repre-
sentative banker and citizen of Wellsburg, Brooke County,
where he died at an advanced age. John J., eldest of the
children, was born December 26, 1790, and died October 15,
1848. As a young man he wedded Elizabeth Mitchell
Fetter, a widow and daughter of Alexander Mitchell. They
became the parents of five children : Gabriel, Alexander M.,
Anne Susan, Ruth and Sarah. After the death of his first
wife John J. Jacob married Mahala W. Ridgely, and they
became the parents of four children: Samuel Sprigg, A.
Ridgely, Johu J. (Ill), and Drusilla R., the last mentioned,
haviug become the wife of Abram McColloch, a brother of
the wife of her brother Samuel S., of this sketch.

Gabriel, eldest son of the late John J. Jacob, was a resi-
dent of Wheeling at the time of his death, when thirty-five
years of age; Alexander M. married a daughter of Andrew
P. Wood and was a resident of Iowa at the time of his
death; Anne Susan became the wife of James Montgomery,
of Lewisburg, West Virginia; Ruth married the latter 's
brother, William Montgomery, and they likewise resided at
Lewisburg; Sarah married Isaac H. Patterson, and they died
at St. Clairsville, Ohio, where two of their sons still reside.

Mahala W. (Ridgely) Jacob, mother of him whose name
initiates this review, was eighty-eight years of age at the
time of her death, in 1900. She was a daughter of Absolom
and Drusilla (Mills) Ridgely, who died at the respective
ages of eighty and sixty-six years, the old Ridgely farm be-
ing now in possession of the Jacob family. A sister of Mrs.
Mahala W. Jacob became the wife of Dr. L. Edward Smith,
of Brooke County, and was ninety-four years of age at the
time of her death. A. Ridgely Jacob, next younger brother
of Samuel S., resides at Woodsdale, Ohio County; John J.
lives at Elm Grove, this county; and Drusilla R., the
widow of Abram McColloch, is a resident of Elm Grove.

Absolom Ridgely, Sr., was born near Baltimore, Maryland,
in 1769, and came to the present Ohio County, West Vir-
ginia, about 1790. In 1799 he married D-rusilla, daughter
of Levi Mills, and eventually he purchased the old Mills
farm, on which he died in 1850, his wife, who was born in
this county in 1781, having died in 1847. They became the
parents of ten children, of whom Mahala W. was the
seventh. John J. Jacob, father of the subject of this
sketch, was a first cousin of Hon. John J. Jacob, who served
as governor of West Virginia and who was a resident of
Wheeling at the time of his death.

Samuel Sprigg Jacob gained his early education in the
common schools of the middle-pioneer period in the history
of Ohio County, and in 1856 he removed with his mother to
Wheeling, where for three years he was a student in Lins-
ly Institute. Thereafter be continued his studies two years
iu the academy at Morgantown, where he boarded in the
home of the widow of Thomas P. Ray, on the site of the
present State University. After completing his studies Mr.
Jacob returned with his widowed mother to the* old home
farm. In 1914 he sold his fine old farm estate of 300 acres,
where he had been especially successful as a wool-grower,
and in the same year he established his residence in his
present attractive home. Though a stanch democrat in a
strong republican district, Mr. Jacob has secure place in
popular esteem and has been called to service in local offices
of public trust, including that of supervisor under the old
system of county government. For eight years he was a
valued member of the State Board of Agriculture. His
religious faith is that of the Methodist Church, and he has
been affiliated with the Masonic fraternity since 1866, when
he was "raised" in Liberty Lodge No. 26, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, at West Liberty. After serving twenty-

nine years as secretary of this lodge he was, in 1916, pre-
sented by the organization with a handsome silver loving-
cup, and he is now the oldest member of this lodge both in
years and in period of consecutive affiliation.

In 1868 Mr. Jacob married Mary L. McColloch, daughter
of the late Samuel McColloch, of Ohio County, and of this
union have been born six children: Clarence died in in-
fancy; Samuel S., Jr., is superintendent of the Triadelphia
district schools; Mary Lillian is a popular teacher in the
Woodsdale schools; Frank H. died in infancy; Mahala R.,
widow of Archibald N. McColloch, resides at the paternal
home; and John J. is a civil engineer in the service of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. The loved and de-
voted wife and mother passed to the life eternal in 1911,
after a married companionship of forty-three years. Mr.
Jacob is the only surviving incorporator of the Short Creek
Cemetery Association, which was incorporated in 1871 and
of which he has been the secretary for fifty years.

Otto Jaeger as a youth learned the art of engraving ol
glass, has been an expert connected with the glass industry
for many years, and has given Wheeling one of the largest
industries of its kind in the country, the Bonita Art Glass
Company, of which he is secretary, treasurer and general
manager.

Mr. Jaeger was born at St. Goar in a Rhine province of
Germany, June 26, 1853. His father, Frederick William
Jaeger, a native of Germany, was a man of most substantial
attainments. He served fifteen years in the Prussian army,
retiring with the rank of captain and with a pension, at one
time was attorney-general at Cologne, and in 1866 he came
to the United States and located in New York City, where
he employed his skill as an instrumental musician as a
professor of music. He died in New York City. He was a
republican and a member of the Lutheran Church. His
wife, Anna Mary Jaeger, was born in Germany and alsc
died in New York City. They had a large family of chil-
dren, briefly mentioned as follows: Bertha, of New York
City, whose husband, Captain Gehle, was a sea captain;
Pauline married H. Meyer, clerk in a large importing house
and both died in New York City; Emil was a lithograpbei
and died in New York City; Otto was the fourth in age;,
Carl was a gilder by trade and died at New York; Emm£
died at Bridgeport, Connecticut, where her husband, Mr
Merkle, was manager of a department store; Louisa is th<
wife of Emil Leu, a chiropodist at Bridgeport, Connecticut:
Alexander is a train dispatcher with one of the elevatec
railway companies of New York ; Josephine is the wife of i
railway conductor living at Jersey City, New Jersey; Arthur
is a lithographer at Philadelphia; and Matilda is the wif«
of Ernst Nauman, who has charge of a large iron workt
plant and lives at Brooklyn.

Otto Jaeger was about thirteen years of age when be cam*
to America. He attended government schools in German]
and while there studied English, French and his nativi
tongue. After coming from New York City he roundet
out his knowledge of English, but left school at the age o.
sixteen to serve his apprenticeship and learn the trade o:
engraving on glass. As a young man, possessing special skil
in this line, he came to Wheeling in 1877 and took chargi
of the engraving and other departments of the Hobbs i
Brockunier Glass Plant. In January, 1888, Mr. Jaeger wa
one of the organizers of the Fostoria Glass Company o:
Fostoria, Ohio, and for three years was the company 's chie.
traveling representative, covering all the United States am
Canada. In 1891 he organized the Seneca Glass Company o
Fostoria, and was president of this company. In 1901 Mr
Jaeger returned to Wheeling, where he organized the Bonit;
Art Glass Company and has since been its secretary, treas
urer and general manager, and has been the guiding geniu
in making this a distinctive industry, not only in the quality
of work but in size. The plant and offices of the firm ar>
on Bow Street in Wheeling and the business is primarily
the artistic decoration of glass and china. The Boniti
products go all over the United States and make up a larg.
volume of foreign export, and the firm also does an exten
sive importing as well as exporting business. George E
House is president of the company, ^ while Mr. Jaeger ha

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51

e other executive responsibilities. The company employs
JO hands, mo&t of them experts.

Mr. Jaeger is a republican in politics, and for eight years
t as a member of the City Council of Wheeling. lie is a
ember of the rresbyteriau Chureh, and is a thirty-second
•gree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. In 1879, at
heeling, he married Miss Ida Frances Rateliffe, daughter
James and Mary Rateliffe, both of whom died at Wheel-
g. The two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jaeger both
ed in childhood.

Many of his friends and associates know Mr. Jaeger
rough his versatile gifts and attainments in other lines
an the glass industry. He is deeply versed in the musical
ts, for many years has played the violin, lhite and violon-
llo, and as a hoy of fifteen he had the honor of playing
e violin under the eminent leader, the late Theodore
nomas. For over thirty years he directed the choir of
reshyterian churches, and a number of singers who subse-
lently became professionals, owed much to him for his early
icouragement of their talents.

Mr. Jaeger's early performances as a rifle shot will always
• rioted in the records of that sport. During 1885 he made
e highest score in the United States for rifle shooting at
range of 200 yards, and his feat stood as the high reeord
itil tied six months later by a Boston rifleman. This
cord of ten straight bull's eyes at 200 yards, 96 out of a
)ssible 100, still stands. Mr. Jaeger was formerly a mem-
t of the Wheeling Rifle Club, which was never beaten in a
atch with clubs from other eities. At times he has owned
number of thoroughbred horses, and has himself driven
em in races at fairs and other occasions in Ohio and won
number of purses and other honors.

Hugh Holmes Cars, M. D., is a skilled specialist in
e surgieal department of his profession and is engaged

active practice in his native City of Fairmont, Marion
ounty, where also he is chief of the staff of surgeons
! Cook Hospital. The doctor was born at Fairmont,
ecember 23, 1882, a son of Dr. Lloyd Logan Carr and
aria C. (McCoy) Carr. Dr. Lloyd L. Carr was born

Fairmont, April 26, 1854, and is a son of Hugh H.
id Lydia E. (Pitcher) Carr. He was graduated from
?fferson Medieal College, Philadelphia, in 1^76, and was
igaged in the active practice of his profession at Fair-
ont until IS91. Thereafter he was engaged in practice

New York City uutil 1909, when he retired from the
five work of the profession, which he had dignified and
mored by many years of effective aerviee, and he now
aintains his home in his native City of Fairmont, save
>r the intervals which he passes in California. As a
sung man he married Miss Maria McCoy, likewise a
ative of Fairmont, and she died in 1S84, Dt. Hugh H.,
f this review, being the only child. In IS97 Dr. Lloyd
. Carr wedded Linda Bergen. Hugh H. Carr, grand-
ither of the subject of this sketch, was born near Wood-
ock, Virginia, Mareh 29, 1817, a son of Richard and
higail (Longaere) Carr. He became a prominent drug
ad tobacco merchant in what is now West Virginia, where
c was associated in the ownership and conducting of
ores at Fairmont, Morgantown and Wheeling, under the
rm name of Logan, Carr & Company. He continued his
xtensive business activities until his death, September
5, 1854. His wife, who was bora June 25, 1S26, died
ebruary 28, 1906, she having been a daughter of Jona-
laa J. and Eliza Pitcher.

Dr. Hugh H. Carr was graduated from Greenwich
.cademy, Connecticut, in 1S97, and in 1900 was gradu-
ted from Pennington Seminary, in the State of New
ersey. In 1904 he was graduated from the medieal de-
artment of Cornell University, and in 1905-6 he served
s an interne in Bellevue Hospital, New York City, where
uring a part of the last year he held the position of
ouse surgeon. Thereafter he continued his technical
tudies in Vienna, Berlin and Berne, in whieh last men-
;oned city he studied under Professor Kocher, the dia-
inguiahed surgeon of Switzerland. After his return from
'urope Doctor Carr established himseli in practice at
'airmont in 1907, and since 1914 he has here confined hi3

practice to surgery, in whci he ha* gnined high rejutu
tioa. In July, 191S, he waa c< mimiMcncd a captain in
the Medical Corj s of the United StntoH Army and won
detailed for service at RockefiOtr Institute, New York
City. There he took Uio preserved course in ml' itary
surgery, after which he was dHnih-d to nemo- us • irgi u
operative at the hum hospital uf Cam]* 1> >*u», Ma.-*
chusetts. There he remained fur home t me after tin
sign'ng of the armistice brought the World wnr to a
close, and there he received ha honorable di lirg« in
May, 1919.

Doctor Carr is a member of the Marion County M. h il
Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society, tie
Southern Medical Association, the Aimriem Medical At
sociation, the Bellevuo Alumni Association, the Cornell
Medical Alumni Association, the Phi Alpha Sigma medical
college fraternity, and the American Legion. In 1921 he
was president of the Fairmont Rotary Club.

October 17, 1910, recorded the marriage of Doctor Carr
and Miss Helen Kirkland, who was born at Warren, l*rnn
sylvania, in ISsO, a daughter of J. L. and Cuthcrin<
(Alexander) Kirkland. Doctor and Mr.". «'nrr hav. om*
daughter, Katherine Bergen, who wns born in 191

John- Edward Mabschn er, M. D., is established in the
successful practice of his profession in his native < ity of
Wheeling, where he was b«>rn on the 9th of June, l^O. 11 is
father, August E. Marschncr, who i.i sHl n nsiduit of
Wheeling, was born in Brussels, Hclgium, in Dj61, and was
about ten years of age at the time of the family immigra-
tion to the United States, where the home was established
at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. From the old Bay State the
family eame to Wheeling. West Virginin, about ls77, and
here August E. eventually becamo identified with n glass
manufacturing enterprise.' In IS93 he engaged in the brew-
ing business, and he continued as president and general
manager of the Sehmuebach Brewing Company until 191.1.
Thereafter he gave much of his time and attention to the
affairs of the Wheeling Bank & Trust Company until he
retired from active business in 1919. He served several
terms as a member of the City Council of Wheeling, and is
one of the substantial and highly esteemed citizens of the
West Virginia metropolis. He is a republican, ami is affi i-
ated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent nnd Protective
Order of Elks.' In Wheeling was solemnized the marriage
of August E. Marschncr and Miss Sophia Roth, who was
born in this city in 1^5>, and of their children l>r. John E.,
of this sketch, i's the elder, the younger of the two, Louis E..
being engaged in the plumbing-supply business in Wheeling.

The publie schools of his native" city gave to Do<tor
Marschner his early educational advantages, and here also
he attended Linsly Institute. Thereafter he continued his
studies in a preparatory school at Lawrcnceville, New .kr^ey,
in which he was graduated as a member of the cla«s of 19 "j.
For one year thereafter he was a student in the Wor
eester Polyclinic Institute at Worcester, Massachusetts nnd
then, in consonance with his ambition and well formulated
plan^. he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons m
the City of Baltimore, Maryland. In this gTcat institution
he was graduated in 1911, with the degree of Doctor of
Medieine. The doctor is affilliated with the Phi Camnvi
Delta college fraternity and also with the Phi Beta Pi
fraternity of the medical school. He gained valuable cl n
ical experience through one year of senice as an interne
in Merev Hospital in the City of Baltimore, and an equa
period of similar service in the Maryland Lying-in Hospital
in that citv. Thereafter he held a position for one year in
the Montana State Hospital for the In-nne at Warm
Springs, Montana, and in 1914 he engaged in the active
general practice of his profession in his native City of
Wheeling, where the scope and character of his prft tice
attest alike his technical skill and his personal popularity
He held for four years the position of uty bactcn lari«t
of Wheeling and was eoroaer's physician three years ihe
doctor is an active member of the Ohio County MclicaJ
Soeiety, the West Virginia State Medical Society and the
American Medieal Association. He gave three years of perv-

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

ice as a member of the Ohio County Lunacy Commission,
and in July, 1919, he was appointed health commissioner of
Wheeling, in which position his loyal and effective service
led to his reappointment in July, 1921, for another term of
two years. Doctor Marschner is a stockholder in the bank-
ing institution known as the Community Savings & Loan
Company, and he owns his attractive residence property at
2311 Chapline Street, where he maintains his office also.
He and his wife are active members of the Second Presby-
terian Church, and his Masonic affiliations are here brieiiy
noted: Ohio Lodge No. 1, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons; Wheeling Chapter No. 1, Iioyal Arch Masons; West
Virginia Consistory No. 1, Scottish Rite, in which he has
leeeived the thirty-second degree; and Osiris Temple of the
Mystic Shrine, of which he has been medical director for the
past several years. He holds membership also in Wheeling
Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

In 1914, at Fayetteville, this state, was solemuized the
marriage of Doctor Marschner and Miss Grace V. Hamilton,
daughter of Alexander W. Hamilton, who is a member of the
representative firm of corporation lawyers, Payne & Hamil-
ton, in that city, and also president of the Fayette County
National Bank. His wife is deceased. Mrs. Marschner is a
talented pianist, a graduate of the celebrated Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music, and she is a popular figure in the
representative social life of Wheeling. Doctor and Mrs.
Marschner have two children: Margaret, born November
7, 1914, and Elizabeth, born in February, 191G.

Reverting to the family history of Doctor Marschner, it
is to be noted that his grandfather, Edward Marschner, a
native of Brussels, Belgium, there became a successful glass
manufacturer, and after establishing his residence in Wheel-
ing, West Virginia, in the 70s, he here became associated
with the old Hobbs Brockunier Class Works, the business of
which is now continued under the title of the H. Northwood
Company. In this city Edward Marschner passed the re-
mainder of his life, and here his veuerable widow still re-
sides. Of their children the eldest is August E., father of
Doctor Marschner; Jennie is the wife of Henry Rithner,
proprietor of a glass factory at Wellsburg, this state;
Frances is the wife of Nicholas Kopp, president and general
manager of the Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass & Glass Company at
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; and Ernest, a resident of Wheel-
ing, is retired from active business.

William A. Wilson. The name Wilson has been promi-
nently associated with the commercial life of Wheeling for
just a century. There have beeu three generations of the
name represented here, and for more than half a century of
this time the senior member of W. A. Wilsou & Sons proved
a conspicuous source of the energy and enterprise not only
affecting his particular line, but the general welfare and
progress of the community.

It was in 1822 that William Peun Wilsou came to Wheel-
ing. He was born in Delaware, January 1, 1800, of an
English Quaker family. In Wheeling he became a builder
and contractor, and in 1852 became associated with John
McLure and Anthony Domlevy in the firm of McLure, Dun-
levy & Company, steamboat builders and owners. The firm
subsequently was Wilson, Dunlevy & Wheeler, which built
three of the finest Ohio River steamboats, the Thomas Swan,
the Baltimore and the City of Wheeling. William P. Wilson
was also one of the pioneer manufacturers of nail kegs in
Wheeling at a time when one-third of all the cut nails manu-
factured in the United States was made here. William P.
Wilson for a number of years was a member of the Wheeling
City Council, also a member of the board of supervisors, was
a whig and later a democrat in polities, one of his sons was
killed while a Confederate soldier, and he and his wife were
among the faithful members of the Methodist Church.

William P. Wilson married Sarah Pannell, who was born
at Wheeling in 1803, daughter of George and Jane Pannell.
William P. Wilson and wife went through life together and
in death they were not divided, dying on successive days and
they were laid to rest in one grave July 26, 1873. They had
been married a little over forty years.

The last survivor of their children was William A. Wilson,
who was born at the family homestead on Fifth Street in

Wheeling, July 8, 1842, and who died at his home on M;i
Street, November 24, 1920, when past seventy -eight. .~ T< * vs
educated in the public schools, learned business undo. »
father, and in 1866 engaged in the lumber and planing n)
business in association with Clark Hanes, under the fii
name of Hanes & Wilson. He also succeeded to the busins
interests left by his father, including a manufacturing plj
formerly devoted to the manufacture of nail kegs and si
sequcntly utilized for the making of packing boxes. In eL
nection with his lumber yards and planing mills W. ,.
Wilson engaged in contracting, the firm handling ins?
extensive contracts involving large buildings. As a hran
of this business there was opened a retail paint and oil sta-
in 1875, and that was the nucleus of what is now the mi
interest of the firm of W. A. Wilson & Sons, a business til
is both wholesale and retail and with a trade extending or
five states. The headquarters of the firm for many yes
have beeu at 1409 1411 Main Street. Since 1894 William 1 .
Wilson has been a member of the firm and the younger si
Arch A. Wilson, entered the partnership in 1900.

The late William A. Wilson was for some years presid t
of the Commercial Bank, and later this bank was absorli
by the Wheeling Bank & Trust Company. He acted a
hearty accord with the public spirited citizens of Wheels
in advancing the commercial and general welfare of e
community. Mr. Wilson was one of the most popular f
Wheeling's business men. In his personal relations he \s
characterized by a fine sense of humor. He liked the ojn
air and almost to the close of his life he enjoyed his gae
of golf at the Wheeling Country Club. He was a stalwt
democrat in politics and a member of the North Str,t
Methodist Episcopal Church.

The late W. A. Wilson practiced and exemplified the hh
ideals of the Masonic Order and he was one of the mt
prominent Masons in the state, particularly in the Scottb
Rite. In February, 1866, he was raised in Ohio Lodge h.
1, F. and A. M., and subscqueutly became a charter mem r
of Nelson Lodge No. 30. He was affiliated with Wheel |
Union Chapter No. 1, R. A. M., Cyrene Conimandery No ',
K. T., Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine. In March, 18>,
he joined the Scottish Rite organization and becames
charter member of West Virginia Cousistory No. 1 upon 8
organization in 1894, and was elected the first treasurer f
the four bodies of the Scottish Rite at Wheeling, a posit n
he held until his death. At the meeting of the Supree
Council for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United Stas
held in October, 1919, he was elected to receive the thir-
third honorary degree, which was conferred upou him in e
Cathedral at Wheeling, April 12, 1920.

June 10, 1867, Mr. Wilson married Miss Texana Am,
daughter of a prominent Wheeling citizen, Jacob Am;.
Mrs. Wilsou survived her honored husband. Of her the
children the only daughter, Flora C, died January 20, 19),
as the wife of Charles Lamb. The two sons, who contiie
the business organization of W. A. Wilson & Sons, are "VI-
liam I'. and Arch A., both of whom are married and ty
and their families are socially prominent iu Wheeling.

This article may properly close by quoting an editonl
from the Wheeling Intelligencer: "The death of W.
Wilson has removed from the Wheeling community a no
of a type that any city can ill afford to lose. Virile £d
successful in his many business undertakings, he typifiedii
his life the spirit and the achievements of Wheeling. Bn
and reared here, there was ever a great mutual admiratn
between him and his native city, and he was always a staib
supporter of worthy civic movements. During his seveB'-
eight years here Mr. Wilson became intimately and proi*
nently connected with practically every phase of Wheelins
activities. As a manufacturer, merchant and banker e
helped to lay the solid foundations of the city's prospeiy
and to build the splendid superstructure. His lodge ii
church connections were admirable and consistent, and a
the midst of all his busy life he found time to be a lea r
in charitable work. His associates in all of these activils
will miss the unassuming support and keen judgment o
which they were accustomed to rely. Those most closp
associated with him will miss his unostentatious acts £
kindness."

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53

Lloyd M. Stemple is manager of the Service Storea Cor-
V rat ion at Bretz in Preston County, ia also postmaster of
/ at village, and is a business man whose responsibilities
•ive been steadily growing during the past fourteen years.

He was born near Aurora, Preston County, May II, 18S2.
I e is a direct descendant of Godfrey Stemple, who settled
>ar Aurora in the early years of the nineteenth century,
>ent bis remaining years as a farmer and is buried in that
eality, and a large number of his descendants are still
>und over Preston County. Lloyd M. Stemple grew up on
farm, attended the public schools, and cither through his
vn efforts or his earnings supplied himself with the equiv-
ent of a liberal education. At the age of twenty-two he
>gan teaching, a vocation be followed altogether for some

* ve or six years. In the meantime he took the course in the
repnratory school for teachers at Keyser, and in the sum-
mer of 1908 graduated from the Mountain State Business

ollege at Parkersburg. Following that he became stenog-
ipher and claim clerk in the coal billing office of the Balti-
ore & Ohio Railway Company at Fairmont, West Virginia.
Fourteen months later he resigned and returned to Austen in

* reston County, where he taught another term of school and
i « the spring of 1910 became a clerk in the Austen Coal &
T oke Company's general store. After about a year he wa3
| -ansfcrred to the office of chief clerk to the auditor of the

impany. With the collapse of the coal industry in 1913
? left the service of the Austen company and went soutli to
tapleton, Alabama, where be tried farming and mercbandis-
lg. The conditions of the climate were adverse to his
ealtb, and after about a year he returned to his home state
nd formed a connection with the "West Virginia Mercantile
'ompany at Kingwood. This company subsequently scut
im to Bretz, where he has been store manager ever since,
'he West Virginia Mercantile Company sold its interests to
he Bethlehem Steel Company, and the Service Stores Cor
oration is now a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Com-
■any. Mr. Stemple 's work as manager was unaffected by
he change in ownership. He was appointed postmaster of
tretz, August 18, 1916, succeeding Postmaster n. B. Jack-
oa.

Mr. Stemple has usually voted as a republican, though
•lost of the Stemples have been democrats. He and Mrs.
'temple are memhers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Vt Cumberland. Maryland, February 22, 1907, he married
diss Daisy A. Hovatter. a native of Preston County. Many
>f the Hovatter family lived around Fairmont, and her par-
nts, A. J. and Helen (Pell) Hovatter, now live near
tfanown. Mrs. Stemple completed her education in the sum-
aer normal at Terra AJta, and taught for several years
►efore her marriage, teaching in the towns of Austen and
'Cewhurg and in the villlage schools of Bretz. Mr. and Mrs.
Stemple have two children, Ethel Muriel and Max Lloyd.

_ John Thruston Thornton, M. D., one of *the represcnta
ire physicians and surgeons engaged in practice in the City
>f Wheeling, bears the full patronymic of his grandfather,
3ol. John Thruston Thornton, who was born in Prince Ed-
ward County, Virginia, who became colonel of a gallant Vir-
ginia regiment in the Confederate service in the Civil war
and who was killed while leading his command in the battle
Sf Antietam. Colonel Thornton had been a distinguished
memher of the Virginia bar and was engaged in the prac-
tice of bis profession at Farmvillc, Prince Edward County,
at the time when he went forth in defense of the Confederate
cause. His wife, whose maiden name was Eliza Carter
Baskerville, was a resident of Prince Edward County at the
time of her death, both the Thornton and Baskerville fam-
ilies having been founded in Virginia in the early colonial
era, and the lineage of both tracing to stanch English
origin.

Dr. John T. Thornton was born in the City of Richmond,
Virginia, October 21, 1S75, and is a son of Dt. William
Mynn Thornton and Eleanor Rosalie (Harrison) Thornton,
whose marriage was solemnized in New York City, December
22, 1874. Professor William M. Thornton was born in
Cumberland County, Virginia, October 28, 1851. In 1868 he
received from Hampden-Sidney College the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, and in 1870 be was graduated in the his-

toric old University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He re
ceived from Hampden-Sidney College the honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws. After his marriage he held the chair of
Greek in Davldaon College, North Carolina, until 1*75, tinee
which year he haa been professor of applied mathematics in
the University of Virginia, beside* which ha is now the dean
of the department of engineering in that institution, lie
was a United States commissioner to the International Kx
position beld in Paris, France, in 1900, and in 1904 wan a
member of the jury of awards in civil engineering nt the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. He is a xtnl-
wart democrat, and is a zealous member of the Pr**byt« rinn
Church. His wife, who was bom in Virginin, in hill, and
whose death occurred in 1920, waa a member of the Kpisco
pal Church. Of the children, Doctor Thornton of this review
is the eldest; Eliza Carter, who now resides Iu the City of
Boston, is the widow of Charles U. Thurman, who was an
electrical engineer and a fanner nnd who died at University,
Virginia; Eleanor Rosalie was graduated from the Peabody
Conservatory of Music in the City of Baltimnre, then after
continued her musical studies in Berlin, Germany, and an a
talented pianist she is engaged in teaching music in the tMv
of Boston, Massachusetts; Janet, the next younger daughter,
is engaged in social service work in New Ynrk City; Wi kiani
Mynn, Jr., now professor of chemistry in Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland, received from Hampden
Sidney College the degree of Bachelor of Art*, from the
University of Virginia the degree of Master of Arts, and
from Yale University the degree of Doctor of 1'hilosnphy;
lliarles Edward received from the University of Virginia
the degree of Civil Engineer, has been successful in the work
of his profession but has indulged the wanderlust without
moderation, be having been in Honduras at the time of bis
last communication with other members of the family.

Dr. John T. Thornton gained the major part of his earlier
education in private schools at Charlottesville, Virginia, nnd
thereafter was a student in the University of Virginia until
he had nearly completed the work of his senior year ia the
literary department. He taught one year in the public
schools of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and one year in the
Louisiana Industrial Institute at Ruston, and he next con-
tinued his studies two years in the medical department of
the University of Virginia. He then entered the Medical
College of Virginia in his native City of Richmond, and in
this institution he was graduated in 1902, with the degree
of Doctor of Medicine. Thereafter he gained valuable
clinical experience by serving as interne in the Old Dominion
Hospital in that city until February, 1903, and by similar
service in the Polyclinic Hospital of Philadelphia, IVriusyl
vania, where he remained two years. In the meanwhile, in
the summer of 1902, he was a student in Harvard University.
After leaving Philadelphia Doctor Thornton gave eighteen
months of effective servioe as superintendent of the Roanoke
Hospital, at Roanoke, Virginia, and since 1906 he hns been
established in the successful general practico of bis profes
aion in the City of Wheeling, where he is giving social
attention to pediatrics, his offices being at 409-10 in the
Wheeling Bank & Trust Company Building. Doctor Thorn-
ton served three years as president of the Board of Health
of Ohio County, "is an active member of the Ohio County
Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society,
and the American Medical Association, the while he is affili-
ated with Carroll Council No. 504, Knights of Olnmhus. the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon college fraternity, and the University
Club of Wheeling. The doctor is a democrat in political
allegiance, and be and bis wife are communicants of the
Catholic Church. In tho World war period he was a vigorous
supporter of patriotic sen-ice in his home city and county,
was a member of the Board of Medical Examiners for Ohio
County, and gave much of bis time to the work of this board
and to other war activities.

In 1905, in the City of New York, was solemnized the
marriage of Doctor Thornton and Miss Helea Agnes Thorn
son, daughter of the late George Thomson, of Trenton. Nct
Jersev. Doctor and Mrs. Thornton have three children:
Eleanor Rosalie, born September 4, 1909; John Thruston,
Jr., born in March, 1912; and Helen, born Oototxr 26, 1915.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

John Edward Offner, M. D., a successful physician
and surgeon engaged in practice at Fairmont, Marion
County, was horn at Piedmont, Mineral County, this state,
April 15, 1878, a son of Isaac Henry and Mary Jane
(Kalbaugh) Offuer. The father was born July 21, 1844,
at Romney, Randolph County, Virginia (now West Vir-
giuia), and is a son of Reuben and Matilda Jane (Cum-
mins) Offner. Reuben Offner was born at Woodstock,
Virginia, in 1*04, and died at Romney in 1889, he having
been a shoemaker by trade, a democrat in politics and
a member of the Methodist Church. Isaac H. Offner gave
many years of effective service as a school teacher, and
he was a valiant soldier in the Confederate service in
the Civil war as a member of the Thirty-third Virginia
Regiment, in the brigade of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson.
Mr. Offner is now one of the venerable and honored citi-
zens of Mineral County. His wife is a daughter of Alex-
ander Kalbaugh, who was of German ancestry and whose
wife was of Irish ancestry, he having been a Union soldier
in the Civil war.

Doctor Offner gained his early education in the schools
of his native county, and thereafter he followed various
vocations of mechanical order, he having been employed
on public works, on railroads, in machine shops and in a
paper pulp mill, besides which he was for a time a mem-
ber of a civil engineering corps with the Dry Fork Rail-
,road. In consonance with his ambition he finally entered
the Maryland Medical College in the City of Baltimore,
in which he was graduated in 1904, with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. He has since taken post-graduate
surgical work in the University of Pennsylvania and in
clinics in the City of Baltimore. At the time of the
Spanish-American war he served eighteen months in the
hospital corps of the United States Army. When the
nation became involved in the World war Doctor Offner
applied for and was recommended by the governor of
West Virginia for a commission in the Medical Corps
of the United States Army. He received a commission
as lieutenant, instead of major, for which latter he had
been recommended, and he refused to accept the minor
commission. He then tendered his services to the navy,
in which he was commissioned a first lieutenant of the
Medical Corps, but he was not called into active service
until after the signing of the historic armistice, when he
declined to enter such service. The doctor now holds the
rank of assistant surgeon general on the staff of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans. He is a member of the
Marion County and West Virginia State Medical societies,
the Southern Medical Association, the American Medical
Association and the Baltimore Sc Ohio Railway Surgeons
Association. Doctor Offner is a staunch democrat, and
he was the first member of his party elected to represent
the strong republican First Ward of Fairmont as a mem-
ber of the City Council, of which he continued a member
four years.

His initial Masonic affiliation was with Fairfax Lodge
No. 96, at Davis, this state, and from the same he was
demitted to become a charter member of Pythagoras Lodge
No. 128 at Parsons, West Virginia. From the latter he
was demitted to assist in instituting Acacia Lodge No.
157 at Fairmont, of which he continues a member. He
is also affiliated with the R. A. M. at Keyser, West Vir-
ginia, with the Commandcry of Knights Templar at
Grafton, and with Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine
at Wheeling. He is a member of Fairmont Lodge No.
294 B. P. 0. E., and of the Knights of Pythias. The
doctor is an active member of the Fairmont Chamber
of Commerce, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.

At Okland, Maryland, July 8, 1901, Doctor Offner
wedded Effie Blanche Taylor, who was born at Kerns,
Randolph County, West Virginia, July 1, 1880, a daughter
of Hayes H. Taylor, who was a soldier of the Confederacy
in the Civil war. Doctor and Mrs. Offner have two chil-
dren: Mildred Ruth, born March 23, 1902, and Edward
Taylor, born May 18, 1903.

John Thomas Simms, counsel and executive assistant to
the state tax commissioner of West Virginia, is the legal

representative of the state in practically all matters v
volving the Tax Department. It is a large responsibili
capably performed, and the duties have occupied the th
and abilities of Judge Simms for over six years. He is
former judge of the Criminal Court of Fayette County a.
has been a West Virginia lawyer nearly twenty years.

Judge Simms was born at Ansted, Fayette County, W<
Virginia, May 10, 1875, son of Robert Clark -and Sar
Catharine (Jones) Simms. His paternal ancestors we
Scotch and settled in old Virginia prior to the Revolutic
ary war. One ancestor, Edward Simms, was a soldier
the Revolution. The mother of Sarah Catharine Jones w
a Miss Daniel, a cousin of the late John W. Daniel of V
ginia.

John Thomas Simms grew up on a farm, attended t
local public schools, and through and in the intervals
his vocation as a teacher acquired his higher educatic
involving association as a student with the Summersvr
Normal School, the Fayetteville Academy and the Ui
versity of West Virginia. He was connected with t
Fayetteville Academy both as teacher and pupil. Jud
Simms graduated in law from the State University in Jui
1903, and at once began practice at Fayetteville. His i
quiring mind, his great energy and the integrity whi
he put at the disposal of his clients won quickly for him
high reputation as a lawyer.

In the fall of 1910 he was elected judge of the Crimin
Court of Fayette County, and served on the bench fo
years. It should be a matter of justifiable pride to Jud
Simms as a lawyer that throughout the period of his i
cumbency as judge of the Criminal Court he was never i
versed by the Supreme Court. There is no chronicle ,
West Virginia of any other judge having such a reco
who sat for a full term.

At the close of his term on the bench in January, 191
Judge Simms came to Charleston as special counsel for t'
State Tax Commission, the full title of his office ben
counsel and executive assistant to the state tax commissiont
In this capacity he has rendered legal services of an b
portance that only those in close touch with the Tax D
partment appreciate. Representing the Tax Departmei
he has practiced in all the courts of the state and in tl
Supreme Court of the United States. The problems he h
to meet and solve are frequently exacting and require
high degree of sagacity and legal acumen and in mai
cases he presents the cause of the state against some •
the ablest and keenest corporation lawyers. In general, ]
looks after the interpretation of the tax statutes of tl
state, also the appeals of public works on matters <
taxation , and many of these problems involve the gre.
industrial corporations and highly capitalized public utili
concerns. Until the national prohibition law went in
effect, and during the state prohibition law of West Vi
ginia, Judge Simms had as part of his duties the vigorc
prosecution of violations of that law. In the course »
these duties he formulated and brought into practice tl
first legal or statutory definition of the moonshine sti
a definition that became a part of the state's prohibits
statutes.

Judge Simms is a member of the State and Americs
Bar Associations, is a republican, and is a thirty-seeor
degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, and a member <
the Knights of Pythias. He and his family are Presb;
terians.

December 28, 1903, he married Miss Eugenia A. Alderso
daughter of Hon. John D. Alderson, of Nicholas Count
who at one time represented his district in Congress. Tl
family of Judge Simms comprises four sons, John Alderso
Philip, Frederick Eugene and Edward Broadus. The oldes
John Alderson Simms, has the record of being the younge:
graduate in the history of the Charleston High School. B
finished his eighth grade work at the age of ten and a ha
years and graduated from high school just four years late
He is now a student in the Virginia Military Institute £
Lexington, Virginia.

A. Bliss McCrum. Though just entering his forties, I
Bliss McCrum has earned and for a number of years hs

HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

55

?ajoyed a place of conspicuous honor among the attorneys
jf West Virginia, and baa alao a record of usefulness in
Public affairs. He earned bis early reputation as a lawyer
it Kingwood, but for several years has been a resident" of
Charleston, and among other duties ia executive secretary
)f the Public Utilities Association of West Virginia.

Mr. MeCrum was born at Aurora in Preston County,
February 17, 1SS0, son of Lloyd L. and Emma (Shaffer)
MeCrum, now deceased. His father wag of Scotch-Irish
incestry and a native of Preston County. He died in Grant
'ounty in 1895, while the mother passed away in 1SS2.
loth the Shaffer and MeCrum families were pioneer settlers
>n the old Northwestern Turnpike.

A. Bliss MeCnim received a common school education in
Weston and Grant eounties, and was also a student in the
grammar schools and the Central High School of Washing-
on, D. C, where his father resided for a time. He took
^oth tho academic and law courses in "West Virginia Uni-
ersity, and by hard, concentrated effort was able to gradu-
ite with degrees from both departments in 1901.

He had only reeently turned bis majority, and with hi>
iw diploma he located at Kingwood, where he became a«*so-
iated with the veteran and distinguished attorney P. .1.
*rogan in the firm of Crogan & MeCrum. While establish-
og himself in the law he was also induced to enter polities,
nd in 1906 was elected to represeut Preston County in the
louse of Delegates, and re elected in 1908, aerving four
ears. During tbe second session he was chairman of the
.nance committee. In 1912 Mr. MeCrum was eleeted state
enator from the Fourteenth Senatorial District, comprising
he counties of Preston, Grant, Hardy, Mineral and Tucker.
Juring his seeond session in the Senate he resigned to ae-
ept appointment as member of the State Board of Control,
eginning bis duties in June, 1915, at which time he removed
rom Kingwood to Charleston. He was on the State Board
f Control two years, filling the unexpired term of Governor
,)awson, one of bis closest friends.

Mr. McCmm in 191 S volunteered bis services during the
ar with Germany. He was made a second lieutenant at
^amp Joeeph E. Johnston, afterward promoted to first
entenant, and was put in eommand of Company B, Tbree
fundred and Fifty-third Labor Battalion, in service at
amp Greene, Charlotte, North Carolina. He received his
onorable discharge December 26, 1918.

Soon after leaving tbe army Mr. MeCrum resumed private
iw practice at Charleston, specializing in corporation law
ad utility rate cases. He is counsel for a number of well
nown public service and industrial corporations, including
le Western Maryland Railway Company.

His position as executive secretary of the Public Utilities
ssociation of West Virginia is one of broad and interest-
tg responsibilities. This organization embraces tbe electric
lilway, electric light, beat and power companies, water
impanies and independent telephone companies of the
ate, corporations representing investments running into
illiocs of dollars and providing many of the essential
ablie utilities. The ehief object of this organization, and
ae in which his qualifications as a lawyer enables Mr.
[eCrum to further, is to bring about better understanding
I the serious problems involved in the management, opera-
on and financing of public utility corporations and also
roviding that mutual relationship of understanding and
:>od will that involves better service to tbe public and a
jnefit to all concerned. Outside of bis professional work be
ia been largely interested in Charleston real estate, having
?veloped and built up aeveral well known additions to the
ty. In 1920 Senator MeCrum was eleeted secretary of the
epublican State Committee, and along with Chairman
Trite shared the honors of conducting the successful eara-
lign of 1920.

Mr. MeCrum, whose offices are in the Charleston National
ank Building, is affiliated with the Masonic Order, the
Iks, the Phi Kappa Sigma college fraternity, and is a
otari&n.-

William O. Abney. Men who have attained to real
iccess in the business world do not admit of the existence
the quality known as luck. Long years of experience
vol. n— 7

havo convinced them that prosperity and position come only
through the medium of persistent application of intelligent
methods that require time for their development. To th«
highest order of organizing sense and ewoutive attainments
must be added the confidence of the public and a concise
and intimate knowledge of the field to bo occupied, the
latter only to be attained by gradual and well timed ap-
proaches. Sudden and phenomenal rise to afllueneo and
independence is most uncommon and frequently is followed
by failure. Certain it is that none would intimate, that
William O. Abney, president of the Abney Barnes Company
and of the Union Trust Company of Charleston, owes his
success to any lucky chance or circumstance. His career
has been one of slow and steady advancement. For many
years he has occupied a recognized position in business and
financial life, and continues to maintain a high standard of
principles, which, perhaps, is one of the ehief reasons for his
success.

Mr. Abney was born at Richmond, Virginia, and his boy-
hood days were spent upon a farm in Augusta County.
After spending a few years in the coal fields of West Vir-
ginia he came to Charleston, when a young man of twenty-
two years of age, and there he accepted a position a* a
traveling salesman with the firm of Arnold, Abney k Com-
pany, the Abney of this firm being his cousin, Mr. F. W.
Abney.

This was one of the old established mercantile houses
of Charleston. The business had been founded, shortly
after the elose of the Civil war, by Mr. E. S. Arnold as o
modest retail establishment. With the admission of Mr.
F. W. Abney into the partnership the firm name was
changed to Arnold & Abney. Still later Mr. E. A. Barnes
became a partner, and the firm name of Arnold, Abney k
Company was adopted and tho business placed upon a
wholesale basis exclusively. Some years later, Mr. Arnold
having retired from the business, the name was again
changed, becoming then, Abney, Barnes & Company. This
partnership was subsequently incorporated as Abney Barnes
Company, with Mr. F. W.' Abney. president, Mr. W. O.
Abney. "vice president, and Mr. E. A. Barnes, treasurer.
Mr. F. W. Abnev retired from the business in January,
1906, at which time Mr. W. O. Ahney was elected president,
which office he has since continuously held.

The Abney-Barnes Company now enjoys the distinction
of being the' largest wholesale dry goods house in the Kan-
awha Valley. For several years past Mr. Abney has not
been actively identified with the management of the busi-
ness, he still retains the p residency, and in matters of im-
portance pertaining thereto his counsel and advice are
alwavs sought.

When the Union Trust Company of Charleston was organ-
ized, in 1913, Mr. Abney was chosen as its president, and
he has since been actively identified with the growth and
development of this institution into one of the strong
banking establishments of the state. The Union Trust
Companv opened its doors for business. May 5, 1913, with
a capital of $500,000. and a surplus of $100,000. The ninth
annual statement, issued May 5, 1922 showed combined
resources in excess of $4,964,000. It is extremely doubtful
if any other bank in West Virginia can show snch a sub-
stantial growth in so short a period of time. The \ nmn
Trust Companv owns and occupies one of the finest bank
and office buildings in the state, a thoroughly modern and
imposing structure of thirteen stories, at the junction of
Kanawha and Capitol streets, in Charleston.

In addition to the interests already mentioned Mr. Abney
is president of the Charleston Manufacturing Company, is
a director in the Charleston Industrial Corporation at Nitro,
and haa oil and coal holdings.

In political matters Mr. Abney is a stanch adherent to the
principles of Jeffersonian democracy, and at the national
convention of his party at Baltimore in 1912. which noml-
nated Woodrow Wilson for the presidency, he served as a
delegate. , , _. A

Mr. Abney is a thirtv-eeeond degree Scottish Rite Ma-on,
a Knight Templar and'a Shriner. He Is also a life member
of Charleston Lodge of Elka. Having for fi f teen c°ns£u-
tive yeara represented aa a traveling salesman the firm

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

of which he is now president, he still retains his member-
ship in the United Commercial Travelers Association, and
recalls many pleasant incidents of his long service as a
''Knight of the Grip." The record of his success is but
another confirmation of the fact that opportunity is open
to all who are willing to grasp it, and honorably and per-
sistently bend their efforts towards the attainment of an
ideal.

Roy H. Cunningham is a graduate mechanical engineer,
and his active services have been given principally to mining
corporations, chiefly in connection with the great coal re-
sources of West Virginia. Mr. Cunningham is a resident of
Huntington, where he is secretary and sales manager of the
Twin States Fuel Company.

His father, the late James Stuart Cunningham, of Charles-
ton, West Virginia, one of the state's most widely known
business men ami industrial leaders, was born at Eckley,
Pennsylvania, September 7, 1856. He was the son of Peter
Blair Cunningham, who was born in County Derry, Ireland,
1S29. Peter Blair Cunningham, in 1850, married Mary
Ann Crawford, who was bom in County Derry in 1833. As
their wedding journey they came to the United States, set-
ting at Eckley, Pennsylvania. Peter B. Cunningham was a
skilled inventor and also a manufacturer. Ahout 1S67 he
removed to Allentown, Pennsylvania, and lived in that city
until his death in 1905, his widow passing away there in
1910.

James S. Cunningham spent his early life at Allentown
and graduated with the degree Mechanical Engineer from
Lehigh University in 1S79. For two years he was a me-
chanieal engineer for the Lehigh & Susquehanna Coal Com-
pany, for three years was general manager for the Midvale
Ore Company, with headquarters at Everett, Pennsylvania,
after which he entered the service of the Berwind-White
Coal Company, a corporation with which he was identified
the rest of his life. As consulting engineer he had a varied
routine of duties for this corporation on its properties in
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and other states. In 1900 he
removed to Charleston, West Virginia, and remained in that
city until his death, December 12, 1921. He was regarded
as a leading authority on the value of coal lands in the
United States, and his business and professional duties
frequently required his presence in many parts of the
United States and foreign fields. In behalf of the Berwind-
White Coal Company he purchased over 300,000 acres of
coal lands. He was president of the Bengal Coal Company
and personally interested in a number of other coal com-
panies in Western Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. James
S. Cunningham was a republican, and an active member
and trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Charleston. He
was a Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason, also a thirty-
second degree Mason and a Shriner, was a life member of
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, a member of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers, the Charleston
Rotary Club and a member of social and technical clubs in
Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania towns, including the
University Club. He served with the rank of colonel on the
staff of Governor Glasscock of West Virginia. James S.
Cunningham was a director of the Union Trust Company of
Charleston, a director of the Provident Life & Casualty
Company of Charleston.

His wife was Mary Hammer, who was born at Newville,
Pennsylvania, in 1860, and is living at Charleston. Her
father, George Hammer, was born at Hagerstown, Mary-
land, in 1811, and as a Presbyterian minister held classes
at Newville, Titusville and Upper Lehigh, Pennsylvania.
During the Civil war he served two years as chaplain, and
was then commissioned a captain in the One Hundred and
Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry and served with that rank
until the close of the war. He was captured during 1863,
and spent several months in Libby Prison, until exchanged.
Captain George Hammer, who died at Colfax Springs, Iowa,
in 1870, married Catherine Ulmer, who was born in Phila-
delphia in 1823 and died in that city in 1904. The chil-
dren of James S. Cunningham and wife were: Walter H.,
a business man of Huntington, is secretary of the West Vir-
ginia Coal Operators' Association, secretary of the Ken-

tucky Mine Owners' Association, a director in several
Huntington banks, member of the firm Cunningham, Mil-
ler & Enslow, coal lands and real estate, and is vice presi-
dent of the Gano-Moore Coal Mining Company, Ine. The
second child, Florence, is the wife of Dr. Worth Clark, a
physician and surgeon at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Roy
H. is the third. J. Earl, a geologist by profession, died at
Charleston in 1919 at the age of thirty.

Roy H. Cunningham was horn at Everett, Pennsylvania,
August 2, 1886, and acquired his early education in public
schools in different towns in Pennsylvania. In 1905 he
graduated from the Mercersburg Academy of Pennsylvania,
and gained his technical education in Cornell University at
Ithaca, New York, where he was graduated with degree of
Meehanical Engineer in 1909. He is a member of the Zeta
Psi College Fraternity. Mr. Cunningham in 1908 became a
resident of Charleston, and during 1909 he was employed
in making reports on coal properties in Eastern and West- 1
cm Kentucky, and in 1910 was employed as a construction'
engineer with several mining companies in Arizona and ola
Mexico. During 1911 for six months he was a special mine
inspector in the Department of Mines of West Virginia,
with headquarters at Charleston. Following that he did
work in the land and operating departments of different
coal mining corporations of West Virginia and Kentucky
In 1915 Mr. Cunningham joined the Foreign Department
of the Berwind-White Coal Company, with residence al
San Juan, Porto Rico. He remained there until November
1917, when he entered the United States Naval Academy al
Annapolis for a special engineering course. Early in 191£
he was commissioned naval ensign and was assigned tc
duty as an assistant engineer officer on the U. S. S. Hunt
ington in cruiser and transport service. While in the navy
he made several trips to France, and was on duty uuti
honorably discharged in June, 1919. Mr. Cunningham oi
leaving the navy became field agent for the Kentland Coa '
& Coke Company, owners of extensive coal properties h
Kentucky and Virginia. He remained with those dutiei,
until the winter of 1919-20, following which he served a;
legislative representative for the Kentucky Mine Owners
Association, and in April, 1920, was appointed secretary
and saleB manager of the Twin States Fuel Company. Thi
is the sales organization of the Cunningham, Miller & Ens
low firm, with offices in the First National Bank Building
of Huntington. Mr. Cunningham is a stockholder in j
number of other mining enterprises.

He is a member of the American Institute of Mining En
gineers, a member of the Cornell Club of New York City
the War Society of the Cruiser & Transport Forces, is a re
publican and Presbyterian, and belongs to the Guyandott
Club of Huntington and Guyan Country Club.

On June 18, 1916, at San Juan, Porto Rico, he marrie<
Miss Iraida Rauschemplat, daughter of Adolf and Senor.
Antonio Gueteriz del Arroyo y Rauschemplat. Her parent
reside at San Juan, where her father is manager of th
Porto Rico Mercantile Company and owner of extensiv
sugar interests. Mrs. Cunningham was educated in th
United States, in the public schools of Boston and in
private sehool at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Mr. and Mr*
Cunningham have two children: Florence Gloria, born 0(
tober 1, 1917, and Roy H., Jr., born February 13, 1919.

Charles Perry Thorn. In recognizing his natun
inclinations and having the courage to mold circumstanct
to enable him to follow them, has, perhaps, brought bus
ness success and contentment to many young men, but i
scarcely larger degree than to Charles Perry Thorn, or
of the leading business men of Morgantown, general mai
ager of the General Woodworking Company, of which I
was one of the organizers. Mr. Thorn was born on
farm and came from a long line of farmer ancestors, bi
this did not make him a farmer. The call of the so
was not insistent in him in youth, and wisely he turne
to mechanics, kept steadfast in determination to gain pe
fection in that line, and today he is at the head of oi
of the largest manufacturing concerns of its kind in Wei
Virginia.

Charles Perry Thorn was born on his father's estat

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

u Grant District, Monongalia County, "Weat Virginia, No
.-ember 2, 1SS0, and is a son of David and Harriet A.
' Potter) Thorn. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Thorn,
van born in old Virginia and at an early date Bettled
id the farm in Grant District, Monongalia County, on
rhich his son, David Perry Thorn was born in 1S43 and
lied in 1903. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Thorn
ras Henry Potter, who eame to West Virginia from Frost-
mrg, Maryland, and settled on the farm in Grant District,
vlonongalia County, on which Mrs. Thorn was born.

Charles P. Thorn attended the public schools at Laurel
">omt, near his country home, and assisted hia father on
ho farm until his nineteenth year, when he eame to Mor
rantown, learned carpentering and worked at the trade
Is a journeyman until 1903, when he entered a planing
iiill and remained until he had learned the business. As
oon as circumstances permitted, in 1910, he embarked in
lusiness for himself, being one of the organizers of the
leueral Woodworking Company, of which he became gen-
ral manager and has so continued, and largely because
f his able management this enterprise has expanded ten-
old and is still growing. Mr. Thorn takes enthusiastic
uterest in his busiuess, devotes himself closely to it and
s very adequately rewarded.

In 1906 Mr. Thorn married Miss Olive M. Jacobs, a
laughter of Benson and Ellen Jacobs, of Little Falls,
Vest Virginia and they have two sons: Ralph Benson,
>orn in 1909; and Fred David, born in 1912. Mr. Thorn
nd his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
.nurch. He is an active member of the Morgautown
Tiamher of Commerce, and belongs to the Rotary Club,
he Elks and the Knights of Pythias. While never unduly
ctive in politics, Mr. Thorn as a reliable citizen and
ependable business man, has always kept an open mind
nd a listening ear iu regard to public affairs, and when
ie casts his vote it is in support of a candidate who by
rord and act has shown devotion to American principles.

. John* Melvin Rigg is a substantial and honorable prae-
itioncr at the Huntington bar, and for some years has been
prominent figure in public life. In the field of his pro-

• ession he has established a wide reputatioa for unflagging

• arnestness and effective work, and his official record has
.lways been one absolutely beyond reproach. Mr. Rigg is

native of Wayne County, West Virginia, and was born
November 8 1^81, his parents being James 11. and Phoebe
Ballengee) Rigg.

The Rigg family is of Scotch-Irish origin and was
ounded in the United States by an immigrant from Ire-
and, who located in the colony of Virginia prior to the
far of the Revolution. Zacharias Rigg, the grandfather of
'ohn M. Rigg-, was born in 1S21, in Kentucky, and was a
•ionecr into Wayne County, Virginia, whither he went as a
ouag^man. While agriculture was his regular vocation, he
ras known throughout his neighborhood as a noted hunter
nd a man educated in all the lure of forest, mountain and
•lain. He died in Wayne County in 1S99, aged aeventy-
ight years. Mr. Rigg married Elizabeth Christian, who
r&s bo'rn in Wayne (then Cabell) County, in 1S21, and died
a the same county in 1901.

James H, Rigg was born April 19, 1S44, in Wayne
bounty, Virginia (now West Virginia), and has resided in
he same community all of his life. Reared to agricultural
•ursuits, he has applied himself to farming and stock-
aising, and has been successful in both departments of
is work, being at present the owner of a valuable modern
•roperty. During a long and busy career he has found the
ime and inclination to serve in a number of public offices,
n which he has comported himself with becoming conseien-
iousness and efficiency, having been constable for seven
ears and justice of the peace for seven years. Politically
>e supports the democratic party, and as a fraternalist he
olds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
nd the Knights of the Golden Eagle. With his family he
>elongs to the Baptist Church, the movements of which al-
ways have his co-operation and material assistance. Mr.
Ugg married Miss Phoebe Ballengee, who wa9 born in
843, in Wayne County, Virginia (now West Virginia), and

dud in Way m- County in lylti. i- this union there w.n
born children as follow h: California, who mnrncd I'hilp
S. Hughes anil resides nt Cvttdo, Waym County, wture Mr.
Hughes is a painter and paperhnnger ; William S., who i*
engaged in agricultural pursuits in Wayne Countv; Ccorg.-
W., a commission and feed merchant of Huntington; Mln
nie, who married first James 11. Odell n farmer of Wayne
County, and after his death married Mr. Itlo *, a farmer of
the same county, where they now reside; Leu J., a farm* r
and merchant of Wayne County; Wellington It., nlso n
farmer of this county; Albert, a rnilron<l employe of K< n
ova, Wayne County; Viola, who mnrried La ban Workman,
a farmer and dairyman of Cabell County; Charles, who i*
engaged in agricultural operations in Wayne County; John
Melvin, of this notice; and James, a traveling salesman,
with headquarters at Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Reared in the atmosphere of the home farm, the early
education of John M. Rigg was obtained through attend-
ance at the rural schools of Wayne County, this Iw-ing nul>-
sequently supplemented by a course at Oak View Academy
at Wayue. Leaving this institution in 1*1**, lie taught
school in Wayne County for seven years thereafter, and
was theu made deputy clerk of the Circuit Court of Wayne
County, acting in that capacity for four years. During
this time, having decided upon a professional career, he np
plied himself to the study of law, and eventually entered
the West Virginia State University at Morgautown, wliw
he spent one year in the law department. He was u<lm t
ted to the bar in August, 1913. and immediately began the
practice of his ealliug at Wayne, where he remained until
Januarv. 1920, since when he has carried on a general civil
and criminal practice at Huntington. His offices are located
at Xos. 401-402 Holswade Building, and on his books are
found the names of some of the leading concerns of this
section of the state.

Mr. Rigg is a democrat in his political affixation and is
accounted one of the influential men of his party. He
served two terma as mayor of Wayne while living at that
place, was one year assistant prosecuting attorney of Wayne
Countv, and at the present time is acting as city attorney
of Kenova, Wayne County. Mr. Rigg belong" to the Bap-
tist Church. He has shown an interest in fraternal work
and is a past grand of Fairmont Lodge No. llo,
I. O. O. F., of Wayue, and a member of the Encampment of
that order. He also has several important civic connection-*,
and his business interests include the secretaryship of the
East Lvnn Oil and Gas Company, of East Lynn, Waym-
County.* His pleasant home is situated at Kenova. During
the World war he took an active part in nil local war nc
tivities. being fuel administrator for Wayne County and a
member of the Legal Advisory Board. He devoted much
time to the cause and was a liberal contributor to the van
ous movements.

In December, 1902, Mr. Rigg was united in marriage
with Miss Bertie Frazier, of Wayne County, daughter of
George W. and Sarah (Enochs) Frazier, the latter of whom
resides at Kenova. Mr. Frazier, who is now deceased, wn«
an agriculturalist aud schoedtcnch.r of Wayne County, and
served as superintendent of the county schools nnd as clerk
of the Circuit Court of Wayne County. To Mr. and Mrs.
Rigg there have eome three children: Sarah, born Mny 2!>,
1904 a senior in the Ceredo High School; Homer born
October S, 1913, who is attending the graded school; and
Mamie, born June 29, 1916.

F. Witchee McCULLOUGH. one of the representative
members of the bar of the City of Huntington, distinctly
advanced his professional prestige by his long and at.lp
service as assistant United States district nttorney for the
Southern District of West Virginia, an office of which he
was the incumbent from November, 1913, until Decern' er
31 1921, when he resigned, owing to the exigent deman 1-
placed upon him in connection with the large aw busing
controlled by the firm of which he is a member, that of
Warth, MeCullough & Peyton.

The MeCullough family, as the name clearly indicate,
is one whose lineage traces back to staunch Scotch origin,
and the original representatives of the family in America

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settled in Pennsylvania many generations ago. In that
state, in Washington County, was born Dr. Patrick Henry
McCullough on July 12, 1816, and he received excellent edu
cational advantages, hoth academic and professional. As a
young man he became a pioneer physician and surgeon iu
( 'abell County, West Virginia, as now constituted, and he
was long numbered among the leading medical practitioners
in the City of Huntington, where his death occurred May
30, 1892. His character and service marked him as one
of tie honored and influential citizens of the county in
which he long maintained his home and to the civic and ma-
terial advancement of which he contributed his quota.

Frank Witcher McCullough was born at Huntington, West
Virginia, May 3, 1889, and is a sou of Frank F. and Alice
V. (Witcher) McCullough, the former of whom was born
in Cabell County, this state (at that time still a part of
Virginia), iu the year 1857, and the latter of whom was
born iu Cabell County in 1861. Frank F. McCullough has
been a resident of Huntington from virtually the time of
its founding, and has witnessed and aided in the develop-
ment of this now important industrial and commercial city
of his native county and state, lie was for twenty-four
years clerk of the Cabell County Court, has long been one
of the leading members of the bar of his native county,
and is still an active member of the representative Hunting-
ton law firm of Warth, McCullough & Peyton. His politi-
cal allegiance is given to the democratic party, and he and
his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. Of their children the firstborn was Flora Witcher,
who was eighteen years of age at the time of her death,
on July 18, 1906, her birthday; and the one surviving
child is he whose name initiates this review.

The public schools of Huntington afforded F. Witcher
McCullough his preliminary education, which was supple-
mented by his attending the Bingham Military Academy,
Asheville, North Carolina, for three years. In the autumn
of 1908 he entered the law department of the University of
West Virginia, in which he was graduated in the spring
of 1910, his reception of the degree of Bachelor of Laws
having been virtually coincident with his admission to the
bar of his native state. In the law school he was president
of his class in his freshman year, and at the university also
he became affiliated with the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He
was twenty-one years of age at the time of his admission to
the bar, and in the general practice of his profession at
Huntington he has been identified with important cases in
the various courts of this section of the state and has
clearly demonstrated his powers as a resourceful lawyer in
both the civil and criminal departments of practice. The
representative law firm of which he is a member maintains
offices in both the Ohio Valley Bank Building and the First
National Bank Building at Huntington, he being a director
of the former institution and also its official attorney. He
is vice president and attorney of the Buffalo Thacker Coal
Company.

In November, 1913, Mr. McCullough was appointed first
assistant United States attorney for the Southern District
of West Virginia, under the administration of William G.
Barnhart. Upon the resignation of Mr. Barnhart from the
office of district attorney, in June, 1917, Mr. McCullough
was appointed acting district attorney, in which capacity
he served until the following October, when Lon H. Kelly,
the present United States attorney, was appointed. There-
after he continued his service as chief assistant to the dis-
trict attorney until December 31, 1921, when he resigned,
as noted in the opening paragraph of this sketch.

Mr. McCullough has been an active worker in the ranks
of the democratic party in this section of the state, has
been a delegate to its state, district and county conventions
and has otherwise been influential in its councils. He and
his wife are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, he holds membership in the Huntington Chamber
of Commerce and the Guyan Country Club, and is affiliated
with Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M., and Hunt-
ington Lodge No. 313, B. P. O. E. He owns and occupies an
attractive modern residence at 1500 South Twentieth Street.

On the 30th of January, 1912, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Mr. McCullough and Miss Kathleen Guthrie, daugh-

ter of Dr. L. V. and Margaret (Lynn) Guthrie, Dr. Guthj
being superintendent of the West Virginia State Hospil
at Huntington. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough have two ch
dren: Witcher Guthrie, horn July 8, 1915, and Fra
Witcher, Jr., born December 4, 1920.

Robert J. Wilkinson, M. D. The professional career
Doctor Wilkinson since he gradnated from medical colle.
has been almost entirely in some branch of public and ins.
tutional service. For the past several years he has had t (
responsible duties of surgeon-in-charge of the Chesapea»
& Ohio Railroad Hospital at Huntington.

Doctor Wilkinson was born in Campbell County, Virgin,
July 12, 1888. His grandfather, Thomas Jasper Wilk .
son, was a native of Chesterfield County, Virginia, but wh;
a young man removed to Lebanon, Tennessee. There s
married Miss Lucy Wade, and not only led an active hu-
ness life, but was a prominent whig in early day polities-

Beverly J. Wilkinson, father of Doctor Wilkinson,
born at Lebanon in April, 1844, and was reared in that ci 4
When the war between the states broke out, though buti
hoy, he enlisted and served under General Jackson in 1>
Valley Campaign, but was seriously wounded and d-
eharged. He then re-enlisted and served under Gene I
Morgan for three years. He was a graduate of Cumberlal
University with an LL. B. degree, and after his universe
career removed to Campbell County, Virginia, where 5
made a distinguished name and reputation as a lawy,
being a leader in the affairs of the democratic party of ti
county. He was twice married, first to Mollie Turner, f
Bedford County, Virginia, and later to Jennie Traylor, f
Brunswick County, Virginia, who is the mother of Docc
Wilkinson. After retiring from practice he lived with a
son, Doctor Wilkinson, in Huntington, where he died l
August, 1920.

The early education of Doctor Wilkinson was receM
from the public schools of Campbell County, supplement
by private tutors. At the age of fifteen he qualified i
work as a telegraph operator with the Southern Rail??
Company. This occupation he followed three years, and Vs
then in the mercantile business until 1908. Abandoning
business career, he entered the Medical College of Virgia,
at Richmond, and remained there until graduating in 19!.
While there he had the honor of being a member of e
Omega Upsilon Phi Medical Fraternity, and in his senr
year was elected president of the Student Body. After a
graduation he served one year as an interne in thr McmoiJ
Hospital of Richmond, then for two y^ard was associad
with Dr. C. C. Coleman, of that city, specializing in geneil
surgery.

In October, 1915, Doctor Wilkinson was appointed s*-
geon-in -charge of the Chesapeake & Ohio Hospital at Hufc-
ington. He is a member of the Cabell County, West V-
ginia State, American Medical Association, Virginia Mediil
Society, Richmond Academy of Medicine, Southern Med : d
Association, and through a special attainment as a surgn
is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons.

He was among the first to volunteer for service in .c
great World war, and after receiving his commission ns
assigned to the Base Hospital at Camp Lee, where he 3-
marned until after the armistice.

In April of 1916 he married Miss Elizabeth Richmol,
a native of Milton, North Carolina, and with their th*
children, Robert, Elizabeth and Walter, they now resideit
their home on Sixth Avenue.

Doctor Wilkinson votes as a democrat, and is a memir
of Johnson Memorial Methodist Church, South, of Huntij-
ton. He is also affiliated with Huntington Lodge No. £3,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Mohawk Tribe 'fi-
ll, Improved Order of Red Men, The Kiwanis Club, Hit-
ington Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M., West Virginia O
sistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite of Wheeling, Beui-Kecn
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston and the Grot1»
Branch of Masonry.

George O. Via, D. D. S., is numbered among the fie
and representative dental practitioners of the younger £a-
eration in McDowell County, where he is established JJ

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

uceeasful practice at Maybeury. lie was boru at ludian
lills, Summers County, this state, on the 19th of June,
S94, aad is a son of Anderson Heury Via and Narcissus
Clark) Via, both likewise natives of this state ami both
?presentatives of families early founded in (ho old mother
tate of Virginia. Anderson 11. Via is a stonemason by
'ade hut has long been actively and successfully identified
ith farm enterprise in Summers County, where* he is serv-

| ig, in 1922, as president of the County Court and where
e is otherwise intlueatial in public afTairs> he having been

j member of the School Board many years and both he and
is wife being zealous members of the Baptist Church at
uinmers, of which he is a deacon and also secretary and

1 rea surer.

, To the public aehools of his native eounty Doctor Via
i indebted for his preliminary education, which included
he curriculum of the high schuol, and in the meanwhile he
ssisted in the work and management of his father's farm,
le remained at the parental home until 1912, when he he-
aa the study of dentistry. In the autumn of 1913 he en-
ured the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in the City of
incinnati, where he continued his studies two years, lie
uen transferred to the dental department of the University
f Maryland, in the City of Baltimore, and in this institu-
ien he was graduated as a member of the class of 1910
nd with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. For
even months thereafter he was engaged in praetiee at Pet-
rstonn, West Virginia, he next passed five months in prae-
iee at Princeton, and in September, 1917, he established
is professional headquarters at Maybeury, where in addi-
ioa to his general private practice he is retained as official
entist for the Pocahontas Fuel Company. In his large and
.uportant praetiee he finds it expedient to maintain branch
ffiees at Keystone and Northfork, at which latter place he
as charge of the McDowell County Dental Clinic, with
hree dentists and three nurse9 under his supervision.

When the nation became involved in the World war Doe-
er Via subordinated all personal interests to the call of
•atriotism. lie enlisted May 25, 1917, was examined at
Tiarleston and there received his commission as first lieu-
enant, on the 23d of September. Upon his return to May-
•eury he suffered an attaek of measles, whieh was followed
I -y symptoms of tubercular affliction, which resulted in his
xemption from military service and eaused his isolation for
. period of six mouths, at the expiration of whieh he had
ufficiently recuperated to resume the practice of his pro-
ession. The doetor is a valued member of the Dental So-
iety of the three counties with whieh McDowell County is
ncluded, and is a member also of the West Virginia State
)catal Society and the National Dental Association. He is
.filiated with the Knights of Pythias, is a member of the
iaptist Church, and his wife holds membership in the
*resbyterian Church.

At Peterstoun, this state, in 1917, Doetor Via wedded
diss Edith May Callaway, daughter of John and Sallie
Spriegel) Callaway. Mr. Callaway had entire charge of
he general store maintained by the Pocahontas Fuel Com-
>any at Maybenry at the time" of his death, several years
igo, and his' daughter Edith M. (Mrs. Via), was born at
his plaee. Doctor and Mrs. Via have three children: Mil-
Ired Merrill, Martha Hunter and Wilda Katherine.

Hon. Georoe Coleman Bakee, of Morgantown, one of
•Vest Virginia's prominent native sons, represents a pioneer
"aniily of Monongalia County, and has won individual dis-
inction at the bar and in the domain of public affairs. His
issociates refer to him as a conscientious and as an able law-
yer, a thorough scholar and a dignified, accomplished and
inassuming gentleman. Mr. Baker represents the fifth gen-
;ration of the American branch of the family, and members
)f the successive generation are taken up in chronological
>rder in the following paragraphs.

L Peter Becker, whose descendants adopted the present
ipelling of the family name, came to this country about 1740
iad settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He prob-
ibly came over on the ship Loyal Judith from Rotterdam,
'Commander Lovell Painter," November 25, 1740. In the
ship's list his age is given as twenty-two.

II. His s»on, George Baker, who was boru in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, February 6, 17C2, was founder of
the family in what is now West Virginia. Arter the
Revolution, in which he was a veteran, ho trawled westward
and southward until he reaehed what is now known as
Cheat Neck, Union District, locating on Innd at that
time pnrtly occupied by the Indians and upon which land
are the remains of an old Indian graveynrd. lie wnn n
gunsmith by trade, and later owned two prop.rtir* on
High Street in Morgantown, one now occupied by Orr>
store, the other by W. E. Price's brick business block
George Baker, who died June 27, IMl, at the uge of
eighty-two, married Elizabeth Norris, who was born
January 5, 1771, and died October 13, \s7j7, aged eighty-
six. She was a daughter of William Norm, from whom
she inherited the Baker farm. William Norris obtained Un-
original tract of 4UO acres under George HI of Englaud in
1772, and deeded it to his daughter, Elizabeth Norris
Baker, and her husband, George Baker.

III. John N. Baker, one of the twelve children of
George and Elizabeth, was born July 17 1 su I , dim!, and
was buried July 17, 1S94, at the advanced age of ninety-
three. He was a man of self relianee, rugged ehnraeter,
intense honesty and untiring perseverance, and recognized
widely as one of the strong characters of his generation.
This was exhibited in hia relationship to the church of whieh
he was a leader, the Methodist Protestant. His early t p-
portunities for education were necessarily meager, yet his
native ability made him recognized as the* finest mathemati-
cian in the eounty. He lived his long life honored nnd
respected. On June 29, 1823, he married Nancy Norris,
who was born June 6, 1 SOI, and died May 11, 1863. They
lived on the Baker homestead, t<» which he fell heir as
the oldest son of George and Elizabeth Norria Baker.
By his wife, Nancy, he was the father of ten children.
After her death John N. Baker, in his old age, married her
sister Elizabeth, better known as Aunt Betsey. There were
no children by this union. The family of Nancy snd Eliza-
beth Norris were not related to William Norris, whose
daughter married the first George B;ikcr.

IV. Andrew Coleman Baker, father of the Morgantown
lawyer, was born January 20, 1S32, on the old home farm,
and died Jnue 14, 1SG3. He was a man of attainments and
high Christian character and possessed many worthy traits.
During the Civil war he served for a time in the State
Militia, and died while that struggle was in progress.
Mareh 6, 1800, he married Hannah A. Vanee, who wns born
August G, 1S41, daughter of the late Col. Addison S. and
Mary (Sturgiss) Vance. She was a lineal descendant of
John Lincoln, who was a Revolutionary soldier and a dis-
tant cousin of President Lincoln. Her father, who was
born in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1-812, and died
in Morgantown in 1SK3, moved to this city in 1S35 from
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, where he had learned the hat-
ter's trade, and for many years he manufactured hats
in Morgantown. From 1M7 to 1^51 he was owner nnd pro-
prietor of the oM National Hotel (now the Peabody). He
exchanged his city property for a farm (now the West
Virginia University Experiment Farm) nnd successfully
operated it for several years, until he retired.

George Coleman Baker was born at the old Baker
homestead in Union District of Monongalia County Mareh
4, 18G2. His father died, as noted, in 1SG3, and his
mother then removed to Morgantown, where his first advan-
tages were seeured in the city schools. He continued h*
education in West Virginia University, graduating A. B.
in June, 1SS3. The following year" he read law with
the firm of Berkshire and Sturgi>s in Morgantown, and
then entered the law department of West Virginia Cni
versity, receiving his LL. B. and A. M. degrees in l**o\
Immediately after graduating he passed his examination
before the Supreme Court of West Virginia nt Wheeling
and received his license to practice law from that c urt.

January 1, 1887, Mr. Baker became a member of the
law firm of Berkshire Sturgiss, thereafter known an Berk
shire, Sturgiss & Baker until January 1, 16*9. At that
date be formed a partnership with Hon. Frank Cox. Mr.
Cox then assumed the duties of prosecuting attorney and

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

appointed Mr. Baker as his assistant, and when Mr. Baker
was elected to succeed Mr. Cox as prosecuting attorney,
January 1, 1893, he appointed Mr. Cox as his assistant.
Their law partnership has been one of mutual profit and
advantage for over thirty-three years, the only interruption
being two years when Judge Cox was on the bench of the
Supreme Court of West Virginia.

March 4, 1909, Governor W. E. Glasscock appointed
Mr. Baker judge advocate general of the State of West
Virginia, with the rank of brigadier general on his staff,
an office he rilled "four years. In and outside of his pro-
fession he had exercised a prominent influence in public
life, and has welcomed opportunities to use his abilities in
behalf of the welfare and betterment of community and
state. Especially noteworthy was his part in the struggle
for equal taxation during the period when that important
question was before the people. Those familiar with the
history of the movement credit his efforts with having had
a material bearing on the final settlement. For over a
period of three years he participated in the public discus-
sions carried on through the press of the state, and also
by his arguments before the state courts, and thus was
active in the campaign to educate public sentiment, which
finally resulted in the legislative enactment providing for
tax reform. This act provided for the taxaton of lease-
holds for coal, oil and gas which had never before been
subject to taxation under the laws of West Virginia, though
representing vast millions of untaxed wealth. Mr. Baker
has found other important duties and responsibilities in
social and religious organizations. He is a member and
for many years a trustee of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, and is affiliated with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows.

September 4, 18S9, he married Miss Juliette Boyers.
Her father was the late Hezekiah C. Boyers, a minister
of the Methodist Protestant Church. Her mother, Eliza-
beth M. Broek, was the daughter of Rev. Fletcher and
Raehel (Stevenson) Brock. Mrs. Baker, who is a graduate
of the Morgantown Female Seminary, was prior to her
marriage a teacher in the Morgantown High School and
in Marshall College at Huntington. In later years, with
some relief from the cares and the duties of home and
motherhood, she has taken a prominent part in church and
social affairs, and is widely known over the state in the
Daughters of the American Revolution, having held the
office of State Chaplain, Chapter Regent of the Elizabeth
Ludington Hagans Chapter D. A. R., and has been a mem-
ber of various state committees of this organization. Mrs.
Baker is the proud possessor of a sixteen hundred hour
badge for work duriug the World war. Mr. and Mrs.
Baker have a son and two daughters, constituting the sixth
generation of this family.

The son, Charles George Baker, born July 4, 1890,
graduated from high school in 1907, then entered West
Virginia University as a classical student and cadet, and
received his A. B. degree in 1911 and his law degree
in June, 1913, and at graduation was also major in the
Cadet Corps. For four years he was a partner of Stanley
R. Cox in the prosecuting attorney's office, and is now
a member of the law firm of Baker & Posten and is as-
sistant prosecuting attorney. For a number of years
he has been in active work in the Boy Scouts movement and
in other civic organizations, is a steward in the First
Methodist Episcopal Church and affiliated with the Odd
Fellows and Masons. July 16, 1913, Charles G. Baker mar-
ried Charlotte Amy Blair. Her father, William F. Blair,
of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, was for several years a
member of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Charlotte Amy
Blair, who was born February 25, 1892, was educated in
Beaver College in Pennsylvania, is a vocal graduate of
West Virginia University and contiuued her musical studies
in voice at Boston. Charles G. Baker and wife have two
children: Mary Jane Baker, born October 24, 1915, and
Betty Sue. born November 27, 1917.

The older of the two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Baker
was Grace Juliette Baker, who was born March 21, 1893,
she completed her education in the Morgantown High
School, West Virginia University and Washington Col-

lege in the District of Columbia, and life held out s
greatest promise to her when, at the age of only twes -
five, she passed away March 26, 1918. She was a m<..
ber of the Episcopal Church.

The younger and surviving daughter, Marguerite Bal-,
was born January 20, 1897, graduated from high schil
in 1914, in June, 1916, graduated from Rye Seminary n
New York, and received a degree for work in piano at W 1 1
Virginia University in June, 1917. She then entered Sirh I
College at Northampton, Massachusetts, the largti
woman's college in the United States, and June 14, 19.,'
graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree and "Mi.-
cal Honors. " She was married to James Offutt Lali,
son of Hon. James S. Lakin, of Charleston, West Virgin,
on Wednesday, December 21, 1921.

Charles George Baker. In the domain of the lawt
happened not infrequently that the male members o.'a
family will show a predilection for the same calling, n
following father in keeping the family name promineny
before the people of the community in connection with S( •
ing the problems and perplexities of involved court liti -
tion. This applies to Charles George Baker, of the iv
firm of Baker & Posten, who is one of the promint
younger members of the bar of Morgantown, and who
father, George C. Baker, a sketch of whose career preces
this review, is one of the leading attorneys of Monongfa
County.

Charles George Baker was born July 4, 1890, at W -
gantown, where he received his early education in e
public schools, being graduated from the high school i
this city as a member of the class of 1907. Follow %
this he entered the University of West Virginia, from whh
institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts a
1911 and that of Bachelor of Laws with the class of 19.,
in which latter year he was admitted to the bar and bep
practice in the office of Cox & Baker of Morgantown. e
served as assistant prosecuting attorney for Monongfa
County from 1917 to 1921, and on February 21st of e
latter year became senior member of the law firm of Bar
& Posten, a combination that has already attracted att.*
tion for its capable handling of several important can.
Mr. Baker has always taken an active interest in Boy Sc t
activities, and served as scoutmaster for a number of yea
In 1921 he became scout commissioner for Monongu
County. He is a member of the local lodges of the Maso,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Junior Order Unii
American Mechanics and Modern Woodmen of Amerii,
is secretary of the Morgantown Kiwanis Club and belois
to the Chamber of Commerce. His college fraternity s
Kappa Alpha, and his religious connection is with e
Methodist Episcopal Church.

On July 16, 1913, Mr. Baker married Miss Charlce
Blair, daughter of William F. and Narcissus Blair, f
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and to this union there h;e
come two daughters: Mary Jane, born October 24, 19">,
and Bettie Sue, born November 26, 1917.

Wiley Marion Hale. One of the substantial and vl
ordered financial institutions of Mingo Couuty is the E-
mit State Bank, at Kermit, of which Mr. Hale was onef
the organizers and of which he has served as cashier fro
the time of its incorporation. The first president was D. !.
Hewitt, who continued the incumbent of this office ml
his death, in the winter of 1921-2. Floyd Brewer is \a
president.

Mr. Hale was born on his father's farm ten miles et
of Inez, Martin County, Kentucky, and the date of 3
nativity was February 21, 1873. He is a son of George
and Sallie (Parsley) Hale, the former of whom died a
1904, at the age of sixty-one years, and the latter of wha
died in the following year, at the age of fifty-six. The .-
ther was born in Floyd County, Kentucky, and in addito
to becoming one of the progressive farmers of his nate
state he was also identified with the timber business si
was associated with M. H. Johns in the conducting oil
general store on Wolf Creek in Martin County, Kentue".
In 1888 he was elected county clerk of Martin County, ts

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CI

re elected at the close of his first term, and thus held the
, office eight years. As a gallant young soldier of the Union
in the Civil war ho was a member of Company K, Four-
teenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and he took part in
« many engagements. He was with General Sherman's army
» in the historic Atlanta campaign and subsequent march to
i the sea, and at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain he was
1 wounded, though not seriously. He was a republican, was
| affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republie, and he and
his wife were earnest members of the Methodist Church at
« Inez, Kentucky, which he served as superintendent of the
« Sunday School'. Of their five children, all sons, John W. is
1 now serving as assessor of Martin County, Kentucky; Rob-
ert L. is cashier of the Deposit Bank at Inez, that county;
Wiley M., of this sketch, was next in order of birth; Julius
I C. is a merchant at Pilgrim, Martin County, a village near
the old home of the Hale family; and Wallace B. is asso-
ciated with a eoal company at Bureh, West Virginia.
Wiley M\ Hale completed his early school work in the
. public schools at Barbourville, West Virginia, under the
I tutorship of G. W. F. Hampton, and for twelve years there-
i after he was a successful and popular teaeher in the schools
of his native county, where his final pedagogie serviee wa3
, in the village schools at Inez. He became assistant to his
father in the ofliee of county elerk, and iu 1904 was elected
] eireuit elerk for Martin County. In the following year he
there became cashier of the Inez Deposit Bank, and of
thi* position he continued the ineunibent fifteen years, his
resignation taking place when he became one of the organ-
, izers of the Kermit State Bank, of which he has sinee con-
tinued the eashier. In his native eounty he was active and
influential in seeuring leases for those who there carried
forward oil and gas development, and the same progressive
] and loyal eivie spirit has animated him since he established
f, his home in West Virginia.

Mr. Hale is a stauneh republican, he and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, and in
the Masonic fraternity he has received the thirty-second de-
gree of the Scottish Rite as a member of the Consistory at
, Covington, Kentucky. Iu connection with his York Rite
K affiliations he served ten years as master of the Blue Lodge
at Inez, that state, besides having been for one year the
noble grand of the local lodge of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows.

The year 1894 recorded the marriage of Mr. Hale and
' Miss Niekotie Spaulding, daughter of John K. Spaulding, of

Warfield, Kentucky. Of the children of this union the
' eldest, George W., is assistant eashier of the Kermit State

Bauk; Maude is the wife of Elmer Stepp, a member of the

West Virginia State Police, their home being at Madison;

and the younger children, still of the parental home circle,

are Rudolph, Wallaee M. and Lewis D.

Harry G. Williams has been successfully engaged in the
real-estate and insurance business in the City of William-
son, Mingo County, since 1911, and his insurance agency,
of general order, is one of the most substantial in Mingo
County.

Of English and Irish Ancestry, Mr. Williams is a scion
of families founded in Virginia many generations ago, his
maternal grandfather having been a prominent civil engi-
aecr in that historic, old commonwealth. He is a son of
Cyrus and Octavia (Davis) Williams and was born at Taze-
well, Virginia, August 20, 1S80. His father was long a
representative farmer and eitizen of Tazewell County, and
served as a member of a Virginia cavalry regiment under
Gen. Jubal A. Early, throughout the Civil war, he having
made a splendid record as a gallant young soldier of the
Confederacy and having never been wounded or captured.

In 1899 Harry G. Williams graduated frem the high
school at Richland, Tazewell County, Virginia, and for three
years thereafter he was a student in the private academy
conducted by Professor Mcllvain at Bowen Cove, Virginia.
He then took a position in the First National Bank of
Montgomery, Indiana, where he remained eighteen months.
1 He then eame to Williamson, West Virginia, to assume the
position of assistant eashier of the First National Bank,

a position which he retiiiued until December, 1911, whin he
resigned nod forthwith established his present reol estate
and inauranee business, in which he has achieved unequivocal
success, lie has been decisively progressive and public
spirited as a eitizen, and while 'he haa had no desire for
public ofliee he gave four years of effective service as a
member of the Board of Education nt Williamson. In the
W f orld war perind ho was chairman of the Ioool Draft Hoard,
was a vigorous worker in the drives in supi>ort of patriotic
objeets, including the Government wur loans, and wns tr. us-
urer of the local chapter of the Red Cross, a position which
he still retains. Mr. Williams is nftiliated with the Masonic
fraternity, is a valued member of the loon! Kiwanis Club.
is an active member of tho Williamson Lodge of Klks, and
ho and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church
in their home city.

At Montgomery, West Virginia, a town named in honor
of the family of which his wife is a representative in the
maternal line, Mr. Williams was united in marriage, in 19o6,
with Miss Myrtle Smith, a daughter of Green und Willie
(Montgomery) Smith, Mr. Smith being a leading contractor
and builder at Montgomery. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have
a winsome little daughter, O.tavia.

John B. Little, the superintendent of Fall River Mines.
Fall River Pocahontas Collieries Company at Ruderlield,
McDowell County, is one of the efficient and popular cxecu
tives in the coal mining industry in this seetion of his na
tive state, his birth having oeeurred near Wyoming, Mercer
County, West Virginia, September 24, lMO. He is a son
of Hiram and Martha Ann (Ilearn) Little, the former of
whom was bom near Charleston, this state, and the latter
near Oakvale, Mercer County. The father died in 1900, at
the age of fifty-twu years, and the mother now resides at
Coaldale, Merecr County, she being sixty seven years of age
at the time of this writing, iu the winter of 1L»21 2. As a
young man Hiram Little was a successful teacher in the
schools of Mercer and Wyoming counties, and thereafter he
was a merchant at Basin and Grumpier, which latter pla<*«*
wa3 then known as Burks Garden. In his progressive busi-
ness career he beeame agent for the Flat Top Laod Com
pany, in which connection he obtained options and pur-
chased many traets of timber and coul land in Wyoming,
McDowell and Raleigh eounties, beside doing a large amount
of surveying of lands now owned by representative coal com-
panies. As a boy of twelve years Hiram Little became a
member of the Methodist Church, in which he beeame a local
preacher and in the work of which he continued active and
zealous until the time of his death, his widuw likewi.se 1**-
ing a devoted member of this ehureh. He was also a vital
and enthusiastic advocate of the principles of the republican
party, and was an effective campaign speaker. Of the sewn
children of the family two died in infancy; Thomas Levi
is superintendent of a coal company at Herndon, Wyoming
County; John R., of this sketch, was the next in order of
birth; Robert S. is a mine foreman at Coaldale; Edgar li.
is a farmer and dairyman at Roanoke, Virginia; and Mar-
garet is the wife of John Clendcnnin, of Roanoke, McDowell
County, West Virginia.

John R. Little attended school at Crumpler, McDowell
County, and the Billups School iu Tazewell County, Virginia,
where the family home was maintained two years. Whin
still a boy he began working in the Shamokin mines at
Maybcury, where he remained two years. He was next em
ployed in the Elkhorn mine, at the same place, and later
for* two years he had charge of a general store at Maybeury.
He then'beeame a foreman at the Elkhorn Mine, of which he
was later made superintendent, and in 1918 he assumed his
present executive post, that of superintendent of the Fall
River Mine. Like his father, Mr. Little has taken deep in-
terest in educational work, and he served as a member of
the School Board of Brown Creek District. lie has had
no desire for political activity, but is a loyal snpporter of the
cause of the republican party.

In March, 1906, Mr. Little wedded Mss Cora Ta or.
daughter of A. J. Tabor, of Coaldale, and the children of
this union are five sons and five dnughUrs.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Samuel W. Patterson was one of the first officials on
the ground in the development of the coal property of the
Bottom Creek Coal & Coke Company at Vivian in McDowell
County. He has lived there since December, 1891, and has
become a successful and widely known coal operator in that
section of the state.

Mr. Patterson was born in Elk County, Pennsylvania,
September 24, 1863, son of Thomas N. and Rachel (Spen-
cer) Patterson. The Pattersons were a family of Irish,
Scotch and English origin, while the Spencers were Eng-
lish. Mr. Patterson comes of several branches of substan-
tial New England stock, including the Howland and Deni-
son families. He is a member of the John Howland Society.
His parents were both horn in Pennsylvania, his father at
Mauch-Chunk. Thomas N. Patterson took up the profes-
sion of medicine, but soon abandoned it to engage in coal
mining, and later became manager for J. C. Haydon at
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, then one
of the largest operators in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

Samuel W. Patterson graduated from high school in
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and at the age of sixteen
entered his father's office. There he acquired a thorough
knowledge of the coal industry, being afforded every oppor-
tunity to familiarize himself with the business and techni-
cal branches of the business. His uncle, William Spencer,
had acquired an interest in coal lands in West Virginia.
With this interest as the basis there was organized in 1891
at Pottsville. Pennsylvania, the Bottom Creek Coal & Coke
Company. The company selected and sent as its practical
representatives to the field William Spencer and Samuel
W. Patterson, the latter as secretary and treasurer of the
company. Later he became president and general manager.
The Norfolk & Western Railroad was then constructing its
main line west into this section, but at the time Mr. Patter-
son had to walk from what is now Kyle to Vivian, the loca-
tion of the Bottom Creek Company's property. He has
been here ever since and has had active supervision of all
phases of the development of the property. He is still at
his post of duty as mine manager. With his brother, George
S., he organized the Sycamore Coal Company of Cinderella,
Mingo County, West Virginia, and is president of that com-
pany, and is also vice president of the Majestic Collieries
Company, Majestic, Kentucky.

In 1903, at Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Patterson married
Miss Mary Cleveland, daughter of Charles W. and M. Isa-
bel (Torrey) Cleveland, both representing old families of
Pennsylvania and New York State. .Mr. and Mrs. Patter-
son have one son, Thomas Cleveland.

Meredith J. Simms, now a prominent citizen of Charles-
ton, achieved his conspicuous place in business and public
affairs in Fayette County, West Virginia, where for thirty-
five years he was active as a merchant, banker and was also
president of the County Court.

The Simms family is an old one in America, of an Eng-
lish ancestry running back for four or five centuries. The
grandfather of Jndgc Simms was P. William Simms, who
was born on the Gauley River in West Virginia, February
2, 1804, was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation, and
died in 1895. He married Elizabeth Dorsey, a native of
Greenbrier County. One of their eight children was Frank-
lin Piloher Simms, who was born on the Gauley River in
1831. and for many years owned and operated a large farm
in Nicholas County. He married Eliza Simms, who died in
1910.

Meredith J. Simms, one of the thirteen children of his
parents, was born on a farm in Nicholas County, April 9,
1862. After 1873 the family moved to Fayette County,
where he finished his public school education, and he began
his business career in 1886 at Montgomery as bookkeeper
for the Straugham Coal Company. He resigned in 1889 to
become postmaster through appointment of President Har-
rison, and after retiring from that office four years later
he engaged in merchandising and in the wholesale bottling
business, and gradually his interests took on a wide scope,
involving affairs of great financial prominence in that
section of the state. He was formerly president of the
Montgomery & Cannelton Bridge Company, and was also

president of the Montgomery National Bank. He n
linquished these various interests when he moved t
Charleston.

Judge Simms was a delegate to the National Republica
Convention in 1896 when William McKinley was nominate<
and to the convention of 1912 when William H. Taft wa
nominated. He was for four successive terms, twenty-fou
years, a member of the County Court of Fayette Count;
and was president or judge of the court about twent
years. On account of this judicial service he is alwaj
known as Judge Simms. He is a member of the Elk
Order.

At St. Albans, West Virginia, January 3, 1887, he mar
ried Alwilda Ramson, daughter of William and Mar
(DeFore) Ramson. She was born in Jackson County, Wes
Virginia, December 25, 1860, and is likewise descended froi
a long line of ancestry, reaching back to pre-Colonial dayr
Mary DeFore was of Hugenot descent, the founders of th
family in America having been among that colony o
Huguenots who came from France to Charleston, South Can
lina, in, 1689. The DeFore family later located in Appc
mattox County, Virginia.

Five children were born to Judge and Mrs. Simms, a
follows: Forest DeFore, born December 29, 1887, die
February 16, 1914. Ira, born December 22, 1889, marrie
Rnth Shrewsbury, of Charleston, and has a son, Mereditl
now five years of age. Ira served with the American arm
during the Mexican border troubles and following thi
volunteered for service in the war with Germany, bein
assigned to the aviation service. Mary Mabel, born Jam
ary 28, 1892. died September 20, 1894. Maude was bor>
May 13, 1895. Agnes Gene, born June 28, 1897, is no>
the widow of Dr. Ira M. Derr, whom she married June a
1918. Doctor Derr enlisted in the service of bis countrj!
was commissioned a first lieutenant, and assigned to dut
at Spartansburg, South Carolina, where he died in the ser\
ice, November 6, 191S.

Judge Simms with his family removed to Charleston i
1920 to make his permanent home. His residence occupie:
a beautiful and spacious site on Columbia Boulevard, at th
corner of Vine Street, on the banks of the Kanawha Rive
and overlooking the beautiful valley. It is one of th
handsomest homes in the city, with spacious lawns an*
grounds.

In eonclusion the writer cannot fail to draw some signif
cance from the immediate and generous welcome given t
Judge Simms and family on their removal to Charlestoi
This has been in the nature of a tribute to his high standin
as a successful man of affairs. Though in the city less tha
two years, he has served as a member of the Charleston Cm
Council, is active vice president of the West Side Busines
Men's Club, is a member of the Charleston Chamber o
Commerce and the Real Estate Board. While he does no
consider himself an active business man, he still has larg
interests in real estate and to some extent in oil devclor
ment.

Col. William Leckie was one of the big, strong
kindly and generous men of the West Virginia coal field.'
A native of Scotland, son of a Scotch miner, he came t<
the United States when a young man, finished his educatioi
in American schools and by private study, worked in am
around mines for a number of years, and rose from variou
positions of responsibility to be a leading mine operatoi
He developed some of the best coal openings in Southen
West Virginia.

William Leckie was born in Ayreshire, Scotland, on Octo
her 4, 1857, a son of Samuel and Katherine McClellai
Leckie. He was the oldest of fourteen children. As a bo;
he worked on a farm and in the coal mines of Scotland
At the age of twenty-one he came to America and locate(
in Shenandoah. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. His fathe
and mother, brothers and sisters followed about six month
later. William Leckie entered the mines as repairman, anc
by industry and economy he earned the money to ente
Dickenson Seminary at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, when
he was a student for two and a half years. In 1882 he wa
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

id Company ; a year later lie was with the Buck Mountain
ml Company as inside foreman; and as ambition and
•thfulness won for him recognition and rapid advaneo-
%nt he became, successively, district superintendent for
p Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company; general superin-
ndent of Uie Lehigh Valley Coal, York Farm & Black-
<od Collieries; general superintendent of the Wehster
lal i Coke Company; and, finally, general manager of the
Dyal Hauna Coal & Coke Company.

On November 26, 1SS1, William Leekic married Annie
Kolb, daughl er of the Rev. F. IT. Kolb, a Presbyterian
mister, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. An interested
lirer in his work and witness of his experiences was Mrs.
Ickie, and the inspiration of his ambitions and best en-
•arors. She made it a rule always to be present at each
.oning, when the first car of eoal was taken out.
In 1901 William Leckie came to the Pocahontas Coal
elds as superintendent of the Pocahontas Collieries Coni-
ny, the pioneer mines of this famous field. He developed
■d built up these mines, which were later bought by the
fcahontas Consolidated Collieries Company. He remained
thr* position until 1907, when he went into business for
nself and established the following operating companies,
which he was president and general mauager: The West
rginia Pocahontas Coal Company, with mines at Leckie,
est Virginia and general offices in New York, the Lathrop
<al Company and Panther Coal Company, mines at Pan-
der, West Virginia, the Leckie Collieries Company, mines
Aries, Kentucky, and Leckie Fire Creek Coal Company
d Douglas Coal Company, with mines at Fireeo, West
rginia, the general offices of the last four being at Welch,
est Virginia, where Air. Leekic lived for many years. He
Its also the chief incorporator and president of several
lad-holding companies, the Pond Creek Coal & Land Com-
ny, the Lcckie-Ramsay Coal Company, the Cub Creek
»al Company, and the Leckie Smokeless Coal Company,
e latter company owning a large acreage of undeveloped
al lands in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The
•ekie Coal Company, a selling agency, with offices at Nor-
Ik, Virginia, and Columbus, Ohio, handles the output of
e operating companies. Mr. Leekie was president of the
rst National Bank of Anawalt, West Virginia, of the
uefield National Bank at Bluefield, and a director in the
irst National Bank of Welch.

Colonel Leekie was a life-long Presbyterian, and was an
der in the church at Welch. lie was a member of all the
asonie orders, of the Bluefield Lodge of Elks, also of the
jtary Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Country
ub of Bluefield. Only a few short weeks before his death
donel and Mrs. Leekie moved to their new home on Oak-
irst Avenue in Bluefield, and it was there that he died on
ovember 16, 1920. Five of a family of six children sur-
ve him: Nellie, wife of Dt. S. J. Kell, of Bluefield; An-
•ew F., of Welch; and William S., of Williamson, who now
ive the management of the eoal properties; Douglas E.,
ho is in the real estate business in Bluefield; and Miriam,
ho is the wife of Dr. M. B. Moore, of Huntington.
Colonel Leckie never forgot his own early struggles as a
ificr. He understood the miner's viewpoint, and he made
ie living and soeial conditions of his camps one of his
rst considerations in building up an operation. Much of
s success is attributed to his capacity for leadership of
ie men in his employ. He was a disciplinarian, but not a
hip-cracking task-master; he was easy to approach and his
•nse of justice and generosity won the loyal ftiendship
f his employes and kept his operations free from labor
oubles.

He was a broad-gauged, whole-souled man and a good
tizen, thoroughly imbued with the highest spirit of Amer-
anism.

Ma&ion' Tivis Ball. An exemplification of self-made
lanhood is found in the career and person of Marion T.
; all, of Williamson, Mingo County. A man of prominence
nd influence in bis community, he has risen solely through
ie medium of his own efforts and well-applied industry,
or he enlered upon his career with nothing but an indif-
ercnt education to aid him and was forced to depend
holly upon his own resources.

Mr. Ball was born February 21, „, p,ko Count r,

Kentucky, a sou of .les*. nnd Jaoe (Keith) Ball, nitiw'
of \ irginm. The Rail family is one that dates its anre-.tr>
back to early Colonial .lays in Virginia, while tin. Keith*
originated in Ireland. Jesse Hnll wn« n minister of the
Methodist Episcopal faith, which he followed i„ Virginia.
II is nine children wcro reared in Kentucky.

The youngest child in n large family, with the onlv mean-,
of support the meager nnd uncertain salary of a count rv
preacher, Marion Tivis Ball had few of the pl<nMir<< ami
advantages that are considered youth's innliennble right in
these days. In fact he considered him-elf lucky to be able
to get an education in the country school, which he finished
when he was fourteen years of age, with the exception of
some irregular attendance during the winter months on
several later occasions. When he was fourteen he begun to
add to the family income by working in a miwiuMI. and
during the six years that he was thus engaged mastered
the business in numerous of its particulars, lie then took
Up carpentry as a vocation, and this occupation he followed
with success for some twenty years. Next, he acceptr.l
a position with the Hurst Hardware Company of William
son, and while associated with Mr. Hurst in the furniture
division of the store, became fam'liar with the undertaking
business. In 1913 Mr. Ball purchased the undertaking dc
partnient of Mr. Hurst's establishment, and since then has
devoted his time to this vocation. Mr. Ball has the tact
and diplomacy necessary for his chosen line of work, into
which he brings the latest methods for the reverent earc of
the dead.

In 1SS1, while a resident of Tike County. Kentucky, Mr.
Ball was united in marriage with Don-as (*n«ebolt, n daugb
ter of William and Lottie Casebolt, native* of Kentucky,
and to this union there have been born five children: Hub-
ert Edgar, associated with his father in the undertaking
business at Williamson, who married Willa Lowther; Vir
ginia Stella, who married Lee Fentor Morris, of William
son, and has one child, Nancy Lou. born in 1921 ; LefMlyn
Feme, who married Guy Hobson Hughes of Williamson;
Goebel Keith and Marion Tabor. The family belongs to
the Presbyterian Church except Mr. Ball, who is an adherent
of the Methodist Episcopal faith. He belongs to the Ki-
wanis Clnb, and as a Mason holds membership in the Mine
Lodge and Chapter at Williamson, the Knights Teniplnr at
Huntington, the Scottish Rite at Wheeling and is a member
of Beni-Kedem Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. of Charleston,
Wc*t Virginia. His support is always given to worthy
civic movements, and he can be counted upon to contribute
to those measures which have for their object the raising
of standards of morality and citizenship.

Edwabd K. Maiian. West Virginia is still one of the
more important states of the Union in the production of
hardwood, and one of the largest organizations in the state
for the manufacture and handling of su<h roonrees is the
Peytona Lumber Company, of which Edward K. Mahan, of
Huntington, is president.

Mr. Mahan 's great-greatgrandfather came from the
North of Ireland to America in Colonial times and founded
the family in Virginia. The grandfather of the Hunt ng
ton lumberman was Nelson Mahan, who was born in Yir
ginia in 1806, lived for a number of years in Monroe County.
West Virginia, in 1S42 moved to Kanawha County, and died
at Charleston in His principal business was contract

ing for publie works, and among others he constructed the
locks and dams on the Coal River. His wife waa Sarah
Legg, who also died at Charleston.

John W. Mahan, father of Edward K., was born in Mon
roe County, March 24. He was a lumber mnnufac

turer with mills at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, and in Fayette
County, West Virginia, where a village gTew up around his
mills named in his honor, Mahan. From 1*91 until his
death his home was at Huntington in Cabell County, but he
died in a hospital at Charleston August 5, 1905. lie had a
record of a Confederate soldier of the Civil war, serving
throughout that conflict with the border rangers under
General Jenkins and General McCauslands.

John W. Mahan married Romaine Myers, who waa bom

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

at Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1850 and died at Washington, D. C,
June 9, 1916. They were the parents of five children:
Romaine, wife of Dr. William E. Philes, a physician and
surgeon at Washington D. C; Edward K.; Mabel F., liv-
ing at Washington, D. C, widow of George T. Paige, a
resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Jane, wife of an
attorney, Marion Eustace, at Caldwell, Idaho; and Clara,
wife of Arthur B. York, an attorney at Staunton, Virginia.

Edward K. Mahan was born at Madison in Boone County,
West Virginia, August 16, 1878. In 1904 he removed to
Mansfield, Ohio, and was in the wholesale lumber business.
In 1906 he assisted in organizing the Peytona Lumber
Company, becoming its secretary, and since 1915 has been
its president. This company, with business offices in the
Robson-Pritchard Building at Huntington, has mills and
other facilities for the manufacture and wholesale han-
dling of hardwood lumber and do an immense business in
this line. Mr. Mahan is also a stockholder and director in
the Huntington Banking and Trust Company, and is presi-
dent of the Elk Creek Lumber Company.

His home is at 2678 Third Avenue in Huntington. In
March, 1901, at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, Mr. Mahan mar-
ried Miss Victoria Williamson, daughter of Benjamin and
Pauline (Taylor) Williamson. Mr. and Mrs. Mahan have
one child, Virginia, born May 9, 1902.

Joseph N. Doyle, present county engineer of Cabell
County, has had a wide experience and numerous responsi-
bilities in the civil and construction engineering profession.
He is a native of Huntington, where his father at one time
was a foundryman and manufacturer.

Mr. Doyle was born at Huntington, May 19, 1S87. His
grandfather was a native of Ireland, and on coming to
America settled in old Virginia. James Thayer Doyle, fa-
ther of the county engineer, was born in Albemarle County,
Virginia, in 1844, was reared at Maiden, Kanawha County,
West Virginia, was married in Huntington, where he owned
and operated a machine shop and foundry, and in 1891
removed to Montgomery, where he continued in the same
business, his chief output being mining cars. Returning
to Huntington in 1S93, he went on the road as a salesman
for the Ensign Car & Foundry Company, now a branch of
the American Car & Foundry Company. From 1900 until
his death in 1916 James T. Doyle was a mechanic in the
service of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. He was a
democrat, and a deaeon and very enthusiastic member of
the Presbyterian Church. He married Lucy Maupin, who
was born in Cabell County in 1849, and died at Baltimore in
March, 1921. Of their four children the oldest is James
E., a general and road contractor of Huntington; Mary
Alice is the wife of H. S. Gresser, in the automobile busi-
ness at Washington, D. C; Joseph N. is the third in age;
and Caroline Hope is the wife of Robert L. Hooven, also in
the automobile business at Washington.

Joseph N. Doyle acquired a public school education at
Huntington, graduating from high school in 1905 and al-
most immediately became an employe of the Leete-Maupiu
Engineering Company at Huntington. In the service of
this firm he acquired a practical knowledge of civil engi-
neering, and worked up to the rank of transit man. Leav-
ing Huntington iu 1910, he was for a time located at Indi-
auapolis, where he had charge of an engineering party for
the Moore-Mansfield Construction Company. On his return
to Huntington he did work for A. B. Maupin, his uncle,
then city engineer of Huntington, until 1914. In that year
he was put in charge of all the field work for the firm Ren-
shaw & Breece, mining engineers. In 1916 he and his asso-
ciate, under the name of Stulting & Doyle, succeeded by
purchase to the professional business of Renshaw & Breece,
and for a year continued the work in civil and mining engi-
neering. Mr. Doyle then sold out to Stulting and formed
the firm of Doyle Brothers, his brother James E. being his
associate. They continued civil and mining engineering
until the winter of 1919, since which date Mr. Doyle has
continued alone and is one of the leading authorities on
mining engineering in the state. His offices are at 320%
Ninth Street.

Mr. Doyle 'a position of county engineer came to him by

appointment from the County Court of Cabell County
April, 1921. He is a member of the American Associate
of Engineers and the American Society of Engineers. 1
politics he is a democrat, is affiliated with the Presbyteri:
Church and is a member of Huntington Lodge No. 313 Be
evolent and Protective Order of Elks. His home is
modern residence at 1612 Third Avenue. He married
Huntington in 1911 Miss Beulah Stephenson, daughter J
Vinson W. and Nora (Walker) Stephenson, who reside
402 Main Street, Huntington, her father being a retirt
timber and lumber man. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle have one so
James Thayer, born March 28, 1913.

State Department or Mines. The first law governii
the mining industry of West Virginia was enacted by t
Legislature in 1883, creating the office of state mine i
spector, with one inspector for the entire state. At the st
sion of the Legislature in 1887 the act was amended, pr
viding for two inspectors, and in IS93 it was again amende^
increasing the number of inspectors to three. At the sessh
of the Legislature of IS97 the original act was furth
amended by providing for a chief inspector and four distri
inspectors. This number was again increased by the Legi
lature of 1901 to five district mine inspectors, and inereas*
again in 1905 to seven district mine inspectors.

At the session of the Legislature of 1907 the Departmei
of Mines was created, the head of the department beii
given the title of chief of department of mines, with twer
district mine inspectors. This act was again amended :
the session of the Legislature in 1915 by a provision «
three additional district mine inspectors, making fifteen I
all. At the session of the Legislature of 1917 the law wj
further amended by placing all sand mines, sand pits, ch
mines, clay pits, quarries and cement works under the juri
diction of the department and provided for an inspector f«
same.

In the year 19 1 9 the Legislature re-enacted the minir,
law and provided for four district mine inspectors, makir
a total of nineteen inspectors. The Legislature of 1919 ah
provided for the establishment of seven mine rescue statioi 1
and for a director of mine rescue, who has headquarte:'
at Charleston, and since the office has been created hundre(
of men have been trained in first aid and mine rescue wor;
The stations are established at Charleston, Mount Hop:
Fairmont, Elkins, Wheeling, Logan and Welch.

At the session of the Legislature of 1921 the mining la
was again amended and three additional district mine ii>
spectors provided for, bringing the total of the departmei
to twenty-two district mine inspectors, one inspector <
sand mines, etc., a director of mine rescue and chief (
department of mines.

In 1920 the first annual first aid meet was held by tl
Department of Mines at Charleston. The first coneerte
action of West Virginia in the International First Aid Coi
test resnlted in the Scarbro Team of the New River Con
p'any carrying off the championship. The Mine Reset
Team from Scarbro took sixth place in mine rescue work
and at the International First Aid and Mine Rescue Contes
at St. Louis, Missouri, on September I, 2, 3, 1921, the Whi1
Oak Team of the New River Company won the internatiora
championship for mine rescue work, thus bringing to Wei
Virginia both championships in successive years.

Logan County first produced coal in 1904, 52,673 tor
being mined that year, and it has had the most rapid growt
of any coal field in the world, as they produced 9,824,78
gross tons and employed 1,000 men in and about the mint
in 1920. Logan County has seventy-three coal compani*
operating 146 mines.

According to the reports of the United States Geologici
Survey in 1883, 2,335,833 tons of coal were mined in th
State of West Virginia, and this has gradually increase
until in 1920 there was mined in this state 89,590,274 tom
and at the present time the potential tonnage of West Vh
ginia is 140,000,000 tons.

Total available coal yet remaining in West Virginia i
estimated to be 159,814,662,527 short tons. In 1920 ther
were 882 coal companies operating 1,440 mines and employ
ing in and about the mines 105,000 men.

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

1 So far there bus not boea anything discovered that will
►*rmanently take the place of coal. It ia true we have oil
md gas, which have been tried out, but no one has been
ible to determine the amount in reservo we have of either,
nit we do know that the amount of coal in West Virginia
s almost inexhaustible and that the West Virginia coals
ire the best quality coala known. It is also true that several
•oal fields of the United States are rapidly becoming cx-
lausted, therefore it is only natural that West Virginia with
ier great resources will supply the shortage created by these
lifferent sections falling off in production.

The chief of the Department of Mines is Robert Morrison
^ambic, a native of Scotland, and trained in the practical
md technical business of mining in that country, though
learly all his active career and experience have been in the
oal industry of West Virginia.

Mr. Lambic was born at Stirling, Scotland, in 1886, son
•f Robert and Elizabeth (Morrison) Lambie, representing
omc of the good families of Scotland that have made that
ountry distinguished for its brain and brawn. After
tobert M. Lambic came to America his parents followed
im, and they all lived together in West Virginia. Robert
.smbic becoming ill, went back to Scotland for his health
nd died while there. In Scotland he acted as agent for a
British Explosive Syndicate. The mother is still living aud
ivides her time between Scotland and West Virginia.

Robert Morrison Lambie was educated in the schools of
Stirling, and spent four years in night school in that city,

• tudying mining practice and mining engineering. In 1903,
t the age of seventeen, he came to America and located at

••tone Cliff, Fayette County, West Virginia. Ilis first cm
•loyment there was as a driver in the coal mines, and he has
erformed practically every duty in connection with coal
| lining from laborer to managing official. Ilis duty for a
'umber of years involved important responsibilities with
?ading coal mine corporations. For three years he had

• harge of the operations of the Havoca Miuing Company
i McDowell County. For three years he was employed iu

managerial capacity by the MeKell Coal & Coke Coin-
any 'a three operations in Fayette County. He resigned to
ecome district inspector for the State Department of
lines, an office he held two years, lie then became division
uperintendent of the New River Coal Company on the
V'hite Oak Branch, having charge of eight operations of
hat company in Fayette County. Mr. Lambie and family
eside in Fayette County, and he is a member of the liuffncr
lemorial Presbyterian Church there, lie married Miss
innic Hope Thompson, of that eounty. Their three children
re Bessie Morrison, Robert Alexander and Annie Laurie
.ambie.

In 1919 Governor John J. Cornwell called Mr. Lambie
d the office of chief of the Department of Mines, and he is
erving by reappointment in 1921 from Governor E. F.
lorgan. The outstanding purpose of the Department of
lines is to safeguard the miners in their work and to elimi-
ate as far as possible the hazards and dangers of their
line operations. Experts have declared the Department of
lines of West Virginia possesses the most scientific and
fficient safety devices and equipment of any state of the
fnion. Costly and very technical instruments for detecting
as, devices to be worn as safeguards from gas effeets, arc
art of the department's regular equipment. Another in-
trument is the Geophone, invented and used in France dur-
ig the World war by aappers, ao highly sensitive that in a
tine where a fire or explosion or falling walls have cut off
liners their location can be detected through many feet of
Mid coal. This safety equipment is so located at strategic
ointa through the coal mining district that it caa be rushed
5 the desired points in the quickest possible time.

Mr. Lambie having made these subjects his life work is
minently fitted for the responsible office be fills, and is
OMtantly making experiments and investigations to in-
rease the usefulness of the department. He is a Knight

emplar Mason and Shriner.

Elijah James Stone, assistant manager of the depart-
ieat store of Stone & Thomas, one of the largest and most

popular retail mercantile establishment? not only in the t ity
of Wheeling but also in the State of Went Virginia, ha* the
further distinction of having been one of tho gnllnnt young
men who represented this Btate in the nation's military w.n
ice in France at the time of the great World war.

Mr. Stone was born at Martin's Ferry, Ohio, March 17,
1S90, but he is a representative of r>ne of the old nnd h«>n
ored families of what is now West Virginia. Mix grand
father, Elijah James Stone, whoso full patronymic he l>ears,
was a native of Massachusetts and was on»- of the pi >atn r
merchants of Wheeling, West Virginia, the bnsine* which
he here established having been the nucleus around which hn»
been evolved the substantial mercantile enterprise now con
ducted by the firm of Stone & Thomas, lie was as-socint<-d
with his brother in law, the late .laeob Thomas, in fovml
ing the business at Wheeling, nnd here lie continued as nn
honored and representative citizen until his death, which
occurred prior to the birth of his grandson and iKiine-akr.
the subject of this sketch. lh> wife, Elizabeth (Ttiomiw
Stone, likewise died in this city. Edward L. and Elizabeth
(Elson) Stone, parents of him whose name initiate* this re
view, still maintain their home at Wheeling, where the father
is living virtually retired, he having been succeeded by Ins
only son in the active supervision of the irreat department
store to the upbuilding of which he gave Ins splendid
energies for many years, lie succeeded his father in tin*
business, and has lived in Wheeling ami vicinity all his I fe,
his wife having been born in this city nnd the sut.ject of
this sketch being the younger of their two children. Tin-
elder child, Katharine Elson, became the wife of J S. Gibbs,
Jr., who is engaged iu the insurance business at Wheel ng.
and she was thirty-one years of age at the time of her death.

After having profited by the advantages of the public
schools of Wheeling. Elijah .T. Stone here continued his
studies in Linsly Institute, and thereafter he attended St.
Paul's School at Concord, New Hampshire. lie then enter.-d
historic old Yale University, in which he was graduated as
a member of the class of 1911 and with the degree of
Bachelor of Philosophv. At the university he became affili-
ated with the Chi Phi fraternity. After leaving Yale Mr.
Stone returned to Wheeling and identified himself actively
with the department store of Stone & Thomas, the modern
building of which is situated at the corner of Main and
Bridge streets. Under the original firm name the business
has been incorporated, and its officers are as hero noted-
W. E. Stone, president; E. L. Stone, vice president; .1. S.
Jones, secretary; W. E. Rowns, treasurer; and E. J. Stone,
assistant manager. Mr. Stone is loyal to his home city, is
one of its liheral and progressive young business men and
popular citizens, is a republican in politics, and holds mem
bership in the Wheeling Country Club the Fort Henry Hub
and the University Club.

In May, 1917.* the month following that in which the
United States entered the World war, Mr. Stone enlisted
and was scut to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. In
diana where he later received commission as a first licuten
ant. On the 10th of September of that year he was sent
overseas as a casual, and in France he attended the art llery
school at Saumur. He then became a member of the
Twenty-sixth Division of tho American Expeditionary
Forces, with which he was in service in the Cbemin des
Dames sector, northwest of Toulc, for three months, next
passed two months in the Chateau Thierry sector, and there
after was in the Meuso-Argonne sector, where he was sta
tioned at the time of the signing of the armistice. Tn eaW.
of these sectors Mr. Stone was with the artillery on tin-
firing line, and in September, 1918, he was advanced to the
rank of captain. He returned to the United States in May
1919, and received his honorable discharge at Camp Doyens.
Massachusetts. After this excellent record of patriotic
service Captain Stone returned to Wheeling and resumed his
association with the business of the company of which he i«
assistant manager.

William H. Magee, who was born in the conntry north
of Wheeling, is now designer for the Central Glass works or
Wheeling, has concentrated the energy and study or h* ma

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

ture career to the glass industry, and has filled a number
of expert and responsible offices with glass plants all over
the Ohio Valley.

Mr. Magee was born at Wellsburg, West Virginia, October
15, 1878. His father, Joseph Magee, was born in Donegal,
Ireland, in 1841. He lived there until he was twenty, then
crossed the ocean to Hamilton, Canada, and for two years
was employed as a physician's assistant in a hospital. On
leaving Canada he went to Akron, Ohio, learned the tinner 's
trade, and followed it as a journeyman for seven years. In
1870 he located at Wheeling, and owned and operated a tin
shop and store at the corner of Eleventh and Market streets
until 1877. In that year he removed to Wellsburg, where he
continued the same line of business. From 1888 to 1898 he
conducted his business at one of the leading centers of the
Ohio oil fields, Findlay. For twenty years following he was
in business at Newark, Ohio, and in 1918 retired and now,
at the age of eighty, is living at Charleston, West Virginia.
He is a republican, a stanch member of the Episcopal
Church, and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias.
Joseph Magee married Hannah Richardson, who was born
at Wheeling in 1849. Her father, William Richardson, was
a native of England, came to the United States and settled
at Wheeling when a young mau, and was a merchant tailor
for many years. He married in Wheeling, Elizabeth Bar-
rett, who was born in Ireland in 1808 and died at Findlay,
Ohio, in 1892. Joseph Magee and wife had three children,
William H. dying in infancy and the third son was also
named William H., he beiug the glass maker at Wheeling.
The second son, Charles Frizzell, is a clergyman of the
Episcopal Church with home at Charleston, West Virginia.
There was also an adopted daughter, Hannah Ethel, who
died at Newark, Ohio, in 1918, wife of Franze Bahlke, who
is now an employe of the Republic Truck Company at Alma,
Michigan.

William H. Magee spent the years of his childhood and
early youth in Wellsburg, West Virginia, and Findlay, Ohio,
acquiring his public school education there. He left school
at thirteen, and his labors as boy and man have been entirely
devoted to the glass industry. He was a boy worker in the
mold department of the Dalzell, Gilmore & Leighton Com-
pany at Findlay for seven years. From 1898 to 1902 he was
mold maker for the A. H. Heisey Glass Company at Newark,
Ohio. He first came to the Wheeling industrial district to
take charge of the mold department of the West Virginia
Glass Company at Martins Ferry. This plant was abandoned
in 1904, and Mr. Magee was then put in charge of the mold
department of the Jefferson Glass Company at Steubenville,
Ohio, in 1906 went to Rochester, Pennsylvania, to fill a
similar position with the H. C. Fry Glass Company, was
there two years, and did similar work for the McKee Glass
Company at Jeanuette, Pennsylvania. He then returned to
the Jefferson Glass Company, who had relocated at Follans-
bee, West Virginia, and was general manager of that plant
until 1910. For nearly a year he was in charge of the mold
department of the Imperial Glass Company of Bellaire, and
on January 1, 1911, he organized and opened the Grafton
plant of the Columbia Tile Company. He continued as
general manager of this West Virginia industry until Janu-
ary, 1915. From that date until January 1, 1921 Mr. Magee
had charge of the mold department of the Libbey Glass
Company at Toledo, Ohio. On leaving Toledo he came to
Wheeling as designer for the Central Glass Works. This is
one of the prominent industries of the Wheeling District,
located at Fifteenth and McColloch streets.

Mr. Magee is a republican in politics, a member of the
Episcopal Church, and is well known in glass manufacturing
circles and as a citizen of a number of communities. During
the war he acted as salesman in every one of the five loan
campaigns. He owns a modern home at Park View, Elm
Grove. Wheeling. He married at Wellsburg, West Virginia,
in 1903, Miss Margaret Frances Spooner, daughter of
Samuel and Anna (Carless) Spooner, now deceased. Her
father was a rolling mill heater in sheet iron mills. Mrs.
Magee was reared and educated in Wheeling, and died at
Toledo. Ohio February 23, 1921. She is survived by four
children: William Spooner, born at Steubenville, Ohio, May
1, 1904; Nancy Lee, born at Rochester, Pennsylvania, April

7, 1906 j Samuel Joseph, born at Follansbee, West Virgini
December 11, 1908; and Robert Barrett, born at Grafto
West Virginia, November 7, 1912.

Henry J. Hartmann. In capital invested and volume
business ice manufacture now stands eighth among the i
dustries of the United States. The oldest and largest i
industry of Wheeling is the Wheeling Ice and Storage Coi
pany. The efficient manager of this business is Henry
Hartmann, a native of Wheeling and with a long and si,
cessful experience in local business affairs.

Mr. Hartmann was born in Wheeling, June 12, 1869. B,
father, William Hartmann, was born in Waldeck, Germar'
in 1843, was reared and educated in his native country, a:
on coming to the United States in the Spring of 1868 settl
at Wheeling. For a period of forty-six years he was a wai'
houseman with the old Hobbs-Brockunier Glass Compar
after which he retired. He died at Wheeling, October
1915. He was a democrat in earlier years, but became i
republican at the McKinley campaign of 1S96. He vt
always one of the faithful members and attendants of ti
Lutheran Church. Soon after coming to Wheeling he mj
ried Miss Elizabeth Bremer. She was also born in Waldet!
Germany, in 1847, and had come to the United States in t)
spring of 1868 in company with friends. Henry J. Ha 1
mann is the oldest of his parents' children. Charles is.
broker at Wheeling and Fred W. is a salesman for ts
wholesale candy firm of Ellison Heifer Company, with hon
at Martins Ferry, Ohio.

Henry J. Hartmann was educated in the public school
of Wheeling and attended Frasher's Business College. 3»
left school in 1885, and his first regular work was six nionti
employment in a leather store. For two years he was w i
the Joseph Speidel Wholesale Grocery Company, and i;
fourteen years was with Waterhouse Brothers, wholes;?
grocers. In this establishment he reached the position
head bookkeeper and salesman.

It was in September, 1902, that Mr. Hartmann went wl
the Wheeling Ice and Storage Company, beginning as cle,
was promoted to assistant manager in 1913 and since <•
tober, 1921, has been manager. He is also a stockholder al
director of the company. The great prestige and busin'j
this company enjoys is fully credited to the hard work al
splendid management of Mr. Hartmann. The plant al
offices are at 2224 Water Street.

Mr. Hartmann is a republican and has long been proi-
nent in Zion Lutheran Church. He has served as correspoi-
ing secretary, has on several occasions been a member of <J
Church Council and has hcen president, secretary; treasur
and trustee of the various church benevolent organization
He is a member of Ohio Valley Lodge No. 131, Knights t
Pythias, Wheeling Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Protect a
Order of Elks, and LaBelle Lodge, Ancient Order of Unii
Workmen. He owns a modern home at 15 Kentucky Strt
in Wheeling. He married in that city June 30, 1897, Ma
Matilda Schenck, daughter of Frederick L. and Cathere
(Baumberger) Schenck. Both her parents died in Wheeli;,
her father having been for a number of years an emphe
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Mr. and Wj.
Hartmann have one child, Kathryn. horn March 1, 18'.
She is a graduate of the Wheeling High School and is n?
bookkeeper for the Wheeling Ice and Storage Company.

William S. Stenger. One of the most successful ci-
cerns in West Virginia handling motor trucks and equ>*
ment is the Stenger Motor Company of Wheeling, a husina
founded and huilt up with steadily increasing prosperity J
William S. Stenger, a young husiness man of great ener',
who has had the faculty of doing well anything he unc"-
took. He is a member of a very well known family in «
Wheeling District.

He was born in Ohio County, West Virginia, May ),
18S5. His grandfather, John Stenger, was born in 1837 n
Pennsylvania, and soon after the Civil war moved to 6
Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and spent the restf
his life as a farmer in Ohio and Brooke counties. He dd
at Beech Bottom in Brooke County in 1897. His son, J«n
J. Stenger, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in Februtr,

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C7

ls62, spent his early life there, married in Wheeling, and for
wenty-five years was employed in the sheet department of

I roa and steel rolling mills. Since 1907 he has been busied
nth his farm at Short Creek, West Virginia, lie has grown
i large acreage in wheat and also has a peach orchard of
.wenty acres. John J. Stenger is a Catholic, a democrat, and
i member of Carroll Council No. 504, Knights of Columbus,
it Wheeling. lie married Jane Myles, who was bora at
•Vheeling in August, 1862. Of their children the oldest is
^ntheriiic, wife of Bernard Baker, a stationary engineer
iving at Warwood, Wheeling. The second in age is Wil-
li in S. J ulra J., Jr., is associated with the Stenger Motor
'onipany. Vincent J- went overseas with the One llun-
Ired and Eighteenth Engineers and died in England in 191s,
it the age of twenty-eight. Herbert M. and Earl are with
heir father on the farm. Raymond E. is a student in St.

I 'harles College at Baltimore.

William S. Stenger acquired his early education in the
•ublic schools of Wheeling, graduated from the Cathedral

| ligh School hi 1904, and during the next five years he man-
ged his father's retail dairy in Wheeling. From 1909 to
916 he farmed on his own account in Ohio County, and in

I he latter year he opened at Wheeling a business known as
he Sandow Motor Sales Company. In the summer of 1921
•e changed the name to the Stenger Motor Company, of
.hich he is sole properietor. His garage, salesrooms and

, -Sices are at the corner of Eleventh and Water streets. The
»tenger Motor Company is the local distributing agency for
he Gramm-Bernstein Motor Trucks, Pilot ears, sells tires
nd standard parts for motor trucks, and Sir. Stenger has
Icvelopcd a business that is recognized as an indispensable

♦crviec to all truck owners at Wheeling.

Mr. Stenger is a republican, a member of the Catholic
'hureh and Carroll Council No. 504, Knights of Columbus,
lis home is at 118 Twenty-first Street in Norwood. Novem-

l*r 24. 1909, at Wheeling, he married Miss Sadie E. Smith,
laughter of John E. and Mary Catherine (Kaab) Smith, of
Jhort Creek, where her mother lives. Her father was a
armcr and died at Short Creek. Mrs. Stenger completed

% er education in the West Liberty Normal School. To their

♦narriage have been born six children : Ralph, born in

IJeptember, 1910; Sarah, January 13, 1912; Gertrude, in

'lay. 1913; Ruth, in November, 1914; Blanche, in August,
917; and Angela, in September, 1919.

Maj. John C. Bond, state auditor of West Virginia, is
comparatively young man but with a record of activities
hat constitute real distinction. He began earning and
aying his own way when a youth. He has been a teacher,
iewspaper editor and manager, and prior to his election as
tate auditor had served as adjutant general of West Vir-
rinia and is an ex-scrviee man and officer of the World war.

Major Bond was born in Pendleton County, West Vir-
;inia, in 18S0, son of William H. and Rebecca (Judy)
iond. His grandfather, Capt. John S. Bond, was a native
f Pennsylvania, settled in Pendleton County in the early
50s, and during the Civil war was a captain of Home
luards.

John C. Bond was reared on a farm, worked in the
ields, in lumber mills, as a railroad brakrman, and in the
neantime was acquiring his education in public schools and
inally in the Fairmont State Normal from which he
radnated in 1902. After teaehing he took up newspaper
fork, became editor and general manager of the Fairmont
"imes, and left that city in 1907 to come to Charleston as
ditor and general manager of the Charleston Daily Mail.
Jiving up the heavy routine of this responsibility in 1909.
e became a general correspondent and political writer, and
•eeame widely known for his knowledge of state politics and
•olitical personalities.

In the meantime for several years Major Bond was
ctive in the affairs of the National Guard. His first
ailitary experience came dnring the Spanish-American war
•f 1898, when he joined the First West Virginia Volunteer
nfantry. In the National Guard his reputation was based
•n his expert skill with the rifle. He represented the West
Virginia National Guard in various rifle tournaments at

Camp Perry, Ohio, Seagirt, New Jorj^y, and Jacksonville,
Florida.

In 1914 he was appointed adjutant general of West Vir-
ginia, with the rank of brigadier general of the Nntional
Guard. As adjutant general it devolved upon him in 1916
to mobilize the National Guard for service on the Mexican
border. Later, when the National Guard was muttered into
the United States service, iu April, 1917, he resigned and
soon afterward was accepted for service in the National
army with the rank of major. He was assigned to duty as
assistant adjutant of the Thirty eighth Division nt Cnmp
Shelby, Mississippi. There he was one of the three officers
detailed by the War Department from the Thirty eighth
Division to attend the Army General Staff College, A. K. P.,
at Langres, France. lie left for overseas on this assign
nient early in February, 1918. Major Bond graduated from
this college with a diploma from the general staff recom-
mending him for general staff duty with troops — the highest
recommendation given by the general staff and most unu-ninl
honor for a soldier from civil life, lie graduated May 29,
191 s, and from that date was in constant service on tin
various battle fronts until the armistice. Major Bond was
with the First Division in the Montdidh r Noyon sector, ami
was transferred about July 1st to the Thirty fifth Division,
on duty iu Alsaee, near the Swiss border. Later, with the
same division, he engaged in the St. Mihiel drive, which was
the American army's first major offensive, and subsequently
was with the Thirty-fifth Division in the Meuse-.Argonne
battle. Major Bond's Victory Medal has four bars, indi
eating that he was engaged in three major offensive opern-
tions and one defensive. His defensive work was in the
Somme-Dicu in Lorraine and in the Kruth sector in Alsace.

Major Bond returned home early in 1919 and wna dis-
charged at Hobokcn in February. He had devoted prac-
tically five years to the National Guard or National army
service. Be soon afterward became a clerk in the office
of the secretary of state at Charleston, and early in 1920
announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for
state auditor. He won this honor at the primnrics and was
elected in November, 1920. Major Bond is a man of mili-
tary training, has the military habit of efficiency, knows
West Virginia affairs and politics, and his skillful adminis-
tration of the auditor's office so far has fully justified the
confidence reposed by his election. He has one of the most
important of the executive offices at the capitol, the state
auditor having general supervision not only of state ac-
counts in general but such special departments as that of
fire marshal, sheriff, corporations, warrant, insurnnee. lands.

Major Bond is a Scottish and York Rite Mason and
Shriner, and is a member of the Methodist Church. He
married Miss Blanche Hume, and they have a son, Paul
Hume Bond.

William Lawbence Bbice is the present general manager
of the Wheeling Register. Ho became manager under his
un.de, the late James B. Taoey. Be therefore continues the
distinctive relationship maintained by the Taney family to
this nld institution of journalism.

The Wheeling Register was established during the Civil
war times, in 1863, and has l-een published continuously for
over half a century. Lewis Baker was one of the fouodcrs
and continued the management as principal owner until
18^4. At that time the Register was acquired by Taney
Brothers, and the Register has been owned and published by
the West VirginLi Printing Company 8 nee that year. The
Register was managed first by James B. Taney, from lssi
until 1893. when Mr. Tanev was appointed consul-g* neral to
Ireland under President Cleveland in his second term of
office. His brother, Charles Henry Taney, succeeded him as
general manager of the Register, and continued in same
capacity until his sudden death on February -0, 191-.
James B. Taney again became manager upon the death of
his brother Charles, and at the same time the subject of thw
sketch was made assistant general manager and continue 1
until the death of James B. Taney in May 1915.

William Lawrence Brice was born at Wheeling. August
15 1874 He is a great-grandson of a prominent pioneer

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character in this section of West Virginia, John Brice, a
native of Pennsylvania, who was the founder and first pastor
of the historic " Stone Church," a Presbyterian society
organized at the "Porks of Wheeling" as early as 1787.
The material of the old Stone Church is still part of the
structure known as the Stoue Church at Elm Grove. John
Brice died at West Alexander, Pennsylvania. His son,
John Brice, Jr., was born in Pennsylvania in 1796, and
subsequently removed from Ohio County, West Virginia, to
Behnont County, Ohio, where he was a farmer. He died
in Belmont County in 1881. His wife was Nancy Byers, a
native of Washington County, Pennsylvania, who died in
Belmont County, Ohio.

Sylvester L. Brice, father of William L. Brice, was born
in Belmont County, Pebruary 19, 1840, and finished his edu-
cation in the Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio. In 1861
he joined Company P of the Pifty-second Ohio Infantry,
and was all through the Civil war, participating in the bat-
tles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge and in the campaign of Sherman to the sea. Follow-
ing the war he located at Wheeling, studied pharmacy, and
from 1867 to 1893 conducted a successful drug business in
the city. After that he lived retired until his death on
December 26, 1910. S. L. Brice was for several terms a
member of the City Council in both branches, was city
collector of taxes, was an influential republican and a mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity. His wife was Ella Taney, a
sister of Charles H. and James B. Taney. She was born at
Newark, New Jersey, but has lived in Wheeling since in-
fancy. William L. Brice is the oldest of three children.
His brother, Malcolm Taney Brice, is news editor of the
Wheeling Register. The only sister, Eleanor, is the wife of
a prominent Wheeling attorney, Henry M. Russell.

William Lawrence Brice was educated in the public
schools, in Linsly Institute, and in 1893, at the age of nine-
teen, entered the newspaper business as a reporter on the
Register, under his uncles. He has given his full time and
service to the fortune and prosperity of the Register for
nearly thirty years.

Mr. Birce, who is unmarried, is a democrat in politics, a
member of St Matthew 'a Episcopal Church, Wheeling Lodge
No. 28, B. P. O. E., Wheeling Country Club, Port Henry
Club, and on many occasions has found and exercised the
opportunities to be a useful citizen of the community. He
is a director of the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce, a di-
rector of the Citizens People's Trust Company, and during
the World war was a member of various committees and
employed the full force of the Register's influence in behalf
of the Government. Mr. Brice resides at 930 North Main
Street.

Roy Benton Naylor. Perhaps no other name has been
more steadily identified with the commercial history and de-
velopment of the City of Wheeling since the middle of the
past century than that of Naylor. One of the largest whole-
sale houses in the Ohio Valley is the John S. Naylor Com-
pany. Roy Benton Naylor is a son of the founder and for
many years active bead of this business, and while he chose
a distinct field of enterprise he has for a number of years
been recognized as one of West Virginia's ablest and most
public spirited citizens, having gained a great deal of prom-
inence during his long connection with the Wheeling and
West Virginia Boards of Trade.

Mr. Naylor was born at Wheeling, July 22, 1871. His
family has been in this section of the Ohio Valley consider-
ably more than a century. His great-grandfather was John
Naylor, who was born near Baltimore, Maryland, of Quaker
stock and English ancestry. He settled in Ohio at the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century, and his occupation was
that of a farmer. The grandfather of Roy Naylor was
Joseph R. Naylor, who was born in Ohio in 1817 and in 1848
moved to Wellsburg, West Virginia. He became a mer-
chant, and under appointment from President Cleveland
was serving as postmaster of Wellsburg when he died in
1887. He was a democrat, and a member of the Christian
Church and the Masonic fraternity. Joseph R. Naylor mar-
ried Hester Kimberland, who was born in Ohio in 1817 and

died at Wellsburg in 1887, having been born and having die
in the same years as her husband.

The late John S. Naylor was born at Pennsville in Morga
County, Ohio, in 1843, and was about five years of age whe
his parents moved to Wellsburg, where he grew up and a<
quired the greater part of his education. He attended tb
old West Liberty Academy, and in 1869, as a young mai!
moved to Wheeling. In later years his mercantile activith
developed into the John S. Naylor Company, one of tl
largest wholesale dry goods houses in the state. He was f(
many years its active executive head, and gave his time 1,
the business until his death in 1916. His citizenship in evei
sense was thoroughly constructive. He served on the cit
council and school board, was one of West Virginia's con
missioners to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, and m
also interested in democratic politics, serving several yea::
as chairman of the County Committee of Ohio County. E
was a member of the Christian Church and the Mason
fraternity. John S. Naylor married Anna Wendelken, wl
was born at Marietta, Ohio, in 1853, and is still living i
Wheeling. Roy Benton is the oldest of four children. H
brothers have all had an active part in the business founde
by their father. Allen Gerd died at Wheeling in 1918. Tl
other sons are Joseph R. and Wilson, Joseph being the pre
ent executive head of the John S. Naylor Company.

Roy Benton Naylor attended the public schools, Lins
Institute, and Marietta College in Ohio. He left college :]
his sophomore year and was first attracted into the new
paper profession and was connected with the Wheeling Net
for some years. Mr. Naylor founded the Wheeling Tel
graph, selling that paper in 1904.

In 1905 he was elected secretary of the Board of Trade <;
Wheeling. He held that office ten years, and during tl.
greater part of that time the power of the Board of Tra(.
and its affiliated organizations was largely exercised throuf
the executive abilities of Mr. Naylor. Shortly after he w;
elected secretary of the Wheeling board he organized t)
West Virginia Board of Trade, and was its secretary J
ten years. After carrying these official burdens so long 1,
resigned in the fall of 1915 to take up the insurance bm>
ness with the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartfor
and is now district agent for the Wheeling District, wi
offices in the National Bank of West Virginia Building. !
1917 he was president of the West Virginia Life Uude
writers Association and is still a director of the associatio

Mr. Naylor departs somewhat from the family tradith
in the matter of politics, being a republican, though he h
not sought prominence in partisan politics, but rather
public matters permitting opportunities for constructi
work, particularly in affairs of community benefit. He w
a member of the city council in 1901-02, was park and pla
ground commissioner in 1912, and since 1921 has been on t
City Recreation Commission. Mr. Naylor lives at Woodsda
where he completed his beautiful modern home in 1919. I
was mayor of Woodsdale three years, until that communi
was consolidated with Wheeling in J.919. He is a memb
of the Christian Church, the Wheeling Chamber of Coi
merce, Wheeling Country Club, Port Henry Club, Twilig
Club and Rotary Club. He is a director of the Communi
Savings and Loan Company, director of the Wheeling Sa
ings & Loan Association, a director of the Associated Cha
ties and a trustee of Marietta College, for which he receiv.
the honorary degree of A. M. in 1912. During the war
was a "Pour-Minute" speaker, and was chairman of t
Publicity Committee for all the Liberty Loan, Red Cross a:
other drives.

January 15, 1902, at Bridgeport, Ohio, Mr. Naylor mi-
ried Miss Nancy Dent, daughter of James C. and Mill
(Clayton) Dent, now residents of Los Angeles. Her fatl'
is a retired merchant. Mrs. Naylor is a graduate of Mou;
de Chantal Academy of Wheeling. They have one son, Jo i
S., Jr., born March 28, 1906.

Andrew Glass is one of the very active and influent: I
younger men in the industrial and commercial life of Whe-
ing, and his practical field of experience since leaving schft
has been the iron and steel industry.

He was born at Wheeling, June 25, 1881, son of Woe-

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ward \V. ami Mary C. Glass. His grandfather, Andrew
Glass, was one of the original stockholders of the La Belie
Iron Works, one of the pioneer iron industries at Wheeling,
established seventy years ago, ami now a subsidiary of the
Wheeling Steel Corporation.

Mr. Andrew Glass acquired most of his public school
education in Chicago, and as a youth became a salesman in
| the Chicago store of the Wheeling Corrugating Company.
Later he was made general manager of the Portsmouth,
Ohio, works of the Whitaker-Glessner Company, and for sev-
eral years past has been president of the Whitaker-(}lessner
Company ami vice president of the Wheeling St, el Corpora-
tion an<l his business oflices are in the Wheeling Steel Cor-
poration Building.

Mr. Class is a republican, a Knight Templar Mason and
Shriner and a member of the Elks, and belongs to the Fort
Henry Club, Wheeling Country Club and the Columbus
Athletic Association. August 2* lDliU, he married Dorothy
Varner, and they have an infant son, Alexander Glass.

Walter L. Danks, whose technical and executive ability
need no further voucher than the statement that he is the
efficient suj erintendent of the Parkersburg Iron & Steel
Company, at the metropolis and judicial center of Wood
County, West Virginia, claims the State of Nebraska as the
place of his nativity and is a representative of one of its
sterling pioneer families, though it is to be recorded that
Ins father, a man of independent means and marked re-
sourcefulness, did not eousent long to endure the lavages
wrought by grasshoppers and druugbt in the pioneer period
of Nebraska history, but soon left that state, in which many
other pioneers were compelled to remain, as they had no
financial resources that permitted them to llee from the

| desolation wrought by the pioneer scourges.

Walter L. Banks was born at Cozad, Dawson County,
Nebraska on the 1 1th of November, )s75, ami is a son of
•lohn G. and Elizabeth (Vanee) Danks, the former of whom
was born at Mount Savage, Maryland, and the latter at
Muncie, Indiana. Samuel T. Danks, grandfather of him
whose name initiates this review, was a native of England,

j where the family has been one of not minor prominence,
among its representative* iu the past having been one or
more distinguished musicians and composers, one of whom
composed musie for many of the beautiful chants of the
Church of England. Samuel T. Danks was reared and edu
cated in his native land and there acquired his fundamental
knowledge of the iron industry, of which he became a prom-
inent and influential pioneer exponent after eoming to the
United States. He eame to this country about the year 1M7,
and in lbi { J he became one of the argonauts of California,
where the historic diseovery of gold had just been made. He
made the lung and periluus overland trip to California and

' beeame one of the first to utilize hydraulic power in connec-
tion with gold mining in that state. He did not long remain
on the Pacific Coast, however, but established his home at
Mount Savage, Maryland, where he became prominently
identified with the iron industry, as a pi necr iu its develop-
ment in this eountry. He was the inventor of the rotary
puddling furnaee that bore his name and that did much
to advance iron production industry in the Cnited States.
Both he and his wife continued to reside in Maryland for
a number of years, and thereafter he became superintendent
of an extensive iron manufacturing plant in Cincinnati,
Ohio, in which state he and his wife passed the closing
years of their lives.

John G. Dauks seems to have inherited a predilection for
the iron industry, with whieh the family name had been
prominently identified in England for many generations.
He wag reared and edueated in Maryland, where he early
gained practical experieoee in connection with iron industry
under the effective direction of his father. As a young man
he became meebanieal engineer for one of the large iron
corporations at Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father was
simultaneously serving as an executive in connection with
the same line of enterprise. After the father invented the
Dankg puddling furnaee John G., the son, went to England
to superintend the installation of these improved devices in
that country, and after his return to the United States he

continued such installation scr\ice, hi which he m« t with
much opposition and had inauy remarkable cxjHTmncen on
account of the opposition of the historic organization in
Pennsylvania known as the "Molly Mnguirea. " In the early
7Us he made his venture iu connection with \ ionccr ranching
enterprise in Dawson County, Nebraska, but the nd\er*« con
ditions previously mentioned in th s vkrtdi led him to
abandon his activities there and to return to Uneimutti.
After his retirement from aetiw- busim*.* affui n he rrmuvrd
to Lus Angeles California, and there lis .bath occurred in
IU11, his wife Inning preceded him to itemnl r« t, and l wo
children survive them.

Walter L. Dank.s, the immediate nubjert «.f this I h.
parsed his boyhood .lays principally on u farm owned l.\ In.
internal grandfather near College II til, a »iiiim». ui the
City of Cincinnati, ami his early educational disci t ne in
eluded that of the high school anil also of a biisints, coll. gi .
which later he attended at night, lie gained under tie . I, ra-
tion of his father and grandfather his early experience in
connection with the iron and steel industry, and in tin- en
nection be has well upheld the prestige of the fam l\ uaiiil ,
as his entire active career has been on.- of i Iom- and #tTWtrr»
association with this important branch of industrial ent. r
prise. He was for tive years in the employ of the luUml
Steel Company at Indiana Harbor, Indiana, and with the
same won promotion to the position of assistant master
mechanic. In PJUti he came to Parkersburg, West V irginia,
to take the position of master mechanic with the Pnrkers
burg Iron & Steel Company, and this alliance has since con
tinued, while he has served as superintendent of the com
pany 's extensive plant since Will.

Mr. Danks is found aligned loyally in the ranks of the
republican party, and is \ital and progressive in his civic
attitude. He takes deep interest in all that touches the wel
fare and advancement of his home city, ami during the
nation's partici| ation in the World war he was able to gBe
valuable patriotic service both through tin? medium of his
industrial association and through his personal efforts in
support of the various local war activities. He and his wife
hob] membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, ami »u
the Masonic fraternity he has completed the circle of the
York Rite, in which his maximum affiliation is with the
Parkersburg Commandery of Knights Templars, beside* len
ing received the thirty-see. md degree of the Scottish Kite
ami being also a member of the Mystic Shrine.

The year 11MI2 recorded the marriage of Mr. hanks to
Miss Hannah Stephens, of Indiana Harbor, Indiana, and
they have one son, Walter L., Jr.

Arthur Burke Koontz was bom at Kessier s c .>-«.
Lanes, Nicholas County, West V irginia. January I ^ •.
son of John ami Alice Groves Koontz. John Koont/. was of
German extraction, having descended from the (xruinii s,-t
tlemetit iu Pennsylvania. He was born, reared and s ( , -it
his entire life as a farmer and stoi k rais r in Ni. obis
County, West Virginia. For many years he was one of tin
leaders in local democratic polities, and served one term :»s
sheriff of his county. He died at the age of •*-«viiti s»x.
July 4, 1911. Alice Groves Koontz, who is seventy six years
old, is living at the old homestead.

Mr. Kooutz's grandfather, .lame** Koont/.. marri d He
becea Longanecker. They moved from the C. rmnn settle
meut of Pennsylvania to Virginia, ami from there to that
part of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, which afterward
was formed into Nicholas County, West Virginia.

Mr. Koontz 's grandfather on his mother's side was Jolm
Groves, who married Catharine Duffy. John Groves was of
Scotch deseeut, and Catharine Duffy, of Irish descent, hav-
ing been born in Irelaud, a daughter of Hugh and Judith
MeMabon Duffy, but eame to America when she was sixteen
years old.

Arthur Burke Koontz has been one of the able members
of the Charleston bar for more than ten years. His reputa-
tion as a lawyer has been spread widely over the state, but
he ia perhaps best known in popular opinion throughout
"West Virginia in general because of his candidncy in 192U
for governor of the state.

In the present generation the name Koontz is widely and

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favorably known in the professions, in educational affairs,
banking and politics. Arthur Burke Koontz received his
early instruction in the public schools of Nicholas County.
He attended the Summersville School, graduated from Mar-
shall College at Huntington, and subsequently entered Yale
University Law School, where he was graduated with an
LL. B. degree in 1910. Mr. Koontz began to practice law
at Charleston in 1911, and has appeared in connection with
important litigation in practically all the state courts.
Aside from his law practice he is interested in a number of
business enterprises and is vice president of the Union
Trust Company of Charleston, which he was instrumental
in organizing in 1913.

Nominated by the democratic party as candidate for
governor in 1920, he made a most creditable campaign and
won a flattering vote in the general republican landslide of
that year. Mr. Koontz is a member of the Phi Alpha Delta
law fraternity, a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner.
He married Miss Mary Watson Sipe, of Fairmout. Her
father, the late Conrad Alhert Sipe, is well remembered as
former president of the Fairmont State Normal School.
The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Koontz are Mary Watson
and Arthur Burke, Jr.

Associated with Mr. Koontz in his law practice is his
younger brother, Patrick Duffy Koontz, who was educated
in Marshall College, in the University of Michigan, and in
Harvard University Law School. During the World war he
saw service in France, and attained the rank of captain.

Another brother, Luther Vaughan Koontz, lives at Clen-
denin, where he is president of the First National Bank and
extensively interested in the enterprises of that town. He
brought about the incorporation of Clendenin and was its
first mayor.

Another brother, Louis K. Koontz, lives in Goldfield,
Nevada, where he is interested in mining, and the two liv-
ing sisters, Mrs. W. T. Burdette and Mrs. J. D. Peck, live
on farms in Nicholas County.

An older brother, James William Koontz, who died in
1917, was a well known physician in Western Kentucky,
having practiced his profession in Muhlenberg and sur-
rounding counties for twenty years. Two older sisters,
Rouena Catharine, who married Dt. A. L. Morris, and Lola
Gertrude, who married L. S. Tully, are now deceased. Two
other children, Cora Belle and Hubert, died in infancy.

Arthur Burke Koontz is therefore a member of a family
of eleven, nine of whom grew to maturity. He happens to
be the only one of the nine who never taught school.

Elmo Austin Murray. Some men possess not only the
ordinary and conventional virtues, which they exemplify in
a greater or lesser degree in their every-day life, but have
in addition exceptional qualities which bring about achieve-
ments and attract to them the admiration and respect of
their co-workers. Simple dignity, evidences of human sym-
pathy, ceaseless application and habits of thrift, will bring
about a successful career, and continued advancement will
be noted invariably when to the qualities just named are
added power of initiative and quick decision, shrewdness,
force of character, confident judgment and resourceful
ness. These qualities have been noted in the career of Elmo
Austin Murray, now shop superintendent of the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railway at Huntington, and a man who has won
his own way up the ladder of success from the bottom
round.

Mr. Murray, who is of Scotch descent and belongs to a
family which was founded in Colonial Virginia prior to
the Revolution, was born at Staunton, Virginia, September
1, 1876, a son of Robert P. and Mary Elizabeth (Whitlock)
Murray. His father was born in 1833, in Rockingham
County, Virginia, where he was reared and educated, and as
a youth went to Louisa County, Virginia, where his mar-
riage occurred. Following that event he was a resident of
Staunton, and from 1852 was a fireman for the Virginia
Central Railroad until the outbreak of the Civil war. In
1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served
throughout the struggle under Captain Kemper in a Vir-
ginia volunteer infantry regiment. On receiving his honor-
able discharge he resumed work as a fireman on the Vir-

ginia Central, and was later promoted to locomotive engi-
neer, remaining with that road when it became the Chesa-
peake & Ohio and continuing as one of its most trusted
employes until his death at Clifton Forge, Virginia, in 1889.
He was a democrat in politics, and a regular member and
strong supporter of the Baptist Church. Mr. Murray mar-
ried Mary Elizabeth Whitlock, who was born in 1833, at
Frederick Hall, Virginia, and died at Clifton Forge in 1912.
They became the parents of five children as follows: Alice,
who died unmarried at Clifton Forge at the age of twenty-
one years; James, who died at the same place when twenty
years of age; Elmo Austin, of this review; Robert F., who
is engaged in the dry goods business at Clifton Forge; and
Virginia, the wife of Harry E. Blaine, of Clifton Forge, a
freight conductor for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.

Elmo Austin Murray was educated in the public schools
of Clifton Forge, which he left at the age of fourteen years
to enter the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Com-
pany, starting at Clifton Forge, where he served his appren-.
ticeship as a machinist. He was made gang foreman there,
and subsequently was sent to Covington, Kentucky, as gen-
eral foreman of the company's shops in 1903. In 1910 he
was again promoted and sent to Lexington, Kentucky, in
the capacity of master mechanic. In 1911 he was trans-
ferred to Clifton Forge, where he remained as master
mechanic until 1920, at that time being promoted to the
post of shop superintendent of the company's shops at
Huntington, his present position. Under his supervision
there are 2,500 employes, his offices being situated at
Twenty-seventh Street and Eighth Avenue. Mr. Murray
maintains an independent stand in regard to political mat-
ters, voting for the man rather than the party and using his
own judgment as to principles and policies. As a fratern-
alist he holds membership in Allegheny Lodge, A. F. and
A. M. ; Clifton Forge Chapter, R. A. M.; Stevenson Corn-
mandery No. 8, K. T., of Staunton, Virginia; and Acca
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Richmond, Virginia. He
owns a modern and attractive home at No. 1227 Tenth
\venue, located in one of the preferred residence sections
-»f the city.

In September, 1901, in Botetourt County, Virginia, Mr.''
Murray married Miss Willie Carper, daughter of William B.
and Rebecca (Allen) Carper, the latter of whom still resides,
in Botetourt County, where Mr. Carper, who was an ex-
tensive agriculturist, died in 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Murray
are the parents of two children : Aline, a student at Stuart
Hall, Staunton, Virginia, and Elmo Austin, Jr., who attends
the Huntington High School.

Charles Trueheart Taylor, M. D. For half a century
the name Taylor has been prominent in Huntington in con-
nection with the law and medicine. Doctor Taylor is one
of the leading surgeons of Huntington, and has practiced
medicine and surgery there for over twenty years. He is
one of the owners of the Huntington General Hospital and
the Kessler-Hatrleld Hospital, and is associate surgeon in
both these institutions.

Doctor Taylor was born at Weldon, North Carolina,
August 8, 1872, but his home since early childhood has been
at Huntington. His grandfather was born in old Virginia
in 1817, spent the greater part of his life there as a planter
and was a slave owner before the Civil war. For a number
of years he lived at Oxford, Virginia, and he finally retired
to Huntington, West Virginia, where he died in 1897. He
married a Miss Harrison, a native of Virginia, who died
near Oxford in that state. The Taylors are a Scotch-Irish
family who settled in Virginia in Colonial times.

Thomas Wallace Taylor, father of Doctor Taylor, was
born in Virginia in 1833, was reared and married there, and
for four years lived at Weldon, North Carolina, on a farm.
He left the University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill
during his junior year to enter the Confederate army, and
was in active service about a year. He was severely wounded
at the battle of Malvern Hill, and incapacitated for further
field duty. Subsequently he graduated from the law de-
partment of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville,
and in 1874 established his home at Huntington, West Vir-
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

of the state. He was judge of the Crminal Court of Cabell
County for twelve years, from 1907 to 1919. He is a demo-
crat and an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Thomas
Wallace Taylor, whose home is at 1134 Sixth Avenue in
Huntington, married Miss Maria Trueheart, who was born
at Prinee Edward Court House, Virginia, in 1843. Charles
Trueheart Taylor is their oldest child. Mattie F., of 113(3
Sixth Avenue, Huntington, is the widow of Rollo M. Baker,
who was a Huntington attorney and general attorney for the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and a member of the law firm
of Enslow Fitzpatriek & Baker. The third child, Thomas
Wallace Taylor, died at the age of seventeen, Powhatan
died at the age of fourteen, and "William died at the age of
four years. Harvey C, the youngest, is in the real estate
business at Huntington.

Charles Trueheart Taylor attended the grammar and high
schools at Huntington, Marshall College in that city
through the junior year, and for three years was a student
ia Center College at Danville, Kentucky. He pursued his
medical studies in the Hospital College of Medicine at
Louisville, where he graduated M. D. in 1897, and again
did post graduate work there in 1899 and 1905. In 1^97
he was an interne in the Gray Street Infirmary of Louis-
ville. On returning to Huntington instead of beginning prac-
tice Doctor Taylor served a year as city elerk, but since
1S99 has devoted himself completely to his growing practice.
His offices are in the First National Bank Building. Doctor
Taylor is president of the Cabell County Medical Society
and a member of the State and American Medical Associa-
tions. He is president of the Sovereign Gas Company of
Huntington and a director in the Huntington-Oklahoma Oil
Company. Besides his modern home at 1665 Fifth Avenue
he has an interest in the Beverly apartment building on
Sixth Street.

Doetor Taylor is a democrat, a member of Huntington
Lodge No. 53, F. and A. M., Huntington Chapter No. 6,
R, A. M., Huntington Commandery No. 9, K. T., West Vir-
ginia Consistory No. 1, Scottish Rite, Beni-Kedem Temple
of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston, and is also a member
of the Knights of Pythias, Aneient Order of United Work-
men, Modern Woodmen of America, ReeBe Camp No. 66,
Woodmen of the World, and is a past exalted ruler of Hunt-
ington Lodge No. 313, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elka.

During the war Doctor Taylor was chief examiner for the
Cabell County Draft Board, a very important and burden-
some responsibility, and he also gave his active influence
to other patriotic causes at the time.

In 1900, at Huntington, he married Miss Berniee Steven-
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Stevenson, who were
farmers and died at Beverly, Ohio. Mrs. Taylor died at
Huntington in 1910, survived by two children: Berniee, a
student in the National Cathedral School at Washington,
D. C.j and Charles Trueheart, Jr., born September 11, 19t»6
now in tho Huntington High School. In 1912, at Newark,
Xew Jersey. Doctor Taylor married Miss Stella Moore, a
native of that citv. They have a daughter, Jane, born
December 11, 1913."

Eli C. Morris. In the old Keystone State Eli C. Morris
was born March 14, 1845, in Washington County. He was
a son of Samuel Morris, a representative of one of the ster-
ling old Pennsylvania families long identified with that
gracious and noble religious organization, the Society of
Friends, more commonly known as Quakers. In Pennsyl-
vania Eli C. Morris was reared to manhood, received such
educational advantages as were offered in the schools of the
period, and in his youth learned the trade of millwright, in
connection with which he assisted in the erection of many
flour mills, besides eventually becoming a successful mill
operator. In connection with his vocation he came to West
Virginia, where for a time he operated a mill at Elizabeth.
Thereafter he built and equipped a mill at Morristown,
which was named in his honor, and after operating this mill
for a time he removed with his family to Washington
County. Ohio, where he passed the remainder of hia life and
where he died at Lower Salem in 1914. He waa a birthright
member of the Society of Friends, and in his unostentatious

career he exemplified the sterling chnrarteruiticn ever a*»o-
ciatcd with the name of Quaker, lhe father was implarable
in his opposition to the institution of slavery, and the Morris
home in Pennsylvania was made a station on the historic
underground rnihvny which enabled many slavea to eucaj^
bondnge in the period leading up to the Civil war. Though
the customs and teachings of the Society of Friends depre-
cate war in all forma, the youthful patriotism of Eli C.
Morris was such that he transcended these teaching* when
the Civil war was precipitated on tho nation, lie believed
the preservation of the Union was of greater importnnce
than his observance of the tenets of th.- faith in which
he had been reared, and accordingly he enl sted in Truop
B, Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, with which he saw active
service under command of General Sueridan in the historic
Shenandoah campaign. His first wife, whoso mnidui name
was Elizabeth McDonald, is survived by one sou. Ilia
second wife, Eliza J. (Winland) M»»rri*, still resides in
Washington County, Ohio. Of this union there are two sons
and two daughters, and of the number Jnmen G. is the
only representative in West Virginia.

James G. Morris is a native of West Virginia, hit birth
having occurred at Morristown, Wirt County, but he wns
reared and educated in Washington County, Ohio. He Is
now president of the Arrow Lumber Company, one of the
important industrial and commercial concerns of Parkers-
burg.

Mr. Morris has completed the circle of Scottish Rite
Masonry, in which he ha3 received the thirty second de-
gree, besides being affiliated with the Mystic Shrine, lie
takes deep interest in all that concerns the welfare and
advancement of his home city and is essentially progressive
and publie spirited. Mr. Morris wedded Miss Jennie K.
Watson, and they have one son, Harold W.

Russell WaiGHT is consistently to be designated as one
of the vital and representative young captains of industry
residing in the City of Parkersburg, and he i9 not only
a man of marked progressiveness and energy in connection
with business enterprise of broad scope, but is also one of
the loyal and vigorous advocates of measures and under
takings tending to advanee the interests of his home city
and native state. Mr. Wright is president of the Wright
& Loper Oil Company, and also of tho Shawnee Oil &
(»as Producing Company, important corporations identified
with the oil industry in West Virginia fields.

Mr. Wright was born on the homestead farm of his par
ents in Doddridge County, West Virginia, and the date of
his nativity was August 5, 1^78. lie is one of the four
children of William L. and Ella (Allen) Wright, who still
reside in Doddridge County, where the father was born
and reared and where the Wright family made settlement
in the pioneer days. Russell Wright gained hi* youthful
education in the public schools of his native county, and
continued his association with the work of the home farm
until he waa sixteen years old. He then began working
in the oil fields of Doddridge and Tyler eounties, nod a? he
had the versatility that made his services of value iu all
manner of work and positions he gained a wide and varied
experience. Eventually he began to assume a larger share
of independent activities and in this way he both made
and lost money, according to the results attending his va
rious exploitations. He extended his experience by nssoeia
tion with oil-production enterprises in the fields of Okln
homa, Indiana and Illinois, but aftvr an absence of two
years he returned to West Virginia, where his operation*
have sinee been largely staged, though he has had and
continues to have interests in connection with oil pro-
duction in Ohio. He has maintained hia residence and
business headquarters at Parkershurg since 1912, and since
1913 his business operations have been confined to the
West Virginia and Ohio oil fields, ne well merits the ex-

Eresaive American title of hustler, and has made himself
nown as a vigorous and progressive factor in the great
oil industry. He is a valued and influential member of
the Parkersburg Chamber of Commerce, is affiliated with
the Parkersburg lodge of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, is a member of the Blennerhassett Clnh

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and is popular in both business and social circles in his
home city, where his name remains on the list of eligible
bachelors.

Fred William Bartlett has been an oil operator thirty
years, most of the time as an independent, and is one of the
best known and most popular citizens of Marion County.
His home during the greater part of his life has been at
Mannington.

Mr. Bartlett was born at New Martinsville, Wetzel County,
West Virginia, July 29, 1867, son of Martin and Sarah
Ann (Beatty) Bartlett, both now deeeased. His father was
born at Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1842, and was a Con-
federate soldier during the last two years of the Civil war.
The father's brother, Capt. Fred W. Bartlett, for whom
Fred Witliani Bartlett of this review was named, organized
a company in Clarksburg for service in the Confederate
Army, and served until the close of the war. Martin Bart-
lett was a blacksmith and machinist, and was in that busi-
ness at New Martinsville when he died in 1868. A short
time before his death he had assisted in drilling the first
oil well in the Mannington District. He was a Scottish Rite
Mason. After his death his widow returned to Martinsville,
where she was born in 1846, daughter of Jeremiah Beatty,
an early settler of Mannington. She died iu 1916.

Fred W. Bartlett grew up at Mannington, acquired a com
mon school education, and as a youth beeame a bread
winner for himself and his widowed' mother. At the age of
nine ho was selling papers on the streets of Mannington,
and has had some active connection with serious business
ever since. He has dealt in real estate, has been an oil and
gas operator, and also well known as a hotel proprietor.
Mr. Bartlett has accumulated two fortuues, and still retains
the second and larger.

He began his career as an independent operator in oil
iu 1892. His work has been as an independent except for
ten years, during which time he was president and sole
owner of what was then known as the Home Gas Company,
which supplied gas for manufacturing and domestic pur-
poses at Mannington. He finally sold this company to the
Standard Oil interests. Since then he has been extensively
interested in the production of crude oil.

In 1896 Mr. Bartlett bought what was then the Com-
mercial Hotel of Mannington. He rebuilt and remodeled
the property and renamed it the Hotel Bartlett. This is
now one of the best hotels in the state, second in size only
to the hotels of the larger cities, to which it yields nothing
in its equipment and service. With fifty rooms, alt with hot
and cold running water, and many with private baths, with
a fine dining room, and a spacious and beautifully decorated
lobby, the Hotel Bartlett is both a surprise ami delight to
those making their first visit to Mannington.

October 8. 1892, Mr. Bartlett married Miss Harriet
Brownfield Walker, who was born in Fairmont, November
19, 1871, daughter of the late Kephart Delvarem and
Josephine (Wiggentxm) Walker, of Fairmont. The Walker
family is of Scotch origin and has been in Pennsylvania for
five and in West Virginia for two generations. The Amer-
ican ancestor was Donald Walker, who married a Lane.
Their son, Peter Walker, was born in Washington County,
Maryland. He beeame a wealthy farmer of Somerset County,
Pennsylvania. His son, John P. Walker, removed from
Pennsylvania to Loudoun County, Virginia, and later to
Ohio County, West Virginia, and died in the City of Wheel-
ing in 1852. He married Margaret Lane, and of their chil-
dren Kephart D. Walker was born in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, February 14, 1838, and died at Fairmont in
1919.

Kephart D. Walker entered the service of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railway as construction eamp clerk in 1853. During
the next eighteen months he utilized his leisure opportuni-
ties to acquire some knowledge of telegraphy, was then as-
signed to the telegraph department of the Baltimore & Ohio,
and subsequently became a brakeman and still later a con-
ductor. During the Civil war for a time he was in the
secret service, in the armies of Gen. Stonewall Jackson and
Gen. John B. Walker, the latter being a relative. After
the war he resumed railroad work for the BpHimore & Ohio,

and for ten years was station agent at Fairmont, was super
intendent of the Fairmont Division, and when the Fairmont
Morgantown & Pittsburgh line was undertaken he was
assigned the task of securing the right of way betweei
Fairmont and Morgantown. During the construction he war
purchasing agent. He had charge of the first train rnn ovei
this line into Pittsburgh. After this service he resumed hii
work as a passenger conductor until 1906, when he was
retired on a pension.

Kephart D. Walker became a Mason in 1870, and in 187. p
was chosen grand master of West Virginia Grand Lodge
and at the time of his death was a supreme honorary thirty
third degree Scottish Rite Mason. He married in 18.39'
Josephine Wiggenton, daughter of Presley and Sarah Wig
genton, of Loudoun County, Virginia.

Thomas L. Shields was distinctively a man of ability
and of those sterling attributes of character that evei
beget popular confidence and esteem. Through his owr 1
efforts he achieved substantial success in connection witl 1
the practical affairs of life and by his character and achieve-
ment he honored his native state. He died at his attractive
suburban home at Parmaco, near the City of Parkersburg.
on the 28th of January, 1904, and had been retired from
active business for some time prior to his demise.

Mr. Shields was born in Taylor County, West Virginia
on the 18th of December, 1856, and was a son of Zaddock
and Penelope (Asbury) Shields, both likewise natives of]
Taylor County, where they passed their entire lives andj
where the respective families settled in the pioneer period
of the history of that section of the state. Zaddock Shields
heeame a merchant at Pruntytown, Taylor County, and wa«
influential in public affairs in that part of the state, which
he represented in the State Legislature, besides which he
served as sheriff of his native county, each of these official
preferments having come to him after he had been a gal-
lant soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war. Both
during and after the close of the war his pleasant home
was a favored stopping place for his old comrades in arms.

Thomas L. Shields was but thirteen years of age at the
time of his father's death, and thus he did not attend,
school with any appreciable degree of regularity after|
that time, as he found it incumbent upon him to find em-|
ployment that should enable him to aid in the support of
his widowed mother and the younger children, he having
been a member of a large family of children. His broader
education was that gained throngh self -discipline and!
through the lessons gained in the school of practical ex-
perience. After the death of his father Mr. Shields found
employment in a machine shop at Grafton, the county seat
of his native county and his reeeptiveness enabled him
to acquire marked skill as a mechanic, the while his exe-
cutive ability and his trustworthiness led to his eventual
advancement to the position of superintendent of this
establishment. Later he became district superintendent
of a chain of water stations on the line of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, in the service of which he continued some
time. About the year 1891 he removed with his family
to Parkersburg and became proprietor of the old Com-
mercial Hotel, which he conducted with marked success
as did he later the Jackson Hotel, which under bis manage-
ment gained high repute and was a favored stopping place
for commercial travelers and others who visited the city.
He finally retired from active business and, as already
stated, he passed the closing period of his life in the suburb
of Parmaco, where he had purchased a tract of ten acres of
land and developed one of the most attractive homes of
this beautiful district.

While a resident of Grafton, Taylor County, Mr. Shields
became one of the organizers and charter members of the
lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at that place, and he
continued in active affiliation with this fraternity until his
death. At Parkersburg he was an appreciative and popular
member of the lodge of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. His political allegiance was given to the
democratic party, and he was a member of the First Baptist
Church of Parkersburg, of which his widow likewise is an
earnest member. She remains in the attractive home at 215

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73

lirtcenth Street, the same being under her care a center
I gracious hospitality.

[Oa the 21st of May, 1SS5, was solemnized the marriage
I Mr. Shields with Miss Grace M. Dudley, daughter of
1» late John W. Dudley, to whom a memoir is dedicated
I other pages of this publication. Mr. and Mrs. Shields
rt;-ame the parents of five children: Dudley L. is the sub-
•t of individual mention in the sketeh that immediately
Mows this review; Inez is the wife of Frederick Hopkins,
D. ; Emma P. is the wife of Lee Powell; Mildred is
fi wife of Nowrey Smith; and Thomas L. is the youngest
the number.

Dudley L. SiuELns, eldest of the children of the late
r omas L. Shields, to whom a memorial tribute is paid in
L review immediately preceding this article, was born at
tafton, judicial center of Taylor County, West Virginia.
■ the 2Sth of August, ISSG, and he was about five years
cage at the time of the family removal to Parkersburg, in
•1 ieh city he continued his studies in the public schools
»til his graduation in the high school as a member of the
ess of 1903. For two years thereafter he was a student in
t University of "West Virginia, and upon the death of his
flier he left this institution and assumed active control
tlhe substantial wholesale produce business which his father
Ji established at Parkersburg. Later he was employed
t years as a teller in the Parkersburg National Bank, and
i 1917 he engaged in the automobile business, of which he
I) become one of the prominent and successful representa-
tes at Parkersburg, where he operates a large and well
nipped garage and repair shop, in which he handles a full
1 3 of automobile accessories, besides which he has developed
i^rosperous business as distributor in this district of the
Js Buick and Cadillac automobiles. His modern garage ia
fated at the corner of Eighth and Avery streets.

Mr. Shields is one of the alert and progressive young busi-
es men of Parkersburg, is a member of the local Board of
(mmerce and the Kiwanis Club, is a democrat in politics,
• J he and his wife hold membership in the First Baptist
(urch of their home city. In the Masonic fraternity Mr.
fields has attained the Scottish Rite degrees and is a thirty-
Bond degree Mason, besides being affiliated also with
Imesis Temple of the Mystic Shrine and with the Parkers-
Irg Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
1 is an active and appreciative member of the Parkersburg
(untry Club. The first wife of Mr. Shields bore the name
c Greek Douglas, and she is survived by one son, Douglas.
lr his second wife Mr. Shields wedded Miss Lois Partridge,
sl they have two children, Dudley L., Jr., and Grace.

John W. Dudley was a citizen who made for himself
f ure place in the confidence and high regard of the people
c Parkersburg, West Virginia, in which city he was reared
i>m boyhood and in which he achieved prominence and
reess as a business man, the while his sterling character
ei fine civic loyalty caused him to wield much influence,
t>ugh he was signally averse to all that smacked of ostenta-
tn or self-seeking. His life was one of exalted personal
i wardship, and his kindliness and generosity endeared
la to all who came within the compass of his benignant
iluence. He was one of the well-known and best loved
cizens of Parkersburg at the time of his death, which oc-
c-red on the 3d of July, 1906.

Mr. Dudley was born in Oswego County, New York, but
^s a child when his parents came from the old Empire
fite and established their home in West Virginia. He
^s reared to manhood in Wood County, and such were the
t gencics of time and place that his early educational ad-
^itages were very limited, but his alert and reeeptive
lad enabled him effectually to overcome this handicap, and
1 became a man of broad information and mature judg-
int As a boy he drove the first milk wagon plaeed in
« 'ration at Parkersburg, later he engaged in gardening,
t\ finally he established himself in the wholesale and
1 ail flonr business, in which he built up a substantial and
psperons enterprise. Mr. Dudley was twice elected sheriff
< Wood County, and his able administration in this office
1 is covered a total period of eight years. He lived a clean,
vol. n— 9

sincere, upright lift*, was tolerant in judgment and waj
ever rendy to aid those in suffering or dwtrcfw — tho«m "in
any ways afflicted, in mind, body or estate." Generous
to a fault, he found ample opportunities for helpfulness,
and many there were who were by him nided in the tunc
of their misfortune, the while he invariably extended such
aid with characteristic modesty, n* one who woull "do
good by atealth and blush to tin« I it fame." lie wn mi
earnest member of the Fir«t Hapt»t Church of Park, m
burg, and was liberal in the support of the various d -part
ments of its work, llis political allegiance wan girwn to
the democratic party.

Mr. Dudley married Miss Emma Leonn d. u daughter of
Deacon Albert Leonard, who was the organizer of the r'rst
Presbyterian Sunday S.-hool at Parkersburg, nnd their
ideal companionship was severed when the devoted wife
and mother was summoned to eternal re«-t in the year l!f it
To Mr. and Mrs. Dudley were burn thirteen children, two
of whom died in infancy and the others of whom still sur
vive the honored parents, namely: William, Grace M.
(widow of Thomas L. Shields, to whom a memoir i* dedi-
cated on other pages of ths work), Charles P., I»ui.*e,
Helen (Mrs. Lawrence O'Neal), llattie (Mrs. Frank (off
man), Albert, Emma Gertrude (Mr* (icorge D. Ikmtoni,
Brainard J., Elizabeth (Mrs. iNirsey K\an» , and Clarn
(Mrs. Frederick Wood).

Okey J. Stout has for nearly a quarter of a century
been a prospering business man of Purk.-rsburg, a druggist
and also interested in other line*. He is a brother of
Parkersburg 's postmaster, Walter K. Stout, under whose
name a more complete account of the family will be found.

Okey J. Stout was born at Parkersburg. .Line 1\ 1 S77 .
and this city has always been his home, lie completed a
public-school education and in 1^97, at the age of tw»nty,
entered the retail drug business after two years of training
as clerk in the drug store of W. E. Skirvin. lie has con-
centrated his efforts along this line and is now interested
in two drug stores, and is nlso associated with his brother,
Walter, in the oil business and is a director of the Kirst
National Bank.

Mr. Stout is a Knight Templar and thirty-second degree
Scottish Rite Mason, a Shrincr a member of the It. nevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, belongs to the Notary Club
and is a democrat in politics.

George McDonald. Among the many public improve-
ments that have added to the picturesque City of Parktrs
burg, West Virginia, with its natural beauty, within recent
years, none arouse more admiration than the magnificent
new high school building in itt beautiful landscape setting.
The city is largely indebted for this impro\ernent to the
untiring efforts of George McDonald and his associates.
Mr. McDonald is the present superintendent of building*
and grounds for the Parkersburg Independent School Di*-

George McDonald was born on a farm in Marshall Coun-
tv, West Virginia, March 21, 1*61, the year following the
birth of West Virginia. His grandfather was born in
Scotland and was the founder of the family in America,
and after coming to the United States practically s[»ent
the rest of his life in what is now Marshall County. James
Alexander McDonald, father of George, was born and reared
in Marshall County. When war arose between the states
he was a volunteer in the Union Army and served with
braverv and honor through two enlistments. He married
Elizabeth Meyer, and they had eight children, three con*
and five daughters, George being fourth in order of birth.
The parents of Mr. McDonald were members of the Chri*
tian Chureh. They spent their lives in Marshall County an 1
were held in esteem by all who knew them.

George McDonald attended the country schools and grew
up on the home farm. His first work after leaving horn"
was as a spike driver with the construction gang build- ng
of the Ohio River Railroad, which is now a division of the
Baltimore & Ohio system, and when the road was com-
pleted be continued with the railroad people and worked

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as fireman on a locomotive engine for two years, when he
was promoted to engineer.

For the twenty succeeding years Mr. McDonald continued
his connection with the railroad. In 1884 he located his
home at Parkersburg, and in 1900 established his Model
Laundry business, at the same time showing such interest
in the welfare of the city that in 1915 he was elected a
memher of the school board. He served until 1917, when
he resigned in order to heeome the first business manager
of the board, which, later, was changed as to title and
hecame superintendent of buildings and grounds for this
large territory. He has shown executive ability of a high
order and business capacity that has been very valuahle to
the City of Parkersburg. The new high-school building
with its modern equipments is the finest structure of its
kind in West Virginia and compares well with any in the
United States, and Mr. McDonald was indefatigable in his
efforts to bring about its completion.

At Marietta, Ohio, in 1887, Mr. McDonald was married to
Miss Mary Bishop, of that city, and they have one son,
Walter G. McDonald, who during the World war was in
military service, being stationed at Alliance, Ohio, and
attached to tho Ordnance Department. Mr. McDonald was
active during the war in all local patriotic movements and
gave hearty support to the various relief organizations. He
is a Knight Templar York Rite Mason, thirty-second de-
gree, A. A. S. R., and a memher of Nemesis Temple, A. A.
O. N. M. S. He belongs also to the Knights of Pythias and
to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. In political
sentiment he has always been a republican.

Nat T. Frame, A. B. Among the modern leaders of
achievement in the field of agriculture in West Virginia
perhaps none are more widely known than Nat Terry
Frame, of Morgantown, who fills the important position
of director of Agricultural Extension of the West Vir-
ginia University. He is a man of college training and
versatile gifts, one to whom opportunity offers many paths
in which these gifts would crown him with success, but
for a number of years he has devoted himself closely to
the study of scientific agriculture.

Professor Frame was born at Depauville, Jefferson Coun-
ty, New York, February 25, 1877. He is a son of the
late Dr. S. W. and Harriet Antoinette (Terry) Frame, a
grandson of Doctor Luke and a great-grandson of Dr.
William Frame, his paternal ancestry for generations back
being continuously professional. The Frames were known
in the Colonial history of New England. Dr. William
Frame was a native of Vermont and removed from there
about 1810 to Northern New York, settling in Jefferson
County, where he spent the rest of his existence pursuing
the arduous life of a country doctor.

Dr. Luke Frame, grandfather of Professor Frame, had
somewhat better advantages than had his father, whom
he succeeded in practice, being a graduate of the Geneva
(New York) Medical College, and in turn was succeeded
by his son, Dr. S. W. Frame, a graduate of Bellevue
Medical College, New York City. He is well remembered
in Jefferson County as a farmer and horse breeder, where
he became eminent, and practically spent his entire life.
He married Harriet Antoinette Terry, who was born in
Jefferson County, New York, a daughter of Richard Terry,
a country merchant. Her maternal grandfather, John
Little, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, where he re-
ceived university training and from there came to Jeffer-
son County at an early date, settling there about the
same time as did the Frames and Terrys. The # early
annals of that county mention their importance in its
development.

Nat Terry Frame obtained early educational training
in village public schools, but in 1890 he entered Union
Academy at Bellville, New York, where he completed the
entire course in two years, and when he was graduated
in 1892 had the distinction of being the youngest gradu-
ate who had ever received a diploma from that institution.
After teaching school for one year at Rural Hill, Jeffer-
son County, he entered Colgate University, New York,
from which he was graduated A. B. with the class of 1899.

After completing his university course Professor Frame

became principal of the high school at Black River, Nc
York, where he continued for two years, retiring in ord
to accept the position of superintendent in charge
vocational training at the George Junior Republic, Nr
York, in which work he remained greatly interested f
two years. He then turned his attention to other intc
ests for a time, in 1905 becoming identified with t
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company in New Yoi:
Indiana and Maryland, and during the latter part of 19
had his headquarters in New York City, where his exec
tive ability was manifested at the head of the company:
school for the training of agents.

It is some fifteen years ago since Professor Fram
came first to West Virginia. He joined with John \|
Stewart in the business of manufacturing and distrihi
ing horticultural supplies at Martinshurg, under the sty
of the American Horticultural Distributing Company. |
1910 he became further interested in association wi,
Alexander Colhan, Gray Silver and C. B. Hart in ♦!
development of orchards and farms. This association c'-
tinued for three years, during which time Professor Fran,
in addition to his other duties, served as secretary f\
the Eastern Fruitgrowers Association and also of tiJ
Berkley Horticultural Society, being also actively cr
cemed with the affairs of the West Virginia State Hortic-
tural Society and additionally with civic and communr
movements in Martinsburg.

On June 19, 1900, Professor Frame was united in m;?
riage with Miss Grace Boomer, who was horn at Be-
ville, New York, a daughter of Edward and Mary (Ov-
ton) Boomer, who belonged to old pioneer families ?
Jefferson County. Four children have been born to P-
fessor and Mrs. Frame: Luke W., born in April, 19C
Richard N., born in 1902, died in 1907; Robert, born i
March, 1911; and William, born in May, 1912.

In 1913 Professor Frame went to Louisville, Kentucl,
in answer to a call to become county agent in agric
tural extension for Jefferson County, but on January ,
1914, he returned to West Virginia to become state ag<t
in charge of county agents in the extension service, al
on January 1, 1919, he was made director of AgricultuI
Extension in the West Virginia University. He has ma''
associated interests and is one of the husy men of 1p
university and of the city, enthusiastic on the suhjt
of his specialty, hut not unmindful of the claims of otl r
important world-wide interests to the attention of schola
men, and to the real need that may arise for the hi
of their trained understandings in solving many pub
problems. He is field secretary of the American Counr
Life Association; is chairman on Co-relations of the Sts
Social Workers Conference; aud is a member of the M-
gantown Kiwanis Club and of other organizations, -
eluding his old college Greek letter fraternity, the li
Kappa Psi. He has never been a politician but alw;s
a sincere citizen, and naturally is proud of his true Am-
ican ancestry.

John Thomas West, B. S. The thinking world agrs
that knowledge is the master key to unlock the hid<a
mysteries of life made worth while through achievemt;.
It is the great human leveler, giving to the poor and obsc e
the same tools to work with as the rich and more fortune,
and rewarding them alike according to the use made of thu.
Leaders in educational work in the United States, those yo
have been chosen because of particular fitness to lead, dirt
and encourage seekers for knowledge throughout the grt
school system of the country, find themselves, perhaJ,
more deeply interested than ever before as they see tlr
fields of usefulness growing wider. Like the good soldi s
that they are, they keep their armor bright and sfci
ready to do battle with the cohorts of ignorance and sup
stition. With the coming of Prof. John Thomas Westo
Morgantown as principal of the high school this city t«k
a long stride forward.

Professor West was born in Greene County, Pennsylvan,
May 14, 1882, and is a son of John B. and Sarah J;e
(Stewart) West. Looking back along the genealogM
line it is found that the first of the West family record

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75

America waa a soldier in King George's Army who was
Ued in battle during the Revolutionary war. He left de-
i^adants, and after the war other members of his family
me from England and established themselves in Greene
►•unty, Pennsylvania, where Professor West's father,
landfather and great-grandfather were born as well as
► nsclf. John B. West now makes his home at Morgau-
>nrn, West Virginia. He married Sarah Jane Stewart, who
l»d October 12, 1884. She also was born in Greene Coun-
L and was a daughter of James aud Lucinda (De Berry)
Icwart, the Stewarts being of Irish aud the De Berry s of
hlland stock.

[Losing his mother in infancy, John T. West was reared
i) her people in Marshall County, West Virginia, where he
itained his early educational training. His talents re-
« ved recognition, and he prepared for college in the pre-
jratory department of the West Virginia University, after-
" rd taking the full course and was graduated in the class
i 1907 with his B. S. degree, continuing at the university
i ring 1907-8 for special work. In the latter year, in as-
uiation with Prof. Lawrence B. Hill, principal of the uui-
i* sity, he opened a county high school at Middlebourne
I Tyler County, a most ereditable enterprise, the first of
i kind in West Virginia and one of the first county high
lOols east of the Mississippi River. In this school Pro-
»sor West was an instructor from 190S until the fall of
13, during the last year being principal. At that time
I was made acting principal of the Morgantown High
hool, and a few months later, at the beginning of 1914,
jrame principal in fact and so continues.
[On December 31, 1908, Professor West married Miss
liry Elizabeth Sturgiss, who was born at Morgantown
**& is a daughter of A. Howard and Elizabeth (Pretzman)
jrgiss, the former of whom is deceased. Professor and
•s. West have four young daughters: Margaret Sturgiss,
rn November 15, 1909; Ruth Elizabeth, born March 2,
13; Mary Jane, born December 24, 1914; and Anna
?anor, born August 8, 1919. Professor West and his
nily belong to the First Baptist Church at Morgantown.
: is a Mason, a member of Middlebourne Lodge No. 34,
F. and A. M., and of Morgantown Lodge of Perfection
■. 6; belongs to the Chamber of Commerce; the Kiwanis
Kib; his old college fraternity, the Sigma Pbi Epsilon, aud
ia member of the National Teachers Association and of
t> county and state bodies. As an educator he occupies
iforemost position, and his broad-minded policies have
pved him exceptionally able as an executive.

Samuel John Morris, M. D. The distinguishing services
( Doctor Morris in the medical profession have been as one
c the most popular members of the faculty of instruction in
t- medical school of the University of West Virginia,
sere he is professor of anatomy.

Doctor Morris was born at Morgantown, August 3, 1887,
£i of Samuel Hall and Elizabeth D. (Morrison) Morris,
(e of his forefathers, a native of Maryland, moved to
"Astern Pennsylvania prior to the Revolution and settled
i Fayette County, where the place of his settlement be-
ll nc known as Morris Cross Roads. Here the great-grand-
1 her of Doctor Morris, Thomas Morris, was born. It
is also the birthplace of his son, John Jarrett Morris,
was born in 182o and subsequently became a farmer
i Monongalia County, West Virginia, and spent his last
Jirs at Morgantown, where he died in 1900, Samuel Hall
Lrris was born on the Morris farm in Fayette County,
(tober 22, 1850. His mother was Eliza Ann Hall, who
ts born at nopwood a settlement at the foot of the Alle-
Jiny Mountains near Uniontown in Fayette County. She
*s born there in 1S26 and died in Morgantown in 1902.
lr father, Samuel Hall, was a Quaker and was born in
H9 at Kenneth Square, now a part of the City of Phila-
c phia. He was a stone mason by trade and went to
^'stern Pennsylvania to work during the construction of
h National Road. In Fayette County he met and mar-
id Margaret Kendall, and they settled' at Hopwood, whore
ler giving up his trade he followed farming the rest of
1 life. Samuel Hall Morris married Elizabeth Delia Mor-
i3n, who was born in Morgantown, September 7, 1852,

daughter of Robert and Delio Thomas (Watts; Morrison.
Robert Morrison was a bridge buildtr, nnd was the engi-
neer who constructed the bridge from druftou to Fetter-
man over Tygarts Valley in Wo-t Virginia. Th a was built
for the Baltimore & Ohio, end was tlu tirst railroad bri Igc
in that part of the state, l^ater fur many years he was
a well-known contractor nnd builder at Morgantown. The
two children of Samuel Hall and rThribeth MorrL< were
Samuel John and Mrs. Ncl ie M. Itidtr.

Samuel John Morris was reared nnd educated in M >r^an
town, attending the public schools, the preparatory depirt
ment of the university and in 1900 entered the inmemity
proper. He spent two years in general courses and tw »
years in medicine, receiving his M. 1). degree in 1 U 1 J, and
in the same year he also graduated with the M. 1). d»gr»c
from the College of Physicians and Surgeon* at Baltimore.
This, was followed by one year in Merry Hospital ut Ha ti
more, and after his return to Morgantown he became an
instructor in anatomy at the University. In 1910 lie was
promoted to associate professor of anatomy in charge f
that department, and since 1920 has held the chair of an
atomy.

Doctor Morris is a member of the bounty, State and
American Medical associations anil the Phi Sigma Ka |«i
college fraternity. June 12, 1912, he married Edna Loy-
man, daughter of Michael Leyman, of McKccsport, Itnn-yl
vania. They have one son, John I)., bom February 27, IS»li>

John Nathan Simpson, M. D. To some individuals are
given diversified talents which they have th- ability to
utilize for the benefit not only of themselves but humanity
at large. With a broader field in which to labor sin h men
are able to direct their efforts along several lines of useful
ness, while their own sympathies are brondi iu -1 and their
characters strengthened. Among the men whme undoubted
gifts have made their names famil'ar to the present g«mra
tion of West Virginians, one who is accomplishing a great
and good work along professional li n« s is Jol n Nathan
Simpson, A. B. t M. D., d^an and professor of medicine of
the University of West Virginia at Morgantown.

Doctor Simpson was born at Mason. Mason County, West
Virginia, Mareh 19, 1^69. a son of the late Gcorg.- Perry
and Phoebe (Kennedy) Simpson. The American anchor
of this branch of the Simpson family was Andrew Simpson,
who was of Scotch-Irish stock nnd who came to the Amtr
ican Colonies from near Belfast in about 172v loent ng
first at Boston, Massachusetts, and later removing to Not-
tingham, New Hampshire. His son. Josiah Simpson, the
great-grandfather of Dr. John Nathan Simpson, served as a
soldier during the American Revolution, and in 177* cam.-
West, settling in Meigs County. Ohio.

Judge Nathan Simpson, son of Jn«iah Simpson, the Re\ »
lutionary war soldier, was born in Meigs County, Oh <».
graduated from the Cincinnati Law School, and for many
years was a leading jurl*t at Ponicroy, Ohio. At th.- Ho-.-
of the Civil war he removed to Mason, Mason O mnty. W < st
Virginia, where he practiced law and was prominent in the
public affairs of the state. George P. Simpson, son of
Judge Simpson, was born at Rutland in Meigs O unty,
Ohio, February 12. W9. and attend- d the University of
Ohio at Athens, that state, subsequently read ng law un.br
his father and practicing at Ponicroy He accompanied hu
father to West Virginia in 1 ^O." and was locate 1 at Mason
eight rears, and later at Fo'nt Pleasant, the cm-nty sent of
Mason* Countv where he practiced law nnfrt his death in
1S92 Both father and son were memb. rs of the republican
partv while living in Ohio, but on coming t > West \ ir
ginia found that thev could not subscribe to the eond turn-
of reconstruction then in progress and left tie old organua
tion, espousing the cause of the democrat !c rarty. i n ey
were strongly opposed to the Frick Amendm. nt. which f ro
vided for the disfranchise*! nt of all sympathizers of the
Southern cause. Gerrge P. Simrsnn. an clnn.cnt T
who loved campaigning, never failed to take the stump
during periods of electioneering, not for political prefer-
ment, but because of his fondness for going before the p o-
pie in support of a favored issue or in opposition to one
which he deemed a menace.

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Phoebe Kennedy, the wife of George P. Simpson and
mother of Dr. John N. Simpson, was born at Pomeroy,
Meigs County, Ohio, March 30, 1844, and died at Point
Pleasant, West Virginia, in 1896. She was a daughter of
James and Margaret (VanSchriltz) Kennedy. The Amer-
ican ancestor of the Kennedy family came to this country
from Scotland in early days, and the family was later
founded in Pennsylvania, when it moved to Ohio and set-
tled in Meigs County. The VanSchriltz family probably
came from Alsace-Lorraine, where its members were of the
nobility. The American ancestor of this branch of the
family came here in about 1790 and were amoug the first
settlers at Gallipolis, Ohio.

Dr. John Nathan Simpson was graduated from Peabody
Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1891; from the
University of Tennessee, Nashville, .class of 1893, A. B.;
and from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland,
class of 1902, M. D. ; and in 1904 studied in the universities
of Paris, Vienna and Berlin. In 1902 he organized the
School of Medicine of the University of West Virginia,
of which he was dean and professor of physiology uutil
1920, since when he has been dean and professor of med-
icine. It was through his labors that the new medical build-
ing, with its splendid modern equipment, was secured for
the institution. Doctor Simpson was director of the Hygi-
ene Laboratory of Health of the State of West Virginia
Department of Health from 1913 to 1917; was surgeon of
the Cadet Corps of the University of West Virginia from
1902 to 1917; and August 5, 1917, was commissioned cap-
tain in the Medical Eeserve Corps, N. A. During the
World's war he was examiner for Northwest Virginia for
the United States surgeon general's office for the recruiting
of medical officers for the United States. He is a Fel-
low of the American Academy of Medicine, Fellow of the
American Academy of Physicians, Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of
the American Medical Association. He is also a member
of the Phi Beta Pi, Theta Nu Epsilon and Phi Signa Nu
fraternities, is a Presbyterian in his religious belief, and
in politics is a democrat.

On December 20, 1906, Doctor Simpson was united in mar-
riage with Miss Grace Emily Donley, of Waynesburg,
Greene County, Pennsylvania, and to this union there have
come a son and a daughter: John Nathan, Jr., born March
25, 1910; and Patricia Donley, born December 21, 1914.

Roscoe Parriott Posten, one of the successful younger
members of the Morgantown bar, and prosecuting attor-
ney for Monongalia Couuty, has been engaged in practice
since 1915, with the exception of the time that he spent
in the army during the World war, and his general popu-
larity and the confidence in which he is held were evi-
denced in 1920, when he was elected to his present office
by the largest majority ever accorded a candidate in this
county.

Mr. Posten was born May 22, 1889, at Newburg, Preston
County, West Virginia, a son of Dr. Smith J. and Emma
Georgia (Parriott) Posten. His paternal grandparents,
Nicholas and Rosana (Graham) Posten, were descended
from two old Virgiuia families, while his maternal grand-
parents, William E. and Sarah Elizabeth (Crawford)
Parriott, were also of old Dominion stock. Dr. Smith J.
Posten attended West Virginia University in 1882, and
was graduated from the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Baltimore, Maryland, with the degree of Doctor
of Medicine iu 1888. From that year he practiced at
Newburg, Preston County, West Virginia, until 1894, when
he removed to Morgantown and spent the rest of his life
in practice at this place. In 1888 he married Emma
Georgia Parriott, who was born in Marshall County, West
Virginia, July 14, 1863, and who still survives him as a
resident of Morgantown.

Roscoe P. Posten attended the public schools of New-
burg until he was thirteen years of age, and was gradu-
ated from the Morgantown High School with the class
of 1908. He then entered the University of West Vir-
ginia, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in
1912, and as a member of the graduating class of 1915

was given the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In July,i
the same year he was admitted to the bar of West
ginia and entered practice at Morgantown. During i
next several years he made rapid progress in his pro a
sion, but his career was interrupted by the World \t
and May 28, 1918, he volunteered and went with «
drafted men to Camp Lee, Virginia, where he was sho j
afterwards assigned to the Central Officers' Train.)
School. The following October 15th he was commission
second lieutenant and ordered to Camp Upton, New Y«k
where, until his houorable discharge January 31, 1J9
he was engaged in drilling detachments for overseas a 9
ice. Upon leaving the army he returned to Morgantn
and again engaged in practice, and at the Novemr
1920, election was chosen as prosecuting attorney a
Monongalia County on the republican ticket. As no i
his majority was the largest ever given a candidates
Monongalia County, and he has thus far vindicated i<
confidence aud faith of the voters by giving them enl
lent service in his official ]>osition.

Mr. Posten is a member of Morgantown Union Loj<
No. 4, A. F. and A. M.; Morgantown Commandery o
IS, K. T.; West Virginia Consistory No. 1, R. and S. J
Osiris Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. ; the Morgantown a
sonic Club; Morgantown Lodge No. 411, B. P. O. I
and the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity.

Wjlliam McKinley Yost. Among the offices which ill
for the demonstration of ability, judgment and elear-heajd
courage by the incumbents, one that in particular demds
the possession of these qualities is that of sheriff, ie
shrievalty is generally conferred upon an individual u
in the past has demonstrated his fitness for the handlinpi
grave responsibilities, for the duties of the office inc le
the possibility of necessity for quick thiukiug and in e-
diatc action in times of crisis. Monongalia Count} is
favored in having as the incumhent of the office of stuJf
so capable and energetic a young official as William ,e-
Kin ley Yost, an overseas veteran of the World war id
a native son of Monongalia County, where he is grely
popular.

Sheriff Yost was born on the home farm at Coal Spig,
Monongalia Couuty, July 1, 1894, a son of Thomas id
Mary (Mason) Yost, natives of the same county, .is
paternal grandfather, Jacob Yost, was an early faier
of this county, as was also his maternal grandfather, Jan
W. Mason. Thomas Yost, father of the Sheriff, follcBtl
agricultural pursuits until 1911, in which year he renned
to Morgantown, this city now being the family placiof
residence.

William McKinley Yost was reared on the home f;tn,
and as a lad attended the public schools. When his ir-
ents removed to Morgautowu he remained on the home f.m.
where he was still carrying on operations at the time he
United States entered the World war. With youthful entis
iasm and patriotism young Yost decided that his coury
was in need of his services, and accordingly left the d*m
and went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where, DecembeiiO,
1917, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Sise^
quently he was sent to the Paris Island, South Caroia,
training camp, and after eleven weeks of intensive traing
was sent overseas. On May 6, 1918, he disembarkei at
Brest, France, from which point he and his comrades ;re
ordered to St. Aignan. Five days later he was in a tihv
iug camp at Grandchamps, whence after two weeks of m-
ther training he was sent to the front, where he wasis-
signed to the Seventy-ninth Company, Sixth Regiment, ac-l
ond Division of United States Marines. He arrivet at
the Chateau-Thierry front June 8 of that year and re I
mained there from that date until July 4, when he 'as!
ordered to the reserve in the rear. On the 14th of .he
same month he was ordered to Soissons, where he wa in
the thick of the fighting on the 18th and 19th, and :M
which desperate engagement his battalion came out ) in-
hering less than a full company. He was then retued
to Mantreul, on the Marne, where, August 1, he subtraed
for Nancy, from which point a few days later he wer to
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was in the fighting on the front August 7, 8 and 9, and on
the morning of the last-named day was wounded by a high
explosive and sent to Base Hospital No. 3 at Montpont,
France, where he remained until November 1, 1918. On
that date he was ordered to the replacement camp at Le-
Mans, reaching that camp on the 4th of the same month
and was still located there when the armistice was signed.
He was then ordered to join his company in Belgium, and
with it marched to the front of the German lines at Lux-
embourg. On December 13, 191S, they came to the Rhine
at Brohl, and on the following day crossed that historic
stream. They were stationed at Rheinbrohl, Germany, until
June 18, 1919, at which time they marched to witiiia ap-
proximately two miles of the neutral zone, and there re-
mained until the peace treaty was signed June 28. Mr.
Yost started for home July IS, 1919, embarked at Brest
on the 25th, and reached New York City August 3. The
company was then ordered to Camp Mills, but on the morn-
ing of the 9th the entire division paraded in the streets of
New York City, and in the evening of the same day was
on its way to the Quantieo, South Carolina, Marine Train-
ing Station. Ou the 12th of that month Mr. Yost took
part in the parade at Washington, D. C, and on the fol-
lowing day, August 13, 1919, was honorably discharged at
Quantieo.

Returning to his old home, Mr. Yost resumed farming
and was thus engaged when, May 25, 1920, he received the
republican nomination for the office of sheriff of Monongalia
County ia the primaries. In the ensuing election he was
placed in office by an approximate majority of 1,800 votes,
a gain over the normal republican vote of nearly 1,000.
he assumed the duties of the sheriff's office January 1, 1921,
and in that position is as faithfully serving Monongalia
County as he faithfully served his country overseas.

Sheriff Yost is a member of the American Legion and
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and as a fraternalist is
affiliated with the Improved Order of Red Men and the
Junior Order United American Mechanics. He belongs to
the Methodist Protestant Church and to Baraea Sunday
school class. Bie is unmarried.

Joiin SmuvER. Eighteen years of consecutive service as
clerk of the Circuit Court of Morgantown has been suf-
ficient to make John Shriver one of the best-known citizens
of Monongalia County. Moreover, Mr. Shriver represents
one of the oldest families in this section of the state, is a
lawyer by profession and has also been actively identified
with banking and other affairs.

The Shriver family settled in Monongalia County before
the close of the eighteenth century. The head of the fam-
ily at that time was Abram Shriver, who was born in
Frederick County, Virginia, September 6, 1768. May 31,
1791, he married Mary Keekley, who was born in Frederick
County, April 19, 1770. The brief record of their chil-
dren, the first three of whom were born in Frederick Coun-
ty and the others in Monongalia County, is as follows:
Catherine, born April 16, 1792, married Jacob Homer, and
they settled in Monongalia County; Adam, born September
7, 1793; Elias, born August 9, 1795; Jacob, born in July,
1797; Christiana, born April 12, 1799, became the wife
of Michael Core; Elizabeth, born April 5, 1800, was mar-
ried to Ezekiel Morris; John, born April 30, 1S01, died
in 1885; Benjamin, born May 20, 1805; Isaac, born May
27, 1807, died March 30, 1SS0, having married Minerva
Sine; and Abraham.

This branch of the family record is carried through John
Shriver, who, as noted above, lived to the age of eighty-
four. He married Sarah Cannon, and their children were:
Eunice, who became the wife of Peter A. Tennant; Abra-
ham, who married Prudence Moore; Sarah, who was the
wife of Daniel V. Moore; and Cannon.

Cannon Shriver, of the third generation of the family
in Monongalia County, was born there September 29, 1831,
and was a prosperous farmer and stockman in the Clay
District, where he died in 1888. He served as a constable
during the Civil war, was a republican in polities and a
Methodist. He married Minerva Meyers, who was born
in the Clay District, September 30, 1831, and died in 1908.

Her father was John Meyers. Cannon and Minerva Shriver
were the parents of eight children: Eliza >tth, deceased
wife of Jacob Shanes, who was a notivc of Pennsylvania;
Prudence, who married Elihu Yobt, of Monongalia 'County ;
Edgar, who married Nancy Yost; Martha M., wife nf D. L.
Hamiltoa, living in Monongalia County, West Virginia;
John; Mark, who married Miuta \Y l*on; Mary ]•'.., wife
of Grant Wilson; and Laura, wife of L< mley Teunnnt.

John Shriver thereforo stands in the foi • rtli generation
of this prominent old family of Monongalia County. He
was born on his father's farm in Clay Distnt, July II,
Us70. He acquired a liberal education nt tirst in the |'ubl c
schools and later ia West Virginia I'uivettdty. He grad
uated with the law class of 1901, and was admitted to the
bar the same year, lie began practice iu Morgantown,
but soon answered a call to other respon-i'dliti. ». While
living on the farm in 1$96 he was elected justice of the
peace, and filled that oflice 2Va years, until lie r»ino\e| to
Morgautown. Mr. Shriver was elected clerk of the (Ircuit
Court in 1902, and his eighteen years of service termmatrd
January 1, 1921. Since lca\ing the office of circuit eh rk
he has heen deputy sheriff. Mr. Shriver was one of the
organizers and is a director of the Bank of Morgantown,
and was also identified with the organization of the Mo-
nongalia Building and Loaa Association, of which he m
a director, lie is affiliated with the Knights of Pyth :n.
the Junior Order United American Mechanics, and is a
member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.

February 3, 1JS92, he married \\n Nora Wilson. She was
born in Clay District, daughter of John N. an 1 Lin ind.i
(Moore) Wilson. Her father is now deceased. The c!
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Shriver, representing the fifth gtnera
tion of the family in Monongalia County are: Gnldie M.,
born April 9, lb94, died November Is," 1921, as tin- wife
of J. F. Smith, of Morgantown; Nellie Irene, born Fe' rj
ary 24, 1901; Beulah Ruth, born April 20, 19<)3; and D-.ru
thy, born February 15, 1909.

James Scott Stewart. One of the \eteran fig ires in
West Virginia educational affairs, and familiar as an in
structor and in other official capacities to the student body
of the university at Morgantown for more than forty
years, James Scott Stewart has mail- an enviable record
of service and is one of the greatly admired citizens of
Morgantown.

He was born ia Jefferson County, Ohio January ,", 1*54.
Both his grandfathers were natives of Scotland. His jn
ternal grandfather, Alexander Stewart, a son of James
Stewart, left Scotland early in life aad. go ng to Ixmdon,
England, became what is known as ilour factor or a whole
sale dealer in tlour. Prior to Is2«i he left England and
came to the United States, and somewhat later settled at
Steuhenville, Ohio, where he lived out his life, lie ha I
a considerable fortune, and one of his investment* was a
good farm in Jefferson County about tw< Ive mile<< f roi i
Steubcnville. He was instrumental in instituting tin* first
Lodge of Masons at Steubcnville and became a barter
member.

nis son, James R. M. Stewart, was bom in Loud' n and
was only a boy when Ins parents came to the Unit. 1 Stat s.
He grew up in Jefferson County, Ohio, inlierit i i» tin St« «
art farm there, and in addition to the responsibilities of it*
management he was for years a lumler manufn< t irr r,
operating lumber mills, lie died in Ohio in 1-M. at t e
age of seventy-three. James R. M. Stewart niarr e 1 Cor
delia K. Scott, also a native of Lond n. Englanl, nrd
brought as a child to the United States, her |artnH set
tling in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. The Stewart and S. ;t
families had not been acquainted while Ihing in Lon 1 n.
Cordelia Stewart died in 1S9">, at the a«e of w nty scMn

Her son, Prof. James Scott Stewart, grew up oi th Id
homestead in Eastern Ohio. If in inU re ts were »rg» 1y
identified with the farm until after attn'nmg hn ma nti
His apt scholarship gave him a good record in th mown
and high schools, and in August. 1^73. he enro^. 1 as a
student in West Virginia University. He was jrraf-atel
with the Bachelor of S-icnee degree in 1S77, and three years
later received the Master of Science degree. After hn

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graduation Mr. Stewart remained as an instructor in the
preparatory department of the university, and continued
through the various grades of instruction until he was pro-
moted to professor of mathematics in the university in
1891. During the school year 1894-95 he was superin-
tendent of public schools at Fairmont, West Virginia, but
without exception he continued to perform his duties as
professor of mathematics until June, 1907. Since leaving
the faculty of instruction Mr. Stewart has continued with
the university in an official capacity as manager of the
University Book Store, which is an important adjunct of
the university and a business of no small proportions meas-
ured in the commercial scale.

During his long residence at Morgantown Mr. Stewart
has acquired other business and civic interests. He was
one of the organizers of the Farmers and Merchants Bank
and has been a director since the early years of the institu-
tion. He is vice president and a director of the Morgan-
town Savings & Loan Society and is examiner for the real
estate offered the society as basis for loans. He is also
a member of the Board of Directors and secretary of the
Board of the Chaplin Collieries Company of Morgantown.
Mr. Stewart for forty-three years has been an elder in
the First Presbyterian Church at Morgantown.

He married Louisa M. Hayes, daughter of Alexander
Hayes, of Morgantown. Following the death of his first
wife Mr. Stewart married Sara Meredith, daughter of the
late John Q. A. Meredith, of Fairmont, West Virginia.

Albert Kenneth Miller. Though he spent his early
life on a farm in Pendleton County, Albert K. Miller has
devoted practically all his mature years to commercial lines,
beginning as a retail merchant, and has been an executive
official in several of West Virginia's prosperous wholesale
grocery houses. He is now an honored resident of Morgan-
town and secretary, treasurer and manager of the Morgan-
town Grocery Company.

He was born on a farm in Pendleton County, January
6, 1873, son of John H. and Eliza (Day) Miller, natives
of the same county and now deceased. His grandfathers
were early settlers in Pendleton County, grandfather Jonas
Miller coming from Germany and grandfather Leonard
Day, from Ireland.

Albert K. Miller learned some of the practical duties and
discipline of the farm while a boy, also attended district
schools, but in 1S92, at the age of nineteen, left the farm
and during the following six years was in the general mer-
chandising business at Alexander, Upshur County. In 1898
he became a stockholder and one of the managers of the
Upshur Grocery Company, a wholesale house at Buckhan-
non. He left Buckhannon in 1912, and for the following
four years was manager of the Burnsville Grocery Company
at Burnsville in Braxton County. He is still a stockholder
in that company.

Mr. Miller has been one of the business men and citizens
of Morgantown since 1916, when he took charge of the
Morgantown Grocery Company as secretary, treasurer and
manager. He is also a director of the Commercial Bank
of Morgantown. He is affiliated with the local business
men through the Chamber of Commerce and is a member
of the First Methodist Church.

November 12, 1896, he married Julia Chenvront. She
was born at Good Hope, Harrison County, West Virginia,
daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Anna (Brooks) Cheuvront.
Mary Anna Brooks was the daughter of a Methodist min-
ister who in his time was a power for good throughout
Western Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents
of six children: Dwight C, born in 1898, now associated
with his father in the Morgantown Grocery Company; Ruth,
born in 1900, a member of the class of 1922 at West Vir-
ginia University; John H., born in 1902; Worth W., born
in 1904, a student in the Morgantown High School; Lois I.,
bom in 1906; and Albert. Kenneth, Jr., born in 1910.

Joseph Donley Miller, D. O. The marvelous prog-
ress made in medical science during recent years must
interest every normal individual, be his own condition of
health what it may. Among the different schools of medi-

cine as a healing art perhaps none have made greater
strides forward in the last decade than that of Osteopathy.
It is almost fifty years since its founder, the late vener-
ated Dir. Andrew Taylor Still, first announced the prin-
ciples of this science, and for many years afterward its
benefits had to be demonstrated in the face of what may
be denominated fanatical opposition. Changed, indeed, is
its present status, when a successful practitioner is found
in every progressive community all over the world, when
its richly endowed colleges offer unsurpassed advantages
in the way of higher scientific medical training, and its
beneficent results may be found in the practical banish-
ment of the most dreaded foes of health that have so
long afflicted misguided humanity. For fourteen years
Morgantown, West Virginia, has been the home of a very
able Osteopathic practitioner, Dr. Joseph Donley Miller,
who may justly be called the pioneer in his school of
medicine here, being preceded only by several practitioners
whose stay was very short. The success that has attended
Doctor Miller 's efforts has firmly established Osteopathy
in this community.

Doctor Miller is a native of West Virginia, born in
Cass District, Monongalia County, May 4, 1862. His par-
ents were James E. and Ruhama (Donley) Miller. His K
paternal grandfather was Amherst Miller, who settled at I
Osage, Cass District, at an early day, where he built and !■
operated the first flour and carding mill in Monongalia I
County. He married into the prominent Locke family, I
and left descendants.

James E. Miller was born in Morgantown and grew to
manhood there. He operated his father's mill at Osage J
for several years, but in 1876 removed to Mount Morris, |
Greene County, Pennsylvania, where he built a flour mill \
of his own and operated it for many years. He married I
Ruhama Donley, who was born at Mount Morris, where
she still resides, being now in her eightieth year. Her I
father, Joseph R. Donley, was well known in Greene Coun-
ty. The father of Doctor Miller died at Mount Morris, 1
where he was held as a citizen of sterling worth.

Joseph Donley Miller was fourteen years old when his I
parents moved to Mount Morris, Pennsylvania, where he I
continued his public school education already under way
at Osage. It was in 1903, while residing at Core, West I
Virginia, that he became enough interested in Osteopathy
to begin serious study of the science, and later became I
a student in the American School of Osteopathy at Kirks- I
ville, Missouri, from which institution he was graduated
in 1906, with the degree of D. O. He entered upon the
practice of his profession at Mount Morris, but in April,
1907, removed to Morgantown, West Virginia, which city
has been his field of professional work ever since. In
recognition of his skill as an exponent of Osteopathy
Doctor Miller has been highly honored on numerous oc-
casions by representative organizations of his school of
medicine. He is ex-president of the West Virginia State
Osteopathic Association, is a member of the American
Osteopathic Association, the Pennsylvania State Osteo-
pathic Association, and of the Western Pennsylvania
Osteopathic Association.

In 1890 Doctor Miller married Miss Mary Tennant, a
daughter of John and Phoebe (Mason) Tennant, of
Greene County, Pennsylvania, and they have one son and
one daughter: Harry Irving and Lois Lynn, the latter
of whom was born October 3, 1899, attended the Mor-
gantown High School, and at present (1921) is a student
in the University of West Virginia.

Harry Irving Miller, D. O., was born at Core, West
Virginia, August 29, 1891, attended the common schools,
the high school at Morgantown and the normal school at
California, Pennsylvania, and later became a student in
the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri,
from which college he was graduated in January, 1914,
with the degree of D. O. He entered into practice at
Lebanon, Missouri, where he remained until August, 1918,
when he answered the call of the Government for medical
men for service in the World war, and from that date
until his honorable discharge on December 1, 1918, was
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Lebanon, Missouri, but in May, 1920, came to Morgan-
town to become his father's partner in Osteopathic prac-
tice, and since that time the professional stylo has been
Miller & Miller. He is a member of the West Virginia
State, and the American Osteopathic associations, and
like his father, belongs to the Greek letter college fratiT
nity, the Phi Sigma Gamma. lie also is active in the
Chamber of Cemmerce and belongs to the order of Elks
at Morgantown. Doctor Miller and his family arc mem-
bers of the Methodist Protestant Church. As a citizen
deeply interested in the welfare and progress of his home
city, he is an active factor in the Chamber of Commerce.
His fraternal connections include the Odd Fellows and the
Order of Maccabees.

AY. C. Wickham Rkxsiiaw is a leading member of the
bar at Huntington, former representative in the Legislature,
and is a man of unusual gifts and accomplishments. Prior
to becoming a lawyer he was in the civil engineering pro-
fession.

Mr. Renshaw was born of American parents but his birth
occurred in a foreign land. He was born at Oratava, Tene-
riffe, Cauary Islands, November 10, 1*82. His grandfather
was William Renshaw, a native of Madrid, .Spain, of Eng-
lish ancestry. For many years he was in the British diplo-
matic service, and some of the more important posts which
he held were in Spain and Venezuela. He married a Span
ish lady. Miss Beatrice De Medicis. Robert H. Renshaw,
father of the Huntington lawyer, was born at Bristol, Penn-
sylvania, in H33, but was reared at Caracas, Venezuela,
where he acquired his early education. He graduated A. B.
from Harvard University in 1S55, and for several years
practiced law at Baltimore. During the Civil war lie was a
captain in the Confederate army, and following the war he
settled down to farming in Clarke County, Virginia, where
he remained until 1900 and then retired to Charlottesville,
where he died in 1910. He was a democrat, a member of
the Episcopal Church and the Masonic fraternity. His first
wife was Miss Lucy Carter, a native of Virginia and their
only child. Charlotte, died in infancy. His second wife was
Maria Carter, of Philadelphia. To this union were born
two children: Charles C, now sales agent for a coal com-
pany in Philadelphia, and Maria, deceased. The third wife
nf Robert H. Renshaw was Anne Carter Wickham, who was
born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 18.31. W. C. Wick
ham Renshaw is their oldest child; Frank is a civil engineer
at Huntington; Robert is a road building contractor in
Snow Hill, Maryland; and Julia is the wife of Alfred R.
James, an architect at Cleveland. Ohio. Mrs. Renshaw was
married in 1920 to Dt. W. E. Byerly, retired professor of
mathematics of Harvard University, and now lives in
Waverly, Massachusetts.

W. C. Wickham Renshaw grew up in Virginia, attended
private schools, including the Clav Hill Academy in Clarke
County, and in 1902 graduated Master of Arts in the Uni-
versity of Virginia at Charlottesville, ne is a member of
the Alpha Tau Omega Greek letter fraternity. For three
years he taught at Chattanooga, Tennessee and then fol-
lowed his career as a civil engineer, a profession that en-
gaged him in various districts of Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia. He first came to West Virginia in IS99.

Mr. Renshaw continued his profession as a civil engineer
until 1914, in which year he was admitted to the har and
since then has been busy with his work as a lawyer. He is a
member of the firm Vinson, Thompson, Meek & Renshaw,
with offices in the Holeswade Building.

Mr. Renshaw was elected to represent Cabell County in
the House of Delegates in November, 1916. During the
session of 1917 he was chairman of the taxation and finance
committees, and a member of the judiciary, mines and min-
ing, labor and other important committees. He was elected
as a democrat. He is a member of the Episcopal Church,
the Kiwanis Club of Huntington, the Guyandotte Club,
Gnyan Country Club of Huotingtoo, the West Virginia and
American Bar associations, and is a director in the Hunting-
ton Development and Gas Company and president and
director of the Guyan Big Ugly & Coal River Railroad.

His home is at 1105 Eleventh Street. In Novemher, 1911,

at Richmond, Virginia, Mr. Renshaw married Mi&a Martha
Chaffin, daughter of Richard B. and Sarah (Harvie) Chaffio

AaTiiUR N. McKecveb is dean of the dental profewion at
Romney, and in his professional work and an a citircn h.n
been prominent in that community sin-c May 1, IMU>. 11 *
name has been associated with wxeral uf the mm«m nt to
give Romney a pla«-e among the j»rogr< iw nties of lL<
state.

He was bom at IMom, near llarr muiI •urg, in lf< k ngl ii ii
County, Virginia February 6, 1s74, but r> |-r. . nt tin I
family of Hardy County, West Virginin. Hi* grcnt graMl
father was one of three Scotch brothers win <\i«m. fjm
Scotland and settled in New AvtM-y. The grnndfatln r. II. gi
McKee\er, was born in New Jersey in |h rj ;m ,| ; ,„ .» j hi u
man settled in Hitrdv Countv and wns a farm, r an I tiv.ri
keeper at War.lensulle. lie died there in |n**i 11...
McKccver married a Miss Ogden. who <li> d at \\arl.n«\ II.
in I8SS, at the age of eighty four. TUvx rr-irel tin- toll w
ing children: Isaac, who was a comnu mi ue r. hant in
Washington. D. (*., when he died; John, who .1 <-.l at War
densville after many years of work as n | li \ «■ lan
Hampshire and Hardy counties; William, who was in bii«.i
ness with his brother Benjamin and die. I at Ward, n .
Ilezekiah. a Confederate soldier killed in battle nt U
mond; Benjamin Warden; Rebecca, who inarr..| \- t
Cline and died at Yellow Spring*, HampdPre <'nnl_\,
Amanda, who lives at Wardensville. wife of TilU rry Ont
dorff; Lydia, who married l>a\id Knee and .lad at War
densville; and Jennie, who married Hand hingt* and I .
at Wardensville.

Benjamin W. McKccver, father of Hoe tor .M Keener, »a«
born in the Wardensville community in JMJ. and <arl\ it
the Civil war joined the Confederate army as a mem In r > f
the Thirty third Virginia Cavalry, under «.'cnoral Imbod n.
Among other engagements he was in the battle of New
Market. He served as a private nnd after the war fo 1 ow» I
merchandising at Edom in Rockingham County, but finally
returned to his native county and cstaMiched his home >t
Wardensville. He was a member of the Hardy Count \
Court, was a democrat and a Lutheran, and died at War
densville in 190.*? at the age of sixty one. Benjamin W
McKeevcr married Mattie NetT, who was born in Shcnnn
doah County, Virginia, in l^o-$. on her father's fnrm \ <■
tween Mount Jackson and New Market. She is now li\i»» \
at the age of sixty-nine. She is the mother of three rh
drcn: Doctor McKccver; Bernicc, of Ward* nsviile. widow
of James A. Heishman; and Irene, Mrs. R. L. Ilmong, of
Buffalo, New York.

Arthur N. McKeevcr was sc\cu years of age when 1 1»
parents left Rockingham County and" estald'«hc«l their In tt o
at Wardensville. the rural ullage on the ca«t side of Hard*
County, where he crew to manhood. He lad the founlnti u
for his literarv education in the village schools tin n s|* *t
two years in Roanoke College at Salem, Virginia, pur-.t r -
a literary-business course, and from there entered the I'ni
versity of Maryland at Baltimore, graduating from i ie
dental department in the summer of l^f>">. He at *n .
established his office at Rornney. and was the first re«»d nt
dentist to practice there, and has been the leader n M«
profession for nearly thirty years.

Doctor McKccver is a former mayor of Romney. During
his administration the water system wan installed and the
first concrete sidewalks constructed. He also organize! and
was president of the Romney Imj rovement Company, wt h
installed the sewer system for the town. He was one of the
organizers and the first president of the Fir*t National
Bank.

During the World war he was designated by the governor
as dental examiner for the Local Draft Board. Oocenter
A. B. White commissioned him a member of the Board of
Regents of the Kevser branch of West Virginia Univerrfty
and he was one of the eommittee for the bu«'ld'ng of the
school at Keyser and served four years as regent. Governor
Glasscock appointed him a notary public, and he was recom-
mLssioned bv Governor Cornwell. He served Wlt h the rank
of colonel on the staff of Governor Hatfield throoghont bia
four-year term.

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Doctor McKeever is a republican, casting his first vote
for Major McKinley for President, and in former years
attended numerous party conventions and is still a membeT
of the Second District Congressional Committee. He is a
past master of Komney Lodge of Masons, a past district
deputy grand master, a member of Keyser Chapter, R. A.
M., the Knight Templar Commandery at Martinsburg, the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and belongs to Martins-
burg Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

At Frostburg, Maryland, September 20, 1904, Doctor Mc-
Keever married Miss Katie Keller, daughter of Joseph and
Susie (Brooke) Keller. Her father was connected with a
mining company. Mrs. McKeever was born at Frostburg
in December, 1873, and her musical talents were thoroughly
trained, and she finished her education in the Peabody Insti-
tute at Baltimore. She was a teacher of music before her
marriage. Doctor and Mrs. McKeever have two daughters,
Martha and Josephine.

Thomas W. Gocke, one of the substantial business men
of Piedmont, has been identified with the history of Mineral
County for a quarter of a century, and is the representative
in this region of the J. C. Orrick & Son Company. He was
born at Howesville, Preston County, West Virginia, May 13,
1864, a son of John J. and Catherine (Wesling) Goeke,
natives of the province of Brandenburg, Germany, who were
married in the United States, to which the father had come
in 1840. He first lived at Cumberland, Maryland, and later
at Tunnelton, West Virginia, being there until after the
completion of the first tunnel. Soon afterward he bought
a farm at Howesville, and continued to conduct it until his
death in 1892, when he was sixty-eight years old. He was
married after coming to Preston County, and the mother
survived him until 1910, when she passed away at Clarks-
burg, West Virginia, aged eighty seven years. They had
thirteen children, eight of whom grew up, were married and
reared families, but only four are now living, they being:
Thomas W., whose name heads this review; James B., who
is a resident of Los Angeles, California; Vincent E., who is
a resident of Clarksburg, West Virginia ; and Emma S., who
is the wife of John E. Mattingly, of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Growing up on his father's farm, Thomas Gocke attended
the local schools and learned habits of industry and thrift
from his watchful parents. Taking upon himself the re-
sponsibilities of manhood, he went to Cumberland, Maryland,
and became a salesman for the J. C. Orrick & Son Company,
and has remained with this corporation ever since. While at
Cumberland Mr. Gocke covered a territory including Preston
and Mineral counties, West Virginia, and Garrett County,
Maryland, but in 1900 was transferred to Piedmont when
his company opened a branch in this region, and was given
his present territory, which includes the Piedmont, Keyser
and Georges Creek districts. Investing in the stock of his
company, he now is one of the large stockholders and a mem-
ber of its board of directors.

The J. C. Orrick & Son Company, one of the most reliable
concerns in the East, was established in 1863, at Cumber-
land, Maryland, by J. C. Orrick, who remained at its head
during the remainder of his active life, and saw it develop
from a small wholesale house to a corporation with many
branches, doing a business of $1,000 000 annually. For a
time a branch house was maintained at Grafton, West Vir-
ginia, but the business is now done by the Piedmont and
Cumberland houses. The president and general manager
of the company is William Gulland, the Orricks having all
passed away.

Mr. Gocke has tqken an active part in civic affairs at
Piedmont, as he did at Cumberland, and is very active in
politics. Casting his first presidential vote for Grover Cleve-
land, he has followed the fortunes of the democratic party
ever since, and has been his party's delegate upon numerous
occasions to the congressional and state conventions, and was
particularly zealous in the campaigns of his old boyhood
friend, Junior Brown, for Congress, and was his close
advisor during his entire career. On February 22, 1914,
Mr. Gocke received a reward to which he was entitled in his
appointment as postmaster of Piedmont, to succeed George
T. Goshorn, and was re-appointed after a service of four

years, filling the office until he resigned, August 29, 1921.
While he was postmaster he continued his connection with
the OTrick Company, and felt that the burden was too
great for him to continue the responsibilities of both posi-
tions. He has also served as a member of the Piedmont City
Council, and was responsible for the inauguration of the
system of sewers. An enthusiastic advocate of the good
roads movement, he was instrumental in securing the issue
of the $100,000 bond fund for the building of permanent
roads, and it is a recognized fact that had he not exerted
himself in behalf of this movement it would not have been
successful. Public improvements and the public welfare of
his home city and county have always been of vital moment
to him, and he has always been willing to devote much time
and attention to whatever he has believed would work out
for the best interests of the majority. During the late war
his position as postmaster of Piedmont placed him in the
front ranks in all of the drives for all purposes, and he
exerted himself to the utmost to aid the administration in
carrying out its policies. Mr. Gocke is a member of the
Knights of Columbus, of which he has been grand knight,
aud he has represented the local council in the state council,
and has held the office of advocate in the latter body.

On November 20, 1889, Mr. Gocke married at Baltimore,
Maryland, Mary F. Kessler, who was born at Butler, Mary-
land, a daughter of Peter and Kate (Merryman) Kessler,
natives of Switzerland, and Baltimore, Maryland, respec-
tively. Mrs. Kessler was a distant relative of Johns Hop-
kins, founder of the famous University of Baltimore, Mary-
land, which bears his name. Mr. and Mrs. Gocke became the
parents of the following children: Dr. William T., who is
a graduate of the Baltimore College of Physicians and
Surgeons, is engaged in a practice of his profession at
Clarksburg, West Virginia; Joseph J., who is connected
with the Kenny House at Piedmont; Paul F., who is
manager of the above mentioned hotel; Thomas V., who is a
student of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania; and Mary Catherine, who is attending the Pied-
mont High School. The Gockes are all Roman Catholics.
Paul and Joseph Gocke volunteered for service during the
World war at the entry of this country into the conflict,
and served in the One Hundred and Seventy-third Engineers.
They were sent overseas, were for five months in France,
and for two months with the Army of Occupation on the
Rhine River in Germany. During their period of service
they were hospital attaches, and returned home uninjured.
Both are members of the American Legion. The youngest
sou, Thomas V., was a S. A. T. C. student, and was in a
training camp in Kentucky, preparing for army life,
when the signing of the armistice put an end to the
necessity for further troops. Like their father, the Gocke
sons are admirable men and good citizens, and valuable
additions to any community with which they see fit to con-
nect themselves.

Hon. Robert McVeigh Drane, mayor of Piedmont, and
an attorney of note, is one of the leading men of Mineral
County, and one whose fame is not confined to local bound-
aries. He was born at Frederick City, Maryland, October
15, 1885, a son of Robert H. Drane, born in the '50s in
Virginia and reared in his native state, but who completed
his educational training at Rockhill College, Maryland, and
for some time was a merchant of Cumberland, Maryland. In
1889 he came to Piedmont and established the mercantile
house he is still capably conducting. Very active in demo-
cratic circles, he has served on the County Central Committee
of his party, and was elected on its ticket a member of the
Piedmont City Council. As a communicant of Saint James
Episcopal Church of Piedmont he is a leader in parish work,
and in it, as in everything else he undertakes, he is zealous
in behalf of what he considers to be for the best of the
majority.

The marriage of Robert H. Drane occurred at Frederick
City, Maryland, to Emma Virginia Keller, a daughter of
John H. Keller and a native of Frederick. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert H. Drane became the parents of the following
children: Harry K., who resides at Piedmont; Eleanor E.,
who married Dr. George B. Gilbert, of Colorado Springs,

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dorado, and died in that city; and Robert McVeigh, whose
'.me heads this review.

Only four years old when brought to Piedmont by his
| rents, Robert McVeigh Drane has spent practically all of
» life in this city, and acquired his preliminary education
I its public schools. Graduated from the high-school course
the age of seventeen years, ho became a student of the
est Virginia University at Morgantown, and was gradu-
ed from its legal department in 1907 with the degree of
lehelor of Laws. Although he began bis practice at Pied-
rat, his first case was tried in the Maryland courts in
■mberlaud. He is engaged in a general criminal and
.il practice and has never taken a partner. For six years
served Piedmont as city attorney, and is counsel for
e Davis National Bank of Piedmont and one of tho di-
•tors of this institution. In the spring of 1917 Mr. Drane
is first elected mayor of Piedmont to succeed Mayor II.
ay Shaw, and was re-elected in 1918, 1919 and again in
21, having declined the nomination in 1920, to become a
indidate for the office of prosecuting attorney of Mineral
Lunty on the democratic ticket. Although he made a
I od campaign, he was defeated in the landslide in favor
i the republican candidates. During the time he has been
ivor he has succeeded in decreasing the bonded indebted-
?s, and has issued bonds for the establishment of a filtra-
ra system for the city. Mr. Drane prepared the charter
r the City of Piedmont which was passed upon at the
i ssion of 1913 of the State Assembly. Casting his first
•esidential vote for William Jennings Bryan in 1908, Mr.
•ane has continued a firm advocate of democratic princi-
?9 ever since, and supported Woodrow Wilson during his
► ministration, although he went to the democratic state
Invention of West Virginia as a Clark delegate.
In his fraternity work Mr. Drane was made a member of
1 Kappa Alpha at the university, and he is a Scottish-
te Mason, a member of Osiris Temple, Mystic Shrine, the
'nights of Pythias, and Martinsburg Lodge, B. P. O. E.
5 is a communicant of Saint James Episcopal Church of
.edmont. Mr. Drane is unmarried. During the late war
\ rendered service to the drafted men in filling out their
icstionnaires, and encouraged the purchase of Liberty
'»nds by making Four Minute talks all over the county,
ider the draft he was classified as "A-l," and was ex-
'cting to be called when the armistice was signed. As a
wyer Mr. Drane is able, skilled and resourceful, and his
icccss is unqualified. As a public official he has demon-
rated his ability to handle in a capable manner the vari-
es problems of civic life, and is one of the most popular
i those to hold the office of chief executive of the City of
; edmont.

Harvey C. Powell, M. D. Included among the medi-
il men of Monongalia County who have attained rec-
nition and professional success within a comparatively
ort span of years is Dr. Harvey C. Powell, engaged in
aetice at Morgantown. He entered his profession with
most thorough and comprehensive training, and his sub-
ment experience has ineludcd labors both at home and
road, for he is a veteran of the World war and saw
tive service a* a member of the Medical Corps on the
ttlefields of France.

Doctor Powell was born at Flemington, Taylor County,
est Virginia, March 16, 1881, a son of James F. and
iry V. (Allen) Powell, natives, respectively, of Taylor
d Tyler counties, West Virginia. His paternal grand-
Iher, Elijah Powell, was born near Winchester, Vir-
aia, and married Sarah Cather, of West Virginia. The
•wells are of Welsh stock and the family was founded

this country by the great-grandfather of Doctor Powell,
native of Wales. The Aliens are of Scotch Irish stock
d came to what is now West Virginia, then Virginia,
jm Pennsylvania, where the original American ancestor

this branch had settled on his arrival in this country,
mes F. Powell was engaged in agricultural pursuits until
04, in which year he retired and moved to Morgantown,
iere he died in 1911. The mother survives, in her
:ty-eighth year. She is a devout Baptist, this denomina-
•n having been always the family faith.
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The only child of his parents, Harvey C. Powell, sr-ent
his early days on the home farm in Tyler County, where
he attended the public school. He took ono terra at Fair-
mont (West Virginia) Normal School, and finished hi.
preparatory and pre medical work nt the Uniicn.it j of
West \ irgmm. In 1902 he was graduated with the decree
of Doctor of Medicine from the Hnltimore Medical Col-
ege, and at that timo became house physician at Hnskinn
Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia. Lntcr he became a*
sociatcd with Doctor Kau at the North Wheeling ll„si ital
Wheeling, after which he spent a year in the West recupcr'
ating his health. In tho spring of 19Uj he commenced
practice at Morgantown, where he made rnpid strides m
Ins profession and gained a large and lucruti\e practice
His career was interrupted by the out! rcak of the World
war, and, putting aside his personal interests, he enlisted
m the Medical Corps of the United States Army in 1917,
on August 4 of which year he was commissioned a first
lieutenant. On October 4 he was sent to Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia, to the Medical Officers' Training School and De-
cember 15, 1017, was transferred to Camp M-C'lcllan, An
niston, Alabama, and assigned to the One Hundred and
Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry, Twenty ninth Division,
lie left the latter camp June 9, 19] S, for overseas, sail-
ing from Hokoken, New Jersey, June 1">, and arriving
at Brest, France, June 28. Doctor Powell was with the
infantry throughout his service, and took part in the va
rious engagements and skirmishes in the Haute Alsace
sector from July 25 to September 23, and the sector north
of Verdun, in the Argonne Forest, October 1* to October
29. His command was out of the line, stationed at Rol.crl
Espgne, France, when the armistice was signed. Doctor
Powell was commissioned captain February 22. 1919, and
sailed for home May 11, 1919. from St. Nazaire, Frnnce,
arriving at Newport News, Virginia, Mav 24. lie wai
mustered out of the service at Camp Meade. June 12,
1919, and returned to Morgantown, resuming his practice,
in which he has been highly successful.

Doctor Powell is a member of the Monognlia County
Medical Society and the West Virginia State Medical So'-
ciety. As a fratcrnalist he belongs to Morgantown Union
Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M. ; Morgantown Chapter,
R. A. M.; Morgantown Commandery No. 1^. K. T.; West
Virginia Consistory No. 1, thirty-second degree, R. and
S. M.; and Osiris Temple, A. A. O. N. M. 8., of Wheeling;
Morgantown Lodge No. 411, B. P. O. E. ; and Athens
Lodge No. 36, K P. He also holds membership in the
Morgantown Kiwanis Club.

On August 3, 1916. Doctor Powell married Miss Mary
Ottoff Sigwart, daughter of Otto and Margaret (White)
Sigwart, of Morgantown. Mrs. Powell was born at Cum-
berland, Maryland.

Robert Wood Dailey, Ja., M. D.. representing a promi-
nent family of Hampshire County, is a son of the venerable
jurist Robert Wood Dailey, who has spent a third of a cen-
tury on the Circuit bench. The life of his father and other
members of the family is reviewed at length on other
pages.

Robert Wood Dailey, Jr., was born nt Romney, October
12. 1SS3, and was educated in the Old Potomac Acnbrny,
whose building is now part of the group of buildings for
the West Virginia Deaf and Blind School. After leaving
school Doctor Dailey became nn employe of the Davis Coal
and Coke Company in their mines at Thomas, West Vir-
ginia, remaining there four years. For a sim lar period he
was connected with the Consolidation Coal Com|any at
Myersdale, Pennsylvania. He then returned to West Vir-
ginia and was employed on the construction of the Haiti
more and Ohio branch through Romncy to Petersburg, con-
tinuing until this portion of the road was finished.

About that time he determined to follow a professional
career, and entered the medical department of Loyola Uni-
versity at Chicago in 1911. He grndunted M. D. in 1916,
and during his senior year was president of the local chap-
ter of the Phi Delta fraternity. After graduating he was a
physician for a year in St John 's Hospital nl Fargo, North
DaTcota, and then returned to Romney and f^r a time wm

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medical examiner for the Draft Board and for eight months
was on duty in State Hospital No. 2 at MeKendree. With
this extensive preparation he returned to Romney and has
since heen engaged in general practice and is also physician
to the State School for the Deaf and Blind.

Doctor Dailey served as a member of the Romney Coun-
cil, is a democratic voter and a Master Mason.

George W. Arnold has been a citizen of Romney who
could be depended upon for effective co-operation in every
'movement for the real welfare and advancement of the
town and county. He is a banker, cashier of the Bank of
Romney, has been identified with the public service, though
he is not a politician, and for a number of years has been
perhaps one of the strongest individual influences and
workers in behalf of Sunday School and religious activity
in Hampshire County.

He represents a family that has been in Hampshire
County for several generations. In the early generation the
Arnolds were members of the Primitive Baptist Church.
His great-grandfather, William Arnold, was a minister of
that faith and assisted in organizing and maintaining
church work in that denomination all over Hampshire
County, The grandfather of the Romney banker was
George Arnold, a native of Virginia, who spent his active
life on the farm. George B. Arnold, father of George W.,
was born in the same locality and on the same farm as his
son, and when about twenty-five years of age he became a
miller, operating the Ely Mill near Higginsville on Little
Capon, and remained there until his death in 1890, at the
early age of forty-three. He was a son of George and
Sarah Powell Arnold. Sarah Powell Arnold lived past the
age of four score and was the mother of Joshua, James,
George Benjamin, William, Millard, Elizabeth, who mar-
ried John B. Powell, and Jane, who became Mrs. W. J.
Shanholtzer.

George Benjamin Arnold married Margaret B. Shelly,
daughter of David and Jemimah (Bolton) Shelly. The
Shelly family is of German ancestry and was established in
the United States by the great-grandfather of George W.
Arnold. Mrs. Margaret Shelly Arnold died in 1884, leaving
seven children : Millard L. ; George W. ; Minnie J., who
married J. C. Corder; David J.; Edward C; Cora R., wife
of George Hunter; and Agnes L., wife of Page Saunders.
The father of these children married for his second wife
Virginia Corder.

George W. Arnold was born in Hampshire County, nine
miles from the county seat, September 13, 1872. He was
a farm boy on Little Capon until the age of eighteen, ac-
quiring a country school education. He began teaching,
subsequently attended the Normal School at Reliance, Vir-
ginia, then taught two years more in Hampshire County,
and left the school rooms to take up a business career.

Mr. Arnold was a clerk in the Farmers Exchange at Rom-
ney until 1903, when he was promoted to manager. Then,
in 1906, he was asked to take the cashiership of the newly
organized First National Bank of Romney. However, be-
fore the bank opened for business arrangements were made
to consolidate it with the older bank of Romney, and Mr.
Arnold thus became assistant cashier of the Bank of Rom-
ney, and at the beginning of 1907 was elected cashier, an
office he has now filled for fifteen years.

The Bank of Romney was established in August, 1888, its
promoters being community leaders including John T.
Vance, and the prominent lawyers and jurists, Judge Dailey
and H. B. Gilkeson. The original capital was $25,000, in-
creased to $50,000 at the time of the consolidation, and in
1913 increased to $75,000. This bank has been a dividend
payer from the time of its organization, ten per cent annu-
ally with one exception through all these years, in addition
to some special dividends. The officers of the bank are:
Former Governor John J. Cornwell, president; Charles W.
Haines, vice president; George W. Arnold, cashier; Blair
M. Haines, assistant cashier; while the directors include
the president, vice president and cashier and Thomas G.
Long, D. A. Daugherty, T. F. Henderson, B. T. Racey,
W. L. Tharp, R. S. Kuykendall, Jo S. Pancake, C. E. Reiley,
A. L. Ewers and George S. Arnold.

Mr. Arnold 's public service was on the City Council a I
Romney during the paving era. At the time of the Worl
war he was chairman of the bond drives in the county, an
also treasurer of the county chapter of the Red Cross an
enlisted his active interests in all patriotic causes. He wa
one of the original incorporators and a director and treat
urer of the Romney Improvement Company, which had fo
its purpose the construction of a sewerage system for th'
town. Mr. Arnold is a charter member and a past nobl
grand of Romney Lodge of the Independent Order of Od ,
Fellows. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Churcl'
and was affiliated with other churches until his own denom
nation built its house of worship. In the religious fielc «
however, most of his time and energy have been taken u
with promoting Sunday Schools in the rural communitie
around Romney. He was associated with other Sunda
School workers in plans for more efficient co-operation an
intensive campaign for taking the Bible to the countr
youth. For several years it was Mr. Arnold's practice t
make Sunday trips to some school house or church in th ,
country and conduct a class and otherwise assist in carrj i
ing on an enthusiastic Sunday School organization. Hi I
general interest in all plans for community bettermen I
caused him to join with William N. Baird, Dr. F. J. Brool |
John J. Cornwell and J. Sloan Kuykendall as the first guai
antors of a Chautauqua course of Romney, and for nin
years he has been financially and otherwise interested in thi
annual event that is now on a college basis of financial su\
port.

On April 6, 1892, Mr. Arnold married in Taylor Countj |
West Virginia, Miss Mary Walker Beery, daughter of Bei
jamin and Malinda (Moore) Beery. She was born in Gral
ton, was educated in the public schools there, and is th
youngest in a family of five daughters and one son: Mn !
Sarah E. Leith, of Grafton; Mrs. Margaret Byers, of ths
city; Mrs. Anna Best, of Los Angeles; Miss Etta Beery, o
Grafton; and William Beery.

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have two daughters and one soi.
Their daughter Margaret Catherine is the wife of Leste
N. Inskeep, of Washington, D. C, and they have two chi
dren, Lester Arnold and William Carter. Helen Lois is
student in Bethany College, of Bethany, West Virginia, an
the son, Eugene Russell, is a junior in the Romney Hig
School.

J. Burr Savtlle, sheriff of Hampshire County, was bor
and reared in this locality, and though a young man ha
built up a large and loyal following who ardently supporte 1
him when a candidate for sheriff. Mr. Saville is a me)
chant and has been a factor in the business affairs of th,
county for over ten years.

He was horn in Sherman District, March 21, 1891. Hi.
grandfather, James H. Saville, is also a native of Hamj
shire County in Gore District, followed farming, was I
Federal soldier in the Civil war, always voted the denu
cratie ticket and was a leader in the Methodist Churcl
James H. Saville, who died at the age of eighty-two year;
married Miss Caroline Yost, who died about six months afte
her husband, when about seventy-eight years of age. The I
were the parents of six children: John Letcher; Bell
Powell, widow of Dade Powell; Jennie, who married Moi '
deeai Cheshire; Imboden Saville, of Sherman District; an
Amanda, wife of Charles Van Pelt, of Piedmont.

John Letcher Saville, who was born in Hampshire Count I
in 1864, has for many years been one of the leading farmei
and stockmen of the Augusta section of the county. B ]
had a public school education, was reared on his father J
farm, and for a number of years has been a feeder of lft I
stock and a shipper to the Baltimore markets. He is
democrat, has served as a member of the Board of EducJ '
tion of his district and is a member of the Methodis j
Church. John L. Saville married Rosa Miller, daughter c I
George W. and Jane (Haines) Miller. Her father was bor I
in Hardy County, West Virginia, a farmer, and was also I
Union soldier in the Civil war. The children of John I
Saville and wife are: G. Floyd, a farmer of Sherman Dii
trict; J. Burr; and Guy E., who joined the Three Hundre I
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his organization on the fighting front in France, and since
is return home has been in business as a merchant at
'icdmont.

J. Burr Saville attended school in the Sherman and Gore
walities of Hampshire County, also busied himself with
ie work of the farm and assisted his father in the stock
usiness. After reaching majority he engaged in business
s a merchant at Vauderlip, and the firm of J. B. Saville
nd Company, in which his brother Guy is a partner, is a
try popular one in that locality and handles a large vol-
ute of business annually.

Mr. Saville was urged by bis many friends to get into
ie race for sheriff in the summer of 1920. lie was notni-
ated against two competitors, and in November defeated
is republican opponent and succeeded Sheriff James L.
'ugh. Since taking up his duties it has devolved upon him
) arrest a man who was subsequently convicted for mur-
er, but aside from this incident the principal work of his
dministration has been chasing moonshiners and enforc-
lg the prohibition laws. Mr. Saville is a member of the
lasonic Order.

At Cumberland, Maryland, in November, 1914, he mar-
ed Miss Mary E. Friend, daughter of John B. and Har-
.et Friend, of Garrett County, Maryland, where Mrs.
aville was born in August, li>94. Her family is descended
rom an old one in Philadelphia, and were originally Quak-
e's. The children of John B. Friend and wife are: Fred,
•'alter, John, Gilbert, Bessie (wife of William Waraick),
[rs. Saville and Robert. Mr. and Mrs. Saville have two
lildren, Jules Byron and Vernon.

James W. Shull, M. D. Few citizens of Hampshire
ounty have made their individual activities and influences
mch and benefit a hroader range of interest than Doctor
hull of Eomney. He has been a practitioner of medicine
l the county for nearly fifty years, has expressed his in-
west in public affairs in various ways, and has also been
leader in the business life of the county.
Doctor Shull was horn at Marlboro Post Office on Cedar
reek in Frederick County, Virginia, September 25, 1847.
he battle of Cedar Creek raged over the scene of his birth
'tventeen years later. His father, Daniel Shull, was also a
ativc of Frederick County, born within a half mile of the
irtbplace of his son. He was a militia captain before the
ar, and entered the Confederate army as captain of a
?mpany while Jackson's army was campaigning around
omney in January, 1S62. He died in 1868, at the age of
fty-six years, from ailments brought on by exposure during
is war service. He lies buried at Walnut Springs, four
tiles north of Strasburg. Daniel Shull married Mary J.
rown, daughter of James C. and Sarah (Sherman) Brown,
he died at the age of sixty-four, in 1884, and of their five
lildren three came to mature years: Josephine, who died
5 the wife of Lemuel Emswiler; Doctor Shull; and Annie,
ife of Theodore Courtney, of Puyallup, Washington.
James W. Shull was reared on the family farm near
trasburg, and acquired a primary education in the county
diools and in the Strasburg Academy. Until past his
iajority be was a farmer, and, deciding upon medicine as
career, he read the subject four years with Dr. I. H.
aldwin, of Marlboro. Doctor Baldwin was a nephew of
resident James Madison, and a school book belonging to
resident Madison is now one of the prized possessions of
octor Shull. From his private study he entered the Uni-
?rsity of Maryland at Baltimore, and on completing the
mrse there began practice near the town of Strasburg.
A short time later he came to West Virginia, and in
pril, 1874, located in Hampshire County and began prac-
ce near Rio at Smith's Gap on North River. After four
ears, in 1878, he moved to Pleasant Dale, where he con-
nued his work as a physician for twenty three years, and
a May 17, 1901, established his home and office at Romney,
nd is still active in his profession. For the past twenty
•ears he has been county health officer, and has performed
long and able service as a practitioner of medicine and
■cal surgery. He is a member and former president of the
rant-Hampshire-Hardy-Mineral County Medical Society
ad is a member of the West Virginia State Medical Asso-
ation.

Doctor Shull 'a interest in politics has beca aroused largely
from his desire to liud opportunity to mnke hu intlucuce
count in the betterment in social uud economic conditions
lie was a member of the People 's party during Uiu lifetime
of that organization, since then has U-cu a democrut, uud
in former years attended u number of party convention*.
He was twice a candidate for county uu^r nteudent of
schools, being defeated by fifty votes iu each election. Dur-
ing the World war he was cnairman and examiner of the
Local Draft Board, nnd examined more than twelve huudrc-J
men, more than four hundred of whom weut into the serv
ice. He found them a particularly clean and prom amy
body of our junior citizcnsb.p. Doctor bhull is u member
of the Church of Christ nnd is nlliliuted with the Masonic
Lodge.

In the line of business bis most active cunuection hat
been with that important institution of Roniacy kiiowu us
the Farmers Exchange, lie was one of its organizers as un
instrument for carrying out the economic policy of the obi
Farmers Alliance, and he canvassed the county to promote
au interest in the establishment of the store at lComucy.
He has been secretary and one of the directors of the busi-
ness since it was founded in Decemlxr, 1 .*>!>!!. lie is also
linaneially interested in and is secretary of the Kumars
Electric Company of Romney, which uutil recently was tin
electric department of the Farmers Exchauge.

Doctor Shull 's first wife was Floreuce V. Daniels, only
child cf Alpheus and Eliza (Wilson) Daniels. She died
without issue. In Hampshire County Doctor Shull married
for his second wife Miss Etta V. Woltord, daughter of
Richard and Phoebe (McCuire) NVolford. She died in is«v7,
mother of the following children: Florence, wife of Frank
Baker, of Fremont, Ohio; Claude Lereux, who died while a
law student in the University of West V rginia, within lour
months of graduation; Jenncr, a wood worker living ut
Detroit, Michigan; McUuire, who served a number ot years
in the United States Cavalry of the Regular Army, was ut
the Presidio at San Franciseo early in the World war and
is now in the aviation service. In l»sU, nt Paw l'uw in
Morgan County, West Virginia, Doctor Shull married Muw
Margaret Uyett, daughter of Wulter and .Margaret Lar
gent) Uyett. The children of this union are: Mrs. lone
Cookus, of Winchester, Virginia; burnetii, wife of the cvnii
gelist Hiram Van Voorhis, of Bow.ing linen, Ohio; Worth,
wife of Rev. Earl Biddle, of Cincinnati, Umo; James, now
living at Romney, aud a member of the Naval Reserve, wa.*
on the battleship South Carolina and made four tups
across the Atlantic during the World war; and Ln.d U.,
who is a graduate of the liomuey High School.

John Bassel was admitted to the bar while the Civil
war was still in progress. With the I.»p!«e of years Ins
abilities gave him rank as one of the able lawyers ol West
Virginia, and his career closed in honor and r»j e achieve
meut more than half a century later at Clarksburg, the
city with which practically his entire life was identified.

He was born in Harrison County June y, 1*4 . '
was in his seventy-fifth year when he died ut CJ arks' urg.
December 28, iyJ4. He was a son of 1'. njumin nn 1
Lucinda Bassel. After the common s hools he spent two
years in Moore's Academy at Mu'gantowu, sabMt f j«ut.y
was an honor graduate from \Sa?'nngton and Jeilers n
College at Washington, Renusylvuma. and be„un the Mudy
of law in the oilice ot John J. Davi*. After one year
private study he entered the Cm mnati Lo lege of Lav.
of which he was a graduate, Mt. Bassel was adm.tt d
to practice in the courts of Harrison County, Jnnuiry v
1864. He looked upon the law as a great profession
worthy of his utmost devotion, and never regarded it
merely as an ocrujat.un. He handled a g. neral practice
though he also handled some special legal busine-s an 1
for many years was counsel for the Bu timore Ub o
Railroad" Company.

His character a.» a lawvr i« dc«'ribed in th Hi«t/iry r
the Bench and Bar of Weft \ .r^irua, troui « h th
following sentence, are taken: "lie was n«.tel ft hn
diligence, mental acuteness, and power of nnnysis; ben e
it was not long until he received recognition aa an at-
torney and his success was therefore early assured. He

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ranked among the able lawyers of his day, always con-
ducting his cases with admirable effectiveness and supe-
rior judgment. He had a comprehensive and accurate
knowledge of the law, and never failed to exalt his pro-
fession, in which it was his ambition to excel, and lamented
the tendency in later years to lower its ideals. He never
failed to keep in mind the advice of Lord Coke, that 'he
that knoweth not the reason of the law knowetk not the
law. ' At the trial of causes he was alert, adroit and un-
tiring. In the argument of cases he reasoned well and
convincingly. He was a dangerous opponent in debate,
but was never spectacular nor offensive. He possessed
a remarkably retentive memory and could cite cases with
marvelous precision. He was always a student and re-
membered what he read, and his mind was accordingly
stored and enriched not only by a knowledge of the law
itself, but by the history of events culled from the classics
aud from profane and sacred writers as well, which he
often used with telling effect in his arguments before courts
and juries."

Mr. Bassel gave little time or thought to politics, though
he was a democrat. The only office to which he was ever
elected by the people was as a delegate to the state con-
vention that prepared the constitution of 1872. His thor-
ough knowledge of the law made him a valued adviser in
that body, and the document hears the impress of his judg-
ment. He was elected president of the State Bar Asso-
ciation in 1901, and for many years was a faithful at-
tendant upon the annual meetings of the organization.
The association was in session at Parkersburg the day of
his death, and as a mark of respect twenty of its mem-
hers were appointed to attend his funeral.

Mr. Bassel was a member of the Presbyteriau Church.
He was domestic in his traits and habits, and enjoyed
the associations of an extensive friendship over the state.
His first wife was Miss Martha Lewis, and by this union
he was the father of six children. Mr. Bassel is survived
by his second wife, who was formerly Miss Alice Bean.
She continues to live at Clarksburg.

John D. Blue is one of the oldest men in the service of
the Farmers Exchange of Romney, a business institution
with a very interesting history.

The Farmers Exchange at Eomney was founded in 1S92,
and the leading spirits in its organization were Dr. J. W.
Shull and J. W. Thompson, hoth of whom have heen on its
Board of Directors from the beginning, and Mr. Thompson
is now its president and Doctor Shull its secretary. Asso-
ciated with them was the late George H. Johnson. The
present Board of Directors comprise E. H. Blue, E. J. Fox.
G. R. Hamilton, A. L. Ewers, the executive officers including
Mr. John D. Bine. The business of the Farmers Exchange
is merchandising:, milling and the manufacture of ice.
Prior to 1922 the Exchange also generated the electricity
for Romney, but at the beginning of that year a new com-
pany was formed to take over that end of the business,
ealled the Farmers Electric Company, of which J. S. O 'Hare
is manager and electrician.

The Farmers Exchange in its origin is reminiscent of the
old semi-political organization known as the Farmers Alli-
ance. It was one of a number of similar enterprises estab-
lished under such auspices in Hampshire County, is the
only one to survive and assume a permanent form and enjoy
continued prosperity. The original investment in the enter-
prise was about $2 000.00, and the business was exclusively
merchandise. In order to raise the original capital for the
opening of the store about one hundred men signed the note
as security for the money. This successful business has
had three managers, the first being C. W. Haines, the sec-
ond, G. W. Arnold, and the third, John D. Blue, who has
served longer than either of his predecessors. The Farmers
Exchange also has the controlling interest in the stock of
the Romney Grocery Company, a local wholesale house.

John D. Blue was born near Wappocomo in Romney
District of Hampshire County, December 30, 1877, and has
lived within a few miles of his birthplace all his life. His
grandfather was Garrett 1. Blue, who was born and spent
his active life as a farmer in Hampshire County, and died
about the close of the Civil war. He married Miss Long,

and among their children were Susan, Sallie, Ursula, Jo.
and Marcellus.

John Blue, father of the Romney merchant, was all
born in Hampshire County, acquired his education in tJ
country, and after some years as a farmer he became m
county official twelve years before his death, being electj
county assessor, and he was in that office when he died J
1903, at the age of about seventy. The first year of t|
Civil war he joined the Confederate Army as a member |
the Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, and was in some of the J
verest battles of the war. Several times he was capturl
by the Federals, and finally was sent to the Federal pris k(
on Johnson 's Island in Lake Erie, and for a time was J
Fort Delaware, being held until the close of the war.
later years he was much interested in the proceedings ■
the Confederate veterans, attended a number of reunio: i
and was an ardent democrat, working for the interest of hi
party and its candidates.

John Blue married Miss Ann Eliza Fox, whose father yd
Voss Fox and her mother, a Miss Harness. She died A
1899, at the age of sixty-eight. Their children consisted 1
Miss Sallie V.; Edwin H., present county assessor of Haul
shire County; William F., who was accidentally killed whJ
logging in the woods; George C. was with a coal company J
Fairmont when he died in 1901 ; Rebecca, now Mrs. Georfl
H. Johnson, Jr., of Hampshire County; John David; a J
Mary Elizabeth, wife of Martin T. Hooper, who IivesB
Sacramento, California, and is a mechanical engineer.

John D. Blue spent the first eighteen years of his iM
on the farm, and while there attended country schools. M
left the farm to become delivery hoy and clerk in the Farl
ers Exchange Store at Romney, aud in that service he la
continued steadily through all the years and has been I
sponsible in no small degree for the prosperity of the iuM
tution. He has been manager of the Exchange since I9iJ
Mr. Blue is also a stockholder in the Bank of Romney, 1,1
served on the Romney Council, is a democrat in politics, ■
affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, tfl
Masons and the Modern Woodmen of America, and is J
Presbyterian. He assisted promoting the success of the '1
rious drives and campaigns in behalf of the Governing
during the World war, and he registered under the 1:1
draft law.

In Mineral County, September 24, 1902, he married Ml
Mary D. Rinehart, a daughter of John W. and Helen (Hovr
son) Rinehart. She was born on Patterson Street in M-'
eral County, was reared on a farm and supplemented M
country school advantages in the Shepherd College Norm!
and was a teacher before her marriage. She is the oldt
of six children, the others being Elijah, Mrs. Helen Hefa
ott, Mrs. Ann Kuykendall, deceased, John Rinehart, a rt«
dent of Alberta, Canada, and Miss Minnie, who lives at m
old homestead in Mineral County. The three children I
Mr. and Mrs. Blue are: Helen, a graduate of the RomijB
High School and now a teacher in Hampshire County; Jem
R., a high school student; and Cathleen.

Hon. Robert W. Dailey. In length of continuous sea
ice Judge Dailey is one of the oldest Circuit Court judji-
in the state. For thirty years he has presided over M
courts of the Twenty-second Circuit, comprising HampshiJ
Hardy and Pendleton counties, a record which has throu?- 1
out been adorned by his sound abilities as a lawyer, m
impartiality as a judge and the integrity of his persoH
character.

Judge Dailey, whose home is at Romney, was bornH
Hampshire County, April 18, 1849. His paternal graM
father, James Dailey, came to Virginia from Pennsylva^
when a young man and achieved a creditable position ail
farmer, banker and man of affairs. He died about 18-,
when about fifty years of age. His first wife, and mot r
of a large family of children, was a daughter of Colol
Andrew W. Woodrow, who had served as clerk of the cot
at Romney. The second wife of James Dailey was Ces
fort Wood, whose grandfather, Colonel James Wood, *9
the founder of Winchester, Virginia, naming the place B
honor of his native city in England. The children of (km
fort Wood Dailey were: Dr. Robert Wood; Jean W., vt>
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|married ; Thomas, who was a physician, practiced at Clarks-
fburg, and at the beginning of the Civil war joined the Con-
federate Army, but ill health would not permit him to serve
id he died at Winchester, Virginia.

Dr. Robert Wood Dailey, father of Judge Dailey, was
irn at Roruney, but spent his early life at Winchester, Vir
inia, and read medicine with a celebrated physician of
hat city, Doctor MeGuire. He also attended medical lee-
ures in the University of Pennsylvania, graduating there,
ind for sixty years he carried on an extensive private prae-
lice, beginning at Romney and finally returning to that
uty, where he was a dignified and very respected member
)f the profession. He was opposed to secession, and at the
beginning of the Civil war he lived in Cumberland, Mary-
land, but when Virginia finally seceded he joined the cause
hf his neighbors and friends and did what he could to aid
phe Confederacy. He served as a surgeon in the army, and
1 remained in the service until the close of the war, when
fie returned to Komney as the home and scene of his active
practice. He died in 1902, at the age of eighty-one.
[ Doetor Dailey was devoted to his profession, having lit-
rle concern with business, was a man of strong convictions
|.s a democrat and while orthodox in religion was not a
Inember of any denomination. He married Rebecca Taylor,
,of Winchester, Virginia, daughter of Benjamin and Kliza
f Howland) Taylor, whose family consisted of five sons and
\ wo daughters. Mrs. Rebecca Dailey died at the age of
leventy-one. Her children were: Benjamin, who was a
practicing lawyer at Moorefield, where he died; James, a
[»ommereial salesman and later a merchant at Romney;
Judge Robert Wood; Comfort Wood, who became a lawyer
had practiced at Keyser and Elkins, and was serving as
general counsel for the Western Maryland Railroad in be-
palf of the Davis and Elkins interests when he died; Griffin
[Taylor, who was a physician in Romney where he died: How-
wind, who became an Arkansas farmer; Sarah Cornelia,
Uho died at Romney. the wife of William N. Baird; and
■Miss Jean Dailey, of Romney.

I Judge Robert W. Dailey until after the close of the Civil
Far lived with his parents and attended school for vary-
ing lengths of time in Cumberland, Maryland, then at Win-
chester, Virginia, and was educated in private schools at
Cumberland and Winchester, and at the age of nineteen be-
►lan the study of law in the office of White and Jacob at
Romney. He was admitted to the bar from their office in
August, 1S70, after passing an oral examination before
►Judge Joseph A. Chapiine and a committee comprising An-
drew W. Kercheval and Gen. Joseph Spriggs. Judge Hoke,
►ater at Moorefield with Judge Chapiine, signed his license,
i Judge Dailey began practice in association with James
D. Armstrong, afterwards judge of the Twenty-second Cir-
cuit, and the firm continued until Mr. Armstrong went on
he bench. Following that Judge Dailey was associated
►with his brother, Wood Dailey. in the firm of Dailey &
Dailey. His brother moved to Elkins about the time Robert
Dailey was chosen to the bench. Judge Dailey for twenty-
:wo years carried on a general practice before the courts of
Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy and Grant counties, and for a
similar length of time served as prosecuting attorney, hold-
ing that position until he went on the bench.

When Judge Armstrong resigned as circuit judge Gover-
nor Fleming appointed Robert W. Dailey as his successor
■intil the next general election, and Judge Dailey was then
fleeted and has never been opposed in succeeding eleetions.
At the expiration of his present term he will have served
:hirty-seven years. He is an elder in the Presbyterian
Church, frequently attending Presbyteries, occasionally the
Synod, and three times was a delegate to the General As-
*embly, those at Birmingham, Alabama, Greenville, South
Carolina, and Bristol, Tennessee.

In Prince Edward County, Virginia, in February, 1874,
►Judge Dailey married Miss Louisa Booker, whom he had
*net at Romney some time before. She was born in Char-
lotte County, Virginia, daughter of John and Lucilla (Elli-
ott) Booker, being one of a large family of children. Her
father was a native of Virginia and a merchant. Judge
•Dailey 's children were properly educated and trained and
'aave beeome well established in their respective spheres.

nia son, John B., is general manager of stor. s of a coal
company in Huntington, Wet Virginia. Ne in is the wife
u-n- T, L - NVa !i ir » 0( Spartanburg, South Carolina.
William 1. lues at Morgantown. Miss Rebecca H..« and is
n resident of Romney. Robert W. is a phv icinn reprawiit
ing the fifth generation of the family in that profewun nnd
is practicing at Romney. Lucilln is the wife of Dr Jam- n
K. Outline, of New Hampton, Iowa.

Oliver Mortimer Rizj.r js one of the pi] uur nnJ r jr.-
Mutative eiti/ens of his native city of Piedtii nt ; M mral
County, his birth having here occurred NownUer lo, 1* !»
He is a son of George W. and Mary Jane .lart.rx- Id/.-r
the latter a native of Petersburg, Virginia, and a d-iughur
of Washington Jarboe. who was born and reared in Krun v

George W. Rizer was born in Allegany County, Mar} nnd,
in li>2*J, and became one of the pion««.r telegraph oj<crator*
in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He niu*
stationed at Cumberland, Maryland, during the jcriod of
the Civil war, and at one time was forced to lease his po-t
and take his telegraph instruments into hid ng from en
eroaehment by Confederate forces. Through ex] os re win h
he endured in one of these flights from his office fce eon
traeted a severe cold, ns a sequel of which his death oc urre I
in November, 1*>G4. His marriage occurred in ]v>.>, at
Piedmont, the father of his wife having been proj ro tor
of the old Sims Hotel. Mrs. Rizer was born in iv.U. and
long survived her husband, her death having occurred in
1D1S. Frank, eldest of the children, died in 1*1*4, at
Wheeling; Oliver Mortimer, of this sketch, was next in
order of birth; and Ella Elsworth is the widow of Lew >. «'
Nolte, of Wheeling.

Luther Rizer, grandfather of the subject of this reiiew,
was born and reared in Germany, was a skilled meehanic,
and after coming to America established his home at Oris
suptown, Allegany County, Marylnnd. where he passed the
remainder of his life. His children were six n number:
Charles, Luther, Jacob. George W.. Ro.sn (.Mrs. Robert
Courts), and Lizzie (Mrs. Joseph MeHendon). The son
Charles was a Union soldier in the Civil war. was captured
and confined in Andcrsonville Prison, and his death occurred
soon after his return home.

Oliver M. Rizer was but seven years old when he became
a messenger for the telegraph office at Cumberland, Mary-
land, and in that city he attended the public schools for
a time. He learned telegraphy, but never followed the
trade. He found employment in a rolling mill at Cumber
land, and later returned to Piedmont, his native [dace, where
he learned the trade of boilermaker in the shops of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He suffered the lo*s of hi*
right eye shortly before completing his apprenticeship, and
he thus abandoned this trade also. For seven years there
after he was engaged in mercantile business in th s c ty.
and thereafter he was a traveling commercial salesrr'in for
F. W. Dama^t & Company of Bait more until 191s. }]|
health then led to his retirement, but a few months later
he became a travcl'ng representative for J. J. Lans urgh 4
Company, dealers in all kinds of sea foods, fruits and vege-
tables, with which he is still connected, with aligned terri-
tory along the lines of the Baltimore & Ohio, the Che«n|-ake
& Ohio, and the Western Maryland Railroads in West Vir
ginia and Maryland. He is financially interested in the
Rizer Electric Company of Piedmont, of which hi* son
Charles H. is manager," and is a stockholder in the First
National Bank of Piedmont, ne is a republican, and i* a
member of the local lodge and also the uniformed rank
body of the Knights of Pythias, both he and his wife le ng
affiliated with the Pythian Sisters.

September 25, 1883, recorded, at Piedmont, the marriage
of Mr. Rizer and Miss Theresa W. Hnth, who was born at
Weston, this state. February 29, IS64, and who was reared
and educated at Piedmont. She is a daughter of the late
James Charles Huth, who was born and reared in Saxony.
Germany, where his birth occurred April 2, I $33, and wh- re
he learned the baker's trade. In 1851 he came to the Un ted
States and found employment at his trade in Whee' rig, Vir-
ginia (now West Virginia). In 1869 he established a
bakery at Piedmont, and he successfully continaed the enter-

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prise until his retirement in 1901, his death having occurred
in November, 1920, He was a stanch republican, served as
justice of the peace and as a memher of the city council,
and his religious faith was that of the Lutheran Church.
His wife, whose maiden name was Rose Monahan, was born
in County Mayo, Ireland. Her parents came to America and
settled in New Orleans, where her mother died of cholera.
Thereafter she came with her father to Wheeling, where her
marriage was solemnized. She died in February, 1890, wheu
about sixty years of age. Of her childreu five are living at
the time of this writing, in 1922. In conclusion is entered
brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Rizer:
Harry F., who is engaged in the plumbing business at Pied-
mont, married Elsie Tomlinson, and they have five children,
Oliver M., Jr., Addie, Theresa, Ruth and Gardner. Gardner,
the second son, died in 1901, at the age of twelve years.
Mary Louise is the wife of Albert E. Clark, of Thorold,
Canada, and they have four children, Robert, Sue, Dorothy
and Margaret. Frank G., who was a soldier in the World
war, is now in the employment of the Government as an
auditor at Baltimore, Maryland. Charles H., who was a
member of the Motor Transport Corps of the Seventy-niuth
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, was in active
service in France one year at the time of the World war,
and received his discharge July 25, 1919. He is now the
executive head of the Rizer Electric Company at Piedmont,
as previously noted. He married Mary Margaret Johnson,
and they have one child, Christine Louise. Elsie is in the
service of the United States at Washington, D. C.

James Forsyth Harrison, now serving as magistrate of
Piedmont, and a veteran of the war of the '60s, is one of
the highly respected men of Mineral County, and one who
has taken an important part in its history for many years.
He was born at Cumberland, Maryland, January 26, 1848,
a son of George Harrison, who was born at Bath, Somerset-
shire, England, August 10, 1808, a son of George Harrison.
One of the uncles of James Forsyth Harrison, Charles J.
Harrison, was engaged in the wholesale drug business at
London, and so prospered that he extended his trade over
a wide area and conducted branches at Bombay and Cal-
cutta, India, and Melbourne, Australia, and when he died
was a man of distinction in the commercial world.

George Harrison, father of James Forsyth Harrison, was
a highly intellectual man, educated at Rugby, Eaton and
Oxford, and was graduated from the university with honors.
He was commissioned a barrister, but instead of entering
upon the practice of the law came to the United States in
search of good health, and not only secured it but became
one of the notable men of his adopted country.

Landing at New York City, George Harrison left the
vessel, Lord Ashburton, on which he had made the trip,
traveled first to Baltimore, Maryland, and from thence
went west over the old road to Wheeling, West Virginia,
it being his intention to become an Indian trader on the
frontier. However, at Wheeling he met a lady who so
attracted him that he changed his plans, settled at Wheel-
ing, in order to woo her, and established himself in business
as a dealer in books. He continued to live at Wheeling
after his marriage until 1846, when he moved to Cumber-
land, Maryland, and in that city opened up connections as
a forwarding and commission merchant, under 'the name of
Calhoun & Harrison, remaining there until 1852, wheu he
returned to Wheeling, continuing therS until about the
middle of the war period, when he came back to Cumber-
land, and this city continued to he his home for the
remainder of his life. He was a delegate to the convention
from Ohio County, which formed the convention that divided
the Old Dominion, creating the new state of West Virginia.
As mayor of Cumberland he did much for the city, but he
was equally zealous in its behalf in a private capacity.
Following the close of the war he engaged in the wholesale
flour and feed business in partnership with his son, and was
so engaged when he died, November 10, 1870.

During the war George Harrison held a civilian appoint-
ment in the Quartermaster 's Department of the Union army
in this region, and was not only personally acquainted with
many of the leaders in West Virginia, but with President

Lincoln himself. Until the outbreak of the war he was
democrat, but in 1860 cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln
the presidency, and thereafter gave the republican par
his hearty and effective support. From the time he came
this country he was a strong Union man, and thorough
believed in the abolition of slavery. While he was an aeti
participant in public affairs, he possessed none of t
qualifications of an orator, but he could deliver himse!
from manuscript convincingly and to the point. He w!
a Knight Templar Mason. In England he belonged to t]
Established Church, and after he came to this country J
became a communicant of the Episcopal Church, its protj
type in America.

On, December 27, 1833, George Harrison married
Wheeling, West Virginia, Miss Clerimond Smith Woodro
a daughter of Simeon Woodrow, and through her mother s 1
belonged to the Adamson family. Mrs. Harrison was bo
at Morgantown, West Virginia, in the eleveuth house j
that city, which her father erected. He was born in Cla
County, Virginia, but his father was born on the Woodrr
farm near Chester, Pennsylvania, where the battle of t
Brandywine was fought. This grandfather of Mrs. Harris)
was also named Simeon Woodrow, and he served from Pen 1
sylvania in the American Revolution. The youuger Sime<
Woodrow took a company of soldiers from Morganto? 1
to fight in the second war with England. By profession
was a civil engineer, and built the first furnace in t
Alleghany Mountains between Morgantown and Kingwoo|
the ruins of which are still standing. He died at Wheelin
West Virginia, at the home of his son, also named Simet
Woodrow, when he was nearly 100 years of age, prior to t
outbreak of the war of the '60s. He, too, served in t
American Revolution with an official rank. Mrs. Geor;,
Harrison, his daughter, died at Piedmont, West Virginia, {
1S86, when seventy-five years old. The children born |
George Harrison and his wife were as follows: Virgin]
E., who married Andrew White of the old Northweste,
Bank of Wheeling; Capt. George W., who died at Piedmol
when nearly seventy-five years old; Victoria Mary Brow]
who married Capt. George W. Jenkins, of Wheeling, ai
died in that city in 1870; Capt. Charles J., who is preside
of the Somerset County Trust Company, of Somerset, Pen
sylvania; James Forsyth, whose name heads this reviei
and Samuel Buel, who lives at Piedmont, West Virginia.

James Forsyth Harrison attended a private school taug
by a Mrs. Radcliffe of Wheeling until he went into t 1
Union army. At the outbreak of the war his father t
longed to the Senior Home Guards, was secretary of it, ai
made a list of its members in 1861, secured their individu
signatures to the minutes, and left one of the neatej
records now in existence of this exciting and momenta |
period of the country 's history. This historic and valuat
document is now the property of James Forsyth Harrisc
and the penmanship shows the artistic capabilities of i
author. It is so perfect that it hears a close resemblance
copperplate. Living in the midst of such intense loyalty
the Union it is little wonder that James Forsyth Harris-
should have been fired with the determination to serve in i
cause in spite of his youth, and this resulted in his enlh
ment in July, 1862, in the Quartermaster's Departmei
He participated in the engagement at Williamsport, V.
ginia, being in command of the little company which m
the enemy, and all who were not killed or fatally wound
were taken prisoners. Mr. Harrison was sent to Libl
Prison, Richmond, Virginia, and was held there for ni
months and three days as a hostage for Private Lynn,
Confederate soldier, who subsequently escaped from t
Union prison at Fort Delaware, where many of the Co
federate prisoners were kept. Mr. Harrison was final
released from Libby Prison through the influence of I
Hunter McGuire, a surgeon on the staff of Gen. Stonews
Jackson, who was personally acquainted with George Hj
rison. On account of disability Mr. Harrison was honorab
discharged from the service in May, 1864, and, returnh
home, entered the Alleghany County Academy at Cumbt
land, Maryland, under Professor Pryor, and was graduat
therefrom. He then studied law under Judge George
Pearre, and was admitted to the bar.

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Entering upon the practice of his profession, Mr. Har-
rison remained at Maryland until Jssl, when he went to
Arizona a9 a member of tlie regular army, and was stationed
at Williams, Flagstone, Volunteer Prairie and other points,
and tie continued his law practice in these places. Returning
to the East, after a year's practice at Emporia, Kansas, he
located at Piedmont, West Virginia, and lias continued to
make this city his place of residence ever since, and during
lhis period has been connected with the practice of law and
court work.

Mr. Harrison cast his first ballot as a republican, and has
continued faithful to that party ever since. He has been
especially active in convention work, and knows intimately
ail of the leaders of the iSccond Congressional District.
During the campaign of Judge Dayton for the nomination
for Congress from Elkins, West Virginia, Mr. Harrison
played a very important part. President MeKinley ap-
pointed him postmaster of Piedmont, and he continued to
serve under the Roosevelt administration until Ins successor
was appointed.

The marriage of Mr. Harrison took place at -Stewart,
Athens County, Ohio, when he was united with Miss Mela
Byron, a daughter of Capt. Charles and Ruth (Stewart;
Byron. Captain Byron was a veteran of the Union army,
and an extensive woolen manufacturer. Mrs. Byron was a
daughter of the man who, with John W. Garrett, built that
part of the Baltimore «x Ohio Railroad from the vicinity of
Athens to Parkersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison became the
parents of the following children: Lucile, who is the widow
of Landeu Heskitt, who died in 191i> as a victim of the
intluenza epidemic, while serving during the World war;
and Mildred B., who married George Boyd, superintendent
of the Blaine Mining Company of Potomac Manor, West
Virginia, and has one son, George, Jr.

Mr. Harrison has resided at Piedmont for practically a
third of a century, but his connection with this locality
dates back to the time when as a soldier he was stationed
at New Creek, now Keyser, and doing his duty as a defender
of his country 's tlag. lie has worked steadily and long
to advance the interests of Piedmont and Mineral County,
and is proud of the fact that he has been associated with
so much of its development. As a lawyer he is sagacious,
resourceful and learned, and as a magistrate, wise and
purposeful, and his decisions are seldom reversed by ttie
higher courts. In every phase of life Mr. Harrison has
proven his worth as a man and a citizen, and no one in all
this region stands any higher in public regard and affection
than he.

Frank R. Bell. After twenty years in business and with
twenty years measuring his residence in West Virginia,
Frank R. Bell stands in the front rank of insurance men in
this state. An interesting honor to him and to the state
was paid at the annual convention of the National Associa-
tion of Fire Insurance Agents at Los Angeles in September,
1921, when Mr. Bell was elected a member of the executive
committee of the association.

Mr. Bell, whose business home is at Charleston, was born
at Staunton, Augusta County,* Virginia, son of Frank R.
and Cynthia Estelle (Trotter) Bell. He grew up there,
attending the public schools of Augusta County and the
Augusta Military Academy. As a young man in 1902 he
came to West Virginia. The insurance business of which
he is now the head was founded at Thurmond, West Vir-
ginia, in 1907, with Mr. Bell in charge of the office. In
1911 be removed the business to Charleston, and in the past
ten years it has enjoyed such growth and expansion that it
is now rated as one of the largest insurance agencies in the
state. Quite recently the Bell-Crane Company, as the cor-
poration is known, has absorbed and taken over the business
of the Scheer Agency, a prominent insurance organization
in the Charleston field. Mr. Bell is president of the Bell-
Crane Company. The company occupies quarters in the
Kanawha National Bank Building, and has a complete
organization in various departments, including fire, casualty,
accident, bonding and surety. The company represents only
the largest and best companies in the United States. While
it is a general insurance business, practically eighty-five per

cent of its fire insurance service is with the coal mints nnd
mining industries of West Virginia. This ia a service d»
inandhig pceul ar teHinienl facilities, ami for that purpo c
the company maintains a stafT of exerts and engine*-™

Mr. Hell, though otic of th younger men in Charleston
commercial affairs, has an- mi, .] his share of community
work, ami for several years h# • Uh u a prominent meml^r
of the Chamber of Commt ree and is one of its director*.
He is a member of the Ed^ewood Cunt v Gtti . ami ChnrlcB
ton bodge of the Benevolent and I'n.t. tm o I, r of Elk*.
He married Miss Judith i.assawny. Mi rt | r. .its an oil
West Virginia family, one of whoso m< nUn wis th.. late
Henry Gassaway Davis. Mrs. R t 1 nib born • n the City
of Washington and reared in Brooklyn. Their t»u childr. n
arc Sallie Lee aud Frank It., Jr.

William Hknry Howx»n is a young man in years but
old in the service of one of the largest industrial corpora
tious in America, the E. F. Dupont de Nemours Jt Company
of Wilmington, Delaware. Faithful work and succe iv'e
promotions recently brought him to Huntington as head
quarters for his duties as sales manager ow an extensive
district.

Mr. Bowdeu was born at Lonacouin^, Maryland, O-'toUr
26, ISS6. The several generations of the family before him
were chiefly represented in the coal mining industry. Ih«
grandfather, John Bowdeu. was a native of Kngland.
brought his family to the United States in \%IVJ, .settled nt
Lonaeoning, and was a mine worker 1 -r the American Coal
Company until killed there in a mine aec dent.

His son, Richard Bowden, was born in England in I >G t .
ami was 'about five years of aye when the family came to
America and settled in Loiiaconiny, Maryland, where he >\a«
reared and married and where for a number of years he was
employed as a track layer around the coal in m-s. Bin home
since 1904 has been at 1' tNhuryh, where he has been
associated as an employe of the Wc.tiughoiiin« Klcctric Com
pany. being now a department superintendent. He ia u
republican. Richard Bowden married Mary Dick, wlm
was born at Lonaeoning in lM»t. They have two sons,
William Henry and John. The latter is an employe of the
Westinghonse Electric Com \ any of Pittsburgh.

William Henry Bowden aci|u'red a public school education
at Lonaeoning. graduated from high school in 1901, spent
one year in the State Normal School at Frost' -urg, Mary
land, and in 1903 removed to Pittsburgh and became a
elerk in one of the departments of the Wcstinghoii.-e Elec
trie Company. He was with the Westinghouse Electric
Company about a year, and on January j, 190.",, nt the ng<
of eighteen, entered the service of the K. I. Dupont de
Nemours & Company, lie was a clerk m the Pittsburgh
office until January 1, 1916, though in the meant inn' he hnd
risen by successive promotions until he was th rd in rank
below the manager. He was then transferred to the ma«n
offices of the corporation at Wilmington, Delaware wit-
chief clerk of the sales department, August 1. Il»D». wa
made assistant director of sales, on Ni>vcintnr 1, ll>- K wa*
again transferred to the Pittsburgh District and put in
charge of the office of sales manager, and on Novcin hi I,
1921, became a resident of West Virginia as sales manager
at Huntington for the West Virginia Distri. t. This dis
triet is one of the most important in respect to volume of
business originating in the territory, winch is a creat mining
section requiring an enormous volume of powder, dynamite
and other explosives manufactured by the Dupont Company.
The district includes the southcro part of West Virg'nia,
Eastern Kentucky, old Virginia and North Carolina. Under
Mr. Bowden 's supervision are elev« n traveling salesmen
covering this territory, and there are th' rtecn employes in
the office in the Robson Pritchard Bmlding.

Mr. Bowden is a republican, and a niembtr of the Presby-
terian Church. June 22. 1916, at Pittsburgh, he married
Miss Mary Reck, dau-h^r of CharUs J. and Margaret
(Gearing) Beck, residents of Arnold, I'uuwyhania, where
her father is a building contractor. Mrs. Rowden is a
graduate of the Pittsburgh High School. Thty have two
children: William, Jr.. horn April 11, 1917; and John H. f
born January 12, 1920.

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John F. Jameson. Webster Springs, the judicial center
of Webster County, has been fortunate in enlisting the
services of Mr. Jameson as superintendent of its public
schools, the standard of which has been materially ad-
vanced under his able administration.

Mr. Jameson claims the old Buckeye State as the place
of his nativity, his birth having occurred on the old home-
stead farm in Holmes County, Ohio, July 13, 1877, and
both his paternal and maternal ancestors having been pio-
neer settlers in that county. In Holmes County Kobert and
Rebecca (Hersh) Jameson, parents of the subject of this
review, passed their entire lives, the father's entire career
having been one of close and effective association with farm
industry save for an interval of three years. Robert
Jameson was born in the same house as was his son John
F., and the date of his nativity was January 17, 1845, his
wife having been born June 9, 1854. He v»as one of the
substantial and representative citizens of his native county
at the time of his death, was a democrat in political
allegiance, and both he and his wife were earnest members
of the Presbyterian Church. Of the three children the sub-
ject of this sketch is the elder of the two surviving, his
sister, Mildred, being the wife of Cloyse O. Dailey, of Elm
Grove, Ohio County, West Virginia.

Reared on the old homestead farm, John F. Jameson
acquired his preliminary education in the district schools,
and in 1897 he graduated from the high school at London-
ville, Ohio. After having been a successful teacher in the
schools of Ohio about six years he entered Wooster College,
Ohio, in which he continued his studies one year. Later he
graduated from the Ohio Northern University, with the
degree of Bachelor of Science, and in the meanwhile he
continued teaching in the vacation periods and at other
intervals. Later he received from Bethany College the
degrees of Bachelor of Philosophy and Bachelor of Peda-
gogy, after effective post-graduate courses in this institu-
tion. He taught in turn in the public schools of Cameron
and Tunnelton, West Virginia, and thereafter was for four
years in similar service in the public schools at Webster
Springs. In connection with the nation's participation in
the World war Mr. Jameson was in the government service
for several months, as a member of the Federal Board of
Vocational Education in the City of Indianapolis, Indiana,
and since the completion of this service he has continued
his effective regime as superitendent of the public schools of
Webster Springs, his wife being supervisor of music in the
schools, a position in which she had previously served at
Benwood, this state. At Webster Springs Mr. Jameson is
affiliated with Addison Lodge No. 116, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, and with the camp of the Modern Wood-
men of America, both he and his wife being zealous mem-
bers of the Christian Chureh.

In 1911 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Jameson
and Miss Hallie Janes, who was graduated from the Thomas
Training School in the City of Detroit, Michigan, and who
is a specially talented musician. Mr. and Mrs. Jameson
have no children.

William Sidney Wysong has brought most excellent
equipment to his profession, is engaged in the successful
practice of law at Webster Springs, judicial center of
Webster County, and has distinct status as one of the repre-
sentative members of the bar of this section of his native
state.

Mr. Wysong was born at Hamlin, Lincoln County, West
Virginia, February 13, 1876, and is a son of William M.
and Bertha M. (Holt) Wysong, both natives of Virginia,
where the former was born November 30, 1845, and the
latter was born at Newcastle. Their marriage was solem-
nized in 1873. The family name of the first wife of Wil-
liam M. Wysong was Smith, and she was survived by one
son, Creed M., who became an officer in the United States
army. The subject of this review is the eldest of the four
children of the second marriage; Georgia, next in order of
birth, is the wife of Charles F. MeGhee, of Hamlin, Lincoln
County; Lillian is the wife of John T. Day, of Hinton,
Summers County; and Joseph H. is a resident of Chicago,
Illinois. The death of the father occurred August 9, 1903,
and the widowed mother is still living (1922).

William Sidney Wysong attended the public schools of
Greenbrier County, this state, until he was eleven years
old, and thereafter continued his studies in an academy
until he had attained to the age of fifteen years. He later
received from Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, the degree
of Bachelor of Arts, and in preparation for his chosen pro-
fession he entered the law department of the University o*
West Virginia, in which he was graduated as a member of
the class of 1898 and with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
In the same year he was admitted to the bar at Webster
Springs, and the county seat of Webster County has since
continued the central stage of his successful professional
activities, his clientage being of representative order.

Unfaltering in his advocacy of the principles of the demo-
cratic party, Mr. Wysong has been influential in its local
councils and campaign work, and he served two terms as
representative of Wehster County in the State Legislature,
besides which he was mayor of Webster Springs during one
term and gave a most progressive administration of mu-
nicipal affairs. He is a past master of Addison Lodge No.
116, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

Mr. Wysong 's wife, whose maiden name was Mattie
Wooddell, is a twin sister of William L. Wooddell, and
record concerning the Wooddell family will be found in
personal sketches elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Wysong
graduated from the Glenville State Normal School and the
West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon. Mr. and
Mrs. Wysong have one son, William P., who was born
October 17, 1903, he being a graduate of the high school
at Wehster Springs and being now (1922) a memher of the
sophomore class in the University of West Virginia. Mr.
and Mrs. Wysong hold membership in the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South.

Joseph B. Kisk, M. D. A highly trained and efficient
physician and surgeon, Doctor Kirk has devoted his pro-
fessional work to a service that presents perhaps the great-
est opportunity for usefulness, practice in the coal mining
districts of West Virginia. For a number of years his
home has been at Bluefield, where he has been equally
distinguished for the high quality of his citizenship and
liberal attitude toward every movement in which the welfare
of the community was concerned.

Doctor Kirk was born in Giles County, Virginia, Septem-
ber 19, 1863, son of Joseph and Sarah (Strader) Kirk. His
father was also born on a Giles County farm. The Kirk
family originated in England, moved to Scotland, and
thence a branch came to America in Colonial times. In
later generations one branch of the family went to Mis-
souri, and the Town of Kirkville is named in their honor.
The grandfather of Doctor Kirk was John Kirk, a native
of Eastern Virginia, and one of the first settlers in the New
River Valley. John Kirk was a soldier in Washington's
army, fighting in the battles of Trenton and Brandywine.
He was in the service two years, and in a signed statement
he let it be known that he was serving his country as a duty
rather than for pay. This example of lofty patriotism has
been emulated by many of his descendants. John Kirk
married Elizabeth O'Bryant, of a family who has spelled
their names O'Bryant, O'Briant and Bryant.

Joseph Kirk was a Virginia farmer, and did an extensive
business in horses. He was well educated. Joseph Kirk
was born in 1800 and died in 1880. He married late in
life Sarah Strader, who was many years younger than he.
She died in 1879. They were members of the Methodist
Church. Of their six children Dr. Joseph B. was the sixth.
John S. has a grain and stock ranch in North Dakota ;
Lizzie is the wife of John A. Neil, of Tazewell, Virginia;
Mrs. L. C. Thome lives at Princeton, West Virginia; Nancy
J. Meadows died at Lerona, West Virginia, February 22,
1916; Mrs. Josie Lilly is housekeeper for her brother,
Doctor Kirk.

Joseph B. Kirk received his education at his home through
a private teacher whom his father engaged. At the age of
twenty-one he taught a term of free school, and from his
earnings bought his first medical books. During 1884-85
and 1885-86 he attended the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Baltimore. Doctor Kirk located at Princeton,
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■practice at Bramwell, where he remained until 1905, whou
[he moved to Elkhorn, West Virginia, atill continuing mine
[practice, and since 1916 has boon a resident of Bluefield.
iBeforo locating at Bluefield he did post graduate work,
specializing in dermatology in the Bellevue Hospital in
' .New York.

I Doctor Kirk in 1918 received the commission of captain
in the Medical Corps and was assigned to duty at the Post
I Hospital of Fort Myers. He was at Fort Myers, Virginia,
Camp Mcrritt, New Jersey, and then bad charge of the first
and second floors of the Elizabeth McGee Hospital at Pitts-
burgh. He received his overseas assignment with the Fifty-
I sixth Evacuation Hospital Corps, Expeditionary Army, and
'was awaiting orders at Allentown, Pennsylvania, when the
Unnistice was signed. The call of bis country has ever
[made a deep appeal to him. He was a charter member of
Bluefield Post No. 9, American Legion, and acted as
[chaplain of the same.

\ In 1S89 Doctor Kirk married Sallie S. Frazier, daughter
of Rev. J. T. Frazier, of Tazewell, Virginia. Doctor Kirk
I was bereft of his wife in a tragic automobile accident July
'30, 1916, when she was killed and their sou and daughter
| were injured. Two sehoolmatcs of the children were also in
the party, and one of them was killed. The son of Doctor
I Kirk is Joseph L. Kirk, who was a member of Company

0 of the Twenty-ninth Engineers, and had overseas serviec
as field engineer. He was trained at Camp Myers, Virginia.
The daughter of Doctor Kirk is Hazel Virginia, wife of
John V. "Warren, a lumberman who came from Utica, New
York.

1 Doctor Kirk is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, is a
^democrat and a member of the Methodist Church. He was
a leader in securing the commission form of government for
Bluefield, is one of the present city directors, and has been
I for the past two years democratic chairman of Mercer
County. Doctor Kirk was one of the organizers and is a
(director of the Ennis Coal and Coke Company, operating
in Mercer County. He is also a stockholder in the American
Coal Company, and has coal interests in Kentucky. His son,
'Joseph L.j married Grace Seaver, of Marion, Virginia.
'Doctor Kirk purchased a 250-acre farm adjoining the City
I of Bluefield, and there Joseph L. Kirk is conducting a
modern dairy farm.

Martin Van Buren Godbey, M. D. A prominent Charles-
ton surgeon, Dr. Godbey is distinguished for his wide
knowledge and experience of affairs outside his immediate
profession. He is one of the recognized authorities on the
intricate subject of taxation, and is one of the valuable
members of the State Senate and at different times has
accepted official service both in the Legislature and en
appointive bodies dealing with important matters affecting
the welfare of the state.

Doctor Godbey was born in Raleigh County, West Vir-
ginia, December 19, 1879. His father was a native of
Pulaski County, Virginia, of English ancestry. The first
of the family came to America and landed at Blount's
Point, Virginia, in 1608. The father of Doctor Godbey
settled in Kaleigh County in 1863. There Doctor Godbey
was reared on a farm, and his early educational advantages
were exceedingly limited, though he made the most of
them. By the time he was fifteen he was teaching school
and thus in a position to earn the means to advance his own
education. By teaching he was able to attend Marshall
College at Huntington three years and Grant University at
Chattanooga, Tennessee, two years. After completing his
literary education he entered the Maryland Medical College
at Baltimore, where he was graduated in 1905.

Doctor Godbey began practice in Boone County, and while
there first became interested in politics. In 1906 he was
elected a member of the House of Delegates from that
county and served during the sessions of 1907-08. Although
a republican, he received a good majority in Boone, a county
that had been solidly democratic since 1863.

Since 1909 Doctor Godbey has been a leader in his pro-
fession at Charleston. He has enjoyed splendid success in
every way. While he was in general practice here for
several years, his work is now largely confined to surgery.

In 1909 Governor Glasscock appointed him a member of tin-
State Board of Health and in 1910 lie wqh mnd« ncerctort
of the State Examining Board of Surgeons. He wtm n
leader in the movement to combat tuberculosis and a mem-
ber of the commission which selected the mtu for the State
Anti-Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Terra Alto. He luw n!*o
served as president of tho Kanawha Countv Board of
Health. He is a member of tho County, Ktn'te, Southern
ami American .Medical association*, nnd "during the World
war was a surgeon with the rank of captain in the M.d -nl
Corps, assigned to duty at Camp Johnston, Florida.

In 1914 Doctor Godbey was elected H tato senator for the
Eighth Senatorial District, comprising Knnnwho, Boone
and Logan counties. Ho served one term in thnt body and
in 1920 was again elected. He is a member of tho finance
and several other committees, and chairman of the cominU
tee on medicine and sanitation. His special efforts in the
State Senate have been directed toward tax reform nnd in
behalf of measures that will correct the present gross in
equalities and exemptions. He prepared anil introduced in
the Seunte a bill providing for n tax board of equalisation
to reclassify, revalue and reassess all property on the l<n«is
of physical valuation and to have all matters relating to
taxation and assessing carried out on strictly scientific and
business principles, such as obtain in tlie mnnagement of
any large corporation. For years Doctor Godbey has
studied taxation in West Virginia, and his discussion of this
subject in the Senate revealed a special knowledge thnt cuts
through many of the difficulties confronting nny adequate
solution of taxing problems.

Doctor Godbey married Miss Florrie Smoot, of MndisOn,
W T est Virginia. Their three children arc named Ella, John
and Elizabeth Martin.

Chauncey William Waggoner, B. S. in electrical engi
neering, A. M., Ph. D., is an acknowledged scientific au-
thority in the glass making industry and for a number of
years has been associated with tho University of West Vir-
ginia as professor of physics.

A native of Ohio, he represents two old Virginia families,
and his father was born in what is now West Virginia.
Doctor Waggoner was born at Rockbridge, Ohio, February
23, 1881, son of William W. and Eliza Jane (Goss) Wag
goner. His grandfather, Joseph C. Waggoner, was a native
of Virginia and was associated with Doctor Caldwell in
establishing and publishing the Palladium, one of the lend-
ing newspapers of a generation ago. Joseph C. Wnggoaer
married Sarah Breckinridge Venable, daughter of James
Venable. She was born in old Virginia, and represented
the prominent Venable and Breckinridge families of thnt
state.

William W. Waggoner, father of Doctor Waggoner, was
a native of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. He served
as a Confederate cavalryman in General Stuart's com
mand during the Civil war. After that wnr he removed to
Ohio and became a prominent rnilroad contractor. For a
number of years he was senior member of the firm Wag-
goner & Douglas, which built several sections of tho nock-
ing Valley Railroad and a portion of the Little Miami rond
near Dayton. W. W. Wnggoner died in IS 85, at the nge
of forty-three. His wife, Eliza Jane Goss, now living at
Sugar Grove, Ohio, was born at Rockbridge, Ohio, daugh-
ter of John Goss, who owned the Goss farm, a property
secured direct from the Government by the Goss family,
the original patent bearing the signature of Andrew Jack
son. This farm remained in the family B3 late as 1920.

Chauncey William Waggoner was reared in Ohio, grad-
uating from the Sugar Grove High School in 1S9S. He
received the Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engi-
neering from Ohio University at Athens in 1904. The
Master of Arts degree was given him by Cornell University
in 1905, and from 1905 to 1909 he was instructor at Cornell,
being awarded the Bachelor of Philosophy degree by that
university in 1909. During the summer of 1907 Doctor
Waggoner did research work for the Western Electric Com-
pany. For the past six years he ha9 been associated with
the glass industries of West Virginia, and is a specialist
in this industry and baa taken out a number of patents

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covering improved processes invented by him. Some of his
scientific investigations as represented in public works are
described by the following titles: The physical properties
of a series of iron-carbon alloys; the preparation and decay
of phosphorescence in certain salts of cadmium and zinc;
hysteresis loss in iron at varying frequencies; non-corrosive
glasses.

Doctor Waggoner is a Fellow of the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science, for the past five years
has been a member of the sectional committee of that as-
sociation; is a Fellow of the American Physical Society,
Fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers, and a member
of the Illuminating Engineering Society. He belongs to
the Gamma Alpha graduate fraternity and the Sigma Xi
honorary fraternity.

Doctor Waggoner is one of Morgantown 's popular cit-
izens and is well known outside of university circles. He
is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and for
nine years has had charge of the University Students Class
in the Sunday school of that church. September 4, 1907,
he married Cornelia Gaskell, of Lisbon, Ohio, daughter of
Charles R. and Clarinda (Harvey) Gaskell. They have two
sons, William Gaskell Waggoner, born January 15, 1911;
and Chandler Whittlesey Waggoner, born July 21, 1917.

John H. Morgan, a hardware merchant at Morgantown,
Monongalia County, is one of the representative business
men and progressive citizens of this thriving little city. He
was born at Scotch Hill Preston County, West Virginia,
and is a lineal descendant of David Morgan, one of the
very early settlers of Monongalia County and a brother
of Zaekwill Morgan, in whose honor the City of Morgan-
town was named. This branch of the Morgan family was
founded in America by Col. Morgan Morgan, in the reign
of Queen Anne of England. Col. Morgan Morgan first
settled in the province of Delaware, and soon after his
marriage to Catherine Garrison he removed from Dela-
ware to the valley of Virginia and settled at Winchester.
He had received holy orders as a clergyman of the Church
of England, and he established a church at Winchester,
where ho served as its rector for a long period and where
he was succeeded in the pastoral charge by his son and
namesake, Rev. Morgan Morgan, Jr., the other children
having been Anne, Zaekwill Evan and David.

David Morgan was born in Delaware, May 12, 1721, and
accompanied his parents on their removal to Virginia, where
eventually he became the owner of a farm near Winchester.
He was a surveyor and was appointed by the Colonial gov-
ernment of Virginia to assist in surveys and explorations
of the southwestern part of the great territory then con-
trolled by Virginia. Later he was appointed one of the
Colonial commissioners assigned to discover and establish
the noithern boundary of the estate of Lord Fairfax in
174S, this boundary to constitute the dividing line between
Virginia and Maryland. David Morgan -was so greatly
impressed with the country west of the Alleghany Moun-
tains that he moved in 1769 to the mouth of Redstone Creek
in Pennsylvania, and two years later, in 1771, he came to
what is now Marion County, West Virginia, where he set-
tled on the banks of the Monongahela River, about six miles
north of Fairmont. He reclaimed and developed much of
his land and there passed the remainder of his life. He
married Sarah Stevens, a member of a Pennsylvania Quaker
family.

Evan Morgan, son of David and Sarah (Stevens) Morgan,
served as a patriot soldier in the Revoluntion and was a
resident of Morgantown at the time of his death, in 1850,
at the patriarchal age of 102 years, 3 months and 18 days.
His son, Thomas, grandfather of him whose name initiates
this review, settled on a farm in Clinton District, Mononga-
lia County, where he continued his association with farm
industry until his death. His son, Charles, was born April*
27, 1834, on this old homestead, and there he still resides,
in the best of health and in active charge of the farm and
other business interests. He served as a loyal soldier of
the Confederacy in the Civil war, principally in Texas, his
brother, Milton, having likewise been a Confederate sol-
dier, while two other brothers, Elza and Hixam, were Union

soldiers. After the close of the war Hiram Morgan went

to Bogota, capital of Colombia, South America, where he j

later became governor general of that republic, an office <|
of which he continued the incumbent until his death.

After the close of the Civil war Charles Morgan went to J

California, and was for several years there engaged in 4

placer mining for gold. He thereafter devoted about two i

years to whale fishing off the Columbia River bar at Astoria, I

Oregon, and he returned to West Virginia to wed the 4

gracious young woman of his choice, his expectation hav- 1

ing been to return with her to the Pacific Coast He was A

persuaded to remain in his native state, and here he pur- jj

chased what was known as the old Kern Mill at Uffington, 1
Monongalia County. He operated this mill until slackage

of power from the Monongahela River interfered with the 1

enterprise, and he then established his residence on the old I

Morgan homestead farm, which has been in the possession I
of the family for more than a century.

Charles Morgan wedded Miss Marion Henry, who was 1

born in Gatehead, Scotland, in 1837, and their idyllic com- 1

panionship continues to the present day. Mrs. Morgan is a |J

daughter of the late Lawrence Henry, an expert mining I

engineer who brought with him to the United States 146 of J

his skilled miners and assumed charge of the mines of the 3

Ncwburg-Orrel Coal Company, the headquarters of which I

were at Baltimore, Maryland. Of the children of Charles 1

and Marion Morgan the eldest is Thomas, a railway 1

engineer; Lawrence is deceased; John H. is the immediate 1

suhject of this review; Charles, Jr., is United States mar- I

shal of Montana and resides in the City of Helena; Frank, J

a railway engineer, was killed in a railway accident while 1

in charge of his engine; Miss Mary remains with her par- (
ents.

John H. Morgan was born December 5, 1877, and upon < I

completing his work in the public schools he went to Pitts- m

burgh, Pennsylvania, and learned the trade of ear finishing, m

In 1S92 he came to Morgantown and became part owner 1

and general manager of the Morgan Hardware Company's J

store, and this alliance continued until 1911, when he became I

buyer for the Deacum Hardware Company of Portland, ■

Oregon. In 1912 he took the position of storekeeper for the 1

Pacific Electric Railway Company at Los Angeles, Cali- j|

fornia. In 1913 he returned to Morgantown and purchased J

the stock and business of the Lemont-Jackson Hardware jl
Company, and he has since continued the enterprise with nn-

equivocal success. He is a director of the Union Bank & I

Trust Company and of the Labor Building & Loan Society, 1

is a member of the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce and I

the Rotary Club, and he and his wife hold membership in '1

the First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Morgan is affiliated 1

with Mannington Lodge No. 31, Free and Accepted Masons; I

Morgantown Chapter No. 30, Royal Arch Masons; Morgan- I

town Commandery No. IS, Knights Templars; Osiris Temple I

of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling; and Monongahela Lodge, 1
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

September 9, 1897, recorded the marriage of Mr. Morgan I

to Miss Anna Glover, daughter of the late Abram Glover, I

she having been born in Marion County, this state. Mr. and I

Mrs. Morgan have one son, Frank Holmes, who was born at I
Mannington, Marion County, March 28, 1901.

Philip James Cochran, of Morgantown, represents one I

of the most prominent names in the coke and coal industry I

of America. His grandfather was James Cochran, who is I

credited with having made the first coke in the United I

States. He was known familiarly as "Little Jim Cochran, 1

the Coke king," and was one of the outstanding figures in J

that industry in the Connellsville District. His wife, Clarissa 1

Houston, was of the same family as Gen. Sam Houston, the I
statesman and soldier of Texas.

William Hazen Cochran, father of Philip J., was born at

Dawson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1856. He J

received his Bachelor of Science degree from Otterbein 1

University in Ohio. In later years one of the buildings on J

the campus of his alma mater was named Cochran Hall in |

his honor. Following in the footsteps of his father, he be- I

came one of the leading coke and coal men of the country, |

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[eats. He died August 3, 1914. Willinm H. Cochran mar
[ricd Gertrude Reed, who was born at Smithton in Westmore-
land County, Pennsylvania, and who survives hiin. She is
U daughter of James Monteith and Nancy (Crise) Reed,
flier mother was born at Fairmont, West Virginia, daughter
->£ John and Elizabeth (Brown) Crise. William H. Cochran
and his wife had four children: Philip James; Anagracc
Bell, who is the wife of Clarence Iioby, a Morgantowu at-
torney; William llazen, Jr.; and Regina June.

Philip James Cochran wa9 born in Fayette County, Penn-
sylvania, May 11, 1897. He began his education in the
(borough schools of I>aw3on in his native county and gradu-
ated from the Dunbar County High School in Fayette
County in 1916. In the aame year he entered West Virginia
University at Morgantown. His student career was inter-
rupted by the World war. In June, 1918, he joined the
ramp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, but later was transferred to
Camp Hancock, Georgia, where he was in the Officers Train-
[ing Sehool and volunteered for machine gun duty. He was
in training when the armistice was aigaed. After his dis-
charge Mr. Cochran resumed his work at West Virginia Uni-
.ersity. He received his A. B. degree with the class of
1922, and is now continuing hia studies in the law sehool.

Mr. Cochran ia a member of James Cochran Lodge No.
114, F. and A. M., at Dawson, Pennsylvania, a lodge named
for hia grandfather. He is affiliated with Uniontown Lodge
if Perfection, Pennsylvania Consistory of the Scottish Rite,
Morgantown Chapter No. 35, R. A. M., Morgantown Com
mandery No. 18, K. T., Syria Temple of the Mystic Shrine
it Pittsburgh, and the Morgantown Masonic Club. He be-
longs to Omar Commandery No. 330, Knights of Malta, at
>Dawson. He is a member of Milton J. Newmyer Post No.
1183, of Dawson, Pennsylvania, of the American Legion, and
it University is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Fie is on the Official Board of Coehran Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church at Dawson, Pennsylvania.

Samxjel Allen Phillips is one of the representative busi-
ness men and loyal and progressive eitizens of Morgantown,
"Monongalia County, and takes lively interest in all that
(touches the welfare of this city, the seat of the University
of West Virginia. He wa9 born at Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1876, a son of James E. B.
ind Anna M. (Engle) Phillips. The father was born in
Whitley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1S55,
of Welsh lineage, and was but a boy at the time of hi9
father's death. After his mother contracted a second mar-
riage young James left home, and most of his early life
thereafter was passed in and about Masontown, Pennsyl-
vania. His marriage occurred at Waynesburg, that state,
ind after there working a few years in a planing mill lie
Jngaged in mercantile business at Sycamore in the same
•onuty. After selling this business he engaged in quarrying
'tone in the same county, and after selling his quarries he
returned to Waynesburg and entered the employ of the
Waynesburg & Washington Railroad Company. He con-
tinued his active connection with railroad service twenty-
dx years, and in 1911 he retired from his position, that of
'onduetor, and assumed charge of a moving-picture theater,
■>f which hi9 son Samuel A. was part owner, at Grafton,
West Virginia. Later he became chief of the police depart-
ment of Grafton, and while in the discharge of his official
Juties as such he was killed by an assassin, Jacob Lutz,
February 10, 1919. The assassin was later convicted of
murder in the first degree, after two trials, and July 22,
1921, expiated his crime on the gallows in the State Peniten-
tiary of West Virginia at Moundsville. Mrs. Anna M.
(Engle) Phillipa was born at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, in
1858, a daughter of Solomon Engle, of English ancestry.
Mrs. Phillipa still maintains her home at Grafton. Of the
Children the eldest, David C, still resides in his native City
3f Waynesburg, Pennsylvania; Samuel A., of this eketcb,
:vas next in order of birth; William died in infancy; George
W. resides at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and is baggage
master on the Monongahela division of the Pennsylvania
railroad; Joseph H. resides with his widowed mother at
"•rafton, West Virginia; and Mrs. Mary Blood resides at
flarrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Vol. n— li

Samuel A. Phillipa pnsscd the period of his boyhood and
enrly youth at Sycamore and Wavneslmrg, 1'onnnyUnfiia,
and in the meanwhile profited duly by tha advantage of
the public schools. He early gained practical experience in
connection with his father's farming ami quarrying opern
tions, and in li*94 he found employment in n jewelry eatnb-
li.shment at Waynesburg. In LS96 ho there initiated hi» in
dependent business enreer by opening a phot»grn| hi ntudio.
In ]s95 he became a member of the Penmryhania Notional
Guard, and upon the outbreak of the Spanish American war
in IM»8 he gave np bis business to cnti-r the nation's porvlro
ns a member of Company K, Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry. This wna the only Pennsylvania regiment ns
signed to service in the Philippine Itdunds. and it landed in
Manila shortly after the famous victory of Admiral Dewey
in that port. The regiment Inter became known as "The
Fighting Tenth," was associated with tho forces of Dewey
and took part in the battle of Manila, which city capitulated.
By genera] orders August 13, 189S, the Tenth iVnimvlvnnia
was retained in service in the Philippine Islands and became
a part of the land forces opernting ngainst the insurgent
natives upon the insurrection which began February 4, Pj99
During this campaign the regimeut took an active nnd im-
portant part in operations, and on one occasion it was on
duty seventy days without relief. In July, 1^99, it was
relieved from active duty and ordered home. The return
voyage was made by way of Japan to Snn Francisco, from
which port the original voyage had been mnrle, and at Snn
Francisco the regiment disbanded in August, lb99, .Mr.
Phillips having been mustered out with the rank of corporal.
Upon tho reorganization of the regiment ns a part of tho
Pennsylvania National Guard he became first sergennt of
Company K, of which office he continued the incumbent until
his removal to West Virginia.

In 1902 Mr. Phillips came to Morgantown, this state, nnd
established a dancing academy, and he built up a prosperous
and representative business in the teaching of dane'ng. He
continued his academy until 1906, and he had entered the
music business also, this enterprise having grown to such
proportions that he found it expedient to give it his un-
divided time nnd nttention. nis original music store was in
a room 15 by 30 feet in dimensions on Pleasant Street, near
High Street, nnd here he installed Baldwin pianos and a
stock of Victor and Edison phonographs. In 190s the
business had so expanded that he found larger quarters
imperative. He removed to the Grand Theater Building on
Walnut Street, and in 1911, for the same reason that had
prompted his former change of locntion, be removed to the
White apartment building on High Street. In 1915 further
increase of business led to hia removal to his present fine
headquarters at 374 High Street, where he has one of the
most attractive and well equipped music stores to be found in
any city of comparative population in the South. Here h»>
utilizes more than 5,000 square feet of floor spare, and an
enlargement is contemplated at the time of this writing, in
1921. Mr. Phillips still represents the same hi^h grade
musical instruments as at the beginning of his enterprise,
and by reason of his remarkable record in the snlc of the
Edison phonographs he had the distinction of being chosen
chairman of the Edison Dealers Phonncrnph Co^ention held
in Xew York City, June 9 and 10. 1921. In the banquet
incidental to this convention he and his wife occupied seats
of honor at the aame tahlo with Mr. nnd Mrs. Thomas A.
Edison, 1,500 Edison dealers having been present at the
convention.

Mr. Phillips was elected a member of the Citv Counc'l of
Morgantown in 1920, and was instrumental in hrinning
about the adoption of the new city charter in 1921. During
the campaign to effect this action he served as chnirmnn of
the general committee in charge of the same, and under
the new charter he was made chairman of the Board of
Equalization and Review, in which capacity he is now serv-
ing. During the World war period he took active part In a 1
local partiotic service, including that of the Red Cro.«. He
is a vital and valued member of the Morgantown Chamter
of Commerce, is a member of the local Kiwanis Clnh. an 1 is
affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Elks and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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September 7, 1905, Mr. Phillips wedded Miss Blanche M.
Meeks, who was born and reared at Morgantown, a (laughter
of the late John W. and Josephine (Low) Meeks, the former
of whom was born in this state, a son of Joseph Meeks, his
wife having been born in a western state, a daughter of
William Low. Mrs. Phillips is an active coadjutor of her
husband in his business enterprise, to which she devotes the
major part of her time and attention. She is an active mem-
ber of the Methodist Church in her home city. Mr. and Mrs.
Phillips have one son, Samuel Allen, Jr., born August 29,
1911.

Sylvester P. Allen, M. "D., has the sterling personal
characteristics, the professional ability and the substantial
practice that mark him distinctly as one of the representa-
tive physicians and surgeons of Webster County, where he
maintains his home and professional headquarters at
Webster Springs, the county scat.

Doctor Allen was bom in Doddridge County, this state,
on the 20th of April, 1872, and is a son of Stephen and
Mary (Frum) Allen, both representatives of honored pioneer
families of that part of Virginia which now constitutes the
State of West Virginia. Stephen Allen was born in Dodd-
ridge County, January 24, 1836, and his wife was born in
Taylor County, March 16, 1838. The parents were reared
under the conditions that marked the pioneer period in the
history of what is now- West Virginia, their marriage was
solemnized in Taylor Couuty, and thereafter they estab-
lished their home on a farm in Doddridge County. In
1874 removal was made to Harrison County, and in 1880 the
family home was established in Braxton County, whence re-
moval later was made to Webster County, where the father
continued his association with farm industry until the time
of his death. He was a republican in politics, and both he
and his wife were earnest members of the Baptist Church.
Of their eight children four are living (1922) : Rebecca
is the wife of Daman Ash; Samantha P. is the wife of
James W. McCray; Sylvester P., of this sketch, is the next
younger; and S. M. P. is the wife of David F. Heafner.

Sylvester P. Allen was reared to the invigorating dis-
cipline of the farm, attended the local schools in the differ-
ent counties in which the family resided during the period of
his boyhood and youth, and in the furtherance of his higher
education he entered the Central Normal College of Ken-
tucky, in which excellent institution he was graduated with
the degree of Bachelor of Science. He depended entirely
upon his own resources in defraying his expenses at this
college and also at the Kentucky School of Medicine at
Louisville, in which he was graduated as a member of the
class of 1901 and with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

On the 11th of July, 1901, Doctor Allen opened an office
at Webster Springs, and here he has since continued in the
successful general practice of his profession, in which he
has shown both marked ability and a fine sense of profes-
sional and personal stewardship. In his various activities
of study and research that have kept him in touch with
advances made in medicine and surgery he has taken an
effective post-graduate course in the medical department
of the University of Louisville. He is a memher of the
Webster County Medical Society and the West Virginia
State Medical Society. The doctor is a stalwart republican,
and in Webster County, which is strongly democratic, he was
elected county clerk by a majority of 166 votes, he having
retained this office six years and having given a most effec-
tive administration. In the time-honored Masonic fraternity
Doctor Allen is affiliated with and is a past master of
Addison Lodge No. 116, A. F. and A. M., at Addison,
Webster County; Sutton Chapter No. 29, R. A. M., at
Sutton, Braxton County, where he is a member also of
Sutton Commandery No. 16, Knights Templars, besides
which he is a Noble of Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Charleston and the Scottish Rite Consistory at
Wheeling. Both he and his wife are active members of the
Baptist Church in their home village.

In 1904 was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Allen and
Miss Lenora Miller, who had attended both the State Nor-
mal School at Fairmont and the University of West Vir-
ginia and who had been a successful and popular teacher

prior to her marriage. The only child of Doctor and M]
Allen died in infancy.

Samuel Miller Whiteside, who, under the title of S. ]
Whiteside & Company, conducts at Morgantown, Mononga!
County, one of the largest establishments in the city t
voted to the handling of ladies', misses' and childrer
apparel, was born at Benwood, Marshall County, this sta
December 31, 1865, a son of Robert J. and Amanda (I
Moss) Whiteside, both now deceased. The parents wt
born and reared in Maryland, where their marriage ^
solemnized, and whence they came to West Virginia a
established their home in Marshall County.

Samuel M. Whiteside received the advantages of t
public schools of his native city, and was a lad of fourte
years when, in 1880, he found employment in the departnu
store of George E. Stifle & Company in the City of Wheelii
He continued in the employ of this representative mercant
concern for twenty-six years, worked his way through 1
various departments and by faithful and efficient serv
gained eventual advancement to the position of buyer in c
of the important departments of the establishment. 1
resigned his position in 1906 and came to Morgantoi
where he opened a small store on the site of the present n
building of the Bank of the Monongahela Valley, on Hi
Street. A year later the increase of his business led to
removal to larger quarters in the Wiles Block, at 338 Hi
Street, where he has since continued his substantial a
prosperous business. When he removed to his present
cation Mr. Whiteside at first utilized only 1,400 square f
of floor space, and an idea of the splendid expansion of I
business is conveyed in the statement that at the time
this writing, in 1921, after three additions, the establi
ment utilized 4 900 square feet of floor space.

Aside from the representative business enterprise that
has thus developed Mr. Whiteside takes loyal and help
interest in the civic and social affairs of his home city, %
is known and valued as one of its liberal and progress
citizens and business men. He is an active member anc
former director of the Morgantown Chamber of Commei
holds membership in the local Kiwanis Club, and is affilia
with Morgantown Lodge No. 411, Benevolent and Protect
Order of Elks.

Mr. Whiteside married Miss Bertha L. Zevely, of Whi
ing, she being a daughter of John H. and Mag
(Couniahn) Zevely, of that city.

William Harrison Ashcraft, cashier of the Commen
Bank of Morgantown, at the judicial center of Monongs
County, was born in this county, on a farm near Halleck
Clinton District, October 12, 1879, and is a representat
of two of the old and honored families of this section
West Virginia. His paternal grandfather, Harrison A
craft, a native of Wales, came with his parents to the Uni
States, and eventually established Ms home in Mar
County, West Virginia. Rollo Trickett, the maternal gra
father, is supposed to have been born in America, and i
of English parentage. He became a farmer in Pres
County, West Virginia, which was at the time still a part
Virginia, and at the time of the Civil war he removed
Monongalia County, where he passed the rest of his life.

Dextrous T. Ashcraft, father of William H. of this revi
was born in Marion County, this state, December 14, IS
and in his youth he learned the carpenter's trade, to wfc
he continued to give his attention in Marion County until
marriage. He then engaged in farm enterprise in Mod
galia County, where he has continued as a prominent i
substantial representative of farm industry. His w
Amanda, was born in Preston County, January 14, 1852
daughter of Rollo Trickett, mentioned in the preced
paragraph.

William H. Ashcraft so fully profited by the advant
of the publie schools of his native county that he pro
himself eligible for pedagogic service. After five years
successful work as a teacher he entered the University
West Virginia, but before completing the full course in
same he withdrew to enter business. Septemher 1, 1901, '.
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of Morgantown, in which he was promoted to teller in 1903
and assistant cashier in 1906. He coutinucd his connection
with thia institution until September 15, 1920, when he re-
signed to accept his present post, that of cashier of the
Commercial Bank, which was then in process of organization.
He had active charge of the opening of the new bank March
26, 1921, thia being the youngest of the financial institu-
tions of the county but its solidity and representative per-
sonnel of its executives and stockholders give it secure place
in popular confidence and aupport. Mr. Asheraft is a mem-
ber of the Morgantowa Chamber of Commerce, and he and
his wife are zealous members of the First Baptist Church, of
i which he was treasurer for more than twenty years.

June 15, 1906, recorded the marriage of Mr. Asheraft with
Miss Alice Maude Gilmore, daughter of Col. T. J. and Sarah
(Epper) Gilmore. Colonel Gilmore came to Morgnntown
from Albcrmarle, Virginia, and became a prominent railroad
contractor.

Joseph Kerb Buchanan, manager of the West Virginia
Utilities Company, and one of the younger prominent busi-
ness men of Morgantown, was born April 22, 1SS3, nt Clin-
ton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the son of the Rev.
Aaron Moore Buchanan, D. D., now of Uniontown, Penn-
sylvania.

The Buchanan genealogy appears on record as follows:

(I) James Buchanan, born in Lancaster County, Penn-
sylvania, on May 23, 1761, served as a private iu Captain
Morrison's Company of Potter's Battalion of Pennsylvania
Infantry in the Revolutionary war; he removed to Washing-
ton County, Pennsylvania, where he died November 25, 1S23;
he married Margaret Ross.

(II) John, son of James and Margaret (Ross) Buchanan,
was born February 28, 1798; married on February 4, 1823,
Margaret Chambers, and removed to Hancock County, Vir-
ginia — now West Virginia, where he died in 1834.

(III) Joseph Kerr, son of John and Margaret (Cham-
bers) Buchanan, was born in Hancock County, West Vir-
ginia, January 23, 1830. His parents dying before he had
reached his fifth year, he was reared in the family of Aaron
and Polly (Stevens) Moore, of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
He married Martha Bigger, who was born April 9, 1830; he
died August 30, 1894, his widow on January 16, 1909.

(IV) Aaron Moore Buchanan, D. D., son of Joseph K.
and Martha (Bigger) Buchanan, was born in Hanover
Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1856. He
attended Frankfort Springs Academy, Beaver County, Penn-
sylvania; was graduated from Washington and Jefferson
College A. B., Class of '79; graduated from Western Theo-
logical Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1882; was
licensed to preach April 21, 1881, by the Presbytery of
Washington, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Pitts-
burgh, October 4, 1882; from October, 1882, to May, 18S6,
he was pastor of Hebron Presbyterian Church, Clinton,
Pennsylvania, and became pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, Morgantown, West Virginia, in May, 18S6, con-
tinuing until 1915; he is now superintendent of missions of
Redstone Presbytery and resides at Uniontown, Pennsyl-
vania. Washington and Jefferson College gave him the D. D.
degree in June, 1S99; he served as chaplain of the First
Regiment of Infantry, West Virginia National Guard, from
July 24, 1S94, for twenty years. On June 28, 1882, he was
united in marriage with Sarah Wiley, of Washington, Penn-
sylvania, the daughter of John and Margaret (McLain)
Wiley, and granddaughter of William Taylor and Martha
(Harbison) Wiley. Her maternal great-grandparents, John
and Massy (White) Harbison, figure in the early history of
Western Pennsylvania, both John Harbison and Edward
White having served in the American Revolution. Massy
(White) Harbison was twice captured by Indians, and all
of her children except a baby in arms were killed by savages.

Joseph K. Buchanan was reared in Morgantown, where he
was prepared for college and entered West Virginia Uni-
versity. He left the university before completing his junior
year in 1904 to enter the employ as meter reader and general
utility man of the then Union Utilities Company at Morgan-
town, and has continued with that corporation through its
different reorganizations, having been made manager in

1910 and continues in that position with what is now the
West Virginia Utilities Company. lie ia pn indent of the
Morgantown Hardware Company) president of the Roger Oil
Company and a director in the Morgantown Savings and
Loan Society. He is first vice president of the Morgantown
Chamber of Commerce and a member of Morgantown Rotary
Club and of the Kappa l'si l'hi fraternity, of which fratern-
ity hia father is also a member.

Mr. Buchanan married Frames Louisa, daughter of Hugh
Craig and Pauline (Davis) Allison, of I'niontown, Penii \l
vania, and they have one daughter, .Mary Buchanan. b«*ru
December 26, 1919.

Roy Clark Smith. Few figures are better known in the
educational profession of Monongalia County than Roy
Clark Smith, who since 1913 has l.een superintendent of the
publie schools of Morgantown. Identified with cducntiunal
work since the beginning of hi* career, he has bern located
at Morgantown since 1909, constantly filling place* of tru*t
and responsibility, and during thia time has impressed him
self upon the life and institutions of the community in a
manner alike creditable to himself and productive of last • ng
benefit to the city.

Mr. Smith waa born at Cambridge. Maryland, Decern!., r
4, 1883, and is of English French Irish stuck, being <*•
seended from three of the oldest families of Maryland, tin-
smiths, Harpers and Clarks. His grandfather, Henry Smith,
a native of Maryland, married Martha Harper, a danght. r
of Edward Harper, who was an extensive Inndholder of
Dorchester County, Maryland, owning land which came to
the Harper family by grant directly from Lord Baltimore.
He married Miss Beauehamp, who was born in France. The
father of Roy C. Smith was Marcus II. Smith, who was born
in Dorchester County, Maryland, in July, H57, and was in
early life a fanner, later a mill owner and operator at
Denton, and finally a merchant at that place, lie married
Sarah Matilda Clark, who was born in Caroline County,
Maryland, in December, ]S01, a daughter of John W. Clark,
who at the time of his death in 1^99 was probably the
largest land holder in Caroline County.

Roy Clark Smith was born at Cambridge, Maryland, IV-
cemher 4, 1^3, and secured his primary education in the
public schools of Denton. Carol ne County, Maryland
Graduating from the high school at that place in 1902, he
entered the Western Maryland College, from which he was
graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1906. At that time he
commenced teaching, but did not give up his studies, as later
lie was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania,
class of 1911, with his Master of Arts decree, and in 19l»»
lie took post-graduate work at Columbia University.

Mr. Smith entered public .school work a* principal of the
schools of Preston, Maryland, aiol next became teniher of
mathematics and history at Friends Academy, Long Inland.
New York, in the fall o"f 19i>7. In 19o* he was head of the
department of mathematics of the Westchester (Pennsyl-
vania) nigh School, and in the fall of 1909 came to Morgan
town to become principal of the high school here, lie eon
tinned to act in this capacity until elected superintendent of
city schools in the fall of 1913, and has occupied that po«»i
tion ever since. Superintendent Sniith hn^ made education
and the organization and direction of educational activities
his life work, and has been remarkably successful. In Almost
every field of the work from the primary to teaching clas***
in a university, from grade to superintendent of schools, he
has left the mark of an earnest student and apt instructor,
an intelligent organizer and a judicious director. Id a pro-
fessional way his connections include membership in the
West Virginia State Educational Association and the de-
partment of superintendents of the National Educational
Association. Fraternally he is affiliated with Morgantown
Union Lodge No. 4. F. and A. M. : and Lodge of Perfection
No. 6, R. and S. M. ne belongs likewise to the Morgan* wd
Rotarv Club and the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce
and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian Church.

On June 16, 1913. Mr. Smith wa« nn ted in mnrr.u' « *h
Charlotte Wade, daughter of Clark Wade, of Minongiba
Countv, and granddaughter of Alexander Wade, one of the
most prominent of West Virginia's public school educators

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one son, Kobert Wade, born June
5, 1918.

Hon. Kreider H. Stover. As a young man from college
Kreider H. Stover took up railroading. He left that after
a few years and was in the wholesale lumber business, be-
coming one of the very influential men in this industry in
West Virginia. But the call of the railroad service was
strong and clear, and for the past twelve years his energies
have been definitely committed to railroad work. He is now
Baltimore & Ohio agent at Keyser.

Mr. Stover was born at Coburn, Pennsylvania, July 12,
1873. His people were au old family of Pennsylvania, and
for a number of years lived in Bueks County. His grand-
father, Jacob Stover, was a native of that state, an only
son, and was killed in early life in an explosion while on
publie road building. George W. Stover, father of Kreider
H., spent his life on his farm at Coburn, where he died in
1887, at the age of sixty-one. His wife was Malinda A.
Kreider, who was born in 1828 and died in 1912. Her
father, Philip Kreider, was a hotel man at Lebanon, Penn-
sylvania, and died in early life. The children of George W.
Stover and wife were: Perry H., of Elkins, West Virginia;
Elmira, wife of Thomas B. Motz, of Millheim, Pennsyl-
vania; Calvin J., who died at Coburn, survived by his widow,
Olivia J., and two sons, George S. and Guy Z. Stover, and
the daughter, Myra, wife of .Robert Breon of State College,
Pennsylvania; Oscar, who died in infancy; and Kreider H.

Kreider H. Stover lived on his father's farm the first
fourteen years of his life. He then spent two years in
Palatinate College, and in 1890, at the age of seventeen, be-
came an office employe of A. Pardee & Company at Pardee,
Pennsylvania, and in 1893 was promoted to superintendent.
Soon afterward he resigned to complete his education in
Franklin-Marshall College at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and
left that institution in his junior year, in 1896. At that
date he began railroading with the Pennsylvania Railway
Company, and served until 1900, in different capacities.

Mr. Stover came to West Virginia in 1900 and became
manager of the Hosterman Lumber Company at Hosterman
in Pocahontas County. He was there until 1904, when he
moved to Elkins and engaged in the wholesale lumber busi-
ness under the name Stover Lumber Company. While there
he founded and for four years published the West Virginia
Lumberman and National Wholesaler. From 1904 to 1908
he was also president, of the West Virginia Sawmill Asso-
ciation.

Mr. Stover resumed railroading as joint agent at Roaring
Creek Junction for the Western Maryland Railway Com-
pany. He was in the service of that railroad for ten years,
performing the duties of operator, agent and yardmaster
at Ridgely, Hendricks, Henry, Elkins and West Virginia
Central Junction. He resigned from the Western Maryland
in 1920, and in September of that year accepted the ageney
of the Baltimore & Ohio at Kcyscr, as successor to Agent
Terrell, who is now warden of the West Virginia Peniten-
tiary at Moundsville.

For a number of years Mr. Stover has been one of the
moulders of political" thought and legislation in West Vir-
ginia. He east his first vote for Major McKinley in 1896,
and was a delegate to the Republican County Convention in
Poeahontas County in 1902. For a number of years he has
been regarded as a conservative labor man, and for six
years he was general chairman of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers. The public serviee that particularly dis-
tinguishes him came in the House of Delegates, to which he
was elected in 1918 as a representative of Mineral County,
succeeding Newton Moore. His service was under Speaker
Luther Wolf. In the regular session of 1919 he was made
chairman of the labor eomniittee, and was a member of the
railroad, printing and contingent expenses committee. Some
of the important legislation of that session bears the impress
of his work and influence as chairman of the labor commit-
tee. Two bills came out of that committee, both of which
he introduced. One was Bill No. 50, increasing the powers
of labor. Another bill that became a law was the West
Virginia Child Labor Law. He also actively supported the
ratification of the eighteenth and nineteenth amendments,

providing for federal prohibition and woman suffrage. He
was opposed to the creation of a state constabulary, his
ground of opposition being that his constituents in Mineral
County did not need such a police force. Mr. Stover made
an unusual reeord of useful service during his one term in
the Legislature. In 1920 he was candidate for the repub-
lican nomination for congressman of the Second West Vir-
ginia District. In 1922 he is again a candidate for
Congress.

In 1898 he joined the lodge of Masons at Center Hall,
Pennsylvania, is affiliated with the Royal Arch Chapter of
Ronceverte, the Knights Templar Commandery of Lewis-
burg and the Shrine at Charleston. He is affiliated with
Olive Branch Lodge No. 25, Knights of Pythias, at Keyser.
He was reared in the Reformed Church of America.

At Coburn, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1898, Mr. Stover
married Bertha J. Young, daughter of William and Mary
(Kurtz) Young. Her oldest sister is Mrs. T. G. Hoster-
man, of Akron, Ohio. The mother of Mrs. Stover is now
Mrs. Mary Weiser and lives with her daughter at Keyser.
Mr. and Mrs. Stover have no children of their own, but have
an adopted son, Allen Graham Stover.

Bernard Joseph Pettigrew is one of the younger men
rising to prominence in the affairs of West Virginia. He
has substantial connections at the bar of Charleston and
enjoys a large criminal practice, and has also had the
advantage of experience in the State Legislature.

Mr. Pettigrew was born at Summerville, Nicholas County,
West Virginia, December 23, 1887, son of S. S. and Mar-
garet Adelaide (Thornton) Pettigrew. Some of his early
years were spent at Springfield, Ohio, where he attended
school, and he also acquired part of his education in Wash-
ington, D 1 . C. Mr. Pettigrew attended the law school of the
University of West Virginia, and began the practice of his
profession at Charleston in 1914.

For four years he was a member of the Charleston City
Council, and was one of the youngest members ever eleeted
to that body. In the summer of 1918 he was chosen by the
republican party as a candidate for the House of Delegates
in the State Legislature and was elected in November. At
the regular session in 1919 he was designated by the speaker
of the House as a member of committees on taxation and
finance, and forfeited and unappropriated lands.

Mr. Pettigrew is member of the prominent and successful
law firm of. Barnhart, Horan & Pettigrew, with offices in
the Coyle and Richardson Building at Charleston. Mr.
Pettigrew married Miss Marie Harwood, of Elkins, West
Virginia. Their four children are William S., Bernard
Josej h, Jr., Thomas E. and Margaret Kathleen.

Roy T. Wright, general manager of the Pawama and
Algonquin mines, vice president of the Bank of Matoaka
and j resident of the Wright Drug Company, came into this
district in 1902 as a member of the First Engineering Corps
for the Poeahontas Coal & Coke Company, and his initia-
tive and ability have since advanced him to a leading place
iu the affairs of this part of Mercer County.

He was born near Princeton, that county, July 24, 1882,
son of E. C. and Mary S. (Ellis) Wright, the former a
native of Wythe County, Virginia, and the latter of Monroe
County, West Virginia. E. C. Wright came to Mercer
County iu 1866 with his father, Thomas Wright, who settled
on a farm near Prineeton and spent the rest of his life as a
farmer and eattle raiser. Thomas Wright was a veteran
of the Confederate army. He was killed by aceident while
working in the timber at the age of eighty-four. E. C.
Wright followed farming for many years, but since 1907 has
been a resident of Matoaka and is in business as a funeral
director. He is a Methodist, mueh- interested in Sunday
School work, is affiliated with the Masons, Knights of
Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Moose and
other societies, and is a democrat. His family consists of
two sons and three daughters, the other son L. A. Wright
being in charge of the Wright Drug Company.

Roy T. Wright acquired his early education at Princeton,
finishing school at the age of eighteen, after which he spent
a year on the farm. His first connection with the coal

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ndustry was in the service of the Sagamore Coal Company
>n Crane Creek, following whieh he went with the Poea-
lontas Coal and Coke Company, and sinee his first work at
Vlatoaka he has enjoyed increasing responsibilities, serving
is superintendent, manager and engineer, and has been
■onneeted with the Winonah, Hiawatha, and Smokeless eom-
>anies, the Springton Colliery Company, and since 1918 has
>een in aetive charge of the coal properties above mentioned
ind has other interests in the eoal industry as well. Besides
.he Bank of Matoaka and the Wright Drug Company he is
nanager of the Matoaka Eleetric & Power Company, is
^resident of the Mercer Hardware & Furniture Company,
resident of the Matoaka Insurance Ageney.

Mr. Wright in 1900 married Miss Mary Harriet Mc-
riaugherty, who was born at Princeton, daughter of James
VlcClaugherty. They have three children: Berniee, a stu-
lent in the Martha Washington College at Abingdon; Harry
jnd Agnes, both in high school. The family are Methodists,
xnd Mr. Wright is affiliated with the Elks and Knights of
p ythias, is a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the
fiercer County Country Club.

William Smith Downs, a civil engineer of Morgantown,
.s division engineer of the West Virginia State Road Com-
< nission. He is a native of West Virginia, born at Martins-
tDurg in Berkeley County, Mareh 15, 1883, a son of the late
Joseph A. and Caroline J. (Evans) Downs. This branch of
he Downs family was established in what is now West Vir-
ginia by Henry Downs, who eame into Berkley County in
1812 from Prince George County, Maryland, five generations
removed from the present. Davenport Downs, grandfather
5f William S. Downs, removed from Berkeley County, West
Virginia, to Iowa, in 1852. He served in the war between
the states and died in Iowa shortly after its close.
I The Evans family was established in what is now West
Virginia by John Evans and his wife, Mary, who eame to
lAmerica from Wales and settled in Berkeley County before
Khe Revolutionary war. He built the old Evans fort which
ktood on what is now the Winchester Turnpike, about two
kariles south of the present City of Martinsburg. Tillottson
Fryatt Evans, the maternal grandfather of William S.
'Downs, was born in Berkeley County, as was also his wife,
Jane Orr. He spent his life there engaged in farm pursuits.

Joseph A. Downs was born at Wapello, Louisa County,
Iowa. His mother having died when he was an infant, he
was reared by her people, received a collegiate education and
became a teacher by profession, practically spending his
entire life in the schoolroom and dying at Martinsburg,
West Virginia, in 1900. He married Caroline J. Evans,
'daughter of Tillottson Fryatt and Jane (Orr) Evans.

After graduating from the high school of Martinsburg,
William Smith Downs entered the West Virginia University,
from which he was graduated in 1906 with the degree of P>.
S. C. E., and from that institution in 1915 received his C. E.
degree. Sinee leaving the university Mr. Downs has been
continuously identified with engineering concerns and inter-
ested in the development of the state. During 1906-1907 he
was ehief draughtsman for the Morgantown & Kingwood
Railway, and from then for several years was associated
professionally with Julius K. Monroe at Kingwood. From
1911 to 1915 he was engineer in charge of foundation in-
vestigation and resident engineer of the Hydro-Electric
Company at Cheat Haven, West Virginia. From 1915 to
1917 he served as county road engineer for Monongalia
County, and sinee 1917 has filled the office of division en-
gineer of the West Virginia State Road Commission.

On June 22, 1910, Mr. Downs married Miss Nellie J. Al-
hright, who is a daughter of L. M. and Jennie (Gibson)
Albright, of Kingwood, West Virginia, and they have three
children: William Richard, born December 27, 1912; James
Albright, born February 18, 1914; and Jane, born Septem-
ber 25, 1918.

Mr. Downs has never eherished political ambitions but,
nevertheless, is an earnest, well informed citizen who gladly
cooperates with others in advancing the interests of his
native seetion and state. He is well known in engineering
circles here and elsewhere and is a member of the American
Soeiety of Civil Engineers.

Lonna Dennis Arnett. A member of an honored pioneor
fnmily of -Monongnlin County, Lonnn Dennis Arnett has
been identified with library work for more thnn twelve ytars,
and since 1910 has held the position of librarian of the Uni
versity of West VirginiU at Morgantown. A man of wide
experience in his field of endenvor, ho is like* in- a elo<w
and careful student and thorough investigator, and the Iwne
fit of his research and study is nluays at tho dUpo-al of
those who come into contact with Mr. Ann-It in his courUo
and efficient discharge of the duti<s of his office.

Lonna D. Arnett was born nenr ArrutLsville in (Jnu !
District, Monongalia County, Mny M, ls7u. and btlonga t'
a family which wns established in this county by Jam. -
Arnett, a native of Loudoun County, Virginia, of KnglWti
parentage. Following the close of tiie American Revolution
James Arnett came to Monongalia County and se ttled on
about 400 aeres of land in ti'rnnt District, near wlurc t >■■
present Village of Arnottsvillc is situated, nnd tin re pa wd
t lie rest of his life in the pursuits of agriculture. A j art of
his original farm is still held by his descendant*. Andr. w
Arnett, a son of James the pioneer, wns born in 1760, an I
died in 1*20. He married Elizabeth Lcggett. Thomas
Arnett, a son of Andrew and Elizabeth, wns born nn tie
farm in Gmnt District August 9, 1816. lie followed fnrm
ing and also operated water-power grist mills on Indian
Creek for a time. He married Zarilda Price, a daughter of
William W. Price.

William C. Arnett, son of Thomas and Zarilda. whs born
at Arnettsville, March 30, l.s-10, and died on hia farm Junu
ary 15, 1916. Like his father, he followed farming ami t < •
some extent operated mills on Indian Creek. In l*-»Jt he
enlisted in Company B, Sixth Regiment, West Virginin \ ol
unteer Infantry, a regiment with which he serve] until the
close of the war betweeu the states. He was a Methodist in
religion and a republican in his political sentiment. In Wis
he married Mary Thorn, daughter of Dennis Thorn, who,
with his father, settled near Laurel Point, West Virginia,
some time between 1820 and 1830. Mrs. Arnett survives ami
continues to reside on the home farm.

Lonna Dennis Arnett, son of Willinm C. nnd Mary, nt
tended Fairmont (West Virginia) Normal School, ami w.i»
graduated from the University of West Virginia with the
degree of Bachelor of Science as a member nf the class . f
1 V 9S. Following this he attended Clark University, Wor
eester, Massachusetts, from whieh he received the d».gr«e
of Doctor of Philosophy as a member of the graduating da-*
of 1903, and for several years thereafter was engaged in
teaching school. In 1909 "he took up library work in t »■
Bureau of Education Library nt Washington. Distri t ■ i
Columbia, and in the fall of 1910 beenme librarian f th.
University of West Virginia, a position which he has since
retained, lie is a member of the W«st Virginia State
Library Association nnd the American Library Association,
and holds membership also in the Sf'gtna Chi Fraternity. In
political allegiance he is n republican, and his nligious faith
is that of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On August 18, 1903, Mr. Arnett was united in marriage
with Miss Ethel Toy. daughter of Powell R. and Marietta
(Love) Reynolds, of Morgantown. Her father, who re-
ceived the degree of Doctor of Divinity nnd for mnny y« nr-
held a professorship at the University of West Virginia, is
now deceased, but her mother survives and is a reiident of
Morgantown.

Clement Ross Jones. The State of West Virgin a ow.
an important debt to Clement Ross Jone< for his It j eon
tinued serviee and his splendid work in reorennirinc an 1
equipping the engineering department of the Univers ty f
West Virginia, where for twenty years he has been | rofe or
of mechanical engineering and mechanical arts, and for t)i«
past ten years dean of the Engineering College.

Professor Jones was born at the old Jou s homest»n. near
Knottsville in Tavlor County, West Virginia, April 1'.'. H71.
son of Uriah andPernissa Jane (Ford Jones. He att ndel
school near home, graduated from the f.raft -n lh di 9 h I
in 18S9, and in 1894 ree ived the decree f Bnchel r of
Science and Civil Engineering from the Univtrsjty of Wpt
Virginia. While he has practiced his jrffesjnon and ha*

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acquired several important business and industrial relations,
Mr. Jones almost from the first has been devoted to the edu-
cational side of his calling. In 1895-97 he was assistant in
mechanical engineering and graduate student at the univer-
sity, receiving the degree of Mechanical Engineer in June,
1S97. He was instructor from 1897 to 1899, and assistant
professor during 1899-1901. During the summer of 1896 he
was a student in the Worcester Polytechnic Institute of
Massachusetts, and in the summer of 1S97 at the Stevens
Institute of Technology in New Jersey, while during 1899-
1900 he was in the graduate school of Cornell University,
from which he received the degree Master of Mechanical
Engineering in 1900.

During the Spanish-American war the head of the depart-
ment of mechanical engineering was called to active duty
with the navy, and Mr. Jones remained as acting head.
Soon afterward the old Mechanical Hall, with all its equip-
ment, was destroyed by fire, and as the head of the depart-
ment did not return, it fell to the lot of Mr. Jones to plan
the new building and equipment and reorganize the depart-
ment. In 1901 he was advanced to the grade of professor
of mechanical engineering aud mechanical arts, aud since
1911 has been dean of the College of Engineering and pro
fessor of steam and experimental engineering. Under his
direct supervision therefore, the engineering college has
been developed as one of the most important adjuncts of
technical education in the state. Professor Jones is the
author and joint author of a number of text and reference
books ami notes used in the College of Engineering, and has
contributed numerous papers and reports to engineering
magazines. He is a Fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, a member of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, American and Interna-
tional Societies for Testing Materials, is former vice
president of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering
Education, is a member of the West Virginia Coal Mining
Institute, the West Virginia Engineers Club of Morgantown,
a member of the Natural Gas Association of West Virginia
and America, is secretary of the engineering section of the
Land Grant College Association, and his work and abilities
have earned him a high reputation in technical societies both
at home and abroad.

He has also done much of the practical work of his pro-
fession, and from 1894 to 1898 was a member of the en-
gineering firm of Jones & Jenkins. He is a director in the
Federal Savings & Trust Company and of several industrial
companies.

During the World war Professor Jones was fuel commis-
sioner for Monongalia County, was chairman of the War
S Tvk-e Committee of the University aud educational director
of the Students Army Training Corps. When he graduated
from the University in 1*94 he was first lieutenant and
adjutant of the West Virginia University Corps of Cadets
and subsequently was appointed first lieutenant in the Na-
tional Guard and was advanced to captain in 1896. He is a
member of Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A.
M., Morgantown Commadery No. 18, K. T., and Osiris
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling. He is a member
of the honorary scientific fraternity Sigma Xi, the Phi
Beta Kappa, Theta Psi, Phi Sigma Kappa and is a member
of the Morgantown Rotary Club and the First Methodist
Episcopal Church.

July 22, 1915, he married Elizabeth Charles Gambrill, of
Parkersburg, daughter of Philip Dodridge and lone (Kinch-
loe) Gambrill. They have one son, Ross Gambrill Jones,
born September 29, 1917.

No family had a larger share in the great adventure which
settled the frontier of West Virginia than that of Professor
Jones. He is a descendant of Jacob Jones, who was born
near Wilmington, Delaware, in 1732. His mother subse-
quently married Samuel Lewellen, and about 1770 the Lew-
ellens moved to what is now Monongalia County, West Vir-
ginia, and established the old Lewellen Ferry near the Penn-
sylvania line, where Samuel Lewellen obtained a grant of
land in 1771. Jacob Jones accompanied his mother over the
Alleghany Mountains and proceeded on to the west side of
the Monongahela River, near the present town of Pentres.
It was Indian country and the settlements were greatly dis-

turbed by Indian raids, beginning in 1774 and continuing
through the Revolution. During the outbreak of 1777 Jacob
Jones and other members of his family were besieged in the
home of a neighbor, and two of his children, Mary and John
Jones, were taken captive. Mary was adopted into the
Wyandot tribe of Indians and spent many years with her
chosen people near Sandusky, Ohio. John Jones was not
satisfied to remain an Indian, and eventually escaped, going
to Detroit, was educated in medicine by his adopted father
and later visited his father and other members of the family
in West Virginia and for many years lived near the Town
of Grafton. Jacob Jones made his escape from the Indian
besiegers and subsequently removed to a safer situation on
Cheat River. He was a frontier soldier until the close of
the Revolution, and about 1794 he obtained a grant of land
near Knottsville in Taylor County, where both he and his
wife died about 1829 at the respective ages of ninety six
and ninety-three. His wife was Dinah Stanton, who was
born in Delaware in 1735. They were the parents of eight
children. The fifth was William Jones, one of the ancestors
of Professor Jones. William Jones was born May 4, 1774,
in Monongalia County. Just before his birth occurred the
Indian raid of that year. His mother being unable to leave
home, the older children were sent on to the nearest fort, and
subsequently, following a second warning, Jacob and his
wife also started for the fort. The son William was born
after they had proceeded about five miles, and a neighbor
carried the new-born child while the father supported his
wife as best he could until they reached safety. William
Jones lived near Knottsville, where he died in 1843. His
wife was Sarah Anderson, and they were the parents of ten
children. Of these, Samuel, the sixth child, was born Febru-
ary 2, 1808, and was a farmer and shoemaker near Knotts-
ville, where he died in 1897. He married Frances Limber,
who was born in 1818 and died in 1888. Their second child,
Uriah Jones, father of Professor Jones, was born near
Knottsville, January 14, 1839. During the Civil war he was
a member of the Seventeenth West Virginia Regiment, and
devoted his active years to farming. Uriah Jones married
Peruissa Jane Ford, who was born September 22, 1843,
daughter of Lanty and Rebecca (Jones) Ford, and a great-
granddaughter of William Ford, who is said to have been
a soldier of the Revolution and who some years after that
war moved from Fauquier County, Virginia, to the west side
of Tvgart 's Valley River near Webster, West Virginia. Hia
son George spent his active life as a farmer in Taylor County
and was the father of Lanty Ford, who was born in Decem-
ber, 1800, and after a long and active career as a farmer
in the Knottsville District died in 1881. His wife, Rebecca
Jones, was bom in 1804 and was a granddaughter of Jacob
and Dinah (Stanton) Jones, previously referred to.

The children of Uriah Jones and wife were: Harry H.,
deceased, Clement Ross, George E., Fannie Rebecca and
Ethel Belle.

Percy John Beaumont. For twenty years Percy John
Beaumont, vice president and general manager of the
Beaumont Company, manufacturers at Morgantown, West
Virginia, has been closely identified with the industrial and
general business interests of this section of the state. He
has borne a leading part in the development of substantial
enterprises at Morgantown and elsewhere and as both busi-
ness man and citizen has won prominence and esteem.

Mr. Beaumont is a native of England and was born in
the City of Birmingham, a great industrial center, Novem-
ber 15, 1864. His parents were the late John and Elizabeth
(Dowell) Beaumont, natives of England, who came to the
United States in 1S84 and both died at Wheeling, West
Virginia. They had two children, a daughter, who is now
the wife of Harry Northwood, an experienced designer in
the glass manufacturing industry, and Percy J.

It was in 1882, when eighteen years old, that Mr. Beau-
mont accompanied his sister to the United States, where
she was to be married to Harry Northwood, who at that
time was a designer for the Hobbs, Brockumier Glass Com-
pany of Wheeling, West Virginia, but formerly had been
a member of the firm of Northwood & Company, glass manu-
facturers at Kingswinford, England. Mr. Beaumont had

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L>n educated in the Episcopal sehc-ola at Birmingham, and
ms ready and anxious to acquire knowledge of a trade,
Ind his brother-in-law encouraged him to learn tho glass
Kaking and decorating business, advice he accepted and be-
ame an expert glass worker under Mr. Northwood's super-

'"in^lSOO Mr Beaumont organized tie Beaumont Glass
•ompanv at Martin's Ferry, Ohio, which was a successful
interprise from the start and soon outgrew its quarters,
khen it became necessary to seek another location, mduee-
icnts were offered the company to locate at Grafton, \Nest
.'ireinia, and in 1902 removal was made to that city, where
I is still operating as the Tyggart Valley Glass Company.
W r Beaumont disposed of his interests in the Grafton
oneern in 1905, and became manager of the Union Stopper
'"ompany at Morgantown in 1906, and so continued until
► 917 in which Year that company was reorganized as the
Beaumont Company, manufacturers of illuminated glass-
ware and stationers' sundries. Mr. Beaumont at that time
. K*ame vice president and general manager of the company,
|nd bo continues. Although he has numerous other im-
iortant interests, he has made the mauufacture of glass a
leading one, and his reputation in this industry is wide-
Lnread He is concerned also in the development of coal
ind oil and is treasurer and a director of the Chaplin Col-
Leries Company of Morgantown; is vice president of the
feilver Hill Oil Company; to president of the Seneca lhU
[Oil Company, and is a director in the Farmers k Mer-
chants Bank of Morgantown. He has been an encouragcr
End often financial helper of many other laudable business
[enterprises here. _ _

I In 1S*9 Mr Beaumont married Miss Laura Jefferson
billon, daughter of Benjamin Dillon. Mrs. Beaumont died
hi 1918, leaving one daughter and two sons: Cathenne
Elizabeth, who is the wife of Prof. Eugene C. Anchter.
Ph D., a graduate of Cornell University, who (19-2) is a
member of the faculty as professor of horticulture in the
.Man-land State College; John Herbert, who is an A. B.
graduate of the West Virginia Uniyersitv »s taking his
Ph. D. work at the Chicago University (1922) and at the
same time he is an instructor in horticulture at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota; and Arthur Bnttingham, who is
associated with his father in business. Mr Beaumont : «s a
member of the First Episcopal Church at Morgan*™
Political life has never attracted him nor have fraternal
organLat.ons, but he enjoys membership in the Turn Vercin
' Society at Morgantown.

Lynn Hastings. Probably there is no profession that
demands so much tact, judgment patience, epecialized
knowledge and natural executive ability as that of the edu-
cator, and the individual who enters into this important field
Electing it as his calling, must be prepared to make many
personal sacrifices, to endure numerous disappointments to
often spend himself for others without apparent return an 1
1 to give the best years of his life without receiving the emolu-
, nents that equal effort would surely bring in any other
profession. It is a vocation for which there are no . weights
and measures. The material with which it deals ia rather
that life material upon which impressions are eternal and
I afford the man who would serve the «ee an opportum tv than
which there are none greater. One who has hl *
life to the work of the educator and who has achieved an
I honored place in his vocation and in the confidence of the
i public is Lvnn Hastings, of Morgantown, superintendent of

the free schools of Monongalia County.
I Mr. Hastings is a native of Monongalia County and u o £
the fourth generation of his branch of the family on both
aides in the county. The first Hastings settler of record here
. was Thomas Hastings, the great-grandfather of Lynn who
settled at Cheat Neck in Union District ^8rf"" da £
He married a McGill, and their son Isaac, waa born m the
Cheat Neck community and married Elvira ^ J0t0 '- *J n in !
time of the war with Mexico he was serving as a captain or
Virginia militia and was sworn into the Cover nment ^service
• but did not get to the front. During the ™ ^ ^_inia
I states he assisted in raising a company of W est

infantry and was commissioned first lieutenant thereof. He

was a charter mombir of tho Om -it V k M.th 'i t Prut
cstant Church,

(Jeorge B. Hasting*, torn of Is me >1 f it r of I.mh
Hastings, was burn at < lit »t X* k, Kel r »r\ .« Is u , |
died June 2U. 1911. In early j f e he as Ut< I is fnth. r u
the operation of the ferry o\»r Cicnt U iv« r , at < ( it N k.
and subsequently learned the troie of w '-|w»rk»r, wh \
he followed for years, in addition titer* t«. t .«n«« ••».* to •o»u
extent, lie married Margaret Lliza .ct'i J. r k . vU »~
born April 22, lh">7, in the same n ighn-rln <• 1 ti w \ r
husband, and survives him as a rts dt nt of Mi r^, i t )»n.

The first of the Jenkins family of record in \1 n nt: i •
County was Bartholomew Jenkins, the grandfather «f Mr'
Hastings, who was one of three I rutliers to come to An r i
from Scotland, two of whom settled in othi r stal Bn
tholoinew Jenkins settled at Clirat Neck in early di\t aid
married Nancy Baker, daughter of tieopgr linker, th M->
nongalia County pioneer of the Bakrr family, in -r K -
Jenkins, son of Bartholomew and Nancy Jenk ns, wai Mm
at Cheat Neck and married Sophin Beatty. daught r i t
Kobert and Nancy (Conn) Beatty. Hubert Bratty wn* l«n
at Cheat Neck, tile son of Iriah-born pannt* «lo w.r, iar j
settlers in Monongalia County. His wife was a ilnuj(bUr * t
James and Sophia Conn,

The children born to George B. an-1 Margaret K. lift
ings were as follows: Lyon, of this notice; llmrto B ,
born March 20, lhh9, a resident of Morgantown. marritd
Rose, daughter of Charles lletriek, who came from 1'enn-
sylvania, and they have one son, Earl; Isaac X., born J aim
a'ry 20, lh02, a resident of Morgantown. married Beitnc.
Miller;' Fannv Lou, born December 20, 1*96, who m un
married and resides with her mother; and George 1)., born
May 10, 1S98. a resident of Morgantown, inarriid Jiannttt',
daughter of J. F. Smith.

Lvnn Hastings was born at Cheat Neck, Lnwn District
Monongalia County. February 2. I*s7, a son of G«orge B.
and Margaret E. (Jenkins) Hastings, lie secured all of hi*
elementary education at the Wood Grove public w hoolan.!
received his common school diploma in 19<»3. In 19 > h<
was granted a first grade teacher's license, and in that yenr
taught the Bu«h School in his home locality. He was gradu
ated from Fairmont Normal School in 1911, as valedmtonan
of his class, which numbered about eighty graduates. »i„I in
the same vear became principal of the graded schools of
Din"e«s. Mingo Countv, West Virginia, homing that portion
also during a part of' 1012. In 191213 he taught »«»» h. ...r
school; was principal of the high and graded whnnl, of
Sabraton, Monongalia County, in 19LU1 L>; hnd
principal of the Westover schools of the Morgantown Ind-
pendent School District from 1915 to January 8. 1916. when
he reigned to accept the appointment of eumty «uprnni n
dent of schools to fill a vacancy, the apHntimat Jir
been made by the presidents of the vanou^jMrH H#r*
of education in the county. In November, 191 n. Mr. >!•«
in^ was elected to fill out the unexj ired tjrni. and nt t
general election of 191S was elected for the full term of fo.r
vears, without opposition in the primaries or genera ei-e
lion. From the start Mr. Hastings has labor, ^ f j ,
an effort to better conditions in e%.ry w.iy n. d to a i a n
the standard of education. A thorongu student of nr
lience I of education and possessed of a natural ,n t, ,
child psychology, he has made hn school sys ten, n ,r *
growing organism responsive to the b«M n tho t- her an-l

Dur U inff the World war Mr. Hasting ^ml
f nod administrator and as one of the < « Fo, r W. .t ;;

^tiU As a IJjtej-Hm he ^ J-^P »
Morgantown Un r L^ ^4. A F. -

Of wWeh he i S T pa*t noble grand; and IMv V

36 k! of P., of tl ich he is a pa«t chancll r "
He to a member of the West Virginia S-ate F t na!

A On Ci A^t 16. 1915. Mr. Ha.fn B - » arric 1 La M;r ; nn
M^e^n. 5 who ^"^^Z S.m
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Alexander and Louisa (Baker) Mason, the father a native of
Petersburg, Grant County, and the mother of Lost River,
Hardy County, this state. To Mr. and Mrs. Hastings there
have come three children; Lynn, Jr., born July 24, 1916;
Grey, born January 22, 1918; and Lyle, born March 27,
1921.

Russell Love Morris, professor of railway and highway
engineering of the School of Engineering at the University
of West Virginia, Morgantown, is descended from four old
families of what is now the State of West Virginia, namely:
The Morrises, the Russells, the Loves and the Sheltons. His
paternal grandfather, Capt. Joseph Morris, raised a com-
pany of volunteer infantry for the Confederate army during
the war between the states, and served as captain thereof
until he met his death during the retreat of General Lee
after the great battle of Gettysburg. He married a Miss
Russell, who belonged to the old and honored Russell family
of the Huutington community.

Capt. John O. Morris, son of Capt. Joseph Morris, and
father of Russell L. Morris, was born at his father's home
in Teay 's Valley, near the present Town of Culloden, in
Cabell County, West Virginia. He served as first sergeant
in his father's company during the war between the states,
and after the elder man's death succeeded to the command.
He later was commissioned captain, and served gallantly
with General Lee until the final surrender of that great
general at Appomattox. After the war he served alternately
as deputy sheriff and sheriff of Putnam County for many
years, and late in life located at Huntington, where he died.
His wife, Eliza Love, who is still living at Huntington, was
born in Teay's Valley, a daughter of William A. Love, who
was a large land owner of that valley, where he was an early
settler, and prior to the war between the states was a slave-
holder.

Russell Love Morris was born in Teay's Valley, near the
present Post Office of Teay 5 s, in Putnam County, West Vir-
ginia, November 4, 1868, a son of Capt. John O. Morris.
After attending the free schools of his district and spend-
ing one term in the graded school at Alderson he entered
the University of West Virginia in 18S5, and in 1895 was
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering,
two years later receiving his Master's degree. Between the
time of entering and graduation he spent four years away
from the university, engaged at various kinds of employ-
ment. He became an instructor in the engineering depart-
ment in 1895, and from that year on has been a member of
the faculty of the university in one capacity or another,
continuously, having the distinction of having taught con-
tinuously in the institution for a longer period than any
other instructor now or ever identified with the University
of West Virginia. During the long period of twenty-six
years he has been actively engaged, also, in business affairs,
principally along the lines of civil engineering and in open-
ing up city property for the market, on his own account
chiefly. He has gained something more than a local reputa-
as an expert in laying out allotments, and in this class of
work his services have been in demand in all parts of West
Virginia as well as sections of Kentucky and Maryland.
Professor Morris owns some city property at Morgantown,
and is interested in agriculture and other husiness enter-
prises. Fraternally he is identified with Morgantown Union
Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M., and with the Phi Sigma
Kappa fraternity.

On December 21, 1900, Professor Morris married Miss
Olive Hite, daughter of Isaac and Catherine (Hennen) Hite,
of two old and honored Morgantown families, and to this
union there has come one son, John Hite, born in 1911.

Davidson Brothers. The branch of the Davidson family
to which belong Henry Alexander and George S. Davidson,
of Morgantown, Monongalia County, was founded in Fay-
ette County, Pennsylvania, prior to 1800 by Jeremiah David-
son (I), who came from his native Ireland and first settled
in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, whence he later removed
to Luzerne Township, Fayette County. He was of Scotch
ancestry, but representatives of the family left Scotland and
established themselves in Ireland several generations before

his birth. For many years Jeremiah Davidson operated th !
old Crawford ferry across the Monongahela River, and late,
he owned another ferry, besides developing a substantia
business in the building of boats both for his own use anv
for sale. He died at his old home in Luzerne Township
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1850. He married Ann; !
Alexander, and among their children was Henry Alexande
Davidson (I), who was born at Davidson's Ferry, Fayetto
County, in 1805. After his marriage to Elizabeth Gallaghe
Henry A. Davidson settled on a farm in Cumberland Town
ship, Greene County, Pennsylvania. His son, Jeremiah (II)'
was born on this farm May 26, 1834, and after arriving a
adult age continued his association with farm enterprise
uutil 1875, when he removed to Carmichaels, Pennsylvania
There he later engaged in the hotel business, and still latei
in the livery and undertaking business. He held the various
official chairs in the local lodge of the Independent Order ol
Odd Fellows and was influential in community affairs. L
1856 he married Selantha Flenniken, and they became th'
parents of three children: John Calvin, Franklin Franch
and Minnie, the daughter dying at the age of sixteen years
After the death of his first wife Jeremiah Davidson marriec 1
Mrs. Harriet Jane (Stone) Hatfield, and they had two sons;
Henry Alexander and George S. The honored father died'
in July, 1900, the mother having passed away in October!
1898.

Henry Alexander Davidson (II) was born March 24.
1878, at Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, where he attended the
publie schools until eligible for admission to the Pennsyl-
vania State Normal School at California. Thereafter he
became associated with his father's business, and after the,,
death of his father in 1900 he came to Morgantown, West.
Virginia, and in April, 1901, engaged in the livery business.'
March 1, 1903, he added an undertaking department to the 1 }
business, and in 1914 his brother George S. became his part- j
ner, under the firm name of Davidson Brothers. Since 19171
the firm has been engaged also in the handling of automo- 1
biles, with a well equipped garage and service station, in
which the firm has the sales agency for the Hudson, thejj
Essex and the Marmon cars, and the Republic automobile,
trucks. The brothers are active members of the Morgan-
town Chamber of Commerce and are affiliated with Union
Lodge No. 4, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the local
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and the Morgantown Com-
mandery of Knights Templars, while each has received the
thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite, and also holds
membership in Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Henry
A. is a past exalted ruler of Morgantown Lodge No. 411,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; is affiliated with
Monongahela Lodge No. 10, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows; and is a charter member of the Morgantown Coun-
try Club. He married Miss Agnes Miles, of Buckhannon,
this state. They have no children.

George S. Davidson was born at Carmichaels, Pennsyl-
vania, January 27, 1884, and in addition to the discipline
of the puhlie schools he took a business course in the Uni-
versity of West Virginia. He came to Morgantown, May
1, 1901, and after working for his brother until 1909 he
here established an independent livery husiness in South
Morgantown. He sold this business two years later and
thereafter conducted a similar enterprise at Morgantown
until 1914, when he entered into partnership with his
hrother, as noted in a preceding paragraph. The Davidson
brothers are numbered among the vital and progressive
business men and valued citizens of Morgantown. George
S. likewise is affiliated with the local lodge of Odd Fellows
and is a charter member of the Morgantown Country Club.
He married Mary E., daughter of Henry Fenton Rice, the
pioneer news dealer of Morgantown.

David Core Clark through his private practice and long
membership on the State Board of Examiners has been
prominent in the profession of dental surgery in West
Virginia, is also a former memher of the State Legis-
lature, and in many other respects a leader in the civic
and social life of his home city, Morgantown.

He was born in Monongalia County and is descended
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paternal grandfather, Neheiniah Clark, came from Mary-
land and was a pioneer in the Cass District of Monongalia
Bounty. The maternal grandfather, John Core, was prob-
ably Lorn either in Cass or in Clay District of the same
county. Doctor Clark's father was William Jamea Clark,
who was born in Cass District June 19, 1S45, and spent
his life as an industrious and frugal fanner and died on
his farm April 9, 1916. He married Martha Ellen Core,,
who was born in Clay District May 20, 184S, and is still
living at the old homestead.

David C. Clark was born at the Clark home in (Jlay
District February 4, 1S73. He acquired his early ednea-
tion in the district and graded schools, later attended
the Fairmont State Normal School, then taught school in
the district schools of Monongalia County for a number of
years, and in l!>9S received his degree D. D. S. from the
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. After his gradu
ation Doctor Clark practiced at Blacksville in Monongalia
County until 1917, in which year he removed to Morgan
town.* He was a member of the West Virginia State
Board of Dental Examiners from 1915 to 1920. For a
period of fifteen years, from 1906 to 1921, he was treas
nrer of the State' Dental Society, and has taken a prom-
inent part in that organization and several of his addresses
and technical papers have been printed in dental publi
rations.

Doctor Clark was elected as a republican to represent
Monongalia County in the Legislature in 1915. During
the regular session of 1916 ho was a member of the com
mittees on prohibition and temperance, education, private
corporations, and joint stock corporations, immigration
and agriculture, and medicine and sanitation. He faith-
fully represented the interests entrusted to him, but after
his first term he declined renomination.

During the World war he recognized no obligation as
superior to the needs of the nation, and gave both of
his professional effort and his means to the cause. He
was a member of the National Dental Preparedness
League, and shared in its program of work in preparing
recruits for the army by dental examination and treat-
ment. He was also connected with all the Liberty Loan
drives in the county.

Doctor Clark is a director of the Bank of Morgan
town and financially interested in other corporations. He
is an official member of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, a worker in the Sunday school, and is affiliated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights
of Pythias, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce
and the Rotary Club of Morgantown, October 6, 1S9S,
he married Miss Joanna Stephens, daughter of Bowen
and Ruth E. (Zimmerman) Stephens, of Blacksville. Mrs.
Clark is an accomplished woman, liberally educated and
active in Morgantown social life. She was trained in
the public schools and in the Mount Pleasant Seminary
of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. She is a member of
the Book Lovers and the Music clubs of Morgantown.

Clement Condon Hildebrand had made a promising
start in a business career when he joined the aviation service
in the World war, and since leaviog that has resumed bis
citizenship in Monongalia County, where he is actively iden-
tified with business in Morgantown and also in the town of
Hildebrand, a little community named for his father.

Hildebrand is in Grant District of Monongalia County,
and Mr. Hildebrand was born there December 4. 1^91, son
of John Marshall and Eliza Jane (Schafer) Hildebrand.
The Hildebrands, though of German ancestry, have been in
America since Colonial times. The ancestor was Henry
Hildebrand, who settled in Massachusetts and was a Minute
Man in the days of the Revolution, ne married a Miss
Coulter. Five generations intervened between him and
Clement C. Hildebrand. His son, Henry Hildebrand (II),
was born in Massachusetts, married Margaret Launtz, moved
to Maryland, later to the vicinity qf Richmond, Virginia, and
finally to Greene County, Pennsylvania. Wlien he went to
Pennsylvania he was accompanied by his sisters, Charlotte
and Barbara. Charlotte married a Mr. Lucas, and the
Morgantown branch of the Lucas family is descended from
vol. n— 12

her. Louis Launtz Hildebrand, of the third generation of
the family in America, was born in Greeno County, l>nn
sylvania, in 1S14. lie married in that county Marin Cath
erine Muheney, nnd in lv(7 they removed to Whito Duy,
<*1 nton District, Monongalia County, \\e*t Virginia. L. L.
Hildebrand died at tin age of eighty fu r and his wife ul
ninety-four. A brief record is . ntered eon eriting their
twelve children: Samantha, who berntuo the wife of J. W.
Stevens and was the mother of clufin children; M.irgnrct,
married John H. Smnllwood nnd hud six children; J.in .
who died in infancy; Johu Marshall; Surah Ellin, who ha 1
nine children by her marriage to Elias Kiemr; llnnn.ih
Louisa, whoso husband was .lames SmalUood, by whom sh«
had six children; Clark, who married Anna Knis an 1 had a
family of two children; Miranda, wifo of John C. Schafer
and the mother of two children; Mary, who was the wife of
J. Small wood; Anna, who had ono child by her marriage to
Orril Holland; Thomas, who was the father of one child by
his first wife, Margaret Thorp, had six children by his
second marriage, to Margaret Steele; and Ida L., who l»e
came the wife of John Price and the mottur of one <h d.

John Marshall Hildebrand was born in Greene County,
Pennsylvania, in 1M", and has been one of the well known
and effective citizens of this locality. For many years he has
been active in the general mereantilo business ho estab-
lished at Hildebrand, where the little community has grown
up. In a public way he has been justice of the peace, deputy
sheriff, constable, road commissioner and school trustee. He
married Eliza Jane Schafer, who was born near Laurel
Point in Monongalia County in IUAV. To their marriage
were born nine children: Carrie Anna, widow of Dr. E. M
Henry, of Laurel Point, and of her three children one is
living, Otto II. Henry, a graduate of West Virginia Uni
versity and now a professor in the New York Polytechnic
School of Engineering; Benton M., who married Lela lbss
and is manager of the Standard Oil Pumping Station at
Summerville, New Jersey; Ella M. t wife of Charles Henry
and mother of Mifflin, Marie ami Wilford; Nora F., who
died in 1920. unmarried; Grace G.„ wife of J. F. Dugan,
Greensboro, Pennsylvania, and mother of Donovan, Doran
and Dorothea; Bert B., who married Nettie Jolliffe nnd has
two sons, Chester and Louis; Louis Launtz, who married
Margaret Lambert and has a son, Allan Bryce; John, who
died in infancy; and Clement Condon, ninth and youngest
of the family.

Clement C. llildehrand attended common schools, gradu
ated from the Morgantown High School in 1914 and in the
same year entered the accounting department of the Amer-
ican Sheet and Tin Plate Company at Morgantown. In
1916 he was transferred to the Gary, Indiana, plunt of that
corporation. The following year, when America entered the
war, he enlisted in the air department, and received his
training at Indianapolis, at Fort Thomas. Kentucky, and
subsequently was transferred tn the balloon service at Fort
Omaha, Nebraska. He was top sergeant of bis rompnny mn>]
received his honorable discharge at Camp Grant, ll'innjs.
February 29, 1919.

While his old position with the Amerienn Sheet and Tin
Plate Company was held open for him he decided to return
home to be near his parents, both grnw'ng old, and necord
ingly took charge of tljo office work of the Delmar Coal Com
pany at Hildebrand and is also junior member of the firm
of Hildebrand & Son merchants, nt Hildebrand. March 1,
1921, E. Ree<*e Baker, a Morgantown eontraetor, became
associated with Mr. Hildebrand as accountant, draft«msn
and general assistant. Mr. Hildebrand is affiliate 1 with
Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4. A F. and A. M., nnd has
taken fourteen degrees in the Scottish Rite, ne is artil ated
with the Woodmen of the World, the American LcgioD an 1
the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Clyde Bband, a progressive young holiness man of Mor
gantown, the judicial center nnd metropolis of Monongalia
County, was born in this county August 15, 1"0. and 1« a
representative of one of its sterling pi nce r farn" ** H «
paternal great-grandfather Brand settle! in this e- nty in
the early pioneer davs, and here wa- born t- e latter s son
James Elliott Brand, who was here reared to manhood and

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who married Susan Rice. John J. Brand, son of James
Elliott and Susan (Rice) Brand, was born in this county on
the 1st of September, 1854, and he became a successful
school teacher when a young man. He also learned the car-
penter 's trade, and for five years he followed his trade at
Fairmont, Marion County. For the ensuing five years he
there operated a planing mill. He then, in 1898, returned
to Monongalia County, where he continued his activities as
a carpenter and builder until about 1918, since which time
he has here lived retired. His first wife, whose maiden
name was Mary A. Barbe, died in 1892.

Clyde Brand, son of John J. and Mary (Barbe) Brand,
gained his early education in the public schools of Fairmont,
and there he initiated his independent career by securing
employment in a bottling works. In 1900 he established his
residence at Morgantown, where for a time he was identified
with the real estate business. He next gave his attention to
learning the plumber's trade, and to broaden his practical
experience in the same he later worked at his trade in
Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Some time after his return
to Morgantown he formed a partnership with J. H. Kennedy,
under the title of Kennedy & Brand, but a year later, in
1904, he established himself independently in business. His
ability and progressiveness have resulted in his building
up a most successful enterprise, and he is now at the head
of a leading plumbing, gasfitting, and steam and hot-water
heating business in this section of West Virginia. He is
loyal and public-spirited as a citizen, is an active member of
the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis
Club, is a director of the Union Savings & Trust Company,
he and his wife hold membership in the First Presbyterian
Church, and his fraternal affiliations are here briefly noted:
Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons; Chapter No. 30, Royal Arch Masons; Mor-
gantown Commandery No. 18, Knights Templars; Lodge of
Perfection No. 1, West Virginia Sovereign Consistory of the
Scottish Rite; Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheel-
ing; and Athens Lodge, Knights of Pythias.

April 22, 1903, recorded the marriage of Mr. Brand with
Flora Gertrude Niell, daughter of A. M. Niell, of Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, and they have two children: Richard
Clyde, born June 14, 1907; and Dorothy Virginia, born
Decemeber 19, 1909.

John Marshall, a busy Parkersburg lawyer, represents
the third successive generation of that family in the legal
profession, and his ancestry altogether is one that has had
a close relationship with the history of the Western Vir-
ginia country from earliest pioneer times.

His great-great-grandfather, Aaron Marshall, was a sol-
dier under General Washington during the French and
Indian war, lived prior to the Revolution in Southwestern
Pennsylvania, and in 1780 moved to Hancock County, Vir-
ginia. His son John, who was born in 1782 and died in
1859, spent his entire life in Hancock County. James G.
Marshall, grandfather of the Parkersburg lawyer, was born
in Hancock County, November 21, 1826, and died October 6,
1902. He was an able attorney and served twenty-four
years as prosecuting attorney of Hancock County. He was a
republican, and his example in politics has been followed by
subsequent generations. He married Lavina Miller, and her
two sons, Erastus D. and Oliver S., both became lawyers.

Oliver S. Marshall, whose home is at New Cumberland
in Hancock County, was born September 24, 1850. He
graduated from Bethany College in 1878, and has for many
years served as a trustee of that institution. He was a
member of the State Senate three times, being president of
the Senate in 1899, and was a delegate to the Republican
National Convention of 1892. Oliver S. Marshall married,
September 8, 1880, Elizabeth Tarr, who was born at Wells-
burg, this state, daughter of Campbell and Nancy (Ham-
mond) Tarr. Campbell Tarr was one of the historic figures
in the formation of the State of West Virginia, and as a
delegate from Brooke County withdrew from the secession
convention at Richmond. He was a member of the conven-
tions at Wheeling, served as treasurer of the Provisional
Government, and was the first state treasurer.

John Marshall, only son of Oliver S. and Elizabeth (Tarr)

Marshall, was born July 28, 1881, at New Cumberland. He
finished his literary education at Bethany College, where
he graduated A. B. and A. M. in 1902, received his A. B.
degree from Yale College in 1903, and graduated in law
from the University of West Virginia in 1904. The follow- 1
ing year he began his practice at Parkersburg, and has
gained prominence both as an able business lawyer and on i
the public side of his profession. From 1908 to 1912 he was i
assistant United States attorney of the Northern District of
West Virginia. Mr. Marshall was a delegate from West ;j
Virginia to the Republican National Convention at Chicago
in 1920. In 1921 he was appointed special assistant to the "
United States attorney general to try cases involving alien
enemy property seized by the Government.

Besides his work as a lawyer he has been a director of I
the Smoot Advertising Company, Ohio Valley Publishing
Company, Parkersburg Publishing Company, Parkersburg-
Ohio Bridge Company, United States Roofing & Tile Com-
pany, and a director of the Chamber of Commerce. He has
been for several years chairman of the Wood County Chapter i
of the American Red Cross. He was the organizer and first 1
president of the Rotary Club at Parkersburg, is a member^
of the college fraternities Beta Theta Pi, Delti Chi, Thetaj
Nu Epsilon, and is a member of the Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Parkersburg
Country Club, Blennerhassett Club, and is a member of the
Christian Church.

Mr. Marshall married, January 25, 1906, at Wheeling,!
Miss Rebecca Cooper Paull, a native of Wheeling and daugh- 1
ter of Joseph F. and Emma (Senseney) Paull. Her grand- 1
parents were Judge James and Jane Ann (Fry) Paull. The:
former was a judge of the Supreme Court of West Vir-j
ginia. Her grandmother was a daughter of Judge Joseph
L. Fry, who was a descendant of Colonel Fry, at one timej
colonel of the Virginia regiment in which George Washing-]
ton was lieutenant -colonel. Washington succeeded to the '
command of the regiment when Colonel Fry was killed in J
action. Mrs. Marshall's father was a prominent Wheeling;
manufacturer and financier. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have!
two children: John, Jr., born February 22, 1908, and Joseph
Paull, born May 20, 1912.

Olin V. Neal. For nearly half a century Olin V. Nealj
has been in business at Parkersburg, and for the greater part I
of that time has been head of a prosperous jewelry concern.!
For four or five successive generations the Neals have beenj
associated with the most substantial interests of Woodfl
County. Olin V. Neal is one of the many descendants of
Capt. James Neal, founder of Neal's Station and a leader
in the first permanent settlement in Wood County. A more,
complete story of his career is given on other pages in con-
nection with other descendants.

Capt. James Neal, who died in Wood County in 1822, at;
the age of eighty-five, married for his first wife Hannah I
Hardin, and their sixth child was James Hardin Neal.

James Hardin Neal was a man of superior mental attain-'
ments for his day. He was born in 1784 and died in 1850.
He was elected clerk of the Wood County Court in 1806,
having previously served as a deputy county clerk for several
years. He knew and was friendly with the Blennerhassets,j
and was invited but declined to take a part in the ambitious
project planned in the island home of the Blennerhassets by'
Aaron Burr. Later he was summoned as a witness at Rirh-,
mond at the trial of Burr. He built, in 1824, a large brickl
residence, which for upwards of a century stood as one of i
the most attractive of the old resident landmarks in Parkers- J
burg. By his will James Hardin Neal gave his slaves their;'
freedom. He was three times married. His first wife, whom J
he married in 1810, was Harriet Neale, daughter of Thomas '
Neale. The youngest of their four children was Hardin 1
Neal.

Hardin Neal, who died in 1855, spent his active life as a
farmer at what is now known as Neal 's Retreat. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Collins, and they were the parents of eight '<
children, the five who reached maturity being: James H.;'
Eva, who became the wife of James Tsvenner; Virginia M.,
wife of J. A. Saunders; Joseph; Olin V. The two still liv-
ing are Virginia and OUn V.

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101

Olin V. Neal waa born December 23, 1854, and spent tho
first eighteen years of his life on his father's farm, lie
•acquired a public school education, and in 1872, when he left
the farm, began learning the watchmaker and jeweler's
trade in Parkersburg. For over eighteen years he was an
employe of J. W. Mather, and finally, iu July, 1S9I, estab-
lished himself in business and has kept that business grow-
ing and prospering through a period of thirty years, having
his son, the late Vernon Neal, as his active partner and asso-
ciate until the latter 's death.

April 18, 1878, Mr. Neal married Miss Dora Laughlin,
daughter of Adam Laughlin. Of their four children the old
est is Eva Belle, wife of Frank Wolfe. The second daughter
is Mabel Hall, wife of A. Clyde McCormaek, and the young-
est is Miss Chloe Marie.

Vernon M. Neal, only son of Olin V. Neal, was born July
IS, 1S81, and though he died on May 19, 1921. had earned
for himself a most honorable position in the commercial and
social life of Parkersburg. He was reared and educated in
Parkersburg and as a youth became associated with his
father in business. He married Mary Virginia O 'Neil. He
is survived by Mrs. Neal and six children: Hugh Olin, Dora
Margaret, John Vernon, Rose Mary, James Lawrence and
Franees Isabel.

Clarence Roby is one of the representative younger
members of the bar of Monongalia County, and at Mor-
gantown, the eounty seat, he is building up a practice
that in scope and character gives evidence alike of his
technical ability and his seeure standing in community
esteem. He is a seion in the fourth generation of both
the Roby and Feaster families in what is now West Vir-
ginia. His grandfather on the paternal side was Aaron
Roby, who was born and reared in this state, as was also
the maternal grandfather, Sanford F. Feaster.

Clarence Roby was born at Petersburg, Grant County,
this state, February 11, 1S92, and at the same place were
born his parents, Albert Allison Roby and Ida Irene
I (Feaster) Roby, the former in the year 1866 and the
' latter in 1871. The parents still reside in Grant County,
where the father is a representative agriculturist and stock-
grower.

After having profited by the advantages of the public
sehools Clarence Roby attended and was graduated from
the Shepherd College State Normal School at Shepherds-
town, Jefferson County. He was graduated in 1914, and
for one year thereafter was engaged in tcaehing in the
publie schools at Seherr, Grant Couuty. In the autumn
of 1915 he entered the University of West Virginia, and
in this institution he was graduated as a member of the
class of 1919, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. From
the law department of the university he was graduated
in 1921, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and with
his virtually coincident admission to the bar of his native
state he opened an office at Morgantown, which has con-
tinued as the central stage of his professional activities
since that time.

The call of patriotism had, in the meanwhile, inter
rupted the university work of Mr. Roby, for when the
nation became involved in the World war he determined
to do his part, with the result that in May, 1918, he
entered the Officers' Training Camp at Camp Custer,
Battle Creek, Michigan, whence, a month later, he was
transferred to a machine-gun offieers' training eamp at
Camp Haneock, Georgia, where, in September, 1918, he
received his commission as seeond lieutenant in the de-
partment of maehine-gun operation. He was in the ma-
ehine-gun group at that camp until November 1, 191S,
when he was transferred to the Three Hundred and Siity-
third Maehine Gun Battalion of the Ninety-sixth Division,
at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina, There
he remained until he reeeived his honorable discharge De-
cember 6, 1918, when he returned to Morgantown and
resumed his studies in the university. He is a member
nf the Kappa Sigma college fraternity. His Masonic
affiliation is with Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, Ancient
Free and Aceepted Masons, and he ia a Royal Arch Mason,
Morgantown Chapter No. 30. In the Scottish Rite he is

a member of Lodge of Perfection No. 0, of the Wiat
\ irgima Soiereigu Consistory, nt Whaling, where nliw he
is n member of Osiris Tmiple of the Mystic ifhrW. Jh-
Masonic nlllliutions include h' o iiirniberohip in the \\ h tr
Shrine and the Order of the Eastern Star. Ho * a mem
ber of Monongalia Post No. 2, of the Amerionn legion,
lie and Ins wife are numbers of ttie Firnt M«thodi-t
Episcopal Church of Morgnntown.

On the 21st of June. 1921, was solcim'/ed the mar-
riage of Mr. liol.y and Miss Aliagraec liellc foe ran, who
was born at Dawsuii, Pennsylvania, u -WiughUr of William
II. and Gertrude (Heed) Cochran. Mr < oehran Ls de
• eased, and his widow and other members of the family
reside at Morgantown, West Virginia.

John Francis Jhm. For twenty years John Fran in lull
has been oue of the progressive business men and upright,
useful citizens: of Morgantown, practically helpful in ev< rv
1 base of civic development and deeply interested in phi Ian
thropie problems.

Mr. lhli was born in the Town of Multwh, linden, (i<r
many, November s ( 1SG9, but his grandparents were n it
of Switzerland and France. His father, Karl lhli. was bom
also in Baden, a linen weaver by trade, nnd he died when
his son was a boy. His mother, Julianna (Kraft) lhli, wa>
a daughter of a well-to-do farmer in Baden, who was t>orn
in France. John Francis lhli attended the common nnd also
the high school in his native town until he was fourteen
years old, when he began an apprenticeship to the tailor's
trade, which apprenticeship he completed two years later.
In the meanwhile his older brother, Frank lhli, had imnii
grated to the United States, and John F. felt anxious to
follow his example, but he had journeyman service nlnad of
him before he eonld claim trade freedom, so he started out
and worked for a time in Carlsrhue and Frieberg, (iermanv.
and in some places in Switzerland.

It was from Switzerland that he returned home on a \isif.
and when the visit was over he secured a pass to return
there, but instead of using it for that purpose made it serse
as a means to get him to Antwerp, Belgium, from which port
he took ship for the United States and was safely landed
in the harbor of New Vork in January, From there

he traveled to Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, where hi-
brother was residing. In reaching the United States Mr
lhli realized a great ambition, and very soon afterward he
set out on his journeyman (ravels in the new land in cheer
ful spirit and with hiyh hopes. lie was a careful and
skillful workman and found employment wherever he
stopped, his travels taking him to towns in Peiin«ylv.min.
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and further south. The year
found him at work in the City of Wheeling, and since that
year he has been, to nil intents and purpose*, a West \ jr
ginian.

While working in Fairmont, West Virginia, win re In
spent five years. Mr. lhli became a natural' zed citi/en oi
the United States. After leaxiug that city he went to
Parkersburg for a short time, and in I!»o2 came to Morgan
town. By this time he had become an expert coat maker,
and in that capacity was engaged by the leading merchant
tailor of the city* A. K. Smith, with whom he eon
tinued until 1907," when he embarked in the hus'ne.ss for
himself, and for a number of ytars has conducted the lnrycMt
and most reliable merchant tailoring establishment here,
one that compares favorably in every way with s m lir
houses in larger centers of trade.

On May 5/190.1, Mr. lhli married Miss Nancy M.ir oVn,
a daughter of John and Nancy (Bolton) Marsden. Mr«.
Bali was born in Wigan, Lancashire. Engltnd, nnd she
was but a few months old when her parents cane t th
United States and settled in Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs
lhli have three sens: John Marsden. born May 5, 1!' 1
George Leo, born July 2\ J90.* >; and Carl Bolt- n. I t
May 7, 1914. The eldest son was graduated from t»
school at Morgantown, and for the last foi r y r
been treasurer of the Episcopal ("h ir S Any

Mr. lhli has addit <>nal bu ine int r, ts li. ■ . ) i • »
stockholder in the f'ommoro il Park. He was un .rly
member and a d're.t.-r nf t r lins'ne - M. n '» \<s> it-^n,

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and was instrumental in the reorganization of that associa-
tion into the Chainher of Commerce, which name he sug-
gested. He has taken much interest in Chautauqua work
and other educational and uplifting movements and has
been particularly concerned in Boy Welfare work. He is a
member of Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A.
M. ; Morgantown Commandery No. 18, K. T. ; Lodge of
Perfection No. 6 (L. T.) of West Virginia Consistory No. 1,
Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree, and Osiris Temple,
Mystic Shrine, at Wheeling. He is a past master of
Morgantown Lodge, A. O. U. W., and belongs also to the
Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and is a charter
member of the Rotary Club. Mr. Ihli and his family are
members of Trinity Episcopal Church at Morgantown, in
which he ia a vestryman. During the World war he was
helpful in all patriotic work and set an example of un-
ostentatious liberality.

Col. John A. Fairfax Martin. Martin and Fairfax
are names that suggest a wealth of interesting family and
other important history in Preston County. Both names
were established here some years before the War of 1812,
the Fairfaxes soon after the Revolution.

Allen Martin, pioneer of the Martin family, came from
Charles County, Maryland, to the Glades of the Valley Dis-
trict in what is now Preston County, and settled in Mo-
nongalia County, near Morgantown. From 1806 to 1809
he kept a tavern on the John W. Guseman place. He and
his wife are buried at the "bend of the river," near Little
Falls. Allen Martin married Arlotta Maddox. Apparently
the only son of their union to remain in Preston County
was Aquilla.

Aquilla Martin won as a bride the beautiful and dis-
tinguished Mary Byrne Fairfax, only daughter of John
Fairfax and Mary Byrne, the latter a daughter of Samuel
Byrne of Virginia. The only son of Aquilla and Mary
Martin was Col. John A. Fairfax Martin, one of the most
noted of the house of Martin and whose name has been
set at the beginning of this record.

The ancestry of Mary Byrne Fairfax is linked with that
of one of the most distinguished and illustrious of early
Colonial families. In old Virginia the name has been
prominent in nearly every generation for several centuries.
However, the origin of the Preston County Fairfaxes was
a Maryland branch of the family. This remote ancestor
was John Fairfax, who came to America some forty years
in advance of Lord Thomas Fairfax of Virginia, and
settled in Charles County, Maryland, about 1700. This
John Fairfax married Catherine, daughter 6f Henry Norri-s.
Their only son, John Fairfax, inherited the Norris estate,
and married Mary Seott, of Elkridge, where Baltimore now
stands. John and Mary Fairfax were the parents of Wil-
liam Fairfax, whose first wife was Benedicta Blanehard,
who bore him two sons and three daughters, and after her
death he married Elizabeth Buekner, a daughter of Peyton
Buckner of Virginia. In 17S9 William Fairfax disposed of
his Maryland estate and erossed the Potomac River into
Virginia, locating in Prince William County, where he
died four years later. William's third son and the first
by his second wife was John Fairfax, who as the founder
of the family in Preston County deserves a more particular
account.

John Fairfax was born in Charles County, Maryland,
December 10, 1763. In 17S3 he accepted an invitation
from Gen. George Washington, who had recently relin-
quished the command of the Continental Army, to become
assistant manager of the General's vast estate of 35,000
acres of land. Washington 's manager then was his nephew,
Lund Washington, but two years later he resigned to accept
an offiee under the Government, and in the meantime Wash-
ington had found his assistant manager so capable that
he at once advanced him to the offiee of manager, though
Fairfax was then only twenty-two years of age, but had
singular qualifications and abilities for handling such an
immense property. He continued in this offiee until 1790,
when he resigned to take possession of an extensive tract
of land in the Monongalia Glades, now Preston County.

With his family and effects and slaves he moved over thi
mountains and located about a mile south of Reedsville
where at Arthurdale he erected an imposing two-story loj
house with wide galleries in front and rear and with i
semi-circle of slave quarters in the rear. There John Fair
fax spent his remaining years, a fine example of the oh
Virginia aristocrat, and he lies buried in sight of the oh
mansion. John Fairfax by his first wife, Mary Byrne
had the following children: George William, William
Buekner, John, Jr., and Mary Byrne, who became thi
wife of Aquilla Martin.

Col. John A. Fairfax Martin, only son of his parents!'
was born April 22, 1822, and died January 24, 1S98. Hii
home was at Kingwood and at Terra Alta, and in his life
time his enterprise and influence were associated with manj
of the important enterprises of the county. He was a max
of wide information, a student of the Scriptures, was public
spirited and generous, and had business abilities that enj
abled him to accumulate much property. He was sheriff,
of Preston County, represented the county in the West Vir|
ginia Legislature, and was colonel of the One Hundred^
Forty-eighth Militia Regiment. His love of humanity
and his pronounced affability rendered him personally!
popular, and the poor especially found in him a trusted
friend and counselor.

Colonel Martin married Miss Susan Louisa Fairfax on
October 19, 1852. She was born November 17, 1833, daugh-
ter of Buekner Fairfax and granddaughter of the pioneer
John Fairfax. Susan Louisa Martin died August 25, 1854.
just fifteen days after the birth of her only child, Isaac'
Parsons Martin.

Isaac Parsons Martin from infancy was reared in thej
home of his grandfather, Buckner Fairfax. His grand-]
parents took great pains with his early training and gave
him the advantages of the common schools. For a time!
he was in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
Company, and some of his earlier years were spent on the
farm in Dunkard Bottom on Cheat River. After his mar-
riage he established his residence at Terra Alta, but a few
years later went back to Dunkard Bottom, and continued
farming there until he moved to Kingwood. He was owner
of many thousands of acres, of land, and some of this
brought him wealth because of the coal deposits. At King-
wood he erected a three-story brick business house, in which
he and his older son conducted a hardware store. Isaac;
Parsons Martin was closely associated with the life and'
affairs of Preston County until his death, which occurred
May 25, 1920. On July 21, 1881, at Grafton, he married
Nannie Stanton, of Jefferson County, Ohio, who died April
6, 1919. She was a daughter of H. B. and Mary A.
(Kimball) Stanton. H. B. Stanton was born in Warren
County, Pennsylvania, January 31, 1820, was a boat builder
and a soldier in the Civil war, and died July 28, 1864.
Isaac Parsons Martin had two sons. The older, Earl Fair-
fax, born August 25, 1882, died in Philadelphia, February
20, 1920, while in the shipbuilding yards of the American
Shipbuilding Company. He married Jessie B. Higgins on
September 1, 1909.

The only surviving heir of I. Parsons Martin and wife
is John Russell Martin, who was born Oetober 24 1890.
He was reared at Kingwood, educated in the public schools
there, and for a time was in the employ of the West Vir-
ginia-Maryland Gas Company at Rowlesburg. Returning
to Kingwood in 1917, he engaged in the life insurance
business as the agent of the Equitable Life of New York,
also has the agency for the Willys-Knight ear, and these
with the supervision of his estate of lands and other prop-
erties constitute a very busy program. He is also one of
the stockholders of the Bank of Kingwood. Mr. Martin
is a Scottish Rite Mason, and he and his family are Presby-
terians, which was the faith of his father's people, though
his mother was of a Baptist family.

May 10, 1910, John Russell Martin married Miss Jean
Brown. Their interesting family of young children are
Jean Louisa, born September 11, 1911; Frederick Fairfax,
born Oetober 12, 1913; Elinor Brown., born December 14,
1916; and John Russell, Jr., born November 30, 1920.

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103

I J. Y. Hamilton. A wide diversity of affaira, participa-
tion in movements connected with the community welfare
as well as in business, and a thoroughly trustworthy char-
acter and personal popularity have made J. Y. Hamilton,
of Fairview, one of the best-known men of Marion County.

He was born on a farm on Salt Run, near Mannington,
November 22, 1864, aon of Francis and Luvina (Barker)
Hamilton. He is descended from a branch of the Hamilton
family that was represented in the American Revolution,
and aoon after that war was eatabliahcd in Western Vir-
ginia, His great-grandfather was Boaz Hamilton, who
pioneered in the locality around Fairmont. His grand-
father was Fleming Hamilton, who was born on Hamilton
Hill at Fairmont and was one of the prominent men of
bis time, serving a number of years as county clerk. Francis
Hamilton was horn on Ices Run, near Fairmont, in 1831,
and died at Fairview in 1910. He removed from the farm
in 1865 to Mannington, where for a number of years he
was engaged on his own account as a carpenter, cabinet
maker, furniture manufacturer and coffin maker. He was
a first-class mechanic and made himself an indispensable
factor in the community. In 1878 he removed from Man-
nington to Fairview, where he remained the rest of his
years. His wife, Luvina, was born at Flat Run, near Man-
nington, in 1833 and died in 1920. Her father was Aaron
Barker, one of the older families of Marion County. Francis
Hamilton and wife were members of the Methodist Church.

J. Y. Hamilton grew up at Mannington until his four-
teenth year, and aince then his home and interests have
been centered at Fairview. At the age of sixteen he was
fireman in a sawmill, a year later he was put in charge
of a saw and remained with the mill for three years. For
another two years he operated the combination grist and
sawmill, and for three years was on a farm. Returning to
Fairview, he was employed in the aawmill a year and in
1895, at the opening of the Fairview Oil Diatriet, he began
teaming, his outfit at the beginning consisting of a single
team. He gradually extended his operations until he was
a teaming contractor, and at the end of three years he had
ten fine teams and all the other equipment, which he sold.
In 1897 he opened a small grocery store at Fairview, and
gradually expanded the scope of his business until it rep-
resented a large general store, including furniture and
undertaking. He was active head of this enterprise for
twenty years, and when be sold it he was out of active
business for about a year, but be still carries on the under-
taking department. In the meantime be began operating
in real estate, making a specialty of buying farms, im-
proving and re-Belling them. He also kept aeme of his
capital invested in the teaming business, owning about
thirty teams, and thia department of his business was looked
after by bis nephew.

In 1920 with his son-in-law, J. E. Sutton, and E. R.
Montgomery, both contractors, Mr. Hamilton organized
the Marion Construction Company, buying the Haynes Com-
pany 'a planing mill at Fairview. In the fall of 1920 this
company, of which Mr. Hamilton is president and manager,
built over a hundred houses. For the last eight' years he
has been vice president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank
of Fairview, is president of the Fairmont Builders Sup-
ply Company, and has other investments in different sec-
tions of Marion County. He was one of the six men who
were the original promoters of the Electric Railway from
Fairview to Fairmont. Mr. Hamilton also has been the
builder of more than one-fourth of the business houses
and dwellings in Fairview. When he made his entry into
Fairview it bad a population of seventy-five people, while
now (1922) it has more than one thousand population.
He aerved as postmaster at Fairview for more than three
years, under President Woodrow Wilson.

Mr. Hamilton in 1920 was candidate for the democratic
nomination for sheriff, but was defeated in the primaries,
though he received almost the unanimous vote of the Fair-
view District. For a number of years he was a member of
the Town Council. He and the family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South and he is affiliated
with the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of
America.

In 1884 Mr. Hamilton married Miss Emma J. Amos,
daughter of 1*. B. Amos, member of a lending i mneer
family of Marion County. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton hav-
a family of seven children: Cnrley F., born in li^o, is now
in business at Clarksburg, married Mulbe Tennaut, daugh-
ter of J. L. Teunant, and they have a son, Joseph. Etta
Agnes, born in lSf>7, ia the wile of M. J. L\nch, of Clark*-
burg, and their three sons are Berne 1], Artlur and A' *rt
Carl. Ossa (iail, born in 1890, is the wife of J. K. Sut
ton, of Fairmont, and their children are Eugene, M;ixw. 1
and Emma Jane. Monroe, born in 1MM, is a»*oc.ated w th
his father in buainess. Be married Grace Suodgrajw, an 1
is the father of three children, John; Hettie; and Monroe,
Jr. Everett H., born in lt>yG, lhes at Clarksburg and mar
ried Madelino Fleming. The two younger children, \ erda
and Fern, are both at home.

Jacob Spikeb. The career of Jacob Spiker of Prcaton
County has been one of honorable industry based primarily
on agriculture, and in later years involving banking nnd
other business connections and an active part in the nf
faira of his home community of Masontown.

Mr. Spiker was born near Brandunville in 1'reston Coun-
ty, July 26, 1847. His grandfather, Michael Spiker, was
of German ancestry, lived the greater part of his life in
Maryland, and died and was buried in the Morgan Glade
settlement of Preston County, mi the Ringer farm. His
children were: John, Henry, George, Mrs. Barbara Mc-
Elroy of Ohio, Mrs. Ann Rideuuur of Porneruy, Ohio, .Sarah
Easterday of Ohio; and Samuel, the youngest aon, who
lived in Ohio for several years and then moved out to
Kansas.

George Spiker, father of Jacob, was born on George's
Creek, near Frostburg, Maryland, about la 12, grew up as a
farmer and when a young man settled in Pennsylvania,
and from that time until his death, about li>y, <i\ed on
the farm he first purchased in the BrandonvUle locality.
He was a democrat and a member of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. He married in 1'reston County Nancy l>e
Berry. Her father, Archibald DeBerry, of French aiueatTy,
was the first to establish a home in the Brandonville lo
cality. Nancy D<eBerry, who died before her husband, was
the mother of the following children: Jonathan, who was
in the State Militia at the time of the Civil war and spent
his active life at Brandonville; Jonas, also n member of
the State Militia, was a farmer and a resident of the Hazel-
ton locality of Preston County; Hester Ann, who died un-
married; Jacob; Mary Catherine, who died unmarried;
Sarah Ellen, who became the wife of Wesley Rngir and
lives at Morgan Glade in Preston County; Henry, of
Morgantown; George E., who occupies the old homestead
of his father at Brandonville; and Emma, wife of John
Ringer, living in the Morgan Glade community.

Jacob Spiker grew up on the farm where he was born,
and his advantages were confined to the subscription school
maintained a few months each year in his locality. He
first earned a living by work as a farm hand at wng«-«
of $16 a month, that being the highest price then paid
for farm labor. He continued working out until he was
twenty four. He returned to the home locality and with
his brother bought 100 acres for $M>0. He subsequently
bought a second farm in the same locality, and lived thi re
until about lbl>5. After selling his land near Brandonville
Mr. Spiker bought a farm in Valley District, near Mason
town, and it was on that farm that he lived and labor* I
until he relinquished the burdens of agriculture. He sold
his farm in 1908, and since then has lived in Ma.- nt wn
He was one of the original stockhold* rs of the Bank of
Masontown and is now a member of it«< Board f Dir tors.

Mr. Spiker first voted for president for Horatio Stymour
in 186S, and supported every succeeding national ticket cx
cept when Bryan was a candidate, lie has been may r
Masontown, a commissioner of elections for hi* di tri t,
and has been one of the election official* f. r m| re t an I
quarter of a century.

Mr and Mrs. Spiker are Baptists in religi us fa th. b-t
a number of years ago they helped buil 1 th* Dunkard

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Church near Brandonville, and they also contributed to the
erection of the Methodist house of worship in Masontown

At Brandonville, October 14, 1880, Mr. Spiker married
S 1Z ^ et „ h Hern]Q g- Sfl e was born near Masontown, June
29, 18o3, daughter of Joseph and Eleanor (Jeffers) Her-
ring. Her grandfather, George Herring, came from Bed-
ford County, Pennsylvania, to Preston County about the
opening of the War of 1812, and established his home in
Pleasant District of what was then Monongalia County
Late in life he moved to Valley District, where he died
He married a member of the. Sell family of Preston County,
and she died about 1880. They had a large family, and
several of them reached extreme age: Daniel, who died
when about ninety-five; Sarah, who was the wife of Zarr
Kelley and died when past ninety-five; Henry, a farmer,
who died at the age of seventy-five; Elizabeth, who was
the wife of Amos Moyers and died when about forty years
of age; George W., who lived beyond the age of three
score and ten ; Samuel, who died exceptionally early, at the
age of forty-five of typhoid fever; and Susan, who was the
wife of Joseph DeBerry and died when about ninety

Joseph Herring, father of Mrs. Spiker, was bom in
Maryland in 1822, and died on his farm in the Valley
District of Preston County at the age of fifty-six. He was
a democrat and a Baptist. He married Eleanor Jeffers,
whose father, Joseph Jeffers, came from old Virginia to
Ireston County Eleanor Herring died in 1862, mSther of
the following children; Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Spiker; Mary
J., Mrs. A. J. Feather, living near Bowling GTeen, Missouri-
Melissa wife of O. C. Carroll, of Kingwood District
George Allen, a Preston County business man; Alcinda,
who was the wife of J. M. Strahin and died in Pike County
Missouri; and Elma, wife of H. D. Carroll, of Masontown
Joseph Herring's second wife was Phoebe Spurgeon, and
the tour children of that uniou are : Jesse Wilbur of Mason-
town; Kim who died at Morgantown; Belle, Mrs. J. J.
Fields, of Valley District; and Priscilla, Mrs. U. G. Watson
of Masontown. 1

The children of Jacob Spiker and wife were; Claude
Carl mentioned below; Ivy May, born October 15, 18S5
i« G «7 a^a ? T ge ° f . twelve ? ears ; Wilbur 0rr > born July
fi,i ' ? e ? , Noven ^ er 27 * 1914, having been a school
™ a * d a .i mot yi )e operator; Elma Etta, born

I ebruary 25 1890, wife of Ralph Erhard, of Thomas West
Virginia, and mother of two children, Ralph, Jr., and Anna

clled October i^io?*™' ^ N ° Vember 28 ' 1891 > and

nf^ww S' ^T' ° ldeat chiId of Jacob S P ik <», is one
of West Virginia's most prominent educators. He grad-
uated from the West Liberty State Normal School, "took
I A \ B ' a . nd ± M " de S rees fr °i" the state university, and

tmie WeUt abroad t0 stud J French an.1
Spanish. After his return he became a member of the

was In Y M 2"™"** D |^are, and during the war
was m l. M. C A. work m Europe for a year. On his
return he resumed teaching for one year as instructor in
romance languages at Franklin, Indiana, and then returned
to his alma mater at Morgantown, where he is instructor in
romance languages. Claude O. Spiker married Miss Mabel
McMiI en, who was born in Preston County and reared in
Masontown being a daughter of A. F. McMillen. Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Spiker have a son, Robert Claude.

Robert Edward Lee Allen. No matter how peace-
T 1 ^ ? ne i. ined and law-abiding a community may be, causes
of litigation will arise and legal authority must be con-
sulted, and at Morgantown, West Virginia, a name and
personality that stands for able and honorable profes-
sional service is that of Robert Edward Lee Allen, a prom-
inent member of the Monongalia County bar. Mr. Allen
has always maintained his professional home in this coun-
ty, where he has important real estate interests, and to
some extent is interested in politics.

Robert Edward Lee Allen was born at Lima, Tyler
County, West Virginia, November 28, 1S65, a son of Os-
burn and Jane (Langfitte) Allen, with a long line of
sturdy American ancestors behind them. Osburn Allen

was born m 1826 m that part of Harrison County that
/;T\ m T C - Uded 5 Doddrid S e C °™ty, West Virginia, and
died at Luna, West Virginia, in November, 1909 He
was a son of Joshua Allen, and a grandson of Barnes
Allen who was the original settler of the family in Harri-
son County, to which section he had come from Vermont
a member of the same family was Gen. Ethan Allen'
commander of the "Green Mountain Boys" in the Revo-
lutionary war Osburn Allen married Jane Langfitte, who
was born m 1826, at Pughtown, near what is now New
Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia, and died in

tives' of E SaSo:k ltS Co W u e nV 0ll,1 ^
tJL\ S t0 , be * e S retted > the interests of accurate his-
torical work, that many pioneer families of this and other
^ Mr \T P ermit v ted the loss of their early records,
and Mr Allen may be congratulated that he has had pre'
S Zlt d J°ri im in \l rest } n S family data illustrating condi-
tions i of life on the frontier in early days that will be
equally interesting ^ to .the general raider/ These Record
have to do with the times when the Indians were a com-
mon and constant menace to the settler, who often was
but illy prepared for the attacks of the savages On
;j e M ;~ Langfitte, the great-grandfather

thP^«~ f w th - e ii maternal side > was returning from
the nearest grist mill, some distance from his home in
company with two other settlers. Mr. Langfitte was rid-
ing a horse and carrying the bags of flour, but his neigh-

kfflt.JS 8 ° n l i . A P ? rty ° f SaVa ^ es attacked them,
Ming the men on foot and scalping them, and then turned
on Mr. Langfitte and wounded him seven times before he
let the bags of grist fall to the ground and escaped hv
giving free rein to his horse. This attack occurred at 'a
point where now stands the Pitt Hotel in the City of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. J

Barnes Allen, the paternal great-grandfather, also had
thrilling experiences. At one time, when the family home
was a cabin on West Pork River near Clarksburg, he
started out to round up his wandering cattle, after see-
ing that his wife and two children were shut up in the
cabin Just as Mrs. Allen had succeeded in barring the
front door of the cabin a party of Indians attempted to
enter, and when they found that impossible applied a
torch to the building and while they were so fiendishly
engaged Mrs Allen and her children managed to escape
through a back entrance, fled into the woods and climbed
a tree the branches of which concealed them effectively.
When Mr Allen returned he saw the savages leaving with
his cabin home in flames, and as he frantically investigated
and found no trace of his family he believed them to have
been incinerated. Overcome by grief he scarcely knew
what next to do, when all at once he heard a bird call
that was familiar, it being in the nature of a secret code
hetween himself and wife, and after some cautious search-
ing he located the tree in the branches of which his family
was secreted. All together they hastened to the nearest
tort and remained under protection with the families of
other settlers until a condition of comparative safety in
that region again prevailed. In the enjoyment of the
comforts and blessings of modern times it is well per
haps, to sometimes look backward and remember the debt
that civilization owes to the pioneers.

Robert E L. Allen was reared on his father's farm
and in boyhood attended the free schools in the neigh-
borhood. Afterward he spent three years at the Fair-
mont Normal School and one year in Peabody College,
Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated with the degree of
A. B., m the class of 1S94, from the University of West
Virginia, and with the class of 1895 with his degree of
L±i. U. Prior to this and afterward he taught school
for a time, but in 1905 was admitted to the Monongalia
County bar and with the exception of about four years,
between 1917 and 1921, when he served as deputy col-
lector of internal revenue, he has been in active practice
in this county. On October 1, 1921, he was appointed
by the City Council as city magistrate or police judge, a
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| his duties. Ever since the organization of the county
he has been a member of the Monongalia County Bar
Association.

On January 19, 1893, Mr. Allen married Miss Catherine
X. Protzman, who was born in Monongalia County aad is
a daughter of the late Col. William I. aad Ann (Gantz)
Protzman. They have four children: R. Ethan Allen,
Anna J., Mary Rosamond and Mildred Rebecca. R, Ethan
Allen was born at Morgautown, West Virginia, June 22,
1897, and now resides with his family at Los Angeles,
California, having married Miss Catherine Virginia Scott,
of Charleston, West Virginia, lie was graduated from
the University of West Virginia with his S. A. E. degree
in 1920, and taught agricultural engineering in the uni-
versity from then until January 1, 1921, wheu he accepted
his present important post of geological engineer for the
Pacific Coast Oil Company. Anna J. Allen, the eldest
I daughter, was born in Monongalia County, August IS,
'1900, and is a member of the senior (1922) class, West
Virginia University. Mary Rosamond Allen was born Jan-
I oary 28, 1903 was graduated from the Morgantown High
School in 1921, and is a student in the university. Mildred
Rebecca, the youngest of the family, born at Morgan-
town, March 29, 1907, and is a student in the City High
School. Mr. Allen and his family are members of the
t Baptist Church, and all are factors in the city 's pleasant
social life. Mr. Allen has recently sold his two farms in
Monongalia County, but still owns a valuable farm situ-
ated in Tyler County, and in a business way is interested
-in both city and county realty. He is one of the county's
► representative business and professional men.

I Sidney M. Bernard is the progressive secretary and gen-
eral manager of the Huff, Andrew & Thomas Wholesale
'Grocery Company at Bluefield_ Mercer County, and his civic
loyalty is on a parity with the business ability that has here
conserved his advancement aud success.

Mr. Bernard was born at Union Hall, Virginia, on the
>4th of February, 1874, and is a son of William Penn
Bernard and Virginia Ann (Newbill) Bernard, both likewise
natives of the historic Old Dominion State, where the re-
spective families were early founded. William P. Bernard
long held prestige as a representative farmer in Virginia,
where he specialized in the raising of leaf tobacco, and
where he was influential in community affairs of public
order. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in which he served many
years as a steward.

The public schools of bis native place afforded Sidney
M. Bernard his early education, whieh was supplemented by
his attending the high school at Stuart, Virginia, until 1892.
In that year he became billing clerk in the wholesale grocery
establishment of the Huff, Andrew & Thomas Wholesale
Grocery Company at Blucfield, West Virginia, and by effec-
tive service he worked up through the various departments
until he became secretary and manager of the company, of
which dual office he has continued the vigorous and efficient
incumbent to the present time. Mr. Bernard is one of the
vital and progressive members of the Bluefield Chamber of
Commerce, is a democrat in politics, and is affiliated with
both the Yerk and Scottish Rite bodies of the Masonic
fraternity. He and his wife are zealous members of the
local Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and he is a trus-
tee of the M. and H. College, which is maintained under the
general auspices of this religious denomination.

Tn 1904 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Bernard and
Miss Nannie Coleman MeCullock, daughter of John R. and
Cornelia (Basham) McCullock, both natives of Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard have three children: Sidney M., Jr.,
Virginia Cornelia and Margaret Frances.

John A. Michael. In the history of the settlement and
development of West Virginia one of the old and honored
family names is that of Michael, the members of which
family have distinguished themselves in various ways, in
business, farming, the professions and good citizenship. A
worthy representative of the younger business generation
who bears this name is John A. Michael, manager of the
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Company. While listed among the more recent gainers ot
successful commercial rank, he is well qualified for the |*> i
tion whuh he holds, the responsibilities of wliirh h«- ft
discharging in a thoroughly capable mruin. r

Mr. Michael was born at I>a\is, Tucker Countv, W«*t \ r
ginia, March 10, 1S91, and is a son of John" Adam and
Cornelia (Keller) Michael. His fatlur was born near
Westernport, Maryland, and as a young man ado| t d the
vocation of engineer, which he followed throughoot hii lif.
He was located at various times in numerous com in m ti« • in
Maryland and West Virginia, and his last w.,rk wan done
for the Western Maryland Coni| any. He nun a man of
progressive spirit and enterprise, and would doubles* ha\e
achieved a marked success in life had he been spared, but
death called him when he was only thirty eight yearn of nge,
in 1897, when his son was but six years (.Id. Mr. .Mi hnel
was a democrat in polities, but never sought publie ofiVe
or cared for active participation in political affairs. He was
trusted by his employers and respected by his n-soo ales,
and by all was known as a man of honor and integrity. Ib-
married Miss Cornelia Keller, a daughter of Adam Kolkr.
who, like the Michaels, was of German descent. For main
years Mr. Keller was a locomotive engineer on the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, but is now retired from active labor and
a resident of Keyscr, West Virginia. During the Civil war
he fought gallantly as a soldier of West Virginia Infantry
in the Union army. John Adam and Cornelia (Keller)
Michael were the parents of the following children: Lillie,
the wife of Charles Kight, of Piedmont, West Virginia;
John Adam, of this review; and Walter, the rover of the
family, who is now a resident of Nebraska.

John Adam Michael, the younger, had not yet reached
six years of age when the family was depriwd of tlx
father's support, and his widowed mother moved to the
home of her father at Keyscr, West Virginia. There the
public schools gave him a somewhat limited educational
training, as he was only eleven years of age when he ga\e
up his studies in order to start upon an independent caret r
and to contribute to his own support. His first employment
was as an office boy in the service of the Piedmont Grocery
Company at Piedmont, whither his mother had moved from
Keyscr. He proved enterprising, faithful and capable, and
won the attention of his employers, who ] romoted him to
the position of being in charge of one of the iloora of the
establishment. Subsequently he was made shipping clerk,
and when he was but seventeen years of age he was given
further responsibilities, remarkable for one of his youth,
when he was made a traveling representative on the road
for his concern. He followed the road as a salesman for o
period of eight years, being retained as the relief man for
the house, covering the territories of all the regular sales
men during their vacations or when they were absent
through sickness or any other cause. In this position, as
in all the others which* he had held, he "made gon.l " in
every particular, and when the opportunity presented itself
his hard and faithful work was rewarded by his appoint
ment, in 191G, as manager of the Petersburg branch of the
company, to succeed Mr. Carlson, who had been enlle.J else
where. This branch was established at Petersburg with the
coming of the railroad and has been built up into a large
and successful establishment. Under Mr. Michael's ener
getic management it has increased its seore and is now-
accounted a necessary commercial adjuoct to a lurg»- U-rri
tory in Giant and adjoining counties. Mr. Michatl Ins
given his time and attention to the work at hand, and no
community matter other than the public interest during tin
World war has been allowed to take his int. r. «t fr«i*
business affairs. However, he possesses a good . ti«n'>.
public spirit, and lends his moral and financial s ipp< rt U>
those movements which promise to be beneficial to t e com
munity at large. He came b< manhood without ndlnrrn--
to any political faith, and is inclined to act mdepen fit y
in easting his ballot, but in national affair^ g. nera y \ t.
for the democratic candidates. His n'g'ous aflil at < n i
with the Methodist Episcopal Chuuh.

At Barton, Maryland. June 2*. 19 9, Mr. M h • *
united in marriage with Miss Eliza) (th KalUiugh Fori a
daughter of Frank and Lyde . Ka'baugh Foye, th two
families being also of German descent and from the All*

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gany Mountain region of Maryland, where both are well
and favorably known. Mr. Foye spent some years in mining
eoal in Maryland, but during recent years has been an
employe of the Willard Storage Battery Company at Cleve-
land, where he and Mrs. Foye now make their home. They
have been the parents of the following children: John,
whose death occurred at Blaine, West Virginia; Gertrude,
who is the wife of Harry Seaber, of Westernport, Mary-
land; Benjamin, a resident of Albright, West Virginia;
Ethel, who is the wife of Watson Ross, of Westernport,
Maryland; Ella, who is the wife of Oscar Dunn, of Cleve-
land, Ohio; Elizabeth Kalbaugh, now Mrs. John A. Miehael,
who was born at Barton, Maryland, November 25, 1S92;
Persis, who is the wife of Curry Reedy, a resident of
Cleveland; Ruth, who is married and resides in Cleveland;
and Ensley, who resides at the home of his parents in that
city. Mr. and Mrs. Michael are the parents of three chil-
dren: Louise, Edwin and John Adam, Jr. The family
home is a pleasant one, and is always kept open to the
numerous friends of Mr. and Mrs. Miehael, both of whom
are greatly popular at Petersburg.

Thomas O 'J. Wilson grew up at Bluefield, entered busi-
ness here soon after leaving school, and for several years
has conducted one of the leading real estate organizations
in this section of the state.

Mr. Wilson was born at Radford, Virginia, February 1,
1890, and his ancestors for several generations have lived
in Virginia. His grandfather Wilson served in the Hospital
Corps of the Confederate army during the Civil war.
Thomas J. Wilson has for a number of years been in the
Motive Power Department of the Norfolk & Western Rail-
way, having charge of a coaling station. Thomas O 'J.
Wilson was a small boy when his parents located at Blue-
field, where he attended the common schools and in 1909
graduated from the Bluefield Normal School and Business
College. After leaving school until 1914 he was associated
with the Hale Land Company at Bluefield, and in the latter
year removed to Roanoke, Virginia, and for a year acted
as sales manager for the Columbia Trust Company. On
returning to Bluefield he organized the Easley & Wilson
Real Estate Company, and as secretary and general man-
ager has constituted this a real and indispensable service
to the entire commercial community. The company does a
large business as brokers and general sales agents for Blue-
field properties and real estate throughout Mercer County.
Mr. Wilson knows values in real estate, and his painstaking
work has entitled him to the confidence so liberally bestowed
upon his organization.

In 1911, at Bluefield, Mr. Wilson married Miss Jeanne
Blandford, daughter of David and Sarah Blandford, natives
of Virginia. They have one daughter, Betty Jeanne Wilson.
Mr. Wilson is a member of the Baptist Church, is a Royal
Arch and Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, a member of
the Elks, the Bluefield Country Club, and helongs to the
Bluefield Rotary Club and is chairman of boys' work.

George Stewart Strader has been a resident of Blue-
field for thirty years, and in that time has heen a merchant,
banker and eoal operator, and is one of the executive offi-
cials in several of the mining corporations whose head-
quarters are in this important commercial city of Southern
West Virginia.

Mr. Strader is a native of old Virginia and a great-
grandson of Adam Strader, who was born in Pennsylvania
about 1770 and in 1800 transferred his residence to an old
plantation district of North Carolina, Alamance County,
where he lived out his life and reared a family of five sons
and five daughters. John Strader, grandfather of the Blue-
field business man, was born in Alamanee County in 1804,
and in 1844 moved with his family to Giles County, Vir-
ginia. He died in 1877. His wife was Catherine Harvey.

Josiah Strader, father of George S. Strader, was born in
North Carolina in 1830, and was fourteen years of age
when the family moved to Giles County. In 1853, a youth
eager for adventure and excitement, he crossed the western
* plains with a wagon train and spent three years looking for
gold along the Columbia River in Oregon. He returned to

Giles County in 1856, by way of the Isthmus of Panama,
and resumed farming. At the outbreak of the Civil war he
became a private soldier in the Quartermaster's Depart-
ment of Gen. Jubal Early's Division. With the end of the
war he returned to his home farm and lived in Giles County
until his death in 1905. In 1S57 he married Barbara C.
Johnson, daughter of John Johnson, of Giles County. They
became the parents of ten children: John A., farmer and
real estate dealer at Ottumwa, Iowa; Dr. Harvey W., a
physician at Sacramento, California; S. J., a farmer in
Giles County; Mrs. H. L. Phlegar, of Giles County; Rev.
Tyler D., of the Holston Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; Mrs. H. B. Shelton, of Giles County;
George Stewart; Mrs. L. J. Johnston, of Bluefield; William
E., a merchant of Sacramento, California; and Mrs. Fred !
Scott of Giles County.

George S. Strader was born near Pearisburg, Virginia,
March 2, 1870, and was reared on his father's farm, lie
attended the grade schools and high school in his native
county, and his commercial training was acquired as clerk
in a general store. At the age of twenty he opened a store
of his own at Graham, Virginia, but a year later came to
Bluefield, West Virginia. Here he became a factor in the
commercial affairs of a town just getting into a place ofi
promise through the railroad and industrial development
here. For several years he continued merchandising, and
then became interested in real estate and banking. Since
1S99 Mr. Strader has had his eapital and enterprise en-
gaged in the mining and shipping of coal.

Mr. Strader is a member of the Masonic Order and is a
democrat. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and is interested not only iu the progress of his
church, but in all movements for the better social and
religions uplift. The State of West Virginia voted state-
wide prohibition at the 1912 election. Mr. Strader was a
member of the state executive committee, and regards the
state and national prohibition movement the greatest and
most permanent ever made along eivic lines.

On October 10, 1901, he married Miss Dillie Jeter, who
was born in Botetourt County, uear Roanoke, Virginia, July
1, 1872, daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Susan (Bonsack)
Jeter. Her father, who died in 1903, was a very successful
physician in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Strader have three
children: George S., Jr., born February 4, 1903; Benjamin
Jeter, born June 16, 1904; and William Robinson, born
January 19, 1909.

Bernard McClaugherty. During the past half eentury
no name has enjoyed greater distinction in the legal pro-
fession of Mercer County than McClaugherty. Bernard Mc-
Glaugherty, of the law firm MeClaugherty and Richardson
at Bluefield, is a son of the late Judge Robert C. McClaugh-
erty, whose career expressed everything that was noble and
useful in the legal profession. Bernard MeClaugherty be-
sides an extensive law practice is president of the Com-
mercial Bank of Bluefield, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, and has been a leader in every commercial and
civic development in Bluefield for the past twenty years.

He is descended from an old Scotch family which in 1688
left Scotland and settled in County Down, Ireland. Fromi
Ireland James McClaugherty came to America in 1786,'
locating at Sweet Springs in what is now Monroe County,'
West Virginia. He married Agnes MeGarre. Their son,s
James McClaugherty, Jr., was a man of most substantial,
character, noted as a peacemaker, and was appointed execu-
tor for many estates. He married Sallie Mullins.

John McClaugherty, grandfather of Bernard McClaugh-,
erty, was an extensive land owner and slave holder, and the;
last of his slaves, George Boxter, died only a few years ago.j
All the slaves were devoted to the family. John McClaugh-
erty married Phoebe Hale, daughter of a prominent Westj
Virginia pioneer, Capt. Edward Hale. John McClaugherty;
and wife had six sons, John, Joseph H., Nelson H., Edward,
T>. W. and Robert C, besides several daughters. Four ofj
these sons were in the Confederate army, Joseph, John,?
Edward and Nelson. Edward was appointed a lieutenant at]
the age of seventeen, and lost his life in battle the follow-j
ing year.

HISTORY OF V

I Judge Robert C. McClaugherty was bom near Princeton,
I Test Virginia, April 7, 1850. lie was the youngest among
I number of children, and though the family enjoyed more
► ian ordinary material circumstances and had educational
raditions, the conditions resulting from the Civil war did
ot permit him to go to college as his older brothers had
one. Much of his education was acquired by diligent read
lg at home by the light of a pine knot torch. 1 utellectuul
uriosity was one of his notable characteristics, and it never
eserted him, carrying him far afield in the domain of
nowlcdge, and it is said that his proficiency in Latin and
Ireck was excelled by few college graduates. He par-
icularly enjoyed the resources of an extensive library which
e accumulated, and he recognized nearly every book in
t as an old friend. For two years he taught school, and at
he age of twenty began the study of law with James D.
ohnston at Pearisburg, Virginia. At the age of twenty one
e was admitted to the bar and began practice at Princeton,
le was elected prosecuting attorney of Mercer County in
S>76, but so far as possible he confined his work within the
*rict limits of his profession and eventually he was rccog-
ized as one of the foremost lawyers in the southern part
I f the state. In 1S88 he was elected judge of the Circuit
.'ourt for the Eighth Judicial District, but declined another
omination from his party. Before going on the bench he
?as a law partner of Br. James W. Hale, and after rctir-
ng he devoted himself to his practice and a number of
nterprises in which he was interested. Death came to him
.t his home in Bluefield, February 18, 1909, when he had
ust attained the summit of his professional career. Outside
-f his profession his chief interest was his home, though
te was regular in his attendance and contributions to the
Jethodist Episcopal Church, South, and to many causes of
rorthy charity.

June 30, 1874, Judge McClaugherty married Susan
Voods, of Giles County, Virginia, daughter of Hudson and
Sallie (Jordan) Woods. Their children were: Bernard;
2dna, wife of W. M. Cornett; K. Clarence; Trixy, wife of
?rank M. Peters, present postmaster of Bluefield ; and Ruth,
vife of George Richardson, the law partner of her brother
Bernard.

Bernard McClaugherty was born at Princeton Mareh 27,
.875, and attended the grammar and high schools of Princc-
on and finished his literary education in Emory and Henry
College and Roanoke College of Virginia. He graduated
n law from the University of West Virginia in 1S9S, and
it once joined his father in practice. In 1899 the family
•emoved from Princeton to Bluefield, and the firm of R. C.
fc Bernard McClaugherty continued until the death of the
»enior partner in 1909. Among other important interests
his firm represented the Virginian Railway Company dur-
ng its unusual development and eonstruction through the
Virginias. On the death of his father Mr. McClaugherty
aras joined hy F. M. Peters, later practiced with George A.
Frick and John Kee, under the firm name of McClaugherty,
Prick & Kee, but after 1910 he practiced alone until L. G.
3eott and George Richardson became associated with him.
TCie firm is now McClaugherty & Richardson, and among
Jther interests they represent the Appalachian Power Com
pany, the American Railway Express and the Norfolk &
Western Railroad. Mr. McClaugherty has also a large gen-
eral practice, and has frequently taken cases in order to
secure justice where practically no remuneration was in-
volved. He has been interested in several financial and
business corporations, as well as to represent others as
attorney. He is chairman of Group 5 of the State Bankers
Association. During the World war Mr. McClaugherty was
ihairman of the loan campaigns in Mercer County and gave
much of his time to war work. He is a member of the
Phi Delta Theta college fraternity, the Bluefield Country
Club, the Rotary Club, and has always been deeply inter-
ested in athletics. He is now president of the^ Board of
Education and has done much to emphasize the importance
of athletics as a feature of education. He and all his
interesting family are members of the Presbyterian Church
wd Sunday school.

June 30, 1903, Mr. McClaugherty married Mary Archer
Hooper, daughter of Maj. Henry R. Hooper, of Farmville,

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Virginia. Pivo children hnvo been born to Mr. and Mm.
Merinughcrty, and tho four now living nre Hernnrd, Jr.,
Jnck, Elizabeth mid Henry Hooper.

Charles A. Goodwin*. On.» of the most forceful eiti
/.ens of Morgantown, Charles A. Goodwin has nlwnvs »iK?d
his fine legal talents in the furtherance of what 'he hn«
conceived to be for the best int<TH*ti of the city merging
the two characters of citizen nnd lawyer into a high t«r
sonal combination which hns been gem rally r«. >gi ! 1
as an example well worthy of « mutation, 'in what.x.r
movement he has participated he h:is stimulated »«i u*
sion and often bitter opposition, which, beside b« ing a
proof of his forceful personality, bus, like the element*
of an clcetrie storm, resulted in the clarification of the
atmosphere and redounded to the general good.

Mr. Coodwin was born at Morgantown, Noveml*r 1'J,
IStiO, and is in the third grin-ration of his family in
Monongalia County. His grand father, Samuel Goodwin,
the elder, who settled in this county in the latter part
of the nineteenth century, married Eleanor (Mr live) Wor
man. Samuel Goodwin, the younger, son of the pioneer
Samuel, was born in Monongalia County and became a
business man of Morgantown, where for ninny years he
was at the head of a large foundry business and later
a traveling salesman for a lending oil company. During
the war between the North and the South he enlisted and
served in Company A. First Regiment, West Virginia
Volunteer Cavalry.' He was born in 1M0 and died No
vcmber 25, 1908. Mr. Goodwin married Jane L\ Heny,
daughter of George N. and Elizabeth Reay.

Charles A. Goodwin, son of Samuel and Jane C. Ueny)
Goodwin, was primarily educated in the public schools of
Morgantown. and subsequently nttended the University of
West Virginia, which he first entered in Is^G. spent one
year, and then accompanied his parents to T'niontown,
Pennsylvania. Returning to the university in 1^93, he was
graduated from its law department with the degree of
Bachelor of Laws in 1895. In tho same year he was
admitted to the bar of West Virginia and immediately
entered upon the practice of his profession nt Mnrgan
town. In 1900 he was elected proseenting attorney for
Monongalia County, and his first term of • service presented
such an excellent record that he was re elected to succeed
himself, and remained in that office for two full term",
later acting also as city solicitor for several year".

Mr. Goodwin has been active in civic affairs for se\
eral years, and has taken a prominent part in the differ
ent movements inaugurated for tho imj rovemcnt and wel
fare of the city. He has been especially active in those
movements promulgated to guard the city rights from
encroachment by the corporations behind the city utilities,
such as the street railways fares, the cost of gas to rnn
sumers and the fight for a new city charter in 1!>21 in
which he was particularly conspicuous. Mr. Goodwin hns
proven himself absolutely nt home in the court room and
familiar with its every detail. He has nt his finger tips
every intricacy of practice nnd is never at a loss as to
which course to pursue. While open and above bonrd
himself, he knows how to meet trickery, nnd his faculty
of anticipating and forestalling a move of his opponents
has been freely commented upon and grently appreciated
by his adherents.

Aside from his profession Mr. Goodwin has few inter
ests of a business nature save his connection with coal
mining. In this industry he has important holdings, and
is a director in the Brady Coal Company Corporation
He is an active member of the Monongalia County Unr
Association and the West Virginia Bar Association, and
his religious connection is with the Methodist Ep s opal
Church. He holds membership in the Sons of the Am-ricnn
Revolution and in Morgantown Lodge of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. In political allegiance he m an
ardent republican and accounted one of the strong men of
his party at Morgantown.

On April 17, 1902, Mr. Goodwin was un'ted n m- r-
riage at Morgantown with Miss Frances Sophia Ross,
who was born in Switzerland, the daughter of Swim par-

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ents who died in the United States^ To Mr. and Mrs.
Goodwin there has come one son, George, who was born
September 3, 1903.

Thomas Edward Peeey, M. D., has been in practice as a
physician and surgeon at Bluefield nearly a quarter of a
century. His residence coincides with the important period
in the growth and development of the city as a commercial
center. Doctor Peery for a number of years has been a
noted specialist, and his work has given him a position in
the front rank in this state of men who confine their prac-
tice entirely to the eye, ear, nose and throat.

Doctor Peery was born in Southwestern Virginia, in
Tazewell County, November 1, 1873. Seven days later his
mother died, and he was taken to Burkes Garden, Virginia,
and reared by his uncle Stephen Peery 's widow, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Repass Peery. He acquired his early education in the
Academy at Graham,, Virginia, and at Roanoke College, and
later, in April, 1892, was graduated from the Commercial
College of Kentucky University. In the fall of 1892 he
entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Balti-
more, where he graduated in the spring of 1S95. Doctor
Peery immediately registered in West Virginia on his
diploma, and after passing the Virginia State Board at
Richmond began general practice at Pearisburg, Virginia.
A few months later, in December, 1895, he left Pearisburg
and traveled through Florida and the western states. While
in the West he was licensed to practice medicine by the
state boards of Utah and California. Returning to his
former home at Burkes Garden, Doctor Peery decided to
take special work in eye, ear, nose and throat diseases. To
that end he entered the New York Polyclinic, the North-
western Throat and Nose Dispensary and the Manhattan
Eye and Ear Hospital in New York City, where he remained
two years. In November, 1897, he located at Bluefield,
and since then has handled a great number of difficult cases
in his special field and has a reputation extending out for
hundreds of miles around Bluefield.

Doctor Peery is a member of the Mercer County Medical
Society, West Virginia State Medical Society, Virginia
State Medical Society, Southern Medical Association, Soufli-
ern States Association of Railway Surgeons, American
Medical Association, and the American Ophthalmological
Society. He is oculist and otolaryngologist for the Norfolk
& Western Railway Company, for the West Virginia State
Compensation Commission at Bluefield, the Virginia State
Compensation Commission, the Clinchfield Coal Corporation,
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, and is expert
examiner for the United States Pension Bureau and United
States War Risk Insurance. During the war he was a
member of the Medical Advisory Board as expert examiner
in eye, ear, nose and throat conditions. Also in the line of
his profession Doctor Peery teaches pupil nurses in eye,
ear, nose and throat diseases at the Bluefield Sanitarium and
St. Luke's Hospital, also at Bluefield.

Doctor Peery is a director in the Flat Top National Bank
of Bluefield, is a member of the Bluefield Chamber of Com-
merce, and is interested in several other corporations in that
city. He is a member of the Royal Arch and Knight
Templar Masons, the Mystic Shrine, the Elks, and is a
Rotarian. He is a democrat in politics.

The Peery family is an old and honored one in Virginia,
Doctor Peery representing the fifth generation. The first
settlers were Scotch-Irish, who came from County Donegal
and settled near Staunton in Augusta County, Virginia.
Among these first settlers were Thomas, noted below; John,
who died in Augusta County; George, who died at Augusta
in 1802, last survivor of the first settlers, one of his sons
removing to North Carolina and two to the southern part
of Tennessee, their descendants being now found in Tennes-
see, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas; James, who removed
to Botetourt County, Virginia, and probably died there, his
children moving to Tazewell County and also to Tennessee
and Kentucky; and William, probably the William Peery
who was a member of the first Continental Congress from
Delaware.

Thomas Peery, representing the family line including
Doctor Peery, was a soldier in the Indian wars of 1742 as

a member of Capt. John Wilson's Militia of August
County. Among his children were four sons. John, Georg
William and Thomas. John and George settled in Taz
well County, William was in the Clarke Expedition to tl
Northwest Territory, assisting in the capture of Vincemn!
and Kaskasia, and fought for the Colonies on the easter|
slope of the Alleghenies, being present at Alamance, Nortj
Carolina, against Tarleton at King's Mountain under actin!
Capt. Reese Bowen, and died in Tazewell County in 1830. S

Thomas, of the second generation, married Miss Denni'
and his children were: Jonathan, who married Miss Rob
erts; James, who married Miss Gillespie; Joseph, who ma;
ricd Miss Gose; Harvey, who married Miss Williams; Wi|
liam, whose first wife was Miss Wynn and second, Mifji
Kincer; Parmelia, who married a Wilson; Nancy, who ma;|
ried a Helms; Polly, who married a Peery; Rebecca, whl
married a Whitten; and Thomas, noted below.

Thomas Peery, of the third generation, was born Noven
ber 10, 1786, and died February 17, 1872. He married An
Gose, born in 1798 and died April 23, 1857. Their childrei
constituting the fourth generation, were : Jesse, who mai
ried Angeline Mahood; Stephen, who married Elizabeth
Repass; Margaret, who married Rev. J. J. Greever; ArchJ
bald, whose record follows; James, who married Miss Marj
Spotts; Sophia, who married Elias Foglesong; Sallie, whl
married Jackson Muncey; Elizabeth, who married Isaa*
Hudson; and Thomas, who married Sarah Repass.

Archibald Peery, who was born August 9, 1828, was kille
August 1, 1878, at the age of fifty. During the Civil wa,j
he held the rank of lieutenant in the Confederate army, an
served throughout that struggle. Afterward he gaine]
distinction as a lawyer, residing at Tazewell, and was th
first prosecuting attorney for McDowell County, West Vii
jginia, and for several years prosecuting attorney fo
Buchanan County, Virginia. He was a democrat and .
member of the Lutheran Church. May 23, 1872, he married
Mary Elizabeth Daily, who was born January 27, 1855, ami
died in November, 1873, a few days after the birth of he
only son, Thomas Edward.

Dr. Thomas Edward Peery on December 18, 1900, mar
ried Miss Emma Mildred Fulcher, of Staunton, Virginia^
Their three children, constituting the sixth generation, art
Mildred, born April 2, 1902, Elizabeth, born August 4, 1903;
and Virginia, born August 23, 1905.

George P. Crockett was admitted to the bar soon afte
reaching his majority. He entered the profession with !
singleness of aim, his primary ambition being to excel ii
the strict limits of the law, and he has never departed t<j
any extent from that aim and has achieved a reputation a;
a lawyer of substantial attainments and is member of om
of the prominent law firms of Mercer County, at Bluefield i

Mr. Crockett was born at Graham, Virginia, November 6[
1879, son of Robert G. and Margaret Eliza (Witten)j
( Vockett. His parents were both born in Tazewell County ;
Virginia. The Crockett family is an old and well knowi
one in Western Virginia and Tennessee, and it is said thai
three brothers came from either England or Scotland anc 1
settled in Western Virginia and Eastern Tennessee. Severa |
of their descendants have since become well known ir
Southern West Virginia. Robert G. Crockett was a farmeiJ
and cattleman, a livestock dealer, and served two years as s|
Confederate soldier in General Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry. H<1
was once wounded slightly in the leg, but fully recovered 4
and after the war he was elected and served several years!
as sheriff of his county.

George P. Crockett acquired his early education in the '
Lutheran preparatory school known as Wartburg Seminary, j
which stood on the site now occupied by the Graham High 1
School. In 1896 he entered the University of West Virginia
and pursued his studies there in the academic and law
departments until graduating in 1901. He was admitted to
the bar the same year, and at once entered practice at Blue- .
field with his brother, Z. W. Crockett. The firm of Crockett
& Crockett continued until 1907, in which year Judge John
Sanders, on resigning from the Supreme Court, joined them,
and since then Sanders & Crockett has been a law firm of
great prestige and with a very important clientage in the

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100

Mouthern part of the state. Mr. Crockett has never sought
my of the advantages or emoluments of polities. He loves
:he law as a profession, is a deep and thorough student, and
in his practice he has appeared before all the courts, lie is
l member of the County, State and American Bar assoeia-
:ions.

Mr. Crockett, who is unmarried, is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, belongs to the Kiwanis
Club and to several civic organizations at Blucfield.

William J. Thomas, M. D., is one of the able physicians
ind surgeons prominently identified with mine practice in
.he coal districts of Logan County, where he has charge of
meh professional work for the Standard Island Creek Coal
L'ompany at Toplin. as does he also for the Guyan Valley
?oal Company and the Low Ash Coal Company.

Doctor Thomas was boru on his father's farm ten miles
distant from Winfield, Putnam County, this state, October
122, 1^72, and is a son of John C. and Roxie (Atkinson)
(Thomas, the latter being a first cousin of former Governor
rAtkinson and being now a resident of the City of Charles-
on, at the age of seventy five years (1922). John C.
► Thomas, who died in 190(5, at the age of fifty-nine years,
kvas born in Kanawha County, and his wife was horn in
llhio, at a point on the Ohio River just opposite Point
[Pleasant, West Virginia. John C. Thomas studied law
linder the protectorship of Judge Hoge at Winfield, and
'>ecame one of the leading members of the bar of Putnam
bounty, he having achieved special success as a criminal
awycr. In earlier years he had been a successful teacher
>md had also served as county superintendent of schools in
^Putnam County. lie was an active worker in the ranks of
rhe republican party and was a consistent member of the
Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow. The Thomas
'amily was founded in Kanawha County in the pioneer days,
>ind John C. Thomas, great-grandfather of Doctor Thomas,
^vas there serving as a member of the County Court at the
ime Putnam County was segregated and created an inde-
»endent county. Doctor Thomas is the younger of the two
(tons in a family of five children, and his brother, Luther B.,
s engaged in the mercantile business at Cannelton, Kana-
>.vha County.

The early education of Doctor Thomas was acquired in
:he schools of his native county, and as a youth he there
nade an excellent record as a teacher in the rural schools.
\fter attending the University of West Virginia three years
le entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the
2ity of Baltimore, Maryland, in which he was graduated
n 1892, his reception of the degree of Doctor of Medicine
laving occurred before he had attained to his legal ma
iority. He established himself in practice at Plymouth,
Putnam County, where he remained until 1907, and there-
after he was engaged in practice in the City of Charleston
intil 1913, when he hecame official physician and surgeon
? or the United States Coal & Oil Company at Ilolden, Logan
bounty. Three years later he removed to Aeeoville, Logan
Tounty, and from that place he came to Toplin, where he
jas since continued his successful service as mine physician
? or the companies mentioned in the opening paragraph of
his review. He has taken four post-graduate courses in
he medieal department of Johns Hopkins University at
3altimore, and he is a member of the Logan County and the
iVest Virginia State Medical societies and the American
Medical Association. At the time of the World war Doctor
Thomas was commissioned a captain in the Medieal Corps
)f the United States army, but was soon afterwards a victim
)f the influenza, after his recovery from which he found
T ull demand upon his attention in treating others similarly
ifflieted, with the result that he was not otherwise called into
ictive service. His political allegiance is given to the re-
publican party, he is affiliated with the Blue Lodge, Chapter
ind Commandery bodies of York Rite Masonry, as well as
.he Mystic Shrine, and he and his wife hold membership in
he Presbyterian Church.

In 1899' Doctor Thomas married Miss Burton Carpenter,
laughter of Thomas P. Carpenter, M. D., of Poca, Putnam
Ubunty. Doctor and Mrs. Thomas have no children.

th Easley is president and Principal owner of the

HlueOeld Coal and Coke Company. Thin u ono of the most
substantial business corporations in Went Virginia. For a
number of years it lias handled u large jart of the \aluable
coal production in the famouH Pocahontas fields. Tho
company owns and operates coal | roprtio* of their own,
but the chief business is wholesaling coal an sale* agent*
for many groups of mines in tho t'oenhontas finlda. The
company has a capital and surplus of $2*0,000, and ts
annual business is valued at ov< r $3,000 000. The ei«uti\e
personnel of the company is: Frank S. Kaalcv, | re ident ;
J. S. Hewitt, vice president; J. E. Anderson, secretary',
and W. I). Cooper, treasurer.

Frank S. Easley has been identified with the <oal ind m
try for many years. He was born at Pearisfourg, Virginia.
August 3, l*7b, son nf John White and Elizabeth Boyd
(Pack) Easley. His parents were natives of \ irginia, and
his father was a very able physician who practiced n num
ber of years at Pcn'risburg and later moved to Blucfield.
where he continued to carry the burdens of his i ro fusion
until his death in 1909. lie was a lender in ci\i<« affairs,
at one time was clerk of his county in Virginia, was a.
Mason and was a lover of fine horses.'

Frank S. Easley attended the common and high * ho.. Is
at Pearisburg, Virginia, took a normal course at C'oneord.
Virginia, and then studied law, not with a view to qualify-
ing for the profession but as a means of rounding out his
general business education. lie studied law in the law
school of the University of the City of New York.

Mr. Easley becamo identified with the Pocahontas Fuel
Company at Blucfield in 19"»». and was with this corporation
about eight years. Then, in 191 t. he purchased a con-
trolling interest in the Blucfield « *<>al and Coke Company.
He is a director of the First National Bank of Minefield and
president of the Wright Milling Company of Itlm-field.

In 1914, at Lynchburg, Virginia, Mr. Eashv married Miss
Elizabeth Tyler, daughter of Walker W. and* Ella ( Rueker
Tyler, natives of Virginia. Mr. Easley i> a Baptist, in a
past master of his Masonic Lodge, a meml>er of the Unynl
Arch Chapter, is past eminent commander of th<- Knights
Templar, a Shriner. and has also taken some of the Scott ,h
Rite degrees. His favorite diversion is golf, and he is a
familiar figure on the links of the Blmfbld Country Club.
He was one of the organizers of this elut> and a member of
its board of governors. He also belongs to the Chamb* r of
Commerce and Rotary Club, and as a business man of mi
doubted success, a forceful as well as a popular personality,
he is one of the several men with home and interest* at
Bluefield who rank high among the m>m of affairs of We*t
Virginia.

LoN'KtE G. BfiAY has proved a fom ful figure in con-
nection with the coal-mining industry and a ho it* ••win
mercial phases and is one of the prominent representatives
of this important field of enterprise in Wc«t Virginia, with
residence and business headquarters in the City of Wil
liameon, Mingo County.

A scion of a family, of Scotch lineage, that wan eflry
established in North Carolina, Mr. Bray was born in that
state, on the 31st of March, a son of Henry Winston

Bray and Frances Emily (Marley) Bray, both likcw's*-
natives of North Carolina, where the father continued h -
association with farm enterprise until 1^95, when he came t •
West Virginia and became connected with the Pocahont.n
Coal Company, at Pocahontas, Virginia, from which pin.
he removed with his family to Bramwell in the following
year. Lonnie G. Bray left the Bramwell nigh School when
twenty years of age and entered the employ of the Booth-
Bowcn Coal 4- Coke Company, as engineer on a mine loco
motive. Later he became assistant mine foreman, and h
continued in the employ of this company about s'x year*
He next gave about four years of clerical service in the
employ of the Caswell Creek Coal & Coke Company He
next became noteman and chainman for R. n. Stowc, mining
engineer, and he was with the Pocahontas Consolidate! O al
Company, at Switchback about three months. He continu 1
in the same service at Williamson one year, and during the

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ensuing three years he was a mining contractor with the
Williamson Coal & Coke Company. He then met with an
accident that necessitated the amputation of his right leg,
and after recuperating from his injury he became inspector
for the State Mine Department for the Fourteenth District.
After serving in this capacity seven months he purchased an
interest in the Standard Thacker Coal Company, of which
he became general manager, as did he also of the Burning
Creek Coal Company. In 1920 Mr. Bray effected the incor-
poration of the Williamson Pond Creek Coal Sales Company,
of which he is president and general manager and which
he has developed into an important agency in handling mine
products from this district. Mr. Bray was elected a mem-
ber of the County Court of Mingo County, West Virginia,
in 1920, and served as a commissioner one year, when he
was appointed president of the court, January 1, 1922, for a
term of six years. Mr. Bray is affiliated with York and
Scottish Kite bodies of the Masonic fraternity and the
Mystic Shrine, as is he also with the Elks, the Knights of
Pythias and the United Commercial Travelers. He and his
wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.

At Bristol, Tennessee, in 1906, Mr. Bray married Miss
Nora Blankeuship, daughter of James and Easley (Shan-
non) Blankcnship, of Bramwell, West Virginia, both having
been born in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Bray have five chil-
dren: Lyda Virginia, Isabelle Frances, James Winston,
Gladys and Madge.

Elbert Robert Mullins has found iu his native county
ample scope for effective achievemeut in connection with
business affairs of important order, as is evident when it is
stated that he is cashier of the Merchants & Miners Bank
at Man, an important industrial village" in Logan County.
He was born on a farm on Coal River, near Sovereign, this
county, March 4, 18SS, and is a son of James D. and Mary
Helen (Perry) Mullins, both likewise natives of this county.
James D. Mullins died in April, 189S, at the age of fifty-
eight years. His father, Hiram Mullins, was a pioneer
farmer in Logan County, was influential in public affairs
in his community and served many years as justice of the
peace, besides which he was a gallant soldier of the Union
in the Civil war. He was ninety years of age at the time of
his death, and his widow attained to the age of ninety-six
years. James D. Mullins was the owner of an excellent
farm on Coal River, couducted a general store at Sovereign
and there held the office of postmaster for a long term of
years, his allegiance having been given to the republican
party. His wife was born on a farm on which the Village
of Stowe, Logan County, is now situated, and she now re-
sides in the home of her son Elbert R., of this sketch, who
is one of a family of five sous and five daughters and who
served in the World war as a member of the American
Expeditionary Forces in France, as did also his brother,
Edgar E., who was a member of a headquarters artillery
brigade and who saw active service on the battle front.
James Perry, maternal grandfather of the subject of this
sketch, was likewise a Union soldier in the Civil war, and
the World war gave evidence that the ancestral military
prestige was not lowered by representatives of the third
generation of the Mullins and Perry families.

After receiving the advantages of the public schools
Elbert R. Mullins was for one year a student in Marshall
College. Thereafter he was employed by the Logan Coal
Company and the Cleveland Cliffs Coal Company at Ethel,
Logan County, where he remained three years, in the ca-
pacity of bookkeeper. He next became bookkeeper in the
First National Bank of Logan, and while it was his desire
to volunteer for service when the nation became involved
in the World war, circumstances did not warrant this action,
but in September, 1917, he realized his ambition, in being
called into service on the first draft. He was sent to Camp
Lee, Virginia, and thence to Bordeaux, France, where as a
member of a battalion of heavy artillery he was for forty-
nine days under fire at the Argonne Forest front. He
escaped wounds and continued in active service in France
one year and one day. After the close of active conflict,
with the signing of the armistice, he returned to his native

land, and at Camp Lee, Virginia, he received his honorable]
discharge, with the rank of corporal. Almost immediately!
after his return home Mr. Mullins became assistant cashier 1
of the First National Bank of Logan, and upon the organ-
ization of the Merchants & Miners Bank at Man he was
chosen its cashier, an office in which he is achieving splendid
work in the upbuilding of the institution. He is a repub-
lican and is affiliated with the American Legion.

Cosby C. Cooke, engaged in coal mining and connected
with several coal companies operating in West Virginia,
was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, September 18, 1883,'
and is a son of John G. and Carrie C. (Crittenden) Cooke,
both likewise natives of the historic Old Dominion State.
The father was there a successful farmer, and his death
occurred in 1921, when he was sixty-seven years of age.
His widow is now a resident of Clifton Forge, Virginia.!
Of the seven children the subject of this review was the'
second in order of hirth. William F., another of the sons |
graduated from Washington & Lee University in 1918, and
is now (1922) chief engineer for the Red Jacket Coal Com-
pany in Mingo County, West Virginia.

Cosby C. Cooke supplemented the discipline of the public
schools by attending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute at
Blacksburg, which he left in 1909. He thereafter was for!
one year a student in the historic old University of Vir-j
ginia. After leaving the Polytechnic Institute he made
his first appearance in the West Virginia coal fields and
became associated with the American Coal Company at,
McComas, Mercer County. He was next connected with
the land department of the Pocahontas Coal & Coke Com-
pany at Bramwell, and later was transferred to the com- 1
pany's offices at Bluefield. Thereafter he served as assist-^
ant engineer in construction work for the Chesapeake &f
Ohio Railroad, and it was after this service that he passed 1
a year as a student in the University of Virginia. He then,
hecame chief engineer for the Lowmoor Iron Company at
Lowmoor, Virginia, and in 1915 he came to Kay Moor,!
Fayette County, West Virginia, where for three years hej
was an executive in the coal department of the same com- 1
pany. For the ensuing three years he was superintendent 1
of the Rita Mine of the Guyan Mining Company, and since
that time he has been the efficient and popular superintend-
ent of the Man Mining Company, his career having been,
one marked by consecutive advancement through loyal and'
effective service. He is a member of the American Insti-
tute of Mining Engineers and Metallurgists, is affiliated ,
with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is a I
member of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife holds,
membership in the Baptist Church.

The vear 1917 recorded the marriage of Mr. Cooke and
Miss Ella Carnenter Rupert, daughter of Dr. L. B. Rupert,;
of Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Floyd D. Stollings, who has been a prominent and in-i
fluential figure in connection with the timber business in
West Virginia and also in the handling of coal lands, has
the distinction of maintaining his home in a town that was
named in his honor, the attractive village of Stollings, Lo-
gan County. He was born near Chapmanville, this county,
in January, 1853, and is a son of Nelson and Lurania
(Workman) Stollings, the former of whom likewise was,
born near Chapmanville, and the latter of whom was born
in Boone County, where her death occurred in 1890 and
where her husband died in 1900. at the venerable age of
eighty-four years. Josiah Stollings, grandfather of the
subject of this review, owned large tracts of land near
Chapmanville, and was one of the representative pioneers
of Logan County. The Stollingses came from North Caro-
lina and were numbered among the first settlers in the
Guyan Valley in what is now West Virginia. Abraham
Workman, maternal grandfather of Mr. Stollings, likewise
came to this section in an early day, his former home hav-
ing been in North Carolina, near the Virginia line.

Nelson Stollings finally established his home on a farm
in Boone County, about midway between Chapmanville
and Madison, and he met with heavy property and finan-
cial losses at the time of the Civil war. He became a mail

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eontraetor, and transported mail from Logan to Charleston
and also between Logan and Wayne, besidea which he es-
tablished a postoffiee at Tracefork, a village now known as
Manila, in Boone County. After the close of the war Nel-
son Stollings was prosperous in his activities ns n farmer,
trader and mail contractor, lie was born in the year 1 S 1 G
and his wife in 1S21, both having been earnest members of
the Missionary Baptist Church and his political allegiance
having been given to the democratic party. Of their seven
children Floyd I)., of this sketch, is the only one now liv-
ing. The oldest son, Thomas B., thougli under age at the
time, enlisted for service as a Confederate soldier in the
Civil war.

Floyd D. Stollings gained his early education in the
schools of Logan and Boone counties, and his initial work
of independent order was the service which he gave as
postmaster at Traeefork. From 1.S74 to 1870, inclusive, he
was in the panhandle district of Texas, and upon his re-
turn to West Virginia he engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness in Boone County. lie next turned his attention to the
timber industry and instituted operations on Twelve Pole
Creek and Guyandot River. He tirst bought poplar ami
walnut timber, which he would raft down to the Ohio
River, down which stream the fleets of logs were towed by
boats to market points. In his operations, which beeame of
large scope, he maintained his headquarters at Catletts-
burg, Kentucky, which was the headquarters for all of the
old timber men operating on the Twelve Pole and the
Guyandot rivers. Mr. Stollings has bought and sold many
thousands of acres of timber and coal lands, has cut the
timber from much land that he later sold to coal operators,
and among his purchases was 500 acres where the village
of Stollings is now situated, this town having been founded
in 1900, whieh was named in his honor and to the develop-
ment of whieh he has contributed in general measure, he
having here established his home after many years' resi
denee in Boone County. He is a democrat in political al-
legiance and his wife is a member of the Christian Church.

The year 1S73 recorded the marriage of Mr. Stollings
and Miss Luella A. Stone, daughter of the late William X.
Stone, of Boone County. Of this union were born five sons
and five daughters, two of the sous being deceased.

John F. FERaELL. An interesting example of the power
of hard work and continuous energy in molding the des-
tiny of the individual and also of other persons and af-
fairs around him is the career of John F. Ferrell, of Logan.
The sphere of his activities has been the timber and lum-
ber industry. There was probably no part of the heavy
labor involved in logging among these West Virginia hills
which escaped his early experience. It is literally true that
he has come up from the ranks to the present responsibilities
as general manager and one of the owners of the Logan
Planing Mill, one of the largest industries of its kind in
this part of the state.

Mr. Ferrell was born at his father's farm at Chapman-
ville, April 28, 1878, son of B. C. and Sarah (Dingess)
Ferrell. His mother, who is still living, at the age of sixty-
six, was born on Crawley Creek, six miles from Chapman-
ville, daughter of John Dingess, a native of the same local-
ity who died while a soldier in the Confederate Army. At
one time the Dingess family owned all the land from the
present loeation of Logan to the mouth of Big Creek.
B. C. Ferrell, who died in January, 1909, at the age of
fifty-five, was born at Chapmanville, son of Samuel Fer-
rell, who came from Russell County, Virginia, in 1841, and
acquired a large amount of valuable land in these valleys.
The original homestead of the Ferrells is still owned in the
family. Samuel Ferrell was opposed to slavery, was a con-
sistent member of the Christian Church, and the camp
meeting grounds of that denomination were on his land.
He was a strong republican. B. C. Ferrell was a fanner,
stock raiser and dealer, and before the days of railroads
he drove his stock over the mountains to market in Roane
County. He was a member of the Christian Church and
was a democrat, Samuel Ferrell had a family of five aona
and one daughter. Besides B. C, another son, Squire, died
at the age of sixty years. The three living sons are O. F.,

L. B. and R. L., and the daughter, Nancy Jane, Is the wife
of John Godby, ail prosperous farmers. B. C. Ferrell and
wife had a large family of sons nnd daughters: John
tho oldest; Roxie, wife of O. C. Winter, of Huntington, a
traveling salesman; \V. V., at the old homo placo; Sarah
Ann, who died at the age of fifteen; Wallace E., traxe'-ng
representative for the Logan Planing Mill and a resident of
Huntington; (J. S., in the feed hu*.*ncsa at Chapmaou' le ;
Ruth, wife of K. L. Carter, a traveling an It -mm with In nw
at Huntington; Mary, wife of A. 8. ClirLtinn, In ng nt thr
old Dingess place at the mouth uf ('ran Icy (reek; tl In,
wife of Kyler Porter, an 0|trut<ir for the ('he n| ak an I
Ohio Railroad at (-bapmunvi e; Peter M.. bung with I
mother at Chapmanville; and Julia, who dit 1 at the aire f
three.

John F. Ferrell grew up at Chapmanville, a<*j.i'rt 1 hi*
early schooling there, but his better education bus Ikn n
achieved since ho married and is due to his nrpli nh n to
business and al>o to studies taken up and carried on in tin-
intervals of other work. He was only fifteen »hm he w it
to work in the timber, felling trees, sawing the log*, and
his own labor has helped remove the timber from t xtenimi-
portions from Elk Creek and Big Ugly Creek. Mr Ft rn 1
has owned probably twenty saw mills, and during the ptnod
of the great war he operated five mills of tun own. The
company owning and operating the Logan Tinning M
was organized January 11, 19 Hi, nud ncquin d the property
formerly known as the Lawson Pinning Mill. Mr. Ferrell
from the first has been active manner of the plant. Thev
are manufacturers of build'ng material, consist' ng of yil
low pine from the long leafed district of the South, hr
and fruit from the Northwest, and also native tiinl>« r.
While much of the output ia consumed locally, this is < ne
of the firms that do a heavy export business, si lline; output
as far away as Australia.

Mr. Ferrell while a member and chairman of the S-ho I
Board in Chapmanville district was certainly responsible
in no small degree for the tine schools established and
maintained there. On May 9. 1^99, at the aye of twenty-
one, he married Miss Delia Garrett, daughter of Rev. W. (,.
Garrett, wdio was a widely known minister of the Christian
Church in this section. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell are the par-
ents of eight children. The daughter Garrett is the wif • of
Walter T. Mitchell, an overseas veteran, and they are now
at Prescott, Arizona, where Mr. Mitchell is recovering from
illness contracted during the war. The other children ore
all in the home circle and their names are Jane. Ruth.
Eloise, Sarah, James, John and loin. An adopted son,
Roy, was killed on the battle front in France, Nov cm ■cr 9.
191*8, just two days before the sic»iog of the nrmistiro.

Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell are members of the ("hrntinn
Church, and he is a past graad of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows nt Hogan, belongs to the K'k« and U a
democrat. He resides at S125 Ninth Street, W. st Hunfng
ton. West Virginia.

Mr. Ferrell at the time of his marriage had a n«h cn| i-
tal of onlv $7.55. Out of this he paid five do ars to the
minister for performing the ceremony. They bo#ght their
housekeeping ouUit on credit, and restricted themselves to
the essentials, buying only half a set ea<-h of knivts, forks,
plates and cups "and saucers. Their bed-tead cost $2.5",
and it was equipped with a shuck mattress, while his mother
gave them a feather bed. Mr. and Mrs. Ferre-1 have been
real partners in every phase of their married life. For
two years Mr. Ferrell did the heavy manual toil of the
timber work, also worked inside. At that time be owned
four mules, and he would get into the t mber with bn
teams before daylight and continued until long after dark.
Mrs. Ferrell fed the team when he returned home and also
the following morning before he started out. It was as a
result of such co operation that they got their start.

Joseph W. Stayman. The president of the Potomac
State School at Keyser is Joseph W. Stayman, who for
more than a quarter of a century has bceo actively n«o-
dated with educational interests in West Virginia. The
first year he waa in the state he taught a country s-bool, hot
foT the greater part of twenty years his work has been at

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Keyser, either in the city schools or what is now the State
College.

Mr. Stayman was born at Carlisle, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania. His parents were Joseph B. and Mary A.
(Shelley) Stayman, the latter a daughter of Daniel Shelley.
Joseph B. Stayman was born in Cumberland County on a
farm, secured a college education in Dickinson College, and
began his business career as a forwarder, with headquarters
at Meehanicsburg. He was in that business until late in
life, then retiring, and he lived for some years at Carlisle,
where he died in 1898. During the Civil war he was a
Union soldier as a private in a company commanded by his
father. This company saw its chief duty within the state,
but had some more serious service during the Confederate
invasion which terminated in the battle of Gettysburg. The
widow of Joseph B. Stayman died in July, 1914. They
reared four children: Daniel, of New York City; "William,
of Pottsville, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Garrett Stevens, of Cleve-
land, Ohio; and Joseph Webster.

Joseph W. Stayman lived until he was sixteen with his
maternal grandparents near Harrisburg. He was among
country people of Pennsylvania Dutch stock and had some
excellent intellectual influences. His grandfather, Daniel
Shelley, was a well known educator and was the first county
superintendent of Cumberland County schools and estab-
lished the Normal School at Newville, an institution since
moved to Shippensburg. After teaching for a number of
years Daniel Shelley entered the service of the Cumberlaud
Valley Railroad Company, and was in that work untD he
finally retired. Joseph W. Stayman attended school at
Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania, where his grandparents lived,
graduated in 1S90 from the Dickinson Preparatory School
at Carlisle, and in the same fall entered upon his regular
collegiate work in Dickinson College, where he received his
Bachelor's degree in 1894. Dickinson College gave him the
Master of Arts degree in 1897, and during his individual
career as an educator he has taken post-graduate work in
the University of Chicago, in Columbia University of New
York, and has recently completed the work leading up to
the Doctor's degree in Pitt University at Pittsburgh.

In 1896, soon after leaviug college, a matter of business
brought him to West Virginia, and while here he accepted a
proposition to teach a country school at the mouth of
Greenland Gap in Grant County. He taught there one term,
the following year he was principal of the three-room school
at Moorefield, and in 1899 came to Keyser to teach the
ninth grade in the local schools. After a year he was called
to Terra Alta as principal of the town schools, where he
remained three years. Since then his work has been in
Keyser, where for nine years he was superintendent of the
city schools, and resigned that office to become principal
of what was then known as the Keyser Preparatory Branch
of the West Virginia University. By act of the Legislature
in 1921 the name of this institution was changed to the
Potomac State School, with Mr. Stayman as its first presi-
dent.

He has completed ten years of work as head of this in-
stitution. Prom a secondary school, designed as a feeder
to the State University, it is now rapidly building up to the
status of a junior college. The school suffered a great
handicap in 1917 by the loss of its building by fire. Since
then a second year of college work has been added to the
cuTrienlum, and graduates from the school are entitled to
enter the junior class of any standard college or university
in the United States. The teaching force has been improved
both in number and in qualifications, and in the way of
equipment Mr. Stayman has witnessed the building of two
dormitories, the acquisition of a farm where vocational edu-
cation is taught and the institution of vocational depart-
ments, home economics and commerce.

During his many years of residence at Keyser Mr. Stay-
man has acquired some substantial business interests, and
his enthusiasm is especially directed in the line of fruit
growing. He first acquired an interest in the Alkire
orchard, and in association with four others purchased that
property, now known as the Potomac State Orchard, one
of the large orchards in this section of the state. There are
15,000 apple trees of bearing age in condition, and under

the new management the property has been greatly im-
proved. Mr. Stayman is also a director of and had a part
in the organization of the Potomac Farm and Orchard Asso-
ciation, doing a general fruit packing and sales business at
Keyser. Plans are now being formulated for the construc-
tion of a by-product plant for using the lower grade fruit
and converting it into food products.

Mr. Stayman took the initiative and was made chairman
of the organizing committee of the Keyser Eotary Club in
1921. In Masonry he served three years as master of Davis
Lodge No. 51, A. P. and A. M., was for twelve years secre-
tary of Keyser Chapter, R. A. M., has been captain general
of Damascus Commandery, Knights Templar, and is a mem-
ber of Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling.
He is a republican, and is an active member of the Method-
ist Episcopal Church, serving fifteen years on its board of
stewards.

At Keyser, November 19, 1914, he married Miss Margaret
Liller, daughter of William A. and Martha (Kalbaugh)
Liller. Her father was a contractor and builder who spent
most of his life in the eastern part of the state. Mrs.
Stayman was born at Keyser, is a graduate of the local
public schools and the Keyser Preparatory School's music
department and completed her musical education in National
Park Seminary at Washington. She has been a teacher of
music in Keyser and is active in musical circles. The only
son of Doctor and Mrs. Stayman is Joseph Webster, Jr.,
born in 1915, and one daughter, Martha Shelley, born in
1921.

Frederick R. Christie has had twenty years since he
completed his education in which to lay the foundation of
a secure business success. More than half of this time he
spent in the service of the Norfolk & Western Railway
Company at Vivian and Bluefield, West Virginia, and for
the past eight years has been an official in one of the lead-
ing financial and business organizations of the city.

Mr. Christie was born at Princeton, Mercer County, West
Virginia, July 7, 1884, son of Richard Clark and Elizabeth
Pearis (White) Christie. The Christies are of English an-
cestry and were early converts to the Wesleyan Reformation
in the eighteenth century. On his mother's side Mr. Chris-
tie is of French Huguenot origin, his ancestors having set-
tled near Charleston, South Carolina. The Pearis in his
mother's name represents another branch of her ancestry.
Colonels George and Richard Pearis were soldiers of the
Revolution and Colonel George donated fifty-three acres
of his plantation for the townsite and from him the
town known as Pearisburg, Virginia, was named. Richard
Clark Christie was born in Monroe County and his wife,
Elizabeth Pearis Christie, was born in Mercer County. Rich-
ard Clark Christie served eighteen years (three terms) as
circuit and criminal clerk of Mercer County, was a graduate
of the class of 1876 from the University of Kentucky, es-
tablished his home at Princeton the same year and achieved
prominence as a lawyer in Princeton.

Frederick R. Christie attended the common and high
schools of Princeton, graduated from the Princeton Acad-
emy in 1902, and on leaving school entered the service of
Castner, Curram & Bullitt, coal shippers. He was a clerk
in their office "two years at Vivian. Since then his home
has been at Bluefield, where for ten years he was assistant
car distributor on the Pocahontas Division of the Norfolk
& Western Railway. Mr. Christie in 1914 joined the Vir-
ginia Realty Loan Company, Inc., as secretary and director
and is now vice president of that prosperous business. This
institution has contributed largely toward the building of
the City of Bluefield, having built more homes than any
other organization in the city. He is also vice president and
a director in the Bluefield Trust Company, a new financial
institution recently organized with a capital and surplus
of $220,000.

Mr. Christie married at Bluefield, August 14, 1907, Miss
Willie Gay Barrow, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. William H.
Barrow, of Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia. Captain
Barrow was a gallant soldier of the Southern Confederacy
and died a number of years later from a wound he re-
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to Frederick R. and Willie Gay (Barrow) Christie: Freder-
ick K., Jr., fourteen years oid, Sarah Elizabeth, ten, and
Margaret Gay, five years old.

Mr. Christie is a Master Mason, Royal Arch Mason,
Kaight Templar Mason and Shriner, active in the Chamber
of Commerce, a member of the Blueficld Country Club, and
his favorite recreation is hunting and fishing, lie is a
member of the First Baptist Church, on its Board of Dea-
cons, assistant superintendent of the Sunday School and a
zealous worker in all of its endeavors. Mrs. Christie and
children are also members o£ the First Baptist Church. Mr.
Christie volunteered for Y. M. C. A. work (being too old for
army service) with the American army in France, but was
not called into service on account of the sudden ending of
the World war. He is treasurer of Bluefield College, a mem-
ber of the Board of Trustees, also a member of the Build-
ing Committee and was instrumental in founding and lo-
cating the college in Bluefield. He traces his ancestry
through the following genealogy:

The Christie family: James Christie, the original set-
tler, was born in England and came from London to Amer-
ica with John and Charles Wesley and Theodore Whitfield,
going first to Georgia and later crossed the Alleghany
Mountains in the early days of the colonies and settled
where Union, Monroe County, West Virginia, is now lo-
cated. He became a member of the "Holy Cross," and
the motto of this order was, "I swear to cross the moun-
tains. ' '

He was a Methodist preacher and firm supporter of the
Wesleyan Reformation. He held a position under the King
of England as cup bearer in the King's Court. He resigned
the position, however, as a protest against a religious tax
imposed upon him by the Church of England.

In the year 1785 he built the first church on the western
slopes of the Alleghany Mountains, and it is now known as
Old Rchobeth. At the age of 110 years he could mount his
horse without assistance, and he rode about the country-
side marrying people aa long as he was able to sit upon his
horse.

James Christie, the settler, had two sons, James and Rob-
ert. They enlisted in the War of 1812 but were not called
into service. Robert married Margaret Crosier and several
ehildrea were born to them, as follows: James M., who
married Cynthia Peters Clark in the year ls39; Thomas
M., who married Catharine Boggess; Catharine, who mar-
ried James Carpenter.

To James M., who married Cynthia Peters Clark, were
born the following children: Dnmaris Catharine married
William S. Hobbs, who was an officer of McComas Battery
and distinguished himself as a gallant soldier of the Civil
war; Margaret E. remained single in life; Xcwton J., who
was a gunner in Chapman's Battery, was a gallant soldier,
was taken prisoner at Camp Lookout and died there; John
Wesley and Caroline died at the ages of eleven and two
years, respectively; Harvey R., who remained single, dis-
tinguished himself as a musician and writer of many beau-
tiful hymns and composed several of the loading hymn
books of this country, was a graduate of the University of
Tennessee; Thomas H. R., who married a Miss Hunt, was
also a very distinguished musician, possessing an unexcelled
tenor voice and wonderful skill in instrumental music;
Lewis F., who married Linnie A. Lemon, is a cattle grazer
and owns about 1.000 acres of Blue Grass land in Monroe
County; Samuel M., who married Emma C. Burdctt, is also
a very prosperous farmer and grazer of Greenbrier County;
Milton W., who married Ozella Ruth McKinzie, served as
deputy circuit and criminal clerk of Mercer County, also as
deputy sheriff for a great number of years. Richard C,
who married Elizabeth Pearis White, is a lawyer by pro-
fession, having graduated at the University of Kentucky
in the class of '76, was elected to the Circuit and Criminal
clerkship of Mercer County three snccessive terms, and re-
ceived the nomination of the democratic party for the
fourth term, but was defeated in the republican landslide of
1896.

To Richard C. and Elizabeth Pearis Christie the follow-
ing children were born: Henry E. (Hal), Frederick R.,
Paul C. and James B. Henry E. married Miss Rose Pike,

of Kentucky, and to them one child waa \ rn, Anna I- xa
l.eth. They I've in Win hc«ter, Ktritu-kv. n-,1 re- * n trav
ehng aiik-sman, ns is n'-o his lr t . r J-'.nc It p. C •
a veteran of the Wor! 1 war, « i„ th- v>m\ A r »v -f 'th»
American Army from frifikui, i»»ifn/» \ in tW g»nt MTttftft
of ffoinino ICiv r. St. M»h«, •—•■»] I »ttk f \ ( - |« gM
Argonnc Forest, wmt ov.r th t thr t i . r tl !• -
rics of battles an I was v ... .» ), | », I ] j„ x ^ c t1 ^

of Argonnc Forest,

The Chirk Family. Htn ]*(•!■» <*irk, »rn ^i KU#
Queen County, Virginia, Irt 17*., *-tt«H i« \*v»<t ][•
was a son of Jonatlin. |,,« j. K<r j -^_ h \\ u_

The father was He f'jurt'i in *v<»t f r» ■ .1 n ■■ m^m
from England to James Kiver 1 7>» wiV f )'.•

jainine flnrk was tt.ViMh. T< »• r — n Snw- «♦ Km ©
1704 ami died in ls.~.7 He .(i-l i#nr C«i-».
County, West Virginia, in 17s.. w: a u r .„ , f t " . }{, > „
lutionary war. and prior to the R«-o| |. wn a .,iU r
for a number of Vtnr.s in the Kr. • l> at' 1 li 1 i «n«

Samuel Clark was a n-ar n^ith <>{ <;• . r * K. f . r - ( t k
who was horn in Virginia in \7'1 : i d «l«> I — n 9t mm%
pioneer and wnodsman. He w:-. Ik \\. t»» t**. m »-r
veyor with chain ami compos. With axe ai 1 r »• 1
his way far into the lorn ly for«-t of tr>«« -r 0«,i. ]]•
was one of the scouts of Vir^ii «i who «+■ 1 tl» g»-»*r— r
of Virginia in the expedition ia\ ii ->t f rn-t 1W i I tU
one who aided in his d« ft at at t«ie 1 tittle ^ r»ft I' i
ant at the mouth of the Kanawah '!iwr. Lnt r C»: rk »»•• If
his way into Kentucky with Dtvij V*mm. Maj >■ Smp— «1
Clark, the Revolutionary sold»< r, was both .% . *iri«r •ml
scout, a devoted friend* of George Wa-hit *i»ti. t>n I i
sent out once as courier to deliver a •••s|rtet| f r W«'hin*
ton the Indians chased him so closely M» w»« o« < •• M».
the Indians yelling at him on t lie otl.cr.

Maj. Samuel Clark married Marfan t Han y. an 1 t-
them the following ch'Mren w« c burn: J.it'H< II., } r>
in 1792, dieel in I^fil an.l inarri ( >-l Cin I. ui \ l)a% i W 1
iam married Xclly Bcnst>n in 1>*» S : Al»xard r rn-rr 1 I. \r
abeth Dickey in 1^19; John narricl Mary Kli/a 1 ct .1 \n
son in 1*14- Cynthia married Caj t John P f. r*. in 1^1 .

The children of John Clark, who n • rri d Eh a" th
Johnson in 1M-1, were: P^frsy, who marritil Tho«i*a« \ 1
die: Mary, who married David' ft nee; Cmliie, wl . uar
ried Granville Smith; Cvntlia iVItrs, who marr'« 1 J»ip— •
M. Christie; Thomas, who n.; rrie.l Eliza Srr.fi* , S*m»t
M.. who married Martin I'»: 11a* d.

The children of Cynthia l't t- r« Clark, wl n m r I .1
M. Christi'% are given under the cipt'on of t * "Cl-r»*»»
family."

The Wh-te Family was of Knjjli h or j i. i g * •
America in the early days of t 1 <• t'nl-ni * : "> J I! V
the James River in \ ir^'inia. W "farn Wh t». w^» ^»»«*
a Miss Workman, was the pr><»:. n t< r of 111- f»n»Py «t
well County, Virginia, and M r r C n v W V . i .
He came to this region f r m C. mpbt«l «-yrftty. V'^f^
Benjamine White, his son, was ^criff of ( — »t> <•»
Mercer and represented t) ; s ct-unty ; n tin <>• • ral V«
My of Virginia b. fore the staks w» r ■ 1 •» 1 w*

prominent in the business and p»hti<al aff«ir 'f th -t^t'
for more than half of a ce*t<>ry. He te» rr* 1 I
Pearis and enjoyed a long ami hapi'V m*rr -1 'i - l^r^j
been married sixty one years lrfore th» t>»1h > t «rW
He died at the age of eigMy-sJx a. d 1 s nit. t t« »•
eighty-three. He was a n an of very strong n M r • ^ •
ling charaeter. To thtm w re I" n the fo'l w»ivr lr— :
George W., who married Al'ce B; l y ; .1, r H . wl n r
ried Julia Cunnincham ; tSiarles, who w . r i rr

Sarah Louisa, who married Andr w J ll^irr : T *"*
Pearis. who married Rirdiarl C. C ri ti. ; .t i 1 r 1
ters, Bell, Mary and Minnie, dh-d nt tl ■ • f fit en,
sixteen and seventeen, all wi h ; tw w , fr • 1 h
tlieria.

The Pearis Family. Accord'ng to tr'-lro n th- r • -f
Ban's, France, derived its name fr m t is f-— 'ly. T-v
were descendants of French Roya ty. a" 1 t e n« r*
this family were Hutrmnots who fi« ♦ fr m Vr u. tt -r-
ping temporarily in Barbado s. th n e. a t 171 . to S
Carolina, locating on sn i bnd al t five i ' rr P» rt

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Royal, to which they gave the name ' ' Paris Island. ' ' This
name is sometimes spelled "Pearris," again "Paris" and
"Pearis," the modern spelling being Pearls. The set-
tler was Alexander Pearis (Parris), who became quite a
distinguished man in the early days of the history of South
Carolina.

Judge MeCrady, in his History of South Carolina under
the Proprietary Government, 1670-1719, gives considerable
prominence to Col. Alexander Pearis, whom he shows to have
been commissioner of free schools, commissioner for build-
ing churches, member of House of Commons, of which Col.
William Rhett was speaker, as a military officer and one of
the judges to try pirates, and as commander of militia in
the Revolution of 1719. Col. Alexander Pearis had a son,
Alexander, who made some conveyance of property in 1722-
26. Alexander Pearis, Jr., had a son, John Alexander,
who likewise had a son, John Alexander, as shown by his
will probated in August. 1752. The last mentioned John
Alexander had a son, Robert, who spelled his name, as did
his father, John Alexander, "Pearis." This Robert Pearis
died about 17S1. He had a daughter, Malinda, who married
Samuel Pepper, who removed to the New River Valley prior
to 1770 and located at the place where, about 1780, he es-
tablished a ferry, and which place has since been known
as Peppers. His two brothers-in-law, George and Robert
Alexander Pearis, sons of the preceding Robert, came with
him, or about the same time. At the date of the coming
of Pepper and the Pearises, in fact before that date, there
lived in the neighborhood where Pepper located a gentle-
man by the name of Joseph Howe, who had some pretty
daughters, and it did not take long for these young Hugue-
nots to fall in love with these girls, at least with two of
them. An examination of the Pearis Bible discloses that
George Pearis was born February 16, 1746 and was mar-
ried to Eleanor Howe February 26, 1771. Robert Alexander
Pearis was probably two years younger than his brother
George. He married also a daughter of Joseph Howe, and
about 1790 removed with his family to Kentucky and set-
tled in what is now Bourbon County, and from whom it is
said the town of Paris in that county is named. He had a
son who in the early history of that state was a member
of its Legislature. George Pearis remained in the vicinity
of Pepper's Ferry until the spring of 1782. Prior to this
time he had been made a captain of one of the militia com-
panies of the County of Montgomery.

On the advance of the British Army into the Carolinas,
in the fall of 1780. there was a Tory uprising in Surry
County, North Carolina, of such formidable proportion as
to impell Gen. Martin Armstrong, commanding that mili-
tary district, to call on Ma.i. Joseph Cloyd, of the Mont-
gomery County Militia, to aid in its suppression. About the
1st day of October, 1780, Major Cloyd with three companies
of mounted men, one of which was commanded by Capt.
George Pearis, marched to the State of North Carolina,
where he was joined by some of the militia of that state,
augmenting his forces to about 160 men, with which he. on
the 14th day of the month, attacked the Tories at Shallow
Ford of the Yadkin, defeating them with a loss of fifteen
killed and a number wounded. Major Cloyd had one killed
and a few wounded, among them Captain Pearis, severely,
through the shoulder. This fight cleared the way for the
crossing of General Green 's army at this ford, which the
Tories were seeking to ohstruct. Captain Pearis returned
home wounded, and in addition to his suffering from his
wound had the misfortune to lose his wife by death in a
few days after his return, she dying on November 14th.
Captain Pearis* wound disabled him from performing fur-
ther military service, and having purchased from Capt.
William Ingles, about the year of 1779. for seventy pounds
sterling (about $350.00), the tract of 204 acres of land on
New River — whereon is now situated Pearisburg station on
the line of the Norfolk & Western Railway, and which
land was known for years as the Hale and Charleton tracts
— he in the spring of 1782, removed thereto, erecting his
dwelling house at a point nearly due south of the residence
of Mr. Edward C. Hale, and a little to the southeast of
where the road from Mr. Hale's house unites with the turn-
pike. Two or three years after Captain Pearis made his

location he had a ferry established across the New River,
and kept a small stock of goods, and later kept public en-
tertainment. On October 5, 1784, he married Rebecca
Clay, daughter of Mitchell Clay. The children of Col.
George Pearis and his wife, Rebecca Clay Pearis, were:
George N., Robert Alexander, Samuel Pepper, Charles
Lewis; their daughters, Rebecca, Julia, Rhoda, Sallie and
Eleanor.

Col. George N. Pearis married Elizabeth Howe, daughter
of Maj. Daniel Howe; Robert Alexander Pearis married
Miss Arbuckle, of Greenbrier County; Samuel Pepper Pea-
ris married Rebecca Chapman, daughter of Isaac and Elian
Johnston Chapman; Charles Lewis Pearis married Margaret
Peck, daughter of John and Elizabeth Suidow Peck; Re-
becca married John Brown, they went to Texas about 1836,
leaving a son, George Pearis Brown, who lived for a num-
ber of years in Mercer County; Julia married Col. Garland
Gerald; Rhoda married Col. John B. George; Sallie married
Baldwin L. Sisson; and Eleanor married Capt. Thomas J.
George.

The children of Col. George N. Pearis and his wife, Eliza-
beth Howe Pearis, were: Capt. George W., who never
married, and died in 1898, at the age of nearly eighty-nine
years; Col. Daniel Howe, who married Louisa A. Johnston;
Rebecca, who married George D. Hoge; Nancy, who married
Archer Edgar; Ardclia, who married Daniel R. Cecil; and
Elizabeth, who married Benjamin White. Robert Alexan-
der Pearis and his wife had no children, and after the
death of said Robert Alexander his widow married Colonel
McClung.

The children of Col. Garland Gerald and Julia Pearis
Gerald, his wife, were: Sons, Thomas, Robert, Pearis, Gar*
land T. ; daughters, Rebecca, who married Dr. Edwin
Grant; Louisa, who married James M. Cunningham; Mary,

who married ; Fannie, who married a Mr. Yost;

Virginia, who died in Texas, unmarried; and Ophelia, who
married

The children of Col. John B. George and Rhoda Pearis
George were: George Pearis George, who married Sarah A.
D'avidson; Jane, who married Judge Sterling F. Watts.
The names of the children of Capt. Thomas J. George and
wife are as follows: A. P. G. George, Robert, and John;
the daughters, Larissa, who married Jacob A. Peck; Ma-
tilda, who married a Mr. Austin, and Rebecca, who married
George W. Jarrell.

Charles Lewis Pearis and his wife, Margaret Peck Pearis,
had but one child, a daughter, Electra, who married Dr.
Charles W. Pearis, and they had no children.

As already stated, John Brown and family went to Texas
prior to 1836. Some of his older sons were soldiers in the
Texan army. He settled in that part of the state that be-
came Collin County. George Pearis Brown, the son of
John, remained in Virginia. He married a Miss Mahood,
a sister of the late Judge Alexander Mahood, and he and
his wife left numerous descendants.

The elder Col. George Pearis, the settler, was long a mag-
istrate of Montgomery and Giles counties, and sat in the
courts of both counties, and was for a term the presiding
magistrate of the latter county. The first court of the
County of Giles was held in a house belonging to him, and
the land for the county buildings and town was given by him
and the town of Pearisburg took its name from him. He
died on November 4, 1810_, and his ashes repose in the bury-
ing ground on the farm on which he died, on the little hill
just southwest of Pearisburg station. His widow married
Philip Peters, and she died April 15, 1844. The elder Col.
George Pearis' wife, Rebecca Clay, who was the daughter
of Mitchell Clay, of Clover Bottoms, was a first cousin of
Henry Clay of Kentucky, who was one of the greatest and
most honored statesmen this nation ever produced.

Everett A. Leonard, Jr., went into business soon after
finishing his education, was a merchant for several years in
old Virginia, and for the past twenty years has been a resi-
dent of Bluefield and a prominent factor in the growth and
development, keeping apace with the city itself, of the Blue-
field Hardware Company, of which he is president and
manager.

HISTORY OF WKST VIRGINIA

115

m Mr. Lcouard was boru iu Russell County, Virginia, Au
gust 15, 1S76, sou of Edward A. and Eliza" (lieyuolds)
Leonard, both natives of Virginia, bis father of Washington
County and his mother of Russell County. Edward A.
Leonard was a Baptist miuister and was also a Confederato
soldier, all through the war with a Virginia regiment. The
last year he was captured and was confined in a Federal
prison at Rock Island.

Everett A. Leonard, Jr., acquired a common school educa-
tion, finished bis high school course in Russell County in
1893, and about that time his parents removed to Greene
County, Tennessee. While there he attended Mosheim Col-
lege, and took a six months commercial course at Lexington,
Kentucky. After completing his education Mr. Leonard
determined to seek his opportunities in the Far West, but
after about a year as bookkeeper for the Weston Mercan-
tile Compauy at Weston, Oregon, he changed his mind
about the West and returned to Old Virginia. For three
years he was employed in the hardware business at Leba-
non by Mr. A. Hendricks, and then bought this business
and conducted it as proprietor until 1900. On selling out
hia business at Lebanon Mr. Leonard removed to Bluefield,
which was then just coming into prominence aa a commer-
cial center of the great industrial district of Southern West
Virginia. He connected himself with the Bluefield Hard-
ware Company as oue of its traveling salesmen, and for
nearly ten years was on the road. By his personal and
faithful efforts he contributed in no small measure to the
great volume of that company's business, and the confi-
dence reposed in the corporation by a host of retailers.
After about ten years Mr. Leouard was made vice presi-
dent of the company, and for the past six years has been
president and general manager. The Bluefield Hardware
Company is one of the largest organizations of the kind ia
the state, has a capital and surplus of $700,000, and does
an annual business aggregating $2,000,000.

In 189S at Castlewood, Russell County, Virginia, Mr.
Leonard married Miss Eleanor Fields, daughter of William
and Elizabeth Fields. Her father was a Confederate sol-
dier and at the battle of Petersburg waa shot through the
thigh, a severe wound from which he suffered all the rest of
hia life. He waa by occupation a farmer. Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard have one daughter, Lucille Alton. Mr. Leonard
is a Baptist, while Mrs. Leonard and her daughter are
members of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Leonard, while he has kept his mind closely on busi-
ness, is a man of genial qualities and of wholesome com-
panionship and ia identified with several social organiza-
tions. He ia a member of the Fallsmills Fishing Club,
Chamber of Commerce, plays golf at the Bluefield Country
Club and ia fond of all outdoor sports, lie is a Knight
Templar and Royal Arch Mason, a Shriner, and a thirty-
second degree Scottish Rite Mason. In politics he is a dem-
ocrat.

JonN Flood Land had the wisdom to identify himself
when a young man with the expanding destinies of Blue-
field, where he has lived for nearly thirty years, and is
owner and director of one of the leading general insurance
agencies in this section of the state.

Mr. Land was born in Campbell County, Virginia, March
28, 1874, of old Virginia stock, nis father's people came
originally from Wales, while bis mother's ancestors were
English. His parents, C. H. and Sarah E. (Martin) Land,
were both born iu Virginia, his father being a tanner and
fanner. During the Civil war he was iu the Confederate
Army from the beginning until the end, in the quartermas-
ter's department.

John Flood Laud acquired a common school education
in Campbell County and attended the New London Acad-
emy. Leaving school at the age of seventeen, he came to
Bluefield and went to work as a clerk for his oldest brother
in the Surface and Land Supply Company. This firm did
an extensive business supplying merchandise and other ma-
terials to the contractors who were then building the streets
and railroads in this section. John F. Land had charge of
the general supply store. He remained with the firm eight
years, and in 1899 entered the insurance business with the

S. M. Smith Insurance Agency m Hlueiield. J!o • ntmui 1
with Mr. Smith nl.out vu years, mid thrn bwame ou« of
tho organizers of the Citizen* I'ndrrwriti rs Ag«*i v of
Bluefield. Selling his interest in this in ]'J\2, ho organic I
the Bluefield Insurance Agency, *hich he now controls tin I
to which he devotes all his bus nej*s time and energy. Tim
is an agency with an extensile husnuu and hnnd'ing ati
classes of insuranco service cx-ept life, the total aggregate
of its annual premiums running to about

In 1915, at Lynchburg, \ irgima, Mr. I *n \ married Mis-.
Ella Victoria Woolevinc. daughter of Join 1>. and Ohe
Woolevine, natives of Virginia. They hnv. two children.
John F., Jr., and Mary Kiln. Tho family are niemtwrs of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Soutli.' .Mr. Land is a
Royal Arch, Knight Templar and S.-ottish Uito Maaon and
Shriner, and is secretary of the .Masonic Trust Ajuociation,
owners of the ilasonie Temple at Blueluld. Ho is alao
secretary of the Elks Lodge and a member of the Cham
ber of Commerce and Rotary Club.

Gordon S. Seal, of Bluefield, has had an extensive ex-
perience aa a coal operator, banker and in other linen.
This is one of the prominent names in West Virginia busi-
ness circles, his father, Cnpt. John H. Seal, having loug
been prominent as a hanker and coal man at Charleston.

While Gordon S. Seal is a native of New York City
where he was born June 2.'t, l*AO, In* parents were born in
Virginia and he represents an old family of Virginia an-
cestry, lie is a son of Capt. John K. ami Nannie (Wood)
Seal. His father was vice president of the Charleston Na
tional Bank, and for many years had extensive holdings
and management of coal and railroad properties.

Gordon S. Seal acquired a common and high school edu-
cation at Charleston, and from there enured John* Hop
kin9 University at Baltimore, where he graduated A. \i. n
1902. Since his university career lie has given undivided
attention to his business affairs, lirst entering the coal bu>i
nesa with his father. In 191.1 thoy sold their interests, and
Gordon Seal was then for the following two years associated
with the John T. Hcsser Coal Company. He remoud to
Bluefield in 1915, and from 191f> to 191*. was iu the real
estate and banking business with the Virginia Krnlty \
Loan Company. In August, 101D, he a**i«ted in organiz
ing and incorporating the Curtis-Seal Company, a firm
handling general office supplies over an extensive territory
in which the important points nre Williamson. Minefield
Welch, Bramwell and Tazewell, but he sold m»t fiis bun
nesa in November, 1921.

Mr. Real in 1907. at Montgomery. We»t Virginia, married
Miss Inez Austin, daughter of Ccorge C. and Jennie \ustin.
Four children were born to their marriage, and the tarn?
living are Lvall Austin, John Ridley and Jane Ann. Mr.
Seal and family are members of the Kpwopal Church, nn I
he is a Roval Areh. Knight Templar and Scottish Kit.- Ma
son and Shriner, a member of the KJks the Kiwani* ' ib.
Chamber of Commerce and Bluefield Country Club, lie t«
an outdoor man. fond of strenuous exercise, plays go f an I
tennis, and his hobby is motor trps to distant points

William n. F. Dement. During the ten yearn required
to advance himself from the rank of messenger to cas >icr
of the Huntington National Bank .Mr. Dement man festal
an unflagging devotion t/» his work and the ideals of srrvn
exemplified by that institution. His inlluential and uwf.
place in the business community is a reward of merit, a
distinction well worth the effort required to achie ve it.

Mr. Dement was born 8t Froctorville, Ohio, Jane 4, Isw
Ilia paternal ancestry came originally from FraDce and
Germanv. His grandfather. Wil'iam Dement, was horn in
Noble County. Ohio, following the trade of bl-cksm th in
Lawrence Couaty, and died near Wilgus in that state. II w
great-great grandfather esrried the fir<-t mail, in a canoe,
from Marietta to Cincinnati. Ohio. Henry E. Dement,
father of the Huntington banker, was born near ^ iljrus n
Lawrence County ia 1S58, grew up there on a farm, became
a blacksmith at Bradriek. Ohio, where he mornei, and sine*
about ISS0 has lived at Proetorville. With the development
of the automobile he adapted his trade to the requirements

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of that industry, and for a number of years has owned and
operated a public garage. Since 1919 he haa owned a
farm and large apple orchard in that section of Ohio. He
is a republican. His wife, Cora J. Forgey, is a daughter of
James Forgey, a captain on the Mississippi River during the
Civil war. She is a granddaughter of Gen. A. F. Fuller of
the War of 1812. Mrs. Dement was born at Bradrick, Ohio,
in I860. 1 Of their children, Ruby D., a resident of Hunting-
ton, is the widow of Charles Heinz, who was a blacksmith;
Carl is manager of the home farm at Proctorville ; Orla E.
is associated in business with his father; Roma is the wife
of Charles E. Rose, a millwright at Guyandotte, West Vir-
ginia; William H. F. is the fifth child; Velmer is also
associated with his father in business; and Valgene is con-
nected with the home farm.

William H. F. Dement graduated from the Proctorville
High School in 1907, and soon afterward came to Hunting-
ton, graduating from the Booth Business College of that
city in 1910. Mr. Dement on October 29, 1911, began his
service with the Huntington National Bank as a messenger
boy. His increasing experience and ability brought him
successive promotions, and he did the work of individual
bookkeeper, discount bookkeeper and general bookkeeper,
was promoted to assistant cashier and on August 1, 1921,
was elected cashier. Besides his executive duties with this
large and important bank he is interested in the home farm
and orchard.

Mr. Dement is a republican, is affiliated with Proctor-
ville Lodge No. 550, A. F. and A. M., Huntington Lodge
No. 313, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a
member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Tri-State
Credit and Adjustment Bureau. Recently, in 1922, he
completed one of the excellent homes in a restricted resi-
dential section at 51 Ninth Avenue.

The only important interruption to his service with the
Huntington National Bank came in the World war. June
14, 1918, he enlisted, was sent to the Training Detachment
Public Schools at Hughes High School in Ciucmnati, was
there two months and was then transferred to the One
Hundred and Fifty-fourth Depot Brigade at Camp Meade,
Maryland. On August 14, 1918, he was assigned to Com-
pany H of the Seventy-first Infantry in the Lafayette or
Eleventh Division and later was transferred to the Head-
quarters Company of the same regiment and assigned to
the personnel office. He received his honorable discharge
January 31, 1919, with the rank of corporal. Mr. Dement
is unmarried.

Wade H. Post, M. D. For sixteen consecutive years
Doctor Post has applied himself to the practice of med-
icine and the varied service demanded of a capable and
high minded physician in the Masontown community of
Preston County. He came here as successor to the old
physician, Doctor Cobun, who had carried most of the
burdens of local practice.

Doctor Post was born in Lewis County, West Virginia,
April 8, 1877. Tlis grandfather, John Post, spent his
active life in Lewis County, and married a Miss Cookman.
Of their eight children six are still living. William F.
Post, father of Doctor Post, was a native of Lewis County
and married Elizabeth Jane Young, of Harrison County.
Her children were: Scott, of Seattle, Washington; Birdie,
wife of W. E. Rhodes, of Lewis County; Wilda, wife of
Dr. C. L. Cookman, of Buckhannon, West Virginia; Wade
H.; Ansel B., of Lost Creek, West Virginia; and Porter
W., who was killed in an automobile accident at Morgan-
town in June, 1919, leaving a wife and a daughter, Jane
Porter Post.

Wade H. Post lived on his father's farm during his
youth and continued to call that his home until he was
about twenty-five years of age and qualified for profes-
sional work. He was educated in the country schools, in
Union College at Buckhannon one term, then in the National
Normal' University at Lebanon, Ohio, and prepared for his
profession in the Baltimore Medical College, where he grad-
uated in 1901. Doctor Post first practiced at Jane Lew
in Lewis County, remaining there a year, and then at Dell-
glow in Monongalia County. When he located at Mason-

town he moved only a short distance across the county
line from Dellglow. Doctor Post haa served a year as
president of the County Medical Society, is a member of
the West Virginia State and American Medical associa-
tions, is a local surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railway,
and a member of the Railway Surgeons Association of the
Baltimore & Ohio system.

Aside from his busy days as a physician Doctor Post
was one of the organizers and is first vice president and
one of the directors of the Bank of Masontown. He is also
president of the Reed Run Coal Company, and has had
other business interests but has disposed of them. He
avoids too many of the honors and responsibilities of pol-
itics, but is a member of the Executive Committee of the
democratic party in Preston County. His first national
vote went to Mr. Bryan in 1900. Doctor Post is affiliated
with Preston Lodge No. 90, A. F. and A. M., Royal Arch
Chapter No. 30 at Morgantown; Osiris Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Wheeling; and he is also a member of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.

In Harrison County, October 7, 1902, Doctor Post mar-
ried Miss Mary Eleanor Eib, a native of that county and
sixth and youngest child of James M. and Arminda( Arnold)
Eib. Her father was a farmer of the Lost Creek community
and member of an old family of German origin. Doctor
Post lost his first wife by death. She was survived by three
children: Mary Christine, James William and Helena
Arminda. At Rockville, Maryland, April 8, 1915, Doctor
Post married Miss Grace Clayton, daughter of T. M. and
Josephine (Trickett) Clayton. The only child born to
Doctor and Mrs. Post died in infancy.

Everett A. Luzader, superintendent of the schools of
Valley District in Preston County, is one of the forceful
young men engaged in the modern educational program
of West Virginia, and his life so far has been devoted either
to getting an education himself or teaching and school ad-
ministration.

He was born at Auburn, Ritchie County, West Virginia,
March 2, 1884. His grandfather, Daniel D. Luzader, was
born at GTafton, West Virginia, son of the founder of the
family in this state, who came from Germany. Daniel D.
Luzader was a Union soldier at the time of the Civil war,
enlisting from Taylor County. He married Martha New-
Ion, of Grafton, and the oldest of their nine children was
Winfield Scott Luzader. The latter was born at Grafton
in October, 1853 and has spent his active career as a teacher
and farmer. He taught in Ritchie County for ten years,
but is now devoting his time to his farm. He married
Clara Davis, whose father, John Davis, enlisted as a Union
soldier in the State of Minnesota, and after the war re-
turned East and spent the rest of his life as a fanner near
Berea in Ritchie County. Mrs. Scott Luzader died June
10, 1900. Her children were: Lucretia, wife of Mr. Wood-
zell, of Hot Springs, Virginia; Everett A.; Flossie, wife
of E. E. Brown, of Auburn; May, a teacher in the Auburn
schools; Gladys and Thyrza, twins, and Otis, all living on
their father's farm. Scott Luzader has always kept in
touch with educational affairs, and for twelve years was a
member of the Board of Education of Union District. He
has given an active support to the republican party, and
the family record is that of men interested and more or
less active in polities. He and his family are Baptists.

Everett A. Luzader is, therefore, representative of a fam-
ily long identified with the cause of education and agri-
culture. He spent his early life on a farm, attended coun-
try schools, and completed the normal course of Salem
College in 1909, but had already taught two years before
graduating. The next three years he devoted his time
consecutively to the duties of the schoolroom. The fol-
lowing year he was a student in the University of West
Virginia, and then returned to Salem College, where he
finished his literary education and graduated A. B. in 1915.

After graduating Mr. Luzader was principal of the Salem
High School for four years, was principal of the Newburg
High School one year, and came to Masontown as principal
of the school of that village, but a year later, in July, 1920,
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uiteudent he has supervision of soventeen schools, two of
them being high schools, and a staff of thirty-one teachers,
lie has done something constructive and progressive in the
local educational program, including the completion of the
Masontown school building, the improvement of its eampus,
adding a course in citizenship to the school curriculum and
also increasing by a year the timo devoted to the study
of argrieulturc, economics and sociology.

Mr. Luzader is affiliated with Salem Lodge, Knights of
Pythias. At Tunnelton, December 10, 1914, he married Miss
Gail Uemsworth, formerly of Harrisville, Ritchie County,
where she was reared. She was born May 26, 1S92, grad-
uated from the Harrisville High School and the normal de-
partment of Salem College, and at the age of sixteen began
teaching. She is the mother of three children, Brooks,
Morgan and Ralph, but at the same time she keeps up
her educational work as one of the teachers in the Valley
District High School at Masontown.

Miles II. Orr, an honored Union veteran of the Civil
war, for half a century a farmer in the vicinity of Mason-
town, represents a family that was established in that part
of Preston County late in the eighteenth century, and tho
name has been one of honorable associations in that com-
munity ever since.

The great-grandfather of Miles Orr was John Orr, a
native of Ireland, who eame to America about 1758. His
son, John Dale Orr, took part as a soldier in the American
Revolution, He was with the American forces at the sur-
render of General Cornwallis at Yorktown. Soon after the
elose of the war he left McClellantown, Pennsylvania, and
came to Pre3ton County, West Virginia, establishing his
home on Sand Ridge near Independence. Here he cleared
the land and spent the rest of his active years farming.
He died about 1S40, and is buried in the cemetery on Scott's
Hill. His wife, Elizabeth Johns, lies besides him. Their
children were: Catherine, who became the wife of Elisha
Fortney and lived in Harrison County; John, whose life
was spent as a farmer in Preston County; Ruth, who be-
came the wife of William Menear and died at Scott's Hill;
Hiram, whose reeord follows; George, who lived near Inde-
pendence and is buried on the home farm; and James, who
became a Baptist minister, moved to Illinois, and died in
that state.

Hiram Orr was born in Preston County, near Inde-
pendence, in 1803, and his effective work and most of his
years were spent in the Scott's Hilf locality, where he died
in 1856. His wife, Keziah Menear, was born near Glades-
ville and died in 1845. Her father, John Menear, was a
farmer and died while visiting in Ohio. Of the children
of Hiram Orr and wife, Major Uriah was an officer in the
Sixth West Virginia Infantry during the Civil war, was
for many years in the lumber business as a mill man and
apent his last years retired at Kingwood. Martha became
the wife of A. B. Menear and died at Kingwood. Eugenus
lived near the old homestead. Morgan D. was a Union
aoldier in the Third West Virginia Infantry, and spent his
last days at Fairmont. Miles H. is the next in age. Keziah
is Mrs. Monroe Martin and a resident of Reedsville, West
Virginia. A half brother of these children, W. Lee, spent
most of hi3 life at Baltimore, where he is buried.

Miles H. Orr was born December 17, 1844, was an infant
when his mother died, and only twelve at the death of his
father. He lived among bis uncles and acquired a sub-
scription-school education, and at the same time was trained
to farming. On August 15, 1862, at the age of eighteen,
he enlisted from Preston County in Company B of the
Fourteenth West Virginia Infantry. His two captains
were Clinton Jeffers and John D. Elliott, while the regi-
ment was first commanded by Colonel Core and then by
Cob D. D. Johnson. The regiment rendezvoused at Wheel-
ing, went thenee to Clarksburg, then to New Creek, now
Keyser West Virginia, and was ordered to Gettysburg, but
arrived too late to take part in the great battle. Hi3 com-
mand then went into camp at Romney, moved from there
to Petersburg, and the regiment took part in the Salem
raid as far as McDowell, where the Confederates blocked
the way. Returning to Petersburg and then to Keyser, the

regiment from the latter point niurched to Burlington,
whero it lay during tho rcmuiudtt of the winter. In tl.e
spring of 1S61 they went on the Dublin rind, and stopped
at the battle of Cloyd Mountain and New Idur Bridge,
and then dropped back to Meadow lilufT and then to Lynch
burg, Virginia, and finally to Camp Piatt. From there thev
marched to Martinaburg, and suun nfterward joined in the
Shenandoah Valley campaign. They fought in the minor
engagement at Stephenson's Depot on the 19th ».f Septem-
ber and in the b;ittle of Winchester on the 21th. i hence
they fell back to Harpers Ferry, and from that point itmu-1
up to Cedar Creek, but was forced back to Hoh\ar Height*.
About this time General Sheridan brought re enforcement*
from the Army Df the Potomac into the Vullev, an. I the
troops moved on, striking the Confederates under old Ju al
A. Early at Hnihouu. They then fought the battle of
Fisher's Hill, soon after which occurred tho conclusive bnt-
tie of Cedar Creek, in which Sheridan made his famous
ride and which cleared the Confederates from the valley.
Afterward the Fourteenth West Virginia was assigned duty
guarding different points on the Baltimore A. Ohio Rail
way, and Mr. Orr was in that service until discharged.
When he heard of the surrender of GenernI Lee's army ho
was ono of thirty men guarding a division trnin three m les
north of Winchester. He was discharged at Cumberland
but mustered out at Wheeling. His regiment hnd a reeord
of twenty four battles and skirmishes and he pnrticiiated
in twenty one of them. His clothing was riddled by bul-
lets, but he escaped without a shot.

When he resumed the life of a civilian Mr. Orr return* d
to the farm and soon bought a tract of land in Valley
District. He was occupied with the duties of that farm
until the early '80s and since 18S3 has been a resident of
Masontown. He bought other lands in this viein ty, and
farming has constituted the bulk of his business responsi-
bilities. He was one of the promoters and is a director
of the Bank of Masontown.

Mr. Orr cast his first ballot for President Lincoln while
in the field as a soldier in 1*^64. and has never fa led to
support the republican candidate at presidential elections
since then, lie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Grand Army of the Republic He attended
the National Encampment at Washington in 1902, and has
met and visited with his old Colonel Johnson sevtral times
and in 1915 had the good fortune to meet his old com-
mander, General Duval.

December 24, 1867, Mr. Orr married Miss Elizabeth Ash
burn, daughter of Aaron and Hannah Ashburn. She was
born in the Valley District of Preston County, January 31,
1845, and died November 25, 1913, forty-six years nfter
their marriage. The children of their union were: Birdie
M., wife of George M. Cohuit, of Morgantown ; olive M.,
wife of N. J. Seaman, of Paden City, West Virginia; Lucy
May, at home with her father; nnd Furest U., who died
unmarried at Morgantown.

Mahala Jane Elliott, a business woman of Kingwood,
is a native of Preston County and a member of an old and
well connected family near Newburg.

Her grandfather, Thomas Shay, founded the family near
Newburg. He was the grandson of an Irishman who estab-
lished this branch of the Shay family in America. Thomas
Shay served as a soldier in the War of 1*12. Otherwise hi*
life was devoted to hia farm, and he never sought the di*-
tinctions of public service. He was a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church. He was about eighty years of ago
when he died. Thomas Shay married Phoebe A. Sidwell,
who survived him three years. Their children were:
Ezekiel, a blacksmith, who died in Monongalia f'ounty;
Mary, who became the wife of Alfred Morcland and died
in Barbour County; Reea, a farmer who died in Proton
County; Benjamin, who died on his firm in Lyon Di<tri t
of that county; Hugh, who spent his life a« a farmer 'n
Preston County; Jesse, a farmer of Preston County; Deb-
bie, who died in Preston County, the wife of William
Shannon; and James.

James Shav, youngest of the children and the father
of Mrs. Elliott of Kingwood, was born near Newbnrg,

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October 7, 1829. He became a farmer, and besides culti-
vating the soil raised stock on a rather extensive scale.
His entire life was spent on the farm where he was born.
He died there in May, 1878. He participated in politics
only to the extent of voting, and, like all the other mem-
bers of the Shay family, was a stanch republican. James
Shay married Mary Hanway, daughter of Samuel and Ma-
hula (Cox) Hanway. Samuel Hanway was a resident of
Reno District of Preston County, but in the early '70s re-
moved to Kansas and settled in Bourbon County, and he
died at Barnsville. His children were: Mary, George,
Ezekiel, Mrs. Sarah Bishop, Mrs. Rachel Bishop, Mrs. Jane
Thomas, James Madison, Holton, Mrs. Rebecca Shaw,
John, who died during the Civil war at Camp Chase, Ohio,
Robert, and Joseph, a resident of Howard, Kansas. Three
of the children, Ezekiel, George and Mrs. Sarah Bishop,
died in Bourbon County, Kansas. Mrs. James Shay died
April 5, 1892, mother of the following children: Mrs.
Mahala Elliott; Thomas R., of Tunnelton; Carmac and
George L., of Kingwood; Elibabetb E., whose first husband
was Walter B. Garner and she is now the wife of Elmer
Christopher, of Kingwood; Delia A., wife of Waitman T.
Neweornb, of Kingwood; and Ella, wife of Charles A.
Fletcher, of Washington, D. C.

Mahala Jane Shay was born at Newburg, March 1, 1860.
She and the other children had only the advantages of the
common schools, and her years were spent at the old home-
stead until her marriage on December 20, 1891, to James
M. Elliott. Mr. Elliott was born and brought up on a farm
within three miles of Kingwood. His father was John
Elliott, and he was the youngest of the children to reach
mature years, the others being Isaac, William, Mrs. Rebecca
Bailey, Mrs. Nancy Forker, Samuel, John Dougherty and
Mrs. Minerva Bailey.

When Mr. and Mrs. Elliott were married they established
themselves on the old Elliott farm, and lived there until
Mr. Elliott's death, which occurred January 12, 1912. Mr.
Elliott was chiefly interested in the efficient conduct of
his farm, and outside of this he worshiped as a Methodist
and voted as a stanch republican. The only child born to
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott was named John Shay, and he died
at the age of three years.

Mrs. Elliott in 1919 removed to Kingwood, and has since
engaged in the grocery and confectionery business. She
cast her first ballot in 1920, and the head of the ticket bore
the name Warren G. Harding.

Robert Lamley Archer, vice president of the First Na-
tional Bank of Huntington, has been through every de-
partment of that bank 's service beginning as messenger.
His record of over thirty years constitutes him one of the
older active bankers of the state. Mr. Archer is one of the
best known of West Virginia's financial leaders, and has
been honored with the offices of secretary, treasurer and
president of the State Bankers Association and he also
served as a member of the Executive Council of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association.

He was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, August 24, 1S71.
His father, Thomas Archer, was born at Penrith, Cumber-
land County, England, was reared and educated there,
married his first wife in England, and his career through-
out was merchandising. About 1861 he came to the United
States and located at Clevcs in Hamilton County, Ohio,
and in October, 1871, came to Huntington, where he estab-
lished and built up his successful mercantile enterprise, and
was active in its management when he died in 1876. He
was a very devout Presbyterian. His second wife was
Frances Mather Richey, who was born in 1833 at West
Point, New York, and died at Huntington in 1917. Her
three sons were: Richard M., a newspaper editor at
Wheeling; Robert Lamley; and Frank M., a wholesale
merchant at Bluefield, West Virginia.

Robert Lamley Archer was reared from early infancy in
Huntington, attended the public schools there, and after
leaving high school at the age of fifteen was employed for
three years in an insurance office and then became clerk
in the lumber agent's office of the Ensign Manufactur-
ing Company, now the American Car and Foundry Com-

pany. Leaving there in 1890, Mr. Archer entered the First
National Bank of Huntington as messenger and collection
clerk, and subsequent promotions gave him a definite work-
ing acquaintance with the duties of individual bookkeeper,
general bookkeeper, teller, assistant cashier and cashier
and in 1920 he was elected vice president. Mr. Archer is
also president of the Huntington Roofing Tile Company,
treasurer of the Huntington Orchard Company, and has
other business interests.

For nine years he was a member of the Huntington
Board of Education. He is a republican, a vestryman in
the Episcopal Church, a member of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution, the Rotary Club, Guyan Country Club and
Guyandotte Club, all of Huntington. His home is at 1505
Sixth Avenue. During the World war Mr. Archer was
chairman of the Huntington committees for the prosecu-
tion of the first and second Liberty Loan drives, and then
received appointment from the secretary of the treasury
to act as state director of War Savings. In this post he
thoroughly organized the state, establishing committees
in every county, made many speeches and gave personal
direction to the campaign, and altogether his organization
effected the sale of $20,000,000 worth of War Savings
Stamps in the state.

In 1893, at West Columbia, Mason County, West Vir-
ginia, Mr. Archer married Irma Louise Knight, daughter of
Dr. Aquilla L. and Susan Frances (Willis) Knight, now
deceased. Her father was an honored and capable phy-
sician and surgeon at West Columbia. Mrs. Archer is a
graduate of Marshall College of Huntington.

Alctnus F. McMillen, of Masontown, is an old-time
educator and surveyor and civil engineer, but for a num-
ber of years past his studious energies have been directed
along the line of scientific as well as practical farming.
Mr. McMillen has been a leader in the modern agricultural
movement in this section of Preston County, and his farm
is interesting a3 a practical experiment station for the test-
ing out of methods and crops best suited to this region.

The family history of the McMillens in Preston County
runs back to 1790. Iu that year Robert McMillen, who
had served as a soldier on the American side in the Revolu-
tionary war, patented 500 acres of the virgin soil near
Friendship Schoolhouse in Valley District. His old cabin
stood near the residence of William H. Everly, now one
of the prominent old residents of the county. It was close
to the river where fishing was good and where game, was
plentiful, and the climate somewhat milder than further up
the valley. Robert McMillen was one of the first to begin
the cultivation of the soil in that locality. He was buried
not far from the scene of his labors and activities. Among
his numerous children were William, James, Robert and
Elizabeth.

William McMillen, representing the second generation of
the family in Preston County, was born in the wild and
somewhat romantic spot where his father settled. He grew
up with little knowledge of books but became skilled in the
arts of woodcraft and frontier accomplishments. While
still a youth he learned to handle a gun expertly, and was
the chief dependence of the family for its meat supply.
When he settled down be located at Masontown, on the farm
now occupied by his grandsons, Newton W. and Alcinus F.
He married Sarah Cobun, daughter of Simon Cobun, and
member of another early pioneer family of Preston County.
William McMillen and wife lived out their lives on the
Masontown farm and are buried in the cemetery on said
farm, half a mile from the village. Their children were:
Robert;- James, who served in the Union Army during the
Civil war, reared his family near or on the patented land
of his grandfather and is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery;
and Sabra, who became the wife of William Anderson, and
both are now at rest in the cemetery on the home farm
near Masontown.

Robert McMillen was born October 24, 1824, and lived
just half a century, passing away October 24, 1874. His
education was such as could be ohtained from the schools
of that day. He was a good farmer and was constant and
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uy years he was ouo of the most ardent workers in the
ethodist Church, and exerted a constant influence in
ehalf of education and morality. Tie helped build school
ouses and ehurches and had a kindly interest in the wel-
fare of the younger generation as well as that of his own.
He could make an effective speech when the occasion de-
manded, and he usually led the singing at church. Phy-
sically he was a man six feet one, weighed about one hun-
dred fifty pounds, and had a florid complexion and red
hair.

Robert McMillcn married Nancy Hartley, of Ma9ontown.
Her father, Edward Hartley, founded this numerous and
prominent family in this vicinity. Nancy Hartley was
bora November 23, 1S26, and died October 9, 1901, at the
age of seventy-five. Her children were: Newton W., a
farmer a mile north of Masontown; Alcinus Fenton; Rev.
Edward W., a Methodist minister at North Platte, Neb-
raska; John L., of Masontown; Dr. Robert M., of Wheeling;
Charlotte, wife of John S. Miller, of West Liberty, Ohio
County, West Virginia; and Emily Bell, who married O. D.
Sims, of Short Creek, near "We9t Liberty.

Alcinus F. McMillen was born December 4, 1S53, and
bis home through practically all his life has been at the
place where be was born. He attended the free schools,
took a course in the Fairmont State Normal, and at the
age of twenty began teaching. His service as a teacher,
covering a period of twelve years, was in the schools of
Masontown, Reedsville, Kingwood, Rowlesburg and else-
where. The intervals of teaching he employed in farm
work and in surveying. Mr. McMillen had the mathematical
and mechanical gifts required of an expert civil engineer.
His reputation in this field brought him engagements so
that he was employed in the surveying of timber and coal
lands in Virginia, Tenuessee and North Carolina as well
as in his borne state. For sixteen years he was county
surveyor of Preston County, and was also the first county
road engineer, serving from 1909 to 1911. The duties of
his office were especially strenuous when coal development
began in the county, and while preparations were under way
for the milling of timber lands. After his long and ef-
fective service with his surveying instruments he was quite
ready to be relieved and retire to the less arduous pursuits
of agriculture.

As a farmer he has not kept strictly within commercial
lines and with commercial objects in view, but has frequently
done a season's work with every prospect of failure in
order that he might demonstrate a new principle or method.
The methods of former years in farming were much dif-
ferent from those practiced by him today. The shovel
plow was the common implement then, and the harrow
was seldom used to pulverize the soil. Harvesting progress
has been marked by the successive introduction of the
sickle, the cradle, the self binder, and, finally, the tractor
has enormously increased the power and effectiveness of
alt farming machinery. In early times when the soil was
new it was exceedingly productive, and the scratching of
the surface was all that was required to produce crops.
It was many years after the Civil war before the need of
fertilizer appeared, and with fertilizer came the new in-
vention of manure spreader and the use of lime to sweeten
the soil, especially for grass crops. Clover and timothy
have been the standby crops for hay, but Mr. McMillen
was one of the first to experiment with alfalfa, which re-
quired special treatment and conditions to secure a perma-
nent stand. "With the use of extra lime and inoculation
alfalfa has proved its money-making qualities here as else-
where, and Mr. McMillen has frequently cut three crops
a year, with an average yield of about three tons per acre.
His success has encouraged his neighbors in the same direc-
tion. Mr. McMillen has also done much practical experi-
ment work with seed potatoes, until he has found the variety
and strain best adapted to this region and is now regarded
as the foremost authority on potato culture in this section
of the state.

Mr. McMillen has been ready with personal work, influ-
ence and his puree to promote the institutions of school
and chnrch. The erection of a high school and the building
of a new Methodist Church were both accomplished through

popular subscriptions, and the McMillen donation to both
was ample and unstintedly made. Mr. and Mrs. McMilhn
for many years have been faithful workers in th* Method
denomination.

March 22, 1SS7, he married Miss Christie Guseman, who
was born in Monongalia County, A| ril 29, ls59, daughter of
John W. and Carrie (Snider) Gust man. Carrie Snider
was a daughter of John aud Juija (ll«-s) Snider. John
W. Guseman was descended from Abrnham (mwmaii, and
was a son of Jacob Guseman. Abraham came frnm liir
many and located at Baltimore in 1770. John W. Guneman
and wife had fourteen children, and the nine utill li\ing an
Samuel R., Mrs. Christie McMillen, William A., Mrs I.
Ashhnrn, Robert, Mrs. Ida Smith, Amos K., Pryor and
Stanley Guseman.

Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. McMillen the oldest,
Herbert, was born December 25, lss7. He was a graduate
of the University of West Virginia, for a time was in the
employ of the National Carbon Compnny nt Niagara Kails,
but is now at home farming during a leave of alienee, lie
married Edith Protzman, of Monongalia Couutv, and they
have two children, Jean and Christine. The second child,
Mabel, a graduate of the West Liberty Normal School, is
the wife of Claude C. Spiker, of a well known Preston
County family and professor of romance languages in the
University of West Virginia. Professor and Mrs. Spik.-r
have a son, Robert Claude. The third child, Harry McMil-
len, is actively associated with his father on the farm. Ho
married Mary Long and has three children: Byron, James
and Kyle Clinton. The youngest of the family is Frank
Vincent, connected with the farming interests of Manitoba,
Canada.

Rogers Pharmacy. The Rogers Pharmacy at Morgan-
town is one of the most perfectly appointed establishments
of its kind in West Virginia. The proprietors are two
brothers, Paul M. and William M. Rogers. Western men
by birth, although their father at one time lived at Morgnn-
town, and their mother was born in West Virginia.

Their father, Daniel R. Rogers, was born at Connells-
ville, Pennsylvania January 8, 1*35. He attended public
schools, the State University of West Virginia at Morgan-
town, where he began his medical studies, and later grad-
uated from Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia with
the class of 1SS0. For four years he practiced nt New
Martinsville, West Virginia, where his wife, Margaret K.
Martin, was born June 20, lb-35j. They were mnrried Sep-
tember 15, 1S8G. After leaving West Virginia Doctor Rog-
ers moved to Nebraska, and for forty years has curried the
duties and burdens of an active practitioner at Ragan, that
state. Of their children the oldest is Anne E., the widow
of Dr. B. B. Cox, one of Morgantown 'a honor men in the
World war. He was attached to Base Hospital No. 1 :t
at Dijon, France, when he was killed. The one child in this
family is Margaret Evelyn Cox. Thomas C, the second
oldest, is cashier of the Bank of Ragan. He married Jean
McKec, of Alma, Nebraska, and has two children, Daniel
and Everett. The next in age is Paul M. lie and William
M. are proprietors of the Rogers Pharmacy. The two
youngest of the family are Margaret N. and Wil iaai M.,
who are twins. Margaret N. is a member of the faculty of
Mannington, West Virginia, High School, and is a grad-
uate of the University of West Virginia.

Paul M. Rogers was born in Ragan, Nebraska. August 13.
1891. He attended public schools there, graduated from
the Kearney Military Academy at Kearney, Nebraska, and
took his professional work in the University of Nc ra«ka,
graduating in pharmacy. He then left Nebraska an 1 f r
three years was employed as a pharmacist in Pen nsy Iran a.
first at Brownsville, then at East Liverpool, Ohio, and
then at Charleroi, Pennsylvania. From there he cam. to
Morgantown.

William M. Rogers was born at Ragan. Nebraska. (Mo-
ber 27 1896, attended the same schools as hn I. rot rr.
graduating from the Military Academy and receiving h s
degree in pharmacy from the State University in 191*.
After graduation he went West instead of East, and f .r
three years was a pharmacist at Las Vegas, New Mnieo,

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aud while there organized a transfer busiuess consisting of
a fleet of trucks operating to points within 200 miles of
Las Vegas. This is still a flourishing business at Las Vegas.
In 1921 the Rogers Brothers opened their present place
of business at Morgantown. Both are thorough pharma-
cists and also able young business ineu as well, and they
have left nothing undone that will afford the most com-
plete service in the preparation of drugs for physicians,
and they have introduced into Morgantown as complete
stock of surgical supplies as is seldom found iu a city of
this size. While they emphasize the thoroughness of the
service as pharmacists and druggists, they have also given
their store other features that attract the public, including
the serving of soft drinks. Their fountain is one of the
most elaborate and costly made, the base being of pure
Italian marble. It is a business highly creditable to the
proprietors and to the city as well.

William Lawson Mitchell, D. D. S., of Mannington,
was born in Bellville, Wood County, West Virginia, Sep-
tember 8, 1883, the son of the late Horace and Ella (Wil-
liamson) Mitchell.

Horace Mitchell was one of the leading business men aud
popular citizens of Wood County for many years. He was
born in that county in 1853, and died at his home in Bell-
ville, June 6, 1914. He was the son of Henry and Ann
(Hupp) Mitchell, natives of Wood County, whose par-
ents came from old Virginia and were pioueers in that
section of what is now West Virginia. His wife, Ella Wil-
liamson, was born in Wood County iu 1860, and died No-
vember 11, 1902. She was the daughter of Anthouy and
Sarah Williamson, natives of West Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania respectively.

Henry Mitchell, grandfather of our subject, was an early
merchant of Bellville, and when his son, Horace, was a
boy of only eight years the latter went to work in the
store, he having been so small at that time that he stood
upon a box to wait upon customers. Horace continued in
his father's store, and following the death of his father
he and his brother succeeded to the business, conducting it
uutil the death of Horace in 1914.

Horace Mitchell was probably as well known and highly
esteemed, especially among traveliug meu, as any man in
the Ohio Valley. He, like his father and grandfather, was
an ardent democrat, though he never sought or held public
oflBce. He was a member of the different Masonic bodies,
including the S. R, thirty-second degree, K. T., also a
member of Osiris Temple, Mystic Shrine, Wheeling, and
was active in civic and social affairs.

Doctor Mitchell was reared in Bellville and acquired his
early education in the public schools. He was a student at
Marshall College in 1901-2, and then entered the Ohio Col-
lege of Dental Surgery at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was
graduated D. D. S., class of 1907.

He practiced at Parkersburg, West Virginia, from 1907
to 1909, from 1909 to 1912 at Follansbee, West Virginia,
and then located at Mannington, where he has established
himself as a successful dentist and a worth-while citizen.

Doctor Mitchell is a member of the Masons, including the
Consistory (thirty-second degree S. R) and Shrine. He
has been a member of the Elks since he was twenty-one
years old, and is a charter member of the Mannington Ki-
wanis Club and also a member of the Presbyterian Church.

On October 20, 1915, Doctor Mitchell married Nell Jack-
son Burt, who was born in Mannington, the daughter of
William and Rose (Prichard) Burt, the former of whom is
deceased.

Geoege Eobeet Miller, M. D. The community of Fair-
view, Marion County, expresses its appreciation of Doctor
Miller not only by saying that he is the oldest physician
in the town in point of years of service, but likewise has
special qualifications for hie profession and is never be-
hind in the exercise of public spirit when something needs
to be done requiring the co-operation of all local citizens.

Doctor Miller after completing his medical education
returned to what is practically his home neighborhood. He
was born on a farm in Lincoln District, about six miles

from Fairview, on December 23, 1871, and except wheu
away to school has kept quite constantly in touch with old
friends and neighbors there. His father, a son of John
Miller, was born on a farm at Boothsville in Marion County
in 1838, and the duties of agriculture engaged him until
his death in 1873. He was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mary Prichard Miller, mother of Doctor
Miller, was born on the old Prichard homestead in Lincoln
District in 1840, daughter of John Prichard and represent-
ative of a pioneer family. She died in 1912.

George Robert Miller was only two years old when his
father died. He spent his boyhood on the farm, alternating
between its duties and his lessons in the district schools.
For three years he supplemented this early education in the
Fairmont State Normal School. Teaching was his first
active service for humauity, and the five years he worked
in the district schools of his home county also furnished
him part of the capital needed to gain his medical education.
While teaching he likewise carried private studies that fur-
nished the equivalent of preparatory work for college.
Doctor Miller graduated M. D. from the Eclectic Medical
College of Cincinnati in 1901. Following a year of prac-
tice at Blacksville, West Virginia, he returned to his home
district, and his continued work here, besides being highly
successful, has made him the oldest physician iu years of
practice at Fairview.

He keeps in touch with his profession through member-
ship in the Marion County, West Virginia State and Ameri-
can Medical associations and also in the National Eclectic
Medical Association. His public spirit has led him to as-
sume the responsibility of service on the Town Council. He
is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, member of
the Masonic Club of Fairview, the Knights of Pythias,
and on the Board of Trustees of the Fairview Methodist
Episcopal Church.

In 1900 Doctor Miller married Harriett Phillips, a native
of Greene County, Pennsylvania, and daughter of Lindsey
and Ellen (Fordyce) Phillips. Doctor and Mrs. Miller
have three sous and a daughter: Thomas Byron, born in
1902, now a high-school student; Aldene, born in 1903, now
teaching in the public schools of Granttown; George Robert,
Jr., born in 1906, in high school; and William Edward,
born in 1910.

A. M. Hewitt. That all men do not find the niche for
which they consider themselves especially fitted is largely
due to their inability to fit themselves for those niches
which they could occupy with profit and honor. They do
not conceutrate themselves upon that which they under-
stand and for which nature and training have made them
ready, but diffuse themselves over too wide a territory,
and in the end accomplish little or nothing. The success-
ful man in any line is he who develops his latent strength
by the use of vigorous fitness, innate powers and expert
knowledge, gradually attaining to a proficiency not possible
in the beginning. Each line of endeavor demands certain
special qualifications. Some meu are born executives, be-
ing able to direct others to carry out plans which are for-
mulated in the active braiu of the leader; while others
can only follow. A man who does possess this power to
promote and direct is wise indeed if he bends all his ener-
gies to attaining an executive position, for in it he cau
reach heights he could attain in no other way. Among the
able executives of Huntingtou who have made their mark
in the business world by concentrating upon a given line of
endeavor, one who demands more than passing attention
at this time is A. M. Hewitt, president and treasurer of
the D. E. Hewitt Lumber Company.

Mr. Hewitt was born at Conneautville, Pennsylvania,
December 5, 1886, a son of Daniel Elmer and Cora M.
(Walton) Hewitt. His grandfather, Francis Marion Hew-
itt, who is of English descent and still a resident of Con-
neautville, was born Jnly 26, 1838, probably in Ohio, but
for the greater part of his life has made his home at Con-
neautville, where he was a lumber manufacturer in pioneer
days. He is a veteran of the Civil war, having fought as a
Union soldier all through the struggle between the North
and the South. Mr. Hewitt married Penelope Lampson,

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vbo was born at Pierpont, Ohio, and died at Conneautville.
' Daniel Elnier Hewitt was born May 23, 1865, at Con-
leautvilJe, Pennsylvania, and was reared and married in
lis native community, where be learned the lumber busi-
less with his father. That business he followed through-
iut a long and eminently successful and useful career. In
sSS he removed to Butler, Pennsylvania, where he be-
anie head of the firm of R. F. Wilcox & Company, wbole-
ialc lumber manufacturers, but in 1S90 moved baek to
'onneautville, although retaining the same position with
he same concern. Mr. Hewitt came to Huntington in
.903 and founded the Hutchinson Lumber Company, of
vhieh he was president until 1908, then disposing of this
ompany and founding the D. E. Hewitt Lumber Company,
'f which he was president until bis death, and which he
leveloped into one of the leading lumber enterprises in
iVest Virginia, dealing in hardwoods as a wholesale manu-
facturer. Mr. Hewitt was president of the Kermit State
L4ank of Kermit, West Virginia, and president of the Buck
>eek Coal Company, In politics he was a republican,
md bis religious connection was with the First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Huntington, the movements of which
Jways received bis hearty and generous support. Ha
leld membership in the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight
Templar Mason, and also belonged to Beni-Kedem Temple,
\. A. O. N. M. S., of Charleston. Mr. Hewitt married
Miss Cora M. Walton, who was born November II, 1865,
xt Conneautville. She still survives at Huntington, while
Mr. Hewitt died at Columbus, Ohio, December 1, 1921.
They were the parents of three children: A. M., of this
[notice; Irene, the wife of George H. Parker, manager of
the Kentucky Actuarial Bureau at Louisville, Kentucky;
rand Lina, the wife of Robert J. Foley, a coal operator of
Huntington.

A. M. Hewitt attended the public schools of Conneaut-
ville, Pennsylvania, and after his graduation from the high
school there in 1903 entered his father's office at Hunting-
ton and began to learn the lumber business from the bot-
tom. He worked his way up the ladder to the position of
secretary and treasurer, and at the death of his father
became president and treasurer of the D. E. Hewitt Lum-
ber Company. This concern manufactures a line of West
Virginia hardwoods, and at present is operating 17,000
►acres of forests. It is incorporated under the state laws of
I West Virginia, and maintains offices at 1003-4-5-6 First
[National Bank Building, Huntington. The officers are:
A. M. Hewitt, president and treasurer; G. H. Parker, vice
[president; and E. F. Sticklen, secretary. Mr. Hewitt is
'also a director in the Kermit State Bank of Kermit, West
Virginia, and president of the Buck Creek Coal Company of
Huntington.

Mr. Hewitt is a republican, but save as a good citizen
has had little to do with political affairs. He is a member

| of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Huntington.

I He is a thirty-aecond degree Mason, a member of Hunting-
ton Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M.; Huntington Chapter
No. 6, R. A. M.; Huntington Commandery No. 9, K. T.;
Beni-Kedem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Charleston;
West Virginia Consistory No. 1, Wheeling, thirtv-second
degree; and of Huntington Lodge No. 313, B. P. O. E.
He has several other connections, among them the Guyan-
dotte Club, the Guyan Country Club and the Huntington
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hewitt owns a modern resi-
dence at No. 1116 Twelfth Avenue, in a desirable residence
district of Huntington.

On November 17, 1915, at Huntington, Mr. Hewitt was
united in marriage with Miss Ruth Campbell, daughter of
Hon. Charles W. and Mrs. (Ratcliff) Campbell. Mr.
Campbell is one of the distinguished attorneys of the Cabell
Comity bar, and at present is serving as mayor of Hunt-
ington. A review of his career appears elsewhere in this
volume. Mrs. Hewitt is a graduate of Belcourt Seminary,
Washington, D. C, and of the Conservatory of Music, Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, and is talented in both vocal and instrumental
music. She and her husband are the parents of three chil-
dren: Nancy Frazier, born September 30, 1917; Marion,
born January 13, 1920; and Ruth, born September 20,
1921.

Ricjiaed B. Pamusii is known a* a banker all over the
great coal and industrial district of Southern West Vir-
ginia, lie has been an ot'icial in several prosperous bank-
ing institutions in thin part of the state, and is now presi-
dent of the Bluefield Nntionnl Bnnk, an institution with up-
wards of a mi 1 lion dollars in resources.

Mr. Parrish was born nt Maiden, Kanawha County, Wwt
Virginia, August 15, 1S7G, son of John W. and U-nn (Put
ney) Parrish. His parents were natives of West Virginia
and his great-grandfather on his mother's side was a mem
her of the House of Burgesses in old Virginia, while a grcnt
uncle was a patriot soldier in tho Revolution. John W.
Parrish spent the greater part of his life n* n merchant,
and took a keen interest in public affnirs. par manv venrs
he was on the local school bonrd nnd he was also n mem
ber of the State Legislature at the time of the (JofT contest,
one of the notable events in legislative annals in West Vir-
ginia. While he was in tho Legislature his son Kichard
served as page in the House.

Richard B. Parrish began his education in the common
schools of Maiden. In 1.SS9 his parents removed to Hunt-
ington, where he continued through grammnr school and
high school, leaving high school to go to work as clerk for
the Ensign Manufacturing Company, now Anurienn Cnr and
Foundry Company. He was with that concern two yenrs.
and since then his experience has been almost entirely in
banking. His early training for banking wns ne<]uired in
the First National Bank of Huntington, which be entered
as bookkeeper and collection clerk, and was teller when he
left in 1906. In that year Mr. Parrish became assistant
cashier of the Mingo County Bank of Wil iamson, now the
National Bank of Commerce. He left this in 1907 to be-
come cashier of the newly organized First Nationnl Bnnk
of Northfork, West Virginia. Mr. Parrish while living at
Northfork served one term as mayor, and he was nlso sec-
retary of the Masonic Lodge there. In 1911 he returned
to Williamson with the Mingo County Bank, and when it
was reorganized in 1912 as the National Bnnk of Commerce
he remained with it at the post of cashier.

Mr. Parrish was one of the organizers in 1916 of the
Bluefield National Bank, which opened its doors for busi-
ness in March, 1917. Mr. Parrish was the first enshier. and
was made president in January, 1921, to succeed Mr. Will-
iam Leekie, deceased. Mr. Parrish in 19 IS organized and
became the first president of the First National Bnnk of
Matoaka, and is still a director. While at Williamson he
was secretary of Group 6 of the West Virginia State Bank-
ers Association.

In 1909. at Petcrstown, Monroe County, West Virginia,
Mr. Parrish married Mis 1 ' May Callaway, daughter of Lewis
and Wilda (Hunter) Callaway. Her father for many years
was county clerk of Monroe County. Mr. and Mrs. Parrish
have one daughter, Alethea Hunter Pnrrish. They arc mem-
bers of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Parrish being nn elder.
He is a Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason and Shriner,
a director "in the Chamber of Commerce, a member of the
National Advisory Board of the Old Colony Club, and he
organized the Rotary Cluh at Bluefield and was its first
president, holding that office two and a half years. He is
a member of the Bluefield Country Club nnd the New Mcr
cer County Country Club, one of his recreations being the
game of golf.

W. S. Phelps has had a long and active commercial ca-
reer, and for a number of years has been a merchant at
Bluefield, where he is proprietor of the Phelps Furniture
Com pany.

Mr. Phelps was born October 14, 1^67, at Boone Mils,
Virginia, son of A. J. and A. A. (Boone) Phelps, the for-
mer a native of Tennessee and the latter of Boone Mill«.
All his ancestors were early Virgininns, some of them lac-
ing in the Revolutionary war. On his mother's aide Mr
Phelps is descended from the family that comj rised the
Boone settlement in Virginia in early Colonial timos. A. J
Phelps served as a Confederate soldier four year*, all
through the war, and the rest of his life was devrted u,
farming.

W. S. Phelps acquired a common ••bool duration nt

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Boone Mills and as a youth went to work for the Fishhum
Brothers, tobacco manufacturers and dealers at Roanoke,
Virginia, He continued in the tobacco business for sixteen
years as a salesman, covering practically the entire Middle
West, with headquarters at Memphis. On leaving the to-
bacco business he chose Bluefield as the city with the great-
est opportunities for the future, and entered the furniture
husiness. He has built up a splendid enterprise in that
line, and in 1909 incorporated the Phelps Furniture Com-
pany, in which he has the controlling interest.

November 17, 1897, at Koanoke, Virginia, Mr. Phelps
married Miss Eula Richardson, daughter of D. P. Richard-
son, who is living in the same house where she was born at
Roanoke. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps are members of the Bap-
tist Church. He is a Royal Arch Mason and a memher of
the United Commercial Travelers, the Chamber of Com-
merce and the Falls Mills Fishing Club.

French McCkay, LL. B. (West Virginia University)

1909, LL. B. (Ohio State University) 1910, is established
in the successful practice of his profession in the City
of Fairmont, Marion County, is one of the representative
lawyers of that community and Divorce Commissioner of
Marion County.

He was born at Fairmont, February 21, 1883, and is a
representative of families whose names have been long and
prominently identified with the history of the northern
part of West Virginia. His mother, whose maiden name
was Martha Virginia Prichard, was a daughter of the late
Thomas and Mahala Prichard and a niece of the late
Capt. Amos N. Prichard, of Mannington. His father,
Charles Edward McCray, one of Fairmont's oldest, hest-
known and most prosperous citizens, was born in Harrison
County, Virginia, (now West Virginia), as were also the
latter 's parents, John Elliott and Rebecca (Cunningham)
McCray, the latter a granddaughter of John Dragoo, a pio-
aeer settler of that section.

French McCray was graduated from the Fairmont High
School in May, 1904, and thereafter continued his studies
at the Fairmont State Normal School during the year 1904-
05. The following fall he entered the Ohio State University
(Columbus), which institution he attended during the four
years 1905-08, 1909-10, College of Arts-Law, and received the
degree Bachelor of Laws in June 1910. During 1908-09
he attended the West Virginia University, College of Law,
from which school he was graduated in June, 1909, with the
degree of Bachelor of Laws.

Mr. McCray was admitted to the bar of his native state
April 8, 1910. On the 2Sth day of June, 1910, he waa
admitted to the bar of the State of Ohio, an honor earned
by the successful passing of the rigid bar examination re-
quired by that state; and likewise, on November 5, 1910,
he was admitted to the bar of the State of Indiana. In
November, 1917, he was also admitted to the bar of the
United States District and Circuit Courts. Since November,

1910, he has been actively engaged in the general practice
of his profession at Fairmont, with a record of excellent
achievement as a resourceful trial lawyer and able counselor.
During the 1911 and 1913 sessions he was special counsel
for the Standard Oil Company at the West Virginia Legis-
lature. At present Mr. McCray holds the position of
Divorce Commissioner for Marion County' to which place
he was appointed by the Circuit Court of said county July
12, 1922.

He is a member of the ^ Southern Cluh (Ohio State),
Sphinx Fraternity (West Virginia), "Sons of the Revolu-
tion," Knights of Malta (Fairmont), Marion Comity and
West Virginia Bar associations. His political allegiance is
given to the repuhlican party, and he and his wife hold
aiemhership in the First Methodist Episcopal Church at
Fairmont.

April 28, 1913, was the date of Mr. McCray 'e marriage
with Miss Mary Rhea Flinchbaugh, who was born in
Columbus, Ohio. She is a daughter of John H. and Alice
(Alexander) Flinchbaugh, of Columbus, both natives of the
State of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McCray have a daughter,
Alice Ann, who was born in the spring of 1921.

Frank John Willfong has shown much discrimination J
and resourcefulness in the work of his profession, that of
civil engineer, has served as county surveyor of Marion
County, and is at the present time the county road engi-
neer of this important county, with residence and official
headquarters in the City of Fairmont.

Mr. Willfong is a representative of one of the old and
influential families of what is now the State of West Vir-
ginia. His paternal grandfather, George Willfong, was
born in one of the Virginia counties east of the Alleghany
Mountains and was a boy at the time of the family re-
moval to the present Upshur County, West Virginia, where
his father became a pioneer farmer and substantial citizen.
The paternal grandfather of George Willfong was born and
reared in Holland, and upon coming to America became a
member of one of the Dutch settlements in Virginia. George
Willfong continued his residence in Upshur County until
about the year 1855, when he removed with his family to
Opekiska District, Monongalia County, where he continued
his association with farm enterprise and where both he
and his wife remained until their deaths.

Frank John Willfong was born at Opekiska in Clinton
District, Monongalia County, February 12, 1885, and is a
son of Charles and Margaret (Hildebrand) Willfong, the
former of whom was born in Upshur County, in 1848, and
the latter was born on the old Hildebrand homestead farm
in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, across the Ohio River
from Pittsburgh, the year of her nativity having heen 1850 I
and her parents having been John and Mary (Wooster)
Hildebrand. Both the Hildebrand and Wooster families .
were founded in America in the Colonial period of our I
national history, and representatives of the latter were I
patriot soldiers in the war of the Revolution, on which
score the subject of this review is eligible for membership
in the Sons of the American Revolution. The original
progenitors of the Hildebrand family settled in New Eng-
land, and members of the family later removed from Ply-
mouth, New Hampshire, and became pioneer settlers in
Western Pennsylvania, on land across the river from the
present City of Pittsburgh. It is interesting to record
that near Plymouth, New Hampshire, there is an old
homestead that is still known as the Hildebrand place.
Mrs. Margaret (Hildebrand) Willfoug was seven years old
when her parentB came from Pennsylvania and settled in
Monongalia County, West Virginia, as now constituted, her
father having there become the owner of 500 acres of land,
in Opekiska District, at the head of White Day Creek, he
having been compelled to retire from the work of his trade,
that of glassblower, on account of impaired eyesight.

Charles Willfong was a lad of seven years at the time
of the family removal from Upshur County to Monongalia
County, in which latter he was reared on the home farm,
the while he duly profited by the advantages of the com-
mon schools of the locality. He became a successful ex-
ponent of farm industry in that county, and was also in
the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at
Opekiska until 1918; since which year he has been living
retired at Fairmont, both he and his wife being well-known
and highly esteemed citizens of this city.

Frank J. Willfong gained his early education principally
in the public schools of Opekiska, and as a 'youth he mani-
fested a distinct predilection for civil engineering, his in-
terest in which was such that he determined to prepare
himself for the profession. He procured textbooks and
devoted himself earnestly to the study of the technical de-
tails of his chosen vocation, the while he gained coincident
experience of practical order by serving as a rodman in
connection with surveying work for the Davis Coal Company
of Thomas, Kanawha County. By this fortunate combina-
tion he was enabled to make substantial progress in civil
engineering, and he continued in the employ of the Davis
Coal Company for two years. He then entered the employ
of the Fairmont Traction Company as chain man and in-
strument man in engineering work, and after continuing
this connection six years he served two years as assistant
city engineer of Fairmont under S. B. Miller. In 1913
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issumiug his oflieial duties ho was also made eouuty road
[ngineer through appointment by the County Court, lie
lontinued his efficient services as county surveyor until tho
xpirntion of his term, on the 1st of January, 1921, and
ias since retained the post of cuunty road engineer, an
lice in which he has been able and still continue* to give
Billable service, as the construction and maintenance of
;ood roads is one of the most importaut phases of pro-
gressive enterprise in any section or community.
1 In 1909 Mr. Willfong wedded Miss Audra Louise Ken-
nedy, wlio was born ami reared in Monongalia County and
tho is a daughter of Coleman and Susan Kennedy." Mr.
> rid Mrs. Willfong became the parents of three children:
Albert Kennedy, aged eleven years (1922); Alfred Lee,
vho died in 191 S. aged two years; and Anna Lee, three
hears of age in 1922.

Charles Edward Bishop, Ph. D., head of the department
■f Greek at West Virginia University, lias been a prominent
figure in American classical scholarship for many years, and
lias guided many successive generations of college and imi-
ersity classes so as to inspire in them an enduring affection
■ or the language and literature of ancient Greece and Home.

Doctor Bishop was born May 19, 1861, at Petersburg,
Virginia. His father was Carter R. Bishop, a business
nan and banker of Petersburg, and for many years a citizen
kho enjoyed leadership because his character and integrity
Commanded it. As a banker he held the unqualified confi-
dence of his fellow citizens, a confidence that was repaid
>»y him during the great panic of 1873, when his bank was
he only one in Petersburg to weather that disastrous
linaucial storm. He was too old for active military duty
luring the Civil war, but became a member of the Reserves,
le was born on the James River in Virginia in 1820, of
he old Carter family of that state. He died in ls75. His
Ivife, Mary Elizabeth Head, was a native of Rhode Island
ind of New England ancestry. She died in 1*63.

Charles Edward Bishop was only fourteen years of age
vhen his father died. However, he was accorded the
advantages of the best schools of his native state, attending
.he McCabe School at Petersburg, spent two years in the
University of Virginia, where he was appointed instructor
n Greek for the second year, and for two years was a
eaeher in the McGuire School at Richmond. Iu 18S5 Doc-
tor Bishop went abroad and for four years was a student
»f Greek, Latin and Sanskrit at Leipsie University, where
ie was offered the post of Famulus in Sanskrit. As was
.he custom among classical students there, the spoken
anguage in all class work was Latin. Doctor Bishop re-
•cived his Ph. D. degree from Leipsie University in 18>9.

In that year, on his return to the United States, he
jecame professor of Latin at Emory and Henry College
n Virginia, where he remained three years. In 1S92 he
•ook the chair of Greek and modern languages at "William
ind Mary College in Virginia. Doctor Bishop was ordained
x> the Presbyterian ministry in 1900 and is now a member
)f the Grafton Presbytery of West Virginia. He has been
Drofessor of Greek at West Virginia University at Morgan-
own since 1912.

Doctor Bishop is a noted authority on many subjects of
he Greek Syntax. His Doctor's thesis in Germany was on
he Greek Verbal in Tcos in Acsehylos. He prepared a
iaper on "Greek Verbal in Tos in Sophocles'' for the
\merican Journal of Philology, and is also author of a
Jeries of contributions on "The Verbal in Tcos from
Homer to Aristotle," He is a member of the American
Philological Association, and of the Classical Association
)f the Middle West and South, having been appointed vice
president of the same for West Virginia, a member of the
Pittsburg Philological Association, and is a charter member
)f the Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholarship fraternity,
lis membership dating from the reorganization or revival
>f that fraternity. He is also a member of the American
Archaeological Society.

In 1892, in England, Doctor Bishop married Alice M.
Hensley, of London, daughter of a London physician. Her
^ancle, Sir Robert Hensley, was knighted by King Edward.
Doctor and Mrs. Bishop have three children: Charles Eric,

nmv a business man of New Vurk Citj , Krna t Edward
M. D a practicing physician at Cinciinrtiti , and fnrt. r
Ki. hard, who is a tcneher in West Virginia.

Grady Vkkk Mokwan, M. D„ w bo is engaged in the prae
tice of his profession in the Citv of Fairmont, Marion
County, is a representative of a family who*, nnme hit<. Im-cm
one ot distinctive prominence in the history of Northern
West Virginia, the City of Morgantown ImtV m ri*>t ntug
the family uame and prestige.

Doctor Morgan was born at Downs, Miim.n Count v 1),
eember 26. 1S93, a son of Lloyd K. and Virginia Pan I,
Morgan, both likewise natives of this eoiintv, wh. r- th.
loriner was horn in ls5i and the latter in IsiJu, 2 i daoghur
of the late Edward Parish. Lloyd K. Morgan was engng, I
m mercantile business at various points in his native <-oi nt\
until 1910, and he and his wife now reside at Fairmont,
where he is living retired.

After having attended tho high school nt Manning!.. n.
Doctor Morgan entered the preparatory department of the
State Normal School nt Fairmont, and 'in this institution he
continued his studies until his graduation, iu 1912, in the
academic course and his completion of the normal course in
1913. In 1918 he was graduated from celebrated Kclecti
Medical College in the City of Cincinnati one of the oldest
Eclectic institutions in the West, and after thus receiving
hi3 degree of Doctor of Medicine he was given charge of the
Government Emergency Hospital, located between Metucln n
and New Brunswick, New Jersey, where tho Government
had several hundred men at work in the building of an
arsenal in connection with the nation's preparations for
participation iu the World war. Doctor Morgan ban b««n
engaged in active general practice at Fairmont since 1919.
and his ability and personal popularity arc attested bv the
scope and representative character of his clientage He is n
member of the Marion County Medical Societv and the
West Virginia State Medical Society.

July 1, 1916, recorded the marriage of Doctor Morgan
and Anna Lulu Thomas, who was born at Grafton, this
state, PYbruary 10, 1894, a daughter of Martina P. nnd
Isabel C. (Rosier) Thomas. Mr. Thomas was born at
Grafton, August 19, 1859, a son of Garrett E. and Lavara
(McGill) Thomas, and a grandson of Garrett Thomas and
James McGill, early settlers at Grafton. Mr. Thomas taught
school several years and thereafter was for twenty-three
years in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com-
pany. In 1912-13 he served as city collector of Grafton, and
he and his wife have been residents of Fairmont since 1914.
Dr. and Mrs. Morgan have two sons: Grady Thomas, born
March 22, 1917, and William Richard, born December 3,
1919.

Thomas King Jones, secretary of the Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Fairmont, one of the leading
insurance concerns of the state, has been a substantial
farmer as well as a business man, and the environment and
experience of his life have given him every qualification
for handling problems of business incident to agriculture.

lie was burn at Dent's Run, Grant District, Monongalia
County, August 31, ls66, son of John L. and Maria J.
(Morris) Joues, natives of the same county. His grand
parents were Henry and Mary (Lough) Jones, and the
former was born in Monongalia County in 1800, spending
all his active lifet'me on a farm in that county, where he
died in 1876. John L. Jones rendered his active ser\i e i
the vocation of agriculture. He was born on Little Indian
Creek in Monongalia County in 1831, and his wife, Mar i
J. Morris, was born March 3, 1835, and died August 6,
1917. She was a daughter of Barton and Comfort (King
Morris, natives of Monongalia County.

Of the four children of John L. Jones and wife Thomas
King is the only survivor. The oldest, Barton M. Jon<s,
was porn in Monongalia County, August Is, lh>3, acquire 1
his education in the free schools and the University of VY«st
Virginia, and for ten years was a farmer and Uaclnr in
the county schools and for a term of eight years was i
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term he was sheriff of the couuty. He died in 1893, being
survived by a widow and five aons. The second child, H.
dark Jones, was born in Monongalia County, September 14,
1858, had a public school education, attended the State
University, and devoted his active years to farming. He
died in 1917, and is survived by his widow and ten chil-
dren. The only daughter of the family, Mollie E. Jones,
was born April 30, 1856, finished her education in the Fair-
mont State Normal School, and was a successful teacher for
a number of terms. She died October 2, 1893.

Thomas K. Jones acquired a free school education in
Monongalia County, and as a youth went to work on his
father's farm. From that he progressed to the ownership
of a farm of his own, which he extended in acreage and in
productive improvements and remained steadily at work on
this property for forty-five years. He only left the farm in
1912, when he moved to Fairmont to assume the office of
secretary of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

March 15, 1S88, Mr. Jones married Miss Emma Bowers.
She was born October 20, 1867, in Indiana County, Penn-
sylvania, daughter of Peter and Rachel Bowers. Her father
was also a native of Indiana County, where he spent his
active life as a farmer, and during the Civil war he was a
Union soldier. His death occurred in 1896.

Mr. and Mrs. Jones have two daughters: Ollie Maria
Fairchild, who was born December 7, 1888, was married
September 30, 1916, to M. L. Fortney, of Preston County,
West Virginia, and they have ene child, Rachael Fairchild,
born May 6, 1918.

Martha Laura Cordelia, the second daughter, was born
January 28, 1891. She is the wife of Robert M. Morgan,
of Fairmont, manager of the Fairmont Motor Car Company.
They have a daughter, Emma Belle, born April 19, 1914.

Frank Emory Furbee has been actively associated with
the business life of Mannington for over three decades, is
head of the very prosperous establishment known as the
H. R. & F. E. Furbee, extensive dealers in men's and
womeu's wearing apparel and also is president of the Furbee
Furniture Company, and through his substantial resources
aud influence he has contributed to the upbuilding of the
little city, especially in its educational institutions.

This is ene of the oldest American families in West Vir-
ginia, and in all the generations the name has stood for
progress and advancement. The Furbees are of English
descent. Benjamin Furbee was born in 1693", on the Dela-
ware-Maryland Peninsula. His son was named Bowers.
Caleb, a son of Bowers, and the ancestor of the West Vir-
ginia branch of the family, was born at Kent, Delaware,
November 22, 1752. As a young man he enlisted with the
Delaware troops to serve the cause of independence in May,
1775. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1776, and iu May,
1777, was in command of a detachment of troops in Captain
Caldwell's company under Colonel Pope. Among other bat-
tles he was at Brandywine in 1777, and continued with the
patriot armies until independence was achieved.

Caleb Furbee about 1790, with his wife, Sarah, and four
sous, Waitman, John, George and Caleb, came to what is
now West Virginia, settled near Morgan town, made large
purchases of land on Paw Paw Creek, now in Marion
County, and lived in the midst of and participated in the
development of that section for years, but spent his last
days in Tyler County, where the life of this Revolutionary
patriot came to its close on April 16, 1837.

Three generations intervene between him and the Man-
nington merchant first named above. George Furbee, son
of Caleb, was born in Delaware, spent his active life as a
farmer and stock-raiser on Paw Paw Creek, and died in
1844. In 1796 he married Elizaheth Prichard. Their chil-
dren were James and Elizabeth, the latter marrying Jere-
miah Beatty.

James Furbee is the most prominent name associated with
the early history of Mannington. He was born in the Paw
Paw Creek district, and after some years as a farmer* there
he bought 800 acres, including the site of the City of
Mannington. He founded the town, opened its first store,
and guided his personal interests to the welfare of the com-
munity ever afterward. For many years he was a leading

stock dealer. James Furbee in 1823 married Mary An.
Lindsay, daughter of Lindsay and Nellie (Janes) Boggesf

Their eon wae the late Hon. James Hilary Furbee, wh
was born at Basnettsville, Marion County, October 18, 182(
He found interesting duties in connection with his father'
early enterprises at Mannington, and upon the completio
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad through that town i
1852 he was appointed station agent. These were his officis
duties until 1862, when he was appointed United State
revenue collector. Soon after the outbreak of the Civil wa
he had raised a company for state service, became it
captain, and was with the command in repelling threatene
invasions from the South.

James H. Furbee in 1878 was elected a member of th
West Virginia Legislature, and in 1880 was chosen to
seat in the State Senate. However, on account of a techn
cality, he was not seated. In 1886 he was again elected b
a large majority, and was also elected in 1892. Perhaps hi
most useful service in the Senate was rendered the cause I
state education. That was his dominating public motiv*
He was chairman of the committee on education in the Sei
ate. Hardly less important was the twenty years he serve
as president of the Board of Education of Mannington Di.J
trict. During this period his work contributed largely t
the establishment of the free school system, and introduce)
something more than nominal standards for the managemeiJ
and conduct of the local schools. His long devotion t
church culminated in his election as a lay delegate to tr.i
General Conference of 1900.

James H. Furbee, whose life of usefulness closed e
November 9, 1899, married on October 7, 1855, Sarah .
McCoy, of Tyler County. Her grandparents, John an
Esther (McCarty) McCoy, came from the North of Irelan;'
in 1801, settling first in the Shenandoah Valley and subs'l 5
quently removing to Middlebourne, Tyler County. The!
son, James McCoy, married in Tyler County, Jane Marti: |
and they were the parents of Sarah J. Furbee, who survive!
her hushand, passing away July 12, 1921.

This brings this interesting family narrative down 11
Frank Emory Furbee, who was born at Mannington, Octob< j
11, 1867. Both at home and in school be was well train*' 1
for the responsibilities that awaited him. After the publ'^
schools he attended the Fairmont State Normal School, ail 1
in 1890 graduated from Duff's Business College of Pitt!
burgh. He forthwith entered his father's business, know
as J. H. Furbee & Sons, dealers in clothing, shoes and fu
nishings at Mannington. Sinee 1896 this prosperous bus
ness has been continued under the title of H. R. & F. 3
Furbee. Mr. F. E. Furbee in 1910 became associated wi1
the organization of the Furbee Furniture Company.

Mr. Furbee succeeds to the responsibilities so long held II
his father as a guiding hand in the educational affairs i]
Mannington. He was chosen president of the Board of Ed (
cation in July, 1919. He is a Knight Templar, thirty-secoil
degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, an Elk ai
Modern Woodman, and is a charter member of the Kiwan i
Club.

October 4, 1899, Mr. Furbee married Virginia H. Hag
dorn. She is of New England ancestry, and was born :
Troy, New York, daughter of Charles H. and Chariot
Hagadorn, of Bennington, Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Furb
have two children: Robert Dater, born November 10, 190(
and Martha Virginia, born March 11, 1912.

Daniel Clinoingsmith Tables is one of West Virginia,
best known school principals and superintendents, due to i
active service of more than thirty years. Mr. Tabler is nc
superintendent of the Mannington public schools.

He was born July 18, 1864, at Orion in Richland Count
Wisconsin, son of William and Elizabeth Ann (Barnei
Tabler, the former a native of Maryland and the latter -
Ohio. William Tabler in his early life was a teacher, teac
ing in Wisconsin for a time, and from that state he removi
with his family to Ohio and finally to West Virginia, whe
for a number of years he was engaged in the tobacco pac
ing business. He finally went back to Ohio, where he die

Daniel C. Tabler acquired his early education in the pub]
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Arta degree from Ohio University at Athens. When be
is about twenty-one, in 1885, he received his first teacher's
rtificate in Ritchie County. It was in that county that he
.incd hia first laurels as an educator. He remained there
e years, the last two years as principal of the Ellensboro
hool. Mr. Tabler in 1S90 went to Noble County, Ohio,
ught for a year at Dexter City, and in lb91, on returning

West Virginia, located at Parkersburg and for two years
ught an out of town school. In 1894 he was elected
pervising principal of the old Park School at Parkersburg,
id was a factor in the educational life of that city for the
llowing thirteen years. In 1906 he was elected supcrin-
ndent of the Parkersburg schools, a post of duty he held
r two years.

Following that he was principal of the Raveuswood High
-hool in Jackson County, spent one year as superintendent

city schools at Davis, and at the end of that year he was
elected superintendent and at the same time was elected
perintendent of the Spencer schools, and in the meantime
id received a call aa principal of the McKinley School at
arkersburg. After some consideration he resigned from
e Davis schools, declined the call to Spencer, and returned

Parkersburg and for the following ten years was prin-
oal of the McKinley School. From Parkersburg Mr.
abler came to Mannington as superintendent of the city
[hools, an office to which he was elected in 1919.

For about ten years Mr. Tabler was widely known over
>e state through bis services as an instructor in teachers'
stitutes. lie cancelled all engagements for this kind of
iork when he assumed chaTge of the Mannington schools,
e is a member of the West Virginia State and National
ducational Associations, and of the Monongahela Valley
ound Table. Mr. Tabler is a thirty-seconu degree Scottish
ite Mason and Shriner, an Odd Fellow, a member of the
odern Woodmen of America, and belongs to the Manning-
•n Kiwanis Club.

Mr. Tabler married Miss Ella Hall Core, of Ellensboro,
'itehie County, daughter of the late Gen. Andrew S. Core,
ho was a Federal officer in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs.
.abler became the parents of four children, all of whom
[raduated from the Parkersburg High School. William Ray,
le oldest, born in 1891, is now in the auditing department
f the Gulf Refining Company at Pittsburgh. The two
junger children are Robert Allen, born in 1897, and Maude
iabella, who is a student in the West Virginia Wesleyan
ollege at Buckbannon.

A special paragraph should stand as a brief memorial to
le son Kramer Core, who was born in 1S94. After finishing
igh school he entered Marietta College in Ohio and when
ie World war came on be joined the French army and for
x months was a camion driver in France. When America
otered the war he secured a discharge from the French
rmy and enlisted in the aviation service. He was pro-
lOted to first lieutenant at the Somme. He continued on
uty until after the signing of the armistice, and on May
6, 1919, he met death when his ship crashed.

Clarence Wations McCutcheon, a civil and mining
ngineer of marked ability, is the executive head of the
tcCutcheon Engineering Company at Morgantown, Mon-
ngalia County, and is a young mau who has to his credit

fine record of practical achievement in his profession.

Mr. McCutcheon was born at Winona, Fayette County,
rest Virginia, on the 27th of January, 1S96, and is a
>n of John Floyd McCutcheon and Map- L. (Hagerman)
TcCutcheon, both of whom were born in Pulaski County,
"irginia. Perry McCutcheon, paternal grandfather of the
jbject of this sketch, likewise was a native of the Old
•ominion commonwealth, the family lineage tracing back
> atanch Scotch origin and the original American pro-
enitora having settled in Virginia in the Colonial period
t our national history. John Hagerman, the maternal
rand father of him whose name introduces this review,
•as one of five brothers who emigrated from their na-
ive Germany to the United States, four of the brothers
?ttling in Western Maryland and establishing the settle-
lent that eventually was developed into the present City
f Hagerman, which perpetuates the family name. John,

tho youngest of the five brothera, settled in Virginia, «nd
there ho married Snrah Wntklns Welgnl.

John Floyd McCutcheon km bom in 1862, and hia death
occurred in 1S98. lie was a -lively engaged in mercantile
business in West Virginia until uithin n few yenra of hi*
death. His widow ia now a resident of Morgantown and
Clnrenco W., of this sketch, i* their only child.

Clarence W. McCutehemi was al>out two \enrs of age nt
the time of his father's death, and was five' years old when
he accompanied his widowed mother on In r removal fr< in
his native City of Winnnn to Riehwood, Nicholas Coint\,
where he wns afforded the ndvnntnges of the pul.'ic whooK
the discipline of which ho Inter extended hv about on •
year of atudy in Morris Harvey College rwnr Huntington,
this state. He then entered Mar-hall College at Hunt ngton,
where he continued a student about one year, principal v
in high-school work, which likewise he had pursued in
Morris-Harvey College. In 1911 he was graduated from
the high school at Richwood nnd thereafter lie was for one
year a student in the Concord Normal School of We»t
Virginia, Iu 1914 he matriculated in the University of WcM
Virginia at Morgantown, in which he was graduated l>e
ccmber IS 1917, he having beeu, however, a memlKT of
the class of 1918 nnd having thus returned to the university
to receive in that year his degree of Hncholor of Science
and Civil Engineer.

On New Year's day of 1918 Mr. McCutcheon began prac-
tical service as a civil engineer at Knnnwhn Kalis, nnd in
June of that year he returned to the university for the
reception of his degrees, with other members of' his olus*.
He then entered the employ of the Monongahela Valley
Engineering Company at Morgantown, and in the same
year was assigned to the limited-service class in con nee
"tion with the nation's entrance into the World war. In
September, 1918, he became an instructor in the College
of Engineering of the University of West Virginia, as n
representative of war-preparation work, and there he con-
tinued in constructive field instruction service until nfter tin-
signing of the historic armistice that brought the war to
a close.

After leaving the nation's service Mr. McCutcheon en
tered the employ of the Bertha Coal Company of Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, with headquarters at Morgantown.
West Virginia, and he continued his professional and
executive service with this company until September, 1920,
when ho organized the McCutcheon Engineering Company,
of which he is the executive head and which is developing
a substantial and representative general engineering busi-
ness in connection with industrial enterprise and public
improvements in this section of the stnte.

Mr. McCutcheon is affiiliated with Morgantown Union
Lodge No. 4, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and wh'Ie
in the university he was active in the affairs of "The
Mountain" fraternity of that institution.

October 1, 1919, recorded the marriage of Mr M
Cutcheon with Miss Ada Margaret Fletcher, dnnghter of
Mrs. Jemima Pletcher-Mulvihill. The one child of th s
union is a fine little son, Donald Pl« t« her McCnicheon. born
September 12, 1920.

Russell L. Furhfe, who ivas in the navy during the
World war, is member of a prominent Marion County fam
ily, and baa already gained recognition as a lawyer prnc
ticing at Fairmont.

His home ia at Mannington, where he was born January
15, 1898, eon of Howard R. nnd Snrah Jane (Atha) FurlHe
His mother was born at Mannington, November 12. 1*07
The grandfather of the Fairmont lawyer was Senator James
F. Furbee, a native of Marion County, who was elected ns n
republican and served one term in the West Virginia State
Senate. Senator Furbee married Sarah McCoy. The late
Howard R. Furbeo was born nt Mannington, February 2s
1866, and in earlv life was a lumberman, later an oil oper
ator, and in 1904 wns elected sheriff of Marion County. Ju-t
before the elose of his four year term in that office he win
chosen to the House of Delegates by being elected a- a re
publican, and was reelected. At the close of hn second term
ho retired from public affairs to devote nil hia time to lm

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oil business, and so continued until his death on December
23, 1919. He was an active member of the Elks, Knights
of Pythias, Moose, Modern Woodmen and Woodmen of the
World.

Russell L. Furbee acquired a public school education at
Fairmont and Mannington, graduating from the Manning-
ton High School in 1914. For seven years he was a student
in the University of West Virginia, and completed both the
classical and law courses, receiving his A. B. degree in
1918 and his law degree in 1921. Mr. Furbee was an able
student and took a prominent part in student affairs, being
a member of the fraternities, literary societies and doing
his part in athletics. In April, 1918, he left the university
to enlist in the navy, and was in training at Norfolk, Vir-
ginia, for four months. He was then transferred to the
Naval Aviation Ground School at the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, Boston, where he remained until Decem-
ber 21, 1918, being honorably discharged with the rating of
chief quartermaster.

In June, 1921, Mr. Furbee was admitted to the bar in
Marion County, and soon afterward opened his office at
Fairmont. He is a member of the Marion County, Monon-
gahela Valley and West Virginia State Bar associations.
He is a Mason and Elk and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

Martin Luther Brown, cashier of the Fairmont State
Bank, one of the substantial financial institutions of the
judicial center of Marion County, was born on a farm in
Clinton District, Monongalia County, West Virginia, on the
20th of March, 1867, and is the eldest son of Jabez A. and
Mary V. (Galliher) Brown. The father was born in Monon-
galia County in the year 1844, and his entire active career
was marked by close association with farm enterprise, his
death having occurred in 1903. He was a son of Jabez
Brown, Sr., who was born at Brown's Mills, Harrison
County, in 1802, a son of Jabez, who was too young for
service as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, but whose
patriotism was expressed in his service as a teamster with
General Washington's army. After the close of the war
Jabez Brown (I) came to what is now Harrison County,
West Virginia, where he reclaimed a farm at the place now
known as Brown's Mills. He was born in New Jersey,
where representatives of the family, including, probably,
his father, settled upon removal from Connecticut. The
father of the subject of this sketch was a republican, and
he and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. Mrs.
Brown was born in Marion County, a daughter of William
Galliher, whose wife was a member of the Miller family that
became prominently identified with the pioneer history of
this country.

Martin L. Brown was reared on the old home farm that
was the place of his birth, and his youthful educational
advantages included those of the University of West Vir-
ginia. At the age of seventeen he hecame a successful
teacher in the rural schools, and at the age of twenty-three
years he was appointed county superintendent of schools
for his native county, to fill out an unexpired term, in 1890.

Thereafter he was regularly elected to this office for a
term of two years. In Monongalia County he also served
as deputy clerk of the Circuit Court for two years, and for
several years he was chief clerk in the post office at Morgan-
town. He next held for three years the position of teller
in the Farmers & Merchants Bank at Morgantown, and
later served for a time as assistant cashier of the Citizen 's
National Bank of that city.

In 1906 he organized the Bank of Morgantown, and of the
same he continued the cashier until January 1, 1911, when
he resigned to accept the office of warden of the West Vir-
ginia Penitentiary. He held this position for four years,
and for the ensuing three years was engaged in the insurance
business at Morgantown, West Virginia. He had given
oleven years of service as a member of the Morgantown
Board of Education, of which he was secretary during this
period.

In 1917 Mr. Brown was elected cashier of the Fairmont
State Bank, and he has since been numbered among the
progressive business men and honored citizens of the county

seat of Marion County, where also he is a director of th
Fairmont Tool Company. He is treasurer of the local Re<
Cross, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and th
Rotary Club, and ia affiliated with the Masonic frateraitj
and the Odd Fellows. In political matters he has been a3l
active member of the republican party. He is a member o
the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1
The first marriage of Mr. Brown was with Miss Sallie Kf
Duncan, who was born in Clinton District, MonongahV
County, a daughter of Charles H. Duncan, and whose deati
occurred in 1899. She is survived by two children, Nellie G
and Ross D. For his second wife Mr. Brown wedded Mis
Cora B. Duncan, daughter of Joseph R. Duncan, of Pitts
burgh, and the child of this union is Joseph T.

Herschel Layman Satterfield, D. D. S., a popular ant
representative member of the dental profession in Mario
County, is established in successful practice in the City o [
Fairmont, where he was born at Palatine, now in the Firs
Ward of the city, on the 8th of September, 1882. He ia :
son of Samuel Layman and Virginia Catherine (Wilson
Satterfield. Samuel L. Satterfield was born on Pharo 's Run
this county, August 5, 1846, a son of Francis M. and Susar
(Layman) Satterfield, the family genealogy tracing bach
to English origin, and the first representatives of the Satter
field family in what is now West Virginia having convj
from Pennsylvania in 1790 and made settlement at th"'
present site of Colfax, on the Tygarts Valley River. Franci
M. Satterfield was a pioneer settler on Pharo 's Run, Marioi'
County. He served three years as a soldier of the Union hi
the Civil war, and his son Samuel L. ran away from horn'
in 1862 and enlisted in Company C, Tenth West Virgini:!
Volunteer Infantry, in which he gave three years of gallanj
service as a loyal young soldier of the Union. Francis Ml
Satterfield became one of the prosperous farmers of Marioi'
County, but was a resident of Holt, this state, at the timi
of his death.

Samuel L. Satterfield was reared on the home farm an<
later learned the carpenter's trade at Holt. After his mar
riage he removed to Palatine, now a part of Fairmont, am
his death occurred July 31, 1903. His wife was born a
Fairmont, December 12, 1849, a daughter of Arza D. am
Catherine (Shrirer) Wilson, the father having been fo
many years a cabinet maker at Fairmont. Mrs. Satterfieh
still resides at Fairmont, as one of its venerable and revere<
native daughters.

After having attended the public schools and the Stat
Normal School at Fairmont, Doctor Satterfield entered th
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, iu which Maryland in
stitution he was graduated in 1912, with the degree o
Doctor of Dental Surgery. He has since been actively am
successfully engaged in practice at Fairmont, and in th<
meanwhile he has taken effective post-graduate work in th
City of Pittsburgh. In the World war period he served a
dental examiner to the Draft Board of Marion County, unde
appointment by the governor of the state, and he was activi
in the furtherance of the various patriotic services in hi
home county. He is a member of the West Virginia Stat
Dental Association and the National Dental Association. Ii
the Masonic fraternity his basic affiliation is with Fairmon
Lodge No. 9, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and ht
has thus far received the fourteenth degree in the Scottisl
Rite and all of the degrees of the York Rite. He is :l
member of the local lodge of Elks and the Rotary Club, am '
he and his wife hold membership in the First Methodis j
Episcopal Church.

Doctor Satterfield wedded Miss Helen McClure, who wa '
born at Wheeling, this state, a daughter of James H. am i
Belle MeClure. Doctor and Mrs. Satterfield have thred
children: Martha Jane, born September 8, 1915; Janie I
McClure, born May 2, 1917; and Betty Ann, born March 31
1921.

Edward Clifford Jones, a representative merchant am 1
citizen of the City of Fairmont, Marion County, was bon
at Castleton, Maryland, November 10, 1872, and is a son o
Hugh A. and Cornelia (Touchstone) Jones, the former o:
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American representatives of the Jones family came from
Wales to this eountry at least seven generations ago and
made settlement in Maryland. The Touchstone family, allied
with the English peerage, likewise has maintained a branch
in America for many generations.

Hugh A. Jones was born on the family homestead farm
near Cast let on, Maryland November 22, 1 842, hi? father,
■ugh Jones, having been born in that state in 1791, and
having there died in Hugh Jones was a builder of

old-time Hour mills, many of which he erei'ted in his native
state. In 1837 he purchased a farm on the Susquehanna
River, near the Pennsylvania line, and from stone quarried
On this Maryland farm was constructed the line old Jones
house at Castleton which still stands as one of the well
preserved landmarks of that scetion of Maryland. This
venerable mansion is now owned and occupied" by Fred C.
Jones, brother of the subject of this sketch. Hugh Jones
I married Ann Kidd, a member of the old and intlnential
I Maryland family of that name. Hugh A. Jones was en-
gaged in the study of law at the time of his father's death
in 1S64, when he abandoned his plans for a professional
| career and assumed eharge of his father's estate. He be-
came successfully identified with various lines of business
l enterprise, and was the owner of a large and valuable estate
| at the time of his death, May 19, 1910. His wife, who was
born at Port Deposit, Maryland, February 27, 1;>45, passed
to eternal rest on the 7th of August, 1907, she having been
a daughter of James and Virginia (Owens) Touchstone, the
former of English parentage. James Touchstone was a
citizen of prominence and influence in his community and
served as quartermaster of the Sixth Maryland Volunteer
Infantry (Union) during the entire period of the Civil war.
Captain Owens, maternal grandfather of Mrs. Cornelia
Jones, was for many years master of sailing vessels on
Chesapeake Bay, and had his home at Perryville, Maryland.
The children of Hugh A. and Cornelia A. Jones were:
, Minnie, who died in infancy; James Touchstone, engaged
t in the commission business at Darlington. Maryland; Ed-
ward C, the next in order of birth; Hugh Roy, who is en-
gaged in the hardware business at Cumberland, Maryland;
Fred C, who owns and occupies the old homestead at Cattle-
ton. Maryland, and Virginia Alice, who married E. Charles
Wilson, of Darlington, Maryland.

Edward C. Jones was reared on the old home farm and
gained his early education in the public schools at Castleton.
In ls9I he began his mercantile career in a store at Darling-
ton, not far distant from the home place. In September,
1^94, he came to West Virginia and beeame manager of the
store of the Beaver Creek Mercantile Company at Davis,
this corporation being a subsidiary of the Beaver Creek
Lumber Company. In 1^96 he was made manager of the
large general-merchandise establishment which the firm
opened at Hambleton, Tucker County, and four years later
he resigned this position to engage in business in an inde-
pcmlent way. On the 13th of October, 1900, Mr. Jones
formed a partnership with A. X. Gorrell. and the new firm
of Gorrell & Jones opened a dry goods and women's apparel
store at Mannington. Eighteen months later Mr. Jones
became sole owner of the business and he conducted the
-a me successfully until January, 190b*. when he sold the same
to his brother, H. R., and bought the department store of
George G. Yeager at the corner of Adams and Madison
streets, Fairmont. In the autumn of 1912 he removed the
stock and business to the American Building, where he
developed a large department store. In 1917 he removed to
20S Adams Street and converted his department store into
an establishment devoted to the handling of the finest grades
of women's ready-to-wear garments and millinery. He has
made this the largest and leading store of its kind in Fair-
mont — one of the largest in Northern West Virginia, and
caters to a substantial and representative patronage. Mr.
Jones is a director of the People's National Bank and the
Community Saving and Loan Company, both of Fairmont;
is president of the South View Realty Company (real estate
and coal operators) ; and is a director of the Jerry Run Coal
Company, which conducts mining operations near Clarks-
• burg.

Mr. Jones has been active and influential in civic affairs

during the period of h s residence nt Fairmont, and ban
been identified with virtually every local movement tending
to advance the social and material progress of the c ty. He
was one of the organizers of the Fairmont Bu»ines» Men '»
Association, was its tir>t pre- 1 dent and is still a inemlnr of
its board of directors, and is likewise ncthe in the Fairmont
Chamber of Commerce He was one of the organizers of tli

Fairmont Country Club an. I « ru-d as a i .r of it-i board

ot governors until 1921.

On May o, 1*97, Mr Jones married M M irv Flan I
Kekcss, who was born at Hock <"a\ Fp<di r • ouMv. P.i
state, a daughter of J. C. ami Lucy < lb it<l< r<, n t. k •
Her parents removed to Florida, estat. i-hing tlutr homo <>•
St. John's River, near Jacksonville, in F.Uo. Her fat In r
still lives there, and her mother died there in 1916 Tin
oldest son of Mr. Jones is Edward C. t Jr., who was born
March 6, 1S99, and is now assoeiated with hi* falter in
business, in a partnership which was formed in 11*21. lb i*
a graduate of the grammar and high »ehool, the St*»t Nor
ma I College at Fairmont, ami during the World war p« no
he served in the Two Hundred and Twenty first Field sjgn.v
Battalion, Signal Corps, at Camp Vail Sew Jer-^y \ft«r
his discharge from the army service he cnniph U«l mu
in advertising, card writing and decorating at the Kot-li-r
School of Chieago, where he graduated in 1919. The sccon i
son is Hugh Eekcss, who was bom November j'j. p.MO, and
is a member of the class of 1923 in the engineering dtpurt
meat of the University of West Virginia. John Paul, the
youngest son, was bom November Is, F.I02, and, like In*
brothers, is a graduate of the Fairmont High S- hool, and it
a member of the class of 1 92-1 in the cngincer-'ng department
of the State University.

William Jefferson Snee, a wr-ll known Morgantown
attorney, also referee in bankruptcy, is a native of South
western Pennsylvania but finished his law course in Wc-t
Virginia University and for the | a»t twenty years hn-
made an enviable record in his profession.

He was born oa a farm in Washington County. IVnwyl
vania, January 2*. 1*73. son of Thomas Jefferson ant
Sarah Jane (Rue) Snec, the former also a native oi
Washington County, while his mother wa9 born 'n Fayette
County, Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather wa«
Thomas Jefferson Snee, who was a native of Pennsylvania,
the family having been established in that state by hi
father, Thomas Snee who came from Ireland. The father
of the Morgantown lawyer was horn in I>31 and died in
1 |, devoting his active career to farm ug, ami when his
son. William J., was a boy he moved over the line from
Washington into Allegheny County The moth» r n:i« bon
October 12. iMl, and is still living, lb r father. Alexander
Hue, was a native of Pennsylvania

William J. Snee grew up on a farm mar Pittsburgh,
acquired his early education in the public schools and f« r
several terms attended the Pittsburgh Academy an I aU
the Grove City College in Pennsylvania. He taught seven)
terms in Allegheny County and thus worked his way 9ml
paid his expenses while a student of law lie graduated in
law from the University of West Virginia in 19<><>. the same
vcar was admitted to the state lar and began his prote*
'sional work at Morgantown. Soon afterward he was np
pointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Monongali-i Conn
tv. but resigned in about a year to look after his rapi lly
growing clientage. He also sirved two terms as c ty recorder
of Morgantown and was elected to fill an unexpired term »s
sheriff and treasurer of the county. Xovcmlxr 1*. 19I\
he was appointed referee in bankruptcy by Judge Dayt n
of the Federal Court.

Mr Snee wa« president of the Monongalia C unty 1? r
Association in 1919-20. HVs learning and industry haw

Consistorv of the Seottsh Ri(" and O-ins Temj of tfa*
Mvstio Shrine. He belongs to the M rgant^wn M ronir
Club, is a member of the Kappa Al| ha eo 1 g- fr I mil*,
and the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

August 28, 1901, Mr. Snee married Miss Graee Martin,
daughter of J. Ami and Mary C. (Snyder) Martin. Her
parents formerly lived in Preston County and later in
Morgan town.

Howaed M. Martin. Farming, carpenter work, contract-
ing and school teaching have been the useful and busy
program of activities with which Howard M. Martin has
been concerned in his mature years. He is one of the hon-
ored residents of Masontown iu Preston County.

He represents one of the very old American families in
this section of West Virginia, and is a descendant of Daniel
Martin, who went into the war for American independence
as a hostler for his uncle, Col. John Martin. Subsequently
he became a soldier in the ranks and served seven years
and six months, practically throughout the entire war.
Daniel Martin was a native of Germany. He married Eliza-
beth Wynne. His first settlement was in New Jersey,
whence he removed to Pennsylvania, and finally came to
Preston County, West Virginia. He lived beyond the cen-
tury mark, and some declare he died at the age of 105. His
wife died of cancer about D>37. Their children were:
Abigail, who married George Sypolt; Jacob, whose record
follows; John, a stone mason who married Sarah Sypolt;
Isaac, a cripple, married Susanna Metheny and followed
shoemaking as a trade throughout his life; and Sarah, who
became the wife of John McNair and lived near Valley
Point in Preston County.

Jacob Martin was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania,
February 6, 1793. He was a pioneer in the Valley Point
district of Preston County, establishing his first home in the
woods there. He lived out his life in that section and is
buried in the Mount Moriah Cemetery. He married Mrs.
Mary (Metheny) Miller, widow of Peter Miller. Her two
children by her first husband are Susanna and John 1\
Mrs. Miller became Mrs. Jacob Martin, February 7, 1810.
By her second marriage she was the mother of James, who
became a Baptist minister and school teacher, married
Minerva Rogers and died June 14, 1S96, and Daniel T.

Daniel T. Martin, who was born near Valley Point, Janu-
ary 6, 1819, died near Kingwood, June 1, 18*7. His first
wife was Elizabeth Teets and his second, Mary M. Kirk-
patrick. The children of the first marriage were Simon R.,
Phoebe (who married Pulaski Messenger), Jasper and
Jacob Tucker. The children of the second marriage were
Sarah Jane, Sampson, Rachel, Josiah F. and Margaret Vir-
ginia, who lived in one of the states west of the Mississippi
River.

Simon R. Martin, who continues the ancestral record and
was the father of Howard M. Martin, was born in the
vicinity of Valley Point, December 22, 1838, and except for
a few years wheu his parents lived in Wetzel County he
remained in his native county all his life. He started with
the education that could be acquired in the district schools
of the country, and he and two brothers and his father were
Union soldiers in the Civil war. He was in Company 11
of the Third Maryland Infantry in the Army of the Poto-
mac. He was once taken prisoner, but was exchanged and
he was in the service almost from the beginning until the
close of the war. He was taken captive and held for some
time and then exchanged. Simon R. Martin died June 14,
1915. He married Sarah A. Liston, daughter of John and
Nancy (Smith) Liston. She died July 3, 1914. Of their
children Howard M. is the oldest. Mintie Victoria was
first the wife of B. B. Miller and her second husband, Harry
Green, lives in Preston County. Anna is the wife of M. H.
Taylor, of Masontown. Sabina Jane was married to Sher-
man Pell, of Masontown. Granville Ross married first
Blanche Greathouse and for his second wife married Bessie
Broyle, and both are deceased. He married for his third
wife Ella Neely, and they live at Masontown. Atlanta Lura
is the wife of I. W. Spencer, of Masontown.

Howard M. Martin was born at Bruceton Mills, April 16,
1862, and when he was about eight years of age his parents
moved into the Masontown locality, where he came to man-
hood. He attended the public schools, took normal courses
at Masontown and about the time he reached his majority
he began teaching. This profession formed an important

part of his life for sixteen years. He was a teacher in the
winters and worked in the fields on the farm during the '
summers. After teaching and farming he took up me- 1
chanical work, at the bench as a carpenter and later as a
contractor. He did much work of this character in the
locality, but eventually surrendered that business to con-
centrate his time upon his farm. After his marriage he
established his home at Masontown for seven years, then
lived for two years at Albright, again was for four years
at Masontown, and from there went to Colorado to benefit
his wife 's health. She yielded to the progress of the disease
and died a few months later. Mr. Martin then returned
to Preston County, and in 1918 bought his present farm,
almost against the townsite of Masontown, and continued its
cultivation until his own health compelled him to desist. ,
Among other improvements he erected a substantia] eight
room house on the farm.

Mr. Martin cast his first vote for president for James G. I
Blaine, and has never failed to vote at national elections in
the republican faith. He was a justice of the peace for one I,
term, was the first mayor of Masontown, and also served
as recorder and councilman several terms. He has for many
years been active iu the Methodist Episcopal Church, has
served as steward and trustee of the Masontown congrega- !
tion, was one of the building committee at the erection of
the new house of worship and for about ten years was super- I
intendent of the Sunday school.

On June 5, 1889, Mr. Martin married Anna Fay Jackson,
daughter of Richard Philip and Sophia (Heidelberg) Jack-
son. She was born near Albright, Preston County, March
10, 1S71, and died February 3, 1904. She is survived by
her daughter, Estella S., wife of Charles Malcolm, of Peters-
burg, West Virginia, and they have a daughter, Anna Lee. !
On July 12, 1905, in Preston County, Mr. Martiu married
Mrs. Etta O'Bryon. Her father, Zaeeheus G. Smith, married f
Sue E. Wilhelm, a daughter of John Wilhelm. Mrs. Martin i
was born in Preston County, January 10, 1878, one of a I
family of twelve children. By her marriage to Charles
O'Bryon she had two children, Sarah R., wife of Arthur
Pell, and Opal M., wife of Ferris Taylor. Mr. and Mrs.
Martin have four children: Glenn F., born April 14, 1906;
Simon Harold Gibson, born Mareh 23, 1908; Dana Ray, born
May 7, 1912; and Susan Ruth, born April 7, 1915.

Paul G. Armstrong has been engaged iu the practice of
law at Fairmont, judicial center of Mariou County, since
1009, and his record attests alike his professional ability and
his personal popularity, for he has built up a successful gen-
eral practice and is one of the loyal and progressive citizens
of Fairmont.

Mr. Armstrong claims the old Buckeye State as the plaee
of his nativity, his birth having occurred at Bannock, Bel-
mont County, Ohio, March 24, 1884. He is a son of John
and Martha (Trussel) Armstrong, the former of whom was 1
born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1850, and the latter was
bom at Dallas, West Virginia, in 1855. Warden and Eliza
Armstrong, paternal grandparents of the subject of this
review, were of English ancestry the respective families
having been founded in America prior to the War of the
Revolution.

Paul G. Armstrong acquired his early education in the dis-
trict schools of his native county, and in 1904 was graduated
from the high school at St. Clairsville, Ohio. In the follow-
ing year he entered the University of West Virginia, in the
law department of which he continued his studies two years.
He then became a student iu the law department of the Ohio
State University, in the City of Columbus, and there he was
graduated as a member of the class of 1908. February 2,
1909, marked his opening of an office at Fairmont, where
he has since continued in active practice and where he has
gained status as one of the representative members of the
Marion County bar. He is a member of the Marion County
Bar Association and the West Virginia Bar Association.
He is also a member of Fairmont Lodge No. 9, A. F. and
A. M., of Crusade Commandery No. 6, Knights Templar, of
the Mystic Shrine, and of MeDaniel Lodge of Perfection in
the Scottish Rite of Masonry at Wheeling, West Virginia.
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clubs and tho Fairmont Shrine Club, and is a member of the
First Presbyterian Church of Fairmont.

Thomas D. CaAio. Craig is one of the prominent family
names of Preston County, and some space is given on other
pages to a formal record of the family, while lure particular
attention is devoted to one of the individual members,
Thomas D. Craig, a native sou of Preston County, and for
many years expressing his service as a teacher, farmer and
merchant.

He was born on Morgan's Run, two miles south of King
wood, March 1, 1870, son of Charles C. Craig who is one of
the surviving members of the Civil war still living in this
community. Thomas D. Craig was reared on his father's
farm and alternated between its duties and the work of
nearby coal mines. Ho did his first work in eual mines as
early as ten years of age. Subsequently he was a mine
operator. He acquired the advantages of trie country schools,
attended the old Normal School at Kingwood, and at the
age of twenty two began teaching in rural districts. Alto-
gether he taught for sixteen years, his last school being
Snyder 's School in the Kingwood district. While teaching
he also operated a coal mine and a farm. About the time
the World war began Mr. Craig had to give up busim ss be
cause of a physical breakdowu, and, selling his property,
he sought renewed health in Florida and Alabama. After
a period he was thoroughly recuperated, and then returned
and resumed farming, and since December 1. 1021, has con-
ducted a store at Snyder's Crossing.

Mr. Craig has done his duty as a citizen as a republican
voter, and in 1900 and again in 1010 was one of the census
enumerators in Preston County. He was a delegate to the
Berkeley Springs Convention when George W. Bowers was
nominated for Congress by the Second Congressional Dis-
trict. Mr. Craig has filled various chairs in the Kuights of
Pythias Lodge, and represented the Kingwood Lodge in the
Grand Lodge for two years, lie and Mrs. Craig are almost
life-long members of the Methodist Church, and he has been
superintendent of the Sunday school.

In Preston County, February 12, ] he married Miss
Cora M. Savage, daughter of David Harrison Savage. Some
account of the Savage family should appropriately be given
at this point.

They represent an original line of people who established
their homes in the United States in Colonial times, and the
family was represented in the Revolutionary war. Farming
has been with few exceptions the regular vocation of the
different generations. More than a hundred years ago the
grandfather of David H. Savage, John R. Savage, settled in
Garrett County, Maryland, seventeen miles northeast of
Oakland, near Friendsville. The Savages aud the Friends
were among the first settlers in that section of Maryland.
John R. Savage was a man of intelligence, capable in bnsi
ness and farming, and spent his life in Garrett County in
the development and improvement of his estate, lie married
into the Friend family, his wife being Miss Caren, as they
called her. They had five daughters and one sou : Mrs.
Lavina Winger *Mrs. Lydia Savage, Mrs. Savilla Friend.
Mrs. Elizabeth Friend, while Mary died unmarried. The
only son, Thomas Savage, was born in February, 1^23, and
gTew up near Friendsville. He acquired a good common
school education and was a prosperous fanner in that com-
munity. In 1863 he enlisted in the Third Maryland In-
fantry, under Captain Ambrose, and was a soldier until ihe
end of the war. He was in the Army of the Potomac, and
among other engagements was at the battle of Monocacy.
Ho received bis discharge at Baltimore in the spring of
1S65, and then resumed the work of the farm where he had
left off. He was never in official life, voted as a republican
and was a Methodist. Thomas Savage married Elizabeth
Evans, a native of Wales, coming to the United States at
the age of fourteen with her parents, who first located at
Mount Savage, Maryland, and later iu the Friend settlement
in Garrett County. Mrs. Thomas Savage died on the home
farm where she had spent her married life. She was the
mother of thirteen children, and those who survived infancy
were: David Harrison, of Kingwood, West Virginia;
Martha, who married Alfred Jenkins, of Fnendsville;

George, of Souierfield, Pennsylvania, William and li<aU»n.
who died unmarried; Arthur, who boennie- n eommercinl
traveler anil died at Pittsburgh ; F.mily, who ditd young,
Freeman, who owns the old Garrett Count v bomesU-nd* where
he reared his family; and Kflie, wife of 'Frank Thomas, ol
Mnrkersburg, Pennsylvania.

David Harrison Savage, whose home for over forty ymr*
has been in Preston County, was born in l»urrett County.
Maryland October 17, 1M S , and finished Ins education hi
West Virginia University at Morguntow n, but lift l*»f«ri
graduating. For ten years he was u UaHu r in the pu*di
schools of Prestun County. 11c established his home tw«>
miles west of Kingwood, and his last teaching wns don» in
the home district there. While sti'l teaching he bignn colli
vating and improving hi> farm, and wns one of tho \cr\
progressive exponents of agricultural endenvor in this sec
tiou. lie did diversified farming, growing the various
cereals, raising livestock, making butter nt home, marketing
poultry, fat hogs and cattle. His present home is nlmo-t
against the towusite of Kingwood, where ho has lined s u« «•
November, 1 1* 1 7, and where he Mil! cultivates halt <»f tin
eighty acres lie owns.

Ifcivid 11. Savage served as deputy as.ses.ior und« r \.VM'wo.r
Summers, lie ea>t his fir>t presidential vote for General
Grant in ls,GS ( and since early manhood has been nn artiv
member of the Methodist Church, and has bei n on th<
official board.

In Preston County in June, 1*72, Mr. Savage mnrritd
Miss .lerusha Cale a native of the county, and daughter of
Amos and Man* (,Wishell) Cale. She was one of a familv
of one son ami four daughters, and the others still living
are Emory Cale and Mrs. Lucy Iiurk. Mr. and Mrs. S:n
age have one son and four daughters: Cora M., wife of
Thomas D. Craig; Gertrude, Mrs. William .Morris, of Tun
nelton; Craee, who died as the wife of Walter Wilson,
John M., who is unmarried and a farmer u ar Kingwood;
and Lucy, wife of Charles Kvick, of Kingwood. The only
two grandchildren of Mr. S;ivagc were born to his daughter.
Mrs. Gertrude Morris.

Ivan Davis is a banker at Kingwood. being cashier of
the Kingwood National Hank, lie acquired his early busi
ness training at Morgantown, where he was connected with
the glass industry for many years.

Mr. Davis succeeded W." A. Sehacffer us cashier of tie-
Kingwood National Bank and is also one of its direr tor*.
This bank was organized in 1U02 by local capitalist*, the
moving spirit being James W. Flynn. Other a-ssociatcs w» r>-
Ira Robinson, of Grafton, Senator Stephen B. Klkini and
S. II. White. The capital has always been maintained at
$2.1,000, and the surplus and undivided profits now stand at
a similar figure. The officers are: Mr. Flynn, pre-dd. nt ; <'
A. Craig and George A. Herring, vice presidents; Mr. ]hn .
cashier; and Charles Manown, bookkeeper.

Mr. Davia represents one of the older fnmilies of Wi-d
Virginia, both his father and grandfather having 1km n born
in the state. His great-grandfather more than 100 years
ago came from New Jersey and established his home in
Doddridge County, where he lived out his life as n farmer.
His son William was a Doddridge County farmer all his
life, and the third generation of the family here wns nprc
sentcd by William G. Davis, father of the Kingwood banker.

William G. Davis was born in 1834, and has now reached
venerable years, his active life having been devoted t
farming. He was a Confi derate soldier nnd was in the
army until the close of the war. He was a private, and
though in many battles he escaped wounds or capture. That
hae been practically his only service outside of hi" farm and
home community. Like most of his ancestors he has Wn
satisfied to voto as a democrat, and he is a memlier of Ui
Baptist Church. William G. Davis married Mm* Martha
Hall, who died in June, 1921, at the age of sixty e.ght. Her
father was Lemuel Hall, of Auburn in Kitebie County. V\ il
liam G. Davis and wife had seven sons and one <l*»P£tcr:
Newton F., Lewis T., William L., Cyrus A Marshall. Fred.
Ivan and Lydia, the latter the wife of W Lew,, o Dodd-
ridge Countv. All the eons arc farmers but William L..
who is a Baptist minister, and Ivan.

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Ivan Davis was born near Salein, Doddridge County.
November 7, 1882, and he grew up near the county seat and
was a factor on the farm until about eighteen. He theu
supplemented his common school education by attending
Salem College three years, and at the age of twenty-oue
completed the course of the Mouutain State Business College
at Parkersburg. With this education and training Mr. Davis
became an office man for the Mississippi Glass Company at
Morgantown, and was continuously with that corporation
fifteen years, seeing it grow from a plant employing about
seventy-five men to an industry with a pay roll of 300. He
was assistant manager of the company when he resigned in
July, 1917, to remove to Kingwood and enter upon his
duties as cashier of the Kingwood National Bank.

Mr. Davis is a member of the minority party in King-
wood, a democrat, and only once has been a caudidate for
office. He was on the ticket iu 1920 for county clerk of
Preston County, and made a splendid showing in spite of
the inevitable defeat of that year. He is a Methodist, and
a member of the Masonie Lodge. Mr. Davis and his wife
planned their very attractive home at Kingwood, which is of
English style of architecture and was completed in 1921.

Mrs. Davis before her marriage was Miss Isa Lynne
Bucklew. She was born in Preston County in 1892 and was
married at Kingwood, December 25, 1912. Her father,
George H. Bucklew, represents oue of the pioneer families
of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have two sons:
George William and Delroy Richard.

Louis Black, director of the West Virginia University
School of Music, has a reputation not short of national for
his musical gifts and attainments. For a number of years
he has been a tenor soloist in choir work and on the con-
cert stage, doing that in connection with his teaching.

Mr. Black was horn at Franklin, Venango County,
Pennsylvania, August 10, 1872. His father, Ephraim
Black, was born in the same county, September 23, 1841,
son of Thomas Black, whose family moved from old Vir-
ginia to Pennsylvania and were pioneers in Butler County.
Ephraim Black had a long and useful career in the Pennsyl-
vania oil fields, and for many years was superintendent
of the Franklin Pipe Line Company. He is now living in
well earned retirement iu his eightieth year. His wife,
Sarah McCoy, was born March 10, 1841, in Butler County,
and has likewise passed the age of fourscore. Her father,
Hon. Hiram Francis Craig McCoy, was for many years
prominent in the business and public life of Butler County,
represented that county a number of times in the Legisla-
ture, was also postmaster of Anandale and a justice of the
peace.

Prof. Louis Black was reared in Franklin, graduated
from the high school of that city, and early manifested
the talents which were cultivated by study at home and
abroad in some of the best schools and under some of the fin-
est masters of the musical art. He graduated from the New
England Conservatory of Music at Boston in 1S9S, where
he came under the instruction of William M. "Whitney. Dur-
ing 1902 he studied in Naples, Italy, under Vincenzo Lom-
bardi, and was a pupil under Oresto Bimboni in the New
England Conservatory Opera School at Boston in 1903-05.
For eight years Professor Black was an instructor in the
New England Conservatory at Boston. When William M.
Whitney founded the International School for Vocalists
he became associated with his former master, and at the
same time was director of the vocal department of the
East Greenwich Academy and tenor soloist in Grace Church
at Providence, Rhode Island, during 1905-06. He was
teacher of voice culture and the art of singing at Beaver
College in Pennsylvania in 1906-1909. While at Beaver
he had charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church choir
and was tenor soloist at Christ Methodist Episcopal Church
in the City of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Black '8 service with the University of West Vir-
ginia as director of its School of Music began in 1909.
His individual attainments have brought the school a tre-
mendous amount of prestige and he has surrounded him-
self with a group of gifted men and women in the va-
rious departments of musical art so as to strengthen this

department and make it one of tho most popular of the
various schools of the university.

Professor Black is a charter member of the Sinfonia (
Greek letter students fraternity. He is affiliated with the
Masonic Order at Franklin, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Black is also a distinguished musician. Before f
their marriage she was Miss Ethel Boardman Jenney. She
was born at Brocktou, Massachusetts, daughter of Joshua
Milton and Sarah (Mosber) Jenney. Her father was born !
at Little Compton, Rhode Island, and was a lineal de-
scendant of John Jenney, a French Huguenot who came '
over ou the ship James, the first ship to follow the May-
flower, and served as a member of the staff of Governor ,
Bradford of the Massachusetts Colony. Sarah Mosher, Mrs.
Black's mother, was born at North Dartmouth, just out
from New Bedford, Massachusetts, and is still living at fl
New Bedford. She is a Quakeress, having been baptized ',
in the Quaker Church.

Mrs. Black graduated from the high school of Brockton,
Massachusetts, and from the New England Conservatory
of Music at Boston and for a number of years was a
teacher of music. Since 1918 she has been head of the
piano department of the West Virginia School of Music.

Wood Family. The records that follow are not only an j
authentic account of an important branch of the Virginia
family of Wood and its allied connections, but abound in
references to names and events that make up much of the
real history of the western part of old Virginia. A repre-
sentative of the family in the present generation, Dr. Amos
D. Wood, has for a number of years been a prominent phy-
sician and specialist at Bluefield.

I. John WOOD (1745-18—), the first of this family of
which we have any definite knowledge, lived in Franklin
County, Virginia. He was twice married, one of his wives
being named Nellie. He had two sons of whom we have
record, Henry and Richard. Henry moved with his family
to Missouri. Richard married and lived at the top of
"Wood's Gap" in Patrick County, near the Floyd County
line.

II. Richard Wood (1769-1S59), the son of John Wood,
of Franklin County, married Rachel Cocran, of Patrick
County. Two children were born to them, John R. and

Annie. After the death of his first wife he married

Brommer, and to them were born Alexander, Jeremiah,
Peter, German, Edward and Henry.

Alexander was for many years captain of militia, being
an expert drill master. He and German moved with their
families to West Virginia. Jeremiah, Peter, Edward and
John R. lived in Patrick and raised large families. Henry
never married. Annie married David Cochran and lived in
Floyd County.

Richard Wood was a farmer of considerable means, own-
ing many slaves and a large body of land. lie died at the
age of ninety in the year 1859.

III. John Richard Wood (1799 1886), the son of Rich-
ard Wood of Patrick County, was born in the year 1799.
He married Lucinda DeHart, a daughter of James, the emi-
grant, and Ellen (Dennis) DeHart and to them were born
Annie, Stephen H., Mary, Richard J., Delilah, Rachel and
Leah. Stephen H. married Rachel Thomas, a daughter of
Joseph and Annie (Turner) Thomas, and had a family of
six boys and three girls. Annie married Rev. John Hub-
bard and moved to Summers County, West Virginia; their
children were two sons and four daughters. Mary married
Perry Slusher, a son of Jacob and Tilda (Hylton) Slusher;
their children were five sons and five daughters. Richard J.
married Judith Anne Shortt, a daughter of John and Judith
(Thomas) Shortt; they had two daughters and seven sons.
Delilah married Richard Hatcher and had six children.
Rachel married Samuel F. Turner, a son of Francis and
Nancy (Thomas) Turner; they were the parents of two
sons and four daughters. Leah married George Slusher, a
brother of Perry, and unto them were born three daughters.
John R. Wood lived at the foot of "Wood's Gap," where
he owned a large body of land. He owned no slaves, being
conscientiously opposed to slavery.

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fohn R. and Lueinda (DeHart) Wood, was born on the
!7th day of October, 1S28. His educational advantages
vcre limited. He attended several private schools, and al-
ways looked back with pride to the fact that for a ahort
tession he had as his teacher Nathaniel Henry, a son of
^atrick Henry of Virginia. His early years were spent on
lie father 's farm and in the drygoods store of James
Vloir at "Old Charity." On the fifth day of February,
1853, he married Judith Anno Shortt. a daughter of John
If. aod Judith (Thomas) Shortt. They lived first on a
'arm given him by his father in Patrick County, whero
hey resided up to and during the Civil war, after which
hey moved to the County of Floyd, settling on a farm five
niles east of Jacksonville, now the town of Floyd. Rich
ml Wood was a captain of militia for seven years, suc-
■eeding Capt. Alexander Wood when the latter moved to
•Vest Virginia. When the war broke out he volunteered
n the company of Capt. D. L. Ross, which was Company
\ Fifty-first Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He saw service
n the western campaign, and while in the City of Mem-
>his, Tennessee, came near losing his life from typhoid
ever. After the close of the war he, like so many other
•eldicrs of the South, returned to their rundown farms and
"aithfully began anew. He devoted himself to farming and
tock raising, was long a consistent member of the Baptist
Church, and serving for forty years as deacon and clerk.
!n politics he was no lesg loyal, being a Jeffersonian demo-
Tat. His example to his children and neighbors was one
>f thorough unselfishness and high moral living. His chil-
Iren are: Emeline and Susan E., both of whom died in in-
'ancy; Jefferson P., Daniel H., George B., Greenville D.,
\.mos D., Sparrel A. and Doe R. Wood. Jefferson P. Wood
narried Belinda Brammer, a daughter of Jonathan and
hiliana (Burnett) Brammer. Their children are: Stan-
on H., Dora, John E., Benjamin Frederick, Gertrude and
Cthel. He is a farmer and long a justice of the peace,
lis address is Floyd, Virginia. Daniel H. (Hillsman as
ie ia called) married Rnth Corn, a daughter of Rev. Peter
\nd Tiny (Turner) Corn, and they were the parents of
Jeorge C., Delia, Katherine and Mae. Hillsman 'a occupa-
ion is farming, but he finds time for politics and public
erviee of his county. He has aerved as achool commis-
ioner, justice of the peace, and one term as a member of
he House of Delegates of Virginia. George B. married
Slizabeth Brammer, a daughter of Jonathan Brammer.
They have one son, William Jefferson Wood. George is a
armer, merchant, constable, and haa served as steward of
he poor. Greenville D. married first Melissa Graham, a
laughter of Andrew and Sonora (Turner) Graham, and
.fter her death he married Lillie Barnard, a daughter of
Conner aud Mary Elizabeth (Turner) Barnard. They have
hildren as follows: Dr. Richard Hugh; Susan Lee; Eliza-
»eth; Greenville and John. Greenville is a merchant and
armer. Amos D. (see below). Sparrel A. married first
Tessie Scales, of Martinsville, and after her death India
Joodwyn, a daughter of Judge Goodwyn, of Nottaway,
Virginia. He is a teacher by profession, holding the chair
>f Latin and German in one of the high schools of the City
•f Washington, D. C. They have one daughter, Judith.
)oc R. married Gertrude Howard, a daughter of Peter L.
,nd Belle Howard, of Floyd. He is a banker by profes-
ion, having organized the Floyd County Bank, and for
oany years its cashier. He is now holding the responsible
►osition of national bank examiner. He lives at Martins-
>urg, West Virginia. They have children: Rodley D.,
r irginia Howard and Catherine.

V. Dr. Amos de Russia Wood (1S69- ), the son of
lichard J. and Judith Anne (Shortt) Wood, was born in
'■''loyd County May 16, 1869. He worked on his father's
arm and attended the public sehools of the district and
^loyd Academy and Oxford Academy, the latter under the
utelage of the Rev. John K. Harris, long a distinguished
•reacher and educator of Floyd. After leaving Oxford
Academy he engaged in teaching and reading medicine
ireparatory to entering the College of Physicians and Sur-
jeons of Baltimore, from which institution he graduated
a medicine in the year 1893. For twelve years he followed

the genoral practice of medicine, mostly at Rocky Mount,
Franklin County, Virginia. Giving up tho general practice
in 19(i6, he spent two years in New York City, making a
specialty of the eye, ear, nose and throat, after which he
located in Bluefield, West Virginia, where ho has a good
practice. He is engaged ns a diversion and hi a "labor of
love" in writing the history of his native county of Floyd.
He is a Baptist in religion nnd a democrat in politic*. On
the 29th of June, 1909, lie was united in mnrriage with
Annie Chapman Johnston, youngest daughter of Judge
David E. and Sarah Elizabeth (Penris) Johnston, of port
land, Oregon, and formerly of Bluefield, West Virginia.
Three children have been born to them: Sara Pearis;
Richard Johnston nnd John David. Sara Penris died at
the age of four years and John David died in infuney.

Mas. Amos de Russia Woon is the daughter of the late
Hon. David E. Johnston, of Bluefield, West Virginia, Judge
Johnston was a lawyer widely known in the Pocahontas
coal fields. Besides practicing law Judgo Johnston wan
both an author and a promoter of business enterprises. His
"History of tho Middle New River Settlements" is a
standard historical and biographical work, while "The
Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War" has been
widely read as a clever presentation of the experience of
a man in the ranks. When the Pocahontas coal fields first
attracted wide attention he was among the organizers of
the Flat Top Coal Company, the New River Railroad, Min-
ing and Manufacturing Company (later acquired by the
Norfolk & Western), the Bluefield Telephone Company,
State Bank of Bluefield, Bluefield Hardware Company, and
the Flat Top Grocery Company. When a young man Judge
Johnston rapidly rose to prominence in his profession. He
was attorney for the Norfolk and Western Railroad for
seventeen years, commonwealth attorney for Mercer County,
state senator and later was elected judgo of the Eighth
Judicial District, which position he held for two terms of
eight years, and in the year I^OS achieved the unusual in
winning the place of congressman from the Fifth District
of Weat Virginia, running on the democratic ticket, which
previously had recorded a large republican majority. It
was in 1908 that he went to the Pacific Coast and became
prominent in business and legal circles in Oregon.

Mrs. Wood through her parents, Johnstons and Pearises,
is related to the following prominent Southwest Virginia
families: the Frenches, the Gillespies, the Harrisons, the
Hoges, the Chapmaus, the Bailies, the Cecils, the Snidors.
the Straleys, the Sanders and the Georges.

David E. Johnston was born in Pearisburg April 10,
1845. His ancestry was Scotch-Irish. His grandfather.
David Johnston, was the founder of the immediate family
in this eountrv. The latter was born io 1726 in Fermanagh
County, Ireland, and displayed remarkable courage as a
very young boy in taking the step which brought him from
the old country to the Colony of Virginia, at an age when
most boys would have preferred the advantages of home
and friends. He was only ten years old when he obtained
a place as cabin bov on a ship which was sailing for Amer-
ica, and turned away from the old scenes to cast his lot
with the many older persons of his own country who were
creating homes across the water. The several generations
that succeeded the adventurous young cabin boy bavo given
evidence of the possession of an initiative which may t>c re-
garded as an inheritance. David Johnston. Jr.. born in
1768, married Mrs. Sallie Chapman Miller. Of their three
children the oldest was Oscar Fitzalon Johnston, the father
of Judge David E. Johnston. David Johnson, Jr., was a
member of the House of Delegates of Virginia from <».les
County, aa waa his son, Oscar Fitzalon Johnston, later. 1 he
Johnstone have always been found among the leaders of
their community.

The Pearis Family, from whom Mrs. Wood a mother,
Sarah Elizabeth (Pearia) Johnston, is descended wa« r
French Huguenot family. Her great-great-grandfather
Capt George Pearis, married Eleanor Howe, a daughter of
Joseph Howe, of Giles County, Virginia, na was captain
of a eompany who marched against an uprising of the
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pany was a part of Major Cloyd's force. In an engagement
with the Tories at Shallow Ford of the Yadkin they de-
feated them with the loss of fifteen killed and a few
wounded; Major Cloyd had one killed and a few wounded,
among them Captain Pearis, severely wounded through the
shoulder. This fight cleared the way for the crossing of
General Greene's army at this ford, which the Tories were
seeking to obstruct. Colonel George, the settler, was long
a magistrate of Montgomery and Giles counties, and sat in
the courts of both counties, and was for a term presiding
magistrate of the latter county. The first court of the
County of Giles was held in a house belonging to him, and
the land for the county buildings and town was given by
him and the town of Pearisburg took its name from him.
The parents of Sarah Elizabeth (Pearis) Johnston long re-
sided at Princeton, West Virginia. Their home and hotel
belonging to them were burned by the soldiers during the
Civil war, and in the home were destroyed three officers'
uniforms belonging to three different generations of the
family, including the one belonging to Colonel George, the
settler, which had a bullet hole through the shoulder.

Charles Archer Bradshaw, general manager of the
Flat Top Insurance Agency at Bluefield, Mercer County,
was born in Highland County, Virginia, March 10, 1S78,
and is a son of Stephen B. and Mary J. (Graham) Brad-
shaw, both natives of Virginia. Stephen B. Bradshaw be-
came one of the substantial farmers of Highland County,
besides having marked ability as a civil engineer, and hay-
ing done a large amount of general surveying work in his
section of Virginia. He also served as county surveyor of
Highland County.

Charles A. Bradshaw gained his early education in the
public schools of his native county, and thereafter he com-
pleted a two years' course in the Staunton Business College
at Staunton, Virginia, in which he was graduated as an ex-
pert stenographer and bookkeeper. Upon coming to Blue-
field he became stenographer and bookkeeper in the offices
of the Flat Top Insurance Agency, with which he has since
continued his alliance and with which he has gained ad-
vancement through effective service. He acquired an in-
terest in the substantial business in the year 1905, and
since 1908 has been the efficient general manager of the
business.

Mr. Bradshaw is a loyal and valued member of the Blue-
field Chamber of Commerce, is affiliated with the local Blue
Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic fraternity,
as well as the Mystic Shrine, and is a member of the Blue-
field Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
and the Bluefield Country Club. He is a democrat in poli-
tics, and lie and his wife hold membership in the Presby-
terian Church.

In the paternal line the genealogy of Mr. Bradshaw
traces back to sterling English origin, and on the maternal
side to Scotch Irish. The Bradshaw family was founded in
Virginia in the Colonial days, and John Bradshaw, great-
grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a leading
citizen of Pocahontas County, with residence at Huntsville,
where he donated to the county the ground on which the
Court House and Jail were erected.

In 1904 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Bradshaw
and Miss Martha Coles, daughter of Albin and Antoinette
(Barnes) Coles, of Bluefield. The parents were born in
Maryland, and Mr. Coles, who is now living retired, was
formerly engaged in the coal business at Bluefield. Mr.
and Mrs. Bradshaw have no children.

Oscar Wallace Frazer is one of the progressive and in-
fluential business men of the City of Bluefield, Mercer
County, where he is sales manager for the wholesale dry-
goods and notion house of the Abney-Barnes Company, of
Charleston, West Virginia, and he is also president and
general manager in active supervision of the business of the
Ulvah Coal Company, Bluefield, West Virginia, with which
he has been thus connected since 1918. The mines of the
eompany are situated at Bluefield, Kentucky.

Mr. Frazer was born at Beaver, Nicholas County, West

Virginia, September 17, 1880, and is a son of Benjamin F.
R. and Laura H. (Williams) Frazer, the former a native
of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. The lineage of the '
Frazer family traces back to Scotch origin, and representa- 1
fives of the family came to America in the Colonial period
of our national history. Benjamin F. R. Frazer became one
of the substantial exponents of farm industry in Nicholas
County, West Virginia, and while active in public affairs of
local order he never consented to accept any official position
except that of trustee of his school district.

Oscar W. Frazer was afforded the advantages of the pub-
lic schools of Summerville, judicial center of his native
county, and thereafter he learned the art of telegraphy,
and for twelve years was in the employ of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company as operator and station ageut at,
various points, including Monongah, Marion County. For}
four years thereafter he was a traveling salesman for the[
Christian Peper Tobacco Company of St. Louis, Missouri,]
and he then passed three years as a traveling representative
of the F. H. Hammond Notion Company of Charleston,'
West Virginia. Since severing this connection he has been
continuously identified with the Abney-Barnes Company of
Charleston, West Virginia, at Bluefield. He is one of the,
progressive members of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, j
is affiliated with the local York Rite bodies of the Masonic I
fraternity, including the commandery of Knights Templar,
also the Beni-Kedem Temple of the Shrine at Charleston,
West Virginia, is a member of the Bluefield Country Club,
and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian
Church in their home city.

At Charleston, this state, in 1907, Mr. Frazer wedded
Miss Laura B. Dyer, daughter of Homer M. and Margaret
A. (Woodell) Dyer, and the three children of this union are
Margaret Lucile, Ruth Laura and Oscar Wallace, Jr.

John Hill Wright, secretary and treasurer of the Home i
Insurance Agency, one of the leading underwriting cor- ;
porations in the City of Bluefield, Mercer County, was born
in Campbell County, Virginia, February 4, 1874, and is a
scion of an old and honored family that was founded ha
Virginia in the Colonial period of our national history, one. I
of his great-grandmothers on the paternal side having been i
a first cousin of Gen. William Henry Harrison. Mr. Wright
is a son of James William and Amanda (Walthall) Wright,
both natives of Virginia, where the father becamfe a rep-
resentative member of the bar of Campbell County aud
where he was also identified with mercantile enterprise,
with high standing as one of the leading lawyers and in-
fluential citizens of that section of the state. He was a ■
staunch supporter of the Union in the period of the Civil
war, in which two of his brothers served as gallant soldiers
of the Union, and while he was a republican in a strong
democratic county, such was his high place in popular es-,
teem that he was called upon to serve sixteen years as a
memher of the Board of County Commissioners, besides'
which he was a member of the Board of Supervisors. '

The youthful education of John H. Wright was acquired
in the public schools of his native county, and from tht
age of eighteen years until he attained to his legal majority
he was associated with the work and management of his
father's farm. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Wright camt,
to Bluefield, West Virginia, and assumed the position oi {
chief clerk to the master mechanic of the Norfolk & West j
ern Railroad. He continued in this service nine years anc
in the meanwhile became interested in the insurance busi'
ness. Upon leaving railroad service he turned his attentior
exclusively to the insurance business. In 1916 he assumed
active charge of the business of the Home Insurance
Agency, of which he is now secretary and treasurer. This
agency was organized in 1912, is incorporated under the)
laws of the state, and the volume of its general insurance
business now averages $5,000,000 annually. Mr. Wright if'
an active member of the Bluefield Chamher of Commerce
the Kiwanis Club and the Bluefield Country Club. He is £
Knight Templar Mason, a member of the Mystic Shrine, anc
a pastinaster of Bluefield Lodge No. 85, F. and A. M.
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Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows aud the
Loyal Order of Moose. He and his wife are communicants
of the local parish of the Prutestant Episcopal Church.

The year 1900 recorded the marriage of Mr. Wright and
Miss Daisy Kingsbury, daughter of L. D. and Miriam
(Lamb) Kingsbury, of Bluelield, both parents having been
born in North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have no
children.

Edward E. White. The White family of Monongalia
County, West Virginia, was established here at an early
Hie almost one hundred and fifty years ago, aud from
that time until the present its members have been hon-
orably identified with its development, both agricultural
and otherwise. A prominent representative of this old
and important family is Edward E. White of Morgan-
town, formerly sheriff of Monongalia County and at pres-
ent county assessor. Mr. White was born on the White
homestead in Battelle District, Monongalia County, West
I Virginia, August 19, 1S79, and is a son of Eli and Martha
(Hennen) White.

The West Virginia branch of the White family was
founded in Monongalia County in 1774 hy Grafton "Whiu»,
| who settled as a farmer at Maidsvillo, uear Morgantown.
He was a descendant of Stephen White, the American an-
cestor, who settled in Maryland in 1695. Grafton White
iwas born in 1752, in St. John's parish, Baltimore County
Maryland, a son of Stephen (3) and Hannah (Baker)
White, and from there came to West Virginia, married
Margaret Dinner and became the father of eight chil-
dren. William White, sou of Grafton and Margaret White,
was born August 15, 1783, married Mary Darling, and
settled in the western part of Monongalia County, where
he reared a family.

.lohn White, son of William and Mary (Darling) White
and grandfather of Edward E. White, became a prosper-
ous farmer, married and reared a family of sous and
daughters, aud died on his own estate, and was succeeded
by his son, EH White, who spent his entire life at fanning
in Battelle District. Eli White was a man of more than
ordinary capability for his time. A stanch republican of
democratic ancestors, he was one of the few men in his
neighborhood who stood for the Union Cause, and so Noted
when the tune of splitting the State of Virginia came
to hand, lie stood firm for all that makes for good cit-
izenship and was a devout and active member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He and his father were the
prime movers in the building of the Oak Forest, West Vir-
ginia, Methodist Episeopal Church, lie married Martha
Jane Ilcnnen, who was born in Greene County, Pennsyl-
vania a daughter of Enoch and Lueinda (Stafford) Hen-
nen, who then lived near Stafford's Ferry on the Client
River. Enoch Hennen was a son of William Hennen. who
was born in I SI 2 and was a son of Matthew Hennen. who
came to the United States from County Down, Ireland,
and settled in Virginia.

Edward E. White grew up on the home farm and at-
tended the district schools, continuing to make the farm
his home for a number of years even after the duties per-
taining to public office demanded the greater | art of his
time. He was brought up to have great respect for the
laws of his country, and from early manhood took a gtiod
citizen's interest in public affairs. From 19<>7 to I9U9
he served as deputy sheriff and tax collector under sheriff
T. W. Barker, and in the same capacity under Sheriff
William H. Brand from 1909 to 1913. ' On January 1,
1914, he became chief deputy sheriff and jailer under
Sheriff J. B. Wallace, moving then to Morgantown, in
which office he served until August 2, 1915, and following
the death of Sheriff Wallace in that year, was appointed
to fill out his unexpired term, ne was then appointed a
member of the County Board of Review and Equaliza-
tion, and served two years, when he resigned. In 1921 the
confidence of his fellow citizens was still further shown by
his appointment to the office of county assessor.

For sixteen years Mr. White has been continuously in
the lime light as a public official, and it is not too much
to say that the county has profited greatly by the courage,

efficiency and m ru| , !. h that haw been mm

tested in his sincere performance ,,f uu tv. While wruiii;
as deputy sheriff of Battelle lh-trict, and later a* ahertff,
he showed a recognition of public responsibility that WM
greatly appreciated by h « fellow ritiJvns. lie nm.le a
notable record in the matter of tax col k turns and a.
counted for more than the face ticket* that were put i-d

in his hands for collection for the years 1915 16 th I

lections for those two years amounting to nearly 1 1 r< «

quarters of a tnilli lullars, and the inter, «»t co llected ».»

him amounted to more than the amount lo*t on n-cou-it . t
uncoliectable taxes.

At the time when Mr. White took office an chief d, |
sheriff under Sheriff John It. Wallace, a man of far more
than ordinary resourcefulness, and of the highest honor
and integrity, Morgantown was presumably "dry" t. r
ritory, but he found the complaints of reputable * cit i* n*
that the town harbored mnny "bootleggers'* and "blind
tigers" justified and he was* not slow in making pnpnra
turns for a municipal "cleanup." On Mnv 29-30, 1911.
a raid was made, Chief Deputy Sheriff White beinj; in
charge, and about one hundred and fifty violators of the
law confessed and fined, and about three car loads of )»•• r,
whiskey, etc., were confiscated aand destroyed, b<in^
emptied into the sewers. Mr. White's record idnce ansum
ing his present official duties has been in keeping with
that of other years, and he has won the admiration ami
respect of the best citizens of Morgantown.

Mr. White married Miss Rosa Lemmon daughter of Sala
thiol and Nancy (Rcniicrj Lemmon, of Greene County,
Pennsylvania, an old and honored family, the father be
ing one of the heaviest land holders in his section. They
have one son, Stanley R., who is n >cnior in the West Vir-
ginia University and is a Mason and Shriner. In UM*.
he volunteered for service in the World war, received an
honorable discharge and is now a member of the American
Legion.

Edward Taylor Tykee, second vice president of the Kbit
Top National Bank in the « 'it >* of Minefield, Mercer County,
is a vigorous and self reliant man who had dej>« nded upon
his own resources not only in making his way to the plnm
of substantial material success but also in earlier years
in paying the expenses of his educational work. Me is a
scion of a family that was founded in Virginia many
generations ago, but bis paternal grandfather left the Old
Dominion State when the suhject of this .sketch was a child
of two years and established his home in Indiana, win re ho
passed the remainder of his life.

Edward T. Tyree was born at Martinsville, Virginia,
September 16, is«59, and is a son of Joseph Petit r and Mary
Elizabeth (Jamerson) Tyree. both likew'se natives of that
state. Joseph P. Tyree was a skilled machinist and lon^
conducted a machine shop at Martinsville, Virginia, lie
served as a loyal soldier of the Confederacy during the en
tire period of the Civil war, and was a member of a Virginia
regiment in the brigade commanded by Gen. "Stonewall"
Jackson.

After attending the public schools of his native village
Edward T. Tyree completed a course in the celebrated Ea>t
man Business" College at Poughkeepsie. New York in whie*
he was graduated in 1892 as a well qualified bookkc. prr nn. m
accountant. For eighteen years thereafter he was in tin
service of the People's National Bank of Martinsvi'lc, V r-
ginia, and he was its assistant eashur when he sever* 1 his
connection in 1909 and accepted the position of c^diitr of
the Flat Top National Bank at Blue field, We«t Virginia.
He has been a resourceful factor in the progressive func
tioning of this substantial and rcf rcventativ? finan ial in
stitution, and continued his service ns cashier until he wa<
elected to his present office, that of second vu* president.
He is an active ami valued memhrr of the Itlnefn d ChamU r
of Commerce, and is a member of the B u« field O untry
Club. He owns and occupies one of the attractive horn n of
Bluefield, and aside from business affa rs be i mis his ebuf
diversion in gardening and the cultivating of flowers. If i
political allegiance, never marked by office pdung pro
clivities is given to the democratic pnrty. and he and h s

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wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

In 1898, in his native town of Martinsville, Virginia, Mr.
Tyree wedded Miss Nannie Dickenson Stone, daughter of
Clack and Cassie A. (Barrow) Stone, both natives of Vir-
ginia, where the father was a prosperous merchant in
Pittsylvania County. Mr. and Mrs. Tyree became the par-
ents of four children: Edward T. died in 1910; Alvah L.
is a college student at the time of this writing; Mary
Helen died at the age of eight months; and Harry Stuart
is the youngest autocrat of the parental home circle.

Waitman C. Given established his residence in the City
of Bluefield, Mercer County, in the year 1911, and here
engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He
continued to give his attention primarily to this line of
enterprise untU the spring of 1917, when he became asso-
ciated in the organization and incorporation of the Com-
mercial Bank of Bluefield, of which he has since served as
cashier and to the development of the substantial business
of which his careful and progressive executive policies have
contributed in large measure. Mr. Given has identified
himself most completely with local interests, is an active
member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club,
and holds membership in the Bluefield Country Club and the
Falls Mills Hunting and Fishing Club, his chief diversion
being found in hunting and fishing. He is a democrat in
politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, South.

In 1911, at Bluefield, was solemnized the marriage of
Mr. Given and Miss Bess McCulloch, daughter of John R.
McCuIloch, and the two children of this union are Eliza-
beth and Waitman C, Jr.

Mr. Given was born in Braxton County, this state, De-
cember 28, 1S84, and his parents, Reynold and Virginia
(MeMorrow) Given, still reside on their homestead farm in
that county. Both the Given and MeMorrow families were
early founded in Virginia, and the parents of the subject
of this sketch were born in that part of the Old Dominion
State that now constitutes West Virginia. The genealogy
of Mr. Given traces back to stanch Scotch and Irish origin.
Reynold Given and his wife are zealous members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and a brother is a
clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Waitman C. Given supplemented the discipline of the
publie schools by a course in the Mountain State Business
College at Parkersburg, in which he was graduated in 1909.
Thereafter he engaged in the insurance business, continued
for a time to be associated with farm enterprise, and he had
also gained a record of successful work as a teacher in the
rural schools prior to establishing himself in business at
Bluefield.

Elder John Green McNeely. For many years a local
minister of the Christian Church, Elder McNeely has de-
veloped his special talents as the need for their exercise has
appeared, and he has probably made himself useful to as
large a number of individuals as any citizen in Logan
County. His home is at Man, where he is a merchant and
funeral director. He is also a member of the County Court.

Mr. McNeely was born at the mouth of Peach Creek, two
miles west of Logan, on the old McNeely homestead,
• October 29, 1871. He is one of the few men active in the
affairs of this locality who are of native stock. His parents
were Elliott and Susie (White) McNeely. His grandfather,
Samuel McNeely, was a son of Samuel McNeely, Sr., and the
former was a boy when the family came into the Guyan-
dotte Valley and settled on land now including the site of
Stollings. Elliott McNeely was born at the mouth of Peach
Creek in 1847, and he now lives at Aracoma, just across
the Guyandotte from the City of Logan. For a number of
years he was a farmer, but later he and his son John G.,
opened a store at Logan, the son soon turning over his share
of the business to the father, who still continues it. This
business was started in 1900, before a railroad was built,
and their stock of goods was hauled from Dingess on the
Norfolk & Western Railroad. Mrs. Elliott McNeely died
in 1921, at the age of sixty-six, her two children being John

G. and Mary. The latter is the wife of Lewis McDonald,
and they live on Crooked Creek.

John G. McNeely acquired his early education in home
schools, and the temple of learning was a log house both
on Peach Creek and also on Mill Creek. When he was
twenty years of age he joined the Christian Church, and at
the age of twenty-one began holding services as a local
minister. He has directed the work of a number of churches
and has built many houses of worship. In 1907 he was a
student of theology at Bethany College. In the meantime,
in 1900, he opened a store at the mouth of Crooked Creek,
and he kept in stock every article and commodity which he
thought would be required hy the demands of the local
trade. He also bought all kinds of country produce. From
there in 191S Mr. McNeely moved to Man and opened a '
furniture and undertaking business. He completed a
course in Clarke 's School of embalming at Cincinnati in i
1914. For three years following he had charge of the
undertaking department of the Logan Mercantile Company !
at Logan.

Mr. McNeely was elected in 1906 county assessor, serving |
four years, and the duties of that office brought him the
acquaintance of every voter in the county at the time. In |
1919 he was appointed a member of the County Court to 1
serve the unexpired term of Bruce MeD'onald, who had |
resigned. He was regularly elected to the office in 1920.
While he has been on the board a great deal of attention
has been paid to the highway system of Logan and the
construction of permanent roads. Mr. McNeely is a member
of the board of directors of the Merchants and Miners Bank i
of Man.

He married in 1901 Miss Yantns Hale, daughter of David
Hale, of Logan. To their marriage were born three sons
and three daughters: Luther, in the mines of Durfee, West
Virginia; Willia, ^wife of H. V. Suiter, mine electrician;
while the younger children are Tracy, Bethel, Ruth and
James. Mr. McNeely is affiliated with the Lodge of Masons
at Williamson, Logan Chapter, R. A. M., belongs to the ,
Subordinate and Encampment degrees of Odd Fellowship 1
and has sat in the Grand Lodge, and is a member of the
Knights of Pythias, Redmen and the Moose. In politics
he is a democrat.

Thomas J. Farley, M. D. In the ten years since he
graduated in medicine Doctor Farley's working experience
has been chiefly in mining practice. For several years his
home has been at Lorado in Logan County, where he has
charge of the medical practice for Mines Nos. 1, 2 and 3
of the Lorain Coal and Dock Company.

The medical profession has had distinguished service from
the Farley family. Doctor Farley is one of five brothers
who dedicated themselves to this great calling. They all
grew up in Mingo County, and with one exception they are *
still practicing in this part of the state. • t>

Their pareuts were Thomas B. and Nancy Jane (Pinsou) I
Farley, the former a native of Virginia and the latter born
on John 's Creek in Pike County, Kentucky, sister of Pepper -
Jim Pinson. Thomas B. Farley died in 1919, at the age of
eighty-one, and his wife in 1921, age seventy-eight. At the
time of the Civil war the Farley family lived just below
the present site of the City of Williamson. Thomas B.
Farley was a Confederate soldier in General Farley's I
cavalry. He was taken prisoner at Cedar Creek in the
Shenandoah .Valley, and spent the rest of the war as pris-
oner at Point Lookout. In one battle while lying on the |
ground shooting at the enemy he was hit by a bullet that
passed through his chin and lodged against his chest. After
the war he moved to Burch on Elk Creek, a trihutary of
Pigeon Creek, and owned a tract of land in the Elk Valley
extending for about two miles. He was a prosperous farmer
and a widely known and influential citizen. He served
many years as justice of the peace, and was elected and
served eight years as county assessor. In the race for
county assessor he had four competitors, and came within a
few ballots of receiving a majority of the total votes. He
was a member of the Christian Church and his wife, a
Baptist. In politics he was a democrat.

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I The family of this old couple comprise fourteen children,
lliirtecn of whom reached mature years. The five sons that
liccamc physicians were all school teachers when young men
liad earned the money necessary to defray their medical
lollege expenses. The physician brothers' were: W. F.
parley, of Holden, Logan County; Dr. A. A., who wa9 in
Lractiee at Huntington when he 'died in 1913; Dr. 11. II.,
Issociated with the Logan Hospital; Dr. Thomas J.; and
Dr. R. F., who is located at Burch and was in command of
3ase Hospital No. (>6 in France during the World war. All
hese sons attended medical college at Louisville, Kentucky.
Another son, James A., was deputy United States marshal,
|md is now deputy .sheriff of Mingo County. Two other
;hildren were John and Alice, twins, now on the old home
rtead on Elk Creek.

i Dr. Thomas J. Farley was born at Burch in Mingo
bounty, November '1, IsS4. and acquired his early ednca
'ion iu the Hock-House High School and tlie Concord State
formal at Athens. He taught live terms of school in Mingo
ind McDowell counties. The first school was at the month
jf Elk Creek, and while teaching he walked two and a half
miles to and from school, which was held in a little log
house. He received a salary of .$25 per month as teacher,
«and be fed the stock on the farm before ami after school
mours. For a time he worked as a freight handler iu the
depot at Williamson. In 1901) Doctor Farley took up the
►study of medicine, and graduated in 1913 from the Uni-
versity of Louisville. During 1914 he was an interne in the
City Hospital there. lie passed the examination before the
State Medical Board of Kentucky as well as West Virginia.
|For aliout six months he did relief work in the absence of
the regular physician at H olden in Logan County, and then
for a time was located at I'ond Creek in I'ike County, Ken-
tucky, for the United States Coal and Oil Company. From
there he returned to I (olden and had charge of the practice
for Mines Nos. 3 and 4 two years, and since then his service
has been as mine physician at Lorado in Logan County.

Doctor Farley began his earcer as a physician with a
burden of .$2,700 debt contracted for his medical education,
but in a few years he had paid off that obligation.

On January 16, 191 S, he married Mary Katherinc Jack-
son, of Virginia. Her mother was in charge of the Mine
Club House at Pond Creek, Kentucky. Mrs. Farley is a
graduate nurse of the City Hospital of St. Louis, and is a
member of the Presbyterian Church. They have two sous
Thomas J., Jr., and James Albert. Doctor Farley i«
affiliated with the Redmen, Knights of Pythias, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks and the Masonic Order.

BexjamIx F. Blac k shkkk. A proper history of I lie
Mannington community in Marion County could not be
written without repeated reference to the enterprise of
members of the Blackshere family connection. They were not
only early sctth rs in point of time, but they were leaders in
point of progress. One of the best known and most pros-
perous of the family was the late Benjamin F. Blackshere,
who spent his entire life in that locality.

Benjamin F. Blackshere was bom in Marion County
March 1, 1844. His father was named Elias Blackshere
and his grandfather Ebenezer Blackshere. Ebenezcr Black-
shere was a New Jersey man, fought as a soldier in the war
of 1812, and in 1S30 "brought his family to West Virginia
and established a home in what later became Marion County.
It was due to his enterprise that the first store was built and
opened for business on the site of what is now Mannington.
For several years this was the only point at which merchandise
could be bought between Fairmont and Pine Grove. Elias
Blackshere was born in New Jersey, and was a youth when
he came to Marion County in 1S30. His sons Benjamin F.,
and John Blackshere, organized the first bank in Mannington.

The late Benjamin F. Blackshere had only the advantages
of the common schools of his day and an Academy at Morgan-
town, and when his education was finished he returned to
the old homestead and engaged extensively in farming and
stock raising. He was active in this business for many
years. About thirty years ago oil was discovered on his
land, and the oil development there has to an important

extent interfered with the regular funning «.|* ration* Dur-
ing his lifetime many wells were Mink and even nt tin*, until v
there are about sixty wells Mill producing oil on (he old 1. itu

Benjamin F. Blackshere who died I ebriuirv 27. 1913, ii.ni
ned on April 17, ls7\ Miss Lcm-lla M Muim I. She wni- l»orii
in Greene County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Andrew J. and
Kuhama (Taylor) Mapel, native* of the name countv. Her
father was a merchant at Dunkard, Permsv Ivarim, I ut about
1873 moved to Mannington, where he conducted tin- More
but subsequently moved to a farm near tin- Bluckshc re pi ice
where his duughter Louella lived until her niarriaKc

The only child of the late Benjamin F. Blackslo re * Ham
Frunklin Blackshere, one of the (/ermanent young i-itiwi»
and business men of .Mannington. He was l>orn at tin- old
homestead April 19 ls7U. He is interest^ in many phaM-
of the community's life and affairs. His fat hi r was a .NMtwh
Kite Ma-son and Slimier Harry 1'. Blackshere inarm d on
March 21, 190S, Mis,s Mora Conway Kuen of Maiinmt>t«.ij
They have a daughter Pntnehiu Ann, born July li, 11*21.

K.WMONIi F. M.uTllAiL has jterformed probably e\ery
detail of work invoked in the practical operation of i a!
mine*. He has used a piek on the face of a <oul aenm, lian
run pumps, has beea mine boss, has handled the instrtiiiu nt
of a mining eugineer, and has directed an entire coal plant
from production to sales. He is one of the well known
operators of Logan County, where he is general manager »\
the Logan Island Creek Coal Company, whose ftp< ration*
are at Critcs Station, Latrobe Post l Mice, on the HiitTahi
branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio.

This mine was opened in i £• 1 7 by the Logan Kagh- < V»al
Company, ami was acquired by the present owners from Bay
City, .Mulligan, in 11*21. Mr. .MaePhail is a native o'f
Pennsylvania, born in the southwest part of WestniorHarid
County, November 11, l^S, son of Hugh and Mary .Mm
Phail. His father was u native of Scotland, and at tin- ngc
of twenty-four came to America and entered eual mining in
Pennsylvania, and continued that vocation there until Inn
death in 1 SDS, at the age of fifty nine. He was father of a
family of eight sons and four daughters. Tin* tullowiug
sons have become practical mining men: Joseph, siipenn
teiideut of the MaePhail Coal Company at Middlesport.
Ohio, Ccorge, vice j resilient of the Logan Inland <*r«fk Coal
Company; Hugh, Jr., a contractor for brick work iu nnn> -
at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and a resident of I'nion
town, that state; Kaymond P.; and Dunald, who is sui*tiii
tendent of the Logan Island Creek Coal Company. All thes,
men were self educated, and have become successful in
different phases of the mine industry.

liaymond F. MaePhail attended school brielly during In*
boyhood, and he early began earning his living as a news
boy and as a worker in the mines. At the age of fourteen
he was operating pumps in Hccla Mine No. 1, owned hy II.
C. Friek. He remained there three years, and from pump
man became a chninman with the Fngiueer Corps. It wn«
at this stage of his life that he realized the necessity of a
better education to advance him still higher. He, th*rcfor«>.
accepted the terms prescribed by the state permiMiag him
to enter the State Normal School at California, Penusyl
vania. For the privilege of attending tliis school he ob
gated himself to teach for two years. Instead he taught for
three years, and his last work was as principal of the First
Ward Building at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Mr.
MaePhail also atteuded the Crove (Sty College in Penn-jl
vania one year.

After he left school work he removed to DorchcsUr in
Wise Couuty, Virginia, aad successively performed tin
duties of trainman, payroll clerk, transitrnan and then su|h r
intendent for the Wise Coal and Coke Company. Aft.r
three years with that corporation he was for one y-nr
assistant mine foreman of the Stonega Coal Comonny in
Wise County, from that joined the Clinchfiild Coal Corpora
tion aa assistant foreman at Wilder, and was promoted to
general foreman. After two years he came to the Lognn
field as general foreman for the Maia Island Creek Mine
No. 4, and sir months later he became superintendent at
Mullins for the Virginia Smokeless Coal Comrany. After
ait months he returned to the Logan Field, beginning as

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superintendent of the Cora Coal and Coke Company on
Island Creek, and then as general manager of the Cora
Mine and the company's mines at Taplin. Following this
he was superintendent on Coal River for the Maxine Coal
Company's property at Maxine. Just before performing his
duties as general manager of the Logan Island Creek Mine
he was general manager and part owner of the MacPhail
Coal Company at Middlesport, Ohio.

In 1917 Mr. MacPhail married Maxie Rogers, daughter
of Mrs. George Rogers, of Norton, Virginia. They have
one son, Philip Ray. Mr. MacPhail is a Presbyterian, his
wife, a Methodist, and fraternally he is a Scottish Rite
Mason, junior member of the lodge at Madison, West Vir-
ginia, and Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine at
Charleston, and is a republican in politics.

Henry Clay Thrush, of Piedmont, Mineral County, was
long and successfully established in the mercantile husiness
in this city, but since 1911 he has here lived virtually re-
tired, though he is president of the First National Bank of
Lonaconing, Maryland, on the opposite side of the Potomac
River from Mineral County. For the past fifteen years he
has been a director of the First National Bank of Piedmont,
West Virginia, and is also a director of the First National
Bank at Keyser, West Virginia.

Mr. Thrush is a representative of one of the sterling
pioneer families of what is now Mineral County, West Vir-
ginia, which was still a part of Hampshire County, Virginia,
at the time of his birth, which here occurred July 27, IS57.
His grandfather, Richard Thrush, was reared in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, where the family home was estab-
lished upon immigration from Germany. As a young man
Richard Thrush accompanied his father into Western Vir-
ginia and settled in that part of Hampshire County that is
now included in Mineral County, he having become a suc-
cessful farmer at a point about midway between Headsvillc
and Keyser and having there remained uutil his death, about
18S0, at the venerable age of eighty-six years. He married
Fannie Rogers, and of their family of five sons and three
daughters, John S. was the first born.

John S. Thrush was born in Hampshire County, Virginia,
March 1, 1S25, and he passed his entire life in the com-
munity of his nativity, his activities having been those of a
substantial farmer. He was a loyal supporter of the causo
of the Union during the period of the Civil war, though not
called into military service, and he was a stanch republicau
in politics. He served three terms as county commissioner
of Mineral County, and was a member of the county board
at the time of the construction of the first bridge across the
Potomac River from Piedmont to Westernport, Maryland,
besides which he officially aided in advancing other public
enterprises of great value to Mineral County. He and his
wife held membership in the United Brethren Church. He
was one of the honored and influential citizens of Mineral
County, and here his death occurred on the 15th of April,
1910, his wife having passed away July 20, 1879, at the age
of forty-eight years. The maiden name of Mrs. Thrush was
Margaret Jane Rollings, and she was a daughter of Ben-
jamin and Jane (MeNamar) Rollings. Of the children of
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Thrush the subject of this review is
the eldest; Aaron L., a farmer in the vicinity of Burling-
ton, Mineral County, married Sallie Taylor, and they have
two sons and two daughters; John Oliver, who is a Con-
gregational minister, with his wife resides at Spencer, Iowa,
and they have one son and two daughters; James A., of
Keyser, Mineral County, is still identified with farm enter-
prise, the maiden name of his wife having been Grace
Taylor; William V., a prosperous farmer in the locality
where he was born and reared, married Mary Whipp, and
they have one child, a son.

Henry Clay Thrush is indebted to the free schools of
what is now Mineral County for his early education, and
as a boy and youth he had full fellowship with the work of
the old home farm, his connection with which continued
until he was twenty-three years of age. He then took a
clerical position in the general store of George T. Carska-
don, of Keyser, who was one of the representative men of
Mineral County, and later he served in a similar capacity

for the successor of his former employer. He next passed
eighteen months in clerical service in the Piedmont office of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and he then took a position
in the mercantile establishment of Doctor Daily at Pied-
mont, who a year later advanced him to the position of head
clerk, which he retained four years. He then purchased the
stock and business of the doctor, and for the ensuing nine-
teen years here conducted a substantial and prosperous
enterprise in the handling of dry goods, notions, carpets,
house furnishings, etc., his retirement from this business
having occurred in 1911. In 1905 he became one of the
organizers and incorporators of the First National Bank
of Lonaconing, Maryland, which bases its operations on a
capital stock of $25,000. He served as vice president of
this institution several years and was then, in 1917, elected
its president, as successor of M. A. Patrick. As chief
executive he is ordering the policies of the bank with marked
discrimination and ability.

Mr. Thrush is a loyal republican, his first presidential vote
having been cast for Gen. James A. Garfield. He has served
as president of the school board of Piedmont for two years,
and was eity auditor one year. He and his wife are earnest
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

At Piedmont, on the 1st of March, 1891, Mr. Thrush mar-
ried Miss Catherine J. Carr, a daughter of Thomas and
Jane (Mundy) Carr, whose mortal remains rest in the
cemetery at Westernport, Maryland. Mr. Carr was born in
England and came with his brother Roseby to the United
States, where both entered the employ of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company, Thomas having eventually become
superintendent of the line between Keyser and Grafton.
Mrs. Thrush was born at Oakland, Maryland, February 21,
186S, and is a member of a family of two sons and five
daughters: Roseby, eldest of the children, met an accidental
death while in the service of the Maryland Coal Company.
He had married Jane Lancaster, who, with one daughter,
survived him. Lee is the wife of Hardin Parr, of Western-
port, Maryland. Victoria R. is the widow of J. William
Davis, of Piedmont. Miss Ella resides at Morgantown.
Mrs. Thrush was the next in order of birth. Margaret is
the wife of Jesse Colebauk, of Fairmont. Mr. and Mrs.
Thrush have one child, Beulah Jane, who is the wife of A. L.
Waters, a business man of Indianapolis, Indiana, and they
have two children, Henry Clay and Jane.

Allan L. Luke, at Piedmont, Mineral County, is a repre-
sentative of the fourth generation of the Luke family in
the paper manufacturing industry in America, and is man-
ager of the large and important business of the West
Virginia Pulp & Paper Company, of which his father, the
late John G. Luke, was the organizer and the president for
many years prior to his death, which occurred October 15,
1921, at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, following
an operation for appendicitis. From the issue of the Paper
Trade Journal of October 20, 1921, are taken the following
extracts, with minor elimination and paraphrase:

"In the death of Mr. Luke the book-paper industry has
lost one of its most splendid ornaments, for he was indeed
one of God's own noble men. He was a pioneer in the
book paper industry. It might truthfully be said of him
that he was born and reared in the environment of a paper
mill, for his father and grandfather before him were en-
gaged in the same occupation. Mr. Luke was born in
Springfield, Massachusetts, April 29, 1857. Like many suc-
cessful business men, Mr. Luke was thrown on his own
resources early in life. His first effort in the paper indus-
try was at the age of sixteen years, when he was employed
in the mill of the Jessup & Moore Paper Company at
Rockland, Delaware, of which his father was superintendent
at the time. Here he served for some seven years. Later
he became superintendent of the paper mill of the Mead &
Nixon Company, of Dayton, Ohio; then of the Morrison &
Cass Paper Company, of Tyrone, Pennsylvania; later of the
Bremaker-Moore Paper Company, of Louisville, Kentucky;
and later still of the Richmond Paper Company at Provi-
dence, Rhode Island. In the aggregate he served some
fifteen years in these several mills. During these years of
service his splendid character developed; his active and

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137

liirsty mind absorbed an intimate knowledge of the ] taper
[idustry; and bis ambition to do something big in that
I idustry became intensified — an ambition splendidly realized
1 Inter years of his life.

I 14 With this splendid experience as a foundation, nn.l
Irged on by this laudable ambition, he in conjunction with
lis father and brothers organized a company and built a
lill at Piedmont, West Virginia, in 1SS9 for the manu-
acture of sulphite pulp. This was but a modest beginning,
ut by the exercise of a genius seldom equalled, by untiring
Idustry and stern courage, by conforming at all times to
he dictates of truth and honor, and by the splendid eo-
perations of his brothers and other business associates his
rent ambition was realized at last in the splendid company
f which he died as the president and of which he was so
-ustly pTOud.

"Of Scotch ancestry, Mr. Luke was clear-minded, foree-
ul, industrious, determined, successful; yet no man was
lore generous, more modest, more gentle. To have known
im intimately was at once an honor and an inspiration,
le had a splendid confidence in human nature. He trusted
tis friends and associates with a faith that could not he
haken. His friends trusted him without reserve. With him
rom a friendship once formed there was no turning."
I The foregoing appreciative estimate indicates how gracious
s the paternal heritage resting upon Allan L. Luke, the
mmediate subject of this sketch, and it is gratifying to
lote how thoroughly and well he is upholding the prestige
»f the family name in character and achievement. His
maternal grandfather, William Luke, was born near Crook
if Devon, Scotland, about the year 1826, and as a young
nan came to the United States and first located in New
England, as a workman in a paper mill. After leaving New
England he entered the employ of the Jessup-Moore Paper
"'onipany at Rockland, Delaware, and he continued for
nany years his connection with this concern, his death
having occurred at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1911. He mar-
ried Rose T. Landsay, and of the children of this union
John G., was the eldest; William A. is a resident of Cov-
ington, Virginia; Mrs. Isabel Hopkins resides in Baltimore;
David L. is a resident of New York City; James L. died
at Luke, Maryland, in January, 1905; and Adam K. and
Thomas are residents of New York City.

At Greenville, Delaware, John G. Luke married Miss
Ella Ilope Green, daughter of Charles and Susan (Wilaon)
GTeen. and she passed to the life eternal in 1S99. Of the
children of this union Allan L., of this sketch, is the first
born; Rose H. is the wife of George E. Nelson, of Kngle-
wood New Jersey; Charles W. resides in New York City,
with interests also at Cass, West Virginia; William G. lives
in New York City. After the death of his first wife John
G. Luke wedded Miss Grace Bnlkley, of Arlington, New
Jersey, who survives him, as does also their one child, Grace
Virginia.

Allan L. Luke was born at Rockland, Newcastle County,
Delaware. February 12, 1881, and he places high valuation
on the discipline that has been his in connection with the
paper-manufacturing industry from the time of his boyhood
to the present, his father having developed one of the
largest and most important paper manufacturing enter-
prises in the United States. He attended school at Pied-
mont, West Virginia, where his interests arc largely cen-
tered, though he maintains his residence at Luke. Maryland,
a place named in honor of the family of which he is a
representative. Mr. Luke later was a student in the Brook-
lyn Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, New York, and the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He learned the
pulp and paper business from the ground up. familiarized
himself with all departments and details by active service,
and is now the manager of the great plant of the West Vir-
ginia Pulp & Paper Company at Luke, Maryland, nearly
opposite Piedmont, West Virginia, on the Potomac River.
He is also president of the Davis National Bank at Pied-
mont and a director of the Citizens National Bank at
Westernport, Maryland. Like his father, he is a stanch
advocate of the principles of the republican party, but he
has had no desire for political activity or office. He is
affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Benevolent

and Protective Order of L'ks, nn.l he and hi« wife are com
munieants of the Protestant Episcopal Church, In which h.
is a member of the vestry of the parish at Westernport.
Maryland.

On the 12th of October, 190 1, at Couugton, Virginia, *ai
solemnized the marriage of Mr. Luke nnd Miss Nello Rorke,
who was born and reared in that state ami who is a daugh
ter of Thomas M. nnd Fannie (Scott) Kocke. Mr. and Mr*
Luke have six children: Ella II.. Allan L., Jr.. John
Guthrie, Christine CJrey, Helen V. and Chnrlnttc M.

Clay A. Wilcox, who is now giving effective M»r\i«e as
postmaster of the City of Piedmont, M-neral County, ha*
previously made a splendid record as a teacher in the
public schools of this section of West Virginia. He was
horn in Doddridge County, this state. December 1s«»m,
and there parsed the formative period of his life on the old
homestead farm which was the place of his hirth. After the
discipline of the rural schools had rneasurcably fortified
him he became a student in Salem College, in which he wns
graduated in June, 1913. In the meanwhile he hnd taught
school at intervals, and in the autumn of 1913 he been me a
teacher in the graded schools of the Piedmont District. Here
he continued his successful pedagogic service eight years,
and his summer vacations were devoted to clericnl work of
varied types. In 1921 he was appointed acting postman r
of Piedmont, and on the 30th of January of the following
year he received regular commission as postmaster, by up
pointmcnt of President Harding.

Mr. Wilcox cast his first presidential vote for William II
Taft, ami has since continued his unfaltering allegiance t<
the republican party, lie is affiliated with the Masoim
fraternity, in which "he is a member of Osiris Temple of the
Mystic Shrine in the City of Winding, with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen (if
America.

At West Union, Doddridge County, on the 3d of Scptcm
ber, 1913, Mr. Wilcox wedded Miss Lelia Britton. who was
there born February 6, 1 V 'S9, a daughter of Marcus ami
Susan (Bee) Britton. The two children of this union ar.
Mary Helen and Clay A.. Jr. Through the mnterual line
Mrs* Wilcox is eligible for membership in the Society of tin
Daughters of the American Revolution.

The Wilcox family was early founded in Virginia, and in
that historic old commonwealth was born Nicholas J.
Wilcox, father of the present postmaster of Piedmont.
West Virginia. Nicholas J. Wih-ox served as a gallant sol
dier of the Union in the Civil war, as a member of a Webt
Virginia regiment, and in later years he vitalized the more
gracious memories and associations of his military career
by maintaining affiliation with the Grand Army of the
Republic. He was a stalwart supporter of the caw of the
republican partv, and was an honored citizen of Cnnton,
Doddridge County, at the time of h s death, May 20. lVI.t.
when sixty-eight' years of age. Bis wife, whose maiden
name was* Mary J*. Knight, wax born and reared in Dodd
ridge Countv, "a daughter of Ilcury and Jennie (Sandy
Knight, and' she was fifty eight years of age at the time of
her death, December 17, 19(>p. Their children are Mrs.
James Ash, William IT., Asa W., Daniel R., Jnm.s O.. John
L, Clav A. and Miss Susan C.

Rev.' William B. Wilcox, grandfather of him whose name
introduces this article, was a clergyman of the Method -t
Episcopal Church, and was a resident of Doddridge County
at the time of his death, as was also his wife, whose mn den
name was Temperance Van Dyke.

B. WARlNU PakTRJTXJE, Jr. The successful o|*rntnr in
insurance must possess qualities which differentiate hi»«
from the handler of almost any other commodity, llii i«
a peculiar field of endeavor, and the men who devote tb.-n.
selves to this line must of nece^ity have speciaLred know!
edge and an inherent gift for their task. Of the in-urar.™
men who have made a success during recent years, one wlm
has come rapidlv to the forefront is B. faring "tr^g*.
Jr.. of Huntington, nntil recently general agent for tin-
Reliance Life Insurance Company of Pittaburgh, «ho«c tern
tory covers Cabell, Putnam. Logan and neighboring count.-

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Mr. Partridge was born at Montieello, Florida, October
15, 1881, a son of Benjamin Waring and Mary (Denham)
Partridge. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Partridge,
John Partridge, was born in England in 1790 and as a
young man immigrated to the United States and beeame a
pioneer planter of Montieello, Florida, where he was also
a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He passed
his entire career at Montieello, where he died in IS51. He
married Eliza Waring, who was born at Edgefield, South
Carolina, and died at Montieello, Florida, at the age of
eighty-three years. She was nine years of age at the time
General LaFayette visited the United States, and when
the distinguished Frenchman arriveil at Columbia, South
Carolina, little Miss Waring was one of the flower girls
who welcomed him. The maternal grandfather of Mr.
Partridge, Andrew Denham, was a Highland Scotchman,
born at Dunbar. lie died at the age of sixty-three years
at Montieello, Florida, where he had also been a piouecr,
and was agent for the Florida Railway and Navigation
Company, a position in whieh he was later succeeded by his
son-in-law, Benjamin Waring Partridge, although the name
of the railway has changed several times since. Andrew
Denham married Adaline Gossen, who was born at Balti-
more, Maryland. She was only sixteen years of age at the
time of their marriage, and she lived to be ninety-four
years old, passing away at Montieello.

Benjamin Waring Partridge, who still resides at Monti-
eello, Jefferson County, Florida, was born in that eounty,
February 15, 1846, and has spent practically his entire
life at Montieello. lie was only fifteen years of age at the
outbreak of the war between the states, but offered his
services to the Confederate Army, was accepted, and fought
bravely all through the four years of struggle. At the
present time Mr. Partridge is railroad agent for the Sea-
board Air Line, and is the oldest man in point of service in
the employ of the company. He likewise owns a farm in
the vicinity of Montieello, which is operated by tenants.
A stanch democrat in polities, Mr. Partridge has been iden-
tified with public life to some extent, having served as
county treasurer of Jefferson County for ten successive
terms, or twenty years, and as a supervisor of the county
high school and of the township schools for ten years. He
still takes an aetive interest in eivie affairs and those of
his party. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, and religiously he and Mrs.
Partridge are two of the main pillars of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, of Montieello. Mr. Partridge
married Miss Mary Denham, who was born at Bellaire,
Leon County, Florida, September 29, 1851, and they became
the parents of the following children: John A., pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of MeDonough,
Georgia; Sarah W., a woman of unusual ability and spe-
cial aptitude, who during three different state administra-
tions, covering a period of six years, has been in charge
of home economic extension work for the State of Florida,
is unmarried and a resident of Tallahassee, Florida; Mary
E., who has assisted her father since 1893, is now in
charge of a depot for the Seaboard Air Line; Isabelle E.,
who died at the age of two years; B. Waring, dr., of this
record ; Adaline D., the wife of W. Austin Smith, a general
and consulting engineer of Huntington; Eliza W., princi-
pal of the high school at Montieello, who resides with her
parents; and Jessie P., the wife of John B. McCal), of
Montieello, the owner of an ice plant, a farmer and a
heavy commission broker in pecan nuts.

B. Waring Partridge, Jr., attended the publie schools of
Montieello, Florida, until he reached the age of sixteen
years, at whieh time he entered the service of the Western
Union Telegraph Company at Tampa, Florida, as a telegra-
pher and continued in the profession from 1S9S until I9T0,
at various points in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and
North Carolina, and at Washington, D. C, Cincinnati, Ohio,
and Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Partridge was identified
with the Western Union until 1901, following whieh he
joined the Associated Press, spending two years in han-
dling newspaper matter, and finally beeame an operator
in brokers' offices. On July I, 1909, Mr. Partridge came to

Huntington, and June 23, 19 10, gave up telegraphy. On* f
July I he embarked in the real estate business on his own
account, and this he still follows, although recently only as r
a side line, his insurance business having grown to such
proportions as to demand praetieally all of his attention.
In 1913 Mr. Partridge beeame general agent for the Reli-
ance Life Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, a position I
which he held till June 22, 1922, his territory covering
Cabell, Putnam and Logan eounties, as well as several
others adjoining. He is now general agent for West Vir-
ginia for the National Life Insurance Company of the
U. S. A. of 29 S. La Salle St., Chicago. He is ae-*
counted one of the best informed and most capable insur-
ance men in this section. He is likewise interested in the
coal business as secretary and treasurer of the Oriole Coal
Company of Huntington. Politically he is a democrat, and
his religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal '
Church, South, in whieh he is a Sunday school teacher, i
He owns a modern residence at No. 2934 Staunton Road,
Huntington.

On December 21, 1904, Mr. Partridge married at At-
lanta, Georgia, Miss May Garnet Asbury, daughter of
Charles Wade and Ada H. (Huggins) Asbuiy, residents
of Atlanta, Georgia, out of whieh city Mr. Asbury travels
as the representative of a large wholesale house. Mr. and
Mrs. Partridge have two children: May Denham, born i
September 22, 1906 ; and Benjamin Waring, 111., born;!
March 9, 1915.

Daniel M. Brickey, M. D., who resides at Manbar, ;
Logan County, and controls a large general practice as i
official physician and surgeon in the neighboring mining |
district at Earliug, was born at Willard, Carter County, i
Kentucky, Deeember 30, 1881, and is a son of Samuel P.
and Mary (Baker) Brickey, the former of whom now resides
at Ashland, that state, and the latter of whom died in 1913,
at the age of fifty-one years. The marriage of the pa rend
was solemnized in Scott Countyj Virginia, where the bride
was born and reared, and in 1879 they established their resi-
dence in Carter County, Kentucky. The fa nil owned by
Samuel P. Brickey lies partly within the City of Ashland,
and there he raises garden truck for the eity market. He
has given a number of years of effective service as a clergy-
man of the Baptist Chnreh, and is a democrat in politics.

Doctor Brickey, the eldest in a family of ten children,
attended the pnblie schools of Ashland, and as a youth he
worked at the carpenter trade and also as a coal miner.
He carefully saved his earnings in order to realize his
ambition, that of entering the medical profession. He began
the study of medicine in 1905, and thereafter paid the ex-
penses of his course in the medical department of the
University of Louisville, in which he was graduated in 1911,
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He initiated prac-
tice at Princess, Boyd County Kentucky, where he remained
eighteen months, after which he practiced for a similar
period in the City of Ashland. His next professional work,
for nineteen months, was at the coal mines in Letcher
County, Kentucky, and thereafter he indulged in a five
months' vacation, which he largely passed in a fishing ex-
cursion along the Licking River in Kentucky. Since that
time he had been successfully established in mine practice
in Logan County, West Virginia, where he is official physi-
cian and surgeon for the Logan Mining Company at
Earling, and the Manbar Mining Company at Manbar, at
which latter point he is giving similar service with the
Gnyan Mining Company and the Rieh Creek Coal Company,
whieh latter corporation he also represents at Lyburn. He
has an important and heavy practice, and in his work has
incidentally given special attention to the diseases of the
eye, ear, nose and throat. The doetor maintains affiliation
with the Logan County and the West Virginia State Medieal
societies and the Ameriean Medical Association, his political
support being given to the democratic party and he and his
wife being members of the Methodist Episeopal Church,
South.

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Brickey and Miss Xaoma Home, daughter o£ John Ilonic,
ft Ashland, Kentucky, and the four children of this union
ire Orpha, Clarence, Gladys and Margaret Louise Brickey.

Fred A. Ohlinger is functioning in a constructive way
through his effective service as superintendent of the Man-
bar Mine of the Manbar Coal Company in Logan County.
This mine, at Manbar, was opened in 1910 by P. J. and
J. S. R. Riley, of Huntington, these brothers having been
'pioneers in development work in the coal field in Logan
.County.

Mr. Ohlinger was born at Sewell. a coal town in Fayette
County, West Virginia, on the Hth of November, ls^4,
and is a son of Mi«'hael and Katharine (Ilohenstott) Oh-
linger, both natives of Pomeruy, Ohio, and both of stanch
Holland Dutch ancestry. Michael Ohlinger was first identi-
fied with coal mining in the Ohio Held, but became a pioneer
in the mining of coal in West Virginia, to which state he
fame fifty years ago. He worked in mines opened in the
Xew River field at Xettleburg, and continued his active
association with mining industry in this state until 3914,
since which time he has maintained his home on his fine
little farm in Fayette County, he being now (1922) seventy-
four years of age. His wife passed away December 30,
1914, at the age of sixty years. lie was a Union soldier
during the last year of the Civil war. is a democrat in
politics and is a sincere member of the Presbyterian Church,
as was also his wife. They became the parents of ten chil-
dren, of whom three of the four sons are living. Edward
II. is mine foreman with the Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal
Company at Kayford, Kanawha County and John is with
the Maryland Coal Comjauy at Winona. Fayette County.
The schools of his native county afforded Fred A. Oh-
' linger his youthful education, and in 1912 he completed a
I commercial course in the Dunsmore Business College at
Staunton, Virginia, he having paid his expenses by the
| medium of money which he had earned in mine work, with
t which he became identified when he was a boy of fourteen
years, his initial service having been as a trapper at the
mine with which his father was connected. At Lookout,
Fayette County, he continued for some time in the employ
of the Bloom Coal Company, later was with the Keeneys
Creek Collieries Company at Winona, and thereafter was in
service with the Lookout Coal Company until 191 2, in which
year he attended business college, as noted above. After
leaving this school he came to Manbar, where he is mine
superintendent, store manager and payroll clerk for the
Manbar Coal Company, besides having supervision of the
local postoffice. He is actively affiliated with the Knights
of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Karl Jenkins, the efficient superintendent of the Earling
mines of the Logan Mining Company at Karling, Logan
County was born at Viga, Jackson County, Ohio, on the
12th of July, IS73, and is a son of Cyrus and Ann (Jen-
kins) Jenkins, both likewise natives of Jackson County,
where they still reside on their fine old homestead farm, the
former being, in 1922. seventy-five and the latter seventy-one
years of age, and both having been for many years earnest
and active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Cyrus Jenkins was a gallant young soldier of the Union in
the Civil war. in which he served under General .Sherman
and took part in many engagements, including a large num.
bcr of major battles. He is a man of independent thought
and action, well fortified in his convictions, and has long
been numbered among the substantial farmers of his native
county.

Earl Jenkins, second in a family of three children, was
reared on the home farm and profited by the advantages of
the public schools of the locality. At the age of seventeen
years he became associated with railroad construction work,
"and later he was for five years in the employ of the Wellston
Coal Company at Wellston, Ohio. At the time when the
first coal mines were being opened in Raleigh County, West
Virginia, Mr. Jenkins came to this stale with T. J. Morgan,
and as a miner assisted in opening the mines of the Raleigh
Coal & Coke Company, with which corporation he there con-
tinued his connection nine years, during two of which he was

employed in its general stor. lie vui* mit •••ociateJ with

the same company in the o^iilng of the Buffilo Thaek r
for which he is now MipennW «>l« ut nt Earing. h< having
m 1916. entered the strvio of the 1. .g m Mining Company
mims at Clothier, Logan < -n-ntx. wh.re he hi Id the pj#itufi
of mine *u\ erintciident. Tluntft r hi opt tied mines for
the Coal \ 'alley Mining ( any « n S r»r< Fork of the
Little Coal Kiver. lie tin r. nd aitml Aur y«»r*, and then,
previously served for a time as managi r of the 'ii|nny\
general store. To fortify him-, If further for \m rh«^n
vocation Mr. Jenkins competed a iMinb« r ot \*%m ago an
effective course in mining i ngincenng tkn ugh f e ni» I urn
of the International Corn- »| <>m!< nee s« tools ut S»rmb n,
Pennsylvania, and he has continued n close "tudtnt of mat
ters pertaining to the mining industry, in all ] rncti al
details of which he has had wide and varied cx]H*riono>.
He was on the field at the due of the industrial cmilll t
in the mining district of Ifaleigh County, :md has hnd h a\y
responsibilitics a!*o in coiim. tmn with the re « nt trooHes
with the miners' union, which attempted to imade the
Logan and Mingo fields, lie is consistently to le de ignat« 1
as a pioneer in connection with coal mining enterprise in
West Virginia, and has here mado a record of «p]«ndid
achievement. He is a republican with antrt.wb.it ind
pendent proclivities, he and hi- wife hold immbcr-h p in
the Methodist Church, and in the Masonic frati-ru ty he is
affiliated with the Blue Lodge at Madison, the < aj ter at
Logan, the Commandcry of Knights Templars n the City
of Huntington, and BeniKedem Temple. A. A. O. N. M. S.

In 1911 Mr. Jenkins wedded M<s S Letitia Ward, daughter
of William Ward, of Logan County, anil the four children
of this union are Earl, Jr., <!ra»-e, Lucile and Carl.

William T. McClellak, M. D. At Ethel, Logan County,
Doctor McCIellan is the resourceful and popu'nr physician
and surgeon in charge of the mine practice of the Sunt earn
Coal Company, the Fort Branch Coal Com j any. the Logan
Mining Company, the Western United Corj.orntion, the
A r gyle Coal Company No. 2, and the Georges Creek Coa
Company.

Doctor McCIellan was born at Hale's Mill, S.ott County,
Virginia, October 17, 1^73, and in the same county wen
born his parents, Edward and Martha (Smith) McCIellan.
the former on the I2th of February. J s "2, and the 1 • 1 1 r
July 30, 1»>o6. In Ws Edward McCIellan eame w th his
family to Lincoln County, West Virginia, where he rented
land 'and applied himself indefatigahly to farm enter] rise.
He eventually purchased a farm, and the pas-'ng years hnvt
prospered him in his activities as an agriculturist and stoek
grower. Be is a democrat, and he and his wife are zealous
members of the Baptist Church in the'r hnme community,
near Branchland, Lincoln County. Of their four ehildrtn,
Dr. William T.. of this review, "is the eldest; lie! rt E. i
in the rural mail service at Branchland; Sarah E. is the wif<
of Henrv Shuff. a farmer near that place; nnd t)rover C.
is in the employ of the Chesapeake & Ohio Kailroad C m
pany.

The schools of Lincoln County afforded Doctor McCIellan
his preliminary education, which was supplemented by hi*
attending the excellent school maintained umbr the sujer
vision of Professor Elam at Blaine, Lawrence County At
the age of twenty years the doctor engaged in bncrvng
school, and through the reti rns from his offe t vc s« r\re of
ten year? as a teacher in the schools of Lincoln and Wnyne
Counties he defrayed the expensis of h'« c urst In th undi-
cal department of the University of Lou ■»>■ Ho, Kei t ky. m
which he was graduated in 19Uo. After thus reeling !
degree of Doctor of M< dicine he engi-gel in pra ti» in IM
home town of Branchland, and two years lnt r h be •
mine physician for the Unitel Stat - C- al A- OI C m any
at Holden, Logan County. wKre he r. n ? n 1 two year..
For the ensuing four y. ir* he wn< eng.g 1 in pra- ti e a*
Wavne, in the count v" of t' < '•aim n in , and he t -n r*
turned to Holden. wl'en-e . igl t. n m 1 1) - !• 1. r 1 - w M
the P<-nd Creek coal dUtn t of Pike tVinty, h>l^
where he was engage! in mine pra<ti«<* I h« r«t«m*<
Logan Countv in 19I> and f -rrol |. • jr - nt l T' t
professional alliance" as a min i bMM *Tg«on. In

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1912 he did effective post-graduate work at his alma mater,
the medical school of the University of Louisville, and he is
a close student who keeps in touch with advances made in
medical and surgical science. He is identified with the
Logan County and West Virginia State Medical societies
and the American Medical Association, is a democrat in
political allegiance, he and his wife hold membership in the
Baptist Church, he is affiliated with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, and in the Masonic fraternity he
is a member of the Blue Lodge at Hamlin, the chapter of
Royal Arch Masons at Logan, the temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Charleston, and the Scottish Rite Consistory at
Wheeling, in which he has received the thirty-second degree.

Christmas day of the year 1905 recorded the marriage of
Doctor McClellan and Miss Lulu Thompson, daughter of
Samuel H. Thompson, of Hamlin, this state, and the two
children of this union are Ernest and Lillian.

Guy W. Shepherd is one of the younger men of Hunt-
ington, active in its business life, and is cashier of the
American Bank & Trust Company of that city.

He was born at Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia,
July 17, 1893. His grandfather was born in Virginia in
1813, owned and lived on a large farm at Hurricane, West
Virginia, and was killed at a railroad crossing in 1897.
He and his wife reared a family of three sons and one
daughter. One son, Daniel, served as a Confederate soldier
through the war between the states. Elias K. Shepherd,
father of the Huntington banker, was born at Buckhan-
non, West Virginia, in 1S57, spent his early life near Staun-
ton, Virginia, and for many years was in the service of
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company. He lived in
Milton while in this service, and in 1898* transferred his
residence to Huntington. He is now on the retired list of
the railroad company. He is a democrat, a very active
member of the Baptist Church and is a Royal Arch Mason.
Elias K. Shepherd married Mattie Douglas at Ona, West
Virginia, where she was born in 1868. Guy W. is the old-
est of their children. Thelma, who died at the age of
twenty-three, waa the wife of V. C. Saunders, of Hunting-
ton. Mabel is the wife of Lee Saunders, postmaster and
farmer at Ona, West Virginia. Nina is the wife of Oscar
T. Peterson, a traveling salesman, living at Omaha, Ne-
braska. Marie, Harry and Thomas live at home, Thomas
being an apprenticed pharmacist. Richard, the youngest
child, is attending the preparatory department of Marshall
College.

Guy W. Shepherd has lived in Huntington since he was
five years of age, and acquired his education in the public
schools of that city and at Barboursville, West Virginia.
He completed his junior year in the Morris-Harvey Col-
lege at Barboursville, and in 1915 graduated from the
Boothe Business School of Huntington. Mr. Shepherd has
devoted a half dozen busy years to his service with the
American Bank & Trust Company, heginning with book-
keeper, promoted to savings teller in 1916, to commercial
teller in 1918. to assistant cashier in the same year, and
in January, 1922, hecame cashier of the institution.

During the World war he was called to the Naval Acad-
emy at Annapolis under civil service, and for a short time
was assistant in the public works department. He is a
democrat and a member of Huntington Lodge No. 313.
B. P. O. E. Mr. Shepherd owns a modern home at b'09
Ninth Avenue. He married October 1, 1916, Miss Cressell
Steele, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Steele. Her father
is living at Huntington, a retired farmer. Mr. and Mrs.
Shepherd have one child, Helen S., born August 15, 1917.

Frank W. Crane, a well known business man of Albright,
represents one of the old and prominent families of Preston
County in the Crab Orchard community.

He is a descendant of Calvin Crane, who came to the
American colonies and settled at Elizabeth, New Jersey, in
1640. A great-great-gTandson of this American immigrant
was Joseph Crane, who died in 1778. His widow subse-
quently removed to Ohio with her oldest sons, and died in
that state at the age of ninety. Calvin Crane, a son of
Joseph, came to West Virginia in 1790, and was founder of

a family now widely distributed over this and other states.
The Cranes by intermarriage are connected with nearly
every other family of prominence in Preston County today.
Calvin Crane located a tract of 2,545 acres on Beech Run
Hill in Preston County. It is said that his first marriage was
solemnized by Bishop Asbury, the first bishop of the
Methodist Church in America. Calvin Crane served as a
soldier in the War of 1812 in Col. Jonathan Crane's regi- j
ment. His three sons were John, Jacob and Calvin Crane,
all of whom lived in Preston County and proved themselves
substantial citizens.

Calviu Crane was the founder of the family at Albright,
owning the Crane farm at Crah Orchard, where he also con-
ducted a saw and grist mill. Calvin Crane married Jane
Elliott, of another old family of Preston County. Both are
buried in the Lutheran Cemetery at Crab Orchard. Their
children were: Louisa, who married James Rigg, pro-
prietor of the Ruthbel brick house as a tavern and who
finally moved to Terra Alta and is now a resident of Oak-
land, Maryland; Elliott, who was born at Matheny Mill,
spent the greater part of his life on a farm near Albright,
and his last days at Terra Alta; Samuel, who was a farmer
near Corinth in Preston County, and died there; Polly, who
became the wife of Jehu Woodring, and moved to Michigan
and died at Adrian in that state; Martin L., who was born
and reared at Crab Orchard and died at Terra Alta in old
age; John C; Betsy, who hecame the wife of Peter Cramer
and lived all her life in the Crab Orchard community; and
Jarvey, who died in camp while training for a soldier in
the Civil war.

John C. Crane, father of Frank W., was born on the farm
at Crab Orchard and, like all his brothers, was a soldier in
the Union army, being sergeant in Company B of the Four-
teenth Virginia Cavalry. He was one of the escort of
General Duvall and was in service more than three years.
He was never wounded, but suffered ill health after the war,
which he ascribed to his military service. He died at the
farm near Albright in 1907. In the years following the
war he was a farmer anrl stock dealer and bought up much
live stock, which he drove to market at Uniontown and
Cumberland, and after the coming of railroads shipped to
more distant markets. Though he was rather well known in
business, he always made his home on the farm three miles
east of Albright. In politics he voted the republican ticket,
and he and his wife were prominent Methodists, and for
twenty-five consecutive years he was superintendent of the
Sunday School at Albright.

John C. Crane married Mollie Bishop, daughter of Wil-
liam and Catherine (Snider) Bishop. She is still living at
Albright. Her four children were: Dee, of Morgantown;
Cloyd M., of Terra Alta ; Spencer, a farmer near Alhright,
who died leaving two sons by his marriage to Myrtle Welch;
and Frank W.

Frank W. Crane, who represents the present generation
of this old family in Preston County, was born on the home
farm March 31, 1881, acquired his education in the country
schools and the high school at Terra Alta, and followed the
occupation he learned as a youth, farming and stock raising,
until he was thirty-nine years of age. In 1920 Mr. Crane
left the farm, bought property at Albright, and opened the
Cheat Valley Inn, a high class house of entertainment of
which he is the genial landlord. He was also active in the
incorporation of the Preston County Bus and Garage Com-
pany on May 1, 1921, and is manager of this business. The
president is Dr. E. E. Watson, who formerly as an individual
owned and operated the line carrying passengers from Al-
bright to Tunnelton. This company has erected one of the
best garages in the county.

Mr. Crane is the present auditor of the Town of Albright.
He is a republican, having cast his first vote for Roosevelt in
1904. He is recording steward of the Albright Methodist
Church, Mrs. Crane being church organist and teacher in
the Sunday school.

In Preston County, June 15, 1902, Mr. Crane married Miss
Myrtle Strawser, who was born at Albright, daughter of
Alpha and Jennie (Welch) Strawser. When she was sis
months old her parents moved to Wyoming, and she spent
her girlhood at Wheatland in that state, and still later the

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Ely moved tu Went worth, Colorado. Her father was a
mer and stockman. Mrs. Crane was born Juno 15, Ibho,
oldest of two daughters and three sons. Her living

ithers, Dee W. and Frauk, both reside at Waouiega,
usns. Her brother Ira W. was killed while training as a

flier at Camp Funston, Kansas. Mr. aud Mrs. Crane have

.» daughter, Virginia P., a student in the Albright High

100I.

David J. Gibson has been a resident of Preston County,
active working service, nearly half a century. Ho has
>n a merchant, has figured in the official life of the county,
a banker, and for a number of years past has lived at
ugwood aud conducted an insurance business,
le was born at Cumberland. Maryland, October 21, 1.S46,
I before he was a year old his parents moved to West
rginia and established their home a mile east of Brandons*
le, where his father, Joseph H. Gibson, opened a small
re. la association with Captain Hagans he also erected
;rist mill, foundry, tannery and sawmill, built his home
ke, and continued a factor in this considerable industrial
nmunity until during the Civil war the mills were burned,
jut the tune the Jones raiders passed through Preston
unty. Following this Joseph H. Gibson moved to the Al-
ght locality and built a dam across Doekerty Creek, ami
association with Joseph G. Cressler built a sawmill. The

0 operated the mill and Joseph H. Gibson remained there
til his death in 1876, at the age of fifty-six. Joseph II.
nson was a native of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
s orphaned when a boy. and was a bound apprentice to a
lor at Shippeusburg. After reaching his majority he
t Shippcnsburg with his clothing tied in a handkerchief,
[>ssed the Allegheny Mountains on foot to Bedford. Penn-
vania, and opened a tailor shop and later removed to
mberland, Maryland, where he was in the grocery busi-
es. Then, accepting an invitation from friends, he moved
'Virginia, now West Virginia, and settled at the Willctt
rm a mile east of Brandonsville, from which point his
[*eer has been briefly sketched.

At Shippcnsburg, where he learned the tailor's trade,
seph H. Gibson also found his wife, Miss Jane Turner, of
rlisle, Pennsylvania, related to the Hndasill and other
ople of Pennsylvania extraction. She survived her hus-
nd many years and died at Kingwood. Her children
re: Elizabeth, who became the wife of Hev. T. W. Chi
ster and died at Buckhannon; David Joseph; and Jennie
. wife of L. Morris Albright, of Kingwood. Joseph H.
bson was a very useful man in every community where he
ed. lie was a local Methodist preacher, was active in re-
blican politics and had the gift of speeehmaking, though
possessed little book education. He represented Preston
unty in the Legislature after the Civil war, when the state
pital was at Wheeling. During the war period he also
>resented Preston County as recruiting officer at Grafton,
d was quartermaster of the militia organized to protect

2 state.

David J. Gibson shared in the varying torus of fortune
the family from the time they moved to West Virginia.

1 secured his early education in the schools about Bran
nsville, and when still in his teens began working in his
ther's store there. In 1870, after his marriage, he moved

St. Joseph, where he and his father conducted a mercantile
siness. In 1876 he accepted appointment as deputy
eriff of Preston County for the four east side districts,
der Sheriff Elisha Thomas. After four years in those
ties he moved to Newburg, West Virginia, and became
sociated with his brother in law, Mr. Albright, as a mer
ant. For twenty-seven yeara Mr. Gibson remained a resi-
nt of Newburg, though not all the time was spent as a
;rchant. Here again he became deputy under his old
iend. Sheriff Elisha Thomas. He helped organize the
rst National Bank of Newburg, and is the only survivor

the original board of directors and is its vice president.

3 is also a stockholder in the wholesale grocery business
Rowlesburg, West Virginia. Disposing of his property
Newburg, Mr. Gibson in 1905 moved to Kingwood, build-

g a substantial home on Beverly Hill, and since then he
d Mr. Albright have been in the fire insurance business.

Mr. Gibson hunied h. early political principle* from hi
father ami cast his first presidential \»t for General Grant
When the prohibition ] nrty rose to me* t a great imuc lu
espoused the cause, and gate bis support to the | nrty untit
its object was accomplished in a nationwide prohibition,
alter which he returned tn the rcpv< Iran ranks. Kor ninnv
terms Mr. Gibson was elected mayor of Newburg. He hn's
been a member of the Masonic Order fifty two >crs, pun
ing at Kingwood, is pn*t master of the Newburg* Ixidge an*
is also affiliated with the Koyal Ardi C-Imptcr and King i
Templar Cominandery at (irafton, W.st Virg urn. lb mi
rocked in the cradle'of Methodism nftd fur a «. i.irt.-r «i .
century was superintendent of the MethodM S imh\ > mo-
at Newburg.

Otober L'S, I vis, Mr. Gibson married Miss Clara i
Cressler, of Shippcnsburg, Pennsylvania, dnught. r of John
Cressler. Mrs. Gibson was born at Shippeusburg t>. t»b. r

2S, IMS. Her father had t n a banker at Car * «•, IVnn

sylvania, but spent his last years on his farm near Sli ppei *
burg, where he died at the age of lighty six While a r» ■ i
dent of the latter place he organized "the First N.itiina
Bank, becoming one of its directors in which capacity In
served until his death. Also for many years lie wm necr.
tary of the Farmers Mutual Fire In-irance Company, and
was for many years a director of the Chambersburg, Penn
sylvania, National Bank. Mrs. Gibson's mother bore tin
maiden name of Turner, and she was Mr. Crosshr's so-oiid
wife. Mrs. Gibson is one of two children by her mother,
as her father had five other children. Mrs. Gi son and Mrs
Laura Minnich, of Washington, DiMrict of Columbia, an
the only survivors of this family. The two children born
to Mr. aud Mrs. Gibson are both deceased.

Felix Elliott was at one time perhaps the young.*t
postmaster in the State of West Virginia, lie has p#r
formed his share of public duty, but for many years paM
has been thoroughly devoted to \\\n c*MMitial public semcc
as a banker, as cashier of the Bank of Kingwood.

This is one of the oldest banks in th s section of \Vc»t
Virginia, and its history is notable in many ways. In
Wr» a bank was started* at Kingwood under the Nut i ma
Banking Act, the promoters being William G. Brown, Sr..
and James C. McGrew. who owned pra» tn ally nil of tin
stock. Mr. Brown was the first president and Mr. MeGr<*w
the first cashier. The bank's original capital was $I25.«
and it was the first bank of th's cut re region, and probably
the first one west of Cumberland. Ppou the death of Mr
Brown, Mr. McGrew succeeded to the presidency, w th
Francis Ileermans, cashi.r. In Isss the national eliart. r
was surrendered and a state charter taken m t. The Bank
of Kingwood has since had a capital stock of t7.">." n F
lowing the administration of Mr. McGrew and Mr. lie. r
mans, the latter was succeeded a cashier by J. W. Parks,
and on the death of Mr. McGrew, William (>. Brown. Jr.
became president. It is appropriate to state that Mr. M
Grow was the active president of the bank and looked aft. r
its affairs until he was ninety-five year- of age. The admin
istration of William Brown, Jr., as ) resident continued entil
his death. While not strictly a part of the hi«t-»ry of t n-
bank, it is interesting to note that three bank j resident*
the two Browns and M -Grew, were alt mem'.crs of ( < ngr «s
at different times, representing the Second W.st Virgin i
District. Mr. Brown, Jr., was succeeded as pre id' nt by
P. J. Crogan, the prominent Kingwood lawyer, who is "till
head of the bank. The Bank of Kingwood now has surp i
aud undivided profits equalling its capital sd«ck. with d
posits of over $600,000, and the assets passed the n i)li< n
dollar mark soon after the close of the World war.

Mr. Felix Elliott was born in Kingwood. March 16.
The Elliott family was established in Pre ♦ton C unty in
pioneer times by Robert Elliott, who moved from Pennsyl
vania and lived out his life on a farm ia Portlanl Di trier
Felix Elliott, father of the Kingwood banker, was b rn
in Preston County. August 16, 1^20. In early life he
gan his medical practice, and only in late years dtl he re-
tire from h's profession and become a Kingwood mer -bant.
He was also a Baptist minister and preach 1 r gular y r
ing the Civil war period, ne was an ardent repubb an m

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polities. Doctor Elliott died iu August, 1905, his widow
surviving him only a few weeks. Her maiden name was
Mary Startzinan, and she was from Aurora, Preston County,
daughter of Jaeob Startzman, who was of German ancestry.
Dtoetor and Mrs. Elliott had ten ehildren, but only fivo
grew to mature years: Flora, wife of D. C. Hughes, of
Buekhannon; Mrs. Lillie Coffmau, who died in Marion
County, West Virginia; Edward S., who died in New York
City, where he was practicing law; Felix; and Mrs. Emma
Werner, of Bowling Green, Ohio.

Felix Elliott as a boy and youth attended the public
schools of Kingwood, there being no high sehool then. On
leaving school he beeame a merchant's clerk, and it was
shortly after his twenty-first birthday that he was appointed
postmaster of Kingwood by President Harrison, taking over
the duties of the office in* 1881), as the successor of Capt.
J. E. Murdoek. Mr. Elliott was postmaster until Mr. Cleve-
land's return to the White House in 1893, and from that
year until 1900 he was engaged in merchandising, lie was
then selected to manage the stores of the Irona Coal Com-
pany, and discharged those duties for six years. He then
resigned to engage in banking, and entered the Bank of
Kingwood as teller, but in a few months was made assistant
cashier and since 1911 has been cashier, as the sueeessor of
J. W. Parks. He has, therefore, given almost fifteen of the
best years of his life to the bank. He has not been in poli-
tics, though he has served the town as a member of the
common council.

In Preston County, August 2, 1893, Mr. Elliott married
Florence D. Viekery, daughter of Charles E. and Gregg P.
(Fairfax) Viekery. The Fairfax is another old family of
this section. Mrs. Elliott was born at Terra Alta, Preston
County. Her father was a telegraph operator with the
Baltimore & Ohio, and later a merchant there, and finally at
Kingwood. From 1S93 to 1905 he was storekeeper in the
Treasury Department of the Government at Washington, and
died at Kingwood in 1905. His ehildren were Mrs. Elliott
and Rupert E. Viekery, who is in the service of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railway Company at Keyser.

Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have two children, Kathleen and
Felix, Jr., the latter attending the grade schools at King-
wood. Kathleen is the wife of Capt. K. F. Haust, an army
officer stationed at Camp Benning, Georgia. They have two
ehildren, Rose Mary and Kenneth. The Elliott home is
identified closely with ehureh work at Kingwood, Mr. Elliott
and his wife being of the Presbyterian faith, and he is
superintendent of the Sabbath sehool and a member of the
church session.

Charles Arnold Craig forty years ago was a farm boy
in Preston County, and later, when he left home to go out
into the world, he had a varied experience in railroading, in
the lumber and timber business. But finally he returned to
the oeeupation of his youth, and is now proprietor of a fine
dairy farm that is one of the assets of the Kingwood
locality and besides his farming his interests have extended
in a financial and directing way to a number of business
institutions in Preston County.

Mr. Craig was born on a farm in Preston County, De-
cember 15, 1865. His grandfather, John Craig, was a native
of Ireland, came to America when a youth, grew up and
lived for a number of years at Germantown, Pennsylvania,
where he married into one of the old Pennsylvania Dutch
families, and in 1848 he eame farther west and settled at
Morgan's Run in Prestou County, West Virginia, where his
subsequent years were devoted to farming. Of his two sons
and two daughters the only survivor is Charles C. Craig,
who is now completely retired from aetivity and lives at
Kingwood at the age of eighty-seven. Charles C. Craig grew
to manhood in Preston County, had a country sehool edu-
cation, and during the Civil war he beeame a wagon master
in the Union army. After the war he returned to farming,
and subsequently employed his speeial talents in the profes-
sion of auctioneer, continuing both vocations. His history
as an auetioueer covered a period of forty-five years, and
during that time he eried sales over the section around King-
wood. That profession was in a sense a public office, but
otherwise he has kept out of office, though carrying a part
of the burden of local polities as a republican.

Charles C. Craig married Elizabeth Castle, who was bor
at Frederick, Maryland, September 18, 1840, and was nin
years of age when her father, James E. Castle, brought hi
family to West Virginia. Thereafter she lived in the King
wood locality until her death. Her children were: John
James L., of Garrett County, Maryland; Charles A.; Mar
A., who died as the wife of E. W. Thomas; Amanda E
who died in childhood; Thomas B., of Kingwood; Sarah F
wife of M. G. Wilson, of Pittsburgh; Richard Edward, o
Rowlesburg, West Virginia; Franeis M., of New Phih]
delphia, Ohio; Miss Argensette, of Kingwood; Bertha, wif
of W. E. Bolyard, of Keyser, West Virginia; Louella, wh
died in infaney; and Nora E., wife of E. W. Fizer, o
Morgantown, West Virginia.

Charles Arnold Craig grew up ou his father 's farm a
Irona, near Kingwood, and the eommou sehools provide
him with a fair education. When past his majority he lei
home and for two years was in Ohio with the Baltimore i|
Ohio Railroad Company, engaged in the train service out o
Newark. His next definite loeality was Pontiae, Ulinoi:'
where he did farm work for a season, and before returnin
home he saw something of Missouri and Iowa, and hi
travels altogether have taken him to thirteen states of th
Union.

After his adventures and experiences in the West M]
Craig returned to the old homestead and beeame a faetor i
the lumber industry, operating saw mills and buying an
dealing in lumber and timber lands. For eleven years thi
was his main business. When he left it he settled down o
his farm near Irona and beeame a high elass stock farme.
a role in which he is still engaged. On the Irona farm for .j
number of years he was a breeder of Durham cattle, Polan
China hogs and Shropshire sheep. Quite reeently he bougl
a farm near Kingwood, where he maintains his residence an
where the essential industry is dairying. He breeds an
handles the Holstein and Jersey eattle. The Kingwood fan
consists of eighty-three acres, and his farm at Iroua eontah
213 acres, and these interests constitute him one of the sul
stantial men in the agricultural community of Presto,
County.

Of his public reeord and more extended business eonnet
tions the first item of interest is that he began voting as
republican and supported Benjamin Harrison as a eandidat
for President. He served four years as deputy assessor c
Preston County under J. Ami Everly. Sinee then farm ani
other business interests have elaimed his time to the exch
sion of official service. Mr. Craig is one of the viee pres
dents of the Kingwood National Bank, a direetor of th
Roseburg Wholesale Groeery Company, a stockholder in tt
Masoutowu Bank, a direetor of the Preston County Lumb<
Company, is financially interested in the Lick Run Collierh
Company and the Barnard Coal Company of Kingwood, an
is a stockholder in the Hilltop Orehard Company of Romne
West Virginia, a corporation owning and operating one c
the fine peaeh orchards in that horticultural seetion of tl

September 30, 1891, in Preston County, Mr. Craig ma
ried Miss Mary Avis Martin. She was born in Presto
County, September 15, IS73, seeond among the ehildren t
W. D. and Mary Elizabeth (Shahan) Martin. The otht
ehildren of her parents are Lloyd, of Pittsburgh, Guy M., c
Arizona, Lula, wife of Norman Cale, of Tunnelton, Wet
Virginia, Sadie M. and Harry J., of Tunnelton. The Ma:
tin home is a farm at Irona, where the mother of Mr.
Craig died in May, 1918. Mrs. Craig had a very good edi
eation in the publie sehools, and has always kept in toue
with the intellectual interests of the community. She an
Mr. Craig have reared a splendid family of childrei
namely: Charles W.; Virgie, wife of Jack Everetts, c,
Morgantown; Ella, Mrs. J. Ross Manown, of Kingwood
Mabel G.; Lula, who married H. H. Carrieo, of Tunneltoi
West Virginia; Harold A.; Bertus M.; Juanita and Thoma
Lantz. The oldest son, Charles W. Craig, who was bor (
September 24, 1892, graduated with the honors of his elati
of 191 1 and as elass president from the Kingwood Hig
Sehool, graduated in 1912 from the Elliott Business Colleg
in Wheeling, and became bookkeeper and assistant eashifi
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

banagcr of the store and bookkeeper for tbo Gibson Lumber
Jompany, and then became a coal operator on his owu ac-
uunt, opening and eventually selling live mines near King-
'ood. At this stage of his promising business career came
he call of patriotic duty, ami he entered the Officers Traiu-
lg Camp at Camp Lee, where he was commissioned a second
'eutenant. lie was detailed to go to Frauce as a coal in-
fwctor, but the signing of tiie armistice prevented him from
oing overseas. On resuming civilian life he became a
raveling salesman for the John S. Xaylor Company of
Vheeling, but has since resumed the coal business ami is now
Brating three different mines near Kingwood.

William P. Black, M. 1>. A physician and surgeon
ihose home and practice have been in Charleston for half

dozen years, Doctor Black is iilling the otliee of county
oroner of Kanawha County.

A native of West Virginia, he was born in .Meadow Bluff
district, Greenbrier County, in ls^3, son of S. T. and Laura
Bivens) Black, natives of the state and members of old
|m i lies in Greenbrier County. Doctor Black's uncle, Rev.
Jam Black, was one of the prominent men in his section
•f the state, a Methodist minister, known and revered in
Many localities.

Doctor Black spent his early life on the farm. He had
ndifferent school advantages while there, and after leav-
ng home at the age of eighteen he earued the money for
,iis better education. He attended the Smoot Normal
School and graduated from the Dnnsmore Business College
906, at Staunton, Virginia, lie studied medicine in the
College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, now the
nedieal department of the Cniversity of Maryland, where
ie graduated in 1 014. For the first two years he practiced
it Blakely. and in 1016 removed to rharleston. Doctor
}laek is skillful and noted for the thoroughness of his
vork and consequently has a high standing in the medical
Itrofcssion.

* Particularly he has won general approval by the jndg
nent and consideration with which he has discharged his
luties as coroner, an office to which he was qualified in
'lanuary, 1020. He is a member of the County, State and
\merican Medical Associations, is a Vork and Scottish Kite
Mason and Sliriner, and a member of the Methodist Epis
••opal Church.

Doctor Black married Miss Grace Royston, of Baltimore
Their two children are Iva D. and William P., Jr.

Staley D. Aluriout is one of the group of enterprising
nen and public spirited citizens who have been responsible
for the development of the Village of Albright as a center
)f commerce and trade in Preston County. He is a merchant
there, and is also interested in the coal mining industry of
this vicinity.

He was born in C'ranesville, Preston County, October 7.
1878. His great-grandfather was Daniel Albright, prob-
ably a native of Germany, who settled in America at the
beginning of the nineteenth century. Some years later he
moved from Pennsylvania to West Virginia. He was a
tailor by trade. Among his children was Michael Albright,
who was reared at Cranesville in Preston County and spent
his life there as a farmer. He owned a large amount of
land and was a prosperous and substantial citizen in every
way. He was a republican in polities. He married Miss
Bishop, and their children were: Henry B.. who served as
a Union soldier in the Civil war; Edward, also a soldier on
the Union side; Mary, who became the wife of Michael
Feather; Eli G.; Malinda, who was married to Hiram
Ringer; and Clinton.

Eli G. Albright, father of the Albright merchant and
banker, was born at Cranesville in 1852, and is still living in
that community. He finished his education at Flemington,
and as a young man taught school around Cranesville. ne
finally settled down to farming and stock raising, and was
formerly a drover to Eastern markets, and has done a very
successful business as a dealer and feeder of livestock. Eli
Q. Albright married Isabel Frankhouser, a daughter of
Israel Frankhouser. Her father was a farmer in Maryland,
near Brandonville, West Virginia. Mrs. Eli Albright died

in February, 1010. She was the mother of throw «on».
Burr Albright was for several yenrs a merchant nt How»».
ville, served as sheriff under Sheriff Co| email in 19'J1 an i
is now fanning the homest< ad at Cranio die. The mv oiel
son is Staley 1)., and the third is Floyd V., n farm, r nt
Cranesville.

Staley D. Albright, who has new married, grew u|
on his father's farm nt Crnnesv ill* , attended the cm iiihui
schools, and after leaving home wih tor li\c \ei«r n tin
employ of the is Coal A. Cuke Company lie t i n r-
moved to Albright and beenme successor to the anV
chant, B. F. Ilnggins, and has be. a mthe in ^ in ra
merchandising there since P.»u7. In addition he h • I. i
engaged in the coal business as an op. ratnr, mid ha m
sisted in the development of the properties of the .\l right
Coal Company, lie was one of the founders of the r r-t
National Bank of Albright, and is a director and \ ice | n «.
ident of that institution, lie is also one of the compntn
which constructed the garage at Albright in ll'Jl.

Mr. Albright comes of a republican family and eti>t
his first vote for Major M'Kinley in Hmo. He has nest r
missed a national election and voting for lis party tick, l
sinee then. Fraternally he is a Ma*on and Knight «■!
Pythias, and is a member of the Methodist Lhun li, thoi g-
reared iu the Evangelical faith.

Rev. Peter Flyn.w pastor of St. Francis Cntholi
Church in Morgantown, has been a consecrated work»r 11
the diocese of West Virginia since he took his orders x* a
priest and came to the United States.

He was born in County West meat h Ireland, .lanuary :_'.»,
1n76, son of James and Kate KiUian) Flynn, Irish farm
ing people. Early in his life it was decided that he should
be educated for the priesthood, and with that in view he
attended the Christian Brothers school in his native court},
also the diocesan seminary there, and followed this with
the training of the theological seminary in County We.xfwrJ
Here he was graduated io 10<>l, and in October of f i
same year arrived in the Cnited States.

Father Flynn 's first poM of duty w*m the cathtdral city
of Wheeling. For seven years he was located nt Parker*
burg as chaplain of the DeSales Heights Academy, fid
lowing which for fifteen months he was pastor of the chur< h
at Mannington in Marion County.

11c has been engaged in hi* pleasant and useful labi r-
at St. Francis Church in Morgantown sinee 1011. The
church, on McLean Street, near Sixth, was built in l*»y*
The parish has enjoyed a steady growth dur 114 Path.
Flynn 's pastorate, and the congregation now number* ov
six hundred souls. Among other substantial impro\emmt<
during the last eight years should b< mentiom 1 the bu lding
in 19ls of the two-story and basement par dual *• Imol,
while in 1020 was completed a convent for the L*rs»lnn
Sisters, who have charge of the school. There arc so* 11
of these Sisters, the headquarters of the Uridine (>rd«r
being at Louisville. The | arsonage i« nl*o a credit a hit
building, and was purchased by the pari-h as it stands.

SWAN A. Gl'siTA fson has had an intercting <\ m hie
since coming to America thirty years ago. has worked in
the timber and in lumber mill*, in -tee] mi 's. for many year-
has been connected with merchandising, and now has the
general store of Rothbel. mar the vil age of Albright, in
Preston County, and has been one of the lnflnenti.il m< 11
in that community since 1913.

Mr. Gustafson was born in the Province ot Wenninl.
Sweden, August 4. 1*6V Hi* father wa* flurtav Matron and
his mother, Lena Swanson. Swedish farmer*. Their ance tr>
runs back many generations in Sweden. The forefather
of Gustav Matson were the Shulstroms. a people who had
decided artistic talents, and some of them were noted
sculptors and painters. The Lutheran Church, built 1<33,
in the parish of Svanskog in Wcrmland was decorated ry
Mr. Gustafson 's greatgrandfather, ShuWrom, who «crv-l
his apprenticeship in art in Italy and other prts of South
cm Europe.

Swan A Gustafson was the oldest of the fanv'y of thr. •
daughters and two sons. His brother, John, diel unmir

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ried in Erie, Pennsylvania. His sister, Amanda, is the wife
of Axel Nelson, of Sweden; Augusta lives with her widowed
mother in the old country; and Axelia Is the wife of
Hjalmar Gustafson, living near the old Swedish homestead.
The father of these children, Gustav Matson, died July 9,
1921. He had military training as a youth, but was never
called to active duty, since Sweden has had no war since
the Napoleonic era.

Swan A. Gustafson attended the public schools of his
home locality, and after leaving home he followed farm-
ing for a time in the central part of Norway. He was
reared under a limited monarchy, one of the best govern-
ments in Europe, but he early had yearnings for a life
in the Republic of America. In April, 1891, he left Eu-
rope, sailing from Gothenberg, Sweden, on a steamer of
the Wilson line to Liverpool, thence the Cunard liner
Gallia carried him over the ocean, and after a voyage of
ten days he landed at Castle Garden, April 26th. On land-
ing he had about $10 in cash and a railway ticket to
Ridgeway, Pennsylvania. Soon after reaching Ridgeway
he secured work in a sawmill at Mill Creek, remained there
three or four months, and then secured better pay and a
steadier job in a mill at Ridgeway. This mill closed in
November of the same year, but he found a place in an-
other mill. After about two years he went to Pittsburgh
and secured work in the converting department of the steel
mills at Homestead as a helper on the vessels. These mills
shut down as a result of the panic of 1893, and he then
returned to the lumber camps at Ridgeway.

In October, 1895, Mr. Gustafson came into West Vir-
ginia, first stopping at Harmon in Randolph County, where
he worked in lumher camps. In the spring of 1890 lie
went to norton, and for five years was employed by the
Condon -Lane Boom Lumber Company. In the spring of
1900 he moved to Elkins and entered the service of B.
Golden, a merchant, and was one of Mr. Golden 's most
trusted men for ten years. Though he worked on a salary
for a large part of the time, he had the real responsibility
of running the business. On leaving Elkins Mr. Gustafson
became manager of the store of Richard Chaffee at Wil-
liams in Tucker County, remaining there three years. Mr.
Chaffee formed the Ruthbel Lumber Company and built
the mill at Caflisch, near Albright, and Mr. Gustafson went
there to take charge of the company store. From 1913
to August, 1917, he continued under that management,
and after the sale of the business he remained as the man-
ager for the Caflisch Lumber Company.

Mr. Gustafson is also a stockholder and director of the
First National Bank of Albright, a stockholder in the Bank
of Kingwood, and is identified with coal operations in
Kentucky. He has held a commission as notary public in
Preston County, and he took out his first citizenship papers
at Ridgeway, Pennsylvania, in September, 1891, his final
papers being awarded him in Parsons, West Virginia, in
October, 1906. He began voting as a republican, followed
the Roosevelt element into the progressive party in 1912,
and subsequently resumed his old affiliation. Mr. Gustafson
is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Knights of
Pythias, and is a past master of Elkins Lodge of Masons.
He was reared a Lutheran but is now a Presbyterian.

In Tucker County, West Virginia, in August, 1910, he
married Miss Lephia Hope Werner, a native of Michigan,
who was reared near Eglon in Preston County. She is a
graduate of the Ohio Northern University at Ada and
before her marriage was a teacher in Preston and Tucker
counties. Mr. and Mrs. Gustafson have two sons, Carl
Werner and John Augustus.

William Hawker Billingslea, who has been a factor in
the public and business life of Marion County over thirty
years, is a resident of Fairmont, and has an extensive busi-
ness throughout this district aa a dealer in coal and mineral
lands.

He was born July 20, 1864, in a log house built by his
paternal grandfather, a house still standing in the Lincoln
District of Marion County. His grandfather, Silas Billings-
lea, was born in the Paw Paw District of Marion, then
Monongalia County, and married Ann Morgan, a native of

Monongalia County and member of the pioneer family ol
Morgan for whom Morgantown was named.

Jamee S. Billingslea, father of William H., was born in
the log house just mentioned on June 6, 1837. After many
years devoted to his farm he moved to Worthington, Marion
County, where he lived retired until his death on March 10,1
1919. He was a republican and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. His wife, Nancy Hawker, daughter of
William Hawker, a pioneer farmer of Marion County, was!
born in Mannington District and is now in her eighty-second
year.

William H. Billingslea as a boy on the home farm at-
tended the common schools, taught several terms in coun-
try districts, and in 1885 went to the newer country of the
West. In Hamilton County, Kansas, he pre-empted a farm, 1
and subsequently was in the real estate business at Kendal.'
in that county. From Kansas a few years later he moved*
to Salt Lake City, where for a year he was in the abstract
and title business.

In 1890 he returned to West Virginia, and in 1896 was
elected county assessor of Marion County, being the only
republican candidate on the county ticket elected that year.'
He justified the confidence of his friends by the efficient \
record he made during the four years he was in office.
Later he was nominated for the State Legislature, but de-i
clined in favor of a friend to whom he had pledged his,
support in convention. After leaving the office of assessor!
Mr. Billingslea entered the furniture business at Fairmont,!
but retired from that to give his attention to the coal
business, and he handles coal lands, buyiug and selling
coal acreage in the Fairmont District. He was one of the
organizers and incorporators of the Fairmont & Cleveland -
Coal Company, and is still a director in the corporation.

Fraternally Mr. Billingslea is a member of Fairmont
Lodge No. 9, F. and A. M., Orient Chapter No. 9, R. A.
M., Crusade Conimandery No. 6, K. T., and Osiris Temple
of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling. He is a charter member
of Evergreen Lodge No. 14, Knights of Pythias, at Worth-,
ington, and at a recently called meeting of the lodge he 1
was one of the six members presented with a gold medal
as token of twenty-five years of membership in good stand-
ing. Mr. Billingslea participates in the activities of the
Fairmont Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the
First Baptist Church.

He married Miss Florence Snodderly. She was born in
Fairmont District in 1872, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth
(Ice) Snodderly, both parents still living. Her mother is
descended from that historic character, Abraham Ice, who
was the first white child born west of the Allegheny Moun-
tains in West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Billingslea have two
children, Paul and Jean. Paul, who graduated in civil engi-
neering from Valparaiso University, Indiana, is chief
engineer for the Brady Coal Company of Fairmont, and
married Octavia Hunt. Jean, a graduate with the A. B.
degree from the University of West Virginia with the
class of 1919, is a teacher in the Fairmont High School.

Oscar F. Payne. Becoming a resident of Charleston
thirty years ago, Oscar F. Payne first devoted himself to
the achievement represented by a successful business ca-
reer, but for a number of years past has associated with
his banking and business affairs a notable interest and
leadership in the civic and social advancement of the com-
munity. Such men as Mr. Payne constitute a powerful
nucleus of means, instrumentalities and influence which
in all times have built cities and made communities great
and prosperous.

Mr. Payne was born at Palmyra, Virginia, in 1873, son
of Collin Patton and Beatrice (Clark) Payne. His grand-
father Joseph Payne, was a Confederate soldier and at one
time sheriff of Fluvanna County. Collin Patton Payne for
many years has been a resident of Charleston, West Vir-
ginia. His first wife, Beatrice, died in 1885, Oscar F. be-
ing her only eon.

Oscar F. Payne acquired a public school education and
aa a youth entered the service of the Kanawha & Michi-
gan Railroad Company. He was in that service twenty-
three years, and had he chosen to remain he might have

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lecome a prominent figure in the transportation life of tha
ration. In 1903, after many consecutive promotions, at
lie age of thirty, he was made general agent of the freight
epartment of the Kanawha & Michigan. He served as
eneral agent eight years, resigning January 1, 1911, to
;ok after other business connections he had formed. Mr.
•ayne has been a resident of West Virginia since 1SS6 ami
resident of Charleston since 1S91.

When he left the railroad he became associated as treaa-
rer and traffic manager with the Steele & Payne Company,
rokers and commission merchants at Charleston. This
uainess was incorporated in 1903 as the Steele & Brown
'ompany. It is now Davis, Payne & Company, brokers and
lommission dealers in produce, hay and grain, one of the
jirgest firms of its kind in the state, the aggregate of its
ransactions running to annual figures of several millions.

In addition Mr. Payne is president of the Security
'ank & Trust Company, one of the strongest and most
ipidly growing banks of the city and also a director in
>he Bank of Dunbar. He is president of the Empire Sav-
\iga & Loan Company, also president of the Commercial
,avings & Loan Company and is a director of the Community
havings & Loan Company. In 1913 he served as president
f the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, and is now chair-
jan of the transportation committee of that body.

Among a number of civic honors and responsibilities he
as enjoyed, doubtless Mr. Payne derives the greatest sat-
isfaction from his connection with Charleston's unique or-
anization known as the Union Mission. He has the honor
If being president of the board of directors of this mission,
("he title of this institution in no wise describes the mani-
old activities and directions of useful service. In fact
there is no institution quite like it in the country nor one
hat excels it in practical helpfulness in its equipment of
tuildings and staff of teachers, nurses and physicians; in
he amount of money it has raised for carrying on its work,
nd in its vocational, educational and recreational facili-
ies. From this mission like missions have been estab-
ished in many places in West Virginia and in a number of
»ther states. The mission is governed by a board of di-
rectors representing all the different denominations in
Charleston, two members from each church, this board
■lecting the president.

Mr. Payne is a vestryman and treasurer of St John's
Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Rotary Club,
SIks and United Commercial Travelers. He is the type or
:itizen who honors any party by a place on its ticket. In
1916 he was elected as a democrat to the House of Dele-
rates in the State Legislature, serving in the sessions of
1917-18. While in the Legislature he was a leader in the
jrohibition enforcement measures, and another object to
vhich he devoted his earnest effort was the good roads leg-
slation under which the state began the construction of
ts present good roads system.

Mr. Payne married Miss Mary R. Bnffner. She was
>orn in Charleston in 1S73, daughter of Henry D. and Sal-
ie (Patrick) Buffner. Mr. and Mrs. Payne have one son,
Ruffner Boger Payne, who was born March 12, 1899.

Lee B. Howell, superintendent of the mines of the Wood
?oal Company on Dingess Bun, Logan County, with the
Hllage of Ethel as his headquarters, was born at Fairfield,
Kanawha County, this state, March 28, 1876, and is a son of
lohn W. and Lucinda (Jones) Howell, who came to this
*tate from Floyd Countyj Virginia, shortly after the clone
)f the Civil war, the overland trip having been made with
team and wagon, before the construction of railroads
Jirongh this section. John W. Howell had much skill as a
Dlacksmith and worker in wood, but he became an exponent
)f farm enterprise in Kanawha County, where his farm, on
the Great Kanawha Biver, had an excellent deposit of coal.
He later aold the property to coal companies, and when the
line of Cheasapeake & Ohio Bailroad was under construction
tie was employed in the building of its bridges. He was a
member of a Virginia regiment in the Confederate service
in the Civil war, and took part in many engagements, in-
iluding the battle of Gettysburg. He was captured several
times but on each occasion contrived to escape through the

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aid of friends. In later jeurs he delighted in recalling hi*
experience in trading tobacco to Union soldiers for eoffe*
He was a stanch republican after the wnr, waa affiliated
with the United Confederate Veterans and was one of the
well known and highly honored citizens of Fayette County
at the time of his death, November 3, 1900 when sixty four
years of ago. II is widow is now past eighty rears of age
and a resident of Montgomery, that couoty. ' Both early
became active members of the '.Method i-t Episcopal Church
South. Their children were twelve in number, and two of
the sons, Lee B., of this sketch, and Homer <"»., are ident
fied with coal mining, the laUr being superintendent for
the American Eagle Colliery Company at Colcord, Raleigh
County.

Lee R. Howell attended the schools of his home conntv
and since identifying himself with the eonl mining industrV
he has been indefatigable in advancing his technical an*
practical knowledge of the same. He has studied constantly,
and also took an effective course in mining engineering
through the medium of tho 1 nternatinnal Correspondence
Schools, Seranton, Pennsylvania, lie remained on the home
farm until ho had attained to his legnl majority, and then
entered the employ of the Powelton Coal Company, at a
wage of $1.25 a day. nis experience has since covered all
phases of coal mining operations, and be has gained high
standing as a mining engineer of much ability and dis
crimination, ne did blacksmith work in the mines, wan
made a foreman in the coal mines of his nntive county, and
finally became a mine foreman for the deorge A. Laughbn
Coal Company at Brilliant, Ohio, lie also served as mine
superintendent nt St. Clairville, that state, and after hn
return to West Virginia he was mine foreman at Burnwll,
later at Christian, and made a record of splendid production
in the mines. Since October 15, 1916, ho has been a valued
and efficient executive with the Wool Coal Company in
Logan County. In a basic way Mr. Howell is a republican,
he is affiliated with the Lodge nnd Encampment bodies of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of
Pythias, and the Junior Order of United American Me
chanics, and he and hia wife are zealous members of the
Missionary Baptist Church, in which he is a deacon.

April 7, 1897, recorded the marriage of Mr. Howell nn<l
Miss Zettie Toney, daughter of Jeremiah Toncy, of llarine,
this atato, and they have one son and three dnughters:
Carrie, Grace, Ora and Carl, the oldest daughter having
achieved marked success and popularity as a teacher in the
public schools.

Lester Earl Scholl. learned the technical side of coal
mining largely under his father, and both have been prom
inent in the coal fields of this state. L. E. Sehnll i« now
superintendent of the Steel & Tube Company of America,
with mines at Dehue on Rum Creek in Lognn County The
coal from this mine is used for by-products by the Milwau-
kee Coke & Gas Company, a subsidiary of the Steel k Tube
Company of America.

Mr. Scholl was born at Rosevi'le, Muskingum County,
Ohio, October 29, 18S9, son of Sherman E. and Mary
Elizabeth (Patch) Scholl, who now live at Huntington,
West Virginia, and both of them are fifty-three years of
age, the mother being just eleven days yonngrr than her
husband. Sherman Scholl was born at Washington Court
House, Ohio, and his wife in Hocking County in the same
state. Sherman 8choll learned the blaeksmithing trncle in a
railroad roundhouse in Ohio. His mechanical ability h"
eventually turned to the service of the mining industry in
Ohio District and became master mechanic, then mine super-
intendent, and in 1901 moved to Fayette County, We-t Vir
ginia, where he was connected with several companies.
Leaving there, he was with the Ozark C<nl Company at
Spadra, Arkansas, and after being in the We*t for two
years returned to West Virginia and had charge of four
mines for the M. B. Coal and Coke Company at Kimborly.
Fayette County. His next work wns at Luhr'g. Ohio as
mine superintendent, and be was then made gen ral supern
tendent of the Avon Coal Company at AeooviUe, Logan
Countv, West Virginia. At that time his son Lester E. was
mine "foreman in the same pla«-e. Sherman S-iaoll had

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charge of the six mines in this vicinity. He is now superin-
tendent of mines near Rainell in Greenbrier County. His
long experience has brought him an authoritative position
with regard to all the details of construction work required
in opening and developing mines. He taught his son Lester
E. Scholl, and the latter in turn taught his brother Frank-
lin R. Franklin is now mine foreman for the Riehcreek
Coal Company at Wilburn in Logan County. There is also
a daughter, wife of a Mr. Watkins, superintendent of the
Riehcreek Coal Company at Wilburn.

Lester Earl Scholl acquired his early education in the
schools at Bremen, Ohio, and for two years was a student in
Ohio University at Athens, His higher education came to
him long after he had begun his experience in the mines.
He was a trapper boy at the age of nine, greased cars, drove
mules, operated motors and also mining machines; he was
made mine foreman at Luhrig, Ohio, and for five years was
foreman for the Avon Coal Company at Accoville in Logan
County. In 1916 he was promoted to superintendent of
these mines, which later were taken over by the Deegans
interests. Mr. Scholl came to his present duties as superin-
tendent at Dehue in January, 1921.

During the World war he did double work and sometimes
even more, and though he -was superintendent he personally
operated the mine machinery, ran motors, worked on the
tipple and in the store as well as in the office, thus supplying
in a measure the vacancies when men were taken into mili-
tary service. Mr. Scholl is a republican, and is affiliated
with the Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter of Masons at
Logan, the Rose Croix Chapter of Huntington, and hia
father is a York Rite Mason and Shriner. He is a member
of the Methodist Church.

On August 14, 1919, Mr. Scholl married Susie Gore,
daughter of Joseph F. Gore, of Man, Logan County. They
have a son, Lester E., Jr.

Robert Thomas Cunningham, secretary and treasurer
of the Monongah Glass Company, one of the important
industrial concerns of Fairmont, Marion County, was born
at Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, August 13,
1874, and is a son of Andrew J. and Rachel (Williams)
Cunningham, both likewise natives of that county. The
father, who was for many years actively engaged in manu-
facturing business, is now living retired at Masontown, his
wife having passed away in 1902.

After the public-school discipline which he received in
his native place Robert T. Cunningham continued his studies
in the Pennsylvania State Normal School at California, and
in his native state he gained also his initial business experi-
ence. In 1894 he came to West Virginia and took a posi-
tion in the office of the Montana Coal & Coke Company at
Fairmont. He remained with this concern after its title
had been changed to the Fairmont Coal Company, and
when it became a part of the Consolidation Coal Company
he served as auditor of the latter corporation. In 1914
he resigned this position to assume the dual office of secre-
tary and treasurer of the Monongah Glass Company, of
which he had previously become a director. He is also
vice president of the Fairmont Building & Investment Com-
pany, treasurer of the Greater Fairmont Investment
Company and the Acme Land Company, and president of
the Marion County Securities Company, which publishes at
Fairmont the daily newspaper known as the West Vir-
ginian. He is a director of the Hartford-Fairmont Com-
pany, the Fairmont Building & Loan Association, the Fair-
mont Hotel Company, and the Fairmont State Bank. He
is an active member of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce,
and during the World war period was a member of the
Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States. Mr. Cunningham is a Knight Templar
Mason, and in the eame fraternity has received the eight-
eenth degree of the Scottish Rite at the time of this writ-
ing. He is a past exalted ruler of Fairmont Lodge of
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he and
hie wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church.
He is one of the aggressive and thoroughly representative
business men of Marion County, and his civic loyalty is
shown in action as well as sentiment. The maiden name of

his wife was Cecil Peters, and they have two daughter!
Jane and Joann.

Hon. William Stanley Haymond, a former judge of th
Circuit Court of the Fourteenth District, and long rec
ognized as one of the distinguished members of the bar o
his native state, is now engaged in the practice of his pro
fession in his native City of Fairmont, Marion County, hi
birth having here occurred on the 26th of August, 1852
Judge Haymond is a lineal descendant of John Haymond i
who came from England to America in 1734 and settle( j
in Maryland, and whose son, Maj. William Haymond, was |
as a lad of fifteen years, in the command of General Brad, 1
dock in the unsuccessful march against Fort Duquesne
At a later period Major Haymond served in the comman
of General Forbes when the latter made a successful ex
pedition against that fort. In 1759 he enlisted in a Vir
ginia company in the regiment commanded by Col. George
Washington, who later became the first president of th<
United States. Upon his removal from Maryland to Vir
ginia Major Haymond settled in the district of Wesi !
Augusta, at what is now Morgantown, West Virginia. Ii
1784 he removed to Clarksburg, where he passed the re
mainder of his life. At the beginning of the war of th( (
Revolution he was appointed captain of a militia eompanj .
and was in service at Prickett's Fort in 1777. He was]
promoted to the office of major in 1781, and served in thatj
capacity as a patriot soldier until the close of the war. Hij
son, William (II), served during the latter part of the
Indian wars along the Monongahela River frontier. Thomas
S., son of William Haymond (II), served as a membei
of Congress from Virginia. The maiden name of his wife,
was Harriet Franklin, and one of their children was Alpheus; (
F. Haymond, father of Judge Haymond of this review.

Judge Alpheus F. Haymond was born in what is now.
Marion County, West Virginia, December 15, 1823, and t
died at Fairmont, this county, December 15, 1893, — the
seventieth anniversary of his birth. He was educated inj
the common schools, the Morgantown Academy and William;
and Mary College at Williamsburg. In the last named;
institution he continued his studies one year and he then
began the study of law at Morgantown. He was admitted
to the har in 1842, and forthwith engaged in practice at
Fairmont. In 1852 he was elected a member of the Vir-
ginia Legislature, of which he again became a member in
1857. In 1861 he was a delegate to the convention called
to determine the part which Virginia should take in the
impending conflict between the states of the North and the 1
South. With voice and vote he opposed the secession of the
state, but when the Civil war was precipitated he was
loyal to his native state and in 1862 entered the military
service of the Confederacy. For nearly four years there-
after he served in the brigade of General Early, in the army
corps commanded by Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson. At the
close of the war he was paroled and returned to Marion,
County. However, the test oath required of lawyers under |*
the conditions of the so-called reconstruction period could
not be conscientiously taken hy him, and he was thus
unable to resume the practice of his profession until an
enabling act was passed in his favor by the West Virginia
Legislature in 1868, this having been the first special act
passed by that body prior to 1870. Judge Alpheus F. Hay-
mond soon regained his substantial law practice at Fair-
mont, and when the democratic party again came into power
in the state he was naturally drawn into public service.
He was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention,
in which he assumed much of leadership. In the election
following the adoption of the new state constitution Judge
Haymond was elected one of the four judges of the Su-
preme Court of Appeals, and by lot was assigned one of
the four-year terms. He was thereafter elected for the
full term of twelve years, and for six years of this period
he served on the bench of the Court of Last Resort in the
state, and at the close of the years 1882 he resigned the
office and resumed the private practice of his profession
at Fairmont. In 1884, however, he yielded to the importu-
nities of his friends and was elected a member of the State
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Inmittce of the House. While on the bench of the Su-
!»me Court of Appeals he served several years as president
ithat body.

jNovember 18, 1S47, Judge Haymond married Maria
ancca Boggess, who was born in Marion County, Novem-
25, 1828, a daughter of Thomas Lindsay Boggess, who
s born at Fairfax Court House, Virginin, and who came
the present Marion County, West Virginia, in 1810, his
:ber, Lindsay Boggess, having become one of the pioneer
tler3 of this section, then on the frontier. Judge and
•s. Alpheus F. Haymond became the parents of eleven
ildrcn, of whom Judge William S., of thi9 review, was
» third in order of birth.

William S. Haymond received the advantages of the com-
>n schools and thereafter attended the normal school at
lirmont until ill health compelled him to abandon his
idics. As a youth he learned telegraphy, he having prev-
isly served as messenger boy for the Baltimore & Ohio
ilroad telegraph office at Fairmont. He continued as
operator in the employ of this railroad company for
teen years, and worked for a time also for the Western
lion Telegraph Company. He finally became operator
d switchman at the west end of Kingwood Tunnel, where
remained four years. In this period he devoted hi3
sure hours to reading law, and by his independent self-
•plication he fitted himself for the profession that his
ther had so signally honored. On the 12th of April,
181, he passed the required examination and was admitted
the bar at Fairmont. His was the unusual experience
coming direct from a telegraph office to the bar without
iving had instruction of any kind save his own study
f law books. He resigned his railroad position April 1,
^81, and twelve days later was admitted to the bar. He
nmcdiately opened an office at Fairmont, and his character
id ability, together with the prestige of the family name,
on him distinctive recognition in his chosen profession,
e naturally received much of the law business of his
rother, Lindsay B., whose death occurred about this time,
i the 8th of February, 1881, he having been elected prose-
lting attorney of Marion County the year prior to his
3ath.

Judge Haymond continued in successful practice at
airmont until May 1, 1S90, when he was appointed, by
overnor McCorkle, judge of the Intermediate Court of
larion County, a newly established tribunal created for
le purpose of relieving the docket of the Circuit Court,
nd Judge Haymond was the first to preside on the bench
f this new court. Judge Haymond continued on this
ench until 1894, when in the general election he was de-
eated for the office, as a result of normal political cxi-
encies that defeated the democratic ticket in the county,
[e resumed the private practice of hi9 profession and
ontrolled a large and important law business when, in
912, he was elected judge of the Circuit Court of the
'ourteenth Judicial District, comprising Marion County,
le continued his able and effective service on the Circuit
ench until January, 1921, he having been defeated for
^-election in the preceding November. The Judge is now
ssociated in active general practice with his son, Frank C,
nder the firm name of Haymond & Haymond, the firm,
s a matter of course, having a representative clientage
f important order. Judge Haymond is a member of the
Vest Virginia State Bar Association and has twice served
s president of the Marion County Bar Association.

January 29, 1879, recorded the marriage of Judge Hay
aond and Miss Agnes B. Cruise, who was born in Preston
Jounty, this state, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Cruise,
rho settled in that county in 1848, both having been natives
f Ireland. Of the children of Judge and Mrs. naymond
he firstborn, Mary Helen, died at the age of sixteen
aonths; Lucy May is the wife of Edward F. Holbert, of
^airmont; Laura Lee died at the age of one year; Frank C.
s associated with his father in the practice of law; Paul,
vho served in the mechanical department of the aviation
orps in the period of the World war, now resides in his
lative city; Mary Josephine is the wife of Charles G. Hood,
>f Fairmont; Genevieve is the wife of John M. Wolfe,

and they reside at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Maria B.
is tho wife of Kenna Clark, of Fairmont; and Mildred b,
Martha L. and Frances F. remain at the parmtal home.

It may conaistently be recorded that in November, 1H62,
a few months after his tenth b rthdny anniversary, Judge
Haymond beenme a messenger boy or courier with the
Imbodcn Brigade of the Virginia troops commanded by
Gen. John D. Imboden, and with this brigade he was pres
cnt at the Battle of Gettysburg, in the summer of 1H6.1.
He thereafter was with Lis command on its ranis Into
Maryland and Pennsylvania, and hi- loyal service to the
Confederacy covered a period of eighteen months, he has ng
returned to his homo in the spring of 1^04.

William Bruce Borror, M. D. It was the brilliant essay
ist, Addison, who odvised those in his day who would find
success in life, that perseverance, caution and hope bo made
their cherished companions. Undoubtedly these elements are
necessary, but in modern days they must often be supple
mcntcd by hard, grinding industry, and a flame of ambition
that ever burns. In the interesting story of Dr. William
Bruce Horror, who is well established in tho practice of
medicine at Morgantown, an apt illustration may bo found.
From n boyhood of comparative country seclusion, a young
manhood of manual labor, long and especially honorable
service in tho schoolroom, he made his way forward until
the height of his ambition was reached in his admission to
the profession of which he has ever since been nn able mem-
ber. Doctor Borror is a member of the Monongalia County
and the West Virginia State Medical societies, and is a
Fellow of the American Medical Association.

Doctor Borror was born May 25, 1^79, on the old fnmily
homestead on Brush Hun, in Pendleton County, West Vir
ginia, whore his great grandfather had settled when that
entire section was but a wilderness. His parents were Daniel
and Louisa (Mowery) Borror, the latter of whom survives
She wa9 born near what became known as "Upper Tract,"
in Pendleton County, West Virginia, where her people were
pioneers.

The Borror family was established in West Virginia by
the great grandfather of Doctor Borror, who came from
York, Pennsylvania, and took up 400 acres of wild land on
Brush Bun in Pendleton County, and with tho aid of his
sons reclaimed the same and established a comfortable fron-
tier home for his family. His son Simon, grandfather of
Doctor Borror, accompanied his father to West Virginia
and lived and died on the homestead. There his son Daniel
was born in 1855, later removed to Randolph County and
died there in 1911.

William Bruce Borror grew to the nge of twelve years on
the old home farm which was situated forty miles distant
from a railroad, ne attended the country schools, but
educational progress was not notable in that section at the
time and totally inadequate to satisfy the developing mind
of young Borror, and when his parents decided to remove
to Randolph County, he gladly accompanied them. For some
years, however, after thia change his education was advanced
only through his own efforts, for until he was eightct n
years old daily work in a sawmill was his portion, and study
was possible only at night. In this way he prepared him
self for a teacher's examination, in 1S97 receiving a No. 2
license, following which he taught a country school for
one year. In the spring of 1S98 he made use of the money
he had earned to take a course in the Fairmont Normal
School, and afterward taught country schools for another
year. During the three following yenrs he alternated
work and study, spending the summers working in sawm lis
and lumber yards nnd his winters as a student in Bu hanan
Seminary, from which institution he was cnditaHy grad^
uatcd in 1903, and in that year had the satisfaction of
securing his well-earned teacher's state certificate.

In the fall of tho above year Doctor Borror was npf oint I
principal of the West Union High School a well m. nt 1
promotion, and he continued in charge thcro unti 19'..
when he was elected superintendent of the schools of Davis,
West Virginia, from which position he retired in IV v
to become principal of the high school at Cfcnicron, W*«t

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Virginia, and from 1910 to 1913 he was principal of the
graded schools of GTafton. During all these years he
attended summer schools during vacation time.

In 1914 Doctor Borror completed the academic course
in the West Virginia University, four years, with the
exception of a few weeks, and in the same year entered
the medical department of the University of Maryland at
Baltimore, from which he was graduated with his medical
degree in 1918. In sympathy with his aims and in recogni-
tion of the hard fight Doctor Borror had so resolutely made
for years, Dr. G. B. Puriton, who was then president of
the West Virginia University, proffered professional as-
sistance at this time which Doctor Borror gratefully
acknowledges. On leaving medical college he was appointed
as a civilian, in 1918, to have medical charge of the con-
struction of the Government army supply base at Norfolk,
Virginia, where over ten thousand men were employed for
fourteen months. In November, 1919, Doctor Borror took
the examination of the West Virginia State Medical Board,
was granted his license, and on January 1, 1920, entered
into general medical practice at Morgantown. He enjoys
the good will of his professional brethren and the esteem
and confidence of his fellow citizens.

On August 11, 1911, Doctor Borror married Miss Almonta
Durrett, who is a daughter of John and Hester Durrett.
They have four children, two sons and two daughters:
John William, Hester Louisa, Anna Margaret and James
Clark, aged respectively seven, five, three and one years.
Doctor and Mrs. Borror are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He has never been particularly active
in politics, but as a citizen is greatly interested in the
welfare of Morgantown and is a valued member of the
Chamber of Commerce. He is a thirty-second degree and
Knights Templar Mason and Shriner, a member of Monon-
galia Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M.

J. Frank Fox, M. D. Though thirty-five years have
elapsed since he graduated in medicine, Doctor F.ox has as
yet relaxed none of the intense devotion he has given to
his profession, and his service has heen such as to place
him on a plane with the most eminent men of his calling in
West Virginia. Doctor Fox for thirty years has been a res-
ident of Bluefield, and is one of the founders and heads of
the splendid Bluefield Sanitarium, one of the finest private
institutions of the kind in West Virginia.

Doctor Fox was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina,
April 7, 1863, son of A. J. and Lydia (Bost) Fox, also na-
tives of the same state. Doctor Fox no doubt acquired
some of his spirit of service from his father, who was both
a physician and a minister of the Lutheran Church, and
devoted his life to a work that was in every sense an inti-
mate and essential service to humanity.

J. Frank Fox attended the common schools of Lincoln
County, also the Kings Mountain School, a military insti-
tution of very high standing in its day. From there he
entered the University of Virginia, taking the medical
course during 1882-S3, and finished his professional prep-
aration in New York at the University of the City of New
York, where he graduated M. D. in 1886. In the case of a
man like Doctor Fox a degree is noteworthy only as mark-
ing the time he was first qualified for professional work.
His attainments have been accumulating through every
year, not only as the result of his individual experience, but
through his constant effort to keep in contact with the
great men and the great new ideas of the profession.
Practically every year he has devoted some time to post-
graduate work, attending such institutions as the New York
Polyclinic and New York Post-Graduate College, the clin-
ics of the Mayos at Rochester, Minnesota, and other lead-
ing schools throughout the country.

Doctor Fox did his first regular practice in his home
county of Lincoln in North Carolina, but after three years
he went to Waynesborough, Virginia, remaining there six
months, and from that time until 1892 was located at Basic
City, Virginia. It was in 1892 that he removed to Blue-
field in the capacity of division surgeon of the Norfolk &
Western Railroad. About 1895 the railroad company cen-

tralized its medical work, and Doctor Fox has continue
since then as assistant surgeon. About the time he retire! ;
from his duties as division surgeon Doctor Fox and D
Wade St. Clair made the first modest beginnings of th
Bluefield Sanitarium. These two very able and progressh
physicians and surgeons have been closely associated i «
this institution ever since, and it stands as a monument t I
their labors. From time to time the accommodations o R
the sanitarium were enlarged, and in September, 192] i
the Bluefield Sanitarium was incorporated with a capita 'I
stock of $200,000. Recently the building has been double §
in size, and there is nothing lacking in the way of moderp
equipment and service to give this favorable comparison
with any hospital in the state. The staff consists of Dxih
J. F. Fox, Wade St. Clair, R. O. Rogers and Charles T. Sl[;
Clair.

Doctor Fox is a Fellow of the American College of Sum
geons and member of the Mercer County Medical Society]
the State Associations of West Virginia and Virginia, thrc
Southern Medical Association and the American Medica ji
Association. He and Mrs. Fox and son Edwin are member' j:
of the Lutheran Church, while their son Francke and hi'i i
wife are members of the Episcopal denomination. Docto :
Fox has a life membership in the order of Elks. He i
member of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, RotarJ
Club and Bluefield Country Club, and has always loved \ I
fine horse, though the motor car has been a source of con
venience to him in his profession.

In 1S93, at Staunton, Virginia, Doctor Fox married Miss
Minnie Fulcher, daughter of Edwin A. Fulcher. Doctoi
Fox is properly proud of his two sons, Francke Fulcher
and Edwin Alfred, both of whom are ex-service men. Ed
win, on account of his age, did not get into the service un-
til September, 1918, when he enlisted in the Marines, and|["
was trained at Pearis Island, South Carolina. About Oeto t
ber 15, 1918, he went overseas, and was in France about tw( I
weeks before the signing of the armistice. He was sent tCj-
Germany with the Army of Occupation, returning home in
June. Among other duties before he returned he partici-i
pated in a 200 mile hike.

Francke F. Fox enlisted in April, 1917, as soon as wai'
was declared, and entered the First Officers Training School
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Three months latei
he was commissioned a second lieutenant and in Septembei
was assigned to duty at Camp Sherman. May 10, 1918, he
received sailing orders with the First Battalion of the Three
Hundred and Twenty-ninth Infantry, Eighty-third Division,
and sailed June 6th, landing in London June 26th, and^
went to La Havre, July 1st. In the meantime he had been
advanced to first lieutenant. About July 10th he entered I
the Officers Training School at Chattillon sur Seine, and or
August 15th returned to Le Mons in command of Company
C of the Three Hundred Twenty-ninth Infantry. He was
on the move with this company, in intensive training and
preparation, until December 22d, when he was transferred]
to and made rifle inspector of the Sixteenth United Stater
Infantry, First Division, at Dernbach, Germany. He ret*
mained with the Army of Occupation there until June 24,
1919, when he went to Brest and landed at Hoboken Julyl
5th. He received his honorable discharge at Camp Dix!
July 9, 1919.

Benjamin Garrison. The Garrison family of Mononga-
lia County, West Virginia, has belonged to this county for
over three-quarters of a century, and from pioneer daya
to the present generation members of this family have been
identified with its development and important history.

The American ancestor of the Morgantown Garrisons was|
Leonard Garrison, the great-great-grandfather, who came
to the United States from Scotland, settled on the Mo-i
nongahela River in Greene County, Pennsylvania, marriedi
Elizabeth Gray, and one of their sons, David by name, was
the first of the familly to come to Monongalia County, West
Virginia.

David Garrison was born on his father's river homestead
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man 'a eatate there and then married. After that he
Bored to Perry County, Ohio, where ho acquired land
» which he lived for a time and then returned to Greene
>unty, but subsequently went back to Ohio, where he
is a farmer in Guernsey County until 1842. lo that year

settled in the Clay District of Monongalia County, West
irginia, where he resided until I860, when he removed

Tyler County, and his death occurred there February
, 1S78. He married Catherine Engle, who was a daugh-
t of Peter Engle, a native of Germany. Peter Engle
a gunsmith by trade and had come to America prior

the Revolutionary war, in which his skill and knowledge
' military equipments were utilized in the office of inspec-
r-of-arms in the Patriot Army. David Garrison became
e father of five aons aud three daughters, one son bearing
e name of Alpheus.

Alpheus Garrison was born in Greene County, Pennsyl-
nia, Fehruary 26, 1*33, accompanied his parents in the
wious family removals, and ultimately became one of the
-ominent men of Monongalia County, a leader in its public
fairs and a private citizen of unusual worth. In early
lanhood his fellow citizens elected him to local offices be-
liuse of his stability of character, and he served as consta-
ke and deputy sheriff of Clay District. In 18G1 he wa9
[ppointed deputy United States marshal, and later was
Ippointed one of the first two revenue assessors of the
bunty. In 1S63 he helped to recruit Company C, Third
West Virginia Cavalry, of which he was commissioned
faptain; in 1664 he went to the front with Company E,
leventeenth West Virginia Infantry, of which he was
bcond lieutenant and later promoted to the captaincy.
I When the convention met at Wheeling to take up the
[aestion of organizing the State of West Virginia, in 1S63,
llr. Garrison was a delegate to the Constitutional Conven-
tion and gave aid in establishing the new state, taking an
tetive part in the deliberations that resulted in withdrawal
torn old Virginia. He was mustered out of the army in
lune, 1S65, and in the fall of that year he purchased and
rought into the county the first portable sawmill ever
perated in Monongalia County. In February, 1866, he
;as appointed assessor of the Second District of the coun-
y, and later was elected to this office. In 1S68 he was
lected a member of the West Virginia Legislature, two
ears later was elected sheriff of Monongalia County, and
n 1890 became a member of the Upper House of the State
legislature. He conferred honor on every public office
e held. This statesman and representative citizen died Jan-
lary 21, 1917. On April 4, 1853, Alpheus Garrison married
Tiarlotte Henderson, who was born on the old Henderson
arm near Core, West Virginia, March 10, 1832, and still
urvives. She is a daughter of David Henderson, who was
'Orn in Monongalia County in 1S06, a son of James Hender-
on, a native of England and a pioneer to this section.
)ne of the six children born to this marriage bears the
ame of Marion Simon.
Marion Simon Garrison was born on the old Garrison
omestead in Clay District, Monongalia County, June 4,
854, and for many years was prominent in public affairs
a the county. He served in such political offices as as-
essor deputy sheriff and sheriff, having been elected sheriff
a 1896 and served four years. Until 1S97 Mr. Garrison
ontinned to reside on his farm, but since then his home
as been at Morgantown. He married Miss Martha Am-
ions, daughter of Anthony Ammons, of Monongalia Coun-
jr, and they have four children: Harry A., who is a sur-
eon in the United States Navy, is an overseas veteran of
ae World war, and was surgeon on the ship that con-
eyed General Pershing and his staff in health and safety
J France; Olive, who is the wife of Prof. W. H. Kendrick,
lorgantown; David C, who is in the banking business at
lorgantown; and Benjamin, who is prominent in business
ireles at Morgantown.

Benjamin Garrison was born on the old family home-
tead in Monongalia County, West Virginia, December 20,
S88, and was educated at Morgantown. He early de-
eloped a leaning toward mechanics, and acquired aueh
kill in this field that he built one of the first aeroplanes
instructed in this county. For many years he has been

identified with the automobile industry, has considerable
capital invested, and became one of the incorporator! of the
Central Automobile Coq oration of Morgantown, of which
ho is a director and service manager, and stand* deservedly
high in business circles.

Mr. Garrisou married Miss Carry llemslcy, who was born
in Virginia. He is a member of Morgantown Lodge No. 4,
A. F. nnd A. M.; Morgantown Commandery No. is, Knights
Templar; West Virginia Consistory, thirty second degree;
and Osiris Temple, Mystic Shrine. He belongs also to ths
Odd Fellowa and to other social bodies nnd civic organiza-
tions

Charles Elliott Cobe. In the agricultural, business and
publie history of Monongalia County members of the Core
family have participated actively since the very beginning
of history here. Charles Elliott Core is a well-to-do farmer
and business man of Cass District, his home being ten miles
west of Morgantown.

His farm here on Scott Run is his birthplace, where he
was born February 5, 1^65, aon of Barton Core, grandson
of Christopher Core and great grandson of the pioneer,
Michael Core, who settled on Dolls Run and who was killed
by the Indians, his estate being inherited by his oldest
son. Christopher, familiarly called Stoffel, located on the
farm now owned by Charles Elliott Core, and the deed to
that place is over a hundred years old and is carefully
kept by Charles E. Core. Christopher Core died in ex-
treme old age. lie married Hannah Snyder. All the old
buildings on the homestead are now gone. Christopher
Core was born May 20, 1770, and died May 20. 1^61, while
his wife, Hannah Snyder, was born March 5, 1780, and
died March 22, 1S6S. Their children were: John, who
left a son, David Clark; Moses, whose aons were David,
John, Christopher and Barton, and whose daughter was
Drusilla; Michael; and Barton.

Barton Core was also born at the old homestead, Novem-
ber 2, 1S20, and apent his life there, buying the interests
of the other heirs and extending bin investment until he
owned about six hundred acres at the head of Seotta Run.
He was devoted to his farm and home, never sought a
public office, was a republican, and a member of Zoar
Baptist Church. The last ten or twelve years of his life
he lived retired at Cassville, where he died at the ago of
eighty-four on September 29, 1905. Barton Core mar-
ried Naney Fleming, who was born October 7, ls21, and
died in 1912, at the age of ninety-one. They were married
December 23, 1841, and had lived together as man and
wife nearly sixty-four years. Of their family of eleven
children ten reached mature years and seven are atill living.
The family record in brief is as follows: Mnrtha, wife
of Oliver P. Wade, of Maryville, Missouri; Mnry Willie,
who married Jame9 S. Lough and died at the age of seventy-
five; nannah, widow of Corbin II. Alexander, of Topeka,
Kansas; Mosea Levin, of Morgantown; Christopher Colum-
bua. who died at the age of aixty-eight; William Perry, of
Buckhannon, West Virginia; Salina Jane, who died in
childhood: Rebecca Arvella, who died in middle life, the
wife of William A. Loar; Lydia Elmera. who became the
wife of Calvin Cordray, of Monongalia County; Lewi*
Addison, who was for thirty years a Methodist missionary
in India and is president of the Barielly Theological Sem-
inar? ; and Charles Elliott Core, youngest of the family.

Charles Elliott Core spent h's life on the old farm and
owns about four hundred acres, including much of his
grandfather's original holdings, ne took charge of this
farm as a youth, and has been a aoceessfu^ atock and grain
farmer. He and his aona recently organized the Core 4
Conway Coal Company for developing the Waynesburg
vein of coal on their farm. The vein has been opened, but
at this writing the company haa not begun the ihipment
of coal.

At the age of twenty-two Mr. Core married Laura Price,
They were married September 15, 1887. Laura Virginia
Price is a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Tennsnt)
Price. Elizabeth Tennant was a daughter of Richard Bland
and Rebecca (Tennant) Tennant. George Price was a son
of William and Catherine (Brown) Price, while Catherine

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Brow was a daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Core)
Price. This last named, Elizabeth Core, was the only child
of Michael Core, a son of the Michael Core who was killed
by the Indians, as previously noted.

Mr. and Mrs. Core have a family of seven children:
Rebecca, wife of E. D. Conway, of Mannington, West Vir-
ginia; Addison Leigh, who lives on part of his father's
farm; Earl Fleming, a miner; Barton Dayton, who died at
the age of twenty-three, while in the army service at the
Pittsburgh arsenal; William McKinley, a miner; and Rose
Belle and Jessie Louise, both teachers, and the former a
junior and the latter a sophomore in West Virginia Uni-
versity.

Mrs. Core was liberally educated, supplementing her
public-school work in the Female Seminary at Morgantown.
For seven years she taught school in the county, and her
deep interest in education and other affairs has brought
her interesting and perhaps unique honors in the state.
It is said that she was the first woman to serve on the
school examining board. She is now a member of the Board
of Education of Cass District, and it is said that she was
the first woman ever chosen to an elective office in the
state.

Madison Stathers, Ph. D., head of the department of
Romance Languages of West Virginia University, is a
native West Virginian, and his pronounced inclination for
linguistic studies early lead him to an intense devotion to'
the language and literature of modem Europe, and for
over a decade he has been head of the department, including
instruction in the French and Spanish tongues at West Vir-
ginia University.

Doctor Stathers was born near Alma, Tyler County, West
Virginia, August 29, 1877, son of George B. and Sophia
(Furbee) Stathers. His grandfather, George Stathers, was
born at Hull, England, June 8, 1817, and was a boy when
he accompanied his parents, John and Mrs. (Jennings)
Stathers, to America, the family settling at Centerville,
Washington County, Pennsylvania, along the old National
Pike. George Stathers grew up there, and after bis mar-
riage located at Scenery Hill in Washington County, where
bis wife, Mary Hill, was born. Subsequently they removed
to Tyler County, West Virginia, where George Stathers died
in 1895. George B. Stathers was born at Scenery Hill,
Pennsylvania, May 16, 1846, and four years later accom-
panied his father and uncle to Alma, Tyler County, West
Virgina, where for many years be engaged in the mercantile
and lumber business and where he died December 7, 1916.
He was a successful business man and also had a spiritual
relationship with the Methodist Church and its Sunday
school, with the Masonic Order and frequently was a candi-
date for important local offices. He was a democrat in
politics. George B. Stathers married Sophia Furbee, who
was born at Alma, West Virginia, April 24, 1845, and who
is still living at the old home there. Her parents were
Bowers and Nancy (Bond) Furbee, the former a native
of Delaware and the latter of Baltimore. The Furbees
are a very old American family, having been transplanted
from England during the seventeenth century. Caleb Fur-
bee, great-grandfather of Doctor Stathers, was a captain
in the Revolutionary forces from Delaware. Late in life
he with his son, Bowers, and other children moved to what
is now West Virginia and settled near Rivesville in Mo-
nongalia County. George B. Stathers and wife had six
children: Miss Mary Emma, at home; Madison; a son
that died in infancy; Roy and Ray, twins, the former dying
in infancy, while the latter lives at the old homestead at
Alma; and George Lawrence, who died in infancy.

Madison Stathers was educated in the public schools
of Tyler County, attended. West Virginia Wesleyan Col-
lege at Buckhannon from 1896 to 1899, and took his A. B.
degree from West Virginia University in 1901. After a
brief period of employment in the general offices of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Pittsburgh he returned to West
Virginia Wesleyan College as a teacher in the year 1902-03.
He then went abroad for advanced studies leading to the
Doctor's degree, and in 1905 received the Ph. D. degree
from the University of Grenoble, France. His Doctor's

thesis was Chateaubriand et l'Ameriquc, published in boc
form by Allier Freres at Grenoble. During the summer <
1905 Doctor Stathers continued his studies in Spain, ar
for the school year 1905-06-was an instructor in West Vi
ginia Wesleyan College. In the fall of 1906 he joined tl
faculty of West Virginia University as instructor in Ror
ance Languages, was assistant professor from 1907 1 j
1910, and since 1910 has been professor and head of tl
department.

His linguistic accomplishments include a fluent commau j
of English, French, Spanish and some German and Italia: i
and he also has a reading knowledge of the Latin an j
Portugese. He is author of two school and college tea
books, "Lope de Vega, La Moza de Cantaro" publishe
by Henry Holt & Company, and an edition of "Erckman-
Chatrian, Historie d 'un consent de 1813" published b
Ginn & Company of Boston in 1921.

Doctor Stathers was abroad on leave of absence froi
his duties at West Virginia University studying in Spai
and France during 1910 and again in 1921. He is a lit
member of the Modern Languages Association of Amerio j
a life member of the American Association of Teachers (
Spanish, a member of the American Association of Unj
versity Professors, is a Phi Beta Kappa and a member o'
the college fraternity Phi Kappa Psi; was a member f o j
a time (Socio transeunte) of the Atenoo of Madrid, Spain
a member of the West Virginia University Faculty Clulj
and an honorary member of the English and French club
of West Virginia University. He has been a member o (
the advisory Board American Field Service Fellowships ffl
French University since 1920.

August 6, 1907, Doctor Stathers married Nellie M. Dai 1
phinee at Colchester, Connecticut. They have one sorj
George Dauphinee Stathers, born September 6, 1911. Docto
and Mrs. Stathers are members of the First Presbyterial
Church at Morgantown. Mrs. Stathers was born at Luner 1
burg, Nova Scotia, Canada, daughter of J. Newton an.
Bessie (Begg) Dauphinee, natives of Nova Scotia, her faj
ther of French and her mother of Scotch ancestry. He'
parents now live at Colchester, Connecticut. Mrs. Statherj
was educated in Lunenburg Academy, in the Classical Hig 1
School of Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated A. H
from Brown University of Providence in 1902.

Adam Grow, a member of the firm of Jackson & Gron
which conducts a well equipped general machine shop i
the City of Morgantown, Monongalia County, was born a
Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia, October 17, 1887
a son of Lewton W. and Anna C. (Davis) Grow, both like
wise natives of this state. Lewton W. Grow was born ii
Taylor County in 1858, a son of Adam Grow, who was ail
old-time plasterer and under whose direction the son, Lew
ton W., learned the same trade, of which he continued I
representative, as a contract plasterer, for many years a|
Grafton, where he and his wife still maintain their horn'
and where he is now living virtually retired. Mrs. Gro\
was born iu the year 1863. Both are active members of th
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Adam Grow (II), the immediate subject of this review
acquired his early education in the public schools of hi
native city, and there in 1902 he entered upon an ap
prenticeship to the machinist's trade. He became a skillet
workman, and continued to be employed in the railroa<
shops at Grafton until the time of the strike of the work
men in the shops in 1909. In that year he removed t<
Morgantown, where for the ensuing eight years he wa;
employed as a machinist by the Morgantown & Kingwoo(
Railroad Company.

In 1917 Mr. Grow formed a partnership with Curtis G
Jackson, another skilled machinist, and under the firm nam*
of Jackson & Gtow they opened a small machine shoj
at Morgantown. Excellent service and fair and honorabh
husiness policies caused the enterprise to expand fronl,
year to year, and the firm now owns the large and modeni
brick machine shop building that is the stage of the sub '
stantial and prosperous industry which they have built upj
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Igest of the kind in Morgantown and controlling a rep-
tentative supporting patronage.

[la 1911 Mr. Grow was raised to the degree of Master
lison in Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, Free nnd Ac-
pted Masons, nnd in this lodge he has passed the various
lioial chairs, the final honor of being chosen master of
3 lodge having come to him in December, 1920. He is
Minted also with Morgantown Chapter No. 30, Royal
!ch Masons; Morgantown Commandcry No. IS, Knights
Implars; Morgantown Lodge of Perfection No. 6, Scottish
te, and has received the thirty-second degree of this lat-

rite in West Virginia Sovereign Consistory No. 1, be-
tas being a member of Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine

Wheeling. He and his wife hold membership in the
Bthodist Episcopal Church, South.

Mr. Grow chose aa his wife Miss Lucy E. Frankhouser,
io was born in the State of Maryland and who is a
ughter of Arami and Ellen Frankhouser. Mr. and Mrs.
ow have three children, whoae names and respective dates
birth are here recorded: Margaret Lucile. November
, 1915; Adam III, November 29, 1917; and Clvde, Janu-
v 12, 1921.

Nahum James Giddings, Ph.D. is plant pathologist at
e Experiment Station and professor of plant pathology
West Virginia University. While a young man he has
rned high rank among the scientists whose work is an
valuable auxiliary to the eutire domain of agriculture,
e has been acting Dean, College of Agriculture, West Vir-
nia University, 1921-22, and acting Director, West Virginia
grieultural Experiment Station, September, 1921, to Feb-
ary, 1922.

Doctor Giddings was born at Ira, Vermont, November
!, 1SS3, son of Silas and Birdie E. (Green) Giddings.
te comes of a sturdy line of New England ancestors, chietly
jvoted to the practice of agriculture. The Giddings name
as transplanted to America from France. Originating in
ranee, on coming to America they settled in Connecticut,
ter in Massachusetts and in Vermont, and one branch
ent into Ohio, from which was descended the distinguished
ite-bellum statesman Joshua Giddings. The grandparents
.' Doctor Giddings were Carlton and Nancy (Powell) Gid-
.ngs, both natives of Vermont. Silas Giddings was born
; Ira, Vermont, October 31, 1838, was a Green Moun-
in State farmer, a member of the Grange aad the Con-
regational Church. He died in 1914. His wife, Birdie
. Green, was born at Rutland, Vermont, in 1851, and
ied in 1898. Her father, Nahum J. Green was a native
f the same state, and this branch of the Green family
une to America prior to the Revolution. Nahum Greeu
as an engineer, employed for some years in test drilling
i the Vermont marble fields and also had some consider-
ate experience in the coal districts of West Virginia.
Nahum J. Giddings when two years of age went with
is parents from Ira to Castleton, Vermont, where he was
;ared and received his early education. He attended dis-
ict and graded schools, graduated from the Vermont
tate Normal School in 1902, and in the same year entered
ie University of Vermont, where he received his Bachelor
f Science degree in 1906. Remaining at the university
s assistant botanist, he continued his post graduate studies
nd earned his Master of Science degree in 1909. In Feb
aary, 1909, Doctor Giddings came to Morgantown to
ecept the post of bacteriologist at West Virginia Uni-
ersity. He was appointed plant pathologist in 1912. He
pent a year in residence at the University of Wisconsin
uring 1916-17, and in 1918 that university awarded him
Je Doctor of Philosophy degree. Doctor Giddings has
eld the chair of professor of plant pathology in the uni-
ersity since 1919.

He is a Fellow of the American Association for the
idvancement of Science, vice president of the American
'hytopathological Society, the Botanical Society of Amer-
and is a Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. He belongs
» the First Methodist Episcopal Church and to the Inde-
endent Order of Odd Fellows. June 15, 1907, Professor
riddings married Amy H. Hathaway. She was born
t Clintonville, New York, daughter of Thomas E, and

Myaie nathaway, who now reside at Norfolk, Virginia.
Doctor and Mrs. Giddings have one son, Sylventer Nahum,
born November 2, 1909.

Alva L. Hartley has had an extensive bu*inefn experi-
ence for a man of his years, nnd since remo\ing to Morgan-
town has been a member of the firm Marrhand &. Hartley,
real estnte nnd insurance, une of tin landing firm* of the
kind in this section of the state.

Mr. Hartley '8 grandfather was a native of W'mt Vir
giuia, but he himself was born in Grevne Comity. l*enti«> I
vania, on a farm, April 24, lhl»0. 11,- i* a Hon of Cornelius
S. and Emma L. (Lemley) Hartley. Hi-* grandfather.
Elijah W. Hartley, nnd his grandmother. Lcmhv »re *ti I
living. Elijah W. Hartley was born in Marion Count*,
West Virginia, in the Indian Creek neighborhood, tiut from
there removed to Greeue County, Pennsylvania. The Hurt
leys are of Irish and English ancestry. Klijnh W. Hartley
married Sarah Ueadley. Cornelius S. Hartley wm born in
Greene County, Pennsylvania, was educated in the |ubli
schools, in the Valparaiso, Indiana. Normal School, nnd the
Waynesburg College of Pennsylvania, lie taught altogether
about twelve terms of school in Pennsylvania. Uhiu and
Indiana, ami later was a farmer for several years and
finally engaged in merchandising at Kirty, Pennsylvania,
where he is still living. Ho served as io*tma«tir of Kirby
for about thirteen years. He is a Methodist. His wife,
Emma L. Lemley, was born io Greene I'ounty, daughter
of Morris and Martha J. (Phillip) Lemley Cornel'm*
Hartley and wife were the parents of three children: Abu
L. ; Omar G., who is pursuing his studies io higher uc
counting at Philadelphia pre| aring for the profession of
certified public accountant; and Martha, who died in lt*»>5.

Alva L. Hartley grew up on n farm until he was ten
years of age, and then lived at Newton or Kirby Post
Office in Pennsylvania, lie had a public s. hoot education,
took work in summer normal school*, and io the fall of
1909 entered the Ohio Normal University nt Ada, where
he was graduated in 1911 with the degree H. C. S. For a
year after leaving college Mr. Hartley was in life insurance
work in Greene County, Pennsylvania, after which he l>e
came bookkeeper in the Farmers and Merchant* National
Bank of Mount Morris, Pennsylvania and in 1915 wn<
elected assistant cashier of that institution. He continued
with this bank until February I, 1920, when ho resigned
to come to Morgantown, and has since be *n associated with
D. K. Marehand in the life and fire insurance busirffca*.
in handling real estate and coal properties.

Mr. Hartley is affil ated with Dunkard Lodge No. 5»>H.
Impendent Order of Odd Fellows, in Pennsylvania, and
Athens Lodge No. 36, Knights of Pythias. He is n memNer
of the First Methodist Episcoj al Church and the Ctromlier
of Commerce. September IV 1912, he married Lillian Man.
Baer, who was born in Kirby, Pennsylvania, da ighter of
Benjamin P. and Flora B. (Connor) Baer. They ha\e one
son, Kenneth Cornelius born March 5, 1915.

William H. Adams. Well known and prominent in Mor
gantown and throughout Monongalia County, William II.
Adams has hnd the career of a prosperous and progrevive
farmer, and has spent his life so far in the Cheat Neek
neighborhood of Union District. Mr. Adams is one of the
able members of the present County Court.

He was born in the Cheat Neck community. Nov»mr*r
14, 1S65, son of Jacob and Mary Beatty) Adam*. Thu
is a family that has beca in West Virginia for more than
a century. Jacob Adams was born in Prtston County in
1823. His father was Thomas Adams, a native of Kngland,
and a pioneer of Preston County. Jacob Adams moved to the
Cheat Neck neighborhood of Monongalia County wh n a
voung man and married there Mary Beatty, who was born
in that community in ls37, daughter of Robert Beatty,
a pioneer settler. Jacob Adams devoted h» life to farm
ing, and died at his borne at Cheat Neek in 191o, having
survived his wife since 1905.

William H. Adams grew np on a farm, his education
being acquired in the common schools, nnd his energies,
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industry since young manhood. He owns a fine farm at
Cheat Neck, and in addition to the productiveness of the
soil approximately forty-five acres are underlaid with a
vein of Freeport coal. Mr. Adams has always striven to
do his part as a citizen, held the office of justice of the
peace several years, and was elected to the County Court
in 1918 for a term of six years. He is a member of Pine
Knob Lodge No. 559, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Brownfield, Pennsylvania, is a working member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and votes as a republican.

Mr. Adams married Nora E. Walls, who was born in
Preston County, West Virginia, daughter of Ezra and Tillie
(Shaw) Walls. The two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Adams
are Ethel, born in 1901, and Hildred, born in 1911.

Friend Ebenezer Clark, Ph. D. While the greater part
of his career has been devoted to the teaching of chemistry,
Doctor Clark is widely known in scientific circles by reason
of his original scholarship and as an authority on the chem-
ical side of industry.

Doctor Clark, who for the past seven years has been
head of the Department of Chemistry of the West Virginia
University, is a native West Virginian, born at New
Martinsville, August 21, 1S76, son of Josephus and Lina
Husscll (Cox) Clark. His grandfather, Ebenezer Clark,
came to West Virginia from Pennsylvania and settled in
Wetzel County. Josephus Clark was born in Marshall
County, West Virginia, in 1835, and in Wetzel County was
a, merchant and farmer, and served one term as sheriff.
He died in May, 1905. His wife, Lina Russell Cox, was
born in New Martinsville, West Virginia, in 184S, daughter
of Friend and Susan Cox, and she is still living at New
Martinsville at the age of seventy-three. She and her hus-
band were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and Josephus Clark was a Mason.

Friend Ebenezer Clark grew up at New Martinsville,
graduated from the high school there in 1894, and from
that year until 1898 carried the undergraduate studies
of West Virginia University, receiving in the latter year
the Bachelor of Science degree. The following four years
he spent in graduate work in Johns Hopkins University at
Baltimore, and was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy de-
gree in 1902. Since then he has been a special student in
other institutions of learning, having attended the Uni
versity of Chicago during the summer session of 1907, and
was in the University of Berlin during 1908. Professor
Clark was an instructor in chemistry in West Virginia
University during the school year 1902-03. Leaving his
alma mater, he was instructor in industrial chemistry in
the Pennsylvania State College from 1903 to 1905 and from
1905 to 1914 was professor of chemistry at Center College,
Danville, Kentucky. In 1914 he returned to his congenial
association with West Virginia University, and since then
has held the chair of chemistry.

Doctor Clark is a Fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, is a Fellow and life member
of the Chemical Society of London, and a member of the
American Chemical Society, American Electro-Chemical So-
ciety and the Society of Chemical Industry. He is a Phi
Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Kappa, belongs to the Masonic
Lodge at New Martinsville, and took the Knight Templar
Commandery degrees at Danville, Kentucky. He and Mrs.
Clark are members of the Presbyterian Church.

In June, 1911, he married Emma May Hanna, who was
born at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel and
Lucy J. (Dinsmore) Hanna. Doctor and Mrs. Clark have
two children, Josephine Brown, born August 6, 1912, and
Samuel Friend, born Fehruary 16, 1916.

Thomas Grant Keenan, a member of the County Court
of Monongalia County, has for nearly forty years enjoyed
a substantial position in the agricultural interests of the
county and is one of the recognized leaders in the advanced
jirogram of modern agriculture in that section of the state.

His home farm is in the Cass District, and he was born
on that farm, November 29, 1863, son of the late John P.
and Nancy (Lazzelle) Keenan. His father was born in
Duukard Township of Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1824,

son of Hugh Keenan and grandson of James Keenan. James
Keenan was a pioneer of Western Pennsylvania. On bring
ing his family to America he settled in Greene County, anc
met death at the hands of Indians in the border warfare
John P. Keenan was a young man when he moved to Mo
nongalia County, West Virginia. His wife, Nancy Laz
zelle, was born in the Cass District in 1831, daughter oi
Thomas Lazzelle and an aunt of Judge I. G. Lazzelle olf
Morgantown. John P. Keenan devoted his active life tc
farming, and he died at the old homestead in 1901 an( I
his wife in 1912.

Thomas Grant Keenan has had the associations of the |
old home farm where he was born throughout practicallj
his entire life. He attended the neighboring district schools
and as a boy took an increasing share of interest ani
responsibility at home. Now in addition to his ownership,
of the old homestead of 121 acres he had another farm ,
of 100 acres. Both these farms are underlaid with coal.

A good citizen as well as a substantial farmer, Mr
Keenan has accepted several opportunities to work in the
public service. He was deputy sheriff from 1904 to 1908.
In 1920 he was elected a member of the County Court foi
a term of six years. He is also a director of the County
Farm Bureau, and a director in the Bank of Morgantown.
He is a republican in politics, a member of the Methodist ,
Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Junior Ordei
United American Mechanics and the Order of Elks,

Mr. Keenan married Belinda Bowlby, who was born in
Greene County, Pennsylvania, daughter of James P. and
Susanah (Donley) Bowlby. The only child of Mr. and Mrs.
Keenan is Marl, who was born June 22, 1892, and is now
manager of the Fairmont Branch of the Central Automobile
Corporation of Morgantown.

S. Jtjdson Hall has spent practically all his life in Mon^J
ongalia County, was for a number of years a successful'
farmer and stockman, but for twenty years past has been 1
actively identified with the Morgantown Ice Company, and
as its general manager and treasurer has built up the
industry into one of the largest ice manufacturing and
distributing plants in West Virginia.

Mr. Hall was born on a farm in the Clinton District
of Monongalia County, September 8, 1854, son of Ephraim
B. and Elizabeth (South) Hall. His father, a native of
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, born in 1818, came to
Monongalia County, West Virginia, when about twenty-
one years of age, and first bought a farm on the flats in
Morgan District, later moved to another place in Clinton
District, and after selling that went to Henry County,
Illinois, and spent three years in that state. On return-
ing to Monongalia County he bought a farm in Grant
District, and on that place he lived out his useful and
honorable career and died in 1899, at the age. of eighty-
one. He was a member of the Baptist Church. In Fayette
County, Pennsylvania, he married for his first wife, Rhoda
Ross, who died in Monongalia County. Elizabeth South,
his second wife, was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania,
daughter of Elijah South, who moved with his family from
New Jersey to Western Pennsylvania and thence to Mon-
ongalia County, West Virginia. Elizabeth South Hall
was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, February 16,
1825, and died January 16, 1908, at the age of eighty-two.
Ephraim Hall was the father of ten children, one by his
first marriage and nine by the second. A brief record of
these children is as follows: John Ross, who lives at
Laurel Point in Monongalia County; S. Judson, who was
the oldest of his mother's children; Anna C, wife of Wil-
liam Hess, of Monongalia County; Elijah Benton, of
Morgantown; Ira Ephraim of Morgantown; William P.,
of Glendale, California; Jesse Spurgeon, of Columbus,
Ohio; Squire Thnrman, deceased; Joseph Milton, of Penns-
boro, West Virginia; and George M., who lives in Glendale,
California.

S. Judson Hall spent his early life on his father's farm.
His advantages in the district schools were supplemented
by two years as a student in West Virginia University at
Morgantown. For several years he taught country school.
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I reraity and afterward. Following his university and teach-
I ing career he took up farming as his regular pursuit, and
I gradually broadened his enterprise as a stock raiser and
I lumber dealer in the Battelle District, where be re-
mained until 1900. On leaving the farm and going to
Morgantown Mr. Hall in 1901 became an employe of the
1 Morgantown Ice Company, in 1905 he bought" the con-
trolling interest in the company and has aince been the
general manager of the business. This company was in-
corporated in 1901. Mr. Hall is also a director in the
Commercial Bank of Morgantown, and is a member of
the Baptist Church and the Morgantown Chamber of
Commerce.

In 1877 he married Mary J. Coen, who died in ISsO,
leaving a daughter, Isabelle. This daughter is the wife of
Lafayette Glover, formerly of Wetzel County, West Vir-
ginia, and they now live in Lakeland, Florida, and have
three children, Mary, Arthur and Honor, In 1881 Mr. Hall
married Mary E. Haught, of Monongalia County, daughter
of Wilson and Sarah E. (Harter) Haught. To the second
marriage were born seven children: Guy Allen, born Sep-
tember 11, 1882, is assistant manager of the Morgantown
Ice Company, and by his marriage to Ola Sanders has two
children, Mary Catherine and Sarah Jane. Annie Laurie,
a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
is the wife of John Ramer Hall, of Monongalia County,
and they now live in Morgantown. Their children are Vio-
let, Cecil, Mary, Myrtle, and John Ramer. The third child,
Viola M., a successful business woman and member of The
Daughters of the American Revolution, is the wife of John
Campbell, a graduate of Kentucky State University. To
their marriage was born one daughter, Ellen Marie. Iva
Raye is the wife of Hermas L. Lough, of Morgantown, and
[ the mother of Lelia, Eleanor, Hildred and Hermas Hall.
Oscar Judson is an assistant manager of the Morgantown
lee Company and by his marriage to Nell Herod, has one
son, Jack Herod. Golda Elizabeth, a graduate of Morgan-
town High School, West Virginia University, and a mem-
ber of tie Daughters of the American Revolution, is the
wife of Robert Patton White, a graduate of Washingtou-
Irving High School and West Virginia. To them was born
one son, Robert Patton, Junior. The youngest, Leila Bent,
a graduate of Morgantown High School, is the wife of
Ernest Blaine Wells, a graduate of Tyler County High
School, West Virginia University and received a master 'a
degree from Kansas Agricultural College. To their mar-
riage was born one aon, Robert Blaine.

Obman Delmont Schafer has for fifteen years been one
of the skilled men in the service of the American Sheet &
Tin Plate Company at Morgantown. He is a native or
West Virginia, and directly and collaterally connected with
several of the old families of the Monongalia District.

He was born at Laurel Point in the Grant District of
Monongalia County, December 28, 18S2, son of John C
and Miranda Estelle (Hildebrand) Schafer. His parents
are still living and his father was born in Grant District,
August 3, 1853, son of Peter and Anna (Gray) Schafer,
while the mother was born at White Day in Grant District,
April 6, 1854. They are the parents of' two children. The
older, Zenas, is the widow of the late Jesse n. Henry, of a
prominent family of Monongalia County whose record is
given on other pages. Mrs. Henry ia the mother of E.
Wayne Henry, of Morgantown.

Orman Delmont Schafer spent his early life on the old
farm at Laurel Point. He attended district school, grad-
uated from public school with a diploma in 1S99, and fol-
lowing that for several years did farm work and also was
employed on lock and dam construction on the Upper Mo-
nongahela River. In 1904 he became weighmaster at the
Round Bottom Coal Mine, but in April, 1906, removed to
Morgantown and entered the service of the American Sheet
& Tin Plate Company. He was first an electrical crane
man, then electrical engineer, electrical inspector of the
plant, then tracer and shipping clerk, and for several years
past haa had the responsible duties of foreman of shear-
men and opening department.

Mr. Schafer is a justly popular citizen in Morgantown,

active in civic and social affairs, ia affiliated with Morgan-
town Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M., with the Modern
Woodmen of America and the Methodist Church.

November 19, 1904, he married MLu Kflic Edna De Vault,
who was born in Clinton District of Monongalia County,
daughter of James A. and Mary (Ktnnsbury) De Vault.
Mr. and Mrs. Schafer are the "parents of five children:
Benton Delmont, who was born November 30, 1905, and is
in the class of 1922 at the Morgantown 11 gh School;
Mildred Carlotta, born December 1!0, 1D07; Mnry Zo*», born
Mareh 22, 1910; John Vernon, born January 2'J, 1912; anl
James Clement, born December 4, 1917.

While his time has been fully taken up with the prac
tical side of business and industry, Mr. Schafer haa al<*o
contrived to develop his artistic talents, and his favorite
hobby is pastel work, much of which has been accorded
recognition by competent critics, lie has n fine collection
of paintings. The son, Benton, has shown marked abiJ ty
as a cartoon artist, and is improving his talents with a
view to making a profession of cartoon work. A more
detailed information of the paternal fnmily may be found
in the sketch of E. Wayne Henry and of the maternal fam-
ily in that of Clement C. Hildebrand elsewhere in thia work.

MiLLEa Watson Reed has been active in the civic ana
business life of Morgantown for a quarter of a century
He is a building contractor with a large volume of work
to his credit, and is also president of the Athens Lumber
Company.

nc was born on a farm five miles from Morgantown, in
the Union District of Monongalia County, April I, 1860,
son of John and Harriet (Ross) Reed. His paternal grand
parents were William and Lydia (Wntson) llwd, the lat
tcr attaining the age of ninety-six. The maternal grand
parents were Enoch and Elizabeth (Miller) Ross. John
Reed was born in Monongalia County in 1S22, and died
on his farm in Union District in 19u3, at the nge of eighty-
one, having devoted all his active years to his farm and to
the discharge of his duties as a good citizen. His wife,
Harriet Ross, now living at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in
her ninety -eighth year, was born in Greene County, Pennsyl
vania, but was brought as an infant to Monongalia County.
They were active members of the Methodist Protestant and
Church of the Brethren, respectively. To their marriage
were born ten ehildren: Ross E., a resident of Mononga' a
County; Josephine, who died in infancy; James Quint«r,
who died in August, 1917; Newton, who died a* a child;
Omizine W., of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Belle Olivo, wife
of James P. Brand of Salem, West Virgin ; a; Mdler W. ;
Idella, whose first husbaud was Elliot Stewnrt, and she )•*
now the widow of Jefferson Wnllis, of Uniontown; Bound,
who died at the age of twenty one; and II. Clara, the wife
of John G. Gibbs, of Uniontown.

Miller Watson Reed grew up on the home farm and hid
a common-school education. When be left home at the
age of twenty-one he learned the trade of carpenter, started
as a journeyman, and in Is96 loented in Morgantown, and
has since performed an important service and done a large
business as a building contractor. He was one of the or
ganizers of the Athens Lumber Company in 19 ft l. was a
director, and since 1905 has been its \ rtsid«nt- Mr. Reed
served One term as a member of the Morgantown C ty
Council, and he is a trustee of the Church of the Hrethr* n.

At Markleysburg, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Mr.
Reed was united in marriage with Miss .Susana Thomas, a
native of Fayette County. Three children were born to
this union, but all died in infancy.

Russell Aubbay Wilboubn. What is probably the larg-
est single plant and enterprise devoted to cold storage
handling of produce and the manufacture of ice and ice
cream in West Virginia, is owned by the R. A. Wilbourn
Company, Incorporated, of Morgantown. The president
and general manager of this eorporatioa ia Rossell Anbray
Wilbourn, a man of remarkable energy who has been step-
ping upward from the ranks since early boyhood and has
exhibited a wonderful resourcefulness aad initiative at every
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Mr. Wilbourn was born on a farm in Nelson County,
Virginia, March 29, 1881. His father, Robert Willis Wil-
bourn, was a native of the same county and spent his active
years iu commercial lines. Robert W. Wilbourn married
Elizabeth Hill, a native of Nelson County. Her family
was an old and wealthy one in Virginia, but its fortunes
were wrecked by the Civil war. She died in 1905.

Russell A. Wilbourn was the youngest child of his par-
ents and lived on their farm until he was ten years of age.
He acquired only such education as was afforded by the
common schools. His commercial instinct was amused at
an early date, and at the age of fourteen he and a bruther
were partners in a retail grocery business. Thus, though
unly a little past forty years of age, Mr. Wilbourn has
spent fully a quarter of a century in active business life.

He has been a resident of Morgantown since 1901. In
the fall of that year he engaged in the retail grocery
business, and sold out his store in 1907. He then took up
the wholesale produce business, starting uu a modest scale
and with only such capital as he could individually com-
mand. His experience and training enabled him rapidly to
reach out for business and develop a growing concern,
and in 1913 the R. A. Wilbourn Company was incorporated.
At that time the plant was erected, probably tiie largest
and best equipped produce and cold storage, ice and ice
cream manufacturing plant in the state. The company buys
by car-load lots and employs a number of traveling repre-
sentatives, who cover the adjacent territory uf Monongalia
and Preston counties in West Virgiuia and Greene and
Fayette counties in Pennsylvania. The busiuess of this
firm is essentially a monument to Mr. Wilbourn 's business
acumen and the remarkable concentration of his efforts
over a period of years.

He is one of Morgantown 's popular citizens, a member
of the Chamber of Commerce, and of Morgantown Lodge
No. 411, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr.
Wilbourn married Bess Gregg. She was born in Morgan-
town, daughter of the late Thomas Gregg and sister of
John M. Gregg, banker and county official. Mr. aud Mrs.
Wilbourn have three children: Robert Gregg, born in 1905,
graduated from high school in 1921 and is now attending
the University of West Virginia; Margaret, born in 1912;
and Russell Aubray, Jr., born in 1918.

William Harvey Brand, president of the County Farm
Bureau of Monongalia County and a former sheriff, has
been closely and infiuentially identified with the agricultural
and public interests of this section of West Virginia for
many years. He was born in the county, represents one
of its old and honored families, and his activities and
services have made him a conspicuous figure.

His great-grandfather, John Brand, married Jane Mc-
Cray, and of the eight children of their uniou one was
James Brand, who was born October 5, 1788. He married
Elizabeth Wade, and they became the parents of twelve
children.

Edmond Warren Brand, father of William H. Brand, was
born at Laurel Point, Grant District, Monongalia County,
January 20, 1838. His business was farming, but he also
participated in local politics, was deputy sheriff, justice of
the peace, and for two terms a member of the County Board.
He was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows and was a devout Baptist. He died December 25,
1899, and his wife, on September 2, 1910. Her maiden
name was Elizabeth Shafer, daughter of Jacob Shafer, of
Monongalia County. Their four children were Frank, now
deceased; Anna B., wife of S. D. Furman; Ella M., who
was married to James W. Scott; and William Harvey.

William Harvey Brand was born on his father's farm
at Laurel Point in Grant District, October 23, 1867. His edu-
cation was attained in the local schools and he had a good
training in agricultural pursuits at home. In 1888, at the
age of twenty-one, he became a salesman for farming im-
plements, his territory being Monongalia County. In 1897
he was appointed deputy sheriff, filling that office one term.
He was elected high sheriff in 1908, and spent one term in
that office. Mr. Brand was also elected a member of the
County Court for a term of six years, but after two years
he resigned in order to give his full attention to his farming

interests. A leader in agricultural matters, he was the gen-
eral choice for the office of president when the County Farm
Bureau was organized in 1916, and has since continued in
office for five years. He was for four years president of the
School Board of Morgantown District. Mr. Brand in 1901
bought and moved to a farm in Union District, but he sold
this property in 1911 and acquired his present fine farm in
Morgantown District. He is a general farmer and livestock
raiser, and thoroughly progressive in all his methods. He is
also a director of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the
Bank of Morgantown. He aud the family are members of
the Baptist Church.

June 14, 1893, Mr. Brand married Inez Lough, daughter
of Ellery J. Lough. They are the parents of four children:
Everett W., born December 19, 1894, married Clara Wilbour;
Dessie, born April 1, 1898, is the wife of Carl Kinuan;
Archie Camden, born September 16, 1902, married Bessie
Matsou; and Willis Delmont, born January 22, 1904, the
youngest, is attending Fork Union Military School in
Virginia. He is quite an athlete being a regular player
on the football, basketball and baseball teams.

Augustus Allen Hamilton, Jr. While he carries about
as heavy a burden of practical and technical responsibilities
as any mining superintendent in Logan County, Mr. Hamil-
ton is widely known over the southern district of the state
for his effective leadership in civic and business lines.

Mr. Hamilton is general superintendent of the Lyburn
and Wilburn mines for the Richcreek Coal Company in
Logan County. He came to the Logan coal fields from the
New River fields on November 1, 1906, and his first active
connection here was with the Yuma mines controlled by the
Robertson Interests of Shamokin, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Hamilton was born on his father's farm at Keslers
Cross Lanes in Nicholas County, West Virginia, June 1,
18S6, son of Augustus Allen and Ada Ann (Campbell)
Hamilton. He was only an infant when his mother died.
His father, now seventy-three and living at the old home-
stead, is a son of Col. David R. Hamilton, who was a
Confederate veteran in the war between the states and a
member of an old family of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
A. A. Hamilton, Sr., has been a prosperous farmer, has a
fine home, and is very much interested in the democratic
politics of his section of the state. A. A. Hamilton, Jr.,
has a brother, John David, who remains at the old home-
stead. Mr. Hamilton acquired a good general education in
the public schools and the normal at Summerville. His early
ambition was to enter the United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis, and he prepared for the examination, but at
that stage his father objected and in consequence he pre-
pared for a business career by taking a commercial course
at Charleston in 1904. On leaving college he had a clerical
position with the McKell Coal Company on Loup Creek,
and then in 1906 came to Logan County for the Yuma Coal
and Coke Company as pay roll clerk. He also was book-
keeper and assistant superintendent, was promoted to
superintendent, and in 1917 became general superintendent
for the Lyburn and Wilburn mines.

On August 14, 1910, Mr. Hamilton married Eunice Brooke
McComas, daughter of Albert McComas, of Mount Gay,
Logan County. Their two children are Edith Ann and
John Wallace. Mrs. Hamilton is a Methodist. He is a
past master of Aracoma Lodge No. 99, A. F. and A. M.,
is a member of Logan Chapter No. 41, R. A. M., belongs to
Kanawha Commandery, K. T., the West Virginia Consistory
of Scottish Rite at Wheeling, and the Shrine at Charleston.
He is associated with Frank Martin and Naaman Jackson
as the other members of the building committee to erect a
Masonic Home in Logan. Mr. Hamilton had an active part
in the recent troubles in this coal field due to the invasion
of union miners from the North. He is a democrat in
polities. As superintendent his relationship with his em-
ployes has always been cordial, and the men have the con-
fidence and respect for him based upon the understanding
that he recognizes their point of view. Mr. Hamilton is a
director of the Bank of Logan.

Joseph Walter Thornbury, M. D., is a pioneer in the
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I trict of Logan County, though he atill commands all the
vigor of the years of comparative youth. His home is at
[Man, where he located in 1909. The dozen years since have
[sufficed to cover practically the entire period of develop-
ment in this region. He was here before the Chesapeake &
[Ohio built its railroad line into this section and, naturally,
Ithe development of the coal deposits following the coming
of the railroad.

Doctor Thornbury was born at Glen Hays on Tug River
j in Wayne County, West Virginia, August 9, lsSl, son of
Dr. James Harvey and Nancy Isabel (.York) Thornbury.
Several of his family were physvians before he entered that
profession. His mother is a sister of Dr. L. II. York, nf
Louisa, Kentucky. She died in lM»o, nnd was a daughter
of James D. York. Dr. James Harvey Thornbury was born
on Marrowbone Creek in Pike County, Kentucky, and is now
in active practice of his profession nt Stowe, Logan County,
I West Virginia. As a young man he taught school, and in
' 1883 began attending medieal lectures in the Cincinnati
i Eclectic College, and graduated there in 1SS9. In 1^90 he
located at Dunslow in Wayne County, and remained there
twenty years in the performance of his professional duties,
I since which time he has looked after his mining practice at
Stowe. He did much organization work for the repuhlicao
party in Wayne County, and is a member of Vinson Lodge
of Masons at Fort Gay. Of the five children born to his
, marriage four are living: Florence, wife of Dr. Everett
I Walker, of Wayne: Jane, wife of Dr. B. D. Carrett, of
j Kenova, Wayne County; Joseph Walter; and Sadie, wife
of Samuel Peters, of Kenova.

Joseph Walter Thornbury atbnded school at Dunslow
and was also a student under Professor MeClure at Wayne,
i He attended the State University in 1898. and for two years
' following was assistant postmaster of Dunslow, and for one
year was at Yukon, Oklahoma. Then he spent another
> year in the pnstoffice at Dunslow, and also clerked in a
* store there. With this varied business training and experi-
ence he entered the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College in
1903, and graduated in 1907. For one year after gradu-
ating he practiced at Kermit in Mingo County, and one year
at Genoa in Wayne County. From there he came to Man
and has had official relations as mine physician to the Man
t Mining Company, the Eagle Island Bengal Coal Company
i at Kesler and a large general practice besides. He wan
one of the organizers of the Merchants and Miners Bank
at Man.

Doctor Thornbury is a leader in his section in behalf of
better educational facilities. He served six years on the
Triadelphia School Board and a large number of the good
modern schools of the district were built during his term,
including the District High School at Man.

On July 3, 1907, Doctor Thornbury married Bertha
Hegner, daughter of Philip Hegner, of Wyoming, Ohio.
The five children born to their marriage are James II.. Jr.,
Frances Virginia, Lawrence, John and Nancy Isabel. Mrs.
Thornbury is a member of the Baptist Church. Fraternally
he is affiliated with Aracoma Lodge No. 99, F. and A. M..
at Logan, Logan Chapter, R. A. Si.. Dunslow Lodge, Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and in polities he is a
republican.

Fred V. Cooper has proved his business progressiveness
and efficiency in his effective service as cashier of the Bank
of Athens at Athens. Mercer County and is one of the popu-
lar and representative young business men of his native
county. He was born at Bluefield. Mercer County, on the
17th of July, 1895, and is a son of Elijah F. and Irene E.
(Vermillion) Cooper, the former a native of Virginia and

! the latter of West Virginia. The father was long a success-
ful contractor and builder and is now a resident of Beckley,
Raleigh County. The Vermillion family was founded in
Virginia in the Colonial period of our national history and

i numerous representatives of the same havo been successful
physicians and surgeons.

Mr. Cooper gained his early education in the public
schoola at Athens, where he thereafter continued his studies
in the Concord State Normal School, in which he was
graduated as a member of the class of 1915. He then

cnterod the University of Wont Virginia, but after noriulog
a course in electrical engineering for one year impaired
health compelled him to leave the university. Upon re-
covering his physical health he l>ecnme f in 1917, amuitmnt
enshier of the Bank of Athens, and in 1919 he was advanced
to his present executive office that of cashier of this nub
stnntinl and well ordered institution. He i» n filiated with
the Mnsonic fraternity, in a member of the Mercer County
Country Club, through the med um of which be finds opjK.r-
tunity for indulgence in his favorite recreation, thnt of lawn
tennis, nnd he and his wife nre active memlxrs of th
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

In 1917, nt Athens, wns solemn'zed the marriage of Mr
Cooper and Miss Pearl Preston, whose father, S. V. I'rcston,
is now a successful coal operntor nt Harland, Kentucky.
The attractive home of Mr. and Mrs Cooper in brightened
bv the presence of their two children, Irene E. and llarrr
Fred.

Cn.\aLES M. Scott, M. D., l>cgan tractive nt Bluefield
twenty years ago. During the last ten year* his time nnd
skill have been predoniinmtly devoted tn surgery, lln
rank as a surgeon is among the best in the entire state.

Doctor Scott was born at Crahnm, Tnzew» I] County, Vir
ginia, October 3, 1878, son nf .lames nnd Nnnnie (Hale
Scott, being their only child. His parents were natives of
Virginia and his father wn* a farmer. The grandfather,
Matthew Seott, was a jeweler and gunsmith, nnd repaired
guns for the Confederate army during the Civil war.

Charles M. Scott acquired a common sehool education,
attended Princeton Academy, the University of West Vir
ginia at Morgantown and Richmond College nt Richmond.
Virginia. In 1S97 he entered the University College of
Medicine at Richmond, from which he graduated M. D.
in 1901. The following year he hegan practice at Bluefield,
where he is handling a general practice, but every year he
did special work in surgery nnd other post graduate courses
in the New York Polyclinic, and in 1910 began stabilizing
in surgery, which now com| rises eighty per cent of his
professional work. In the line of his profession Doctor
Scott gave Bluefield a modern institution in St. Luke's
Hospital* which he built ami established in 190. r », with ac
commodations for fifty |Aticnts nnd with every type of
modern hospital equipment. Doe tor Scott is a busy pro
fessional man, has reached a position of ripe achievement,
is kindly and generous and on - of Bluefield 's most useful
citizens. He is a member of the County. State nnd Amer-
ican Medieal associations and is a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons. Doctor Scott is a Baptist, a meml>er
of the Chaml cr of Commerce, Rotary Club nnd Bluefiel |
Country Club, and is an Elk.

November 10, 1912, at Cnthttsburg. Kentucky, he mar
ried Miss Hazel Morton, daughter of Dr W. W.'nnd Ed th
( Hill ) Morton. They have two children. Helen nnd Chnrles
Scott.

William John* Ba.vnnocK is secretary, treasurer and gen
eral manager of the Wln-ePng Bronze Cnsting Cominny. a
well ordered concern that contributes its quota to the in
dust rial and eommerr i;il j recedenee of the West Virginia
metropolis. He is one of the representative young busi
ness men of his native citv his birth having occurred in
Wheeling on the 17th of April. 1**2. Mr. Braddock is
a son of John and Elbn McOrail) Braddock. the former
of whom was born at Johnstown. Penn««v]vania. in 18. r i9,
and the latter was born in Wheeling. West Virginia, in
that same vear, she beine still a resident of her native
city, where 'her husband died in the year 1*91. John Br«<1
dock was renred and educated in the old Keystone State,
where the family was founded in an early day. and he
was a voung man when he enme to West \ ireima and
engaged in the work of his trade, that of iron-monlder,
at Wheeling. Here he passed the remainder of his If",
an upright and loyal citizen who commanded unqna ified
popular esteem. He was a democrat in politic .nd was i
communicant of the Catholic Churches is alao hfc^ widow.
Of the two children. William J„ of th 18 review, is tha elder,
and Marv is the wife of Haven Robb, of Wheeling.

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The early education of William J. Braddock was obtained
in the parochial schools of St. Mary's Church, in the Eighth
Ward of Wheeling, and at the age of fourteen years he
entered upon an apprenticeship to the moulder's trade at
the Eiverside Mills, Benwood, Marshall County, an estab-
lishment now owned and operated by the National Tube
Compauy. Here he continued to be employed eight years,
and in the meanwhile he became an expert artisan at his
trade.

In 1904 Mr. Braddock established a modest brass foundry
of his own at 205 Twenty-ninth Street, Wheeling, and after
continuing the enterprise in an individual way until 1917
he incorporated the business under the present title of the
Wheeling Bronze Casting Company. The business has be-
come one of substantial order, and in the autumn of 1921
it was removed from its original location to the fine new
plant erected for its use at the corner of Thirty-sixth and
McCulloch streets. Here is occupied a modern industrial
building that was erected by the company and that is 200
by 100 feet in dimensions. The company gives special
attention to the rolling of bronze ..rods for non-corrosive
use, and its products are shipped into most diverse sec-
tions of the Union. The executive officers of this pro-
gressive corporation are as follows: President, J. W. Mil-
lard, of Martins Ferry, Ohio; secretary and treasurer,
William J. Braddock.

Mr. Braddock takes lively interest in all that concerns
the welfare of his native city, is independent in politics,
is affiliated with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks, and he and his wife are communi-
cants of the Catholic Church.

In the World war period the plant of the Wheeling Bronze
Casting Company was given over largely to the manufac-
turing of special parts for use in the equipping of submarine
chasers, in the service of the International Ship Building
Company and for the United States Emergency Fleet Cor-
poration, and Mr. Braddock himself gave loyal support
to the various patriotic activities centered in his home city
and state.

On April 6, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Braddock and Miss Virginia Baumann, daughter of John
and Lizzetta (Stensel) Banmann, of Wheeling, where the
father is a retired dairyman. Mr. and Mrs. Braddock have
three children: Lizzetta, who was born in 1905, and
who is now a student in Mount de Chantal Academy at
Wheeling; John, who was born in 1907, and who is, in 1921,
attending the Columbia Commercial College at Wheeling;
and William, who was born in 1915. The family home is
the attractive and modern residence property owned by Mr.
Braddock at 212 Pierce Street.

William J. Cole has standardized, systematized and put
on a commercial basis one of the oldest arts known to man-
kind, that of baking bread, and in the Bluefield Bakery,
of which he is proprietor, has one of the largest plants of
its kind in West Virginia, capable of producing the staff
of life for many thousands of people every day.

Mr. Cole was born at Marion in Smith County, Virginia,
November 12, 1883, son of L. C. and Elizabeth (Wolf)
Cole. The Coles have been in Virginia for a number of
generations. His grandfather, William Cole, was a Con-
federate soldier in the Civil war.

William J. Cole acquired a common school education at
Marion and Graham in his native state, and at the age of
seventeen began learning the baker's trade with the Vir-
ginia Confectionery Company at GTaham. He remained
there two years, and then entered the mercantile business
for himself. He conducted this business successfully for
about nine years, finally selling out in 1911.

In was in 1912 that Mr. Cole bought the Bluefield Bakery,
and since then has given his entire time and attention to
developing the plant and business. He has installed auto-
matic machinery throughout, and the plant now has a
capacity of producing 3,000 loaves of bread per hour or
48,000 in a full day's run. The Bluefield Bakery was orig-
inally started in 1900 by M. Stean, who was succeeded by
Captain Barger and from him Mr. Cole bought the business.

Mr. Cole married in 1905, at Graham, Virginia, Miss

Mary Holbrook, daughter of John and Marie Holbrook,
natives of Virginia. Her father was one of the leading
merchants and citizens of Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Cole had
six children, William Paul, Elizabeth, Holbrook, Carlyle,
Kenneth and William J., Jr. William J., Jr., died in 1920.
Mr. Cole and family are members of the Lutheran Church.
He is a Knight Templar and Royal Arch Mason and
Shriner, a member of the United Commercial Travelers, the
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club and the Bluefield Coun-
try Club. He has been in business and earning his own way
since he was seventeen, and all his prosperity has been
gained by hard work and close adherence to the fundamental
principles of sound business.

Thuhman Elroy Vass, M. D. A highly accomplished
physician and surgeon at Bluefield, Doctor Vass enjoys a
secure prestige in his profession. He possesses the person-
ality and the ability that inspire confidence, and in addition
to the good work he has done at Bluefield he has a record
as a medical officer with the army, having served in home
camps and abroad nearly two years.

Doctor Vass was born in Summers County, West Vir-
ginia, January 27, 1889, son of Phillip Edward and Eliza
(Green) Vass. His parents were born in Monroe County,
West Virginia, and his father was a contractor and builder
who did a great deal of construction work in McDowell and
Mercer counties and, in fact, all through the southern part
of the state.

Doctor Vass attended the graded schools of McDowell
County, graduated in the academic course from the Concord i
Normal School in January, 1909, and for three years was |
in West Virginia University, the first year in the prepara- I'
tory medical course and two years in the regular course. {
From there he entered the College of Physicians and Sur- /
geons at Baltimore, where he graduated M. D. in 1914. jl
Doctor Vass practiced the first year at Princeton and then J
moved to Bluefield, where he was well established before the
war came on. He is now a member of the staff and assist-
ant surgeon of St. Luke's Hospital.

Almost as soon as America declared war against Germany
he enlisted and was commissioned a first lieutenant in
the Medical Reserve Corps. He spent five weeks in the
Medical Officers' Training School at Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia, was then assigned to duty at General Hospital
No. 14 at Fort Oglethorpe, a month later was sent to the
Base Hospital at Camp Travis, Texas, remaining there three
weeks, then one month at General Hospital No. 1 at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, and for three weeks was at Base
Hospital at Camp McClellan, Anniston, Alabama. Ordered
for duty overseas, he spent six days at Camp Mills, New
York, and October 7, 1918, sailed from Hoboken, landing at
Liverpool, October 19th, crossed England and the Channel
to La Havre, and was assigned to Rimaucourt Base Hos-
pital Center, where he remained until January 5, 1919.
From that date until January 25, 1919, he was at Base
Hospital No. 13 at Limoges, and was then sent to Mehun
to join the Third Ordnance Battalion as medical officer.
February 8th this detachment moved up to San Loubes and
thence to Geni Court, and from there to Bassen docks, where
the command sailed for home, reaching port March 5, 1919,
and proceeding to Camp Merritt. From there Captain Vass
went to Camp Dix, where he received his honorable dis-
charge May 9, 1919, and then returned to Bluefield and
resumed his private practice after an absence of practically
two years.

While still doing duty in France Doctor Vass was apprised
of the death of his wife. He had married Miss Nena
Beatrice Sell, of Charleston, West Virginia, in February,
1918, and she died a little more than a year later, on March
9, 1919. She was a daughter of L. A. Sell. Doctor Vass
is a member of the Episcopal Church, a Royal Arch and
Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner at Alzafar of San Antonio,
Texas, a member of the County, State and American Medi-
cal associations, and belongs to the American Legion and
Kiwanis Club. While in college he was pitcher in the base-
ball team, and retains an active interest in all outdoor
sports.

HISTORY OF WEST VIMJIMA

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Dudley Irving Smith, of Huntington, has been a resi-
dent of Cabell County from the time of bis birth and is now
one of the more venerable native sons residing in tho vital
i county seat city, whoso inception and upbuilding have been
matters of familiarity to him. lie was bora at Guyandotte,
now a part of the City of Huntington, on the* 29th of
October, 1S45, and is a 8on of Dudley D. Smith, who was
born on a farm near Lowell, Washington County, Ohio, ami
who received excellent educational training for his day. He
taught school in Ohio when a young man and finally, in
company with P. S. Smith, came to what is now Cabell
County, West Virginia, and the two established themselves
in the general merchandise business in the Village of Guyan-
dotte. Within a short time thereafter Dudley D. Smith
married Eleanor Miller, of Lawrence County, Ohio. A man
of superior intellectuality and sterling character, ho became
an honored and influential figure in the community, and
both he and his wife were earnest members of the Methodist
Church. He was a stanch Union man during the Civil war,
and his freely expressed views led to his becoming dialiked
in the community, which was strongly Confederate in senti
ment, with the result that he found it expedient to return
to Ohio, where he found more congenial surroundings.
Later he returned to Guyandotte, and he was one of the few
Union sympathizers uot taken captive in the town when it
was invaded by a band of Confederate soldiers, who later
evacuated the place, when its capture by Union forces
seemed imminent. The occupation by Union soldiers led to
the burning of thirty-five houses at Guyandotte, and in this
both Union and Confederate sympathizers suffered alike,
the action having been taken, doubtless, more in reprisal
than as a " military necessity" for which claim was made.
Mr. Smith and his wife continued their residence in Cabell
County until their deaths, and of their eight children only
two are now living.

Dudley I. Smith, the third child, waa attending what is
now Marshall College when the unsettled conditions incident
to the Civil war caused him to go to Washington County,
Ohio, where he followed farm work in the summer season
and attended school during the winter. After a year he
returned to the parental home, hia father having at the time
been conducting a small general store at Proctorville, Ohio.
After a year or more of work on farms and in a brick yard
Mr. Smith took a course in a business college at Cincinnati,
Ohio, and thereafter he clerked a few months in a store at
Gallipolis, that state. He next became clerk on a steamboat
plying the Upper Ohio River, and thereafter he built and
operated a wharf boat at Guyandotte, West Virginia.
About a year later he sold this business and became asso-
ciated with his father in mercantile pursuits at Guyandotte.

Tn 1S70, as a democrat, Mr. Smith was elected sheriff of
Cabell County, and after he had served two years of his
four-year term a new election was called, by legislative
enactment, and he was again elected for a full term of four
years. He thus served six years, and it was within this
period that the Younger-James band of desperadoes robbed
the Bank of Huntington. After a strenuous pursuit one of
the robbers, Budd McDaniels, was killed, one, Clel Miller,
captured, and the remaining two, Cole Younger and Frank
James,, escaped.

When the new Town of Huntington was founded its rapid
growth attracted to the community all sorts of people, and
as sheriff of the eounty Mr. Smith found ample call upon
his attention in the suppression of lawlessness and crime.
In the meanwhile he had retained his interest in the store at
Guyandotte, and had also engaged in the buying and selling
of land. After retiring from the office of sheriff he turned
his attention especially to the real estate business, and of
this line of enterprise he has continued a representative to
the present time. In 1902 he was elected a member of the
board of county commissioners, and by successive re-elec-
tions he retained this position eighteen years, during the
greater part of which he was president of the board. Upon
the organization of the First National Bank of Huntington.
Mr. Smith became one of its stockholders and directors, and
for many years past he has been vice president of this sub-
stantial institution. He is a Royal Arch Mason and he and

hia wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.

In 1870 Mr. Smith wedded Minn Hannah C. MUler, and
they hnvc three children: May me C (widow of Dr. .\. T.
Cherry), George Collurd and 1 Mid try Irvin.

Elbert F. Peters, M. D. Considering the energy and
initiative displayed by Doctor Peter* it is probable he would
have made a success of any vocation, yet his gifts led him
naturally into medicine and surgery, "nnd in this line h §
service has had a growing scope of benefit nnd uscfulne -
throughout the southern section of the stntc.

Doctor Peters, whose home is at Princeton, Mercer
County, was born at Dunus Post Office in Summers Count},
West Virginia, January 10, JS7s, son of Joseph and Mary
Alice (Ellison) Peters. He in of Scotch-Irish ancestry,
hia father born in Virginia nnd his mother in Went \ ir
ginia. Joseph Peters was a farmer, a teacher in his early
life, and alwnys kept in touch with educationnl affair* nnd
public matters in general. He knew Mercer County nnd the
Mercer County people thoroughly, and when the county was
revalued he was made assessor for the assessment of all
property, coal and timber lauds in the county.

Elbert F. Peters acquired a common school education,
attended the Normal college at Athens, and following that
taught school four years. He took up the study of modi
cine in the Maryland Medical College of Baltimore, gradu-
ating M. D. in 1902. Doctor Peters throughout his profea
sional career has done a great deal of industrial practice.
His first practice was in McDowell County as physician and
surgeon for the Pocahontas Consolidated* Collerics Corpora
tion, now the Pocahontas Fuel Company. He is still physi-
cian and surgeou for this corporation, nnd supervises the
medical and aurgieal service for tive large coal operations.
He maintains a main office at Maybeury in McDowell
County, where he has complete operating room and four
beds for emergency cases. There is a branch office at
Switchback, where he has an assistant

Bis natural qualifications and the early success he
achieved in his practice did not tend to quiet Doctor
Petera' aggressive ambitions for the highest posa'hle at-
tainment in his chosen career. He tins associated with
many of the greatest men in surgery, and has kept in touch
with the advancement of the science in various schools, lie
attended the New York Polyclinic in 190(5, in 19u3 8i*>nt
six months at the University of Maryland at Baltimore, pur
suing a general course in medicine and surgery; ajH-nt set
eral weeks in the Northwestern University at Chicago in
1911, six weeks in 1912 at the New York Po-t Graduate
School and Hospital, three mouths in 1916 in the snm<
school, and during the World war he volunteered for active
service, and while not called out, he has his certificate as a
volunteer.

Doctor Peters waa from September, 191s, to DccciiiIkt.
1921, a member of the Memorial Hospital Corj>oratir>n of
Princeton, West Virginia. This is a private hospital for
rnerly owned by Dr. C. C. Peters. Dr. O. L. Todd and Dr. K.
F. Peters. Doctor Peters was one of the principal figure*
in the organization of this hospital nnd an active mcmU-r
of the hospital staff.

In 1R99 Doctor Peters married at Camp Creek, Merer
County, Miss Rose Elizabeth Shrewsbury, daughter of I*. C.
and Nancy (Rose) Shrewsbury, the former a native of
West Virginia and the latter "of North Carolina. Doctor
ant] Mrs. Peters have five childreD, named Bernard P r
cell. Nellie French, Gladys Mae. Joseph E Iwood nnd 1 s r
Rowena. Doctor and Mrs. Peters are members of the M» th
odist Episcopal Church, South. He is a memler of the Mr
Dowell Countv, West Virgin'a State. American Medh-il an I
Southern Medical Associations, is a R yal Arch nnd Knight
Templar Mason and Shrim r, an E k and Knicht of Pythias,
and is a charter member of the Princeton Country Cltil •.
The recreation* and inttnsts that refresh and take hi
mind from his daily duties are hunting, fishing and m t r
ing.

Homer Wiseman is one of the younc.-r bu.«-*neM men f
Charleston, but enjoys that sub.tantial element of sue-

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cess due to associations in an executive capacity with
one of the most substantia] of the city's industries, the
West Virginia Brick Company, of which he is secretary
and treasurer.

The West Virginia Brick Company is a local indus-
try of some years' standing. Through the special qual-
ity of its product "Charleston Brick" has a reputation
among building engineers as being one of the highest
grade fire brick manufactured anywhere. It has proved
superior to the usual product, as shown by the most
rigid tests. This brick fuses only at the exceedingly
high temperature of 3146 degrees. It is made from a
superior clay which the company mines on its own
property. The plain brick is used mostly for boiler
room construction. The pressed face brick has a widely
distributed sale in many cities, chiefly New York, and
many architects give it first choice for exterior brick
in the most beautiful modern structures.

Mr. Wiseman was born at Elliott in Fayette County,
West Virginia, in 18S7, son of Benjamin F. and Eliza-
beth (Crist) Wiseman, natives of this state. He grew
up in Fayette County, attended public schools there,
and when past the age of fifteen he came to Charles-
ton and attended business college. For some five or
six years he was in the employ of the firm Crawford
& Ashby and with the South Charleston Land Company.

Mr. Wiseman in 1912 went into the brick manufac-
turing business as a member of the West Virginia Clay
Products Company, which had been founded in 1910 and
which has since become the West Virginia Brick Com-
pany. As secretary and treasurer he is also active
head of the company, since the president of the cor-
poration lives at Louisville. The West Virginia Brick
Company has a modern plant adjacent to Charleston,
at Elk Two Mile, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Mr. Wiseman has devoted his best efforts to the build-
ing up of this essential industry, and his part therein
is a record of which many ambitious business men might
well be proud. He is a member of the Charleston Ki-
wanis Cluh and the Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Wiseman married Miss Elizabeth Crookshanks,
also a native of Fayette Connty. Their two children
are Homer Clyde and Claude Franklin.

David H. Thornton, M. D. Engaged in the practice of
medicine and surgery in Mercer County for nearly thirty
years, and for twenty years of that time a specialist in
eye, ear, nose and throat diseases. Doctor Thornton has in
addition to his character as a high minded and proficient
doctor exerted a helpful influence in community affairs and
particularly in behalf of the simplicity of original Chris-
tianity and the application of the Bible to the common life
and affairs of mankind.

Doctor Thornton was horn in Mercer County, June 30,
1865, is of English and Irish descent and of Virginia stock,
both his parents, William M. and Eliza J. (Hatcher)
Thornton, being natives of Virginia. His father was a
farmer, served as a soldier in the Civil war with a Virginia
regiment under Colonel French, and was all through the
fighting to the end. In the battle of Clark, near Princeton,
he was wounded in the arm, but recovered and rejoined his
command. After the war he returned to his farm, and lived
there, manifesting a commendahle interest in public affairs,
and was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, but be-
fore his death became attracted to the study of the Bible
with his son, Doctor Thornton.

David H. Thornton acquired a common school educa-
tion, attended the State Normal at Athens, and, leaving
there, went to Janesville, Wisconsin, to the Valentine
School of Telegraphy. After mastering the technique of
the telegraph key be entered the service of the Norfolk &
Western Railway as clerk of the Clineh Valley Division
while it was under construction. Doctor Thornton was a
railroad man for three years, and following that bought a
store from his brother at Elgood and was in the general
mercantile business two years. He sold out and used his
capital to prepare himself for the profession of medicine.

In 1893 he graduated M. D. from the College of Physicians
and Surgeons at Baltimore, and began practice at Athens,
where he remained twenty years, and since then has had
his home and professional headquarters at Princeton. Doc-
tor Thornton began specializing in 1902 in the eye, ear, nose
and throat, taking in that year a post-graduate course at
the Chicago Post-Graduate School and also a private course
on the ear under Albert Andrews and on the eye under R.
S. Pattillo. In 1912 he did other work along his special
lines in the New York Post Graduate School and Hospital;
and for a number of years bis practice has been limited to
his specialties.

In 1889, at Graham, Virginia, Doctor Thornton mar-
ried Mary Jennings, daughter of William H. and Isabel
(Shanklin) Jennings, natives of West Virginia. Doctor
and Mrs. Thornton had six children: Chauncey Bryan, Eu-
nice Janetta, Mabel Clara, Paul Benson, Joseph Harry and
David Jennings. Two of them are now deceased, Eunice
and Joseph H. The daughter Mabel is the wife of C. J. •
Moore, an employe in the general office of the Norfolk &
West Virginia Railway. The son Chauncey, who is an i
electrician with the Appalachian Power Company at Blue-
field, married Hat tie Meadow, daughter of Attorney J. H.
Meadow. His son David is an electrician in the navy on the
battleship destroyer Davis No. 65.

Doctor Thornton many years ago was attracted to the in-
dependent religious movement of Pastor Russell, and has
been an enthusiastic member of the International Bible
Students Association and for several years has conducted a
class for the study of the Bible, which is outside of all de-
nomination and free from creeds, concentrating upon the
essential teachings as presented by Christ and his followers. 1
Some years ago, before the World war, in prosecution of 1
his study of the Bible and his interest in Old World affairs,
Doctor Thornton and his brother J. T. of Bluefield made a
long and interesting trip abroad through Asia, Africa, the
Holy Land, Germany, Italy and France.

Doctor Thornton is a member of the Business Men's | !
Club at Princeton, belongs to the County and State Medical
Society, is a Fellow of the American Medical Association, I.
and was formerly active in Masonry, being a Royal Arch 1
and Knight Templar Mason and Shriner. He served as J
master of his Lodge and as high priest of his Chapter.

Frank Roache Scroggins, proprietor of the White Swan ft
Laundry in the City of Wheeling, is one of the progres-
sive and successful business men of his native city, his '
birth having occurred in Wheeling on the 17th of January, ,
1868. His father, George Washington Scroggins, was born
at Wheeling in 1843 and here passed his entire life, his
death having occurred in 1896. George W. Scroggins in-
itiated his productive career by serving as a water boy
around the local boat yards, and in the Civil war period
he aided in the manufacturing of bullets. He became an
expert stationary engineer, and served sixteen years as
engineer of the city waterworks of Wheeling, of which
position he was the incumbent at the time of his death.
In his young manhood he was a member of the volunteer
fire department of his native city. He was a democrat in
politics and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, as were both his first and second wives.
Mr. Scroggins first wedded Caroline Nidick, who was born
at Trail Run, Monroe County, Ohio, and whose death oc-
curred in 1873. Of the children of this union the eldest j
is William J., foreman in his brother's White Swan Laun-
dry; Allen C. likewise remains in Wheeling, and is steward
for the local Theatrical Club and for the Fraternal Order
of Eagles; Frank R., of this review, was the next in order
of birth; Charles Scott is a foreman in the White Swan
Laundry. For his second wife the father married Lovenia
Loverage, and she now resides at Pittsburgh^ Pennsylvania. \
Daisy, first child of this second marriage, died at the age j
of twenty-eight years; George is a resident of the City ;
of Pittsburgh, where he is engaged in the trucking busi-
ness; and Reed B. is a stationary engineer in the city ;
waterworks of Pittsburgh.

The public school of Wheeling afforded Frank R. Scrog-
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hen he found employement in a local glass factory. After
ae passing of five years he began au apprenticeship to the
rade of machinist, and his service io this connection con-

nued from the time he was aixteen until ho was twenty
ears of age. From 18SS to 1S91 he was stationary engi-
eer in the employ of Lutz Brothers, and for aixteen months

vereafter was in charge of the washing department and
Iso served as engineer of the Troy Laundry. From lt>92

• 1895 he was general manager of the Wheeling Laundry,
nd he then established the White Swan Lauudry, of which
e has continued the executive head during the intervening
eriod of more than a quarter of a century and which he
as kept at the highest standard in equipment nnd service.

he offices of this popular laundry are at the corner of

enth and Market streets. Mr. Scroggins started his
idependent lauadry business on a modest scale, in a base-
lent at his present location, and his original corps of
mployes consisted of one man and one woman. He has
•jilt up one of the leading enterprises of this kind in the
:atc, the mechanical equipment and all accessories of the
flute Swan Laundry being of the most modern type and
ic establishment giving employment to seventy persons.

Oa the National Turnpike, in the Tenth Ward of Wheel-
hg, Mr. Scroggins purchased a fine lot, 140 by 330 feet
li dimensions, on which be erected a modern lauudry build -
>ig 100 by 200 feet in dimensions, the only building in
bcistence, so far as is known of that dimension, whose in-
*rior is not supported by a single post. It is a one-story
nd basement structure, with a separate building for the
[ower plant. Here he will have one of the most complete
tod modern laundry plants in West Virginia, in fact one
tf the show houses in modern laundry construction in this
Duntry, and in connection with the general laundry busi-
ess he will establish an up-to-date dry-cleaning and rug-
leaning department. His success has been well earned, as
le started in business with a capital of only $212, has been
urogressive and energetic, has ordered his business with
tmost integrity and fairness, and has developed an enter-
rise that in 1920 represented gross earnings of $150,000.
lis new laundry plant represents an investment of an
mount equal to this.

Mr. Scroggins is independent in politics, is affiliated
'ith the Royal Arcanum, and is one of the loyal and vigor-
us members of the local Rotary Club, in which he is chair-
lan of the boys' work committee and takes lively interest
i its work. The family home is an attractive modern
ouse at 757 Market Street.

Mr. Scroggins was zealous in the local patriotic activ-
ies during the World war period, aided in the campaigns
i support of Government loans, Red Cross service, etc.,
nd supplied to the United States Navy a valuable set of
inoculars, which were eventually returned to him, together
ith $1.00 and a certificate as reward of merit from the
«"avy Department. It is needless to say tnat he prizes
oth the certificate and also the binoculars, the latter of
•hich were in active use in the navy.

Although Mr. Scroggins left school when a mere boy,
is alert mind and his appreciative instinct have enabled
im through reading and study at home, which he still
ontinuea, and through other effective self -discipline, to
ound out a symmetrical education of practical order. His
aternal grandfather, John Peyton Scroggins, of Scotch-
rish ancestry, was one of the pioneers of Wheeling, where
e served a long period as bank messenger and where
is death occurred, he having been a native of Ireland.

In 1889 Frank R. Scroggins wedded Miss Catherine E.
Neimer, daughter of the late Philip and Margaret Neimer,
f Wheeling, Mr. Neimer having been a shearman in the
>cal sheet-iron mills, in which he met his death in an acci-
ent. Mr. and Mrs. Scroggins* only child, Franklin Pierce,
ied at the age of 4% years.

James Robert Laird. In a business way Jamea Robert
iaird is widely known both in West Virginia and old Vir-
inia through his active associations as an organizer and
xeeutive in some very successful and financial organiza-
ions. Business responsibilities have accumulated rapidly
or Mr. Laird during the last fifteen years of his life,

while the period befuro that was evidently one of intensive
training and preparation for these duties lie i» alto con
spieuous as a lay member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. 1 *

Mr. Laird was born in Tazewell Cuuntv, Virginia, June
21, 1879, son of Samuel II. and Ka< h. 1 (Wittwn; ljiird, na
thes of Virginia, where his fntlier was a farmer and school
teacher, and identified with the cdu ntionnl affairs of Tair
well County for many years.

James Robert Laird was reared in n homo of in le t
comforts and had to make practical use of hw tabuta Man
he finished his education. He left high school in l*ytf, hi. t
then took up tho general insurance business at Tnr.ew. I, n
business line he followed for several years. It was in 11*1 1
that he began widening his scope of efforts, in which veur,
in addition to his insurance wurk, he established a mort
gage loan and real estate agency at Bluefield, West \ ir
ginia, and an automobile sales agency at Tazewell, Virginia,
each of these concerns requiring separnte offices. Mr Laird
is a prominent factor in the automobile business, having
established the Tnzevvell Motor Company and several other
motor sales companies and wholesale gas companies, and i«
vice president of all these growing nnd proHjKTing run
eerns.

Mr. Laird has been a resident of Hlucfield since 1911. in
which year he organized the Virginia Realty Loan Compunv
of which he is president. He is nlso president of the Fed
eral Lumber Company of North Tazewell, Virginia, and hn«
recently organized and become the first president of the
Hluefield Trust Company.

In 1901, at Tazewell, Mr. Laird married Miss Kva St.
Clair Tynes, daughter of Maj. A. J. and Harriett (Fudge
Tynes, natives of Virginia. Major Tynes established the
first woolen mill in Tazewell County, about 1**G."». He wa*
an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil war.
his regiment being commanded by General McCnusland.
Mr. and Mrs. Laird have four children: Houston T., a
student in Washington and Lee University; Mary ami
Frances, twins; and James Robert, Jr.

Mr. Laird is a member of the Masooic Lodge ChnniWr
of Commerce, Bluefield Country Club nnd the Old Colony
Club. One of the causes nearest to his henrt is the Mission
Sehools for the mountain boys and girls, and he has given
liberally not only of his money but his time to this gr.nt
work of education. As a member of the Methodist Kpis
copal Church, South, he had the honor of being elected on
the first ballot as delegate for the General Conference of
the Church held at Hot Springs. This was the quadrennial
conference in which is formulated the gem ral policy of the
business side of the church and its laws and rules govern
ing the churches, and the election of Mr. I-a ; rd as a lay
delegate is an honor that comes to but few men in a life
time.

Wade Hampton St. Clair, M. I>., has from the first l*«rn
the associate organizer and founder with I>r. .loin F. Fox
in the Bluefield Sanitarium, one of the be-t institutions of
the kind in the state. These very capnble j hy-ieians and
surgeons have kept adding to the facilitic of the Sanita-
rium from time to time until it now repre»« nts a large and
complete modern hospital, nnd its clinic* are att*-nde I a-
part of the professional training routine by an iner«<«*ii>t!
number of physicians and surgeons from this and ndj« n-
ing states.

Doctor St. Clair was born in Tazewvl County, V rgmb.
April 18, 1877, son of Alexander and Maria (Tiffany St
Clair. He is of Scotch and Irish ancestry, and hi- ] ] I
have been in America for a number of generat om. Hi*
parents were both born in Virginia, and his father at the
age of eighteen enlisted in the Confederate Army and
served with a Virginia regiment two years- After the w.ir
he followed farming and planting, was a banker, and
man of great influence in Tazewell County.

Wade Hampton St. Clair attended the common nn 1 h'gh
schools of Tazewell County and completed his lit rary . •
cation in Randolph-Macon Academy at Bedford ( ty and
in Emory Henry College at Emory, Virg n*a. He t x k his
preliminarv medical course ip the Olivers ty of V rgiom.

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graduating M. D. in 1900. For about two years following
he waa in New York City as an interne, specializing in sur-
gery at the New York Polyclinic Hospital. Following that
he located at Bluefield and entered general practice, soon
becoming associated with Doctor Fox in the building of the
original Bluefield Sanitarium. In September, 1921, the
Bluefield Sanitarium was incorporated with a capital of
$200,000. Doctor St. Clair ia known for his great thorough-
ness and skill as a surgeon, and while he has been steadily
engaged in practice for twenty years he has never lost con-
tact with the progressive ideas and methods being worked
out in the great medical centers of the world. Each year
he has attended some clinics or professional course in such
cities as New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and the Mayo
Brothers at Rochester, Minnesota. Doctor St. Clair has a
personality that supplements his professional skill. He is
a wholesome, genial gentleman, and his fine character has
been a distinct asset to the sanitarium and to the commu-
nity of Bluefield.

Doctor St. Clair is a member of the County and State
Medical Societies of Virginia and West Virgiuia, the Ameri-
can Medical Association, and the American College of Sur-
geons. At Bluefield he is a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, Rotary Club and Country Club.

At Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, in 1906, Doctor St.
Clair married Elizabeth Armstrong, daughter of George
W. and Bell (Boyd) Armstrong. They have two children,
Wade H., Jr., and Alexander Armstrong St. Clair.

Alexander St. Claie. Though his home was always
over the state line in Tazewell County, Alexander St. Clair
was associated in many of his interests with the industrial
district of which Bluefield is one of the most prominent
centers. Bluefield is also the home of his sons Drs. Wade
H. and Charles T. St. Clair.

Alexander St. Clair was born at Jeffersouville, now
Tazewell Court House, April 15, 1845, son of Alexander
and Martha (Tabler) St. Clair. His father died while the
Civil war was in progress and the mother survived him over
thirty years. Alexander St. Clair found his work within a
close radius of his birthplace, and for many years was one
of the^ prominent farmers and cattlemen of Southwestern
Virginia, and practically always had some active interests
in merchandising, banking and other affairs. He was one
of the organizers of the Bank of Clinch Valley at Tazewell,
served as president of the institution, was connected with
the First National Bank of Pocahontas, and at one time
he owned the land on which the town of Pocahontas was
huilt.

Alexander St. Clair was a boy when the war came on,
but he served during the last two years of the Confederate
Army as a member of Company I, Forty-fifth Virginia Cav-
alry, under Colonel Graham, whose son, W. R. Graham, is
now a resident of Bluefield. Mr. St. Clair left his studies at
Roanoke College to join the army at the age of eighteen,
and finished his education in that institution before taking
up his business career. Mr. St. Clair was a consistent mem-
ber of the Methodist Church and was affiliated with the
Masonic Order.

September 26, 1S71, he married Miss Maria J. Tiffany.
They were married at the old Tiffany homestead on Blue-
stone in Tazewell County, aud they lived there until about
fifteen years ago, when they moved to a handsome home on
the edge of Tazewell Court House. Here on September 26,
1921, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary,
and it was less than a month later that a wide circle of
friends and business associates who had learned to esteem
Alexander St. Clair as a safe business guide and adviser
felt an intimate personal loss hi bis death, which occurred
October 21, 1921. Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair were the parents
of eleven children, two of whom, Rosalinda and Janie, died
in childhood. The nine who with their widowed mother
survive are: Drs. Charles T. and Wade H. St. Clair, of
Bluefield; John, Frank and Alexander, of Bluestone; Glen
M. and Roy, of Tazewell; Otis, of Welch; and Miss Maria,
of TazewelL

James Lewis Caldwell. The First National Bank of
Huntington is the largest bank in point of resources in
the State of West Virginia. It was organized in 1884, the
leading spirit in its organization being James Lewis Cald-
well, who at that time was in the lumber business at Guyan-
dotte, a suburb of Huntington. Mr. Caldwell was the first
and has been the only president of this institution, and men
in touch with its affairs are free to say that its great and
solid prosperity is due in no small measure to the effective
guidance and oversight of its honored president.

Its officers and directors comprise a number of the best
known men in the commercial and professional life of
Huntington. The vice presidents are R, L. Archer, D. L
Smith and L. V. Guthrie and the cashier is G. D. Miller.
The First National Bank of Huntington has a capital stock
of $1,000,000, surplus and profits of $600,000, deposits
aggregating $5,500,000, and the total resources are over
$8,000,000. It is a great financial institution, and ap-
propriately enough it is housed in the largest and finest
business building in Huntington, a modern brick and terra
cotta twelve story building, the lower floor devoted entirely
to the bank and the upper floors to offices.

James Lewis Caldwell is one of the most youthful of
the surviving veterans of the Civil war, and his career
since the war has been closely identified with the State
of West Virginia. He was born at Elizabeth, in what is
now Wirt County, West Virginia, May 20, 1846. His fa-
ther, John T. Caldwell, was a native of Steubenville, Ohio,
spent his early life in Kentucky, and was a life-long farmer.
A few years before his death he retired to Parkersburg
and lived with his son Charles T. in that city, where he
died at the age of seventy-five. He began voting as a
whig, later became a republican and was a very active
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife,
whom he married at Letart, Meigs County, Ohio, was Regina
M. Burns, a native of that community, and she died there
at the birth of her youngest child, at the age of forty-five.
Her children were: William B., who helped operate the
home farm and was a merchant at Letart, where he died
at the age of seventy; Alfred B., who also assisted in con-
ducting the homestead and died at Letart at the age of
sixty. George H., who was superintendent of the Dingess-
Run Coal Company and died in Logan County, West Vir-
ginia, aged sixty-five; James Lewis; and Charles T., an
attorney who died at Parkersburg in 1912.

James Lewis Caldwell was educated in the rural schools
of Meigs County, Ohio, receiving the equivalent of a high
school education. In the closing months of 1862, before
he was seventeen years of age, he enlisted in Company F
of the Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, and thereafter served until
the rebellion was put down. He was in General Grant's
army, participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Spott-
eylvania, Cold Harbor, at the mine explosion in front of
Petersburg, and thereafter was with the troops on Grant's
right wing through the engagements at Weldon Railroad
and minor battles until Appomattox.

Following the war Mr. Caldwell for a year and a half
represented the Peabody Insurance Company of Wheeling,
traveling over the state establishing agencies and paying
claims. He then established his business headquarters at
Guyandotte, now included in the City of Huntington, and
for eighteen years conducted a prosperous lumber business.
His home has been in Huntington since 1887, removing here
three years after the establishment of the First National
Bank.

Banking has been only one of Mr. Caldwell's varied en-
terprises in the business field. In 1892 he organized the
Huntington Electric Light and Street Railway Company
and built that pioneer electric railway line, but sold it
soon after it was put in operation. He organized and built
the Guyandotte Valley Railway, now a branch of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio system. He was president and is still a
director of the Consolidated Light & Railway Company at
Republican, Illinois. He is president of the Dingess Run
Coal Company, which owns 30,000 acres of coal lands, with
twenty active mines. He is secretary and treasurer of the
Logan Cannel Coal Company, is secretary and treasurer of

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IGl

ho Warehouse Land Company, and is a director and mem-
icr of tho executive committee of the Huntington Land
rompnny, which owns a large number of vacant properties
n the city, acquired from the estate of the lato Collis P.
Huntington for $350,000.

Mr. Caldwell has been one of tho standard bearers and
caders in the republican party in the state for many years.
[Ie was delegate at large to the Republican National Con-
tention of 1904 and a member of the committee notifying
President Roosevelt of his nomination. lie has been in
wany county and state conventions, and one time waa pro-
posed as candidate for the United States Senate, but he
withdrew early from the race. Mr. Caldwell is a loyal mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with West
Star Lodge No. 12, F. and A. M., at Huntington, and is a
bember of the Chamber of Commerce.

In 1S71, in Kanawha County, ho married Miss Mary
J'Bannon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Smith, now
deceased. Her father was a merchant at Louisville and
ilso at Guyandotte, West Virginia. Mrs. Caldwell finished
ler education at Louisville. Seven children were born to
heir marriage. Ida Regina is the wife of William P. H.
fcfcFadden, a cattleman, rice grower and owner of rice
nills at Beaumont, Texas. Ouida C. is the wife of Charles
*V. Watts, a wholesale dry goods merchant at Huntington,
hiember of the firm Watts, Bitter & Company. Foree Dab-
hey Caldwell, the oldest son living, was educated under the
direction of the noted schoolman, Col. Robert Bingham, at
Ksbeville, North Carolina, graduated from the University
bf Virginia at Charlottesville, and has since been actively
Associated with his father, being treasurer of the Dingesa-
Iftun Coal Company and of several other business organiza-
tions. George J., the second son, now in the insurance
business at Huntington, is a graduate of the high school
pf that city. James L., Jr., graduated from West Virginia
University at Morgantown, and for one year was in serv-
ice as a lieutenant, being stationed near Houston, Texas,
Lnd is now secretary of a mining, car factory and foundry
rorporation at Morgantown. Smith Caldwell, the youngest
Hf the family, helped organize the noted machine gun
Company at Huntington, was commissioned a second lieu-
•enant and had a year and a half of service, chiefly in
(Texas. He now handles the collection of rents and other
business interests of his father.

Akchy S. Booker. A practical business man, whose or-
ganizing ability has been a factor in promoting some of the
Croat coal mining, handling and shipping concerns located
it Bluefield, Mr. Booker is also a polished gentleman,
videly informed, in touch with life in many phases, and is
'me of the very prominent Masons of the state.

Mr. Booker waa born at Waynesborough, Augusta County,
Virginia, October 20, 1871, son of John Davis and Mary
'Susan (Brooke) Booker. His parents were born in Vir-
ginia, and the Booker ancestry runs back into the early
listory of the Old Dominion. In the record of Colonial af-
airs in old Virginia there were several Bookers of promi-
nence as soldiers, burgesses and men of affairs, particu-
■arly in Amelia County. Mr. Booker of Bluefield is named
"or Arcby Stuart, his gxeat-gTandfather on his mother's
ide, who was a law partner of Patrick Henry, and is said

0 have composed many of the great speeches of that fa-
nous Virginia orator.

John D. Booker before the war was one of the largest
obacco planters in Virginia. Hundreds of slaves were em-
ployed in his fields. During the war he was for three years
nd eleven months in the Confederate Army, most of the
•ime on scout duty. He had a number of very narrow es-
apes. At one time he and two others, while being pur-
hied by Federal troops, came to a fence barricade built by
die enemy across the road, and from this trap there was
.to escape except to leap the fences. His two companions
jaet death, while John Booker jumped his horse over the
»ence and escaped. He was under the command of Colonel
•CcClusky. He was once wounded, but fully recovered, and
ifter the war he resumed planting, though on a greatly re-
mced scale.

1 Archy S. Booker attended the common schools in the

\ alley of Augusta County, spent two year« in tho Military
Academy at Fishburno, Waynesborough, and after having
school he was appointed assistant to the first postmaster of
Basic City, Virginia, lie did this work six months and for
six months was in the hardware hushies* at Wayneaborougb
Mr. Booker first joined the Bluefield community of West
\irginia as shipping clerk for the Pocahontas Cool Com-
pnny. For three years the duties of this position required
night work, and altogether he remnincd with the comiany
four years. When he resigned he returned to Wavnes
borough nnd took charge of the construction of a new norm
on the old family plantation. After completing that he ]*•
came assistant roadmoster on the Norfolk & Western ll.ul
way, with headquarters at Vivian, West Virginia, and was
in that service two years. While at Vivian he became ship-
ping agent for the Pocahontas Coke Company, and held this
position two years. He then bought stock in the Bluefudd
Coal & Coke Company, nnd this brought him again into ac
tive connection with the industrial nffnirs of Bluefield In
1S9S be became treasurer of tho company, and continued
with that corporation until 1904, when he resigned and or
ganized the Flat Top Fuel Company, now one of the Jurist
operating and selling organizations in the South West Vir
ginia coal fields. He sold his interests in the Flat Top Com
pany in 1906, and then for severnl years did a very pro*-
porous real estate business at Bluefield. Mr. Bonk.-r in
1914 was appointed assistant postmaster, and be was in the
postoffice until April I, 1920, and for the last two years vir
tually was postmaster, owing to the death of tho incum-
bent. In 1920, on leaving the post office, he become agent
for the West Virginia Coal Company at Bluefield, but re
signed April 1, 1921, and is now in business for himself n*
a wholesale shipper of coal.

During the war in hii> official capacity as acting post
master Mr. Booker bad charge of the War Savings Stamp*
campaign and sold over $100,000 worth of these Govern-
ment securities in Bluefield.

In October, 1903, at Vcrdon, Virginia, Mr. Book. r mar-
ried M iss Corinne C. Crosier, daughter of J. H. nnd Vir
ginia C. (Cady) Crosier. Tbey have ono son, Archy S.
Booker, Jr., who graduated from the Bluefield High School
at the age of sixteen and is now a student in the Roanoke
College of Virginia. Mr. Booker is n member of the Pros
byterian Church. He is active in the Chamber of Com
merce, the Kiwnnis Club, and ia a member of the Elks.

His hobby is Masonry, and be is one of the best in
formed Masons in the state. He is a member of the Roynl
Arch Chapter, Knights Templar, the Shrine, and in the
Scottish Rite has recently been elected to receive the thirty
third degree. Mr. Booker was one of the organizer* of
the Lodge of Perfection at Bluefield on May 16, 1921. and
was the first master.

Eugene J. Kino, who is vice president and active head
of the Huntington Development & Gas Company, began his
career as a telegraph operator, and before entering busings*
for himself had reached the responsibilities of a division
superintendent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. He is
very well known throughout the territory covered by that
railway system, and bis duties first brought him to Hunting-
ton thirty-two years ago.

Mr. King waa born in Union County, Ohio, December \
IS69. His father, Eugene King, was born in ]K'j:> in
County Kerry, Ireland, where the grandfather was a prom
inent and wealthy contractor. Eugene King was there
fore not under the necessity of achieving financial indep« nd
ence for himself. Soon after his marriage he came to th.
United States, living at New Orleans f--r n time, then in
Delaware, Ohio, and in 1^72 established his home at Miami*
burg, Ohio, where he lived until his death in IK 73. He »n<
not engaged in business after coming to the United States
though he bought a farm in Union County. He was a <bm
ocrat and a member of th* Catholic Church Eugene Kinir
married Miss Johanna Shoehan. who was horn «n Co -nty
Kerry in 1827, and died at Jackson. Tennessee, in 19 '6. Of
their children tho oldest was Patrick, who was a rot red
farmer when he died at Milford C nter. Oh : in 19I«; John
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1913; Julia, living at Springfield, Ohio, is the widow of
Daniel Clifford, a farmer who died at Milford Center, Ohio;
Mary, who died at Marysville, Ohio, in 1887, was the wife
of Michael Desmond, a retired locomotive engineer, also
deceased; William S. is in the railway supplies business
with headquarters at Chicago, and a resident of Green Bay,
Wisconsin; and the sixth and youngest child is Eugene J.
King.

After his father's death Eugene J. King lived with his
mother at Marysville, Ohio, attended public school there,
left high school at the age of fifteen and soon afterward
was assigned his first duty as a telegraph operator on a
railroad that is now part of the Big Four System. In 1S87,
when he was eighteen years of age, he was made clerk in
the general manager's office of the Big Four Railway at
Cleveland, Ohio. He was there two years, and in 1S89 was
promoted to assistant train dispatcher for the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad at Cincinnati. A year later he was trans-
ferred to Maysville, Kentncky, as ticket agent, and in 1891
came to Huntington as train dispatcher. Mr. King was on
duty in that capacity at Huntington for ten years, and in
1901 was transferred to Richmond, Virginia, as chief train
dispatcher one year, train master six years, and following
that was promoted to superintendent of the Richmond Di-
vision. He was division superintendent at Richmond four
years and in 1912 returned to Huntington as superintendent
of the Huntington Division.

On February 1, 1914, Mr. King resigned, after having
spent thirty years in the railroad service, and after a vaca-
tion of about seven months, hecame assistant to the presi-
dent of the Huntington Development & Gas Company. June
1, 1916, he was made vice president, and is now the active
manager of the main offices of this corporation at Hunt-
ington. The offices are at 918 Third Avenue. The company
is a Delaware corporation, and the other executive officers
are: G. L. Estabrook, of Philadelphia, president; W. B.
Kurtz, of Philadelphia., vice president; Frank T. Clark, of
Philadelphia, secretary; and G. A. Northcott, of Hunting-
ton, treasurer. This is one of the important corporations
in this section of the country producing and distributing
natural gas, and from its sources of supply it distributes
gas in Huntington Kenova, West Virginia, and Ashland,
Kentucky. Besides his connection with this corporation
Mr. King is manager of coal properties in West Virginia
for the Commonwealth Power, Railway & Light Company
of New York City.

He is essentially a business man, but at all times has
sought to make his business a source of benefit to the pub-
lic. He is independent in politics, a member of the Catho-
lic Church, is president of the Gnyan Country Club of Hunt-
ington, a member of the Guyandotte Club and Huntington
Chamber of Commerce. He owns considerable real estate in
Huntington, including his modern home at 1203 Eleventh
Street. In 1909, at Huntington, Mr. King married Miss
Lide MeClnng, daughter of Mason and Janet (Alderson)
McClnng, now deceased. Her father was a farmer in
Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Mrs. King finished her
education in Marshall College of Huntington.

William Oliver Dickey controls in the City of Hunting-
ton a representative business as a certified public account-
ant, and has been a resident of this city since his boyhood,
though he claims the old Keystone State as the place of his
nativity. His paternal grandfather, Marmaduke Wilson
Dickey, passed his entire life in Pennsylvania, was for
many years in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, hut retired a number of years prior to his death,
which occurred at New Florence, that state, in 1887.

William O. Dickey was born at Altoona, Pennsylvania,
March 13, 1875, and is a son of John C. and Elsie May
(Rhodes) Dickey, both likewise natives of Pennsylvania,
where the former was born in 1852, Their home is now
maintained at Huntington, West Virginia. In the service of
the Pennsylvania Railroad John C. Dickey was stationed
first at Hollidaysburg, later at Altoona and finally in the
City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has been at Hunting-
ton, West Virginia, since 1882. Here he is auditor and
cashier of the American Car & Foundry Company, with the

local plant of which he became identified when the busi»
ness was here conducted by the Ensign Manufacturing
Company, later merged into the great corporation known as
the American Car & Foundry Company. He is a democrat,
and while he has had no desire for public office his civic
loyalty was shown in six years of effective service as a
member of the Huntington Board of Education. He and
his wife are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church, iu
which he is an elder. He is a member of the Early Set-
tlers Association of Huntington, and in the Masonic fra-
ternity is affiliated with Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F.
and A. M. ; Hnntingtou Chapter No. 6, R. A. M. ; and
Huntington Commandery No. 9, Knights Templar, his son
William O., immediate subject of this review, being likewise '
affiliated with each of these organizations, as is he also
with Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Charles-
ton, and with West Virginia Consistory No. 1, A. A. S. R.,
at Wheeling, in which he has received the thirty-second
degree. Of the children William Oliver is the eldest; A.
Ford is an architect by profession and is engaged in the
work of this profession in the City of Huntington; and
Miss Bess R. remains at the parental home.

William O. Dickey was a lad of seven years at the time
when the family home was established in Huntington and
after his course in the public schools he here entered Mar-
shall College. He engaged in the general insurance busi-
ness, which he continued until 1905, and he has since been
actively and successfully engaged in the general auditing
business as a certified public accountant. His offices are
maintained at 707-8 First National Bank Building. He is ,
president of the West Virginia Association of Certified
Public Accountants, and is a member of the American So-
ciety of Certified Public Accountants. In politics he is a|
democrat of independent proclivities, and in local affairs
he supports men and measures meeting the approval of his
judgment, without reference to partisan lines. He is an
active member of the local Chamber of Commerce and the
Rotary Club, and holds membership in the Guyandotte
Club and the Guyan Country Club.

September 32, 1899, recorded the marriage of Mr. Dickey j
and Miss Elizabeth Ward, daughter of Robert and Eliza I
(Jarvis) Ward, of Huntington, where Mrs. Ward still re- i
sides, her husband, a retired employe of the Chesapeake & '
Ohio Railroad Company, having here died in 1906. Mr. . 1
and Mrs. Dickey have one daughter, Katherine W.

George Warder Keller, who is one of the successful oil
and gas operators in the West Virginia fields, is actively
identified also with the coal-mining industry in this state,
his residence and business headquarters being maintained
in the City of Huntington.

Mr. Keller was born at Massanetta Springs, Rockingham
County, Virginia, on the 8th of September, 1880. His pa- ,
ternaf grandfather, Samuel Keller, was born near Toms
Brook, that state, in 17S0, and died at Newmarket, Vir-
ginia, in 1840, his entire life having been passed in Shenan-
doah County, where he was a successful planter. His wife,
whose maiden name was Mary Baxter, was born in Spott-
sylvania County, Virginia. The ancestral line of the Keller I
family touches Dutch, German and French strains, and the
first American representatives settled in Pennsylvania in
the Colonial era. One of the members of the family was an
aide on the staff of General Washington in the War of the
Revolution. John Henry McLeod, maternal grandfather of
George W. Keller, was born at Milton, Nova Scotia, in
1S12, and was a young man when he removed to Virginia
and became a farmer near Dayton, where he remained until
his death, in 1892. John Henry McLeod organized the
Wann Springs Turnpike Company and built one of the first
macadam roads ever constructed in that state. He married
Elizabeth Fish burn, who was born near the "Old Stone
Church" on Middle River, Augusta County, Virginia, in
the year 1813, and who died at Dayton, that state, in 1893.

George W. Keller, Sr., father of the subject of this re-
view, was born near Toms Brook, Shenandoah County,
Virginia, in 1840, and died at Massanetta Springs, Rock-
ingham County, September 1, 1880. As a young man he
removed to Rockingham County and engaged in farm enter-

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irise, of which he there continued a successful representa-
ive during the remainder of his life. He was a democrat,
raa a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he served
hree months as a Confederate soldier, in Captain Sipes*
ompany, in the Civil war. He married Elizabeth Rebecca
dcLeod, who was born at Dayton, Virginia, in 1844, nnd
vho died at Bridgewater, that state, iu September, 1913.
Their eldest child, Clara MeLeod, became the wife of Eras-
nns R. Harrison, of Elkton, Virginia, where she died at
he age of fifty-six years, Mr. Harrison being still a resident
»f that place; Stella Everett is a teacher in the Masonic
chool at Oxford, North Carolina; Margaret Broce is the
vidow of J. A. Raum and resides at Elkton; George W., of
his sketch, is the youngest of the number and is the only
on.

The public schools at Bridgewater, Virginia, afforded
3eorge W. Keller his early education, and thereafter he at-
-mded Washington & Lee University oue year, and special-
zed in economics and chemistry. There also he became a
hiembcr of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He had pre-
viously worked as a pharmacist, in 1903, at Harrisonburg,
Virginia, and after leaving the university, in 1904, he was
k pharmacist four years at Lewisburg, West Virginia. He
hen, in 1908, purchased an interest in the Frederick Phar-
naey at Huntington, which was then one of the largest re-
;ail drug stores in the state, and he continued his active as-
sociation with this enterprise until 1916. In the meanwhile
he had become interested in oil and gas production in the
[vYest Virginia fields, and he was one of the leaders in the
brganizing and the development work of the Sovereign Gas
Company, which has become one of the largest independent
Operators in the natural-gas fields of the state. Of this
Corporation he is secretary and office manager, the offices of
j:he company being in suite 14, 15, 16 Miller Ritter Building,
Huntington. Mr. Keller was one of the organizers also of
the Huntington-Oklahoma Oil Company, which is engaged
In development work and which has a fair oil production
Sn Western Kentucky, besides being engaged in development
work in Osage County, Oklahoma. He is also secretary,
"treasurer and office manager of the Midlothian Jewel Coal
Company, operating in Clay County, West Virginia.

Mr. Keller is a democrat in politics and he and his wife
ire communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church. His
basic Masonic affiliation is with Huntington Lodge No.
53, A. F. and A. M., and he has received the thirty-second
degTee in West Virginia Consistory No. 1, A. A. S. R., at
Wheeling. He is a member of the Huntington Lodge of
Elks and of the Guyan Country Club.

On the 3d of June, 1908, at Huntington, wa3 solemnized
the marriage of Mr. Keller and Miss Mary Simms, daugh-
ter of Henry C. and Katherine (Lyons) Simms, her father,
who died December 6. 1906, having been a distinguished
member of the West Virginia bar and hi3 widow being still
a resident of Huntington. Mrs. Keller received the ad-
vantages of the Lewisburg (Virginia) Female Institute and
the National Park Seminary at Forest Glen, a suburb of
Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Keller became the par-
ents of two children, Katherine Elizabeth, who was born
April 2, 1910, and whose death occurred September 6,
1912, and George Simms, born June 26, 1921.

R. P. DeVan was educated as a civil engineer, but in-
stead of practicing that profession has utilized his busi-
ness talents successfully in real estate and the stock and
bond business, and during the past half dozen years has
built up the largest general insurance agency at Charleston.

Mr. DeVan, one of the popular citizens of Charleston,
and present exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge, was born in
Kansas City but represents an old New Orleans family of
French origin. His father was a native of New Orleans.
R. P. DeVan was born while his parents were temporarily
living in Kansas City, and was reared and educated in New
Orleans. He attended McDonough School No. 23 on Car-
rollton Avenue in that city, and finished his preparatory
education in Brown's School at Charlottesville, Virginia.
Mr. DeVan graduated in 1907 with the degree Civil En-
gineer from the University of Pennsylvania, but instead of
seeking opportunities in the- engineering field he eagaged

in the stock and bond husiness. For three years be was
nt Oklahoma City in the real estate busioeaa.

Mr. DeVan located at Charleston, West Virginia, In 1911,
nnd for one year wns secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce. Since 1915 he has been in tho general iniuranco
business, at first na n member of the firm Schorr, Morton
and DeVan, but in 1917 he bought out his partner's inter
ests and founded the DeVan & Company agency. Thin in
an organization handling nil branches of general insurance,
lire, casualty, life. etc. It is no small nehievem.nt thnt
under Mr. DeVan 's direction this has toeoruc the largest
and best equipped agency in Charleston. He has mode t
a business vitally and essentially a part of the commercial
and industrial life of the city.

Mr. DeVnn was elected exalted ruler of the Charleston
Lodge of Elks in March, 1921, beginning his ofli. ml dut ei
in April. lie has been prominent in the nationnl affairs
of the organization. He organized the company which bu It
the Rial to Theater. Charleston's leading playhouwe, and is
j resident of the theater company. He is an nctive mem-
ber of the chamber of commerce and the lMgewood Coun
try Club. Mr. DeVan married Miss Louise M (Josh, of
Hanover, Pennsylvania. Their three children arc Wil mm
Todd, R, I'., Jr., and Nancy Elizabeth.

Cassius Clay Brown, cashier of the Farmers am] Mcr
chants Bank of Morgantown, Monongalia County, was horn
at Brown's Mills in Clay District, this county, Soptcmb. r
23. 1*63, and is a son of the late Dr. Alpheus Wilson Hrown
and Anna (Nicholson) Brown. Mr. Brown ia of the fourth
generation in direct descent from Wendell Brown, who, with
his son Manus, was one of the first white settlers west of
the Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania. Adam Brown,
great-grandfather of the subject of this review, married in
1784, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, a sister of Jncob
Statler, and in 1796 they settled near the site of Brown's
Mills, Clay District, Mouongnlin County, West Virginia, as
now constituted. Andrew Brown, grandfather of Cassius
C. of this sketch, became a prosperous farmer and miller
in this county, served as justice of the peace from 1832 to
1851, and in 1846, as a whig in a strong democratic district,
he was elected to the Virginia Legislature or house of dele-
gates, to which he was reelected in ll59. He built and
operated Brown's Mills, long a landmark of Monongalia
County, and also had the supervision of his fine farm prop-
erty in that locality. July 5, 1S21. he married Martha
Worlcy, and they became the parents of five childreo, all now
deceased.

Dr. Alpheus Wilson Brown was born at Brown's Mills,
August 9, 1S22, and died February 22. 1*90. In his youth
he attended Greene Academy at Carmichaels, Greene County,
Pennsylvania, and thereafter he continue. I his studies for
several years at Monongalia Academy, which eventually was
developed into the University of West Virginia, Thereafter
he studied medicine in the office of his uncle. Dr. Asbury
Worley. at Washington Court House Ohio, after which he
attended leetur-s at Philadelphia and further fortified him-
self for his chosen profession. He initiated practice at
Washington Court House, Ohio, where he nl?o conducted a
drug store. He remained in Ohio ten years and then, at the
request of his father, returned to the old home in Monon-
galia County. Here he built up a large nnd representative
general practice and gained prestige ns one of the leading
physicians and surgeons of his native county, besides whi<-h
he was an honored and influential figure in public affairs
of a local order. He was a delegate to the Wheeling con-
vention at which the new State of West Virginia was organ-
ized, and later he served two terms as a member of
the Legislature of the new commonwealth, besides having
been a member of the Board of Supervisors of Monongalia
County, which under a new law was in time supplanted
by the Board of County Commissioners, of which latter he
was a member ten years, his death having occurr^I while
he was the incumbent of this office. He and his wife were
earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Chorch, and in
the same he served as steward, trustee and Sunday acbool
superintendent. Shortly after he located at Washington
Court House, Ohio, Doctor Brown married Elizabeth Doraey,

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of Morgantown, West Virginia, and her death occurred
eleven months later. November 25, 1862, recorded his mar-
riage to Anna Nicholson, who was born near Geneva, Greene
County, Pennsylvania, and whose death occurred at the old
Brown homestead, August 13, 1902. She was a daughter of
Thomas and Mary A. Nicholson, and a great-granddaughter
of Commodore James Nicholson, who served as a captain in
the Revolutionary war and as the first commodore of the
American navy. The commodore's daughter Hannah be-
came the wife of Albert Gallatin, the celebrated American
scholar and statesman. The father of Commodore Nicholson
was a native of Berwick-on-Tweed, Scotland, and immi-
grated to New Baltimore, Maryland, where he received a
grant of land which became known as Nicholson Manor.

Cassius Clay Brown was reared on the old home farm and
supplemented his public school discipline by attending the
University of West Virginia. He left the university in his
junior year, thereafter taught school for some time, and for
thirteen years he owned and operated the historic old
Brown 's Mills, erected by his grandfather. He sold the mill
property after recovering from a long illness, during much
of which lie was confined in a hospital, and he then took
an executive position in the Dunkard Valley Bank at Blacks-
ville, Monongalia County. While thus engaged he was
appointed to a position in the office of the state tax com-
mission at Charleston, where he remained two years, after
which he returned to the bank at Blacksville. In 1912 he
became cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Morgantown, a position of which he has since continued the
efficient and popular incumbent.

Mr. Brown is a stanch republican, and he and his wife
hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is
affiliated with Morgantown Lodge No. 4, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons; Blacksville Lodge No. 8, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows; Athens Lodge, Knights of Pythias;
Morgantown Lodge No. 411, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks; and with the Junior Order United American
Mechanics.

September 16, 1893, recorded the marriage of Mr. Brown
with Miss Elizabeth A. Scott, who was born at Blacksville,
this county, a daughter of William F. and Belle (Grimm)
Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two children: Helen
Scott is the wife of John Lowe, of Morgantown, and Arthur
W. holds a clerical position in the Farmers and Merchants
Bank, of which his father is cashier.

Allen Reed Price, senior member of the firm of A. R.
Price & Company, dry goods merchants at Morgantown,
Monongalia County, has secure standing as one of the
representative business men and citizens of his native county
and its capital city. He was born on the old Price home-
stead at Uffington, Clinton District, this county, January 12,
1860, and is a son of the late John C. Price, whose father,
Michael Price, was the pioneer representative of the family
in this county. Michael Price came over the mountains from
Maryland when he was a young man, and his first residence
in Monongalia County was near the site of the University of
West Virginia at Morgantown. In this county was solem-
nized his marriage with Susannah Burke, a member of a
sterling pioneer family of this section of the state. Mr.
Price died in Morgantown in 1837. His children, all now
deceased, were George, Peter, Cornelius, John C, James and
Sally.

John C. Price was born at Morgantown in 1813, and after
the death of his father he and his two brothers and their
widowed mother removed to the farm in Clinton District.
Later he purchased the interests of the other heirs and be-
came sole owner of the farm, to the management of which
he gave his attention until his death in 1892. His wife,
whose maiden name was Catharine Reed, was born in Bar-
bour County in 1S28, a daughter of Peter and Ruth
(Llewellyn) Reed, early settlers in that county, and she
survived her husband by about three years, her death oc-
curring in 1895. Of the children the first born was Susan
Louisa, who became the wife of Charles H. Holland, of
Clinton District, this county, and whose death occurred in
1919; John C, Jr., was next in order of birth; and Allen
R., of this sketch, is the youngest of the children.

Allen R. Price was reared on the home farm and sup-
plemented his public school discipline by attending the Uni-
versity of West Virginia. While still on the farm he took
charge of a general store at Uffington, a village in the im-
mediate neighborhood, he and his brother John C. having
been associated in the ownership of the business. In 1903
the two brothers engaged in the furniture business at
Morgantown, under the title of the Price Furniture Com-
pany. In 1905 they sold this business, and in the same
year Allen R. Price engaged independently in the dry goods
business on Walnut Street. In 1910 he purchased the dry
goods business of Ridgeway & Company on High Street, and
on the 1st of January, 1920, he organized the firm of A. R.
Price & Company, in which he took in as partners his son
Ira J. and daughter Goldie M., the establishment of the
firm being well equipped and the business being one of
major importance in the mercantile activities of Morgan-
town. The firm receives a large and representative support-
ing patronage and the enterprise is one of most substantial
order. Mr. Price is (1921) a member of the Board of
Equalization of Monongalia County, and he is a loyal mem-
ber of the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. He
is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
is an active member of the First Baptist Church.

In 18S4 Mr. Price wedded Josephine, daughter of Silas
Powell, of Clinton District, this county, and she died in the
following year, their one child, Miss Ruth, being at the
paternal home. In 1888 Mr. Price married Miss Naney
Ellen Coombs, daughter of Joseph G. Coombs, of Grant
District, this county, and the eldest child of this union is
Xa, who is the wife of Benjamin F. McGinnis, of Penns-
boro, Richie County, their children being Frederick, Ben- j
jamin Allen, Virginia Ellen and Mary Louise. Goldie M. re-
mains at the parental home and is an active member of the I
firm of A. R. Price & Company, as previously noted. Ira
Joseph likewise a member of his father's firm, was born De-
cember 22, 1891, received the advantages of the Morgantown
schools, including the high school, and thereafter did effec-
tive field work as a civil engineer. In 1915 he entered his 1
father 's store, and his association with the business continued 1
until June 6, 1918, when he entered the nation's military
service in connection with the World war. He entered service
in the quartermaster's department at Camp Joseph E. John-
ston in Florida, later was transferred to Camp Merritt, and
two weeks thereafter he sailed with his command, an inde-
pendent unit, for France, where he was stationed at Giervis
at the time of the signing of the armistice and until he
embarked for the home voyage, he having been mustered out
as quartermaster's sergeant at Camp Dix, after having left
France, on the 29th of June, 1919. He resumed his active
association with his father's business, and January 1, 1920,
was admitted to partnership, as already noted in this con-
text. He, like his father, is a member of Monongalia Lodge
No. 10, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, besides which he
is affiliated with the American Legion and with Morgan-
town Lodge No. 411, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. Ottela Beatrice is the wife of Russell K. Bottom, of
Morgantown, and they have one child, Russell K., Jr. Mabel
Wilma remains at the parental home and is, in 1921, a
student in the State University.

William Bubkhart Scherr, M. D., is engaged in the
general practice of his profession at Morgantown, Monon-
galia County, and he is one of the representative physicians
and surgeons of the younger generation in this section of
his native state, besides which he has the distinction of
having served in the Medical Corps of the United States
navy in the World war period.

The family record of Doctor Scherr is one of interesting
order. Joseph Scherr was born and reared in Switzerland
and there became colonel in the Swiss army. The family
had long been one of wealth and influence in the fair little
republic of Switzerland, where representatives of the name
had been prominently identified with the tanning industry
for many generations. In his native land Joseph Scherr
married Gertrude Arnold, a daughter of National Represen-
tative Edward Arnold, and in 1857 he came with his family
to the United States. He purchased a large tract of land

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In Minnesota, and it is interesting to record that much of
Die City of St. Paul is today established on that tract. Mr.
fcherr settled on this land as a pioneer, but owing to the
•everity of the Minnesota winters he finally sold the prop-
erty and removed with his family to Carver, Minnesota, in
vhich city he built a brewery which was destroyed by lire.
Mr. Scherr then came to West Virginia, where he estab-
lished retail stores at Germania and Maysville, Grant
^•unty, and Eglon, Preston County, "West Virginia. His
leep despondency after the death of his wife caused him to
.urn his business over to his sons and to return to Switzcr-
and, where, amid the scenes and associations of his youth,
le passed the remainder of bis life.

Julius Scherr, son of Joseph and Gertrude (Arnold)
Scherr, was born in Switzerland, February 28, 1849, and was
i lad of eight years at the time of the family immigration
:o the United States. As a youth he became associated with
lis father's business, and ultimately took charge of the geu-
«ral store at Eglon in Preston County, and also of a woolen
nill at Oakland, Maryland. Later he established a store at
Thomas, West Virginia, and this he eventually placed in
charge of his son, Julius, Jr. Still later he placed his sons
Henry L. and Edwin G. in charge of a store at Horseshoe
Run, Preston County. After the death of Julius, Jr., the
business at Thomas was discontinued, and still later the
Dther stores were closed out.

In 1900 Julius Scherr, Sr., was elected a representative in
the Lower House of the West Virginia Legislature, and
thereafter he held for four years the position of chief clerk
in the office of the auditor general of the state. He then
became an inspector of the State Tax Commission, of which
office he has since continued the incumbent. The family
home was established at Morgantown, Monongalia County,
in 1910. At Washington, District of Columbia, Julius
Scherr, Sr., married Emelia Sievers, who was born iu that
city, a daughter of Henry and Barbara (Ossinger) Sievers,
both natives of Germany, whence they came to America as
young folk, their marriage having been solemnized at Balti-
more, Maryland. Mr. Sievers was a cabinet maker, and
after having been engaged in business in the City of Wash-
ington for many years he came to Eglon, West Virginia,
where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives.
Of the children of Julius and Emelia Scherr the eldest was
Julius, Jr., who is deceased; Dr. Arnold A. was graduated
(from the State Normal School at Preston, thereafter at-
[tended the University of West Virginia, and in 1903 was
'graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in
the City of Baltimore, he being now engaged in the practice
of his profession at Keyser, West Virginia; Gertrude is the
wife of J. C. Renniger, a lawyer at Oakland, Maryland;
Henry L. is one of the proprietors of the Scherr Book Store
at Morgantown; Edwin G.. a traveling salesman, resides in
Washington, District of Columbia; Milton C. is identified
with the Scherr Book Store at Morgantown; Miss Alma B.
remains at the parental home; Ethel died in childhood; and
Dr. William B., immediate subject of this sketch, is the
youngest of the number.

Dr. William B. Scherr was born at Eglon, Preston County,
this state, September 27, 1S93, and his early education was
gained in the public schools of that place and the eities of
Charleston and Morgantown, in the latter of which he was
graduated from the high school as a member of the class
of 1914. Thereafter he took a two years' pre-medieal
course in the University of West Virginia, and December 15,
1917, he entered the nation's service as hospital apprentice.
He was assigned to duty on the transport "Susquehanna,"
and October 26. 1918, be left shipboard and was assigned to
I duty as student instructor in charge of the medical division
navy unit at Cincinnati, Ohio. On the 21st of the following
'December he was assigned to inactive duty as pharmacist's
mate, and he now holds the rank of junior lieutenant in the
United States Medical Reserve CoTpa.

After receiving his honorable discharge Doctor Scherr
entered the medical department of the University of Cin-
cinnati, from which institution he received his degree of
Doctor of Medicine in 1920. Thereafter he served as resi-
dent physician in the City Hospital at Akron, Ohio, where
he gained valuable clinical experience, and on the 1st of

August, 1921, he established himself In private practice at
Morgantown, where he is making a record of effort i\e and
successful service. The doctor is a member of the American
Medical Association, the West Virginia State Medical So-
ciety and the Monongalin County Medical Society. lie is
affiliated with the American Legion and with "the Dvlta
Sigma, the Kappa Alpha and the Aliha Kaj pa Kapj a
college fraternities.

Doetor Scherr married, December 14, 1921, Miss liculah
A. Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl C. Davis, Df
Marietta, Ohio, one of the pioneer families of the Ohio
Valley. Mr?. Scherr is a graduate of the nursing nnd health
department, Cincinnati University, sho hating graduated the
same day as her husband.

Roy Huoh Jarvis. Morgantown, West Virginia, could
scarcely help being a live, progressive city when it* leading
young business men are of the type of Hoy Hugh Jarvis,
abstractor and examiner of titles, who occupies the enttr«>
field in this profession here. He has completely identified
himself with Morgantown interests since coming hire, lias
met with a hearty welcome and has made a ninnly, winning
personality felt in business, society, fraternal 1 fe and pob
ties.

Roy Hugh Jarvis was born at Jarvisville, Harrison
County, West Virginia, March 31, 1S90, and is a sun of
William and Susan (Brown) Jarvis, old families of llnrri
son County. This branch of the Jarvis family was estah
lished in what is now West Virginia by Jesse Jarvis, who
was born in Maryland, a descendant of William Jarvis, who
came to America from England with Lord Baltimore's
colony. Jesse Jarvis was nineteen years old when he willed
at Clarksburg, and for a number of years served as clerk
of the courts of Harrison County ami then e-tablishcd him-
self on a farm at what is now known as .larvisville, West
Virginia, named in his honor. His son. Wa ringer Jarvis.
spent his entire life in Harrison County, and his old saw
and flour mill still standi near Jarvisville, where he owned
an excellent farm, ne was a soldier in the war between
the states. He married Elizabeth Hector, also of Harrison
County, and five of their ten children are living.

William Jarvis, son of Waringcr nnd father of Roy Hugh
Jarvis, was born on the old Jarvis homestead in llarrison
County March 15, 1§64. and still resides there, engaged in
farming and stock breeding. He married Susan Brown,
who was born in Harrison County, November G. lSfifi. a
daughter of Waldo and Elizabeth (Morris) Brown, nn Did
Virginia family. The father of Mrs. William Jarvis. Waldo
Brown, still survives, having passed his ninetieth birthday

The old Jarvis homestead was the birthplace of Roy Hu^'h
Jarvis, and in that section his boyhood schooldays were
passed, preparing him for college and in 1912 he was gradu
ated from Salem College. During 1912 13 he was a student
of law in Washington and Lee University, Lexington. Vir
ginia. He then embraced a business opportunity and entere 1
the title department of the Pittsburgh Engineering 4: Con
struetion Puinpanv and the Kentucky Pipe Line Company,
subsidiaries of the Standard Oil Ounpany. then operating in
Kentuekv. Later Mr. Jarvis was transferred to the Hope
Natural" Gas Company, also Standnrd Oil, at Clarksburg,
and it was with that company that he came to Murgauluwn
in 1916. In 1917 he embarked in the abstract nnd t tie
business on his own account. He finds his time pretty well
taken up, as he is the only one in the city devoting himself
to this line of business, but he has not abandoned his de-
termination to finish his law course and a courv in hist, ry
at the West Virginia University, lie was one of the e.tab-
lishers of the Phi Kappa Chapter of the Kappa Sigma
fraternitv at the university.

On August 13, 1913, Mr. Jarvis married Miss France
Saunders, of Hornell, Steuben County, N. w York who is a
daughter of E. B. and Euphemia (Black) Snunder". Mrs
Jarvis is a graduate of Alfred (New York) University anl
of Salem (West Virginia) College. Mr. anl Mrs, Jan i-
have four children: Jean Eleanor, born f*pt««J w • w -
1014- Rosemarv. born June 20 1910: Roy High. Jr. born
September 19,"l91*: nnd Robert Nnthan. born \ ig i-t -
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Mr. Jarvis is a member of Salem Lodge No. 84, A. F.
and A. M.; Adoniram Chapter, Royal Arch, Clarksburg;
Morgantown Commandery No. 18, Knights Templar; Mor-
gantown Lodge of Perfection No. 6, S. R.; West Virginia
Consistory No. 1, thirty-second degree, and of Osiris Temple,
Mystic Shrine, of Wheeling. He belongs also to Morgan-
town Lodge No. 411, B. P. O. E., Chamber of Commerce,
the Kiwanis Club and the Morgantown Country Club. In
his political views a democrat, Mr. Jarvis is serving as
secretary of the Monongalia County Democratic Committee,
and is a member of the Morgantown Board of Equalization.

Henry Bedinger Davenport. Now a resident of Charles-
ton, Henry Bedinger Davenport has earned distinction in
two professions, civil engineering and law, has been a suc-
cessful business man as well, and his activities in the affairs
of county and state make him one of the widely and favor-
ably known West Virginians.

His family record contains a number of eminent names.
His grandfather, Braxton Davenport, spent most of his life
in Jefferson County, West Virginia, and for many years
was colonel of militia in that county, also a member of
the House of Delegates of old Virginia, and held numerous
offices of trust and responsibility. One service gave him
much historical prominence, that being as presiding magis-
trate of the trial at which John Brown was convicted for
the Harpers Ferry raid. Col. Braxton Davenport mar-
ried Elizabeth Bedinger, a daughter of Maj. Henry
Bedinger, of Revolutionary fame and for many years a
prominent resident of Berkeley County, West Virginia.
Henry B. Davenport, father of the Charleston business
man, was born in Jefferson County, West Virginia, was
educated in the University of Virginia, and served as a
lieutenant in the Stonewall Brigade in the Confederate
Army. He died in 1901 and is buried at Charles Town.
His epitaph is both a biography and a eulogy, being sim-
ply "Soldier of the Stonewall Brigade." He was born
September 9, 1831. In 1S60 he married Martha Clay,
daughter of Brutus J. Clay, of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Brutus Clay was a brother of Gen. Cassius M. Clay, at one
time envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
to the Court of Russia. Brutus J. Clay represented the
Lexington District of Kentucky in the House of Repre-
sentatives at Washington during two terms, 1861 to 1865,
though he had been an extensive slave holder.

Son of Henry B. and Martha (Clay) Davenport, Henry
Bedinger Davenport was born at Auvergne, near Paris,
Kentucky, February 11, 1865, but spent his early life in
the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. He was edu-
cated in the Charles Town Academy, in St. John's College
at Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated with the degree
Civil Engineer from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at
Troy, New York, in 1886. He also took a special course
in applied mathematics at the University of Virginia, and
received his law degree from the University of West Vir-
ginia in 1894.

From 18S6 until 1893 Mr. Davenport practiced his pro-
fession as a civil engineer. During this period he was in
the service of the Norfolk & Western Railroad, Cleveland,
Akron & Columbus Railroad and was engineer of construc-
tion of levees on the Mississippi River in Bolivar County,
Mississippi. For two years he held the chair of professor
of civil engineering in the University of West Virginia.
On graduating in law in 1894 he removed to Clay Court
House, county seat of Clay County, West Virginia, where he
was active in practice for twenty years. Almost from the
first his practice took on a permanent and important char-
acter and brought him before the Circuit Courts of the
state, the Supreme Court «f Appeals and the United States
Circuit and District Courts of Charleston. As a lawyer he
was employed on one side or another of nearly every im-
portant case in the Circuit Court of Clay County during his
twenty years* residence there. Through the industrious
exercise of his natural and acquired talents in the profes-
sions and in business Mr. Davenport accumulated a com-
fortable fortune, and while he is retired from law practice
he has employed his time for some years in the development

of the oil and gas resources of Clay Connty, and more re-
cently his interests have extended to the Texas oil fields.

In 1904 he was democratic candidate for Congress from
the Third Congressional District, his successful republican
rival being Joseph H. Gaines. He served several times as
mayor of Clay Court House. On January 1, 1916, Mr.
Davenport retired from the practice of law to devote him-
self to his private business affairs. During the war with
Germany he was secretary of the Draft Board for Clay
County, and for twenty-three months his time was wholly
occupied in the duties of selecting, recruiting and prepar-
ing the men from his section for army service. Mr. Daven-
port is a Knight Templar, thirty-second degree Scottish
Rite Mason and Shriner.

He married Alma F. Stephenson, daughter of Thomas
Benton Stephenson, on January 22, 1902. They have two
sons, Benton Stephenson and Braxton.

George Bowers Vieweg, the efficient and popular assist-
aut manager of the Morgantown plant of the Mississippi
Glass Company, was born in the City of Wheeling, West
Virginia, March 10, 1S85. His paternal grandfather, Chris-
tian Vieweg, was a native of Germany and was for many
years engaged in mercantile business at Wheeling. The
maternal grandfather, George Bowers, likewise was a native
of Germany and became one of the early representatives of
the meat-market business at Wheeling. Christian Vieweg,
Jr., father of the subject of this sketch, was born and
reared at Wheeling, where he was for many years engaged
iu the fire insurance business, of which he is now a prominent
representative at Morgantown, where he established his resi-
dence in 1919. His wife, whose maiden name was Emma
Bowers, likewise was born and reared at Wheeling. Their
sou George B., of this review, was graduated from the
Wheeling High School as a member of the class of 1903, and
thereafter held a position in the South Side Bank at Wheel-
ing until 1907, when he entered the University of West Vir-
ginia, at Morgantown, from which institution he was gradu-l
ated in 1912, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science in \
mechanical engiueering. After leaving the university he,
entered the employ of the Phillips Sheet & Tin Plate Com- !
pany at Weirton, this state, and later was connected with
the engineering department of the Pittsburgh Crucible Steel
Company at Midland, Pennsylvania. In 1914 he became en-
gineer for the Pressed Prism Glass Company, later being
made assistant manager of that company's plant at Mor-
gantown, and since 1917 has held the executive office of
assistant manager of the Morgantown plant of the Missis-
sippi Glass Company. He is one of the progressive young
business men of Morgantown, is a member of the West
Virginia Alpha Chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, is
an active member of the local Kiwanis Club, and is treasurer
and a member of the board of trustees of the First Presby-
terian Church.

November 7, 1914, recorded the marriage of Mr. Vieweg
with Miss Alfreda Carney, daughter of Stephen A. and
Sarah Ellen Carney, of Charleston, this state. Mrs. Vieweg
was born at Littleton, West Virginia, was graduated from
the West Virginia Wesleyan College and was a member of
the junior class in the University of West Virginia at the
time of her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Vieweg have a fine
little son, George Bowers, Jr., who was born October 15,
1915.

Arthur W. Bowlby. Prominently identified with the
business interests of Morgantown and known as a public-
spirited citizen of enlightened views and constructive tend-
encies is Arthur W. Bowlby, vice president and treasurer of
the Central Automobile Corporation. Mr. Bowlby 's career
was started in the midst of agricultural surroundings, and
for a number of years he centered his chief interests in the
affairs of the farm. More recently, however, his name has
been linked with successful business enterprises, to the pros-
perity of which he has contributed abilities of a high order
and well-tempered judgment and acumen.

Mr. Bowlby was born on the Bowlby homestead in Cass
District, Monongalia County, West Virginia, November 22,

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lis great-grandfather, a native of New Jersey, came to
•hat is now Casa District in 179h and bought a tract of land
rom a former settler, who had but recently patented it.
)n that farm he spent the remainder of his life, dying on
iia own land and being buried there. lie married Lydia
^arhart. Robert L. Bowlby, the son of James and Lydia
iowlby, was bora in New Jersey, May 20, 1793, and was
(bout three years of age when brought by his parents to
Monongalia County. He inherited a part of his father's
Property and passed his life in agricultural pursuits, dying
• n his farm. He married Polly Smith.

Joel Bowlby, the son of Robert L. and Polly Bowlby,
ind father of Arthur W. Bowlby, was born on the old home-
Mead February 9, 1S33, and October 17, 1861, married
Rachel Ann Evans, who died in December, 1S74. His second
narriagc was with Eliza, the sister of his first wife. Joel
Bowlby was a prominent man in his county for many years,
lie was a member of the County Court when the present
Monongalia courthouse was built at Morgantown, and was
[regarded as one of the best commissioners the county has
p.ver had. He was a large land owner and most prosperous
[farmer, and was a devout and helpful member of the Bap-
tist Church, in which he served as a deacon. His death
pecuired July 13, 1907, his widow surviving until May, 191S.

Arthur W. Bowlby was reared on that part of hia great-
grandfather 's homestead which had been inherited by his
father and which came to him in the line of succession. His
education was obtained in the free schools of his district
kand as a youth he adopted farming aa his vocation, an
loecupation in which he was engaged until he sold his prop-
erty in 1918 and removed to Morgantown. He was elected
a member of the County Court in 1914. for a period of six
years, taking office January 1, 1915, and retiring therefrom
December 31, 1920, and during the last two years served in
the capacity of president of the court. In 1911 Mr. Bowlhy
,became identified with the Central Automobile Corporation,
which is probably the largest concern in this part of West
Virginia, and has been a member of the board of directors
since that year and since 1919, its vice president and treas-
urer. He is likewise a member of the board of directors of
the Federal Savings and Trust Company of Morgantown.
Mr. Bowlby 's religious connection is with the Baptist
Church, and fraternally he holds membership in Morgantown
Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M.; Morgantown Lodge
No. 411. B. P. O. E.; and Monongalia Lodge No. 10, I. O.
O. F. He also belongs to the Kiwanis Club.

On December 25, 189S, Mr. Bowlby waa united in mar-
riage with Miss Nora Vella Lazzelle, who was born in Cass
District, May 29, 1874, the daughter of Cornelius and Mary
Prudence (Pope) Lazzelle. Mr. Lazzelle was born in Cass
District, the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Bowlhy) Lazzelle.
Two children have come to Mr. and Mrs. Bowlby: Mary
Elizabeth, born November 1, 1901 ; and Nora Willard, born
March 28, 1907.

Waltek Haines South. The South family of Monongalia
County, of which Walter Haines South, secretary-treasurer
and general manager of the Randall Gas Company of
Morgantown, is a member in the fourth generation in this
county, was established here in very early days by Elijah
South, who was born on Whiteley Creek, near Mapletown,
Greene County, Pennsylvania. His American ancestor was
one of three brothers named South, of Suffolk County, Eng-
land, who came to America prior to the Revolutionary war,
one settling in New Jersey, one in Maryland and the third
in Pennsylvania. Elijah South was born June 10, 1509, and
died December 24. 1865, settled in Cass District, Monongalia
County. He married Mary Livingood, who was also a native
of Pennsylvania, born in' 1799, and she died at the age of
eighty years on July 14. 1879.

Justus South, son of Elijah, waa born on the family farm
in Cass District, March 14, 1842, and died at Baltimore.
Maryland, June 8, 1901. He left the home place as a young
man and located at Wadestown, Battelle District, in the
same county, where he followed farming until 1892. and
then removed to Morgantown, where for a number of years
he was engaged in the real estate business, handling his own

projK-rty. He married Mary Ilames, who waa boro in
Battelle l)i-tri< t. March 30, 1S49, nnd died at Morgantown.
June 13, 1921, ag« d seventy two years. She waa a daughter
of William and Martha (Thomn*) Haines, who came from
near Pittsburgh and settled on Duuknrd Cre*k, HatUdle liw
triet, in early daya.

Walter Hainea South, si»n of Justus and Mary ( Haines )
South, was born on his father's farm at Wndcatown, Bat
telle District, January 16, I-S75. 11c waa reared on the farm
until seventeen years old and acquired his early educat on
in the public schools, following which he enterel the l'n.
versity of West Virginia, an institution from nhieh he wa«
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arta ia 1900. lie
was uot only a close student but waa likewiae active in
athletics, and waa a member of the varsity foothall team in
1^93, 1894, 1895, 1S96 and 1899. Leaving the university,
he spent one year nt the Baltimore Medical College and one
year at Johns nopkina University Medical School, but at the
end of that time gave up hia intention of catering the medi
cal profession, returned to Morgantown. and in October,

1905, entered the employ of the Randall das and Water
Company as manager. He was made secretary thereof in

1906, and in 1913 assumed the duties of secretary- treasurer
and general manager, offices which he has occupied ever
since. He is a member of the United States Chamber of
Commerce and the Natural Gas Association of America, and
is a member and director in the West Virginia Oil and Gas
Association. As a frateraalist he belongs to Morgantown
Lodge No. 411, B. P. O. E., and is a member of the Old
Colony Club and the Phi Sigma Kappa college fraternity.

On August 11, 1914. Mr. South was united in marriage
with Miss Emma Beall, who was born in Wheeling. West
Virginia, a daughter of Grafton B. and Martha M. (Dun-
levy) Bcall, the former of whom died in July, 1920. while
the latter survives. Mr. and Mrs. Beall had aix children:
A. B.. a prominent business man of Sioux City, Iowa, who
died December 27, 1921 ; Grafton A., a lieutenant com
mander in the United States Navy; May, now Mrs. Kramer,
of Los Angeles, California; Byrd, who lives with her mother;
Elizabeth, a nurse in the United States Navy, attached to
the hospital ship Mercy; and Mrs. South. Mra. South is a
member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, being
a lineal descendant of Col. Ninian Beall, an officer in General
Washington's army during the Revolutionary war.

Harry Adams Stansbury. Not the least important of
the departments of modern educational institutions are those
which deal with the matter of keeping the body in the best
of condition to meet the daily strains put upon it. For
many years athletics were considered but a recreation to be
indulged by the faculty as allowing their students to work
off their animal spirits. In a way, perhaps, this enters Into
the case, but of more recent years the enlightened college
and university heads have come to a realization that educa
tion is in no way complete that does not teach the student
how to care for* hia body and how to build it up through
svstematic training under skilled supervision. Therefore, it
is that the post of director of athletics at a Inrge institution
ia one of some importance, and the University of West Vir-
ginia ia fortunate in possessing in this position such an able
trainer and experienced athlete as Harry Adams Stansbury.

Mr. Stansbury waa born December 9. Is91, at Marshes.
Raleigh County, West Virginia, nnd is descended from thr<v
old and honored families of Maryland and Southern Wet
Virginia. His father, Charles Stansbury. was born in the
Citv of Baltimore in 1^8, an d was of the old Stansbury
family of Marvland which figured in the enrly hi tory of
that state. He married Ella Calloway, who was Urn n
Raleigh Countv, West Virginia, the daughter of G orge \\
and Sarah L.' (Hinchman) Calloway. The Calloway and
Hinrhman families were amone the early settlers of Ual-igh
and Logan counties. We«t Virginia. Charles Stansbury re
moved from Baltimore to Ralcich County, where be he-ane
the owner of a larpe landed estate and followed firm ng
until his death in 1«94.

Harrv Adama Stansburv attended the rubhc sch 1 an^
was prepared for college at the academy of We-^n C J
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Bachelor of Seience from Wesleyan College with the class of
1915, and for the two following years was director of
athletics at that institution. He came to the University of
West Virginia in the same capacity in 1917, and during
his administration of the affairs of that post has won a
reputation both for himself and for the University in col-
lege athletics. Mr. Stansbury is a memher of Morgantown
Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M., of Morgantown;
Morgantown Lodge No. 411, B. P. O. E.; the Morgantown
Rotary Club; the Eastern Graduate Managers' Association;
the Athletic Research Society; and the Mountain Society of
the University of West Virginia.

Mr. Stansbury married Miss Ada Lillian George, daughter
of William T. and Dora (Howell) George, of Phillipi, West
Virginia, and to this union there have come two sons and a
daughter: Harry Adams, Jr., born September 15, 1917;
Richard George, born October 30, 1918; and Mary Elizabeth,
born May 5, 1920.

William Griffee Brown. Under the original state pro-
hibition law the duties of enforcement were assigned as a
separate department of the office of state tax commissioner.
The Legislature in 1921, upon the recommendation of Gov-
ernor Morgan and Tax Commissioner Hallanan, provided
that this department should be separated from the state
tax commissioner and made a separate department of the
executive branch of the Government under the direction of
a state director of prohibition. The law hecame effective
on October 1, 1921, and the first man called to the duties
of state commissioner of prohibition, by appointment from
Governor Morgan, is William Griffee Brown, for many
years a prominent lawyer of Nicholas County.

Commissioner Brown, who thus hecame an official resi-
dent of Charleston, represents a pioneer family of Nicholas
County. His great-grandfather, Alexander Brown, patented
land in that county in 1S03, and also acquired lands in sev-
eral adjacent counties. The Browns are of Scotch Irish
ancestry. Dr. William Brown, grandfather of Commissioner
Brown, and William H. Brown, father, were both natives
of West Virginia. However, William Griffee Brown was
born in Meigs County, Ohio, in 1864, son of William H.
and Arminta (Hypes) Brown. His parents returned to
West Virginia in 1869, locating in Mason County, where
he first attended school. In 1876 the family returned to
Nicholas County. William Griffee Brown graduated Bach-
elor of Science in 1889 from the National Normal Univer-
sity at Lebanon, Ohio. For several years he was a teacher
and institute worker. His last engagement as a teacher
was as principal of the Fayetteville Academy. On resign-
ing that office in 1900 he took up the study of law and in
1901 removed to Oklahoma Territory, establishing his home
in Day County, in the extreme western part. In 1902 he
was elected superintendent of public instruction for that
county, and was also admitted to the har in the Federal
Court of Oklahoma.

Mr. Brown in 1903 returned to West Virginia, locating at
Summersville, county seat of Nicholas County, and began
practice as a lawyer. In 1904 he was elected prosecuting
attorney, holding that office four years. Since then he has
commanded a prominent place in the har of Nicholas
County. For ten years he was associated with Mr. L. T.
Eddy in the law firm of Brown & Eddy. For three years
he was senior member of the law firm Brown, Wolverton &
Ayres of Summersville. In accepting the appointment of
state commissioner of prohibition Mr. Brown made a con-
siderable sacrifice, involving the loss of much of his lucra-
tive law practice, and only a fine sense of puhlic duty and
the urging of his friends prevailed over the many reasons
for declining the office. Mr. Brown is a republican, has
been chairman of the Republican County Committee in
Nicholas County, is active in church affairs, as a membeT of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his appointment was
strongly urged by the temperance forces in the state.

In 1889 Mr. Brown married Miss Margaret R. Groves,
member of a pioneer Nicholas County family. They have
four children, Heber H., Dama M., Reginald W. and Mabel
Evangeline. The two youngest are still in school.

Heber H. Brown joined the colors at Camp Lee in 1917,

was made first sergeant, assigned to duty in the Three
Hundred and Thirteenth Field Artillery, going overseas with
the Eightieth Division, and participated in nearly all the
campaigns in 1918, including the battles of the Argonne.

The daughter, Dama M., during the war was in Govern-
ment service at Washington, and later held a Government
position as secretary to the superintendent of the Grand
Canyon at Grand Canyon, Arizona. She is now the wife of
Charles J. Smith, chief ranger of the Grand Canyon National
Park.

Joel E. Peck. New highways of improvement have
been opened through the mental alertness and broad expe-
rience of the business men of today, whose standing is con-
spicuously high, for with competition so strenuous none but
the efficient and capable can hope for a full measure of *
success. These men have risen to their present positions
over no royal road to fortune, but rather because of con-
structive thinking and aggressive action which are gain-,
ing for this country an extraordinarily large percentage of I
the world's business. One of the men whose interests are
heavy and whose territory is a large one in West Virginia
and adjoining states is Joel E. Peck, president and treaa- 1
urer of the Ohio Valley Printing and Stationery Company
of Huntington.

Mr. Peck was born February 8, 1875, in Pocahontas
County, West Virginia, a son of Daniel A. and Caroline
(Hill) Peck. Martin Peck, the paternal grandfather of;
Joel E. Peck, was born in 1800, in Botetourt County, Vir-
ginia, where he, with the assistance of his children, cleared
a large property and developed it into one of the best farms
in the county. He was a prominent citizen and a man held
in the highest esteem, and his death, which occurred in

1853, near Fincastle, Virginia, removed a puhlic-spirited
citizen from his community. His wife, Ammen, was born
in 1802, at Fincastle, and died in the same community in'

1854. They reared a family of three sons and two daugh-
ters, all of whom are now deceased. The youngest child,
Benjamin, was a Confederate soldier during the Civil war '
and died of wounds received at the hattle of Winchester. i

Daniel A. Peck was born in 1838, near Fincastle, Bote-
tourt County, Virginia, where he was reared on his father 's
farm and received a rural school education. In 1861 he
went to Nicholas County, now West Virginia, where he re-
sided on a farm until 1874, at that time going to Pocahon-
tas County, this state, where he spent the rest of his life
in agricultural pursuits and died at Lobelia in 1904. He
was a successful and highly respected man and a good citi-
zen. In his early years he combined with his farming op-
erations teaching in the rural schools for a number of
years. Mr. Peck was a democrat, and for several terms
while living in Pocahontas County served in the capacity
of justice of the peace. He was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and for a long period was its
chief supporter in his community, of which he was a stew-
ard, and it really being through his generosity that the
church structure was erected. Mr. Peck married Miss Caro-
line Hill, who was born in 1840, near Hillsboro, Pocahontas
County, and died in that county in 1876. They were the
parents of the following children: Lucy H., the wife of
Thomas A. Bruffey, of near Lobelia, a schoolteacher and
farmer, who at present is acting in the capacity of deputy
sheriff of Pocahontas County; Fannie L., the widow of
Adam C. Young, who died on his farm near Jacox, Poca-
hontas County, where Mrs. Young makes her home; and
Joel E., of this review.

Joel E. Peck attended the rural schools of Pocahontas
County and the Summersville (West Virginia) Normal
School, and entered upon his active career as an educator.
From 1894 to 1898 he taught in the rural schools of Poca-
hontas County, and in the latter year turned his attention
to fanning, which, with mercantile pursuits, furnished him
with an occupation until 1905. Removing then to Green-
brier County, he spent four years in agricultural pursuits,
and in May, 1910, came to Huntington and engaged in the
real estate business. This, however, he abandoned Janu-
ary 1, 1911, when he founded the Ohio Valley Printing
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Jarlow. In the fall of 1912 Mr. Peck purchased Mr.
larlow's interest and remained as sole proprietor of the
asiness until 1916, when the company was incorporated
nder the laws of the State of West Virginia, the officers
eing: J. E. Peek, president and treasurer; C. B. Van
libber, vice president; and W. A. Williamson, secretary.
Ir. Peck is the majority stockholder and directing head
f the enterprise, which under his supervision has grown

0 be one of the leading enterprisea of ita kind in this
ection of the state. The company does all manner of job
rinting and handles a complete and up-to-date line of
chool and office supplies, the plant, office and store room
•eing located at No. 603 Ninth Street and No. S33 Sixth
ivenue. Mr. Peck has devoted his time without stint to
he building up of this business, and his record stands
.'ithout a blemish. His career is a decidedly creditable
ne, for never has a man's auccess been due more to his
wn native ability and less to outward circumstances. Ilia
rosperity has been the logical sequence of the natural un-
olding and development of hia native abilities, and his
chievements have been the reward of earnest, honest efforts.

Mr. Peck ia a democrat, but has not bceu particularly
ctive in politics, although a public-spirited citizen who
upports worthy ventures. He belongs to Johnson Mcmo-
ial Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Huntington, of
rhich he ia financial secretary and treasurer, and the work
f which received great impetus through his support, lie
•wns a modem residence at No. 529 Sixth Avenue, which is
> comfortable home in a favored residential section, and
Jso baa evidenced hia faith in Huntington by investing a
>art of hia means in other real estate here.

In April, 1899, Mr. Peck married near Edray, Pocahon-
as County, Miss Effie F. Barlow, daughter of Henry and
'Taney (Castle) Barlow, both deceased. Mr. Barlow was
in agriculturist and merchant at Edray for a period of
hirty-six years, and a man who was held in high reapect
>nd esteem in his community. Three children have been
»orn to Mr. and Mrs. Peck: Veda Ruth, who is a senior at
Marshall College, Huntington; Henry A., a junior at Ran-
lolpb-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia; and Lee Edward,

1 sophomore in the High School, Huntington.

Hablow Augustus Davin has recently rounded out a
[uarter of a century of consecutive aervice with the Chesa-
»eake & Ohio Railroad Company. Aa he is atill under forty,
ailroading has claimed nearly all the energies of youth and
nanheod. For some years past his responsibilities have
>eeu of an executive nature, and at the present time he is
issistant superintendent in charge of the Logan Division,
rith home and headquarters at Logan.

Mr. Davin was born at Montgomery, Fayette County,
.Vest Virginia, September 7, 1884, aon of John and Mary
•Ilizabeth (Montgomery) Davin. The town of Montgomery
ras named in honor of hia maternal grandfather, James
Jontgomery, who at one time represented Montgomery
Jounty, Virginia, in the House of Delegates, and was sher-
ff of Fayette County, West Virginia. Mary Elizabeth
)avin died in 1920, at the age of sixty-one. John Davin
ras born in County Waterford, Ireland, at the age of five
'ears came to the United States with his parents, who lo
ated in Campbell County, Kentucky, and as a young man
ia came to West Virginia, during the construction of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. He was in the Bridge De-
jartment, being first located at Kanawha Falls, then at
tfentgomery, Fayette County, when that town was still
mown as Cannelton. He had charge of a bridge force and
ater of wrecking and repair departments. John Davin,
vho died in 1912, at the age of fifty-four, was active in
lemoeratic local politics, served as a member of the School
3eard and in other offices, and was a Catholic, while hia
rife was a Presbyterian, and their children adhered to the
"aith of their mother. These children were four sons and
'our daughters. The oldest son, Charles Ashley, died at
he age of two years, and all the others came to mature life:
Flarlow Augustus, being the second; John W., chairman of
he Car Allotment Commisaion at Huntington; T. L., man-
iger of the Davin Drug Company of Montgomery; Flor-
ence E., of Montgomery; Lottie L., wife of Dr. H. H.

Smnllridge, of Charleston, West Virginia; Anna, wife of
L. <i. Smallridge, manager of a wholesale dry goods hom*
at Taeoma, Washington; and Margnret K, a resident of
Montgomery.

Since he began his railroad service at such an early
age Harlow Augustus Davin acquired his education beyond
the common schools by earning and paying his own way.
He attended public school at Montgomery in Fayette
County, took a preparatory course in the Preparatory
Branch of the University of West Virginia, and for two
years was a student in Hampden Sydney College near Farm
ville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. While in college he
was on the football team, interested in other forms of ath-
letics, and he seldom misses a year in attending one or more
ball games at the University of Virginia. Long before tin-
end of hia college career he had performed a great deal
of service for the Chesapeake and Ohio Knilroad. His first
employment was as a call boy at Handley, a division point
two and one half miles from hia home at Montgomery. He
walked from homo to his duties each day. Later he did
clerical work in the division offices at Handley, was pro-
moted to assistant yardmaster, then yardma-ster nt Ashland.
Kentucky, was assigned special duties with the Western
General Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio, with headquar-
ters at Ashland, and succeeding promotiona made him an
sistant trainmaster of the Handley Coal District, and then
trainmaster of the same district. He was next transferred
to Raleigh as assistant trainmaster of Laurel and Pinev
Creek branches.

Mr. Davin has had his duties at Logan since AprU, 1917,
when he was made assistant trainmaster of tho Logan Di
vision, the 1st of May of the same year was promoted to
trainmaster, and on August 1, 1921* became assistant su-
perintendent in charge of the Logan Division. He entered
the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio in 1SD7, and at the
next annual meeting he will he eligible to membership in
the Veteran Association of the Chesapeake & Ohio Km
ployes, a membership that carries with it special privileges.

While as hia record indicates, he has never neglected his
duties with the railroad company, Mr. Davin has also been
mindful of his interests as a citizen. While in Fayette
County he was a member of the Democratic Committee of
Kanawha District, and when Logan adopted a commission
form of government he became one of the four commi*
sioners. In his railroad service he has handled a number
of critical situations during strikes and industrial wars.

On September 14, 1907, Mr. Davin married Miss Knth-
erine Gwinn Bidgood, of Petersburg, Virginia. They have
a daughter, Betty Bidgood, born in 1917. Mr. Davin is
a Presbyterian and his wife a member of the Episcopal
Church, and fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic
Lodge of Montgomery and the Royal Arch Chapter at Lo
gan.

John Clark Price. Perhaps no class of citizens can be of
more real, practical use in a community than the substantial
retired farmers, who, after years of successful experience a*
agriculturists and live stock raisers, settle in urban centers
and take an active interest in civic, social and business life.
They usually have a soundness of judgment that it were well
for their fellow citizens to heed, for in profitably carrying
on their farm undertakings over a long period they have
solved problems that affect business prosperity and com-
munity well-being. One of the valued retired farmer citizen*
of Morgantown is found in .John Clark Price, whose in
vestments in city realty are heavy and who still owns a large
extent of valuable farm land in Monongalia County.

John Clark Price was born on the old I'riee homestead in
Clinton District, Monongalia County. West V rginia. about
four miles from Morgantown, February 3. His r>nr

ents were John Clark and Catherine (Reed) Price, the latt r
of whom was born in Bnrbonr County, West Virginia, a
daughter of Peter Reed. John Clark Price, the elder. «. «
born in Monongalia Countv, West Virginia, and was a p .n
of Michael and Mary 'Burke) Price. 11 * lifr wa« spent n«
a farmer in his native district.

John C Price grew up on the old homestead and throi «n
boyhood had country school privilege*, entirely suffic <»nt for

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the times but far fewer than considered necessary at the
present day. For fifty years he followed farming, giving
close attention to his different industries and meeting with
the success that usually rewards determined industry and
good judgment. During this long interval Mr. Price saw
many changes come about in farm methods, and accepted
those he found best adapted to his land, and also witnessed
the introduction and took advantage of much modern farm
machinery whereby some of the old-time burdens of the
general farmer were eased. Although he has been retired
from active farm life for a number of years, he has never
lost his interest in agricultural matters or his friends in the
old neighborhood, and he still owns two excellent farm
properties, aggregating 288 acres. His realty in Morgan-
town includes the substantial brick business block which he
erected on Front and Walnut streets.

In early manhood Mr. Price married Miss Sarah C. Kin-
kaid, a daughter of William and Serena Kinkaid, farming
people in Monongalia County, and they have had the fol-
lowing children: George W., who is a major in rank in
the United States Army and (1922) is serving on detail in
France, is a graduate in law of the West Virginia Univesity,
but ehose a military rather than a professional career; Wil-
liam Logan, who is a deputy sheriff in Monongalia County,
spent three years in the university; Stewart Monroe, whose
home is in Warren, Ohio; Bruce, who is an overseas veteran
of the World war, spending one year in France, is attached
to the county engineering department; Paul Holland, who is
a student in the University of West Virginia, was in mili-
tary training during the World war but was not called from
his own country; Ocea May, who is a student in the univer-
sity; and Chauncy Milton, the youngest of the family.

In 1909 Mr. Price located permanently at Morgantown,
led thereto by his desire to give his children superior educa-
tional advantages, and also in order to have time to look
after various business interests and to faithfully perform
the duties entailed by his election to the office of county com-
missioner. He served out his full term of six years, was re-
elected and served his second term, retiring then until in
1921, when he was again called into public life and ap-
pointed county commissioner to fill a vacancy and is still
serving. In many ways Mr. Price is one of the representa-
tive men of Monongalia County, and the esteem in which he
is held is universal. In political life he has always been
loyal to his party's best interests and faithful in promised
support of friends. He and his family are members of the
Baptist Church, and fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and
sincere in his support of the principles for which the organ-
ization stands.

Amos Lowrie DeMoss. The DeMoss family, represented
at Morgantown by Amos Lowrie DeMoss, well known and
prominent in Monongalia County for many years, originated
in France and was founded in America by the great-great-
grandfather of Mr. DeMoss, who accompanied General de
Lafayette when he came to the assistance of the American
colonies in their fight for independence. He never returned
to France but, on the other hand, accepted the liberal grant
of land awarded him by the Government in recognition of
his military services, and the record is that he spent the
rest of his life in peace and plenty on his estates in Virginia.
Two generations later his lineal descendant, John DeMoss,
removed from the old homestead to what is now Taylor
County, West Virginia, and was the first settler on the Creek
at Three Forks, five miles above the City of Grafton.

John DeMoss (II), son of John and father of Amos L.
DeMoss, was horn in Taylor County, West Virginia, in 1822,
and died in 1888. He removed from his birthplace just
across the line in Taylor County to just across the line in
Monongalia County, and followed farming in Clinton Dis-
trict during the rest of his life. He married Rachel Bunner,
who was born in Marion County, West Virginia, in 1832, and
who survived until 1904. She was a daughter of Amos
Bunner, a pioneer in Marion County, for whom Bunner 's
Ridge was named.

Amos Lowrie DeMoss was born near Halleck in Clinton
District, Monongalia County, West Virginia, January 12,
1863, a son of John and Rachel (Bunner) DeMoss. His

early education was obtained in the district schools, anc
later he attended the Fairmont Normal School, paying hh
way through the same by teaching, and afterward continued
in educational work for a number of years, teaching in botl ]
Monongalia and Preston counties.

In the meanwhile he had become somewhat active in tht
political field and subsequently was honorably identified witl
important business enterprises. In 1892 he was electee)
county assessor, and served in that office for four years)
following which he embarked in the mercantile business anc^
operated a store at Uffington in Monongalia County for sbj
years. He served as deputy sheriff from 1900 to 1904, anc'
after retiring from that office, became manager of a cement
company, in which relation he continued for some years. It \
the performance of his public duties as well as in the cod m
duct of his private business he became well and favorably t
known to his fellow citizens.

On April 1, 1907, Mr. DeMoss entered the postal service I
as assistant postmaster at Morgantown, and coutinued ill
that capacity under Postmasters Posten, Bowman anc
Hodges. On July 23, 1919, he was appointed acting post!
master, and had charge of the office as such until July l\
1921, when he turned his responsibilities over to Postmasteii
Grant and resumed his duties as assistant postmaster ail
hefore. At all times he has given faithful service to thCa
public. J

On June 14, 1S94 Mr. DeMoss married Miss Jennie F'J
Lanham, who was a daughter of Eugene Lanham, of Pres
ton County, West Virginia. Mrs. DeMoss passed away oil
August 16, 1916, leaving two children: Bertha Lee anc;j
Frederick Eugene, both of whom reside with their father!
Mr. DeMoss and his family belong to the Methodist Episco \
pal Church. He maintains a lively interest in civic matters*
and is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce. Iill
fraternal life he helongs to the Odd Fellows, the Junioi'l
Order United American Mechanics and the Daughters oil
America, the auxiliary branch of the latter great organizal
tion. Mr. DeMoss has been prominent for years in thtl
Junior Order United American Mechanics, has passecl
through all the chairs both local and state, is a member oil
its national council and in official capacity has attendee
two sessions of the same. Coming into close contact in hi?
everyday duties with his fellow citizens at Morgantown, Mr ]
DeMoss is as popular as he is efficient, ana well deserves the!
respect and esteem in which he is held.

James Vance Boughner, M. D.. was born in Clarksburg*
Virginia, April 9, 1812. He was the eldest child of Danie I
and Mary (Vance) Boughner, whose family numbered sbl
sons and three daughters. During his infancy his parents!
returned to Greensboro, Pennsylvania, where they had beer!
married and where they lived the remainder of their lives!
His father had been engaged in geueral merchandising in!
Clarkshurg, and continued in the same business until hhl
death. He was also manager of the Greensboro Pottery!
Works, which were at that time in a flourishing condition. I

Daniel Boughner was the son of Martin and Anna Iiitten-J
house Boughner. Martin was born in New Jersey and lateiJ
resided in Northumberland Couuty, Pennsylvania, where he
was united in marriage with Anna Rittenhouse. Then-
children were Anna, Pamelia and Daniel. Martin Boughner
aud family later removed to Fayette County, Pennsylvania,!
two miles from Brownsville, on Redstone Creek. His wife]
died there in 1797, and is buried in the old Baptist Ceme-I
tery. Daniel was only nine years of age when his mother]
died and the family abandoned housekeeping. He was
thrown upon his own resources at an early age, and when
seventeen, went to Greensboro, Pennsylvania, to learn the]
potter 's trade in the works of Alexander Vance. Later he i
married Mary Vance, the sister of his employer.

Mary (Vance) Boughner was the daughter of James and
Amy (Slack) Vance. The Vance family emigrated to Scot- 1
land (traditionally from Italy) early in the sixteenth cenl
tury. The name was originally Del Vance, and family!
records trace their origin to the nobility of their native!
country.

The Vance family formed part of the colony sent from!
Scotland by the English Monarch to colonize the North of]

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171

Ireland, constituting that strong body of Scotch Irish
Presbyterians, so eminent in history. Members of this
family participated in the famous siege of Londonderry.

James Vance was born in County Down, Ireland (near
Belfast), on April 3, 1753. He emigrated from Porter's
Ferry, Ireland, when not quite twenty years of age, and,
landing in Philadelphia, lived there awhile before taking
up his residence in Flcmington, New Jersey, where he
enlisted in the Revolutionary army. He was a private in
Captain Reddin's Company, Colonel Chambers being in
charge of bis regiment. He was in the battles of German-
town and Monmouth. He heard Washington reprove Gen-
eral Charles Lee for hig retreat at the latter place, lie
spent the winter with Washington's Army at Valley Forge,
where the hardahip3, privations and suffering endured form
a record in the annals of our history.

After serving out his time in the army he bought a farm
one and a haif miles from Morristown, New Jersey, and
married Amy Slack about the year 177S. His children were
all born in New Jersey, but owing to the scarcity of water
there for manufacturing purposes he wa9 induced to migrate
to Greensboro, Pennsylvania, where his sons introduced the
business of making pottery in that part of the country.
James Vance was a man of scholarly tastes and acquire-
ments, and had collected a large library of general Uterature.

The maternal ancestry of the mother of James Vance
Boughner is largely interwoven with prominent families of
Colonial America. Thomas Schooley was one of the most
notable ancestors of this line. He was the son of John and
Alice Schooley of York, England. In 1677 he sailed from
Hull in England on the Flie boat "Martha," with 114
passengers on board. He was one of the masters of this
ship, which reached New Jersey in August, 1677. Thomas
Schooley was a member of the Famsworth Society of
Friends of Yorkshire, England. He was united in marriage
with Miss Sarah Parker, of Burlington County, New Jer-
sey, in 16S6. They had seven children. Thomas Schooley
was granted a concession of 350 acres of land in Burling-
ton County, New Jersey. This included the mountain in
North Western New Jersey, which was named Schooley 's
Mountain in his honor. In this mountain were situated
Schooley 's Mountain Springs. In our early social life these
springs were a celebrated summer resort. Thomas Schooley
died in 1724.

Thomas Schooley, Jr., son of Thomas and Sarah (Parker)
Schooley of Burlington County, New Jersey, and Hannah
Fowler, of Monmouth, daughter of John and Rose Fowler,
were married at Chesterfield, New Jersey, March 26, 1720.
Their daughter became the wife of Benjamin Slack of
Morris County, New Jersey. Amy Slack, their daughter,
became the wife of James Vance, and they were the parents
of Mary Vance. Daniel Boughner married Mary Vance,
May 9, 1811, and their son is the subject of this sketch.

Greensboro is situated on the Monongahela River, less
ihan 100 miles from Pittsburgh. On the opposite side of
the river, beautifully situated on a cliff above the stream,
is located "Friendship Hill," once the famous home of
Albert Gallatin, who built the mansion on a domain of
many broad acres. One of the pleasing memories of Doctor
Boughner 'a childhood was his privilege of seeing La Fayette
when he visited Albert Gallatin at "Friendship Hill" xn
1824.

There were no railroad facilities at that time and navi-
gation on the Monongahela River had not yet been inau-
gurated. Life in little towns remote from centers of
civilization afforded limited educational advantages. Doctor
Boughner possessed a brilliant and active mind, which,
united with boundless ambition, led him to supplement hia
technical education by extensive reading of classical litera-
ture and works of general history. He thua became a self
educated and a well educated man before beginning his
professional studies. His first responsible work was begun
at the age of sixteen, when his father was appointed post-
master of Greensboro. The duties of the office, however,
were performed by the subject of this sketch.

He read medicine with Doctor Stephenson. In 1837 be
matriculated in the medical department of Cincinnati Col-
lege as pupil Number Fifty-three. The matriculation card

bears the name of James B. Rogers, M. D.. Dean. This
course included lectures on the theory ana practice of
medicine by Daniel Drake, M. D. The lectures on chemistry
and pharmacy were given by James B. Rogers, M. D. lie
was also regularly admitted to the lectures by Landon Rives,
M. D. and Joseph N. McDowell, M. D. His uncles, Alex-
ander and James Vance, had removed from Greensboro to
Cincinnati in 1817, where they controlled a line of steam-
boats on the Ohio River. Doctor Boughner lived with his
uncles while in Cincinnati, and his life there opened new
vistas on his social horizon. Dr. Lyman Beeehtr was at
that time connected with Lane Seminary, and he also
preached in the Presbyterian Church there. The Vance
family were on terms of intimacy with the Beecher family,
and Doctor Boughner considered it one of h » yrent j n"\
ileges to be admitted to this social circle. Here he met
Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Miss Catherine Bee< her, who
presided over her father's home.

After completing his medical Btudies he located at Mt.
Morris. Greene County, Pennsylvania, on the line between
Pennsylvania and Virginia, lie practiced medicine in both
states. He married on May 8, 1M5, Miss Louisa Jane
Brown, daughter of Andrew 'and Martha (Worley) Brown,
at Browns Mills, Monongalia County. Their family con-
sisted of the following six children: Rosalie, Marv Lnv'nia,
(Mrs. Melville E. Howe), William LeRoy, Martha, Emma
and Andrew Brown.

The ancestry of Mrs. Boughner (now deceased) was ex
clusively pre- Revolutionary. She was a direct descendant of
Wendell Brown, who was born in 1700 in this country.

Judge Veech in his "History of the Monongahela Val-
ley" says that Wendell Brown and his son Manus (Emman-
uel) were the first white settlers west of the Allegheny
Mountains. For services rendered to the king in border war
fare he was granted a tract of land comprising nine square
miles in what is now Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The
town of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, is situated on a portion
of this land, which was sold by Thomas Brown, one of
Wendell's sons. Wendell Brown and his sons Manus, Adam
and Thomas penetrated this land as hunters, but later re
turned East and brought back their families with them and
made their homes in the wilderness in 1750 or 1751.

According to family tradition Wendell Brown was a
descendant of Peter Brown of the Mayflower. He and his
sons were loyal frienda of Washington, supplying his Marv
ing army with beef and chopped flour at Fort Necessity in
1754.

The paternal ancestors of Mrs. Boughner, whose records
of service in the Revolutionary war have been established,
are Manus (Emmanuel) and Adam Brown, and Capt.

Rudolph Statler. Col. Jasper Cathrr and Br Worby ar««

recorded Revolutionary soldiers belonging to her nnt rnal
ancestry.

Doctor Boughner represented Greene County >n the h git
latures of Pennsylvania of 1815-1846 and W0-1 M7. On
December 15, 1847, he received his degTec of M. D. from the
Philadelphia College of Medicine. The diploma bears the
signatures of John P. Durbin. president, and Rol>« rt Mc
Grath, secretary, in addition to the names of s x professors
in the college.

Soon after his marriage Doctor Boughner remo\cd to
Brown 'a Mills (l'entress) in Monongalia County. Th
arduous duties of a general practitioner of medicine in n
country district menaced his health, and in 1859 he removed
to Morgantown and retired from the practice of medi'inn.

The terrible years were now upon the country, and the
excitement and agitation preceding the Civil war shook the
foundations of our Government. Western Virginia was n
the throes of a mighty upheaval, which resulted in its sepa
ration from the parent state. Monongalia Coonty was
strongly in favor of the union, and intense in its opposition
to secession. A large assemblage of citizens convene! at
the Court House in Morgantown on Wednesday evening
April 17, 1861, to take action on resisting secession. Doctor
Boughner was chairman of the committee on resolutions and
the real author of the trend of their sentiments. In these
resolutions, which were adopted, a strong jroteat was em-
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to the delegates to the State Convention to propose a
division of the state should the ordinance of secession be
passed. After Virginia voted to secede the people in North
Western Virginia held a convention in Wheeling on May
13, 1861, "to consult and determine upon such action as
the people in that section should take in this fearful
emergency." Doctor Boughner was elected a delegate to
this convention. He became one of the most enthusiastic
advocates of the Union, and exerted all of his powers to
maintain the stability of our Government. He was an able
and fluent writer, and did much to mould public opinion in
his community by contributions to the current newspapers.

In 1864 he was appointed paymaster in the Federal Army
with the rank of major, and served in this capacity until
the end of the war. He was stationed principally at
Detroit, Milwaukee and Indianapolis. In the reconstruction
period, after the war, in the adjustment of political senti-
ments, involving so many new issues, Doctor Boughner
joined the ranks of the republican party, although in early
life he had been a Jeffersonian democrat.

Early in the history of the new state of West Virginia
Doctor Boughner was appointed collector of internal revenue
for the second collection district. He was a member of the
State Legislature of 1867-68.

He was always an enthusiast in affairs of state, and
possessed a profound knowledge of the currents of our
political history. He had deep convictions in the problems
of his day, and kept in touch with legislation on questions
of national importance.

Unschooled in strategy, the arts of diplomacy were foreign
to the nature of Doctor Boughner, who retired from active
politics and entered a field of usefulness more in accordance
with his tastes.

He had always been fond of certain phases of country
life, and even when engaged in political activities he was
interested in several small farms. His taste in that direc-
tion found full bent in later life, when he devoted his time
to the supervision of his 500-acre farm near Fairmont,
twenty miles from his home. The farm was near a railroad,
which afforded a fine opportunity for the shipment of cattle.
Stock raising became the principal industry on this fine
grazing land, and the cattle were shipped to Eastern
markets.

Doctor Boughner always enjoyed splendid health, and
had not suffered impaired vitality until his last illness, which
was of short duration. At the time of his passing he had
not yet manifested any of the failings of elderly life. He
was as alert, active and enthusiastic as in youth. His death
occurred at his home in Morgantown on February 8, 1882,
with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. He would have
celebrated his seventieth birthday on the 9th of the fol-
lowing April.

Coming from a long line of Presbyterian ancestry, and
imbibing from childhood the principles of this religion, he
maintained throughout life his allegiance to its traditions.
Reared in a family of austere piety, his nature, always re-
tained the simplicity and directness characteristic of such
an environment. The elements which gave distinction to
his character are not easily defined. His individuality lives
in the memory of all who knew him, but no special quality
can be mentioned as his supreme gift. His personality
seemed to be the composite effect of a multiform mentality.
He was an enemy to all sham and pretense, and the keen
edge of his sarcasm did not Bpare the affectations of snob-
bishness. He was a good friend, but could deal heavy
blows to an antagonist, though he never harbored malice and
suspicion, casting them out as enemies of peace. The spirit
of youth always dwelt in him, enabling him to attract and
hold friends, whose difference in age from his sometimes
measured a score of years. His temperament was essentially
optimistic, which, united with his brilliant and scintillating
wit, caused him to radiate pleasure in any social circle.

His passion for good literature found food for gratifica-
tion in a large miscellaneous library he had collected mainly
during his life in Cincinnati. He had in his possession
many of the classics of the 18th century, including a first
edition of the poems of Robert Burns.

With a bright intelligence enriched by culture, he was

capable of enjoying any company. He was democratic in
his social ideas, and never failed to derive benefit from
association with the great mass of the people. At the time
of his death it was claimed that he had a larger acquaint-
ance with his fellow men than any other man in the county.
His affection for all sorts and conditions of men was one
of his predominant qualities.

He was gifted with insight and vision intensified by his
life in the open, where all manifestations of nature held his
admiration. He thought deeply on the significance and
responsibilities of this life in connection with its continuance
in the life to come. His musings on the spiritual existence
caught the gleam of "the light that never was on sea or
land."

Henry Louis Cabspecken. When an individual has been
identified with the business, financial and civic interests of
a community for a period of more than twenty years it
would be an anomaly were he not intimately known to the
citizens of that place. In the seething, progressive life of a
rising, enterprising town or city the man who shows himself
interested in the advancement of the public weal is bound to
be more or less in the public eye, and that eye, as it has
often shown itself, is capable of piercing its way into the
best-buried secrets. For more than twenty years the record
of Henry Louis Carspecken has stood inviolate before the
citizens of Morgantown, among whom he is recognized as a
capable business man of sound integrity, a financier of
ability and a citizen of public spirit and constructive ideas.

Mr. Carspecken was born in the City of Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania, February 3, 1873, a son of Henry and Mary
(Schott) Carspecken. His father was a civil engineer at
Pittsburgh for many years, the latter 's father was educated ,
for that profession, and his grandfather practiced that
vocation. In 1879 Henry Carspecken retired from civil en-
gineering and removed to Oakland, Iowa, where he engaged
in stock raising and farming for a number of years, but for
the past twenty years has been living a retired life in that
town. The mother of Henry L. Carspeckeu died when her
son was an infant but nine days old.

Henry Louis Carspecken accompanied his father and the
other children to Iowa, and in that state he attended the
public schools, acquiring the equivalent of a high school
education. At the age of eighteen years he commenced
teaching school in the West, a vocation in which he was
engaged for a year, and in the meantime prepared himself
for college, with the intention of following the family voca-
tion of civil engineering, as had his father, grandfather and
great-grandfather. However, after returning to Pittsburgh
and attending a business college he gave up, as he then
thought temporarily, his intentions as a civil engineer, and
in 1893 entered the glass industry as secretary to the presi-
dent of the Brownsville Plate Glass Company at New Ken-
sington, Pennsylvania, eighteen miles above Pittsburgh.
Upon the death of the president of that company Mr. Car-
specken reorganized that business under the name of the
Brownsville Glass Company, and became its secretary and
treasurer. Later on that concern was merged with the
Appert Glass Company, whose plant was at Port Allegheny,
Pennsylvania, and general offices in New York City. Mr.
Carspecken became manager of the new concern. In 1903 he
organized the Brownsville Glass Company, a new company
with the old name, and became its secretary and general
manager, in which capacities he built the plant at Morgan-
town, which later was absorbed by the Mississippi Glass
Company. Mr. Carspecken continued as manager of the
Morgantown plant of this concern, and has remained in the
same capacity to the present time. For nearly twenty years
he has been identified with the business interests of Morgan-
town, particularly those dealing with its oil, coal, glass, gas
and allied financial interests, and has been an official and
director of numerous companies in these lines, all of which
have benefited through his connection. He is now vice presi-
dent of the Bank of Morgantown, one of that city's most
important banking institutions. He has at all times taken
an active and helpful interest in local civic affairs, formerly
served as president of the Morgantown Independent School
District Board, is a member of the Morgantown Rotary Club,

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and served, with the rank of colonel, as a member of the
staffs of Governors Glasscock and Hatfield.

Mr. Carspeekcn married Miss May llutson, daughter of
the Rev. J. S. Ilutaon, a minister of the Baptist Church of
Pittsburgh, and to this union there were bom the following
children: Harold, born in 1905; Margaret, born in 1907;
Henry Louis, Jr., born in 1912; and John Frederic, born in
1915.

James H. McGrew, cashier of the Bank of the Monon-
gahela Valley and who is recognized as one of the able bank-
ers and progressive citizens of the City of Morgantown and
of that part of the State of West Virginia, has been identi-
fied with this institution since 1S9I. During the moro than
thirty years that have passed he has not only worked hia
way to a substantial position with this concern, but has like-
wise been a prominent factor in the development of some of
Morgantown 's leading enterprises, and has also contributed
materially to its civic progress and welfare.

Mr. McGrew was born at Morgantown, October 31, 1873,
a son of William Clark and Julia E. (Willey) McGrew, and
is descended from an old Scotch family which has been in
America since prior to the War of the American Revolution
and in West Virginia (then old Virginia) for over a cen-
tury and a quarter. The American ancestors of this branch
of "the McGrew family came from Scotland in Colonial days
and settled first in Virginia, removing thence to Pennsyl-
vania. Patrick McGrew, son of the original immigrant,
was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and in 1786
came to Preston County, now in West Virginia, settling near
what is now BrandonVille. His son, Col. James McGrew,
was born in Preston County, where he spent practically his
entire life. He commanded a regiment of Virginia Militia
during the War of 1S12. Colonel McGrew married Isabella
Clark, the daughter of James Clark, a native of Ireland, who
became an early settler of Preston County. James Clark's
first wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Ramsey, died
in 1770, and he returned to Ireland, where, in 1773, he mar-
ried Eleanor Kirkpatrick, and later came back to America.

James Clark McGrew, son of Col. James and Isabella
(Clark) McGrew, was born September 14, ISI3, near
Brandonville. He began his business life at Kingwood,
Preston County, as clerk in a general store, afterward be-
coming a successful merchant and prominent and influential
man of his community. He was a delegate to the Virginia
State Convention in 1861, in which body he vigorously op-
posed the ordinance of secession, and was one of the little
hand of about twenty men whose opposition to secession re-
sulted ultimately in the erection of the new State of West
Virginia. He served as a member of the House of Delegates
of the first Legislature of West Virginia and later was
elected a member of and served in the Forty-first and Forty-
second sessions of the Federal Congress, but declined a re-
nomination. He served as a director of the West Virginia
State Hospital for the Insane, and was one of the organ
izers and the first president of the National Bank of King-
wood, being likewise a trustee of the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity. Mr. McGTew was an earnest Methodist and was a
delegate to the Methodist Ecumenical Conference held at
London, England, in 1881. In that and the following year
he traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and Africa. In 1841
he married Persis Hagans daughter of the Hon. narrison
Hagans of Brandonville, West Virginia.

Hon. William Clark McGrew, son of James Clark and
Persis (Hagans) McGrew, was born at Kingwood, Preston
County, April 21, 1842, and was educated in select schools
and at Preston Academy. He was engaged in the mercantile
1 business at Kingwood from 1862 to 1870, and in the latter
year removed to Morgantown, where he made his home until
' 1919. He was for many years prominent in the affairs of
this part of West Virginia, and was frequently honored by
election to political positions. He served five full terma as
mayor of the City of Morgantown, and in 1878 and 1882
was sent as senator from the Eleventh District to the State
Legislature. He was frequently called upon to preside over
the deliberations of that body," and served as a member of
various important committees. In 1907 he was elected a
member of the House of Delegates. He also was active in

the building nf the Fairmont, Morgantown A Pittsburgh
Railway, of which he was vice president and for fifteen
years its agent ait Morgantown; and was one of the orgnn
i/.crs of the Economy (Jlnss Company, and served as its
treasurer, vice president and president' through a long term
of years. In fact, Mr. McGrew was closely identified with
about every phase of the civic and business advancement of
Morgantown for many years, and probably no other one man
did more for the development of that part of* West Virginia.
In 1S64 he was united in marringo with Julia E. Willey,
daughter of the lion. Waitman T. and Elirabeth E. (liar)
Willey. Mr. Willey was the first man sent to the United
States Senate from West Virginia. William Clark McGrew
died in 1919.

James II. McGrew was educated in the Morgantown public
schools and at the University of West Virginia, and in 1S91
entered the Bank of the Monongnhcla Valley as a clerk,
having been continuously identified with that institution as
boy and man for more than thirty years. He wan made
teller in 1893 and later promoted to assistant cashier, and
in 1903 was elected to his present post of cashier. Mr. Mc
Grew i9 president of the Monongahela Building Company,
organized for the construction of the magnificent new home
of the Bank of the Monongahela Valley, which is the largest
and the only "sky-scraprr " business block in this section of
the state. He was one of the organizers and is vice presi
dent and treasurer of the Monongalia Building and Loan
Association; was one nf the organizers and is president of
the Sesamine Coal Company; was one of the organizers and
is treasurer of the Chriaman Foundry Company; was one of
the organizers and is treasurer of the Liberty Investment
Company; was one of the organizers and is president of the
Morgantown Machinery and Supply Company; was one of
tho organizers and is treasurer of* the Dellslaw Coal Com
pany; and is one of the owners of the Union Traction Com-
pany, the successor to the Smith Morgantown Traction
Company.

Mr. McGTew is receiver for the Monogalia County Circuit
Court. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Mor
gantown Lodge No. 4, F. and A. M., and the Morgantown
Country Club, and is an old time member of the Old Colony
Club of Everywhere.

Cephas Jacobs became a resident of West Virginia, as
now constituted, in the year 1853, nnd was one of the vener
able and honored citizens of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, at the time of his death, on the 2d of February,
1903. ne was born in Allegany County, Maryland, January
1826, and was a descendant of Zachariab Jacobs, who
immigrated from Wales to America in 1740, and who first
made settlement in Connecticut In 1760 he removed to New
Jersey, and Colonial records show that his son Jacob Jacob*
served as a captain in the Patriot Army in the War of the
Revolution, in which he was with General Washington at
Valley Forge. Gabriel, son of Capt. Jacob Jacobs, was born
in New Jersey, July 7. 1781, and was a young man when he
settled in Allegany County, Maryland, where he remained
until his death, October 11, 1848. Ho married Margaret
Jackson, who was born May 27, 17S3, and died October 20,
1855. Cephas Jacobs, son of Gabriel and Margaret Jacobs,
was reared on his father's farm in Allegany County, Man-
land, and from that state hr came to West Virginia, then a
part of Virginia, in 1853 and settled in Preston County,
where he engaged in farming and where he built and oper
ated grist and saw mills and a tannery. There he continued
his residence until 1S69, when he removed to a farm on the
west side of Monongahela River in Grant District. Monon
galia County, opposite the City of Morgantown. He there
continued as one of the substantial exponents of farm indus
try in the county until 1*02. when he removed to Morgan
town, in which city he passed the remainder of his life. ^ He
was one of the organizers nnd became president of the First
National Building & Loan Association at CharWon. this
state, and was a director of the Second National Bank of
Morgantown. He was a stanch republican, and he served
two terms as justice of the peace in Grant District and one
term as a member of the city council of Morgantown. He
was affiliated with Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, Frw

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and Accepted Masons, and he and hie wife were zealous
members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Mor-
gantown.

April 10, 1851, recorded the marriage of Cephas Jacobs
with Margaret Ann Ravenscraft, daughter of Abner and
Nancy (Corhus) Ravenscraft, of Maryland, and she sur-
vived him by nearly twelve years, her death having occurred
September 13, 1914.

Elmer Forrest Jacobs, son of Cephas and Margaret Ann
Jacohs, was born on the home farm of his father on Bird's
Creek, Preston County, this state, June 11, 1866, and was
three years old at the time of the family removal to Monon-
galia County, where he was reared to manhood, received the
discipline of the public schools and finally entered the Uni-
versity of West Virginia, with the intention of preparing
himself for the profession of civil engineering. But upon
the advice of Gol. T. Moore Jackson, then at the head of
the School of Engineering, West Virginia University, Mr.
Jacobs decided to take up architecture, Colonel Jackson
having given him special instruction along this line. He was
impatient at the delay in placing himself in a position to
earn a salary, and on this account left the university and
entered the office of J. L. Beatty, an architect in the City
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He remained five years with
Mr. Beatty and gained a thorough technical and practical
training in the architectural art and science. In 1893 he as-
sumed charge of designing and construction with the Pitts-
burgh firm of W. A. Hoeveller & Company, and later he be-
came superintendent of construction for the Standard
Sanitary Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh.

In the fall of 1894 Mr. Jacobs opened an office in Mor-
gantown, where he now stands virtually at the head of his
profession in this part of West Virginia, as well as being
the oldest architect in point of experience and continuous
practice at Morgantown. Among many important buildings
designed by and erected under the supervision of Mr. Jacobs
are the Madeira (formerly the Franklin) Hotel; Woodburn
Hall and an addition to Science Hall, of the University of
West Virginia; chapter houses of the Sigma Chi, Beta Theta
Pi, Kappa Alpha, Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi and
Phi Kappa Sigma fraternities at the State University;
Farmers and Merchants Bank; the old post office at Morgan-
town, which was the first fire-proof building in this section
of the state and is now occupied by the Union Savings and
Trust Company; the plant of the Seneca Glass Company;
plant of the Union Stopper Company; Fourth Ward school
building; First Methodist Protestant Church, Morgantown;
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Mount Morris, Pennsyl-
vania; and residences of George C. Baker, William Moor-
head, J. H. McDermott, J. C. McVickcr, Francis Heermans,
J. C. Frazier, and many others of the most modern type in
Morgantown and vicinity. Mr. Jacobs is a member of the
American Institute of Architects, his affiliation with that
organization dating from May 24, 1902.

He married Miss M. Ella Wood daughter of the late
A. C. Wood, of Morgantown, and they have two children.
Virginia is the wife of Allen Davis Bowie, of Wheeling,
this state, and they have one child, Mary Eleanor. David
Wood Jacobs is at the time of this writing, in 1921, a stu-
dent in the Morgantown High School.

John M. Gregg. One of the widely known, prominent
and popular men of Monongalia County is John Morton
Gregg, county clerk and president of the Bank of Morgan-
town. For nearly half a century he has been closely identi-
fied with the business, civic and political history of this
county and city, a man of initiative and energy, and a mov-
ing force for progress and the general welfare.

John M. Gregg was born in Washington County, Penn-
sylvania, November 18, 1865, but has spent all but the first
eleven years of his life at Morgantown, to which city he
came in 1876 with his parents. He is a son of Thomas M. and
Margaret M. (Cooper) Gregg, both natives of Pennsylvania.
Thomas M. Gregg was born in Washington County in 1836,
and became a farmer there and afterward in Monongalia
County, but later became a merchant. He married Margaret
M. Cooper, who died June I, 1911. They had children as
follows: Oscar C; Charles T., who is deceased; Ira L.;

Mary E., who married Taylor N. Dawson; Jesse W.; Roma
P.; Bessie, who married R. A. Wilbourne; and John M.

John M. Gregg acquired his education in the puhlic
schools of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, attending the
university also in the latter state. He early took an interest
in public affairs and so won the attention and confidence of
those in authority that in 1888 he was appointed deputy
clerk of the Circuit Court by Col. R. E. Fast, and served for
four years. In 18S9 he was elected city auditor of Morgan-
town, and filled that office with entire efficiency. In 1890
he was a candidate for the republican nomination for Circuit
Court clerk, but was defeated by Hon. William E. Glass-
cock, later governor of West Virginia. Mr. Gregg served
as deputy for Mr. Glasscock for two and a half years, when
lie resigned to become bookkeeper for the Morgantown Union
Improvement Company, which later became the Union Utili-
ties Company. On January 1, 1898, while still with the
above company, he was appointed secretary of the West
Virginia State Geological Survey, which position he resigned |
January 1, 1903, in order to assume the duties of county I
clerk, to which office he had been elected in the previous
fall. In 1908 he was re-elected county clerk, and has served |
continuously since his first election. He is very popular in
this office because of his sterling integrity, his complete effi- |
ciency and his never failing courtesy.

Mr. Gregg has been a very loyal citizen of Morgantown i
and has given encouragement to many substantial local enter-
prises. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Mor-
gantown, an amply financed and carefully managed financial j
institution, and served as a member of its board of directors <
until 1919, in whieh year he was elected president, and so j
continues.

• In 1889 Mr. Gregg married Miss Elizabeth M. Berkshire, i
a daughter of Nicholas W. and Virginia (Morgan) Berk- j
shire, and they have two daughters and one son: Lucile C, j
John Morton, Jr., and Margaret. John M. Gregg, Jr., mar- 1
ried Miss Stella Duncan, daughter of George H. Dunean, &
of Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Mr. Gregg and his family are members of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church at Morgantown, and they take
a prominent part in church affairs and also in the city's
pleasant social life. As a public man Mr. Gregg is often >
called upon to serve on benevolent hoards and civic com-/
missions, and fraternally is identified with such representa-A
tive organizations as the Masons, the Odd Fellows, thel
Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order United American J
Mechanics, warm personal friendship often entering into 1
these relations. \

French D. Walton has effected a crystallization of his]
former years of newspaper experience by establishing inl
the City of Wheeling an important business enterprise,!
which he conducts under the title of the Wheeling Publicity j
Bureau. He was born in this city, October 23, 1875, and j
is a son of John and Allie (Ebbert) Walton. The latter [1
died when French D. was but six weeks old. John Walton J
was born at Woodsfield, Ohio, in 1842, was reared and edu-
cated in the old Buckeye State and represented the saraej
as a gallant soldier of the Union in the Civil war, shortly <
after the close of whieh he came to Wheeling, West Vir-, v
ginia, where eventually he hecame a leading member of \
the bar of Ohio County and where during the last fifteen'
years of his life be held the office of chief deputy of the <
Circuit Court for this county. He was a stanch democrat,?
was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church]
and was long and actively affiliated with the Masonic fra-
ternity. He was one of the honored and well-known cit-'
izens of Wheeling at the time of his death in 1898.

At the inception of the Civil war John Walton enlisted I
in the Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his active 1
service covered virtually the entire period of the war, save I
for the intervals when he was incapacitated by wounds. 1 ,!
His regiment took part in the various engagements of the'|
Army of the Potomac, he was twice wounded, and ae a J
result ef the severe wounds he received at the battle of J
Gettysburg he suffered the loss of a part of hie left foot.'
He vitalized his interests in hie old comrades by his affilia-
tion with the Grand Army of the Republic. Of hie three '

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ildren the first, William, died in childhood; Lotta is the
fe of Edward S. Campbell, a traveling salesman, and
ey reside in Wheeling; and French D., of this sketch,
is an infant at the time of his mother's death, as previ-
sly noted.

In the public schools of Wheeling French D. Walton
ntinucd his studies until he was sixteen years of age, and

then took a position in the tea store of the C. D. Kenny
inipany, where he continued to be employed three years,
j then initiated his career in connection with newspaper
>rk by becoming a reporter on the Wheeling News, with
lich he continued his connection five years. On account

ill health he next entered the service of the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad Company, in a position that did not list

heavily against his physical powers, but as soon as ex
dient he resumed his active alliance with newspaper
>rk as a reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer. He
ntinucd with this paper until 1905, when he nccepted the
st of cashier in the freight office of the Wheeling &
ike Erie Railroad. In 1907 he resigned this position to
ke that of court reporter for the Ohio State Journal at
dumbus, Ohio, but one year later he returned to Whccl-
g and became a reporter on the staff of the Daily News,
lereafter he served in turn as city editor and telegraph
itor of the Wheeling Intelligencer, and later was tele-
aph editor for the Wheeling Daily News. In 191S Mr.
alton became assistant general manager of the Wheeling
lamber of Commerce, and of this executive office he con-
tiued the incumbent until 1920, on the 5th of August of
aich year he established the Wheeling Publicity Bureau,

which he is the sole owner and the active manager. This
ireau has the best of modern facilities for the effective
nducting of publicity campaigns in connection with com-
ercial, industrial and mercantile enterprises and for other
omotive service of the first grade. Here are prepared
id issued booklets, folders, form letters, etc., and Mr.
'alton specializes also in writing publicity articles for
:wspapers, magazines and trade journals. The Wheeling
lblicity Bureau is a center for well directed general ad-
rtising and promotive service, has a department devoted

addressing and mailing commercial letters, with a eom-
ete multigraphic equipment. In short, Mr. Walton has
pitalized his long and successful newspaper experience in

prosperous and valuable business enterprise of his own.
e maintains his well appointed office headquarters at
•5-206 Court Theater Building.

Mr. Walton is aligned in the ranks of the democratic
irty, is a member of the Official Board of the Methodist
piscopal Church in his home city, besides being assistant
perintendent of its Sunday School, is past chancellor of
ystic Lodge No. 24, Knights of Pythias, and is an active
ember of the local Kiwanis Club. He owns his attractive
•me property, in the Edgedale District of Wheeling. In
e World war period Mr. Walton gave characteristically
rnest and effective service in the furtherance of local
.triotic objects, was publicity secretary in the Govern-
^nt loan drives, Red Cross campaigns, etc., in Wheeling
«d Ohio County, and did all in his power to ailvance the
)rk to which he thus set himself.

February 28, 1S98. recorded the marriage of Mr. Walton
td Miss "Edna R. Watkins, daughter of tie late Charles
. and Anne (Marsh) Watkins, of Wheeling. Mr. and Mrs.
alton have three children: John Marsh, who was born
ovember 26, 1900, is a graduate of the Linsly Institute at
I heeling, later continued his studies in the University of
est Virginia, and there, at the age of eighteen years,
became a member of the Students Army Training Corps
l^ien the nation became involved in the World war, he
ing now in the employ of the Clarke Paper Company of
"heeling; French D., Jr., who was born November 10,
01, is an assistant in his father's offices; and J. Elwood,
•m October 23, 1904, is, in 1921, a student in the Tri-
elpbia District High School.

► Garpfeld Davies. In the impersonal discharge of their
t icial duties a large majority of the incumbents of public
ice appear to feel that they have fully fulfilled their
| sponsibilities. In a way this may be true, but, and this is

a fortunate thing for various of our communities, there are
others who are not satisfied merely with taking rare of their
duties by rote aDd rule, but are constantly seeking oppor
tunities by which they may benefit their communities and
add to the value of their services. In this latter claas un
doubtedly stands GnrnYld Davies, clerk of the Circuit Court
of Monongalia County, and a public-spirited citizen who**-
ideals of citizenship have found an outlet in his identiflca
tion with a number of constructive and beneficial ci\ ic move
nients.

Mr. Davies was born August 14, ISS8, in Wale*, ami i* a
son of William A. and Mary (Phillips) Davica, both abwi
natives of that country. His father, an ironworker in
Wales, brought the family to the United States in 1892, and
was one of the first expert workmen to come to thin country
when the steel industry was beginning to assume important
proportions through expansion. He located at Gas City,
Indiana, where he waa employed in tho mills uutii 19u5, in
which year he removed to Morgantown, where he has since
been living.

Garfield Davica received his early education in the public
schools of Gas City, where he had arrived as a lad of four
years. From 1902 to 1904 he attended the Marion (Indiana
Normal School, and his business experience was commenced
in the latter year as bill clerk for the Vonnegut Hardware
Company of Indianapolis, where he advaneed by promotion
to the position of credit man of that company, with which
he continued for eight years. During that period he applied
himself at night to the reading of law, and waa admitted
to the Indiana bar in 1909, at the age of twenty-one years.
He entered the University of West Virginia in the spring of
1914, taking parts of the arts and science course and a part
of the law course.

In the winter of 1917-1918 Mr. Davies worked at th.»
Bertha Mine near Morgantown, and five months Inter wax
ealled to the main office of that corporation at Pittsburgh.
After two weeks he left that concern nnd returned to .Mor
gantown, where he accepted a position as court reporter.
He thus became well known to tho people because of his
daily attendance at court proceedings, and this, in connor
tion with hia knowledge of the law, his general popularity
and his known all-around ability, caused him to be eon
sidered as good material for public ofh>e. In the spring
of 1920 he was successful in the republican primaries for the
nomination for the office of Circuit Court clerk of Monon
galia County, and in the ensuing election was put into offire
by a large majority for a term of six yenrs, starting Janu
ary 1, 1921. nis record thus far has been an excellent one
and his conscientious and energetie service lias won him the
esteem of his fellow officials nnd the confidence of tin*
public.

During the World war, being prevented by physi.-al d\*>
abilities from entering the United States service as a sol
dicr, Mr. Davies became secretary to the Advisory Hoard of
Monongalia County, which body worked in conjunction with
the Draft Board and performed other valuable service. Mr.
Davies is secretary of Monongalia Lodge No. 10, I. O. O. Y.\
secretarv of Orphans' Friend Chapter No. 14 of that order;
manager of Camp No. 6931, Modern Woodmen of America;
and an active member of Monongalia Lodge So. 264, Loyal
Order of Moose. lie has been associated with several loeal
movements for the welfare and recreation of boys and young
men, and is director of the Sunday School choir of the First
Baptist Church of Morgantown, of which he is an ncti\.-
member. Energetic, enterprising and public-spirited, he is :i
force for advancement and progress in his city, where hi-
acquaintance is wide and his friends are legion.

On August 5, 1920, at Morgantown, Mr. Davies was unite.l
in marriage with Miss Martha El ; zabeth Snyder, a daughter
of Allison W. Snyder, a well-known agriculturist carry ng
on operations on his valuable property located in the vicinity
of Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia.

Irvlv Hardy, M. D.. F. A. C. S. Among the prominent
men of Morgantown, using the term in its broadest Ben*e
to indicate high professional skill, sterling character, pub
beneficence and upright citizenship is Dr. Imi • ""dy.
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ing School for Nurses. Doctor Hardy is a native of Dunbar,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was born July 4, 1873, a
son of James and Elizabeth (Keffer) Hardy.

The branch of the Hardy family to which the doctor be-
longs traces its genealogy to William Hardy, the great-
grandfather of Doctor Hardy, who came with troops, either
from Virginia or Maryland, into Pennsylvania to suppress
the historic "Whiskey Rebellion," a local insurrection oc-
curring in opposition to the excise law passed by Congress
March 3, 1791. In addition to the general objections urged
against the measure the inhabitants of Western Pennsyl-
vania considered the tax an unfair discrimination against
their region and raised an insurrection, causing President
Washington to call out an army of 15,000 militia. This
show of an unsuspected vigor and resource on the part of
the Government forced the insurgents to disperse without
bloodshed. At the close of this fiasco William Hardy settled
at Dunbar, where he spent the remainder of a long, useful
and honorable life, and reached the remarkable age of
103 or 104 years.

Isaac Hardy, son of William Hardy, was born, reared and
always lived at Dunbar, Pennsylvania, and also attained
advanced age, although not reaching that of his father.
His son, James Hardy, father of the doctor, was born in
1842, at Dunbar, where was born also his wife, who was a
daughter of Adam Keffer, another life-long resident of
Dunbar. She died in 1917.

After attending the public schools of Dunbar Irvin Hardy
entered Milton Academy at Baltimore, Maryland, and when
he had completed his course in that institution enrolled as a
student in the Maryland Medical College in the three-year
course, graduating with the class of 1899 as a Doctor of
Medicine, following which he entered the College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons in the same city under the four-year
plan. He also spent one year in the study of general
medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Even
after he had commenced practice, Doctor Hardy continued
his studies, and in 1909 was graduated with the degrees of
Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery from Queens
University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In 1905 he estab-
lished the Allegheny Heights Hospital at Davis, West Vir-
ginia, and had charge thereof until 1911, in which year
he disposed of that institution and located at Morgantown,
where he established what is now the City Hospital and
Training School for Nurses, of which he is the owner and
surgeon in charge, and to which he gives the main part of
his professional attention, although he also occupies the
chair of surgery at the University of West Virginia.

Doctor Hardy is a member of the Monongalia County
Medical Society, of which he was elected president Decem-
ber 6, 1921, of the West Virginia Medical Society and the
American Medical Association and is a Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons. He is a member of Morgan-
town Union Lodge No. 4, F. and A. M.; Morgantown
Chapter No. 30, R. A. M.; Morgantown Commandery No. IS,
K. T.; West Virginia Consistory No. 1, R. and S. M., at
Wheeling, West Virginia; and a life member of Osiris
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., also at Wheeling. He likewise
belongs to the Morgantown Masonic Club and is an active
member of the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce.

On September 18, 1895, Doctor Hardy was united in mar-
riage with Miss Nina M. Twyford, daughter of Thomas and
Nancy Twyford, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and to
this union there has been born one daughter, Edith L.,
who resides with her parents at Morgantown.

Enoch M. Everly. There has always been a strong con-
tention among intelligent men that an individual can have
no better training for success in life than that which comes
from work as an educator. Certain it is that many of the
leading professional men of the country began their
careers as teachers, and this applies to Enoch M. Everly,
now one of the leaders of the Morgantown bar and senior
member of the law firm of Everly & Bowman. Prior to his
entrance into his present profession, he had attained stand-
ing and reputation as an educator.

Mr. Everly was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania,
January 28, 1864, a son of Allen and Marian (Brewer)

Everly. His grandfather, Nicholas Everly, was a pione< <
of Greene County, where he settled soon after the close i i
the War of the Revolution on land secured by grant fro
the United States Government. He was a son of Ada j
Everly, a soldier of the War of the Revolution, who serv<
under Capt. George Strickler with the Maryland troop 1
The maternal grandparents of Mr. Everly were Daniel ai
Mary Brewer. The father died when Enoch M. was only j
few months old, while his mother passed away in 1915. j

After completing the common school course in Greei'j
County, Enoch M. Everly found it necessary to assist in hi
own support, and accordingly adopted the vocation of ed 1
cator and taught in the same school which he had attendelj
as well as in other schools in his home locality. He w;ii
graduated in the classical course at Waynesburg Colleg.
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, in 1892, having in the meantiii
spent several years in study, teaching and farm work duru^
the vacation periods. Leaving college, Mr. Everly continue
to teach. He was principal of the Mount Morris (Pennsjj
vania) High School in 1895, organized and conducted se
eral large and successful private normal schools for tl
training of teachers, and during parts of the years 190 1
1904, 1905 and 1906 attended Waynesburg College, whe .
he completed the higher courses, and in 1896 received h*
degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In the fall of 1896 ]|
accepted the chair of mathematics in the McKeespo'
(Pennsylvania) High School, in 1897 was appointed print
pal of one of the ward schools of that 'city, and subs f
quently was made principal of McKeesport's largest ai
most centrally located public school.

In the fall of 1899 Mr. Everly began reading law wi !
the Pittsburgh Law School class, and in 1902 resigned ij
position as teacher at McKeesport and entered the Is
department of the University of West Virginia, where .1
was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws as jj
member of the class of 1903. Admitted to the bar of tl
state in the same year, he at once began practice at Morga
town, where he has continued to the present. His practi (
is limited to general law, specializing in corporation woi
a field in which he has met with great success. Mr. Ever
is a director in and counsel for several large corporation
He is a member of the Monongalia County Bar Associatic
and his religious connection is with the Baptist Church, <J
which he is a member of the Board of Trustees. A democi i
in his political views, he has long been one of the strojjj
and influential members of his party in this section, a:J
in 1912 was its candidate for circuit judge, but met defel
although running ahead of his ticket. In 1916 he was tj
candidate for state senator, and although running in j
district strongly republican, was defeated by only thirl
votes.

In 1898 Mr. Everly married Eva M. Keener, the daugf
ter of James and Mary (Shroyer) Keener. Mrs. Even
is an alumnus of the California (Pennsylvania) State N<J
mal School and of Waynesbrug (Pennsylvania) College, a|
at the time of her marriage was a teacher in the McKen
port (Pennsylvania) public schools. To Mr. and M
Everly there has been born a daughter, Mary, a memt
of the class of 1921 at Morgantown High School.

Edward Gregg Donley. The law is known as a stei
mistress, demanding of her devotees constant and un:
mitting attention and leading her followers through ma
mazes and intricacies before they reach the goal of thr
desires. This incessant devotion frequently precludes tl
possibility of the successful lawyer indulging in activit
outside of the straight path of his profession, especial
if his vocational duties are of an extensive and importa-
character. Yet there are men who find the opportunif
and inclination to devote to outside interests, and wl
by the very reason of their legal talents are peculiarly & J
particularly equipped to perform capable and useful serrii
therein. Edward Gregg Donley has been known for twen I
two years as a close devotee of the law. A master of m
perplexities and complexities, his activities have been M
rected incessantly to the demands of his calling. Yet >
has found the leisure to discharge in a highly efficient ml
ner the duties dictated by a high ideal of citizenship, a<

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177

m is, therefore, probably as well known at Morgantown
k a public-spirited factor in civic affairs as he is as a
iorough, profound ami learned legist.
Mr. Donley was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania,
arch 23, 1878, a son of the late David L. and Louisa
Kvans) Donley. This branch of the Donley family was
ninded in America by James Donley, who came over
•om Ireland in about the year 17S5. While he was not a
•Idicr of the American devolution, he was with Washing-
»n's Army and was with the troops sent to quell the
Whiskey Insurrection" in Western Pennsylvania. Like
.uncrous others of these soldiers, after receiving his honor-
->le discharge from the service at Pittsburgh he went to
rcene County, Pennsylvania, where he established a per-
anont home. His son, Joseph R. Donley, was a store-
>eper at Jimtown, Monongalia County, Virginia, in 1830, as
town by the early records of that county.
David L. Donley, the son of Joseph R. Donley, and fa-
<er of Edward Gregg Donley, was born in Greene County,
enns-ylvania, in 1836, and died at Morgantown, West Vir-
inia, in 1908. He was for many years a successful agri-
llturist, stock grower and banker in Greene County, and
as very active in oil, bis farm having been situated in tho

1 district in Pennsylvania which was the scene of the first
ig oil strike in 1S87. The mother of Edward G. Donley
as born in Monongalia County, Virginia, in 1845, and
ied in Oklahoma in 1911. She was a daughter of Alex-
nder Evans, who owned a farm in Cass District, Mononga-
a County, as early as 1845. His mother was a daughter
t Capt. James Vance of the Continental Army in the
evolutionary war, and fifty years after the close of that
niggle was granted a pension for his service as a com-
issioned officer.

Edward Gregg Donley received his early education in the
ublic schools of Pennsylvania and Kansas, following which

2 entered the University of West Virginia, from which
j was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in
le class of 1S99. In that year he was admitted to the
rest Virginia bar and entered practice at Morgantown as
;nior member of the firm of Donley & Hatfield, which as-
iciation continues. His advancement in his calling has
?en consistent, serving to place him among the leading
embers of the Monongalia County bar. He has a large,
•munerative and representative professional business, and
ell merits the high esteem in which he is held by his
ientele and by his fellow-members at the bar.

In 1907 Mr. Donley was elected a member of the Morgan-
>wn City Council, serving in that capacity for three years,
ad in 1910 was elected mayor, an office to which he was
'•elected in 1911. His public service was characterized by
high conception of duty and a capable and conscientious
:tivity in the discharge of his duties. He is a charter
ember, president and attorney of the Athens Building
ad Loan Association, one of the largest institutions of its
md in the city; president of the Blue Flame Fuel Com-
»ny, a wholesale coal company, was formerly a director
i the Federal Savings & Trust Company, is a director
I the Rosedale Company, and the Commercial Bank of
[organtown, and is financially interested in other cor-
srations at home and abroad. He belongs to the Phi
appa Sigma college fraternity, of the Monongalia County
ar Association and of the Morgantown Chamber of Com-
erce, in all of which he has numerous friends. He is
member of the Official Board of the Methodist Episcopal
hurch.

Mr. Donley married Miss Eleanor Tucker, daughter of
alius Tucker, formerly of Greene County, Pennsylvania,
ad to this union there has been born one son, Robert
ucker, who graduated from Morgantown High School,
ass of 1920, and in 1921 is a sophomore at the University
F West Virginia. Mrs. Donley 's grandmother. Eleanor
ose, was a cousin to President William McKinley, whose
other was a member of the Rose family.

Christian Steinmetz, proprietor of the Steinmetz paper-
3X manufactory in the City of Wheeling, was horn in the
>wn of Oestrich, on the Rhine, Germany, December 27,
543, and is to-day one of the veteran business men and

honored and influential citizens of Wheeling, in which citv
In- established his homo in ls6S. He is n son of Christian
and Sopuin (Steinmetz) Steinmetz, both of whom passed
their entire lives in Germany, the father having died when
the subject of this sketch was a child and tho mother having
passed the closing years of her life at Frankfort on Main.

He whose name introduces this sketch was tho only child
of his parents and gained his early education in the pro
ehial schools of hia native town. At Frankfort on-Main
he learned the trades of book-hinding and paper-box mnk
ing, to which he continued to devote his attention in his
native land until 1866, when he came to tho United State*
and settled at Indiana, Pennsylvania. Later he entered
the employ of English &, Osgood, book-binders in the
City of Pittsburgh, that state, where ho remained until
1868, when he came to Wheeling and here engaged in the
manufacturing of paper boxes for the Wheeling Hinge
Company. From this modest inception he has labored
earnestly and effectively in the developing and building of
the substantial manufacturing enterprise of which he is
now the owner. His former factory was at 1221 Main
Street, and November 19, 1919, he removed to the modern
factory plant which he erected and equipped for the pur-
pose at the corner of Twenty-fifth and Woods streets, the
building being four stories in height and 66 by 87 feet in
dimensions. The mechanical facilities and all accessories
of the plant are of the most approved modern type, sad
the output includes not only paper boxes in endless va-
rieties but also various types of wooden boxes, including
cigar boxes. The products are sold throughout the trade
territory normally tributary to Wheeling for a radius of
100 miles, and in the factory is retained a force on an
average of from 75 to 100 employes, many of whom are
skilled mechanics. Mr. Steinmetz continued as the activo
executive head of this prosperous industrial enterprise until
January, 1920, when he turned tho business over to the
control of his three sons and one daughter. He is a di
rector of the Citizens-Peoples Trust Company, is a sto«k
holder in the Wheeling Steel Corporation and various loojil
enterprises, and is one of the capitalists of the city that
haa long represented his home and had the stage of his
constructive activities here. His residence is at 2134 Chap-
line Street. He is affiliated with the Knights of St. George
of America, in which he is a director, and is an earnest
communicant of St. Alphonsua Catholic Church.

In 1870 Mr. Steinmetz wedded Miss Amelia Walter, and
she died at Wheeling at the age of twenty-eight year*.
Agnes, younger of the two children of this union, died at
the age of one year; George F., the elder, is one of tho
owners of the business founded and developed by his fa
ther.

In 1877 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. SteinmcU
to Miss Bernadinc Schafer, who was born in Germany, in
1855, and whose death occurred in 1914, she baring been k
young woman when she came from her native land to tho
United States and became a resident of Wheeling. Of tho
children of this second marriage the eldest is Sophia, who i«
the wife of George P. Erb, of Wheeling. Clement A. ami
Lawrence C. are associated with their elder brother in tho
Steinmetz box-manufacturing business, which is a clo««od
company, all stock being owned by members of the family
only.

Mr. Steinmetz was far advanced in his foresight of tho
possibilities that the Wheeling District held, and from timo
to time invested in many industries that have helped mnko
Wheeling one of the prominent manufacturing cities <>f thi<
county.

Franklin Marion Brand. Member of one of Mononga-
lia's oldest and mo»t honored families. Franklin Marion
Brand has on tho s^.re of h« individual initiative and
abilities gained a high pheo at tho Morgantown bar and
as a man of affairs in that community.

Brand is one of the older family names in Virginia. The
first ancestor of whom there is dofinite information wm
John Brand, who married Jane McCray. Their «on Jamo,
Brand, was born October 5. 17^, and married F»'» h < v,n
Wade. One of their older sons was Ho«ea Moore Brand,

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

who was born April 3, 1828, near Laurel Point in Mononga-
lia County. He died June 27, 1904. On October 14, 1852,
he married Emaretta Weaver, daughter of Jacob Weaver.
One of their children was James Clark Brand, who was
born in Cass District of Monongalia County, September 16,
1853. Like most of his family he followed farming and
as a stock raiser was one of the first to introduce Hereford
cattle into this section of the state. In 1877 he married
Mary Alice Fleming. Her father, John T. Fleming, was
sheriff of Monongalia County prior to the Civil war.

Franklin Marion Brand was the second in a family of
eight children and was born on his father's farm in Cass
District, March 13, 1SS0. When he was a boy his father
moved to Grant District in 1885, and he grew up on the
farm there. He made excellent use of his advantages m
the Sugar Grove School, and in the fall of 1899, at the
age of nineteen, he took the examination and was granted
a No. 1 certificate, though he had had no experience as
a teacher. He then taught in his home district, and in
the spring of 1900 entered West Virginia University,
where he was a student in the classical and law schools
for seven years. He earned a large share of his expenses
while in university, partly by canvassing during summer
vacations and also teaching. He graduated A. B. with the
class of 1906 and LL. B. in 1907. He won five different
prizes in scholarship while in university, had the highest
average in Greek and mathematics in 1902, and in 1906
represented the Parthenon Literary Society in joint debate
with the Columbian Society. After graduating in law he
accepted the position of principal of the Smithfield School
in Pennsylvania, and on November 2, 1907, was admitted
to the bar at Morgantown. He began practice April 1,
1908, and shortly afterward was chosen assistant prosecut-
ing attorney, serving four years. During the fall of 1912
he taught criminal law in the West Virginia University.
In 1913-14 he was employed in the legal department of the
American Telephone & Telegraph Company in their New
York City office. At this writing (1922) he is divorce
commissioner of Monongalia County. With his increasing
responsibilities as a lawyer he has responded to other calls
upon his time and ability in the public welfare. In 1918
he was elected to the West Virginia Legislature, and dur-
ing the regular session of 1919 was ranking member and
acting chairman of the committee on public buildings and
humane institutions, and was a member of the commit-
tee on Virginia debt, counties, districts and municipal cor-
porations, insurance and forfeited and unappropriated
lands. Mr. Brand was chosen in 1920 as mayor of West-
over, the west side of Morgantown, and filled that office
until February 1, 1921.

He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and is
active in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is affiliated
with Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M.,
Monongahela Lodge No. 10, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, also with the Encampment, and the Junior Order
United American Mechanics. He is a prominent member
of the Sigma Nu fraternity, was commander of the local
ChapteT, and is now secretary of the association organized
for the purpose of purchasing a Chapter House for the
fraternity at the university.

November 12, 1910, Mr. Brand married Myrtle Otella
Core, member of one of the prominent old families of Mo-
nongalia County and daughter of Benjamin and Catherine
Core. They have three children: James Core, born May 3,
1913; Mary Kathryn, born July 12, 1915; and Freda
Louise, born July 4, 1919.

Cyrus Haymond Maxwell, M. D. Distinguished as a
physician, Dr. Cyrus Haymond Maxwell occupies a prom-
inent place among the medical men of Morgantown, where
for twenty years he has devoted his high attainments to the
accomplishment of work that has brought him widespread
recognition and numerous honors. His professional achieve-
ments are based upon an intimate knowledge of the intri-
cate subjects of human anatomy and scientific therapeutics.

Doctor Maxwell was born March 22, 1863, at St George,
Tucker County, Virginia, his birth occurring only a short
time before what is now West Virginia, including Tucker

County, withdrew from the mother state of Virginia. Ij
is the son of Rufus and Sarah Jane (Bonnifield) Maxwe^
and is in the direct descent from Thomas Maxwell, wl
married Jane Lewis, of near Germantown, Pennsylvania
After the death of her husband Jane Maxwell and her a*
children, accompanied by her parents, came to Harris^
County, West Virginia, then Virginia. Levi Maxwell, a* [J
of Thomas and Jane Maxwell, was born in Pennsylvanj
in 1788, and died in West Virginia in 1884. He marri<|
Sarah Haymond. Their son, Rufus Maxwell, was born
Weston, West Virginia, October 19, 1828, and died
Tucker County in 1908. Educated for the law, he practictll
his profession until the breaking out of the war betweiji!
the states, but after the close of that conflict devoted hu]
self to the pursuits of agriculture. He married Sarah Ja:l
Bonnifield, who was born at St. George, West Virginia, tj|
daughter of Dr. Arnold Bonnifield, one of the earliest phj
sicians west of the Alleghany Mountains in West Virginia

Dr. Cyrus Haymond Maxwell attended school at Westo|
West Virginia, Valparaiso, Indiana, and FayetteviDJ
Arkansas. He also attended the University of Colora*.
at Boulder, and was graduated with the degree of Doct <
of Medicine, class of 1898 from Gross Medical School, t ,
medical department of Rocky Mountain University.

Prior to taking his medical degree he taught school
West Virginia, Oregon, California and Arkansas. He praj
ticed medicine for four years at Aurora, West Virginia
prior to locating at Morgantown in 1902. From that yen
until 1920 he served as chief of the medical departmejj
of the Morgantown and Kingwood Railway, and since thj
road was taken over by the Baltimore & Ohio Railway,
1920, Doctor Maxwell has served as surgeon of the B. & '\'\
system. He is physician on the staff of the MorgantoTfj
City Hospital, is an ex-president of the Monongalia Mej
ical Society, of which he has been for a number of yea»1
secretary, a post which he occupies at this time, and
longs also to the West Virginia Medical Society, of whiJ
he is one of the councilors. He keeps thoroughly inform<3
concerning all that modern research, experiment and i|
vestigation are bringing to light bearing upon the practill
of medicine and surgery. A well-trained and discernhl
mind enables him to grasp readily the vital and salie'
points presented, not only in medical literature but iu t
discussion of the broad questions which involve the w<;
fare and progress of the individual and country at large.

In 1887 Doctor Maxwell married Miss Melvina Jaf
Adams, who was born at Limestone, Tucker County, We
Virginia, the daughter of George W. Adams. Doctor arj
Mrs. Maxwell have had the following children: Hujl
Thurman, born in 1889, who died aged 1Y 2 years; Rut
born in 1891; Paul, born in 1894; Ralph, born in 189:.
Cyrus, Jr., born in 1899; and a child born in 1900, w' 1
died in infancy.

I. M. Austin, D. O. A school of medical science th
has gained many enthusiastic adherents in West Virgin!
in the last decade is osteopathy, a scientific system of he*i»
ing that has proved marvelously successful in the han^
of skillful practitioners. One of these is found in Dr. I. 1
Austin, who enjoys a large and lucrative practice at Mc|'
gantown, where he is respected and esteemed both prof( 1
sionally and personally.

Doctor Austin is a descendant of solid old families
Monongalia County, and was born on his father's far
in Clinton District, March 26, 1882. His parents we
I. N. and Samantha A. (Chipps) Austin, both now d
ceased. The Austin family was established in Monongal,
County by the great-grandfather of Doctor Austin in pi
neer days. His son, Hugh Austin, was one of the repi
sentative men of the county. He manufactured the fix
brick in this county, and operated a brick yard on t
present site of the West Virginia University. With $6i
earned in the brick business, he purchased 600 acres "J
land in Clinton District, Monongalia County, cleared it ai
put it under cultivation and spent the rest of his life thei
He was a fine, up-standing citizen in all that the tei 1
implies. In his religious views he was a Methodist ai
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id was equally consistent in political life, bis convictions
ading him into the republican party on its organization.
I'hen the war between the states came on he saw four of
s stalwart sons leave home to serve as soldiers in the Union
|nny, and did not restrain them because he believed in
fe perpetuation of the Union. Two of these brave sons
^ver returned alive, but their sacred ashes rest in the
>d cemetery at Halleek, brought there by their sorrowing
>.ther from the trenehes at Gettysburg and the river at
heeling. The eldest of the four, Harrison Austin, was
i seriously wounded during the first day of battle at
%ttysburg that he died on the day following. David
tastin did not fall in battle, but was accidentally drowned
bile bathing with bis soldier comrades near Wheeling,
enry Austin, the third son, was wounded at Gettysburg
id afterward suffered capture and incarceration in the
-ison pen at Andersonville, Georgia. When finally ex-
anged he weighed less than ninety pounds, caused by
al-nutrition. After the close of the war he moved to
■>ats, Pratt County, Kansas, where he still resides, a sub-
aotial farmer and at present assessor of Pratt County,
he fourth son, John Austin, served all through the war,
-caping both wounds and capture. He then removed to
idianola, Iowa, where his death occurred in 1912.
I. N. Austin, son of Hugh and father of Doctor Austin,
as born on the old Austin homestead April II, 1849, and
>ent his entire life there as a farmer, dying February
), 1921. Like his father he was a man of fine parts,
)spi table and generous, substantial and reliable in every
tuation in life, a faithful member of the Methodist Episco-
U Church, and a conscientious republican in politics. He
arried Miss Samantba A. Chipps, who was born on the old
hipps farm in Clinton District, Monongalia County, No-
?mber 29, 1S49, and survived her husband but a few
onths, passing away April 23, 1921. She was a daughter
I Frank and Elizabeth (Frum) Chipps, both of pioneer
imilies of the county. Five children were born to Mr.
id Mrs. Austin: Gertrude Gwynn, who is deceased; Hugh
., whe is a merchant at Morgantown; Harry N., who is
farmer near Little Falls, West Virginia; I. M.; and
lake, who tenderly eared for her parents in their declining
»ars and still resides on the homestead.
Doctor Austin remained on the home farm until twenty
»rs old, in the meanwhile completing the public school
>urse, and then accepted a clerical position in the store
; G. W. John & Company at Morgantown, where he con-
nued for nine years following, retiring from the same in
100 in order to enter the American School of Osteopathy
; Kirksville, Missouri, for which he had done preparatory
udying, for it is necessary for physieians of this school
' be well grounded in all the various fundamental sciences
bieh go to make up a medical education. Doctor Austin
•mpleted the eourse at Kirksville and in June, 1913, re-
ived his degree of Doctor of Osteopathy, and in the same
»r entered into practice at Morgantown, where his pro-
ssional ability ha3 received generous recognition and where
> feels particularly at home, for his fellow citizens have
lown him almost all his life.

On October 13, 1910, Doctor Austin married Miss Gussie
. Powell, who is a daughter of Dr. M. T. Powell, a prae-
jing physician at Newburg, West Virginia, and surgeon
r the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company. Doctor and
rs. Austin have two sons: George M., born August 26,
»I2; and Richard W., born November 25, 1920. At the
me time as Doctor Austin, Mrs. Austin entered the Amer-
ui School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, and continued a
iident there for two years. They are members of the
ethedist Episcopal Church.

In his political views Doctor Austin is a republican and
telligently concerned in public affairs. He ia a member

the Chamber of Commerce, and aside from hia profes-
)n has business interests in this city, being president of
e Morgantown Laundry Company, of which be was one

the organizers, and owns considerable city realty. He
a member of the American Osteopathic Association and
e Weat Virginia State Osteopathic Association, and fra-
rnally is identified witb the Odd Fellows and the Knights

Pythias.

Washington Watem 8tonestreet M. D. If there In
one thing more than another that native Americans adnvre
in each other it is courage, both physical and moral, and
this element stands out in considering the interesting career
of one of Morgantown *s most valued citizen*, Dr. Wash-
ington Waters Stonestreet, who has been established in
medical practice in this city for thirteen years. Starting
out alone and unaided in boyhood to makehis own way in
unfamiliar surroundings, for years subordinating his natural
inclinations to the call of necessity, but tinnlly seizing
opportunity, pressing onward and succeeding in "his life's
ambition, Doctor Stonestreet 's career offers an example of
perseverance, courage and determination that enrrics with
it a message that surely should hearten and encournge
many another.

Doctor Stonestreet is of pronounced American ancestry
ne was bora at Roekville, the county seat of Montgomery
County, Maryland, October 19, H76, a son of the Ink-
Thomas Wilson and Anna Helena Dorothea (Treadwell)
Stonestreet. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Thomas
Stonestreet, was clerk of the Montgomery County Courts
for over fifty years. His father was a 'graduate of the
University of Virginia and of West Point Military Acad
emy, served in the war between the states with the rank
of captain, and afterward engaged in the practice of law
at Roekville. The mother of Doctor Stonestreet was born
in the City of Baltimore, Maryland, and was a daughter
of Oliver Wetmore and Helena (Krama) Tread well, both
of whom were born at New Haven, Connecticut. The ma
ternal ancestors came to America from Holland.

During early boyhood Doetor Stonestreet attended school
at Roekville, where his people were prominent socially. The
aims and ambitions of fourteen-year-old boys are not al
ways recognized by their parents, nnd this was the case
when Washington W. Stonestreet quietly slipped away from
home and shortly afterward found himself in the grent
City of New York and entirely dependent upon his own
efforts. Perhaps reality may have somewhat dampened bis
ardor for independence right at first, but he lost no time
in seeuring employment, accepting a position as clerk in a
store, with a wage of $3 a week and board. That he
proved efficient and reliable is evidenced by the fact
that before he was seventeen years old he had become
manager of the store.

In 1S93 the youth returned home for a short visit, and
then established himself as a merchant at Middlebrook,
Maryland, where he continued until 1902. From early boy-
hood he had eherished the ambition to become a pbysicinn
and surgeon, and during his merchandising years had' netcr
relinquished it, diligently furthering his education by priv-
ate study and managing to secure a course in Roekville
Academy, receiving the degree of A. B. By the time he
was able to enter medical college be had a capital of $2 000,
representing his own earnings. He then entered the Uni-
versity of Maryland at Baltimore, from which he was grad
uated with his degree of M. D. in the class of I9u6, the
end for which he had worked so bard for sixteen years.

Doctor Stonestreet immediately entered into medical
practice, locating at first in the village of Ohiopyle, Fayette
County, Pennsylvania, removing in 1903 to Morgantown,
West Virginia, where he has built up a large and lucra
tive practice and enjoys both professional and personnl
confidence and esteem.

On August 14, 1907, Doetor Stonestreet married Miss OIn
Summit Trauty, who was born in the City of Baltimore
and is a daughter of Henry G. and Emma (Underwood
Trauty, and a niece of Hon. Oscar Underwood, United
8tates senator from Alabama. Doctor and Mrs. Stone-
street have one daughter, Ouida Emma, who was born May
IS, 1910.

On April 18, 1918, Doctor Stonestreet was commissioned
first lieutenant in the medical section, Officers Reserve
Corpa, United States Army, and on May 3, 1918, entered
upon his duties at Fort Oglethorpe, Camp Greenleaf,
Georgia, taking special courses in sanitary work in prepara-
tion for the same. Later he was appointed sanitary in-
spector at Camp McArthor, Waco, Texas, where he had
1,000,000 prospective soldiers for the World war under

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supervision, aud continued his work there until December
4, 1918, when, with thirty-eight other medical officers of
that camp, he was honorably discharged and mustered out
of the service. During the whole period of the World war
he was active in patriotic endeavor and assisted in many
other ways than professional. He is identified with local
medical bodies and is a member of the American Medical
Association, and on many questions relating to civic health
his decisions have been invaluable. He is president of the
National Modern Woodmen of America Progressive League,
and of the Auxiliary Order of Royal Neighbors, and is
examining physician for both, is foreman of the local lodge
of the American Brotherhood of Yeomen and its examining
physician, and also is president and examining physician
of the order of Fraternal Aid Union. In the every day
life of a busy city physician there is comparatively little
leisure for many of the lighter occupations and sports
seemingly so neeessary to bring contentment into the lives
of many individuals," but Doctor Stonestreet believes in
moderate social relaxation and has a wide circle of warm
and appreciative friends.

Harry S. Sands. One of the best filled professions to-
day is electrical engineering, due to the enormous develop-
ment of applied electricity to nearly every phase of life
and industry. Thirty years ago, however, the ranks of
electrical engineers hardly sufficed to be considered a dis-
tinct profession. Harry S. Sands, of Wheeling, proprietor
of the Sands Electrical and Manufacturing Company, is
one of the veterans of the profession and has been an elec-
trical contractor and engineer at Wheeling nearly thirty
years.

He was born at Fairmont, West Virginia, August 3,
1867, and his family has long been prominent in banking
and the professional life of the state. His grandfather,
Dr. William Sands, was a noted physician of his time, who
spent his life at Annapolis and Baltimore, Maryland. He
was born at Annapolis in 1804 and died at Baltimore in
1879. His son, Joseph E. Sands, was born on a farm near
Annapolis in 1838, spent his early life there and in Balti-
more, and as a young man moved to Fairmont, West Vir-
ginia. He had extensive farming interests in that locality,
and was also a banker, president for many years of the
First National Bank of Fairmont. He died in Fairmont
in 1913. He was independent in politics, and one of the
foremost laymen of the Episcopal Church at Fairmont,
serving as vestryman throughout the period of his residence
there. He was also a member of the Masonic Order. Jos-
eph E. Sands married Virginia Eyster at Fairmont, where
she was born in 1838. She still HveB on the old home-
stead farm near Fairmont. Her father, Dr. George Eyster,
devoted the greater part of his life to the practice of med-
icine at Fairmont. The children of Joseph E. Sands and
wife were: LawTence E., who is president of the First
National Bank of Pittsburgh; Sprigg. who was president
of the Traders National Bank of Clarksburg, where he
died at the age of forty years; Mrs. Lula Vandervort, who
died in 1901, at Fairmont, where her husband, also de-
ceased, was assistant cashier of the First National Bank;
Harry S.; Oliver J., president of the American National
Bank of Richmond, Virginia; Dr. William H., who under
the strain of his excessive professional duties during the
influenza epidemic lost control of his automobile and in
the resulting accident was killed at Fairmont; Emily, wife
of W. T. Hartman, a retired wholesale grocer at Fairmont;
Anna, wife of H. W. Showalter, a prominent coal operator
in the Morgantown District and a resident of Fairmont.

Harry S. Sands attended the public schools of Fairmont,
also the State Normal School there, and received his pro-
fessional and technical training in Cornell University at
Ithaca, New York. He was a member of the Phi Sigma
Kappa Greek letter fraternity. After his university career
he returned to Fairmont and for several years was en-
gaged in installing mining machinery throughout that sec-
tion. In 1894 he removed to Wheeling, where he established
himself in business as an electrical contracting engineer
under the name Sands Electrical & Manufacturing Com-
pany. This is not only one of the oldest but one of the

most extensive firms of its kind in the state, and do<
a business throughout the Upper Ohio Valley.

Mr. Sands is also president of the Carle Electrical Co
struction Company of Akron, Ohio, is vice president <
the Engineering & Equipment Company of Wheeling, ar
is vice president and treasurer of the Penn Mold & Man;
facturing Company, a company manufacturing ingot mol<
in their factory at Dover, Ohio. He is a member of tl;
executive committee of the Security Trust Company »:
Wheeling. Mr. Sands owns a town home at 209 Soul
Front Street and a suburban residence in Brooke Count. i
West Virginia. Another property, constituting somethir
of a diversion from his profession, is a large stock fan
in Ohio County, the specialty of which is the breedir!
of Holstein cattle. Mr. Sands is an independent in politi.
and has served as a member of the Wheeling City Counc;
He is a vestryman of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, is 1
member of the Masonic fraternity, the Country Club ar,
the University Club of Wheeling. In 1892, at Baltimore
he married Miss Helen Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrj
Richard Turner.

Harry Fenton Smith, who came to Martinsburg i
manager of the Western Union telegraph office and h£
remained in the city and become extensively interested i
horticulture and other business affairs, is a member of
very old American family and has an interesting lineag-'

He was born in Frederick County, Maryland. His fathe
David Miller Smith, was born near Sharpsburg, Washing
ton County, Maryland, August 26, 1833. The grandfatht
was Capt. David Smith, who was born near Sharpsburj;
January 5, 1796. The great-grandfather was George Smitl!
born December 21, 1767, near Sharpsburg, and his fathtj
was George Smith, Sr., born in the same neighborhood abot,
1744. The father of George Smith, Sr., was founder c
this branch of the family in America and was named Josep
Smith. He was a native of England, and came to Americ,
with his brother James. They settled in Washingto!
County. Maryland. In 1749 Joseph Smith patented tract
of land known as Elwicks dwellings and Smith's purchase
the two embracing 325 acres. His son George Smith bougi
property in Sharpsburg in 1765, lived there, and his wi
was probated at Hagerstown in 1792. George Smith, Jr
inherited part of his father 's estate. On September 4, 178!'.
he married Julia Ann von Miller, the name being originall
spelled Muller. She was born near Sharpsburg March 1."
1771, daughter of David and Catherine (Fleck) von Mille
and sister of Col. John Miller, an officer in the Unite
States Army in the War of 1812, and also in the Marylan
State Militia. George Smith, Jr., died March 3, 1834, an
his wife, on June 3, 1852. Their six children were Josep]
Catherine, Rebecca, David, Sarah, Elizabeth.

Capt. David Smith, grandfather of Harry Fenton, owne,
and operated a farm close to Antietam Station, near tt
famous battle field of Antietam. He entered the Stat
Militia in his youth, was in the War of 1812 and was con
missioned a captain. Late in life he removed to Sharp! 1
burg, and died there August 7, 1869. On September .1
1820, he married Ann Maria Rohr, who was born in Fret
erick County, Maryland, August 3, 1797, daughter of Jaco
Rohr, Jr., and granddaughter of Jacob Rohr, Sr., who cam,
to America in 1731 and settled in Frederick County, Mar
land.

Jacob Rohr, Jr., was postmaster of Fredericksburg fc:
several years, and lived" there until his death. Capt. Davi:
Smith and wife reared four children, named Frisby R
born November 26, 1S24, and who became a physician'
Joseph Chester, born June 8, 1828; David Miller, bor
August 26, 1833; and Grafton Finley, who became
druggist.

David Miller Smith was educated at Sharpsburg and ib
academy at Frederick, was admitted to the bar when |
young man and practiced law, and also became one of tb
owners and editors of the Frederick Examiner and late'
established the Frederick Times. He was a stanch Unio
man and republican, and tried to enlist at the first call fc
troops to cut down the rebellion, but on account of a di(
abled arm was not accepted. He died July 1, 1895, and wa

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ried in Mouutaiu View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland.

October 25, 1S65, he married Mary Ellen Piper. Sbe
9 born at Piper's farm, upon which the battle of A ritie-
a was fought, on November 7, 1S42, daughter of Henry
1 Elizabeth (Kcedy) Piper, both of whom were born near
srpsburg. Ileury Piper was a son of Daniel ami Martha
rown) Piper, and Daniel was born in Washington County,
fry la ml, son of John mi Pfeiffer, a native of Holland,

0 came to America with his brother Jacob in 17<*>:i.
iann Pfeiffer was a private during the Revolutionary
r in Capt. William Heyser's company of a German bat-
ion commanded by Col. X. Huussegger, with which he
ered the service December <>, 1 77G. Mrs. David Miller
itli is still living, at the old home at Sharpsburg. She
jed three sons: Malcolm Victor, Harry Font on and
uis Roman.

larry Fenton Smith attended ]»ublic school in Sharps
g. and at the age of fourteen became a messenger with
Western I'nion Telegraph Company, lie soon learned
rgraphy, was an opcratur at Hagerstown and in 1*9<i
lie to Martinsburg as manager of the local office of that
upauy. He remained in this service for over twenty
irs, resigning in 1912, and since then has given his time
farming and horticulture. He has two farms in Hedges-
6 District ami one in Fallen Waters District, and on one
m he has seventeen acres of orchard and fourteen acres
another.

a 1S99 he married Hannah Orrick Wever, who was born
Martinsburg. Her father, Charles J. Wever, was born
a farm nearby in 1S37. Her grandfather, Casper Wever,
3 born in Berkeley County, December 14, 1791. Her
•at-graudfather, Jacob Wever, was born in Lancaster
inty, Pennsylvania, son of Sergeant Casper Wever, who
«e from the vicinity of Hamburg, Germany, to America
Colonial times and married Catherine LcFevre, a French
gnenot. Jacob Wever was a pioneer settler in Berkeley
inty, purchasing a large amount of land, which he later
>rated with slaves. His residence was known as Maple
me and was located on Warm Springs Road,
lacob Wever married Hannah Cromwell Orrick, daughter
Charles and Catherine (Davenport) Orrick and grand
ighter of Capt. Nicholas and Hannah (Cromwell) Orrick.
•holas Orrick was a son of John and Susannah (Ham-
nd) Orrick and a grandson of James and Mary Our-
eh, who came to America in 1(365 and patented land in
n Arundel County. Maryland. Susannah Hammond was

daughter of Col. Thomas and Rebecca (Larkin) Ham-
ad and granddaughter of Maj.-Geu. John and Mary
oward) Hammond. Charles J. Wever, father of Mrs.
ith, entered the Confederate army at the beginning of

war in Company H, of the First Virginia Cavalry, and

1 in service until captured by the enemy aud spent the
; months of the war in a prison in New Jersey. While
the service he was aecidently wounded. After the war
farmed the old homestead in Berkeley County until his
th on March 14, ls7iS. He married Fiances .Arabella
idgrass, who was born in Berkeley County, daughter of
. Robert Verdin and Sarah Ann Snodgrass, a grand*
gbter of Robert aud Susannah (Rawlings) Snodgrass

a lineal descendant of William and Catherine ( Patter-
i) Snodgrass. natives of Scotland and founders of the
•dgrass family in America. Susannah Rawlings was a

ghtcr of Stephen and Elizabeth (Tyler) Rawlings,
«abeth Tvler being of the same family as President

a Tyler. *

*wo children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the first
bg Ellen Orrick, who died in infancy. Their daughter
lonah Cromwell is now a student in high school. Mr. and
k Smith are members of the Trinity Episcopal Church.
I is affiliated with Eureka Lodge No. 1U5, A. F. and
iM., Martinsburg Lodge of Perfection No. 7, of the Seot-
|. Rite, and Mrs. Smith is a member of Ihe Shenandoah
ley Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Ration.

William MacDonald. One of the distinguished members
the legal profession practicing at the bar of Mineral
nty is William MaeDonald, of Keyser, who fully lives up

to the highest idenls of his calling m both professional ami
private life. He is ono of those who early found the work
for which he was best litted, and his practice l>efore the
state and federal courts of West \ ir^in u and her neighbor
ing sister commonwealths has been effective in establishing
his ability to litigate in all cases with marked success.

William MaeDonald was not bom in the United Statu,
but under a ling representing freedom and democracy, us
he came into the world at Stellurton. Nova Scotia, Canada,
October 19, 1>65. His father had emigrated to Nova Seotia
at the commencement of his career from Dumbartonshire,
Scotland, and there was actively engaged as an official in
extensive coal mining operations. He was Norman Mac
Donald, ami vvn> bom at Neth.rton, Scotland, June 15,
He was reared amid the environment of farm life,
and was but sparingly educated yet sufficiently for his
needs through life. When toil a youth he entered the mines
located near his birthplace, and mi them acquired the ex
perience which made him an expert miner and equipped him
for superintending mines in which work he was engaged in
both Canada and the l*nite»l States.

It wag after locating at Stcllarton that Norman Mac
Donald made the acquaintance of Elizabeth Wilson, who
became his wife. She was also of Scotch birth, and died at
llarrisburg, Illinois, when their son Will am MaeDonald
was nine years old, in 1^74. Mr. Ma« JHmald took an im
portant part in the operations in the Illinois coal Held
until Decendu r, 1*74. moving then to Maryland and e*tah
lishing his home at Lonaconing. where he continued his
connection with mining until 1*>2 ? when he cro«m-i| the
I'otomac River into West Virginia and settling pennanentlv
in Mineral County. There he was engaged in superintend
ing mining operations until his retirement. His death oc-
curred at Keyser, May 19, 19os. Four children were bom
to him and his wife, namely: William, whose name heads
this review; Mrs. Isabella Grime*, who resides in Mineral
County; James Wilson, who died a few years ago; and
one who died young.

William MaeDonald has lived in West Virginia sin..
August. ]*s2. He did not profit much from his attendance
at tlx- public schools, because he went with his father into
the mines before he reached his eleventh year, and work. I
in and about coal diggings until n September, 1*9 ?. win a
he began to carry out a long-cherished ambition to prepa <
himself for the profession of the law, and during that month
entered the University of West Virginia. lie had read
borrowed text books on law for a year and a half before
he entered the university, and had accomplished consider-
able without a coach or "geide to aid him in mastering any
of the many intricacies of the science. However, such was
his perseverance and natural ability, and as he was well-
read and grounded in the rudiments of the law when In
commenced his course, he was able to carry on h s work-
creditably in the classroom, finishing the prescribed cour—
of two years in one year and graduating in June, Ivu.
tenth in" a class of twenty three, among whom were Mark
W. May, later attorney general of West Virginia. Judge
J. C. McWhorter, Judge Warren B. Kittle, of Philippi. We-1
Virginia, and others who have since become attorneys of
note in the several communities in which they located.

Mr. MaeDonald was admitted to practice at Key* r.
September 4. 1^94, and on October Mli, following, he estab
lished himself in this city and began the practice of a pro
f.ssion which has brought him conspicuously before the
public in several states as an able advo,ate at the bar. II s
tirst law suit was tried on the pre-.-nt site of his law oflie. .
in a justice court, and he began his practice in the office
of the late William C. Clayton, one of the most distinguished
lavwers of West Virginia. He has always practiced alone,
and' for a score of years has taken part as counsel on one
side or the other of the more important, first class litigation
in Mineral Countv. In addition to a large local practice
Mr. MaeDonald has had cases in the state courts of Mary-
land and Virginia, the Federal Court at Baltmiore, Miry
land, and the State and Federal courts of We«t Virginia.

In politics Mr. MaeDonald is well known a* a democrat
and commenced his record as a voter m 18«* , when he
supported Grover Cleveland for thr presidency of the I nit. 1

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States, and he lias stoutly maintained his loyalty to his
party ever since. He has responded to the call of his party
to bear some of the burden and expense of campaign work,
and was a member of the Second Congressional District
Democratic Committee, and treasurer of the campaign of
Col. Thomas B. Davis when the latter was sent to Congress
from the Second District. He was chairman of the Mineral
County Prohibition Committee when the constitutional
amendment for national prohibition was submitted to the
voters, and rejoiced in the positive victory that was given
the amendment* by the ballots cast by Mineral County
citizens. Mr. MacDonald was city attorney of Keyser for
a number of years and served as a member of the school
board when the present high school building was erected.

William MacDonald married at Keyser, West Virginia,
November 20, 1900, Miss Nancy J. Lauck, a daughter of
Joseph B. Lauck, and aunt of Hon. AV. Jett Lauck, a lead-
ing labor statistician and a scholarly man of Washington,
D 1 . C, appointed on important commissions by President
Wilson during the World war, and an authority on labor
problems. Mrs. MacDonald was born at Huntington, West
Virginia, but grew to womanhood at Keyser, where her
father spent many years. Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald became
the parents of the following children: Kenneth, who died
May 25, 1917, on his twelfth birthday; and Janet, who is a
student in the Keyser High School.

During the late war William MacDonald served as one of
the zealous supporters of the administration policies. He
took part as one of the " Four-Minute " speakers in the
campaigns in behalf of all of the drives; assisted many of
the drafted men in filling out their qucstionaires, and was a
member of the Interstate Young Men 's Christian Associa-
tion Committee, and as such had the approval on the ex-
penditures of all monies for educational purposes by that
organization in West Virginia after the close of the war,
and is still a member of this committee. While the above
were the chief duties he so cheerfully performed, he was
identified with many others, and did not shirk any respon-
sibility, no matter what personal sacrifice might be entailed.
His relation to the church is that of his membership with the
Presbyterian congregation at Keyser, and he has had a
voice in its spiritual leadership as an elder for some years,
and in its finances as treasurer for nineteen years. For
seventeen years he has been secretary of its Sabbath school,
and has been its superintendent for some years.

Emory Ledrew Tyler came from the University of
Morgantown with a diploma as a law graduate some ten
years ago, and began his professional career in Mineral
County. He has made an enviable success, largely due to
the two terms he held the office of prosecuting attorney,
and is now engaged in private practice at Keyser.

Mr. Tyler was born in Doddridge County, West Virginia,
March 6, 1885. His grandfather, John Tyler, came into the
western county from the Valley of Virginia, was a farmer,
and married a Miss Powell near Arthur, West Virginia.
Their only child was Conrad Tyler, who was born after his
father's death and was reared under somewhat adverse con-
ditions, so that he acquired little education. He was born
in Grant County sixty-five years ago, and farming was his
steady occupation until he retired to Keyser, where he is
now living. He is a member of the Methodist Church.
Conrad Tyler married Margaret Veach, who was born in
Grant County sixty-three years- ago, daughter of John and
Margaret (Seymour) Veach. The children of this couple
are: Ura, wife of Benjamin Rotruck; Emory Ledrew;
May, who married Howard Arnold; Homer, of Keyser;
Erma, of Keyser; Mansfield, of Keyser; Otis, Winona and
Jane, all at home.

While Emory Ledrew" Tyler was an infant his parents
moved to the vicinity of Mount Sterling, Ohio, and when he
was seven years of age they returned to West Virginia and
located in Grant County, near Maysville, where Emory
Ledrew lived until reaching man's estate. He attended tho
common schools, the Keyser Preparatory School, and at
West Virginia University took the literary as well as the
law course. He graduated in law in the spring of 1912, and
a few weeks later was engaged to try his first case, at

Keyser. This case was the prosecution of a man for pisb
toting, but the decision went against him. Mr. Tyler we
elected prosecuting attorney of Mineral County in 191:
succeeding Arthur Arnold, and was re-elected for a secon
term in 1916. During his eight years in office he mac
a distinctive record of winning eighty per cent of his cas<
and gave particular attention to the vigorous prosecutic
of all violators of the liquor law. With greatly increase
prestige he left office in the winter of 1920 to turn h
experience to account in private practice. For several yea: s
Mr. Tyler was a partner of Charles Ritchie, now assistaii
attorney general of West Virginia, in the firm of Ritchie }
Tyler.

Mr. Tyler 's father was independent in politics, while li l
mother's people were republicans, and he chose the repui
lican party as his own political faith, casting his first vo
for William H. Taft. He was a member of the State. Jud I
cial Convention of 1920 at Wheeling, and is chairman of tl I
Republican Executive Committee of Mineral County. J
prosecuting attorney he made his office an instrument J
upholding the patriotic record of Mineral County durii
the World war, assisted in recruiting duty and was gover
ment appeal agent and counsel for the Draft Board. M
Tyler is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and Model
Woodmen of America, and the Kappa Alpha College f'r '
ternity. He is state lecturer for the Modern Woodrae
His church is the Methodist Episcopal.

On September 14, 1915, at Baltimore, he married Mi.
Pearl C. Compton, who was born at Martinsburg, West Vi,
ginia, in December, 18S5, daughter of John and Sail
(Buzzard) Compton. She is a graduate of the high scho
of her native city, the Cumberland High School, attend* i
preparatory school at Keyser, and is an A. B. graduate < I
West Virginia University and later took post-graduate wo:|
in Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore. Mrs. Tyler 1
one of the best educated women in the state, and before h (
marriage was a successful teacher of English in the Milbj]
High School and later in the preparatory school at Mori
gomery, West Virginia. She is one of five living children
the others being: Chester, of Pittsburgh; Ada, connect!
with the Woman's Extension Work in West Virginia Ui
versity; Eva, in charge of domestic science in the Sta i
Normal School at Fairmont; and Vernon C, principal (
schools at Berkeley Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler have tyt
daughters, Ruth Winifred and Janet.

While he has had an active career of only about ten yeaij
Mr. Tyler has formed some substantial connections wii
business affairs, being a stockholder in the First Nation ,
Bank of Keyser, in the Marteller Coal Company, is vi
president of the Mineral County Coal Company and t
Eastern Coal and Mining Company, is attorney for t)
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the Marteller Cc
Company, the Dean Coal Company, and has professional ccJ
nections with the First National Bank of Keyser, Edingt I
& Company and other firms.

Richard A. Welch. For considerably more than halfi
century the name Welch has been one of prominence in tj
Mineral County bar. The record is not quite continuoi
since Richard A. Welch was not qualified to begin practif
until about a year after the death of his father, who w
one of the ablest lawyers and men of affairs in Keyser fni
about the close of the Civil war.

The first American of this name came to this count!
in the colony of Lord Baltimore, and for several geneij
tions the family lived on the eastern shore of MarylaiJ
Many states and localities have families descended from t
original one in Eastern Maryland. The family supplied,
number of soldiers to the Revolutionary war, and the s J
cestor of the branch of the family in Mineral County w j
in the struggle for independence. Shortly after the chl
of that war he moved to Allegany County, Maryland. Jo
Welch, grandfather of Richard A. Welch, spent all his lil
in Allegany County, Maryland, where he was a "gcntleml
farmer. ' ' I

William M. Welch, the pioneer lawyer of Mineral Counl
was born in Allegany County, Maryland, January 10, 18'. J
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aw for a thuc under Judge Hunter at Cumberland. lie
vas admitted to practice there in the fall of 1562, but soon
fterwnrd left the law to join the army as a Union man.
Ie was commissioned a captain iu the Quartermaster *s Do-
Irtment, and for a time was stationed at New Creek, now
Ceyser, then at Wheeling, and finished his service at Clarks-
>urg. He was mustered out soon after the surrender of
General Lee.

At the close of the war Mr. Welch came into Eastern
Vest Virginia, about the same time as Judge Francis M.
levnolds, and both located at Komney, county seat of
lampshire County, which then included Mineral County,
ind they were together in practice. When the party was
divided and Mineral created both these young lawyers,
destined for great prominence in the future, moved over to
Kevser, the new county seat, and they contiuued to be
associated until 1872. After that William M. Welch prac-
ticcd law alone. He became widely known for his master-
ful handling of eases at trial, and was undoubtedly one of
the best trial lawyers in Mineral County. His successful
career in this profession continued until his death on Sep-
tember 5, 1898. His name was also well known in demo-
cratic politics. For seven different terms he represented
Mineral County in the House of Delegates and was twice
Speaker of the House. He was a delegate to two national
conventions, that of 187b", when Samuel J. Tilden was named
for President, and that of 1S84, when Grover Cleveland was
nominated. He was useful to his party and to his friends
in a number of campaigns, but had no ambition for more
of the political honors than were given him. He was uot a
member of auy church, but was a Master Mason.

William M. Welch married Virginia Adams, who was born
at Clarksburg, on the same day of the month and the same
year as her husband. She is now living at Keyser. Her
parents were Josiah and Hannah (Moore) Adams. The
Adamses were a Massachusetts family and the Moorcs came
from Delaware. Josiah Adams settled at Clarksburg and
secured a patent from Virginia for from 20,000 to 2\000
acres. He was one of the prominent farmers and land
owners of that section. The Moore family came into that
region about the same time. William M. Welch and wife
had the following children: Mrs. T. P. Smith, of Parkers-
burg; Mrs. Louise B. Martine, of Chieago; Mrs. Ida V.
Rathbone, of Parkersburg; W. A., of Keyser; Richard A.;
and Ralph P., of Holdenville, Oklahoma.

Kiehard A. Welch was born at Keyser, April 17, 1878,
and during his boyhood and youth he profited from the
public schools, and after finishing high school took his
academic work in the University of Virginia, lie left there
at the end of his junior year and enrolled in the law depart-
ment of West Virginia University, where he graduated
LL. B. in 1899. He at once returned to Keyser and began
practice, and a considerable part of his father's law busi-
ness drifted to him. He has continued his professional work
alone, and always in general practice. The law has abun-
dantly satisfied him and he has permitted himself no diver-
sion into the field of politics for the sake of office. However,
he has done considerable campaign work as a democrat,
and until state conventions were abolished he was one of
the leaders of his partv in this section of the state, lie
was a delegate to the Denver National Convention of 1908,
and in 1912 was a member of the West Virginia delegation
pledged to the nomination of Champ Clark at Baltimore,
though personally he was a Woodrow Wilson man, and voted
for Wilson as soon as the West Virginia delegation was
released from its instructions. He also served as a member
of the Democratic State Committee for eight years. While
a good and loyal democrat, Mr. Welch east his first presi-
dential vote for Swallow, the prohibition candidate, declin-
ing to support the nominee of his own party.

His practical public service has been given to his home
town. He consented to serve seven consecutive terms as
mayor. During these administrations a large amount of
paving was done, sewers laid, concrete walks built, water
works installed, and when these improvements had reached
a satisfactory stage he felt that his obligations to the com-
munity had been discharged and he was satisfied to retire.
During the World war he was chairman of the Legal Ad-

visory Committeo for Mineral County, of all of the Liberty
Loan" drives at Keyser, nnd member of the County Council
of Defense.

At Martinshurg, West Virginia, August P>, Hill, Mr.
Welch married Miss Mary D. Edwards, n native of Martins-
burg. Her father, William (J. Edwards, won a busine»pi
man of that city, and by his marriage to Miss Koush hod
three children: * William "ii. Edwards, Jr., of Chicago; Mrs.
Welch, who was born October 5, l*t»7; nnd Mrs. Nell Mier
pick, of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Welch have a family
of four voung children: Virginia, Mary, Louise nnd Rich-
ard A., Jr.

Outside of his profession Mr. Welch has been interested
iu some business organizations that have contributed to
Keyser 's advancement. He was associated with Doctor
Gerstell in the organization of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank, and is a director of and attorney for the bank. For
a time he was a director for the Keyser Klectnc Eight
Company, and for many years was president and director
of the Alkire Orchard Company.

Wueeleu H. ItACHMAN for a number of years has been
a power iu the cnminen ial and financial affairs of Wheel-
ing, was formerly in the dry goods jobbing business, and
is now member of the investment lirm of Speidel &. Itach-
man, Incorporated, of which he is president.

Mr. Bachman, whose citizenship has been distinguished
by the broadest cooperation in enterprises for welfare and
charity, was born at Wheeling. March 22, 1870. His father,
William Phillip Bachmau, was born in Bavaria, Germany,
in 1S3S, and was a boy of ten years when he accom-
panied some relatives to the United States. He reached
Wheeling, the city destined to be his permanent home,
about 1^53. and 'in after years he achieved a position
as a successful merchant, with associations with other
business and banking affairs. He was a stanch repub-
lican. He died at Wheeling in 1918. William P. Bath-
man married Lucy Wheeler, who was born at Dudley
Port, England, in 1-.45. Her father, Simmons Wheeler,
was born in Dudley Port, was a shipyard owner there,
and was killed when thrown from a horse. He married
Martha Simmons, a native of Dudley Port, who came to
the United States when her daughter Luey was fifteen
vears of age. Thereafter she made her home at Wheeling,
'where she died. Lucv Wheeler Bachman, who died at
Wheeling in 1919, was'for nearly half a century an active
membcr"of St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church
She was the mofher of two children, Jessie Martha and
Wheeler II. The former is the wife of Ceorge <»rant
Ralston, a resident of Martin's Ferry, Ohio.

Wheeler H. Bachman was educated in the public schools
of Wheeling, attended Frazier's Business College until
isss following which he spent seven years with n retail
drv goods store, familiarizing himself with the detail of he
business and at the same time making a close study of the
jobbing phase of dry goods merchandising. In \±9o he
embarked his experience and capital in a wholesa e d rj
goods business, and was active in that line nearly twentv
vears, until 1914. As a jobber he had an extensive genera
trade through West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania an,
n special lines he did a large volume of busmc^s ou r
the United States, especially with jobbing houses in New
York Citv and Chicago. Mr. Bachman became a men ber
of the firm Speidel & Bachman, Incorporatc-l in 1914.
This firm acts as underwriters and investment brokers,
an tl^ names of the partners are the highest grantee
of their financial integrity and reliability. The ofiVes of
tl is firm" are in the Wling Bank & ^ust Company
Building. Mr. Bachman is president. Joseph Sneidel. Jr..

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Mortgage Company of Cleveland, director of the Fidelity
Investment Association of Wheeling, vice president of the
Union Mission of Wheeling, formerly secretary and treas-
urer of the Wheeling Stock Exchange of Wheeling for a
period of three years and a member of the Advisory Board
of the Lutz & Schramm Company of Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania.

In 1908, at Wheeling, Mr. Bachman married Miss Edith
Carr, daughter of Thomas and Alice (Stockwell) Carr,
residents of Grafton, where her father is president and
general manager of the Carr China Company. The Carrs
were an old family of New York City, while the Stock-
wells run baek into the Colonial history of Vermont. Mrs.
Bachman was educated in public and private schools at
Wheeling. They have one son, Wheeler Carr, born Sep-
tember 4, 1911.

For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Bachman have
been closely associated with mutual interests and sym-
pathies in many phases of broad and constructive charity
and public spirit. They have helped support all the char-
itable organizations of the city without respect to creed.
Mrs. Bachman is a member of the Board of the Aged
and Friendless Women's Home, and is a member of one
of the "Hospital Twigs," organizations for the purpose
of raising funds for the hospitals. She is a prominent
member of the Presbyterian Church, while Mr. Bachman
is one of the active supporters of St. Matthew's Protestant
Episcopal Church and is president of its Men's Bible
Class and a vestryman of St. Matthew's Church. He is
a republican, is affiliated with Wheeling Lodge No. 28,
B. P. O. E., is a member of the Wheeling Country Club,
the Fort Henry Country Club and the Ancient Order of
United Workmen. His home is a fine old residence at
Seventh and Thirteenth streets, and he has other real
estate in the city and a summer residence at Cambridge
Springs, Pennsylvania. During the World war Mr. Bach-
man was active in the placing of Government securities,
and was a working member of all the committees in the
Red Cross, Liberty Loan and other drives.

Amos Asbury Westrater, D. D. S. In his native city
of Martinsburg, judicial center of Berkeley County,
Doctor Westrater has built up a practice that marks him
as one of the representative members of his profession
in this section of the state. He was born at Martins-
burg on the 31st of December, 1878, and on the paternal
side is of Holland Dutch lineage. His father, William
Westrater, was born in the City of Rotterdam, Holland,
and was a boy at the time of the family immigration to
the Uuited States, the parents becoming pioneer settlers
in the fine colony of their countrymen established at
Holland, Michigan, in the early period of the history
of that state. At the time when the Westrater family
thus settled in Ottawa County, Michigan, that section
was virtually a forest wilderness, with deer, bear and
wolves much in evidence. The father of William Wes-
trater purchased a large tract of land and reclaimed and
improved a productive farm. Both he and his w r ife
passed the remainder of their lives in Ottawa County,
and their children were five in number, two sons and
three daughters.

William Westrater was a sturdy young man at the time
of the outbreak of the Civil war, and he promptly ten-
dered his services in defense of the Union. He enlisted
as a member of Company K, First New York Cavalry,
known as the Lincoln Cavalry, and took part in the
many engagements in which this gallant command was
involved, including a number of major battles. Inci-
dental to his military career he participated in the cam-
paign in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and he was
so favorably impressed with the country in this section
and in West Virginia that after the war he settled at
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, where he entered the
employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. He
was soon promoted to the position of train conductor,
and ho continued as a valued employe of the company
nearly forty years. He was finally retired, with a pen-
sion from the company, and he continued his residence

at Martinsburg, a well known and highly honored citi-
zen, until his death, at the age of seventy-seven years.
His wife, whose maiden name was Kathcrinc Ringer,
was born at Martinsburg and here passed her entire life,
her death having occurred in 1919. They became the
parents of six children, namely: Martin W., A. Leo,
Charles C, Albert E., Amos Asbury, and Miua (Mrs.
Charles Vine).

Dr. Amos A. Westrater gained his early education in
the public schools at Martinsburg and under the direc-
tion of a private tutor. In preparation for his chosen
profession he entered the department of dentistry in
the University of Maryland, and in this institution he
was graduated as a member of the class of 1901 and with
the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He opened an
office at Martinsburg in the same year, and his technical
ability and his personal popularity in his native county
have resulted in his building up a large and representa-
tive practice. He has the most modern equipment and
accessories in both the operative and laboratory depart-
ments of his office, and has kept in close touch with the
advances made in his chosen profession.

Doctor Westrater is affiliated with Equality Lodge No.
94, A. F. and A. M.; is a past high priest of Lebanon-
Chapter No. 2, R. A. M.; and a past exalted ruler of
Martinsburg Lodge No. 778, B. P. 0. E. He is actively
identified with the West Virginia State Dental Society
and the National Dental Association. Both he and his
wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church in
their home city.

On the 22d of January, 1910, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Doctor Westrater and Miss Ethel Smoke, who
was born in Frederick County, Virginia, a daughter of
Dr. Edward B. and Angelina (Armstrong) Smoke, the
latter a daughter of Joseph E. and Sarah (Payne) Arm-
strong. Doctor Smoke was born on the family homestead,
Rosedale Farm, in Frederick County, Virginia, a son of
John and Luey M. (Krebs) Smoke. John Smoke removed
from Ohio to Frederick County, Virginia, where he be-
came a most successful agriculturist and stock-grower
and where he passed the remainder of his life. His
wife was born and reared in Virginia and was a daughter
of Courad Krebs, who was a young man when he came
from his native Germany and established his home in
Frederick County, Virginia, where he became a success-
ful farmer. Dr. Edward B. Smoke graduated from the
Virginia Medical College at Richmoud as, a member of
the class of 1868, and at Whitehall, Frederick County,
that state, he built up a large and important practice
that marked him as one of the leading physicians and
surgeons of that section of Virginia. Dr. and Mrs.
Westrater have no children.

Samuel Paxton Whitmore showed in all of the rela-
tions of life the same fine spirit of loyalty that marked his
service as a valiant soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil
war, and he was one of the substantial and honored citi-
zens of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, at the time of his
death, when about sixty-five years of age.

Mr. Whitmore was a native of the historic Old Do-
minion State and a scion of a family that was there
founded in the Colonial period of our national history,
the lineage tracing back to sterling English origin. He
was born and reared in Loudoun County, Virginia, as
were also his parents, George and Rachel Priseilla
(Wright) Whitmore. George Whitmore was the owner
of a large and valuable plantation in Loudoun County,
and in the operation of the same he retained a large
number of slaves. He was sixty years of age at the
time of his death, and his widow attained the venerable
age of eighty-five years.

The early education of Samuel P. Whitmore was gained
under the direction of private tutors, and he was reared
under the influence of the fine old Virginia regime prior
to the Civil war. When the great fratricidal conflict be-
tween the states of the North and the South was pre-
cipitated on the nation, Mr. Whitmore promptly mani-
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ie influence of which he had been reared, and in the
irginia Confederate regiment in which he enlisted he
as commissioned first lieutenant of his company. The
gimcnt became a part of the command of Gen. Thomas
("Stonewall") Jackson, and Mr. Whitmore lived up
' the full tensiou of the conflict, as he participated in
any major battles, a9 well as minor engagements, and
•otinued in service until the close of the war. After
■e war he resided for a time in Logan County, West
irginia, and after his removal to Morgan County he
.ere operated a saw mill about one year. lie then re-
oved to Martinsburg, judicial center of Berkeley
Dunty, where he had various business interests ami
here he continued to reside until his death. lie mar
ed Miss Phoebe Ann Beach, who likewise was bora
id reared in Loudoun County, Virginia. Her father,
din Beach, was born in England and was a young
an when he came to America ami settled in Loudoun
iunty, where he purchased land and engaged in agri-
iltural pursuits, lie was sixty years of age at the
me of his death. The family name of his wife was
ullison, her father having come from England to Vir
nia and having purchased a large plantation in Lou-
iun County, where he owned a goodly contingent of
nves. The closing years of life were passed at Mar-
nsburg, West Virginia. Mrs. Phoebe Ann (Beach)
'hitmore died at the age of forty years. Her children
ere eight in uumber, namely: Ann Elizabeth, George
., Mary Kathleen. William Jasper, Sarah A., Samuel ,L,
din Ashley and Clara Paxton. Mary Kathleen resides
t Martinsburg and is the widow of George I). Lambert,
hose biography follows.

George Dallas Lambert came to Martinsburg, Berkeley
nunty, shortly after the close of the Civil war, in which
» had given specially gallant and faithful service as a
ddier of the Tnion for over three years, and in this
ly he passed the remainder of his life, a substantial
asiness man and a citizen whose sterling character gave
im inviolable place in the confidence and good will
t his fellow men.

Mr. Lambert was born on the old family homestead
t the end of Patrick Street in Frederick City, Maryland,
nd was a son of Frederick and Catherine Lambert, of
hom more specific mention is made on other pages of
lis work, in the personal sketch of his brother Walter,
i the schools of his native city Mr. Lambert acquired
is early education, and when the Civil war was pre-
ipitated on the nation he forthwith manifested his
yalty and patriotism by enlisting in a Maryland regi-
ent of volunteer infantry that entered the Fnion serv-
er He was with his command in many important
attics and innumerable minor engagements marking the
rogrcss of the great conflict, he and his brother William
aving been captured and having started on their way
i a Confederate prison further in the South, but he
anaged to escape, passed through the Confederate lines
t Harper's Ferry and rejoined his command. His brother,
rilliam, was not so fortunate, and died in Libby Prison.
For several years after the close of the war Mr.
amhert was engaged in the feed and provision bnsi-
ess at Martinsburg, a portion of the time in partnership
ith his brother Charles and later with Andrew Grazier,
e here continued his residence until his death, which
ecurred when he was well advanced in years. His
olitical allegiance*' was given to the republican party,
nd he was affiliated with the Masouic fraternity and
ie Grand Army of the Republic. His first wife, whose
miden name was Margaret Grazier, and who was a
aughter of Andrew Grazier, died at the age of thirty
cars. For his second wife Mr. Lambert wedded Miss
lary Kathleen Whitmore, a daughter of the late Samuel
Whitmore, to whom a memoir is dedicated on other pages
f this volume. Mrs. Lambert still maintains her home
t Martinsburg, where her circle of friends is coincident
ith that of her acquaintances. She has no children.

George Jacob Ebw.vau SroNSKU.iix, M. D. With home at
Martinsburg for twenty years, Doctor Sponseller hoi
performed professional services that constitute an en-
viable reputation both as a doctor and a citizen in this
prosperous section of West Virginia.

Doctor Sponsellcr was born at New Market, Frederick
County, Maryland, May 7, ls73, son of George F. and
Sarah (Roberts) Sponsellcr. His paternal grandfather
was Jacob Sponseller and his maternal grandparents
were Edward nnd Kucha. I (llouck Robert*. Doctor
Sponseller on his maternal side is of 0,uak«r ancrsiry
lb- was the second in a family of live children, tin- other*
being Clifton, Adelaide, Roy L. ami William It.

Doctor Sponsellcr was educated in 0,uak»r School*,
and acquired his professional traili ng in tin- Louisville
rniversity, where he graduated in medicine in Ih'.m.
Doctor Sponseller practiced medicine at lledgesville for
five years, and since 1W2 has been in active practice at
Martinsville.

In June, ]9Iu, he married Miss Nellie R. Reddig, of
Shippenshurg, Pennsylvania. Doctor Sponseller is presi-
dent of the Eastern Panhandle Medical Society, tin*
West Virginia State and American Medical Associa
tion, and fraternally is affiliated with Equality Lodge No.
44. A. F. and A. M., Washington Lodge No.' 1, Knights
of Pythias and Martinsburg Lodge No. 77s, Benevolent
and I'rotcctivc Order of Elks, lie is a member of the
Martinsburg Rotary Club.

Hon*. Frank Llewfllyn Bowman. The ordinary indi-
vidual, concerned with the business affairs that secure for
him his daily livelihood, is representative of the nation's
citizenship. This is the normal type, whose life begins and
ends, perhaps with nothing more distinctive than is the rip
jde on the stream when the pebble is east into the water. It
is the unusual type that commauds attention, and it is his
influence, exerted on his community, and the record of
his life, that are valuable and interesting as matters of
biography. In the professions, especially the law, the op-
portunities for usefulness and personal advancement depend
almost entirely upon the unusually gifted individual, ami
here natural endowment is as essential as is thorough prep-
aration. The bar of Monongalia County, a representative
body of the state, has its full quota of hrilliant men, and
one of its foremost members is Frank Llewellyn Bowman,
of Morgantown, who has aNo been identified prominently
with business and civic affairs for the past fifteen years.

Mr. Bowman was bnrn at Masontnwn, Pennsylvania, Jan
nary 21, ls"9, and is descended from an obi Keystone State
family which settled in Lancaster County in pre -Revolu-
tionary war days. His father, Josiah A. Bowman, who was
born at Masontown, February 1.1, 1*31, removed to Morgan
town, West Virginia in and engaged in the mer

cantile business, ne married Sue, daughter of James
Llewellyn, and both parents continue to make their home
at Morgantown, where they are held in the highest esteem.

After passing through the public schools Frank Llewellyn
Bowman entered the University of West Virginia, from
which he was graduated in the spring of 1902, with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts. 11 is college career was a bril-
liant one, in which he won the Inter Society Oration and
Debate prize. After his graduation he was appointed teller
in the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Morgantown, a
position he held for two years. He then took a course in
the law department of the West Virginia Vniv. rsity and
was admitted to the bar in 190.3, at which time he enteral
the practice of law at Morgantown and has been engagM
therein ever since, with constantly enlarging success.

In 1911 Mr. Bowman was ' appointed postmaster at
Morgantown, and served in that position until 1915. In
191G he was elected mayor of the city by the largest ma_
jority ever given a candidate for that office, and in 1917
was renominated by the convention, but declined to make
the race. Mr. Bowman has important business intcn-K
being vice president and treasurer of the Tropf Conl Com-
pany and a stockholder in and ntt« rney for * viral other
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Association, the West Virginia Bar Association and the
Rotary Club, and also holds membership in the Phi Sigma
Kappa college fraternity. He is a Knight Templar, be-
longing to Morgantown Commandery No. 18, Knights
Templar, and Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheel-
ing. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, in all of
which he is very popular. His religious faith is that of
the Presbyterian Church.

On June 3, 1904, Mr. Bowman was united in marriage
with Miss Pearl Silveus, the daughter of the Rev. W. F.
Silveus, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a clergyman of the
Presbyterian Church, and to this union there have come
two children: Marjorie Virginia, born January 16, ]W°
and Frank Llewellyn, Jr., born May 15, 191 1.

Roy C. Grove, of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, repre-
sented this county as a member of the House of Delegates
of the West Virginia Legislature, to which he was elected
in November, 1918, and in which office he gave effec-
tive service during the legislative sessions of 1919 and
1921, besides having the distinction of being the youngest
member of the House. He was assigned to important
committees, including that on arts and science, of which
he was chairman, and on those of taxation, finance, rail-
roads, nnappropriated lands and enrolled bills, besides
which he became chairman of the West Virginia and
Maryland Bridge Commission. Since 1921 he has been
actively associated with the Bowers Realty & Insurauce
Company, one of the representative business concerns of
Martinsburg.

Mr. Grove was born on a farm near Berkeley Springs,
in Morgan County, this state, on the 18th of May, 1888.
His father, Carson Grove, was born in Frederick County,
Virginia, a son of Francis M. Grove, who likewise was a
native of that county, as was also his father, Abraham
Grove. A well established family tradition is to the
effect that three brothers, Abraham, Adam and John
Grove, came from England to America in the early
Colonial days and first settled near Lancaster, Pennsyl-
vania, and that one of the number was the ancestor of
the Groves of Frederick County, Virginia. In that
county Abraham owned and occupied a farm six miles
west of Cross Junction. Francis M. Grove, grandfather
of the subject of this sketch, removed to Morgan County
and purchased a farm near Berkeley Springs. He be-
came a successful general farmer and served eight years
as a judge of the County Court. He was more than
seventy years of age at the time of his death. His
wife, whose maiden name w r as Sarah Bohrer, was born on
a farm lying along the line of Frederick and Morgan
counties, and was a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth
(Shade) Bohrer, both natives of Frederick County, Vir-
ginia, and members of pioneer families of that county.

Carson Grove became a progressive and representative
farmer and also a successful dealer in live stock. In
1901 he removed to Martinsburg, where he is still en-
gaged in the buying and shipping of live stock. He
married Annie S. Gano, w r ho was born near Bloomer,
Frederick County, Virginia, a daughter of Daniel Gano.
Daniel Gano was born in Gerrardstown District, Berkeley
County, where his father, James Gano, was an early
settler. In the period of the Civil war James Gano
started forth from his home with a four-horse team and
wagon, and no trace of him was ever afterward found
by his family, the supposition being that he was either
drowned while crossing a stream or that he was mur-
dered and his team stolen. Daniel Gano purchased
the William Grove farm near Boomer, Frederick County,
and on this place he passed the remainder of his life.
The maiden name of his wife was Betsy Anu Grove,
she having been a daughter of William and Susan (Buz-
zard) Grove. Of this union were born the following
named children: William, Susan, Catherine, Simeon,
John, Maria, James and Annie. William Gano settled
two miles from Parkville, Missouri, and became one of
the prominent horticulturists of that state, he having
been for twenty years president of the Missouri Horticul-

tural Society and the Gano Apple was named in hi (
honor.

Roy C. Grove attended public schools in Morgai
County and at Martinsburg, and after a two years ' coura
in the University of West Virginia he was associate^
with his father in the buying and shipping of live stocl
until 1921, when, as before stated, he became associate
with the Powers Realty & Insurance Company, but hi,
principal business is real estate and he is manager o
three orchard companies in Berkeley and Morgan coun
ties. He is an active member of the Kiwanis Club a'i
Martinsburg, is affiliated with the Phi Kappa Alpha col
lege fraternity; with Martinsburg Lodge No. 778, B. P
O. E.; with Tuscarawas Lodge No. 24, I. O. O. F.; am
with Martinsburg Council No. 35, Junior Order Unite*
American Mechanics.

The year 1910 recorded the marriage of Mr. Grove an<
Miss Adda Virginia Geyer, who was born at Martinsbur; ;
and who is a daughter of James P. and Hannah H
Geyer. Mr. and Mrs. Grove have one child, Anna Vir,
ginia.

Mr. Grove east his first presidential vote for Willian
Howard Taft, and has since continued a staunch sup
porter of the principles of the republican party.

Harry Hollis, representing a family that has been in th
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia for several generations
acquired an extensive acquaintance over portions of tht
adjoining states during his work as a traveling salesman
and is now doing a prosperous business as a wholesale mer
chant at Martinsburg.

He was born on a farm in Mill Creek District, Berkeley
County, West Virginia. His great-grandfather, Willian 1
Hollis, was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and came to Berkeley*
County in early days from Ohio. He was a farmer in tht
vicinity of Darkesville. and in the days before the railroad]
he marketed the produce of his farms by team and wagoni
lie had two six-horse teams, and would load his wagons ami
sometimes go to Baltimore and at other times to Tennessee!
William Hollis was buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery a|
Gerrardstown. He married Lydia Dick near SanduskyJ
Ohio, and both of them lived to old age. Their eight chily
dren were: Jane, Joseph, John, Sally, Amanda, Lydia'
Bennett and William. Of these John Hollis was born ill
Berkeley County in 1818, and as a young man bought ;j
farm near Gerrardstown, and remained in Berkeley County
until his death at the age of seventy-five. He married Re'
becca Thornburg, who was born iu Berkeley County in 1824
Her father, Thomas Thornburg, was a farmer living aboui
four miles southwest of Martinsburg. The first wife ol
Thomas Thornburg was Barbara Byers. Rebecca (Thorn
burg) Hollis died at the age of eighty-four. Her eight chill
drcn were named William, James, Parren, Anna, Emma
John, Clarence and Edgar.

Parren Morgan Hollis, father of Harry Hollis, was bori.
at Gerrardstown in Berkeley County, March 13, 1850. Afj
a boy he attended subscription schools during the white) j
time, and otherwise assisted on the farm. After reaching
his majority he began his career by renting land, and ht 1
remained in the ranks of the solid and prosperous farmer.^
of Berkeley County until 1S96 when he removed to Martins ,
burg and for one year carried mail between the postoffietj
and the railroad, for thirteen years was an employe of the
Staudard Oil Company, and is still keeping up a routine ol
work as night clerk in the Berkeley Hotel. On Novembei
28, 1878, he married Annie Chamberlain, boru in Jefferson
County in February, 1854, daughter of John Chamberlain j
who was a miller and operated a number of mills, including!
the Strider Mill on Opequan Creek and the Balch Mill atj
Leetown. John Chamberlain married a member of the N
Sharff family, who were pioneers in Jefferson County. Mr.i
and Mrs. Parren Hollis reared eight children, named Charles ■
Harry, Lou, Edgar, Fannie, Estella, Ernest and Roy. Thcj
mother is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. |
The father in political matters is a democrat.

Harry Hollis spent his early life on his father's farm]
and attended rural schools in both Jefferson and Berkeley]

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lunties. Later ho attended the Maitiusburg city schools,
id after completing his education be took up a business
Lrccr and for a number of years was a traveling salesmun
Bp- an extensivo territory in West Virginia, Maryland and
temisylvnnia. In 1920 Mr. Ilollis engaged in the wholesale
|*uit and produce business at Martinsburg, and is one of
ue enterprising men of affairs of that city.

In 1902 ho married Mamie Shaull, a native of Jefferson
»ounty and daughter of John Shaull. Mrs. Hollis, who was
to active member of the Trinity Episcopal Church, South,
jjed in 1917, leaving two daughters: Helen and Anna, Helen,
.arried Evered Long, and they have one son, William Lee,
orn May 18, 1922.

Joseph II. Smith. Prominent among the progressive ami
?scrvcdly-suecessful lepresentatives of the business inter-
ns of Petersburg is Joseph II. Smith, manager of the Ken-
t »weg Wholesale Grocery House. He is primarily a business
an, with few outside connections, but has always found
,mc to interest himself in the welfare of his community
nd has been a supporter of worthy enterprises looking to
,«c advancement and development of his section.
, Mr. Smith is a native son of West Virginia, and was born
November 17, 1S73, in Franklin District, Pendleton County,
is parents being Harrison and Xaney E. (Nelson) Smith,
lis father was born in Highland County, Virginia, in 1b'M\
nd as a youth acquired the rudiments of an education in
he country schools of his native county. Prior to the out-
reak of hostilities in the war between the states Mr. Smith
amc over the mountains into West Virginia, and in Pendle
jn County he enlisted in the Sixty-first Regiment, Virginia
r olunteer Infantry, in the Confederate army. He served
•ith that regiment until after the surrender of General Lee,
nd was honorably discharged with a splendid record for
rave and faithful service. At the close of his military
arecr he applied himself to agricultural pursuits in Frank-
.n District, Pendleton County, and there continued his
esidenee until his death, April (5, 1921, when he was
ighty-five years of age. In polities he was a democrat,
ot had no public life. He was affiliated with the Church
f the Brethren, and as a man of integrity and probity
ras held in high esteem in his community. Mr. Smith
larried Nancy E. Nelson, a daughter of Joseph W. and
eonie (Nelson) Nelson, the Nelsons also being West Vir-
inia people who followed the pursuits of the soil as their
©cation. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith there were born the
ollowing children: Palser C, a resident of Ilinton, Vir-
inia; W. J., of Ruddle, West Virginia; Mary J., who
larried C. B. Ruddle, of Harrisonburg, Virginia; Julia F.,
he wife of J. F. Hinkle, of Franklin, West Virginia;
oscph Harrison, of this review; and Jared B., of Ruddle,
his state.

Joseph Harrison Smith spent the first twenty-four years
f his life in Pendleton County, where he acquired his edu-
ational training in the public schools, and before he
ame of age had taught two terms of school. When he
ras twenty-four years of age he left the parental roof and
ntered upon his independent career, his first choice of an
ecupation being that of farmer, as his early training had
>een along that line of endeavor. Soon Mr. Smith became
lanager of the stock ranch of G. Eston Harman, of Ran-
lolph County, West Virginia, a capacity in which he
erved for eight years. Butchering formed an important
iart of that enterprise, and during his stay there Mr.
Smith butchered 6,000 head of cattle for the R. F. Whit-
lan Lumber Company, in addition to the younger stock,
ncluding sheep and "hogs, for the workmen in the lumber
amps of the community.

When Mr. Smith gave up ranch life he came to Pcters-
iurg, where he accepted employment as a elerk in the
etail store of O. M. Smith, with whom he remained for
hree years. On May 1, 1917, he joined the Kenueweg
Vholesale Grocery Company, as manager of the Pcters-
mrg branch house, and in this capacity has continued to
he present time. This grocery branch of the parent con-
em was established at Petersburg in 1913, and its salesman
over Grant and Pendleton counties and a part of Hardy
)ounty. The business has enjoyed a substantial and

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.significant growth .lining the mnungcrship of Mr. Smith,
who is progressive aud energetic, {tommied of modutrn
ideas and spirit and capablo of attaining result* from his
well-directed and timely efforts. Aside from his immediate
connection with this business Mr. Smith tins f.-w other
connections, but was the moving spirit in the «*tnrdi*h
ment of the Potomac Valley Hank of tVtersburg. At the
time of the organization of" that institution tin- ciwhiertihip
was urged upon him, but the honor was decline.1, although
he has always been a stockholder in the concern. In
political matters Mr. Smith hns followed in In* father's
footsteps, and has always supported democratic policies
and candidates for public oflice. He was a candidate for
the oflice of assessor of Grant County in 1920, but lott to
his opponent, Grant Comity being strongly republican in
sentiment. As before noted, Mr. Smith hns always provoii
himself a man of public spirit and civic pride," nnd hit*
willingly supported beneficial movements of a civic, cdu
cational or religious charneter. During the World wnr he
was a member of the Grant County Food Administrntion,
ami in this capacity did all in his power to assi»t in con-
serving food in order that the soldiers at the front might
be well supplied with everything to keep up their physienl
strength and fighting morale. He did not overlook a single
drive for funds to help in the success of American arms.
Mr. Smith is without fraternal or club affiliations of any
kind.

On Augu>t 26, IS99, at Franklin, West Virginia, Mr.
Smith was united in marriage with Miss Ida M. Teter, who
was born in Pendleton County, May 11, ls74, a daughter
of George and Mary (llarman) Teter, the latter being a
daughter of .John llarman and a member of an old-estab-
lished and well-known family of West Virginia. George
Teter was born in Pendleton County, a son of Reuben Teter
and a member of one of the oldest pioneer families of this
section of the state. George Teter was n soldier of the
Union during the war between the states, and went through
that struggle without wounds, and with an excellent record.
He is now aged seventy-seven years and n resident of
Pendleton County, where he has passed nn active life in
agricultural pursuits, lie and his worthy wife had five
children: Mrs. Alice Robinson, Charles G., Dr. J. M.,
Oliver C. and Mrs. Ida M. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
have had the following children: Janet O., the wife of
Justin J. Barger, of Petersburg, with one son, Justin, Jr.;
Mayscll, the wife of I). W, Mouse, of Pansy, Gmnt County,
with a daughter, Helen; and Robert T.. who is a student
at the Lutheran Academy, Petersburg.

Edward C. Shepiiekd is one of the veteran merchants
and business men of Martinsburg, but his fnmily name
connects him intimately with another town of the Eastern
Panhandle, the college community founded and named for
one of his ancestors. A brief account of the family
through the successive generations has an appropriate place
in any history of the state.

The pioneer of the family in the Shenandoah Valley
was Thomas Shepherd, a son of William Shepherd nnd
grandson of Thomas Shepherd. The grnndfnther died in
Maryland in IG98, and was probably one of three brothers
who came from Wales to America in early Colonial time*.
Thomas Shepherd, the founder of Shepherdstown, was born
in 1705, and died in 1776. About 1730 he received a land
grant from King George the second, comprising 222 acre*
south of the Shenandoah River. He settled in that locality
in 1732, and was founder of the community first known as
Mecklenberg and later called Shepherdstown. A state law
of 1765 established a ferry on the land of Thormn Shep-
herd at Mecklenberg over the Potomac. Thomns Shepherd
married Elizabeth Van Metre, daughter of John Van
Metre, the Indian trader. She died at Shepherdstown
ahout 1792. Tbev had a large family of children, several
of whom settled and lived aroond Wheeling, West Virginia.

Their youngest son was Capt. Abrnham Shepherd, who
was born at Shepherdstown, November 10, 1734. He was
a soldier of the Revolution, and was lieutenant of a com-
pany at the battle of Kingsbridge, New York, in Novem-
ber, 1776. Soon afterward he was made captain of a

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company of Virginia and Maryland riflemen. It was said
that during the war, while he was passing through Berk-
eley County, he stopped at the home of Capt. James
Strode, who owned and occupied an extensive plautation
south of Martinsburg. Captain Strode had in his employ
at the time two prisoners of war, one a Hessian aud the
other an Indian. Captain Shepherd overheard their plans
to kill Jlr. Strode as he went to the spring for water. He
placed himself in ambush and as the two men appeared to
execute their plan he shot both of them down. In 1780 he
married Captain Strode 's daughter Eleanor, who was born
in 1760. Abraham Shepherd subsequently became owner
of the Strode homestead. He died September 7, 1822, and
his wife survived until September 23, 1853. They had a
family of eight children.

Fifth among these children was Henry Shepherd, grand-
father of Edward C. Shepherd, the Martinsburg merchant.
Henry Shepherd was born iu Shepherdstown, January 4,
1793, was reared in Jefferson County and became a man
of prominence in Shepherdstown, where he filled a number
of public offices. He was an extensive land holder. On
May 7, 1822, he married Fanny E. Briscoe, daughter of
Dr. John and Eleanor (Alagruder) Briscoe, of Jefferson
County. Henry Shepherd died October 12, 1870, and his
wife, on July 5, 1881. Henry Shepherd was a very suc-
cessful stock man, and was a breeder of fine cattle and
thoroughbred horses. He and his wife had the followiug
children: Mary Eleanor, Rozin Davis, Ann Elizabeth,
Henry, John, Abraham, James T.

The father of Edward C. Shepherd was Abraham Shep-
herd, who was born at Shepherdstown, March 21, 1S36.
He was well educated under private tutors, attended St.
James College, and after he reached mature years he was
presented by his father with a tract of laud, including the
old race track, and there he engaged in general farming.
Soon after the breaking out of the war between the states
he entered the Confederate army, and was in several bat-
tles, including Gettysburg, at which time he was on
detached duty as a courier. Later he was captured and
was held a prisoner of war at Fort McHenry nearly a
year. Following the war he continued his business as a
farmer in Jefferson County, ami in 1SS3 retired to Shep-
herdstown, where he lived' until his death in 1907. He
married Elizabeth Williams, who was born in Berkeley
County, a daughter of Dr. Edward Cleggett and Sally
(Shepherd) Williams. She is now living at Martinsburg,
and her six children were named Edward C, James T.,
Elizabeth, Sally C, who became the wife of Charles Butler,
Fannie, who became the wife of John Shaull, and Laura V.

Edward C. Shepherd was born at Shepherdstown, and at-
tended publie schools there and also Shepherd College. As
a youth he removed to Martinsburg and began clerking
in the drug store of his uncle, E. C. Williams. When his
uncle finally retired from business he continued in the
same store under the new owners, and finally, in 1902,
succeeded to the ownership of the business, and for twenty
years has conducted a high class and prosperous establish-
ment. Though now in the prime of his years, there are few
men in business at Martinsburg who were here when he
began. Mr. Shepherd is an attendant of Trinity Episcopal
Church.

Andrew Sterrett Alexander, judge of the Court of
Common Pleas of Kanawha County, is a Charleston lawyer
and banker, and is one of a number of prominent repre-
sentatives of this name and family ruuuing back into the
earliest pioneer times of what is now West Virginia.

He is descended from Archibald Alexander, who came
from Scotland in 1737. His son Mathew lived at Waynes-
boro, Virginia, and by his marriage to Margaret Black
was the father of Samuel Alexander, grandfather of Judge
Alexander. Samuel Alexander was born at Waynesboro
May 17, 1784, and subsequently removed to Mason County,
West Virginia, where for many years he was a justice of
the peace and was also made sheriff, though on account of
age bis son William performed the active duties of tho
office.

The wife of Samuel Alexander was Elizabeth Arbuckle,

who was bom July 15, 1790, at Fort Randolph, and die
July 26, I860. She was married in 1812. Her father, Wil
iam Arbuckle, was born in Botetourt County, March 1
1752 and in 1778 moved to Fort Randolph, now Point Pleas
ant, West Virginia. He lived there fifteen years and the
went to Greenbrier County, but in the winter of 1796-9
returned to the Kanawha Valley and settled on his exten '
sivc estate some fifteen miles above Fort Randolph, wher ,
he spent the rest of his life. William Arbuckle married
Catherine Madison, a daughter of Humphrey Madisoi;
niece of Bishop John Madison and Governor George Madj
son, aud cousin to President James Madison. Her mothei
Mary Dickinson, was a daughter of John Dickinson, one o
the signers of the Constitution of the United States. Th ,
first husband of Catherine Madison, William MeClanahaij.
was killed at the battle of Point Pleasant October 10, 1774
William Arbuckle Alexander, father of Judge Alexandei,
was born in Mason County November 3, 1816. He was th ] 1
son who performed the active duties of sheriff uudcr hii
father, and subsequently became sheriff of Putnam County
when it was created from portions of Mason and Kanawha
lie received from his father an extensive tract of land ii
Frazier Bottom, where in 1860 he built a large brick resij
deuce and where he lived until his death on April 1, 1885]
He was elected to the State Senate in 1871. On Decembel
15, I860, William A. Alexander married Leonora C. Ruffi
ner, daughter of Augustus and Mary E. (Rogers) RuffueJ
and granddaughter of Dr. Henry Rogers of Kanawha
County.

Andrew Sterrett Alexander, a son of these parents, was'
born in Putnam County August 7, 1S67. As a youth he at
tended public schools, worked on the farm, taught school
and in 1890 graduated from the law department of th(
University of West Virginia and in the same year was ad
mitted to the bar at Charleston. Two years later he was
elected prosecuting attorney of Putnam Couuty and re-
elected for a second four year term in 1896. Judge Alex-
ander was democratic nominee for the Senate in 1900 and
1904, and in 1905 he removed to Charleston, where a large
and profitable clientage sought his professional euergies.
He was appointed city solicitor in 1907 and for a second
term in 1911. He was also one of the incorporators and 1
the secretary and treasurer of the Southern States Mutual
Life Insurance Company, now the George Washington Life
Insurance Company, when it was first organized.

He was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas for
Kanawha County in November, 1916, and began his eight
year term January 1, 1917. Judge Alexander is also vice
president and director of the Kanawha National Bank of
Charleston, was organizer and first president of the Bank
of Winfield in Putnam Couuty, and is a director of the
Putnam County Bank at Hurricane.

In October, 1921, the rare honor, that of the thirty-
third degree in Scottish Rite Masonry, was conferred upon
Judge Alexander by the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite
Masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction at Washington. He
is a Knight Templar Mason, a past commander of Kanawha
Commandery No. 4, and is a past potentate of Beni-Kcdem
Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Charleston. Judge
Alexander is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church at
Charleston, and his father, grandfather and great-grand-
father were Presbyterian elders in their time.

Judge Alexander married in Greenbrier County Elizabeth
S. Maun, granddaughter of William Mann, a pioneer of
that county and daughter of Mathew Mann, who was a
farmer and banker. Judge and Mrs. Alexander have three
children: Andrew Sterling, Leonora Ruff ner and Mathew
Mann Alexander.

Henry Scott Gardner, D. D. S., has had a busy practice .
as a dental surgeon at Martinsburg at the same time that
he has managed some of the extensive property interests
long associated with the Gardner family in that city. The I
Gardners have lived in Berkeley County for a century or {
more, and have always been people of most substantial 1
character.

The great-grandfather of Doctor Gardner was a native of
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uau and was a very early settler iu tlio Martinsburg locality.
le bought the land now occupied by tlio Gardner Buildiug,
ind also where the Eagle Hotel is situated, on the east side
>f the 100 block on South Queen Street. lie was a pioneer
andlord of the city, maintaining a public house for a
lumber of years. Iu 1833 he served as deputy sheriff and
lailer. His son, the grandfather of Doctor Gardner, was
?eter Gardner, who was born in Berkeley County, learned
he trade of wagon maker, and established his shop and
msiness in Berkeley County and continued active until his
leath. After he died his widow removed to Martinsburg
ind bought property at 210 East Burke Street, where she
ived out her life.

Her son Allen Gardner, who was born iu Berkeley County
a 1S49, lived with his mother at Martinsburg, but after his
narriage moved to his farm near Berkeley Station, and for
leveral years gave all his time to his agricultural affairs,
le then returned to the East Burke Street home, and bought
ither city property, including the hotel building known as
:he Eagle Hotel, which had formerly been owned by his
grandfather. For a number of years these various property
nterests occupied his attention. He died at the age of
eventy-two. Allen Gardner married Mary Elizabeth Couch-
nan, a native of Berkeley County, who died at the age of
uxty-three. She reared children named Mabel O., Mary
Ulen C, and Henry Scott. Mary Elizabeth Couehman was
i sister of George William Couehman, who was a Confed-
}rate soldier and was killed at the second battle of
Manassas.

Henry Scott Gardner was born on a farm near Berkeley
Station and was educated in the public schools and in Tins-
eys Military Institute at Martinsburg. In 1906 he entered
he dental department of the University of Maryland, where
le graduated in July, 1909, and since that year has had a
arge practice at Martinsburg and has the office equipment
ind faciUties for the best class of service.

Doctor Gardner in 1917 erected the Gardner Building on
he lot formerly owned by his great grandfather. This is a
landsome brick structure, three stories, the first floor
)ccupied by stores and the second and third floors by apart-
nents. In 1918 Doctor Gardner married Nora Park Chap-
nan, who was born at Darkesville, Berkeley County, daugh-
.er of Park and Jane Chapman. They have one daughter,
lamed Jane Elizabeth. Doctor Gardner is affiliated with
Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A. M., Lebanon Chapter
So. 2, R, A. M., Palestine Commandery No. 2, Martinsburg
Lodge of Perfection, Wheeling Consistory No. 1, thirty-
tecond degree, and Osiris Temple. A. A. O. N. M. S. He is
»lso a member of Washington Lodge No. 1, Knights of
Pythias, and Azhar Temple, D. O. K. K. He and Mrs.
lardner are members of Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and he is one of the board of stewards.

Harby M. Fisher. Representing a family that has been
issociated with milling, mechanical trades and business in
:he Eastern Panhandle for several generations, Harry M.
Fisher is a successful jeweler both by trade and business in
he City of Martinsburg, his establishment on South O.ueen
Street being a place where all the popular tastes and de-
nands of the trade are amply provided for.

Mr. Fisher is a native of Martinsburg. His grandfather,
lohn Fisher, for a number of years conducted a flour mill
tnown as Tabbs Mill on the Tuscarora Road, a mile west
>f Martinsburg. His last years he spent retired in Martins-
nirg. He married Sally " Chamberlain, who was bom in
tfiddleway, Jefferson County, and she died at the age of
leventy-four. Their soa, Noble Tabb Fisher, was born at
Tabbs Mill in 1858, and was educated in the public school
n Martinsburg. As a youth he served an apprenticeship to
earn the trade of plumber with the firm of Fisher and
Fisher, and later he engaged in business as a house fur-
lisher, and had reached a successful stage in his career when
le was stricken by death at the early age of thirty. At the
ige of twenty-two he married Emma Rose Couehman, a
lative of Martinsburg, daughter of Heury M. Couehman,
Tho was born near Flaggs Station in Berkeley County, De-
cember 11, 1831, and granddaughter of Michael Couehman,
Uso a native of Berkeley County, where his people were

piuneeis. Michael Couehman was a farmer and died at the
early age of twenty nine. His widow, whose maiden nmno
was Mary Small, also a natho of Berkeley County, »ur
vived him to the age of sixty nine. Henry M. Couehman
served an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker with William
Wilen, but followed that occupation only a short time and
then entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Raiirond
Company as a carpenter. He bernine a foreman in the car
penter's shops and continued forty four years, until h*
was retired by the company on a pension. He died nt th»
age of seventy fonr. His wife was Phoebe Ilelfe.itny, who
was born near the present site of Tablers Station ami died
at the age of fifty one. There were five Couehman children,
named Mary Susan, Emma Hose, Nannie Florence, Bella
and Charles. Mrs. Emma Hose Fisher after the death of
her first husband married James Bnrrick, of Martin«*bnr^
She had two sons bv her first marriage, Arthur C. mid
Harry M.

Harry M. Fisher after finishing his education in the city
schools in Martinsburg served an apprenticeship at the
jeweler's trade with Frauk Smurr, and later took a course
in the Philadelphia College of horology. He then started
his independent career as a workman on the bench in his
mother's store, repairing watches and jewelry. In 1912 he
established a business of his own, and now'carricii an ex
tensive stock of all commodities represented in a fir«t cla<-<
jewelry store.

He married Miss Kate May League, who km born at
Smithfield in Jefferson County, daughter of .lames .1.
League. They have one son, Noble James Fisher. Mr.
Fisher is affiliated with Equality Lodge No. 44, F. and
A. M.„ Lebanon Chapter, H. A. M., Palestine Commandery.
K. T., and Tuscarora Tribe of the Improved Order of Bed
Men.

James Whann McSiierky, M. P. The highest personal
authority on the history of the Eastern Panhandle and its
people has been for a number of years the venerable physi-
cian and banker of Martinsburg, I>r. J. W. McSherry. He
is one of the oldest bank presidents and one of the olde-t
practicing physicians in the country. He grndnated in
medicine and began its practice some years before the out-
break of the war between the states, in which he served with
the rank of captain.

In the course of his extensive practice Doctor McSherry
eame to know nearly everyone, high or low, in this part of
the Shenandoah Valley. A remarkable knowledge and
memory of names and dates have enabled him to systematize
this information. Now when in his office he ministers to
the great-grandchildren of some of his first patients, he
frequently tells them who their grand ancestors were. He is
one of the rare survivals into this age of hustle and worry
— a cultured gentleman of the old school.

Doctor McSherry was born in Martinsburg, Deceml»er 7.
1»33, son of Dennis Lilly and Susan Hehb (Al>ell) Me
Sherrv and grandson of* Richard and Anastatia (Lilly)
MeSh'errv. Anastatia Lilly was a daughter of Richard
Lilly of Frederick, Man-land, and granddaughter of Samuel
Lilly of Pennsylvania. Richard McSherry, grandfather of
Doe'tor McSherry, was born at St. Johns Point in County
Down, Ireland, in 1747. At the age of eighteen he and his
twin brother, William C, went to Jamaica, and conducted
a successful business on that island for a few years. They
eame to the United States shortly after the close of the
Revolution, William settling in Baltimore, while Ruhard
established his home in that part of old Berkeley County
now Jefferson County. On a large tract of land he ac-
quired near Leetown he built a fine residence and named
the estate Retirement. It was the home of his later years.
He reared nine children, one of them being Dennis Li ly
McSherry, who was born at Retirement, March 26, 1794. He
was educated in Georgetown College, served as an ensign
in a Jefferson County company in a Virginia regiment dur
ine the War of 1S12, studied law with Mr. I itzhugh at
Hagerstown, Maryland, and after being admitted to the
bar practiced for a few years in Martinsburg Later he
taught school, served as county clerk, was interested in
farming and from 1S33 for a few years wa« abated w.th

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his brother Richard in a drug business at Martiusburg.
On December 19, 1820, he married Susan Hebb Abell,
daughter of Capt. John and Sarah (Forrest) Abell, whose
people were early settlers in Charles and St. Marys counties,
Maryland.

A sister of Doctor McSherry was a most distinguished
woman, the late Martha Gertrude McSherry. The most
magnificent tribute that explains her life work is a memorial
tablet in the Kings Daughters Hospital, the inscription
reading as follows: "In grateful memory of Martha
Gertrude McSherry, 1829-1912, Foundress of this Institu-
tion. Faithful unto death."

James Whann McSherry was educated in the Martiusburg
Academy and at St. Mary College in Baltimore, and gradu-
ated from the medical department of the University of
Maryland in 1855. For a brief time he practiced in Mar-
tinsburg, but in November, 1856, went to Peytona in
Boone County, Virginia; and remained there in practice
until the outbreak of the war. He was commissioned a
surgeon in the Virginia State Troops by Governor Wise,
and later, when the State Troops were organized for active
service, he was elected captain of Company B, of the
Thirty-sixth Virginia Infantry. He commanded that com-
pany in many engagements in the early part of the war,
and was finally captured and was taken to Maiden, thence
by way of Charleston to Wheeling, on to Camp Chase at
Columbus, Ohio, and for a number of months was a prisoner
in Fort Delaware, until the elose of the war. After the war
Doctor McSherry returned to Martiusburg, and immediately
took up the burdens of a heavy praetiee in town and sur-
rounding eountry. Doetor McSherry is one of those rare
men who continue their work and activities beyond the age
of four score. His heavy work in the profession was done
long before the age of automobiles, telephones or modern
highways. He still looks after a considerable office prae-
tiee. He also has the management of some extensive real
estate holdings in Martinsburg, is owner of about 500 acres
of farm land and about 800 acres of mountain land. Along
with his professional work he has taken a keen interest in
public affairs, and at one time was mayor of Martiusburg.
He is a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church.

On January 3, 1876, Doctor McSherry married Virginia
Faulkner, youngest daughter of lion. Charles J. Faulkner,
the distinguished West Virginian whose career is fully
sketched on other pages. Mrs. McSherry went abroad to
France when her father was appointed Minister to that
country, and finished her education there. She was a fine
singer and skilled pianist, and identified with all the organ-
ized movements for charity and culture in her home city.
She was a member of the Wednesday Evening Music Club
and the Travelers Club. She was president of the local
organization of the Daughters of the Confederacy, later of
the state organization and still later of the national organ-
ization of that body. She had a wide acquaintance in the
society all over the United States. She died February 25.
1916. * '

William H. Thomas. While there is probably no city
in the state of the size that has a larger number of men
with distinctive and important achievements to their
credit in the domain of commerce and industry than
Bluefield, there is manifest a disposition to recognize
and confer by consensus of opinion if not formally a
degree of special leadership upon Mr. William Henry
Thomas, whose name in that community really suggests
all the best elements of power and influence involved in
constructive citizenship and commercial enterprise.

Mr. Thomas represents an old family of Roanoke
County, Virginia, and he was reared and educated and
and his early commercial training there. Though his
home has been in Bluefield for a number of years, he
still feels in touch with the vicinity where he was born
and reared. His birth occurred November 13, 1865, at
what was then known as Big Lick, now Roanoke City.
He is a son of Charles M. and Jane (Crawford) Thomas,
natives of Roanoke County.

Giles Thomas, Sr., came to this country from England
about 1745, settling near Havre de Grace, Maryland, His

sou, Giles Thomas, Jr., who was born in 1763 and diec
in 1842, moved to Virginia in 1796, settling in the countj
of Botetonrt, now Roanoke. He was only tw T clve yeari
of age when the Revolutionary war broke out, and ii
his sixteenth year he joined the Maryland Regiment anc
served until the close. He was under General Thomas 1
the great campaign of the Carolinas, and witnessed the
surrender of Lord Comwallis at Yorktown. For these
services as a soldier he received a land grant, whicli
was loeated west of Cumberland in Washington County
Maryland.

On June 4, 1786, Giles Thomas, Jr., married Am
Wheeler. He was a eousin of Charles Carroll of Carroll
ton, Maryland, a venerable signer of the Declaration ol
Independence. They were married at Carrollton.

Charles M. Thomas, a son of Giles Thomas, Jr., wa r
born July 15, 1790, and died May 30, 1869. He wa>
about six years of age when the family settled in Bote
tourt County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Baruett
who was born April 1, 1792, and died in November
1875. They were the parents of Charles Marigold
Thomas.

Charles M. Thomas was born in 1825 and died in
1866. He was a farmer in Roanoke County and in 1861
moved his family to Big Lick. During the war between
the states he was with a Virginia regiment, and ou ac
count of physical disability was chiefly employed in the
Quartermaster's Department and the Home Guard
Charles M. Thomas was one of ten brothers who were
in the Confederate army, and this approaches if it does
not establish a record for participation of one family in
that or any other war of the nation. In 1852 he married
Jane Crawford, who was born July 24, 1831, and died
in 1914. She was a descendant of James Crawford, Sr..
who was of Scotch-Irish birth and came from Northern
Ireland in 1770. His wife was a Miss Wallace, a descend-
ant of Sir John Wallaee of Scotland. James Crawford.
Jr., their son, was five years of age when the family
came to this eountry. lie married Eliza Poague, whose
family came in 1765 from Seotland and settled in Augusta
County, Virginia. This James Crawford, Jr., by his wife.
Eliza, was the father of James Crawford, father of Jane ;
Crawford Thomas. The mother of Jane Crawford was
Jaue Deyerle.

William H. Thomas, who therefore descends from very
substantial American stock on both sides, never had any
better school advantages than those supplied by the
common schools of Roanoke County, and at the age of
seventeen he was earning his living as clerk in a retail
general store at Big Liek, and the year represented a
valuable training to him. He then went on the road
as a traveling salesman, and for eight years sold gro-1
ceries and general merchandise throughout the South and]
Coast states. In 1889, at the age of twenty-fonr, Mr.
Thomas beeame associated with three other men', one'
of whom was his brother-in-law, B. P. Huff, in the firml
of Huff, Andrews & Thomas, wholesale grocers. The
personnel of this firm has remained the same for over
thirty years, though their greatly extended business is
conducted under a number of corporate names. The)
partnership has been maintained as a firm at Roanoke,
where they had their first headquarters as wholesale
grocers. Mr. Thomas was the man who acquired the]
business for this early firm as traveling salesman, and
for several years he covered the states of Virginia and'|
West Virginia. The first important step in expanding 1
the business came in 1895, when a branch was located'
at Bluefield, and this is now the main house of Huff,
Andrews & Thomas Company. The business at Bluefield]]
has from the first been conducted as a corporation, with 1
Mr. Thomas as president and general manager. In the 1 '
meantime the partners in 1892 had organized a wholesaler
dry goods and notion business under the title F. B.
Thomas & Company, the active head of which was F. B.
Thomas, a brother of William H. and one of the original
partners in the Huff, Andrews & Thomas Company.
F. B. Thomas & Company is still doing business.

There are now seven wholesale grocery houses repre-

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scnting the expanded interests of the original eouceru
at Roanoke, and Mr. Thomas of Bluefield is connected
with all of thein as a director. The six houses outside
of Bluefield are: Thomas- Andrews Company at Norton,
the Bristol Grocery Company at Bristol, Abingdon Gro-
cery Company at Abingdon, National Grocery "Company
at Roanoke, these all being in old Virginia"; and Wil-
liamson Grocery Company at Williamson and Mullins
Grocery Company at Mullins, West Virginia.

Mr. Thomas has organized and has participated in the
management of a large number of successful business
undertakings, including the Roanoke Candy Company,
of which he is a director, the Bristol Candy Company at
Bristol, Virginia, the Bluefield Ice and Cold Storage-
Company, which he with others organized in 1904 and of
which he is president; the Citizens Underwriters Insur-
ance Agency; the Flat Top National Bauk of Bluefield,
which he and others organized in 1903 and of which he
is vice president; the Bluefield Gas & Power Company,
of which he is a director; the Southern Investment and
Real Estate Company of Roanoke, of which he is a
director; the Bailey Lumber Company of Bluefield, prob-
ably the largest lumber company in the state; the Mont-
vale and Company and the Big Clear Creek Coal
Company in Greenbrier County.

When his associates speak of his civic record they
usually begin and end with unqualified praise of what
Mr. Thomas did as member and for many years presi-
dent of the School Board of Bluefield City. He first went
cm the board as a member in 1902, and altogether served
twelve years, most of the time as president of the
board. While he was president practically all of the
modern school buildings in the city now in use were
erected, both for the white and colored people. Mr.
Thomas has some sound ideas on education, but his par-
ticular service was due to his great faculty of getting
things done, whether it comes to the promotion of a
strictly business enterprise or the financing and con-
struction of a group of school buildings.

On November 17, 1591, Mr. Thomas married at Elizn-
bethton, Tennessee, Miss Minnie Folsom, daughter of
Maj. H. M. and Elizabeth (Berry) Folsom. Major Fol-
son, who was a relative of Francis (Folsom) Cleveland,
widow of President Cleveland, was one of the able
lawyers of Tennessee and had a distinguished war record,
going into the Confederate army at the age of seventeen
and being promoted to major before he was twenty. He
died in 1909. Mrs. Thomas is a member of the Daughters
of the American Revolution and for many years has
been president of Bluefield Chapter of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have
three children: Paul C, who was born in Tennessee in
1892 and finished his education in Washington and Lee
University, Florence F. and Grace Elizabeth.

Mr. Thomas is of Scotch Irish ancestry, and his people
were among the early settlers of the Valley of Vir-
ginia and also identified with the pioneering of Roanoke
County. Some of his ancestors were soldiers in the
Revolution and one of them was a signer of the Dec-
laration of Independence.

Mr. Thomas assisted in organizing the Bluefield
Country Club and is one of its Board of Governors.
His favorite sport is hunting and fishing, and he par
ticularly enjoys the pursuit of big game in the Maine
woods. He is a democrat in politics, is affiliated with
the Royal Arch, Knight Templar, and Scottish Rite
Masons and Mystie Shrine, the Knights of Pythias, the
Independent Order of Oud Fellows and the Lions, and
he and Mrs. Thomas are members of the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Thomas in 1904 was a delegate from West
Virginia to the World's Sunday School Convention at
Jerusalem, and during that trip abroad he made an ex-
tensive tour all through the noly Land, Egypt and other
Mediterranean countries.

John M. McConihay, M. D. More than forty-five years
of the life of Doctor McConihay have been devoted to the
profession of medicine and surgerv. One of the oldest and

best known members of his profession at Charleston, Doctor
McConihay has combined with his profession a distinctive
service in the order of Masonry, the crowning honor in
token of this long service coming in October, 1921, W.
Washington, when the Southern (irnnd Jurisdiction con
fcrred upon him the supreme honorarv thirtv third degree
of tlie Scottish Rite.

Doctor McConihay was horn mar Mlltou, Cabell Countv,
West Virginia, in H5.'J, son of Ira and Mary Morris) Me
Conihay, also natives of the state. Doctor McConihay won
a boy when his parents moved to u home on the Knnnwlm
River in Mason County, where he was reared and where In-
attended the public schools. He completed hi* literary edu
cation in In unison University of Ohio, and in ls.7f)'grad
uated M. D. from the Kentucky School of Medicine nt
Louisville. After about a dozen years of arduous conn
try practice at Leon in Mason County ami BufTolo in Put
nam County Doctor McConihay removed to Charleston in
ls^9, and for over thirty years has been one of the busy
professional men of this city. He is a member of (he
County, State and American Medical Associations.

His active service in Masonry began in 1>m>. Anions
other honors he is a past grand master of the Grand Lodge
of West Virginia, a past grand high priest of the Grand
Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons, « a s grand lecturer for
eleven years, and his activities have covered a wide range
of usefulness during forty years. He is also a pa*t potrn
tatc of Beni-Kcdcm Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and
past commander of Kanawha Commnudery of Knights Tern
plar at Charleston. For several years Doctor McConihay
has been president of the Charleston Alumni Chapter of the
Sigma Chi fraternity.

lie married Miss Anna Kvelith. a native of T« nnessec but
of West Virginia ancestry. Their five children are Mrs.
Evelith Wilkerson, Mrs. Almah Wilson, Mrs. Pauline King.
Miss Vivian McConihay and Morris McConihay.

Carl Reger. Morgantown, West Virginia, has celebrity
as the home of a great university. It has many additional
advantages and cause for civic pride, and not the least of
these is that it is the chosen home of professional men of
marked ability and country-wide reputation. Among these
valued citizens no one enjoys greater confidence or personal
esteem than Carl Reger, architect, who during the past
six years has contributed greatly to the material improve
nient and general attractiveness of all parts of Morgan
town and throughout West Virginia. His artistic designs
appear in business structures in combinations making for
utility also, in church edifices, hotels, apartment houses,
schoolhouses and magnificent private residences.

Mr. Reger is a native of West Virginia and is descended
direct and collaterally, from old Colonial families of whnt
is now West Virginia. The original American settler of
this branch of the Reger family was Jacob Reger, who wn»
born in Holland in about 17.il. He eroded the Atlantic
Ocean to this country in about 17o*>, accompanied by his
wife and their older children. He settled in the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia, later removed to the sonth branch of
the Potomac River in what is now West Virginia, and in
17^2, following the close of the Revolutionary war. he set
tied near what is now the town of Volga in Bart>onr
County, West Virginia, where he died. His children bor
these names: Anthony, Jacob, Philip, John. Abram.
Isaac, Elizabeth, Barbara. Annie Mary and Catherine.

Isaac Reger, sou of Jacob and great grandfather of tin
present generation, was born on the south branch of th.
Potomac River, August 19, 17m.'. settled on Hacker's Crc< k
in Upshur County and spent his life there, ne married
Marv Magdalena Brake, daughter of Jacob Brake, wh<
was" known in Virginia as "the captive." During an
Indian raid in his childhood he wa« captured by the «m\agr«
and taken with them to near what i« now the City of Detroit
Michigan, where he wa* detained for eleven years and then
was returned to his parents. The children of I«aa<- R>C' r
and his wife were seven in number: Ruth. Rtlrfvca, I hih|
Lvdia Elizabeth, David B. and Maria.

'David B Reger, of the above family, was horn in Bar-
bour Countv in 1*22. and with his father moved to Ilncker s

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Creek in Upshur County in 1830, and died on his farm
there in April, 1906. His wife's name was Elizabeth
Neely, and she was born near Morgantown in 1824, and
died June 5, 1904. Their children were: Marion D.,
Joseph S., Isaac S., Mary and Angela.

Joseph S. Reger, son of David B. and father of Carl
Reger, was born on the old family homestead in Upshur
County, August 12, 1847, and grew up on the farm. He
had educational privileges, attended Freneh Creek Aeademy,
and afterward taught school for a number of years, al-
though farming was his main occupation. He was prom-
inent in republican politics in Upshur County, served two
terms as eounty superintendent of schools, served as a
member of the County Court and also on the State Board
of Agriculture. He was a member and liberal supporter
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his death on July
31 ; 1914, his community lost a man of great worth. On
June 6, 1872, lie married Miss Sirene Bunten, who was
born at Sago in Upshur County, April 11, 1847, and died
May 29, 1912. She was a daughter of James and Fanny
(Morgan) Bunten, the former of whom had come to Vir-
ginia from Dumbarton, New Hampshire. The maternal
grandparents of Carl Reger were Zedekiah and Rebecca
(Watson) Morgan, the former of whom was born in Con-
necticut, March 8, 1744, and died at Sago, Upshur County,
October 12, 1822, His second wife, Rebecca Watson, was
born at Boston, Massachusetts, and died at Sago, Upshur
County, May 20 1846. Zedekiah Morgan was a descendant,
four generations removed, from James Morgan, who came
from Wales in 1636, settling near what is now Gloucester,
Massachusetts. His branch of the family in New England
and the Morgantown Morgans unite in Wales with a com-
mon ancestor, Sir John Morgan.

Carl Reger was born on the home farm near Buekhannon
in Upshur County, West Virginia, October 2, 1878. After
attending the common schools he took a preparatory course
in the West Virginia Conference Seminary, now the West
Virginia Wesleyan College. His tastes and talents led to
an early interest in architecture, and before completing his
education, as proposed, he had experience in the offices of
several architects, following which he entered upon the
study of architecture in the University of Pennsylvania,
but did not remain to complete his course because of
trouble with his eyes. In 1905 he gave them a needed rest
and in the following year went to Los Angeles, California.

In the western city Mr. Reger found ready opportunity
and appreciation of his talent as an architect and there
received a certificate enabling him to practice architecture
in that state. During the nine years he resided there he
built up an enviable reputation in his profession, and some
of the most imposing structures of that city of today stand
as testimonials to his artistic, conceptions and architectural
knowledge. While there he had charge, as architect's super-
intendent and chief engineer in charge of construction, of
the ereetion of some of the largest and most modern busi-
ness blocks on the Paeifie Coast.

In 1915 Mr. Reger returned to his native state and on
August 1st of that year establishing himself professionally
at Morgantown, securing two small rooms in the West Vir-
ginia Utilities Building, but his quarters soon became en-
tirely inadequate, and at the present time his offices and
busy employes occupy the entire floor of that building. He
is not only the leading architect at Morgantown but his
talents have also been engaged in other sections of the
state. He was the designer of the greatly admired Sales
and Service Building of the Central Automobile Corpora-
tion at Clarksburg, made the plans for the big fire-proof
hotel now under way that will be a great improvement to
Shinnston, West Virginia, and has many other contracts
under way. He is secretary of the West Virginia State
Society of Architects, and was the West Virginia delegate
to the 1921 convention of the American Institute of Arch-
itects held at Washington, D. C.

Ou September 26, 1909, Mr. Reger married Miss Lura
L. Law, who was born in Ritchie County, West Virginia,
and is a daughter of Martin L. Law. Mr. and Mrs. Reger
have three ehildren: Ruth L., born May 15, 1913; Cath-
erine, born April 24, 1917; and Carl Robert, born May 23,

1921. Mr. and Mrs. Reger are members of the First Meth-
odist Episcopal Church at Morgantown, in which he is a
steward. He has long been deeply interested in Sunday
school work, and is a member of the State Executive Com-
mittee of the West Virginia Sunday School Association and
is secretary of the Monongalia County Sunday School Asso-
ciation. He is an aetive citizen in all that concerns the real
welfare of Morgantown, but the political field has not at-
tracted him. He belongs to the Morgantown Rotary Club.

Herbert Volney King, M. D. The fearless, questioning
attitude of the twentieth century is nowhere more strikingly
apparent than among the exponents of the medical pro-
fession. The tendency of the latter-day scientific physician
to avoid, beyond all things, hasty jumping to conclusions
or too ready dependence upon formulae is rapidly destroy
ing ancient delusions. The heights to which a man with
reason and courage may climb are practically limitless,
and such men deserve, and in this age of the world usually
receive, the hearty co-operation and support of the people
of intelligence and worth in their communities. To this
class of rational thinkers belongs Dr. Herbert Volney
King, whose opportunities along professional lines, and,
particularly those dealing with diseases of the eye, ear,;
nose and throat, have been exceptional and whose use of
the same has made him an important factor in connection 1
with professional cireles of Morgantown and Monongalia
County.

Doctor King is a native of Ohio, having been born at
Bellaire just across the Ohio River from West Virginia,
Jannary 10, 1883, a son of the late William and Belle
(Powell) King, natives of Belmont County, Ohio. Doctor
King was but a boy when both his parents died. At the
age of eleven years he removed with his guardian to St.
Paul, Minnesota, where he attended the eity schools, grad-
uating from Humbolt High School of that city in 1901.
Entering then the University of Minnesota, he was grad-
uated with the degree of Doctor of Mediciue as a member
of the elass of 1905. Doctor King embarked in general
practice at St. Paul in the same year, and continued as a
practitioner of that eity until 1917. He was assistant to
Dr. L. A. Schipfer, the noted eye, car, nose and throat
specialist of Bismarck, North Dakota, for a time, and later
was assistant to Dr. Harry J. Heeb, professor of ophthalmol-
ogy at Marquette College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He took
further post-graduate work under Dr. H. P. Mosher, now
professor of nose and throat diseases at Harvard Uni-
versity. In the fall of 1920 Doctor King entered practice
at Morgantown, where he has since been engaged in special-
izing in the treatment and cure of ailments of the eye, ear,
nose and throat, and in the short period of time that he
has been located here has established himself firmly in the
estimation of the people of the city and its surrounding
environs.

Doctor King is a member of the Monongalia County
Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society
and the American Medieal Association. Fraternally he is
affiliated with the Masons, and his religious connection is
with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a man of
genial and confidence inspiring personality, a philosopher
in his attitude towards the world and a rationalist in his
sane and practical purpose.

Doctor King married Miss Abbie Abbott, daughter of
J. D. and Sophia (Peterson) Abbott, of St. Paul, Min-
nesota, her father of Scotch stock and her mother of Swed-
ish ancestry. Five ehildren have eome to Doctor and Mrs.
King: Edwin and Ethel, twins, born August 1, 1911;
Mary Belle, born November 25, 1913; Herbert William,
born April 11, 1915; and Dorothy, born August 25, 191S,

Peter Dille Arbogast, M. D. In the passage of time,
including the momentous events of recent years in the
world's history that have wrecked personal ambitions and
overturned thrones, America has never forgotten or failed
to pay tribute to that noble and substantial friend of other
days, the Marquis de Lafayette of France. In a measure,
this interest has clung also to those brave eavaliers who
accompanied him to the unknown land across the sea and

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bcathcd their swords to aid the struggling American
jnies to aecure independence. Not all of these bravo
Hers returned to France, a number of them deciding
remain in the goodly land to which duty had led them,
I here they founded families that geuerations afterward
1 bear their honored names, and through emulating their
ponse to the eall of need some of their descendants
re wiped out the old-time debt on their native soil,
rhe Arbogast family of West Virginia was founded in
icrica by two brothers who accompanied the .Marquis de
fayette from France in 1777 and fought in the Revolu-
nary war to assist the American colonies. The Arbogast
ithers afterward returned to France, but subscqneutly
urned to the state, and both married women of German
taction. The great grandfather of Dr. Peter P. Arbo-
it came to what is now Pendleton County, West Virginia,
ere he became the father of seven sous, of unusual physi-
development, all being over six feet in stature.
Vdam Arbogast, the grandfather of Doctor Arbogast, a
ding medical practitioner at Morgantown, was born in
adleton County, West Virginia, and was one of the first
ee men to settle in what is now Pocahontas County, and
:h his brothers assisted in the defense of Fort Seibert
en the Indians attacked the settlers, who had taken
uge in that old log fort.

\dam Arbogast, son of Adam and father of Doctor Arbo-
jt, was born in 1792 on his father's farm in Pocahontas
□nty, and died there in 1874. He was a prosperous
mer, and in addition to the old homestead owned another
uable farm. He married Sarah MeDaniel, who was born
Randolph County, Virginia, in 1841, and survived until
17. Her parents were born in Scotland.
Doctor Arbogast was bom on the obi family farm in
eahontas County, West Virginia, March 19, 1867. He
ended the free schools and later Hillsborough Aeaden
lowing which be taught school for several years. In 5M*7
entered the University of Virginia, where he completed
nedieal course and was graduated from that institution
:h his degree June 12, 1901. He entered into practice at
rbin, Pocahontas County, removing in 190:i to Gorman,
iryiand, but returning in 1904 to Durbin, where he con-
ued until 1911, when, in search of a wider field, be came
Morgantown, where he is now very firmly established in
f confidence and affection of the people.
Doctor Arbogast married, January 31, 1*94, Miss llodic
ne Burner, who was born iu Pocahontas County and was
laughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Beard) Burner, he-
ging, like the Doctor, to an old pioneer family of this
, tion. Her great-grandfather, George Burner, and Adam
bogast and Jacob Yeager, all married sisters, and, as
p three earliest pioneers, settled for a time in Upper
leenbrier Valley, Pocahontas County, and all became
j>ple of importance. Mrs. Arbogast passed away on
itober 14, 1919, leaving five sons and one daughter and a
lie circle of attached frieuds. The eldest son, Harry Me-
!il Arbogast, after spending two years in the University
(West Virginia, was a member of the United States Army
hdical Corps for six months during the World war, being
Sinected with the hospital at Fort Lee, Virginia. He
Irried Miss Luella Howell, daughter of Charles G. How-
| of Morgantown, and they have one son, Richard Dillc,
lo was born on Easter Sunday, 1921.
I The daughter of Doctor Arbogast, Gertie Gale, is the
>!e of Lester E. Frazier, and they have one daughter,
Uherine Jane. Mr. Frazier is a graduated chemist of the
[aversity of West Virginia. He was born and reared in
Inceverte, Greenbrier Couniy, but after hi« marriage
kved to Monessen, Pennsylvania.

i Charles Merle Arbogast, who is an overseas veteran of
[> World war, was a member of the West Virginia Na-
Inal Guard at the outbreak of the World war, and as
l b went first to Fairmont, then to Pittsburgh, then back
t Fairmont and then to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, where
I spent a year in practice on the rifle range, following
lieh he accompanied the American Expeditionary Forces
jl France. There he saw active service until military of-
lisives were terminated by the signing of the armistice
lib the enemy, and he returned to the United States in

July, 1919. Mr is mm ;« luiiiilnr of the Went Virginia
State Police. The three younger »otn of the family are-
lloyt, who was graduated from the Morgantowu High
Sehool in 1919, and Keith Bailey and Grey, who aro y«*<
in the grade schools.

Doctor Arbogast has ue\er been particularly art it e in
political life, although his convictions are sound and rca
sonable, but he is recognized as a dejM-iidablu citizen who
is justifiably proud of his long line of American ancestry.
He is identified with n number of professional orgnni/ji
tions and fraternally is a Mason and Odd Fellow. He is a
member and liberal supporter of the Methodist Kpiwnpnl
Church.

Grant P. Hall, mayor of Chariest on, has net some new
standards of municipal administration in the State of West
Virginia. His life has been distinguished by faith fulness
and well executed duties in several fields, education, bind
ness and public affairs.

Mayor Hall was born in Roane County, West Virginia,
December 21, 186.1, son of William and Isalxd (Guinn
Hall, also natives of this state. In l^«>6, the year after
his birth, his parents moved to Kanawha County and lo
eated on a farm in Big Sandy District. There Grant P.
Hall grew to mature years. He started life with a country
school education, began teaching at the age of sixteen, and
subsequently, in the intervals of teaching, he attended Mar
shall College at Huntington. lie taught altogether for ten
years in Kanawha County, and he finished his educotion
in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware.

Mr. Hall was elected county superintendent of school*
for Kanawha County in 1^94, serving two years. In !%<i
he was elected clerk of the Circuit Court, and filled that
office six years. While in office he studied law, wa<« admit
ted to the bar, and in addition to his private practice lie
served for a time as assistant prosecuting attorney of Kn
nawha County and as a member of the County Court. Later,
giving up his law practice, Mr. Hal] was for several year*
actively and successfully engaged in the real estate bu*l
ness at Charleston.

lie was chosen mayor for the term of four years at the
spring election of 1919. He entered the office at a criticnl
time. During the war all except the most indi.«q»ensable
public improvements had stopped and the city was far
behind in its program of pavement, sidewalks, sewerage,
street lighting and other needed facilities. The execution
of well considered and broad plans providing for such im-
provements has been carried forward with great vigor dor
ing Mr. Hall's administration. Millions of dollars hn\e
been expended the last four years to make Charleston the
modern city that it is. These improvements have had t<>
keep pace with the remarkable growth and expansion nf
Charleston territorially during the same period. Mr. Hall
has won the hcartiot commendation and approval for his
efficient, businesslike and honest administration. It is an
office to which he gives all his time, and he is in etery
sense the mayor of the city. One great improvement that
is likely to be considered n permanent memorial to his
administration is the City Hall, constructed at a cost of
.*650,000.

A republican in politics, Mr. Hall for many years ha«
been an influential and prominent figure in city, county and
state politics. In the general election of 1920 he was cam-
paign manager for Ephraim F. Morgan, and the splendid
majority rolled up for General Morgan testifies to Mr.
Hall's efficiency as a political organizer. During the war
with Germany he was a member of nearly all the campaign
committees a'nd worked heartily for the success of every
local quota. „ . , _ ,

He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
By his marriage to Miss Anna Steele Mr. Hall has sii : chil-
dren: Lucile, wife of J. A. Shanklin; Frank B., Harry
A., Grant P., Jr., Marion S. and I«abel.

Robert D. Hennen, of Morgantown, Monongalia Coonty
has achieved high standing in his profession, that o cm
engineer, is actively identified with important ^tnal and
capitalistic interc^, and is a scion of one nf the old and

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honored families of this section of West Virginia. He
was born at- Morgantown, August 17, 1883, and is a son of
the late Frederick A. and Ella E. (Coil) Hennen. The
father was born at. Morgantown, February 26, 1844, a son
of Robert P. and Elizabeth (Wilkins) Hennen. Robert
P. Hennen was born in the State of Pennsylvania, where
his father, Matthew Hennen, settled upon immigration to
Ameriea from his native County Down, Ireland. Robert P.
Hennen later came to Morgantown, in what is now West
Virginia, and here engaged in the work of his trade, that
of cabinetmaker, in which connection he became one of the
pioneer undertakers of this place. He served as a member
of the borough eonneil during the '60s, and here his death
occurred in 1S73. His wife was born in New Jersey and
her death occurred in 1871.

Frederick A. Hennen learned the trade of cabinetmaker
under the direction of his father, and at Morgantown he
followed his trade and engaged in the undertaking business,
the enterprise later being amplified to include the furniture
business, in which he continued until about 1912, when he
retired. He was one of the honored and influential citizens
of Morgautown, served about twelve years as a member of
the City Council and was one of the most loyal and pro
gressive citizens of his native city and county. His mar-
riage to Miss Ella E. Coil was solemnized in 1882, and the
gracious ties were severed by the death of Mrs. Hennen
in 1910. He survived her by more than a decade and his
death occurred June 5, 1921*. both having been earnest
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a .
he having been affiliated with the Independent Order of ()<
Fellows.

Robert D. Hennen gained his preluninary education in
the public sehools of Morgantown, and in 1908 he was
graduated in the celebrated Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in the City of Boston. He received from this
institution the degree of Bachelor of Seience, and in 1912
the same degree and also that of Civil Engineer were con-
ferred upon him by the University of West Virginia, in
which he had taken effective post-graduate work. In 1908
he was appointed civil engineer of Monongalia County by
the County Court, and he served in this position four years,
within whieh he did mueh important work for the eounty.
From 1912 to 1914 he was engineer in ehief in the con-
struction of the Morgantown & Wheeling Railroad, and in
the latter year he organized the Monongahela Valley Engi-
neering Company of Morgantown, of whieh he continued
the executive head until he disposed of his interests in the
corporation iu 1920. Mr. Hennen was one of the organizers
of the Moore-Tex Oil Company of Morgantown, of which
he is vice president, and he was likewise one of the or-
ganizers of the Knob Coal Company, of his interest in
whieh he later disposed.

Mr. Hennen is affiliated with Morgantown Lodge No. 411
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a valued
and progressive member of the local Rotary Club and the
Morgantown Chamber of Commerce. He is a member also
of the Morgantown Country Club, is treasurer of the Alumni
Association of the University of West Virginia, a trustee
of the Phi Kappa Psi eollege fraternity, and he and his
wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church
in their home eity.

Mr. Hennen married Miss Louise Reiner, daughter of
Thomas P. and Emma (Porter) Reiner, of Dunbar, Pennsyl-
vania, and she is a popular faetor in the representative so-
cial activities of Morgantown.

Bernard James McDermott, eivil and mining engineer
and coal operator, is one of the progressive citizens and
representative business men of Morgantown, eounty seat of
Monongalia County. He was born at Taunton, Massachu-
setts', February 9, 1882, and is a son of Miehael and Mary
Ann (Lynch) MeDermott, the former of whom was born
in County Leitrim, Ireland, and the latter at Cool Springs,
New York, both being now deceased.

The parochial and public schools of his native eity af-
forded Bernard J. MeDermott his early education, and at
the age of nineteen years he entered the engineering depart-
ment of the Shawmut Mining Company at Byrnedale, Elk

County, Pennsylvania, in the capacity of draftsman. H
technical ability and effective service led to his promotu
to the position of division engineer for the company, i
which he continued the incumbent four years. He le
Byrnedale in May, 1906, to assume the positiou of chi.
engineer of the Elkins Coal & Coke Company at Morga
town, West Virginia. Here he received appointment al,
to the post of chief engineer of the Morgantown & Kin
wood Railway Company, and of these two responsible o, 1
flees he continued in tenure eleven years — until August f
1917. Within this period Mr. MeDermott had eharge ii
the designs and construction of five new mines of the Elkii
Coal & Coke Company and the reconstruction of two oth
mines of the company. He beearne associated with Jose]
Miller, of New York City, and built and plaeed in opei.
Hon mines No. 1 and No. 2 at Britz, West Virginia, a:
mill No. 3 at Kingwood, of which properties he is now tlj
ehief operator, under the title of chief engineer and ge
eral superintendent, with office headquarters in the Pri'i
Building at Morgantown.

Mr. MeDermott is affiliated with Morgantown Lodge N'
411, Benevolent aud Protective Order of Elks; Branch N
62, Knights of St. George; aud the Council of the Knighj
of Columbus at St. Mary 's, Pennsylvania. He is an acti'
member of the Morgantown Country Club.

Mr. MeDermott married Miss Angela De Lisle, and th»
have four children: Susan Marie, Bernard Joseph, Lou
Leo and Mary Ann.

David Chadwiok Reay, who is engaged in the practice i
his profession in his native eity of Morgantown, as oi
of the representative members of the bar of Monongalj
County, is a scion of the fourth generation of the Rc£
family in Ameriea and of the third generation in what
now the State of West Virginia. John Otho Reay, son t
Capt. John Otho Reay, of the Royal English Navy, came
America in 1795, and first settled iu Philadelphia, Pennsy
vania, whence he later removed to Baltimore, Marylani
From the latter city he thereafter removed to Hardy Cou ;
ty, Virginia. He was twice married, his second wife haviij
been Elizabeth, a daughter of Capt. John Neville and gran
daughter of Gen. Joseph Neville, of Virginia, and of t:\
marriage were born two sons and two daughter^, of who'
the son, George M., was the grandfather of him whose nan
introduces this review.

George M. Reay was born in Hardy County, Virgini
in 1813, and when he was four years of age his widowi
mother beeame the wife of David Gilmore. Soon afte
ward the family came to what is now Tucker County, We
Virginia, and in 1833 George M. Reay established his resj
deuce at Morgantown, where he continued actively in buf
ness until 1870. Here he served as justice of the peace fro
1841 to 1859, and within this period served also as capta
of militia. December 24, 1840, he married Elizabet|
daughter of Thomas Maple, of Greene County, Pennsy
vania and their son, Thomas P., beeame the father of Dav |
C. Reay of this sketch.

Thomas Presley Reay was born at Morgantown, Auguj
30, 1841, received good educational advantages, as gaugt
by the standards of the locality and period, and he prj
pared himself for the legal profession. However, he turn<
his attention from the law aud engaged in the coal ar
oil business, in which he had aetive part in the develo
ment of these productive industries in this seetion of tl
state. He served as general deputy collector of intern
revenue for the Eleventh Revenue Division, comprising We]
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delawa i
and the District of Columbia, and this ofifiee he resign* ;
in 1S95, sinee whieh time he has continued his residernj
at Morgantown and given his supervision to his varhl
capitalistic and business interests. His wife, Sarah Vij
ginia, a daughter of Dr. Marmaduke Dent, died on tl
17th of Oetober, 1920, and her memory is revered by s
who came within the sphere of her graeious influence.

David Chadwiek Reay, son of Thomas P. and Sarah Vi
ginia Reay, was born at Morgantown on the 21st of Nover
ber, 1870, and the local sehools afforded him his preliminaii
education. In 1895 he was graduated from the law depar

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meat of the University of West Virginia, and his reception
hf the degree of Bachelor of Laws was followed in the
iame year by his admission to the har of his native state,
in 1S96 he was appointed deputy clerk of the Supreme
*ourt of West Virginia, and he continued his service in this
,-apacity until 1902, when he resigned to enter the pract-
ice of his profession at Morgantown. Here he was asso-
ciated in practice with Charles A. Goodwin, under the firm
iame of Goodwin & Reay, until 191S, when President Wilson
ippointed him auditor of the treasury for the Department
,»f the Interior at Washington. In this office he gave a
nost effective anil creditable administration, and in October,
1919, he resigned his Government post for the purpose of
resuming the practice of his profession, but it was not un-
il October, 1920, that his resignation was accepted and
le returned to Morgantowu, where he has continued in the
practice of law, with a representative clientage. Aside
r rom his law business Mr. Reay has substantial interests
n coal mining and oil production, and to these he finds
t expedient to give the major part of his time and atten-
tion. He is a member of the West Virginia State Bar
Association and the Monongalia Bar Association, is af-
filiated with the Phi Sigma Kappa college fraternity, is
i stanch democrat, holds membership in the Morgantown
Country Club, and he ami his wife are active members of
the First Presbyterian Church in their home city, lie is
a loyal and progressive member of the Morgantowu Cham-
ber of Commerce.

July 2, 1900, recorded the marriage of Mr. Reay and Miss
Margaret Katherine Krieger, daughter of Frederick and
Margaret (Kirschner) Krieger, of Pittsburgh, Pennsyl
vania. The names and respective dates of birth of the chil-
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Reay are here recorded: Margaret
Virginia, January 19, 1902 ;* Virginia Dent, October 5, 1904;
and David Neville, April 11, 1919.

David IIott, A. B., M. D., who is established in the prac-
tice of his profession at Morgantown, Monongalia County,
is one of the representative physicians and surgeons of his
native state and a scion of the third generation of the
IIott family in West Virginia, bis grandfather, Jacob llott,
of French-Huguenot lineage, having settled in Berkeley
County, this state, long before West Virginia had been seg-
regated from the mother state of Virginia. David Hott,
Sr., father of the Doctor, was born in Berkeley County in
1831, and his wife, whose maiden name was Rachel Handier,
was born in the same county in 1834, she having been of
Irish ancestry. David IIott continued his activities as a
farmer in his native county until he purchased and removed
to a farm in Frederick County, just across the line from
liis old farm in Berkeley County. There he continued as
one of the substantial exponents of farm industry until
his death in 1916. His widow passed away in 1919.

Doctor Hott was born on the old homestead farm in
Berkeley County, November 21, 1873, and was reared in
Frederick County, to which the family removal was made
when he was two years old. After his well directed public-
whool training he entered the University of West Virginia,
and in this institution he was graduated in 1900, with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1902 he received his de-
gree of Doctor of Medicine from the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in the City of Baltimore, Maryland, and in
Ihe same year he engaged in the active general practice
of his profession at Morgantown, which city has since con
tinued the stage of his effective professional service. >a\e
for the period during which he was a member of the Medical
Corps of the United States Army at the time of the World
war. He entered the medical corps in October, 1917, and
was first stationed at Camp iSreenleaf, Georgia, whence he
was later transferred to Fort Hamilton, New York, where
be remained until he crossed to France with the Fifty-ninth
Regiment of Coast Artillery. With this command he «
barked March 27, 1918, and after landing at Brest. France,
the regiment proceeded to Villiers-sur-Mare, and saw its
first active fighting in the St. Mihiel sector. Thereafter it
was in service in the great Argonne Forest campaign, pro-
ceeded up the River Mouse, and was at Romain when the
historic armistice was signed. Upon the return voyage

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Doctor II utt landed in the pint . I .New l ork Litv, Februurv
15, 1919, and two weeks later he received his honorable
discharge, with the rnnk of captain, hut commission a«

captain hating been r ive 1 wh. n he entered service. lb

is now a member of the Medical Retort e < orps of t •<
United States Army, with the rank of major. Aft.r tin
close of his patriotic service Doctor IIott return.- 1 to Mm
gantown, where he 1ms since continued Ins active pn.fi -.i«o.:i
work, in which his success attests alike li s nbi'ity and Ill-
personal popularity. Me is n member of the MmmngaJPi
County Medical Society, W< -t Virginia Suite Med :il S*.
ciety, Southern Medical Society, the American legion mid
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Doctor llott married Miss Alcne Vance, daught. r ot
George and Mary (Scott ) Vance, of Morgantowu. Their
one child, George David, was graduated in the Morgantown
High School, and is a member of the class of H»23 in the
University of West Virginia.

IF IT. H KRXfcsT Bkk is a Western man by birth and train
ing. is a mechanical ami electrical engineer, and during the
past ten years has been building lip a highly sucrcs-fiil
business at Charleston, where he is president of the Triple
State Electric Company, who nre distributors for Stude-
baker cars in Southern West Virginia.

Mr. Bck was born at Arago, Richardson County. Ne-
braska, in lss4. lie lived in his home town until he was
of age. attending the public sehools, and, showing special
aptitude for mechanical lines, later entered the Iowa State
College at Ames, where he was graduated in 19*'9 in Me
chanical and Fleet rical Engineering.

Mr. Bek located at Charleston, Wet Virginia, in 191;!.
and soon afterward became principal owner of nn automo-
bile business that had been founded in 1903 and is now in
corporated as the Triple State Electric Company. He is
president and active manager of this company, whim* » x-
elusive business is devoted to handling Stiidehaker car-,
ami parts. Its jurisdiction for sales and * , nice comprise-
the counties of Kanawha, Putnam, I lay, Braxton, WvbsfW,
Nicholas, Fayette, Raleigh, Summers. Greenbrier, Boone
and Monroe, and there are two branch agencies, one at St.
Albans and one at Clendenin. The different department*
of the business comprise one of Charleston's leading indus-
tries.

Mr. Bck is one of the public spirited, active young bti-i
m— nu n of the city, is affiliated with the Charleston < "ham
ber of Commerce, the Charleston Automobile Club and
Rotary Club. lie married Mi.-s .less Pearl I>anier. of
Mason Comity, West Virginia, and they hive one son, Hugh
Ernest, Jr.

Mr. Bek is a Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar ami
a Shriner. lie is Master of Kanawha Lodge No. 20, A. V
and A. M. He is also a member of the Fir-t Pr« sbvt. nan
Church of Charleston.

Joseph Rodert IUohart. M. D . one of the leading pin
sicians and surgeons of Morgantown, and hcnlth officer for
Monongalia County, was horn on a farm on Conor's Creek.
Kanawha County," West Virginia, the son of .lames Mad
son and Martha '(Rogers) Ilnghart, and grand-on of .)<.-. ph
Hughart, who was bom in a log fort in fircctihrier County.
Virginia, where his parents, with other settltrs, had taken
refuge during one of the numerous Indian raids of that day.

.lames MadKon Hughart was born in Crcent.ru r County,
Virginia, in W. and .luring the war Utvveeii the state-
served in the Union Army as a iiioiiiIm r of Company A.
Seventh Virginia Cavalry,' under General Ateril, and a-
such was captured and inntincd in Libby Prison for -ix
months. After the close of the war he married and removed
to Kansas, where he homesteaded a tract of land, but in
ls74 returned to We.-t V ; rginia and -ettled in Kanawha
Countv, twelve miles from Charl Man. In 1S*0 he removed
to Roane Countv, this >.tnt.\ where his death occurred in
lsSl His wife Marti i. was born in Nicholas County
West Virginia, in 1MO, and died in 1**0. She wa, a
daughter of Robert Jack-on R< w-t*. a full eonsm to <.en
Andrew Jackson. The Rogers fanr'v wer. Protc-tmf w»
came from the North « f If land.

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Joseph Robert Hughart was born April 16, 1871, and
was reared on the home farm and obtained his early educa-
tion in the country schools. At the age of nineteen years
he began to teach school and when he had reached his
thirtieth year he had taught sixteen terms of school, he
having secured a first-class certificate to teach at the be-
ginning. While teaching he applied himself to the study
of medicine, having early determined upon a professional
career, and in 1903 was granted a license to practice by the
State Board of Medical Examiners of West Virginia. He
attended the Maryland Medical College at Baltimore, re-
ceiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine from that institu-
tion in 1904, and at that time entered practice at Burns-
ville, Braxton County, West Virginia. In 1913 he went
before the State Board and was given another license, and
in 1914 entered practice at Morgantown. Here he has
risen steadily in his calling, and is now accounted one of
the leaders therein in Monongalia County, having a large,
representative and lucrative practice and being recognized
as a physician whose views accord with the highest and
best professional ethics.

On April 1, 1921, Doctor Hughart was apointed county
health officer of Monongalia County, to fill out an unexpired
term, and July 1 of the same year was reappointed for a
full term of four years. He is a member of the Monongalia
County Medical Society and the West Virginia Medical
Society, holds membership in the Morgantown Chamber of
Commerce and is a well-known Mason, belonging to Morgan-
town Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M. ; Chapter No. 29,
R. A. M., and Commandery No. 16, K. T., the two latter
of Sutton, West Virginia. His religious connection is with
the Methodist Episcopal Church. While he is not a pol-
itician, Doctor Hughart takes an interest in public affairs,
particularly those affecting the general civic welfare of his
adopted city, its institutions and its people, and public-
spirited movements and enterprises find in him a goiicrn
and willing supporter.

On February 12, 1898, Doctor Hughart was united in
marriage with Miss Russia E. Carper, daughter of Clifton
H. and Prussia (Stackhouse) Carper, agricultural people of
Roane County, this state, and to this union there have
come two children: Robert .1., born July 14, 1902; and
Joseph M., born March 24, 1905.

William A. Lucas. Among the alert and enterprising
men who during the past several decades have utilized
the opportunities offered at Huntington for business pre-
ferment and attained thereby a full measure of success
is William A. Lucas, whose career is typical of modern
progress and advancement, and who as a man of affairs
ranks among the contributors to his community's better-
ment. Mr. Lucas, who is engaged in the real estate busi-
ness, was born at French Camp, Choctaw County, Missis-
sippi, December 6, 1875, and is a son of John and
Margaret (Carter) Lucas.

John Lucas was born in 1836, at Chester, South Caro-
lina. When the war between the states came on he
enlisted under the colors of the Confederacy, his com-
manding officer being General Longstreet. Under this
leadership he fought throughout the period of the war,
establishing a splendid record for bravery and faithful
performance of duty. At the close of the struggle he
moved to Choctaw County, Mississippi, where he passed
the rest of his life in agricultural operations of some
extent, and died at French Camp in 1901, when sixty-
four years of age, respected and esteemed by all who
knew him. He was a stalwart democrat in his political
convictions, was fraternally affiliated with the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and belonged to the
Baptist Church. Mr. Lucas married Miss Margaret
Carter, who was born in 1850, at French Camp, where
she died in 1895. Six children were born to this union:
Minnie Lee, the wife of Charles A. Torbert, a banker of
Ackerman, Mississippi; James Walter, M. D., a physician
and surgeon of Moorehead, Mississippi; Hattie, who died
at French Camp when but three years of age; William
A., of this review; Edna, who died at the age of three
years; and Margaret, the wife of Porter W. Berry, super-

intendent of the agricultural school at Scnatobia, Missis-
sippi.

The early education of William A. Lucas was acquired
in the public school at French Camp, following which
he pursued a course in the academy there, and then en-
rolled as a student at the University of Mississippi, from
which he was graduated as a member of the class of
1898, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. While
attending college he was a member of the Phi Delta
Theta Greek letter fraternity. After his graduation Mr.
Lucas became an instructor at Jefferson Military College,
Washington, Mississippi, and remained with that insti-
tution for a period of eleven years. In 1909 he came
to Huntington, West Virginia, and embarked in the real ,
estate business, a field in which he has gained something
more than ordinary success. His offices are situated at
Nos. 1204-1205 First National Bank Building, and he is
secretary and treasurer of several land companies and
enjoys the full confidence of his associates in his various
ventures. In political matters Mr. Lucas supports the
principles and candidates of the democratic party. He I
is a member of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce,
and has been a generous supporter of worthy civic
enterprises.

On June 14, 1905, Mr. Lucas married, at Washington,
Adams County, Mississippi, Miss Fannie Belle Raymond,
daughter of Dr. Joseph S. and Margaret Paxton Ray-
mond, of Rockbridge Couuty, Virginia, both now de-
ceased. Doctor Raymond was for forty years president
of Jefferson College. Mrs. Lucas is a graduate of a
young ladies' seminary. Three children have been born
to Mr. and Mrs. Lucas: William A., Jr., born May 29,
1906; Margaret Raymond, born August 3, 1908; and
Minnie Lee, born May 3, 1913.

Rev. Thomas S. Hamilton, the able and honored pastor
of the Bland Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
in the City of Bluefield, Mercer County, was born at
Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, October 17, 1867,
and is a scion of one of the old and influential families
of that section of the Old Dominion state. He is a son
of John B. and Anna (Bradley) Hamilton, his father
having been born and reared in Washington County
and having there been engaged in mercantile business at
Abingdon for many years. As a lad of fifteen years]
John B. Hamilton ran away from home and followed an
older brother to join a regiment of Virginia volunteer
infantry that went forth in defense of the Confederate
cause in the Civil war. The youthful soldier lived up to
the full tension of the great conflict, participated in many
engagements, including a number of important battles,
and the bullet which wounded him in one of his hands
remained imbedded in the flesh of the hand until his
death in 1905, at the age of fifty-nine years. His widow
attained to the age of seventy-three years and passed to
the life eternal in 1919, both having been devout mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in which
Mr. Hamilton served many years as a steward. John
B. Hamilton was a man of fine mentality and sterling
character, was a stalwart supporter of the principles
of the democratic party and was affiliated with the
United Confederate Veterans.

Rev. Thomas S. Hamilton, eldest in a family of five
children, received his preliminary education in the public
schools of his native place, thereafter continued his
studies in Emory and Henry College, Virginia, and later
took a law course in historic old University of Virginia.
He was admitted to the bar at Abingdon, judicial center
of his native county, and there he continued in the suc-
cessful practice of his profession for a period of twelve
years. Mr. Hamilton likewise studied medicine, and thus
further broadened his intellectual ken and practical
knowledge — a. fortification that has been of much value
to him in the high calling in which he is now serving.
Moved by a fine spirit of Christian stewardship, he finally
decided to consecrate his life to the ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which he had
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ted a clergyman of the church In 3902, aa a member
the Holston Conference in Virginia, and his first
:oral service was on the Oldtown Circuit of that con-
■nee. He was thus engaged one year, and during the
ling three years was in similar service on the Cedar
ing Circuit. He then became pastor of the church
Wise, Virginia, where he continued his labors two
rs. For the ensuing four years he wa9 pastor of
ce Church at Bluefield, West Virginia, and the next
I years found him pastor of Trinity Church in the
I of Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1916 he came again
Bluefield, where he ha9 since served continuously aa
;or of the Bland Street Methodist Church. In evi-
ee of the high esteem in which he is held in the
munity and also of the estimate placed upon him
i eitizen and a clergyman, it is interesting to record
; the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, every leading
; organization in the city and all of the other
•chee of Bluefield recently sent representatives to the
aal conference of the Methodist Church with in-
?nt requests that Mr. Hamilton be returned to hi9
ent pastorate, to which he was duly reassigned. lie
l forceful and eloquent pulpit orator and an able
rch executive, so that unequivocal success has at-
led his work in his various pastoral charges. His
intellectual and professional attainments have
htened his influence in connection with civic affairs,
was one of the leaders in the movement which
led Mercer County to "go over the top" in the
ous lines of patriotic contribution during the na-
'a participation in the World war, he having been
of the most zealous of the four-minute speakers
iged in furthering such war service in the county
having served on many committees in charge of
1 campaigns in support of the Government loan,
Cross work, etc. Mr. Hamilton was chairman of
loeal committee which perfected arrangements for
evangelistic campaign of Rev. "Billy" Sunday in
field. He is a leader in community sentiment and
pn, ia a valued member of the Chamber of Com-
:e, and of the Rotary Club, in which he holds the
s of president of the local club,
l the 26th of February, 1895, was aolemnized the
riage of Mr. Hamilton and Miss Aldens Clark, daugh-
of Isaac Lewis Clark, a representative citizen of
lgdon, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton have three
and six daughters. One of the sons, Stokes Hamil-
served with loyalty and efficiency as a soldier in
United States army at the time of the World war,
received commission as first lieutenant.

ithaniel Babnard, D. D. S., who is successfully estab-
d in the practice of his profession at Morgantown, Mo-
;alia County, is a native of Maryland and a scion of
ing pioneer families in both that state and Pennsyl-
I the Barnards being of Scotch ancestry and the Spear
ly lineage tracing back to Irish origin. Nathaniel
lard, Sr., father of the Doctor, was born and reared
taryland, became a miller by vocation and owned and
ated the Moscow Mills at Moscow, that state. Subse-
tly he moved to Westernport, Maryland, where he re-
ed until his death. His wife, who likewise is deceased,
| the maiden name of Nancy Ellen Spear and was n
jfsentative of a family early founded in Pennsylvania,
ktor Barnard was born at Westernport, Maryland,
I'i 2, 1S84, and in 1903 he was graduated from the
school, after which he took a course in the State Buai-
College at Cumberland, Maryland. After three years
irvice as a bookkeeper he took a literary or academic
he in the Davis and Elkins College at Elkins, West
linia, and in 1913 he was graduated in the department
^ntistry of the University of Maryland. After thus re-
fng his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery he entered
te practice at Elkins, West Virginia, where he remained
[ engaged until he entered the service of the nation in
lection with the World war. In August, 1917, he was
Laissioned first lieutenant in the Dental Corps of the
ed States Army and assigned to the Eighteenth Dm-
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sion, then stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia. When this
division was ordered overseas the Doctor was transferred
to the One Hundred and Third Field Artillery, with which
he was in active service in Franco one year, within which
ho was promoted to the rank of captain. Soon after the
signing of the armistice further distinction came to him In
his promotion to the oflico of major in the Dental Corp*.
Upon his return to tho United States ho was ordered to
Fort Sheridan, whence he was transferred to the Max.-dlla
Facial Department at Jefferson Barracks, where he re-
mained until he received his honornblo discharge, he having
been mustered out July 1, 1920. He returned to Elkins,
West Virginia, hut shortly afterward removed to Morgan-
town, where he ha9 a well equipped office nnd is engaged
actively in tho work of hia profession. Tho Doctor Is a
member of tho American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the Kiwanis Club of Morgantown.

Doctor Barnard married Miss Winnifred Martha Gross,
daughter of Cecil Gross, a representative lumberman at
Elkins, this state, and they have a winsome little daoghter,
Nancy Gray.

August Joseph Schmidiger, D. D. 8. An accomplished
and skillful young dental surgeon at Morgantown, Doctor
Schmidiger grew up in this city, was liherally educated,
and after completing his preparation for hiB profession in
the East returned here to practice.

ne was born at Fostoria, Ohio, August 7, 1893, son of
Frank and Alice (Schorno) Schmidiger. His parents were
natives of Switzerland, but were married in this country.
The mother was born in 1873 and died in 1915. Frank
Schmidiger was born in 1862, learned the trade of glnss
maker in Switzerland, and on coming to the United States
in 1S88 was employed for a time in a glass plant at Cum-
berland, Maryland, and later went to Ohio, ne was one
of the organizers of the Seneca Glass Company at Fostoria.
Due to the exhaustion of the natural gas supply the com-
pany in 1900 moved its plant to Morgantown, West Vir-
ginia, where the Seneca Glass Company is one of the large
and conspicuous industries at this time. Frank Schmidiger
has been in the business continually, and now has charge
of the company's plant at Starr City, a suburb of Morgan-
town.

August Joseph Schmidiger was seven years of age when
the family came to Morgantown. He attended the city
schools and in 1907 entered Rock Hill College at Ellieott
City, Maryland, where he took the academic and regular
college work, graduating A. B. in 1914. Tho following
year he entered Baltimore Dental College at Baltimore, and
received his degree in 1918. About the time he finished
his college course Doctor Schmidiger volunteered for service
in the Dental Corps, but ho was not called to the colors
prior to the signing of the armistice. In 1919, having
returned to Morgantown, he opened an office for practice,
and ranks as one of the most skillful men in hi9 profession-
He is a member of Morgantown Chamber of Commerce, ot
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and the Psi Omega
dental fraternity.

James Hustead BaowNruxD, M. D., was a man whose
professional and civic stewardship was of the finest type,
and at the time of hi9 death ho was the dean of his profes-
sion in the City of Fairmont, Marion County, where his
name and memory are held in lasting honor, ne was born
in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Joly 5, 1836, and hi*
death occurred January 19, 1921.

Thomas Brownfield, a representative of one of tho pio-
neer famUies of Western Pennsylvania, crossed the Alle-
ghany Mountains and settled in Fayette County. One of
his sons, Bev. William Brownfield, became a distinguished
Presbyterian clergyman and wa3 a contemporary of Bev.
Alexander Campbell in effective Christian service in the
State of Pennsylvania, Mr. Campbell having been founder
of the Disciples or Christian Church. Another son, James,
married Hannah Bowell, and among the children of this
union was Judge John Brownfield, who was born in Fayette
County, Pennsvlvania, and who there became a successful
merchant, besides which he served ten years, IS51-61, as

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associate judge of that eounty. Judge Brownfield married
Belinda, daughter of John Hustead, and she died July 2,
1882, at the age of seventy-two years. They were the par-
ents of the subject of this memoir, Dr. James H. Brown-
field. In his native state the Doctor received the advantages
of old Lewisburg College, now Bueknell University, and
thereafter he read medicine under the preceptorship of Dr.
H. B. Mathiot at Smithfield, Fayette County. Thereafter
he took one course of lectures in historic old Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, and in 1860 he established
his residence at Fairmont, West Virginia. Here he was
retained as a contract physician for a time, and when the
Civil war began he tendered his services to the Union. He
became assistant surgeon of the Fourteenth West Virginia
Volunteer Infantry, and served in this capacity until the
close of the war. He then returned to Fairmont, and for
many years thereafter he held inviolable place as the leading
physician and surgeon in Marion County. The Doctor was
one of the organizers of the West Virginia State Medical
Society in 1867, and was a member also of the American
and the International Medical associations, the National
Association of Railroad Surgeons and the American Public
Health Association. He received the thirty-second degree
of the Scottish Rite of the Masonic fraternity, was a mem-
ber of the Mystic Shrine, and was a republican in politics.
From 1867 to 1884 he served as pension "examiner of his
district, and in 1894 he was elected a representative in
the State Legislature. In all the relations of life he was
loyal, earnest and helpful, and he was held in affectionate
esteem in the community which was long the stage of his
labors.

October 18, 1866, recorded the marriage of Doctor Brown-
field and Miss Ann Elizabeth Fleming, daughter of Matthew
Fleming, and her death occurred in 1903. Of the chil-
dren the eldest is John M., a banker at Fairmont; Clark
B. died in January, 1909, leaving one son, James H. (II) ;
Dr. George H. is the subject of a personal sketch following;
and Arch F. is engaged in the jewelry business at Fairmont.

Gforoe Hustead Brownfield, M. D., a representative
physician and citizen of Fairmont, Marion County, main-
tains his residence and office at the old homestead where
he was born, on Main Street, his birth having occurred
March 31, 1871. His father, the late Dr. James Hustead
Brownfield, was long one of the leading physicians and sur-
geons at Fairmont.

Doctor Brownfield gained his early education in the public
schools of his native city, and thereafter was for four
years a student in the University of West Virginia, where
he passed two years in the literary department and two
in the medical department. In 1898 he was graduated
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City
of Baltimore, Maryland, and in the same year became
surgeon for the Murray Mines, three in number, in Marion
County. He continued his professional service in this
connection nine years, and in the meanwhile, in 1903, again
became a resident of Fairmont, where he was associated
in practice with his father until the latter 's death and
where he has since continued his substantial and repre-
sentative general practice, his service as surgeon with the
mining company having continued until 1907. He is now
retained as physician and surgeon to two of the largest
mines of the Consolidated Coal Company. He is a member
of the Marion County and State Medieal societies, the
Southern Medieal Association and the American Medieal
Association. His Masonic affiliations are with the Fair-
mont Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the York
Rite, and he has received the thirty second degree of the
Scottish Rite, besides being affiliated with Osiris Temple
of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling. He holds membership
in the Fairmont Lodge of Elks and the Fairmont Country
Club. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.
The Doctor married Ida L., a daughter of Allison Bartlett,
of Harrison County. They have no children.

Donald Kirk Marchand, vice president of the Morgan-
town Real Estate Board, took up railroad work^ after he
completed his education, but a few years later resigned and

entered real estate and insurance, a field in which bij
abilities have brought him pronounced success.

Mr. Marchand, who is one of the most progressive citize
of Morgantown, was born at Manor in Westmorelaii
County, Pennsylvania, Oetober 15, 1885, son of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Branthoover) Marchand. His father was r
French and his mother of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestr
Samuel R. Marchand moved with his family to Connellsvill
Pennsylvania, in 1891. His active career was spent in tl
drug business, and he was a druggist at Connellsville um
his death in 1899. His wife was born in 1867 and died J

1919. They had two children, both now living at Morga*
town, Miss Garnett and Donald K.

Donald K. Marchand grew up at Connellsville, Pennsj
vania, and after graduating from the high school there j
1903 entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railro'l
Company as an assistant ticket agent. In 1906 he was pr!
moted to ticket agent for that line at Morgantown, and co'
tinued his duties until 1909, when he entered the insuran
and real estate business. He built up a large volume ■
business in both lines and continued alone until February

1920, when he was joined by Alva L. Hartley, making t
firm Marchand & Hartley. This firm writes fire, life ai,
every other class of insurance, handles city and suburb!
real estate and coal lands, and they have excellent faciliti
for thorough service in all these departments.

Mr. Marchand takes a deep interest in all the civic affai'
of his community. He is a member of the Chamber
Commerce and the Kiwanis Club in addition to his offici'
relation with the Real Estate Board. Fraternally he
affiliated with Athens Lodge No. 36, Knights of Pythisl
and Morgantown Lodge No. 411, Benevolent aud Protectil
Order of Elks. He is a member of the Presbyterian Churq
Mr. Marchand married Edna Wall, daughter of J. L. "Wa
of Morgantown. At her death she was survived by til
daughters, Rosalee and Dorothy.

Everett Ray Taylor, M. D., made a definite choice of j!
medical career as a young man, and pursued his stud)
preparatory to that great profession with practically ,1
interruption until he was qualified by graduation and expe (
ence for his duties as a physician and surgeon. Since 19|!
he has been engaged in a successful practice at Morga
town.

He was born at Dunkard in Greene County, Pennsylvan j
April 17, 1883, son of William R. and Mary Elizabe I
(Shelby) Taylor. The first of this branch of the Taylj
family when they came over from England settled in PeiL
sylvania, later went to Virginia, and the grandfather
Doctor Taylor, John Evans Taylor, was born in Old V
ginia and founded the family home in Greene County, Per j
sylvania, at the place known as Dunkard, but commoi |
called Taylortown in his honor. In Greene County he m; i
ried Sarah Stoker. Doctor Taylor's father is William
Taylor, who was born in Greene County and whose active
terests in that county were as a farmer. In 1898 he remoT
to Morgantown, and since then has been in the grocc
business.

His wife, Mary Elizabeth Shelby, was born in Gree
County, daughter of Aaron Shelby. This family was est*
lished in Greene County by Aaron Shelby, who moved tbi
from Kentucky. He married Harriet Smith, a native
Greene County. The parents of Doctor Taylor are act
members of the First Baptist Church of Morgantown. !

Everett Ray Taylor graduated from the public schools
Greene County in 1897, and after the family moved to M t
gantown spent a year in the City High School and one yt I
in the preparatory department of West Virginia Universi
He did two years of his medieal work in West Virgu
University, and then entered the College of Physicians a
Surgeons at Baltimore, where he was graduated M. D.

1907. Doctor Taylor practiced for about a year at Ben
Randolph County, West Virginia, but since September

1908, has had a busy professional career at Morganto^
He is a member of the Monongalia County and the Am
ican Medical associations. Fraternally he is a member
the Knights of Pythias, Elks and the Phi Chi college frat
nity and the Kiwanis Club. He married Miss He

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riowie, of Murgantown, daughter of Walter and Mary
Elizabeth (Hunt) Bowio, who were natives uf Fayette
ppmity, Pennsylvania, and are now living at Morgantown.
Joctor and Mrs. Taylor havo two daughters: Mnry Eliza-
jetb, bora January 4, 1906; and Dorothea, born May 17,
r 908.

David Edward Adams is an expert sanitary engineer,
mt in recent years a broad rauge of business responsibili-
ies have engaged his service as an able executive, lie is
jeneral manager of B. M. Chaplin & Company, general eon-
raetors, and is connected with several other corporations.

Mr. Adams, whose home has been at Morgantown and
vho grew up at Parkersburg, was born at Newark, Ohio,
December 9, 1^91, sou of Charles E. and Josephine W.
Allen) Adams. Ilia grandfather, John Adams, was of a
|uaker family. Charles E. Adams was born at Barnesville,
)hio, and has been connected with the Baltimore & Ohio
tailway for over forty ye:irs. Since 1903 he has been
rain dispatcher at Parkersburg, West Virginia. Josephine
.V. Allen wa.s born at Newark, Ohio, daughter of Judge
^avid Allen of the Federal Court.

David E. Adams was reared in Newark until he was
ibout nine years of age, then lived for two years with a
amily at Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1903 accompanied
hem to Parkersburg. lie had a public school education,
pending three years in the Parkersburg High School, and
n 1909 graduated from the Military Academy at Staunton,
/irginia. He received his Baehelor of Science and Civil
Engineering degrees from Ohio State University with the
lass of 1915. Mr. Adams paid his own way through uni-
versity, and while at the Ohio State did research work in
ewerage and sewage disposal for two years in the employ
•f the City of Columbus. He continued that work for one
•car after graduating. For two years he was sanitary
ngineer for the Ohio State Board of Health.

Mr. Adams located at Morgantown in 1917. He entered
he service of B. M. Chaplin & Company as secretary and
hief engineer, but since then has taken the larger respon-
ibilities of general manager and secretary. He has been
ince its organization a stockholder in the Chaplin Colliers
'ompany, was also its purchasing agent one year and since
hen a director. He was one of the organizers and has
inee been president and treasurer of the Hiverside Lumber
Jompany and is general manager of the Maxwell Coal Com-
>any, an operating corporation. His financial interests
xtend to several other enterprises.

Mr. Adams is a popular member of Morgantown Lodge
so. 411, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, belongs

0 the Sigma Psi, honorary college fraternity, the Kiwanis
'lab and the First Presbyterian Church. On August 3,
915, he married Miss Flora Tucker, who was born at Glen-
ille, West Virginia, daughter of Robert C. and Frances
Smith) Tucker. Her father was a Confederate soldier in
he Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have a daughter, Kuth
..ee, born February 7, 191S.

Morris J. Haller, A graduate of West Virginia Uni-
ersity and formerly a successful teaeher, Morris J. Haller is

1 prosperous young business mau of Morgantown, a member
•f the real estate firm of nailer & Wilson.

He was born in Taylor County, this state, on a farm,
November S, 1S92, son of Flavius Baxter and Amanda
Bailey) Haller. His grandfather, Capt. M. D. Haller, was
ailed in action while serving as a commissioned oflicer in
he Union Army during the Civil war. Flavius B. Haller
vas only a boy at the time, having been born in Barbour
bounty, West Virginia, February 2, 1S54. He waa reared
n Barbour County, but as a young man removed to Taylor
'ounty, where be married and where for some years bis
nergies were devoted to farming. Later he was a mer-
hant and for twenty-five years was a traveling salesman
hrough West Virginia. He now lives surrounded with com-
ort and plenty on a fine farm in Taylor County. He is a
oember of the Masonic Order and a republican in polltica.
•Tavius B. Haller married Amanda Bailey, who waa born in
Baylor County February 2, 1863, daughter of Silas P. and
Umyra (Kelley) Bailey. 8ilas Bailey was born in 1816,

and was a very early settler in Tnylur County. Flavins H.
Haller is sixty se\ en years of age and his wife, lifty eight,
and us yet death has not broken their family circle. All
their live children are living, and they hnvo sixteen grnnd
children. The oldest of their five children is Knrl Ntanlo ,
who was born May 13, issr>, a graduate of the Wi*t Vi't
ginia Wesleyan Academy, and is now in the creamery hu*i
nesa at Stauntun, Virginia, lie married Catherine ij'ur. of
Weston, West Virginia, und their eliildn n nre AuuuWIh*.
Harriet, Earl Stanley, Jr., Cut he ri no um] Thomas Baxl. r.
Enid Almyra, the seeond of tin- < hildren, was born DecrmlM-r
12, )s?>6, is the wife of 11. Itiilph Harper, of Clarksburg.
Wot Virginia, and their children ure Mildred Virginin and
Haller Thomas. Morton O.uny, born August 30, Is-^, is
assistant general manager of the Hutchinson Coal Company
at Erie in Harrison County, West Virginia. By his mar-
riage to Georgia Adaline Bartlett, of Tuylor County, h<- has
four children, Robert, Alma, Margaret and Mary Frnneea.
Sally Mabel Haller, born Augu.st 30, was mnrried to

C. H. Huffman, of .Miami, Ohio and they now live at Zicing
in Harrison County, West Virginia. Their children arc
Arline and Paul Bailey.

The youngest of the family is Morris J. Haller nnd hi*
early life was spent on a farm, lie attended tho common
schools, graduating from the Flemington High School in
1911, from the Fairmont JStaU- Normal in 1913, nnd for a
year was principal of the <;rant Town school. In 191 1 he
entered West Virginia University, and received his A. B.
degree in 1917. After leaving university Mr. Hnller re-
sumed teaching, and for three years was principal of the
Kivexv illc High School in Marion County. Seeking a busi-
ness field that would give better rewards for his efforts, in
the spring of 1920 he took up real estate and fire insurance
at Morgantown, and in January, 1921, organized the suc-
cessful firm of Haller & Wilson".

Mr. Haller is a member of Kivesville Lodge No. 99,
Knights of Pythias, and is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. July 26, 1913, he married Vcronn C.
Clayton, who was born in Gilmer County, West Virginia,
daughter of Dr. Joseph E. and Dora M. (Arnett,) Clayton.
Her father was born in Marina County nnd her mother in
Monougalia County. Her maternal grandfather, Davis M.
Arnett, of the prominent Arnett family of West Virginia,
died in 1920 at the age of ninety-four. Mr. and Mrs.
Haller have three children: Eleanor Jean, born April 20,
1916; Joseph Baxter, born December 28, 1917; and Morris
Elburn, born January 28, 1919.

David C. Kurner during his youth at Wheeling learned
the painting and decorating trades, and for many year*
has been active head of a successful business and organ
ization handling painting contracts and is also proprietor
of a large and well stocked store hand'ing wall pap* r.
paints, oil and glass.

Mr. Kurner was born in Wheeling. July 10, IS.^9. Hi"
father, John David Kurner, was born in Wurttcmbi rg,
Germany, in 1h32. came to the United States when n
young man and settled at Wheeling, was a merchant, nnd
in the course of years achieved an intluential place in
local business circles. He was a member of the State
Militia during the Civil war. He was nth inted with the
democratic party and a member of the l,uthernn (-*hur<h.
His death occurred at Wheeling in 1*01. His wife w.i«
Susanna E. Strobel, still living in Wheeling, where "he
was born in 1838. The children of John David Kurn.r
and wife were: Veronica, now li\ing at Akron, Ohio,
widow of Philip Knabe, who was a nail manufacturer nt
Wheeling; David C; William, a painter and decora U r
who died at Wheeling at the age of fifty five; Charley
a painter and decorator at Wheeling; John David, a resi-
dent of Cleveland, Ohio; Harry J., an advertiser at Wheel-
ing; Archibald, who has never contracted the habit of
settled residence; Nellie, whose husband, F. Single, i* an in-
vestment broker in Texas; and Joseph, a painter an 1
musician who died at Wheeling at the age of forty-eight.

David a Kurner attended school at Wheeling only to
the age of thirteen, and then worked in various line*
but served the apprenticeship that gave him an expert

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knowlcdgo of painting, sign work and graining. He has
U9od this useful mechanical trade as the basis of a per-
manent business career. In 1886 he established himself
in business as a contractor and dealer in decorative mate-
rials, starting with a very small capital, and with his
own labor, supplemented by a few employes, and during
the past thirty-five years has made his business one of
the leading organizations of its kind in the state, with
offices and store at 1518 Market Street, and he does both
a wholesale and retail business in decorative materials
as well as contracting for painting and decorating. He
is sole proprietor of his business.

Mr. Kurner had three sons in the World war, and was
busy throughout that period in local war activities, being
captain of teams in drives for the Liberty Loan, Red
Cross and other causes. A number of years ago he was
a member of the Wheeling City Council, is a democrat,
a member of the Catholic Church and the Wheeling Cham-
ber of Commerce.

In 1886, at Wheeling, Mr. Kurner married Miss Barbara
Ebbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ebbert, now
deceased. Her father was a farmer. Of the ten children
born to Mr. and Mr9. Kurner two died in infancy. The
oldest of those living is John Raymond, who for fifteen
years has been in the Regular Army service, is a member
of the Marine Corps, and was with that famous organ-
ization in the war. David C, Jr., whose home is at Logans-
port, Indiana, was commissioned a captain in the war,
was sent overseas to France and was in service there over
a year. Robert J., the third son, is foreman for his
father's business at Wheeling, and is married to Jaenetta
Yeager. Clement O. was in the navy and was one of the
300 Americans who lost their lives when the U. S. S.
Cyclops disappeared. Caritas is the wife of Wilbur L.
Heinlein, a clerk with the Wkitaker-Glessner Company at
Wheeling. Miss Martha lives at home. Stella is the wife
of Wm. A. Roth, a plumber. Paul J. is an automobile
salesman at Wheeling and Ebbert is a student in the Ca-
thedral High School.

Mr. Kurner owns a modern residence at 77 Eighteenth
Street, and in the course of his business career has ac-
quired much other local real estate, including a house
at 73 Eighteenth Street and one at 213 South York Street.

Robert Raymond McFall, general manager and treasurer
of the Southern Fuel Company of Morgantown, has had an
interesting diversity of experience in business and in educa-
tional circles, and since locating at Morgantown has found
ample satisfaction not only for his business energies but for
the desires for social and civic service.

A native of Northern New York, he was born in the Village
of Naumburg, Lewis County, January 29, 1884, son of John
and Lillian A. (Eldred) McFall, the former a native of St.
Lawrence County and the latter of Jefferson County, New
York. His grandparents, William and Mary McFall, were
born in Glasgow, Scotland, and were pioneers in St. Law-
rence County, New York. John McFall was a carriage
maker by trade, an occupation and business he followed for
many years at Naumburg, where he died in 1918, at the age
of sixty-four. His widow is now sixty-two years of age and
lives at Castorland, New York.

Robert R. McFall was educated in the Lowville, New
York, Academy, and completed his literary education in
Adrian College of Michigan. His first regular business ex-
perience was as shipping clerk for the Beaver River Lumber
Company at Castorland, New York, in 1902. Following that
he was paymaster for the Carthage Tissue Paper Mills at
Carthage, New York. During his student career at Adrian,
Michigan, he was secretary to the president of the college.
On leaving college he spent one year at Valley City, North
Dakota, as registrar of the State School of North Dakota.
He then returned to Adrian, and for four years was registrar
of Adrian College and secretary to the Board of Trustees.

Mr. McFall came to Morgantown in 1914. Here he built
and managed the plant of the Barley Foods Company, con-
ducting that business five years. Since 1919 he has been
general manager and treasurer of the Southern Fuel Com-
pany. He is also secretary of the Morgantown Wholesale
Coal Association and a director of the Union Bank and

Trust Company. He is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega
college fraternity, belongs to the First Presbyterian Church
and is affiliated with the Rotary, Masonic and Old Colony
clubs, the Morgantown and Pittsburgh Chambers of Com
merce. February 14, 1914, Mr. McFall married Miss Lueilcl
Goucher. She was born at Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio t
daughter of Samuel Boone and Anna (McConnell) Goucher |
Her father was descended from the Daniel Boone family'
Mr. and Mrs. McFall have two children: Anna Gene, borr|
August 8, 1915; and J. S. Robert, born November 5, 1916

Frank Kirby Bretz, vice president of the Morgantowi
and Kingwood Railroad Company, is a graduate civil en li
gineer, but for over thirty years has been identified with the i
operating and executive side of railroading, and the greate*
part of that time his service has been given to railroads ir
West Virginia.

Mr. Bretz is a native of Pennsylvania, of a distinguished'
American family and one that has been represented ii
nearly all the important wars of the nation. He is a de i
scendant of Ludwig Bretz, who with two brothers, Wendel ii
and Henry, after a voyage from Germany landed at the pori
of Philadelphia, August 15, 1750. Ludwig bought a farnj
in Lancaster County, but some years later sold that propertjl
and bought land five miles from Millersville in the Lykensi
Valley of Pennsylvania. That homestead was his resident
the rest of his life. Soon after moving to this second farnl
the Revolutionary war came on, and he enlisted as a membeii
of Capt. Albright Deibler's "Company of Associates" oil
the Fourth Battalion of Pennsylvania soldiers, commander
by Col. James Burd. This company took part in the battle*
of Trenton and Princeton and also in the earlier battle or
Long Island, where Ludwig Bretz was wounded. He re
turned to his home in January, 1777, but again entered th<!
army as sergeant of Capt. Martin Weaver's company, am
later he fought against the Indians in the West Branch o)
the Susquehanna Valley.

John Bretz, son of Ludwig, was born December 15, 1771
and died March 26, 1845. He married Catherine Fox, wh<
was born December 21, 1773. Their son, Thomas Bretz, wai
born January 4, 1798, and died at Newport, Perry County
Pennsylvania, June 2, 1866. His wife was Nancy Huffnagle
who was born July 3, 1806.

Mahlon T. Bretz, son of Thomas, was born on a farm nea I
Newport in Perry County, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1843!
His wife, Emma Kirby, was born at Williamstown, Glou
cester County, New Jersey, October 30, 1850, daughter o \
John and Elizabeth (Carman) Kirby. Her great -grand!
father was a soldier in the New Jersey line during thr
Revolution. Mahlon T. Bretz also contributed to the mili
tary annals of the family. August 13, 1862, he was musterei
into Company I of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Penn
sylvania Infantry. At the battle of Fredericksburg, Decern
ber 11, 1862, he was wounded by a bullet in his chest ani
lay on the battlefield until after dark, when he made hii
way to the Field Hospital. He was discharged Februar
24, 1863, but in June of the same year re-cnlisted, joining
the Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Infantry and later he enlistee
in Company C of the One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Pennsyl
vania Infantry. After the war for many years he heldth
office of cashier for the Pennsylvania Railroad at Kensingj
ton, Philadelphia. He was finally obliged to resign becaus
of ill health due to the wound he had received at Fredericks
burg. The bullet was never removed, and eventually i
seemed to have changed its position, with the result that h
was incapacitated for business. Since 1881 Mahlon Bret
has been retired from all active duties, but is still living a
his home at Newport, Pennsylvania.

Frank Kirby Bretz is a son of Mahlon T. and Emm;
(Kirby) Bretz. He was born at Newport, Pennsylvania
August 4, 1872. Energy and initiative seem to have bee-
qualities of his original endowment. While a boy in th j
public schools he gave his spare time to master stenograph;
and telegraphy. During 1888-89 he was heing prepared fo
college at Cumberland, Maryland, under private tutors, an<
at the same time was employed as private secretary to hi
uncle, Calton L. Bretz, of the West Virginia Central an-|
Pittsburgh Railway. Mr. Bretz was the first employe o,
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liter. In September, 1889, he entered Lafayette College of
^nnsylvania, where he graduated with the Civil Engineers
igree in 1893.

On leaving college Mr. Bretz became private secretary
Keyser, West Virginia, to C. Wood Dailey, general coun-
ll of the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway.
1 September, 1894, he was made general manager of what
is then the Dry Fork Railroad, now the Central West Vir-
pia and Southern, at Hendricks, Tucker County. This
ia his responsibility and post of duty until October 16,
02, when he became general manager of the Morgantown
Kingwood Railroad, with headquarters at Morgantown.
e has been a resident of Morgantown for twenty years,
d is one of its best known citizens, always closely identi-
d with matters of community progress. He has been vice
esident of the Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad since
07.

April 9, 1909, Mr. Bretz married Dove Adams. She was
rn at St. George, Tucker County, West Virginia, Scptem-
r 6, 18S1, daughter of John J. and Angelica (Ewing)
iams. Her mother is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Bretz
,ve one daughter, Mary, born January 21, 1920.

William Newton Dawson. The good favor Mr. Dawson
joys in Morgantown as a citizen and business man is due
twenty years of residence, earnest and faithful work as
merchant and business man, and an ever prompt public
irit when the needs of the community required its expres-
)n.

Mr. Dawson was born on the old Dawson homestead four
lies from Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where
c Dawsons and Nixons have long been prominent in the
fairs of that section of the Keystone State. His paternal
andfather, John Dawson, settled with his family in Fay-
te County many years ago. William H. Dawson, father
the Morgantown business man, was born on the Dawson
,rm near Uniontown, June 1, 1833, and is now living, in
a eighty-eighth year, retired. He was a merchant and
jmer until 1912. He is a very devout Baptist and a re-
iblican in politics. William II. Dawson married Pery L.
ixon, who was born on the Nixon homestead at Oliphant
arnace in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, daughter of
oses Nixon. She died in 1912.

William N. Dawson was born December 29, 1862, and
ade the best possible use of his advantages in the public
hools of Fayette County. From his thirteenth to his
;enty-third year he was nn the farm, sharing in its work
id responsibilities, and when he left there he became clerk
a grocery store at Uniontown. Thereafter he was sue-
ssively a clerk, merchant and traveling salesman, and while
l the road spent one year in Kansas.

In 1900 Mr. Dawson established himself in business at
organtown, and for twenty years owned and operated the
ost popular confectionery, stationery and periodical store

the city. It was a business that grew and prospered
rgely becanse its proprietor made the service worthy of
itronage. In 1920 he sold this business, and has since been

the insurance and real estate field, where he is enjoying
jll merited success.

Mr. Dawson is affiliated with Fayette Lodge No. 228,
. and A. M., at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Morgantown
lapter of the Royal Arch Masons, Morgantown Lodge of
srfection No. 6 of Scottish Rite, also belongs to West
irginia Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite, and Osiris
2mple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling. He is a member
' Morgantown Lodge No. 411, Benevolent and Protective
rder of Elks, and the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce,
is first wife was Lola Brown, daughter of John Brown, of
air Chance, Pennsylvania. She died in 1890, leaving one
inghter, Annie L., who is the wife of F. W. Hussey, living
i Clarksburg, West Virginia. Mr. Dawson married for his
cond wife Maggie F. Walters, daughter of Elisha Walters,
: Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Ray Dille has been numbered among the very
lecesaful lawyers of Morgantown for over twenty years,
e has given additional prestige to the name Dille, so long
wociated with high attainments at the bar of West Vir-

ginia. Outside of his profession he ia perhaps moot widely
known over the state through hia official leadership in the
Knighta of Pythias fraternity.

Mr. Dillo was born at Walnut Hill, now a part of the
Fourth Ward of Morgantown, December 5, 1874, son of
Oliver Hagana and Gillie (Evans) Dille, and a grandson
of Judge John Adams Dille, one of the distinguished figure*
at tho bench and bar of West Virginia at the beginning of
statehood and a sketch of whom appears elsewhire In this
work.

Thomas Ray Dille was educated in Morgantown, alao
attended school at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, nnd pursued
both his literary and law studies in West Virginia Univer-
sity. He received his degTee in law in 1897, and graduated
with the A. B. degree in law in 1898. Mr. Dillo was in
practice at Morgantown with his uncle, Clarence B. Dille,
under the firm name Dille & Dille, until 1914, since which
year bo has been alone in his profession, lie was deputy
circuit clerk in 1S99-1900 under William E. Glasscock, and
for six years acted as deputy county clerk under John M.
Gregg. He is commissioner of chancery for Monongalia
County and commissioner of nccounts. For fourteen con-
secutive years Mr. Dille was treasurer of the Monongalia
County Bar Association, and was president of the association
in 1915-16.

He is a charter member of the Kappa Alphn eollece fra-
ternity. He was vice president in 1913-14 and president in
1914-15 of the West Virginia Chapter of the Sons of tho
American Revolution, and has been secretary of the Stnto
Society Sons of the American Revolution since 1918.

His official record in the Knights of Pythias order in
West Virginia is as follows: He joined Athens Lodge No.
36, Kuights of Pythias, in January, 1899, and at once took
an active part, elected prelate, June, 1S99; vice chancellor,
September, 1899; chancellor commander, December, 1899,
serving as such the term ending June 30, 1900, being present
at every convention of the lodge during his term of office.
He served as deputy grand chancellor under Grand Chancel-
lor Benjamin F. Sayrc. He was representative to the Grand
Lodge at the sessions of 1909 at Parkcrshurg and 1910 at
Elkins. He was appointed a member of Judiciary Commit-
tee by Grand Chancellor W. Frank Stout, 1912-13*. He was
elected grand outer guard at Clarksburg, August 29, 1913;
grand master at arms at Fairmont, September 25, 1914;
grand prelate at Charles Town, August 26, 1915; grand
chancellor at Huntington, September 1, 1916.

He joined the D. O. K. K. at the institution of Tnu
Temple No. 169 at Clarksburg, August 2*, 1913, and wns
elected a royal prince of said temple in February, 1917.
He represented Tau Temple No. 169 in the Imperial Palace
Conventions of 1919-1921. He joined Athens Temple No. 30,
Pythian Sisters, at Morgantown, June 6, 1910.

Oliver Hagans Dille, father of Thomas Ray Dille, wni
one of Morgantown 'a able and well known citizens for many
years. He was born at Kingwood, Preston County. February
20, 1850, and died at Morgantown. Novembrr 22, 1914. He
graduated from West Virginia University in 1871, rend law
under his father and was admitted to tho bar September 9,
1872. His health would not permit his continuing lone in
the legal profession, and he sought an occupation that would
take him into the open, and thereafter his home was tho
historic Walnut Hill farm near Morgantown. He was a
Knight Templar Maaon, n member of the Presbyterian
Church, and always had the best interests of his community
at heart. September 16, 1873, he married Gillie Coleman
Evans, daughter of James Evans, of the pioneer family
of that name in Monongalia County. The children of Oliver
H. Dille and wife were: Thomas Rav; Eli'ha Merrill, born
June 21, 1878; Rachel Jane, born January 23. 1^«0; Maude
Evans, born December 16, 1883, now the wife of Harold E.
Campbell; James Evans, born April 6, 1836; and John
Adams, born May 20, 1889.

Elliott Bcdd Hopkins, who was a major in the Eig:hty-
ninth Division in France and Germany, was associated as
a mechanical expert with the very beginning of prodoc-
tion at the Dodge Brothers motor plant in Detroit, but
soon entered the sales department, and has been selling

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the Dodge Brothers ears for many years. He is president
and general manager of the Hopkins Motor Company, one
of the most complete sales and service organizations at
Wheeling.

Major Hopkins was born in Chicago, December 3, 1889.
He is a member of a distinguished Colonial American
family. The first American ancestor was Edward Hop-
kins, who reached Massachusetts in the early part of the
seventeenth century, and for several years was governor
of Massachusetts Colony, alternating in that office with
Governor Haynes. Late in life he returned to England,
where he died. One of his descendants was the great-
grandfather of Major Hopkins. This was Ira Hopkins,
who was born at Cassville, New York, in 1791, was a
miller, and ahout 1829 removed to Utica, New York, where
he lived until his death in 1866. The grandfather, Charles
H. Hopkins, was born at Cassville, New York, in 1819,
and spent nearly all his life at Utica, where for many
years he owned and operated an extensive flouring mill.
He was also postmaster for nineteen years. He was a
republican and a stanch friend of Eoscoe Conkling. He
died at Utica in 1S85. His wife was Eliza Budd, who
was born at Schodack, New York, in 1826, and died at
Columbus, Ohio, in 1905.

Their son, George Emory Hopkins, now a resident of
Edgedale, Wheeling, was born at Utica, July 31, 1860, was
reared in his native city and as a young man went to
Chicago, where he married and where his first business
connection was as member of the firm, Blair, Dunlap &
Hopkins, heating and ventilating engineers. His second
position was with the old Merchants National Bank, where
he remained three years, and for another three years
was assistant cashier of the Chemical National Bank of
Chicago. He then became district auditor for Armour
& Company, and served in that capacity at New York
City, Philadelphia, and Syracuse, after which he returned
to Chicago. He was the accounting and financial expert
who handled all the details involving the purchase of the
old Hammond Packing Company by the Armour interests,
including the main plant at Hammond, the various branches
and the foreign agencies. In 1904 George E. Hopkins
located at Racine, Wisconsin, and for fourteen years was
general auditor of Horlick's Malted Milk Company. His
home has been at Wheeling since 1917, and he is vice
president and treasurer of the Hopkins Motor Company.
During the World war he rendered a valuable service to
the Government as senior accountant, stationed at Balti-
more and Washington, where he was assigned special work
in making adjustments and settling claims with contractors
for unfinished contracts due to the termination of hostilities.
George E. Hopkins is a republican, a member of St.
Matthew's Episcopal Church, and is a thirty-second degTee
Scottish Rite Mason.

He married Nellie Deane, who was born at Peoria,
Illinois, in 1863. They were the pareuts of two sons, Deane
and Elliott Budd. Deane finished his education in the
University of Illinois, was a member of the Alpha Delta
Phi fraternity, and was general manager of the Hopkins
Motor Company when he died at Wheeling, December 9,
1920 at the age of thirty-two.

Elliott Budd Hopkins spent his early life and acquired
his early educational advantages at Philadelphia, Syracuse,
and Chicago, graduated from the high school of Racine,
Wisconsin, in 1909, and following that was chemist for
the Tacoma Gas Company at Tacoma, Washington, a year.
Major Hopkins is a graduate mechanical engineer, having
received his degree in mechanical engineering from the
University of Hlinois, with the class of 1914. His summer
vacations he employed in work for the Mitchell Motor
Car Company at Racine. After completing his technical
education he went to Detroit with the Lozier Motor Com-
pany, remaining until that company went bankrupt five
months later. In the fall of 1914 he accepted the posi-
tion of experimental mechanic with Dodge Brothers at
Detroit. He was sent out with the third car manufactured
by this company to Cleveland, Ohio, and with that city
as headquarters he traveled through Ohio, New York, Penn-
sylvania and West Virginia as technical representative.

His abilities soon became as pronounced in the sales at
in the technical department of the husiness, and at thi,
end of six months he was transferred to the sales depart
ment as district salesman covering the same territory. Hi
continued this work until June, 1916, establishing brand
agencies for the Dodge Brothers Company. He then se
leeted Wheeling as headquarters for his own territory
including the Ohio Valley of West Virginia, and organizer
the Hopkins Motor Company, Mr. H. S. Sands of Wheeling
being associated with him. The company was incorporate*
in 1917, at which time Major Hopkins, his brother Deam
and George E. Hopkins bought the interest of Mr. Sands
In July, 1917, George E. Hopkins came to Wheeling t< j
take charge of the business during the absence of Majo r
Hopkins, and when he, too, entered the service a yea
later his son Deane became responsible manager. Thi
present officers of the corporation are: E. B. Hopkins
president and general manager; and George E. Hopkina
vice president and treasurer. They own the large building
where their salesroom and service station are located a
the corner of Fifteenth and Eoff streets, and they handk.
the sales of their representative line of cars throughou'
the Panhandle of West Virginia and Belmont County, Ohio
On August 27, 1917, Elliott B. Hopkins entered thi
Second Officers Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harri
son, Indiana, where three months later he was eornmis
sioned captain of Field Artillery. He was then transferrec
to Camp Funston, Kansas, with the Eighty-ninth Division
under the command of General Leonard Wood. He re
mained there six months, then accompanied the commano ■
to Camp Mills, Long Island, and embarked for oversea! j
June 26, 1918. Ten days after he landed in France hi]
was sent to the French Thirty-second Corps, and remained
with that organization six weeks, until the Eighty-nintl
Division was sent up front, when Major Hopkins rejoineo
it. He was with his command through the St. Mihie
drive, the battles of the Argonne, and after the signing
of the armistice he went with the Army of Occupation)
into Germany. He was promoted to the rank of major an<|
remained with the Army of Occupation until the Eighty.!
ninth Division left for home May 12, 1919. He was thei!
assigned to special duty in Germany, settling up th< :
affairs of the Division in the occupied zone, and con
tinued this work until the latter part of August, 1919
when he returned home and received his honorable dis
charge at Camp Dix, New Jersey, September 12, 1919
Major Hopkins was re-commissioned in the Reserve Corps
and was detailed to command the One Hundred and Seventy
Fifth Field Artillery Brigade of the One Hundredth Divi
sion.

Major Hopkins is a republican, is affiliated with St
Matthew's Episcopal Church, member of the Wheelini
Kiwanis Club, Fort Henry Club, Country Club, the Alph.!
Delta Phi fraternity and the Club of New York City.

March 9, 1921, at Wheeling, Major Hopkins marriei.
Miss Eleanor Wright Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mn
Thomas W. Stewart, living at Triadelphia in Ohio County
Mrs. Hopkins completed her education in the Devon Mano
finishing school at Philadelphia.

Charles Edward Watson, a prominent Morgantown busi
ness man, has been a resident of West Virginia all hi
mature years, and has proved a leader in the progressiv
industrial advancement of the state. He is president o
the C. E. Watson Coal Company of Morgantown.

Mr. Watson was horn at Newport, Perry County, Pennsyl
vania, August 12, 1886, son of Christopher and Matildi
(Wentz) Watson, the former a native of New Jersey am.
the latter of Pennsylvania. His father was a stock buye
in Perry County and died at Newport, where the widowei
mother is still living.

Charles E. Watson grew up at Newport, acquired hi
public-school education there, and since 1904 his home ha
been in West Virginia. He moved to Morgantown in 1907
and has made use of the successive years to acquire an in
creasing share in the financial and business life of thi
city. In December, 1919, be organized the C. E. Watsoi
Coal Company, which does an extensive business as whole

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203

talcra in coal, lie is also a member of the Concrete Block
Company at Morgantown.

Mr. Watson ia a member of the Morgantown Kiwsnis
Zflub and tho Lutheran Church. March 26, 1907, he mar-
ried Mary Jenkins, daughter of William and Elizabeth
Jenkina, of Kingwood, West Virginia. They have two
Saughters, Elizabeth Matilda, born in 1908, and Janet June
Watson, bora ia 1920.

Arthur William Hawley is aduditor and salea manager
,)f the Preston County Coke Company at Morgantown. lie
aas been associated with this industry a number of years,
*nd is an official in several other coal operating organiza
Jons of West Virginia.

Mr. Hawley was born at Burning Springs near Parkers-
burg in Wood County, Mareh 9, 1S32, son of Caleb F. and
Eliza (Keister) Hawley. Hia grandparents, Barton and
T ane Hawley, were natives of Preston County, West Vir-
ginia, Caleb F. Hawley was born on a farm in that county
4i 1S51, and as a young man left hia native community and
fvenlually settled at Parkersburg, where he was connected
tfith the Standard Oil Company for many years and where
le died in 1905. He was a member of the Methodist Epis-
;opal Church. Eliza Keister, hia wife, ia still living at
Parkersburg. She was born in Gilmer County, West Vir-
ginia, April 16, 1S54, daughter of William and Rose Keister,
natives of the same county.

Arthur W. Hawley when three years of age moved with
;he family to Parkersburg, in which city he was reared,
lad a public-school education, and in 1903 graduated from
.he Mountain State Business College. After leaving col-
ege he was for five years bookkeeper for the Buckhorn
Portland Cement Company at Manheim, West Virginia. In
1908 he entered the service of the Preston County Coke
Company as auditor and salea manager, and in an important
neasnre haa been an influential factor in the success of
.hia industry for the past thirteen years. The headquar-
:ers of the company were at Masontown until December,
1920, when they were established at Morgantown, whero
tfr. Hawley has general charge of the busineaa. lie is also
lecretary of the Green Ridge Coal Company and treasurer
if the Roaring Creek Collieries Company.

Mr. Hawley enjoys the relationship of fraternal and
rivic affairs, ia a member of Preston Lodge No. 90, A. F.
md A. M., at Kingwood, Morgantown Chapter No. 30, R.
\. M M Morgantown Lodge of Perfection No. 6. Scottish
Site, West Virginia Scottish Rite Consistory No. 1, and
Dsiria Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling. He ia
tfso affiliated with Decker's Valley Lodge No. 165, Knights
)f Pythiaa, at Maaontown. He belongs to the Morgantown
Siwania Club and the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On January 10, 1906 Mr. Hawley married Ella M. Trem-
)ly. She was born at Terra Alta, West Virginia, daughter
)f George W. and Eva (Smith) Trembly. Her father i9
low deceased. Mr. and Mra. Hawley have three children:
Charles Wirt, born June 18, 1907; Ireta Estelle, born May
I, 1909 j and Eva Clair, born March 20, 1911.

T. Frank Burk haa gained high standing in his pro-
'essioa of public accountant and ia also vice president and
mditor of the National Fuel Company at Morgantown,
Monongalia County, in which city he is a representative
msiness man.

Mr. Burk was born at Yardville, Mercer County, New
rersey, December 16, 1S70, and is a son of the late Ben-
amin F. and Elizabeth (Peters) Burk. Benjamin F. Burk
vas born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1*27. Hia
>srents were natives of England, and upon coming to the
Jnited States established their home in the Philadelphia Dis-
rict of Pennsylvania. Benjamin F. Burk waa reared and
•dueated in the old Keystone State and there learned the
rades of carpenter and millwright. About the year 1848
ie established his residence at Yardville, New Jersey, where
ie continued in business a number of years. In 1880 he
k stablished his home at Trenton. New Jersey, and there
tis death occurred on the 30th of May, 1918. He waa a
•epnblican in political allegiance, and both he and his
rife held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mrs. Burk was born at Bordentowu, Now Jeraey, In 1829,
and her death occurred nt Tnnton, New Jersey, in June,
1900.

T. Frank Burk gained his early educntion In the public
schools of Yardville and Trenton, New Jersey. In 1SS7
he graduated from the Stewart Bus-'ness Collcgo at Trenton,
and for the ensuing ten yenrs he continued ns a valued
member of tho faculty of thus institution, — an instructor
in penmanship, bookkeeper, banking, mathematics, business
correspondence, commercial geography, business form* and
business practice. After this record of excellent educa-
tional service Mr. Burk passed one year in the oflkes of
the Trenton Rubber Company at Trenton, New Jersey, and
thereafter he engaged in independent nceountin^ work in
that city. Later he became senior accountant in the of-
fices of John lleims & Company in the City of Philadelphia,
where he remained thus engaged for two years.

In December, 1906, Mr. Burk came to Morgantown, West
Virginia, to assume the position of auditor of the Morgan-
town & Kingwood Railroad, and of this oflice he continued
the ineumbeut until this railroad line was sold and be-
came a part of the Baltimore & Ohio Hailroad system, in
1920. Mr. Burk served simultaneously as auditor of the
Elkina Coal & Coke Company and the* West Virginia Mer-
cantile Company until the business of the two corporations
changed ownership in 1919. lie ia now conducting a sub-
stantial and prosperous independent business as a public
accountant, and is also, as previously noted, the vice presi-
dent and auditor of the National Fuel Compauy of Morgan-
town.

For several yeara prior to coming to West Virginia,
while residing at Trenton and Philadelphia, Mr. Burk had
done all of the final accounting or auditing work for the
various corporations in which the late United States Sen-
ators Elkins and Davis were intended, and this service hnd
involved frequent tripe into West Virginia.

Mr. Burk is a member of Mercer Lodge No. 50, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, and Three Times-Three Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons, at Trcuton, New Jersey, and in the
Scottish Rite of the Masonic fraternity he has received the
fourteenth degree. He is an active member of the Morgan-
town Chamber of Commerce, the local Rotary Club and tho
Morgantown Country Club, lie and his wife are zealous
members of the First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown,
and ho is serving as an elder in the same.

July 1, 1897, recorded the marriage of Mr. Burk and
Miss Mary Emma Johnson, who was horn in the City of
Reading, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Irwin and Lydia
Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Burk have three children: Helen
Elizabeth, who was born at Trenton, New Jersey, July 8,
1900, is a member of the class of 1922 in the University
of West Virginia; Tracy Johnson, who was born at Trea-
ton, New Jersey, January 27, 1903, is, in 1921, a student
in the Morgantown Shorthand Institute; and Robert Charles,
who was born in the City of Philadelphia, December 4,
1905, is a student in the Morgantown nigh School.

William LeRoy Boughner was a lad of seven years at
the time when the family home was established at Morgan-
town, Monongalia County, where he was reared and edu-
cated and where he had the distinction of being a member
of the third class to be graduated in the newly established
University of West Virginia. In this city he now reside*,
gives a general supervision to his landed interests in this
Btate, devotes considerable attention to the real estate busi-
ness and ia the incumbent of the chVe of justice of the peace.
Of the family history adequate record "s given on oth r
pages of this* work, in the memoir dedicated to the late
Dr. James Vance Boughner, father of him whose namo in-
itiates this sketch.

William L. Boughner was born at Mount Morris, Greene
County, Pennsylvania, on the 3M of May. JS52. After the
removal of the familv to Morgantown he here attended
the old Morgantown Academy, the nucleus of tho preset
University of West Virginia. ,Ss previously stated.be was
n member of the third class graduated in the nniversity,
that of 1873, and received the degree of Bachelor of bn-
enee Among his classmates were Dr. D. B. Punnt n, now

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president emeritus of the University of West Virginia,
and Hon. John T. Harris, of Charleston, who is one of the
advisory editors of this history. After leaving the uni-
versity Mr. Boughner read law under the preeeptorship of
the late Judge W. T. Willey of Morgantown, and though
be was admitted to the bar in 1874, he bas never engaged
actively in the practice of law.

For two years Mr. Boughner was engaged in the lumber
business in Preston County, and he then assumed active
management of the large farm of his widowed mother, on
which are established the present Fair Grounds of Marion
County. He remained on the farm until 1904, when he
returned to Morgantown, primarily for the purpose of giv-
ing his children the educational advantages here afforded,
and in 1908 he was elected justice of the peace, of which
judicial office he has since continued in tenure. In con-
nection with his real estate operations Mr. Boughner re-
cently sold to the Masons of Morgantown the lot at the
head of High Street, adjoining the Masonic Temple, this
property having been owned jointly by him and his sister.

In 1898, when the republicans of West Virginia scored
a great victory in electing their candidates for the Legis-
lature, Mr. Boughner was appointed and served fo*r ten
years as assistant clerk of the State Senate, to which posi-
tion he was appointed by his old university classmate, Hon.
John T. Harris, who had been elected clerk of the Senate.
He has continued a loyal and vigorous supporter of the
cause of the republican party, is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and his wife holds membership
in the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Boughner married Miss Jane Delawder, daughter of
Gustave Delawder, of the State of Maryland, and of this
union have been born one son and three daughters: Martha
Louisa died as Mrs. Herbert S. Payne; Jennie D. is as-
sistant librarian at the University of West Virginia, in
which institution she was graduated ; May is the wife of
Prof. B. Walter King, a member of the faculty of that
university; and J. Vance (II) is engaged in newspaper
work in the City of Wheeling.

William S. Foose. Among West Virginia insurauce men
few have continued their effort of consecutive activities so
long as William S. Foose of Wheeling, who has been identi-
fied with this essential business for practically half a cen-
tury, and is still head of the firm W. S. Foose & Company,
one of the strongest general insurance organizations in the
Upper Ohio Valley.

Mr. Foose was born at Wheeling June 24, 1844. His
parents, John Adam Foose and Margaret Fisher, were
natives of Hesse, Germany, born in the same year, 1809,
and they came to this country on the same boat, landing at
Baltimore, and soon afterward came on to Wheeling and
were married in the old Grant House of that city. The
father of Margaret Fisher was Martin Fisher, who was born
in Germany in 1772. He spent practically all his life as
a German farmer, and when well advanced in years came
to the United States, in 1852, and died within twenty-four
hours after reaching Wheeling. John Adam Foose was a
tailor by trade, and for many years was active in business
as a merchant tailor at Wheeling, where he died in 1861.
He was independent in politics, a member of the Catholic
Church, and belonged to the German Benevolent Association.
His wife survived him ten years, passing away in 1871.
Of their children two, a son and daughter, died in infancy,
and the five to grow up were: John P., who was a Union
soldier in the Civil war, is now eighty-four years of age and
holds the nominal title of assistant superintendent of the
Soldiers Home at Dayton, Obio. Adam was a tailor 's cutter
and died at Louisville, Kentucky. William S. is the third.
Joseph P. was a dry goods clerk and died at Wheeling at
the age of sixty. Mary, who died at Wheeling, was the
wife of the late Richard GTeen, who was connected with the
Co-operative Stove Company of Wheeling.

William S. Foose lived at Wheeling in the years before
the war, finished his education in St. Joseph's Cathedral
School, and left school at the age of sixteen. For six years
he was an employe of his father, and during that time
learned the trade of tailor's cutter. For a year and a half

he was employed by the dry goods firm of Bouse & Stoner,
and for three years, from 1871 to 1874, was deputy to
Sheriff Richard Brown.

On leaving the sheriff's office Mr. Foose became assistant
secretary of the German Insurance Company. It was with
this organization that he gained bis detailed and technical
knowledge of the insurance business. He served ten years
as assistant secretary and then for three years more was
secretary of the company. When he resigned he engaged
in the general insurance business for himself in 1887. For
two years his partner was Alfred Paull, though the business
title of the firm was Foose & Company. After that Mr.
Foose continued the business alone until his son Raymond
A. joined him as partner in 1903, and the firm is now W. S.
Foose & Company, with offices at 1219 Chapline Street.

Mr. Foose is independent in politics. He was a member
of the first Board of Equalization and Appeals of Ohio
County, and performed the responsibilities of that office for
four years. Church and benevolent organizations have
found in him an interested and liberal co-worker. He is
a member of the Catholic Church, was formerly affiliated
with Carroll Council No. 504, Knights of Columbus, and
for the past thirty-five years has been a member of St.
Vincent de Paul's Charitable Organization and is presi-
dent of the Particular Council of this body. He is also
a member of the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce. W. S.
Foose in 1890 took the lead in organizing the West Vir-
ginia Fire Insurance Agents Association, and served aa
first president of the association for seven years and is
still an honored member.

In 1878, at Wheeling, he married Miss Catherine Grub-
ler, who was born at Wheeling in 1859. Mr. and Mrs.
Foose are the parents of seven children: Loretta, wife
of J. D. Corcoran, living at Cleveland; Bertha, wife of
John A. Hack, assistant general yard master for the Balti-
more & Ohio Railway, living at Cleveland; Adrian F., super-
intendent of construction for the Cro well -Lit tie Construction
Company, with home at Cleveland; Raymond A., partner of
W. S. Foose & Company; Ida, who died at the age of
twelve years; Miss Irene Zita, at home; and Robert J., a
civil engineer with home at Barnesville, Ohio.

Raymond A. Foose was born at Wheeling, July 5, 1886.
He was educated in the parochial schools, in the Cathedral
High School, and at the age of sixteen launched himself
on the sea of practical affairs. For a year he was en :
gaged in civil engineering work, but in 1903 he became
associated with his father as a partner in W. S. Foose &
Company, and as a salesman has found a satisfying voca-
tion and an opportunity for the exercise of his best talents.
Mr. Foose is an independent in politics, is a member of
the Catholic Church, is a former member of Carroll Council
No. 504, Knights of Columbus, and belongs to the Wheel-
ing Chamber of Commerce.

In 1911, at Wheeling he married Miss Mabel F. Toinlin-
son, daughter of Joseph and Estella (Waters) Tomlinson,
the latter still living at Wheeling. Her father was a
farmer and died at Wheeling. Mrs. Foose is a graduate
of the Wheeling High School. They have two children:
Raymond, Jr., born December 21, 1913, and Richard Tomlin-
son, born May 19, 1920.

William S. Dangerfield is a very able and successful
lawyer of Princeton, and has gained prominence in the
affairs of his city and eounty, not through politics, the usual
avenue of advancement, but through practical business, and
he is a banker and associated with several of the strong
business organizations of his section of the state.

Mr. Dangerfield was born on a farm about four miles
from Princeton, October 13, 1877, son of R. C. and Susan E.
(Carr) Dangerfield. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and
his people have been in Virginia and West Virginia for
several generations. His father was born in this state and
his mother in old Virginia. R. C. Dangerfield followed the
business of tanner, and was very active in all public affairs,
holding such offices as justice of the peace, county commis-
sioner, sheriff of the county and member of the Board of
Education.

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paceton, also the high school, graduated from the Prince-
i Academy in 1S97, aad in 1901 received hia A. B. degreo
)m Emory and Ileary College ia Virginia. For one year
was principal of the Jonesville Academy at Jonesville,
rginia. Mr, Dangerfield began the atudy of law under
►n. Edgar P. Eucker, remaining ia hia office a year. IJo
en entered the law department of the University of West
rginia, at Morgantown, graduating LL. B. in 1904. Since
ea he has beea in practice at Princeton, and is one of the
>st successful business lawyers in the county. He is a
smber of the County and West Virginia Bar associations,
itside of his profession, Mr. Dangerfield has been presi-
nt of the Virgiaiaa Bank of Commerce at Princeton since
18. The bank was organized in 1911. He is also presi-
nt of the Allegany Insurance Agency, president of the
thens Power Company, president of the Reid Land and
oprovement Company and a director in several corpora-
ls.

Mr. Dangerfield believes that the Sunday school is one of
e greatest agencies for good in a community. He has been
perintendent of the Sunday school of the Methodist
piscopal Church, South, in Princeton, since 1904, and is
so one of the trustees of the church. In 1909, at Staunton,
irginia, Mr. Dangerfield married Miss Hattie E. Kennedy.

Riley Vaeket, the efficient county clerk of Mingo
Dunty, is one of the popular citizens of his native county
id its judicial center, the City of Williamson. He waa
>rn at Varney, on Pigeon Creek, this county, January 8,
>92, and is a son of Andrew and Dillie (Spaulding) Var-
>y. Andrew Varney was born on the aame old homestead
i was his son, the locality having received its name in
>nor of this sterling pioneer family. Andrew is a son of
imes C. Varney, who still remains on the old homestead,
* one of the most venerable of the native sons of Mingo
junty, he being nearly ninety years of age at the time
) this writing, in 1922, and two of his brothers likewise
»ing of patriarchal age, — Alois being eighty-seven and
lexander, ninety-three years old. Samuel, another brother,
ed at the age of seventy years, and of the aisters, Chloe
od Sarah Ann are living and Matilda is deceased. The
arney family has been established in the Pigeon Creek
istrict of Mingo County since about 1840, its first repre-
atative having there been granted a large body of land.
James C. Varney, long a representative farmer of Mingo
ounty, was a soldier of the Confederacy during the entire
»riod of the Civil war. Andrew Varney, now fifty-one
;ars of age, is actively identified with coal mining. His
ife was likewise born on Pigeon Creek, this county, a
lughter of Jacob Spaulding, who came here from Peach
rchard, Martin County, Kentucky. Andrew Varney has
|?en identified with coal mining operations for twenty-two
?ars, and is now thus engaged at Norton, Virginia. Both
? and his wife have membership in the Methodist Episcopal
'hurch, South, of which his father has long been a member
► id a trustee, besides having served as school trustee.
| From his boyhood, Riley Varney was reared in the home
>f his paternal grandfather, and the discipline of the local
hool was supplanted by his attending the high school at
lockhouse and thereafter continuing his studies three years
i the Virginia State Normal School at Ripley. At the age
t seventeen years he became a teacher in the rural schools
I Mingo County, and by his pedagogic service he defrayed
le expense of his eourse in the normal school. He taught
is last term of school in Taylor District, near his old home,
i 1915. In the meanwhile he had been employed in the
one and the general store of the Red Jacket Coal Com-
pany, and for one year he had charge of the company's
ore at Red Jacket, Jr. In 1914 he waa the democratic
indidate for county superintendent of schools and was
Seated by only 118 votes, he having led his party ticket
i the county by 300 votes and hia defeat having really
ecn compassed by the theft of the hallot box in Rockhousa
recinct. In 1920 Mr. Varney was elected county clerk, his
3Sumption of office taking place January 1, 1921. In this
ection his opponent was the man who had defeated him
>r the office of county superintendent of schools in 1914,
nd his victory was compassed by a majority of 779 votes.

Mr. Varney is affil'ated with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and he and his wift ure members of the Methodut
Episcopal Church, South.

The year 1912 recorded the narriag' cf Mr. Vnrney an 1
Miss Katharine Evans, who was lorn at Cnrter*- urg, tab
state, a daughter of Harry L\an . Mr. mid Mrs. \nrn-y
have five children, whose names an 1 rcs|«ecti\e ag— (1922*
are hero recorded: Clinton, nine; Jam s C, Jr., . \cn;
Donald, five; Reed, three; and Virginia, on .

Luther A. Du.v.w The raj id rise of BlueGt d to n c'ly
of commanding importance in the iudustrial and omn«r uil
world is due to men as well as to favorable locati' n ail
great material resources. One of these citizens who ha\e
had a share and exerted nn important intluence in this d •
velopment is Luther A. Dunn, whose tirA working relati- n
ship with the community was baggage handler for the Nor
folk & Western. Mr. Dunn has since been actively idem tb d
with a number of enterprises and is sccnrtnrv, treaa rtr
and general manager of the Standard Fuel & Supply Com
pany.

He waa born in Giles County, Virginia, June 5, lv'5, son
of John Harvey and Sarah Leah (Ilnle) Dunn, the ilnrveya
being of Irish and the Hales of English ancestry. One of
the Hales served as a soldier in the war for indei>endinre,
taking part in the North Carolina campaign, and after the
war settled in Giles County. John Harvey Dunn was a
native of Giles County and before the Civil war he and n
partner were doing a satisfactory merchandise bus ne- .
When he left to go into the Confederate army his | artn» r
took the proceeds of the store and decamped to Khiwim.
Mrs. Dunn fortunately had some money of her own, uhi-h
she used to settle the debts of the firm and after the war the
family moved to a small farm in Monroe County, W'tst
Virginia. On this farm the parents spent the nst of tlmr
days, John H. Dunn dying in 18^8 at the age of fifty, the
widowed mother surviving until 1 91 6, being then ?cv nty-
seven years of age. John H. Dunn was in the Confedtrnte
army in Clark's Battalion of Sharpshooters and laUr in the
Twenty-second Virginia Regiment, lie was a corporal ani
then a lieutenant, and was a partie pant in the campaigns
under General Early. He and his wife were both Bnj tbts.

Luther A. Dunn was reared from childhood in Monroe
County, West Virginia, where he attended the common
schools. For four years he was a teacher and then for the
years he was a traveling representative of the Frank n
Davia Nursery Company of Richmond, Virginia.

On coming to Blnefield he handled the baggage and ex-
press on the Norfolk & Western Ra Iroad for three years.
He was then promoted to local ticket agent, and held thnt
office for seven years. In the meantime, he and O. C. Jen-
kins, the Norfolk & Western freight agent, bo ame a. o-
ciated with their capital and enterprise in hand ing ? v, ral
commercial undertakings. They have hcen n—ociate 1 evtr
since. The firm of Jenkins & Dunn began selling coal at 10
Hoge Street, being local distributors for the Coiner, Curran
& Bullitt product. Later they incorporated the Standarl
Fuel & Supply Company and have enlarged the scoje of
their business to the handing of building material and f»e s
as well as coal. Their present offices and worth* u*> q w re
built in 1917. Mr. Dunn and his partner developed the
Orinoko Coal Mine on Pond Creek in Pike County K n-
tucky, but later sold that. They also develoj d the rr«r-
crties of the Fall Branch Coal Comiany, and are st 11 oper-
ating these minea.

In August, 1908, Mr. Dunn married Mrs. F a J t nn r s.
Their four children are Luther A., Jr., Frank J., El • nd
Lee and Leah Hale. Mrs. Dunn is a member of t v e r pi-no
pal Church. Mr. Dunn is an ind" pendent dem rat, and is
affiliated with the Elks.

Haret M. WaugH brings to bear ex client t hni il and
practical experience in hia operations as a railroal c ntrac-
tor, and he is actively engag d in rai road c «tr tin
contracting, with the best of modern mechanical £• ihti s.
He has maintained his residence and b*-«'ne»9 quarters
in the City of Bluefield, M«r-cr County, since 1918.

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22d of January, 1885, and is a son of Goree Edward Waugh
and Cora Lee (Jones) Waugh. The father was for many
years one of the prominent and successful railroad con-
tractors of the country, and had active part in railway
construction in all parts of the Union, besides having been
a contractor in connection with the building of the great
drainage canal of the City of Chicago. He was born and
reared in Virginia and became identified with contracting
enterprise when he was a youth of eighteen years. He has
lived virtually retired since 1908. He has extensive and
valuable farm property in Virginia and takes special delight
in the breeding and raising of fine live stock. Aside from
his farm properties he has other important commercial and
financial interests. He still resides at Orange, Virginia, and
is there vice president of the Citizens National Bank. He
has taken loyal interest in public affairs in his home com-
munity, is a stanch democrat and is affiliated with the
Masonic fraternity. His first wife died in 1892, and Harry
M., of this review, is the only child of this union.

Harry M. attended the public schools of the various places
where his father was temporarily located in connection with
contracting work, and after his graduation from high school
he completed the curriculum of and graduated from Locust
Dale Military Academy in his native state, later having
graduated from a business college at Richmond, Virginia.
After leaving schools he gained broad and valuable ex-
perience through active association with his father's con-
tracting business, and after the father retired from active
alliance with this important line of enterprise the son con-
tinued in the same and has well upheld the prestige of the
family name. He is one of the vital and progressive young
business men and loyal citizens of Bluefield, and here he
served in 1920 as a director of the Chamber of Commerce,
besides which he is an active member also of the local
Rotary Club. He and his wife are zealous members of the
Bland Street Methodist Church, in which he is serving as a
steward.

On the 1st of June, 1912, was solemnized the marriage
of Mr. Waugh and Miss Gertrude Sleadd, of Shelbyville,
Kentucky, and they have four sons: Harry M v Jr., Edgar
Sleadd, Goree E. and Philip.

Louis E. Schrader. Almost an entire generation of the
bar of the West Virginia Panhandle have corns to know
and appreciate the services of Louis E. Schrader, the of-
ficial court reporter at Wheeling. He is also widely known
over the state, since for many years he has. been the of-
ficial reporter of the State Senate.

Mr. Schrader was born at Wheeling, April 5, 1869. His
father, Charles F. W. Schrader, was horn in Germany in
1838, and as a youth learned the carriage maker's trade.
About the time he completed his apprenticeship he came
to the United States, located at Wheeling, and was one
of the skilled men of his trade and active in business in
that city for many years. He died at Wheeling in 1886.
He was a democrat and a member of the Lutheran Church.
His wife, Christiana Stifel, was born in Wheeling in 1849,
and died in that city in 1909.

Louis E. Schrader, only child of his parents, was edu-
cated in Wheeling's public schools to the age of fourteen.
His early training both in the law and in stenography was
acquired while in the law offices of Russell & Stifel, a prom-
inent law firm with which he remained five years. He later
continued his shorthand studies at the Cincinnati School
of Phonography and the Phonographic Institute of Cin-
cinnati. The proficiency he developed took him into the
profession of court reporting, and he has been in that
line of work continuously for nearly thirty years and has
been official court reporter for Ohio County since 1893.
His offices are in the Court House at Wheeling. For twenty
years he has been official reporter of the West Virginia
Senate. Mr. Schrader is now serving a term as member
of the City Board of Education. He is a republican, a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, belongs to
the Rotary Club and is affiliated with Wheeling Lodge No.
28, B. P. 0. E.

In 1908, at Wheeling, he married Miss Alberta Prince,
daughter of William and Isabelle (Close) Prince, now de-

ceased. Her father was a steamboat captain on the Ohi
River. Mr. and Mrs. Schrader have one son, Henry, bor
in 1909.

George Nathaniel Hancock is a well known Charlesto
business man, whose ripe business qualifications are in
sense the product of long experience and discipline i
railroading. He first came to Charleston as city agen
for the Chesapeake & Ohio, and since leaving that serv
ice has been a coal, oil and gas operator and is pre
moter of the Mohler Addition to Charleston.

Mr. Hancock was born in Caroline County, Virginir
in 1867, son of William J. Hancock, who married a dis*
tant cousin, Margaret A. Hancock. William J. Hancocl
a native of Louisa County, Virginia, and for years a)
educator in Kentucky, served as an officer in Lon£
street's Corps in the Confederate army through the wai!
His grandfather, Austin Hancock, served in the Revolu
tionary war. In 1873 W. J. Hancock moved with hi
family to Alderson, Monroe County, West Virginia
where he died in July, 1919, at the venerable age o)
eighty-six.

George N. Hancock was six years of age when th
family moved to Alderson, where he secured a grammaj
and high school education. He began railroading at th
age of fifteen, and that vocation commanded his bes
energies for a quarter of a century. He learned teleg
raphy, became an operator, later station agent, trai;
dispatcher and held increasing responsibilities in th ■
freight and passenger departments of the Chesapeak!
& Ohio Railroad. Practically his eutire service wa
with this company, though for a few years he was in th
West, chiefly in Illinois, Indian Territory and California
Mr. Hancock in 1910 was made general agent of th
Chesapeake & Ohio at Charleston, an office he filler
until 1917, when he resigned to enter the coal, rea
estate, oil and gas business. His home has been a
Charleston since 1910.

Mr. Hancock is secretary and treasurer of the Bijl
Bottom Coal Company, which operates mines at Tad
Kanawha County, on the Campbell's Creek Railway, am 1
is secretary of the Blue Creek Development Company, a:
oil company he organized in 1912. In the real eetat
field he is president of the Mohler Realty Company o
Charleston, owners and developers of the Mohler Addi
tion. This high class residential addition is on the wes
side, a half mile below the Kelly Axe Factory am
comprises about twenty-five acres of land, divided int
158 lots, fronting on the Kanawha River with paved roa<|
and Interurban Line. The addition was thoroughly de' :
veloped before being put on the market, the developmen,
consisting of modern sewerage construction, pennanen
sidewalks and city water. It is in the pathway of th !
rapid development of Charleston down the river t<|
Dunbar.

Mr. Hancock is a member of the Chamber of Com
merce, Rotary Club, Benevolent and Protective Ordej
of Elks, is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Masoj
and Shriner, is a deacon in the First Presbyteriai!
Church at Charleston, and votes as a democrat. L
1896 he married Miss Blanche Rice Montgomery, young,
est daughter of John C. Montgomery, a large real estat '
holder and former member of the State Legislature, whl
died in 1918. Her grandfather was founder of the towii
of Montgomery in Fayette County, where she was born
The three sons and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hanj
cock are George Montgomery, horn in 1898; James Ken
ton, born in 1899; Lawrence Franklin, born in 1902, am
Nancy Elizabeth, born in 1919.

E. Benneite Henson, M. D. A prominent young physi^
cian and surgeon at Charleston, former medical officer i
the army, Doctor Henson is secretary of the Kanawhi
County Medical Society, and his attainments give prom
ise of a great record in his chosen vocation.

Doctor Henson wae born at Maiden, Kanawha County J
in 1890, son of Walter C. and Martha (Wiley) Henson
He acquired his literary education in the Charlestoi|

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•n entered the University of Louisville, medical de-
rtment, graduating in 1914. The year after his gradu-
,on he spent in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Covington, Ken-
>ky, and on returning to Charleston spent two years
the staff of the Charleston General Hospital. In
u he joined the Army Medical Corps as first lieutcn-
\ n and waa assigned to duty in the orthopedic division. Ho
eived special training in post-graduate work in that
e at Harvard Medical College, and several months
■er was assigned to duty as orthopedic aurgeon at
imp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas. Doctor Henson re-
ved his honorable discharge in January, 1919.
He at once returned to Charleston, and is now well
•ablished in the practice of general medicine and sur-
ry and is a member of the surgical staff of the Charles-
i General Hospital. Besides his oflicial connection
*:h the Kanawha Medical Society he is a member of
i State and American Medieal Associations, is affili-
;d with the Elks and is a member of the American
gion. Doctor Henson married Miss Lillian Davisson,
Kanawha County, and they have a daughter, Frances
•zabeth.

Jacob Moore is a citizen and business man of prominence
d influence in Gilmer County, where hia activities have
iluded successful connection with farm industry,
□king and trading, his borne being maintained in the
lage of Sand Fork. Mr. Moore was born at Mingo,
.ndolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Janu-
jA8, 1857, and is a son of James A. and Sarah A.
bannell) Moore, both likewise natives of what is now
est Virginia, where they were reared under the cou-
pons and influences of what may be termed the
ddle-pioneer period in the history of the county. After
} marriage James A. Moore continued his active asso-
ition with farm enterprise in Randolph County until,
1863, he enlisted for service as a soldier of the Con-
leracy in the Civil war, after the close of which he
turned to his native county and resumed bis farming
erations. There he was the owner of a farm prop-
ty of 200 acres, and he was one of the substantial
d honored citizens of Randolph County at the time of
3 death, in 1874, his wife having died in 1872 and
ving been a devoted member of the Methodist Epis-
pal Church, South. Of the eight children six arc
'ing at the time of this writing.

Jacob Moore was about sixteen years old at the time
his mother's death, and two years later his father
jo passed away. He had received the advantages of
e rural schools, and after the death of hia parents
found employment at farm work, his wages being
?ht dollars a month. He succeeded in saving about
00, and in 1877, with this financial fortification, he
me to Gilmer County, where he attended the State
armal School at Glenville until hia funds were ex-
isted. He then found employment as clerk in the
neral atore of S. H. Whiting at Glenville, and from
s salary of eight dollars a month he managed to save
.ough to enable him to continue his studies in the
>rmal school, in the meantime working for his board,
ive for an interim of one year he continued in the
iploy of Mr. Whiting from 1879 to 1885, and the onc-
•ar interval he passed in Texas.

In 1S85 Mr. Moore established his residence at Sand
>rk, where, with a capital of $250 he became asso-
rted with W. T. Wiant in the establishing and con-
icting of a general store. The enterprise proved most
osperous and the partnership alliance was continued
itil 1916, when the store and business were sold to
elfe & Wagoner.

In 1897 Mr. Moore was appointed sheriff of Gilmer
iunty, to fill out an unexpired term, and at the next
ection he was elected to this office, of which he eon-
aned the ineumbent two years. In 1900 he was again
ected sheriff, for a term of four years, and his total
rvice in this office covered a period of seven years
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ness at Sand Fork having continued during this inter-
val. In a later candidacy for sheriff he waa defeated
by twenty-three- votes, but in 1916 ho was again elected
sheriff, in which office ho served until December 30,
3920, with characteristic efficiency. The final auditing
of hia accounts ahowed them to tally to a cent. Hi*
civic loyalty has been further shown in service as rond
overseer and member of the Sand Fork School Board.
He is the owner of a valuable farm property of 400*
acres, has stock in the Kanawha Union Bank at Glen
villo, in which his wife has stock, and ho is a stock-
holder also in the Glenville Banking & Trust Company,
besides being interested in oil and coal production enter-
prise in this state. He is a past master of Gilmer County
Lodge No. 118, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, be-
sides having received the thirty-second degree of the
Masonic Scottish Rite and being affiliated with the
Mystic Shrine. He ia alao past noble grand of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a member of tho
Knights of Pythias. Mr. Moore is an uncompromising
advocate of the principlca of the democratic party, and
his wife is an active member of the Baptist Church.

September 23, 1886, recorded the marriage of Mr.
Moore and Miss Emma Bartlett, who was born and
reared in Harrison County. They have no children.

James Henby Bbown. Standing out as one of the
strong figures in the early days of West Virginia, Judge
James U. Brown will ever retain a permanent place in the
history of the atatc, not only because of his prominence and
earnestness in the movements leading to ita formation and
the diversity of his contributions to its welfare, but also be-
cause of the breadth of his personality and his qualities as a
scholar and a statesman, 'there were other leaders in pub-
lic life, distinguished as jurists or workers for community
betterment, but few in any city or state combined in more
marked degree than Judge Brown such qualifications for
service in all these three branches of human endeavor.

Although identified with the State of West Virginia at
and after ita creation, he was a native of the Old Dominion,
born in Cabell County, then Virginia, December 25, 1818.
He was of English ancestry, a sou of Dr. Benjamin Brown,
also of Virginia. His mother, Matilda (Scales) Brown,
waa the daughter of Major Nathaniel Scales of North
Carolina.

Although Judge Brown had always been a staunch demo-
crat, nevertheless, when Civil war threatened he strongly
opposed tha breaking up of the Union and the secession of
Virginia, and with others of like view joined in organising
the counties west of the Allcghanies to resist the disrup-
tion, thua laying the foundation for the new state, which
after two years of bitter strife waa duly admitted to tho
Union. Judge Brown waa one of the leaders in the forma-
tion of the new state, putting his shoulder earnestly to the
undertaking, serving prominently as member of the several
conventions and organizations looking to that end and to
the upbuilding of West Virginia.

This distinguished lawyer and jurist was a man whose
thoughts and acta impressed all those about him. Ho was
also possessed of a striking personality which gave empha-
sis to any efforts with whieb he was identified, as he was
more than six feet in height, and as erect as an Indian.
Sinewy and active, he retained his full powers throughout
hia career, and up to the time of his last illness, in his
eighty-second year, hia step was as elastic as that of a man
many years his junior.

James H. Brown received his education at Marietta Col-
lege, Ohio, and Augusta College, Kentucky, graduating
from the latter institution in 1840. Although his father
waa a physician, he chose the law as the field for his life
endeavors, and the years that brought honors to him and
benefit to the state which he served, demonstrated the wis-
dom of his choice. He read law under John Laidley, Esq.,
then one of the ablest attorneys of Cabell County, and waa
admitted to the bar two years after graduation from college
Immediate recognition of his ability reflected the "ill of
hia instructor and the conscientious labor which had marked
his preparation. Natural gifts of oratory gave force to his
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vocate and counsellor, while the demands for his service
as a trial lawyer gave him prominence beyond his years.

His standing as a member of the bar brought frequent
mention of him as a prospective candidate for the bench,
and when opportunity came his rise to the highest court
was as rapid as had been his previous progress in the
ranks of the profession. Prior to that time, however, he
had sought a wider field than that offered in his home
county by moving to Charleston on the Kanawha. The
change was made after six years' practice among the
friends of his early life.

Beginning in the new field, his clientele steadily grew,
lie was recognized as a wise counsellor, and, grounded in
the law, he rarely failed to convince in his presentation of
legal principles before the courts. He practiced in both
State and Federal tribunals, and his high standards, com-
bined with other qualifications, stamped him as a con-
structive force in the profession.

It was with such a reputation and with the keen insight
into public affairs which he had acquired that he ap-
proached the turbulent days of the Civil war, in which
clear thinking was needed to perform his share of public
duty, and fully meet the trying issues of those times. He
was a member of the Wheeling Convention of 1861, which
submitted the question of a new state, and was an earnest
advocate of the movement. At the same time he was a
member of the Legislature, taking active part in both
bodies. In all these matters he was a man untiring in his
labors, conservative in his views, but prompt in action
and content with no halfway measures.

His first judicial position was that in charge of the
Eighteenth Circuit of Virginia, and a large part of his
service as judge was performed amid the perils incident
to the war. The records of the court in several of the
counties of his circuit were captured and destroyed as
rapidly as they were made, while on several occasions
the court itself narrowly escaped capture. Nevertheless,
he was uniformly courteous, firm and fearless throughout,
and so thoroughly was his work done that no appeal from
any of his decisions was ever taken.

Judge Brown's splendid service in the lower court led
to his election in 1863 as one of the judges of the Su-
preme Court of Appeals of the new state. He was equal
to every demand in the higher position, and produced
opinions which were models of logic and clarity of pre-
sentation. Fitted by nature and education for the law,
he possessed in a high degree the power of convincing
statement. He was unswerving in his devotion to right
and justice, and in his judicial position held that same
confidence of the public which had characterized his pri
vate practice.

At the close of his term Judge Brown resumed active
practice, and continued in it until a short time before
his death, which occurred at his home in Charleston, Octo-
ber 28, 1900. He served several times in the Legislature
of the state, was twice nominated for the national House
of Representatives and later for the United States Senate.
He failed on these occasions because his party was in the
minority, although he led his ticket each time. His last
public service was in 1882, when he was again elected to
the Legislature, which gave him opportunity to participate
as a leader in the important measures then under con-
sideration.

Judge Brown married Miss Louisa M. Beuhring in 1844,
and their union was blessed by a large and talented family.
One of the sons, Benjamin B., moved to Colorado, and
after a successful career died in France in 1906; the other,
James F. Brown, following in his father's footsteps, be-
came one of the leading lawyers of the state.

Judge Brown was active and influential in the Presby-
terian Church, and for more than forty years a ruling elder
of that denomination, although his broad interest in the
welfare of the community was of the kind which brought
to all denominations his help and earnest good wishes.

Jambs Frederick Brown, who died December 5, 1921,
was distinguished fully as much by his lofty character and
broad wisdom as by his achievements in the law and
politics. This is the chief impression gained by a study

of his career and the many tributes to him as a man anc
lawyer. His was an outstanding personality in a familj
of noted men in West Virginia and old Virginia. Tin
family tree goes back to Sir William Brown, mentioned
in the Virginia Charter of 1609. Major Henry Brown<
was a memher of the Council of State in 1642. Willian
Browne represented Surry County in the Grand Assemblj
of Virginia in 1659-60. Maxfield, the youngest of Wil
Ham's three sons, lived from 1675 to 1745, married Eliza
beth Newman, and left one daughter, Elizabeth, and twe
sons, George and Newman. George Brown was survived
by his son George Newman Brown, who fought in tht
Revolutionary war and held broad estates in Prince Wil
liam County, Virginia. George Newman Brown married |
Sarah Hampton, first cousin of General Wade Hampton, ii
1772; their home was known as ' ' Bloomsbury," wher* 1
nearly a century later the battle of Bull Run was fought.

The children of George Newman Brown were Margaret.
Martha, Henry, Johu, Richard, Robert, George, Jr., James '
and Benjamin. Henry Brown, who was the first sheriff
of Cabeli County, died about 1810. His brothers Robert, 1
John, Richard and James, served in the War of 1812.
Robert and John were cavalry captains; Robert died in
action in South Carolina. John was a wealthy farmer ii
Fauquier County when he died in 1849. His wife was
Cecilia (Brent) Hunton, widow of General Eppa Hunton.
lie left no issue. Richard was lieutenant of a troop which
saw service under Gen. W. H. Harrison in the Northwest.,
James died soon after his enlistment. George Newman]
Brown, Sr., was largely interested in the military grant Ii
issued to "Captain John Savage and his men" of 28,627}
acres along the Ohio River, from the Guyandotte toward,!'
the Big Sandy. After the partition of these lands, aboutj
1805, his sous Richard and Benjamin Brown moved to the
part allotted to their father. The land lay where the Cityjj
of Huntington, in Cabell County, is now located. There I
they huilt what is said to have been the first brick house
in Western Virginia. Seventh Street in Huntington marks
the upper boundary of the Brown estate. Richard sold
out his interests to Benjamin and removed to Kentucky,;)
where he lived to an advanced age and was survived by
several daughters and a son, George Newman Brown, who (
was for many years a judge of the Circuit Court in Ken*ij
tucky, and whose grandson, George B. Martin, has repre-
sented the State of Kentucky in the United States Senate, i

Benjamin Brown was born at 1 1 Bloomsbury ' ' on June |
16, 1786, and after moving to Cabell County, as above j
noted, hecame a prominent physician, well and favorably
known in his own and in adjacent states. He married,!
on February 16, 1815, Matilda, daughter of Nathaniel
and Mary (Frances) Scales, who was born February 16,
1797, in North Carolina. Major Nathaniel Scales, father-
in-law of Dr. Benjamin Brown, removed from the French
Broad River in North Carolina to the Ohio Valley ahout
1805 and purchased a large farm known as "Maple Grove,"
adjacent to the Brown farm and just above what is now
Seventh Street in Huntington. Dr. Benjamin Brown died
in 1848, and his wife, in 1877. Their children were:
Ceres, Vesta, Josephine and James Henry Brown.

Judge James Henry Brown was born December 25, 1818,
in Cabell County. He moved in 1849 to Kanawha, where
he resided until his death on October 28, 1900. History
has named him as one of the founders of West Virginia.
He was conspicuous in the debates in the Wheeling Con-
vention which resulted in the plan for West Virginia's
creation and in its first state constitution. He was also
for several terms a leader in its Legislature. He was an
eminent lawyer, a judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Cir-
cuit of Virginia, and after the separation of the state he
was one of the first judges of the Supreme Court of Ap-
peals of West Virginia. He married Louisa Mayer, daugh-
ter of Frederick G. L. Beuhring of Cabell County, whose
wife was Frances Dannenberg, daughter of Col. Frederick
Dannenberg of the Revolutionary war. Six children were
born to them — Virginia, who married W. S. Laidley, a
lawyer; Lucy, who married T. L. Barber, M. D.; Emma
Matilda, who married J. F. Bickmore, of Denver, Colorado,
and died December 31, 1913 ; Nelle D., James Frederick
and Benjamin Beuhring. The last named was bora De*

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ruber 7, 1863, married Annie Lewis Dickinson, May 3,
ISS, and died at Nice, France, December 30, 1906. He waa
lawyer and capitalist, and after marriage resided in
enver, being president of the Colorado National Life
laurance Company at the time of hia death, and having
ten one of the ayndicate that first developed the Porphyry
hpper mines in Utah, now among the largest producera
I the country.

I James Frederick Browu, a son of Jamea II. and Louisa
l. (Beuhring) Brown, was born at Charleston, March 7,
152, and throughout his life maintained his home. "The
Bins," where he waa bom, although the residence was
•modeled and rebuilt during his later yeara. He had a
••eral education, having graduated from the Charleston
Istitute, next became one of the early graduates of West
irginia University, and waa Salutatorian of his class in
S73. Besidea the degree of A. B. he aubsequently re-
eved the degreea of M. A. and LL. D. Studying dili-
•ntly under the guidance of his learned father, he waa
'limited to the bar in 1S75, when he and hia father be-
>me partners, and from that time on until his death, forty-
x years later, he waa actively engaged in the practice
* the law. In addition to a large and lucrative prac-
Ce he, by his unusual ability, high character and pleaaing
>rsonality, built up one of the largest clientelea enjoyed
r any lawyer in the state. In 1SSS he formed a partner-
lip with Malcolm Jackson, and on January 1, 1S92, the
-m of Brown & Jackson waa augmented by the admis-
on of Edward W. Knight, thus creating the firm of
rown, Jackson & Knight, which continued unchanged for
most thirty years, until the death of the senior partner.
Jamea F. Brown served as a member of the city eouncil
*. Charleston for many years. He waa a member of tho
pgislature in 18S3-S4, representing Kanawha County. Hie
ither was a member of the same legislature, and they
ere elected aa candidates of oppoaite political partiea.
rom 1890 to 1901 Mr. Brown, by appointment of differ-
it governors, served on the Board of Regents of West
irginia University. He was vice president of the Kana-
ha Valley Bank, vice president of the George Washington
ife Insurance Company, and for many years prominent
. movements for the development of the resources of the
anawha Valley, being a director in the Central Trust
ampany, the Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company,
r est Charleston Improvement Company, Charleston Win-
>w Glass Company, several coal eompaniea in the New
iver field, and a promoter of oil and gaa development on
nds owned by him and assoeiatea in the Big Sandy Dis-
ict and in the Blue Creek field. He served as truatee of
ie City Hospital of Charleaton, of the Masonic Temple
id the Kanawha Presbyterian Church, was a charter
ember of Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and
raoeiated with a number of other elub and eivie institu-
ona.

On September 13, 1877, he married Jennie M. Wood-
•idge. of Marietta, Ohio. He is survived by Mra. Brown,
re danghtera, one son and five grandchildren, all resi-
sts of Charleaton. The daughters are Mra. O. P. Fitz-
>rald. Miss Jean M. Brown, Mrs. A. W. McDonald, Miss
?res Brown, and Mrs. Briscoe W. Peyton. The only son
Benjamin Beuhring Brown, born Mareh 14, 1893. The
■andchildren of J. F. Brown are Jean B., Gwendolyn, and
scar P. Fitzgerald, Jr., and Gertrude and Jamea F.
rown, Jr.

The sterling qualities of the late James F. Brown and
e esteem in which he was held are well expressed in two
lotationa. The first is an abstract from reaolutions
(opted by the Kanawha Bar Asaociation:
"His public services in our city council, in the Legisla-
re. bis peculiarly fortunate bu c iucss ventures and gencr-
ly hia studied interests in his home city, where he spent
1 of his nseful life, are all too well known to need re -ital
■re. We leave all these to the grateful memory of his
•How citizens, but with a conscious pride we recall and
cord now, though inadequately, only an appreciation of
s eminent ability and success at our own bar, aa well as
the highest eourta of the land, for hia fame as a learned
id successful lawyer was not confined to his own state,
i fact there was very little litigation of prime importance

in our highest courts in which he wns not engaged upon
one side or tho other. Hia services nlono, or aa associate,
were eagerly secured in our highest courts, many casei
coming to him from all over this ami other states.

"By our lawyers, who knew him U-t, ho wns generally
considered, inter parrs facile princrps.

"It is difficult in this menierinl to en imcrate the virtue
nnd just claims to distinction of such n citizen and leading
lawyer. As to his personal character he combined a genial
attractiveness with an ever courteous and kindlv regard
for all at the bar, with unaffected simplicity, of" a truly
democratic nature, with no cant or d« -re frr mi h lie office
or the plaudits of his fe'low man, ho was tho same in
courtesy to all men whether of high or low degree. This,
in a measure, was the ton •hstonc of hia hold upon all with
whom he came in contact. Whether in his office or in
court he personified unremitting labor in his cases. Un-
tiring work and loyalty to his clients, which brought such
unusual success, seemed hi* second nature and greatest
pleasure. Always modest, and 'in honor preferring others.'
no wonder that he had no enemies but a multitude of
f rienda.

"But though always an indefatigable worker and im-
meracd in his private businesa and in litigation for others,
his home life was ideal. No man ever loved his home more
than he. and to him it was ever a aweet refuge, where only
domestic happinesa reigned free from all business or legal
cares, which he always threw off upon entering its portnls. "

The second is from an editorial that appeared in the
Charleston Gazette several days after his death:

"It is of the man that we would speak now — the native
West Virginian, born and reared here in Charleston, where
he spent his life and is laid to rest. Educnted at hw home
state university, he began the practice of the law in hia
home town in the '70s. The high social position and com-
fortable circumstances of his family, his early successes
and rapidly growing fortune, and his wealthy c'icnts,
many being the largest corporations of the country, wcr««
calculated to incline him toward the aristocratic view of
life and husinesa. But nothing but a well considered prin-
ciple, maturely applied, ever affeetcd his attitude or course.

"He waa democratic in bis tastes, habits and principles;
aincere and candid in all the relations of life; firm in his
eonvietiona and loyal to his friendships and his principles.
Added to these were a sunny disposition, an ever present
optimism and a presence that beamed with friendship and
cordiality. There was never any bitterness in the firm 'no'
or 'yes' that eame on a matter of duty or principle, re
gardlcss of its popularity. And justice must compel the
admission that there was always a compelling logic in hi?
position, lie was one of those rare men who could th'nk
when popular rage or enthusiasm awept others off their
feet, and who declined to suspend, for any occasion, n
fundamental principle. We doubt if there is anyone whom
he ever knew who did not feci at liberty, yes, even n do
light, at meeting him. Truly, he pursued the even tenor of
his way, with mature knowledge and atudied regard of the
rights and feelings of others, wanting nothing but his
own, conceding to all the aame rights that he claimed for
himself, avoiding the clashes that lead to unseemly broils,
and yet always ready to atand for and maintain his delib-
erate convictions. ITe was blessed with worldly sueee s.
Fortune amiled upon him and brought large returns from
his profeasional scrvicea and business investment*. But
he lived always the same life that he lived when he came
to the bar.

"ne never had but one home, and there he wns born
and lived all his life. And how he loved tint h n e. A
the loyal son of a distinguished father, he. ns a boy, d«
lighted in the ancestral home, nestled in n hcavif 1 pnrk
scarcely a aquare from the county courthouse nnd city hal .
There he took the bride of his* youth, now the ine n«ol-
able widow; there he reared his popular nnd lov ]y family,
and there he ever songht the repose so necessary to one r f
his studions, laborious habits.

"It has often been sail tint there- wrr.. I nt two t -c
to find him— at his offiee or at hi-* 1 me. He w s a home
man who believed that chnracN r nd patriotism arc nnr
tored at the family hearthstone. One had bit to cro-s the

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threshold to observe that as father and bneband he was
all in all to his household.

"No one ever thought of his age. He was never boyish
but always young; he was long a man but never got old.
His courage and his even disposition made it possible for
him to endure a fatal illness for months without the public
knowing that he was ill. An uneventful life? No. One
teeming with great events of brain and will power. It was
a life of victories over passion and error; successes after
overcoming difficulties; fruition that comes to ability, char-
acter and legitimate methods.

"Without aspiring to public preferment, he had all
that it can bring from constructive work and public ac-
claim. No one was better known. His name is now a
household word among all classes of people. He wrote it
high early in life and so lived and worked as to keep it
unsullied and leave it as a heritage to his children and
friends."

Benjamin Beuhrino Brown, named for his uncle and
who remains as representative of the third generation to
continue the family traditions in the bar of Kanawha
County, became a member of his father's firm, Brown, Jack-
son & Knight, in March, 1919. He entered law practice
with every educational advantage, having graduated from
Charleston High School in 1910, from Princeton Univer-
sity in 1914, with an A. B. degree, and from Harvard
University Law School in 1917, with an LL. B. degree. In
the early years of the World war he attended two sum-
mer training camps at Plattsburg, and as soon as America
entered the struggle against the Central Powers be volun-
teered and went to France, where he served for a year
with the Marines in the Second Division, A. E. F., whose
proud record is written indelibly in the hearts of the Ameri-
can people.

Benjamin B. Brown married Miss Hester M. Newhall, of
Lynn, Massachusetts. They have two children, Gertrude
Woodbridge and James Frederick Brown, the latter having
been born on December 31, 1920, nearly a year before the
death of his grandfather, whose name he bears.

As one whose career showed leadership and ability, the
late James F. Brown's ideals are well worthy of considera-
tion. He stood for the greatest possible individual liberty
consistent with the rights of others, and with the least
possible governmental interference. He believed the inter-
ests of the people were best subserved by strict adherence
to the principles of the Bill of Eights, and in strict limi-
tation of the Federal Government to the powers expressly
granted by the states. In regard to the legal profession
he believed in greater stability for the laws, that there
should be less of experimenting in legislation, and a curb
put on judicial legislation under color of "construction."
His especial interest was along historical lines, particularly
as regards the several systems of government now being
tried out, and their practical results in the countries to
which they have been applied.

He traveled widely, both at home and abroad, having
visited nearly every country in the world, and was a keen
observer of all the different peoples and conditions he saw,
reasoning deeply into their religious, economic and political
aspects. His diligence, perseverance, high character and
many contacts with all classes of people made him what
he was — an original thinker of the soundest judgment, a
master mind in the study of human nature, one of the
greatest lawyers his state has^ ever produced, and a model
to be followed in his community.

Edward B. Jansman. A chemist and veterinarian,
former consulting veterinarian under the state commissioner
of agriculture, Doctor Jansman is a well known citizen and
business man of Huntington, where he is secretary and
treasurer of the unique establishment known as "Farmers,"
the leading cleaning, pressing and dyeing business in that
part of the state.

He was born at Covington, Kentucky, August 25, 18S5,
only child of Benjamin and Catherine (Runey) Jansman.
His father, who was born at Covington in 1847 and died
in that city in 1890, was for many years a tobacco dealer.
The widowed mother is now living at Asheville, North
Carolina, and was born at Covington in 1863.

Edward B. Jansman received bis education in the schools
of Cincinnati, attending high school there, and in 1906
graduated with the degree D. V. M. from the Cincinnati
Veterinary College. In the same year he entered the service
of the United States Government in the Department of
Agriculture and the Bureau of Animal Husbandry as a re-
search worker, and was in that service for twelve years.
The territory in which his duties lay was chiefly Ohio and
West Virginia.

Doctor Jansman in 1916 removed to Huntington, aad
remained two years longer in the Government service. Ia
1916 he was appointed consulting veterinarian under the
commissioner of agriculture by Governor H. D. Hatfield.
Doctor Jansman in 1918 bought an interest in the " Farm-
ers, " and became chemist as well as secretary and treas-
urer of the corporation. The business is incorporated under
the laws of West Virginia, and the officers are: A. J.
Hogan, of New York City, president; Frank Enslow, vice
president; and E. B. Jansman, secretary and treasurer. The
plant and offices are at 814 Sixth Avenue, and the com-
pany employs thirty-five hands.

Doctor Jansman is a member ef the Credit Men's Asso-
ciation, the Business Men's Association and the Chamber
of Commerce, also the Rotary Club, and the Guyandotte
Country Club. He was a leader in local war work, assisting
in the drives for funds. Later he devoted much time to
training disabled soldiers in the technical processes involved
in dry cleaning, so that men suffering total disability for
other occupations could earn a living at this work.

In September, 1911, at Cincinnati, Doctor Jansman mar-
ried Miss Annette E. Phelan, a native of that city. She is
a graduate of Notre Dame College of Cincinnati. The only
child of Doctor and Mrs. Jansman is Lois Kenrick, born
in August, 1912.

Hon. Robert W. Baker. There are certain individuals '
who seem always to have time to carry on progressive enter-
prises and movements, whether of a private or public nature.
Hon. Robert W. Baker is pre-eminently one of this class,
and, fortunately for the advancement of his community's
best interests, does not stand alone. He belongs to the
group of able citizens whose civic interest is equal to
their business and professional enterprise and who are
devoting every energy possible to the improvement of
the public service. A man of broad education and fine,
sympathetic nature, as well as of strength and capa-
bility, Mayor Baker is admirably fitted to be identified
with the progressive guard of such a city as Petersburg.

Mayor Baker was born September 8, 1880, in the
house at Petersburg which he now occupies as his home,
and is a son of Bernard J. and Mary C. (Welton) Baker.
His grandfather, Eli W. Baker, was born in Pendleton
County, Virginia (now West Virginia), in 1809, and
came to what is now Grant County as a young man.
Near Petersburg he was united in marriage with Miss
Frances Shobe, a daughter of Jacob Shobe, one of the
early farmers of this region, and subsequently estab-
lished a hat shop at Petersburg, having learned the
hatter's trade at Franklin. In politics he was first a
whig. When the issue of the war between the states
came up for discussion, he sympathized with the South,
but refused to follow to the extent of secession, although
his son James W. went into the Confederate Army and
served throughout the struggle in the uniform of the
"grey." Eli W. Baker died in 1881, at the ripe age
of seventy-two years, the same age as that at which
his wife died, although she lived five years longer. They
were the parents of the following children: James W.,
the Southern soldier, who spent his private life as an
agriculturist; Catherine, who married George W. Moo-
mau and spent her life at Petersburg; Carrie, who be-
came the wife of William Clark and died at Peters-
burg; Bernard Jacob, the father of Robert W. Baker;
Edward C, a resident of Petersburg; Margaret, who died
at Petersburg, unmarried; Henry F., also of this place,
a notary public and court commissioner; and Virginia,
the wife of Hon. Lewis J. Forman, of Petersburg.

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211

i boru at Petersburg, March 9, 1810, and has spent
more than seventy years of life within the limits
tbis community. lie grew up in the home of a hat-
, but his father abaudoucd that trade after tho close
the war between the North and South and turned
attention to merchandising, being at tin- time of
death a member of the firm of Baker & Company,
which his aon was associated with him. Bernard
Baker was educated in the school common to the
lmunity of Petersburg, this being supplemented by
•ommercial course in Eastman's Business College at
lghkeepsic, New York. When he went into business
was as a merchant in association with his father, and
or the elder man'a death he continued the business
ler the firm style of Baker & Company. This cntcr-
96 is still in existence and Mr. Baker has been cn-
;ed as a business man in that and other fields for
re than fifty years, within 100 feet of the bank where
ia now on duty as cashier.

<lr. Baker became actively identified with banking
rirs when he organized the Grant County Bank, the
t banking bouse in Grant County, this being opened
1902. Prior to this time the banking of this region
1 been done at Mooreficld and Kcyser, but the or-
lization of the Petersburg institution concentrated
iking largely at this point from far and wide. The
tk was originally capitalized at $25,000, and was
reased to double that capital in 1908. The first prcsi-
tt was Lewis J. Forman, the first vice president,
W. Day, and the first and only cashier, Mr. Baker.
3 presidency, likewise, has never changed, but there
re been several vice presidents, A. A. Parks, W. A.
/in and the present incumbent, D. P. Ilendrickson.
n his politics Mr. Baker voted first for president
1872, when ho cast his ballot in favor of Horace
>eley. In 1S76 he voted for Samuel J. Tilden and
.r years later for Gen. W. S. Hancock, and in 18S1
ped to elect the first democratic president after the
il war. He has continued to support the same ticket
hout interruption ever since. Mr. Baker was prone
political activity as a young man, and in 1876 was
cted to the State Senate, where he spent four active
1 useful years, being present at the two sessions of
body and a member, among others, of the judiciary
I educational committees. In the matter of electing
Jnited States senator he supported the candidacy of
n. John McGraw, of Taylor County. Mr. Baker has
)t aloof from secret orders. He is a member of
Presbyterian Church and one of its elders, a capac-
\ in which he has served for many years, and is the
est member of the congregation as well as the old-
member of the Official Board in point of service.
)n November 25, 1S75, at Petersburg, Mr. Baker was
ted in marriage with Miss Mary C. Welton, a daugh-
I of Solomon and Sarah (Clark) Welton, Mr. Welton
i/ing been an early merchant of Petersburg. Mrs.
ker was born in what was then Hardy County, but
mow Grant County, as was her father. She and her
Uband are the parents of two sons: Bernard, a mer-
fint and farmer at Petersburg; and Robert W.
Vfter completing the public school course at Petcrs-
i:g Kobert W. Baker enrolled as a student at Potomac
'ademy, Romney, and graduated from that prepara-
y institution at the age of nineteen years. At that
ie he entered upon the study of law at Washington
il Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, and in 1904,
lisfactorily passed the bar examination at Morgan-
ito given by the law faculty of West Virginia Uni-
f-sity, and bis license to practice law was issued by
h Supreme Court of the state. He began his pro-
isional career at Petersburg, among the neighbors and
»]uaintancea of his boyhood and later life, and tried
r first case in the Circuit Court. Hia practice has
km largely of a general character, although the de-
fiee of those charged with crimes has constituted a
Sisiderable proportion of his work, and through his
i.e qualities as a lawyer and hia stable, popular traits
I a man he has continued his progress both in the

development of a professional reputation and n profit
able legal business.

Ever since the attainment of his mnjority Mr. Bak< r
has been a fnclor in local politics. An n lending demo
erat he has been party chairman of Gruut County, hn*
licen the county's representative on tho aenntorlnl and
congressional committees, and attended nil tho conven-
tions of hia party while the convention system was in
vogue, lie was n spectator at the Baltimore, conven
tion that nominated Woodrow Wilson for the presidency,
as well as the convention at St. Louis that gave the
nomination to Judge Alton B. Parker In 1901. Mr.
Baker was first elected mayor of Petersburg in 1909,
and served for five consecutive terms, during whieh
almost all of the public improvement done in the city
was accomplished, including tho installing of watrr and
sewer systems and au electric light plant, the building
of sidewalks, etc., and all of this at an cxpenso that
was worthy of much credit for the administration's
economizing power. He left the mayor's office in Il»M
and was absent until January 1, 1922, when he was the
unanimous choice of the city for the mayoralty. The
preceding city administration had voted a bond issue
of $12,000 for improvements in tho sewers, water and
walks, and this money is being expended by the ad-
ministration in the construction of these various im-
provements. Mayor Baker ia attorney for the Baltimoro
& Ohio Railway Company at Petersburg, and has numer-
ous other important connections.

On February 29, 190S ; Mr. Baker was united in mar-
riage at Petersburg with Miss Cornelia S. Taylor, a
daughter of John E. and Annie (Wilaon) Taylor, of
Hampshire County, West Virginia, and North Carolina,
respectively. Mr. Taylor was a tanner by trade and
conducted and for a time operated the Petersburg tan-
nery. Mrs. Baker is one of nine daughters in tho Tay-
lor family and was educated in the public schools. To
Mr. and Mrs. Baker there have been born the following
children: John Bernard; Robert W., Jr.; Wilaon, who
died at the age of five years; Bcttie; Edward; William,
who died at the age of one year; McDonald; Paul; and
Cornelia.

Carl Bsooks Easlt. While age and ripened experience
are usually assumed in relation to exceptional business
responsibilities, it has been proved that they arc not
absolutely essential in all cases. An example may be
cited in Carl Brooks Early, cashier of the National
Bank of Commerce at Williamson, West Virginia. Mr.
Early in addition to this responsible position occupies
numerous others which identify him officially with in-
dustries and undertakings of great magnitude in West
Virginia. .....

Carl Brooks Early was born in Giles County, \ irgiom,
August 27, 1890, and ia a son of David A. and Sarah
(Brooks) Early, one of their family of three sons and
two daughters. His father was born in Pulaski County.
Virginia, December 20, 1854, a number of an early
settled family there of Scotch Irish extraction. The
mother of Mr. Early was born in Giles County, \ ir-
ginia, June 13, 1859, and now resides at Blucfield, \Sest
Virginia. , . 1T .

Carl B. Early had excellent sehool privileges. Bis
preference was for a business rather than professional
life, and his capacity was first tested as a clerk in the
employ of the Pulaski Mining Company at Pulaski, * ir-
ginia where be remained until 1909, when he went to
Blueficld, West Virginia, as bookkeeper in the First
National Bank, which position he resigned in Septcm-
ber 1910, in order to accept that of assistant cashier
in the First National Bank at Welch, West \ irginia,
where he continued until July, 191G, at which time he
came to Williamson and entered upon bis duties as
cashier of the National Bank of Commerce.

By the summer of 1918 Mr. Early had become well
and favorably known in banking circles throughout the
state but on August 3 of that year he enlisted for
ervice in the World war, like many other patnotic

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young men unselfishly setting aside all matters of per-
sonal importance in the face of the great calamity that
had fallen upon his country. He was given rank as first
lieutenant and ordered to Washington, D. C, where he
remained until February I, 1919, and until his honorable
discharge performed the duties of disbursing officer at
Saltville, Virginia. He returned then to Williamson and
resumed his duties as cashier and director of the Na-
tional Bank of Commerce. Other official positions which
claim his time and attention include: Treasurer of the
Indian-Pocahontas Coal Company; treasurer of the In-
dian Fuel Company; treasurer of the Valley Investment
Company; vice president and treasurer of Harkins &
Company; and treasurer of the Pigeon Creek Realty
Company. In the management of the business pertain-
ing to these various important concerns Mr. Early has
displayed acumen and foresight that would be creditable
to a veteran captain of industry.

In political life Mr. Early is a republican. For sev-
eral years he has been a member of the Board of Re-
view and Equalization of Mingo County. He is a
member of McDowell Lodge No. 112, F. and A. M.;
Howard Chapter No. 28, R. A. M.; Bluefield Com-
mandery, and the Mystic Shrine at Charleston. He he-
longs to Post Ephraim Boggs No. 49, American Legion,
and to the Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club.

Charles L. Rice began his career in the great coal min-
ing sections of McDowell County, but for a dozen years
past his more extended business connections have been
as a lumberman and contractor, and in construction
engineering, the headquarters for his operations being
in the capital city of Charleston.

Mr. Rice was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia,
in 18S0, and when he was a child his parents, S. G.
and Nannie (Green) Rice, native Virginians, removed
to Roanoke, that state. Ilere he grew up and secured
his early education, and as a young man entered the
coal business, a connection that took him to McDowell
County, West Virginia, in 1900. After about ten years
in mining operations he removed to Huntington and
became a member of the Huntington Lumber and Supply
Company, the Mintcr-Holnics Corporation, extensive
manufacturers and dealers in lumber, with main offices
at Huntington and plants at Kenova and Williamson,
West Virginia, and Jackson, Kcntuck}\ After a resi-
dence at Huntington for seven years ^lr. Rice removed
to Charleston, and was an active factor in the organi-
zation of the Kanawha Valley Lumber Company, which
began business in February, 1918. Mr. Rice is vice
president and general manager of this company, which
has an extensive and modem plant in West Charleston
on an ideal industrial site along the Kanawha and
Michigan Railway and extending west from Patrick
Street. It is a general wholesale and retail lumber
business, one of the largest of the kind in the state.

Since coming to Charleston Mr. Rice has had a per-
sonal and financial interest in the general building and
construction business, and in that capacity has been
a factor in the remarkable building expansion going on
in the city since war time. He organized and is presi-
dent of the American Engineering and Construction
Company, whose special field is husiness and industrial
buildings, coal plant construction and kindred work.
The American Clay Products Company, of which he is
president, manufactures brick and hollow tile and has
created a new and very important industry in West Vir-
ginia. The company has a brick plant at Lewis, Vir-
ginia, and a plant for the manufacture of hollow tile
at Teays, West Virginia.

Mr. Rice is active in various civic and business organi-
zations at Charleston, including the Chamber of Com-
merce, Kiwanis Club, and is a thirty-second degree
Mason and Shriner. He married Miss Maud Diskins,
a native of Kentucky. Their two children are Daniel
E. and Virginia.

John B. Grove, M. D. Of the men devoted to the sciei
of healing at Petersburg, Grant County, none brings
bear upon their calling larger gifts of scholarship and ]
source than Dr. John B. Grove. It has been his fortune
have realized many of his worthy ambitions and throu
the exercise of his native ability and industry to wre
from his opportunities financial and professional succe
Doctor Grove comes of a line of physicians and was ho'
at Petersburg, March 20, 1887, a son of Dr. John and Am
(Welton) Grove.

Dr. Thomas Jefferson Grove, the grandfather of Dr. Jo
B. Grove, was born in 1S22, at Sharpsburg, Maryland, ai
about 1842 came to the Petersburg locality. For a time
applied himself to mercantile operations, but soon becai
interested in medicine and, going to Winchester, Virgin*
studied for that profession under the preceptorship of Dc
tor McGuire, thus preparing himself for the practice
his adopted calling. He hegan his practice at Petersbu;
in 1847, and was in the field actively until 1900, passii
away three years after his retirement. He was one of £
pioneers and leading citizens of the Petersburg locality ai
owned extensive land interests. Some of this property i
developed into farms, and also began the work of develo
ing orchards, but this did not prove a success on a larj
scale, for there was no outlet or market for the fru
raised. In the minority politically, as a democrat, he d>
not hold public office. During the period of the war betwe<l
the states the home which he had built in 1858 was s 1
aside as a hospital, with himself in charge, and it is bi
lieved that during this time he maintained a strict ne
trality. Dr. Thomas Jefferson Grove was married thn!
times. His first wife was Miss Mary Bean, who bore hi 1
a son, John, who became the father of Dr. John B. Grov
and a daughter, Lissie, who married E. A. Harness. H
second wife was Miss Lizzie Neal, who died without issu
His third wife was Miss Jane Seymour, and they also hi
no children.

Dr. John Grove, the father of Dr. John B. Grove, w,
born at Petersburg, in 1852, and inherited a love for tl
medical profession. After a course at Washington ai
Lee University he took his medical work at what is no
New York University, and then spent some time as an i
terne in Bellevue Hospital. After he had completed h
preparation for his profession he returned to Petersburg
and here continued in the active practice of his calling u)
til his early death in 1897, when he was but forty-five yea;
of age. Aside from his profession Doctor Grove's re-
estate interests absorbed him, and no political matt)
gained much headway in his interest. He voted the dem<
cratic ticket, made no public avowal of religious conne
tion and had no fraternal affiliations. Doctor Grove ma
ried Miss Annie Welton, a daughter of Job R. and Carr
(Seymour) Welton, and they became the parents of thes
children: Thomas Jefferson, of Petersburg; Carrie G., tl
wife of Dr. W. C. VanMeter, of this place; Miss Lizzie M
also of Petersburg; and Dr. John B., of this notice.

John B. Grove laid the foundation for his education i
the public schools of Petersburg, taking the course as pri
scribed, and then went to the academy at Romney, whei
he had the advantage of two years of work. This m
followed by a year of college instruction at the Davis an
Elkins College at Elkins, his medical studies beginning in
mediately thereafter in the College of Physicians and Su:
geons, Baltimore, Maryland, from which institution he ws
graduated in 1909. Later he took special work in disease
of the chest in the same institution, and during his senio
year was employed as an interne in Mercy Hospital o
Baltimore. In July, 1909, Doctor Grove took his Stat
Board examination, and in September following opened hi
office at Petersburg, where his twenty-two years of Hf
had been spent. The general practice of his calling is hi
field of effort, and he has his office in the same room i
which had practiced his father and grandfather for so man
years. The name of Grove is indeed indelibly written o
the medical history of Petersburg, where those bearing th
name have always typified the highest to be found in pre
fessional ethics and ability. Doctor Grove has identifie

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213

Imself with medical society work as a member of tho bo-
fcty representing Grant, Hardy, Hampshire and Mineral
luntiea, of which he was formerly vice president, and he
Iso holds membership in the West Virginia State Medical
tociety and the American Medical Association. His skill
h diagnosis and his successful treatment of a number of
implicated eases have created a gratifying demand for his
miees and laid the foundation of what has already proved
'career of exceptional breadth and usefulness. To a thor-
Hgh professional equipment he adds a kindly and sympa-
ietic manner, a genuine liking for his calling and a "ready
Captation to its multitudinous and exacting demands.

As a citizen Doctor Grove has been a factor in the affairs
I? the local government, having been a member of the Town
•ouncil. He also assisted in the promotion of the Potomac
alley Bank of Petersburg, and is also one of the men now
ehind the big project which is building the plant of the
ommunity Power Company of this place. While a demo-

at in political matters, he has had little liand in practi-
il politics. lie cast his maiden vote for William Jennings
iryan for the presidency, and was an original Wihon man
•>r president, sitting in the Baltimore convention when Mr.
Vilson secured his first nomination. As a fraternatist lie
I a past Master Mason and attended the Grand Lodge of
ie order at Parkersburg. Until he entered the World
'ar as a soldier Doctor Grove was actively identified with
he various drives held for the sale of bonds and for other
»or work. He went over the country arousing the people's
pirit and sentiment, as did Mrs. Grove, and in July, 191 S,
nlisted in the army and was commissioned a first lieutenant,
eing assigned to Camp Dix, New Jersey, Base Hospital.
Ie was transferred to the Camp Examining Board March
1, 1919, and was honorably discharged from the service
uly 1, 1919.

Doctor Grove married at Staunton, Virginia, October 11,
916, Miss Rosalie Sillings, a daughter of Lewis and Caro-
nc V. (Shutterly) Sillings. She was educated in the pub-
tC schools, being a graduate of the Staunton High School,
iter completing the course at the Valley Home Seminary,
'or several years prior to her marriage she was a teacher
a the public schools and taught three terms at Petersburg.
>octor and Mrs. Grove are members of the Presbyterian
Tiureh. Their home is of their own planning and construc-
ion. and is one of the conspicuous and attractive brick
evidences of Petersburg.

n. Eugene Siiadle. The Morgan Lumber & Manufac-
uring Company, of which Mr. Shadle is president, is one of
he largest individual enterprises located at Charleston,
nd the business in its entirety, including the outlying
lills, is the direct result of the great energy and extensive
bility of Mr. Shadle, who acquired the original plant at
•harleston fourteen years ago.

Mr. Shadle came into West Virginia in 1900, and first
ngaged in lumber milling in Tucker County, with head-
luarters at Parsons. From there his enterprise branched
oto Randolph County, and his operations took on an ex-
ended scale, not only lumber manufacturing but as an
iwner and dealer in timber and timber lands. In the
ourse of a few years he bought and sold over 50,000 acres
>f timber lands in Tucker, Randolph. Clay and Nicholas
Katies.

Mr. Shadle, who was born at WUIiamsport, Lycoming
bounty, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1SG6, located pcrma-
lently at Charleston in 190S. Here he bought the plant of
he Morgan Lumber Company, then located on the east bank
>f the Elk River, directly opposite the present plant. With
his nucleus he extended the scope of the business, ehang-
ng the corporate name to the Morgan Lumber & Manufac-
uring Company, and under his management there has been
leveloped one of the larger lumber industries of the state,
vith a business output valaed at millions of dollars aunu-
dly and a trade that covers all the Eastern states from
)hio. The primary operations of the industry are several
umber mills in the forests, where the timber is worked np
lirect from the stump. The output is West Virginia hard-
vood, of which there is none better in the world. The
■ough lumber from these outlying mills is shipped to the

woodworking plant in Churhwt >n, wlifre it la unloaded direct
from the cars into the dry kilns, which have a capacity of
half a million feet of lumber. Aft« r thorough ffwwo'ning
the contents of the kilns are dU>lmrgcd from the other en I
into the mills, undergoing at the same time a thorough and
experienced inspection os to qunlity and grades. Th. lum-
ber from the kilns is workc 1 up accord ng to the ( rd« r« on
hand, and, passing through the complicated mm hiiivry, con
sisting of saws, planers and rippers, is manufo ture.l into
the different grades of hardwood flooring, trim, m« 1 1 u«i
base, doors, sash, store fixtures, bank fixture*, tdnlvipg and
eases suitable for department stores. Tin trim and tl»«<- r ng
is sold both locally and shipped in cirl- nd luts tu main
different states.

Besides the manufacturing department the company car
ries on an extensive lumber yard business, carrying all
sixes and dimensions of common lumber, such an framing,
sheathing, subJlooring, siding, and a varied line of build ng
supplies. The company generates its own electric | o«. r,
all machines being electrically driven, each equipped with
its individual motor. There are fifty nine machine*, capable
of operating as a unit or individually. The plant w th t«>
modern buildings constitutes a prominent nod impreswne
feature nf the industrial section, and both buildings and
yards cover a little over six acris, s'tuated in the heart of
the city, on the west bank of the Elk River, bounded by
Pennsylvania Avenue, Columbia Avenue and Bir-h Street.

This business naturally is one demanding proct enlly all
of Mr. Shadle 's time and energy, but he has none the less
identified himself with all worthy movements in the city
and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and was one
of the organizers and is an enthusiastic member of tho new
Kanawha Country Club, organized in 1921.

lie married Miss Sarah C. Bitoer, who was born at Cen-
ter Hall, Pennsylvania. Bis only son, Harold B. Shadle,
who was educated in the Virginia Military Institute at
Lexington, is the active assistant to his father in the man-
agement of the lumber industry and vice president of the
corporation.

Mr. Shadle is a Mason and an Elk, a member of the Bap-
tist Church, and is chairman of the building committee in
charge of the construction of the new Baptist Temple. He
is actively identified with a numb, r of business enterprise*
in addition to the particular organization heretofore men-
tioned. He is vice president of the Glade Creek Coal nnd
Lumber Company; vice president of the Ohio West Vir-
ginia Company, manufacturers of petroleum product*; and
is a director of the West Virginia Manufacturers Associa-
tion and also of the West Virginia Lumber A: B»i I
Supply Dealers Association.

James Mason Teter, M. D. During more than n qiart. r
of a century Dr. James Mason Tcter has been il.-ntlh.d
with the medical profession of West Virginia, and through
the faithfulness of his labors and the high quality ft
services has entrenched himself strongly in the contideiir.
and esteem of those qualified to judge os to ability nnd fi
delity. On more than one occasion he has worked w»lf .ner
ficinglv and successfully in combating serious ep b mi
and throughout his professional career has maintain*"! a
high standard of ethics and professional conduct. K. r
four years his field of active usefulness has been th ry
of Petersburg and the surrounding community, wh r I *
widely known and greatly respected.

Doctor Teter was born in Union Di-tn-t. Pen 1M n
Countv, West Virginia, May II, 1*73, and is a *-n of
George and Mary (Harmnn) Teter. 1ft Ken Tcter, U
grandfather of Doctor Teter, was b. rn in tmon D*tr t.
Pendleton County, where he became a large land, wn.r
and a man of inlluence. and died at a»«»t the owning of
the war between the states. He was n dovont chur-hnn .
Mr Teter married Miss Margnr t M Lnughl n. and tbov
became tho parents of the fo n«l C ch Idren- J.hu, w» .
spent his Hfo as a farmer in Pen 1' -ton County, where I. «
death occurred; Laban, who live 1 the 1 fc of nn ngr c
turist in the same county and v buried there; Ruth wh
married David H 0 rman and piwd her life J/^nt Conn y
John who was a milln f r a time at Barman, Rand lrh

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County, but died in Tncker County, this state; David K.,
who was a plain countryman and farmer and died in Pen-
dleton County, a veteran of the Union Army during the
war between the states, as was his elder brother, John;
Jennie, who married Job Davis and passed away in Tucker
County; Rebecca, who became Mrs. B. F. Bennett, of
Tucker County; George, the father of Doctor Teter; Jacob,
who is a farmer at Oldtown, Maryland; Bettie, who married
Amos W. Bennett, of Harman, West Virginia; and Reu-
ben, a farmer of Tucker County, West Virginia.

George Teter was born in Union District, Pendletou
County, January 3, 1846, and secured a fairly good educa-
tion for his day and locality, being a teacher in young
manhood for several years. During the war between the
states he served as a member of the Home Guards and was
a strong Union sympathizer. He is a republican in poli-
tics and was for a number of years one of the county com-
missioners of Pendleton County, where he now resides, and
where he has been engaged successfully in agricultural
pursuits during his career. In 1866 he married Mary Har-
man, who was born in 1848, a daughter of John A. and
Hannah (Miller) Harman. The Harmans, like the Tetera,
were among the first to settle in Pendleton County, and all
were rural people and identified with the farm. They were
all Union sympathizers on the issues of the Civil war and
none of them owned slaves. Mrs. Teter died in 1902, hav-
ing been the mother of the following children: Alice, who
is the wife of Isaac Robinson, of Pendleton County; Charles
G., of Riverton, that county; Oliver Cromwell, a farmer of
the Mill Run District; Dr. James M., of this notice; and
Ida, the wife of Joseph H. Smith, of Petersburg.

James Mason Teter grew to early manhood in the Mill
Run District of Pendleton County, where he secured the
advantages and opportunities of the farm and district
school. When nineteen years of age he secured further ex-
perience, as a teacher of the German School in his home
district, following which he took up the study of medicine
under the preceptorship of Dr. J. M. Sites, of Upper Tract,
with whom he studied for about a year. Being thus pre-
pared for a college course, he entered the Lebanon Normal
University for instruction in his chosen calling, and spent a
year in that famous Holbrook school. He then returned
to his home community and shortly thereafter went to Bal-
timore, where he completed his medical course in the Balti-
more Medical College, graduating April 22, 1896, with his
cherished degree. On leaving that institution he sought
about for a suitable location for practice and finally de-
cided upon Macksville, Pendleton County, where he spent
two years. Subsequently he moved to Riverton, in the
same county, where he was identified with the practice of
his calling for a period covering twenty years. In the fall
of 1918 he came to Grant County, where he has since been
busily engaged in the general practice of medicine and
surgery and where he has not only built up a large profes-
sional business, but has gained the confidence of the people
and the good will and esteem of his fellow-practitioners.
While practicing at Riverton, Doctor Teter was called upon
to combat a source of typhoid fever which inoculated that
territory with germs carried from the river, and made a
winning fight, carrying the community through with but
small loss of life. He reached Petersburg in time to assist
in fighting the epidemic of Spanish influenza which
scourged the country so greatly in 1919, and fought it off
with other doctors in 1919. Again, in 1921, he was called
upon to act in the same capacity, and in this year the loss
of life was small.

Doctor Teter was one of the promoters of the Potomac
Valley Bank of Petersburg, and a director thereof for some
time. He is still a stockholder therein. With politics he
has had little concern. He comes of a family of republicans,
and his first presidential ballot was cast in favor of the
presidential candidacy of Major McKinley, although two
years before he had cast his first vote of importance when
he supported Judge Dayton for a seat in Congress. He
holds membership in the various organizations of his pro-
fession, and as a fraternalist is a member of the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of
America, His religious faith, like that of his parents, is

that of the United Brethren Church. The work of winning
the World war had a warm place in the hearts of both
Doctor Teter and his wife, and both labored indefatigably
and effectively, the former in a professional way and the
latter as a member of the Red Cross Society.

At Riverton, Pendleton County, August 1, 1898, Doctor
Teter was united in marriage with Miss Zadie Mauzy, who
was born in Union District, Pendleton County, September
7, 1879, and educated in the public schools, a daughter of
Jacob and Sarah E. (Teter) Mauzy, farming people of that
county. Mr. and Mrs. Mauzy were the parents of the fol-
lowing children: Texie, who died as Mrs. George Harper;
Zadie, who is Mrs. Teter; Hattie, who ia unmarried and re-
sides in Pendleton County; Wilbur, who died as a youth of
sixteen years; Bessie, the wife of Wilbur Harper; Margie,
who married Oscar Harper, of Pasadena, California; and
Caddie, the wife of Billie Hines, of Pendleton County.
Three children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Teter:
Eva Lena, of Huntington, West Virginia, who is a teacher
of music; Elsie, who was a victim of the influenza epidemic
of 1918, dying at the age of seventeen years; and Made,
who is a student at the Lutheran Academy, Petersburg.

Vernon Lough Dyer, M. D. Included among the younger
members of the medical profession who are making rapid
strides in their chosen calling in Grant County is Dr. Ver-
non Lough Dyer, of Petersburg. To a natural equipment
for his calling, which includes inherent ability, a genuine
love of his profession and a sympathetic nature, Doctor
Dyer has superimposed a long and careful training, and as
a close observer and keen student of his profession is still
further improving himself for the work to which he has
dedicated his life and talents.

Doctor Dyer comes of an old and honored family of West
Virginia, and was born April 17, 1892, at Fort Seybert,
Pendleton County, this state, a son of William M. Dyer.
His grandfather, Allen Dyer, was born in Pendleton
County, where he followed the pursuits of farming and
raising stock, and was one of the well-to-do and highly es-
teemed citizens of his community. He passed his entire
life within the borders of Pendleton County, and attained
the ripe old age of ninety-one years, passing away in the
year 1910. He married Miss Martha Miller, and they be-,
came the parents of eight children who grew to maturity, as
follows: Pendleton; Minnie, who married Charles Switzer,
of Philippi, West Virginia; Annie, who married William
Judy ; Sue, who became the wife of Elias McWhorter, of
Jane Lew, West Virginia; Edward, who resides near Phil-
ippi and is engaged in agricultural operations; William M.,
the father of Doctor Dyer; Charles, who died in Pendleton
County; and Florence, the wife of I. E. Bolton, of Mor-
gantown, West Virginia.

William M. Dyer was born in Pendleton County, where
he received ordinary educational advantages in the public
schools and as a young man adopted the vocation of farm-
ing. This he has followed with success in the same county
ever since, and is now the owner of a good property, with
all modern improvements. He is a modern agriculturist,
owns a large herd of livestock, and keeps abreast of the ad-
vancements being constantly made in the business of agri-
culture. He has always demonstrated his public-spirited
citizenship in his support of worthy civic movements, and
educational and religious enterprises, as well as those of a
charitable nature, have found him a friend. Politically he
is a republican, and his religious connection is with the
Methodist Church. Mr. Dyer was united in marriage with
Miss Susan Lough, and they became the parents of eleven
children, of whom ten survive: Nora, who is the wife of
J. P. Cowger, of Fort Seybert, West Virginia; Fred, a
resident of Eckman, this state; Dr. Vernon Lough, of this
review; and Mary and Willie, twins, Fannie, George, Jas-
per, James and Anna, who reside at the home of their
parents. During the World war Fred and Willie Dyer en-
listed in the United States Army, and the latter saw over-
seas service, while the former was a member of the Officers
Training Camp at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia. All of
the members of his family have been given the advantage
of a good educational training.

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215

ie childhood, youth and early years of his manhood

passed by Vernon Lougb Dyer at Fort Seybert, in
b community he attended the public school. As a youth
»nt his time much after the fashion of other farmers'
, working on the home place during the summer months,
he winters he taught in the country schools of Bethel
rict, and this continued to oecupy his time until he
led his majority, at which time he enrolled as a stu-

at the State Normal School at Shcphcrdstown, West
inia. He was graduated from that institution as a
ber of the class of 1914, and having thus equipped
elf from a literary viewpoint he began the study of
cine. The first two years of his medical course were
?cutcd at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana,
■ which be entered the medical department of Loyola
crsity, Chicago, Illinois. He was graduated June 1,
, and after receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine

to Welch Hospital, Welch, West Virginia, where he
t a year in hospital work, being for a time interne of
institution. With this work finished he took up the
tice of his profession at Petersburg, where he has since
Mjstrated his skill and thorough learning in a manner
has attracted to him a large practice of the most de-
»le kind that can fall to the lot of a young physician,
ng the period of the World war Doctor Dyer was a
8nt at Loyola University, and his name was placed in
inlisted Medical Reserve Corps, but was not called for
e duty and his medical studies were uninterrupted.
>ctor Dyer is a close and careful student of his calling,
holds membership in several medical organizations, in-
ing the Grant County Medical Society and the West
inia State Medical Society. He is at present serving
»e capacity of health officer of Petersburg, an office in
h he is rendering capable service. Fraternally he is af-
cd with Petersburg Lodge of the Masonic Order. In
ical matters he is a republican, although he has not

active in political affairs, his entire attention being
led to his profession. However, as a citizen he has
i his support to worthy movements and has expressed
ipproval of advanced educational standards and worthy
ftable and religious enterprises. With Mrs. Dyer he
p membership in the Presbyterian Church.
<i June IS, 1919, at Jane Lew, Lewis County, West
inia, Doctor Dyer was united in marriage with Miss
^ Hickel, who was born in Wirt County, West Virginia,
*>f the four children of Rev. Thomas J. and Arnette
|i) Hickel, Rev. T. J. Hickel being a well-known divine
lie Methodist Protestant Church who has held numerous
|its in West Virginia. Mrs. Dyer, who is the aecond of
parents' children, was born March 18, 1895. Her sister
[rs. Catherine Peterson, who lives at Weston, West
inia, and her brothers are Fred, of Grantsville, this
; and John. Doctor and Mrs. Dyer have one daughter,
n Arnette, born October 10, 1921.

iBEY H. McNbmab. In naming the representative
»ess citizens of Grant County more than passing men-
is due the career and accomplishments of Harry H.
emar, of Petersburg, who, although atill a young "man,
[developed one of the leading industries of his com-
ity, a produce business, the trade of which approximates
th of a million dollars annually. This enterprise has
built up within a few years, during which time Mr.
emar has also found the opportunity to interest himself
pher business affairs, as well as in matters affecting
uiblic welfare of his community.

. McNemar was born July 26, 1SS4, in Grant District,
t County, and is a son of Samuel B. and Elizabeth
^ris) McNemar. He belongs to one of the most an-

of the early-settled families of West Virginia, which
! introduced into old Hardy County four generations

of Harry H. McNemar, by his great-grandfather,
iin McNemar. Martin McNemar settled in Grant Dia-
! Grant County, as it is now constituted, ten miles from
(•resent town of Petersburg, and there continued to be
ged in agricultural pursuits throughoat a long, active
fiseful life, being buried on his farm. Among his chil-

was Joseph McNemar, the grandfather of Harry H.,
Vol. n— 25

of Petersburg. He spent hi* life on the estate of his father,
agriculture being his chief vocation, lie was one of the
prominent and influential men of his daj, and for forty
years acrved in the office of sheriff of Hnrdy County, as U
was then. His official record was an excellent one, "as wm
that alao of his business and private bfc, and he was held
in high esteem by his fellow-citizens. Mr. M Nemar was
buried at Lahmansville Cemetery, about one mile In low
Petersburg. In the family of Joseph McNemar there were
two seta of children, he hnving been twice mnrried. and
Samuel B. McNemar, the father of Harry II., belonged to
the second wife 'a family.

Samuel B. McNemar was born in 1812, at the old fnmilv
home in Grant District, Grant County, and was liberally
educated. He early demonstrated intellectual attainment*
that directed his career along the liuc of the educator's
profession, and throughout his life he was a teacher in
various parts of the state, and never ceased to be a student.
He was one of the best-known educators in his part of West
Virginia, and was popular ns well as efficient, hnving tin'
happy faculty of being able to impart his own knowledge to
others. At the outbreak of the war between the Htntes,
while a strong supporter of and sympathizer with the Con-
federacy, Mr. McNemar was found physically unfit to with-
stand the rigors of participation in the hard and strenuous
life of the soldier, and his connection with the war nctivi-
ties therefore was limited to his moral and financial support
of the Southern cause, lie was a well known democrat of
Grant County, and was frequently seated in conventions of
his party. Mr. McNemar was a devout member of the
Southern Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a member
of the Board of Trustees of the church of that denomination
at Williamspert.

Samuel B. McNemar married Miss Elizabeth Harris, of
Geodhope, Illinois, where she was born, although her par-
ents were formerly West Virginia people and agriculturists
here. She is now a resident of Petersburg, aged seventy-
seven years and highly esteemed. Mr. McNemar, after one
year of retirement from the schoolroom, died in September,
1912, when his community lost a reliable and worthv citi-
zen. He and his wife were the parents of the following
children: Miss Daisy D., who holds a life certificate to
teach and was engaged in school work for some years, hut
who for the past four years has occupied the j>osition of
postmistress of Petersburg; Edward S., who is engaged in
agricultural pursuits near Williamsfield, Illinois; Harry
Hennen, of this review; W. V. and J. V., twins, the former
an attorney at law of Logan, West Virginia, and the latter
a resident of Akron, Ohio.

Harry Hennen McNemar received his early education un-
der the tuition of his father, and later completed his tra'n-
ing in the public schools. In his young manhood he adopted
his father's vocation of teaching, being a country school
teacher when only sixteen years of age, and continued his
school work for eight years, terminating it as prinicipal of
the Petersburg schools. When he left the schoolroom he
was appointed the first railway agent of the Baltimore A
Ohio Railroad at Petersburg, and acrved in that capacity
for eleven years. When he resigned he did so to embark in
the produce business, establishing the first exclusive busi-
ness of that kind at Petersburg. This he has developed to
considerable proportions, for the year 1921, an average one,
showed a business of $200,000 passing through the M<-
Nemar house alone. Naturally, a man with the ability to
build up an enterprise of this kind is in demand by otht r
enterprises, and Mr. McNemar is a director of the Central
Tie and Lumber Company, a stockholder in the Grant
County Bank, and a director in the Community Power Com-
pany, a hydro electrical company, organized to furnish elec-
tric power for Petersburg and Moorefield. The organization
of this project was effected in 1921, the plant site being at
the twenty-foot dam across the south branch of the Poto-
mac River, above Petersburg.

Mr. McNemar 'a politics is democratic and his first presi-
dential ballot was cast in favor of the candidacy of William
Jennings Bryan, in 1908. He has been oa his party's
ticket for the office of county superintendent of schools, and
later for that of sheriff, in which bitter campaign be re-

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dueed the republican majority of his opponent from 1,500
to less than 500 votes. As a fraternalist he is a Master
Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows and the Modern Woodmen of America, and is popular
in all three lodges.

On June 30, 1909, at Petersburg, Mr. McNemar was
united in marriage with Miss Mary B. Clark, a daughter of
William and Carrie (Baker) Clark, the latter being a sister
of Bernard J. Baker, the well-known banker of Petersburg.
Mrs. McNemar is the youngest of three children, the oth-
ers being Mrs. D. G. Marshall and Mrs. Frances Stump,
both of Romney, West Virginia.

Manassah S. Judy. When the citizens of Grant County
elected Manassah S. Judy to the dual office of circuit and
county clerk in 1920 they placed in this responsible posi-
tion a representative of one of the oldest families native to
this region of West Virginia. He descends on both sides
from native parents of Grant County, and their fathers
were likewise born in Grant County, so that he can justly
lay claim to being a genuine West Virginian. In the dis-
charge of his official duties he has displayed the possession
of marked efficiency and a conscientious desire to improve
the public service and give a good account of his steward-
ship.

Mr. Judy was born on a farm in Grant County adjoining
the townsite of Petersburg, September 23, 1892, and is a
son of George F. and Mattie E. V. (Sites) Judy. Manassah
Judy, the grandfather of Manassah S. Judy, was born in
Grant County, where he passed his life as an agriculturist
and was greatly esteemed and respected. He married Sarah
Dyer, and they became the parents of the following chil-
dren: Jennie, who married Andrew Trumbo, and resides
in Bedford County, Virginia; William A., a resident of
Petersburg; Fena, who died as Mrs. W. H. Cola, at Monte-
rey, Virginia; H. Seymour, of Petersburg, a retired farmer;
George Frauklin, the father of Manassah S. ; Edward D.,
a retired farmer of Petersburg; Rebecca, who is the wife of
Jared A. Hiner, of Doe Hill, Virginia; and Manassah Par-
ren, who is a farmer at North Manchester, Indiana

The maternal grandfather of Clerk Judy was Rev. Sampson
G. Sites, a Dunkard preacher who gave his life after middle
age to active church work and the farm. Reverend Sites
was born and passed his life in Grant County, where he was
widely known and universally esteemed for his sterling ex-
cellencies of mind and heart. He was the father of thirteen
children, of whom eleven grew to maturity: Mattie E. V.,
who became the wife of George F. Judy and died December
7, 1907; James, who died at Idaville, Indiana; B. Harvey,
one of the prosperous and extensive farmers and stock-
men of the vicinity of Hoopcston, Illinois; George E., a
well-known citizen and prosperous agriculturist of Monti-
cello, Indiana; Charles, a railroad man of Salem, Illinois;
Mrs. M. P. Judy, of North Manchester, Indiana; Mrs. M.
A. Judy, also of that city; Sampson G., Jr., of Montieello,
Indiana; I. William, a farmer operating the old Sites home-
stead near Petersburg; D. Eston, a traveling salesman of
Kansas City, Missouri; and Edgar C, a student of medi-
cine at the University of Iudiana.

George Franklin Judy was reared on his father's farm in
Grant County and received the usual country school educa-
tion of his day. When he attained years of maturity he
chose farming for his life work, and for some years car-
ried on agricultural operations near Petersburg, a commu-
nity in which he had an excellent reputation for integrity
in business affairs and as a public-spirited citizen. He died
iu 1896, at Petersburg, West Virginia. He and Mrs. Judy
were the parents of the following children: Edna R., who
married W. H. Judy, of Peru, West Virginia; Manassah
Sampson, of this review, named for both of his grandfa-
thers; and Sarah Elizabeth, who married Clyde Ours and re-
sides at Fisher, Hardy County, West Virginia.

The first fifteen years of the life of Manassah Sampson
Judy were passed in his home neighborhood near Peters-
burg, where he attended the public school, following which
he entered Bridgewater College, at Bridgewater, Virginia.
After spending one year at that institution in the fall of
1908 he went to Indiana and attended North Manchester

College until 1912, where for three terms he taught penma<
ship and assisted 'in the commercial department. He al
supervised penmanship in the public schools during the
years. During the summers of 1910, 1911 and 1912 he w
a student at the Zanerian Art College, Columbus, Ohio. '.
the fall of 1912 he became principal of the commercial d |
partment of the high school at Cambridge, Ohio, and I
the spring of 1913 returned to West Virginia, locating j
Petersburg, where he was engaged in the stock busine
on the old home farm. While thus engaged Mr. Judy 1 1
came interested in politics, and eventually was persuad j
by his friends to make the race for the office of county aii|
circuit clerk of Grant County. In the primaries of 19, 1
he became a candidate for this office against one of t
ablest clerks of West Virginia and one of the aneien,
among the state officials, and won the nomination as a l
publican. He defeated his opponent in the primary eli
tion by 355 votes, and in the general election defeated V
opponent by 2,200, or 200 votes ahead of the ticket. Wh.
he took office, succeeding the veteran D. P. Hendricksc !
whom everybody delights to honor, he became the thi'
clerk Grant County has ever had. In his official positii!
Mr. Judy has "made good" and has lived up to his pi
election promises. Be has entrenched himself firmly in t|
confidence of the people of the community, who have recoj
nized and appreciated his efforts in their behalf. Mr. Ju<l
was one of the organizers of the Potomac Valley Bank
Petersburg, in which he is a member of the Board of Din
tors and its secretary. He belongs to the Blue Lodge a:
Chapter of ilasonry, and is a past master of Petersbu,
Lodge No. H5, in addition to which he holds members!:
in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religio
affiliation is with the Presbyterian Church, in the work j
which he is active, being a teacher in the Sunday School.

On June 9, 1912, at Bowers, Montgomery County, Indiai
Mr. Judy was united iu marriage with Miss Lillian E. Jk
bar, who was horn in Montgomery County, Indiana, as w(
her father and paternal grandfather, both of whom w(
agriculturists. She is a daughter of E. P. and Emi
(Parker) Dunbar, the latter being a native of the State I
Delaware. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar there were born eig
children: May, who is the wife of L. V. Halliday, of Bel:
fontaine, Ohio; Lillian E., now Mrs. Judy, who was bo!
February 22, 1891; Joseph E., of Colfax, Indiana; Austj
a farmer near that place; Harvey M., of Bowers, Indian
Willard P., who is attending high school at Kokomo, In!
ana ; and Roscoe and Theodore, who are students at Bl
Ridge College, New Windsor, Maryland. Mr. and M
Judy have no children.

Harry R. Stapp early distinguished himself as a v<
able and skillful factor in the insurance business, and >
experience in that line eventually led him to Dayton, 01
where he became associated with the Delco Light Corpo
tion. For the past five years he has been manager of 1
Delco Light Corporation at Charleston, and has general I
pervision of the entire business of that corporation in 1|
state. He is a leader in Charleston affairs, and is one i
the prominent officials of the Kiwanis Club.

Mr. Stapp was born at Columbus Junction, Louisa Coun
Iowa, in 1SS0. This branch of the Stapp family is »
scended from the original Germans who founded the fi
colonies from that country in Pennsylvania. The grai
father of Harry R. Stapp was Reuben Stapp, who mo\
from his home at Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the late 'I
to the territory of Iowa. He was one of the first settl
of what later became Louisa County, on the eastern bori
of the state. The Stapp family have been for many ye
and still are large owners of rich Iowa farm land in Lou
County. The father of Harry R. Stapp is John Ja<
Stapp", who married Miss Ogier.

Harry R. Stapp was reared and educated in Iowa, $
in 1898, as a young man of eighteen, volunteered for se
ice in the Spanish-American war. He was in the Fifti
Regiment of Infantry from Iowa. After his honorable <
charge he taught school in his native state for about i
years, and then for two years lived in Chicago and secu.'|
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217

ion afterward Mr. Stapp was aeat to London as a special
presentative of the New York Life Insurance Company to
stitute a change in the mode of accounting of the com-
iny's executive offices in England. The first object of
■ mission having been accomplished, he remained in the
ritish metropolis as a special representative, of his eom-
>ny, and altogether spent three years in London and on
e European continent.

When Air. Stapp returned to America in 1906 he was
•pointed manager at Indianapolis for the Travelers Insur-
ce Company of Ilartford. He remained at Indianapolis
e years, leaving there to tako charge of the local life in-
ranee company at Dayton, Ohio. The factory and gen-
al offices of the Delco Light Corporation are at Dayton,
d Mr. Stapp gave up the insurance business to become as-
ciated with this nationally known industry, manufactur-
5 electric lighting plants. Mr. Stapp came to Charleston
1917 as manager of the Delco distributing plant of the
y, and from Charleston has general direction of the Delco
ght products' distribution and business throughout the
ite. lie regards Charleston as his permanent home, has
ught property in the city, and is one of the active, pro-
essive and public spirited members of the community.
Mr. Stapp sponsored the original organization of the Ki-
inis Club in West Virginia, which began with the organi-
tion of the Wheeling and Charleston clubs in 1918. The
strict of West Virginia was formed in September, 1919,
d Mr. Stapp was elected and served as the first district
vernor of the Kiwanis Clubs for this state. lie is affili-
?d with the Masonic Order, holding the thirty-second de-
ee of the Scottish Rite, and is a member of the Mystic
rine, the Elks and the Chamber of Commerce. While in
indon, England, he married Miss Kathleen Beeston. This
a family of distinction in London, and her brother, L. J.
eston, is a well-known English author.

William R. Higgins. The production of coal in com-
:rcial quantities in the Scotts Run section of Monongalia
unty is largely a matter of recent years. A pioneer coal
ner and operator in that section and the man to whom
ire credit is due than to anyone else for this development
William R. Higgins. Mr. Higgins has lived in Cass Dis-
ct most of his life, has been a miner as well as a farmer,
d his practical work as a miner early took the direction
opening np and working new and uncxploited fields.
Mr. Higgins is proprietor of the Oak Hill Mining Com-
oy and is secretary of the Higgins Coal Company. The
ggins Coal Company has been producing coal since 1 9 17,
ile the Oak Hill Mining Company opened its first mine
1920, and now has a capacity of four cars per day. Mr.
ggins has 200 acrea of land bordering Scotts Run, which
id is underlaid with coal, and altogether five companies
i producing from the several veins, the upper one being
$ Waynesburg, eight feet thick, and it is Waynesburg

0 that is being produced by the Oak Hill and Higgins
npanies. The second vein is the Sewickley, and most

that is still owned by Mr. Higgins. The Pittsburgh
ji was sold many years ago and is being worked on an
ensive scale by the Purslove Coal Company. The fourth

1 lowest vein is known as the lower Sewickley, and has
t as yet been touched by the mining operations. The
lynesburg vein is comparatively new coal, but has many
>erior qualities as steam coal, while the others may be
.ter for coke ovens. The Waynesburg coal is sold largely
• heating purposes, and the two mines have been distribut-
; their products to twenty markets and the use has
ulted in almost every instance in repeat orders. Only
ij other man could claim priority over Mr. Higgins in
r neer work of mining and disposing of the Waynesburg
d in this region. Scotts Run coal development is still
its infancy, but proves to be one of the most productive
I valuable coal fields in the state. The Morgantowa &
fieeling Railroad traverses the entire length of the Run,
ording readily accessible transportation to markets both
it and far.

Jr. Higgins was born in Cass District of Monongalia
•inty in 1856, son of John Higgins, who also spent most
his life here as a miner and farmer, and died at the

ago of seventy-six. He was n natlvo of Greene County,
Pennsylvania, where his father died when ho was an infant
nnd the widowed mother then brought her children to Vir
ginia. John Higgins from boyhood hod to look after htm
self. He married Snrnh Lawless, of Cans District, daugh
ter of James Lawless, a farmer there.

William R. Higgins hod limited odvnntages in the com-
mon schools, and at the age of tleven b« g.m working fur
wages, ne worked in mines, nnd nlso agisted hs father
in clearing away the timber to oi*-n fields for cultivation,
lie worked in a number of different mining localities and
for several years was a teamster in the oil fields. Forty
years ago he began buying land, his capital at the time
permitting only small purchases, but he has kept adding
until he now holds a large acreage, purtieularly vnlunble
because of its mineral resources. The Christopher Mine nnd
the Bunker Mine arc on his land.

Mr. Higgins married Miss Delia Alice Cole, of Cass Dis-
triet. They have one daughter and two sons, L. J. and John
M., both associated with their father in the Higgins Coal
Company, and Miss Jessie, at home.

Hubert Garret Crogan is one of the popular and hoc
cessful younger members of the Preston County bar, and hn«<
been practicing law nt Kingvuuid for the past ten yearn,
lie is a nephew of the distinguished Kingwood louver
and banker, Patriek J. Crogan.

His grandparents were Jnmc» and Rose (Doyle) Crogan,
natives of County Roscommon, Ireland, who were mnrried
in Maryland and on moving to West Virginia settled on a
farm near Xewburg, win re James Crogan died in lV.v
John F. Crogan, father of Hubert G., was the oldest of
four children and was only eight years of age when his
father died. He had to become the chief reliance of the
family in the matter of labor required for 0{>erating the
farm. He was born in Maryland, but practically all his
life has been spent in Preston County, where he had only
the advantages of the country sehools during and after the
war. lie is a farmer, has been employed on public works
and is still living at the old homestead at Newburg. John
Crogan has done his duty as a public spirited citizen nnd
has been a member of the County Court and a member of
the Board of Education of Lyon District He is a republi
can. He married Catherine Frances Wilson. Her father,
Eugenus Wilson, was born in Monongalia County, West Vir-
ginia, and followed the pursuits of farmer, cabinetmaker
and operator of a feed and flouring mill, the scene of
these activities being in Reno District, south of Tunnelton.
Eugenus Wilson mnrricd Julia Jeffreys, and of their thir-
teen children the survivors nrc: Mrs. Amanda Bolyard. of
Reno District; Mrs. Melissa Fortncy, of Iadepemh nee, West
Virginia: Mrs. Adaline Shaw, of Morgaatown; Mrs. Sa-
mantha Spring, of Fairmont; Sarah, wife of Ja-'ob Bolyard,
of Grafton; and Mrs. John F. Crogan. John F. Crogan
and wife had the following children: Addie, wife of
Thomas E. Pyles, of Xewburg; Hubert G.; Lloyd F., of
Hiawatha, Utah; Walter G., of Grafton; Bessie M. f wiiow
of Oliver M. Bell, of Newburg; and John Dewey, a student
at Toledo University in Ohio.

Hubert G. Crogan was born on the old homestead at New-
burg, April 3, 1880. He attended the country schools,
and as a boy showed a faculty of rapid ma>«Ury of sub
jeets of knowledge. When he left home he became a
country school teacher, and nut of his earnings advan-ed
his education bv attending the West Liberty State Norn al
School, where he was graduated in 19u7. Then for n lit-
tle more than a year he was assistant postmast. r of Tun
nelton, and resigned to enter the law school of Wot Vir-
ginia University at Morgnntown. Mr. Crr can graduate!
in law in June, 1910, and then located at Kingwood nnd
began practice with his uncle. His practiee cml.racea case*
both in the civil and criminal branches of the law, an!
he is a member of the Preston County Bar Awociation and
a leader in the republican politics of the county.

Mr. Crogan cast his first presidential vote for Cok nel
RoosevelU He has been secretary and is now chairman • f
the Republican County Executive Committee.

December 14, 1919, Mr. Crogan married Miss Hnr*!

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Snyder, daughter of Allison W. and Laura (Jenkins)
Snyder, farmers near Albright in Preston County. Mrs.
Crogan is one of six children. To their marriage was born
on October 8, 1020, a son, Patrick Richard Crogan.

Joseph G. Brown, assistant editor of the Preston County
Journal at Kingwood, has had intermittent associations with
the practical side of journalism for a number of years.
He has also been a farmer, and has usually made a success
of whatever he has undertaken. His career is the more
interesting because it serves to recall one of the very earliest
families of Preston County.

His ancestor, James Brown, was a native of Ireland and
became prominently identified with some of the Irish secret
societies against England. This activity becoming known,
a reward of 100 pounds was placed upon his head, dead
or alive, and he sought safety by fleeing to America.
Thus in 1786, only a few years after the close of the
Revolution, he established his home in Preston County,
near Kingwood, and his descendants have lived here now
for 135 years and through many avenues have contributed
to the substantial growth and prosperity of the community.
James Brown lived out his life as a farmer at what is
still known as the old Brown homestead near Kingwood.
This pioneer married Rachel Hawthorne. A brief record
of their children is as follows: Robert, who lived at King-
wood, and was the grandfather of the late Senator Dolliver
of Iowa; Thomas, who spent his life at the old homestead;
John, who moved to Cincinnati; Joseph, who was sheriff
of Preston County before the Civil war and also lived at
Kingwood; William G., Sr., who became a Kingwood
lawyer, was for several terms prosecuting attorney, was
elected and served several terms in Congress, was first a
democrat and then a republican, with rather liberal views,
and was father of the late William G.. Jr., who died while
a member of the House of Representatives at Washington.
Mrs. Jane Bowen, who left West Virginia and moved to
Wisconsin; and Anna, who married Elisha M. Hagans and
moved to Chicago.

The second generation in this branch of the family is
represented by Joseph Brown, who was born at the old
homestead at Kingwood and was sheriff of the county and
lived a long and useful life here. He died in 1870, at
the age of seventy-one. His wife was Mary Stone, who
came from the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia. Their chil-
dren were: James W., Elisha M., Mrs. Anna M. Elliott
and Mrs. Julia R. Smith.

James W. Brown, who was born at Kingwood, March
30, 1832, took up merchandising and farming as his busi-
ness vocation, and he was deputy sheriff under his father
before the Civil war. While in 'the State Militia he was
commissioned colonel, and ever afterward was known as
Colonel Brown. In 18<>4 he moved out to Des Moines, Iowa,
and for four years was a merchant in that city, as a
member of the firm LeBoskett, Rude & Brown. He then
returned to West Virginia, and his home was on a farm
near the old homestead until his death in May, 1002.
Colonel Brown was a democrat, a member of the Baptist
Church, and was affiliated with the Masons and Odd Fel-
lows, lie married Miss Martha Brown, who was descended
from John C. Brown, a son of the pioneer James Brown.
She is still living at Kingwood, at the age of eighty-seven.
Colonel and Mrs. Brown had five daughters and four sons:
Mrs. C. M. Fleek, of Janesville, Wisconsin; Mrs. John W.
McDonald, of Tampico, Mexico; Mrs. C. F. Copeman, of
Irwin, Pennsylvania; Mrs. B. L. Brown, of Kingwood;
Albert A., of Albright, West Virginia; John C, who died
at Rowlesbnrg in 1912; Miss Emma V., who died in 1915;
Joseph G. ; and Elisha Sargent, who is still on the family
homestead.

Joseph G. Brown, the editor, was born at Terra Alta,
Preston County, November 12, 1S59. From the age of five
to nine he was with his parents in Des Moines, Iowa, and
he first attended school there. Most of his early life, how-
ever, was spent on the home farm, and he took part in
its work. In 1878, at the age of nineteen, he gained his
first acquaintance with the printing business, with the

West Virginia Argus at Kingwood, whose proprietor was
the late Henry Clay Hyde. Later he again took up farm-
ing for ten years, and when he resumed his association ,
with the printing art it was at Philippi and later at
Parsons, West Virginia. The death of his father in 1901 1
called him to the management of the home farm. He ha»
been assistant editor of the Preston County Journal sinct I
1918. Mr. Brown, who has never married, is a democrat
in line with his ancestry, and cast his first vote for Gen
eral Hancock for president. He has always been deeplj
interested in the church of his choice and is an elder in th( 1
Presbyterian congregation at Kingwood.

James I). Browning, who recently retired from the of-
fice and responsibilities of sheriff of Preston County, ha*
been a farmer for the most part, and the duties and obliga
tions that have come to him from time to time have beer
discharged each and all so earnestly and faithfully as t(
make him one of the conspicuous men in this section oi
the state.

Mr. Browning is not only a native son of Preston County
but belongs to one of the first families to acquire a clain
in this portion of the frontier. The founder of the family]
and his ancestor was the famous hunter, Meshach Browning
who was one of the advance couriers of civilization, pieced
ing most of the Trans-AIleghany pioneers. He was ij
great hunter, a master of all the arts of the frontier, auf|
fortunately possessed the literary accomplishments thail
enabled him to leave the details of his experience an< |
many pictures of frontier life in a volume entitled " Forty j
four Years of a Hunter's Life." For the benefit of hi
numerous posterity who have never seen this interesting!"
volume it may be recalled that the frontiersman was bow)
in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1781, son of Joshua an(
Nancy Browning. His parents were small farmers, hones ij
and industrious people, and their unsullied names wen I
about all they could pass on to their sons. The Browning
home was in Garrett County, Maryland, subsequent to itij
removal to Frederick County, but when the boundary be
tween Maryland and West Virginia was finally surveyeu
it was found that the Browning estate was in Preston Coun
ty, West Virginia. Meshach Browning married Mary Mc,
Millan, and their old home was at Sang Run, about fou j
miles east from the West Virginia state line. The old hunte
is buried at Hoyes, Maryland. He was the father of si:
children, and his son, James, was grandfather of Sherif
Browning of Kingwood.

James Browning possessed some of his father 's pionee
spirit and also participated in the hunting expedition
that were an essential part of the life of his time. Hi
real occupation was that of a farmer, and he establishei'
his home in Preston County and is buried at Terra Alta
where many of his relatives and members of his own fam
ily are buried. His wife, Minnie Benard, had lived in th
vicinity of Keyser, West Virginia. The children of this oh
couple were Meshach, Notley, Isaac, J. Ferdinand, Rebecca,
who married John II. Feather, Mary, who is the wife o
Smith Kelley, Susan, who became Mrs. Adam Parson*
Minnie, who was married to Dr. M. Fichtner, Louise, Mrs
Charles Jackson. All the daughters married Preston Count;
men, and many of their descendants are still in the count}

Notley Browning, father of James D. Browning, wa
born in Preston County in December, 1839. He grew up i
a district yet untamed, and had much of his grandfather'
disposition to hunt. He killed a great many bear and othe
big game, and his hunting and trapping excursions were ■
source of profit as well as a diversion from the other care
of life. He farmed rather exteusively, owned thousands o
acres of land, and made many real estate deals. His in
terests in politics was that of a republican voter. Meshac
Browning, the pioneer, was of a family Catholic in fait
but later generations sought membership in the Protestan
church and Notley became a Methodist. The wife of Notle.
Browning was Susan C. Fichtner, whose father, Danif I
Fichtner, a physician, moved from Somerset County, Pent
sylvania, to Preston County, West Virginia, and lived on
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►on well on toward fourscore, while hia widow passed away
July, 1919. This couple had only two soas, James Daniel
d B. Franklin. The latter is a fanner and merchant at
rra Alta.

James D. Browning, who therefore represents the fourth
aeration in the history of Preston County, was born near
ancsville, September 19, 1S66. He attended the country
tools, had an increasing part in the labors of hia father's
•m, and since reaching his majority bis business has
»n farming and merchandising at Cranesville. Since
iring from the office of sheriff he has resumed farming,
i plans to make that the principal vocation of his re-
.ining years. He had been out of merchandising for a
le when it was suggested that he enter, the race for sheriff
the county. It was a gratfying surprise that he secured
» nomination practically without effort, and in the fall
1916 was elected as the successor of Sheriff II. Foster
rtman. His official term included the war period, and
re were some erimes due to strikes nnd labor unrest,
; on the whole his term of four years was without notable
ident and he showed himself a firm master of every
gency. Mr. Browning was elected as a republican, and
i been an active member of that party since he east his
e for Harrison in 18SS. He has represented the county
a delegate to numerous local and state conventions, and
i the acquaintance of some of the state party leaders.
\ Browning is affiliated with the Independent Order of
d Fellows and Knights of Pythias and his family are
tthodists.

[n Preston County he married Miss Effie Van Meter,

0 was born near Cranesville, December 4, 1877, daughter
Robert and Martha (Feather) Van Meter, her mother
ng a daughter of James and Christina (Summers)
ather. Rohert Van Meter was an Evangelical minister,

1 was born in Mason County, West Virginia, while his
J e was born near Cranesville. Mrs. Browning, the only
Id of her parents, was educated in the common schools.
. and Mrs. Browning have four children: Nellie, Harold,
tley and Hugh Browning. Nellie ia married, being the
'e of Forest Cuppett, of Cranesville.

Charles O. Whitten is proprietor and active head of
i "Whitten Paint Company of Charleston, the only ex-
sive paint supply house in the capital city. This is a
isperous business recently organized, but Mr. "Whitten
t been in business as a painting contractor, handling the
hest class work, for many years, and is one of the moat
cessful men in his line in the state.

tfr. "Whitten was born in Monroe County, "West Virginia,
1SS1, son of J. A. and Margaret (Campbell) Whitten,
idents of Hinton, West Virginia. His father was also a
:ive of Monroe County, and represents an old Virginia
nily. The original seat of the Whittens in old Virginia
i Botetourt County.

Charles 0. Whitten acquired his early education in the
die schools of Monroe County, and in that county learned
trade as painter and also at Bluefield, West Virginia,
has been working as a painter at Charleston at intcr-
3 since 1901, and as a journeyman his experience has
ered many states, particularly in the Southwest.
>ooo after his return to West Virginia in 1916 Mr. Whit-
entered business on hia own account as a painting con-
ctor. During the war with Germany he did much
rernment work, the most important job being as boss
nter on the great naval ordnance and armor plant at
th Charleston.

"he Whitten Paint Company of Charleston was organized
Mr. Whitten and incorporated June 8, 1921, and he is
etically the entire owner. The establishment is located
119 Court Street, and carries a complete stock of paiots,
, varnishes, colors, painters' sopplics and painters' ape-
ties.

ls the largest painting contractor in Charleston Mr.
itten has handled many contracts involving thousands
dollars. The work of his organization extends to many
ar towns and cities of the state. While a complete list
bis work would be too long, it will suffice to give a com-
hensive idea of the style and class of the contracts he

handles by noting some of tho contracts performed by him
during 1921. These include the residences of John Malone,
William Klinger, the Boaham residence on Qunrrlcr Street,
the Brnwley, Doctor Davis, Hughes, Clyde Swinhurn and
other modern residences; a number of the largo apnrtment
houses, eueh aa the Bnrkus apartments, the Cohen apart-
ments, the Schwabe and May apnrtments, the Lipskc twen-
ty-four npartment house on Donnnly Street, the Shields
apartment house on the south side, the Soh.ff Hotel and the
store building of the Wngner Candy Company. Mr. Whitten
is in every way an expert in tho painting business and is
a thoroughly able business man as well.

He married Miss Catharine Selby, of Chnrl.ston. They
have one aon, Charles O., Jr. Mr. Whitten is a member of
Charleston Lodge No. 153, A. V. nod A. M., a Knight of
Pythias and a D. O. K. K. Ho ia also a member of the
Baptist Church of Charleston.

P. F. Kino, present county clerk of Preston County, has
an interesting career that, in the mnin, has been one of
essential public service, first as n teacher and Intterly n* a
public official. Not from liberal advantages bestowed upon
him when a youth or by any specially favoring fortune,
but out of his quiet determination nnd persist* nee -Mr.
King haa demonstrated his worth and usefulness.

He represents one of the older families of Wist Virginia
and was born near Aurora in Preston County, March 16,
1SS4. His remote ancestor came to America from Eng-
land several generations ago. It is said that he belonged
to a family of wealth in Eugland and had a fortune in
his own right. It was for religious reasons that be left the
old country, abandoning his fortune, and his American heirs
have never made a determined effort to secure their share
of legacies that might properly be theirs. Tho old ancestor
located in Frederick County, Maryland.

It was in Frederick County, Maryland, that Mr. King's
grandfather, Nathan J. King, was born, nnd he mnrricd
there Mias Hale. He was a blacksmith by trade, also owned
a farm, and lived for some years near Fcllowsville in West
Virginia and also at Stemplc Ridge. He died nt the home
of his son, John W. King, and is buried in Carmel Cem-
etery at Aurora. He died at tho age of seventy five. His
son, Francis, was a soldier in a West Virginia regiment and
was killed in the battle of Antietam. Nathan J. King had
the following children besides Francis: Christiana who
married P. S. Fike, of Eglon, West Virginia; Daniel J., who
was a blacksmith at Eglon; Joshua M., who lived fur many
years and died at Ogden Center, Michigan; Lydia A., who
became the wife of J. N. II. Woodring, n farmer near
Aurora; Alice, who married Phenis Miller and died in Pres-
ton County; Luther, who has lived for several years in
Michigan and is connected with an automobile factory; and
John W.

John W. King, father of the county clerk, is still living
on the King farm near Aurora where ho has had his home
for nearly forty years. He was born in Preston County in
November, 1861, "grew up on a farm, learned the blnck
smith's trade under his father, and worked at tbc trade until
almost forty years of age, since which time he has concen-
trated his efforts upon the farm. He beloags to a republican
family and has always acted with thnt party, though he had
no ambitions for public service.

Page Franklin King lived during boyhood and early
youth on the farm at Aurora. During that period of his
life the chief encouragement held out to him was to make
use of his phvsical strength, and beyond the rommon schools
there was no thought of a higher education. His labors
seemed necessarv as a menns of sustaining himwdf, ami the
most available employment wns in the lumber woods nnd
about the sawmills. While the years were adding strength
to his body, his m nd had little nourishment from the knowl
edge sealed up in text books, and his days were being ap«*nt
in strong-arm and strong back work at n small wage. He
continued this routine until he attained his majority. It
was then that he returned to school in the fifth grade, de-
termined to make up for losr time. He had the native
qualities of intelligence which when spurred and ™PP l "
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term with reeord grades, and with this encouragement he
pressed on to greater achievements. He attended the sum-
mer normal school at Terra Alta and later completed a corre-
spondence course. After successfully passing an examina-
tion for a teacher's license he began teaching in rural dis-
tricts, and altogether was a factor in educational affairs for
twelve years, part of the time in grade schools and finished
as principal of the Corinth schools.

Mr. King left the schoolroom when appointed deputy
sheriff under Sheriff J. D. Browning. He served with him
through his term of office and then became a candidate for
clerk of the County Court. There were three candidates
aspiring for the nomination, but Mr. King secured the right
of way at the primaries, and at the following general elec-
tion it seemed that the people of the county were almost
unanimous with regard to his special qualifications and fit-
ness. He defeated his competitor by a ratio of three to one,
and a majority of almost 5,000, securing more votes than the
normal vote of the entire county. Mr. King entered the
offiee in January, 1921, as the successor of E. C. Everly.
One improvement he is installing is the Russell system of
indexing, known as the L. M. N. R. T. system, which will
make the deed records one of the most complete found in any
county clerk 's office in the state.

On December 25, 1913, Mr. King married Miss Lesta
Fries. She was born near Terra Alta, August 29, 1895,
daughter of John and May Cramer Fries, farmers near
Terra Alta. Her father grew up at his father's mill, was a
millwright by trade, but in later years has devoted his time
to the farm. Mrs. King has a sister, Mabel Fries, and a
brother, Jesse Fries. Mr. and Mrs. King have a daughter,
Bernice, born December 7, 1916.

Mr. King is affiliated with Preston Lodge No. 90, A. F.
and A. M., the Scottish Rite and the Shrine, and is also a
member of Brown Lodge No. 32, Knights of Pythias, and
Kingwood Lodge No. 1515 of the Loyal Order of Moose.
He and Mrs. King are members of the Methodist Chureh
and Mrs. King is active in all church causes, including the
Ladies' Aid Society.

Scott Harter Wilson became a resident of Kingwood
while he was in the railroad service, aud when he resigned
his post as a conductor he established a drug business, and
has since been active in merchandising and is one of the
public spirited men of that prosperous community.
_ Mr. Wilson represents one of the old and prominent fami-
lies of Preston County, some of its members being repre-
sented on other pages of this publication. He was bom in
Portland District, October 28, 1877, son of Nathan and
Sarah (Schaeffer) Wilson.

Scott Wilson grew up on the home farm, attended the
common schools and accepted the duties of the farm until
he was twenty. He then entered the service of the Virginia
and Northern Railroad, and was with that company nine-
teen years, serving through the ranks until he reached the
position of conductor. For several years he had maintained
his home at Kingwood, and when 'he left the railroad he
established a new business, The Korner Drug Store, of which
he is proprietor.

Mr. Wilson has never been active in politics, though he has
always voted at local and general elections, and has exer-
cised an independent choice though nominally a republican.
He is a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, being a past
master of Preston Lodge No. 90, F. and A. M., and has
represented it in the Grand Lodge. He is past grand of
his lodge of Odd Fellows, has been district deputy grand
master, and is a member of the Encampment Degree of
Odd Fellowship. He is a member of the Methodist Church
and Mrs. Wilson is active in Home Mission work and in the
Ladies' Aid Society.

In Preston County, June 8, 1904, Mr. Wilson married
Eula Menefee, who was born in this county in April 1884,
daughter of James and Jane (McMackin) Menefee. Her
father was a soldier in the Civil war, and his civil life was
spent as a farmer, his death occurring near Albright. There
were six sons and six daughters in the Menefee family, and
the survivors are: Mrs. Ollie Fenton, of Idaho; Frank,

of California; Mrs. Ella Smith, of Albright; Robert, <
Terra Alta; James Walker and Wesley, of Morgantowi
Mrs. Wilson; Mrs. Anna Morgan, of Morgantown; ai
Clint, Mrs. May Phillippet, and Mrs. Leila Waterbury, re?
dents of California. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have two daug
ters: Genevieve and Syreta Mae Wilson.

Gay E. Wilson is active head of the Kingwood Har
ware Company. He has been a merchant in Preston Coun
for a number of years and is a member of one of the o
aud prominent families of that section of the state. H
father was Nathan A. Wilson, and a more extended recoi
of the family is published on other pages.

Gay Elbert Wilson was born in the Whetsell settlemc
of Preston County, five miles east of Kingwood, April 2
1883. The common schools gave him his early advantag
At the age of eighteen he left home and went west
Springfield, Illinois, where he was employed as a merchant
clerk. For five years he remained in the city which is tl
shrine of Abraham Lincoln, and interested himself in
better knowledge of the modest president, sitting in the o
chair of the great lawyer and familiarizing himself wi",
many local incidents of Liucoln's career. From Springfie
Mr. Wilson returned to Preston County and established
genera] store at the lumber camp at Caddell. He was
business there eight years, until the camp was "cut out,
when he closed his store and since then has been identifid
with the commercial life of Kingwood. Here he becanl
successor to the hardware firm of Martin & Company, t)
business being known as the Kingwood Hardware Compan
in which his brother, Lawrence S. Wilson, is his only partnt
This is the sole hardware concern in Kingwood and has I
extensive retail business over the county.

Mr. Wilson comes of a democratic family and has bet
similarly aligned in his political action. He is secretary i
the Business Men's Association of Kingwood and at i
times is ready to work for the welfare and progress of t
community. In the way of permanent improvements not
ing makes a stronger appeal to him than good highwaj
Practically all the permanent roads out of Kingwood ha'
been built since he moved to the town, and he has done i,
part in furthering that commendable work. During t
World war he invested his funds liberally in Governme
securities, helped in the sale of Liberty Loans among t
laboring classes, and was an active member of the K>
Cross. Mr. Wilson is a trustee of the Kingwood Presh
terian Church, for three years was superintendent of t
Sunday school and is secretary of the Monroe Bible Clas
He has been affiliated with the Masonic Order at Kingwoi
since 1911, being a member of Preston Lodge No. 90, A.
and A. M., which he served as master in 1916, and is also
member of Royal Arch Chapter No. 33, at Terra Alta, We
Virginia Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite at Wheolin
and is a member of the Scottish Rite Gnard of Perfection
Morgantown. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and Knigli
of Pythias Lodges at Kingwood.

In Preston County, February 20, 1908, Mr. Wilson ins
ried Miss Rheua Copeman of Bruceton Mills. She was bo
in the northern part of Preston County. Her father, Fr
Copeman, was a native of Germany, came to the Unit
States in 1871 to escape enforced military duty, and h
devoted his active life to farming. His first wife was
Miss Cale, who was the mother of Mrs. Wilson, born Jan
ary 8, 1S84; Isa, wife of Ross Spiker, of Preston Count;
and Henry, a farmer near Brandonville. Fred Copcmi
married for his second wife another Miss Cale, and she w
the mother of a daughter, Matha, now Mrs. Harry Orcu
of Akron, Ohio. The third wife of Fred Copeman w
Jennie Wolfe, and they have a son, Paul. Mrs. Wilson gr<
up on a farm near Bruceton and was educated in the scho<
of that locality. She and Mr. Wilson were married by Re
Mr. Ramsey at Kingwood. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson had i
infant daughter, Willard, who died before she was two yea j
of age.

Bruce Spindler, a brother of Charles Spindler and mei
ber of a pioneer family in Preston County, the family reco

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221

ting a subject presented on other pages, is an active busi-
bss man of Kingwood, where he is the only licensed under-
iker and also conducts a furniture business.

Mr. Spindler was born in Grant District, Preston County,
ecember 4, 1873, one of the family of five sons and tivo
lughters of Andrew and Nancy (Haines) Spindler and was
ie youngest of the children to grow up. He lived until
anhood on the home farm and began his career with a
tmmon school education. After leaving the farm Bruce
pindler was in the livery business at Fuirchance, Pennsyl-
»nia, a year, and then took up the work of the carpenter's
•ade, which he had learned from his father. He was a
jurneymau carpenter and also did some minor contracting.

In course of time his activities and inclinations lead him
i engage in the undertaking business at Kingwood, in
ebruary, 1914, and .he has since devoted his whole time to
ic furniture and undertaking line.

.Mr. Spindler inherits his politics from his father, is a
»publican and east his first presidential ballot for Major
fcKinley in 1896, but in local affairs is somewhat inde-
endent. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Inde-
endent Order of Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, and
i a member of the Methodist Church.

July 22, 1914, near Chalk Hill, Pennsylvania, he married
liss Margerie Wirshing. She is survived by a daughter,
[ettie Elmyra. On July 19, 1920, at Grafton, Mr. Spindler
tarried Estelle Eviek, daughter of Pendleton and Florence
Lough) Eviek of Franklin, West Virginia, where Mrs.
pindler was born in August, 1896, being one of a family of
iree sons and two daughters.

Hiram Fraxcis Shepherd. The Motor Car Supply Com-
any of Charleston, of which H. F. Shepherd is organizer
nd* president, is a wholesale concern exclusively, dealing in
ntomobile supplies, accessories, parts, garage machinery
nd equipment. Its home is a modern five-story brick
trueture at 908 Kanawha Street, the entire building being
ccupied for salesroom and stock. Though the company
as been in existence less than two years, its growth has
rought it a magnitude that gives it favorable comparison
nth many of the largest wholesale establishments of
•Ttarleston, a city in which are grouped some of the lead-
ig wholesale interests of the state. This success is an
special tribute to the keen, alert and conservative manage-
ment of its executive, who has exhibited business ability of
he very first order.

Mr. Shepherd was born at Coffeen, Montgomery County,
llinois, and as a boy he attended the local schools there.
Ie finished his education in Valparaiso University in Indi-
na, and on leaving sehool went to Chicago. He entered
'usiness life as a bookkeeper, later becoming a credit man,
>nd remained in Chicago for ten years. As a credit man
\e removed to Des Moines, Iowa, and while in that city
fecame actively interested in the automobile business, a
eld in which his experience has been continuous since
jbout 1909. Early in 1919 Mr. Shepherd came to Cbarles-
on, and was associated with the Baldwin Supply Company
ntil he organized the Motor Car Supply Company, which
►egan business in Charleston January 1, 1921.
I Mr. Shepherd is a member of the Charleston Chamber
If Commerce, the Kanawha Country Club, Lions Club and
h a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner and a member of
he First Presbyterian Chureh of Charleston. He married
fiss Bessie A." Robertson, of Moberly, Missouri. Their
*o children are Robert F. and Nancy Elizabeth.

Henry Asa Alt. Among the highly popular and strongly
flSeient officials of Grant County is found Henry Asa Alt,
f Petersburg, deputy sheriff, who is now serving as chief
"eputy under Sheriff Kimble. During a long and active
oreer Mr. Alt has been engaged in various business ven-
ires, in which he has maintained a reputation for integrity
tad capability, and at the present time is the owner of a
ood farm, although he does not apply himself to its opera-
on personally, his official duties requiring all of his atten-

Dn.

Mr. Alt was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia, in
[ill Run District, August 27, 1S68, and bis life was passed

iu his native community until he wiw twenty five ymra of
age, his education coming from the country, where he at
tended the old-fashioned log cabin sehooi, although the
puncheon bench with pegs for leg* was ab* nt. Hi* falhrr
had been a schoolboy in the same locality when the primitive
schoolhuuse with its crude eqtlipint lit wn» the onty means
of public education to !•<• secured. Mr. Alt s father was
Af-her Alt, likewise a native of Pendleton County, and
throughout his life a farmer. He died when but "thirty
sc^en years of age, about ls76. He was a Union man, lie
ing a member of the Home Guards nud not a participant in
the war between the states, saw for a time a* a ei\ilian
prisoner of the Confederate fop-os. Asdier Alt married
Emily lledrick, a daughter of Jaeob lledrick, who was a
native of Pendleton County, but a son of G« rmnn parent-.
Mrs. Alt was born in Pendleton County and died whin Iter
son, Henry A., was but four years old. There were four
children in the family: Hebccca J., who died us Mrs. A S.
Landis, in Grant County; Henry Af>n, of this p-new; Chris
tina, who married Ceorge W. Sites and resides in <»rarit
County; and Emily S., who is unmarried and a resident of
Pendleton County.

The father ofAshcr Alt and grandfather of Unary Ann
Alt was Jacob Alt, who came out of old Virginia or from
Pennsylvania and was of German stock. He was a 1 fe-
long agriculturist and died in Pendleton County, when* he
lies buried in the Mill Run District near his old home. He
married Mary Goodnight, and they became the parent* of
six children: Hannah, who married George W. Horror;
Michael, who passed his life as a farmer and died in Pendle-
ton County; Isaac, who spent his life on the farm in that
county; Ashcr, the father of Henry Asa; fhristina, who
married Henry Hedriek and died in Pendleton County;
Letitia, who became Mrs. John W. lledrick and died in
Grant County, where she had passed her married life.

After the death of his father Henry Asa Alt went to live
at the home of aa uncle, in the rural districts of Pendleton
County, and there grew to man's estate. He was given an
ordinary public school education in the country, and as a
youth began teaching school, a vocation which he followed
for fifteen years, in the meantime advancing his own educa
tion by attendance at Shenandoah Normal College, Bnsic
City, Virginia. During the summer months, when school
did not keep, he engaged in farming. Hi* last school was
taught at Thorn Run, and when he gave up the educational
profession he engaged in the milling business at Williams-
port, Grant County, where he purchased a m '1 jt«>|h rty
from J. W. McDonald. For five years he conducted this
enterprise, making flour and doing custom work, but even-
tually sold this business and purchased a half-inteo -t in
the flouring mill at Petersburg. lie was first assoeiat-d
with Abel A. Parks, and later with Mr. Park's son, John
A. Parks. When he sold his interest to the latter he in
vested his means in a farm near Lahmanville, which ho con-
ducted for some years himself, and of which he is still the
owner. This is a" successful erain and stock raising propo
sition and is still owned by Mr. Alt, who, however has not
engaged personally in farming since coming to Petersburg.

Mr. Alt was appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff Kiinbte
January 1, 1921. and succecded'W. D. Trenton in his in-
cut office. II is politics have always been republican. H s
first presidential ballot was cast in favor of Benjamin Har
rison, in 1S92. and he continued his affiliation w th the | artr
until 1912, when he supported Colonel Roosevelt for jr. s".
dent on the progressive party's ticket. With the dis-ol i
tion of that party Mr. Alt resumed his r. hti .ns wit i 1 i«
former political home, the republican party. In ah' f m
to acting as deputy sheriff Mr. Alt has served '.rant
trict of Grant County as justice of the peace four years.
He is a past master of Petersburg Lodze No l t"i, A. F
and A. XL, and has represented it ^n the Crand Lodjre.
He is also a pn*t master nf Odd Fellowship, and his re ig
ious connection is with the United Brethren Churrh.

On April 12 l c 94. in Pendleton County, Mr. Alt was
united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Kimble a daughter
nf Weslev and Fannie (McDonald) Kimble. WcsW K.rn
ble. now* eightv two years of ajre and an i aen ulf rist of
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latter part of the war between the states. He ia a brother
of the father of Sheriff John A. Kimble, who is mentioned
elsewhere in this work in the review of Sheriff Kimble 's
life. The following children of Wesley and Fannie Kimble
reached years of maturity: George W. ; John W. ; Har-
ness, now deceased; Ulysses Grant; Adam; Jasper; Mary
E., who is now Mrs. Alt; Edward; Minnie, who died as the
wife of Isaac Alt; Rosa, who is now Mrs. 0. W. Smith, of
Mineral County, West Virginia; Annie, who married H. F.
Boiror, of Petersburg; and Irving, of Crestmont, Kentucky.
To Mr. and Mrs. Alt there have been born the following
children: Sadie, who is the wife of M. H. Roby, of Pet-
ersburg, and has two children, Frederick and Donald; Theo-
dore, an agriculturist operating near Forman, West Vir-
ginia, who married Clarice Frye; Raphael H., an agricul-
turist of Grant County, who married Glenna Freye, deceased,
and has a son, Roswell; and Vernon May, Genevera and
Norma, who reside with their parents. Theodore Alt was a
soldier during the World war, and received his honorable
discharge at Camp Meade, his regiment not having been or-
dered overseas.

Elisha Boyd Faulkner, who was a resident of Martins-
burg, Berkeley County, at the time of his death, honored
the State of West Virginia by his distinguished service as
a lawyer, jurist, public official and citizen of fine character
and high ideals. He was born in the community known as
Boydville, near the present city of Martinsburg, West Vir-
ginia, on the 24th of July, 1841, and was a son of Charles
James Faulkner and Mary W. (Boyd) Faulkner. He re-
ceived excellent educational advantages in his youth, in-
cluding those of Winchester Academy, Georgetown College
and the University of Virginia. While an attache of the
American Legation in the City of Paris, France, he there
attended lectures on constitutional law, and he became one
of the authorities in this phase of law in West Virginia.
After serving as a soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil
war he refused to take the test oath required in West Vir-
ginia, and from 1867 to 1872 he was engaged in the prac-
tice of law in Kentucky. In the latter year he returned to
Martinsburg and resumed the practice of law. In 1876 he
was elected to the House of Delegates of the State Legis-
lature, and in 1878 to the State Senate, the presidency of
which body he declined. He was appointed a member of the
committee chosen by the Legislature to revise the laws of
the state, and in 1884 he was defeated for nomination for
the office of governor of West Virginia at the State Demo-
cratic Convention in Wheeling. Under the administration
of President Cleveland Judge Faulkner was tendered and
declined appointment as consul general at Cairo, Egypt,
and also that of minister to Persia. He was appointed to
the bench of the Thirteenth Judicial District of West Vir-
ginia, he having been at the time attorney for the Balti-
more & Ohio and the Cumberland Valley Railroads, as well
as other important corporations. By successive re-elections
he continued his service on the bench for more than twenty -
one years, and then deelined again to become a candidate
for re-election. He was a trustee of the Berkeley Springs
Corporation, and politically was a stalwart democrat. His
initial military service was with the Wise Artillery, later
he was a member of the Rockbridge Artillery and thereafter
he became a member of the military staff of Governor
Letcher of Virginia. When the Civil war came he was ap-
pointed a captain in the Provisional Confederate Army, and
in June, 1864, he was captured at the battle of Piedmont.
For a year thereafter he was held a captive at Johnson's
Island. He took part in many engagements, fonght loyally
and gallantly in defense of a cause whieh he believed to
be just, and at the first battle of Manassas he received
wounds in one of his ears from the fragment of an explod-
ing shell.

February II, 1868, recorded the marriage of Judge
Faulkner and Miss Susan Campbell, daughter of John P.
Campbell, a leading citizen of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in
which locality he had large landed interests and also im-
portant financial investments. Mr. Campbell, of Scotch
lineage, died at the venerable age of eighty years. The
maiden name of his wife was Mary Buekner, and she was

an aunt of Gen. Simon Bolivar Buekner. Judge and Mrs.
Faulkner became the parents of two daughters, Mary Buek-
ner and Nannine Holmes, the latter of whom died in 1883.

Gustavus Hite Wilson has played an active role in the
affairs of Preston County as a teacher, a banker, a progres-
sive leader in all civic movements, and was a former captain
of the National Guard.

This branch of the Wilson family has been in Preston
County for more than a century. His great-grandfather
came from Scotland and settled in Taylor County, West Vir-
ginia, more than 100 years ago. His sons were Jacob,
Thomas, Edgar, Ham and Coleman, and his only daughter,
Harriet, became the wife of Luke Lewellen. Of these
sons, Jacob Wilson, grandfather of the Kingwood banker,
was born in Taylor County and married Nancy Meanes.
Their children were: Nathan A.; Alonzo; Rebecca, wife of
Dr. S. H. Harter; Isaac; William E.; and Belle, who became
the wife of Harter Stout, of Bridgeport, West Virginia.

Nathan A. Wilson, father of Captain Wilson, was born
near Grafton in Taylor County, was reared and educated in
the country and though a boy at the time of the Civil war
he was employed as a Government teamster at the close of
hostilities, though not enlisted in the army. He spent his
active career in business and as an interested participant
in public affairs, and was a democrat in politics. He mar-
ried Sarah Schaeffer, daughter of Israel Schaeffer and a
sister of William M. Schaeffer, former sheriff of Preston
County. She died in Preston County in May, 1900, at the
age of fifty. Her children were: Israel S., a farmer of the
Whetscll community of Preston County; Gustavus Hite;
John E., a farmer in Preston County; Scott H., a druggist
at Kingwood; Gay E., in the hardware business at King-
wood; Troy A., a farmer and railroad man; and Lawrence
S., in the hardware business at Kingwood.

Gustavus Hite Wilson was born near Grafton, April 5,;
1S73, but grew up on the home farm five miles east of
Kingwood. He acquired a country school education there,
and when he left home he began teaching. He was active
in that profession nineteen years, though during an interval
of several years he was connected with banking. For six;
years he was principal of the Kingwood graded school, and
at the same time did duty on the County Examining Board.
His last work as a teacher was done in the Grafton schools.

For three years he was connected with the Kingwood
National Bank, and then resumed teaching. Later he en-
tered the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Reedsville in
Preston County, and for a brief time was assistant bank
commissioner of the state. Since then he has been in the
service of the First National Bank of Albright, of which he
is cashier. The Albright Bank was organized in 1914 by
local interests and has a capital of $25,000. E. E. Watson,
of Albright, is president; the vice presidents are M. F. :
Walls and S. D. Albright, and the cashier is Mr. Wilson.
This bank has resources of $200,000, with undivided profits
and surplus of $6,000. Its directors are S. A. Gnstafson,
Marshall Morgan, Mr. Watson, Mr. Walls, S. D. Albright 1
and Mr. Wilson.

In February, 1896, in Preston County, Mr. Wilson mar-
ried Miss Maggie L. Calvert, who was born in that county
and represents an old family of this section. Her father,
Enoch Calvert, was born in Preston County, on the Jesse
Chi Ids farm, was a soldier in the Civil war, but otherwise
lived as a private citizen and was a substantial farmer. He '
died in 1901, at the age of sixty-five. His wife was Mary E.
Sypolt, of Irish ancestry, who was born in Preston County
and died in 1913. Her father was William H. Sypolt.
Enoch Calvert and wife had the following children: William
Jasper, of Chicago; Louisa Virginia, wife of I. J. Whetsell,
of Preston County; Minnie A., wife of J. D. Wright, of
Preston County; Horace S., of Howesville, West Virginia;
M. John, of Kiugwood; Cecil M., a farmer in the Whetsell
community; Nora E., wife of Edgar Jeffreys, of Kingwood;
Mrs. Wilson; and Chester A., a farmer in the home com-
munity. Mrs. Wilson was born October 13, 1880, and was
reared on her father's farm and acquired a public school
education. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have a son and a danghter.
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ginia University and during the World war was a mem-
of the Studeut Army Training Corps. The daughter,
itrice, is tho wife of John C. Varner, of Kingwood, and
y have a son, John Clair Verner, born April 23, 1921.
Ir. Wilson cast his first presidential vote for William J.
ran, and has been aeeretary of the County Democratic
»cutire Committee and has frequently attended district
I state conventions. During the World war he was a
nber of all the Liberty Loan committees and assistant
the eounty chairman in the Victory Loan drive. He was
5 president and secretary of a Red Cross organization,
I .Mrs. Wilson labored faithfully as a private in Red
>ss work.

Jr. Wilson was for fourteen years active in the National
ird in Company G of the First Infantry. He entered as
•rivate and at the end was eaptain of the company, lie
i still in the service when America entered the war with
•many, and after a Federal examination he wa3 com-
sioned major in the Quartermaster's Department, but
i not called to active duty though, as noted, he was one
the leaders in home war work.

^eroy S. Bucklew. In 1812 William Bucklew, a native
New Jersey, established his home in Preston County, in
Whetsell settlement southeast of Kingwood. A hundred
\ ten years have passed, and in all these years the Buck-
' family, acknowledging William Bucklew as their pioneer
•st Virginia ancestor, have been actively and usefully dis-
puted in the county, carrying on their work as agricul-
ists, in the mechanical trades, some in the professions,
1 maintaining high standards of civic usefulness and
lor. One of his descendants is Leroy S. Bucklew of King-
pd, well known as a substantial business man. and a man
exceptional gifts and cultivated tastes, who has used his
&ns and time for extensive study in scientific research
1 the collection of data and material that illustrate the
lory of the earth and the races of mankind therein,
irilliam Bucklew was of Scotch-Irish origin, and there
b a family of the same strain in England who spelled the
ne Buccleuch. William Bucklew on leaving New Jersey
at to Selbysport, Maryland, and from there came to Pres-
County and bought land from the Butlers. The deed
(the transaction bears the date of the year in which
second war with Great Britain was started. He cleared
his land and was an industrious cultivator thereof until
death, in 1S44. He married Mary A. Michael, at Selbys-
t, Maryland. Twelve children were born to this pioneer
pie. William, born in 1793, spent his life on the farm
the Union Schoolhouse settlement and died in 1885;
las, who in a measure filled his father 'a plaee as a farmer
1 lived on Briery Mountain; James, born in 1S0O, lived
Three Forks in Preston County, where he is buried;
dip, who in addition to the family vocation of farming
ducted with his sons a grist mill on Elza Run and is
ied on Briery Mountain; Sarah, who became the wife of
»rge Funk, and they lived above Rowlesburg, where she
d; Andrew, noted in the succeeding paragraphs; Jona-
n, who was a farmer in the Whetsell community; Eliza-
■h, who became the wife of a Mr. Postlethwaite and lived
Wetzel County; Anna, who was married to William
ore and lived near her sister Elizabeth; and John, born
1S09, lived on Briery Mountain. Sarah lived on the
lestead until her mother died.

mdrew Bucklew was born probably in the same year
his brother James, in 1800, and spent his life on a farm
(Union Schoolhouse, where he died in 1845, at the age of
ty-five. By his first wife, Martha Hardesty, he had no
Idren. His second wife was Susan Jackson, and she was
' mother of Jonas, born in 1823 and died in 1S93; Philip,
"j spent his life in Preston County and died about IS92;
u H.; Harriet, born in 1830 and died in 1S73 as the
|e of Martin Ridenour.

fehu H. Bucklew, representing the third generation of the
lily in Preston County, was born in 1829 and died in
.8. He acquired a liberal education and had some of the
satile faculties that distinguished his son Leroy. He
ght school as a young man, and when he settled down he
teed at his trade as a blacksmith and carpenter. He also

studied medicine, and became \ery skilled in tho concoction
of herbal medicines, ami applied In* nniedie* with much
success. He sought an opportunity U> nvrw tin- I'n un at
the time of the Civil war, but was rejt< ted for \ bysical
reasons, lie began voting us a whig, ami from that j arty
became a strong republican, and was aLo an eiiihu»in«tie
Methodist.

The wife of Jehu II. Hurklew was Epnlme Rnknour,
daughter of Martin Ridenour. She died in IH72, the mother
of the following children: James H. was horn in Ifct'J, a
resident of Kingwood. He married tirt>t Ruehel Khod< ,
who died leaving four children: Annie, decensc.l; .lo . pli
T., of Cumberland, Maryland; Elizabeth, deceased; uml
Virginia, living on Briery Mountain. lie married for h-i
second wife, Keturah Guff, of Rowlesburg, an«l tiny haw
children as follows: Charles, Elmer U. and A. C. la C\

married for her first husband David I'ppolo, for her second,
W. G. (iarner. and she is now the wife of James S. Myers.
Mary M. married WUlinm M. Wilburn and died in Tucker
County. Henry C. is a railroad man with home at Whitakir,
Pennsylvania, lie married Mary Rowley. Leroy H. is
mentioned below. Letitia became the wife of Grnnt White
hair and died in Kingwood.

Leroy S. Bucklew was born April 23, 1861, on the home
farm on Briery Mountain, where he was reared. He had the
routine discipline of the schools for a few terms, but his
real education he haa gained by the study of books ami
nature and has always embarked enthusiastically in the
quest of knowledge. He early showed a tnstc for mechanics,
learned the trade of blacksmith from his father, and also
acquired skill with woodworking tools. Among other gift*
his father was a musician, one of the old-time fiddlers. l.< roy
learned to play his father's violin, and achieved some
virtuosity with that instrument. He played the violin as a
source of financial gain, and he taught violin music m
Kingwood for some years ns a side issue. For many years
he was a eornetist in the Kingwood Brass Hand, ha\ing
joined the organization some thirty years ngo, when he first
came to the city. As a collector of rare articles of various
kinds he has accumulated several violins, one of them a real
Stradivarius, which eame from Europe and was once the
property of the Roys-e Family, a member of which was the
first man buried in the Kingwood Cemetery. That burial
occurred in 1814.

On removing to Kingwood Leroy Bucklew for several yenrs
followed his trade ns a journeyman carpenter. He made a
study of the mechanics of building and architecture, and
finally took up contracting, hiring some of the men who in
former years had hired him. Mr. Bucklew built the Doctor
Rudasill home for Mr. Parks, one of the splendidly tin shed
and expensive homes of the town, the Henry Flyth home, the
John Ford residence, and the If. T. Lincoln hungalww,
doing the work on this house with his own hands. These and
many other structures in and around Kingwood tfstify to
his skill as a builder. For several years he was in the
business of handling slate roofing, and he did much wi rk of
installing slate blackboards in schoolrooms.

Mr. Bucklew has never married, though from a safe dis
tance he admires the happiness and perfect benuty of con-
genial matrimony and domestic companionship. This free-
dom from home cares has enabled him to follow his strong
bent as a nature student. For a number of years it has been
his habit to spend his Sunday afternoons strolling over the
hills of Preston County, looking for something n< w to him-
self and gathering >pecimens for his collection-. Son e i ro-
fcssional scientists have been glad to claim acqiaintarce
with Mr. Bucklew, and he is undoubtedly the supren a I
thoritv in his localitv on birds, flowers, rocks aud the i ro
ccsscs'of nature in general. His interest is not alto^iti r a
sorbed in geology, botanv and orn thology. 1 ut in anthro-
pology as well, and in his home he has a rare and interring
collection of tools, implements, furniture and u>eful and
ornamental objects associated with the changing taste* an
habits of mankind. His collection includes firearm*, old
furniture, old pieces of art. He has an old time -pinning
wheel, copies of old American newspaitrs running l-ark boy-
enty or eightv Years, and one copy of a London ne««pa[tr
of 17SS printed" on the fine durable print taper of that time.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

His cabinets contain a rich exhibit of the instruments of
warfare, including those used by the aboriginal tribes of
America. The stone bludgeon, tomahawk and flint tipped
and French steel -pointed arrows; the battle ax of the middle
ages in Europe; and also an array of fire arms that prac-
tically illustrate all the processes in their development from
the introduction of gunpowder from China. These firearms
include the Chinese match-lock rifle, then the guns of the
flint lock period, including the pill-lock, the fuse-lock and the
old Revolutionary flint-lock; variations of the pistol grip
and the gun-stock blunderbusses; theu the breech-loading
rifles of the Civil war time and, finally, several types of the
improved models of army rifles. Hanging from some of
these pieces are the accoutrements used in firing and clean-
ing them and in making ammunition for them. His collec-
tion of pistols ranges from the gaping horse pistol along the
line through the pepper box, derringer, pocket pistol, Colt's
revolver and the modern army revolver used in the World
war. He has two war drums from India, one a wooden and
the other a clay drum, both with heads and lacings intact
but out of use forever save as an object lesson for those
interested in the age-long warfare among the individuals
and races of mankind.

Another exhibit illustrates the development of methods of
illumination, beginning with the flint, steel and punk, the
old tallow candle, the oil lamp fed with hog lard, and finally
the kerosene lamp. There is an old "turnkey/' an instru-
ment used by our forefathers for pulling teeth before for-
ceps were invented; also a perfect specimen of the "hackle"
upon which the flax was partly prepared for the spinning
wheel. He has an old money helt once worn by John
Rowley, a Pennsylvania forty-niner California bound. A
little sack he wore in his childhood days, made by his mother,
is especially treasured by Mr. Bucklew. His geological col-
lection contains specimens from all over America and some
from afar, and fills several shelves of a cabinet. His collec-
tion of coins and money tokens of the world contains some
rare pieces of gold and silver money, besides the different
denominations of American paper money and some of for-
eign countries. Among old books he has a reader and speller
used by an earlier generation of American school children,
and also a Bible that was one of the early publications of
the English translation.

Mr. Bucklew since youth has given a strong allegiance to
the republican party, but office holding is a matter foreign
to his taste and his only service that can be regarded in the
nature of a public duty has been in his Sunday School. Some
years ago Mr. Bucklew learned to appreciate the great truths
of Christianity, and has since been one of the enthusiastic
Sunday school and church workers. He is identified with the
Methodist congregation. He wears a twenty-five year jewel
of the Knights of Pythias and is regular in his attendance
of this lodge as of his church. He has taken three degrees in
Masonry. Mr. Bucklew is a stockholder in the Kingwood
National Bank. During the World war he invested in bonds
and stamps, and he made all the Red Cross boxes in which
goods were shipped from Kingwood to France. Throughout
that period he busied himself with some useful service that
would help the Government to win the war.

Samuel Dunlap Brady, an influential operator who is
one of the prominent representatives of the West Virginia
coal mining industry at Fairmont, Marion County, was born
at Bradys, Maryland, in 1869, a son of the late John Copsey
Brady and Caroline (Seymour) Brady. The father was born
at Mountain View, Bradys, Maryland, April 29, 1843, and
his death occurred July 10, 1906. He was a son of Samuel
Dunlap Brady and Susan Foreman (Parsons) Brady, born
respectively April 1, 1798, and March 4, 1809, the death
of the former having occurred January 18, 1870. Caroline
(Seymour) Brady was born November 17, 1844, and died
;December 31, 1905. She was a daughter of Felix Renix Sey-
mour, born February 1, 1810, and died November 7, 1887,
and Elizabeth Ann (Welton) Seymour, born April 17, 1815,
and died May 1, 1885. The Seymour family was early
established in that part of Hampshire County, Virginia,
that now constitutes Mineral County, West Virginia. John
C. Brady came to West Virginia in 1888 and established

the family home in Mineral County, where he was engagedl
in farm enterprise until his death, both he and his wiftj
having been earnest members of the Presbyterian Church, j
Following is a succinct record of the business career ol,
Samuel D. Brady of this review: May-October, 1886, rod^
man with Piedmont & Cumberland Railroad; October, 1886 j
to June, 1887, and October, 1887, to June, 1888, student OV.
engineering at Allegany County Academy; June to October
1887, rodman and leveler on construction; aud June, 1888 1
to July, 1892, levebnan, transitman and assistant engineer
on preliminary location and construction, West VirgiruY
Central & Pittsburgh Railroad; July, 1892, to January 5

1893, chief engineer, Beaver Creek Railroad (seven milei
of location and construction work) ; January to August
1S93, assistant engineer ou (forty miles location) Baltimon
& Cumberland Railroad; August, 1893, to May, 1S94, H
practice as civil engineer at Davis, West Virginia; Mayj|

1894, to January, 1895, assistant mining engineer Davi
Coal & Coke Company; January to July, 1895, mining en
gineer; July, 1895, to December, 1897, chief engineeer
Davis Coal & Coke Company (developing coal property,,
designed coal tipples, coke ovens, electrical haulage, air aw
electric mining machines, and constructed and placed sarmj
in operation) ; November, 1897, to July, 1898, in genera i
practice as civil and mining engineer (designed and installed
large coal plants in West Virginia) ; July, 1898, to May
1899, lieutenant in Third United States Volunteer Engineer!
in Spanish- American war, stationed at Cienfluegos, Cuba, his
work consisting of harbor sounding and assisting in coatf
and topographical surveys; May, 1899, to November, 1901
member of firm of S. D. Brady & Brother, consulting, civi
and mining engineers, Clarksburg, West Virginia (design.' 1
ing, prospecting and developing coal properties and rail
roads, also a member of the staff of West Virginia Geologi I
cal Survey) ; November, 1901, to March, 1915, chief engine©
of Little Kanawha Railroad (seventy miles heavy construe
tion and thirty miles maintenance), Zanesville, Marietta ij
Parkersburg Railroad (sixty -nine miles location and cod
struction) Parkersburg Bridge & Terminal Railroad (eleven
miles location and construction), Marietta, Columhus &\
Cleveland Railroad (sixty miles location and construction)]
Burnsville & Eastern Railroad (sixty miles location), Buck
hannon & Northern Railroad (eighty miles location and con i
struction) ; all of above work being branches and extension^
of the Wahash Railroad System in West Virginia and Ohii
known as the Little Kanawha Syndicate. This was part a:, 1
the George Gould and Joseph Ramsey scheme of connecting
up a coast to coast trans-continental line, on which all con
struction work was abandoned in 1903 on account of the lac) !
of finances.

Through Col. J. M. Schoonmaker about 1913 the LittL
Kanawha Syndicate properties were sold to the Pittsburgl
& Lake Erie Railroad Company, a New York Central inter
est, and afterward the ownership was divided, with th
Pennsylvania Railroad owning one-fourth interest, th
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad one-fourth, and the New Yorl
Central owning the other half. Soon afterward the Baltimor
& Ohio interests were purchased by the Pennsylvania Rail
road interests. The construction of the line known as th
Buckhannon & Northern Railroad was completed to Fair
mont on November 24, 1914. The Buckhannon & Northen*
Railroad and the Monongahela Railroad were consoUdatei,
under the name of the Monongahela Railway, and that par J
of the line was placed in operation in West Virginia, Sep
temher 1, 1915.

From 1903 to 1915 Mr. Brady was chief engineer an<j
in charge of construction of the Buckhannon & Northen,
Railroad Company, one of the Little Kanawha Syndicate
properties, and the only line which was partly constructed
paralleling the west bank of the Monongahela River fron
the West Virginia-Pennsylvania state line through the coun
ties of Monongalia and Marion to Fairmont, West Virginia
thereby opening up and developing the Pittsburgh an<
Sewickley vast coal deposits lying west of the Monongahelij
River.

During this period Mr. Brady was senior member of th'
firm of S. D. Brady & Brother, consulting engineers an<
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HISTORY OF WKST VIRGINIA

established bis residence in Fairmont, and be is here
Bideut of the Brady Coal Corporation, the Darby Coal
npany and the Brazell Coal Company; vice president of
Forest Coal Company; vice president of the Diamoud
J Company; director and oue of the organizers of the
rmout State bank; chief engineer of the Little Kanawha
idicate Lines, which own and control about IUO,O0U
m of coal land in West Virginia; and chief engineer
the Green River Coal Mining Company of Kentucky,
'torn 1915 up to the date the Government took over all
roads after America's entrance into the World war,
, Brady was consulting engineer of tho Monongahela
lway.

At. Brady holds membership in tho following organiza-
is: American Society of Civil Engiueers; American
ixoad Engineers Society; Fairmont liotary Club; Inter-
ional Association of Rotary Clubs; Fairmont Chamber of
nmeree, in which he is a director; Fairmont Y. M. C. A.
director); Morgantown Country Club; a director of
Fairmont Country Club; Fairmont Shriners Club; Alle
ny Club; Cheat Mountain Club; and Trough Club, lie
received the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite
soury and is a member of the Mystic Shrine and the
.s. After the Spanish-American war Mr. Brady became
uember of the West Virginia National Guard and was
lointed by the governor of the state engineering officer
the Brigade Staff, with the rank of major,
dr. Brady married Anna Zell, daughter of Robert R. and
ry (Harness) Zcll, tho former a native of Baltimore,
ryland, and the latter of Grant County, West Virginia,
». Brady having been born at Cumberland, Maryland.
. and Mrs. Brady have two sons, Samuel Dunlap, Jr., bom
ijust 10, 1899, was graduated from Cornell University in
1 as a civil engineer and was there a member of the
dents Army Training Corps during the last year of the
rid war. James Zell, born August 5, 1901, attended the
rthwestem Military Academy, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin,
i the Peddie Institute in New Jersey, and 1922 is attend-
I tho University of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Brady
> had one daughter, Margaret Louise Brady, who was
n April 5, 1904, and died April 3, 191 4.

AMES A. Lenhakt. The name James A. Lenhart is one
t bulks large in the affairs* of Preston County, where dur
1 his active life he has been a merchant so long that he is
r dean of the Preston County merchants, is a banker at
iigwood, is a former sheriff and in the republican party
least has a state-wide prominence. Mr. Lenbart was one
the members of the commission for the settlement of the
st Virginia- Virginia debt controversy.
tie was born near Valley Point in Pleasant District of
fcston County, March 15, I860, son of Aaron and Catherine
etzler) Lenhart, natives of Somerset County, Pennsyl-
»a, whence they removed about 1840 to Preston County,
rat Virginia. Aaron Lenbart depended upon honest in-
Itry as a means of providing for his family and achiey-

a home. He was a veteran of the Civil war, enlisting in
(npany B of the Fourteenth West Virginia Infantry, and

three years fought for the flag of the Union. He was
•rivate, was in many battles, but always escaped wounds
I capture. He died in 3b90. He and his wife had the
.owing children: Henry, of Portland District, Preston
inty; Mary, who died" as the wife of Sam Xedrnvv;
>anda, who died in Preston County, wife of Lewis Cale;
pes Albert; William L., of Kingwood; Frederick, a
bner in Preston County; and Etta Jane, wife of P. S.
lg, of Kingwood.

arues A. Lenhart was thirteen years of age when his
ther died, and he soon afterward left home and lived at
kight, where he continued to attend school until he was
hteen. He was then qualified for teaching a country d»-
it and for some time taught and then attended a term in
Fairmont Normal School. That closed his schooling.
I of his chief ambitions as a boy was to secure a college
leation, but failing to achieve that through lack of money
changed his plans and at Albright became clerk in a
;-cantile establishment. He was there two years, and
n for ten years conducted a business of his own at Valley

Point. Un h aving \alUy 1'oint he removed to Kingwood,
and is still active as a in.rehant of that city, and altogether
has devoted forty jears of his hf.- to inrrenntile buidmvw, u
longer time than any of his contemporaries Mr. Lenhart
for twenty five years has hern a direr-tor and is now tho
aetivo vice president of the Bank of Kingwood.

He was elected sheriff of the county ia lliou, iia nueeeasor
of L. C. Shaffer, lie served in that office four years. As a
young man becoming intere>,tc.| in politi-al fat turns he gave
his allegiance to the republican party, and bin lirst vote for
president went for James U. Blaine. In I'.HM lie wa« ]<n*i
dential elector at large, and cast his ballot at rharleston for
Roosevelt.

(iovemor Hatfield chose Mr. Lenhart as one of the com
missiouers to negotiate the long standing questions involved
in the Virginia debt with the commissioners of Did \ ir
ginia. This commission was organized at rhnrhMon, where
preliminary sessions were held and plans formulated for the
general conference between the commission* of the two
states held in the Willard Hotel at Washington. In the
preliminary conferences there developed a great difference
of opiniou as to West Virginia's just share of the state
debt before the separation of West Virginia. Some con
tended that We#t Virginia owed the mother state nothing at
all, while Mr. Lenhart was the lirst to announce as his
conviction that West Virginia should pay substantially the
amount previously found by the Master of the United States
Supreme Court. Only one other member of the commission
shared in Mr. Lenhart 's convictions, lie unnouneed that In-
preferred to pay the whole debt rather than prolong the
struggle and pay the interest accumulations which would
have amounted to $0,UOU,UUO more. Later it developed that
the attorneys for the state in making up their briefs for
West Virginia had failed to include items of expense that
the state had incurred, all of which might properly serve as
an offset to the obligations, and when this angle of" the situa
tion was taken before the Supreme Court it wan roo|*Mied
and the result was that the offset was allowed, representing
a saving to West Virginia of $7,OOU,000 or $"*.Ul>ii,wm. hi
all these negotiations Mr. Lenhart took an active and useful
part, and his colleagues came to respect not only his in-
tegrity and impartial sense of justice, but also the sound
business ability that prompted all his suggestions.

For some sixteen years Mr. Lenhart was a member of th •
Preston County Executive Committee, and during that time
the republican majority in the county increased from 1.M0
to 2.7uu. For twenty years he was a member of all the Wot
Virginia State convent ions, and in them he helped nom into
among others (Jovernors Dawson, White, Swisher and llat-
lield.

In Preston County in 1^0 Mr. Lenhart married Miss Ella
King. Her father was Col. William H. King, a California
forty-niner who crossed the plains and returned by way of
the Isthmus of Panama, and spent the latter part of his life
in the milling business. During the Civil war he was a
colonel of the State Militia. Colonel King represented one
of the old and prominent families of this section of Wet
Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Lenhart have four daughters:
Nina; Mrs. Mabel Jackson, a widow with a son, Leslie;
Miss Bernice; and Helen, wife of l'rofossnr F. R. Yoke, of
Piedmont, We*t Virginia.

William Mofujan Schaeffer, former sheriff of Prist m
County, was born in that county, has been a resident of
Kingwood for a quarter of a century and has been nctiv.lv
and iniluentially associated with the affairs of this « 'in
munity the greater part of his life.

His grandfather was Jacob S^haefl\.r. who came f r. m «r r
many and founded the family in West \ irginia in pi u tr
times. Israel SchaefT.-r. father of W lliarn Morgan, was
born probably in Tucker County, West Virginia, was a ar
pentcr by trade, following that oceipation in youngtr year ,
and thereafter lived on a farm near Kingwood. Though
self educated, he bc-ame a teach, r and was regard. 1 a* on
of the best in the r-ounty in his day He was a rcpub' an,
a member of the Methodist Church and active in the fc in lay
school, and was well versed in the Bi'de and also in sector
knowledge. He could deliver a good ^.creh before an a di-

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ence. Israel Schaeffer married Jane Feather, member of a
prominent family of Preston County. She died in middle
life. Her children were: Zaccheus Alien, who left home
when a youth and has never been heard from; Mary E., who
became the wife of Thomas J. Trowbridge; Susan K., who
married Rev. E. S. Wilson; Nancy M., Mrs. Leroy Shaw;
Jacob F., who was a soldier in the Seventh Virginia Regi-
ment and died just after coming out of the war; Rev. G. C.
Schaeffer, who was with an Ohio regiment in the Union
army, participating in the march to the sea under General
Sherman and now lives at Temple, Oklahoma; William
Morgan; and Sarah J., deceased wife of N. A. Wilson.

William M. Schaeffer was born in the rural community
near Kingwood, February 4, 1847. He grew up on a farm,
with only the advantages of country schools, and before
reaching his majority he went West and for two years
clerked in a store at Paducah, Kentucky. On returning to
West Virginia he was soon afterward made deputy sheriff,
and performed the duties of deputy under Sheriffs Shaw,
Shaffer and Lenhart. In 1904 Mr. Schaeffer was elected
county sheriff, and gave an effective administration of the
duties of that office for four years.

On leaving the courthouse Mr. Schaeffer bought a farm,
and until he practically retired made farming his regular
business. He has always been a republican. In 186S, while
in Kentucky and not long after his twenty-first birthday,
he cast his first vote for President Grant. He has been
active in the various campaigns, has attended conventions as
a delegate and cast his ballot for the nomination of Con-
gressman Dayton. Mr. Schaeffer is one of the old-time
members of Alpine Lodge No. 35, Knights of Pythias, and
has the veteran's jewel as a token of twenty-five years'
membership. He has filled the chairs and has represented
Alpine Lodge in the Grand Lodge.

January 2, 1881, in Preston County, Mr. Schaeffer mar-
ried Miss Nancy C. Whetsell, daughter of Isaac and Ellen
(Felton) Whetsell. Mrs. Schaeffer was born in Preston
County, whore her ancestors settled several generations ago.
Her father was a farmer, enlisted from Preston County in
the Union army, aud died soon after the war. Mrs. Schaef-
fer was born January 6, 1S62, and is the second of three
children, her brothers being Elias W. and Isaac C.

In conclusion is presented a brief account of the children
of Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer. Winfield Arch is bookkeeper for
Sheriff Oopeman of Preston County. Otta is the wife of
Sheriff John F. Copeman. Don C. is a carpenter at King-
wood. Harry G. is general superintendent of No. 4 mine at
Kingwood. Georgie Ann is the wife of Charles R. Zinn of
Reedsville, West Virginia. Miss Daisy B. lives at home with
her parents. Nellie C. is stenographer and bookkeeper with
the State Educational Department at Charleston. Ruby G.
is the wife of James T. Spahr, editor of the Kingwood
Argus. Wilson Elva, youngest of the family and now at
Kingwood, was an enlisted man during the World war, and
was assigned to the Spruce Division, getting out material
for the manufacture of aeroplanes in the spruce woods of
Washington and Oregon, and received his honorable dis-
charge at Camp Sherman.

Herman A. Shutts, principal of the Valley District High
School at Masontown, began teaching when a youth, and has
continued to devote his time either to teaching or the prose-
cution of his own studies through State Normal School
and university. He is member of a family that was estab-
lished in West Virginia about the time of the Civil war,
and his father has been a successful cabinet maker and
carpenter.

Herman A. Shutts was born in Jackson County, West
Virginia, July 31, 1889. The founder of the family in this
state was his grandfather, James Shutts, who came from
Ohio. He was a Union soldier in the Civil war, and he
finally left West Virginia and moved to Missouri and died
at Browning in that state. He was a member of the
Christian Church and a democrat. By his marriage to Miss
Eaton he was the father of the following children : Hannah,
Mrs. C. H. Collins, who died in Missouri; David, a resident
of Oklahoma; Isaiah; Lillie, wife of James H. Boyce, of
Jackson County, West Virginia; George, who went to Mis-

souri and then to Colorado; Peter, ot Texas; Libbie, wife o
William Sauser, of Sherman, West Virginia; Bankey, wh
married and went to Missouri; Western, a farmer in Mis
souri; and Willard, who died in Missouri.

Isaiah Shutts was born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1864
and was an infant when the family came to West VirgnnV
He acquired a country school education, and for a numhe;
of years was a skilled carpenter, a contractor and buildei
but now for a long time farming on the old homestead ha!
claimed his energies. He takes a citizen's interest i
politics as a democrat, and is a member of the Unitei
Brethren Church. In Jackson County, Isaiah Shutts marriei
Icalona Peters, who was born in Noble County, Ohio, i;
1870. She became the mother of nine children: Herma;
A.; Marshall, formerly a teacher, now in the employ of tb
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company at Parkersburg; Sylvi;
Mrs. Fisher Lester, a teacher in the Crete grade school r
Wayne County, West Virginia; Creed, now associated wit!
his brother at Parkersburg; Harold, a farmer at home
Artie, wife of Ray Williams, of Jackson County; Claude
who died when twelve years old; Mary and Dorothy, botlj
at home.

The son Creed enlisted in the regular army before Amer
ica became a participant in the World war, and during tin
war period he was an instructor of soldiers at Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He went to Europe in the summe
of 1918, and was an observation officer at the front duriiif
the last eleven days of the war.

Herman A. Shutts graduated from the Graftou Higl
School. He completed most of the work required of gradua
tion from the Fairmont State Normal School, and then con I
tinued in the State University of Morgantown, where ht
ranked as a junior. In the meantime he taught ten years ii
the country schools of Jackson County. For four years to 1
was grade principal at Grafton and from Grafton came t»|
his present responsibilities as principal of the Valley Dis
trict High School at Masontown, where he succeeded Mrj
Luzader, now district superintendent. Mr. Shutts is a well
educated young man, enthusiastic in his work, and hat
demonstrated his ability as a school administrator.

Unlike his ancestors, he is a republican in politics an<i
cast his first presidential vote for William Howard Taft
He has served on party committees and as a delegate to con
ventions. He is active in the "Methodist Church, especial!}
in the Sunday school, and is a Bible teacher, having 1 1
diploma from the Interdenominational Sunday School o
Chicago.

In Jackson County, November 26, 1909, Mr. Shutts mar
ried Miss Nellie Archer, who was born in that county
daughter of Rev. Alfred L. and Miranda (Weekley) Archer
Her father was a minister of the Methodist Episcopa
Church. Mrs. Shutts died eight years after her marriage
on Eastern morning, leaving two children, Noel and Nolda
At Grafton Mr. Shutts married Miss Ethel Bartlett, a na
tive of Taylor County and formerly a teacher in the Graftoi
schools. She is a daughter of Joseph and Laura (Smith, 1
Bartlett, of Bridgeport, West Virginia. Mrs. Shutts wa'i
one of a large family of children and she completed he:
education in the State Normal School at Fairmont and tin
University of West Virginia, and is still active in educationa
work, being primary supervisor in the Masontown schools
Mr. Shutts is affiliated with Grafton Lodge No. 75, F. am
A. M., and is also a member of the Modern Woodmen oi
America.

Earl Dixon is cashier of the Bank of Masontown, haJ
been an executive officer of that institution for the past tea
years, and prior to that was a successful merchant of Reeds
ville.

He was born near Reedsville, March 20, 1885, and in tha'
community his father, Emanuel Dixon, is still living, activi
as a farmer. Emanuel Dixon was born in Washington
County, Maryland, in 1859, and acquired a common schoo
education. He was one of eight children, and when he war
twenty years of age the family moved to Preston County
West Virginia, the Dixons locating in the Reedsville locality
Emanuel Dixon has lived there for over forty years, and
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uteen years bo was a member of tho Preston County Court
id was part of the timo chairman of the court, ilo is a
inch republican in politics.

Einn nuel Dixon married Miss Anna Loar, daughter of
Bird and Elizabeth (Kirk) Loar. 11 or mother was a
lUghter of Cnpt. Isaiah Kirk, who served in tho Union
my during the Civil war. Anna Loar was horn near
jpdsville. Tho children of Emanuel Dixon and wife won-:
irl; Loar, who died unmarried in 10-0; Ella, wile of
omer liigglemun, of Reedsville; James, of Masoutown;
ora, wife of Leo Turner, of Masoutown; while the younger
ildren art' Charles, Howard, Harry, Ford, Theodore and
icile.

Earl Dixon grow up on a farm. Glaring in its working
sponsibilities until he was eighteen. Ho attended country
hnols and summer normals, and from the farm he became
clerk for S. L. Cobun, a general merehaut at Masoutown.
'it li the equipment derived from this experience he engaged
business for himself in 190G at Reedsville as a member of

0 firm Wheeler & Dixon. Three years later he accepted an
ler to become an active official of the Dank of Masoutown

1 assistant cashier. At that time Homer Andrews was
ishier ami the president was S. L. Cobun, who is still the
•ad of the bank. Fourteen months after becoming assistant
ishier Mr. Dixon waw made cashier, in January, Hill. He

also a member of the board of directors and associate \ ice
■esident having been thus connected with the bank before
i left his mercantile interests at lieedsville. Mr. Dixon is
so a stockholder in the liosedale Coal Company, the Lick
un Collieries Company and is president of the Valley Lum-
»r Company of Masontown. lie is a member of the board
? education of his district. In polities he has been satis-
?d to vote the republican ticket, first supporting on the
residential ballot William H. Taft. He was reared in the
Methodist Church and is an active member of the Masonic
•aternity, having joined Preston Lodge No. 90 at King-
pod. He is affiliated with the Royal Arch Chapter and
^nights Templar Commaudery at Morgautown, also the
odgc of Perfection of the Scottish Rite there, being a
lember of the Scottish Guard of this lodge, and is affiliated
jth West Virginia Consistory No. 1 at Wheeling. He is a
kst chancellor of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Mason-
twn and has represented that lodge in the GTa^d Lodge,
.uring the war Mr. Dixon was chairman of the bond sales in
Valley District, and was member of the Executive Com
it tee of the Red Cross for Preston County.
At Reedsville, November 22, 1911, he married Miss Gert
ide Arthur, who was born at Pittsburgh, May o, lss."5,
dughter of Richard M. Arthur, of Arthurdale Stook Farm
?ar Reedsville. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon have one son, Richard
rthur, born in April, 191 S.

Wright Hl'GUS, an ox serviceman and a prominent young
wyer at Wheeling, is a sou of the late Judge. Thomas
Hugus, who long enjoyed a position of special prom-
ence at the bar of West Virginia.

The nugus family is of Holland and French descent,
id was established in America shortly after tho close of
ie Revolutionary war. The family located in Southwest-
*n Pennsylvania. The grandfather of Wright Hugus was
ncob Hugus, who spent all his life in Tyler County, West
irginia, where he owned a large amount of farming land,
he late Judge Thomas J. Hugus was born in Tyler Coun-
West Virginia, in September, ls>4 ( wa* reared there
id completed his college education when he graduated
. B. from Marietta College in Ohio. Soon afterward he
cated at Wheeling, read law, and until his death in
.arch, 1916, was busily eugaged in his profession and
W eighteen years of that time was judge of the Criminal
jurt of Ohio County. He was an active republican, a very
rnest supporter of the Fourth Street Methodist Episeopal
mrch, and is remembered by his professional associates
id fellow citizens as a man' of exalted character.
Judge Hugus married Annie V. Wright, who is still liv-
g at Wheeling, where she was born in 1859. Her father,
3hn Wright, who was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
inia. came to Wheeling when a young man and was
ie of the founders of the LaBelle Iron Works. He mar-

ried Eleanor Mnddi n. in. I nth died lit Wheeling. The
children of Judge II igns and wifi were: John \\ , . m
ncctcd with a lar^e coal loin i«uv at Wnshmgt m, IVrinivl
vania; Will'min T.. a rcsi.l nt nf Wheeling ami manager

of the Lnughliii Mill of the Nnw rtaui SI t \ Tin I'late

Company at Martin's Ferry. Ohio, Arth r s,-cr< tar*
of the Cent, r Foundry Cuuipnuy of Wheel ng. Eleanor
w ife of Otto M Sclilabach, an attorney at law nl La C r u«i*i

Wisconsin; Anne, wife of Mason Hritt >t \« w Vork

City; Wright and M»*>s Kli/abelh, who is unmarried mol
lives with her mother at the old home at Klmw..o.| mar
Wheeling.

Wright Hugus was l.oin ii Ohio t uiuity. N\ . t \i
ginia. November s, ivm, attemled the country Imol at

Hoeeh (lien, near Wheeling, later the Clay S. I I. < \ oi

Wheeling, and graduated , rn|n t Ii < - Wheeling High s'Ixm.I
in HM»D. He finished his itcrary education in Dartmouth
College at Hanover, .New Hampshire graduating \ It. i i
1913. From I>nrtmouth he ■ ntered Harvard I'mn r- h
Law School, received Ids LL. P. decree in l!H»S. Mr llugn*
is a member of the Sigma Chi college fraternity lb aho
belongs to the English VI Law Chili, lie was admitted
to the West Virginia bar in the fall of l!H»i. pru< tied
a few months before entering the war. ami - ne h -
return has been busy with a growing pnutice, lar^< y -<
cializing in corporation law. He is attorney fur tie
Wheeling Steel Corporation and has his otli <s in the • 'or
jioration Huilding.

On May 11, 1917, Mr. Hugos entered the Fir*t Otli. ers
Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, hid ana polls,
received his eonimissioii as first lieutenant «.t" infantry
August loth, and was then at Cambridge, M:i.-sa<hcs, it >.
attending the School of Trench Warfare under the su.<er
vision of French army ofiicers until Octotier He
then transferred to Camp Sherman, Ohio, and assign. <l
to the Three Hundred Thirty-first Infantry. He was made
assistant division adjutant in Fehruary, **, an. I on June
S, 191s. sailed for France with Headquarters Company of
the Eighty third Division. He was assistant |.ersonnel
adjutant of the Second Depot Division, A. L\ V. an. I
American Embarkation Center, until June, t i» I i». stationed
at LeMans. Thereafter he was personal adjutant of the
American Embarkation Center at LeMans i iitil August 1,
1919, when he returned home and was mu-t. red out nt
Camp Sherman, September 4, 1919, as major, Vdjutaiit
General's Department.

Mr. Hugus is one of tho youngest members of tie- State
Legislature, ami yet during the session of 19'J1 was ••he of
the most effective workers in that body. He was ele. te.l
on the republican ticket to the House of Delegates in
November, ]92<>. During the session of If 21 he was chair
man of the military affairs committee and iiiciiiUr of tl«-
judiciary, banks ami corporations, railroads and enrolled
lolls committees. Mr. Hugus wns r^ponsilde for the in-
troduction and secured the passage of the hill reorganizing
the National Guard of West Virginia. He aN«. introdicd
a bill raising the age of consent from t«oirteen to sixteen
years, and was prominent in the fight agniietl the Cross
Sales Tax Bill.

Mr. Hugos is a member of the Official I'...: rd of the
Fourth Street Methodist Epi-eopal Church, is president of
the Wheeling District Epworth League So. i. ty. a memhi r
of Wheeling Lodge No. F. and A. M., is eighteenth
degree Scottish Rite Mason in West \ rgmia « onsist rv
No 1, and is a member of the Wheeling Country lW<.
ruiversitv Club of Wheeling, vice president of the \\h«;e«
ing Council of Hoy Scouts, and pnsi.bnt of the \\ h Mil g
Tennis Club.

Hon. Tno-MAS Waltet. Flem kg las playid a la ii< •«> I
benignant part in the development and , r..grc-s nf his , ,
live City of Fairmont. Marion 0 unty. and the bron 1 *roj*
and importance of his civ e an 1 bushris artintie, a. I I
public service mark him as one of the n pr s, „t>t vr n . n f
West Virginia. He was born at Fairmont on the ]Mh r
December: 1S46, a son of Allison nd Marti i Lo i ^
Fleming Allison Fleming was born inaj ionccr firm n .r
Fairmont. Julv 23. 1>14, a son of TD.r»ias, who «v a s -n ff

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Nathan, the latter having been a son of William Fleming,
who immigrated to America from the North of Ireland in
1741. For many years Allison Fleming was engaged in the
marble business at Fairmont, where he served a number of
years as mayor, besides having been treasurer of the county
one term. He was a stanch Union man during the Civil war,
and he and his wife were zealous members of the Methodist
Protestant Church, in which he served as trustee, and class
leader, besides having been for many years a teacher in the
Sunday school. January 19, 1837, he married Mary Vander-
vort, who died November 2, 1842. April 11, 1844, he wedded
Martha Louchery, who was born July 30, 1822, a daughter of
James and Margaret (Keefore) Louchery.

Thomas W. Fleming was reared at Fairmont and received
good educational advantages, in select and private schools.
He gained his initial business experience by clerking in a
local mercantile establishment, and in 1871 he became a
member of the firm of Ridgeley & Fleming, the title of which
was changed in 1876 to T. W. Fleming & Brothers, upon the
retirement of the senior member of the original firm. Mr.
Fleming continued as the head of this representative mer-
cantile concern until 1890, when he sold his interest in the
business. He then turned his attention to the real estate
business, in which he became prominently identified with the
handling and developing of coal and oil land in Marion,
Monongalia, Harrison and Doddridge counties, he having
opened up the important Fairview oil fields. He was one of
the organizers and became president and secretary of the
company which obtained the franchise for the first street car
line in Fairmont, this line later becoming a part of the
Fairmont & Clarksburg electric system and being now con-
trolled by the Monongahela Power and Eailway Company.
He organized also the company which constructed the Fair-
mont & Mannington street railway, now a part of the Mo-
nongahela Power and Railway Company's system, and he
was one of the promoters of the Farmers Bank of Fairmont,
besides serving also as a director of the People's Bank. He
was one of the organizers of the Fairmont lee Company, of
which he became vice president, as did he also of the West
Chester Realty Company. He was one of the organizers and
became a director of the Fairmont Development Company.

Mr. Fleming has been for many years a leader in the
councils of the republican party in his state. In 1891, on a
progressive independent ticket, he was elected mayor of
Fairmont, and his administration was marked by vigorous
promotion of local interests. Many important public im-
provements were initiated within his service as mayor,
notably the first paving of streets, the installing of a water-
works system, at a cost of $20,000, the construction of a
large viaduct, and the improving of all streets and side-
walks. Mr. Fleming served one term in the State Legisla-
ture, and by joint resolution of its two houses he was ap-
pointed inspector to examine the various state institutions.
At the time when Hon. James G. Blaine was serving as na-
tional secretary of state he offered to Mr. Fleming his choice
of three ministerships abroad, but on account of the exac-
tions of his business interests Mr. Fleming declined this
honor. In 1916 he was the republican candidate for repre-
sentative in Congress from the First Congressional District
of West- Virginia, but he met defeat with the rest of the
party ticket. In 1920 he was a delegate from the same dis-
trict to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, and
there was selected as a member from West Virginia on the
committee on permanent organization, and there, on each of
seven ballots, he cast his vote for Warren G. Harding,
present President of the United States. Mr. Fleming is
past master of Fairmont Lodge No. 9, A. F. and A. M.,
past high priest of Orient Chapter No. 6, R. A. M., past
eminent commander of Crusade Commandery No. 6, and a
member of Osiris Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. at Wheeling.

February 1, 1877, recorded the marriage of Mr. Fleming
and Miss Annie Sweeney, daughter of the late Col. Thomas
Sweeney, of Wheeling. Colonel Sweeney was born in the
City of Armagh, Ireland, March 6, 1806, and died at Wheel-
ing, March 9, 1900. He was second lieutenant of the Pitts-
burgh Blues at the time when that fine organization received
and acted as escort to General La Fayette when the gallant
French officer of the American Revolution visited Pittsburgh

in 1824. Colonel Sweeney brought the first colony of glass
blowers into the present State of West Virginia, and at
Wheeling he operated large iron works. He served as mayoj
of that city and also as a member of the State Senate ol
Virginia. His second wife, Jane McFarran (mother oJ
Mrs. Fleming), was a daughter of Lieut. John McFarran
who served in defense of Baltimore when the British at
tacked Fort Henry in 1814, and Mrs. Fleming treasures
as a valued heirloom the sword which her maternal grand j*
father carried at that time. Mrs. Fleming is the author oil*
a family chart entitled "Family Record of William Fleming}^
onto the Fourth Generation," brought out in 1892. Mr. 1 F
and Mrs. Fleming had three children: Allison Sweeney'fP
Fleming received from Yale University the degree 00
Bachelor of Arts and from the University of West Virginiajp
the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Though a member of thrill'
bar he gives much of his time to his various business inter-F
ests, including the Fairmont Auto Supply Company, which'*
he has developed into one of the largest and most prosperous 1 !
concerns of its kind in the state. Jean Ferran, the second in}f
order of birth of three children, is the wife of George M.|p
Wiltshire, and they now reside at Fairmont, their two ehil- ['
dren being Thomas Fleming Wiltshire and Jean Fleming^
Wiltshire. The third child, Thomas W. Fleming, died at the^
age of eleven months.

Charles Oliver Henry, M. D., has been engaged in the£
successful practice of his profession in Marion County for'r
forty years, and since 1903 has been one of the leading!! 5
physicians and surgeons in the City of Fairmont. He wasjr
born in this city, then a mere village, on the 3d of December,! 1
1856, and is a son of Lawrence and Mary Ann (Hobnes) f
Henry, both natives of Scotland. Lawrence Henry was bornjr
July 22, 1810, in Ayrshire, and died at Newburg, West Vir-jP
ginia, March 7, 1887. Upon the death of his father, inHp
1828, he became virtually the head of the family, he beingff
the eldest of the children, five sons and three daughters. Am'
a young man he was employed in the coal mines of his na-^
tive country, and by this means he aided in the support^
of the other members of the family. In 1845 he came to the]
United States and became identified with coal-miuing opera*]'
tions at Mount Savage, Maryland. Later he worked in the
old Elkhart coal mines near Cumberland, that state, and in j|
1851 he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- 9
road Company, by which he was assigned to prospect fo^'l
coal in the Hampshire hills of what is now West Virginia^]
In that year he opened a vein of coal near Piedmont, and;*
March 18, 1852, he became superintendent of McGnire's![
Tunnel, in supervising the arching of the same, for the'F
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. In May of the same 1
year he opened a vein of coal over the Kingwood Tunnel,
and this supplied the requisite coal in connection with the
completion of that railroad tunnel. In August, 1852, Mr.
Henry opened the Palatine Mines, and in May of the fol- 'f
lowing year he shipped an eight-ton gondola car of coal to H
Gen. Columbus O'Donnell, of Baltimore, who was then ^ f
president of the Baltimore Gas Company. This figures in j
the history of the coal industry of West Virginia as the first j
shipment of coal from this state. During the winter of the j
same year Mr. Henry furnished coal for the third and fourth
divisions of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, besides making 11
shipments to Baltimore. In 1854 the railroad company sold -|
the Palatine Mines to General O'Donnell, by whom Mr.
Henry was retained as superintendent of the mines. Two
years later he took charge of the Newburg coal properties j
purchased by General O'Donnell, and he continued as super- :
intendent of these mines about thirty years. On the 16th of
March, 1S60, he was run over by a 1,250-pound coal car, j
and though the injury crippled him to a certain degree, he I 1
was still able to continue his active executive service. He 11
was a man of fine character and of marked technical ability
in connection with coal mining, and his name is written large
in the history of the developing of the great coal industry
of West Virginia. He was one of the founders and served
as an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Newburg, and in a
fraternal way he was affiliated with the Independent Order .,
of Odd Fellows. His marriage to Mary Ann Holmes was )
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rvin, Scotland, December 16, 1817, and her death having
purred October 9, 1899.

Dr. Charles O. Henry gained his early education in the
ublic schools of Fairmont, and thereafter was here a atu-
pnt two years in the State Normal School. lie continued
is studies three years in the University of West Virginia,
hd bis initial study of medicine was prosecuted under the
receptorship of Drs. Ilugh W. and Luther S t Brock, of
torgantown. In 1SS2 he graduated from the College of
[hysicians and Surgeons in the City of Baltimore, Mary-
ind, and after receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he
as for twenty-one years engaged in successful practice at
hinnston, Ilarrison County. He then, in 1903, established
Is residence and professional headquarters in his native city
E Fairmont, where he controls a substantial and representa-
ve general praetiee. He served six years, 1904-10, as
?alth officer of Marion County, and in his home city he ia
<>w a member of the medical staff of Cook Hospital. He is
le of the honored members of the Marion County Medical
oeiety, of which he was president in 1919, and of the West
,irginia State Medical Soeiety, of which he served as presi-
»nt in 1911. He ia an active member also of the American
Ledical Association. In 191S Doctor Henry volunteered for
irviee in the Medical Corps of the United States Army in
mnection with the World war, and his service was accepted
f the Government. He was one of the six members of the
fest Virginia State Committee of Medical Defense, and
ave to the work of the same much of bis time. In 1921
i was appointed assistant superintendent of State Hospital
"o. 3 at Fairmont, in which position he is giving characteria-
cally loyal and effective service. The doctor is president
I the Lambert Run Coal Company, and in the Masonic
raternity his affiliations are with St. John 'a Lodge No. 24,
. F. and A. M., at Shinnston, and Orient Chapter No. 9,
l A. M. ; at Fairmont. He and his wife are active members
* the First Baptist Church of Fairmont, in which he is a
jacon.

May 6, 1SS5, recorded the marriage of Doctor Henry and
!iss Virginia Lee Hood, who was born in Marion County,
ugust 4, 1862, a daughter of William and Hannah
Doombs) Hood. Mr. Hood waa born at Grenada, Pennsyl-
lnia, and from West Virginia went forth aa a soldier of the
onfederacy in the Civil war. He was captured and for a
me held as a prisoner of war. In conclusion is given brief
;cord concerning the children of Doctor and Mrs. Henry:
dith Holmes, born July 6, 1886, waa afforded the advan-
igea of the State Normal School at Fairmont, and she ia
)w the wife of Milton R. Frantz, of this city, their two
lildren being Miriam Browning and Virginia Lee. Agnes
ee, the second daughter, was born August 28, 1S87, and
Fter taking a special course in kindergarten work at Wasb-
igton, District of Columbia, she beeame a popular teaeher
i the public schools of Fairmont. She became the wife of
dwin V. Duffy, of Sydney, Australia, and they now reside
; Fairmont, their two children being Bertha Virginia and
dwin V., Jr. Ruth O'Donnell, the third daughter, waa
3rn August 16, 1890, graduated from the Fairmont State
brmal School and also attended Randolph-Macon Seminary,
he ia now the wife of William E. Brooks, who completed
i engineering course at Cornell University and now reside
t Fairmont, West Virginia. Mary Ellen, born January 16,
394, graduated from the Fairmont Normal School and is
dw a successful and popular teaeher in the public achools
? Fairmont. Robert McKenzie Henry waa born August 22,
396, waa graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
■om the University of West Virginia, class of 1917, and was
student in the law department of the university when he
itered the Officers Training Corps at Camp Sherman, Ohio,
here he gained commission aa first lieutenant. Thereafter
i was in service in turn at Camp Lee and Camp Haneock,
id though several times selected for overseas service he
as retained on duty in the drilling of soldiers at Camp
ancock until the signing of the armistice brought the
'orld war to a close. He received his discharge in Decem-
Jr, 1918, and he ia now sales agent for the Standard Garage
; Fairmont, besides being a stockholder in the Henry Coal
ompany. Andrew Luke Henry wa3 born August 6, 1899,

attended Bucknell College two years and Columbm Unitcr
aity one year, and is now a salesman for the Fairmont Wall
Plaster Company. His wife, Katherine W., ia a daughter of
T. W. Arnett, of Fairmont. As all six of his children were
graduated from tho Fairmont High School Doctor Henry
claima an unparalleled record in this respect for his family,
no other one family having equalled tho record in the local
high school.

Phoebia G. Moore, M. D., of Mannington, ia tho only
woman graduato physician practicing in Mnriun County,
and one of a comparatively amnll proup in the entire ntertw
While a pioneer *of her bcx in this profession, her work repre-
sents a finished standard fully in keeping with the b«-t
standards of tho profession.

Doctor Moore was born on a farm near Mannington,
daughter of Theophilus and Prudence (Varney) Moore. Her
father waa born at Mineral Wells, near Parkersburg, in 1 H » I .
son of Joseph and Nancy (Tcnnent) Moore, nnd he s< rved
in the Civil war as a member of the Seventh Wert Virginia
Infantry. After the war he located in Monongalia County,
where he met and mnrried Prudence Varney, who was born
at MeCurdyaville in that county in 1S51, daughter of Wil-
liam and Eleanor (Wilson) Varney. After their marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Moore settled in what is known as the Flnt
Run district of Marion County, and were among the first to
improve the land and build a home in that section. They
introduced the first cooking stove to their community, and
this utensil was an object of great curiosity to their neigh-
bors. They are still living on the old homestead and are
active members of the United Brethren Church.

Phoebia G. Moore grew up on this farm, attended the com-
mon achools, also the Fairmont State Normal School, and
having determined to make her talents available for the
medical profession she regiatered for the course in the medi-
cal department of West Virginia University. She was the
first woman to register there and remain, all others beconi
ing discouraged by the obstacles arising from the general
prejudice existing against women medical students and n
more or less active persecution on the part of the male
students, who resented the presence Df a woman in thnt
department. Doctor Moore received her credits for a year 's
work in West Virginia University, and to finish her course
she then entered the Bennett Medical College of Chicago,
where she was graduated with the class of 1903. Since th«n
Doctor Moore has taken special laboratory work in Balti-
more and Chicago. She began practice at Mannington in
1903, and has specialized in obstetrics and gynecology. A
large practice has come to her in successive years, in ap-
preciation of her marked ability and skill. Her practice is
not only localized in Marion County, but extends to the e ties
of Fairmont, Clarksburg and Morgantown as well.

Doctor Moore is a member of the Marion County Medical
Soeiety, West Virginia State Medical Society and American
Medical Association, and is chairman of the committee on
social hygiene of the West Virginia State League of Women
Voters and ia the Red Cross physician of Manninpton
Chapter. She is also a member of the Women 's Club and
the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mannington.

Charles Howard Lono has been a resident of Manning
ton since 1905, identified with the business life of the city
and for a dozen years an independent merchant

ne was horn at Dayton, Ohio, February 2, W9, son <>f
John and Ella (Heffner) Long. His grandfather, Amo..
Long, was a native of Maryland, and as a yo»ng man re
moved to Pennsylvania, John Long wh'le 1 wng in Dayton.
Ohio, was extensively engaged in the nur^ry bu-dnrs for .i
number of years, and there met and married his wife, a native
of that city. She died at the b rth of her son, Charles
Howard. Failing health subsequently cau«cd John Long to
return to Bedford Connty, Pennsylvania, in liffS, and he
died there in 1S90.

C Howard Long was reared in Bedford County fr-tn the
age of nine, attended public schools there, and in 1*96 begar
his business career as a ch rk in a store at Everett, Bedf- rd
County A few voars later he returned to Cumberland.

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Maryland, subsequently spent two years in New York City,
where be continued clerking in a large leather belting manu-
facturing concern.

When Mr. Long came to Mannington in 1905 he entered
the serviee of H. R. and F. E. Furbee, merchants, as a clerk,
and remained with that firm until 1909. He then resolved to
put into effeet the long cherished purpose to become a busi-
ness man on his own aecount. With limited eapital he
opened a small clothing and men's furnishing goods store,
and the business has steadily grown from year to year until
now it is the leading establishment of its line in Manning-
ton. The business occupies two floors and basement in a
substantial three-story brick building whieh'Mr. Long owns
having purchased the property in 1911.

He keeps in elose touch with the commercial affairs of the
state, being a member of the West Virginia State Retail
Clothiers Association. lie is a eharter member of the
Mannington Kiwanis Club and is affiliated with the Elks and
Odd Fellows. He and Mrs. Long are members of the
Methodist Episeopal Church. In 1907 he married Miss
Grace Priehard, a daughter of Charles Priehard of Man-
nington. Mr. and Mrs. Long have two children: Nancy,
born in 19(19, and John, born in 1915.

David A. Burt. As president of the LaBelle Iron Works
David A. Burt has one of the most distinctive posts in
the industrial affairs of the Upper Ohio Valley. The La-
Belle Iron Works was one of the pioneer iron and steel
industries of the Wheeling District, has been in business
seventy years, and is now a great corporation with thou-
sands of employes and owning and controlling not only
two great manufacturing plants, but iron ore mines and
coal and coke resources.

The Burt family has been in the Northern Panhandle
of West Virginia considerably more thau a century. The
great-grandfather of David A. Burt was William Burt,
who was born near Philadelphia and at the beginning of
the nineteenth century entered the district around Wells-
burg in Brooke County, Virginia, where he lived out his
life as a practical farmer and business man. The grand-
father of David A. Burt was David Burt, a lifelong resi-
dent of Wellsburg, where he died when little past thirty
years. He was an Ohio River pilot. John L. Burt, father
of the Wheeling industrial leader, was born at Wells-
burg in 1839, was reared and educated there, and as a
youth ran away from home to enlist in a Pennsylvania regi-
ment. He served all through the Peninsular campaign, was
severely wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, and after sev-
eral mouths in hospital was discharged for physical dis-
ability and did not entirely recover for several years. About
186(5 he located at Wheeling, where he married and where he
entered the iron industry with the LaBelle Iron Works as
sales manager. Later, in a similar capacity, he was with
the Benwood Iron Works, and continued in the service
of that industry until his death in 1887. He was a demo-
crat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1875 John L. Burt married Martha MeKelvey, who was
born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1850, and is still living at
Wheeling. David A. is the oldest of their children. Jean-
nette is the wife of Arthur L. Irwin, of the firm Lippin-
cott & Irwin, real estate and investments, at Cleveland,
Ohio; William T. is comptroller of the Wheeling Steel Cor-
poration and is unmarried; Helen, twin sister of William,
is the wife of Raymond S. Clark, partner in William Skin-
ner & Sons, silk importers and manufacturers of New York,
their home being at Great Neek, Long Island.

David A. Burt was born at Wheeling, December 25,
1876. He graduated from the Wheeling High School in
1892, when he was sixteen, and soon afterward became
an office boy in the Whitaker Iron Worka under Senator
Nelson E. Whitaker. That employment was practically an
apprenticeship in the iron and steel industry. He worked
in the mill and office, was paymaster, and in 1S98 went
with the Aetna-Standard Iron & Steel Company at Bridge-
port, Ohio, as shipper. He remained in the serviee of this
corporation five years, and in 1903 joined the LaBelle Iron
Works in the Steubenville, Ohio, plant as general book-
keeper. He was successively promoted to auditor, treasurer

and vice president, and since the spring of 1920 has been
president and director of the LaBelle Iron Works, com-l
prising all the plants and industries of this corporation.!
The corporation offices are in the Steel Corporation Bnild-
ing at Wheeling. The oldest plant is the Wheeling plant \
on Thirty-first Street, manufacturing steel cut nails and
steel plates. Normally 400 hands are employed in the,
Wheeling plant. A still larger plant is that at Steuben- (
ville, which employs 3,500 hands. The corporation also]
owns and operates iron ore mines in Minnesota, employing i
350 hands, and its coal mines and coke ovens in Peunsyl-|
vania furnish employment to approximately four hundred.!

In addition to being executive head of this business.
Mr. Burt is vice president, treasurer and director of the:-
Wheeling Steel Corporation; director of the Woodward!
Iron Company at Woodward, Alabama; director of the
Dollar Savings & Trust Company of Wheeling; director
of the Wheeling Bank & Trust Company; director of the tj
Fidelty Investment Association of Wheeling; director of
the Farmers State Bank of Wellsburg; treasurer and man-
ager of the W. T. Burt Company of Wheeling; and is in-
terested in a number of other business undertakings.

Mr. Burt has one of the fine homes of the suburban dis-
trict of Wheeling at Eeho Point, and also a eountry home
near Wellsburg in Brooke County. In politics he is a
republican, but has been too busy for politics. He is a
trustee of the Presbyterian Chureh, a member of Wells-
burg Lodge No. 2, A. F. and A. M., is a fourteenth de-
gree Scottish Rite Mason in West Virginia Consistory 1
No. I at Wheeling, and is a member of the Duquesne Club t|
of Pittsburgh, Fort Henry Club, Wheeling Country Club, |
Steubeuville Country Club, Twilight Club of Wheeling, and |
belongs to t he American Institute of Mining and Metal J
lurgical Engineers, the American Academy of Political 4
Science, and is a director of the Ohio Manufacturers As|J
sociation and of the West Virginia Manufacturers Associa-}|
tion. Mr. Burt concerned himself chiefly with war activities 1
in his native county of Brooke. He was on the War Board J
of the county, which had control of all war drives for the |
county, and was ehairman of the Liberty Loan work and ' J
also active in the Red Cross drives.

In 1901, at Wheeling, Mr. Burt married Miss Elizabeth R
MeLain, daughter of Thomas B. and Sidney (MeMecben) 1
MeLain, residents of Wheeling. Her father is now prac- |
tically retired, but still owns what is known as the Mc-Jj
Lain Dental and Surgical Depot, doing a state wide busi-JIJ
ness in dental and surgical supplies. Mr. and Mrs. Burt ij
are the parents of four children: David A., Jr., born
February 22, 1903, now a student iu Yale University at j
New Haven, Connecticut; Martha S., born February 11, j
1907, a student in the Triadelphia High School District
of Wheeling; Elizabeth M., born in December, 1908, and |
died November 7, 1921; and William L., born in June, 1910.

Harry Stanley Keister, M. D". A talented young \
physician and surgeon, Doctor Keister enjoys a successful
practice at Fairmont, and was in serviee with the Medical
Corps during the World war.

He was born at Upper Tract in Pendleton County, West
Virginia, son of Eugene and Christina (Smith) Keister. His
parents were both born in Old Virginia, his father in Rock-
ingham County in 1850 and his mother in Franklin, Pendle-
ton County, in IS60. Both his grandfathers were soldiers in
the Confederate army, his maternal grandfather losing his
life in battle. The paternal grandfather, Henry Keister,
was a native of Virginia and of German ancestry, and was a |
lieutenant in the Confederate army. Eugene Keister as a.
man removed to Pendleton County, and until he retired was
aetive in business as a building contractor. He and his wife
are still living.

Doctor Keister graduated from high school in 1902, and
in 1905 received a degree in pharmaey from the Valparaiso
University of Indiana. For two years he followed the pro-
fession of pharmacist in Morgantown and Fairmont. He
then entered tbe Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery at
Chicago, where he graduated M. D. in 1912. He also had a
year of special work as an interne in the American Hospital
of Chicago, and began his active practice at Chiefton in

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•ion County, and fhrec years later removed to Fairmont,
■ing the summer of 1916 Doctor Keister took poat-
duate work at the Johns Hopkine University Medical
ool at Baltimore.

.a soon as America entered the war against Germany
promptly volunteered and was commissioned a first lieu-
int in the Medical Corps, assigned to the Twentieth Di-
on, lie was on duty at Camp Sevier, Greenville, South
olina, and then at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia,
re he continued li is duties until the armistice was signed,
er leaving tlie army Doctor Keister resumod his profes-
lai work at Fairmont. Besides his growing practice he
n the staff of the Cook Uospital as chief of the depart-
it of genito-urinary surgery.

■oetor Keister is a member of the Marion County, West
ginia State and American Medical Associations, lfo is
iated with Acacia Lodge, A. F. and A. M., at Fairmont,
h West Virginia Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite,
Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling. He is
ncmber of the American Legion and the Presbyterian
irch.

los. Matthew Mansfield Neely, who represented the
It Congressional District in Congress from 1913 to 1921,
ii lawyer of Fairmont, where he has practiced his pro-
lion with notable success for twenty years. He is also
brmer mayor of his home city.

lr. Neely was born on a farm near Grove, Doddridge
>nty, November 9, 1874. His first American ancestor was
it. John Neely, who came with his parents from England
j»n he was quite young. As a youth in the colonies he
ocd construct the forts Crown Point and Ticonderoga,
sequently the scene of two of the most brilliant exploits
.the early part of the Revolutionary war. The son of
» Colonial settler, and grandfather of the ex-Congress-
% was Matthew Neely, who was born ia New York State,
i established his family in West Virginia, arriving in the
ter state more than a century ago.

vhe father of Matthew Mansfield Neely was Dr. Alfred
?ly, a most generous, self-sacrificing and noble type of

old pioneer country doctor. He was born at Morgans-
e on the old Northwestern Turnpike in Doddridge County
1830, and died in 1906. For two years he attended Jef-
?on Medical College in Philadelphia, studied under a
ed physician of that time in New York City, and then
arned home and lived in Doddridge County the rest of

life. From his home he practiced over at least half a
en surrounding counties. His skill was extraordinary,
I he was credited with many remarkable cures. He was
ihysician who was in every way a friend of humanity,
I in the service he rendered attending the sick at any
e, day or night, in winter or summer, the thought of
' was never an incentive. He carried his own medicines,
ording to the custom of pioneer doctors, in his saddle
;s. W r hen his patients could remunerate him he accepted
ipensation, but there were countless cases in which his
•k was without material reward. He did more than render
fessional service; instances are recalled when he fur-
tied his patient a cow to supply milk for the underfed
Idren. Notwithstanding the great extent and constant
or of his professional career, it is not strange that he
i a comparatively poor man. The nobility of Doctor
jly's character and the striking example of his busy
i of service to humanity proved a great inspiration to

son, who, nevertheless, had to learn self-reliance and
jely make his own way in the world.
Doctor Neely married Mary Morris, who was born near
ive in Doddridge County, and, now in her seventy-first
r, is a woman of unusual intellectual vigor and ac-
iplishments. Her memory is extraordinary. She can still
eat without error entire chapters of the New Testament
I countless poems, auch as "The Cotter's Saturday
jht," and Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard."
3er the influence of his mother's example Mr. Neely
med the habit of committing to memory the gems of liter-
re.

fas. Neely 'a father was an early settler of Doddridge
ten Harrison) County, and at the beginning of the Civil

war he enterod the I'nion Army, was captured in the second
buttle of Bui] Kun and Inter starvod to death in Anderson
villo Prison. Doctor Neely nnd wifo hnd threo children:
Dagmar, wife of J. K. Keyser, who Is now at the head of
the Kano & Keyaer Hardware Compnny, wholesalo hard
ware merchants at Belington in Harbour County, and vice
president of the Belington Nntional Hank; Mntthcw Main
lield; and Delmond, wif<> of Charles II. Jones, secretary
treasurer of the Knne & Keyser Hardware Company of
Belington.

In 1*79 the Neely family removed from Grovo to the
nearby villago of Market, ami on the family farm in that
locality Matthew Mansfield Neely spent the next thirteen
years of his life. Soon after going there ho was aligned
a share of the form labors, of whieh he \» r formed an in
creasing part with eoeh succeeding year. He attended the
country school situated more than half a mile from in- heme,
and seperated from it by the muddiest of roads, for a
period of four winter months of each year until he wax
seventeen. After ten weeks' training in a summer school
he in the year H93 successfully passed an examination and
received a teacher's certificate, nnd in the fall of that year
took charge of a short school term at Windom, n mining
town in Mineral County, near the summit of the Allegheny
Mountains. He remained there teaching two years. In his
third year he became principnl of the school nt Ncthken-
ville near Elk Garden, where he taught during l.*!»r» 96.
After his first term as teacher he attended the spring term
of Salem College, West Virginia, and resumed his studies
in that institution three successive springs terms, pnying
his way out of his meager savings from teaching nnd by
working Saturdays.

In the fall of Is97 Mr. Neely entered West Virg nin
University. Early in the following year the Spanish Amer-
ican war began, nnd at the first call for volunteers he en-
listed as a private in Company D of the First West Virginh
Volunteer Infantry. lie WU3 with that command seven
months and five days, when he wa3 mustered out of the
service by reason of the termination of the war. In tin-
Spring of 1899 he resumed his work at West Virginia I'ni
versity. While in the university he was oidiged to earn
a large part of the money with which to defrny his ex-
penses, improving every opportunity that was offered to
him to earn an honest' dollar. In spite of the fact Hint
he was largely working his way through school he was one
of the most popular members of the student body, and
when graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1901. he was
president of his class. In 1902 ho received the LL. B.
degree from the University Law School. During his senior
year in college he and a fellow student "split" the Wiles
oratorical prize of $100; while in the same year he and a
fellow student won a debating prize of $50 for the Columbia
Literary Society, of which they were members. During
the year IS99 Mr. Neely was active in the Cadet Corps of
the university, and won the gold medal for being the best
drilled cadet in the Corps. The year he graduated in law-
he was chosen in a competitive contest to represent the
West Virginia University in the Central Oratorical League,
composed of Cornell, Uuiversity of Pennsylvania, Ohio State,
Ohio Wesleyan University, Indiana University and We*t
Virginia University. In this contest he pained third honors
for his alma mater.

Mr. Neely began the practice of law at Fairmont in 1902,
and the following year formed a partnership with Henry S»
Lively, a school and fraternity mate, under the firm name
of Neely & Livelv. This has been one of the prominent law
firms of Fairmont and Marion County for nearly twenty

^Mr! Neely did not enter politics as a candidate until I his
prestige was securely established in his profession. In 19n*
he was elected mayor of Fairmont for a term of two years
on a dry ticket From 1911 to 1913 he served as clerk of
the House of Delegates of West Virginia. When the linn
John W. Davis of West Virginia was appointed solic tor
general of the United States and resigned his seat in Con-
gress, Mr. Neely entered the race for his unexpired term,
and was elected October 14, 1913, as a member of the S x y
third Congress. He was re-elected to the Sixty-fourth,

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Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth congresses, and served continu-
ously as representative of his district, the First, composed
of the counties of Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio,
Taylor and Wetzel, until March, 1921. This district is
normally republican by from 2,500 to 5,000 votes, but Mr.
Neely was repeatedly elected and served the district faith-
fully until the republican landslide of 1920, in which he
was defeated, despite the fact that he ran more than thirteen
thousand votes ahead of his ticket.

Mr. Neely was one of West Virginia's congressmen dur-
ing the critical period of the World war. One cause in
which he was especially interested was proper provisions
for the veterans of former wars, including members of the
G. A. R. During the Sixty-fifth Congress he secured the
passage of seventy-two private pension bills for veterans
or their dependents of the Civil or Spanish -American wars.
He secured by special enactment more pensions for old sol-
diers than any other man who ever represented a West Vir-
ginia district during the same length of time. In the
World war Mr. Neely worked unceasingly for the soldiers,
especially those of his district, and at the beginning of
America's participation in the struggle he proffered his
services to the President for active military duty in any
capacity, with or without a commission, expressing his will-
ingness to resign his seat in Congress. The President de-
clined his offer, stating that he could l est serve his country
in Congress. Mr. Neely was one of the hardest working
members of the national Legislature. He was very active
in the study and disposition of labor problems, and had
the complete confidence of organized labor all over the
country. He is a finished orator and able debater, and
whether in public or private life he has a great following
of enthusiastic admirers throughout his native state.

His success as a lawyer has been due to his indefatigable
and earnest labors in any ease in which his talents have
been engaged. He possesses great power as a pleader be-
fore a jury. As a citizen he is broad-minded, progressive
and liberal, with a genuine desire to fulfill to the utmost
his obligations to his fellow men. Mr. iNeely is a Knight
Templar and Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, an officer
of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, a life mem-
ber of Fairmont Lodge of Elks, and a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, lie also belongs to the
Phi Sigma Kappa, Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa college
fraternities.

October 21, 1903, Mr. Neely married Miss Alberta Clare
Ramage, of Fairmont, daughter of B. F. Ramage. Her
father was for two terms clerk of the Circuit Court for
Marion County. Mr. and Mrs. Neely have three children:
Alfred, born Oetober 5, 1904; John Champ, born January
14, 1914; and Corinne, horn December 18, 1915.

Mr. Neely was a member of the National Guard of West
Virginia from 1900 to 1911, rising from corporal to the
rank of major; and it is due to this fact that he is widely
and commonly known as "Major Neely."

George Milton Alexander, president of the Mononga-
hela Power & Railway Company, and one of the most prom-
inent and influential citizens of Fairmont, judicial eenter
of Marion County, was born on the old family homestead
farm in Cass District, Monongalia Comity, this state, No-
vember 10, 1S67, and is a son of the late John and Caroline
(Conn) Alexander. John Alexander likewise was born in
£ass District, Monongalia County, and was a son of Oeorge
Alexander, who was a native of Pennsylvania and who
became the pioneer representative of the family in West
Virginia, as now constituted. He reclaimed and developed
one of the productive farms of Monongalia County, and
continued his residence in that county until his death. John
Alexander became one of the substantial farmers of his
native county, and long continued as one of the successful
exponents of agricultural and live-stock industry in that
section of the state. He finally removed from his farm to
Morgantown, the county seat, and there his death occurred
in 1914. His wife was born near Laurel Point, in Grant
District, that county, and was a daughter of Rev. George
F. C. Conn, who was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania,
near the West Virginia line, and who became a prominent

clergyman of the Baptist Church, he having established 1
home at Laurel Point, Monongalia County, in an early d*
Mrs. Alexander passed to the life eternal in the year 19(

George M. Alexander passed the period of his ehilclho
and early youth upon the old home farm which was t
place of his birth, and in the meanwhile profited by t
advantages offered by the rnral schools, after which,
1886, he entered the University of West Virginia. In tl
institution he was graduated in 1892, with the degree
Bachelor of Science, and also that of Bachelor of Lav
He was admitted to the bar in the same year, and in On
ber, 1*92, entered upon the praetiee of his profession I
opening an office at Fairmont. He soon proved his powe
as a resourceful trial lawyer and well fortified counselor aV
in 1896 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Mali
County. Upon completing his official term of four yes
he resumed the private practice of his profession, and Iat
he became attorney for the Fairmont and Clarksburg Tra
tion Company, which was the parent company of what '
now known as the Monongahcla Power & Railway Co*'
pany. He also became attorney for the Consolidation Co;
Company. Of the former corporation he is now the presidei
He has high standing in his profession and has been sp
cially well known as a successful corporation lawyer.

On the 11th of April, 1918, Mr. Alexander volunteer*
for service in the United States Army. He was comini
sioned captain in the ordnance department and was on dm
at Washington, D. C, until he resigned his commissi*)
December 23, 1918, and returned to Fairmont. In tl|
following month he was chosen president of the Fairmoi
& Clarksburg Traetion Company, now the Monongahe
Power & Railway Company., and he has since given all <
his time to his executive duties as head of this importail
corporation.

Mr. Alexander is a member of the Fairmont Country Cluj
and the Maryland Club in the City of Baltimore. He is a
filiated with Fairmont Lodge No. 9, Ancient Free an'
Aeeepted Masons; Fairmont Lodge No. 2, Independei!
Order of Odd Fellows; Fairmont Lodge No. 294, Benevolei
and Protective Order of Elks; and the Phi Sigma Kapp 1
college fraternity. His political allegiance is given to th
democratic party, and he and his wife hold membership i<
the Christian Science Chureh. Mrs. Alexander, whose maidei
name was Gertrude Jamison, is a daughter of James M. an
Elizabeth (Boyers) Jamison, of Monongalia County. Mil
and Mrs. Alexander have two children: Virginia, who ij
the wife of Robert E. Barnes of Parkersburg, this statel
and Edward E., who is a student in a preparatory sehoc"
at Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

Capt. Ward Lanham. Now a part in the growing rc
sponsibilitics of his law practice at Fairmont, Captaii
Lanham is probably one of the best-known younger citizen
of West Virginia. He has a great following among colleg
and university men, has been a successful athletic, coachl'
but his most distinguishing record so far was made as i]
gallant American officer during the World war.

Captain Lanham was born at Newburg in Preston County!
West Virginia, May 17, 1889. His grandparents were Jame
and Malinda (Lowe) Lanham. The former was born oil
the east side of the mountains in Old Virginia, and who,
a boy his parents settled in the Bakers Creek neighbor|
hood, within the present limits of the City of Morgantown!
Captain Lanham is a son of Dr. Thomas Fleming ano
Alberta May (Shaffer) Lanham. Doctor Lanham was bonl
on his father's farm about six miles from Fairmont, ii
Marion County, in 1847, was graduated from the Fairmont!
Normal School, and received his M. D. degree from the!
College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore. Foi|
many years he enjoyed a wide, extended and successful
practice in Preston County, but for several years has mad*'
his home at Grafton in Taylor County. Doctor Lanhamj
while in Preston County had a large practice as a mining'
physician, chiefly for the mines owned by Martin L. Shaffer,
Doctor Lanham married the daughter of this prominent
coal operator, Alberta May, who was born in Preston Countj
in 1847.

Capt. Ward Lanham attended school at Newburg, grad-

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233

d from tho Grafton High School in 1908, received his
lelor of Science degree from Wesley an College at Buck-
ion in 1912, and for about five years was successfully
iged in educational work. He taught school at Grafton
coached the athletic team two years, and was then in-
:tor and coach in tho Fairmont High School one year,
iwing which he was teacher and coach in the liuekhnnnon
l School.

i 1916 Captain Lanham entered West Virginia Uni-
ity, and had carried his studies about a year when
riea declared war on Germany. He was one of the first
craity men to enter tho active service of the Govern-
1. He immediately sent his application to the War
urtment for appointment to the Oilicera Training School,
on May 10, 1917, he entered the camp at Fort Benjamin
rison, Indianapolis. He was commissioned first lieu-
nt and on August 15, 1917, was ordered to Harvard
;ersity to receive special instruction in trench warfare

r French instructors sent over for that purpose by the
>ch Government. He was detailed for duty at Camp
man, Ohio, where he was assigned to the Throe Hundred
nty-ninth Infautry in the Eighty-third Division, Head-
tors Company. Lieutenant Lanham left Camp Sher-

in April, 1918, sailed from New York City, landed at
rpool, crossed England to Southhampton, thence over
channel to LaHavre, and was immediately assigned to
Twenty-eighth Infantry, First Division. lie was with

division in service until they crossed the River Rhine,

he had the honor of being the first American officer
ross the River Mozelle into German territory and also
first to cross the River Rhine. Immediately following
battle of St. Mihiel he was commissioned captain in
ember, 1918.

le high lights in his service can best be described in
htions and abstracts from the army records. He was
1 for the Distinguished Service Cross by Brigadier Gen-
'G. C. Barnhart, and was awarded the Croix dc Guerre
he French Government.

S. Army citation: Capt. Martin W. Lanham, Regi-
. Intelligence Officer, Twenty-eighth Infantry, for dis-
lished and exceptional gailantry at Mcusc-Argonne
)ctober 6, 19IS, in the operations of the American
fditionary Forces. In testimony thereof and as an
jssion of his valor I award him this citation. Signed,

J. Pershing, Commander in Chief. Awarded March
919.

bile on German territory the following citation was
p: "December 4, 1918, in General Orders, Headquar

Germany. Capt. Martin Ward Lanham, Regiment
Iigence Officer, Twenty-eighth Infantry. Brave and
>us throughout the operations without thought of per-

danger, furnished his regimental commander valuable
necessary iuformation by keeping constantly where the
ments of the enemy might be observed; on the final
although suffering greatly from gas, volunteered and
issfully accomplished an important and dangerous mis-

upon his return waa evacuated, owing to gas burns
exhaustion. By command of Major General McGlachlin.
hd, Stephen C. Fuqua, Chief of Staff."
3nch Army, General Order, Extract D: With the ap-
i] of the General Commander in Chief A. E. F. in
Re, the Marshal of France, Commander in Chief of the
;h armies of the Government, cites in the orders of
hrmy Capt. Martin Ward Lanham of the Twenty-eighth
meat Infantry: "He gave on October 10, 1918, a
I example of courage and aang froid in volunteering
averse a zone swept by the fire of the Infantry and
lery, in order to maintain liaison between the first liue
phe post of command of his support. Signed, The
hal, Commander in Chief French Armies of the East,
n."

adquarters First Division. The Commander in Chief
aoted in this division a special private service and
state of morale never broken by hardship or battle.
I No. 20, C. H. D„ A. E. F., November 10, 1919.
•a] Order No. I, January II, 1920, cities the following
•s and soldiers for gallantry in action and especially
orioos service. First Lieut. Martin Ward Lanham,
Vot. n— 2 7

Twenty-eighth Infantry, who was wounded in action in tho
Meuse-Argonne offensive October 18-19, 101S, by command
of Major General SummernlL Signed, St«i.hen C. Fuqua
Chief of Staff.

Second Infantry Brigade, Camp Zacharv Taylor, Ken-
tucky, December 20, 1919. General Order No. 11. 1. The
Brigado Commander cites tho following officers nnd en-
listed men for gallantry in action and devotion to duty
during the operations of the Hecond Infantry Brigade in
the Meuse-Argonne offensive of October O S, 191s. Ex
tract from General Order No. 11: Capt. Martin Wnrd
Lanham, II. Q. R. S., Second Infantry Hrigade, a htnff of
ficer of tireless energy nnd endurance, resourceful, loyal
and highly courageous, he contributed greatly to the corn
plete success of the final operations of the Second Infantry
Brigade, November Ml, 1918. Signed, V. C. Mar-hall,
Brig-General.

After leaving Germany nnd before his diseharge Captain
Lanham spent aix months in the study of law in Inns of
Court at London, during which time he aNo traveled in
England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. He sailed for the
I'nited States July 1, 1919, and when the vessel was midway
home he was operated upon for appendicitis. He wan dis-
charged while an inmate of Walter Reid Hospital at Wash-
ington on September 10, 1919, nnd mustered out.

Following hia discharge from the servire Captain Lanham
returned to West Virginia University, took up his studies
in the law department, nnd graduated LL. B. with the
class of 1920. In the same year he began practice nt
Fairmont, but he also coached the West Virginia Universitv
freshman football team for 1920-1921.

Captain Lanham is a member of the American Legion,
West Virginia Department, and a Phi Knppa Psi. A bril-
liant, resourceful young native aon of the state, he pos-
sesses all the qualities to insure leadership and usefulness
in his chosen profession.

Wellsburg Bank and Trust Company. As one of the
early points of commerce and trade in the I'ppcr Ohio Val-
ley Wellsburg early became a banking town, and ninety
years ago a branch of the Northwestern Bank of Virginia
was established there. In IS71 there was organized the
Wellsburg Bank, better known as the S. <Ieorgc Hank, a
private institution and owned by him. S. George, Sr.,
was the first president of the institution. This was sue
eeeded in 1903 by the Wellsburg Bank & Trust Com
pany for the purpose of providing an institution for
strictly commercial banking and one more adapted to the
methods and needs of modern times. The late S. George
became the first president of the Wellsburg Hank & Trust
Company, with F. A. Chapman, vice president; Charle* H.
Windsor, treasurer and secretary. S. George db*d the
same year tho bank was organized and was succeeded by
his son, S. George, Jr., as president. Thi* company in
twenty years has set a high standard of commercial bank
ing. The bank has resources of $1, 500,000, deposits of
over a million, and the undivided surplus and profits ex
ceed the capital stock. The company has never passed n
dividend and for several years the dividends have been
on a ten per cent basis. All the stockholders are lo*-al
men. Since 1903 the bank ha« been housed in a building
specially erected for the purpose.

One of the charter members of the institution, and the
secretary and treasurer, is Charles R. Windsor. Mr.
Windsor was born in Brooke County, on a farm that
ia now included in the site of the town of Windsor, in
eluding the gTeat electric power plant. His father. Joshua
R. Windsor, was bom on the same farm, and the grand-
father was T. T. Windsor, one of the pioneers of that
section. Joahua Windsor died at the age of seventy-fnur.
He had spent his life as a farmer and merchant. The
mother of Charles R. Windsor was Mary J. Wiirams, who
was also born in Brooke County, and died when in middle
life. , , ,

Charles R. Windsor acquired a common-school education
and attended a business college. In 1*92 he entered the
service of the old Bank of Wellsburg, and about ten years
later took part in the reorganization of that f ank. He

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

is also a director in the George-Sherrard Paper Company
of Wellsburg. Mr. Windsor, who is unmarried, is a re-
publican in politics, is a trustee of the local lodge of
Masons, and is affiliated with West Virginia Consistory
No. 1 of the Scottish Bite.

John C. Gilmour is one of the prominent men in the coal
industry of Logan County, and from his progressive rec-
ord so far his many friends are justified in predicting for
him a splendid future. He is mine superintendent at Chaun-
cey on the Chesapeake and Ohio, about eight miles from
Logan and a mile and a half from Omar Post Office.

Mr. Gilmour was born in Scotland May 5, 1886, son of
John C. and Harriett (Hutton) Gilmour, also natives of
Scotland. His father was an experienced coal miner in the
old country, and made his first visit to the United States in
1884. Subsequently he secured properties and became an
operator in the New River Coal District in 1902. He was
one of the pioneers in developing the Cabin Creek coal field,
opening the Cherokee Coal Company's property at Lce-
wood in that district. For many years he was one of the
leading operators in this section.

John C. Gilmour, Jr., acquired a common school educa-
tion in West Virginia, his mother coming with him to this
country when he was an infant. He also attended city
schools and spent two years in Marshall College at Hunt-
ington, and in 1904 completed a commercial and bookkeep-
ing course in the Sadlers Bryant and Stratton Business
College at Baltimore. From 1904 to 1910 his work was
bookkeeping and store employment. In 1910 lie became
superintendent at Quincy, West Virginia, for the Quiney
Coal Company, remaining there two years, for one year
was superintendent for the Hughes Creek Coal Company,
and for fifteen months was with the Virginia Coal Company
at Coal Fork, West Virginia. Then followed an interval of
seventeen months when he was out of the coal industry and
was business manager and auditor for Sheltering Arms
Hospital at Hanford, West Virginia.

On September 6, 1916, he began his duties at Chauncey,
as superintendent of mines for the Litz-Smith Island Creek
Coal Company. He offered his services to the Government
during the World war, but he was told that he could do the
best possible work by remaining at the mines and keeping
up coal production.

In 1913, at Charleston, he married Miss Irene Johnson,
daughter of J. W. and Annie (Harris) Johnson, both West
Virginia people. Her father is connected with the Trans-
fer Company at Logan. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour have one
son, William C. Mr. Gilmour is arRoyal Arch Mason, also a
thirty-second degree Scottish Rite -Mason and Shriner.

James B. Aoee is a prominent young coal man of Logan
County, with home at Logan. He is superintendent of
the Shamrock Coal Company, whose operations are at
the coal village of Shamrock. This is one of the mine
properties of the Litz-Smith Coal Company.

Mr. Agee was born at Jacksboro, Tennessee, Feb-
ruary 24, 1887, son of James W. and Lassie (Hollings-
worth) Agee, also natives of Tennessee. His father for
a time was in the railroad service, and for three years
had charge of the station at Logan for the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway. Otherwise practically his entire
active life was spent in some county office in Campbell
County, Tennessee, where he was sheriff and also clerk
of the Chancery Court. James B. Agee secured a com-
mon school education at LaFollette, Tennessee, and at
the age of seventeen began work as clerk in a local
store, and some three years later came to West Vir-
ginia, in 1907, and became clerk in the commissary for
the Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company. He was there
about three years, and then came to Shamrock as store
manager and pay roll clerk for the Litz-Smith Com-
pany, owners of the Shamrock Mine. For one year he
was still manager and pay-roll clerk, and since then has
been superintendent of the mines. During the World
war it is literally true that Mr. Agee worked night
and day in order to stimulate increased production of
coal.

In December, 1910, at Delorme, West Virginia, he
married Miss Lena A. Fletcher, daughter of James H.
and Media Fletcher, natives of Kentucky. Her father
has been a railroad trainman during his active life.
The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Agee are Arnold
B., Raymond H. and Doris Ruth. The family are mem-'
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Agee is
an Elk, and in Masonry is a member of the Royal Arch
Chapter and the Knight Templar Commandery, the
Mystic Shrine, and recently has completed the route of;;
the Lodge of Perfection.

Lonzo Edwards Steele, M. D., is established in the ac<
tive general practice of his profession at Logan, judi-,
eial center of the West Virginia County of the same
name, where for the past ten years he has had a heavj^
professional practice in connection with leading coa»)
mining corporations in this section. He was also one of
the founders of the admirably equipped Logan Hospital 1
which has proved of inestimable value in providing,
proper hospital facilities in connection with miningj
operations.

Doctor Steele was born on a farm east of Williamson.!
Mingo County, on Tug River, June 2, 1880, Mingo County
at that time having been still a part of Logan County,
ne is a son of Harrison and Nancy (Hatfield) Steele,
the father having been a successful farmer and alsc
identified with the timber industry in this section of
the state, and his father, John Steele, having been al
loyal soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war. Valen-
tine Hatfield, maternal grandfather of Doctor Steele/
likewise gave valiant service as a soldier in the wai|
between the states. Doctor Steele has one brother and'
one sister: S. E. is a farmer on Tug River, and Eliza
is the wife of Scott Browning, a merchant at Meador. I
Doctor Steele is indebted to the public schools foi
his early education, and at the age of seventeen yeaif
he became a teacher in a rural district in Mingo County
He continued teaching four years, and in the meanwhuV
substantially advanced his own education through the
medium of private study and attending select schooli
during the summer vacations. In 1900 he entered th<
medical department of the University of Nashville, Ten'
nessee, and in this institution he was graduated in 1904,!
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For a yeai ( *
thereafter he served as an interne in the City Hospital
of Nash, Kentucky, and thus fortified himself further
by valuable clinical experience. He has since taker',
effective post-graduate courses in the Hospital Collegfi
at Louisville, the celebrated New York Polyclinic, aij
well as in the New York Post-Graduate Medical Col*
lege. He has availed himself also of the clinics of thi
great Mayo Brothers Hospital at Rochester, Minnesota
and those of leading hospitals in the City of Chicago.

In 1906 Doctor Steele established himself in practici
at Holden, Logan County, as physician and surgeon fo
the United States Coal & Oil Company, now known a
the Island Creek Coal Company. In the same year to
established his residence and professional headquarter
at Logan, the county seat, where he has since continue! j
his able and loyal service as a skilled physician and sur
geon. In 1915 he became associated with Doctor Far
ley in rebuilding and thoroughly modernizing the Logai
Hospital, which they have since conducted with unquall
fied success. Doctor Steele is identified with the Logai
County Medical Society, the West Virginia State Med
ical Society and the American Medical Association, an<
in the Masonic fraternity he has received the thirty
second degree of the Scottish Rite.

James Dix Tukneb, M. D. The duties of a physicia
and surgeon have engaged Doctor Turner at Chapman
ville in Logan County for over twenty years. He lo
cated there in advance of the first railroad, and ha
been one of the most useful members of the community!

Doctor Turner comes from a notable family of pro
fessional people. He was born at Matville, Raleigl
County, West Virginia, August 2, 1874, son of WilliaH|

HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

23.'.

I Martha (Iliuchuiau) Turner. Ilia grandfather was
in B. Turner, who brought his family from Patrick
inty, Virginia, to Raleigh County in 1S37. John H.
rner lived to the advanced age of ninety-seven.
Villiam Turner was born in Patrick County, Virginia,
mary 17, 18-11, while his wife was born in Logan
inty, April 11, 1848. Their home is now in Washing-
, D. C. The father is past four score and the mother
irly seventy-five, and every one of their nine children
jiving, William Turner was bitterly opposed to aeces
b and entered Ihe Union Army and served loyally
r years. He was captain of his company, ami
undid at the battle of Cros9 Keys, lie lias always
>n a republican. In a business way his active life
B spent a9 a farmer and lumberman, as trader and
veyor, and he also participated in the coal develop-
nt in his section of the state, where he owned a large
cage of land. He sold these interests in 11)01 and
loved lo Barboursville, and since 1911 his home has
>n in Washington. He has been a local minister of

► Methodist Episcopal Church, and is afliliated with
i Masonic Order and Independent Order of Odd Fel-
*s. Among the children one daughter, May, is a phy-
ian, and had charge of a lied Cross Hospital in the
iknns, married an English colonel, and she is now in
ttstautinople. She is a graduate of Ucorge Wash-
Ron University. John lioscoe Turner, one of the
.s, has gained distinction as an educator ami authority

political economy, was formerly connected with <"or-
1 University and is now Professor of Economies in
m York University. Another son, W. Wirt, is an
.truetor of architecture at Notre Dame University in
Unna, and is a graduate of the University of Wash-
[ton.

fames Dix Turner had an experience as a teacher
fore he completed his medical studies, lie attended

> Concord State Normal School at Athens, and taught
[ee terms of school in Raleigh County and one term
(Logan County. In ISiMi he entered the University
mica) College of Richmond, aud he graduated in 11)00
m the University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee,
ree different times since beginning practice he has
|cen work in the Philadelphia Polyclinic. Doctor Tur
; practiced at Marshfork in Raleigh County until
)1, when he moved to Chapmanville. That was two
irs before the railroad was completed, and he was a
Iroad physician while the line was being constructed
m Midkift to Logan. Since then his energies have
?n taken up by a general practice.

doctor Turner in 1901 married Vivian Barrett, daugh-
of R. E. Barrett, of Dry Creek, West Virginia. Their
ldren are: William E.* Thomas Pierce, James Dix,
, Fay, Joseph Bruce, Lueilc and Charmion. Doctor
rner "is afliliated with the Knights of Pythias, has
?n twice in the Grand Lodge of the Independent
der of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Knights
the Golden Eagle. He is a republican.

jLEXN'ing D. Simeral is one of Wheeling s young and
:erprising business men and is proprietor of the Owl
int Shop, the largest job printing and commercial print-
; establishment not an auxiliary of a newspaper plant
the Wheeling District.

Mr. Simeral was born at Beallsville, Ohio. February 21,
Jt. Beallsville is in Monroe County, Ohio, ami in that
tion of the state the Simerals settled in pioneer times,
•ving from Pennsylvania. Mr. Simeral's grandfather,
hn Jackson Simeral, spent all his life at Beallsville,
ere he was born in 1832 and died in 1902. For many
us he was connected with H. Miller & Company, to-
cco merchants. He was a member of the Methodist
dscopal Church. John J. Simeral married Lucretia Owens,
0 wa3 born in Maryland in 1834, and died at Wheeling
1914. They had seven children. One of them was John
abury Simeral, who for a number of years owned and
terated the Palace Hotel at Decatur, Illinois, and died at
*onto, Canada, at the age of sixty-seven. His sister,
tice, is now living at Oberlin, Ohio, the widow of John

Jeffers, who was connected with the t»i«Us d<partmmt of
the American Agricultural Chemical Company at Cleveland
Hamilton O. Simeral, father of Olcnn D., was born at
Beallsville in W>1, was r.an 1 there and luteame u g«-n
eral merchant, and in 1907 moved to Wheeliog, win re he
was nssociated for several years with the W A. l>nelur-t
Company, retail merchant-. He died at Wheeling in liH*
lie was a democrat, always inter*, ted in 1<> al pohti ■♦,
especially at Hen 11m lie. though not an oll'u < -t-ker f .r
himself. He was a deaion ami l'» r many ymr an nctne
member of the Methodist Ppiseoj a) Church, and t'raUrnu'lv
was afliliated with the Masons and Odd Pillow*. Il.'in i t» i
O. Simeral married Uosella Potts, now IMng at Merman
town, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was bom near S mi
merlield. Ohio, in I Mil, and was reared at Atlanta, Illinois,
where she was married. She is a niece of the late John
H. Dnggs judge of the Circuit Court and a very lughh
respected citizen of Eastern Ohio. Of In r children Menu
D. is the oldest. Ella Mae is the wife of Olcim <>. Pultois.
manager of the Zauesville, Ohio, oflice of the Hrad-trrrt
Company; Wilfred H. is a student in the Wheeling High
School.

Glenn D. Simeral graduated from tin 1 Heallsville High
School in littio. was a student one year in Oberlin Col
lege in Ohio, and was twenty years of age when he tie*
eompaniod his parents to Wheeling. H< re for three years
he was connected with Edward Wagner, a wholesale grocer,
and then for four years was with the Jom«j h Spcidel <iro
cerv Company. After this general training in business
Mr' Simeral organized the company and established the
Owl Print Shop, and is now sole proprietor of that pros-
perous business at 917 Market Street. The shop has a I
the facilities for expert and high class typographical work
ami does a general job printing business. Mr. Simeral is
also exclusive agent in the Panhandle of We-t Virginia
and Eastern Ohio for Art Metal Steel Office Equipments.

Mr. Simeral is a democrat and is a member of the Thorn
son Methodist Episcopal Church on Wheeling Island, lb'
is affiliated with Wheeling Lodge No. 3, A. P. and A. M.,
has attained the eighteenth degree in West Virginia Con-
sistory No. 1 of the Scottish Kite, ami is a member of
Wheeling Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Welcome Podge,
Ancient "Order United Workmen. He is a member of the
Wheeling Rotary Club and Wheeling Chamber of Com-
merce, and is a* stockholder in the Community Savings &
Loan Company in Wheeling.

September 6, 191 5. Mr. Simeral joined the color*, b^ng
■.ent to Camp A. A. Humphries in Virginia, where he was
assigned to duty as a clerk in the p« rsonnel office of the
Receiving Station, and continued there until mustered out
January 1 s. 1919. October G, 1917. Mr. Sinural married
at Wheeling. Miss Ethvl Cooper Montgomery, daughter of
George and Marv Elizabeth (UidgehO Montgomery, lb r
father, a merchant, died at Wheeling. The mother, who r«
still living at Wheeling, represents the old Colon, il tnmily
of Ridgelvs, who for several generation- lived in Old \ r-
ginia. Mr. and Mrs. Simeral have one daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, born July 31, 1921.

C. McDonald England. The development of trade and
commerce throughout the Guyan Valley is part and par
eel of the experience and life work of C. McDonal 1
England. In earlier years he traveled over the valb v
selling goods to the retail merchants, nnd has bet n
established al Logan since the first line of ra lwfv
reached that town. The institution with which m *»
of his business history is concerned is the Logan Hard
ware & Supply Company, of which he is vice jr silent,
treasurer and manager.

Mr England has been active manager s'nee the or
ganization of the company in 1904. For a number of
years the company did a wholesale and retail busmen
in several lines, but in recent years for a more eftVunt
handling of the business two subsidiary companies have
been fofmed. In 1919 the W. F. Bevill & Company was
organized to take over the retail hardware bujin. « of
the older company. Another subsidiary, es'abl shed
July 1, 1922, is the 'Logan Wholesale Furniture Company.

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HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

The president of the Logan Hardware & Supply Com-
pany is J. W. Buff of Bluefield, and C. W. Beckner is
secretary.

Mr. England was born at Covington in Alleghany
County, Virginia, March 19, 1882, a son of Br. J. E.
and Anna (McAllister) England. His mother was born
at Covington, where she is still living. Dr. J. B. Eng-
land, was born in Carroll County, Maryland, in 1842,
served as a Confederate soldier in a regiment organized
in West Virginia, and after the Civil war he studied
medicine in Baltimore. He practiced in Alleghany and
Bath counties, Virginia, in Greenbrier and Monroe coun-
ties, West Virginia, and was engaged in the arduous
duties of his profession for a number of years. The last
twenty-five years of his life he was retired from prac-
tice and lived on his farm at Covington, where he died
in 1912. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church,
was a Master Mason and a democrat. Doctor Eugland
and wife had a family of four sons and three daughters.

C. McDonald England graduated from the Covington
High School at the age of nineteen, and soon afterward
he located at Bluefield, West Virginia, where he began
his career in the hardware business as an employe of
the Bluefield Hardware Company. He remained with
that concern for three years, making acquaintances that
proved valuable to the early progress of the Logan Hard-
ware and Supply Company when he helped organize that
industry, about the time the railroad was built to Logan.
Mr. England is also vice president of the First National
Bank of Logan.

He is a public spirited citizen, has served several
terms on the City Council, has been president of the
Chamber of Commerce, is past master of Aracoma Lodge
No. 99, A. F. and A. M., high priest of Logan Chapter,
R. A. M., a member of Charleston Commandery No. 4,
K. P., has taken the Scottish Eite degrees in Hunting-
ton and in the Wheeling Consistory, and is a member
of the Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine at
Charleston. He is president of the Eotary Club of
Logan.

In 1910 Mr. England married Miss Alma H. Hines,
daughter of J. W. and Emma Hines. She was born at
Danville Virginia. They have three children: Kathryne
McAllister, Anne Elizabeth and C. McDonald, Jr. Mr.
and Mrs. England are members of the Presbyterian
Church and, like his father, he holds the post of elder
in that church. In politics he is a democrat.

^ Harry S. Gay, Jr. Some of the- most extensive opera-
tions in the Logan County field are conducted by the
Gay Coal & Coke Company, whose headquarters are
known as Mount Gay, near Logan, The active manager
of this industry for several years has been Harry S.
Gay, Jr., himself a mining engineer with a successful
experience in all the technical phases of coal mining,
here and elsewhere. The company is in an important
degree a result of the cumulative efforts and enterprise
of three generations of this family.

The founder of the family in America was Samuel
Gay, grandfather of Henry S. Gay. He was born in
England, and from an early age worked in the coal
fields of his native country. Coming to America, he
became a miner in the anthracite fields of Pennsyl-
vania. In the early days of the coal development in
Southern West Virginia he was attracted to this field
with William McQuail. For a time they conducted op-
erations under the name of the Turkey Gay Coal Com-
pany in the Pocahontas District. Samuel Gay, served as
mine inspector of the Eighth Anthracite District for
fifteen years, holding this position until the time of his
death. Finally he returned to Pennsylvania. He pos-
sessed the physical strength of an English coal miner,
was a man of resolute will, had little education himself,
and his greatest ambition apparently was to train his
own children by the best advantages obtainable so that
they might be In a position to continue his line of
work but on a higher plane, though his own success was

by no means negligible. He, therefore, sent his s(^
through the best technical schools.

H. S. Gay, Sr., a son of the pioneer and one of la
founders of the Gay Coal and Coke Company in Logi
County, was born at Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. '\
finished his higher education and technical training i
Lafayette College, and as a mining engineer he lj
handled some of the most complicated technical pr«-
lems in his profession. Most of his professional wet
was done in the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania. !•
a time he was general manager for J. Landon & Co*
pany of Elmira, New York, and also general manaf
of the Thomas A. Edison Iron Ore Mines in New Jersi.
He was consulting engineer for several mining cor],
rations at Shamokin, Pennsylvania. He paid his fi:
visit to the coal fields in Logan County in 1903 as L
engineer to report on coal lands for some Shamok
people. While here he located the Monitor-Yuma Lai
lease and incidentally acquired for himself a lease h
eight hundred acres, land on which the mines of t
Gay Coal and Coke Company are situated.

H. S. Gay, Sr., deserves the record of history as oi
of the pioneers in the development of this district, i
shipped the first car load of coal from the district j
Thanksgiving day, 1904. This coal was hauled 1
wagons from the mine to Logan and there loaded on
ear and sent out over the recently completed railro-
into the valley. The mine of the Gay Coal and Co
Company is the only one in this field of any cons;
quence that has remained under the same manageme 1
from its opening, a period of eighteen years. In 19
the company shipped two million tons of coal from tht
operations. Another feature of the record for thj
year is that not a single man was killed in the opei
tions. This company has maintained a splendid reeo <
in the handling and treatment of their employees, ai ]
this has contributed in no small measure to the succe'
and continued prosperity of the company. In the earl
years they gave preference to local men in their mint
until the period of the war made it necessary to brii |
in miners from other fields.

H. S. Gay, Sr., while still vice president and gener j
manager of the Gay Coal & Coke Company, has spe. 1
little time at the mines since 1912. He is now virtual I
retired and lives at Baltimore. When he made his fir
trip to the Logan field there was no railroad, and 1,
left the train at Dingess.on the Norfolk and Western
and the rest of the journey of about thirty miles 1
made by horseback over the mountains. As an operat
and as a mining engineer H. S. Gay, Sr., has been ass
ciated with operations in every field in West Virgini
including the New Eiver, Pocahontas, Paint Creek ai i
Cabin Creek districts. There is nothing in the miuh
industry with which he has not come in contact 1 1
practical experience. The first work he ever did arouE
the mine was running a pump in the anthracite field < '
Pennsylvania. At one time he had charge of the dee
est mine in the United States, located at Shamoki «
Pennsylvania, and owned by the Nielson Colliery Cor
pany. This mine was 2,000 feet deep.

H. S. Gay, Sr., married Lallia J. Batdorf, a native (I
Tremont, Pennsylvania. Their family consisted of t\i
sons and two daughters. The other son, Leslie N., j
a physician at Baltimore, and was a first lieutenant i |
the Medical Corps during the World war.

Harry S. Gay, Jr., who is the active representath j
of the third generation in this notable family of minei
and mine operators in America, was born at Lyken J
Pennsylvania, April 7, 1889. He was of age for acti\
military duty during the great war, and it was his sh I
cerest desire to get overseas with the troops, but tb
authorities would not permit him to leave his essentu ,
duties in the mining field. Mr. Gay is a graduate oj
the Shamokin High School with the class of 1906. Tha<
school, located in a great industrial district, offered urj
surpassed facilities for technical training and gave hii'j
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237

Prom high school he entered Lehigh University with-
mt examination, and graduated in 1910 with the degree
>f Mining Engineer. For six months following his
jraduation he was employed by the Trcmont Water
lad Gas Company, of which his father was president,
tie was then a constructing engineer with the Phila-
lelphia and Reading Railroad at Frackville, Pennsyl-
vania, and left that to come to Logan as mining eugi-
leer for the widely known firm of Pittsburgh engineers,
W. G. Wilkins & Company. Six months later, in June,
1912, Mr. Gay became assistant to his father in tho
Say Coal and Coke Company operations. Since 1914
ie has been general superintendent of the plant, and
was the responsible executive in charge throughout the
jeried of the World war.

As a mining engineer he has been identified with other
important work in these mining fields. He assisted in
building the Rum Creek Branch Railroad, assisted in
aying out the Logan Mining Company's operations, tho
Amherst Mines at Amherstdale, the McGregor Coal Com-
pany's operations at Shlagel, West Virginia, also Moni-
tor No. 3 Mine, and he surveyed all the mines on Eng-
lish Run, and other mines on Buffalo Creek.

When Mr. Gay came to the Logan field in 1912 there
were forty-two mines in operation, and at the present
time there are one hundred and thirty-five. Mr. Gay,
who ia unmarried, is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge
ind Chapter at Logan, the Elks and his College frater-
nity is the Sigma Nu. He is an active member of the
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engi-
neers.

James Garfield Hunter is a young man in years, but
with a business experience running back to the time
when he was just entering his "teens." If every man
is born with an aptitude that fits him for some form
at useful service, it is evident that Mr. Hunter had a
generous inheritance, since he has done a number of
things well, and that without any endowment of finan-
cial means or special opportunities. His activities have
been largely identified with the town of Logan since
that town was in the early stages of its development.

Mr. Hunter was born October 7, 1883, eight miles east
Df Charleston, in Kanawha County, son of Samuel and
Mary (Abbott) Hunter. His father, who was born in
Giles County, Virginia, died in 1895, at the age of sixty-
seven. His wife was a native of Kanawha County and
died there January 15, 1920, at the age of seventy-six.
Samuel Hunter was a carpenter by trade, and served
as a Union soldier in the Homo Guards during the Civil
war, was also a millwright, and bought the first flour
mills on Rock River and at Charleston. For a number
3f years he was river foreman for the Campbell Creek
Coal Company, and did an extensive business building
tipples, barges and steam boats for that corporation. He
lost his life through an accident caused by a slipping
ladder. In addition to the above named activities he
owned and lived on a farm on Elk River, in a com-
munity that was practically a wilderness when he moved
there. That land is still in the family.

It was in this country district that James Garfield
Hunter spent his early boyhood. He attended the com-
mon schools near home, and was only twelve years of
ige when his father died. That created the necessity
that he get out and find some occupation that would
contribute to the support of his widowed mother and
the other children. He has two brothers, James, a
'farmer living near the old homestead, and Luther, an
employe of the Campbell Creek Coal Company. James
3. Hunter earned his first money in the timber, and for
two years drove a mule team before he was strong
^nongh either to load or unload a wagon. He also did
farm work, and for eighteen months after reaching his
'Sfteenth birthday he was employed in a saw mill be-
onging to the Donaldson Lumber Company on Blue
•Dreek. For another two years he was in the Coal River
'District with the firm of Anderson and Bentley, in their
'jaw mill, and for the next two years was sawyer for

the Donaldson Lumber Company. Probably ao work
nround a saw mill could be enumerated in which Mr.
Hunter has not had practical experience.

At the age of twenty-one ho married Miss Ella
Brockell, daughter of J. C. Broekell. The first six
months after he married he lived on a farm, and then
removed to Cabin Creek, where for five years he was
manager of two saw mills owned by Charles Cabell.
The next formed a business association with his futhcr's
old company, tho Campbell Creek Coal Company, having
a contract to eupply mining timber to that corporation.
On leaving tho Campbell Company Mr. Hunter moved to
Logan, which was then a comparatively new town. For
eighteen months he was engineer for the Wilson Coal
Company, and then engaged in the taxi business, own-
ing the second automobilo in the town, lie was in this
work two years, then opened and conducted a restaurant
for three years, and following that ho bought a block
of stock in tho Deere Undertaking Company, and has
since been manager of that establishment. Through
these various changes Mr. Hunter has steadily promoted
himself to something better and has been one of the
really prosperous citizens of Logan.

He and Mrs. Hunter have five children: Averill,
Marie, Mary, Belle and Jean. Averill is now attend-
ing Stewart College. Mr. Hunter is affiliated with tho
Knights of Pythias, tho Elks, tho Moose, has taken the
Rose Croix degree in Scottish Rite Masonry at Hunting-
ton, and is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Chap-
ter in Logan. Politically he is a republican.

Ray E. Matticks is the authorized Logan County rep-
resentative in the salo of the Ford cars, tractors and
accessories. He has been with the Ford Company sev-
eral years, beginning in the largo plant and ofllces at
Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Matticks has the record of an
ex-service man in the great war.

Mr. Matticks was born at Newark, Licking County,
Ohio, December 28, 1891, Bon of David and Gertrude
(Legge) Matticks. His father, a native of Kentucky,
died in 1907, at the age of forty-eight at Newark, Ohio,
where for a quarter of a century ho was in the job
printing business. Tho firm Matticks and Company was
a very prosperous one and had a reputation for the very
highest class of work in printing. David Mattieks was
active in republican politics, and for a number of years
was in the City Council. He was tho father of two
children, Ray E. and Mrs. Roy Brenholts of Columbus,
Ohio.

Ray E. Matticks was educated in the Newark gram-
mar and high schools, and for a time attended Ohio State
University. While in university he had an active part
in athletics and was a member of the freshmen foot
ball team.

A large part of his business experience has been in
the field of machinery and automobiles. In 1912 he
was employed by the Jcffery Manufacturing Company,
manufacturers of locomotives and mining machinery at
Columbus, in their offices and auditing department.
LateT he was a commercial salesman in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois for J. II. Swisher and Com-
pany of Newark, stogie manufacturers. Following that
he was with the Moore Oil Company at Columbus.

He entered the service of the Ford Motor Company
with the J. Renner Auto Sales Company, the Ford rep-
resentative at Columbus. He left that concern and on
May 17, 1917, a few weeks after America declared war
against Germany, and volunteered in the Ohio National
Guard. He was assigned to the Ordnance Department
at Camp Sheridan, Alabama, and continued in service
until discharged in January, 1919. He entered the army
as a private, was promoted to first sergeant, and at his
discharge had recommendations for a lieutenant's com-
mission. , . .

On leaving the army he at once resumed Ins connec-
tions with the Ford Motor Company in the assembly
plant at Columbus. Three months later he was made
assistant chief clerk, in charge of the Columbus offices.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

On September 11, 1920, he eame to Logan, Weat Vir-
ginia, to take over the Ford ageney. Mr. Mattieks knows
automobiles thoroughly, and is also a past master sales-
man.

In July, 1919, he married Miss Garnett, a daughter
of William and Elizabeth Wright, of Columbus. They
have one daughter, Margaret Jane. Mr. and Mrs. Mat-
tieks are members of the First Episcopal Church. He
is affiliated with Columbus Lodge of Elks, No. 37, Frank-
lin Post No. 1, American Legion, at Columbus, and is
a member of the Phi Delta Theta College Fraternity.

Charles Alexander Martin, M. D. Some of the most
important service rendered by the medical profession
in West Virginia is that given by the physicians and
surgeons who attended the eases of illness and injury
among the population grouped around the mines. That
has been the serviee of Doctor Martin practically ever
sinee he graduated from medieal college, and since 1913
his home and headquarters have been at Amherstdale
in Logan County.

Doctor Martin was born in Dawson, Greenbrier County,
December 5, 1879, son of Obediah C. and Sallie (Lowry)
Martin. Obediah C. Martin, who died in 1893, at the
age of sixty-eight, was a native of Greenbrier County,
son of Joseph Martin, and followed farming and the
carpenter trade as his life's occupation and became very
well to do. He was a democrat in politics. Doctor Mar-
tin has two brothers, Joseph L., in business at Charles-
ton, and William L., at Springdale. The mother of these
sons died in April, 1880, at the age of thirty-five years.

Doctor Martin was five months old when his mother
died, and he was reared in the home of her uncle,
Thomas Lowry, at Springdale. He attended public
school in Fayette County, and he had to make every
opportunity count to provide for his own living and
secure a higher education. At the age of eighteen he
became a teaeher, and he taught six terms of school
in Fayette County, at $35.00 per month. During 1900
he attended Marshall College at Huntington, and from
1904 to 190S pursued his medieal studies in the Uni-
versity of Louisville. In 1919 he again returned to his
alma mater for post graduate study. After graduating
in 1908 he practiced four and a half years around the
mines at Harvey and Fayette County, and then eame
to Amherstdale, about the time the mines were being
opened in this section of Logan County. His practice
as a mining physician and surgeon has associated him
with the Amherst Coal Company, Proctor Coal Com-
pany, Buffalo Eagle Coal Company, Madne Coal Company
and Proctor Eagle Coal Company. At one time he had
charge of the practice for about eleven mines.

Doctor Martin in 1913 married Beulah Thrash of
Boane County, West Virginia, daughter of C. C. Thrash.
They have two children: Bess and Shirley. Mrs. Mar-
tin is a member of the Methodist Church. Doctor Martin
is affiliated with McDonald Lodge No. 103, F. and A. M.,
at Mount Hope, the Boyal Arch Chapter of Thurmond,
West Virginia Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Eite
at Wheeling, and Beni Kedem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
He is a member of the Logan County, West Virginia State
and Ameriean Medical Associations. Doctor Martin
has been a personal witness of nearly all the important
phases in the development of Buffalo Valley. In 1899 he
drove a wagon down the valley, long before a railroad
was built or before the operation of the mines was con-
sidered.

Walter Wallace Johnson has effectively demonstrated
his executive ability and progressive business policies
in his serviee as manager of the Welch Sales Company,
of Welch, McDowell County, this corporation being local
representative in the sale of the Ford automobiles and
the Fordson trucks and tractors, the business having
been established by him and his elder brother, J. Frank
Johnson, Jr.

Mr. Johnson was born at Peerville, a village now
known as English, in McDowell County, and the date

of his nativity was March 13, 1878. He is a son
J. Frank and Marinda (Compton) Johnson, the form
of whom was born at Bristol, Tennessee, in 1830, ai
the latter in Buckhannon County, Virginia (now We
Virginia), in 1858. The parents were for many yea
residents of McDowell County, and here the father dij
in 1908 and the mother in 1917. J. Frank Johnson w;
reared in a home of comparative affluence and reeeiv.
a liberal education. He was in his young manhood i
successful teaeher in the schools of McDowell Count}
and he was called upon to serve in various local offic
of public trust, including those of county sheriff ai
county clerk, of which latter be was the incumbe
twenty-six years. As a soldier of the Union in t)
Civil war he took part in many engagements, was ca
tured by the enemy on more than one oecasion and w
to have been shot, but contrived to make his escap
He was a life-long democrat, but his two sons hail
been republicans from the time of casting their fir f
votes. Besides the two sons the family circle includt I
four daughters, all of whom survive the honored parent' \

Walter W. Johnson continued to attend school unl I
he was twenty-two years of age, and thereafter wM
for a short time engaged in the teaming business. l|l
then became associated with his brother in establishin 1
the Johnson Printing Company, through the medium ( I
which they were for sixteen years editors and publishc I
of the McDowell Record, which they made an effectiv I
exponent of local interests and also of the cause of ti l
republican party. After their retirement from the new I
paper business they formed the present Welch Sah *
Company, and erected a garage which in general facil I
ties and equipment is conceded to be one of the bei I
in Southern West Virginia. The McDowell Record wjI
the first newspaper established in McDowell County an'l
was founded by the father of the subject of this sketcl '
He first published the paper at English and later r<l
moved the plant and business to Welch, the count ]
seat, where his sons eventually succeeded him in thl
ownership and management of the business. The eldcj
of the two brothers, J. Frank Johnson, Jr., is now 1
member of the County Court of McDowell County an I
is extensively interested in coal development in thi j
section of the state, besides which he has served a
county sheriff and as mayor of the City of Welch.

As previously stated, Walter W. Johnson is a repul
lican in political allegiance. He is affiliated with th ■
local Blue Lodge and Chapter of the Masonic Fratei '
nity and also with the Knights of Pythias, and his wif -
is an active member of the Baptist Church.

August 1, 1907, recorded the marriage of Mr. Johnsaj
and Miss Bessie Beard, who was born in Gates Count} I
Virginia, a daughter of James E. Beard. Mr. and Mrs
Johnson have two children, Elizabeth and Thelma.

Thomas Edward Hodges was one of those rare men wh
seem able to translate broad and generous ideals into deed
of practical and useful service. It was not any one achievt I
ment that distinguished him, but rather a lifetime of cor
secutive work and performance of duty. He was a populal
figure in the sense that he lived with and worked among th|
people and exerted a constant influence and helpfulness i
whatever relationship he was placed. This quality of hi
character should be emphasized even beyond the fact that h
gained some of the highest offices in his native state.

In his case the facts that constitute the formal materia j
of biography are as follows: He was born on his father ';,
farm near Buckhannon in Upshur County, December 13 j
1858, one of the three children of John Henry and Meliss;!
Margaret (Humphreys) Hodges. The environment in whicl'
he lived during his boyhood was not one from which bd
could have derived any of the talented and permanen -
influences that moulded his career. It was rather the as!
pirations and energy within him that reached out an( ,
procured peculiar values from normal advantages. He atl
tended district schools, then entered the old French Creel'
Academy, where he was graduated in 1877, and in the
same year entered the West Virginia University where he

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239

as graduated A. B. in 1881. Ia 1SS4 he received the
.'aster of Arts degree from the University. In the mean-
me, beginning in 1881 and continuing until 18S6, ho was
-incipal of the Morgaatown public schools. Many years
ter, in recognition of his high scholarship aud attain-
ents, Waynesburg College bestowed upon him the degree
octor of Science in 1909, and Washington and Jefferson
allege constituted him a LL. D. in 1919. From the public
hools of Morgantown he became principal of Marshall
ollege. the State Normal Sehool at Huntington, in 1886,
id that institution thrived under his management for ten
>ars. In 1S96 he was recalled to West Virginia Univer-
ty as Professor of Physics, a ehair he held until 1909.
i that year Governor William E. Glasscock appoiuted him
member of the State Board of Control, a new organiza-
on to which was assigned the duties of administering state
stitutions. A year later he resigned to accept the prcsi-
?ncy of West Virginia University, though by law he eould
•t enter upon the duties of that office for one year, a
«ne he utilized partly in travel abroad. .July 1, 1911,
j began his duties as University head and was formally
augurated November 3d of that year. Some of the rea-
ms that made his choice a very popular one are suggested
. the following quotations from the Charleston Gazette
: that time: "The action of the State Board of Kegents

selecting Thomas E. Hodges to take the place at the
»ad of the State University to be made vacant by the
•signation of President D. P. Purinton was the most
•finite piece of wisdom that has taken place in the history
? the state's educational system. There is no higher man

the state than Tommy Hodges, and there is no man
ho is so definitely identified with all that is good in the
:ate University. There is not a single student past or
•esent of the university who has ever known Tommy
odges who is not rejoicing at the choice of the regents,
oniuiy Hodges is the student 's friend. He has the in-
rests" of the students at heart." While the West Vir-
nia educator commented qn his selection in these words:
He is regarded as one of the few men possessed of all
e qualities necessary to make a good university president,
e is, moreover, particularly well fitted for the presidency
! the head sehool of West Virginia. Born and bred within
fcr borders, he has imbibed the spirit of growth which
is become characteristic of the state in every phase of
fe and he truly appreciates the magnitude of her possi-
lities. A man among mea, a scholar among scholars,
iting his action to his word, he will be able to meet every
•mand made upon him occasioned by the new career upon
Inch the university has entered. He is wisely progressive
id possessed of strong convictions, but he will never
ing a revolution of destruction leaving waste and failure

his wake. He will conserve and organize all the re-
tirees of the university and direct its energies toward
»ing the greatest possible service to the state."
All this promise was abundantly fulfilled during the
ree years he was university head. Then, in 1914, he
elded reluctantly to the persistent demand of his party
id resigned to become democratic nominee for Congress-
an at Large. He made a splendid campaign but was
feated by Howard Sutherland. In July, 1915, Mr. Hodges
cepted Ihe unsought appointment as postmaster of Mor-
mtown, and to the duties of that office he devoted the
st years of his life.

Dr. Hodges was chairman of the Democratic State Com-
ittee in 1908, and in that year was a candidate for the
ibernatorial nomination, and in 1912 was again urged to
cept the nomination for governor, but declined.
Aside from his prominence in educational and political
rcles Doctor Hodges was a very able banker and financier,
i 1896 he assisted in organizing the Morgantown Sav-
es & Loan Society, and was its secretary until 1909.
sis corporation became the largest of its kind in the Upper
onongahela Valley, and its success meant the more to
r. Hodges because through it he was able to aid many
organtown people in building their homes. He was one
the organizers in 1906, and from that year president of
e Bank of Morgantown. He was a director of the

Farmers' aud Merchants' Hank, and treasurer of the Chnp-
lin Collieries Company.

Doctor Hodges gradunted at college as a "distinguished
cadet" and later for some years was identified with the
West Virginia National Gunrd, serving successively as
major and colonel in the Second Regiment of Infantry and
as brigade instructor of Small Arms Practice with tho rank
of major on the staff of the general commanding the West
Virginia Infantry Brigade. He was nlso nt one time com
mandaut of the West Virginia University Cadets. Hi-
served on the Hoard of Eastern Colleges in intercollegiate
athletics, was a memher of the L*ol1i»ge Hoard of the Pres
byterian Church, for six years was a trustee of Dnvia anil
Elkins College, and was a member of the Hoard of Trustees
of West Virginia Odd Fellows Home, lie was a Mason,
a Phi Beta Kappa honor man and a member of the Knppa
Alpha fraternity and the Morgantown Hotary Club. Doctor
Hodges was an impressive speaker and in constant demand
as a lecturer before educational meetings throughout West
Virginia and neighboring states. He had become a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church at French Creek in \s~K,
and was one of West Virginia's most prominent laymen
in that denomination. For many years he was an elder in
his church at Morgantown.

October 5, 1S82, Doctor Hodges married Mary Amelia
Hayes, daughter of Manliff Hayes, of Morgantown. He is
survived by Mrs. Hodges and two children: Grace, wife of
Osear F. Gibbs of Columbus, Ohio; and Charles Edward
Hodges.

Thomas Edward Hodges died at Morgantown July L'i.
1919, in his sixty-first year. For all the numerous activi-
ties that have been brielly reviewed it was the elements of
his character that made him one of the great figures in
West Virginia life. An editorial tribute in the New
Dominion read as follows:

"It was the grand old man of education in West Vir-
ginia that passed on yesterday when Colonel Thomns Ed-
ward Hodges died. No man in Morgantown had more
friends or more deserved them, for Colonel Hodges was
first of all a friend of Morgantown and of all the good
souls in it.

"He was a tireless worker for the advancement of his
fellowmen. To do the kindly, friendly thing — that seemed
to be his first impulse. Whether in the highest chair of
the State University, of which he was a prime fnctor in
its development, or as local postmaster, his foremost thought
was to be of service. A companion of great and renowned
men, he was still a friend to the friendless, and who can
doubt that his very thoughts and his heart of love helped
to make the world a happier place to live in? His time,
his talents, his dollars were always available and his gno<]
cheer was inexhaustible. He was one of the "old timers"
of the best sort and lived his square and honorable life
according to the best traditions of the Mountain Side.

"As an educational figure he won national fame; as u
church worker he was the coadjutor of the leaders of his
denomination; as a politician he was the trusted advisor
of the democratic party of the state. He was the beloved
father of a family of whom he wa9 proud and who live to
do honor to his name. It can truly be said of Colonel
Hodges what cannot be so truly said of many men — that
his life was a well rounded success. Men may come and
men may go, but there never will he another just like
Colonel Hodges. The whole state will lament his going
and cherish his memory."

Perhaps a better and closer approximation to the essen-
tial element3 of his career and character is contained in
another editorial tribute, published after his death by the
Morgantown Post:

"There is not a city, town or village in the state of
West Virginia where men and women, some of them past
middle age, others just fairly beginning life's active duties,
will not pause to recall with kindly affection their asso-
ciations in one capacity or another with Thomas Edward
Hodges, whose splendid earthly career ended Sunday morn
ing. In the larger cities there will be hundreds to whom
his death will mean a personal loss, while in the sma 1

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country village there may be only one or two who were
privileged to know him, but without exception their senti-
ments will be the same. Not many men so live and act
that this remarkable tribute may be justly paid them, but
there is none who will question the propriety of its appli-
cation here. In the field of 'scholarship, he had earned
the title of doctor. In military rank he was a colonel be-
cause of military service faithfully performed. In service
to his state he was properly referred to as honorable. To
thousands whom he had instructed he was professor. In
business associations, in military service, as lecturer, pub-
licist, and political leader he numbered thousands among
his associates, acquaintances and friends, but those to whom
his life and character meant most, and to whom his death
will bring siucerest sorrow, are the students who knew him
outside of the class room as 'Tommy' Hodges. And this
is because in his big, whole-hearted, sympathetic way, he
understood the heart of youth. His faith in young men
and young women was boundless, and this they understood
— and loved him.

"He achieved in many fields a distinction for which
most men strive for but one. His scholastic, civic and
religious attainments were extraordinary. His wholesome
optimism, his limitless energy, his fondness for clean sport,
his sound business judgment and probity, his spiritual un-
derstanding, his devotion to his church aud family, his high
patriotism, his faith in humanity, his unwillingness to be-
lieve evil, his staunch friendship, and his devotion to right
as he saw it, were all attributes worthy of admiration, but
in his genuine affection for the young men and women
who came to him for instruction, and his unfailing sym-
pathy with all of their activities and aspirations, his clear
understanding of their hearts and his willingness to serve
them, not only as their instructor but as their friend and
associate, is builded his best and most lasting memorial.
The state and this community have lost a magnificent type
of citizen in the death of Doctor Hodges; the students" of
former years mourn the death of a friend and comrade. ' '

Charlfs Edward Hodges, only son of the eminent West
Virginia educator and banker, the late Thomas Edward
Hodges, has in a brief but intensely active career proved
the possession of many of the admirable qualities which
distinguished his father. The son made a fine record as a
soldier and officer with the Expeditionary Forces in France,
was abroad nearly two years, and not long after his return
to Morgantown he bought and is editor and publisher of
The New Dominion, the leading morning newspaper.

Charles Edward Hodges was born in Huntington, West
Virginia, September 27, 1892. He graduated from Mor-
gantown High School in 1909, from West Virginia Uni-
versity with the A. B. degree in 1913, and also did
post-graduate work in international law and diplomacy.

From 1913 until May, 1917, his duties were those of a
reporter and editor for local Morgantown newspapers. He
was one of the early volunteers for service when America
entered the war with Germany. He enlisted as a private
in Company A of the Fifth Reserve Engineers at Pittsburgh,
July 1, 1917, with this command he went overseas, and
was on duty in France for twenty-two and a half months.
In October, 1917, he was promoted to sergeant and in
March, 1918, was sent to the Army Candidates School at
Langres in Haute Marne District, where he graduated with
the rank of second lieutenant of infantry in July, 1918.
He was assigned to the 359th Infantry, 90th Division, but
later transferred to the 143rd Infantry of the 36th Divi-
sion. With this command he participated in the Meuse-
Argonne campaign, in the offensive action along the Cham-
paign front, and before the armistice was promoted from
first lieutenant to captain. After the armistice he re-
mained with the 36th Division until that command re-
turned home on June 1, 1919. During the Meuse-Argonne
fighting he was cited in orders of the French Army Corps,
with which his division was operating, and was recom-
mended for the Croix de Guerre. Before returning home
Captain Hodges was offered a place on the United States
Food Commission at Berlin, but declined that opportunity
for service in order to return home, the health of his father

being theu very critical. For about a year he looked afte 1
his father's interests and in November, 1919, with R. B \
Jarvis, bought The News Dominion, one of the newspaper I
with which he had been employed in former years. He v f
now president of The Dominion News Company, a pur.
lishing company, and has active charge of the editoria I
aud general business management of this influential news! *
paper.

Captain Hodges attended the National Democratic Corl
vention in San Francisco in 1920, and was a member o 1
the headquarters staff of John W. Davis, candidate for th
nomination for president. He is a memher of the variou, |
Masonic bodies at Morgantown, including Morgantow)' I
Union Lodge No. 4, Morgantown Commandery No. 16 1
Knights Templar, Morgantown Lodge of Perfection No. 6 1
of which he was secretary, and is also a member of Wes I
Virginia Consistory and Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrin. I
at Wheeling. He is a member of the West Virginia Alphr
Chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity. Cap,!
tain Hodges was representative of the 36th Division ii»
the meeting at Paris, France, where the American Legioi I
was formally organized, and since his return home lie ha. I
been an executive official of Morgantown Post No. 2. Hi I
served as president of the Morgantown Rotary Club fo:. I
1921-22.

Henry Fairbanks Warden is a young man who ha. I
shown fine executive and administrative ability in connectioi I
with the coal-mining industry in West Virginia, when I
he is general manager of the Williams Pocahontas Coa I
Company at War, McDowell County, besides being gen ; j
eral manager also for the Orinoco Mining Company I
Orinoco, on Pond Creek, Tike County, Kentucky. His
residence and official headquarters are maintained all
Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia.

A scion of staunch Colonial ancestry in New England I
Mr. Warden was born in the town of Monroe, Graf tor H
County, New Hampshire, on the 29th of May, 1893, ancjj
he is a son of Alexander and Susie (Fairbanks) Warden I
both likewise natives of Monroe, Grafton County, Ne^l
Hampshire, where the father was a representative mer-|
chant and farmer and influential in political circles and ifl
public affairs of a local order. He died in 1908, at thd.
age of seventy-four years. The first wife of Alexandeil
Warden bore the maiden name of Lucy Flint, and his'j
second wife, mother of the subject of this review, died J
in 1907, at the age of forty-four years. Mr. Warden"
served as draft officer in his native county in the period /
of the Civil war, and he represented his county in the I
State Legislature, served as its sheriff, was city clerk I
and postmaster at Monroe, and held other positions of 1
trust. A man of inviolable integrity and mature judg- j
ment, he was a guide and counsellor in his community J
and commanded unqualified popular confidence. He was!
one of the builders of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1
edifice at Monroe, and was one of the most zealous and -
liberal members of this church. His political allegiance ]
was given to the republican party and he was affiliated |
witli the Masonic fraternity. He passed the last seven I
years of his life in supervising his farms and other prop-.]
erty interests. Alexander Warden was a member of a I
family of eleven sons and two daughters, and his father, I
Andrew Warden, was one of the substantial citizens of I
Monroe, Grafton County, New Hampshire, at the time "
of his death. Alexander and Lucy (Flint) Warden had i
one son, Oliver S., who is now owner aud manager of I
the Great Falls Daily Tribune at Great Falls, Montana. I
Of the three children of the second marriage Henry F.
of this sketch is the eldest. David R. is chief inspector I
and chemist in the employ of W. C. Atwater &. Com-
pany at Bluefield, West Virginia. He was a student at I
Norwich University at Northfield, Vermont. In the 4
World war period he was with the Near East Relief I
Commission in Turkey and Armenia, a service with
which ho was connected eighteen months before his re- 1
turn to the United States. Ralph B., a youth of seven-
teen years (1922), resides with his brother, Henry F., I
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241

The early education of Henry F. Warden was acquired
n the public schools of his native county and was sup-
ilemented by a four years' course at St. Johnsbury Acad-
my, a leading preparatory school at St. Johnsbury,
Vermont. Thereafter he held a clerical position with
ioston & Moutann Smelting Company at Great Falls,
dontana, now a subsidiary of the famous Anaconda
>melting Company, and upon his return to the East he
ook a course in technical and industrial chemistry at
'ratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, iu which institu-
ion he was graduated in 1913. Soon afterward ho came
o Bluefield, West Virginia, and took the position of
heinist in the office of the Pocahontas Coko Company,
eighteen months later he became chief inspector and
hemist for William C. Atwatcr & Company, his duties
avolving inspection of coal mines and their products
ind the preparation of coal for market, lie retained
his position until he was made manager of the Wil-
ams Pocahontas Coal Company and the Orinoco Min-
ug Company's properties, owned by the Oriental Navi-
gation Company, New York City, who are in a position
o ship their coal from the West Virginia and Kentucky
oal fields to all parts of the world. The Oracle, official
>ublicaticn of the Oriental Navigation Company, in one
•f its recent issues published a full-page portrait of
dr. Warden, who is probably the youngest general man-
ager of coal-mining corporations to be found in West
Virginia.

In 1915 Mr. Warden married Miss Ethel Witt, daugh-
er of J. F. Witt, of Bluefield, and the two children of
his union are Henry Fairbanks, Jr., and James Alex-
.nder. Mr. and Mrs. Warden are members of the Bland
street Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and are popu-
ar in the representative social circles of their home
ity.

Walter Allen Carr, M. D. In the practice of his pro-
ession Doctor Carr is associated with Dr. David D.
latfield, the former maintaining his headquarters at
•Var and the latter at Yukon, both in McDowell County.
U partners the doctors have charge of the medical
ind surgical work at the mines of the following named
orporations on Dry Fork and on the line of the Norfolk
k Western Railroad: Warrior Coal Company, Williams
J ocahontas Coal Company, War Creek Coal Company,
)omestic Pocahontas Coal Company, Yukon Pocahontas
3oal Company, Buckhannon Coal Company, Dry Fork
3oal Company, Sawyer Pocahontas Coal Compauy, Dry
?ork Colliery Company, and Flat Top Coal Company.
Saeh of these physicians also has a comprehensive and
mportant private practice of general order.

Doctor Carr was born at New Hope, Mercer County,
>Vest Virginia, December 9, 1882, and is a aon of Ed-
vard B. and Mary (Ellison) Carr, the former of whom
ikewise was bom at New Hope, in 1855, and the lat-
er of whom was born in Grayson County, Virginia, in
LS62, a granddaughter of Rev. Matthew Ellison, a dis-
inguished and revered pioneer clergyman of the Baptist
Church in what is now West Virginia. Edward B. Carr
nras the third student to enroll his name at the Concord
formal School at Athens, and he has long maintained
ligh prestige as a successful and popular teacher in the
ichools of this state, the while he has taken special
latisf action in inducing many of his pupils to attend
lis alma mater, the State Normal School at Athens.
3e has wielded large and benignant influence as an
nstructor and counselor of young men and women, his
ibiding sympathy and tolerance have been ahown in
luman helpfulness, and he has ever been instant in the
tiding of those in suffering and distress. It is pleasing
;o note that his son, Doctor Carr of this sketch, has
mown the same gracious attitude and gives his profes-
uonal service as well aa other aid to those in need,
just as willingly and earnestly to those who have no
neans of paying him as to those in affluent circum-
stances. Further than this, the Doctor attributes much
)f his professional success and advancement to the aid
ind goodly counsel of his honored father. Edward B.

Carr taught in numerous rural schools in Mercer County
and also at the normal school at Athens, where ho and
his wife now maintain their homo. They aro zealous
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and
ho has been a teacher in tho Sunday School for many
years. He is independent in politics nnd is affiliated
with tho Masonic fraternity. His father, Col. Shannon
Carr, who was born in Wythe County, Virginia, repre-
sented tho Old Dominion Stato as a gallant soldier und
officer of the Confederacy in the Civil war, in which he
was colonel of a regiment of Virginia infantry. Ho was
a resident of Mercer County, West Virginia, at the time
of his denth, and had served many years as sheriff of
that county. Edward B. and Mary (Ellison) Carr be-
came the parents of five children: l)r. Edward S., a
graduate of tho University College of Medicine of Vir-
ginia, is a representative physician and surgeon at Nar-
rows, that state; Mabel M. is the wife of S. C. Thorn-
ton, of Princeton, West Virginia; Alice is (1922) a popu-
lar teacher in the public schools at War, McDowell
County; Dr. Arthur B. graduated in the Medical Col-
lege of Virginia, at Richmond, and is now a professional
assistant of his brother, Dr. Walter A., who is the eldest
of the children. Dr. Arthur B. Carr was a member of
the Students Army Training Corps during the period of
America's participation in the World war.

Dr. Walter A. Carr reverts with satisfaction that the
major part of his preliminary education was acquired in
schools taught by his father. Thereafter ho continued
his studies in the Concord State Normal School at Athens
until 1902, after which he taught school one term in
Mercer County. In 1907 he graduated in the College of
Physicians aud Surgeons in the City of Baltimore, Alary-
land, and after thus receiving his degreo of Doctor of
Medicine ho engaged in practice at Palmer, Braxton
County. Three months later he joined his brother
Edward S. in practice at Narrows, Virginia, where he
remained eighteen months. Since that time he has been
doing admirable professional service in the coal fields of
McDowell Count)-, West Virginia, where he now main-
tains his residence and office in the village of War.
The doctor holds membership in the McDowell County
Medical Society, West Virginia State Medical Society,
and the American Medical Association. He is independ-
ent in politics, and in the Masonic fraternity he is affili-
ated with the Blue Lodge at Narrows, Virginia, and
with the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Northfork,
McDowell County.

In 1909 Doctor Carr wedded Miss llcttio Altizer,
daughter of William Altizer, of Ilarman, Virginia, aod
her death occurred in January, 1913, ono sou, Walter
Hatfield Carr, surviving her. In 1917 was recorded the
marriage of Doctor Carr and Miss Elva M. Ward, daugh-
ter of George W. Ward, of Inez, Kentucky, nnd the two
children of this union are a winsome little daughter,
Betty May, and a baby boy, James Arthur.

James D. McLaugiilin. At Kermit, Mingo County, Mr.
McLaughlin is the efficient and popular general manager of
the Earlston Coal Company, one of the important producing
companies of this district.

Mr. McLaughlin was born at Perrysville, Ohio, September
11, 1885, and is a son of Rev. Harvey McLaughlin and
Maria (Glasgow) McLaughlin, both of sterling Scotch
lineage. Rev. Harvey McLaughlin was born iu what is now
Braxton County, West Virginia, where he was reared on the
farm of his father, and after attending Dennison University,
in the State of Ohio, he completed a divinity course in tho
theological seminary in the City of Louisville, Kentucky,
hia ordination to the ministry of the Mi.->onary Baptist
Church having occurred when he was twenty five years of
age. While pastor of a church at Perrysville, Ohio, his
marriage to Miss Maria Glasgow was solemnized, she being
a representative of an old and well-known Ohio family
After his marriage Mr. McLaughlin held other pastoral
charges in Ohio, and in 1893 he returned to We*t Virginia
and became pastor of the church at Alderson. Greenbrier
Countv, where he remained four years. Thereafter he held

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various pastoral charges in the coal districts of the state.
He was sixty-six years of age at the time of his death, in
October, 1917, his wife having died when their son James

D. , of this review, was a child.

After the death of his mother James D. McLaughlin was
taken into the home of his maternal grandfather at Per-
rysville, Ohio, where he continued his studies in the public
schools until his graduation from the high school in 1903.
Thereafter he attended a preparatory school at Wooster,
Ohio, and after leaving this institution he was for two years
a student in Dennison University, his father's alma mater.
In 1910 he was graduated as a Civil Engineer from Ohio
State University, and for two years thereafter he was pro-
fessionally associated with the firm of Clark & Krebs at
Charleston, West Virginia. He passed the next year in the
service of the Milburn Coal & Coke Company on Paint
Creek, and from 1913 to 1919 he was with the New River
& Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, in the engineer-
ing department, at Berwind, McDowell County. He then
took charge of the Earlston Coal Company, of which Henry

E. Harman is president, and as general manager he has
developed the Earlston plant from a wagon mine into one of
the best equipped in this field. He is a republican in poli-
tics and is affiiliated with the Masonic fraternity.

In 1919 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McLaughlin
and Miss Louise Stealey, daughter of John E. Stealey, of
Clarksburg, she being a graduate of the University of West
Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin have one child, Miriam
Louise.

William H. Price, M. D. With headquarters in the vital
industrial village of Chattaroy, Mingo County, Doctor Price
finds ample demand upon his time and attention in connec-
tion with his official professional service as mine physician
and surgeon for the Buffalo Thacker Coal Company, Fair
Branch Coal Company and Wygart Coal Company, all of
which are operating in this immediate vicinity.

Doctor Price was born at Montvalc, Bedford County, Vir-»
ginia, October 7, 1879, and is a son of Dr. Samuel H. and}
Frances (Harris) Price, the latter of whom died in the
year 1898. Dr. Samuel H. Price was born in Pittsylvania
County, Virginia, is now (1922) sixty-nine years of age,
and has long been a representative physician and surgeon in
Bedford County, that state, where he still maintains his
home at Montvale. He was graduated in the medical de-
partment of the University of Virginia in 1875, and he is
one of the honored and influential citizens of Bedford
County, of which he has served twenty-one years as treas-
urer, and prior to his election to that office he had been
for five years a member of the County Board of Supervisors.
He is a staunch democrat, is affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity, has been for forty years an elder in the Pres-
byterian Church and is interested in many business enter-
prises. Of the children two sons and one daughter arc
living. Dr. Samuel 0. was engaged in the practice of his
profession at Maybeury, McDowell County, West Virginia,
at the time of his death, when twenty-six years of age, he
previously having been connected with hospitals at New-
port News, Virginia, and Huntington and Welch, West Vir-
ginia. Dr. Howard E., another of the sons, is a graduate
of the Medical College of Virginia, and is now engaged in
the practice of dentistry at Altavista, Virginia. Mary Ross
Price, the one surviving daughter, is the widow of Dr. Wal-
ter S. Slicer, who received his degree of D'octor of Medicine
from the University College of Medicine and who was en-
gaged in the practice of his profession at Cripple Creek,
Virginia, when he entered the medical corps of the United
States Army for service in the World war, he having held
the rank of captain and having died while in service. His
widow is now a resident of Roanoke, Virginia.

Dr. William H. Price graduated from a college academic
course when he was seventeen years of age, and for the en-
suing year he was employed in the store conducted by his
father at Montvale, Virginia. In 1898 he entered the medi-
cal department of the University of Virginia, and in the
same he was graduated as a member of the class of 1901.
Since thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he
has taken effective post-graduate courses in the celebrated

New York Polyclinic. The doctor initiated practice b ;
establishing his residence at Caperton, Fayette Countj
West Virginia, where he became physician and surgeon i
connection with the mines of George L. Wise & Companj'
He next removed to Eckman, McDowell County, one yea
later he engaged in practice at Big Creek, Logan Count)
and since June, 1909, he has maintained his residence an
professional headquarters at Chattaroy. Doctor Price is »
member of the Mingo County Medical Society, the Wes 1
Virginia State Medical Society and the American Medicaj
Association. Though he Was reared in the faith of th
democratic party, he is aligned in the ranks of the repuh
lican party, as is also his wife, and both are mem hers o
the Presbyterian Church. He is affiiliated with the Blu>
Lodge, Chapter and Commandery organizations of the Mtn
sonic fraternity, as well as the Mystic Shrine at Charleston
and he is a member also of the Benevolent and Protectiv
Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America.

November 29, 1916, recorded the marriage of Docto,
Price and Miss Luey Fowble Millendor, daughter of Come
Hus F. Millendor, of Huntington. The two children of thi
union are Frances and Margaret.

Philip A. Holman is well known in Charleston businesi
circles, and has recently helped organize and become a)
executive official in one of the city's prosperous wholesali
enterprises.

He was born, reared and educated at St. Agnes', Corn
wall, England, and came to America about the time hi
reached his majority, in. 190S. He first located in Michi
gan, and for several years was assistant to receivers o.,
national banks under the U. S. comptroller of the currency,
His home has been in Charleston since 1915. As an Ameri
can citizen he answered the call to service at the time OJ
the war with Germany, was trained in Camp Sherman, an(
was on duty in Charleston as an aide to the disbursing of
ficer in this city.

Mr. Holman was the active organizer and is now treas 1
urer of the Superior Drug Company, wholesale, incorporatec
for $225,000, and which opened for business in Charlestorl
in the latter part of March, 1922. The other officers oi
the corporation are Dr. H. H. Kessel, president, Dr. Sylvaii
Goffaux, vice president, and C. H. Casto, secretary.

This company has its headquarters at 905 Virginia Street
in the heart of the wholesale district, and its building, a
four-story and basement modern brick structure, is ideall)
fitted for the purposes. The company started out undei
most favorable auspices and with a volume of business that
assures its growing contact and trade with the great terri- '
tory surrounding Charleston. Mr. Holman is a thirty-sec j
ond degree Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar and a
Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He also holds membership in
the Kiwanis Club. He married Miss Jennie Lind Hodges |
of Louisville, Kentucky.

Willard Alexander Wilson, with residence and business'!
headquarters in the City of Williamson, is superintendent
of the Pond Creek By-products Colliery Company and the
Vulcan Colliery Company, the former corporation having its
base of operations at the mouth of Pond Creek in Pike
County, Kentucky, and the Vulcan Colliery Company, with
office in Mingo County and mines in Pike County, Ken-
tucky, on the line of the Norfolk & Western Railroad. Mr.
Wilson has been actively identified with operations in the
coal fields of this district, including the adjoining Ken-
tucky county of Pike, since 1903, when he engaged in en-
gineering work for the United States Coal Company at
Gary, McDowell County. He remained at Gary during the
period of mine opening and construction work, and in 1912
went to the Pond Creek District, where likewise he took
part in development work. In 1914 he came to Red Jacket,
Mingo County, and in 1918 became associated with opera-
tions at the Vulcan mines. In 1920 he became associated
also with the Pond Creek By-products Colliery Company,
and he is now superintendent of both corporations, as noted
earlier in this paragraph.

Mr. Wilson was born at Cynthiana, Ohio, February 22
1S80, a son of Lewis C. and Emma A. (Steele) Wilson, the

HISTORY OP \

pnncr of whom was boru iu 1848 and the latter in 1850.
tawis C. Wilson bocame a member of the historic rifle
(rigade known as the "Squirrel Hunters," which was or-
anized in Ohio to repel the forces of the celebrated Con-
pderate raider (Jen. John Morgan at tho time of the Civil
•ar. In his earlier life Lewis C. Wilson was a farmer, and
liter he was identified with various lines of business, iu-
luding the insurance business. lie is a stalwart rcpuh-
can and at one time served as county commissioner in
"ike County, Ohio, he and his wife being now residents of
'olurabus, that state, and both being members of the Pres-
yterian Church. They became the parents of six sons and
wo daughters.

Willard A. Wilson, who in more familiarly known to his
ost of friends as "Tug" Wilson, continued his studies in
he public schools of his native town until he had com-
peted a course in the high school, and in 1899-1900 he was

student in the Ohio State University at Columhus. A
outh of fine athletic powers, he was a leading and popular
iember of the football team of the university, and it was
n this connection that he gained his nickname of "Tug."
Ie played also on the haseball team of the university, and
iter he became infielder with the Utica team of the New
fork State League. It was as a ball player that Mr. Wil-
on came to West Virginia and became a member of the
earn at Gary, where also he was given employment with
ji engineeering corps in the coal fields. He "made good"
a both connections, and though he had previously had uo
■ngineering experience, he so proved his value that when
he United States Coal Company reduced the membership
•f its engineering corps from hundred and forty to twenty
ie was one of the twenty retained in service. He has served
.ontinuously as mine superintendent since 1906, and has
nade a most excellent record as an executive. Mr. Wilsou
s a republican, he and his wife are members of the Pres-
lyterian Church at Williamson, in which he is an elder, and
vhile a resident ef Vulcan he served as a member of the
Joard of Education.

In 1906 Mr. Wilson wedded Miss Grace Myers, daughter
>f Mrs. Malissa P. Myers, of Columbus, Ohio, and the three
Jiildren of this union are: Elizabeth, Frances Ann and
Hary Lou.

Harry Scherr, Esquire, Williamson, West Virginia,
tfr. Scherr was born June 6, 1881, at Maysville, Grant
bounty, West Virginia, the son ef Arnold C. and Kather-
ne (Nickel) Scherr. Arnold C. Scherr was born in Switz-
srland, August 19, 1847, and accompanied his parents to
his country at the age of eight years. His father was a
:olenel in the Swiss Army, who with other Swiss officers at
-he outhreak of the Crimean war went to England and
endered his services to the British Queen, becoming an
ifficer in the British Army. Coming to the United States,
ie was offered a colonelcy in the United States Army at
he outbreak of the Civil war, but could not accept on ac-
;ount of ill health.

Arnold C. Scherr was a merchant and manufacturer, and
"or many years was prominent in the public life of West
Virginia, He served eight years (1901-1909) as state au-
Htor, and was the republican candidate for governor in
1908, being defeated. He died in 1917.

The subject of this sketch attended the public schools at
tfaysville and Keyser, a military academy in Allegheny
bounty, Maryland, and the West Virginia University. He
*as admitted to the bar in the summer of 1905 and located
it Williamson, having accepted a position in the law office
)f Sheppard and Goodykoontz. On July 1, 1907, he became
;he junior partner in the firm of Sheppard, Goodykoontz
ind Scherr. In 1912 Mr. Sheppard retired from the firm,
md the present firm of Goodykoontz, Sehcrr and Slaven be-
iame the successor of the firm of Goodykoontz and Scherr
n 1919, Mr. Lant R. Slaven having been admitted as
i memher. Mr. Scherr is an officer and director in sev-
»ral financial and industrial enterprises, among others
he National Bank of Commerce of Williamson; and is
my attorney and member of the Board of Education of
Williamson Independent School District. He was the first
president of the Coal City Club, which later became the

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Chamber of Commerce, of which, also, he was the first
president nnd in which capacity ho is now serving. He
served two years as assistant prosecuting attorney of
Mingo County, having been appointed in 1906. During
the entire period of the World war, ho was a member of
the Local Draft Board of Mingo County. In 1920 ho
was a delcgato to the Republican National Convention,
which nominated President Harding.

Mr. Scherr is married and has two children, Harry, Jr.,
and Barbara. He is an Episcopalian, a Kiwanian, and
his college fraternities arc Kappa Alpha and Delta Chi.
lie is a member of the Mingo County, West Virginia
State and American Bar associations.

James B. Brockus, who is now captain of Company B
of the West Virginia State Police, with headquarters in
the court house at Williamson, Mingo County, has the
rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Army
Reserves. His service in the United States Army covered
a period of twenty-three years and ten months, and
within this long period he was in forty-one different
states of the Union and also in sevcu foreign countries.
He passed fourteen months in Alaska, four years on the
Mexican border, seven years in the Philippine Island*,
besides which he was with the American troops in China
at the time of the Boxer uprising, and was in France
in the period of the World war. In nearly a quarter
of a century of active and efficient service in the United
States army Colonel Brockus was in the best of physicnl
health, and his entire interval of confinement in hos-
pital did not exceed ten days. He made an admirable
record, as shown in the text of his various discharges
from the army, in which he promptly enlisted at the
expiration of his various terms until his final retirement.
He rose in turn through the grades of corporal (second
enlistment), sergeant and battalion sergeant major
(Boxer rebellion in China). West Virginia is fortunate
in having gained this seasoned soldier and sterling citi-
zen as a member and officer of its state police.

Colonel Brockus was born at Erwin, Unicoi County,
Tennessee, on the 8th of August, 1875, and is a son of
William K. and Sarah (Parks) Brockus, the father hav-
ing been a skilled mechanic and having conducted a
shop at Erwin. In the public schools of his native town
Colonel Brockus gained his early education, which was
supplemented by a course in a business eollege at Nash-
ville, Tennessee.

In 1S93 Colonel Brockus enlisted in Company F,
Twenty-second United States Infantry, nnd after spend-
ing three years at Fort Keough, Montana, he received
an honorable discharge. At Nashville, Tennessee, he soon
afterward re-enlisted, at this time as a member of the
Fourteenth United States Infantry. It was within this
period of enlistment that he was with his command in
Alaska for fourteen months. Later he was in service
in the Philippine Islands, whence he went with his
command to China at tho time of the Boxer rebellion,
his second discharge having been received while he was
at Pekin, China. He then returned to the United States
and engaged in the hardware business in his native town.
Thcro he lost all of his investment as the result of a
fire, and he then enlisted in Company D, Eighteenth
United States Infantry, with which he was in service
at Fort Bliss, Texas. Later he was at Fort Logan, and
next he was assigned with h'i3 command to service in
the Philippines, hi3 second trip to those islands having
been made in 1903. In the Philippines he served with
Company D, Fifteenth Infantry, in Mindinao, but lie
purchased his discharge and rejoined his old command
as a member of Company D, Eighteenth Lafantry. He
returned to the United States en the 15th of November,
1909, and from Camp Whipple Barracks, Arizona, was
sent to service on the Mexican border. In connection
with the nation's participation In the World war Col-
onel Brockus was commissioned second lieutenant at
Nogalcs, Arizona, on July 9, 1917, snd sent to the Of-
ficer's Training School at Fort Benjamin Morrison, Indi-
ana, where on August 15th he was commissioned captain

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and assigned to the Three Hundred and Thirty-first In-
fantry at Camp Sherman, Ohio. On December 31, 1917,
he was advanced to the rank of major and went with
the Eighty-third Division to France, where the division
received final training and equipment for front-line serv-
ice. After the signing of the armistice Major Brockus
was transferred to the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth
Battalion of the Military Police Corps at Laval. He
sailed for home June 21,* 1919, and landed at Newport
News, Virginia, on the 3d of the following month. His
command was mustered out at Camp Taylor, Kentucky,
where he received his final discharge July 24, 1919. He
again enlisted, as a first sergeant, and was sent to Fort
George Wright, where he remained until May 13, 1920,
when he was retired with eredit and with the pay of a
warrant officer for thirty years' service. After a brief
visit to his old home in Tennessee Colonel Broekus joined
the West Virginia State Police, August 29, 1920, and
was sent to the Mingo coal fields, where he has con-
tinued in active service exeept during the recent in-
terval when Federal troops were here in connection with
mine troubles. He is now captain of Company B of
the State Police, and during the recent miners' invasion
he had command of seventy-two state police, iucluding
two officers and also eighteen volunteers. He was under
fire many times in the Philippines and in the Boxer up-
rising, but has stated that he heard more hostile bullets
during the mine troubles in West Virginia than at any
other period of his long military experience. A man and
a soldier of fine personality, Colonel Brockus has made
many friends within the period of his residence and
official service in West Virginia. Colonel Brockus is a
member of the American Legion, a thirty-second degree
Mason and a member of the Shrine.

William Cassius Cook, county superintendent of schools
for McDowell County, was born on a farm at Windom,
Wyoming County, this state, on the 21st of November,
18*82, and is a 'son of Rev. William H. H. Cook and
Mary Jane (Cooper) Cook, the former of whom still re-
sides at Windom, where he was born November 5, 1840,
and the latter of whom died in 1918, at the age of
seventy-four years.

Rev. William H. H. Cook is a son of Thomas Cook,
and the family settled in what is now Wyoming County,
West Virginia, shortly after the close of the Revolution,
the original American progenitors having come from Eng-
land and settled in Virginia in the early Colonial period.
Rev. William II. H. Cook is a man of fine intellectual
ken, he having been largely self-educated, and his life
has been one of high ideals and exalted service. As a
clergyman of the Missionary Baptist Church he gave
pastoral service to four different churches in Wyoming
County, and in the early days he frequently rode forty
miles in a single day on horseback in making visitation
to these churches. He was a gallant soldier of the
Union during virtually the entire period of the Civil
war, and lived up to the full tension of the conflict.
In 1865, shortly after the close of the war, he was one
of a numerous company of Union soldiers who marched
over the mountains and across the valleys to hold a
reunion with Confederate soldiers at Welch, the judicial
center of McDowell County having at that time been
marked by an open field and a single log cabin. In
earlier years Mr. Cook was a successful and popular
teacher in the schools of this section of the state, and
he has ever striven, with much of ability and fine
stewardship, tcr aid and uplift his fellow men. He
served two terms in the Lower House of the State Legis-
lature and two terms in the State Senate. He is a re-
publican, but has worked for political peace and amity
rather than for strident partisanship. He has been presi-
dent of the First National Bank at Pineville from the
time of its organization, and in all of the relations of
life his influence has been benignant and helpful. Of the
thirteen children all are living but one. The seven
sons and five daughters have all received liberal educa-
tions and all have been successful teachers. The de-

voted and revered mother was a daughter of Re-
Thomas Austin Cooper, a teacher and a clergyman of tl>
Missionary Baptist Church.

After having attended school in a primitive log schoo
house William C. Cook pursued higher studies as I
student in the Concord Normal School at Athens. B.
taught his first school at Clarks Gap, near the boundar
line between Mercer and Wyoming counties, his salar
being $30 a month, and from the same he saved $10t
after paying $5 a month for board. lie used his eari
ings to defray his expenses at the normal school, in whic;.
he was graduated in 1907. The next year he taugh
school, and the succeeding year he was bookkeeper fo|
the Tidewater Coal Company at Kimball, McDowei
County. In 1909 he was elected county superintends,
of schools, and by successive re-elections he has sine'
continued the incumbent of this office, in which he ha,
done an effective work in bringing the schoo] syster
of the county up to a high standard. He was a membe;
of the first school-textbook commission, 1912, in Wes
Virginia, in 1922 and at the time of this writing is ai
influential member of the State Board of Education \
besides which he is a member of the executive eommittei
of the West Virginia State Educational Association. 1

In the World war period Mr. Cook served as a membe
of Draft Board No. 2 in McDowell County, besides beinj
active in support of the various patriotic service ii !
the county. ne is affiliated with Bluefield Lodge o:;»
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is a MasteiJ
Mason, and he and his wife are zealous members of th<
Missionary Baptist Church, he having been for a uum 1
ber of years influential in the affairs of this church ir
his home community and in the state. He has beer
specially active in Sunday School work and served foi,
years as Sunday School superintendent. His brother
Dr. Ulysses G., is a physician and also a clergyman ol,
the Missionary Baptist Church, and resides at Beckley;
Raleigh County; another brother, Rev. John Jay Cook|
is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in the City oi
Charleston. Thomas A., another brother, is a member
of the faculty of the Concord State Normal School,
at Athens.

In 1907 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Cook and ,'
Miss Lulu Stewart, who was born in Mercer County]
and who is a daughter of the late C. M. Stewart. Mr. I
and Mrs. Cook have two children: Eunice and William^
C, Jr.

John Thobfrn Morgan, member of the historic Morgan!
family of West Virginia, is a mechanical engineer by pro-'
fession, and has been closely associated with the upbuilding
and success of the Charleston Electrical Supply Company,
of which he is sales manager, secretary and one of the di-
rectors.

Both he and the present governor, Ephraim F. Morgan,
are descendants of Col. Morgan Morgan, and both are
descendants of the historic character, David Morgan, a sonj
of Col. Morgan Morgan. Col. Morgan Morgan was born
in Wales, was educated in London, and during the reign of
William III came to America, living for a time in the
Colony of Delaware and subsequently moving to the vicin-
ity of Winchester, Virginia. About 1727 he is credited with
having made the first white settlement and having built the
first church in what is now Berkeley County, West Vir-
ginia. One of his sons, Zaekwell Morgan, served as a colo-
nel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war,
and had previously founded Morgantown. Stephen H.
Morgan, who was the grandson of David Morgan, was the
father of Smallwood G. Morgan, grandfather of the Charles-
ton business man.

Benjamin S. Morgan, son of Smallwood G. and Oliza
(Thorn) Morgan, has been a distinguished figure in West
Virginia educational affairs and also as a member of the
bar of Charleston. He was born in Marion County in 1854,
and graduated from the University of West Virginia at
Morgantown in 1878, subsequently taking the law course
and receiving the LL. B. degree in 1883. As a youth he
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I the public schools of Morgantown from 1878 to lSsl
'jd was county superintendent of schools for Monongalia
?unty from lSSl to 1S^5. In the general election of lb*>4
* was democratic candidate for state superintendent of
ree schools, was elected, and was renominated and re-
ected in 18S8, each time receiving the largest vote given
> any candidate for state otlice. Eight years of his service
rf state superintemlent of schools could lie characterized as

period of special growth and improvement in the educn
oual facilities and the eulightened opinion of the state
•garding the use and development of school facilities, lie
augurated and put into practice a number of features that
•e still part of the .state's policies in regard to the control
id management of schools. At the close uf his second term
i state superintendent Benjamin S. Morgan began the
-ivate practice of law at Charleston, where he is still a
romineut member of the bar. fie married Annie Thoburn,

daughter of John and Jane (Miller) Thoburn, both
•tives of Belfast, Ireland.

John Thoburn Morgan, their son. was born November 2.1,
•*S9, at Charleston and was educated in the public schools
f his native city, and for throe years, from 1906 to 1909,
as a student in the University of West Virginia, where he
socialized in engineering. In I9<>9 he entered the service
f the Charleston Electrical Supply Company. He was one
f the first of the type of modern salesmen who combines
•clinical knowledge and engineering with salesmanship. To
lis firm he has given the best of his abilities and through
irious promotions has reached the post of sales manager
nd secretary of the corporation. From 191. 1 to 1917 he
as employed by the Ohio Brass Company of Mansfield,
hio, as district sales agent in Southern West Virginia,
outhwestern Virginia and Eastern Kentucky.

The Charleston Electrical Supply Company was founded
l 1902 by the late Howard S. Johnson, who was its prosi-
cnt until his death in February, 1921. It is exclusively a
holesale electrical supply house and undoubtedly one of the
irgest and best equipped concerns of its kind in the eoun-
•y, and has contributed not a little to Charleston's prestige
i a wholesale center. Mr. Morgan has a staff of highly
•ained and expert salesmen covering the territory. These
Uesmen might more properly be classified as sales en-
ineers. since they carry out the long standing policy of the
ouse that its representatives should be technical men as
ell as salesmen. There is an efficiency and organization,
evelopcd through years of practice, that gives this house
istified precedence throughout its trade territory.

Mr. Morgan is an associate member of the American
oeiety of Mechanical Engineers, associate member of the
merican Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers,
ssociate member of the Institute of Radio Engineers and
n active member of the Society of American Military
ngineers. Membership in the latter order recalls the two
ears he spent in the American army during the World war
s an engineer. He held the rank of captain. lie entered
le First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Myer, Virginia.
i 1917, joined the Engineer Officers' Training Camp at
elvoir, Virginia (later Camp Humphreys), received further
•aining in the American University Camp at Washington,
nd went overseas with the Three hundred and Fifth En-
ineers of the Eightieth Division, reaching France early in
one, 1918. During the summer that marked the climax of
ie allied efforts against the German armies he was with
is division on the British front, in the Argonne, and after
ie armistice he was ordered to Coblenz, being attached
) the staff of the chief engineer of the Third Army. While
:ill in Europe he received his discharge and reached home
tay 30, 1919. Before returning home he spent two months
i France and England on special sales investigation work
)r the Ohio Brass Company of Mansfield, Ohio.

Mr. Morgan married Miss Rebecea Putney, member of tho
rominent Putney family of the Kanawha Valley. Through
er mother she is a member of the Littlepage family. Iler
arenta were Alexander Mosely and Albirta Rebecca (Little-
age) Putney, of Kanawha County. Iler father was a
randson of Dr. Richard Ellis Putney, one of the foremost
itizens of his day in this valley. Her mother is a sister
f the late Adam B. Littlepage, who represented the Charles-

ton District in Congress and was one of the really eminent
lawyers and men of affairs of the state.

To Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were born on December 6, 1921.
a son and dnughter (twins), John Thoburn Morgan, Jr., de
censed, ami Rebecca Putney Morgan.

For>:ky WAHE. One of the leading and successful busi
ness men of Morgantow u is Forney Wade, who as salt*
manager of the Central Automobile Corporation is one
of the best known and most popular nutomobde men of
the State of West Virginia. Mr. Wnde has been identified
with this line of business for more than ten years, during
which period he has made the most of his opportunities and
has taken advantage of his chances to better his personal con
ditiou while at the same time adding to the prestige of his
company. In this dual ambition he has been cmincutlv suc-
cessful, and in the meantime has not overlooked or neglected
his opportunities to serve his city in the rol« of public-
spirited citizen.

Mr. Wade was ),orn August It. I^m), near Mount Morris,
Pennsylvania, but in Monongalia County, West Virginia,
and is a son of the late Jess and Sarah Jane (Clovis) Wade,
both of whom were bom in the same county. Je*s Wade
was a life long farmer and a man of industry and good
character, who had the respect of his neighbors and a good
record for citizenship. The boyhood and youth of Forney
Wade were passed on the home farm, but his ambitions
did not run along the line of agricultural endeavor, and
after securing a public-school education, at the age of
nineteen years, he left home and, learning carpentry, went
to the West and spent three years in working at that trade
in Illinois and Towa. Returning to Monongalia County in
1902. in partnership with his brother. Jarrett Wnde, he en-
gaged in the building and contracting business, and the
association continued until the death of his brother in 190.".
Mr. Wade continued in the same line, with a modest de-
gree of success until 1911, when he changed his activities
into another field of endeavor. For some time he had been
interested in the automobile industry, and had been eogni
zant of its constantly-growing importance in the business
world and in 1911 lie and Ben tiarrison, a son of M. S.
Garrison and now service manager of the Central Automo
bile Corporation, joined forces and in a small way engaged
in the automobile business at Morgantown as agents for
the Central Automobile Company, Inc. In 1917 this com
pany was dissolved, but was immediately reorganized as
the Central Automobile Corporation, which now handles
Ford cars and parts in the counties of Harrison, Mononga-
lia and Marion with service stations at Morgantown,
Fairmont, Mannington and Clarksburg. This $200,000
corporation has the following officers: Dell Roy Richards,
president; A. W. Bowlby, vice president nnd treasurer: D. C
Garrison, secretary; Charles G. Baker, attorney; Forney
Wade, sales manager; and Ben Carrison, service manager.
In the capacity of sales manager Mr. Wade has contributed
materially to the success of this concern and at the same
time has evidenced the possession of qualities which place
him among the capable automobile men of his section, lie
is a member of the Masons Odd Fellows and Elks at Mor
gantown, and belongs to the Rotary Club and the Chamber
of Commerce. His religious faith is that of tho Methodist
Protestant Church. In 1906 Mr. Wade married Miss Har
riette F. Saver, daughter of William Sayer, of Orion, lib
nois.

Arthur V. Hoenig. Elsewhere in this volume is a brief
history of The Carter Oil Company, one of the oldest and
most "extensive oil producing companies operating in the
state of "West Virginia. This company was incorporated in
1S93, and just four years later Arthur V. Hoenig entered
its service in the home offices at Titusville, Pennsylvania,
and with the exception of a few years since has bwn con
tinnously with that corporation.

He was born at Titusville. Pennsylvania, June 29, 1*77.
son of Joseph and Mary (Mayer) noenig. His parents
were born and reared in Germany, coming to the United
States in 1*52, and were married after arrival in this coun
try. Arthur V. Hoenig grew np in his native city, attended

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puhlic schools there, and finished his education in Eastman 's
Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1897 he
became a clerk with The Carter Oil Company, and soon
was transferred from their main business offices in Titus-
ville, Pennsylvania, to their field headquarters at Sisters-
ville, West Virginia. After about a year in the Sistersville
offices he was successively engaged in the Sistersville Yard
in connection with shipping; in field work in connection
with leasehold operations, drilling, pumping, etc.; and in
the land department, obtaining leases for drilling and de-
velopment purposes. Subsequently he was returned to pro-
ducing operations, first as assistant superintendent and then
as district superintendent of general oil well operations.

In 1903 Mr. Hocnig, together with D. A. Bartlett, of
Marietta, Ohio, engaged independently in the business of
prospecting for oil in Ohio and West Virginia. The partner-
ship was dissolved in 1904, and Mr. Hoenig, with others from
Titusville, entered the Oklahoma oil fields, where he was
similarly engaged for a year.

Early in 1906 he resumed his connection with The Carter
Oil Company as superintendent of properties in the Woods-
field, Ohio District. The company in 1909 transferred
him to Bremen, Ohio, in a similar capacity. In 1916 he
was sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the same year transferred
to Wichita, Kansas, and in both those cities was super-
intendent of The Carter Oil Company (Western Division)
properties.

In 1919 Mr. Hoenig had charge for the Standard Oil
Company (New Jersey) of a party of geologists in a sur-
vey of Venezuela and Colombia, South America, for the
purpose of taking up land for oil development. In May
of the same year Mr. Hoenig returned to the United States
and made his official report, but in July again returned to
South America. In September, 1919, he returned to the
United States, and since October of that year has been
located at Parkersburg as vice president and general man-
ager of the Eastern Division of The Carter Oil Company,
and also interested in developing the Standard Oil Company
(New Jersey) properties acquired in Venezuela and other
foreign countries.

Mr. Hoenig is a republican in politics. He is a Catholic
and is a member of the Rotary, Country, Blennerhasset and
Elks Club at Parkersburg. In 1905, at Sistersville, West
Virginia, he married Miss Grace E. Marsh. They have two
children, Karl M. and Martha J.

The Carter Oil Company. Col. John J. Carter, an oil
operator of Pennsylvania, came to West Virginia in 1893,
and on his own account bought producing oil properties
in Tyler County, West Virginia, at and in the vicinity of
the town of Sistersville, known as the Victor, Shay, Ludwig,
Mooney and Gillespie holdings. On May 1, 1893, The Carter
Oil Company was incorporated and organized as a subsidiary
of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), and Colonel
Carter 's holdings were transferred to the new company, its
officers being: Col. John J. Carter, president and general
manager, and George A. Eckbert, secretary-treasurer. The
main office was at Titusville, Pennsylvania, xintil August,
1915, when Colonel Carter and Mr. Eckbert retired and
were succeeded by A. F. Corwin, president; C. B. Ware,
treasurer, and A. Clarke Bedford, secretary. F. C. Har-
rington became a vice president in 1915. For a number of
years prior to that time Mr. Harrington had been general
superintendent of the company, with offices at Sistersville.
The general offices were removed to Sistersville in 1915,
and in 1918 to Parkersburg, the present headquarters. Also,
in 1915, Eastern and Western Divisions were created, the
Eastern Division comprising Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee, the Western comprising Kansas, Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Wyoming. The present officers of the com-
pany are: A. F. Corwin, president; A. V. Hoenig, vice
president and general manager of the Eastern Division;
R. M. Young, vice president and general manager of the
Western Division; C. B. Ware, treasurer; and Richardson
Pratt, secretary.

The oil wells in the Sistersville field produce large quan-
tities of water with the oil, and about the time Colonel
Carter became interested it was generally thought by oil

operators that the oil could not be produced on accou
of the water. It was Colonel Carter's belief that systemat
and continuous pumping would overcome this condition, ai
his helief was justified by subsequent operations. The we
in this field still produce much water with the oil, but'
large number of wells are still producing oil in suffieie
quantities to warrant their operation. ' From that secti ;
the company extended its holdings until it became one
the largest oil producers in West Virginia, its princip
operations being in Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Ritchie, Dod
ridge, Roane, Jackson, Lincoln, Calhoun and Kanaw! j
counties, West Virginia, and also large operations in Oh l
and Kentucky, in addition to the operations of the Weste . J
Division in Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming and New Mexk i
About 1910 experiments demonstrated that gasoline eoull
be produced from the natural gas from oil wells, by what n
known as the Compression process. Casing-head gas froH
oil wells is especially rich in gasoline, and as such gas w, J
for the most part at that time a waste product its utilizatit J\
was desirable, not only to the producer hut also to the lai |
owner. W. H. Cooper, employed as a mechanical enginee j
was given charge of this work, and in 1911 he construct*
the company's first Compression Gasoline Plant at Sister I
ville. The company now has upward of thirty compressic I
plants and several plants which utilize what is known ;4[
the Absorption process for producing gasoline from natur;i|
gas. The production of gasoline from natural gas has h;
come one of the important features of the company's hus i
ness.

In its operations for oil the company has drilled man I
wells which produce gas only, the product from which ; I
increasingly valuable.

Reece Shelby, former owner of the husiness conducts I
under the title of the Shelby Shoe Company at Morgantowrl
Monongalia County, is one of the progressive business mel
aud representative citizens of the fine little city that :|
the judicial center of this county. Mr. Shelby was borl
in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and is a representative c
one of the old and honored families of that county, h: I
paternal grandparents, Beece and Minerva (Reppert) Shelbjl
having been born in this county, near the West Virgini-
line, and Mr. Shelby having later become a prosperous meil
chant at Greenshoro, that county. Their son, Walter, wa j
born in the same part of Greene County as were his parent "
March 31, 1847, and as a young man he married Matild
Patterson, who was horn near Sharpshurg, that state, Febrti
ary 12, 1849, a daughter of John W. and Sarah (Bugh '
Patterson. Mrs. Shelby was a resident of Morgantowr
West Virginia, at the time of her death, July 7, 1911}
Walter Shelby was for a prolonged period a merchant a
Greensboro, Pennsylvania, and thereafter became a sales
man of farm machinery and fertilizers. In 1903 he removed
with his family to Morgantown, West Virginia, to affon I
his children better educational advantages, and for severa
years he here held a clerical position in the Mississippi
Glass Works. Since 1912 he has lived retired in his hom< ■
at Easton, near Morgantown. He is a member of the Baptis i
Church, as was also his wife. Of their children, Beece'
subject of this sketch, was born at Greensboro, Pennsylj
vania, May 12, 1888, and he was afforded the advantage:
of the public schools of that place and of Morgantown
West Virginia, in which latter city he for a time attendet
the commercial department of the state university. Foil
several years thereafter he held an office position in the
Mississippi Glass Works, and he next became a clerk foil
the American Sheet & Tin Plate Works, three years latei
marking his promotion to the position in the warehouse ancj
pickling department.

In 1915 Mr. Shelby became associated with C. R. Hustor
in the purchase of the husiness of the J. M. Waters Shoe'
Company on High Street, and the husiness was then in-j
corporated as the Waters Shoe Company. In 1918, L. E.,
Price purchased Mr. Huston 's interest, and iu September.
1919, reincorporation was effected, under the title of thel
Shelby Shoe Company. Shortly afterward Mr. Shelby pur-
chased the interest of Mr. Price, and he was sole owner of;
the substantial business, which represented one of the two

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247

•rgest shoe houses in Morgantown uutil October lo, 1921,
hen he sold out. Ho is now salc3 agent for tho Deleo
ight System for Monongalia County and for part of
reston County.

Mr. Shelby was foinierly viec president of (he Morgan-
•wn Business Men's Association, ami was a director of
ie organization at the time when it was merged into the
ham her of Commerce, of which he has been a director from
ie time of its organization. He is also a progressive,
ember of the Rotary Club. His basic Masonic affiliation is
ith Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, Ancient Free ami Ac-
»pted Masons, and in the Scottish Rite of Masonry he has
Hrcived the thirty-second degree in the Consistory of Wheel
ig, where also he holds Membership in Osiris Temple of the
lystic Shrine. He is a member also of Athens Lodge No.
j, Knights of Pythias, and Morgantown Lodge No. 411,
enevoleut and Protective Order of Elks.
September 11, 1910, recorded the marriage of Mr. Shelby
id Miss Annabel Jones, who was bom at Rivesville, Marion
ounty, this state, a daughter of Haynes and Isabelle
Howell) Jones, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs.
helby have five daughters, whose names are here recorded :
leanor Gertrude, Annabel Louise, Sarah Katharyn, Vir
mia Hope, and Frances Genevieve.

Linville Christopher Massev, president of the Kana-
ha County Bank, has for many years been active in
harleston in behalf of its material and civic development
nd also in public affairs, especially through his service
or two tcrma as county clerk.

The Massey family has been in old Virginia and West
irginia since Colonial times. His great-grandfather, Wil-
am Massey, was a native of old Y irginia, was a farmer
nd planter, and died in Raleigh County, West Virginia,
l 18S3. His children were Steel, Jackson, Henry, Floyd,
filliam, Clark, Ruhama, Martha and Mrs. Larkin F. Allen.

Steel Massey, grandfather of the Charleston banker, was
orn in Raleigh County, where he spent his life as a farmer.
Ie married Caroline Cantley and the,ir three children were
eorgc W., Henry and Mary. George \V. Massey, who was
orn in Raleigh County in 1S51, owned one of the sub-
tantial farms in that locality, and was widely known over
nat region for his hospitality and his influence for good.
Ie died of typhoid fever in November, 1893. His wife was
.ydia Rosabelle Acord, who was born near Charleston,
aughter of William C. Acord. The children of their
larriage were: Romanza, L. Christopher, Robert L. and
lary J., twins, Lura B., Arizona, Calvin W., Virginia A.
nd Ettie.

Linville Christopher Massey was born on his father's
arm in Raleigh County, April 26, 1S7S. He was educated
l the public schools and the Concord Normal, and for
tiirtcen years his chief work was in the educational field.
Ir. Massey as a young man had the unusual distinction of
aving a town named in his honor, Masseyville, and his
rother, C. W. Massey, became the first postmaster. Mr.
lassey himself was active in business as manager of the
Hack Band Coal & Coke Company. While so much of his
fe has been devoted to public service represented in teaeh-
ig and other public offices, Mr. Massey is a thoroughly
ble business man and has been identified with the coal
usiness, real estate and banking. A number of years ago
e became interested in Charleston real estate development.
>ne of his most notable successes was the promotion of the
i. C. Massey aubdiviaion of Montrose, a beautiful resi-
ential area on the south bank of the Kanawha River,
irectly across from the main lower section of Charleston,
ris own beautiful home and grounds are there, and many
ther fine homes distinguish it as one of the best residential
ections of Charleston.

Mr. Massey 'a puhlic career began with an appointment
a justice of the peaee, to fill out an unexpired term, in
903. In 1905 he was elected on the republican ticket to
be State Legislature, serving two years. He was appointed

member of the Board of Education in 1907. In the same
ear he served as chairman of the Republican Senatorial
tommittee, and has also served as chairman of the Third
Congressional Committee. He was elected and in 1908 en-

tered upou his duties a* county clerk of Kauanha County,
and six years later was re-elected, hut nt the close of hi*
second term, having gi\» u tw. Ive years to the duties of the
otliee, ho refused longer to he a candidal*', and had the
satisfaction of leaving the oilier in a rendition o! Moteinatie
good order and with the general liimieial iredi't of tho
eounty higher than ever before.

His term as eounty clerk ended January I, I'.'jo, and
since then Mr. Massey has demoted h * rutin* time to real
estate and the active direction of the Kanawha County
Hank, of which he i» president. This hank ojtetied for
business March 5, 1919, and has a most ud\nntngeous h»ca
tion on the corner of Virginia and Court streets, diagonally
across from the magnificent new City Hall and just halt'
a block from the Kauanha County courthouse. The hank is,
therefore, iu the eommereial and ei\ie center of Charleston.
Cnder Mr. Massey "s skillful management the Kanawha
County Bank ha* enjoyed a highly *>at isfactory growth ami
development, and is one of the substantial financial institu
tions of the state. He is also president of the Community
Savings & Loan Company.

Mr. Massey is a thirty second degree Scottish Hit* Mason,
a Knight Templar, ami' a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. Ib-
is also an Odd Fellow, a member of the Beijrudent and
Protective Order of Elks and a Knight of Pythias.

He and Mrs. Massey are nicmhers of the Presbyterian
Church. March 1, 19<i4, he married Mi.ss Mary J. Mathews,
who was born near Charleston and was educated in the
public schools of that city. She is a granddaughter of Guy
P. Mathews, and a daughter of Capt. J. W. and Josephine
(Walker) Mathews. Both her father and grandfather were
Confederate soldiers, her father being a captain in the
Southern army. Mr. and Mrs. Massey have three sons, Guy
Mathews, Eustaee Lee and Linville C, Jr.

M.h:siiall W. U<;dkx, a vital and representative member
of the bar of Marion County, is engaged in the successful
practiee of his profession in the City of Fairmont, the
county seat.

He was born at Prospect Valley, Harrison County, this
state, January 26, 1*>73, and is a son of Van Buren and
Marty (Talkington) Ogden. In assured genealogical rec-
ords the lineage of the American branch of the Ogden
family traces back to Maryland and its early settlement.
At Port Tobacco in that commonwealth we find Jonathnn
Ogden, who from a liberal research of geuealogical records
is believed to be a lineal descendent of John Ogden, t tie
Pilgrim, who came to America in 1640 from England and
settled on the southern shore of Long Island. Jonathan
Ogden married Jane Hon ell, daughter of Paul and Mary
Howell, of Howell's Delight, Maryland. Among his ten
children was a son, Thomas, horn September .'10, 1775, who
married Elizabeth Moore at Port Tobacco in 1793, and
with his family, including his father, mother and eight
of his brothers and sisters, came to what is now West Vir-
ginia and settled near Enter) rise in Harrison County, where
he became a successful trader # and accumulated an ap-
preciable estate. His father and* mother are buried in the
Hardesty Cemetery at that place. The Barnes, Richardson,
Martin, Robey and Bigler families of the Upper Mononga-
hela Valley can trace their ancestry to the daughters of
Jonathan Ogden. Nathan Ogden, "son of Thomas, was
born in Harrison County, mar Enterprise, June 14, 1*11.
He married Jane Duncan, of Prospect Valley, and settled
in that neighborhood, lie became prominently identified
with early lumbering operations in that section, and ns
owner and operator of a water power sawmill he shipped
lumber, cereals and other products down the Monongahela
River in flat boats to market.

Van Buren, aon of Nathan Ogden and father of the sub
jeet of this review, was born November 27, IS37, became
a skilled blacksmith and followed his trade until 1S73, when
he engaged in the mercantile business with Benjamin W.
Harbert at Prospect Valley, and after eight years of suc-
cessful business their store was destroyed by fire. He then
turned his attention to farm enterprises, though in later
years he again engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was
appointed postmaster at that place by President Grant,

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which position he held until 1904, when the post office was
abolished and placed on rural free delivery. He married
September 29, 1864, Marcy E., daughter of Abraham and
Elizabeth W. (Hartley) Talkington, pioneer residents of
Marion County, near Mannington. Though born on the 27th
day of February, 1835, Mrs. Ogden is still in fair health.
Van Buren Ogden died January 26, 1911, known as a
business mau of ability and as a sterling citizen well
worthy of the popular esteem which was ever accorded
to him. Of the children the following brief record is avail-
able: Savilla A., born January 28, 1S66, married Q. D.
Shreve on June 30, 1887, and she died June 4, 1889, their
only child, Goff D., having died in April of the year of
the first anniversary of his birth. William B., born April
13, 1867, became a prominent and successful educator, and
died unmarried, April 7, 1893. Ellery Ellsworth, born
October 19, 1S69, married, May 16, 1S93, Miss Lilly Weekly,
and to them have been born five children, Paul G., born
December 15, 1S95, married May Matthews; Ira D., born
July 25, 1897, married Blanch Hildreth; William F., born
October 12, 1899; Zabell Flora, boru March 5, 1905; and
Oran Maxin, their youngest son. Marshall W., the subject
of this review, was the next in order of birth of the chil-
dren of Van Buren and Marcy E. Ogden. Emma Z., horn
August 24, 1874, was united in marriage to James D. Rob-
inson, December 21, 1893, to which union were born two
children, David W., born June 12, 1895, married Willa B.
Robinson, and they have one child, Virginia Lee; and Vera
M., born November 11, 1900.

After completing the curriculum of the public schools
and teaching two years therein at Prospect Valley, Marshall
W. Ogden continued his studies in the State Normal School
at Fairmont, and in 1897 graduated from the law depart-
ment of the University of West Virginia. His admission
to the bar was virtually coincident with his reception of
the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and he forthwith opened
an office at Fairmont as partner with Ross A. Watts, which
partnership was continued until 1901, when the same was
dissolved hy mutual agreement, since which time he has
continued in the successful practice of law, and has secured
status as one of the able and successful members of the
Marion County bar. He was for two years acting president
of the Marion County Bar Association, and is an active
member of the West Virginia Bar Association. He is a loyal
advocate and supporter of the principles of the republican
party, but the only elective office which he has consented
to hold was as member of the City Council. He and his
family are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and he was president of its Business Men's Bible Class in
1919 20.

On the 16th day of June, 1901, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Mr. Ogden and Lelia, daughter of Thomas and
Amanda Hawker, she having been born in Harrison County,
February 25, 1878. Mr. Hawker was a prosperous busi-
ness man, and was president of Farmers Bank of Shinnston
for twenty years prior to his death, October 10, 1921. Mr.
and Mrs. Ogden have on,e son, Herbert Leland, born Sep-
tember 2, 1906.

Henry Sanford Yost, M. D. This is a brief record of
a family of physicians whose professional work through
three generations has been done in Marion County. The
name is one of honorable distinction in citizenship as well
as in the profession.

The .American ancestor of this branch of the Yost family
was John Yost, who immigrated from Bavaria in 1773,
landing at New York City. A year later he removed to
Elizabeth, New Jersey, then to Trenton in the same state,
and for several years was a soldier in the war for inde-
pendence. After that war he came over the mountains and
was one of the pioneers in Monongalia County, on Indian
Creek. At Elizabeth, New Jersey, he married Katie Snuiche
(Snook), of Holland and English descent. A son of this
pioneer couple, also named John Yost, was born near Cum-
berland, Maryland, in 1775, and spent his active life in
Monongalia County, where he died in 1850. He married
Susie Dawson, who was born in 1780 and died in 1864.
Aaron Yost, son of John and Susie Yost, was born in Mo-

nongalia County in 1800 and died in 1879. His wife *
Sarah Pitzer, daughter of John Pitzer. This is a brief i
count of the first three generations, all of whom lived
West Virginia.

The fourth generation was represented by Dr. Jorier Yo
son of Aaron Yost. He was born in Marion County, W<
Virginia, June 11, 1833. Early in life he took up the stu
of medicine with Dr. Fielding H. Yost, of Fairview, ;1
tended lectures of the Eclectic Medical School of Cincinna
and throughout his active life was a capable and hi;3
minded practitioner of medicine in the Fairview communii <
During the Civil war he was made a prisoner by the Fedei
troops. On October 30, 1867, Dr. Jorier Yost married Ki
riet Neptune. She was born in Marion County, May 1 \
1848, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Raber) Neptur
Her father, Samuel Neptune, was a son of Henry Neptu
and a grandson of Henry Neptune, who came from Gree
in 1760, settling in Virginia, and some years later bore an I
with the colonists in their struggle for independence. 1

Dr. Henry Sanford Yost, a son of Dr. Jorier Yost, w \
born at Fairview, Marion County, April 28, 1869, and whi
he is now in the prime of his powers and activities as 1
typical physician and surgeon, he has two sons enrolled 1
the profession and a third preparing therefor. He had
liberal education, attending the Fairmont State Norm!
School in 1884-5, graduated in 1888 from the Central No 1
mal College of Danville, and in 1890, graduated from ti l
Eclectic College of Indianapolis. For a number of yea I
Doctor Yost practiced his profession at Fairview, but : .i4
September, 1905, removed to Fairmont. He handles an djj
tensive general practice and is also a member of the mei !
ical staff of Cook Hospital. He did special post-gradua I
work during 1900-01 and 1906-07 in the Eclectic Medici
College of ^ Cincinnati. From 1892 to 1896 Doctor Yo;'
was a United States Pension Examiner, and is surgec
for Monongahela Railway Company.

He is a member and a trustee of West Virginia Stal j
Eclectic Medical Association, a member of the Nation,'
Eclectic Medical Association, and is also affiliated with il I
Marion County, West Virginia State and American Met
ical Associations. His fraternal affiliations are with FaL
mont Lodge No. 9, A. F. and A. M., Orient Chapter No. !|
R. A. M., Crusade Commandery No. 6, K. T. and Osiri
Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Wheeling; is a past gran I
of Mill City Lodge No. 110, I. O. O. F., of Fairviev
has been a member of the Grand Lodge of the state ifl
that order; and is a member of the Modern Woodmen o'
America and Knights of the Maccabees. While living a,
Fairview, Doctor Yost served as mayor of that city on
term, and has since been a member of the Fairmont Git
Council.

On August 28, 1890, he married Leanore Phillips. Mrs'
Yost was born January 1, 1869, daughter of Remembranc
Lindsay Phillips, of Greene County, Pennsylvania. He
father made a record of teaching school in Pennsylvani.
for thirty terms, and then bought a farm near Fairview
Marion Connty, where he lived until his death in May, 189S
at the age of fifty-seven. Following this paragraph it i '
appropriate to give briefly a record of each of the thre.
sons of Doctor and Mrs. Yost.

Herschel R., the oldest, was born June 1, 1891, graduate!
from the Fairmont High School in 1911, received his M. D
degree from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati «
1915, spent six months in Seton Hospital of Cincinnati
and twelve months as house surgeon at Bethesda Hospital
After practising for a few months at Carthage, Ohio, h<
returned home and has since been associated with his father
at Fairmont. He is a member of the staff of Cook Hospital
and is mine surgeon at Rivesville for the Monongahela Rail-
way. Dr. Herschel Yost is a member of the Marion Countj
and the American Medical associations, the National Eclec
tie Medical Association and the Southern Ohio Eclectic
Medical Association. Fraternally he is affiliated with
Acacia Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and with the Scottish Rit€
and Shrine, and is also a member of the Elks.

Three days after the United States entered the World
war he applied for enlistment, but was rejected on account
of physical disabilities. In May, 1918, he again volunteered

HISTORY OF V

Id was accepted and commissioned first lieuteuant ia the
r.dienl Corps. During the samo month he was called to
, ty at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, in September was
insferred to Camp Sevier, Greenville, South Carolina, and

January, 1919, was returned to Camp Jackson for duty
I the Demobilization Board for examination of returned

diers, and in March, 1919, gained his honorable discharge
d soon afterward resumed his privato practice in Fair-
)at.

The second son, Joricr Yost, born December 12, 1891,
aduatcd in 191>> from the Eclectic Medical College of Cin
inati, and was on duty at the Metropolitan Hospital, New-
ark City, awaiting call to the service, but. the war closed
•fore he received active detail. He is now in practice with
« father and brother.

Paul Yost, the youngest of the family, was born Novem-
r, 1897, received his A. B. degree in 1920 from West Vir-
nia University, and is now in his junior year of medicine
West Virginia University.

Josei'U Hosier, who has been president of the Fairmont
ate Normal School for a number of years, has been a
ider in West Virginia educational affairs for many years,
i his youth he made a definite start of education as a
reer, and it has been a calling that has absorbed his
hole souled enthusiasm and energy ever since.
Mr. Rosier was born in Harrison County, West Virginia
inuary 24, 1S70, son of John W. and Rebecca (Miller)
osier. His parents, now deceased, were also natives of
arrison County. The Rosier family was established in
merica a number of generations ago by an ancestor from
ermany. The mother of John W. Rosier was a Ratcliff,
ho came from Scotland with her parents when she was
x years old, the family settling in Harrison County,
fbecca Miller was a daughter of David Miller, who mar-
cd a Swiger.

Joseph Rosier attended the common schools of Harrison
aunty and Salem Academy, is a graduate of Salem Col-
ge, and that institution conferred upon him the honorary
?gree of A. M. in 1915. Mr. Rosier did his first work as a
aehcr in the grade schools of Salem as principal in 1890.
e remained there three years, for one year was a member
: the Harrison County Board of Examiners, was county
iperiutendent of schools for two years and for two years
as an instructor at Salem College. For one year he was

member of the faculty of the Glenville State Normal
chool.

While his influence as a school man has become widely
ctended over the state, Mr. Rosier for over twenty years
is had his chief work in the City of Fairmont. He be-
ime superintendent of the public schools of that city in
)00. He held that post fifteen years, a period that eoin-
ded with the greatest development of the school facilities
I Fairmont. He became president of the Fairmont State
ormal School in 1915.

Mr. Rosier has been an instructor at Teachers Institutes
i nearly every county in the state. He ia a member of
le National Educational Association, of the National Coun-
1 of Normal School Presidents, and of the West Virginia
tate Educational Association, and has been secretary and
resident of this state association. His interests have called
im to active co-operation with movements outside school
fe and work. He ia president of the local association of
asociated Charities, vice president of the local Young
tens' Christian Association, an organization with which
B has been identified since its beginning, is a member of
le Official Board of the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
ad ia affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and Ancient
rder of United Workmen. During the World war Mr.
osier was food commissioner for Marion County.

August 14, 1895, he married Iva Randolph, of Salem, West
irginia. She was born October 15, 1872, daughter of
rest on Fitz and Henrietta (Meredith) Randolph. Her
ither was a successful teacher in West Virginia for more
lan a quarter of a century. Mrs. Rosier 's great-great-
randfather, Randolph, was an ensign in the Continental
.nny during the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Rosier
ave three children: Nellie, born May 29, 1898, ia the wife

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of Paul Coffee, formerly of Fairmont, their present home
being at Canton, Ohio. Robert, born April 10, Iyo2, is a
sophomore in tho engineering department of West Virginia
University. Mary Josephine, born December 5, 1905, i* a
student in the Fairmont High School.

Howard JosErn Ross was bom, reared and nchic\ed Iiih
first business success in Ohio, but for nenrly twenty yearn
has been a factor in the commercial life of Fairmont and
also a progressive leader in some of the larger movement*
for that community's welfare and advancement.

Mr. Ross was born on a farm near Cadiz, Harrison Coun
ty, Ohio, February S, ls7s. On the same farm on Febru-
ary 20, ls50, was born his father, Rev. S. F. Ross, who was
the son of Joseph and Catherine Ross, natives of Pennsyl-
vania and early settlers of Harrison County. Amanda
Welch, who became the wife of Rev. S. F. Ross, was born
on a neighboring farm in Harrison County, December 10,
185:1, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Welch. Rev. S. F.
Ross was reared on a farm, attended public schools, then
Seio College, Scio, Ohio, an institution now incorporated in
Mount Pnion College, and after several years' experience
as a teacher and while still a young man he entered the
ministry. For many years he has been one of the able
workers in the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is now serving as pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Wadsworth, Summit County.

Howard J. Ross spent his early life on the Rosa farm,
was educated in the public schools, and for a time was a
student in Scio College. During 1x98-1900, he attended
Muskingum College in Ohio. While he waa there Joseph
Leitcr, of Chicago, engineering the great wheat "corner,"
and young Ross, seeing the opportunity to make some
money, bought wheat and carried the deal through to a
considerable profit. This gave him his initial capital for
his business career. His earnings from wheat he invested
during the development of the oil field* around Scio, Ohio,
and here, again, his investment and judgment were prof-
itable. About that time he engaged in the furniture busi
ness at Byesvillc, Ohio, in partnership with Edward Ken-
nedy, subsequently bought out his partner, nnd soon after-
ward sold the business. During 1901 he was a student in
the law department of Ohio State University.

After his university career Mr. Ross became a traveling
salesman for a furniture company, with headquarters at
Zanesville, Ohio. In December, 1904, he came to Fairmont,
during a vacation, to manage the Fairmont Furniture Com-
pany. Ultimately he bought n half interest in that busi-
ness, the firm becoming Nuziun & Ross, and in 1911, upon
the retirement of Mr. Nuzum, Mr. Ross incorporated the
Ross Furniture Company, of which he is now president and
owner. This is one of the very special business enterprises
of Fairmont. Mr. Ross became interested in the Moon
Oil & Gas Company in 1907, and since 1915 has been active
manager of this corporation.

He was holding the office of president of the Fairmont
Chamber of Commerce when the campaign was inaugurated
for building the magnificent new bridge across the Mo-
nongahela River, connecting East and West Fairmont, He
waa twice president of the Chamber of Commerce, and was
also one of the organizers and president of the Fairmont
Business Men 'a Association and ia a member of the West
Virginia State Business Men 's Association. Mr. Ross is a
member and treasurer of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church of Fairmont, belongs to the Rotary Club, aod is
affiliated with Fairmont Lodge No. 9, A. F. and A. M.

On October 21, 1908, he married Miss Lenore Brahm,
a native of Terra Alta, West Virginia, where she was bom
January 26, 1SS2. Her parents were Lynn F. and Elizabeth
Brahm, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the lat-
ter of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Ross have two children:
Joseph Finley, bom October 11, 1911, and Elizabeth Elliot,
born February 1, 1914.

GEOaGE E. KESTEascw. Among those prominently known
in the profession of law at Huntington and equally recog
nized as leaders in the coal industry is George E. Kesterson.
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with affairs in this state he has made numerous important
connections and entrenched himself firmly in the confidence
of his associates. He was born at Belpre, Washington
County, Ohio, October 7, 1867, and is a son of William
Franklin and Melissa (Treadway) Kesterson.

The Kesterson family originated in Germany, whence
came the great-grandfather of George E. Kesterson, who
first located at Baltimore, Maryland, where, upon the advent
of the War of the Revolution, he joined General Washing-
ton's army and fought bravely during the winning of
American independence. His son, Willis Kesterson, the
grandfather of George E. Kesterson, was bom at Waynes-
boro, Virginia, where he lived practically all of his life,
heing a well-known and prosperous planter of his com-
munity. He maintained the family's military record by
fighting with the American troops during the Mexican war.
Late in life he went to Luheck, West Virginia, where he
died prior to the birth of his grandson. .

William Franklin Kesterson was born in June, 1825, at
Waynesboro, Augusta County, Virginia, where he was reared
and educated and where he early adopted the vocation of
planter. Later he located at Parkersburg, this state, where
he secured employment at the trade of cooper. In 1866 ho
removed to Belpre, Ohio, where he also followed the same
trade, and through industry and good management increased
his capital until he was able to purchase land. Eventually
he became a successful agriculturist and owned considerable
property at Belpre at the time of his death, January 4,
1916, when he had reached the great age of ninety-one
years, eight months, twenty-one days. He was a democrat
in his political convictions, and a member and liberal sup-
porter of the Methodist Episcopal Church, North. Mr.
Kesterson married Miss Melissa Treadway, who was born in
Wood County, Virginia (now West Virginia), and died
at Belpre, Ohio. They became the parents of seven chil-
dren: Willis IL, who resides at Newark, Ohio, and is an
agriculturist; Hester, who died at Somerset, Kentucky, as
the wife of Hosea Johnson, also deceased, who was a farmer
of Washington County, Ohio, and at Somerset ; Hellena, who
died at Rockland, Ohio, as the wife of John Waterman,
township clerk at Rockland; Sylvester V., who is engaged
in farming in Washington County, Ohio; Jeanetta, who
died at Rockland, Ohio, as the wife of Edward Ames, an
agriculturist, who later died in Iowa; William Franklin,
who is engaged in farming at Rockland, Ohio; and George
E., of this record.

George E. Kesterson attended the graded and high schools
of Belpre, Ohio, and after graduating from the latter
entered upon the study of law. He was admitted to the
bar at Sistersville, West Virginia, in 1896, aud practiced
there until 1906, then spending two years at Parkersburg
and a like period at Columbus, Ohio. During a part of this
time, however, he was handling undeveloped coal lands in
Kentucky. Coming to Huntington in 1910, he opened a law
office and has since been engaged in the practice of his
profession at this place, where he has gained a large and
representative clientele and established an excellent reputa-
tion for sound ability and thorough professional knowledge.
He is operating a coal mine at Hawk's Nest, West Virginia,
and is a stockholder in the United Pocahontas Coal Cor-
poration. His offices are situated at 1220 First National
Bank Building. Mr. Kesterson is a democrat in politics,
but not a seeker after political preferment. Fraternally he
is affiliated with Huntington Lodge No. 347, L. 0. O. M.,
and Huntington Lodge No. 33, K. of P.

On February 5, 1912, Mr. Kesterson was united in mar-
riage with Miss Maude Mayfield, at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wood Mayfield, reside at Ash-
land, Kentucky, Mr. Mayfield being a retired agriculturist.
Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kesterson:
Josephine Virginia, born May 5, 1915, who is attending
school, and William Woodrow, born November 22, 1921.

Gibbon M. Slaughter, superintendent for the Thacker
Coal Mining Company, with executive headquarters at
Rose Siding, Mingo County, has been identified with min-
ing activities in the coal fields of this*section of the

state since December 23, 1913, and has won advancemei
through effective service.

Mr. Slaughter was born at Washington, Virginia, Marc
28, 1876, a son of Francis L. and Sue F. (Motley
Slaughter. The father likewise was born at- Washingtoi
in 1834, and there his death occurred February li! 1
1902. The mother was born in Caroline County, Vh
ginia, December 11, 1841, and since the death of he'
husband she has continued to maintain her home a
Washington, that state. Francis L. Slaughter gave hij
active life to farm enterprise in his native county, wa;
influential in community affairs and served as magif
trate and school trustee. He was a zealous member o f
the Baptist Church, as is also his widow. Mr. Slaughter
was a gallant soldier of the Confederacy during th
entire period of the Civil war, he having been a mem
ber of Company B (Captain Duncan), of the Sixtl
Virginia Cavalry, in the command of Major Grimsb;
and Col. John S. Green. He was made a non-commis
sioned officer and he took part in many important en
gagements, including the battles of the Wilderness, Win'
Chester, Manassas and Front Royal, or Cedarville, be
sides the many engagements in which his command was
involved in the Valley of Virginia. He had two horse}
killed under him, and the skin on one of his wrist}
was grazed by a bullet, but he was never captuTed or
severely wounded. He was a descendant of one of twe
brothers of the Slaughter family who came from Eng
land in the earlier part of the eighteenth century and
settled in Kentucky and Virginia, respectively, the first;
governor of Kentucky having been a Slaughter, and a,
representative of the name in Virginia having been a
member of the American navy in the War of the Revo-
lution.

Gibbon M. Slaughter, one of a family of four ^
sons, all of whom are living, attended the public schools j
of his native town until he was eighteen years old, and 1
thereafter he continued his association with farm enter- 1
prise in Virginia until he had attained to the age ofl
twenty-five years. When the Spanish-American war wasl
initiated he enlisted and was trained for service, but the
war came to a close without his being called to the
stage of conflict. On October 28, 1901, he went to Cin- £
cinnati, Ohio, where he found employment in connection I
with the wholesale and retail coal business in selling the
output of the Glenalum and. Thacker mines in West |
Virginia. He was six years in office and two years on j
the road as a salesman, his territory extending from
Michigan to South Carolina. In November, 1909, he
came to the West Virginia coal fields in the capacity of
shipping agent for the Glenalum mine. Two years later
he was made assistant superintendent, and after holding
this position two years he became assistant to S. G. 1
McNulty, general manager of the Thacker Coal Mining |
Company, at Rose Siding. Two years later he was pro-
moted to his present office at this place, that of super-
intendent.

In politics Mr. Slaughter is inclined to consider men
and measures rather than to be constrained by strict
partisan lines. He registered for service in the World
war but was instructed to continue the production of
coal, the fuel industry being one of vital importance
during the war period. He is affiliated with the Ma-
sonic Blue Lodge at Washington, Virginia; with Rappa-
hannock Chapter No. 33, Royal Arch Masons, at the
same place; with Ivanhoe Commandery No. 19, Knights
Templars, at Bluefield, West Virginia; and with the
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston, this state.
Mr. Slaughter's name is still enrolled on the roster of
eligible bachelors in Mingo County.

George Edmund Price recently passed the golden anni-
versary of his admission to the bar. Fifty years a
lawyer, he has spent all but the first few years in
West Virginia, his native state, and for a third of a
century has stood among the leaders of the bar of
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iryland In early Colonial days, and the great-grand-
her, Thomas Price, nerved as a colonel in the American
ay during the Revolutionary war.

Jeorge E. Price was born on a farm near Moorefield,
rdy County, "West Virginia, November 9, 1848, and
>f Weigh ancestry. His family was a substantial one,
h professional connections, and he acquired a liberal
leatioo in preparation for his chosen profession. He
ended Georgetown University at "Washington, where
enjoyed many of the college honors. In December,
1, he was admitted to the bar in Frederick County,
ryland, where he studied law with his great uncle,
n" James M. Coale. In 1875 he returned to West Vir-
ia, and practiced at Keyser in Mineral County until
rt). when he located at Charleston. In the meantime,
18S2, he was elected a member of the State Senate,
I served continuously for eight years and was pre-
ing officer of the Senate in the sessions of 1885-1887
I 1889.

)n removing to Charleston Mr. Price was associated
practice with Hon. S. L. Floumoy until the latter 's
ith. He is now senior member of the law firm Price,
ith. Spilman and Clay, one of the most highly ac-
dited firms of the state bar. The group of attorneys
ociatcd with Mr. Price in this firm include Harrison
Smith. Robert S. Spilman. Buckner Clav. Arthnr B.
flees. David C. Howard, T. Brooke Price, John J.
Preston and Frederick L. Thomas,
n the settlement of the boundary dispute between
st Virginia and Maryland Mr. Price was selected by
rernor Fleming to represent the State of West Vir-
ia before the Supreme Court. His brief, pleadings
I oral arguments in that case were the contributing
tors in the final decision, and the case became one
importance bevond immediate results as a precedent
settling similar onestions. Mr. Price was one of the
anizers of the Kanawha National Bank and also
the Kanawha Banking and Trust Companv. of which
is a director and vice president. In and out of his
fession he has exercised an important influence in
iv industrial developments throngh the state,
n June. 1^78. Mr. Price married Miss Sallie A. Dorsey,
Howard County. Maryland. Of their children two
s are lawvers. For many years Mr. Price has served
% ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. While he
aot the Nestor of the Charleston bar. he has long
n regarded as one of its most honored members, with
nestioned ability and versatility of talent and per-
il character that mark him as one of the eminent
i of the state.

ichard Earl McCray is a graduate doctor of dental
irery and for over a dozen vears has enjoved prestige
' the leading practice in Fairmont, where he has been
lillv known for his business enterprise.
o?toT MeOav was born at Fairmont. October 15. 1^86.
i of Charles Edward and Martha Virginia (Prichard)
*rav. His grandparents John and Rebecca (Cunning-
ly McCray, were also natives of Marion Coonrv, and
maternal* grandparents, Thomas and Harriet (Morse)
I hard, were born in the same county, so that more than
le generations of these worthv families have been rep-
•nted in this section of West Virginia. Charles E. Mc-
f was born in Marion Countv in 1850. and has spent
life there. By trade he is* a harness-maker, an occupa-
I he followed in Marion County, but later became a
<-hant of Fairmont and is now living Tetired. His wife,
•ha Virginia Prichard. was bom in the Paw Paw Dis-

of Marion County in 1855.
rhard E. McCray acquired a public school education
Fairmont, graduated from high school in 1904, spent
year at the Fairmont State Normal School, in 1905
red the Ohio State Universitv at Columbus, and took
fcconrae in dental surgery at the Starling. Ohio. Dental
|»ee. now incorporated in the Ohio State University. He
Inated with the degree of D. D. 8. in 1909. and soon
Inward took up active practice at Fairmont. Doctor
Iray is a member of the West Virginia State Dental
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Society, the Monongahela Valley Dental Society, of which
he was president in 1919, and ie the present secretary of
the Marion County School Dental Clinic Society.

One of the widely known business enterprises haring
its home at Fairmont is The McCray System Advertising
Company, Inc., with which Doctor McCray hns been ac-
tively associated for a number of years, nnd of which he
was formerly president. He is now president of the firm
McCray & McCray, theatrical enterprises, an organization
founded in 1908 by him in association with his brother,
Frank C. McCray.

Doctor McCray is affiliated with Fairmont Lodge No. 294.
B. P. O. E. and is a member of the Psi Chapter of the
Ohio State University and of the Psi Omega dental fra-
ternity. In 1912 he married Miss Bonnie Marie Orr. She
was born at Clarksburg, West Virginia, May 27. 1895,
daughter of Frederick Bruce and Lavcrna Angelina (Wyer)
Orr, of Harrison County, West Virginia. The two children
of Doctor and Mrs. McCrav are Bonnie Jean, bom March
11, 1916; and Richard Earl, Jr., born March 3, 1921.

Jabez B. Hajjtord for a number of years has had an in-
teresting place of power and influence among the executive
officials connected with the great coal mining industry of
West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He is one of many men
prominent in the business who have come up from the ranks.
As a boy he was a worker in the mines of Western Pennsyl-
vania, and he comes of a coal mining family in whieh the
raising of coal to the surface is practically a traditional
occupation.

Both he and his parents and his foreparents for genera-
tions were natives of Staffordshire, England. His maternal
grandfather. William Smith, was a coal miner nearly all his
life. The Smith and Hanford families have been miners
for many generations in Staffordshire. Jahez B. Hanford
was born in Staffordshire. June 4. 1*65, and his parents.
Joseph and Emila (Smith) Hanford. were born there re-
spectively in 1843 and 1845. The father died in 1878 and
the mother in 1905. Joseph Hanford brought bis family
to the United States in 1870 and located at Sharon. Penn-
sylvania, in the midst of one of the great industrial and
mining districts of that state. His previous training brought
him connections with the coal mining industry, and he con-
tinued this work until he met his death as the result of a
mine accident.

Jabez B. Hanford was thirteen vears old when his father
was killed. He had very few school advantages, and two
vears before his father's death he had gone to work in the
mines of Morcer County Pennsylvania. He served the long
and arduous apprenticeship of the common miner but after
getting started his promotion was singularly rapid.

At the age of twenty-five Mr. Hanford was mine foreman,
at thirty he was mine superintendent, at thirty-six. was
division superintendent for the Shawmut Mining Company
of Elk County, Pennsylvania, and at mirty-eight. became
general superintendent of this, one of the larger mining cor-
porations of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Hanford has been identified with the coal mining
industry in West Virginia since 1905, in which year he
moved 'to Morgantown. as general superintendent of the
Elkina Coal & Coke Companv. This corporation was then
engaged in developing the West Virginia field. Mr. Han-
ford continued as general superintendent until the Elkins
companv >s interests were taken over on October 2«. 1919. by
the Bethlehem Mines Corporation. Since then Mr. nan ford
has been with the National Fuel Company, with headquarter*
at Morgantown, and he has all the duties If not the offieial
title of chief executive for that corporation. The coal mm-
ing industry all over the country recognizes him as a man
of marked achievement. He is a member of the Executive
Board of the Coal Mining Institute of America, and was one
of the organizers of the Coal Mining Institute of We*t
Virginia and was ita president for the first three vears.
He is also a member of the American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers and is president of the Mor-
gantown Engineers Club. When the Morgantown Post Com-
pany was organized to take over the Post-Chronicle news-
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company and has since served as vice president. He is vice
president of the Morgantown Country Club, a member of
the Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with Lodge No. 187,
A. F. and A. M., and the Royal Arch Chapter No. 137, R.
A. M., at Barb our sville, Kentucky.

Mr. Hanford married Joanna Dillon. She was born at
Aberdeen, Wales, daughter of Lawrence and Mary (Downey)
Dillon. Mr. and Mrs. Hanford have a son, James, and a
daughter, Josephine. The latter graduated A. B. from West
Virginia University in 1920, and is now a teacher in the
Masontown High School.

The son, James Hanford born October 2, 1892, attended
West Virginia University and studied mine engineering at
Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. March 4, 1918, he
joined the colors, going from Morgantown to Camp Ogle-
thorpe, Georgia, and two weeks later to New York, where
he was assigned to the Three Hundred and Second Sanitary
Train of the Seventy-seventh Division. April 6, 1918, just a
month after enlisting, he was ordered overseas, landed at
Liverpool, crossed the channel from Dover to Calais, and
proceeded to the St. Omer sector of the western front, and
at the signing of the armistice was in the Baccarat sector.
He returned to the United States May 6, 1919, and was
discharged at Camp Meade May 28, 1919. James Hanford
is now superintendent of the National Fuel Company of
West Virginia. He is a highly qualified mining engineer,
and is a member of the Coal Mining Institute of America.
He belongs to the Sigma Chi college fraternity.

R. Lindsay Cunningham, former sheriff of Marion
County and for many years the leading funeral director
in the City of Fairmont, the county seat, was born on a
farm in Paw Paw District, this county, July 13, 1851, and
is a son of Nimrod and Martha (Danley) Cunningham,
both likewise natives of Marion County. Nimrod Cunning-
ham was born on a pioneer farm in Paw Paw District, and
in 1855 removed to Mannington District, virtually his entire
active career having been given to farm industry.

R. Lindsay Cunningham received the advantages of the
common schools and as a young man he learned the car-
penter's trade, to which he gave his attention for some
time. In 1880 he established a saw and planing mill at
the corner of Jackson and Monroe streets, Fairmont, and
this mill, opposite his present place of business, he operated
nine years. While working as a carpenter he frequently
was called upon to manufacture coffins, and it may con-
sistently be said that he has been identified with the under-
taking business since about 1870. From year to year the
undertaking department of his business increased in scope,
and he is now the oldest representative of this line of busi-
ness at Fairmont, where his establishment is the largest
of the kind in the county.

Aside from his direct business activities Mr. Cunning-
ham has contributed much to the material development
and upbuilding of Fairmont. He was one of the organizers
and became president of the old Coal City Furniture Com-
pany; he built the McAlpin Hotel Block, in the heart of
the business district, and this property he still owns; he
erected the block in which the Home Furniture Company
is located, and also an adjoining building, which he re-
cently sold; in 1921 he completed the Cunningham Block,
at the corner of Jackson and Monroe streets, this being a
structure of four stories and basement, the first and second
floors and basement being occupied by his undertaking
establishment and the upper two floors being fitted up as
apartments. This last mentioned building was the first
tUe and stucco building erected in Fairmont, and is one
of the most modern and attractive structures in the city.

In 1896 Mr. Cunningham was elected sheriff of Marion
County, and this office he held four years. He is a charter
member and was the first president of the West Virginia
Funeral Directors Association; he is a loyal and liberal
member of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce; he is a
Knight Templar and Mystic Shrine Mason, and he is af-
filiated also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and the Knights of Pythias.

December 17, 1885, recorded the marriage of Mr. Cun-
ningham and Anna Violet Mayers, who was born near the

City of Fairmont and who is a daughter of George W.
and Mary E. (Fleming) Mayers, the former of whom d:
in 1900, at the age of sixty-nine years, and the latter
whom died in May, 1902, aged sixty-four years, she havi
been a daughter of Alfred Fleming, a member of one
the old and influential families of Marion County. 1
and Mrs. Cunningham have two children, Lawrence M. a
Genevieve.

Lawrence M. Cunningham was born at Fairmont on 1
12th of July, 1887, and from 1907 until 1913 he was
student in Washington and Jefferson College, he havi
been a member of the football team each year while
tending both the preparatory and collegeate departments
this institution. In 1913 he became somewhat interest
in traction matters in consequence of his father's inter
in the Traction Company of Fairmont, and so contini
until the nation became involved in the World war. Aug
24, 1917, he entered the Officers Training Camp at F<
Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana, where, on 1
28th of the following November, he was commissioi
second lieutenant. On the 14th of December he report
to Camp Sherman, Ohio, and was assigned to Battery
of the Three Hundred and Twenty-fourth Heavy Fi
Artillery. He was later transferred to the Headquarfc
Company of the regimental staff. June 3, 1918, with
command, he left Camp Sherman and proceeded to Cai
Mills, Long Island. A week later, on the English tra
port Leicestershire, he sailed for France. Fourteen di
later he landed at La Havre, and with a detachment
the command went into camp with the 17th French Fi
Artillery Corps at Camp Coquetdan, near Rennes. 1
members of Lieutenant Cunningham's command there
ceived instruction in the French school of military instr
tion and were equipped with French 155 M. M. guns. Aug
1st they proceeded to the Verdun front, and thereafter Li
teuant Cunningham was in active service at the front w
the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second, Thir
seventh, Eighty-ninth and Ninety-first Divisions, his cc
mission as first lieutenant having been received Noveml
4, 1918. He served on several of the French fronts, a
he was at Velogan, on the River Meuse, when the armist
was signed. With the Thirty-second Division he then p
ceeded to Germany, and on December 15, 1918, was
Breitneau, Germany, with the advance Army of Occupati
There he remained until April 22, 1919, when he returned
Brest, France. Shortly afterward he sailed for Ameri
and at Camp Mills, New York, he was placed in charge
troop trains between that camp and Camp Meade. At ■
latter camp he received his honorable discharge June
1919, his discharge papers showing that he had served
France, England and Germany. After his retirement fr
military service, Lieutenant Cunningham became associat
with his father's business, he having completed a course J
the Renoard Training School for Embalmers, New Y<|
City, and being licensed as an embalmer in both New Y(l
State and West Virginia. He is commander of Heintzlenl
Post No. 17, American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreil
Wars. Lieutenant Cunningham's Masonic affiliations i|
with Fairmont Lodge No. 9, A. F. and A. M.; Oriij
Chapter No. 9, R. A. M.; Crusade Commandery No. |
Knights Templar ; the Consistory of the Scottish Rite I
Wheeling, in which he has received the thirty-second degrij
Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine in the same city; aj
the Order of the Eastern Star. He is a member also of 1
Knights of Pythias and of the Phi Delta Theta colhl
fraternity.

Dorset Plummee Fitch, M. D., is one of the able phjl
cians and surgeons of his native state and is engaged j
active general practice in the City of Fairmont, Mar l
County. He was born at Morgantown, Monongalia Counj
September 12, 1858, and is a son of Capt. Enoch Plumu]
Fitch and Louisa (Dorsey) Fitch. Captain Fitch was btj
in Preston County, Virginia, (now West Virginia), and \l
a son of Arthur Fitch, who was a representative of a fam
founded in New England in the Colonial period of our ll
tional history. Captain Fitch served as sheriff of Moml
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tender his aid in defense of the Union when the Civil
j was precipitated. He received commission aa captain
d later became quartermaster, an oiliee of which he was
t iueumbent at the time of his death, May 31, 1S64, in
mover County, Virginia. His wife long survived him aud
is a member of an old and honored family of Monongalia
unty.

Doctor Fiteh was reared on his father's farm in Monon-
lia County, and hia higher education along academic lines
is obtained in the University of West Virginia. He there-
tcr studied medicine in the office of Drs. Hugh W. and
ither S. Brock at Morgantown, and later attended leetures

Jefferson Medical College in the City of Philadelphia.
>r four years thereafter he was associated in practice with
i former preceptors, the Doctors Brock, at Morgantown,
d he then completed the full course in Jefferson Medical
liege, in which he was graduated in 1SS5, with the degree

Doctor of Medicine. He then engaged in practice at
ostburg, Maryland, where he remained until 1888, since
.ich year he has been one of the leading physicians and
rgeons at Fairmont, West Virginia, his prestige in his
ofession having been won by ability and faithful ateward-
ip. He has taken a post-graduate course on diseases of
3 eye at Jefferson Medical College, and in bacteriology in
B Richmond Medical College, Richmond, Virginia. He is
w one of the veteran and honored members of the Marion
unty Medical Society, is a member also of the West Vir-
nia State Medical Society, and he is affiliated with the
:al Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandcry of the Masonic
iternity, as well as with the lodge of the Benevolent and
otective Order of Elks.

September 3, 18S4, Doctor Fitch wedded Sallie Haymond,
ughter of Marcus W. Haymond, of Fairmont, and she
ssed to the life eternal in the year 1896. She was survived

two children: George Carroll, who took a course in civil
gineering at the University of West Virginia, is now a
jident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is associated with
a Pittsburgh Coal Company; and Sallie Louise is the wife

Everett C. Butler, who is engaged in the jewelery busi-
3s in the City of Cleveland, Ohio. On the 2d of July, 1900,
is solemnized the marriage of Doctor Fiteh and Blanche
lymond, a sister of his first wife.

Frank Rezin Amos, who since January, 1921, has been
5 capable prosecuting attorney of Marion County, is one
the prominent young lawyers of Fairmont and is a native
that city, representing two well known names among
irion County's families.

His grandfather was Edgar W. Amoa, a native of Marion
unty, a farmer and an extensive land owner who at one
ae owned all the land now included in the site of the
ning town of Baxter in that county. The father of Frank
[ Amos was the late Elias S. Amos, whose life was largely
voted to the cause of education. He was born in Paw
lw District of Marion County in 1852, attended the com-
•n schools and the Fairmont Normal School, and also a
Inmer school in Wetzel County. For over twenty years
I was one of the best known schoolmasters of Marion
lunty. In 1888 he removed to Fairmont, and for a number
t years continued teaching in the city schools and he also
f-ved as county superintendent of schools. When he left
l; teaching profession he was for several years city col-
Itor and for ten years justice of the peace at Fairmont,
laetically his entire mature life was devoted to public
tviee, either in the school room or in public office, and it
is very soon after the close of his last term as justice of
h peace that he died in 1915. He was a republican and a
I'mber of the Baptist Church. Elias S. Amos married
foda Annis (Parker), who was born in Paw Paw District,
ty a few miles from the birthplace of her husband. Her

'ents were Capt. William C. and Rebecca (Conaway) Park-
1 Captain Parker was a native of Marion County, was an

cer in the Union army during the Civil war, and was a

>stantial farmer and influential citizen. Both the Parker
n Conaway families furnished soldiera to the Revolutionary

r.

?rank R. Amos was born April 15, 1890, and until past
majority was busily engaged in securing a liberal educa-

tion. He graduated from the Fairmont High School in 1908,
from tho Fairmont State Norma] in 1909, and in 1912 re-
ceived his LL. B. degree from West Virginia University. He
was admitted to the bar that year, and has since been busy
with his growing professional interests at Fairmont. Since
July, 1913, he has beeu in practice with his brother Curtis
E. under the firm namo of Amos & Amos.

Mr. Amos was for four years chairman of the Republican
County Executive Committee, and for the same length nf
time was a member of the Republican Congressional Commit-
tee of the First District, lie was nominated for prosecuting
attorney in the republican primaries of 1920 and at the gen-
eral election received approximately a majority of 1,500
votes. He entered upon the duties of hia oUice in January,
1921.

Mr. Amos is a prominent fraternal man, being affiliated
with Fairmont Lodge No. 9, F. and A. M., Fairmout Chapter
No. 9, R. A. M., Fairmont Commandery No. 6, K. T., Osiris
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling, Fairmont Lodge
No. 294, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Fairmont
Lodge No. 12, Knights of Pythias, and Fairmont Lodge No.
9, Loyal Order of Moose. He is also a member of the Sigma
Chi college fraternity, the Marion County Bar Association
and the Baptist Church.

August 15, 1915, Mr. Amos married Kathcryn Donham,
a native of Fairmont, where she was a popular teacher in
the city schools prior to her marriage. l!er parents were
H. L. and Ella (Harden) Donham. The Donhams came
from Greene Cuunty, Pennsylvania, aud the maternal grand-
parents of Mrs. Amos were Thomas and Cordelia (Barnea)
Harden. Thomas Harden was a Union soldier in the Civil
war. Mra. Amos is a member of the Methodist Church. She
and Mr. Amos have one son, John Donham Amos, born
November 2, 1918.

Calvin D. Conaway, president of the Home Savings Bank
of Fairmont, Marion County, former sheriff of the county
and present member of the County Court, was born on the
old family homestead in Fairmont District, this county,
August 3, 1863, and is a son of Maj. James E. and Miranda
(Ice) Conaway. On the same old homestead farm Major
Conaway was born in the year 1831, and his death occurred
in 1910. He was a gallant officer in the Confederate service
in the Civil war, as major in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Thompson. He was long a representative farmer
and merchant in his native county, besides having been
identified with the coal industry in this section of the state.
He served three terms as justice of the peace, and was one af
the honored and influential citizens of Marion County. On
the aame ancestral homestead was born his father, William
Couaway, and the latter 's father, John Conaway, was the
pioneer representative of the family in this county, the land
which he here obtained and which he reclaimed to produc-
tiveness having continued in the possession of the family for
four generations. John Conaway came to Marion County
from Pulaski County, Virginia. He was a patriot soldier
in the War of the Revolution, and his widow, Mrs. Rachel
(Wilson) Conaway, drew a pension on account of his service
in that war.

Mrs. Miranda (Ice) Conaway was born at Barrackville,
Marion County, in 1834, and her death occurred in 1901.
She was a daughter of Hon. William B. and Dollie
(Straight) lee, her father, a native of Barrackville, this
county, having served as a member of the State Senate.
William B. Ice was a son of Adam Ice, who wa3 the first
white child born west of the Allegheny Mountains in what
is now Northern West Virginia, the family having become
very early settlers in the Cheat River neighborhood.

Calvin D. Conaway was reared on the ancestral homestead,
which he now owns and on which he has resided almost con-
tinuously. For twenty years he was engaged in stone con-
tracting work, including the construction of foundations and
the supplying of stone in railroad construction and main-
tenance. He has recently retired from this business, includ-
ing the operation of a large stone quarry. He has been
president of the Home Savings Bank of Fairmont since
1917, and ainee 1916 has been president of the Farmers
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he was one of the organizers, the company now having a
membership of 9,000, with insurance in force to the amount
of $12,000,000. Mr. Conaway is president also of the West
Virginia Association of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies,
with a membership of 18,000 and with $30,000,000 of insur-
ance. He is vice president of the Monongahela Candy Com-
pany and a stockholder in many other business concerns of
Fairmont.

In 1912 Mr. Conaway was elected sheriff of his native
county, in which office he served one term. In 1918 he was
elected a member of the County Court, in which capacity he
is giving characteristically loyal and effective service. He is
a member of the Elks, Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the
World and the Loyal Order of Moose. His wife, whose
maiden name was Clara Hunter, was born at Barrackville,
Marion County, a daughter of Josephus Hunter, and a repre-
sentative of one of the old and influential- families of the
county. Mr. and Mrs. Conaway are the parents of two chil-
dren, Olive Blanehe, deceased, and Nannie M., who is the
wife of Archie F. Sandy, a well known business man o£
Fairmont.

James McNeil Stephenson, who died at Parkersburg
nearly half a century ago, was one of the stalwart char-
acters of his age, and his constructive activities and the
impress of his influence are part of the heritage of the pres-
ent generation.

He was a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Dils) Stephenson,
who were married in 1794, and in the early infancy of their
son James moved to Parkersburg, in 1800. The family has
therefore been represented in this city for considerably more
than a century, and the descendants are numerous and
many of them have been prominent. One of the sons of
the pioneer couple, Edward, Jr., was a man of most ver-
satile gifts and accomplishments, was a lawyer, teacher,
preacher, writer, carpenter, but owing to wandering habits
never lived long in any place. He traveled extensively by
foot and on horsebaek throughout the West, South and
East, and finally died in Mexico. He never married.

James McNeil Stephenson, first named above, was edu-
cated for the law and achieved many marks of distinction
in that profession. But his chief work was in the field of
practical business and affairs. He became one of the largest
land owners and tax payers in Wood and adjoining counties.
It was due to his exertion more than to that of any other
man that the northwestern branch of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railway was built. He declined a nomination for Congress
in order to enter the House of Delegates, where he could
employ his influence to further the promotion of this rail-
road. He was also regarded as the father of the North-
western Turnpike, one of the great public undertakings of
the day. A large degree of credit is due him for the con-
struction of the James River and Kanawha Canal. For
years he was president of the Parkersburg National Bank,
and was also interested in the Northwestern Bank. A man
of tremendous energy, he gave wholehearted support to
whatever he undertook, and this largely accounts for his
great success. While owning deep moral and religious senti-
ments, he chose to distribute his gifts without prejudice
among the various denominations and worthy institutions,
and he was equally independent of partisan ties in politics.

James McNeil Stephenson married Agnes Boreman, of the
prominent West Virginia family of that name. Their six
children were Kenner Boreman, Sarah Elizabeth, James Mc-
Neil, Isabella, Andrew Clark and Lucy Lazier.

James McNeil Stephenson, Jr., became a physician by
profession. He was born in 1838 and died in 1906. He
married Veronica Gale.

By marriage the Stephenson family is related to many of
the family names that have been conspicuous in the life and
affairs of West Virginia, including those of Bird, Tavenner,
Newman, Botts, Johnson, Wade, Gale, Dorsey, Hutchinson,
Boreman and others.

Harry E. Caldabaugh. A native of Wheeling, Harry E.
Caldabaugh was educated as an engineer, followed that
profession for a number of years, but is now prosperously
established as a merchant, a wholesale and retail dealer

in paints and glass. Mr. Caldabaugh has a record of ser
ice in the army at the time of the Spanish -American wa
He was born at Wheeling, April 28, 1879. His fathe
Philip C. Caldabaugh, now living at Glendale, Marsha
County, West Virginia, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Ge!
many, in 1844. Four years later, at the climax of tl
Revolutionary struggles in .Germany, his parents, Chark
F. and Laura M. (Kraft) Caldabaugh, left their nath
home in Hesse-Darmstadt and came to America, first ae
tling in Monroe County, Ohio, and later moving to Whee
ing, where the latter died. Philip C. Caldabaugh was reare,
in Monroe County, and as a young man of nineteen ei
listed there in 1864, joining Company F of the One Hmj
dred Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry. He served the last yea
of the war and was with Sherman on the march to the se
his regiment being part of the rear guard in this famor
campaign. Philip Caldabaugh moved to Wheeling in 186f ;
was married in this city, and for many years followe-'
teaming. He is a republican, an active member of tb'
Methodist Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with th
Knights of the Mystic Chain and the Improved Order c
Red Men. His wife was Margaret Heckler, who was bor
in Hesse-Darmstadt in 1848, and died at Wheeling in 188J;
She was the mother of the following children: Laura M
living with her father; George W., connected with a whoh
sale hardware house at Los Angeles, California; Laura M
unmarried and living with her father; Charles W- ? a mei
chant at Wheeling; John C, a merchant at Glendale, Wes
Virginia; Harry E., Lucy M., wife of William Thomburj
a resident of Glendale aud an office employe of the Whee
ing & Lake Erie Railroad; and Chester W., a Glendal
merchant.

Harry E. Caldabaugh attended the public schools o
Wheeling and spent three years in West Virginia Wesleya
College at Buckhannon, pursuing a course in civil eng
neering. From 1906 to 1908 he was employed in structurs
engineering work at Wheeling and Cincinnati. Then as I
civil engineer and as purchasing agent he was associate!
with the United States Engineers in river improvement
and other Federal projects in the Wheeling District. HI
was in the service of the Federal Government in this ca |
pacity for 9}£ years. In 1917 Mr. Caldabaugh established
his present business, beginning in a small way as a deale«
in paints and glass, and has kept his business growinl
aud prosperous until it is now one of the leading estatl
lishrnents of the kind in the Wheeling District. His storl
and offices are at 1058 Market Street.

Mr. Caldabaugh has always been willing to take a kindl j
and helpful interest in community affairs. He was fol
eight years state commander of the State Boys Brigad(l
a national organization. He is president of the Norther!
West Virginia Fish and Game Protective Association. Hi
is a member of the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce an I
Kiwanis Club, is a republican, has served on the Official
Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church and as president
of the Epworth League. In June, 1898, he enlisted i I
Company D of the Second West Virginia Infantry, as :|
bugler, being then nineteen years of age. He was wit I
his regiment at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, and then a I
Greenville, South Carolina, until mustered out in April
1899.

In 1910, at Wheeling, Mr. Caldabaugh married Mis I
Mabel W. Rahr, daughter of David and Jennie (Wallace I
Rahr, residents of Wheeling, where her father is employeil
in the Steel Rolling Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Caldabaugh hav !
four children: Harry R., born July 31, 1912; Jane E. I
born April 30, 1914; Phil D., born May 31, 1915; an<
John W., born August 31, 1918.

Charles H. Seabright is a prominent resident of Wheel
ing, has been in business in that section of Greater Wheeling
Benwood, since boyhood, his vehicle and implement establ
lishment is located at Forty-second and Wood streets, and J I
deep interest in the welfare of the city and its people ha
also brought him several positions of trust. He is a membe
of the Wheeling City Board of Education.

Mr. Seabright was born at Wheeling, October 1, 1863, aoi
of Henry and Wilhelmina (Pappa) Seabright. His parent

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cere both born in Germany, but were married after coming
o Wheeling. Henry Seabright was a butcher by trade, and
s a young man located at Wheeling and soon afterward
pened a shop on Chapline Street, between Thirty-aixth and
'hirty-sevcnth, in what wa9 then the south end. He dcvel-
ped a very prosperous business and continued it until his
eath in 1874, when he was about fifty years of age. Ilia
ridow survived him until 18S5, and was about the aamc age
.hen she died. They were members of the Lutheran Church,
iftcr his death the widow operated a grocery store at the
Id place of business for a short time. These parents reared
hrec children: Charles H.; Henry L., a contractor and
lanufncturer; and Minnie, wife of Elwood Wilson, a native
f Wheeling and a mechanic now living at Los Angele9,
California,

Charles H. Seabright was eleven years of age when his
atber died, and he assisted his mother in the store. Later
he removed to a residence at Benwood, known as "The Old
•rovers Home," and there she resumed merchandising, open-
lg a stock of groceries. In the intervals of his service for
is mother Charles H. Seabright attended the public schools,
.fter his mother's death he began dealing in buggies at
Jenwood, starting in this line of business in 1SS6, and has
een continuously engaged in the same line now for over
airty-five years. His business was first located at Benwood,
ut when the old home was sold to the Sheet & Tube Corn-
any he removed to his present site, in 1903. Here the busi-
ess has continued to grow and expand, and he carries an
rtensive line of vehicles, agricultural implements, harness
nd other supplies, chiefly for the farmers' trade.

At the age of twenty-four Mr. Seabright married Miss
latie Delbrugge, of Bellaire, Ohio, but a native of Whccl-
lg. They have a family of four children: Earl, a book-
eeper; Bruce, in the automobile business at Wheeling;
Wilbur, an electrician; and Clyde, associated with his
rother Bruce. The family are members of the Trinity
.utberan Church.

Mr. Seabright ha9 never been so closely tied to his busi-
ess affairs that he neglected the call of public duty. He
'rved twice as a member of the city council, and since 1913
as been a member of the Wheeling Board of Education,
fe has participated in the general program of the board 's
ctivities, and has cultivated as his special interests the mat-
t of the new high school, the purchasing of the ground
hich is now known as the public school athletic field,
nd the building of the New Island School. He is a re-
ublican. He is now serving as a member of Wheeling City
ecreation Commission, other members being Mr. Gundling,
oy Naylor, Ed Jefferson and Mrs. Harold Brennan. This
)mmission has charge of the playground and social centers
f the city, and as chairman of the Physical Educational
ommittee Mr. Albright had charge of the improvements
lat have made this field one of, if not the, best athletic
elds in the state.

Hermann Bentz. Behind the large and impressive sue-
?ss of the Cooey-Bentz Company, Incorporated, of Wheeling

an interesting story based upon the thrift and enterprise
f the two original partners constituting the firm that pre-
;ded the corporation. Close application to their work and

genius in understanding and meeting the demands of the
•ade have been responsible for the success of the company,
his business, handling home furnishings and undertaking,
is its main location at 3601-3603 Jacob Street, at least a
ile from the main business center of Wheeling, and yet the
ock carried and the annual volume of sales compare favor-
bly with any of the more centrally located concerns.^ Both
ib proprietors are royal good fellows, substantial citizens,
id the present article is devoted chiefly to the career of
It. Bentz, another article being published concerning Mr.
ooey.

Mr. Bentz was born in the south end of Wheeling, not far
•om his present business, on November 22, 1877, son of
hristian and Mary (Lewis) Bentz. His father was a native
f Germany, but came to America when a lad and for a
amber of years was employed as a pnddler in the La Bella
ron Works at Wheeling. He married in Wheeling, Mary
ewis, who came of a prominent Brooke County family,

daughter of Job and Mary (Miller) Lewis, farmers in thnt
section of West Virginia. Mrs. Bentz at the death of her
husband was left with a family of four children, and she
provided for them and lived with them and died, after
seeing them all well established, when sho was seventy-nine
years of age. These children were: John, a puddlcr in iron
mills who died at the age of sixty-three; Mrs. Su.lie Basel,
of Wheeling; Hermann; nnd Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hoffman.

Hermann Bentz at the age of fifteen* became the principal
support of his widowed mother. Thereafter he remained
with her, providing not only for her material comfort but
giving the utmost of a eon 's devotion to a devoted mother
who earned fully the love of her children nnd the est«crn in
which ahe was held by all her neighbors. Hermann Bentz
at the age of ten began doing aomc work in the La Belle
mills, learning the trade of cooper for nail kegs at that
plant. He worked there through all his boyhood, and Inter
as a young man he served four years as deputy shcrilT under
Sheriff Steenrod.

It was on August 1, 1897, that Mr. Bentz nnd Mr. W. R.
Cooey began their modest partnership of Cooey-Bentz. They
bought the business of a former dealer, paying his widow
$1,000. They had only $500 of operating capital, and that
was borrowed. During the early months, when the pros-
perity of the venture was not entirely assured, Mr. Bentz
and Mr. Cooey allowed themselves from the proceeds of the
business only enough to insure a bare subsistence for the
partners, Mr. Bentz, a bachelor, taking only $8 a week, while
Mr. Cooey, with his family, took $12. Their stock was kept
in one small room, 20 by 60 feet, and comprised an ordi-
nary line of furniture, and from the first they emphasized
their undertaking service. Seven years later, in 1904, they
incorporated, and since then the capitalization of $75,000
has been increased to $200,000, and in 1914 they erected a
substantial five-story brick block 50 by 100 feet, all of which
is now occupied by their business and they have planned
additional quarters which will provide at least double the
capacity. The business is strictly retail, and their customers
extend over a radius of fifty miles from points in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. There arc twenty-eight employes, and for the
past ten yeara a branch store has been conducted at Ben-
wood, being under the personal charge of Mr. Edward Cooey.

Mr. Hermann Bentz has never married. He is a popular
citizen, a Knight Templar Mason, a democrat without politi-
cal aspirationa, and is a director of the South Side Bank &
Trust Compnny.

James C. Moore is one of the leading merchants at War-
wood, a thriving industrial place that is now a pnrt of the
City of Wheeling, be having been four years of age when the
family home was established in the present Warwood Dis
trict of Ohio County and having been here reared nnd edu-
cated. He was born in the City of Wheeling, October 31.
1874, a son of John Z. and Mary (Cnshman) Monre, the
former of whom was born at Akron. Ohio, and the lattrr at
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Moore was a child when the
family removed to Wheeling, where her father, John r*ash-
man, was in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company until his death, and she was reared and educated
at Wheeling, where her marriage was solemnized. She sur-
vived her husband four years and died at the age of fifty-
three years.

John Z. Mnore was left an orphan in childhood and was
reared in the home of an unele. At the age of eighteen year
he found employment in a nail mill in th*» City of Pitts-
burgh, and he became a skilled nailmak* r. Later he wns em-
ployed in a nail mill in New Jersey, nnd thr-rp he enlisted in
a New Jersey regiment, with whieh he served as a loyal sol-
dier of the Union during the Ciril war. he having been in thp
army commanded by General Sheridan and having pnrtici
pated in many engagements, including thos*» of the Shenan-
doah Valley of Virginia and the battle of Appomattox.
After the war he remainel for a time at Pittsburgh, and
abont 1866 came to Wheeling. For years he was a skilled
artisan at the Top Nail Mill, and in 1*78 he purchased a
farm of twentv-six acres in the present Warwood locality, hp
having continued in the management of this excellent little
farm until his death in 1900, at the age of sixty-three years,

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and having in the meanwhile continued to work at his trade.
He served as a memher of the school board of his district
and was otherwise prominent in community affairs. Of the
seven children all but one attained to maturity and five are
now living. The son Sheridan ia engaged in the practice of
law at Huntington; Misses Estella and Nellie reside with
their brother James C, of this review, who is a bachelor;
and the other sister, Laura, is the wife of Charles Meyer. In
earlier years Miss Nellie Moore was a popular teacher in the
public schools, besides which she served as postmistress at
Glenova, the title of the office having later been changed to
Warwood, and the village having finally become a part of
the City of Wheeling.

James C. Moore gained his early education in the public
schools, and as a young man he worked in the nail mills.
Thereafter he was actively identified with the operation of a
large farm in this locality, and ahout 1905 he engaged in
general road contracting. In 1907 he opened a feed and
livery establishment at Wheeling, and this he conducted four
years, during which he still resided at Warwood. His elder
brother, Robert M., engaged in the grocery business at
Warwood in 1903, and upon the death of this brother in
1911 James C. assumed charge of the husiness, which he con-
ducted nine years, in the meanwhile having developed it into
a general merchandise enterprise, the first of the kind at
Warwood. His sister Nellie became postmistress, the post-
office having been in the store, and in this position she suc-
ceeded her deceased brother. It is interesting to note that
the original title of this local postoffice, Glenova, represents
a combination of the name of Glen Run (by which this part
of Ohio County has long been known), the "o" from the
initial of the county, and the final syllable, "va" represent-
ing the current abbreviation for Virginia.

In 1920 Mr. Moore sold his store, and thereafter he erected
a two-story double-store building, 56 by 56 feet in dimen-
sions, in which he is now conducting two well appointed
mercantile places, one being devoted to groceries and the
other to hardware. He is the owner also of the residence
property which represents the home of himself and his
sisters, and all of them are members of the Presbyterian
Church.

Henry Bieberson, who is living retired in the beautiful
suburb of Woodlawn, on the National Road, two miles dis-
tant from the center of Wheeling, of which the district is a
part, is vice president of the Wheeling Fire Insurance Com-
pany, the only corporation of its kind in the state and one
of which specific mention is made on other pages of this
work.

Mr. Bieberson was born in Germany, in 1848, and there
gamed his early education, he having been sixteen years of
age when he came to the United States. In 1874 he opened
a restaurant on the South Side in the City of Wheeling, and
this gained high reputation and continued a popular resort
for twenty-eight years. Mr. Bieberson won substantial suc-
cess through his careful and honorable business activities,
and he was formerly a director of the Bank of Wheeling.
He is now a director of the Bridgeport Bank & Trust Com-
pany and in 1902 hecame president and manager of the Bel-
mont Brewing Company at Martin's Ferry, Ohio. Under
his direction this company gained high reputation for the
quality rather than the quantity of its output, and was a
model in connection with the brewing industry of the coun-
try. Mr. Bieberson is interested in the West Virginia Fair
Association, and formerly served as a trustee of the Home
for the Aged. He was a director of the company which con-
structed the Wheeling & Elm Gi-ove Railroad. He came to
this country in 1865, in company with an aunt and with his
sister, the latter being now the widow of August Rolf. Mr.
Bieberson came to Wheeling in 1867, and even the brief data
incorporated in this sketch indicate that he has been closely
and worthily associated with the development and progress
of the city. He is also interested in the West Virginia
Steel Corporation, which absorbed the La Belle Iron Com-
• pany and the Benwood Iron Works, in each of which he had
been a stockholder and director. He is affiliated with the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his personal
popularity is on a parity with his prominence and loyalty

in connection with civic and business affairs in Wheelir
It may further be stated that he is a director in the Citizei
People's Trust Company, was a member of the original diri
torate of the Bridgeport Banking Company, and is a direct;
of the Maher Colliers Company of Cleveland, Ohio, whi
operates mines in Belmont County, that state, and which i
one of the most important operating companies in the cc
fields of the Wheeling District. Mr. Bieberson was one
the principals in the platting of the Belvidere addition to t
City of Wheeling, and for the past twelve years he h I
maintained his home at Woodlawn, one of the finest re
dential districts of Wheeling.

In 1873 Mr. Bieberson married Miss Frederic
Schmaeher, who was born and reared at Wheeling, h
father having been a native of Germany and having be
one of the pioneer German citizens of Wheeling, where
engaged in the work of his trade, as a skilled stone-cutt<
Mr. and Mrs. Bieberson became the parents of two sons ai
three daughters, two of the daughters being deceased. T
daughter Emma, who became the wife of Karl Goetz, di<
when a young woman. Henry is a manufacturer in the Ci
of Delaware, Ohio; Lillie E. is the wife of Henry C. Hac
mann, of Wheeling; Anton is manager of the real esta
department of the Citizens-People Trust Company at Whe<
ing; and Cora died when a young woman.

Mr. Bieberson has lived a sane, worthy and construct!
life, and has done much to further the civic and materi,
development and progress of his home city and communit
In earlier years he was actively identified with the Turnv
rein and Liederkrantz societies of Wheeling, which repi
sented much in the social and cultural life of the communit
He served as president of St. John's Evangelical Protesta
Congregation for several years and is active in church wor

Fred J. Fox from an early age has been on intima
terms with work as a means of advancing himself ai
broadening his usefulness as a factor in the affairs of me
His work eventually led him into banking, and for thir
years he has been a figure of increasing influence in tl
financial affairs of the Wheeling District, where he is se
retary and cashier of the Security Trust Company.

Mr. Fox was born at Bridgeport, Ohio, November 2
1867. His father, Jacob Fox, was born in Wuertember-
Germany, in 1830, and as a young man came to the Unit*
States and located at Wheeling. He learned the baker,
trade under the master of that art, Joseph Bayha, ai|
while he followed the occupation in Wheeling on his r
moval to Bridgeport about 1855 and after his marria} 1
he entered the service of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Ra.
road Company, and was continuously with that road i
checker for thirty-five years. He finally retired in 189
and died at Bridgeport in 1893. He was independent
politics, a devout Lutheran, and was affiliated with the I
dependent Order of Odd Fellows. Jacob Fox marrfc
Christina Schweitzer, who was born in Wuerttemburg :
1S34 and died at Bridgeport in May, 1908. She was tl
mother of seven children: Elizabeth, wife of Louis ]
Cook, a mail clerk living at Bridgeport; William, head c
the shipping department of the Jefferson Glass Worl
and a resident of Bridgeport; Rachel, wife of Willia
KoehnlJne, a retired ice and coal dealer at Bridgeport
Fred J.; Henry, cashier of the Dollar Savings Bank c
Bridgeport; Mary, wife of Sam Greenlaand, general mai
ager of the traction system of Fort Wayne, Indiana; ar
J. Edward, a real estate and insurance man at Bridg
port.

Fred J. Fox attended the public schools of Bridgepor
and even while in school was turning his ingenuity in ti
direction of earning money to support himself and to pa
his expenses while in school. He also attended Frazier
Business College at Wheeling. _ His early positions ga*
him a varied knowledge of business, and in 1891, at tl
age of twenty-four, he entered the service of the Dolls
Savings Bank at Bridgeport, and was teller in that instito
tion until 1897. He was afterward cashier of the Germani
Half Dollar Savings Bank.

The year 1903 marks the beginning of Mr. Fox's Ion
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Wheeling. He beeame cashier in that year, and since 1916
has also filled the office of secretary. The Security Trust
Company was organized in 1903, with J. X. Vance as pres-
ident. Its present officers are: W. E. Stone, president;
41. J. MeFadden, viee president; A. L. Meyer, vice presi-
lent; Fred J. Fox, seerctary-eashicr ; II. S. Martin, as-
sistant cashier; and E. B. Bowie, trust officer. The list
•it directors include the following well-known Wheeling
men: James II. Beans, Alfred Caldwell, John L. Dickey,
William Ellingham, James W. Ewing, F. F. Faris, L. W.
Pranzheim, J. G. Hoffman, Jr., John Hoffman, third,
William Lipphardt, George W. Lntz, W. 0. MeClnskev,
U. J. MeFadden, II. W. McLure, A. L. Meyer, n. S. Sands,
L. E. Sands, George E. Stifel. W. E. Stone, H. E. Vance.

Mr. Fox beeame cashier of this company before there
were any deposits. Today the deposits aggregate $2,750,-
JOO, with eapital stock of' $300,000 and surplus and profits
jf $350,000. The great resources of the company place
t as one of the strongest financial institutions in the Upper
")hio Valley, and men in a position to know, including
nis associates, say that this satisfactory condition is due
more to Mr. Fox's personal ability and character than to
my other one factor. The Security Trust Company is now
noused in one of the handsomest buildings along Market
Street, at 1143 Market Street. This structure, erected in
1917, is of granite, brick and terra cotta. and besides being
the quarters for the Trust Company it also accommodates
the large music store of C. A. House & Company. The com-
pany conducts a foreign department in the basement and
ilso a real estate and insurance department, and there
ire other modern facilities and equipment for keeping ac-
counts and safeguarding funds, including safety deposit
boxes. Ordinarily there are about twenty-two employes in
the hank.

While with the welfare and growth of this institution
Mr. Fox has found his time and talents fully engaged, ho
has associated himself so far as possible with worthy move-
ments in his community. He is a member and elder of
the First Presbyterian Church at Wheeling, and for two
?onsecutive terms was township treasurer of East Town-
ship in Belmont County, Ohio, though as a rule he has
ivoided politics and public offices. He is a republican.
Mr. Fox is treasurer of the Wheeling Chamber of Com-
merce, a direetor of the Old Ladies Home at Wheeling,
iirector of the Ilome of Aged and Friendless Women,
lirector of the Union Mission, secretary, treasurer and
Ureetor of the Market Auditorium Company, and director of
the Associated Charities. During the war was a Four
Minute Speaker and did all he could to further the local
'ampaigns, particularly those for the raising of funds.
Ele is affiliated with Belmont Lodge, Independent Order
>f Odd Fellows, at Bridgeport, and the Fort Henry Club
■>f Wheeling. His residence is at I0S Fourteenth Street
m Wheeling.

In 1S93, at Wheeling, Mr. Fox married Miss Mary
Z'egler. She died at Bridgeport in IS99, and is survived
!>y two children. Wilbur, her son, born in February IS96,
tvas for sixteen months in the army service during the war,
?nlisting from Bellaire, Ohio, and most of the time was
stationed at San Francisco. He is now employed in the
foreign department of the Security Trust Company. The
laughter, Helena, is the wife of Mervin Stonecipher, and
they live with Mr. and Mrs. Fox, Mr. Stonecipher being
?mployed in the traffic department of the Wheeling Steel
Corporation.

In 1903. at Martin's Ferry, Ohio, Mr. Fox married Miss
Amanda Jordan, daughter of Benjamin F. and Margaret
(Finney) Jordan, who live near Bridgeport. Her father
was a fanner for many years but is now a rural mail
*arrier. Mr. and Mrs. Fox have three children: Edward
Jordan, born in March, 1908; Henry Xelson, born in June,
1912; and Irvin Franklin, born in June, 1912, the last
two being twins.

Alexander R. Camtbell, of Wheeling,^ has long repre-
sented a benignant force in connection with the eivic and
business affairs of this section of the state and has served
in various offices of public trust, including that of deputy

collector of internal revenue for this district. He is a scion
of a family that was founded in Virginia in the Colonial
era of our national history, and his lineage on both j sternal
and maternal sides traces hack to fine Scotch origin. The
Cnmpbell family gained pioneer honors in Hint section of the
Old Dominion that now constitutes West Virginia.

Alexander R. Campbell was born at Des Moines, lawn,
August 29, 1S4S, a son of John It. and Margaret (feuiiMlv)
Campbell, the former of whom was born nt Wheeling, v'ir
ginia (now West Virginia), in 1M3. and the latter uf
whom was born at Winchester, Virginia, in 1^20. John H.
Campbell removed with his family to Iowa about lMt. and
became a pioneer merchant at Des Moiaes, that state] but
about 1S50 returned with his family to Wheeling, where his
death occurred in 1864 and where'his widow died in Is".",
she having been prominently identified with the founding of
the Children's Home at Wheeling. Upon the death of his
father Alexander R. Campbell became the chief support of
his widowed mother and the other members of the family
For five years he was salesman in a wholesale drug estni.
lishment at Wheeling, and in 1S73 he was admitted to part
nership in the business, that of Laughlin Brothers. A num-
ber of years later he sold his interest in the bn«dnc*.s and
removed to Ravenswood, Jackson County, and after a time
he became the West Virginia general state agent for the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee,
for which he developed a large and profitable business in
his jurisdiction, in the meantime the family home having
been maintained at Ravenswood. Mr. CamjdioN served as
chairman of the Republican Committee of Jackson County,
and in ISSS was elected to the State Senate, ns representa-
tive of this district comprising Jackson, Roane nnd Mason
counties. In 18S9 he returned with his family to Wheeling,
and in 1S92 he was elected from Ohio Countv to the House
of Delegates of the State Legislature. In 1*90 he was in
clerical service in connection with the State Senate, and he
served also as a member of the City Council of Wheeling,
as representative of the Third Ward! He made a record as
one of the most effective campaign speakers of his party in
the state, and his political influence was widely nnd worth-
ily extended. In July, 1S97, he was appointed deputy
United States collector of internal revenue and in this serv-
ice he continued under the McKinlcy and Roosevelt admin-
istrations. Mr. Campbell beeame prominently concerned in
banking enterprise and in other lines of business, and was
long an honored member of leading fraternal and social
organizations at Wheeling.

December 20, 1S76, recorded the marriage of Mr. Camp-
bell and Miss Mary H. Rearick, who was born at Hagers-
town, Maryland, a daughter of John Reari.k. Of the chil-
dren of this union Clinton R. 5" now serving as nssistant
prosecuting attorney of Ohio County, and is one of the
prominent members of the Wheeling bar; Alexander R., Jr.,
is identified with mercantile enterprise in thi« city; Chandler
is a lieutenant-colonel in the T'nited States Marine Corps and
was in command of the Tenth Regiment in the World war
period; narold W., the youngest son, is individually men-
tioned in following sketch; and the only daughter. Julia
McClure, is the wife of Daniel Denney, a lieutenant com-
mander in the United States Xavy.

Harold William Campbell, cashier of the Fnlton Bank &
Trust Company in the City of Wheeling, is making a most
excellent record in connection with financial affairs in the
metropolitan district in which he was born and reared, his
birth having occurred at Wheeling on the 23d of July. lSv"}.
His father, Alexander R. Campbell, of stanch Scotch lineage,
was born at Des Moines, Iowa, but was but two years of
age at the time when the family home was established at
Wheeling, West Virginia, where be was reared to manhood
and where as a mere lad he assumed much responsibility in
connection with the support of the family. As a young man
he was a drug salesman and eventually he became general
state agent in West Virginia for the Northwestern Life In-
surance Company of Milwaukee. Wisconsin. His prominence
and influence in connection with the local activities of the
republican partv made him a potent force in bringing the
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occasions when conditions were critical. The subject of this
review is the youngest in a family of four sons: Clinton R.
is a representative member of the Wheeling bar and in 1921
is serving as assistant prosecuting attorney of Ohio County;
Alexander R., Jr., is engaged in mercantile pursuits at
Wheeling; and Chandler is a lieutenant-colonel in the United
States Marine Corps, in the service of which he enlisted at
the age of eighteen years and upon competitive examination
won the rank of second lieutenant. Colonel Campbell was in
command of the Tenth Regiment during the period of the
nation's participation in the World war, and trained the
marines for work in the heavy artillery arm of the service.
The one daughter of the family, Julia McClure, is the wife
of Daniel Denney, a lieutenant commander in the United
States Navy.

Harold W. Campbell gained his early education in the
public schools of Wheeling and thereafter continued his
studies in the University of West Virginia. He read law
and was preparing to enter the legal profession, but found
it expedient to deflect his course and take a position in the
National Exchange Bank. Later he became assistant cashier
of the South Side Bank, and after thus serving seven years
he became one of the organizers of the Fulton Bank & Trust
Company, the original corporate title of which, in 1909, was
the Bank of Fulton, the present title having been adopted at
the time of its reorganization in 1919. In the promotion
of the enterprise Mr. Campbell was associated with Otto
Schenk and Henry L. Roth, the latter of whom became the
first president of the institution and who was succeeded by
W. H. Nichols, the latter continuing to hold this office until
his death, August 22, 1920, when Otto Schenk was elected
to the presidency. Mr. Nichols became vice president at the
time of organization and held this position until elected
president. Mr. Campbell has been cashier of the bank from
the beginning, and his forceful and conservative policies
have contributed much to the success of the enterprise. The
original capital stock of $25,000 was increased to $100,000 in
1919, and the surplus is now $20,000. The stock of the insti-
tution is all locally owned and the resources now aggregate
$700,000. Lafayette Graner is trust officer of the bank. The
building occupied is owned by the institution aud was
erected in 1910.

Mr. Campbell is liberal and progressive in his civic at-
titude, and he maintains his home at Echo Point, in which
attractive suburban district he has recently erected a modern
apartment building, besides being also the owner of his home
place. He i3 a member of the Vance Memorial Presbyterian
Church, is past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and is
affiliated with the York and Scottish Rite bodies of the
Masonic fraternity. Mr. Campbell wedded Miss Maude
Evans Dille, who was born and reared at Morgantown, this
state, and who is a graduate of the University of West Vir-
ginia. Her father, Oliver Evans Dille, was a leading mem-
ber of the Morgantown bar. The Evans family, represented
in the ancestral line of Mrs. Campbell, early became the
holder of a large tract of land in what is now West Vir-
ginia, the same having been granted to one of the family in
recognition of his service as a soldier in the Revolution, and
the Evans home having been the headquarters of Gen. George
Washington when he was engaged in making surveys in the
western part of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have three
sons, Alexander Oliver, Harold William, Jr., and Thomas
Ray.

Edward J. McDermott is proprietor and owner of the
business conducted under the title of the Woodsdale Motor
Car Company, with headquarters at Woodsdale, situated on
the National Road and constituting a suburb of the City of
Wheeling. In 1913 Mr. McDermott began business on the
site of his present modern and well equipped building, the
original structure, 50 by 150 feet in dimensions, having since
been greatly enlarged to meet the demands and requirements
of the constantly expanding business. Mr. McDermott is a
distributor of the Peerless and Scripps-Booth cars for the
Panhandle District of West Virginia and for several counties
in Eastern Ohio. He began operation on a modest scale,
and the enterprise now involves the enlistment of a working
capital of approximately $75,000. An efficient corps of em-

ployes is retained and branch establishments are operate' :
at Moundsville and Wellsburg, this state, and at Steuben
ville and Barnesville, Ohio.

Mr. McDermott was born at Buckhannon, Upshur County
West Virginia, September 5, 1884, and is a son of James ant[
Catherine (Maloy) McDermott. Mr. McDermott was bor;
in County Roscommon, Ireland, and was six years old a
the time the family home was established in what is no*,
West Virginia, in 1852. He was reared in Upshur County
and was there successfully engaged in farm enterprise fo
many years. His death occurred in 1919, and his widow H
still living and resides at the old homestead in Upshu -
County, West Virginia.

Edward J. McDermott attended the public schools am,
remained on the home farm until he was eighteen years old,
when, in 1902, he found employment as a telephone lineman'
his efficiency gaining him promotion to the position of fore
man within two weeks after he initiated his service. Latei
he became master carpenter in connection with constructioi
of railroad shops and stations on the Coal and Coke Rail
way, and his next advancement was to the position of chiel ;
clerk and purchasing agent for the Davis Colliery Company 1
then a subsidiary of the former company at Elkins. Latei !
he served as head bookkeeper for a tannery at Hamilton)
until the plant was destroyed by fire. Prior to initiating his'
independent career he had attended the Mountain Stat€|
Business College at Parkersburg, West Virginia, graduating'
with high honors in 1907. He made a splendid record as
traveling salesman for a leading firm, The Kelly & Jones
Company, engaged in the mill, mine and plumbing supply
business at Pittsburgh, and for four years he sold to dealers;
and factories through West Virginia and in assigned districts;
in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Incidentally he visited
all parts of West Virginia, and established an excellent busi-i
ness reputation, while he had the distinction of making the!
largest single sale of valves ever turned in to his company.
This sale was for 144 dozens, which were sold in the Union-<
town coal district. Official appreciation of his work was
shown in the tendering him of a more responsible position, in 1
charge of a branch establishment in California. He did not'
accept this flattering offer, as he had decided to engage inj
independent business, and the unqualified success of his'
present enterprise has fully justified his decision. What hej
lacked in initial capital he made up in energy and progres-'
siveness, and his vigorous and straightforward policies have 1
been potent in the developing of his large and substantial
business. Mr. McDermott is a stanch and active member of i
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the
Knights of Columbus, and he and his wife are communicants
of the Catholic Church.

At Kingsyille, this state, Mr. McDermott wedded Miss
Winifred King, and they have three daughters, Frances
Angela, Marcella and Phyllis Marie.

George B. Hervey is superintendent of the Wheeling
plant of the La Belle Iron Works, one of the largest indus-
trial organizations in the Ohio Valley and one for many
years a substantia] element in Wheeling's prosperity as a
manufacturing center.

Mr. Hervey has been connected with the La Belle Com-
pany for a number of years. He represents a family whose
earlier generations were chiefly distinguished by professional
connections, his father having been one of the noted edu-
cators of West Virginia, while his grandfather was a dis-
tinguished minister of the Presbyterian Church.

The founder of the family in the Northern Panhandle of
West Virginia was the great-grandfather, who came to
Brook County about 1800. He was of Scotch-Irish descent.
He reared his family in West Virginia, consisting of ten
children, and several of his sons became ministers of the
Presbyterian Church. One of these was Rev. David Hervey,
who was born in 1795, and for many years was devoted to
his work as a Presbyterian minister. He died at Wellsburg
in Brook County in 1877.

John C. Hervey, father of George B. Hervey, was born
in Brook County in 1822, was reared there, graduated from
a college at West Alexandria and devoted his life to teaching
and school administration. He taught in Brock County, this

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.ate, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and in 1867 removed
> Wheeling, where for twelve years he was superintendent
f city schools, holding that oflice at the time of his death,
i IsSl. He was a thorough classical scholar, a cultured
eutleman, and left a deep impress upon the educational
istory oi" his time, lie was a republican, served for many
^ars as an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and was also
Mason. John C. llervey married Letitia Alexander, who
as horn in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in I>25, and died
t Wheeling in 191s, at the advanced ago of ninety-three,
he was the mother of six children: Dorothy, who dieil at
•'heeling at the age of fifty two, was the wife of Andrew
. Patterson a farmer and real estate broker who died in
uba; John A., who became an oil operator and died at
indlay, Ohio, at the age of fifty-three; Lee, whose home is
: 19 Virginia Street in Wheeling; Ella, wife of John K.
lark, a retired farmer living at YYoodlawn, near Wheeling;
»nnie M M who died at Wheeling in 191.% unmarried, at the
;e of fifty-four; and George B.

George B. llervey, who was born in Ohio County, West
irginia, July 24, is>67, began his education in the Wheel-
ig public schools while they were still under his father's
ipervision. He graduated from Frazier 's Business College
Wheeling in l^S** and for the following five years was
tnneeted with R. G. Dun & Company, mercantile agency,
ollowing that for one year -he was paymaster for the
'heeling Steel & Iron Company, then a year as bill clerk
ith the Aetna Standard Iron & Steel Company, and for two
>ars was in the mercantile business.

His service with the La Belle Iron Works began in March,
^99, as weighmaster. He successively filled the office of
lymaster, assistant superintendent and in 1907 was pru-
oted to superintendent of the Wheeling plant, situated at
le east end of Thirty-first Street. Mr. Hervey has under
s immediate supervision 340 employes. The Wheeling
!ant is equipped with 140 cut nail machines, one skelp mill
ul one tack plate mill.

Mr. Hervey was a thorough patriot and leader in war
•tivities, encouraging men in the plant to do their best
»r the cause, aiding those who joined the colors, and
•ought a high degree of working efficiency to the plant
i a unit in the Government's industrial activities. During
part of the war this plant was devoted to the manufacture
! plate for depth bombs and plates for heel nails for army
iocs. Mr. Hervey is a republican, a member of the Episeo-
il Church and affiliated with Wheeling Lodge No. 28, B. P.
. E. He owns a modern home at 507 North Front Street,
r. Hervey married at Wheeling in 1892 Miss Gertrude
'oodward Hughes, daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Wood-
ard) Hughes, now deceased. Her father was in the real
tate husiness at Wheeling. Mrs. Hervey was a grand-
mghter of Mr. Woodward founder of the La Belle Iron
orks in 1S52. Mr. Hervey lost his first wife by death in
inuary, 1899. She was the mother of two children. Helen,
e younger, dying at the age of three years. Margaret
'oodward, the only surviving child, lives in the Howard
partments in Pleasant Valley. June 14, 1904, at Bellaire,
tiio, Mr. Hervey married Miss Emma S. Miller, daughter
Morris V. and Emma Miller. Her mother is still living
Bellaire. Her father was a locomotive engineer with the
jnnsylvania Railroad. Mrs. Hervey is a graduate of the
?llaire High School and was a teacher in that city until
r marriage. She is a direct descendant of Robert Morris,
e distinguished financier wbose aid to the Continental
use during the Revolution is a subject taken up in every
merican history. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hervey
;re born five children: Helen Elizabeth, on April 7, 190.3";
irginia Miller, in 1909; Robert Morris, on July 10, 1913;
;orge Burdette, twin brother of Robert; and Anna Lee,
to December 27, 1915.

Robert Hazlett. There is perhaps no name in Wheel-
g associated more intimately with successful partieipa-
>n in financial and business affairs, with the institutions
at have meant most to the city in its development and
th nearly every branch of professional, civic and social
tivities than that of Hazlett. One member of this fam-

ily is Robert Hazlett, vice president and secretary of the
Dollar Savings & Trust Company, and for many years an
engineer whose achievements in that field alone would af-
ford him distinction.

His great grandfather and the founder of the family
in America was Hubert Hazlett, who was born at Colernine
County Antrim, Ireland, lie was educated at Edinburgh
University for the ministry, but was ne\er ordained, and
on coming to the United States he located at Carlisle,
Pennsylvania, and taught school iu that plaee. Subse-
quently he became a pioneer of Washington, Pt-iin»yltan a,
where he was a merchant and lattr a hanker, and where
he spent his last years. 11 is wife was Mary Caldwell, tin-
daughter of Catherine Caldwell, whose maiden name was
liene, a French Huguenot and who has a place in historv
as being the founder of the first church of the Methodist
Episcopal denomination in Western Pennsylvania, at Wash
ington.

Samuel Hazlett, a son of the pioneer, lived all his Me
at Washington, Pennsylvania, and was a banker there. He
died November 7, 1?>63. He married Sarah Johns, also a
native of Washington, who died there December 10, 1^73.

The history of the Wheeling branch of the family begins
with a very able ami distinguished phvsieiaa and surgeon,
the late Dr. Robert W. Hazlett. He was born at Washing
ton, Pennsylvania, April 10, IT25, attended Washington
and Jefferson College through the senior year and received
his A. B. degree from that school. He was a collegemate
of the distinguished American statesman James E. Blaine.
Later he graduated from Jefferson Medical College at Phil-
adelphia and began practice at Wheeling. Wheu the Civil
war came on he joined the Second West Virginia Infantry
as a surgeon, with the rank of major. Following the war
he located at Wheeling, and under appointment fruni Presi-
dent Lincoln was pension examiner. Doctor Hazlett prac
ticed medicine nearly half a century, and had the honor
of serving as president of the West Virginia State Medical
Association. He died at Wheeling September 2, 1*99.
He was a republican, and while reared a Methodist he
became affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church at
Wheeling. He was a director of the National Bank of
West Virginia. He was also a member of the Grand Army
of the Republic.

The wife of Doctor Hazlett was Mary Elizabeth Hobba.
That name, too, has some important associations with
Wheeling. She was born at Cambridge, Ma*sa<hus«-tu,
September 23, Js29, and died at Wheeling, October 10,
1901. Her father was John L. Hobbs. a native of South
Carolina, who for several years in his early life was man-
ager of glass factories at Boston and Cambridge, Mass
achusctts, and on coming to Wheel fug founded the Ho dm
(ilass Factory, which later was the Hobbs Broekunier Com-
pany and is now the H. Xorthwood Company.

The oldest of the children of the late Doctor Hazlett is
Howard Hazlett, long one of Wheeling's foremost men
of affairs. He was born at Wheel - ' ng, is head of the firm
Howard Hazlett & Son, brokers, is president of the Mutual
Savings Bank and has alwavs manifested a strong interest
in community affairs, especially the V. M. C. A. and other
institutions. " The second son, Samuel Hazlett, was a banker
ami died at Wheeling in March, 1 1>« CJ. Edward Hazlett
is a member of the firm Edward Hazlett & Company, sto. k
brokers, at Wheeling. The fourth in the family is I Robert.
Catherine is the wife of C. It. Hubbard, with home at
Echo Point, Wheeling. Mr. Hubbard w a dretor in the
Wheeling Steel Corporation, was formerly president of the
Wheeling Steel &. Iron Company, and a director in the
National Bank of West Virginia "and the Hazel Atlas Com-
pany. Three other children of Doctor Hazlett and wife
died in infancy.

Robert Hazlett was born at Wheeling. December 24, 1863.
He aequired a liheral education, beginning with the pub-
lic schools of Wheeling and completing the course of these
schools in 1^80. He then prepared for college at Lin<dy
Institute, and from thore entered the Ohio State University
at Columbus in 1^S3. He graduated with the class of 1 687
as a civil engineer. He is a member of the Sigma Chi cob

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lege fraternity, and was president of toe senior class of
18&7, and still has that honor. He was also president of
the Ohio State University Oratorical Association.

The thirty -four years since he left college has been
a period of intense activity on the part of Air. Hazlett.
On returning to Wheeling he practiced civil engineering,
for some time was connected with the Wheeling Bridge to
Terminal Company, and was assistant engineer in building
three tunnels and the bridge across the Oiiio River for this
corporation. In 1891 he accepted a new post at Wash-
ington, I). C., as chief engineer of the Washington &
Arlington .Railway Company. As chief engineer he built
the hrst electric line to the Arlington Cemetery, aud in-
cluded in this work was a proposed bridge across the
Potomac near the Aqueduct Bridge. In 1893 Mr. Hazlett
removed to New YorK City, and for two years was iu the
office of Job Abbott, consulting engineer, engaged in the
preparation of station plans for the Bangor to Aroostook
Railroad Company in Maine.

Mr. Hazlett returned to Wheeling in 1895 and became
associated with Giilmore Brown under the firm name of
Brown to Hazlett, engineers. This hrm rebuilt and elec-
trified the Wheeling to Elm Grove Railroad Company 's
lines, built the Parkersburg Electric Street .Railway system
at Parkersburg, West Virginia, huiit the waterworks sys-
tem for the Wheeling Suburban Water Company, and did
a great deal of other work involved in a general practice
of municipal and street railway engineering. The partner-
ship was dissolved in 1901, and after that Air. Hazlett con-
tinued the profession alone. He was chief engineer in
building the Pauhandle traction line from Wheeling to
Wellsburg, and also made the surveys and started the con-
struction work in Fairmont and Clarksburg for the .Fair-
mont to Clarksburg Street Railway Company.

In lyil Mr. Hazlett was appointed postmaster of Wheel-
ing by President William H. Taft, and served in that office
until March 1, 1914, when he resigned to accept the
position of secretary of the Hollar Savings to Trust Com-
pany of Wheeling, and since 1919 has also been vice presi-
dent as well as secretary.

Mr. Hazlett for many years has been a leader in the
republican party in West Virginia. Por six years he was
a member of the first and second branches of the City
Council of Wheeling, and for six years was county engi-
neer of Ohio County. In November, 1903, he was elected
to represent Ohio County in the House of Delegates, serv-
ing during the sessions of 1904-06. In November, 1905,
he was elected a member of the State Senate, and served
from 1906 to 1910. At the same time he was member of
the State Republican Executive Committee. Mr. Hazlett
is treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church of Wheel-
ing, is affiliated with Wheeling Lodge No. 28, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, Wheeling Country Club, Port
Henry Club, Wheeling Chamber of Commerce, and the
American Society of Civil Engineers.

Among other business interests he is president and a
director of the Wheeling Belmont Bridge Company, presi-
dent and director of the Wheeling Ice to Storage Company,
a director in the Wheeling Mold & Foundry Company, a
director in the Greenwood Cemetery Association. He was
an associate member of the Military Training Camps As-
sociation, and was identified actively with all the local
drives during the war.

March 15, 1909, at Wheeling, Mr. Hazlett married Miss
Anne M. Cummins, daughter of James and Matilda (Mc-
Kennan) Cummins, residents of Wheeling, where her fa-
ther is a merchandise broker. Mrs. Hazlett is a graduate
of the Rye Seminary at Rye, New York. The three chil-
dren of their marriage are: .Robert C, born June 7,
1910; James C, born March 4, 1912 j and Catherine Hobbs,
born August 1, 1913.

Isaac Loewenstein. Of the men prominently identified
with the financial and commercial interests of Charles-
ton, few have gained a higher reputation for ability
and fidelity than has Isaac Loewenstein, president of the
Charleston National Bank. He has been active as a

lawyer, manufacturer and banker of this city for neai
twenty-five years, and his career has been an exempla
one, illustrating the heights to which a man may atta,
through the exercise of native ability and perseveranti
His entire life has been passed at Charleston, and I
fully exemplifies the alert, enterprising character f
which the people of this city have always been note

Mr. Loewenstein was born at Charleston, SeptembjJ
5, 1873, and is a son of Solomon and Henrietta (FecN
heimer) Loewenstein. His father, a native of German! j
immigrated to the United States just prior to the Gixl
war and settled at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he met ai|
married Miss Feckheimer, a native of New York, wi '
had been reared at Cincinnati. Luring the war betwei I
the states Solomon Loewenstein enlisted in the Twentl
third Ohio Volunteers and served under Maj. Willi?
McKinley, principally in West Virginia, ± , or abo
eighteen months he was stationed on tne Kanawha Kivtj
opposite Charleston, and when he received his honorabj
discharge be took np his residence in this city, in 186i|
and here spent the remainder of his life. A barnesi
maker by trade, he first opened a modest retail estajl
lishment, but later was joined by his sons Louis ai.
Mose, and at that time the business became Loewenstel
to Sons and extended its operations to wholesale dealirj
and manufacture of saddlery and harness. Louis Loewe.
steiu died in 1903, but the father continued in the busl
ness until his death in 1909, when he was seventy-s.,1
years of age. He was survived by his widow until 192
After the death of the father the remaining uiembi 1
of the firm, Mose, began to fail in health, and died il
1910. The business was continued by the other sons, J(
and Abe, who had already beeu in the business, an
Isaac, who, while not active in the business, still retail
his interest therein. Joe and Abe still continue to 0]1
erate this enterprise, which retains the honored sty]
of Loewenstein to Sons. This is one of the old and su |
stantial business concerns of the city and enjoys a,]
excellent reputation and a high standing.

Isaac. Loewenstein attended the public schools, c]
Charleston, following which he enrolled as a studeill
at the University of West Virginia, where he pros-]
cuted a law course and was graduated with the degreJ
of Bachelor of Laws as a member of the class of 189']
He was admitted to practice in the same year, and sool
secured a large and representative clientele. From 189
he was a member of the law firm of McWhorter A
Loewenstein, his partners being H. C. and L. E. M<
Whorter, but in 1909 he retired from the law to giv
his attention to the business of Loewenstein to Son:
In 1915 they purchased the interests of Hr. L. Pritchar
in the Charleston National Bank, and at the same timj
affected a consolidation with the National City Banlj
Isaac Loewenstein, who had been a director in the latte
institution, was elected president of the consolidate,
bank, and J. S. Hill, now state bauk commissioner, bt
came cashier. The Charleston National Bank, which waj
founded in 1884, is a United -States depository and
member of the Federal Reserve System. It is the larges
national bank in West Virginia.

Mr. Loewenstein is a republican in his political all
legiance. Although the scope of his work in variouj
business and financial interests has always been broac
he has also been active in all matters concerning th
public welfare. In the promotion of charitable move
nients and matters tending to benefit the public weai
he is an active and unostentatious worker. His labor
have not only been an element in promoting his owi
success, but have also constituted a potent factor in th
development of Charleston, and his influence has beei
all the more efficacious from the fact that it is mora
rather than political, and is exercised for the publh
good. During the World war Mr. Loewenstein servec
as county chairman of all the Liberty Loan drives an(
put the county "over the top" every time. He is i
member of the Charleston Rotary Club and of other civil
and social bodies.

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261

Harrison B. Smith. Now for over thirty years a promi-
bt mem bcr of the Charleston bar, also a banker, the
^standing achievement of the career of Harrison B. Smith
i the George Washington Life Insurance Company, in the
janizatiou of which he was a leader and of which he is
^sident.

(This company was established in 1906 and had the great
vantage of incorporating from the beginning the recoin-
ndations and principles derived from the work of the
jghes and other investigations of the general field of life
j,urance. It was inaugurated as a home company, supply-
|; a direct and individual service which could not so well

supplied by the large and unwieldy companies, and an-
ier principle in its organization was to apply to the benefit

West Virginia the investment funds accruing to the
npany. Operated on such a basis, the company from the
jtset has enjoyed a generous support from the citizens of
•at Virginia, and the company has steadily emphasized its
icy of building up the communities in which it sought
riness, and particularly the investment of its funds in
>st Virginia. After the period of vicissitudes inseparable
>m the experimental stage the company has grown in
ancial strength, in scope of business operation, and
•oughout its history the officers have held to a policy of
w and sound growth rather than uncontrolled expansion,
e company now has nearly $3,000,000 of assets, has $17,-
),000 of outstanding insurance upon lives, has an annual
ome of about $750,000 and has consistently maintained
erves protecting its insurance contracts largely in excess
legal requirements. W r ith West Virginia as its primary
.d of investment, the management of this department has
;n so able that the company has had only one foreclosure
weeding, and in spite of the difficult period just past, in
ich the wisest financial judgment frequently failed, the
npany has never had to write off any bad or questionable
ns or investments.

Harrison B. Smith was born at Charleston in 1866. He
>resents one of the oldest and most distinguished families

Western and old Virginia. His grandfather, Col. Ben-
nin Harrison Smith, was born in 1797 near Harrisonburg,
rginia, son of Benjamin Harrison and Elizabeth (Crav-
i) Smith and a lineal descendant in the male line of Capt.
tin Smith of Augusta County, Virginia. Benjamin Har-
tra Smith was an officer in the Revolutionary war. Col.
njamin Harrison Smith settled at Charleston, Kanawha
anty, in February, 1822, and took up the practice of law,
ich was his life-long profession. In 1833 he was elected
oember of the Virginia State Senate, and twice re-elected.

served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1855.

was also a member of the Wheeling Convention of 1852
ich formed the State of West Virginia. President Lin-
n appointed him United States district attorney in the
v state, and he filled that office four years. In 1S6S he
9 a candidate for governor on the democratic ticket, but
i defeated. Col. Benjamin Harrison Smith, who died
Charleston, December 10, 1887, married Roxalana Noyes,
lative of Charleston and daughter of Isaac and Cynthia
[orris) Noyes. Their son, Maj. Isaac N. Smith, father
the Charleston lawyer and financier, was born at Charles-
i in 1831, being the only son of his parents. He gradu-
d with the honors of his class from Washington and Lee
iversity at Lexington, Virginia, and prior to the Civil
r had built up a successful practice as a lawyer in
arleston and had served two years in the Virginia Legis-
ore. In the interim of that time he made choice of the
afederacy, volunteered a3 a private in the Southern army,
ved all through the war and was promoted to major,
ter the war he resumed his law practice at Charleston,
! for many years there was little important litigation in
nawha County in which he was not engaged on one side
the other. As a lawyer and a citizen, like his father, he
od among the foremost in his day, and exemplified the
ong, brave and able traits of his ancestry. He was an
er in the Preshyterian Church. Maj. Isaac N. Smith died
Charleston, October 6, 1883. He had married Caroline S.
arrier, a native of Charleston and daughter of Alexander

and Caroline W. (Shrewsbury) Quarrier.
rheir son, Harrison B. Smith, bad the splendid example

of both his father and grandfather before him at the outset
of his career. He graduated from Princeton University
in I8i>6, and was a law student nt the University of Vir-
ginia in li>b8. In 18J>9 he was admitted to tho bar, and
began practice at Charleston. Since 1UU4 Mr. Smith has
been a member of the law firm Price, Smith, Spilman «Jc
Clay, an association of attorneys who stund at tho very
head of their profession in tho state. It has been in addi-
tion to the burdens of an extensive law practice that Mr.
Smith has participated actively in business and the financial
life of Charleston and West Virginia. Besides his work a.s
an organizer and president and directing bead of the George
Washington Life Insurance Company, he is president of the
Elk Banking Company and a director of tho Kanawha
Banking & Trust Company at Charleston. He is a member
of the Session of the Kanawha Presbyterian Church of
Charleston, and has the honor of being a member of the
executive committee of the General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church of the United States.

Mr. Smith married Katharine Bownc, daughter of Samuel
W. Bowne, of New York. Their family consists of thrco
children.

Edward Mays is now in his second term os county super-
intendent of schools of Cabell County, lie has given
wisdom and discretion to the important duties of his office,
and his qualifications rest upon his long and active experi-
ence in school work, including both rural nnd graded schools
and close touch in his personal studies with some of the best
higher institutions of education.

Mr. Mays was born in Cabell County, in Grant District,
November 25, 1864. His grandfather, Charles H. Mays,
was horn in old Virginia in li>25 and was one of the early
farmers in Cabell County, where he lived until his death in
1900. Charles H. Mays, father of the county superintendent,
was born in Cahcll County in 1S54, and for many years was
a successful farmer there. Since 1918 his home has been
in Huntington, where he is connected with a tobacco ware-
house. He is a democrat and a hading member of the Bap-
tist Church. Charles H. Mays first married Susan Braley,
who was born in Meigs County, Ohio, in 1855, and died in
Cabell County in 18S6. Her only child is Edward Mays.
The second wife of Charles H. Mays was Fannie F. Flyun,
a native of Cabell County. She is the mother of four chil-
dren. Alva J., the oldest, now an employe of the Union
Transfer Company at Huntington, was a corporal in the
heavy artillery during the World war, spent a year over-
seas in France, and was on duty at the front. The second
son, Everett, is also an employe of the Union Transfer Com-
pany. The third child is Mrs. Lillic Stewart, whose husband
is a painter and decorator at Huntington. The fourth and
youngest is Raymond, an employe of the Western Union
Telegraph Company and, like his brothers, living with his
parents.

Edward Mays attended the rural schools of Cabell County,
finished a high school course at Milton, and in 1907 entered
Marshall College at Huntington, where he has continued
his advanced studies at intervals, is now a member of the
junior class in the regular college course and has also taken
several extension courses. Mr. Mays did his first teaching
in rural schools of Putnam County for two years, and for
eight years was a rural school teacher in his native county.
For two years he was principal of the graded school at Ona,
and in November, 1914, was called to his important task
as county superintendent of schools. He began his clectivo
term of four years on July 1, 1915. Hia second election
occurred in November, 1918. His official headquarters are
in the courthouse at Huntington, and his supervision extends
over ninety-five schools, 132 teachers and a scholarship en-
rollment of 4,100.

Mr. Mays served a time on the State Grading Board for
Teachers, and is a member of the Cabell County Teachers
Association and West Virginia Educational Association, and
in 1921 was chairman of the County Superintendents Sec
tion of the State Association. He was deputy assessor of
Cabell County from 1910 to 1914. Mr. Mays is a member
of the Baptist Church, i3 a past chancellor of Mdton Lodge
No. 106, Knights of Pythias, and was representative to the

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Grand Lodge of the state in 1914, is a past councillor of
Milton Council No. 188, Junior Order United American
Mechanics, and representative to the Grand Lodge of the
state in 1919-20. He is affiliated with Lewis Temple No. 22,
Pythian Sisters; Rainbow Council No. 30, Daughters of
America at Milton. During the war he was a "Four-
Minute" Man, assisting in all the drives, and was ehairman
of the Rural Schools Organization of Cabell County Chapter
of the Red Cross. Mr. Mays owns his home on Smith Street
in Milton. He married August 24, 1909, in Cabell County,
Miss Ella Havens, daughter of John W. and Mary (Young)
Havens, who still live on their farm near Milton. Mr. and
Mrs. Mays have two children: Blaine C, born November
3, 1910; and Bernard H., born January 12, 1913.

George Roberts Heffley. The first Court of Domestic
Relations, formally ereated by legislative enactment and
organized in West Virginia, was established in the City of
Huntington, and the judge, appointed by the governor, who
was delegated to open the business of this novel branch of
the judiciary is George Roberts Heftley, who was called from
a busy and successful private law practice to these duties.

Judge Heffley is a member of an old family of Somerset
County, Pennsylvania. His ancestors settled in that sec-
tion of Pennsylvania in Colonial times, when they came ont
of Germany. His grandfather, George Heffley, spent his
life in Somerset County, where he was born in 1807 and
died at Berlin in 1888. He was a blacksmith by trade. His
wife, Julia Poorbaugh, was born in 1810 and died in 1900,
likewise a life-long resident of Somerset County. Ileury
Heffley, father of Judge Heffley, is still living at Somerset,
and was born at Berlin in the same county, June 25, 1842.
He has been a resident of Somerset since the '70s, and all
his life except for about five years has been spent in that
county. This period he was in the West, when the Indians
dominated the life of the plains, and was a teamster from
Omaha to Salt Lake City. He retired from a successful
eareer as a merchant at Somerset in 1903. By appointment
of Governor Robert E. Pattison of Pennsylvania he served
as associate judge of Somerset County, is a democrat and
one of the very prominent members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in his community, being a trustee of the
church. Henry Heffley married Eliza Roberts, who was
boru at Stoyestown, Somerset County, November 7 T 1851.
George Roberts Heffley is their oldest child. Susan is the
wife of Andrew W. Kinzer, auditor for the Consolidation
Coal Company and a resident of Somerset. Carrie is the
wife of Robert E. Sullivan, an asphalt paving contractor at
Somerset. Miss Grace lives with her parents.

George Roberts Heffley was born at Somerset, December
3, 1878, graduated from the high school of his native eity
in 1895, and subsequently entered Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity at Delaware, where he took the regular four-year course
and graduated Bachelor of Literature in 1902. He was a
member of the Theta Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi frater-
nity in university. In the spring of 1903 he began his law
studies in West Virginia University and graduated LL. B.
in 1904. Judge Heffley is a member of the Delta Chi law
fraternity. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 at Morgan-
town, West Virginia, and has been a resident of Hnnting-
ton since January, 1905.

He has been a member of the Huntington bar since
January, 1905, and early in his career he proved himself
the possessor of sound abilities as a lawyer, and the knowl-
edge and character requisite for success in the profession.

The Domestic Relations Court of Cabell County was estab-
lished by act of the Legislature, April 19, 1921, and the
eourt was formally organized and began its work on the 11th
of May of the same year. The appointment of Judge
Heffley was made May 9th by Governor E. F. Morgan.
Judge Heffley is a republican, a trustee of the First Meth-
odist Episcopal Church of Huntington, a member of Hunt-
ington Lodge No. 313, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, Guyan Country Club, Huntington Chamber of Com-
merce, the County and State Bar associations. _ During the
World war he performed much gratuitous service, assisting
recruited men of the county in filling out questionaires.

June 6, 1911, at Huntington, he married Miss Sadie

Enslow, daughter of Dr. Corydon R. and Mary (Bio
Enslow, residents of Huntington, where her father h
physician and surgeon. Mrs. Heffley is a graduate of 2i
shall College.

George W. Lutz. Some of the biggest things that h
been done in Wheeling, whether commercial uudertaki
or enterprises of a strietly public nature, acknowledge
one of their chief actuating sources and inspiration Geoi
W. Lutz. Mr. Lutz was bom in Wheeling, became a wc
ing factor in the eity 's industrial affairs when a boy, {
in his mature years his interests have been distribu
among a large number of Wheeling's best known industr
financial and public undertakings.

Mr. Lutz was born July 17, 1855. His father, Sebasti
Lutz, was born in Alsace, Germany, in 1813, was reared
the Sehwartzwald of Alsace, and in IS37 came to the Uni
States and loeated at Wheeling. He was a butcher
trade, and for many years condneted the Old Home He
on Market Street, opposite the site of the present av.
torium. He made that one of the popular hostelvies !
the day. Sebastian Lutz died at Wheeling in 1865.
was a democrat and a Catholic in religion. His WJ
Anna Treusehler, was born in Alsace in 1829, and d
at Wheeling in 1871. The oldest of their four child:
is Sophia A., living at Wheeling, widow of the late Geo:
Hook, who was clerk of the Ohio County Court sixtt
years and cashier of the Germania Half Dollar Savii
Bank, now the Half Dollar Savings Bank of Wheelijj
The second child is George W. Lutz. William Lutz isi
resident of Wheeling, interested in the Home Pearl Laumj
Company. John J. Lntz, now a retired resident of a
Clairsville, Ohio, was one of the founders of the Hoi
Pearl Laundry Company. By a previous marriage il
bastian Lutz had two children: Charles P., a railrcl
employe living at Chicago; and Louisa, of Wheeling, widi
of Fred Swartz.

George W. Lntz attended paroehial schools in Wheeliij
also attended night course in the Frazier Business Cl
lege, where he was graduated in IS68, at the age of thj
teen. He then went to work as an employe of the <|
Wheeling Tack Factory. He remained there about a ye]
until injured, nearly losing his left arm. Two years f|
lowing he was in the Coen, Armstrong & Coen Planing Mi
and then took up the business which has been his cent I
activity through all his active years, plumbing and g!
and steam fitting. For one year he worked with Jac
Hughes and then with Trimble & Hornbrook, plumbers a
gas fitters. After four years he bought the interest
Mr. Hornbrook in the establishment, and was an acti
partner with Mr. Trimble for eighteen years. On the dea
of Mr. Trimble he continued the firm name of Trimble
Lutz, and in 1907 the Trimble & Lutz Supply Compa
was incorporated. This is now the largest house in tj
state doing a wholesale and jobbing business in plnmbii
steam fitting and gas supplies. The corporation owns '
large brick structure at 112-122 Nineteenth Street. T
present executive officers of the corporation are: H.
Ebbert, president; P. H. Hornbrook, vice president; Har
J. Lutz, a nephew of George W. Lutz, secretary and tre£
urer; while George W. Lutz was president of the corpoi
tion until 1919, and has since been ehairman of the Boa
of Directors. This business was in early years merely
firm for contracting in plumbing and gasfitting, but und
Mr. Lutz's able supervision expanded its facilities until i
business is in the front rank of its line.

Ten years ago the most discussed project in Wheelii
was the building of a great auditorium, to occupy t.
historic site of the old Market House and Town Hall,
building that would furnish facilities for a city mark
place and also a convention hall capable of entertainii
large assemblages. The business man who was most pe
sistent in keeping this project before the people and wl
has been justly called the father of the auditorium is Georj
W. Lutz, who for a number of years has been and still
president and director of the Market Auditorium Compan;
The auditorium is one of Wheeling's most important publ
buildings. It is 506 feet long by 50 feet wide, was bui'

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a coat of $160,000 and houses the public market, and
irnishes quarters for the Chamber of Commerce on (ho
eond floor in addition to the great auditorium or eonven-
>a hall.

During the past thirty or forty years Mr. Lutz has been
entified with a large number of commercial enterprises,
e is still president and director of the Loveland Improve-
eat Company of Wheeling, president and director of the
tility Salt Company; a director of the Security Trust
impany, the Half Dollar Savings Bank, the Wheeling
ile Company, the Gee Electric Company and the Ameri-
,n Spar Company. lie is president of the West Virginia
late Fair Association, was for three years president of
■e Wheeling Board of Trade, and is a member of the
5untry Club, the Fort Henry Club, the Carroll Club, the
ick Bass Fishing Club, the Isaac Walton Clob, is a fourth
»gree Knight of Columbus and a member of Carroll Coun-
1 No. 504 of that order, and is a past exalted ruler of
heeling Lodge No. 28, B. P. O. E. Many definite acts
' public spirit are credited to Mr. Lutz. It is recalled
iat at his own expense he installed twenty-three flower
»ds on Virginia Avenue on Wheeling Island as a means
' adorning that section of the city. With other citizens

• was instrumental in placing flower beds on the National
ighway at Fulton and in building a beautiful entrance

the city limits that has been greatly admired by the
otorists who pass through Wheeling over the National
ighway. Mr. Lutz was a member of the various com-
ittees for selling the Liberty Loan quotas and othfr
•ives in the city. He is now engaged with the Civic Com-
ittee, acting as chairman and as a member of the Wheel-
g Improvement Association, and is greatly interested in
curing for Wheeling its new filtration plant and street
ihting of Wheeling's principal streets.
In 1887, at Wheeling, he married Miss Lugene E. Horn-
•ook, daughter of Thomas and Triphenia Hornbrook. now
•ceased. Her father was owner of the noted Hornbrook
ark, now known as Wheeling Park. Mrs. Lutz died Sep-
mber 7, 1917. Mr. Lutz has one of the finest homes in
e city, at 308 South Front Street and purchased a forty-
<*e acre wooded farm for a summer home.

Henry Clay WxaTH. In the law, business and public
TaiTs Henry Clay Warth has been steadily accumulating
mors and success" since he engaged in practice at Hunting-
n fifteen years ago.

He is descended from a great frontiersman and Indian
rhter, George Warth. a native of old Virginia and one
' the first settlers in Jackson County, West Virginia. He
id his brother, John A., had a contract foT carrying the
ail over the trails from Jackson County into Meigs County,
hio. As a mark of the service he rendered in these frontier
iys the Government erected a monument to the memory
! * George Warth at Great Bend. Metes County. He lived
that eminty the latter part of his life, owning a farm
ere. His wife was Ruth Fleahart, a native of Newton,
irginia. who died in Meigs County. His name is also com-
emorated in a locality in Jackson County known as
'arth's Bottom.

A son of this pioneer, Robert A. Warth. was born in
d Virginia in 1800. and was a small boy when the family
oved to Jackson Countv, where he spent his active life as
cooper and farmer. He died in Jackson County in 1*92.
e married there Mary Johnson, a native of old Virginia,
ho died in Jackson County. John A. Warth, their son,
id father of the Huntington lawyer, was born at Warth 's
ottom in Jackson County, August 6, 1847. and is now
>ing at Gallipolis Ferry in Mason County, We<?t Virginia.

• is active career has been that of a successful farmer, and

1903 he removed to Mason County, where he still owns
id operates a farm. He is a democrat in politics. John A.
'"arth married Ann Stareher, who was bnrn on Big
iindv in Jackson Countv in October, 1*56. Their children
e: " Myrtle, wife of William Hall, a building contractor
nng at Ocean View, Virginia: Henry Clay; Arthur L., who
/es on the home farm in Mason County, grows blooded
>*estock and practices his profession as a veterinary; and
1 iss Mary Belle, who for a number of years was a teacher
id is now a Government employe at Washington.

nenry Gay Warth was born at Willow Grove In Jackson
County, February 11, 1*78. He started with a rural school
education, but in 1900 graduated from Marshall College at
Huntington and in 1905 received the A. B. degree from
Oberlin College of Ohio. He took his law course in the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville, from which he re-
ceived his LL. B. degree in 1907. Mr. Warth is n member
of the Delta Chi college fraternity. Since his graduation in
1907 he has been steadily practicing law nt Huntington,
and has handled a large volume of business in l>oth the civil
and criminal branches. He was a member of the firm
Wnrth, MeCullough & Peyton. Their offices are in the Ohio
Valley Bank Building on Third Avenue, and Mr. Warth
is vice president of the Ohio Valley Bank.

lie has been a leader in the democratic party in his sec-
tion of the state. In 1912 he was elected to represent Cabell
County in the House of Delegates, and served in the sessions
of 1913 and 1915. He ia prominent in the First Congrega-
tional Church, being director of the ehoir. Fraternally he
is affiliated with Huntington Lodge No. 313, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, Kiwanis Club and Huntington Chamber of Com-
merce, and is a director in the Community Service Organ-
ization of Huntington and a member of the Cabell County
and State Bar associations, nis home at 207 Water Street
occupies a beautiful location on the banks of the Ohio River.
He owns considerable other improved real estate, including
a business corner at Ninth Street and Third Avenue. Dur-
ing the war Mr. Warth sought active duty in the V. M. C. A.,
was appointed a transport secretary, and performed the
service of that organization for soldiers and sailors while
being transported overseas. His regular station was the
U. S. Huron, and he crossed the ocean six times.

In 1899, at Huntington, Mr. Warth married Miss Ruth
A. Parsons, a daughter of Chester F. and Mandana (Shaw)
Parsons, now deceased, ner father was for many years a
hardware merchant at Huntington. Mra. Warth is also n
graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio, receiving her A. B.
degree in 1905. They have one son, Henry, born August
30, 1906, now a atudent in the Huntington High School.

John Edwin Thomas. Beginning when a boy, John
Edwin Thomas was in the railroad service until he located
at Huntington about twenty years ago. Here he became
identified with the sale of mining machinery and equip-
ment over West Virginia coal fields, and for some years
past has been the manager and one of the executives in an
important aales organization in this field, known as the
Huntington Supply & Equipment Company.

Mr. Thomas was born at Syracuse, Meigs County, Ohio,
September 6. 1871. nis father, Joseph Thomas, was born at
Lantrisant, South Wales, in 1824, and devoted practically
his entire life to the coal mining industry. He was raised
in his native town in Wales, and as a young man came to
America, was married at Pittsburgh, followed coal mining
at Syracuse, Ohio, and in 1874 located at Cannelton, Kana-
wha 'County, West Virginia. In 1881 he moved to Conl
Valley, now called Montgomery. Fayette County, West
Virginia, and was mine superintendent of the W. R. John-
son Coal Mining Company's mines situated at Crescent, ne
continued his duties for this company the remainder of his
active career, and died at Montgomery in 1*92. After
becoming an American citizen Joseph Thomas voted as a
republican, was an active member of the Baptist Church
and was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows. He married Catherine Griffith, also a native nf
Lantrisant, South Wales, where she was born and received
training. She died in Montgomery, West Virginia, in
1897. Of the four children of these parents John Edwin
was the youngest. The oldest. Lydia, died at Montgomery
in 1907, wife of John W. Cnrson. a passenger conductor on
the Cavon Creek branch of the Chesapeake k Ohio. Miss
Kate, the second child, died unmarried at the ace of twenty-
one. Elizabeth is the wife of Dr. Thomas H. Elliott, a
phvsician and surgeon at St. Elmo, Tennessee.

John Edwin Thomas was three years of age when his
parents came to West Virginia, was reared in and educated
in the public schools of Cannelton and Montgomery, but
left school when only fourteen and since then has been mak-

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ing his own way in the world. His first employment, lasting
two years, was that of delivery boy for a grocery store at
Montgomery. He then entered the service of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad Company at Cannelton, was station
call boy, a year later was promoted to yard clerk at Cov-
ington, Kentucky, and was then transferred to Ashland,
Kentucky, where until 1897 he was yard master's chief
clerk. Leaving there, he became night yardmaster for the
Norfolk & Western Railroad at Kenova, Wayne County,
West Virginia. He was stationed at Kenova until 1899,
and then at Buffalo, New York, one year.

Mr. Thomas became a resident of Huntington in 1901,
and for three and one-half years he traveled over the coal
fields along the Norfolk & Western Railroad as salesman
for the Miller Supply Company, and at the end of that time
he was taken off the road and put in charge of the ma-
chinery department of this company at Huntington, remain-
ing with the firm a year and a half longer. The Huntington
Supply and Equipment Company he organized in 1906. This
company acts as manufacturers' agents for machinery and
supplies, with Mr. Thomas as active manager. The com-
pany's offices are in the Robson-Pritchard Building at
Huntington.

Among other business interests Mr. Thomas is a director
in the Huntington National Bank and the Atlas Rubber &
Belting Company of Cincinnati.

He has found a number of interesting duties and diver-
sions in his life at Huntington. He is a deacon and chair-
man of the finance committee of the Presbyterian Church,
votes as a democrat, is affiliated with Huntington Lodge No.
53, A. F. and A. M., Huntington Chapter No. 6, R. A. M.,
Huntington Commandery No. 9, K. T., Beni-Kedem Tem-
ple of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston, is a member of
Huntington Council No. 53, of the United Commercial
Travelers, the Huntington Rotary Club, and in the Cham-
ber of Commerce he served two years as vice president and
six years as a member of the Board of Directors. During
the great war he was a member of committees and other-
wise active in promoting the success of the various drives
for the Liberty Loan and other causes. He was a "Four-
Minute" speaker with the local war organization.

At Ashland, Kentucky, in June, 1904, Mr. Thomas mar-
ried Miss Adelaide Fisher, daughter of Nathan E. and
Sarah (Smith) Fisher, her mother a resident of Ashland,
where her father died in 1912: Her father' was an under-
taker at Ashland.

Rev. William M. Lister. The ordinary individual whose
years are prolonged beyond middle age sees a future ahead
wherein ease and a competency may await him and pa-
tiently or otherwise performs his duties until the appointed
time, when he sinks more or less into oblivion. There are
extraordinary men, however, who have already achieved
distinction and won merited rewards before this middle
age is reached, and when retirement comes in one direc-
tion just as efficiently prove their vitality in other fields,
and, in fact, never find lack of interest to inspire or duties
to gladly perform to family, church or country. With a
splendid record to his credit as a clergyman of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, Rev. William M. Lister, one of
Huntington's most valued citizens, has been equally suc-
cessful in the real estate business, and for the past five
years has devoted his interests to the development of an
expanding enterprise. Reverend Lister, realtor, has suc-
ceeded Reverend Lister, minister of the Gospel, whose long
career in the latter capacity had not only been fruitful
of results, but had brought him the affection and esteem
of people over a wide territory.

Reverend Lister was born July 21, 1866, in Caroline
County, Maryland, a son of James Edward and Mary
Elizabeth (Caiu) Lister. His grandfather, Joshua Lister,
was of English-Irish descent and belonged to a family
which had immigrated to America in Colonial days and
settled in Delaware, in which state he was born in 1776.
He spent his entire life in his native state, engaged in
agricultural pursuits, and died in 1846, aged seventy
years, while his wife, Anna, also a native of Delaware,
died when eighty-three years of age.

James Edward Lister, who now resides in Carol)
County, Maryland, was born June 13, 1837, and 1
resided in his present community all his life. As a youj
man he learned the trade of carpentry, which he follow
for about thirty years, and then turned his attention >
agriculture, becoming a practical farmer, a field of lab
in which he gained a wide and well-deserved reputation ir
general ability, industry and progressive ideas. He
now retired from active pursuits. Mr. Lister is a den
crat in politics, and his religious faith is that of i\
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has always be
a willing worker and generous contributor. He marrii
Miss Mary Elizabeth Cain, who was born December <
1840, in Sussex County, Delaware, and died August i\
1919, in Caroline County, Maryland. They became t
parents of the following children: Martha Jane, w
married John L. Reed, of Camden, New Jersey, a static
ary engineer; Hester Ann, who died in Caroline Count
aged twenty-six years, as the wife of George L. Harr ;
who is still engaged in farming in Caroline County; Mai
Etta, who also died in that county at the same age, as t'
wife of John O. Pippin, a farmer, who is likewise ('
ceased; Joshua L., a practical farmer and accounted o 1
of the best in Caroline County, where he died at the a'
of forty-three years; William M., of this record; Lau
Elizabeth, who died in Queen Anne County, Marylan
aged twenty-five years, as the wife of the late Arno
Butler, who was an extensive farmer; Ida May, who di
aged eighteen years; Maggie Lacey, who died when ninl
teen years of age; Emma, who died aged seventeen yeari
Georgia Luvinia, the wife of Louis Butler, one of t]
progressive and practical agriculturists of Caroline Count.
Maryland; and Blanche, who died at the age of s
months.

William M. Lister received his early education in t
rural schools of his native community and then attendi
the high school at Denton, Maryland. This was follows
by a course at the Wilmington Conference Academ
Dover, Delaware, where he pursued a classical course <
three years. During 1894 he began his career as a past
of the Methodist Episcopal Church when he preached
Pinny Neck, Kent County, Maryland, under the supe
vision of the Wilmington Conference. Following this 1
further prepared himself for his chosen calling by a year
attendance at the college at Wilmington, Delaware, ai,
was then pastor for a year at Lumberville, Bucks Count!
Pennsylvania. Following this he held these pastorate!
Woodruff, Cumberland County, New Jersey, three yean,
Green Creek, Cape May County, New Jersey, three year^
Deerfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, one yeai
Tabernacle, Camden County, New Jersey, one year. 1
1904 he was transferred to the West Virginia Conferpnc
and preached at Friendsville, Garrett County, Marylan
three years; Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia, oi
year; and Webster Springs, Webster County, West Vi
ginia, one year. Reverend Lister was then transferred 1
the Erie (Pennsylvania) Conference, and held the follow
ing charges: Wesley, Venango County, Pennsylvania, oi
year; Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania, one yeai
West Monterey, Marion County, Pennsylvania, one yeai
and Brockport, Elk County, Pennsylvania, one year. B
was next returned to the West Virginia Conference, bi
did not preach during the years 1913 and 1914, being
resident of Sistersville, West Virginia, where he engage
in the manufacture of gasoline as foreman in the gaugin
department of the Riverside-Carter Oil Company. In 191
he resumed preaching at Hamlin, Lincoln County, We(
Virginia, where he remained one year, and at the end c
that time took a retired relationship in the West Virgini
Conference, locating at Huntington in 1917. Reveren
Lister still preaches occasionally and is holding his locf
church relations with the First Methodist Episcopal Chure
of Huntington, taking an active part in all church worl
Since taking up his residence in this city he has bee
engaged in the real estate business, in which he has buil
up a prosperous and flourishing rental agency, his office
being situated at No. 1040% Fourth Avenue, Huntingtoi

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!.verend Lister is a member of Friendsville (Maryland)
>dge, I. O. O. F., and is an apprenticed Mason.
In 1S96, at Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Reverend Lister
nrried Miss Jennie Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
aeph Black, of Lumberville, Pennsylvania, Mr. Black
ing a retired stone mason. Three children have been
rn to Reverend and Mrs. Lister. Lawrence Claude, a
til dispatcher at the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad stn-
•n, Huntington, for the United States Government, who
•cived three months' training at Camp Purdue, Indiana,
ring the World war and acted as assistant postmaster
r the camp. He married Hazel Lunsford and tlicy have
e daughter, Lucille Lunsford Lister. Edward Lee is an
erator of the machine in a motion picture theater of
jntington. Wilbert Samuel is a elerk for the Miller
pply Company of Huntington.

J. Marshall Hawkixs. Included among the men prom-
ptly identified with the business interests of Huntington,

well as with the civic and social life of the community,
10 by character and achievement have attained more
an passing distinction is J. Marshall Hawkins, president

the Mercereau-Hawkins Tie Company. His career has
en an exemplary oue in many ways," and fully typifies
e true American spirit of progress. He located at
jntington a quarter of a century ago, and while adding

his own fortunes has associated himself with other
blic-spirited citizens in contributing to the city's wcl-
re.

Mr. Hawkins was born in Louisa County, Virginia, July
, 1866, a son of Rev. Edward P. and Martha Jane
inderson) Hawkins, and a member of a family that
migrated from England to America in Colonial times
d settled in Virginia. Thomas P. Hawkins, the grand-
ther of J. Marshall Hawkins, was born in Orange County,
rginia, where he passed his entire life as an extensive
inter, operating his broad acres with slave labor, nis
d, Edward P. Hawkins, was born in 1829, in Orange
iunty, where he received his early education, and as a
ung man went to Louisa County, where he was married,
itering the ministry of the Baptist Church, he preached

Louisa, Goochland and Spottsylvania counties until he
d reached the advanced age of eighty-five years, when he
tired. Reverend Hawkins was one of the distinguished
d greatly beloved members of the cloth, and his death,

Spottsylvania County in 1918, was sincerely mourned.
? was a democrat and a member of the Masonic fraternity,
iring the war between the states he entered the Con-
derate army and served in the quartermaster's depart-
ing Reverend Hawkins married Miss Martha Jane An-
rson, who was born in Louisa County, Virginia, where her
nth occurred. They were the parents of a large family of
ildren.

The education of J. Marshall Hawkins was acquired in
e rural schools of Louisa County, Virginia, which he
tended until reaching the age of seventeen years. At
at time he learned telegraphy and became an operator for
e Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, with whom he
tnained several years, then transferring his services to the
:chison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, as secretary to the
neral manager in the Topeka office. He was there two
ars, after which he became private secretary to the presi-
nt of the Lake Shore Railway at Cleveland, remaining
o years, and then became purchasing agent for the Union
ir Works at Depew, a suburb of Buffalo, New York, a
pacity in which he continued for five years. In 1897 Mr.
awkins came to Huntington and went into the cross tie
d lumber business, in which he has been engaged to the
esent time. He is president of the Mercereau-Hawkins
e Company, 603-4-5 First National Bank Building, manu-
cturers and wholesalers of railroad ties and hardwood
mber, operating in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky,
ader Mr. Hawkins' capable and energetic management this
a been built up into the largest cross tie business in West
rginia, handling more than 1,000,000 ties annually. Mr.
awkins is recognized not only as a man of marked busi-
ss talents but one of earnest purpose and progressive prin-
ples. He has always stood for the things that are right,

and for the advancement of citizenship, and is interested in
everything that pertains to modern improvement in the
direction of morals, education and civic responsibilities. 11c
is a man of marked mental capacity and force of character,
and the fact that he enjoys the same respect from hi*
business colleagues as from those with whom he comes
in contact in social relations is proof Df his high standing.

In politics Mr. Hawkins is a democrat, nnd his religious
connection is with the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. As a
Fraternalist he belongs to Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F.
and A. M., of which he is a past master; Huntington
Chapter No. 6, R. A. M., of which he is n past h gh priest;
Huntington Commandery No. 9, K. T., of whieh he is a post
commander; Beni-Kedem Temple, A. A O. N. M. S.. uf
Charleston, of which he is a past potentate; West Virgin a
Consistory No 1, thirty-third degree, Wheeling; Hunt ngtoii
Lodge of Perfection No. 4, and Huntington Chapter, Rose
Croix No. 4, of which he is a past wise master, having been
the first to occupy this chair. He is also a past grand coin
mander of the Grand Commandery Knights Templars of
West Virginia, a member of the board of trustees of the
Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of the state, and president
of the Huntington Masonic Temple Association, a position
which he has held since the association erected the Masonic
Temple in this city in 1913. Mr. Hawkins belongs also to
Huntington Lodge No. 313, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks; the Guyandottc Club of Huntingtun, of which he
was formerly president; the Guyan Country Club of this
city; and the Huntington Chamber of Commerce. He is the
owner of one of Huntington's modern homes, located at No.
1219 Fifth Avenue, in an exclusive residential district.

In 1891, at Huntington. Mr. Hawkins married Miss Nora
B. Bcuhring, daughter of Frederick L>. and Frances (Miller)
Beuhring, both deceased. Mr. Bcuhring, who was a pioneer
farmer and prominent citizen, at one time owned about
one-half of the land upon which is now situated the City
of Huntington. Mrs. Hawkins died in May, 1900, leaving
two sons: Edward Donald nnd Howard Burke. Edward
Donald Hawkins was born in May. 1*>96, and is a graduate
of Huntington High School. He volunteered his services
in the World war, prior to the draft, was accepted for serv-
ice, and during the period of the struggle was in the Motor
Transport Corps. He now assists his father and is a stock
holder and director in the Mercereau-Hawkins Tie Company.
Howard Burke Hawkins was born in May, 1900, and is a
graduate of Huntington High School and the Virginia Mi i
tary Institute, Lexington, Virginia, whtre he took a degree
in chemical engineering. During the World war he enlisted
in the Officers' Training Camp, was assigned to the field
artillery ser\ice, and sent to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ken
tucky, where he was located at the close of the struggle
ne is now identified with the Hutchinson Lumber Company
at Oroville, California, and is a stockholder in that concern.
In 1908, at Huntington, J. Marshall Hawkins was united in
marriage with Miss Blanche Miller Poage, daughter of
John B. and Mary (Miller) Poage, residents of Huntington,
Mr. Poage being a retired merchant.

Ritchie A. Iceland, M. D. With an extensive private
practice to look after Doctor Ireland is also city health
commissioner of Charleston. No position in any com-
munity offers greater potential opportunities for a really
vital service than this office.

Doctor Ireland is fully sensible of his duties and op-
portunities, and has a courage, public spirit and profes-
sional abilities requisite of such an official. It is in an
important sense to his credit that Charleston has become
known for the efficiency of its Health Department and
the carefulness with which the public health is guarded.
A large part of his time is devoted to such subjects as
milk inspection and testing, sewage and garbage disposal,
water supply. He has put in force a ruling requiring all
cows supplying milk for Charleston be tested for tuber-
culosis, and is gradually enforcing all the standard re-
quirements recommended by the United States Bureau of
Animal Industry. A number of articles from his pen have
been contributed to Public Health Magazines on garbage
and sewage disposal. Doctor Ireland organized the Pobhe

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Health Nursing Association in Charleston for teaching
child welfare and spreading knowledge of better living
conditions among the poor. This association furnishes
free nursing services to those who cannot afford to pay
for private nurses. Through this association also has been
developed a social welfare organization for the eonndeutial
exchange of information among the various charity and
civic welfare bodies of Charleston and near vicinity.
'Ihrough these activities Doctor Ireland is undoubtedly one
of the foremost men in the state whose time and talents
are enlisted in the great public health movement.

He was born in iutchie County, West Virginia, in 1884,
son of George M. and Mary (Law) Ireland, aud is of
English ancestry. His father's mother was a descendant
of Alexander Eowther, a Revolutionary patriot. Ihouias
Ireland, father of George M. Ireland, cleared the land in
the wilderness for hia pioneer home in Biteine County.
Ueorge M. Ireland was a Union soldier, serving as captain
Of Company E, Sixth West Virginia fnlantry.

i)r. .tvitenie A. Ireland was liberally trained in prepara-
tion for his profession. He attended the public scnools,
graduated in j.yu& from the Wesleyan University at Buck-
nannon, spent the year lyub' in the University of West
Virginia, aud from there entered the College of Physicians
anu burgeons at Baltimore, now a department of the
University of Maryland, graduating in iyi2. for one
year he remained as an interne in Mercy Hospital at
■Baltimore. for about four mouths he had an experience
with Dr. James McUlung, mine surgeon, at luchwood,
West Virginia, and in the spring of lyid moved to Charles-
ton, where he has been engaged in practice, his chief
work being as a specialist in internal medicine. Doctor
Ireland is a member of the County, State and American
Medical associations, is president oi the Hauawha Medical
Soeiety, embracing the counties of .Kanawha, Clay, Putnam
and isooue, belongs to the Dispensary Staff of Union
Mission, is consulting internist at Charleston General Hos-
pital, and is on the iNurses Teaching Staff at at. Erancis
.Hospital. He is also a memoer oi ihe Chamber of Com-
merce, of the Official .board of the Eirst Methodist Epis-
copal Uiureh, and is attainted with the Masons and ±,1*3.
Doctor Ireland married Miss Ada Scott, daughter of H. j]
Scott, of Pennsboro, West Virginia. They nave one son'
James Dudley.

William M. Brooke is now sole owner of one of the im-
portant industrial enterprises of the Huntington metro-
politan district, the business being conducted under the
title of tlie Huntington beating Company, and tne manu-
facturing plant, one of tlie largest of its kind in tne
United states, oeing situated on iiuthngton Street, near
the Chesapeake is Onio Kaiiroad station in the suburoan
Town of Uuyaudotte.

Mr. Brooke was bom iu the City of St. Louis, Mis-
souri, July 24, labii, aud is a son 01 John C. and Emily
Love (Suppieej Brooke, tne former of whom was born
in Preble County, Unio, in 1541, and tlie latter 01 wnom
was born iu tue City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in
lb4b. The parents passed the closing period of tneir
lives in the City of liuntingtou, West Virginia, wnere
the mother died May 12, lyiz, and tlie father in me year
lyi7. John (J. Brooke was a son of Jonn Brooke, wno
was born in Virginia in 1/84, and who died iu .treble
County, Ohio, in l&bb, lie having been a pioneer settler
and exteusive farmer in that county aud naving been a
representative of a family of English lineage, tnat was
founded in Virginia iu tne Colonial era of our national
history. John Brooke married a daughter of liev. James
B. Einley, who was a distinguished pioneer clergyman
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and they became
the parents of a remarkable family of twenty children.

John C. Brooke gained his early education in the com-
mon schools of Preble Couuty, Ohio, and as a lad he
went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and entered the em-
ploy of the Bradstreet Commercial Agency. He con-
tinued his residence in Philadelphia until shortly after
his marriage, when he removed to St. Louis, Missouri, and
engaged in the wholesale and retail coal business. In

1865 he removed to Eaton, Ohio, and there organi
and became president of the Eirst National Ban*..
lSb8 he established a private bank in the City of C
cinnati; that state, anu there in 1871 he organized
Excelsior School 1'urmture Company, of which he beca
vice president and general manager. A few years la'iL
he organized tne Jbxeelsior furniture Company, wuB
established its manufacturing plant at JNew Kichmo } |
Ohio, and in lbby he effected a reorganization of «
enterprise, under the title of the Cincinnati Seating CcH
pany and with a factory at Harrison, Ohio, in 111 »
the manufacturing headquarters were removed to Hufl
ington, West Virginia, and the title of the corporate!
was cuanged to tne Huntington Seating Oompany. jsfl
Brooke continued as president of the company until m
death. He was a lioeral and progressive citizen s'm
business man, a republican in politics, and he and fl
wife were zealous members of the Methodist Episeoj.g
Church. Of their chilareu William M., of this revieM
is the eldest; 1 inley b. is engaged in tne reai-esttfl
business at Cincinnati, Onio; hmiiy .Love became tue \nM
of Joun vv. fmar, who is now a resident of n-rie, r'er I
sylvama, and her death occurred at Washington, tnfl
state, in lyii, when she was thirty-eight years 01 a; I

William M. Brooke graduated iroin the nigu sent I
in tne City of Cincinnati as a member of tue class m
labii, and thereafter he was a traveling salesman ffl
tne Church furniture Company of Cincinnati until iyi I
He then became a traveling salesman lor a leadi: 1
electrical appliance company in tne City of Chicago, ai J
his traae territory coveied the soutnern states. .1
lyiU he became associated with his latner s company, tl
Huntington beating Company, lor wmcu he travel I
througuout the enure United States, in lylo' he ptl
cnaseu the interests of his tatner aud brother and becail
sole owner of tnis important concern, which mauurai
tures cnurch furniture of ail kinds and whieu is oil
of tne largest and most important of the order in lit
Union, the lather of Mr. Brooke having been tne pione|
in tne mauuiacturmg of cuurch furniture, and the ifunl
ington beating Company tnus naving prestige as til
oiuest company in tnis line of manuxacturmg in U I
United states.

Mr. Brooke is a stalwart advocate of the principal
of the repuolican party, he and his wile are mcmue.l
of the Metnouist episcopal Cnurch, he is ainliated will
Huntington .bodge x\o. 0X6, fi. f. O. E., and is a pail
cxaiteu ruler oi .uailas Lodge J\o. <1, ii. f. O. .L., iJ
Dallas, 'lexas. He is a memoer also of fiuelity Lodfe
i\o. 1-d, 1. O. O. P., at Huntington, and holds memoe'l
ship in the local Ixiwanis Club, Cnamoer of CommeruC
anu Jobbers and Manulacturers Bureau. His attraetivl
aud modern home is at olb jviani Street, Guyandotte, an!
he is the owner of the property.

At Atlanta, ceorgia, in l6ot>, iur. Brooke wedded Mis«
Anna Donna follow, who was born in Preble County
Ohio, in September, 1S/U, and whose death occurred al
Huntington, West Virginia, .December al, iyi2, no chr
dren having been born of this union. On the 2bth 0.
April, lyli, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Brook
and Miss Mae Elizabetn Lynch, daughter of Kobert an*
Maliuda Lynch, who resides at Point Pleasant, West Vii.
ginia. Mr. and Mrs. Brooke have one child, Malind-
Love, who was born September ly, iyi7.

John E. Schmidlapp, superintendent of motive powe«
for the Ohio Valley ETeetrie Kailway Company, witlj
residence and otueial headquarters in the City of Hunt'
ington, West Virgiuia, was born at Piqua, Ohio, Augus(
14, 1872. His father, Carl Schmidlapp, was born in th<
City of Berlin, Germany, in l84y, aud died at Piqua 1
Ohio, in 1911. The grandfather, John E. Schmidlapp, wa:(
reared near Berlin and followed farm enterprise in hi!
native land until 1855, when he came with his family t< (
the United States and settled near Piqua, Ohio, where b<
became a very successful farmer and where he and his,
wife passed the remainder of their lives. Both wert
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kuffpd the cause of the democratic party. John F.
Ihmidlnpp was foTty-fonr year? of aero at the time of
L death. TTifi wife, whosp mnidpn name was Elizahpth
knrpnhncher. was horn in thp Citv of Bprlin in 1927,
Id dipd at Pinna. Ohio, in 1012, thoir onlv phild having
>a Cnrl, father of the subject of this review.
Tn the public schools of Miami County, Ohio, Carl
>hmi<l1npp eontinned his studies nntil he had profited
• the advantages of the high school at Piqua, and
cntually he succeeded to the ownership of the fine
,1 homestead farm, 2*4 miles north of Piqua, where he
AC held precedence as one of the snhstantial and
fngressive agriculturists and stock -pro wots of that part
I the old Buckeye State. Tie was for thirty years
resident of the school hoard of his district, was in-
icntial in community affairs in general, was a demo-
.at in politics, and was a most zealous communicant
[d supporter of the Lutheran Church, of which his wife
,:ewise was a devoted member. He was affiliated with
e Masonic fraternity for many years prior to his
rath. His wife, whose maiden name was Marv Pnherts.
is horn in Miami Conntv. Ohio, in 19=15. and she dipd
,Si1r visiting her son John P. at Huntington. West Yir-
nia. on the 29th of April. 1921. her remains hein" tp-
rnpd to Pinna and interrpd hpsi<lp thosp of her hnshand.
t the children John P.. of this sketch, is the eldest;
a is the wife of William Zimmerman, manager of the
ona fOhio^ WatPT Comnanv: Harry owns and ^as active
anapement of the old home farm; and PusspII likewise
a procrressive farmer npar Piona.

The rmhlic schools of Pinna afforded John P. Schmid-
pp his earlv education, and there he was graduated

the high school as a memher of the plnss of 19<?9.
">r one voar therpafter he was emnloved as a lahoror
7 what is now tho Tolpdo Pailwav & Li edit Comnanv

ToWo, Ohio, and his ahilitv and effective service
•"ntnallv ]ed to his promotion to t^e position of spner-
ten^ent of eonipment. Aftpr leaving this position he
as. for thTee vears chief eWtrician with the Spramie
leetric Companv at Lima. OMo. and for a total noriod
' twelve vears. in three different intervals, he was in
■pentive service with the Miami Vallov Pailwav Com-
■nv, with headnnarters at Piona. where he held the
fiee of superintendent of eonipment. Tn the interims
! h's service with this companv hp fivp spvpn vears
' effpctive administration as snnorintendent of constrne-
f»n for thp Clpveland Constmction Companv. the funeral
Rces of which are in the City of Cleveland. Ohio. Tn
'11 Mr. Sehmidlapn became superintendent of ermip-
ent for the People's Pailwav Companv of Pavton,
hio, and in 1912 the company transferred him to Hnnt-
gton, West Virginia, where he has since served as
perintendent of motive power for the corporation now
iown as the Ohio Vallev Plectrie Pailwav Company,
e 9ame having absorbed the People's Pailwav Com-
inv. With offices at Eighteenth Street. West, and Wash-
trton Avenne, Mr. Schmidlapp now has snpervision of
e activities of seventy emploves. and teehnicallv and

an executive way he is well equipped for thp re-
lonsihle office of which he is the incumbent. He is
dependent in politics, is a member of the Huntington
lamber of Commerce and the West Pnd Business Men 's
nb. and is the owner of his residence and other real
tate in Huntington. Tn Ohio he still retains affilia-
rm with Tippecanoe Citv Lodge No. 151, I. O. 0. F.; and
ioua Wigwam No. 153. T. O. P. M.

In the World war period Mr. Schmidlapp was a_ vigor-
is and loyal worker in all local patriotic service, he
iving served as a member of the committees in charge
1 the campaigns in support of the Government war
ans and having made his personal subscriptions a9
rge as possible.

In 1S97 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Schmid-
pp and Miss Edith Hartman, who was born and reared
Piqua, Ohio, and who is a daughter of the late Lonis
id Fannie (Loganstein) Hartman, her father having
ng been superintendent of a furniture factory at Piqua.
r. and Mrs. Schmidlapp have one eon, Harold, who

was bom November 18, 1900, who reside at Hnntincton
and who is a salesman for the Pepnblic Truck Companv.
He was not yet cightpen years of age when he entered
the nation's military service in connection with »he
World war. He was stationed at Cnmp Sherman. Ohio,
his command not having been called into overseas
acrviee.

nniAM Plmosf Pilcher is one of the progressive and
influential exponents of the real-estate and fire insurance
business in the Citv of Huntington where his offices are
estahlishpd at R07 Ninth Street. TTp is president of the
Huntington Peal Estate Association and is a director of
each, the Huntington Business Men *s Association the
local Credit Men's Association and the Chamber of Com-
merce. He served as citv treasurer of Hnntin«ton for
the fiscal voar 1919-19, his political affiliation being with
the democratic partv.

Mr. Pilcher was born at Hinton. Summers Con n tv.
West Virginia. June 19. 1<592 and is a son of Cha-Vs
T Pilc'hpr. who was born in Spottsvlvania Cnuntv Vir
ffinia. March 12. 1*5° and who was Villd in a railroa-1
accident at Thaver. West Virginia. Mav 2 1911 he Lav-
ing been a locomotive en^'noer in the service of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Pailroad Companv. He was one of
the first en^nnoers to run trains on this railroad onf from
the Citv of Huntington, where he maintained his resi-
dence from 1990 nntil his tragic death. For eighteen
vpars hp was enedncer of t^p F. F. V. Limitpd between
Huntington and Hinton. He was a staunch democrat,
well fortified in his political convictions, and was a
member of the Johnson Memorial Church. Methodist
Episcopal, South, as was also his wife. Mr Pilcher was
affiliated with Huntington Lodge No. 53. \. F. and A M. ;
Huntington Chapter No. fi, P. A". M.; Huntington Com-
mandery No. 9. Knie-hts Templars; and Beni-Kedem
Temple of the Mvstic Shrine at Charlpston. At Cnlppper
Court House, Virginia, in I 91 *!, was solemnized his mar-
riage with Miss Florence Garner who was horn at
Ptevenshnrg. that state. March 22. 19"7. and whose death
oeeurred at Huntington November R. l°-79. their home
having been maintained at ninton. nntil thpir rpmoval
to Huntincton in 19f)0. Of their phildrpn the sttbiect
of this sketch is the eldest: Walter died at t^e a^e
of spven ypars; Ernest Lee is spcrctarv of the Florida
Cane Maple Svrup Company at Tampa. Florida; and
Poy is associated with his eldest brother in the real
estate and insurance business at Huntington.

Hiram E. Pilcher was a lad of eight years at the time
of the family removal to Huntington, and after profiting
by the advantages of thp public schools of tMs r'ytv he
here attended Marshall College two vears. Tn 1"99 he
graduated from the Mountain State Business College at
Parkersburg. For two vears thereaftpr he was plerk
in thp office of the ronndhonsp forpman of thp Chicago
division of thp Baltimore & Ohio Pailroad at Garrett.
Indiana, and during the following year he held a more
responsible position, in the master mechanic's office at
that place. He was then transferred to Huntincton and
assigned to service as trace clerk in the freight de-
partment, in which he eventually won promotion to the
office of cashier. In 190fi he resigned his position and
accepted that of chief accountant for the Wheeler-
Holden Tie Company of Buffalo. New York, with which
corporation he had charge of the accounting department
in the Huntington office for a period of five years. Tn
1911 Mr. Pilcher resigned this position and assumed that
of cashier in the office of the Hnntington Advertiser,
with which representative newspaper he thus eontinned
his association until 1915, when he established himself
in the real-estatp and fire-insnrance business, to which
he has since continued to give his attention, his enter-
prise having been developed to one of major importance
in these lines in the City of Huntington and in this
section of the state. He is the owner erf much valu-
able real estate at Hnntington. including his attractive
home property at 205 Belford Avenne.

Mr. Pilcher is a past senior warden of Hnntington

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Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M.; is affiliated also with
Huntington Chapter No. 6, E. A. M., and Huntington
Commandery No. 9, Knights Templars, of which he served
one term as recorder, and he is a member of Beni-
Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston, and
of Huntington Lodge No. 313, B. P. 0. E., of which he
served three years as a trustee. He was specially active
in advancing local patriotic measures in the World war
period, served as member of committees in charge of
Government loan drives in Cabell County, as a member
of the Local Draft Board, and aided in filling out ques-
tionnaires for the recruited men of the county. He is a
member of the Johnson Memorial Church (Methodist Epis-
copal, South).

January 1, 1911, recorded the marriage of Mr. Pilcher
and Miss Claudia Trainer, a daughter of William E. and
Rosa Lee (Garner) Trainer, the latter of whom now re-
sides at Garrett, Indiana, the father, a locomotive en-
gineer in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
having met his death in a railroad accident at Hicksville,
Ohio, in 1903. Mrs. Pilcher graduated from a business
college at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and prior to her mar-
riage was in the employ of the American Bank & Trust
Company of Huntington, and later of the Ohio Valley
Bank of this city. She was a devoted companion and
helpmeet to her husband, assisted him materially in the
conducting of his Teal-estate and insurance business, and
the supreme loss and bereavement of his life came when
she died, of influenza, on the I3th of October, 1918.

Frank Parsons Slack, secretary and treasurer of the
West Virginia. & Kentucky Insurance Agency, with of-
fices at 531% Ninth Street in the City of Huntington,
is one of the prominent representatives of the general
insurance business in this city and state. The company
of which he is thus an executive is incorporated under
the laws of both West Virginia and Kentucky, his father
being vice president of the corporation and George I.
Neal, of Huntington, being its president.

Mr. Slack was born at Elizabethtown, Hardin County,
Kentucky, July 16, 1886, and is a son of John W. and
Sallie (Dent) Slack, the former of whom was born at
Bardstown, Kentucky, in November, 1851, aud the latter
at Louisville, that state, July 23, 1855, their marriage
having been solemnized in that city, and their home
being now maintained at Huntington, West Virginia.
John W. Slack was reared and educated at Elizabeth-
town, Kentucky, where eventually he became success-
fully established in the mercantile business. In 1891
he removed to Owensboro, that state, where he was iden-
tified with the distillery business until 1S96, when he
engaged in the wholesale liquor trade in the City of
Louisville. In 1902 he engaged in the general insur-
ance business in the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, and in
1907 he established himself in the same line of business
at Charleston, West Virginia, whence he removed to
Huntington in 1914, he being now vice president of the
West Virginia & Kentucky Insurance Agency. He is a
stalwart advocate of the principles of the republican
party, and he and his wife are communicants of the
Catholic Church. Of their three children the subject of
this sketch is the youngest; Ella Grace is the wife of
Paul T. Monarch, who is connected with the Jeffrey-
DeWitt Manufacturing Company of Kenova, this state,
their home being at Huntington. John D. is engaged
in the general insurance business at Huntington.

In the public schools of Louisville Frank P. Slack con-
tinued his studies until he had completed the work of
the sophomore yeaT in the high school. At the age of
fifteen years he became associated with his father's in-
surance business, which he represented through South-
eastern Kentucky with residence at Pineville, that state.
In 1913 he established his headquarters at Georgetown,
South Carolina, where he remained two years, as repre-
sentative of the same insurance agency throughout that
state. Thereafter he passed one year in New York City,
and on the 1st of January, 1916, he assumed his present
dual office, that of secretary and treasurer of the West

Virginia & Kentucky Insurance Agency, which unjj|]
his vigorous and well directed direction and progress
policies has developed the largest exclusive pay-roll i.l
surance business in the United States. The agency y
sures employes of coal companies in health and accid.t
indemnity, the coal operators collecting the insura e
fees from the payrolls of their corporations. Mr. SI; k i
is a stockholder in the Consolidated Insurance Ageiyj
of Huntington, and also in the W. E. Deegan ReayJ
Company of this city. He is a member of the Hunting a j
Chamber of Commerce, the Guyan Country Club, efl
Kiwanis Club, is a progressive and public-spirited c 1-9
zen and is independent in politics, his support beijl
given to men and measures meeting the approval of gl
judgment. He owns his attractive home property at \J4
Trenton Place, Huntington.

November 29, 1914, recorded the marriage of Mr. Slu j
and Miss Elizabeth Ann Scobee, daughter of James M
Scobee, who is engaged in the wholesale lumber bi^l
ness at Winchester, Kentucky, his wife being deceas-l
Mr. and Mrs. Slack have a winsome little daughtlj
Sarah Hedrick, who was born May 10, 1917.

James Slack, grandfather of the subject of this \\
view, was born at Slack's Landing, Pennsylvania, becan j
a pioneer settler at Bardstown, Kentucky, and lat-1
owned and operated a tannery at Elizabethtown, thjl
state, where he remained until his death. The famii
name of his wife was Scott, and Bhe was a kinswomi'
of Gen. Winfield Scott, the doughty American warric
John Dent, maternal grandfather of Frank P. Slaci
passed the greater part of his life in the City of Lou!
ville, Kentucky, where he was a leading merchant f'
many years and where he served during the Civil w'
as United States provost marshal.

James Overton Marcum, superintendent of transport
tion and claim agent for the Ohio Valley Electric Railws
Company, with headquarters at Huntington, has been co
nected with his present company since 1904, during whi
time he has gained steady promotion and added prestig'
Mr. Marcum 's career has been a somewhat varied one, ;
he started life as a professional man and later enten
various fields of endeavor, finally to find success and co
tentment in the railroad business.

Mr. Marcum was born in Smith County, Virginia, Octob<
17, 1865, a son of Hon. William Wert and Eunice (Cox j
Marcum. The Marcum family originated in Englam
whence the original ancestor of this branch of the famil
immigrated to America during Colonial days and settled i '
Virginia. The grandfather of James Overton^ Marcun
Stephen M. Marcum, was born in August, 1818, in what i
now Wayne County, West Virginia, and resided for th
greater part of his life at Fort Gay in that county, whei
he followed the trade of gunsmith. In the evening of lif
he moved to Catlettsburg, Kentucky, where his death o(
curred in August, 1893. He married Miss Jane Damroi
who was born in 1822, in what is now Wayne County, an<,
died at the age of eighty-five years, in 1907, in Ming'
County, West Virginia.

Hon. William Wert Marcum was born December 17
1844, in Kanawha (now Wayne) County, West Virginia
and was reared in his native vicinity, where he was prepare* i
for the law. In 1861, when still a mere lad, he enlistee
in the army of the Confederacy for service during the wai
between the states, and continued as a soldier throughoul
the period of the long and bitter struggle of four years
being finally a member of the Eighth Virginia Cavalry. H<
fought at Gettysburg, in the various campaigns in Virginia
and in numbers of bloody engagements, but came through
unscathed and with a splendid record for bravery and
fidelity to duty. On his return he resumed his law studies,
and on his admission to the bar entered upon a brilliant
career as a lawyer. He was distinguished for his erudition
and mastery of his calling, and not only was accounted one
of the leaders of the bar, but was called frequently to posi-
tions of importance. For twenty-seven years he followed
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269

moving to Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia, where
i continued nntil his death, January 15, 1912. Judge
arcum waa a stanch democrat. He served aa county attor-
»y of Lawrence County for two terms, or eight years, and
'ter coming to West Virginia became judge of the Criminal
>nrt in Wayne County until that office was abolished by
it of the State Legislature. Elected to the State Legiala-
ire, he served in that body during the session of 1911, and
:ted aa floor manager for United States Senators Chilton
id WatBon. Judge Marcum was a devout member of the
ethodiat Episcopal Church, South, a strong supporter of
s movements and a conatant Sunday school worker. He
kewise gave generoua support to the churches of other
^nominations in the town and waa a man of charitable
ipulses and actions. As a fraternaliat he belonged to
rescent Lodge No. 32, A. F. and A. M., of Cercdo,
'est Virginia, of which he waa worshipful master at the
me of his death, having filled that chair for eleven years,
id to Wayne Chapter, R. A. M. Judge Marcum married
iss Eunice Cox, who was born in June, 1841, in Smith
■)nnty, Virginia, and died at Louisa, Kentucky, April 14,
}85. They became the parents of six children: James
verton; Belle, who married Will O'Neal, an attorney of
itlettsburg, Kentucky; Grace, the wife of Charles C. Hill,
: Catlettsburg, employed in the freight department of the
hio Valley Electric Railway Company at Aahland, Ken-
icky; Dr. Frederick D., a successful practicing physician
id surgeon of Ceredo; Edith, unmarried, a resident of
atlettsburg, Kentucky, but employed in the Day and Night
ank at Ashland, that state; and Leo Frank, of Hunting-
■n, a bookkeeper in charge of the commiasary for a coal
»mpany in Pike County. Judge Marcum took for his
cond wife Mary Elizabeth Burgess, who was born in
awTence County, Kentucky, and now survives him as a
sident of Huntington, and they became the parents of
ree children: Herma, the wife of Dr. L. G. Bryner, a
•ntal practitioner of Huntington; Charles W., an employe
' the McKinley Storage Battery Company, residing near
ellogg Station, Wayne County; and Homer B. f an attorney
' Ashland, Kentucky, who during the World war held the
nk of second lieutenant and was stationed at Petersburg,
irginia.

James Overton Marcum received his early education in the
lblic schools of Louisa, Kentucky, and in a subscription
hool at Wayne, West Virginia, under Professor Taylor B.
cClure, following which he studied law in the office and
ider the preceptorship of his father. Admitted to the bar

1894, he practiced his profession at Wayne for one year
id was then chief of police of Ceredo for a time and
rved as commissioner in chancery in Wayne County under
idge Thomas Harvey. On February 24, 1904, Mr. Marcum
tered the employ of the Ohio Valley Electric Railway
>mpany, and in order to familiarize himself with the sys-
m followed the vocation of motorman, at Huntington, for
jht months. He then entered the claim department and
is later made claim agent, and in March, 1918, in addition

these duties, assumed those connected with the office of
perintendent of transportation. He occupies both of these
■sts at the present time and maintaina offices on the second
•or of the Miller-Ritter Building at Huntington. He ia
nsidered an entirely capable railroad man and has con-
futed greatly to the effectiveness of his company's serv-
[}. He ia a stockholder in the Consolidated Insurance
» mpany.

Politically a stanch democrat, Mr. Marcum waa democratic
►ite committeeman of the Fifth Congresaional District of
'est Virginia for four years, from January 1, 1916, to

• nnary 1, 1920, and during his residence at Ceredo served
t mayor of that place for three terma. He ia a member of
Pi First Congregational Church of Ceredo and of the board
j trustees thereof. Fraternally he belongs to Crescent
vdge No. 32, A. F. and A. M., of which he is a past
•tuor warden; West Virginia Consistory No. 1, thirty-
!<;ond degree, of Wheeling, and Beni-Kedem Temple, A. A.
< N. M. 8., of Charleston. He also holds membership in
i i Huntington Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary
*ab of Huntington. Mr. Marcum owns a modern residence

* the corner of Second Street and C Street, West, Ceredo,

vol. n— si

one of the modern, comfortablo homes of that community,
as well aa other real eatato at Huntington and Ceredo.

On November 6, 1890, at Wayne, West Virginia, Mr.
Marcum married Miaa Rebecca Vinson, daughter of K.
Pharoah and Nancy (Wcllman) Vinson, residents of Louisa,
Kentucky, where Mr. Vinson is a retired lumberman and
timbcrman. To this union there were- born three children.
Emma, the eldest, is a graduate of Marshall College, Hunt-
ington, and taught school at Cercdo and Wayne prior to her
marriage to Fisher F. Skagga, nn nttorney of Wayno. They
hnve one child, James Franklin, born November 2, 1919.
The second child of Mr. and Mrs. Mnrcum, Beesio, is a
graduate of the Ceredo High School and Marshall College
and at present is a teacher in the Ceredo Junior High
School. The youngest of the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Marcum, Edward L., now an employe of the Ohio Valley
Electric Railway Company at Ceredo, is a veteran of the
World war, having been in the service one year. Ho was
first stationed at a number of training camps in different
parts of the country, but was finally transferred to the
medical department and assigned to the Government hos-
pital situated at Forty-fifth Street and Lexington Avenue,
New York City, ne held the rank of corporal. Mr. Marcum
married Miss Mabel Kessinger, of Kenova, West Virginia,
and they have one child, Nancy Jim, born March 15, 1921.

Noble Kimbbough Sneed has no minor atatua as a gen-
eral contractor in railroad and other heavy conBtruction
work, and ia claimed by tho City of Huntington as one
of its progressive buaineas men. ne has been con-
cerned with the carrying through of numerous contracts
of specially important order.

Mr. Sneed was born in the historic and beautiful little
City of Charlottesville, Virginia, on the 21st of May,
1876, and is a scion of a family that was founded in
Virginia in the Colonial period of our national history,
the original representatives of the family in America
having come from Ireland. Benjamin Noble Sneed, grand-
father of the subject of this review, passed his entire
life in Virginia and became the owner of a large planta-
tion adjoining Monticello, the fine old plantation of
Thomas Jefferson, near Charlottesville, and he served
aa a gallant soldier in the Mexican war. Both he and
his wife, whose family name was Goodloe, died on the
old homestead near Charlottesville, and a portion of
this fine estate is still owned by their son, Benjamin
Noble Sneed, Jr., father of him whoso namo initiates
this review. Of their family of eight aona and four
daughters, seven of the sons were valiant soldiers of the
Confederacy in the Civil war.

Benjamin Noble Sneed Jr. was born on the old home
plantation near Charlottesville in 1850, nnd there he Is
now living retired after a specially successful career as
an agricnlturiat in hia native county. He ia a stalwart
in the ranks of the democratic party, and has been in-
fluential in public affairs in the community which has
ever represented hia home. He ia a zealous member of
the Baptist Church, as waa also his wife, whose death
occurred in 1910. Mrs. Sneed, whose mniden name was
Caroline E. Moss, was born at Charlottesville in 1853.
Of the children the eldest is Edward B., who ia in the
employ of the N. K. Sneed Company of Huntington;
Gertrude, who died at the age of forty-three years, at
Richmond, Virginia, was the wife of Ernest L. Taylor,
who is still engaged in business in that city; Noble K.,
of this sketch, wns next in order of birth; Alice died
at the parental home when twenty-three years of age;
Lillian is the wife of Harry G. Browning, a progressive
farmer near Charlottesville; and Frederick W. has charge
of the steam-shovel outfits of the N. K. Sneed Company
of Huntington.

Noble K. Sneed was seventeen years of age when
he left the Charlotteaville High School and entered the
employ of the Farmers Supply Company in that elty.
He aontinued this allianee nntil he waa twenty-two years
old, and then entered the employ of Langhorne & Lang-
home, railroad contractors. From tho position of stable
boaa he worked his way forward until he waa admitted

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HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

to partnership in the business, in 1905, when the name
of the firm was changed to Langhorne, Langhorne &
Sneed. He became the firm's general manager, and in
1917, after the death of his partners, he engaged in rail-
road contracting in an independent way. As a matter
of business expediency, with the expansion of the enter-
prise, he effected in 1921 the incorporation of the busi-
ness, under the present title of the N. K. Sneed Com-
pany, but he still continues as the sole owner of the
business. As a contractor in railroad construction Mr.
Sneed has one of the largest and most modern general
eouipments in the United States. He operates fourteen
steam shovels and is prepared to carry through the
heaviest of construction contracts. The firm of Lang-
horne, Lau^horne & Sneed built the S. V. & E. Railroad
frnm Shelhv, Kentucky, to Jenkins, that state: the
Silver Grove vards of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad,
these being amonsr the largest terminal yards of that
svstem; and handled manv other important contracts.
Tn his individual contracting Mr. Sneed dredged the
Lunrlale Channel of Buffalo Creek in Logan Countv. West
Virginia, for a distance of ten miles for the Amherst
Fuel Companv: he double-tracked the line of the Hock-
ing Valley "Railroad between Marion and Delaware. Ohio;
and has assumed other large and important contracts,
his receiving of which indicates the high estimate placed
upon him and his work. The general offices of his
company are at 417-18 First National Bank Building in
the City of Huntington.

The political allegiance, of Mr. Sneed is given to the
democratic party, he is a member of the Guyandotte
Club at Huntington and the Redland Club at Charlottes-
ville, and in his native place he also Tetains affiliation
with Charlottesville Lodge No. 389, B. P. O. E. He is the
owner of valuable real estate both in Charlottesville and
Huntington.

On the 3d of November, 1897, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Mr. Sneed and Miss Lena Roberts Wood, who
was born and reared at Charlottesville, Virginia, and
who was there graduated in Charlottesville College. Her
father, the late Llewellyn Wood, was a leading hardware
merchant in that city for forty years, and there his
widow, whose maiden name was Catherine Parkinson,
still resides. Mr. and Mrs. Sneed have four children:
Noble K., Jr., who was born February 10, 1900, was grad-
uated from the Charlottesville High School and is now
associated with his father's contracting business; Cath-
erine, who was born in 1905, is, in 1922, a student in
Ste. Anne's Seminary at Charlottesville; Allan Langhorne
and Lena Wood, born respectively in 1909 and 1913, are
attending the public schools of Charlottesville, where the
family home is still maintained.

Harry A. Davidson is one of the vital and progressive
business men of the City of Huntington, where he is
president of the Superior Lumber Company. There may
have been a measure of ancestral predilection in his
choice of vocation, for his grandfather, Isaac Davidson,
who was born in Ohio, in 1826, and who died at Wellston,
that state, in 1894, was a carpenter by trade and was
long and actively engaged in business as a contractor
and builder. The greater part of his life was passed in
Jackson County, Ohio, and the family was founded in
that state in the pioneer days.

Harry A. Davidson was born at Wellston, Jackson
County, Ohio, December 11, 1887, and is a son of Thomas
M. and Effie Alice (Hutchinson) Davidson, both natives
of Lawrence County, Ohio, where the former was born
in 1863 and the latter in 1866. Thomas M. Davidson
was reared and educated in the old Buckeye State, and
as a youth he learned the carpenter's trade under the
direction of his father. He became a successful con-
tractor in Ohio, and among the large factory buildings
which he there erected were those of the Lehigh Cement
Company and the Alma Cement Company at Wellston,
and the plant of the lronton Cement Company at lronton.
He has to his credit also the construction of more than
200 coal tipples. From 1909 to 1911 he was a resident

of Paintsville, Kentucky, and in the latter year ,
came to Huntington, West Virginia, where he is n<i
engaged in the wholesale and retail lumber busine
which he conducts under the title of the Davids
Lumber Company, with offices at 862*4 Fifth Avem
He is a republican in politics, has completed the eir»'
of York and Scottish Rite MasonTy. in the latter of whi
he has received the thirty-second degree, and he a"<
his wife hold membership in the. Methodist Episcnr,
ChnTch. Of the seven children the subiect of this revu
is the eldest: Louis C. is engaged in the insurance bu
ness at Portsmouth, Ohio; Catherine died at the a<re ,
seven years: George E. is associated with the Dickers
Lumber Company at Huntington, in the capacity nf va
manager; Loren T. is associated with the Davidson Lm
ber Company: N. Ruth is the wife of German Larrahn
secretary and treasurer of the Superior Lumber Co
pany at Huntington; and Pauline remains at the parent
home.

Tn the high school at Wellston, Ohio, Harry A. Davi,
son graduated in 1906, and thereafter he attended t"
Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland. Ohio, un^
he had partially completed the work of the hini
year and in connection with which he became a memh
of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Tn 1908 Mr. Davi
son became first assistant chief engineer of the Davto
Lebanon & Cincinnati Railroad, and after one year
service in this capacity he became associated with b
father's contracting business and was superintendent .
construction on the high school building at Jackson Ohii
This work took his attention several months, and f
two years thereafter he was in charge of his father,
contract work in the erection of about 400 houses
the Big Sandy District of Kentucky. In October, 1912. 1
became yard foreman in the yards of the Superior Lui
ber Company at Huntington, a corporation that had be<|
organized by his father in that year. Later he was
salesman for the company, then assistant manager, ai
finally vice president. The organization was permitti
to lapse in 1918, and Mr. Davidson then organized a ne
company under the same title, this company being i
corporated under the laws of the state and he beirj
its president. With well equipped yards and warehoui^
and with the best of facilities the company has developc
a substantial wholesale and retail business in the handlir'
of lumbeT and all other kinds of building supplies. Th
retail trade of the concern is one of the largest :
Huntington, and the yards and offices of the compac
are established at 730 First Street. Harry S. Irons
vice president of the company, Henry O. Dunfee is i
treasurer and B. C. Emerson its secretary.

Mr. Davidson is a staunch republican, and he and h
wife hold membership in the First Congregational Churt
of Huntington. In the Masonic fraternity Mr. Davidsc
is affiliated with Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F. an!

A. M.; Huntington Chapter No. 6, R. A. M.; West Vi,
ginia Consistory No. 1, A. A. S. R., at Wheeling, i
which he has received the thirty-second degree; an
Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Charlesto]
He is a member of Huntington Lodge No. 313, B. P. O. fj
and of the Guyan Country Club. At 200 South BouL
vard he owns one of the fine modern residence propertu
of Huntington, and of this attractive home his wife

a most gracious and popular chatelaine.

On the 14th of August, 1918, Mr. Davidson entere
the Officers Training Camp at Camp Taylor, Kentucky
and in the following November he received his honorabJI
discharge, with the rank of second lieutenant, his conk
mand having not been called into active service in tbt
World war.

At Catlettsburg, Kentucky, in 1910, Mr. Davidson ma:|
ried Miss Corinne Kitchen, daughter of the late Williaij

B. and Elizabeth (Trago) Kitchen, the father havinj
been a successful farmer near Jackson, Ohio. Mr. an
Mrs. Davidson have three children: Barbara Alice, borl
March 18, 1912; Florence, born April 27, 1913; and Marjj
born January 28, 1915.

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271

'oseph Asthttb Gxtthsie, M. D., is not only recognized as
' of the leading physicians and surgeons at Hnnting-
? but has also made a roost valuable contribution
Ihe city's metropolitan prestige by establishing and
•eloping to the best modern standard the Guthrie
ipital, of which he is the proprietor,
doctor Guthrie was born at Athens, judicial center of

Ohio County of the same name, and the date of his
ivity was May 23, 1878. He is a scion of an honored
oeer family of the old Buckeye State, his grandfather,
eph Guthrie, having passed his entire life in Meigs
mty, Ohio, where he became a prosperous farmer
[ honored and influential citizen of his community,

father, Joseph Guthrie, Sr., having been born in
fland, and having been a pioneer settler in Meips
inty, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life
I where he developed the productive farm which later
*ed into the possession of his son Joseph, who there
•wise resided until the close of his life.
>octor Guthrie is a son of Geor?e P. and "Esther Ann
nrtin> Guthrie, both natives of Meigs County. Ohio,
ere the former was born in 1846 and the latter in
1. The father became a prominent aid successful
tnnent of farm indnstry in Athens Countv. Ohio,
■»re he established his residence shortly after his mar-
*e and where he continued to reside until his death
Tune. 1912, his widow being still a resident of Athens.

county seat. He was a republican of unwavering
nltv and was a zealous member of the Christian
ireh. as is also his widow. Thev became the parents
eight children, of whom Doctor Guthrie, of this re.
I was the fifth in order of birth. Eva is the wife
William Bnnkins, a farmer in Meigs Countv. Ohio:
nnie is the wife of Benjamin Acklcv, a firmer near
rion, that state: Margaret is the wife of John Stout.
■> is engaged in the dairy business at Eugene. Oregon :
ia is the wife of Everett Blackwood, a ieweler in
t Oregon city; Bnv. a skilled meehanic. resides at
«a. Arizona; and Erank owns and has active man-
ment of the old home farm in Athens County. Ohio,
h the hicrh school at Athens, Ohio. Doctor Guthrie
\ graduated in 1^97. and thereafter he taught school
Sis native county for a period of one vear. ITe next
'nded Ohio Fniversity. at Athens, until he had corn-
ed the work of his sophomore year, and there he was
lemhcr of the Philomatean Sncietv. In preparation

his chosen Profession he entered the Colleen of
'•sicians and Surgeons in the City of Baltimore. Marv-
I and in this institution he was rrra^uated as a
uher of the class of 1003 and with the degree of
tor of Medicine. Each successive year since his
iuation he has done effective post-graduate work in
lions leading clinics, including those of Mercy and
mstnna hospitals in the City of Chicago; those of
r distinguished Mavo Brothers of Rochester, Minne-
t; and of the New York Post Graduate Medical
lool. In this continuous application that has kept
f in close touch with advances made in his exacting
Session Doctor Guthrie has specialized in surgery, and
fe founding his hospital at Huntington he has given
or attention to the surgical phase of professional
fice.

h 1903 Doctor Guthrie established himself in general
Kice at Bavenswood, Jackson County. West Vir-,
t&, but one year later he found a broader field by
► Wishing his* residence at Huntington, where he has
Moped a specially large and representative practice.
|f!910 Doctor Guthrie erected a substantial modern
(fding at the corner of Sixth Avenne and Sixth Street
i equipped the same as a thoroughly high-grade hos-
|l. The patronage accorded to the institution so con-
»onsly increased that in 1916 it was found essential
Huild an addition to the hospital, and in 1920 another
^plete unit was added, with the result that the insti-
bn now has facilities for the accommodation of sixty
lenta. Adjoining the hospital is the thoroughly
Ipped nurses' home. The institution has the best of
Oratory facilities, including X-Bay and radium ap-

paratus; the operating room is of the best metropolitan
type, and in the conjoined training school for nurses
the graduates in 1920 and 1921 gaine.l the highest aver-
ages in examinations of all nurses graduated in the State
of West Virginia.

Doctor Guthrio Is a loyal and vnlucd member of the
Cabell Company Medienl Society and the West Virginia
State Medical Society, besides maintaining nctive mem-
bership in the American Medical Association, ne is n
member of the local Kiwanis Cluh and the Ouyan Country
Club, is a republican in politienl allegiance, and both he
and his wife are members of the Christian Church at
Huntington, he being a member of its board of directors.

On the 19th of April. 1916. wns solemnized the mar
riage of Doctor Guthrie and Miss Carrie Wilkinson,
daughter of Andrew J. nnd Ollie Wilkinson, of Hunting-
ton, Mr. Wilkinson being a local representative of the
American Book Company. Mrs. Guthrie graduated from
Marshall College at Huntington, and nlso from Bandoloh-
Macnn College at Lynchburg, Virginia. Doctor and Mrs
Guthrie have three children: Joseph Arthur, born No-
vember 23. 1917; William Wilkinson, born February 1,
1920; and Margaret Ann, born January 15, 1922.

Carl Boprh BrBBFE, who is serving as countv n<rirultnra!
agent of Cabell County, with headquarters in the Citv of
Huntington, has made a splendid record of excellent con-
structive work in the furtherance of the agricultural
and live-stock industry in his native state, ne wns born
at HaDna, Wood Countv, West Virginia. November 9,
1897. a son of Paul H. Bibbee, who wns born on a fnrm
near Hanna, that county. January 26, 1*"S. and who is a
son of John and Permelia Ann (Barnett) Bibbee, both
likewise natives of the Virginia Countv that is now
Wood County. West Virginia, where the respective fami-
lies were founded in the early pioneer davs. John Bibbee
was one of the extensive farmers of Wood County, and
there he and his wife passpfl their entire lives.

Paul H. Bibbee has resided near Hanna, Wood County,
from the time of his birth to the present dav, and is one
of the progressive and successful agriculturists nnd stock-
growers of that county. He is a republican in polities
and has held various local offices of public trust, includ
ing that of road supervisor of Clav District and that
of member of the school board of that district, a posi-
tion which he held six years. He and his wife nro
members of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Bihbee. whose
maiden name was Sarah Francis Boush, was born nt
Mason Citv, Mason County, this state. August 13, 1862.
Of the children the eldest is Paul Ceeil, who served as a
private of the first class in Hospital Train No. 54, with
the American Expeditionary Forces in France in the
World war. He was on the stage of conflict oversens
for eighteen months, nnd is now a successful exponent
of farm industry in his native county. Carl B.. of this
sketch, is the second son. The youngest is William J.,
who is, in 1922, a student in the high school at Parkers
burg.

Carl B. Bibbee gained his preliminary education in the
rural schools of his native county, thereafter graduated
from the eighth grade of the city" schools at Parkersbnrg.
and graduated from high school as a member of the
class of 1915. In 1921 he graduated from the College of
Agriculture of the Fniversity of West Virginia, and
received the degree of Bachelor of Science of Agriculture,
he being affiliated with the Theta Chi fraternity at the
nniversitv. While a student at this institntion he there
entered the Beserve Officers' Training Corps, received
four years of military discipline, and he now holds the
rank of second lieutenant in this corps. In connection
with the nation's participation in the World war he was
in service three months at Camp Gordon, Georgia, where
he received his discharge December 13, 1918. For six
months of that year he bad previously served as assistant
countv agricultural agent of Berkeley County, and dur-
ing the first eight months of 1919 he was assistant
county agricultural agent of Wood County. For three
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Extension Division of the College of Agriculture, Uni-
versity of West Virginia as state camp instructor in
Boys' and Girls' Club Work. On the 22d of July, 1921,
he was appointed county agricultural agent of Cabell
County, the office of which he is the present efficient and
popular incumbent, his executive office being at room
205 in the Federal Building at Huntington. He is a
republican in politics and holds membership in the Baptist
Church.

November 24, 1921, recorded the marriage of Mr.
Bibbee to Miss Isabel Stoker, of Morgantown, where
her parents now reside, her father, Sheridan Stoker being
there in the employ of the Standard Oil Company. Mrs.
Bibbee graduated from the Morgantown High School
and later attended the musical department of the Uni-
versity of West Virginia, she being a talented pianist.
The following article from the 1921 Annual Beport of
the Director of Agricultural Extension is well worthy
of reproduction in this connection:

"C. R. Bibbee, county agent in Cabell County, is a
fine example of a club boy who has grown right into
county agent work. He was one of the first club boys
in the state and was one of the three boys who came
to the first State Prize Winners' course at Morgantown,
in 1911. He had entered the 200-hilI corn club and won
the prize, a trip to Morgantown, for the best ten ears
of corn in Wood County. This recognition got Carl
started. He began to produce seed corn, and his Reid's
Yellow Dent seed corn was soon being sold by Parkers-
burg seed dealers, there being reason to believe that
it was the first seed corn produced in Wood County.
Working closely with his father in the seed-corn busi-
ness, Carl was able to save enough money to put himself
through Parkersburg High School. In the meantime he
had received a quart of Government sample soy beans,
and began raising soy beans for seed also. By the time
he was ready to graduate from high school both his farm
projects were going strongly and had enabled him to
save some money to enter the university. After getting
into the university he kept alive his club-work activities
by working with one or two other boys in organizing
the All-Stars, the state club of the leading club of boys
and girls. Carl was assistant county agent in Berkeley
County one summer. Then he was assistant county agent
in his home county, Wood, another summer, and when
the county agent suddenly died he carried on the whole
county agent job for a time. His junior summer vacation
was spent as camp instructor. Immediately after grad-
uating he went to Cabell County as county agent, and is
still on the job there. Is it any wonder Carl can under-
stand his club boys? He knows what club work has
done for him.*'

Herman Luther Tutwiler, M. D., is one of the leading
physicians and surgeons of McDowell County, where he is
engaged in practice at Iaeger, and his influence in civic
affairs is indicated by his being a representative of Mc-
Dowell County in the House of Delegates of the West
Virginia Legislature.

Doctor Tutwiler is a scion of a family founded in Vir-
ginia in an early day. At Kezelltown, Rockingham County,
in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of that historic com-
monwealth, he was born on the 1st of April, 1873. His
parents, Peter and Sarah A. (Sandy) Tutwiler, likewise
were born in Rockingham County, the former in 1842 and
the latter in 1846. At the time of his marriage Peter Tut-
wiler had a small farm, but his ability and energy gained
to him cumulative success in the passing years and he
became one of the substantial exponents of farm industry
in his native county. Soon after the inception of the Civil
war he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Virginia Regiment of
Infantry, which became a part of the brigade commanded
by Gen. ''Stonewall" Jackson, and during the last three
years of the war he was a sharpshooter. He took part in
many major battles, including those of Winchester, Peters*
burg, Richmond, Antietam and Gettysburg, the wound which
he received in the thigh at Gettysburg having incapacitated
him about two weeks. He was a non-commissioned officer at

the close of the war. In later years his association l
his old comrades in arms was perpetuated through
affiliation with the United Confederate Veterans. P»i
Tutwiler was a leader in the local councils and campaita
of the democratic party, was an influential member of iij
United Brethren Church, as is also his widow, and ws »
delegate to its general conventions on various occasia
His death occurred in 1912, and his widow now reside^
Harrisonburg, Virginia. Four children likewise survive te
honored father : Eugene C. is a merchant at Harrisonbjjj
Virginia; Dr. Herman L., of this review, was next in oi3
of birth; Homer S. is a resident of Harrisonburg, VirghS
and Luella is the wife of Rev. E. C. Spressard, pastor < a
United Brethren Church at Hagerstown, Maryland. I

After completing a three years' course in ShenandJ
Institute, Dayton, Virginia, Dr. Herman L. Tutwiler j]
voted himself to teaching in the schools of his nal
county for a period of three years. In 1897 he matficuUl
in the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond, and f J
this excellent institution he received his degree of Docto;J
Medicine in 1900. For eighteen months thereafter he 1
engaged in practice at Singers Glen, Virginia, and he ill
established his headquarters at Roanoke, that state, but 1
six years his practice was mainly in railroad construe!
camps. In 1907, with headquarters at Roderfield, vJ
Virginia, he assumed charge of medical and surgical serl
in four mining camps — those of the Fall River Mining Cm
pany, Flaunagan Coal Company, Hampton Roads Coal C«
pauy and Marine Commerce Coal Company, besides devel
ing a large private practice of general order. In 1919,1
sold his practice to Dr. Glenn W. Brewster, of whom men
is made on other pages, and removed to Iaeger, wherei
has been established in successful practice during the i
velopment of the mines of this district and the building!
railroads to afford the requisite transportation facilil
He is now official physician and surgeon for the Garl
Pocahontas Coal Company, the Ward Pocahontas (
Company, the C. R. Bitter Lumber Company and the Ca
Burey Lumber Company.

The doctor is a stalwart advocate of the principles
the republican party, aud as candidate on its ticket he :
elected representative of McDowell County in the St
Legislature in November, 1920. He has proved a 1(|
and effective representative of his coustituent district,
worked for wise legislation in general and has been assigi
to many important committees of the House of Delega
including those of medicine and sanitation, insurance, sij
boundaries, mines and mining and insurance.

Doctor Tutwiler has served as vice president of the |
Dowell County Medical Society, and is a member also of .
West Virginia State Medical Society, and the Ail
ican Medical Association. He and his wife are zea)|
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, i
connection with which he is secretary of the District Sun
School Board, a member of the Holston Conference Chi
Extension Board, a member of the Board of Stewards!
Bluefield District, and chairman of the Board of Stewsj
of the church in his home village. In the Masonic fratenj
Doctor Tutwiler is past master of the Blue Lodge at Wei
a member of the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at No!
fork, a member of the Commandery of Knights Templanl
Bluefield, a member of Bluefield Lodge of Perfecij
(Scottish Rite), and of the Temple of the Mystic Shrm<l
the City of Charleston. He is a past state councilor of I
'Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and is servl
in 1921-2 as deputy national councilor of this fraterni
He is noble grand of the Roderfield Lodge of the Indepel
ent Order of Odd Fellows, and chancellor commander!
the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Premier.

April 17, 1901, recorded the marriage of Doctor Tutw
and Miss Lillian Byerly, daughter of Peter D. Byerly, ;
they have one son, Herman Luther, Jr. A daughter, Mf
L, died in early childhood.

Doctor Tutwiler was active and liberal in support
patriotic service in connection with the nation's partici
tion in the World war, and in 1919 he was examiner of
Insurance, United States Department of Public Hea
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273

Lu Boy C&aoo is rounding out a quarter of a century
continuous service with the Wheeling Works of the La
jlie Iron Works, one of the oldest and most noted inatitu-
>as in the iron and eteel industry of the Wheeling District,
th which a number of prominent Wheeling men have been
entilied and in which some of the greatest steel and iron
en of the country have been trained.

Several interesting distinctions are associated with the
jue Crago in the Wheeling District. While Lee lioy has
vea his active career to the La Belle Iron Works, one of
i brothers is present city manager of Wheeling, and his
ther was one of the ablest educators the northern Pan-
ndle of West Virginia ever had.

This educator was the late Felix Hughes Crago, who was
rn July 7, 1836, near Carmichaels in Greene County, Penn-
lvauia, and grew up on a farm just outside that village,
e graduated irom Ureene Academy at Carmichaels and also
is a student in Waynesburg College. Soon after getting
a degree at W r ayuesburg College he entered the Uniou
my, and served nearly four years. He was promoted to
cond lieutenant, then to first lieutenant, and at the close of
e .war had charge of his company. His command was
impany D of the Twenty-second Pennsylvania Bingold
ivalry.

Following the war he was in business at Carmichaels for
time, but soon began teaching at Beallsville, Pennsylvania.
n nearly half a century his work and his enthusiasm were
isorbed in educational affairs. It was Professor Crago
ao opened the West Liberty Normal School at West Lid-
ty, West Virginia, in the capacity of its first principal, in
171. Three years later he removed to MounOsville, West
irginia, as superintendent of schools there. After eight

nine years he went to Wheeling, was principal of the
'ebster School in that city two or three years, and for
irty-one years was principal of the Eighth Ward School,
id the many hundreds of successive students in that school
erishes special gratitude for the iniluence he exerted upon
eir young lives. For one year he was superintendent of
hools at Buckhannon, but with this exception his life for
er thirty years was devoted to educational interests in
heeling. He had perhaps the unique record of having
ught institute in every county in the state during the Burn-
er months. Felix H. Crago died July 29, 1917, at the age

eighty-one.

He married Mary Elizabeth Carman, who was born at
ist Richmond in Belmont County, Ohio, June 24, 1847,
.ughter of William C. and Eliza (Cooper) Carman. She
is well educated in the common schools of Belmont County
*d in Franklin College of that state, and thea entered the
est Liberty Normal School of West Virginia, where she
aduated in 1873, while Mr. Crago was still principal. She
terward taught in the public schools of Moundsville.
Felix H. Crago was of Scoteh-Irish descent and Mary E.
irmaa was of a mingled English and Scotch ancestry. The
, eat-grandf ather and the mother of Felix H. Crago were
rn in this country; while the great-grandfather and grand-
>ther of Mary E. Carman were native Americans, and all
ibsequent ancestors are of American nativity, so that the
esent generation is quite thoroughly American. Mr. Lee
!iy Crago has the following brothers living: Jesse H.,
•anected with the sales department of the Follansbee
/others Company of Pittsburg; Charles G., a printer, now
reman of the Great Falls Tribune at Great Falls, Mon-
aa; and Homer C., who is the present city manager of
"heeling. The one sister living is Eva Laura Crago, a
'icher in the Wheeling High School.

i Lee Boy Crago was born at Moundsville, West Virginia,
"ptember 17, 1878, but has lived nearly all his life in

heeling and was educated here in the public schools, gradu-
Uig from high school in 1897. Soon after leaving school he

came connected with the La Belle Iron Works as store-
leper. He was successively advanced to timekeeper, pay-
Hater, and for several years has been chief clerk of the
"heeling plant. The La Belle Iron Work are an industry
*w seventy years old. The Wheeling plant for several
;irs has been devoted chiefly to the making of nails and
t kinds of plate, such aa steel skelp, shovel plate, tack
lite, automobile stock and similar products.

Mr. Crago is a member of the Wesley Methodist Episcopal
Church of Wheeling. August 5, 1907, at Wheeling, tie mar-
ried Miss Birdie D. Fisher, of that city. They have live
children: Felix Hughes, Birdie Lee, Dorothy Evelya, Leo
Koy, Jr., and Paul Carman Crago.

William Washinoton Bogers, for fifty years a resident
of Wheeling, a veteran Uniou soldier, has long been prom-
inent in public affairs, and is especially well known to Uie
bench and bar of Ohio County as law librarian of the
county.

Squire Bogers was born in Bath County, Kentucky, June
6, lo42. He represents three old American families, tho
Kogers branch having come trum Scotland in Colonial tunes,
while the Smiths were from England and the Carrulls trom
Ireland. His grandfather, Cnurles BogerB, was a nntne of
Old Virginia, served as a soldier of the Be volution, aud sub-
sequently moved over the mountains to Bath County, Ken-
tucky, where he acquired a large amount of land nud de-
veloped a plantation with the aid of his slaves, lie married
Susanna Smith, and both died in Bath County. Oeorge
Washington Bogers, father of Squire Bogers, was born in
Bath County and spent all his lire there. He owned laud
and was both a farmer and stock raiser. He was a whig
in politics, and an active member of the Hardshell Baptist
Church. He served with the rank of colonel in the Second
Kentucky Dragoons in the Mexican war, and he died in lt>47,
soon after the close of that war. Colonel Bogers married
Charlotte Carroll, who was born at Mayaville, Kentucky,
and died in that city in 1863. Her oldest chdd, John O.,
who died at Maysville, Kentucky, was a lieutenant-colonel in
a Kentucky regiment of infantry in the Union army, and
contracted the disease during his service which caused his
death shortly after the close of the war. The second son,
Charles S., was captain of Company B, Teuth Kentucky
Cavalry, and subsequently died in the Soldiers Home at
Danville, Illinois. William Washington Bogers was the
third son and child. Eliza J., the oldest daughter, married,
and both she and her husband are deceased. Charlotte Ann
became the wife of Doctor Mitchell, of Sharpsburg, Ken-
tucky, and they are deceased. Thomas F., the youngest
child, died at Mount Sterling, Kentucky.

William Washington Bogers acquired his early education
in the rural schools of Bath County, Kentucky, and lived on
the farm until he was nineteen years of age. Early in the
Civil war he joined the Union army, and on May 1, 1&62, was
commissioned second lieutenant of Company L of Second
Begiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry Volunteers. There-
after he was in continuously active service until mustered
out and discharged June 17, 1865. He was at Shiloh, Look-
out Mountain, Missionary Kidge, Stone Biver, Bardstown,
Kentucky, in two battles at Chickamauga, at Strawberry
Plains, Kenesaw Mountain, Big Shanty, with Sherman on
the march to the sea, as well as in the Atlanta campaign.
He was wounded and taken prisoner at Bardstown, being
captured by the rebel General Hortoa, commanding the
Texas and Georgia Bangers, but soon afterward was paroled,
and returned to his command February 13, 1864. After
leaving the Volunteer Union army Squire Bogers enlisted
in the regular army, and had six years of service, much of it
at western posts.

In 1870 he came to Wheeling, and for a year was driver
of one of the old horse cars of the Street Bailway Company.
He then took up the produce business, and continued active
in business until lbS3, when he was elected squire or locnl
magistrate. He filled this office twenty-eight years. He was
elected and served six years as coroner of Ohio County, re-
tiring from that office in 1917, and soon afterward was
chosen law librarian of the county. His official duties are
in the Law Library on the third floor of the courthouse.

8quire Bogers is a stanch republican. He is present com-
mander of Holliday Post No. 12, G. A. B. He owns his
home at 2334 Market Street. He did all he could with his
means and influence to encourage sound patriotism during
the World war, assisting in recruiting soldiers and aiding
the various auxiliary organizations.

In 1872 at St. Clairsville, Ohio, Squire Bogers married
Miss Mary E. Starkey, of Wheeling. She died in Wheeling

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in 1914. Her only son, John William, is a stationary en-
gineer living at Wheeling. The daughter, Laura I., is the
wife of J. E. McKenney, an iron worker at Wheeling. In
1919 Squire Rogers married Julia E. (Harris) Johnson, of
Wheeling.

Some facts concerning the military record of this branch
of the Rogers family have already been brought out. Refer-
ence should be made to Squire Rogers' nephew, Lieut.-Col.
Arthur C. Rogers, now an officer in the regular army. He
is a son of Squire Rogers' oldest brother, Lieut.-Col. John G.
Rogers, previously mentioned. Arthur C. Rogers was a
soldier in the Spanish-American war. In the World war he
was with the American Expeditionary Forces, and his special
service is concisely stated in a certificate given him, contain-
ing the following words: "For especially meritorious serv-
ice as Division Ordnance Officer, Second Division, through
all operations of that organization to August 15, 1918. His
prompt grasp of new situations made his services especially
valuable in the initial equipment of the Division, wherein the
differences in administration and allowances to which the
Marine Brigade had been accustomed made the task espe-
cially difficult. In spite of the tremendous losses of equip-
ment through heavy casualties to personnel in the Chateau-
Thierry defensive June 1 to July 9, 1918, and the Soissons
offensive July 18 to 20, 1918, this officer's initiative and
persistent energy made replacement of equipment possible
during actual combat." This award was made by the Coui-
mander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, May
26, 1918. He was again cited for bravery, zeal and devotion
to duty June 20, 1919.

Clyde Charles Pugh is a civil engineer by education and
profession, and is now member of the firm Conrad & Pugh,
civil and mining engineers, with offices in Wheeling.

Mr. Pugh is a birthright citizen of Wheeling and through
his mother is identified with some of the pioneer families of
this section of the Ohio Valley. Mr. Pugh was born on
Wheeling Island, December 29, 1890. His father, Charles
Lincoln Pugh, was born at Martins Ferry, Ohio. His
mother, Diadema Curtis Oliver, was born at Wheeling in
1868, daughter of Fred and Nancy (Stevens) Oliver, both of
whom died at Wheeling. Fred Oliver was an Ohio River
steamboat pilot. Nancy Stevens was the daughter of a
Wheeling pioneer who owned a great amount of property
in this vicinity in the early days.

Clyde Charles Pugh was the only child of his parents,
grew up_ at Wheeling, attended the public schools, and re-
ceived his technical training in the University of West Vir-
ginia at Morgantown. He graduated in 1912 with the de-
gree Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. While in
university he was a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma
fraternity. In September, 1912, he began his regular em-
ployment as a civil engineer in the Maintenance of Way
Department of the Wheeling Traction Company, and in 1913
was similarly employed in the Maintenance of Way Depart-
ment of the West Virginia Traction & Electric Company at
Wheeling.^ In September, 1914, he became instructor of
mathematics, physics and mechanical drawing in Linsly
Institute at Wheeling, having charge of those subjects for
six months. In February, 1915, he became a civil engineer
for the C. B. Kimberly Company, general contractors of
Wheeling. In January, 1917, he was appointed assistant
county road engineer of Ohio County, and performed the
duties of that office a year. In January, 1918, he became
assistant engineer for C. C. Smith, civil and mining engineer
of Wheeling, but in November, 1918, returned to the C. B.
Kimberly Company, this time as one of its executive officers,
being vice president until February, 1921. At that date he
and H. A. Conrad established the firm of Conrad & Pugh,
civil and mining engineers. Their offices are in the National
Bank of West Virginia Building. Mr. Pugh is a member of
the American Association of Engineers, is a republican, a
Methodist, and is affiliated with Wheeling Lodge No. 28,
B. P. O. E. At Pittsburgh in September, 1917, he married
Miss Helen Majesky, daughter of John and Florence (Car-
rieo) Majesky. Her mother lives at Wheeling, where her
father died in 1911. He was a hotel proprietor. Mr. and

Mrs. Pugh have one daughter, Nancy Ann, born June 1
1921.

Alexander Campbell Hoffman, road engineer for Oh
County, has had a wide and extended experience as a cii
and construction engineer, engaged both in railway ai
highway work and in other branches of his profession.

Mr. Hoffman represents one of the old and promine
families of West Virginia. He was born near Morgantow
March 25, 1888. His grandfather, John Henry Hoffma 1
was a native of Maryland, but in early life moved to wh,
is now West Virginia, and he built a grist mill at Brucet*
in Preston County. He had an active part in business affai
there, and about 1860 moved to Morgantown, where he esta
lished the Second National Bank and served as its cashi |
until his death in 1S95. He married Louisa Evans, a nati-
and life-long resident of Morgantown and a descendant < I
Col. John Evans, whose distinguished record as a pionei
frontiersman is told in connection with other family sketch- I
in this publication.

Daniel Clark Hoffman, father of Alexander C. Hoffma 1
is prominently connected with Morgantown financial a*,,
business affairs. He was born at Bruceton, West Virgini'j
in 1849, and has lived at Morgantown since about 1860. I I
finished his education in the University of West Virgin •
and for several years was employed in a wholesale grocer 1
house at Baltimore. Returning to Morgantown, he b j
came assistant cashier in the Second National Bank und<j]
his father, and in 1895 succeeded his father as cashier. 0[l
January 1, 1900, he organized the Citizens National Ban 1
of Morgantown, and served it as cashier until 1908. Sino I
then he has lived on his farm, the greater part of which I
within the city limits of Morgantown. He is a democrfl
in politics, has for many years been connected with tY I
Official Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 1
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow!
Daniel C. Hoffman married Amelia Campbell, who was borl
in Wheeling in 1850, and died at Morgantown in 190'.I
She was the mother of two sons, the older being John Henri
manager of the J. E. Long Coal Company at Clarksburji
West Virginia.

Alexander C. Hoffman was educated in the public schoo l
of Morgan town, graduating from high school in 1907, an I
completed his sophomore year in West Virginia University 1
Leaving university in 1910, he joined a surveying party il
the interests of the New York Central lines in making I
survey along the Monongahela River from the Pennsyl
vania line to Fairmont. Later he was with the engineerin I
department of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company, an g
subsequently was with the Kendall Lumber Company o I
railroad construction work and acting as logging superirl
tendent in the Cheat Mountain District. In 1918 Mr. Hofll
man became superintendent for the Rosedale Coal Compan I
in opening its mine uear Morgantown. On May 15, 191f |
he gave up his civilian work to join the colors and was senj
to the Fair Grounds Camp at Richmond, Virginia, and pu 1
in charge of the rolling stock of the camp. He was i I
service until mustered out December 15, 1918.

After his honorable discharge Mr. Hoffman became as
sistant division engineer of the State Roads Commissioi I
with headquarters at Keyser. In July, 1920, he came 1 1
Wheeling as assistant road engineer, and on June 1, 19211
took up his present work as road engineer for Ohio Countjl
with offices in the court house. Mr. Hoffman is a republican!
a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated witl'l
Morgantown Lodge No. 411, Benevolent and Protectivl
Order of Elks.

Buford Cleveland Ttnes. In the course of his extendet I
experience as a lawyer Mr. Tynes, who is a well knowi 1
citizen of Huntington, has favored the specialty of real
property, one of the most fascinating branches of lav 1
practice. In the dozen years since his admission to the ba:
he has developed a busy program in this and general corl
poration practice.

He was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, May 3, 1884
and is descended from an old Scotch family that had iti '

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at in the Cheviot Hills along the Kiver Tyne in 8cotland.
here were two brothers in the service of the British Gov-
•nment about the time the American colonies revolted and
on their independence, one brother being an officer in the
ivy and the other in the army, and after the war they
■tnained in thia country, one of them being the direct an-
■Btor of the Huntington lawyer. The latter 's grandfather,
amuel Tynes, was a life-long resident of Virginia, living
i Campbell County, and later in Tazewell County, lie mar-
od Frances Moorman Haythe, also a native of Virginia.
Their son, Achilles James Tynes, was born in Montgomery
ounty, Virginia, November 29, 1834. His earlier years
ere spent in Campbell and Botctout counties, but in
>07 he moved to Tazewell County, where he married. In
te meantime he had served four years as a Confederate
>ldicr, being promoted from lieutenant to major. At the
ose of the war, when paroled at Charleston, West Vir-
inia, he was major of commissary on General McCaualand 's
aff, having previously served in a similar capacity under
eneral Jenkins. Achilles James Tynes was one of the
ost publie spirited and versatile citizens of Tazewell
ounty, where he owned and operated a woolen mill, carried
a extensive operations as a stoek farmer, served twenty
^ars as clerk of the County Board of Education and for
>rty years was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He
?gan voting as a whig, later was a democrat, and was a
ember of the Masonic fraternity. In 1S64 Captain Tynes
arried Harriet Louisa Fudge, a daughter of Reuben Con-
id Fudge and Naney "Wilburn Harman. The Fudges and
armans have for several generations been prominently
lentiGed with the history and development of Southwest
irginia, and are among its largest and most influential
imilies. The Fudge family came to Allegheny County,
irginia, from Holland prior to the Revolutionary war, in
hieh they took part on the side of the Colonies. The early
istory of Tazewell County is replete with the exploits of
ezekiah Harman, famous Indian fighter, and progenitor
f the Harman stock in Southwest Virginia.
Captain Tynes died at his home in Tazewell, Virginia,
'. 1914. His widow is still living at Tazewell. They were
ie parents of eleven children, nine of whom, five daughters
id four sons, are still living, the subject of this sketch be-
ig the youngest of the eleven children.
Buford Cleveland Tynes graduated from the Tazewell
igh School in 1901, and acquired a broadly liberal educa-
on preparatory to his professional career. He spent one
;ar in the University of Virginia, in 1905 graduated from
ie Virginia Polytechnic Institute, receiving the degrees
achelor of Science and Mechanical Engineer, remained as
i instructor in the Polytechnic School for one year, and
ibscquently re-entered the University of Virginia, in the
w school, where he graduated LL. B. in 1910. Mr. Tynes
a member of the college fraternity Phi Kappa Sigma,
ie Phi Delta Phi law fraternity and the Thcta Kappa Nu
roorary law fraternity, and is also a member of the Raven
jciety of the University of Virginia.

In September, 1910, he located at Huntington and entered
general law practice. From 1912 to 1919 he retained a
•anch office in Huntington, but his main businesa aa a
wyer was at Hazard, Kentucky, from which point he
ladled a large volume of land litigation. In 1919 he
turned to Huntington, where his offices are in the Robaon-
ritchard Building. Mr. Tynes is general counsel and gen-
al manager of a number of the larger land holding eom-
mies in Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia, is
director in several eoal, timber and gas corporations and
also a bank director.

Mr. Tynes is unmarried, is a member of tbo American,
eat Virginia and Kentucky Bar associations, is a democrat,
Presbyterian, a member of the Guyandotte Club and the
lyan Country Club of Huntington, the Huntington Cham-
•r of Commerce, and towards the close of the World war
is in the service of the Government. He enlisted in
itoher, 1918, was in the Army Service Corps, and received
a discharge November 20, 1918, at which time he waa
heduled for a commission aa first lieutenant.

Edward L. Waddell ie one of the prominent coal men
of West Virginia, being treasurer of the Panhandle Coal
Operators Association, secretary of the Richland Coal Com-
pany, and his abilities as a business executive have brought
him a number of important responsibilities in tho com-
mercial affairs of Wheeling and vicinity.

Mr. Waddell was born near Wheeling, but for a number
of years his business interests took him to other states and
eitiea all the way from New York to the Rocky Mountains.

With his home and most t>f his intercuts now centered
at Wheeling, Mr. Waddell is near the sent of the Wnddell
family, which was established in this part of the Trans-
Allegheny frontier only a few years nfter the close of the
Revolutionary war. lie is descended from an old Scotch
family, the name originally spelled Woodhall. One of his
ancestors was William Woodhall, a Scotch carl in 1296.
The old Woodhall estate was close to Inverness, Scotland.
On account of religious troubles in Scotland one branch
of the Waddell family in 1680 moved to County Down, Ire-
land. The founder of this branch of the family in Amcr
ica was Edward Waddell 'a great-great-grandfather, John
Waddell. He was born in County Down in 1727, and in
1737 accompanied an older brother to the American colonics.
They first lived in Maryland, and Inter John Waddell went
to the vieinity of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and served with the
Pennsylvania Militia in Cumberland County in somo of the
early Indian warfare and was also a soldier in tho Revolu-
tion. In 1787 he established his home near Wheeling, in
what is now West Virginia, and lived there the rest of hiB
life. He married Mary Dickey, also a native of County
Down, Ireland, and she died near Wheeling. Their aon,
Joseph Waddell, spent all hia life on the old homestead near
Wheeling and followed farming. lie married Jane Brown,
also a life long resident of Ohio County.

Elijah Waddell, grandfather of Edward L., waa born
near Wheeling in 1820, and for a numher of years con-
ducted extensive farming operations in that vicinity. In
1854 he removed to Taylorville, Illinois, and died there the
same year. He was a whig in politics and was one of the
justices of the peace of Ohio County. He was an activo
member of the United Presbyterian Church. Elijah Wad
dell married Beth Ann Boggs, who was born near Wheel-
ing in 1S21, and died here in 1905. They became the par-
ents of four children. The oldest, Susan Lee Ann, now
living at Blairstown, New Jersey, is the widow of Dr. J. H.
Storer, who waa a physician and surgeon. The second of
the family is H. E. Waddell. Mary Waddell is tho wife
of George Sisson, a retired farmer living at Roney's Point
in Ohio County. William B., the youngest of tho family,
was born in 1852, became a merchant and died at Chicago
in 1907.

Hanson E. Waddell, father of Edward L., waa born near
Wheeling, April 13, 1846. He gTew up on a farm, at-
tended rural schools, and at the age of fifteen entered West
Liberty Academy, completing a two years' course there
during 1861-62. Following that he attended a preparatory
school at West Alexander, Pennsylvania. During the last
year of the Civil war, 1864 65, when about eighteen years
of age, he was appointed and served as an aide de camp
on the staff of his uncle, Col. William J. Bo^gs, who com-
manded the One Hundred Sixty-first Virginia Infantry in
the Union Army. After the war II. E. Waddell went to
Pittsburgh and in 1866 graduated from the Iron City Busi-
ness College. For a year he was bookkeeper and accountant
in a general store at Metamoras, Ohio, filled a similar posi
tion at Bellaire for three years, and in ls70 became secre-
tary of the Bellaire Implement & Machine Works, a place
he held three years. From that he became secretary of
the National Glass Manufacturing Company of Bellaire
for one year, and ever since that time his business has
been chiefly in the glass industry. In 1378 he was ap-
pointed traveling salesman for the Central Glass Company
of Wheeling, and continued to give hia active timo to that
corporation until he retired in 1910. He is a democrat, a
member of the First Presbyterian Church at Wheeling, has
filled a number of chairs in Wheeling Lodge No. 129, F.
and A M., and is also a past officer of the Independent

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Order of Odd Fellows. His home is at the Stamm Hotel
in Wheeling. June 1, 1871, at Bellaire, Ohio, H. E. Waddell
married Emma Virginia Hoover. She was born at Barnes-
ville, Ohio. January 8, 1852. To their marriage were born
four children. Harry, the oldest, died at Wheeling in 1893,
at the age of twenty-one, having just begun his business
career as a traveling salesman. The second of the family
is Edward Lee. Charles H., born in 1876, was formerly in
the automobile business and lives at Woodlawn, Wheeling.
Ann Virginia is the wife of John McG. King, connected
with the John A. Roebling Sons Company, wire manufactur-
ers, and they reside at Denver, Colorado.

Edward Lee Waddell was born while his parents lived at
Bellaire, on April 6, 1874. However, he was reared and
educated in Wheeling, and finished his senior year in Linsly
Institute in 1890. The following three years he was in the
employ of the Hobbs Glass Company, then for four years
was with the West Virginia Glass Company of Martins
Ferry, being its representative in New York City and also
representing the Co-operative Flint Glass Company of
Beaver Falls. For five years he traveled in the interest of
these glass companies out of New York City. A change of
husiness experience came when he entered the service of
Marshall Field & Company, of Chicago, and for six years
he was division superintendent for the retail business. On
leaving Chicago Mr. Waddell went to Wyoming, and for
ten years was treasurer of the Monarch Coal Mining Com-
pany in the Sheridan field, one of the largest operating
corporations in the West.

Mr. Waddell returned to Wheeling in 1918, and became
associated with J. C. McKinley as a coal operator. Besides
being secretary of the Richland Coal Company Mr. Wad-
dell is secretary of the Richland Mining Company. He is
secretary of the West Virginia Aircraft Company, secretary
of the National Furniture Company, and is manager for
the executors of the Louis Bennett estate. The late Louis
Bennett was one of the prominent business men of the
Ohio Valley, and at one time was candidate for the office
of governor of West Virginia.

During the World war Mr. Waddell devoted much of his
time to gathering data covering the coal situation for the
National Fuel Administration. He is independent in pol-
itics, a member of the Second Presbyterian Church at
Wheeling, is an apprenticed Mason and a member of the
Fort Henry Club. His home is at Beech Glen on Romney
Road, near the old Wheeling Park.

In 1905, at Chicago, Mr. Waddell married Miss Naomi
Epstein. Her father was the late Doctor Epstein, who for
many years practiced medicine at West Liberty, West Vir-
ginia, was equally distinguished for his erudite scholar-
ship, at one time was a professor in West Liberty College,
and was the first president of South Dakota State Uni-
versity. Mr. and Mrs. Wadrlell have three children: Harry
Lee, born August 19, 1912; Edward Lee, born in 1915;
and Richard Lee, born in 1918.

Joseph Ridgely Caldwell, M. D. Member of a family
that has been in Ohio County. West Virginia, for consider-
ably more than a centurv, Dr. Joseph Ridgely Caldwell
is interested in the traditional occupation of the family,
farming, though his larger prominence is due to his un-
usual attainments as a surgeon. Doctor Caldwell is a resi-
dent of Wheeling, and for some years past his talents have
been almost exclusively taken up with his work as a surgeon.

His great-grandfather, John Caldwell, was founder of
the family in Ohio County, West Virginia, coming from
Pennsylvania soon after the close of the Revolutionary war.
The grandfather's name was Joseph Caldwell. He was
born in Ohio County in 1820 and established what is known
as the Caldwell Homestead Farm at West Liberty, and
was identified with it as a home and place of business the
rest of his life. He died in 1906. His wife was Mary
Ridgely, a native of Ohio County, who also died at West
Liberty. William Ridgely Caldwell, father of Doctor Cald-
well, was born near West Liberty in 1845, and is still living
in that community. His time and energies have been be-
stowed upon farming and stock raising, but he is now
retired. The old homestead of 300 acres is still owned by

William R. Caldwell, and is operated by Dr. Joseph
and his brother, James, and it is noted for its fine he
of pure-bred Holstein cattle. William R. Caldwell is
republican in politics. He married Miss Nancy Gardn
who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 18*
and died at West Liberty in 1915. They had three soe
Samuel E., the oldest, is a merchant at West Liherty, a
the second is Doctor Caldwell. James Caldwell lives
the home farm and manages it and its dairy herd.

Joseph Ridgely Caldwell was born at West Liberty, Jd
2, 1872, attended the public schools of his native co
munity, and graduated from the West Liherty State Norn 1
School in 1892, having in the meantime taught for thi
years in Ohio County. He pursued his medical studies
Rush Medical College, now the Medical Department of t|
Chicago University, in Chicago, Illinois. He graduat!
M. D. in 1S96, and then returned to West Liberty, whc
he was engaged in general practice until 1902, when
removed to Wheeling. He is a member of the firm Caldwe,
Drinkard & Bond, physicians and surgeons, who have ;i
extensive suite of offices on the seventh floor of the Wheels
Steel Corporation Building. Doctor Caldwell is a Felh
of the American College of Surgeons, membership in whi
is confined to those who have evidenced special proficien
in the field of surgery. There are only twenty-seven mo
hers of the college from the State of West Virginia. Doct
Caldwell nearly every year attends the meetings of t
American College, and keeps in the closest possible ton.
with every advance made in his art. He was county ph
sician of Ohio County from 1902 to 1908, and he also serv.
six years as a member of the Wheeling City Council. He .
a republican, a Presbyterian, is affiliated with Nelson Lod;.
No. 30, A. F. and A. M., West Virginia Consistory No. I
of the Scottish Rite, Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine \
Wheeling, and is a member of Mystic Lodge, Knights .
Pythias. He bejongs to the Fort Henry Club at Wheelu
and is a member of the County, State and American Me
ical associations.

In June, 1916, at Wheeling, Doctor Caldwell married Mi
Ella Bond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Bond, <
Wheeling. Her father is a shoe merchant. Doctor ai
Mrs. Caldwell have one daughter, Nancy Lee, born April
1919.

J. Frank Bycott, a native of Wheeling, found his ear 1
opportunities for useful service with a Wheeling industr I
and for a number of years has been a recognized expert :|
industrial accounting and is one of the men filling importai |
executive responsibilities in the industrial affairs of Wheel
ing today. While he is an official in several corporation I
most of his time is given to his duties as auditor of tl I
Whitaker-Glessner Company.

Mr. Bycott was born at Wheeling, December 8, 188 1
His father, James Bycott, was born in Sheffield, Englan I
in 1851, and served his apprenticeship in the famous ire I
and steel industry of his native city. He came to tl j
United States at the age of twenty-two, settled at Wheelin 1
and was employed in several technical capacities with tl
old La Belle Iron Works. This corporation sent him t
open mills at different places. He retired from businenj
in 1916, and is now living at South Wheeling. He is I
Presbyterian and a republican voter. James Bycott ma
ried Miss Emma Fullwood, who was born at Sheffield, Enj'1
land, in 1855. They became the parents of six childrei
Joseph, a roller with the American Sheet & Tin Plate Con'
pany, living at Mozart Heights, Wheeling; William B
chief engineer for the American Sheet & Tin Plate Con ,
pany and also a resident of Mozart Heights; J. Frani ,
Nellie, who died unmarried at the age of twenty-four I
Thomas E., a roller with the American Sheet & Tin Plait
Company, with home on South Jacob Street; and Anm
who was married in August, 1921, to Charles McQuay, I
locomotive engineer with the Pennsylvania Company an
with home at Wheeling.

J. Frank Bycott was educated in Wheeling's publii
schools and in Frazier's Business College, and in 190(„
at the age of twenty, went to work for the old Riversid
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irporation ba gained a thorough and fundamental training
. industrial accounting, and was chief of the coat depart-
ent when he resigned in 1910. During the following year
i was employed on cost work with the Wheeling Can Com-
iny, now a subsidiary of the Wheeling Steel Corporation,
mee 1920 Mr. Bycott has been a member of the Official
oard of the Whitakcr-Glessner Company. He went with
ie company as cost clerk nud since August, 1920, has been
iditor, hb offices being on the eleventh floor of the Wheel-
g Steel Corporation Building.

Mr. Byeott is also vice president of the Aekermann Man-
"acturing Company, with plant at Warwood, West Vir-
nia, this being a subsidiary of the Wheeling Steel Cor-
jration. from 1917 to 1920 Mr. Bycott was president of
f . H. Chapman Sons Company, painters and builders sup-
ies, at Wheeling. Mr. Bycott is a republican, a member
' the Thompson Methodist Episcopal Church and is af-
iated with Wheeling Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Pro-
ctive Order of Elks. He and his family own a fine home
Lennox.

He married Miss Estella May Chapman, daughter of
illiam H. and Virginia E. (Phillips) Chapman, now de-
ased. Her father was a well-known Wheeling business
an, and for thirty -five years was head of the W. H. Chap-
an Sons Company, dealers in paints and builders supplies,
ra. Byeott is well known socially, being a charter member
the Ladies Musical Club of Wheeling, a member of the
"oman'a Club, and for several years she employed talents
i a vocalist with the eboir of the Fourth Street Methodist
piscopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Byeott have three chil-
•en: Harold Hamilton, born August 14, 1905, now a atu-
int in the Tridelpbia High School; William H. Chapman
yeott, born in November, 1914; and Andrew Glass, born
pril 7, 1918.

Tom B. Foulk, Wheeling attorney, has been a very active
irticipant in the professional and civic life of the city
»r the past seven years. He comes of a family noted for
3 scholarship and work as educators, and he himself was
ir several years after his graduation a teacher and
structor at the West Virginia University.
Mr. Foulk was born at Elkton, Maryland, September 20,
la6. His grandfather was Rev. John S. Foulk, who died
Oakland, Maryland, in 1890. The father, Wilson Matthews
oulk, was born in Pennsylvania in 1855, was married at
ort Deposit, Maryland, and was a man of rugged intellect,
•oad scholarship, and gave the greater part of his life to
e cause of education. For four years he had charge of
e Rugby Academy at Wilmington, Delaware, and from
191 to 1904 was superintendent of schools at Piedmont,
eat Virginia. From 1906 to 1916 he was superintendent
' schools at Huntington, West Virginia, and then, after a
ort rest, was appointed State Historian and Archivist by
avernor Cornwell, an office he filled until his death, which
curred in Charleston, January 25, 1919. He had com-
eted his education in Dickinson College at Carlisle, Penn-
Ivania, and was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity,
hile at Piedmont he served three consecutive terms as
ayor. He was a democrat and a member of the Episcopal
lurch. Wilson M. Foulk married Kate Anderson Bond,
to was born at Port Deposit, Maryland, in 1861, and is
>w living in Huntington, West Virginia. Of her three
ildren the oldest is Miss Virginia, a graduate of West
irginia University and now head of the Department of
athematies in the Huntington High School. The two sons
e Tom B. and Eric. The latter is a graduate of Purdue
aiversity in Indiana and is a mechanical engineer by pro-
ssion, living at Huntington with his mother.
Tom B. Foulk received his early education in the public
hools of Piedmont, graduating from high school in 1903.
iter he entered the West Virginia University and re-
ived his degree in civil engineering in 1908. He remained
Morgantown three years as an instructor in mathematica
d graduate manager of university athletics. He is a
ember of the Phi Kappa Sigma Greek letter fraternity,
r. Foulk studied law at Columbia University, in New
Jrk, for three years, receiving his degree of LL. B.
1914, and on the 14th of November of that year began

his practice at Wheeling. He has a substantial clientele In
both law and chancery matters, and his offices are located
in the Wheeling Steel Corporation Building. He is a mem-
ber of the Ohio County, West Virginia and American Bar
associations.

On May 13, 1917, Mr. Foulk enlisted in the First Officer*
Training Camp and was sent for training to Fort Bcnjnmin
Harrison, Indiana, but on account of physical disability
in weight wna houorably discharged July 3, iy 17. Debarred
from active participation in field duty, he nevertheless ex-
pressed his patriotism in various phases of local war work
He became secretary of the Wheeling Chapter of the Amer-
ican Red Cross, and still holds that office. This is the larg
est Red Cross chapter in the atate, and during each yenr of
the war it expended over $100,000 in various channels.
Mr. Foulk was also a "Four Minute" speaker for th.
Liberty Loan, Thrift Stamps and other drives.

He is a director of the Ohio Volley General Hospital
and Associated Charities. In politics ho is a democrat, is
a member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and Sunday
school superintendent, is affiliated with Bates Lodge No. 33,
A. F. and A. M., Wheeling Consistory of the Scottish Rite,
and in Wheeling Lodge No. 28, B. P. O. E. has filled all the
chairs except exalted ruler. He ia a member and director
of the Kiwanis Club and served as vice president during
its first year.

Mr. Foulk resides at 39 Zane Avenue on Wheeling Island.
He married at Wheeling, May 12, 1917, Miss Alice Belle
MeClure, daughter of James H. and Belle (Chambers) Mc-
Clure, who reside on South Broadway on Wheeling Island.
Mr. MeClure is a retired merchant. Mr. and Mrs. Foulk
have four children: Kitty Belle, born May 25, VJ\b;
Mary Louise, born June 17, 1919; Bess Bond, born Septem-
ber 24, 1920; and Tom B., Jr., born January 23, 1922.

AmaY I. Mabple, D. D. S. Included among the leaders
of the Cabell County dental fraternity is Dr. Audry I.
Marple, who has been engaged in a successful nnd con-
stantly-growing practice at Huntington since 1914. Doctor
Marple 's equipment for his profession includes a thorough
training, devotion to his calling, technical akill and practical
knowledge, and a sympathetic nature that has gained him
confidence, friendships and added patronage. He is a
native of Upshur County, West Virginia, and was born
September 9, 18S6, his parents being Rev. Omar U. nnd
Mary E. (McDermott) Marple.

Rev. Omar U. Marple was born January 17, li>64, in
Upshur County, where his early educational training in the
publie schools was supplemented by a course at Buckhannon
Wesleyan College, following his graduation from which lie
entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
During his long, industrious and nseful career as a minlst r
Reverend Marple has filled many pulpits in West Virginia,
including those at Wheeling, Salem, Benwood, South
Charleston and Belington, and at the present time ia pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Dunbar. His
ministerial work has been prolific of good results, and
wherever he has been assigned he has won the affection and
esteem of his people. In politics he is a republican. Rev-
erend Marple married Miss Mary E. McDermott, who was
born in Upshur County, West Virginia, November 17, li>62,
and they became the parents of four children: Stella, re-
siding with her parents, the widow of the late L. B. Pugh.
who was a mechanical engineer; Festus O., M. D., of
Huntington, an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, who
served during the World war in the United States Army
Medical Corps, with the rank of first lieutenant; Dr. Au lry
I., of this record; and O. Upton, who is engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits in Upshur County.

Reared in Upshur County, Dr. Audry I. Marple attended
the public schools there, following which he pursued a
course in the preparatory school of the West Virginia
University at Morgantown, and then entered the University
of Cincinnati (Ohio) College of Dental Surgery, from which
he was graduated as a member of the class of 1914, receiv-
ing the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. While at
college he was admitted to membership in the Psl Omega
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as president of his class. Almost immediately after his
graduation Doctor Marple commenced the practice of his
profession at Huntington, where he has built up a large and
representative practice among the best families in the city,
his offices being located at No. 211 First National Ban*
Building. He is highly regarded in his calling and belongs
to the various leading dental bodies. He served as secretary
of Huntington Dental Society for three years, served for
one term as secretary of the State Dental Society and was
chairman of the organization committee for two years in
the state society. In politics he is a republican, and his
religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal Church,
in which he is serving as a member of the board of stewards.
He belongs to the Guyan Country Club, is a member of the
board of directors of the Kiwams Club and acts as manager
of the Kiwanis Male Chorus. Doctor Marple is the owner
of a modern home at No. 302 Twelfth Avenue, located in
one of Huntington's exclusive residential districts. In
April, 1917, Doctor Marple enlisted in the United States
Army Dental Corps, received his commission as first lieuten-
ant and was assigned to service at Camp Wheeler, Macon,
Georgia, where he remained until receiving his honorable
discharge December 16, 1918.

In 1916, at Huntington, Doctor Marple was united in
marriage with Miss ±>ess Lowry, who was educated at
Marshall College, Huntington, a daughter of John M. and
Bess (Mann) Lowry, residents of this city, where Mr.
Lowry is engaged in the drug business. Doctor and Mrs.
Marple are tiie parents of two children: John Lowry, born
February 4, 1917; and Sarah Lee, born August 17, 1920.

Charles Edgar Chapman has devoted the greater part of
his active years to the furniture and undertaking business in
Huntington, and is senior member of the firm Chapman &
Klingel, funeral directors. Huntington has been his home
city nearly all his life, and he is one of the popular and
successful younger citizens of that community.

He was born in Cabell County, February 4, 1883. His
father, Charles E. Chapman, Sr., was a native of Kentucky,
but was married in Cabell County, West Virginia, going
there as a young man. He was born November 2, 1848, and
for over half a century has been in the service of one trade,
that of a stationary eugineer. Since 1887 his home has been
in Huntington, where he has served successively the Con-
sumers Ice Company, the J. M. McCoach and Company and
the Gwinn Milling Company, and is still on duty as a sta-
tionary engineer with a large glass manufacturing company.
He is a democrat and an active member of the Christian
Church. Charles E. Chapman married Miss Abnedia Ash,
a native of West Virginia, who died in Cabell County in
1887. Of their three children Charles E. is the youngest.
Lrvin, the oldest, died at the age of twenty-two while em-
ployed in a newspaper office at Huntington. The only
daughter, Maggie, is the wife of Noah Ferrell, a coal miner
at Montgomery, West Virginia.

Charles Edgar Chapman acquired a public school educa-
tion at Huntington, and left high school at the age of eight-
een to enter the offices of the Huntington Advertiser, be-
ginning as printer 's devil, and remained there five years,
being advanced to the post of circulation manager. Mr.
Chapman in 1906 became an employe of J. C. Carter and
Company, furniture dealers and undertakers, and spent ten
years with that firm, learning every detail of the business
and the profession of undertaker. In February, 1916, he
established the Chapman Undertaking Company, and
changed this on March 3, 1917, to the Chapman Furniture
and Undertaking Company. On June 17, 1919, he sold his
interest in this business, and then formed his present part-
nership with D. B. Klingel. Chapman & Klingel are funeral
directors, making that service the sole object of their best
endeavors. They have well equipped funeral parlors, with
every facility for complete and adequate service in this
line, at 920-22 Sixth Avenue.

Mr. Chapman is president of the Mount Pleasant Land
Company of Huntington, and is owner of considerable real
estate, including a dwelling at 3135 Fifth Avenue, while his
own home is in the building occupied by the funeral parlors.

He has two farms, totaling about 156 acres, in Wayi I
County, West Virginia.

Mr. Chapman is a democrat, a member of the First Met
odist Episcopal Church, is a past master of Western Sti i
Lodge No. 11, A. F. and A. M., past king of Guyandot
Chapter No. 10, E. A. M., is junior warden of Huntingtc i
Commandery No. 9, K, P., is a member of Huntingtc J
Lodge of Perfection No. 4, Rose Croix Chapter No. 4 of tl I
Scottish Bite at Huntington, West Virginia Consistory N J
1 of the Scottish Kite at Wheeling, and Beni-Kedem Temp. !
of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston. He is also active i I
other fraternal orders, including Marshall Lodge No. 12. I
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Banner Camp No. 5' I
Modern Woodmen of America, Ancient Order of Unite I
Workmen, Huntington Council No. 53, United Commercr I
Travelers, and is a memher of the West Side Countr |
Club and the Huntington Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Chapman has to his credit a long and interestin I
service in the National Guard of West Virginia. He eil
listed in 1901 and served sixteen consecutive years, risinj
to the commission of first lieutenant. He was first lieutetl
ant of his company in the Second West Virginia Infantr
when he went to the Mexican border in October, 1916, an,
was on duty there until January 21, 1917.

June 24, 1906, at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, Mr. Chapma
married Miss Lucile Bolph, daughter of Lewis K. an
Margaret (Wiley) Rolph, the latter living with her daugl t
ter in Huntington. The father, who died in Huntington ill
1918, was for many years a steamboat clerk on the Ohi|
River. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have one daughter, Alici
Margaret, born October 30, 1912.

Ballard E. Boswell is a native of old Virginia, wit ,
prominent family connections there since Colonial times'!)
He has had a veteran and successful experience in the in,
eurance field, beginning in his native state, but for som
years past has been established at Huntington.

Mr. Boswell was born in Charlotte County, Virginia!]
October 12, 1858. The Boswells came to Virginia fron'l
England. His grandfather, John Iverson Boswell, spent alji
his life in Lunenburg County, Virginia, owned a farnj
and plantation and was also a local merchant. His firs
wife and the grandmother of the Huntington business mar]
was a Miss Coleman, a native and life-long resident o;,
Lunenburg County. She was the mother of six sons anc ;
one daughter, all now deceased. The second wife of Johi
I. Boswell was a Miss Summerville, who also was born ii
Lunenburg County. She became the mother of three som
and one daughter, and two of the sons were Confederate
soldiers and gave up their lives fighting for that cause.

Dr. John Iverson Boswell, father of Ballard E., was bon
in Lunenburg County, September 18, 1829, was reared there
was properly educated, graduating A. B. from the Univer
sity of Virginia, and later receiving his medical degree fronc
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He began
practice in Charlotte County, moved to Mecklenburg County
in 1859, and finally retired from his country home to Chase
City in the same county in 1890, and died there in 1S95.
His life was filled with the good offices and kindly deeds
of a successful physician and surgeon, whose practice was
largely in country communities. Throughout the period of
the Civil war he was a surgeon in the Confederate Army.
He always voted as a democrat, and was very diligent in
the performance of his duties as a member of the Baptist
Church.

In Charlotte County Doctor Boswell married Miss Mary
L. Robertson, who was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. She was
born in Charlotte County, March 13, 1832, daughter of
Charles Henry Robertson, who was born in the same county
in 1800 and died there in 1880, having devoted his life to
his plantation interests. He served as a captain of the local
militia. The first wife of Charles H. Robertson and the
mother of Mary L. was a Miss Osborne, a life-long resident
of Charlotte County. She reared a family of two daughters
and five sons, all deceased. The second wife of Charles H.
Robertson was Miss Dora Judd, a native of Massachusetts,
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ached mature years and two are still living: Judd A.
ibcrtson, a merchant of Chase City; and Clarence B., a
ceessful farmer in Charlotte County. The wife of Doetor
►swell survived him a number of years and passed away
i Chase City in June, 1921. She was the mother of seven
lildren: Charles M., a banker of Chase City; Ballard E.;
.lag Margaret, who died in 1914; John lverson, Jr., a real
ate operator in New York Citv; Henry Lee, who was a
iveling salesman, lost his life in a hotel fire iu Chicago
19ul ; Thomas G., who is in the life insurance business
Richmond, Virginia; llenson Robertson, a banker of
arlottcsville.

Ballard E. Boawell spent his early life on his father's
intation in Mecklenburg County. He attended the rural
iooIs there until he was nineteen, and for two or three
ars longer remained on the farm. In 18S0 he removed to
ichita Falls, Texas, then a new city and a frontier of
^rthern Texas. After this extended sojourn in the South-
st he returned to the home farm, but soon located at
.•hmood, and was actively engaged in the insurance busi-
sa in that eity from 1885 to 1906.

Mr. Boswell eame to West Virginia in 1906 to aet as
neral agent for the Union Central Life Insurance Com-
ny of Cincinnati at Wheeling, but in 1907 transferred to
intington. Since 1908 he has also been in the real estate
d fire insurance business.

Mr. Boswell is a democrat, is a member of the First
esbyterian Church of Huntington, and was, like most
rorsnce men, one of the aetive leaders in local war work,
eresting himself particularly in the sale of the Liberty
nds.

On December 14, 1905, at Williamsburg, Virginia, he mar-
d Miss Anne W. C. Stubbs, daughter of Dr. Thomas
fferson and Mary (Cosneham) Stuhbs, now deceased,
•r father was a distinguished educator ia the old college
vn of Williamsburg, and for twenty-seven years held the
lir of mathematics in William and Mary College there.

William B. Greer graduated from a technical school and
mediately returned to his native eity of Wheeling and
:ered the service of the Whitaker-Glessner Company, and
i devoted his talents and energies to that corporation
:h uninterrupted fidelity to the present time. He is the
npany 's purchasing agent.

Mr. Greer was born in Wheeling, December 10, 1873. On
• paternal side his ancestry is connected with the old
tterson family of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and ia of
>tch descent. His father, David Greer, was born in
•ubenville, Ohio, in 1S45, in I860 went to Wheeling and
the following year, though only sixteen years of age,
joined the First West Virginia Regiment of Infantry
a Union soldier and fought for the flag of the Union
-il the end of hostilities. After the war he returned to
leeling and soon beeame identified with the eity gas
rks, and was in the service of that publie utility nearly
f a eentury. He died at Wheeling in 1913. He was a
ubliean, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic,
I was a Lutheran and Odd Fellow. David Greer ma:-
1 Barbara Baker, who was born in Wheeling in 18o2,
1 is still living in that eity. Her three sons are William
John and James, all residents of Wheeling.
•Villiam B. Greer attended publie schools at Wheeling
I finished his education in the Mechanics Art School of
ringficld, Massachusetts, where he received the degree of
ehanieal Engineer in 1892. It wa3 in 1893 that he en-
ed the service of the Whitaker-Glessner Company, Btart-
' in the mechanieal drafting room, and has had an in-
asing range of responsibilities with the corporation. As
'chasing agent his offices are on the ninth floor of the
leeling Steel Corporation Building.

It. Greer owns a modern home at Edgewood, Wheeling,
t was one of the original incorporators of the village,
ring as village reeorder two years and as a member of
eouneil three years. He is a republican, and is af-
ited with Wheeling Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Pro-
tive Order of Elks. In 1893, at Wheeling, Mr. Greer
rried Miss Theressa Speaker, a native of the city. They

have one daughter, Madeline C, wife of L. R. Tuttle of
Cleveland, Ohio. '

Emil C. Rauschendkro, superintendent of the Wheeling
Mold & Foundry Company, learned pattern mnking when
he was boy, and as a journeyman, foreman and superin-
tendent has been elosely identified with the foundry business
forty years or more.

Mr. Rauschenberg, who is a recognized leader in the in-
dustrial affairs of Wheeling, *n» burn nt Dawson in Terr. II
County, Georgia, December 24, l,sG7. II is father, August
Rauschenberg, was bom in Uermuny in H32, and learned
the trade, of pattern maker before 'lie came to the United
States in 1847. lie followed the trade of pattern making
all his life and died at Atlanta, Georgia, in 1911. lie first
lived at Dalton, Georgia, then removed to Dawson in istio
and in 1871 located at Atlanta. During the Ciril war lie
was a musician in the Confederate Army four venrs. He
voted as a democrat, and was a member of the German
Lutheran Church and the Masonic fraternity. His wife,
Annie, was born nt Bremen, Gcrmanv, in ls-tl, nnd died at
Atlanta in 1891. Of their nine children the oldest is Emil
C.; Owen was master mechanic of the Birmingham Rolling
Mill at Atlanta when he died at the age of thirtv eight-
Miss Rosie is secretary and treasurer of the Austell A vera
Company at Atlanta; Franz A. is a mechanic in the employ
of the Wheeling Mold & Foundry Company; Lena is the
wife of a rancher living at Tucson' Arizona; Fritz is a min-
ister of the Preshyterian Church near Atlanta; Annie is
the wife of Doctor Cousins, a | hvsician and surgeon nt
Atlanta; William, the eighth ehild.'died at the nge of six-
teen; and Mary, the youngest, died aged eleven.

Emil C. Rauschenherg received all his formal school edu-
cation in the public schools of Atlanta. lie afterward
took a technical course with the International Correspond-
ence School of Scranton, and by private study and experi-
ence has gained the equivalent of a good general education
and become a master of his technical profession. Between
the ages of nine and ten lie went to work in an Atlanta
foundry, serving an apprenticeship as a pattern mak< r.
From Atlanta he removed to Shelby, Alabama, in 1 ss.J, fol
lowing his trade, spent six mouths' in Birmingham in 1»*4.">,
two years at Anniston, Alabama, four months nt Dallas.
Texas, then returned for a short time to Shelby and to
Atlanta, and for seven years was connected with the Chat
tanooga Foundry & Pipe Company, nnw called the U. S.
Pipe Company. After two years at his trade in Cincinnati
Mr. Rauschenberg eame to Wheeling in 1900. For over
twenty years he has been with the Wheeling Mold &
Foundry Company, beginning as pattern maker, at the end
nf six months was promoted to foreman of the | attern
shop, and in 1902 to superintendent of the foundry, and
since 1911 has been superintendent of the entire plant, with g
1 200 employes under his supervision. This is one of the *
prominent industries of Wheeling, and the plant and offices
are located on what is known as the Peninsula.

Mr. Rausehentx rg is a republican, a mender nf the First
Presbyterian Church of Wheeling, Wheeling Lodge No. 2*
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Wheeling
Chamber of Commerce. 11c is n director in the Fulton
Bank & Trust Company, and owns a farm 7 '4 miles north
of Wheeling. During the war Mr. Rauschenherg hnd spe-
cial responsibilities, keeping up the morale of his own plant
and encouraging the support of the Government among tho
employes.

At Shelby, Alabama, in 1^ he married Miss Sarah E.
Horton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Horton, farming
people who lived at Rome, Georgia, where her father died.
Mrs. Rauschenherg died September 13, 1916, leaving three
ehildren: Annie, wife of George P. Hoge, a farmer nt
Charlottesville, Virginia; Lena, wife of Don R. Crawford,
eonneeted with the Anto Sales Compnny of Wheeling;
Mildred, wife of James F. Conner", an attorney at law at
Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Rauschenherg contracted a second
marriage on October 13, 1917.

Erasmus S. Evans. It would not do proper credit to the
strenuous career of E. S. Evans of Terra Alta to class him

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merely as a successful and very active business man. Such
record of hip career as it has been possible to compile from his
own modest confessions and the words of others must be
allowed to present a story that is one of the most interesting
in connection with the life of any West Virginia citizen.

"Jim" Evans, as everyone among his friends knows him,
has been identified with business of one kind or another
in Preston County since early manhood. He was born in
Allegheny City, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 4, 1880,
son of Owen and Mary A. (Evans) Evans, both natives of
Wales, but not related. They were married in Pittsburgh,
where Owen Evans was a puddler in the steel mills. He left
that work, and when his son Jim was seven years of age
settled on a farm at Glade Farms in Preston County, where
he died in January, 1893, at the age of forty. His widow is
now living at the home of her son Erasmus at Terra Alta,
he being the second of her four children. The others are:
Mayross R., who died at Pittsburgh; Anna, wife of Isaiah
Umble, of Terra Alta; and Owen C, a farmer at the old
homestead at Glade Farms.

Jim Evans grew up on that homestead from the year 1887.
There were country schools in the vicinity, but the few days
he attended them did not greatly influence his intellectual
growth or future career. He reached manhood with the
ability hardly to write his name legibly. Up to the age of
twenty-two he remained with his mother. In the meantime
he had acquired some practical skill in more lines than one,
was able to do blacksmith and carpenter work, and several
winter seasons he spent in the woods, logging, hauling props
and ties. He also dug the stone and burned it and scattered
the resulting product of ten thousand bushels of lime over
the home farm.

His first experience away from home was at Markleysburg,
Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the buggy, harness and
farm implement business. The capital for this enterprise
he had acquired as a logger and as a teamster for Lloyd
Lininger. That arduous work ended with a siege of pneu-
monia, and in the early stages of his convalescence he weighed
seventy-five pounds and had the encouraging assurance of
three doctors that he would never get well. He took six hun-
dred dollars to Markleysburg and with it bought a small stock
of buggies, implements and harness, and borrowed two
hundred dollars in cash to erect a business house on a lot
he leased from a church. At Markleysburg he remained
twenty-one months. He left there with twenty-eight hun-
dred dollars and a good pair of horses, and for six months
following he was on the road selling harness and hardware
for the Floyd & Bohr Company of Louisville. He covered
thirty-five counties of West Virginia on horseback. The
third stage of his business adventure was returning to his
first love, lumbering. With Lloyd Lininger as a partner he
engaged in ttie sawmill business near Fearer in the Hazelton
locality. Tne firm took a contract from Cupp & Lakle to
chop, log, saw and deliver on the car at Friendsville, Mary-
land, 5,000 feet of lumber of various grades and dimensions.
After ninety days the firm had put in $1,500.00 without
prospect of any return. At this juncture Mr. Evans bought
out his partner, and, going it alone, in three months he
cleared twj thousand dollars. He sold out the timber he
had acquired, also the mill, and had about twenty-five
hundred dollars as working capital to connect with his next
enterprise.

Perhaps it is only due justice to say that Mr. Evans had
a natural talent for business. As a youth he learned the
art of auctioneer, and while at Markleysburg he cried many
sales all over that section of country, including the auction-
ing of ladies' boxes at all church and other entertainments.
It was a business into which he naturally fitted, and he has
never given it up entirely, even now officiating on the auction
block. Twice a year he holds a large auction of ci mmodities
acquired through nis business deals, and these sales account
for thousands of dollars in the volume of gross profits of the
firm.

Incidentally Mr. Evans began trading horses when a boy.
There was a period of time, following his lumber enterprise
above noted, when he made horse trading his chief business.
He traveled from town to town, taking in all the county
fairs f and followed the National Pike from Wheeling to
Baltimore, traded horses from Barbour County, West Vir-

ginia, to Pittsburgh, selling them at auction. Once wje
attending the Tunnelton camp meeting he made thirty-*
trades* in a single da.y, though not making a profit in e\y
transaction. Ihe year of his horse trading he cleared fifll
hundred dollars, and then abandoned it as a settled busing,
thou c h it has reappeared as a diversion from tune to tip.
• At about this stage in his fortunes he went back to Vit
bis mother, whom he found alone on the farm burdened vi,
the duty of milking four cows. She had saved up crtjn
enough to keep her son Jim churning with an old iashio d
churn for four days. Becoming disgusted, he asked ■
mother why she kept so many cows, and the reply was tfl
they and their care afforded her her chief pleasures. 9
could not understand this philosophy, and while she ■
not looking he put his feet behind the churn and shojd
it off the high porch into the yard, and a few hours hir
was leaving home to find problems that were not so perplex.^.

About that time he decided he needed an education. ,J
first recourse was to Morgantown, seat of the universa
He knew of the institution there because he had spent fifta
hundred dollars of the money he had made at logging ij<
send his brother through school. While aware of his ea„
ignorance, he did not reveal it to the professor in chai'jji
when he paid his tuition, and he was assigned courses involve
textbooks and Greek history, mathematics and Engijjl
grammar. None of his varied previous experiences furnisli ;
him a key to these books, and telling the professor to k»S
his tuition he sought educational opportunities elsewh<l
Profiting by this experience, when he presented himself q
the head of the Mountain State Business College at Parktp
burg he made a complete confession of a profundity of ig.!-
rance and humbly requested that he be given an opportuxji
to learn what children at the beginning of their school 1
were taught. While he could not arrange to enter regulaijj
in the absence of a common school education, Mr. Men!
the commercial teacher, permitteu him to sit near his d i
and come to i>im with his problems when other pupils wl
away, so as not to be aware of the mistakes and crudiij
of the new pupil. Following that suggestion he remaul
in the school four months, and at the end his teacher comjl
mented him by saymg that he had made more advancenna
than any other pupil in the school.

Almost twenty-eight years of age when he left busini
college, Mr. Evans returned to the road lor the Woodwil
Manufacturing Company of Paike^burg, selling harntl
hardware, buggies and wagons. He covered more than hi
of the counties of the state by rail and team and worll]
for the company from March 1, 1909. He then changed 1
business, engaging with H. J. Speicher & Company oi Am
dent, Maryland, organising a stock company and selling piM
bred stallions. It was a proposition testing his selling abdl
to the utmost, but from the time he started, on October 1
1909, he sold and dehvered twelve head of horses, repic-enta
a total valu of $3o,000.00, by fc> ptember 13, l„i0. Whl
with the Woodward Company his salary was seventy-ta
dollars a month and expenses. Mr. ttpeicher doubieu tia
salary with expenses, and the first month he was raided 1 ■
two hundred dollars, the second month was given anotll
fifty dollars, and the third month he worked at three hundi j
dollars and expenses, getting his salary whether he soldi
horse or not.

Leaving Mr. Speicher Mr. Evans came to Terra Alta J
October 17, 1910, and put in a stock of horses, buggies a *
harness, operated a livery service until July, 1911, and a. j
bought, sold and traded horses, harness, buggies and wagoil
finally selling out to C. W. Johnson after clearing .$2,2(1
Then followed a period of trading and trafficking, and I
got rid of everything he had but a set of heavy team harne I
which he traded for a horse, the horse for a blacksmith she I
and thirty days later exchanged it for a buggy, harness ail
implement business at Bruceton Mills, and this in turn I
traded to Mr. Thomas for his farm, and thai for part of t|
farm he now owns near Terra Alt .

All these adventures and experiences led Mr. Evans inl
what seems to be his permanent field. In January, 1912, .1
signed a Ford contract giving him the agency of Presto I
County. After selling seven cars he had a disagreeme|
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atract, purchasing fifty Ford ears, but instead he sold
Tjhtv-seven and also taught the owners how to drive them,
'pt his < wn books, and with the assistance of one mechanic
Sera ted the garage whichhe had established in 1912 in a
fining mill conducted by" Mr. Frecland. With this initial
ceess he has nover lost the complete confidence of the Ford
Smpany, and this is a big business at Terra Alta, dealing in
le Ford car and truck. He built the Evans Garage at
*»rra Alta in 1014, a structure of brick and hollow tile with
frontage of fifty feet and a depth of ninety feet, and almost
ree stories high. In 1917 he built an addition 25x90 feet,
;o stories high, and his varied enterprise has required still
Tier building space in Terra Alta. In 1916 he opened a
rage in Oakland, taking the Ford agency for Garrett
Sunty, Maryland. He remodeled a building for a garage,
Id it two years later, and is now planning the erection of a
lendid big garage there.

The measure of his business success can only be briefly
•tlined. In 1920 the volume of business amounted to
S5.000.00. During 1921 six hundred Ford cars were sold
Tough his agency and fifty-two Fordson Tractors, besides
•er seven hundred horses and a thousand cattle, the total
jlurae of this business amounting to fully a million dollars,
ver forty people are on his pay roll, and it requires five
ousand dollars a month to meet salaries and expenses.
Mr. Evans has been too busy for interests outside these
iefly described herein. He is a layman in the orders of
e Knights of Pythias, the D. O. K. K., the Independent
rder of Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World,
hile at Markleysburg, Pennsylvania, in Mareh, 1904, he
et Miss Emma B. Thomas. Twelve years later, on April 1 5,
>16, they were happily married. In the meantime Miss
iomas, who had completed her education in the Pennsyl-
mia Normal School at California, had taught in the rural
hools in Uniontown and five years in Homestead, Pennsyl-
inia. She is a daughter of Isaac and Elvira (Frazee)
aomas, whose other surviving children are Charles Thomas
id Mrs. Effie Bender. The first child of Mr. and Mrs.
vans was Georgie Marie, who was born May 19, 1918,
id died May 3, 1919. On October 23, 1921, twin babies,
iy and Ruth, were born.

Harby Walters Gee was an enthusiastic student of
rerything connected with electricity, and soon after leaving
:hool and before reaching his majority he opened the
nail shop which by subsequent development has become
la Gee Electric Company, a manufacturing and jobbing
)ncern that now does business over half a dozen states.

Mr. Gee, who is secretary and general manager of this
>mpauy, was born at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, April 12,
380. The grandfather, George Gee, was a native of Not-
ngham, England, and as a young man came to America
ad settled near New Richmond in Clermont County, Ohio,
a later years he became one of the large farm owners of
lat section, and lived there on his farm until his death,
[e married Anna Gregg, a native of Pennsylvania, and of
ennsylvania Dutch ancestry. She also died on the home-
ead at New Richmond. These grandparents had five ehil-
ren: Raymond, who was a Washington wheat farmer and
ied near Spokane in 1913, at the age of sixty-eight; Maria,
ife of Andrew Castlen, still in business as a general mer-
lant at New Richmond; Charles E.; Annie, of New Rich-
lond, whose first husband was Benjamin Reece, a farmer,
nd she is now the wife of George Ebaugh, also a farmer;
fld Horace, a farmer near New Richmond.

Charles E, Gee was born on the farm near New Richmond
i 1S48, was reared there, and as a yonng man went to
ittsbnrgh, Pennsylvania, and entered the service of the
inger Manufacturing Company. Later he was in the serv-
e of the same company at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and
i 18S5 was transferred to Wheeling as his headquarters,
here ha continued as general superintendent of the Singer
[anufaeturing Company for thirty-five years. During hia
ist years he was connected with the Gee Electric Company,
nd died at Columbus, Ohio, in November, 1916. He was a
spubliean, but outside of his home and business his un-
agging interest was in the First Presbyterian Church of
Wheeling. It was largely through his work and support

that tha Eighteenth Street Mission of that church enjoyed
its prestige as an instrument for good in the city. lie was
connected with the mission thirty-five years and'wa.s super
intendent fifteen years. Charles R. *Goe married Lueidn
MeFarlnnd, who was born at New Richmond in Clermont
County, Ohio, in 1847, and is still living at Wheeling. Of
her five children the oldest, a daughter, and the youngest,
a son, died at birth. The other three nre: Eugene who
was a first-class sergeant in the Signnl Corps in the Porto
Riean campaign in the Spanish-American war, and in nnw
an electrical engineer with the Pacific States Telephone
Company at San Francisco; Minnie Ellsworth is the wife
of Dr. Charles F. Bowen, an X-Ray special'st at Columbus.
Ohio; and Harry Walters is the youngest.

Harry Walters Gee was about five years of age when the
family removed to Wheeling, and he received hia education
in the city schools, graduating from high school in 1*4»6.
The following two years ho was employed hy the George K.
MeMeehen Company of Wheeling. Then, "at the age of
eighteen, he opened a very small shop for electrical supplies
at 1124 Market Street. At the beginning he did practically
all the work of the business, but his enterprise had the
promise of great development in it, and before long his
shop was crowded and he removed to 1126 Market Streot.
later to 1215 Main Street, where he took over an adjoining
storeroom at 121 7, and in 1910 established the business nt
its present location on Main and Fourteenth streets. Th«
Gee Electric Company was incorporated March 3, 1909.
The officers are: Otto Schenk, president; Henry G. Stifel,
vice president; while Mr. Gee is secretary and general man-
ager and A. A. Wheat is treasurer. In its manufacturing
and other departments the company employs seventy five
men, and as jobbers and manufacturers the product" are
shipped throughout Pennsylvania. West Virginia. Ohm,
Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland.

Besides the responsibility of directing this business Mr.
Gee is a director in the Fidelity Investment Association of
Wheeling, ne ia a director of the West Virginia State
Fair Association, of the Wheeling Country Club, and is
vice president and director of the Industrial Relations As
sociation. He is a member of the Fort nenry Hub and the
Old Colony Club, of the First Presbyterian Church and in
polities is a republican. lie was a leader in war movements
in Wheeling, being a member of the Pershing Limit Club,
and helped in all tha drives for funds for Liberty Loan.
Red Cross and other causes, ne received a medal of honor
for selling Liberty Bonds.

Mr. Gee owns a fine modern home, with well-kept grounds,
on Stamm 's Lane, National Road. Wheeling, ne married
at Wheeling in 1906 Miss Elizabeth A. Stifel, daughter nf
Louis C. and Elizabeth CRtamm) Stifel, both representing
old and prominent families in this section, ner fnther
was a partner in J. L. Stifel & Sons, calico manufacturers,
one of the big industries of Wheeling. Mrs. Gee is a grad-
uate of the Pennsylvania College for Women at Pittsburgh.
Five children were born to their marriage; the first, a
daughter, dying at birth; Charles Louis died at the age
of sixteen months; Eleanor was born August 24, 1915;
William Stifel on August 26, 1917; and Harry W., Jr., on
October S, 1919.

Daniel Howard Coppock is a stock and bond broker,
with headquarters at Columbus. Ohio, but now has a branch
office and is completely identified with the business life of
Wheeling.

Mr. Coppock, who was a first lieutenant of cnvalry during
the World war, was born at Dayton, Ohio, February 1. 1^.7*.
His grandfather, Joseph Coppock, spent all his life at
Ludlow. Ohio, where he owned and operated stone quarries.
Isaac Coppock, father of the Wheeling business man, was
born at Ludlow in 1835, was reared and married there,
became a farmer, and from about 1S5S for half a century
continued farming and the operation of stone quarries at
Dayton. After 1908 he lived retired at Ludlow, where he
died in 1918. Ha was a republican, and a very faithful
member of the Church of the Friends. Isaac Coppock mar-
ried Martha Ellen Hutchins, who was born in Dayton in
1845, and died at Liverpool, Ohio, in 1905.

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Daniel Howard Coppock, only child of his parents, was
educated in the public schools of Dayton and prepared for
college in the high school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, where
he graduated in 1898, and then continued in the University
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, through the Sophomore year.
Mr. Coppock for a number of years was a very successful
hotel man. Beginning in 1900, he was clerk in the Cadillac
Hotel at Detroit. For two years, beginning in 1905, he
was proprietor of the Cook House at Ann Arbor, for six
years conducted the Wagner Hotel at Sidney, Ohio, and
from 1913 to 1916 was proprietor of the Jefferson Hotel at
Portland, Oregon. Then returning to Ohio, he was pro-
prietor of the Park Hotel at Coshocton from 1916 to 1918.

Mr. Coppock joined the colors in August, 1918, was
trained at Camp Sherman, Ohio, for six months, was com-
missioned a first lieutenant in cavalry, then transferred
South, spending two days at Camp Gordon, Georgia, six
months at Camp McClellan, Alabama, three months at
Fort Sam Houston in Texas, one month at Fort Riley,
Kansas, and was then returned to Camp McClellan, where
he received his honorable discharge August 3, 1919. He is
still a first lieutenant of cavalry in the Reserve Corps.

From November 1, 1919, Mr. Coppock was engaged in
busiuess with main offices at Columbus, Ohio, until March 1,
1921, when he opened a branch office at Wheeling in the
Board of Trade Building. He is associated with Claud
Meeker, and they do a general stock and bond brokerage
business.

Mr. Coppock is a republican, a member of the Episcopal
Church, and in Masonry is affiliated with the Lodge at
Jacksonville, Alabama, and the Knights Templar Com-
mandery at Piedmont, Alabama, and also the Scottish Rite
Consistory of Alabama. He is a member of Coshocton
Lodge of Elks.

In 1900, at Detroit, Mr. Coppock married Dorothy M.
Burke, who was born at Ada, Michigan, and finished her
education at St. Mary's Academy at Monroe, that state.
Mr. and Mrs. Coppock have one son, John B., born June 25,
1903, now in the senior class of the high school at Columbus,
Ohio.

Charles H. Watkins, Jr. Many industries and com-
mercial establishments have contributed to the growing
prestige of Wheeling as one of the leading business cities
of the Ohio Basin, and among them is Watkins & Com-
pany, proprietors of the largest furniture store between
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. The president of this company
is C. H. Watkins, Jr., who has been in business at Wheeling
ever since he left school.

The present company is successor to and includes the
history of eight successive retail stores at Wheeling. The
oldest of these was the Palace Furniture Company, Incor-
porated, in 1896, while in the same year three employes of
House & Hermann organized a partnership under the name
White, Handley & Foster. C. H. Watkins, Jr., became in-
terested in this partnership in 1900, at which time the firm
became Foster & Watkins. The following year he acquired
Mr. Foster's interests and incorporated C. H. Watkins, Jr.,
& Company. This in turn in 1903 consolidated with the
Palace Furniture Company, under the management of Mr.
Watkins. The Palace Furniture Company in 1917 ac-
quired the furniture business of W. F. Sharbaugh & Sons
Company. Another important department was added in
1917 with the purchase of the clothing store of Walker
Allen & Son. In 1918 the Palace Furniture Company ac-
quired the business of House & Herrmann, an old Wheeling
business firm which then ceased to exist. The new combina-
tion was known as Watkins, House & Herrmann, and more
recently, to avoid confusion, the corporate name of Watkins
& Company was adopted. This is now not only the out-
standing furniture business in the state, but is a complete
department store, occupying a large frontage at 1302-1308
Main Street. The official personnel of the company are:
C. H. Watkins, Jr., president; Marsh Watkins, vice presi-
dent; J. Wilson White, secretary-treasurer.

Charles Hamilton Watkins, Jr., was born on Wheeling
Island, March 7, 1871. Watkins is a very old American
family of Welsh ancestry. There were three brothers, named

Shadrach, Meshacb and Abednego Watkins, who came fr<
Wales and settled in the colonies of Delaware and Mai
land, whence their descendants have scattered to all pa.
of the country. The great-great-grandfather of the Whe
ing business man was Peter Watkins, who was born
Delaware, December 30, 1712. During the Revolutions
war he held letters of marque from the Continental Congre
He was killed on board a United States Man o' War, Ap
12, 1788. His son, Thomas Watkins, was born March
1771, and was an early pioneer of Southern Ohio, locati
in Guernsey County, where he followed farming until 1
death on August 7, 1844. On November 2, 1802, he marri
Elizabeth Worley, who was born in Belmont County, Oh
October 12, 1786, and died in Guernsey County, March 1
1831. Their son, John Watkins, grandfather of C. ]
Watkins, Jr., was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, Novemb
11, 1804, and as a young man settled on Wheeling Islan
thus having a home convenient to his business as a steai
boat engineer and river pilot. The last years of his life 1
was toll taker at the old bridge between Bridgeport ai
Wheeling Island. He died at the age of seventy-two. D,
cember 12, 1828, John Watkins married Sarah Dillc
Hunter, who was born December 12, 1800, and died <
Wheeling Island in 1S66.

Charles H. Watkins, Sr., was born ou Wheeling Islar
March 21, 1841, and spent all his life in Wheeling. He wj
an accountant, and for a number of years was manager <f
M. Marsh & Son. He died at Forest View, Elm Grov 1
Wheeling, in October, 1908. He had a record as a soldii
of the Union Army in the Civil war, having enlisted in 18€ I
in Carlin's Battery D, First West Virginia Light Artiller
He was taken prisoner at the battle of Lexington, ani
was in Libby Prison until he and a companion, Williai
Pebler, made their escape from that famous warehous j
prison. As a result of his stay there he was incapacitate J
for further duty, and after 1864 was not in the army. H I
served three years as city clerk of Wheeling, but after h]
signing would never seek another political office. He was on j
of the founders of the Thompson Methodist Episcopal Chur^'
of Wheeling and very active in its affairs. C. H. Watkins|
Sr., married Rachel Ann Marsh, who was born at East 1
Wheeling in 1844, and died in 1906. A record of thei!
children is: Mifflin Marsh and William Brown, both oj
whom died iu infancy; Charles H., Jr.; John Wagner, whj
died at the age of twenty years; Harry Adams, owning an< J
operating a ranch near Fruita, Colorado; Edna Rachel, wif|
of French D. Walton, former city editor of the Wheeling
Intelligencer and now conducting a successful publicity
business at Wheeling; Joseph Jacobs, a dealer in automo
bile accessories at Clarksburg, West Virginia; Roy Naylor
who died at the age of four years; and Wilbur Whally
who was associated with his brother, Charles, in businesi
and died of the influenza, January 30, 1919.

Charles H. Watkins, Jr., attended the public schools ol
Wheeling, but at the age of sixteen left school to go tc (
work in a retail store. For a short time he was assistant
bookkeeper of L. S. Delaplain Son & Company, and then
kept books for J. W. Hunter until 1896. His first inde-
pendent effort in a business was as member of the firm
Exley, Watkins & Company, operating a preserving plant,
and Mr. Watkins retained his financial interest in this busi-
ness until 1907. However, after 1900 he was not active
in the management, having, as noted above, acquired the
interests of his partner in the firm Foster & Watkins, with
which he had been previously associated as a silent partner.
Then the firm Foster & Watkins was changed to C. H.
Watkins, Jr., & Company, and Mr. Watkins has been the
leading spirit in the successive changes and increases in
this great mercantile and department store. He has direct |
personal charge of the undertaking department of the busi-
ness. There are seven departments altogether.

Mr. Watkins is a republican in politics, and for four
years was a member of the West Virginia Republican State
Committee. He was for ten years a member of the Wheel* j
ing City Couneil, serving in the second branch six years and
in the first branch four years. He is on the Official Board I
of the Thompson Methodist Episcopal Church, served for
some time as president of the Men's Bible Class, and is

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mated with Wheeling Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Pro-
ftre Order of Elks. During the war Mr. Watkina was a
■jar Minate" speaker and helpfully interested in all the
lea for funds for the Red Cross, Liberty Loan and other
aes.

fcptember IS, 1890, he married on Wheeling Island, Miss
lie M. Sadler, daughter of William Hall and Margaret
■rd) 8adler, now deceased. Ilcr father was a river man
Barly life and later an interior decorator.

■ r. and Mrs. Watkins have an interesting family of live
Hlren. The oldest is Marsh, vice president of Watkins
fcmpnny, and a prominent Wheeling business niau whose
■er is noted more in detail below. The second child,
Bgaret Ford, died at the age of four years. James
Hter, who was born June 30, 1900, is a salesman for

■ kins & Company, and a graduate of Linsly Institute at
■>eling, having been a member of both the football and

■ ball teams of the institute. The fourth child, Roy

■ lor, born August 4, 1904, is in the junior class of the

■ eling High School, while Dorothy V., born July 31,

is in the first year of her high-school work,
■arsh Watkins was born July 14, 1891. lie graduated
la the Wheeling High School and received his law de-

■ from West Virginia University in 1912. He was very
■ninent in all student activities at the university, making
I Varsity Football Team and also played baseball, and
I a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma, and the university
fcties Sphinx Club and Mountain Club. Marsh Watkins
l-.ticed law at Wheeling until 1918. April 7, 1918, he
mted for the war, was commissioned a first lieutenant of

■ Army Service Corps, Department of Judge Advocate
Icral, in August, 191 S, was stationed at Camp Upton,
Ig Island, and in October, 1918, transferred to the in-
ftry. He received his honorable discharge in December,
13, and on his return to Wheeling gave up his law busi-
I. to join his father as vice president and assistant man-

of Watkins & Company. He is a republican and for
I years was a municipal judge of Wheeling. Marsh
|:kins is a member of Thompson Methodist Episcopal
Irch, Wheeling Lodge No. 5, F. and A. M., is a thirty-
Ind degree Scottish Rite Mason in West Virginia Con-
l)ry No. 1, a member of Osiris Temple of the Mystic
line, and Wheeling Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Pro-
live Order of Elks. He also belongs to the American
j ion.

Kay 7, 1917, at Wheeling, Marsh Watkins married Miss
li Marie Young, daughter of George H. and Mary
laham) Young, the latter still living at Wheeling. Her
Jier, who died at Wheeling in 1904, was chief clerk in
local offices of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway. Mrs.
rsh Watkins is a graduate of the high school at Sarahs-
L Ohio. They have one daughter, Ruth Eileen, born
I 18, 1918.

Iatjlus Reps. At the northwest corner of the Court
are in Parkersburg is a business house conducted under
i name Reps & Company, but whose sole proprietor is
Uus Reps, one of the city's most substantial merchants
I a man whose relations with the citizenship has met
•y test imposed upon integrity and honor.
Ir. Reps was born on a farm in Butler County, Penn-
ania, December 23, 1853, the first of the two children

only one now living of Ernest and Anna Margaret
folf) Reps. His parents were natives of Germany, the
Iner of Prussia and the latter of llcsse-Darrastadt. They
e separately to the United States. Ernest Reps as a
pg man had to give service to the German Army, and
: was only one cause of dissatisfaction with conditions
Europe which made it almost impossible for a man to

above his circumstances. Thus it was that he came to
United States when about twenty-one years of age, and
aad learned the trade of locksmith, but in this country
Id find no regular employment in that line. He then
ned the trade of tanner in Pennsylvania, and followed
; business for some time. Shortly after his marriage he
ght a small tract of land in Butler County and turned
energies to farming. From Western Pennsylvania he
'•d to Adams County, Ohio, where hi3 wife's people

lived, and in that section of the Ohio Valley he and his
good wife lived out their years and are bnried.

On a farm in the hills of Adnms County, Ohio, Paulu§
Reps grew to manhood. Ho had worked within the measure
of his strength on the farm and in the home, but ho also
eagerly pursued knowledge iu the district school. At the
age of eighteen he passed n suoce.v«ful examination for a
teacher's certificate, nnd the first term he taught was for
six months, at the salary of $30 a month. For sixteen years
teaching uas his chief profession.

Mr. Kcps has been identified with the citizenship of Park
ersburg over thirty years. In 1890 he aud others entered
the mercantile business, but in the course of years he bought
out his partner, though he has always coutinued the firm
name of Reps & Company.

His first wife was Anna Pflaumcr, of Adams Ouunty,
Ohio. She died, leaving two children, Isa E. and George
Ernest, the latter associated with his father in business.
The second wife was Cora Ellen Grosser. The three children
born to their marriage arc: Helen Doris, Mrs. Harlan De-
Vore; Thelnia Virginia; and Russell Paul.

Mr. Reps came to Parkersburg with little of this world's
wealth. He had an idea aud backed it to the extent of
his ability. During subsequent yenrs ho has enjoyed a
steady increase in returns, and is accounted one of the
substantial and successful business men of the community.
From early boyhood he has been a great lover of music, and
that love seems to be an inheritance of his children, several
of whom have developed special proficiency in the art. Mr.
Reps is a Methodist, a republican, and a member of the
Parkersburg Chamber of Commerce.

John W. Beltz is continuing in the City of Wheeling
the substantial business founded by his father, nnd in
addition to operating a well equipped planing mill nnd
dealing in building materials he has developed also a pros-
perous contracting business in connection with building con-
struction. About the year IS70 the firm of Beltz & Finding
established this enterprise, the original headquarters hav-
ing been the old Fisher Foundry Building on Market Street,
whence removal was later made to the comer of Nineteenth
and Eoff streets, where the business has since been con-
tinued, the present plant having been utilized since 1*8S,
in which year the title of the firm was changed to Beltz.
Flading & Company. The present building was erected
about that time, and affords about sixty thousand square
feet of floor space, a planing mill having been operated
from the initation of the business. Mr. Flading retired
from the firm in 1893, and the title of the concern was
then changed to J. W. Beltz & Sons Company. The hon-
ored father, John W. Beltz, Sr., died in 1907. "after having
been actively identified with the business thirty seven years
and after having gained secure status as one of the sub-
stantial and representative men of his home city. When
the new firm was formed his sons, John W., Jr., and Henry
E., became his associates in the business.

John W. Beltz, Sr., was born in Wheeling, a son of
Peter Beltz, who was a mechanic and who nlso became
identified with farm industry. John W. Beltz, Sr., served
about a four years' apprenticeship to the trade of cabinet-
maker, and finally he became a successful contractor nnd
builder in his native city, many of the substantial buildings
erected by him in early days being still in use and in ex-
cellent preservation. He represented the Sixth Ward as
a member of the City Council several terms, was liberal aud
progressive as a citizen, was a democrat in polities, and
he and his wife were devout communicants of St. Al
phonsus Catholic Church. The maiden name of Mrs. Boltz
was Virginia Grammer, and both she and her husband
passed their entire lives at Wheeling, she having survived
him by ten years. Of the five children John W., Jr., im-
mediate subject of this sketch, is the eldest; Henry is
employed in connection with the business founded by his
father; Edward died at the age of forty years; Mnry died
in early youth; and Miss Anna resides in Wheeling.

John W. Beltz, Jr., was born, reared and educated In
Wheeling and here gained early experience in connection
with his father's business, so that he was well fortified

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when, upon the death of hia father, he assumed control
of that industry, which has been signally prospered under
his management. The enterprise is continued under the
title of J. W. Beltz, and employment is given to about
fifty persons. Mr. Beltz is a stockholder in a number of
banking institutions, and while he has had no desire for
political activity he is significantly progressive as a citizen
and takes loyal interest in all tiiat concerns the welfare
and advancement of his native city. He and his wife are
communicants of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, he is af-
filiated with the Knights of Columbus, and is a member of
the Carroll Club. His attractive home is in the Third
Ward.

Mr. Beta wedded Miss Mary Schaub, daughter of the
late Louis Schaub, who founded the Central Glass Works
at Wheeling and who continued as general manager of the
same for thirty-five years, when he retired, he having been
sixty-five years of age at the time of his death. Mr. and
Mrs. Beltz have no children.

William Henry Goeman. While the teaching profession
cannot be classed as one of the important gainful occupa-
tions, it remains to-day as it always has, perhaps the great-
est opportunity for a personal service that will continue
its influence tor good throughout succeeding generations.
A West Virginian whose life has been largely devoted to
education on this true basis of personal service is William
Henry Crorman of Monongalia County. Mr. Gorman was
bom in Grafton, Taylor County, Virginia, April 28, 1856.
He acquired a common-school education. He began teaching
at the age of twenty-four. His first term was in his home
school, in which he is teaching to-day, known as the Flats
School. He has been a teacher for thirty-nine years, and
has missed only one term of consecutive service. Altogether
he has taught twenty-seven years in his home district.

Mr. Gorman caunot estimate in terms of tangible wealth
the value of the work he has done as a teacher. However,
he can point to many of his former students, who received
their early inspiration for biggei and better things while in
his school and are now doing well in the world of work
and men. Among these are his own four children.

Always in his teaching he has emphasized the fact of
personal responsibility and a loyal performance of the
duties of citizenship.

Hon. John James Davis. While the youngest of the
Eastern States, West Virginia has supplied a due propor-
tion of leaders in national affairs, and perhaps no one
family has more distinction in this respect than that of
Davis, one of whose representatives was the late John James
Davis of Clarksburg, an eminent lawyer in that city for
sixty years.

Davis is one of the commonest names in Wales. There
is a tradition that the ancestor of the Clarksburg family
was the Prince of Powys, who fought the Saxon king of
Northumberland in the bloody battles of Chester and
Bangor. Among the Davises that came to America in colo-
nial times, some settled in Maryland.

Caleb Davis, grandfather of John James Davis, was born
at Oldtown, Alleghany County, Maryland, March 15, 1767.
He was probably a son of John Davis of Maryland, whose
brother was Capt. Bezin Davis of Bawlings Continental
Beginient in the Revolutionary war. Caleb Davis for many
years lived at Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia,
and died there, April 25, 1834. His wife, Mary (Upp)
Davis, was born in November, 1774, and died September 2,
1827. They were the parents of two sons, John and Bezin,
and four daughters.

John Davis was born at Woodstock, Shenandoah County,
Virginia, July 11, 1797, and moved to Clarksburg in 1825.
He served here an apprenticeship at the saddler's trade
under Col. Charles Lee, and later he and hia brother, Bezin
Davis, engaged in the saddle and harness business at Clarks-
burg. John Davia was a prominent citizen of Harrison
County, held the office of sheriff, for several years was jus-
tice of the peace, and was a strong Southern sympathizer
at the time of the Civil war, his second son, Bezin Caleb,
being a Confederate soldier. July 12, 1825, at Clarksburg,

John Davis married Eliza Arnold Steen. They reared fo
children: Jane Steen, John James, Bezin Caleb and A
Eliza. Bezin Caleb Davis (now deceased) was for mai
years an able lawyer in practice at Louisville, Kentucli
iiiiiza Arnold Steen, wife of John Davis, was born Ju: "
17, 1799, and died May 10, 1866. She was a pioneer scho
teacher in Harrison County; Stonewall JaeEson was o;
of her pupils. Her pareuts, James and Jane (Small) Stes
were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, natives of Ulster, irelan
and came to America from there. John Davis and his wi
were Presbyterians and he was a ruling elder in his churc 1
John Davis died at Clarksburg, November 9, 1863.

John James Davis, whose career is the principal aubje
of this article, was born at Clarksburg, May 5, 1835, spa
ad his life in that city and died March ly, 191ti, wiie
nearly eighty-one years of age. He possessed gift at
talent that made it possible for him to utilize the benen
of a liberal education and prepare himself for a caret
of usefulness when still quite young. He attended tl
Northwestern Virginia Academy of Clarksburg, at the ag
of seventeen began the study of law under Judge Georg
H. Lee in that city, finishing his law course in the Brockei
brough School of .Law at Lexington, Virginia, and was sti »
in his twentieth year when he began active practice in hi
native city. His work as a lawyer with increasing years an
experience brought him a reputation among the leader
or the State bar, and he did not give up his practice ait(
gether even in old age, continuing his profession for sixt,
years.

The late Mr. Davis had a historic service in the formatio '
of the State of West Virginia. He was elected a mernbel
of the Virginia Legislature in 1861, and in the same yea
served as a member of the second convention at Wheeling
which provided for the organization of the new State o
West Virginia. In 18/0 Mr. Davis was elected a membe
of the West Virginia Legislature. For many years h< ,
was one of West Virginia's recognized leaders in the demo
cratic party, was active in a number of national campaigns
and he himself was elected and served with distinction at
a member of the Porty-secoud and Forty-third congresses
Among other positions of honor and responsibility con
f erred upon him, he was a member of the Board of Visitort
of the West Point Military Academy, a regent of the Uni
versity of West Virginia, a director of the State Insane
Hospital. Mr. Davis was a Mason, and was a ruling eldeii
in the Southern Presbyterian Church. During the earlj
seventies he built a large and handsome brick residence in]
Clarksburg, and that was the home of his later years, he
reared his children there, and it has been one of the social"
centers of the city and state.

August 21, 1862, John James Davis married Miss Anna
Kennedy at Baltimore, Maryland, where she was born
November 24, 1841. She died at Clarksburg, April 25,
1917, nearly fifty-five years after her marriage. Her par-
ents, William Wilson and Catherine Esdale (Martin) Ken-
nedy, were of Scotch ancestry and both of them lived and
died in Baltimore, where her father was a lumber mer-
chant. Mrs. Davis was a college woman, and her liberal
education supplemented marked qualities of heart and
mind that made her a great aid to her husband and his
successful career and in the training of their children.

Of the children of John James Davis the oldest is LilUe,
now Mrs. John A. Preston, of Lewisburg, West Virginia.
Miss Emma K., who occupies the old homestead in Clarks-
burg, has been prominent in the social life and welfare
work of that city, serving as secretary of the Bed Cross
during the World war and is now chairman of the Harrison
County Bed Cross Unit, and during the 1920 political cam-
paign was assistant chairman of the Harrison County
Democratic Committee. The third daughter, Anna, is the
wife of Bev. H. G. Bichardson of the Unitarian Church at
Yonkers, New York. The only son is the distinguished
American diplomat, John William Davis, to whose career
a special sketch is dedicated.

Hon. John William Davis, who was the Solicitor-Gen-
eral of the United States throughout the period of tha
Great War, and supplemented this service by three years

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285

American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, is a
■the son of West Virginia, and earned his early honors
public affairs while a practicing lawyer at Clarksburg.
>r the original qualities of his mind and character he
indebted in almost equal measure to his father, the late
hn James Davis, and the rich and beautiful nature of hia
>ther, Anna (Kennedy) Davis.

He was born at Clarksburg, April 13, 1873, and had every
vantage that a good home and a liberal education could
>p]y. Graduating in 1S92, and as LL. B. in 1895 from
ashington and Lee University of Virginia, he was ad-
tted to the bar in 1S95. He remained at Washington
d Lee as Assistant Professor of Law during 1S96-7.
ie honorary degree LL. D. was bestowed upon him in
15 by the* University of West Virginia, by Washington
d Lee in 1916, in 1919 by University of Birmingham,
island, and Union College and Yale in 1921, and by the
liversity of Glasgow, Scotland. He began the practice
law at Clarksburg with his father in the firm of Davis
Davis in 1897. . .

He was elected a member of the West Virginia House
Delegates in 1899; was democratic candidate for presi-
ntial elector at large in 1900; a delegate to the Demo-
ifctie National Convention in 1904 at St. Louis, and was
e of the strong candidates before the convention in San
•aneisco in 1920, for the democratic nomination for presi-
nt. Mr. Davis was eleeted to Congress from the First
est Virginia District in 1910, and reelected in 1912, serv-
g in the Sixty-second and Sixty-third congresses.
He resigned his seat in Congress to become Solieitor-Gen-
il of the United States, August 30, 1913. At no other
*iod in American history was this office burdened with
ch heavy details of responsibility as the period from
13 to 19*18, practically coinciding with the period of the
erld war. In November, 1918, Mr. Davis was appointed
id confirmed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni-
itentiary to Great Britain, and continued as the American
presentative at the Court of St. James until 1921. Sinee
return to America, Mr. Davis has been engaged in the
aetice of law at New York City.
Mr. Davis was counselor of the American Red Cross from
113 to 1918. He served as a member of the American
'legation for conference with Germans on the treatment
id "exchange of prisoners of war at Berne, Switzerland,
September, 1918. He is an honorary bencher of the
iddle Temple, England; was president of the West Vir-
aia Bar Association in 1906; is a member of the Phi
appa Pai, Phi Beta Kappa, a Mason and an Elk and a
ember of the Metropolitan, University, National Press,
bevy Chase, and Lawyers clubs of Washington and is a
ustee of the Washington and Lee University and a director
! the Rockefeller Foundation.

June 20, 1S99, Mr. Davis married Miss Julia T. MeDonald,
native of Kentucky. She died in 1900, leaving a daugb-
•r, Julia MeDonald Davis. January 2, 1912. Mr. Davis
arried Ellen G. Bassel, daughter of the late John Bassel,
prominent Clarksburg lawyer.

Peter Hansen Koblegard eame to Clarksburg nearly
jrty years ago, and during his youth and early manhood
as associated with his cousin, John Koblegard. Out of
mt association and experience he eventually established
imself in the wholesale business, and is still the aetive
ead of the Koblegard Company, leading dry goods mer-

He was born of Danish parents in North Schleswig, Ger-
any— now a part of Denmark— July 5, 1871, one of the
jur eons and one daughter of Andreas and Anna Maria
Hansen) Koblegard. nis father, who was a farmer and
jherman lived at Wilstrnp in Germany, where Peter H.
©blegard spent the first thirteen years of his life. About
at time his cousin John Koblegard. who had established
mself in a business wav at Clarksburg abont 1869, came
) Denmark on a visit, and when he returned to America
eter Koblegard accompanied him and thus began his con-
ection with the City of Clarksburg. Peter H. Koblegard
rrived in America with a commen-aehool edneation. He
pplemented this with two terms of three months eaeh in

the public schools of Clarksburg, and in addition was mak-
ing rapid progress in the English language and in the
knowledge of American affairs by his practical work. For
three years after corning to Clarksburg he was employed
by Ruhl, Koblegard & Company, wholesale groceries and
produce, worked two more years for the same firm at We«ton,
and then for eight years was on the rond aa a traveling
salesman for the house, with headquarters at Clarksburg,
Weston and Buekhannon. While on tho road he acquired
a financial interest in the retail grocery store at Buek-
hannon, and at the time of his marriage in 1.^96 left the
road and establishing hia home at Buekhannon, took an
active part in the management of the business.

Returning to Clarksburg in 189S Mr. Koblegard organised
the Koblegard Company, wholesale dry goods aod notions.
This is a successful business with new nearly a quarter of
a century of existence. Mr. Koblegard had the general
management from the beginning and is now president of
the company. The business is held in one of the substantial
structures in the wholesale district of Clarksburg, the build
ing having been erected in 1901. In the success ef the
Koblegard Company, Mr. Koblegard has found his chi^f
satisfaction in a business way, though in the meantime he
has acquired other business and financial interests.

Clarksburg has always been able to count upon him
as a public-spirited and reliable citizen when some cause
needed advancement. As aoon as he reached his majority
he was naturalized as an American citizen, and in jk>I-
ities is a republican, but vetes an independent ticket when
occasion demands. During the period of the World war
he was ehairman of the Y. M. C. A. drive in Harrison
County, when $31,000 were raised for that purpose, and he
was also ehairman of the United Wnr Work campaign
when $108,000 was raised in the county. In this campaign
he had charge of the division composing Harrison, Dodd-
ridge and Ritchie Counties. Mr. Koblegard has been a di-
rector of the Clarksburg Chamber of Commerco since its
organization, is a member of the Rotary Club, and for
many years has been active in the First Presbyterian
Church, being chairman of the Men 's Department. The dis-
tinction which doubtless affords him the greatest measure
of satisfaction is due to his interest in Sunday School work
and aa president of the McClelland Bible Class a class named
in honor of a late pastor of the church, Rev. Henry T. Mc-
Clelland. The class was organized April 25, 1915, and
such has been the effectiveness and work of the organiza-
tion that it is known in Sunday School circles from coast
to eoast. This class in a competition against twenty-seven
other Bible classes in the United States, won first place in
the international "four square contest." in 1920. Mr.
Koblegard for several years has been Chairman of the Busi-
ness Committee of the West Virginia Sunday School Associa-
tion. He was an organizer and the first president of the
Clarksburg Council of Boy Scouts, and continued to act
as president for three years until other business interests
obliged him to resign.

In 1896 Mr. Koblegard married Miss Marian Rebecca
Hurst. Her father, Col. John L. Hurst, of Buekhannon,
was a soldier and officer under General Custer. The only
son of Mr. and Mrs. Koblegard is nurst Hansen Koble-
gard, who while a atudent in Princeton University vol-
unteered in the Naval Aviation Corps. He is now vice
president and general manager of the National Meld &
Machine Works of Clarksburg.

W. B. Tatlob is a resident of the old college town of
Bethany, but for a number of years has been active in
banking and other affairs at Wellsburg, where be is presi-
dent of the Fanners State Bank.

The Farmers State Bank of Wellsburg was organized in
1912 and opened for businesw on the 1st of August of that
year. It has a capital of $70,000, surplus and undivided
profits of $24 000. resources in excess of $700,000, and
deposits of $520,000. Its stockholders are all local people,
and it is a bank of general commercial servW, safely and
conservatively managed, and has been a source of great
value to the" business and industry of the We*t Virginia
Panhandle. The promoter of the bank was 8. S. Hedge*,

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who served as cashier untU August, 1921, when he retired.
The first president was C. B. Reeves, who in 1913 was suc-
ceeded by W. B. Taylor, who had been vice president
from the organization. H. C. Wells became vice presi-
dent, succeeding Mr. Taylor.

W. B. Taylor has a notable record both as a minister
and as a business man. He first became identified with
this section of West Virginia as one of the officials of
.Bethany College. Mr. Taylor was born in Mason County,
Kentucky, March 28, 1865. His father, George M. Taylor
was a building contractor, a native of Bracken County,
Kentucky, and about 1870 returned to that county as his
home. W. B. Taylor was reared in Bracken County, at-
tended school there, finished his literary education in
Transylvania University at Lexington, and did post grad-
uate work in the University of Chicago. For five years of
his early life he taught school in Bracken County, was
also superintendent of his father's farm, and had proved
his business judgment and energy long before finishing his
education. He did seven years' work in sis at the uni-
versity. While a student he began preaching as a minister
of the Christian Church. For seven years was pastor of
a North Side church in Chicago and for two years was
general superintendent of church work in that city. Mr
TayloT for three years was pastor of a church at Ionia,
Michigan, and while there began dealing in and develop-
ing Michigan lands, buying up a large tract of "cut-over"
land and promoting a settlement of Danes.

Rev. Mr. Taylor came to Bethany College as its vice
president in 1905. For eleven years he remained active
in the business administration as teacher of philosophy and
sacred literature. For five years he was pastor of the
Christian Church at Bethany, and for eight years past has
been pastor of the West Liberty congregation. Mr Taylor
College a 3rea " promotin £ the interests of Bethany

He has always been interested in politics, particularly
the cause of good government and social welfare. He was
a participant in an interesting triangular fight for the
republican nomination for Congress in 1920. While in Chi-
cago he worked with other forces for good government in
driving the gray wolves out of the City Council. He was
on the executive board of his church while in Illinois, and
in Michigan was president of the Missionary Society. Mr
Taylor is treasurer of the Kiwanis Club of Wellsburg, was
chairman of the Brooke County Chapter of the Red Cross,
and during the war was chairman of the County Council
of Defense and perfected an efficient organization of the
entire county, so that every quota was more than filled.

In Cynthiana, Kentucky, in 1895, Mr. Taylor married
Miss Ammie Jean Eales, of Cynthiana. They are the par-
ents of seven children: Robert Graham Taylor, assistant
cashier of his father's bank; Joy, a Y. W. C. A. and so-
cial service worker at Miami, Florida; Henry M., a student
in the University of West Virginia; Ammie Jean and
Gladys, students m Bethany College; and William B., Jr..
and Eloise. ' '

James William Engle, D. B. For almost thirty years
the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church has recognized in Doctor Engle one of the ablest
and most devoted ministers, a man of exalted character
who has not only represented his church but has made his
life an expression of the essential meaning of Christian
service. «.

A native of West Virginia, James William Engle was
born in Barbour County, December 19, 1865, youngest of
the nine children of William and Tabitha (Criss) "Engle.
His father was born in Pendleton County, son of Solomon
Engle who was of English lineage. His mother was born
in Barbour County, daughter of Isaac Criss. Doctor Engle
had an example to direct his choice of a profession in both
his father and grandfather who were local Methodist preach-
ers. His father was also a carpenter by trade and lived on
a farm.

When James William Engle was seven years of age his
parents removed to Gilmer county, where he grew to man-
hood on a farm, attended rural schools, and was further

educated in the West Virginia Academy at Buckhannc
West Virginia, and the Ohio Wesleyan University. At t
age of eighteen he began teaching and for five or six yea
alternated between teaching and attending school. Gro

Div^nHy iTl9 C ll fe " ed UP ° n ^ thC degrCe ° £ Doctor

TVT^ et ^ r . E ^ gl . e was eonvert ed and became a member of tl
Methodist Episcopal Church at the age of nineteen, ai
at the age of twenty-seven he began preaching. After tv
years of supply work he joined the West Virginia Confe
l™™™^™**™* then has been pastor of church,
at the following places in the order named: Weston CI
Beverly, Ravenswood, McMecken, Parkersburg, Terra Alt
f/rnf ton ' Huntington and Clarksburg. Between the pa
SS«°f %l H °n ai \ d Hunt5n ^ ^ was District SuS
intendent of the Charleston District for three years. Dolt
rZ g l ?-,?? W en ^ ossed in his congenial and importai

Besides the service represented in the pastorate and th

wkh hl S n^' te \ denC V eVeral ° ther honors commensurat
with his abilities have been conferred upon him. He is
member and president of the Publishing Committee of th

of I'tlo" Frwn^w an AdV ° Cate ' i9 3 member of the hoar,
of the Epworth League representing the Fourth Genera
Conference District of the Methodist Episcopal Church ?
a trustee of West Virginia Wesleyan College an Ttruste
and president of the West Virginia Anti-la oon Leagt
£ W§5 dSSV 0 ^ GeDeral C . onferen <* oi the X
a KnLk TwS If 6 19 3 re P ublican > and fraternally I
a Jimght Templar Mason and Shriner. J

Mncl^V 5 ' 189 ?' Doctor En S le marri ^ Miss Dora B
McCray who was horn and reared in West Virginia and
was a successful teacher before her marriage Her ntr

(BaVe?n McSv' J" % ^ ^ »»^2r JS
E w 7 i & e . f °. rmer * as born and reared hi

„fTh«ir?* fy, -ii e S- V . ir ? inia > and the latter was a native
Countv v'- V - T ^ ia ' and as a ehild ca ™ to Upshur

E?eaze J r' ZrtlJ 1 ** 1 ™' With . her rarents - Her father,'
Unshnr T* S a ? rominen t farmer and citizen of

vlZ m J L aDd SerVed as a Confederate soldier.
n Jt\ ™ McCray was a son of Robert and Margaret rBen-

SamB^Sff 7 " * Margam BennCtt ™ 9 a ^«Srof ( m
n? ™. t ' whc \ was a son ^ Joseph Bennett, a native
London fn'fSi *** f " ° f a ° En * lis *™ who came Cm
dock in W i T try , aS L a S0ldier under Gene ral Brad-
dock m the French and the Indian war. After the con-

Pendleton CounTv ^ ^ * e 96ttled in ^ is now
Sfa pSS West Virginia. William Bennett was
t 3, n Pe " dle t?° County, after his marriage moved to

o "TJeTulbat bGing Reb ^ Ca M ^afly, Taught «

or james McCally who was a captain of British Marines

for S? d , ,n ° r *X t0 j° iD colonists in their strS

£Lm. ? i enCe ' ° De 0f the oldest and most prominent

So or 1 and M a r? 3 F 1 is the B«n?tt

is now l" g l haVC ° ne SOn ' James Paul > w ho

vcv , ^.rsi.s. a8e and is a student ^ west

smcri903 S W HI ^ R T EY x;, A resident of Clarksburg
smee 1903, James Seraphin Rodney has made a progressive

wt^hfi'iriST ^ HS "° rkiQ ^ -teresfs through
out this period have heen in the business of mining ma-

c&a'irs CO *t rac tors' supplies. He £ actfve I

civic aflairs as well as in business circles.

ISSo'' son n? tT ^ at , N * eW . CastIe ' Delaware, June 11,
1880, son of John H. and Annie (Reeves) Rodney His

rSZL^y 8tU1 H - iDg WaS b0rn in Sou th Caro fna and
en* d ST.* S A ner 0f ^e Declaration of Independ-

lawt'e Z S * d - J ° hn H '. Eodn ey, now deceased, was a
Ho? qZZJZ ^ e % 10 5' a m i™ 0f Delawar e, and 'son of
fs a la™ w t ° dney t . Wh ° DOt onl ^ ^ ained distinction ,
Tret rtk v Ut a \° n i iJ ^ e resented Delaware in Con- 1
fZtt Thl9 branch of the Rodney family is of English
Z nfTv. aDd ° De ^ f them was CeasaT K <>dney who wai

InL, %*TF a ° f the Declara tion of Independence,
in nrivit/ fl ^^r Wa \ rea r d a ^ ? ew Cas «e, was educated
m private and public schools, and from the age of eighteen

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287

[up the tasks and responsibilities of life on bis own
trees. While both his father and grandfather were
ars, ho chose a business career. lie followed various
[of employment until 1D03, and on coming to Clarks-
[ he entered the service of the 'West Virginia Mine Sup-
company, then managed by D. R. Potter, its founder,
equently Mr. Rodney for about five years was on the
[as a traveling salesman for this company. In 191 C
[id 0. W. Robinson bought the business, and it is one
e largest concerns of the kind in the state dealing in
incry and mill, mine and contractors' supplies.
. Rodney is a Knight Templar Mason and Shrincr,
!lk, a member of the Clarksburg Rotary Club, is a
crat in politics and a member of the Episcopal Church,
idition to bis business he is now giving much time to
!utics as a member of the city council, an office to
li he was elected in 1921.

1906 Mr. Rodney married Mis9 Louise Everett, daugb-
F Captain William Everett of the United States Army,
have two children, Louise E. and Emily Rodney.

X F. Ash. The young men who volunteered for serv-
I the World's war returned to their own land to find
ftions greatly changed. Industrial affairs and economic
[ts, as always in the wake of a great international cata-
!, were unsettled in a degree that made it a difficult
em for the returned soldiers to place themselves in
cheme of things, and, indeed, such conditions prevail
great degree at the present time. Among those who
led after seeing much active service was Roy F. Ash.
t once recognized that the man with special ability
have the better chance in readjusting himself, and
lingly trained himself through special study for the
isurance business, with the result that he is at present
nber of the* successful insurance firm of Ash & Lynch,
Irksburg.

Ash was born on a farm in Doddridge County, West
lia, November 15, 1S95, but was only two years old
his parents removed to Harrison County, where he
eared. He is a son of Harvey H. and Ruth Elizabeth
■joa) Ash, both of whom were born in Doddridge Coun-
Jffis paternal grandparents were Silas and Mary J.
Berwood) Ash, and they, too, were born in Doddridge
>ly, where the Ash family has long been numbered
k the oldest and most highly respected people. The
S>f the Ash family to settle in Doddridge County was
■ Ash, the great-great-grandfather of Roy F. Ash, who
■from North Carolina to old Virginia and then to what
Kv West Virginia. He and a brother, William Ash,
nborn in England, whence they came to America and
Ml in North Carolina. From that colony they enlisted
Itriot soldiers in the Colonial army for service during
•evolutionary war, in which struggle for independence
|m Ash was killed. Silas Ash, the grandfather of
«■'., served with gallantry in the Union army during the
iletween the states, and at the close of hostilities re-
l|!d in the United States regular army for the cam-
■ig) against the hostile Indians on the western plains.
m leaving the army he engaged in the oil business and
mi at Clarksburg, where his death occurred.
M F. Ash is one of three sons, his brothers being Noah
rlr and Russell H., the former older and the latter four
m younger than he. There was a sister who died in
fly. Roy F. Ash was reared on the home farm to the
•Ml fifteen years, attending the rural schools, and then
o» to Clarksburg, where he obtained a high-school educa-
>4 He then entered the West Virginia University, at
nlntown, which he left in his junior year to volunteer
ff United States Army when this country became in-
ll in the World's war. He was accepted and sent to
jfeenjamin Harrison, at Indianapolis, to enter the Of-
A Training School, and later, upon examination, was
xAssioned a second lieutenant in the regular army and
nl) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to the Sixtieth Infantry.
i«be was transferred to Camp Greene, South Carolina,
iSiiere was appointed aide on the staff of General Craw-
r2 Sixth Infantry Brigade, Third Division, and as such
eilbverseas in April, 1918. In France be was promoted

to a first lieutenancy and subsequently returned to tho
Sixtieth Infantry licgiment and served until the signing
of the armistice. Later he was with the Army of Occupa-
tion until June, 1919, when he was sent back to the United
States. At Washington, 1). C., he received his honorable
discharge, September 5, 1919. lie is a member of the
American Legion and in 1921 Bervcd as post commander at
Clarksburg.

Upon his return to the United States, and after receiv-
ing his honorable discharge, Mr. Ash attended the Carnegie
Institute at Pittsburgh, to prepare himself, in a three month
course, for the life insurance business. At the end of that
time he came to Clarksburg and has sineo been a member
of the firm of Ash & Lynch, representing the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company, with offices in the Goff
Building. lie is a thirty-second degree Mason of tho Scott-
ish Rite, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and an Elk. His
religious connection is with the Christian Church. Mr.
Ash is unmarried.

Diego Delfino, M. D. An especially varied and interest-
ing professional career has been that of this representative
physician and surgeon of Fairmont, Marion County. Doctor
Delfino was born at Villa San Giovanni, Province of Reg
gio, Calabria, Italy, on the 6th of May, 187"), nnd is a son
of John Vincentc and Maria Antonia (Filocano) Delfino,
the former of whom was but thirty three years of age at
the time of his death and the latter lost her life in the
Italian earthquake of 1908. As a boy Doctor Delfino at-
tended the schools of his native town, and after proper
education along academic lines he entered Messina Uni-
versity, in the medical department of which excellent Italian
institution he completed the full course and was graduated
in 1905, after having been a student in this university for
six years. He initiated practice in his native town, but
in the latter part of 1907 he took the post of ship physician
and surgeon on a trans-Atlantic passenger steamship plying
between Naples and New York City. In 190S he retired
from this position and, after passing a successful examina-
tion before the Vermont State Board of Medical Registra-
tion, he established himself in practice at Bnrrc, that state.
He became a member of the local medical society and also
of the American Medical Association at the time of his
residence in Barre. Following the disastrous Italian earth-
quakes of 1908, the Doctor made a visit to his native land,
and upon returning to the United States he engaged in
practice at Canton, Ohio. Later he established himself in
practice at Columbus, the capital city of that state, where
he remained until 1919, when he camo to Fairmont, West
Virginia, where be has built up a substantial practice and
where he has gained secure civic and professional prestige.
While a resident of Columbus, in 1918, the governor of
Ohio sent Doctor Delfino on a mission to Italy, in con-
nection with World war issues, and he spent several months
in Europe.

In 1912 was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Delfino
to Miss Minnie Richner, of Canton, Ohio, and they have
three children: Mary Ellen, John Vincent, and Cosimo.

Samuel George. For half a century the late Samuel
George was perhaps the central figure in point of extent
of enterprise in the commercial life of the historic old town
of Wellsburg. He was a manufacturer, banker, merchant,
and was serving in the State Senate when he died.

Wellsburg 's most notable industries are perhaps the 8.
George Paper Company and the Gcorgc-Sherrard Paper
Companv, both of which derived their original impulse from
the late" Mr. George. About 1873 he and two other as-
sociates converted an old cotton mill into a paper mill
for the manufacture of paper bags. With various changes
this business was continued until 1892, when the S. George
Company was incorporated. The chief outpot in former
years was paper for flour bags, and about 1882 the line
was broadened to shipping bags of different kinds, and the
output now is five times what it was a few years ago.
The president of the S. George Company is George Bowers

The George-Sherrard Company was incorporated in 1908
and has a plant about double the capacity of the older

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institution. The plant represents an investment of about
four hundred thousand dollars, has modern equipment, and
produces a similar line of paper products, including flour
bags, cement plaster and lime bags. Both plants use simi-
lar material. The paper fabric for such bags is re-enforced
hy manila thread, and about 3,000 tons of this material
is required annually in the manufacture. Much of it is
secured from worn out rope and about twenty-five per ceut
imported direct. These paper companies used natural gas
as fuel for about a quarter of a century, but the fuel is
now coal, mined in the near vicinity of Wellsburg. The
S. George Company employs about sixty men, and the
George-Sherrard Paper Company from 90 to 100.

The late Samuel George was born on a farm in Brooke
County in 1827, his parents having been substantial farm-
ing people and early settlers of Brooke County. Samuel
George had only limited school advantages of his time,
but possessed a natural intelligence, an industry and self
reliance that made him a notable character in his environ-
ment. When he was about sixteen years of age he engaged
in the Ohio Eiver flatboat trade, making a number of trips
south to New Orleans and transporting commodities to the
southern market and returning with loads of sugar and
other supplies. Mr. George was a resident and active busi-
ness man of Wellsburg from 1852. He was identified with
the pork packing industry in the later years of that in-
dustry. He was a wholesale grocery merchant during the
Civil war, and at one time he was the chief wool buyer for
all this section. Prior to engaging in the business of paper
manufacture be opened a private bank known as the Wells-
burg Bank or S. George Bank, and when it was reorganized
in 1903 and incorporated as the Wellsburg Bank & Trust
Company he was elected its first president. He was chosen
member' of the State Senate in 1900, and was a member
of the Senate when be died on August 6, 1903, at the age
of seventy-six. Samuel George also built and operated the
electric railway at Wellsburg, and he employed his power
and influence as a financier in many ways for the sub-
stantial development and progress of the community. He
was a very active member of the Presbyterian Church.

His second wife was Eliza Kimberland, of Brooke Coun-
ty. She was the mother of seven daughters and two sons.
Of these five daughters and the two sons are still living.
The sons are Samuel George, Jr., president of the Wells-
burg Bank & Trust Company and also general manager of
the George-Sherrard Paper Company. The other son is T.
H. George, secretary and treasurer of the S. George Com-
pany.

Benjamin H. Powers, laundry owner and operator, has
through successive changes developed the largest business
of this kind in Huntington. He is one of the younger busi-
ness men of the city, and before taking up the laundry
industry had an extensive training and experience with the
Huntington branch of Armour & Company.

Mr. Powers was born in Wayne County, West Virginia,
December 6, 1888. His father, Harvey S. Powers, was
born in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1856, was reared there,
and as a young man moved to the southern part of West
Virginia, where he married and during his active career
engaged in farming and the business of cattle buyer. Soon
after his marriage be moved to Wayne County and in 1898
to Cabell County. He retired from the farm in 1916, and
lived in Huntington until his death in January, 1918. He
was a republican and an active member of the Methodist
Church. His wife, America Watts, was born in West Vir-
ginia in 1860, and is living at Huntington. Their children
were: Era, wife of George H. Gibson, in the laundry busi-
ness at Huntington; Ira, in the real estate business at
Huntington; Utoka, who died in Wayne County in 1909, at
the age of twentv-four, wife of George Chatterton, a farmer
in that county; Benjamin H.; Walker, in the laundry busi-
ness at Huntington; Ada, wife of Perley E^ Beckner, who
has extensive farming interests near Beldin, Nebraska;
Nettie, wife of Harry Leap, a dairy farmer near Hunting-
ton ; and Nannie, wife of Floyd Crouse, a druggist at Hunt-
ington.

Benjamin H. Powers during his boyhood attended the

rural schools of Wayne and Cabell counties. He spent
yeare as a student in Marshall College at Huntington,
left college in 1906. During the next four years be
employed as houseman in the local plant of Armouj
Company, and then for five years was salesman for '
corporation.

Mr. Powers entered the laundry business in 1915, ^
he established the Model Laundry at Twentieth Street
Third Avenue. He continued this five years. In 191£|
bought the Tri-State Laundry at Sixteenth Street and T({
Avenue, and changed it to the Powers Brothers Lawn
his brother Ira being his partner until 1920, when Benja!
acquired the sole ownership. In 1921 he changed the n
of the old Tri-State Laundry to the Peerless Laundry,
in that year he sold the Model Laundry and bought
Ideal Laundry on Thirteenth Street, between Second
Third avenues and changed the name of this to the Po\
Brothers Laundry. He therefore is in active charge of
operations of two laundry establishments, and in connec
with the Peerless he established and operates the Huntr,
ton Wet Wash Laundry. He has therefore developed i
facilities sufficient to handle a large part of the launl
business originating in Huntington and surrounding d
munities.

Mr. Powers is also a stockholder of the National Rub
Company of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and in the Du-
burg Automobile and Motors Company of Indianapolis
in the Jay Pepsatone Company of Huntington. He )\
republican, a member of the United Brethren Church, {
is affiliated with Reese Camp No. 66, Woodmen of )
World, Huntington Lodge No. 33, Knights of Pythias, !
the Huntington Chamber of Commerce. As a success
young business man he has acquired considerable real es - ;
in Huntington, including his home in the restricted see'
of High Lawn on Latoole Avenue.

In September, 1911, at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, I
Powers married Miss Lena Bevan, daughter of Miles M. i
Viroka (Johnson) Bevan, the latter a resident of 2;
Fifth Avenue in Huntington. The father, who died!
Huntington, February 8, 1921, was at that time depi
sheriff of Cabell County. Mrs. Powers had a good edit
tion, being a graduate of the Huntington High School it
also attended the West Virginia Business College 1
Huntington.

Leon Shackelford. The various branches of busfai
life give an opportunity to certain individuals to exjjjl
their abilities in a certain and practical manner, anal
directly afford channels along which the development oft
community may flow in a natural manner. To no one caj
or person is the present prosperity of Huntington due, 1
to the combination of all taken as a whole. The couj
seat of Cabell County is known as the home of some la
and important industries and interests, which have b ,
gradually developed, sometimes from small beginnings, i j
are solidly founded upon the bed rock of honorable purp
and upright dealing. One of these thoroughly reliaf
houses is that operating as the Huntington Drug Compaq
the leading wholesale drug company between Cinciim 1
Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia, the treasurer of wh.
is Leon Shackelford.

Mr. Shackelford was born November 18, 1892, at Ho
ington, West Virginia, a son of John and Blanche (Woo( *
Shackelford. His father was born December 12, 1859,
Charlottesville, Virginia, and at the age of fourteen ye I
came to West Virginia with a railroad construction gi
as a water boy, and thus assisted in building the Norf
& Western Railway. Settling at Huntington during
very early days of the city's history, he developed a gij
business as a stone contractor and did the masonry work! 1
nearly every railroad station between Huntington a
Parkersburg. Subsequently he engaged in mercantile pl l
suits until 1901, when be became a merchandise broker a!*
continued in that line until his death, while on a visit I
Battle Creek, Michigan, March 29, 1921. He was a rept'
lican in politics. A very devout Christian, he was an act
member and generous supporter of the Fifth Avenue Bi)
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ith Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M. ; Hunting-
>n Chapter No. 6, R. A. M., and Huntington Commandery
o. 9, K. T., in all of which he had numerous friends. Mr.
hackelford married Miss Blanche Woody, who was born
ovembcr 15, IS65, in West Virginia. She survives her
usband and is a resident of Huntington. They were the
areata of two children: Leon, of this notice; and John,
r., who died at the age of three years.
Leon Shackelford attended the public schools of Hunt-
gton and then entered Marshall College, from which he
as graduated as a member of the class of 1910. At that
me he secured employment as collection clerk with (he
irst National Bank of Huntingtou, and through industry,
ilelity aad ability worked his way up to the post of first
■ilcr. He resigned from that position in 1917 to accept
lat of treasurer of the Huntington Drug Compauy, an
lice which he has since occupied and in which he has been
j-gely instrumental in securing the prosperity that the
uaincss has enjoyed. This, the leading wholesale drug
tsiness in the territory between Wheeling, West Virginia,
•id Cincinnati, Ohio, is incorporated under the laws of the
tate of West Virginia, its officers being W. S. Vinson,
resident; W. C. Price, vice president; Leon Shackelford,
easurer; and James Murphy, secretary. The jobbing
ausc and offices of the concern are situated at the corner
\ Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street,
i Mr. Shackelford is vice president of the Huntington Asso-
ation of Credit Men and a member of the Kiwanis Club,
ad takes a great interest in civic affairs and the business
rosperity of the city. He also holds membership in the
uyan County Club, and is a thirty-second degree Scottish
lite Mason, belonging to Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F.
id A. M., and West Virginia Consistory No. 1, A. A. S.

M., of Wheeling, and is also a Noble of Beni-Kcdcm
»mple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Charleston. He owns a
odern residence at No. 630 Sixth Street, a comfortable
mie, and is administrator of his father's estate, consisting
rincipally of extensive real estate holdiugs at Huntington,
i May, 191S, Mr. Shackelford enlisted in the United States
rmy and was sent to the Richmond Schools Training
tachment, where he remained two months, being then sent
Camp Taylor, Louisville, where he was commissioned a
tcond lieutenant. He was mustered out December IS, 1913,
it still holds his commission as a second lieutenant in the
ield Artillery Reserve Corps.

On May 2S, 1918, Mr. Shackelford was united in marriage
Lynchburg, Virginia, with Miss Ruth Daniel, daughter of
pi. Louis A. and Mattie (McCue) Daniel, residents of

untington, where Colonel Daniel is proprietor of a hotel,
'rs. Shackelford is a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman's
ollege, Lynchburg, Virginia, and a woman of numerous

complishments and graces.

John W. Houghton. Among the business men well
lown to the citizens of Huntington, one who is identified
ith an important industry of the city is John W. Hough-
ti, superintendent of the Steel Products Company. Mr.
oughton comes of an old and honored New England fam-
and was born at Boston, Massachusetts, June 30, 1S78.
son of Marinus and Rose (Janse) Houghton, and a
•andson of Henry Houghton.

Marinus Houghton was born in 1826, in Massachusetts,
»d spent the greater part of his life at Boston, where he
Mowed the time-honored trade of rope-making. He died
Boston in 1915, in the faith of the Congregational
lurch, of which he had been an active and generous sup-
>rter all his life. In politics he was a republican. Mr.
(oughton married Miss Rose Janse, who was born at
•ston in 1845, and who still makes that city her home,
ley were the parents of seven children: Josie, who
larried Pliny M. Bracket, who is engaged in the wholesale
loe findings business at Boston, Massachusetts; William,
■to is identified with the Boston Elevated Company, of
*ston; Henry, who is retail manager for the G. Shirmer
■mpany, music publishers of Boston, Massachusetts;
larles, who is store manager for the Cloverdale Creamery
>mpanv of Maiden. Massachusetts: Katie, who married
kank S. Atwood, of Boston, an employe of the United

States Government at the Wntertown Arsenal; John W., of
this review; and Annie, who married Herman T. Rogers,
an employe of the New York, New Haven k Hartford Kail-
road at Quincy, Massachusetts.

John W. Houghton was educated in the public school* of
Boston, where he was graduated from high school in 1 isO "i,
following which he served his time as an apprenticed mn
chinist at Boston for four years. When he had mastered
his trado he was engaged therein at Boston until 1905, wli»«n,
feeling the need of further training, ho began a course of
two years at the Mechanical Drawing School of Roston.
Thus prepared, he began experimental work on shoe ma
chincry, and continued to be thus occupied for a period of
seven years, during which time he was located at different
times at Boston, Quincy and Beverly, Massachusetts, as nn
employe of the United Shoe Machinery Company. In 1911
Mr. Houghton accepted a position with the Victor Talking
Machine Company, in the capacity of "trouble man," and
worked at Camden, New Jersey, for one year, then trans
ferring his services to the Remington Arms Company of
Eddystone, Pennsylvania, also as "trouble man." nnd eon
tinued this connection for two years. He then took n
position with the United States Government as district
gauge supervisor for the Pittsburgh District, remaining in
that capacity until the close of the World war, and in
January, 1919. became assistant to the secretary of the
Claims Board, Pittsburgh District, a post which he retained
until November of that year. Mr. Houghton then accepted
the position of superintendent of the Steel Products Com-
pany of Iluntington, which he holds at this time. The
product of this company is a mine car coal-loading machine,
used in loading the cars in the mines. The offices of Mr.
Houghton are situated at Twentieth Street and Second
Avenue, Huntington. He is a democrat in politics and a
member of the Baptist Church. Fraternally he is a thirty
second degree Mason, belonging to Rural Lodge, A. F. and
A. M., of Quincy, Massachusetts; and Oourgas Consistory of
Pittsburgh; and also holds membership in Syria Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S.. of Pittsburgh; John Hancock Lodge No.
224, I. O. O. F., of Quincy, Massachusetts; and Cabell
Encampment No. 25. I. O. O. F.. of Huntington. He is
likewise a member of the Guyan Country Club of Hunting
ton and the Huntington Chamber of Commerce. He owns
a comfortable, modern home at 625 Thirteenth Street.

In 1906, at Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Houghton na«
united in marriage with Miss Jeanetta Keddy, a gradual*'
of the Mahone Bay Academy, and a daughter of Ksrom and
Elenor (Zwicker)' Keddy, residents of Mahone Hay, Nova
Scotia, where Mr. Keddy is a retired lumber dealer. Mr.
and Mrs. Houghton have one child, Mildred G., born June 5,
190S.

Capt. Thomas West Peyton. Four generations of the
Peyton family have been represented by a Capt. Thomas
West Peyton. To the people of Huntington, Barboursville
and the surrounding vicinity the name is inseparably con-
nected with military achievements, for a Peyton has borne
a share of the fighting in the Revolutionary war, the War
of 1812, the Civil war and the great World war. The
present representative of the name is one of the leading
younger attorneys of the Huntington bar, and at the present
time occupies the office of mayor of Barboursville.

Captain Peyton was born August 13, 1891, at Huntington
West Virginia, and is a son of Capt Thomas West and
Mary T. (Hovey) Peyton. The family originated in Eng
land, and the immigrant to America was the gTeat-gTeat
great great-great-grandfathcr of the present Captain Pey-
ton. Henrv Pevton II, a direct descendant of Sir Edward
Pevton of Isleham, England. Henry Peyton U was born
at "London, England, in 1630, and immigrated to America
in voung manhood, settling in the Virginia colony, in whnt
is now Westmoreland County, where his death occurred in
1659 His grandson. Valentine Peyton, the gTeat-great-
great grandfather of Captain Peyton, served as an officer
during the Revolutionary war. The great-grandfather of
Captain Pevton. the first Capt. Thomas West Peyton was
born at Aqua, Virginia. He was a captain in the First
Regiment, District of Columb.a Militia, during the War

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of 1812, and served as brigade quartermaster of Young's
Second Brigade. Later he was made United States consul
to Cuba, and while on his way to the United States for
instructions died on shipboard and was buried at sea.

The grandfather of Captain Peyton, the second Capt.
Thomas West Peyton, was born on the Island of Cuha, May
13, 1818. As a young man he made his home at Alexandria,
Virginia, but later removed to New Orleans, Louisiana,
where he was a customs house official up to the outbreak of
the Civil war, when he became one of the organizers of
the Washington Artillery and later was made captain of
Company C, Continental Guards of Louisiana. This was
mustered into the service as the Eleventh Regiment, Louis-
iana Volunteer Infantry, and he was made captain of
Company C. He met a soldier's death on the battlefield of
Murfreesboro in January, 1863. Captain West married
Miss Sarah O'Dowd, who was born in Ireland, February 22,
1834, and died at Huntington, West Virginia.

The father of Captain Peyton, Capt. Thomas West Pey-
tou III, was born August 10, 1860, at Barboursville, Vir-
ginia (now West Virginia), and died at Huntington, June
10, 1912. He was reared at New Orleans until he was
thirteen years of age, at which time his widowed mother
brought her family to Huntington, and in 1S73 Captain
West entered Marshall College here, from which he was
graduated at the age of sixteen years. Following this he
studied law in the office of Eustace Gibson, a very prominent
attorney of Huntington, and after his admission to the bar
made rapid strides in his calling and at his death was ac-
counted one of the leaders of his profession. A democrat
in polities, he was called upon frequently to serve in offices
of prominence and high responsibility, and was clerk of the
Circuit Court of Cabell County for one. term of six years,
from 1885 to 1891. Captain Peyton was a member and
active supporter of the Johnson Memorial Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South. As a fraternalist he belonged to Minerva
Lodge No. 13, A. F. and A. M., of Barboursville, of which
he was a past master; Huntington Chapter No. 6, R. A. M.,
of which he was a past high priest; Huntington Command-
ery No. 9, K. T., of which he was a past eminent com-
mander; Beni-Kedem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of
Charleston; and Huntington Lodge No. 313, B. P. O. E. He
was one of the organizers of the Huntington Light Infantry,
which later was reorganized as a unit of the West Virginia
National Guard, and rose from the ranks to be captain of
Company I, Second Infantry, West Virginia National
Guard. Captain Peyton married Miss Mary T. Hovey, who
was born at Ravenswood, West Virginia, and died at Hunt-
ington, January 3, 1902. They became the parents of the
following children: Capt. Thomas West; Capt. Albert H.,
a captain in the Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, a veteran of
the World war, who served in France for one year as a
captain in the Fifty-first Infantry, Sixth Division, was in
the Vosque defensive sector and took part in the Argonne
drive, and since his return has been stationed at Camp
Travis, Texas; John Thornburg, a veteran of the World
war, who served in France six months and hecame a
sergeant-major with Headquarters Company, One Hundred
and Fiftieth Infantry, Thirty-eighth Division, and is now
employed in the plant of Kingan & Company at Tampa,
Florida; and Robert Edwin, who is completing his training
for the career of a physician and surgeon in the medical
school of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Capt. Thomas West Peyton IV received his early educa-
tion in the public schools of Huntington, following which
he attended Morris-Harvey College, Barboursville, until
his senior year, and then spent one year in the University
of West Virginia. For two years he studied law in the
office of his father, and in October, 1912, was appointed
deputy County Court clerk of Cabell County, in which
capacity he acted until December 31, 1914. He was then
appointed deputy Circuit Court clerk of Cabell County and
deputy Criminal Court clerk of the same county, and served
in these positions from January 1, 1915, until December
15th of the same year. In the meantime, April 6, 1915, he
had been licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of
West Virginia, and entered upon the labors and duties of
his profession January 1, 1916. He has gained a prominent

place in the ranks of his calling, and on January 1, 1920,
became a member of the well-known law combination of I
Warth, McCullougb & Peyton, which is justly considered
as one of the strong and capable associations of legal talent
at Huntington. The offices of this concern are situated inl
the Ohio Valley Bank Building.

Captain Peyton is a democrat and has shown some inter-
est in public and political affairs, particularly in his home
community of Barboursville, of which he was elected mayor
January 5, 1922, taking office February 1, 1922. He is a
dutiful member of the Barboursville Methodist Episcopal]
Church, South, where he is serving as chairman of the |
board of stewards. Fraternally he holds membership in,
Huntington Lodge No. 313, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, and his professional connection is with the Cabell 9
County Bar Association.

Captain Peyton enlisted in the First Officers ' Training i
Camp, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, in May, 1917, and on]
August 15th of that year received his commission as a first j
lieutenant. He was then sent to Camp Sherman, Ohio, and
assigned to the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Depot j
Brigade, and while there was assistant to the camp adju-
tant, instructor Fourth Officers' Training School, and judge ]
advocate of the General Court Martial. While serving in f
the capacity of instructor of the Fourth Officers ' Training i
School he was promoted captain, in July, 1918, and was
assigned to command of Company A, Eight Hundred and
Two Pioneer Infantry, with which he left for overseas
August 30, 1918. He entered the Argonne offensive Septem-
ber 30, 1918, and continued in this general movement until j
the armistice was signed. He received his honorable dis- j
charge August 1, 1919, at Camp Sherman, and immediately
returned to his practice at Huntington. Captain Peyton is '
the owner of a modern residence on Water Street, Barbours-
ville.

On July 24, 1912, Captain Peyton was united in marriage
at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, with Miss Gay Vaughan, a
daughter of Arthur L. and Pauline (Pippetoe) Vaughan,
who reside at Kesslar's Cross Lanes, Nicholas County, West
Virginia, where Mr. Vaughan is a dealer in coal and timber
lands. Mrs. Peyton was graduated from normal school and ,
taught in the Nicholas County schools prior to her marriage.
She is likewise a graduate nurse of the Huntington General
Hospital, and a veteran of the World war, in which she
served as a Red Cross nurse. Captain and Mrs. Peyton
have no children.

Frank A. Chapman, a Wellsburg lawyer whose services 1
have a wide and important scope in the development of
the industrial and commercial affairs of this section, repre- |
sents one of the first and most prominent families identified
with pioneering enterprise in Hancock County, West Vir-
ginia.

He is a descendant of Capt. George Chapman, who served
as a captain under General Washington at Valley Forge.
The Wellsburg lawyer still has his old sword. Another
relic of this Revolutionary ancestor is a copper button,
silver plated, and there is a similar button preserved at
Mount Vernon. This button was part of a uniform used
in the Revolution, and on the outer margin are engraved '
the initials of the thirteen colonies, while at the center
are two letters, G. W., standing for George Washington,
and in a circle around this are the words "Long live the
President." Capt. George Chapman moved from Maryland,
and there is official record of his purchase on October 15,
1793, of 814 acres bordering the Ohio River, including the
site of the later town of New Cumberland in Hancock
County. Captain Chapman died at New Cumberland in
1812, and his will, dated that year, disposed of 1,250 acres
among his seven children. Three-quarters of a mile from
the village of New Cumberland he built a fort. He was 1
one of the prominent men of the time, and part of his land
he developed as a deer park. His old home, however, was
continued as a residence for several generations, and Frank
A. Chapman of Wellsburg remembers when it was so used. 1
Capt. George Chapman was laid to rest in the family plot I
on the old farm.

Of his seven children Thomas Chapman spent his life

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Bhe old homestead and died in 1845. Ilia son, Capt.
is. Chapman, was aa officer ia the Civil war. The oldest
»«of Thomas was Alfred, who succeeded to the old houie-
ml and spent his life there. Alfred Chapman wa9 a
>.|eer in developing the coal resources of that section,
Sing one of the first mines aad constructed a tramway
Hi the mine opening to the bank of the Ohio River, so
tl boats could be loaded direct. He shipped some of

■ first coal sent down the Ohio River, lie was also a
Seer wool grower, introducing some of the high-grade
■no sheep to this section. His interests as a breeder
m extended to fine horses and cattle. Alfred Chapman

at the old homestead in 1889. at the age of seventy-
having been bora in 1814. lie married Sarah Mary
ley, who was born in Ohio in 1822, and died iu 1916,
le venerable age of ninety-four and with well preserved
lties to the end. Both were early members of the
rch of the Disciples, Alfred Chapman having joined
i denomination under its founder, Alexander Campbell,
was often entertained at the Chapman home. Alfred
pman and wife reared four children: Thomas Stan-
[ John Benton, who owns a portion of the old home
s and is living at Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio, at
[age of aeventy-three ; Ellen Barbery, deceased; and
pam. Jackson, who still lives at New Cumberland and
owned the old homestead until 1920, it having been
[he family continuously for 127 years.
Ihomas Stantou Chapman was born in 1845 and died
B05. In 1S71 he moved to Halliday's Cove in Hancock
hty and there developed one of the finest fruit farms
be state. His chief service was as a horticulturist, and
ras never active in politics. He finally retired to Wells-
jf, where he died. He married Christina Foreman, a
hbor girl, daughter of Robert Parkes and Rose Ann
hall) Foreman. She is living at the age of aeventy-
. and takes pride in doing her own housework and in
nding faithfully to her duties as a member of the
rch of the Disciples. Her two children were: F. A.
! Minnie Viola. The latter was the wife of George M.
,vford, and she was killed in an elevator aceident at
sburgh in October, 1920.

rank Alfred Chapman was born June 3, 1S69, at the
Chapman farm, and grew up on his father's fruit farm,
attended the common schools, graduated from Bethany
ege in 1894, receiving the degrees Bachelor of Science
1 Master of Arts, and in 1S98 received his law degree
n West Virginia University. Mr. Chapman has been
practice at Wellsburg since June, 1898, and has looked

■ a large volume of practice alone. His work has been
[ost entirely in civil and corporation practice. He has
l a railway attorney, has organized three banks, is at-
jiey for the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad Cotn-
y, was one of the original directors of the Bethany &
jhington Traction Company, and is attorney for sev-

other large industries, having handled the land trans-
tans for the Follausbee Brothers and has since acted as
Iraey for the Follansbee Iron and Steel industries. Mr.
praan has always had high ideals of his responsibilities
1 lawyer. He has advised the courts as the last resort,

many times ha9 succeeded in adjusting differences with-
, resort to expensive litigation. While lie has attended a
per of democratic state conventions, he has been in
kics without personal aspirations. He is one of the
y good roads advocates in this section of the state. Mr.
pman is a special authority on land titles and has done
reat deal of abstraet work, and this has given him a
wledge of local history involved in the early land grants.

investigations show that the first lands were entered
veen Bethany and West Liberty about 1772. He also
! Us an interesting landmark, explaining the name of
altimore & Ohio Station known as the Bored Tree Sta-
J This is very close to the southwest corner of Pcnnsyl-
ia, where a hole was bored in a big tree as one of the
iks made by the surveyors when laying out the Mason

Dixon line. Mr. Chapman ha9 never married. He has
I chairs in the Elks, Knights of Pythias, Modern Wood-
l of America and is also a member of the Ancient Order
Jnited Workmen. In 1903 he organized the Wellsburg

Bank & Trust Company, and has been itu vice president
ever since. Mr. Chapman and others realized the need of
a banking institution adequate to the commercial needs of
Wellsburg, and he won over the old private banker, the
late Samuel George, to his ideas, resulting in the reorgan-
ization of the old George Bank into the Wellsburg Bank
& Trust Company.

William Sayres Butler, assistant to tho general super
intendent of tho Western General Division of tho Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad, has been identified with this
line for a period of twenty-six years, during which
time he has worked his way upward steadily from the
position of machinist to one of the most important and
responsible posts of the road. Mr. Butler was born at
Yorkshire, England, October 5, 1871, n son of Frank
and Mary (Sayres) Butler.

Frank Butler, who is now a resident of Middlesboro,
Kentucky, is also a uative of Yorkshire, England, born
in 1S53. He was reared and married at his native
place, where he learned the trade uf furnaceman, and in
1S78 came to the United States and located at Chicago,
where he was employed at his vocation. In 18s2 he re-
moved to Lowmoor, Alleghany County, Virginia, where
he became superintendent of furnaces for the Lowmoor
Iron Company, aad in 1895 went to Middlesboro, Ken-
tucky, where lie has continued to follow his trade. He
is a republican in his political allegiance, and as a fra-
tcrnalist is identified with the Knights of Pythias. Mr.
Butler married Miss Mary Sayres, who was born at
London, England, in li>53, their marriage occurring in
1872. They became the parents of four children: William
Sayres; Alice, who married Gatewood L. Sehumaker, an
insurance man of Covington, Virginia; Frank R., general
foreman for the Chesapeake & Ohio liailroad at Lexing-
ton, Kentucky; and Edward Walter, paymaster for a
large contracting concern at Detroit, Michigan.

William S. Butler attended the public schools of Ro-
anoke, Virginia, and after graduating from the high
school of that city in 1890 entered the Virginia Poly-
technic Institute at Blacksburg, Virginia, and completed
a mechanical eugineernig course in 1892, receiving the
degree of Mechanical Engineer. For three years he
followed the trade of machinist with the Lowmoor Iron
Company at Lowmoor, Virginia, aud then removed to
Clifton Forge, that state, where he secured employment
with the Chesapeake ic Ohio Railroad Company, remain-
ing two years. He severed his connection with that road
to return to Roanoke, Virginia, where for 2% years he
was identified with the Norfolk A: Western Kailroad Com-
pany, following which he was variously situated at dif-
ferent places in the South, with several railroad systems,
until 1899. In April of that year he returned to the
Chesapeake & Ohio as a machinist at Hand ley, West
Virginia, and at the end of 2*£ years was promoted
to be roundhouse foreman. A little later he gained
further promotion, to the post of general foreman. In
1904 he was made assistant master mechanic at Lexing-
ton, Kentucky, with the same company, and iu 1905 was
transferred to Hinton, West Virginia, in the same ca-
pacity. In 1909 he came to the Huntington shops as
assistant master mechanic, having jurisdiction over all
departments of the large shops at this place, and in the
following year was appointed master mechanic, his juris-
diction being extended to include the Huntington, Logan,
Big Sandy and Ashland divisions of the Chesapeake A;
Ohio system. In 1920 he was made assistant to the gen-
eral superintendent, Western General Division, a post
which he holds at this time. Mr. Butler's offices are
situated in the passenger depot, second floor, on Seventh
Avenue, between Ninth and Ttnth streets. While Mr.
Butler's chief interest is centered in the work of the
railroad, he has other connections, and is secretary and
treasurer of the Huntington Investment Company. In
his political affiliation he recognizes no party lines, taking
an independent stand and voting for the man rather
than the organization. He is a member of Ilinton Lodge
No. G2, A. F. and A. M., and a life member of Hinton

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Lodge No. 821, B. P. 0. E. and belongs to the American
Bailway Association.

In January, 1895, at Eich Patch, Virginia, Mr. Butler
married Miss Lillie W. Stull, daughter of Cornelius T.
and Nannie (McCoy) Stull, the latter a resident of Eich
Patch, where Mr. Stull, now deceased, was formerly a
prosperous farmer. Four children have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Butler: Stanley Cornelius; Maude, the
wife of Eecord Paul Trumbo, car inspector for the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Eailroad in the Huntington shops; Bessie,
the wife of William Diehl, head bookkeeper for the
Huntington National Bank; and William Stull, residing
with his parents, a senor in the Huntington High School.
The Butler home is a comfortable, modern residence, sit-
uated at No. 1425 Boulevard Avenue, in addition to
which Mr. Butler is the owner of other real estate at
Huntington and a farm of 715 acres at Eich Patch,
Virginia.

Stanley Cornelius Butler, son of William S. Butler, is a
graduate of the West Virginia University, where he
specialized in agriculture. During the World war he
enlisted in the United States Army, and left the train-
ing camp with the rank of second lieutenant, going over-
seas with the Machine Gun Company of the Three
Hundred and Thirteenth Infantry, Seventy-ninth Divi-
sion. He was promoted to first lieutenant while iu
France, where he spent eighteen months in active service,
and during this time took part in a number of battles,
including the major engagement in the Argonne sector,
where he was seriously wounded. Upon his return to
the United States and subsequent honorable discharge
from the army he accepted a position as instructor and
director of agriculture and athletics at the district
high school at Kingwood, West Virginia, where he now
makes his home.

Joe Witcher Dinqess. One of the younger members of
the Cabell County bar, who has just entered upon the
practice of his profession at Huntington, with every
promise of attaining a leading place therein in the
future, is Joe Witcher Dingess. He was born at Ham-
lin, Lincoln County, West Virginia, March 8, 1900, and
is a son of Jerry Witcher and Belle (Hainor) Dingess.

Jerry Witcher Dingess, now a resident of Huntington,
was born April 8, 1879, near Hamlin, West Virginia,
and was reared on a farm in Lincoln County, where he
received a rural school education. He was married in
that county, and as a young man formed a connection
with the American Book Company, working for that
concern's interests in Lincoln County until 1901 and
then removing to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1905 he
located at Huntington, being still identified with the
same company, but in 1908 severed his connectiou there-
with to become district manager, covering the south-
eastern states, for the Columbus Heating and Ventilat-
ing Company of Columbus, Ohio, a position which he
retained until 1912. In that year he was appointed
postmaster of Huntington, during President Wilson's
administration, but resigned his office in 1917 to accept
a position with the John C. Winston Book Company of
Philadelphia. He is in the educational department of
this company, and while his home remains at Hunting-
ton, his territory is the entire United States. As a
democrat Mr. Dingess has been prominent in the ranks
of his party, and in the past has been candidate for
mayor of Huntington and for state senator, but met with
defeat for the offices because of his residence in a strong
republican district. He is a devout member of the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of Huntington. Mr. Dingess
assisted in the organization of the old Westmoreland
Country Club, of which he was a charter member. In
Lincoln County he was united in marriage with Miss
Belle Hainor, who was born September 28, 1876, near St.
Albans, West Virginia, and Joe Witcher is their only
child.

The early education of Joe Witcher Dingess was se-
cured in the public schools of Huntington, and after
his graduation from high school in 1917, he attended

Washington and Lee University, taking a full course
the law department. As a member of the class of 1!
he was given the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Wb
attending college Mr. Dingess was admitted to me
bership in the Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Phi college fit
ternities. On September 27, 1921, he entered upon f; ,
practice of his profession at Huntington, where} 1 1
maintains well-appointed offices in the Ohio Valley Ba
Building. His professional career thus far has be, :
a limited one, but he has already attracted a good cli(t :
tele and is regarded as one of the rising young ;l
torneys of the city.

Politically Mr. Dingess is a democrat, and his religicj t
connection is with the Fifth Avenue Baptist Chun y
He belongs to the Guyan Country Club and the GypU-
Club. During the World war he held the rank of c|[?
poral in the Students Army Training Corps at Wa s k:
ington and Lee University. He is not married.

Will Delafield Hereford, M. D. For seven years I, r .
Will Delafield Hereford has figured prominently in tjt'
medical profession of Huntington, and has maintain^
throughout his career a high standard of ethics a> a
honorable principles. A man of skill and capability, ai »
an authority on the diseases of children, he has riat [
in his profession and has deservedly won the positii ;
he holds among his fellow physicians.

Doctor Hereford was born May 21, 1880, at Sal
Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia, a son of Cassii [
Dade and Anna May (Both) Hereford. He traces h [
ancestry directly back to Peter Hereford, of Englan t
born in 1300, and belongs to the branch of this old aijj
honored family which was transplanted from Englh(,
soil to American during Colonial times, the immigraiL
settling in Virginia. Sydenham Hereford, the graa|
father of Doctor Hereford, was born in King Williaiih
County, Virginia, in 1809, and as a young man moved fji
a pioneer into Putnam County, West Virginia, where Ifc
was a distinguished physician and surgeon for man,
years. He died at Bed House, Putnam County, in 188-ji
full of years and honors. Sydenham Hereford marrie|
Miss Foweree, of Maryland, who died at Eed Housi^
West Virginia, in 1862, aged thirty-five years.

Cassius Dade Hereford was born November 14, 184l|,
in Putnam County, where he was reared and educates
and as a young man went to Marshall, Missouri, wher,
he engaged in mercantile business. In 1872 he returne|
to West Virginia and settled at Saint Albans, where
engaged in general merchandising and eventually becam^
the leading merchant of the place, with a trade tha'f,
extended all over the countryside. As he grew
prominence in business circles he extended the scope 0j
his operations and added to his interests, and was on^,
of the organizers of the Bank of Saint Albans, of whicljf
he was president until his death in November, 1918. ll
democrat in politics, he was prominent in civic affair^
and served as mayor of Saint Albans for one term, iu'
addition to filling other public trusts. As a churchma^
he was a strong supporter of the Baptist faith and ij.
liberal contributor to the movements of that denomina^
tion. Fraternally he was affiliated with the Masons, thi£
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights oj^,
Pythias and the Improved Order of Eed Men, and in th( fc
last named was state keeper of the wampum of tht^
Grand Lodge of West Virginia for several years. H( i(
was a man of the strictest integrity and enjoyed thc fcl
confidence of all with whom he came into contact. Mr^
Hereford married Miss Anna May Both, who was borij,
at CoTder, Lafayette County, Missouri, and survives hnU|,
as a resident of Saint Albans. They became the parents/
of five children: Harry Kendall, who died at the age^
of six months; Will Delafield, of this review; Cassius ij
Dade, Jr., who died at the age of eight months; Walterj
Donaldson, a graduate of Washington and Lee Uni-jj
versity, degree of Bachelor of Arts, and of the Westi,
Virginia University law department, degree of Bachelor i
of Law, and is now a prominent attorney of Oklahoma..
City, Oklahoma; and Herbert Both, of Saint Albans,'

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is connected with the United States Ordnance Plant
nth Charleston,
erbert Roth Hereford, youngest son of Mr. and
i. C. D. Hereford, was born in St. Albans, West Vir-
la, April 28, 1S92. He attended the Hoge Military
[demy, University of Oklahoma, Washington and Leo
iversity and Smithdeal Business College. He en-
id in the Second West Virginia (fnfantry) Regiment
fcharleston, West Virginia, May 4, 1917, as a musi-
i in the Regimental Band. On September 25, 1917,
regiment left Kanawha City, West Virginia, where
were in camp, for Camp Shelby, nattiesburg, Mis-
ippi. The regiment was stationed there until en-
Ined for Camp Merritt, New York, Septemher 25, 1918.
y embarked on the English ship Demosthenes at
litreal, Canada, October 3, 1918, landed in Liverpool,
jland, October 15, following, from Liverpool went to
ichester, South Hampton, crossed the English Channel
F landed at La Havre, France. From there the regi-
pt was sent fo Le Mans, France, where it was split,
ding the band to Base Hospital at Nevers, France,
I ordered from there to Gondrccourt, France, for
deal examination, detached there from the Second
st Virginia Band and attached to the Sixth U. S.
Sjineers' Band in the Third Division, stationed at
iitendung, Germany, arrived with this regiment De-
uber 25, 1918, was stationed there until receiving sail-
' orders for the States, August 9, 1919. Mr. Hereford
b shipped back as casual on the U. S. S. President
int from Brest, France, and discharged at Camp Dix,

Jersey, August 26, 1919.
te married Miss Ruby Barker, daughter of Mr. and
u I. L. Barker, February 11, 1922. Mr. Hereford is
v employed at the XT. S. Naval Ordnance Plant, at
itth Charleston, West Virginia.

Kfter attending the graded school at Saint Albans and
ft high school at Charleston, Will Delafield Hereford
■oiled as a student at West Virginia University, where
■passed through the junior year. He then entered the
itimore Medical College, from which he was graduated
fh the class of 1903, receiving the degree of Doctor of
ftdicine. While at college he was admitted to the Phi
ima Kappa and Theta Nu Epsilon Greek letter college
Eternities. Later he took post-graduate work for
I; year at the Baltimore Medical College, and in 1904
iered upon the practice of his profession at Saint
jpans, remaining there until 1910. He then changed his
Ine of operations to Macon, Georgia, where he re-
■ined until 1915, and in that year went to New York
ly, where he did special post-graduate work in the
liases of children for ahout a year. In 1915 he came
^Huntington, where he has since followed his profes-
Wh,, paying particular attention to his specialty, in
4ich he has gained something more than a local reputa-
ii. He has won recognition as a well-trained and able
fnber of his profession, and is thoroughly abreast of
progress made in medical science. His offices are
lated at 1008-9 First National Bank Building, Hunt-
iton, where he maintains a large medical library and all
latest appliances known to his profession. Doctor
Ireford is a member of the Cabell County Medical
iety, the West Virginia State Medical Society, the
erican Medical Association and the American Con-
kss on Internal Medicine. In his political allegiance
! supports the principles and candidates of the demo-
ftic party, but has never sought preferment at the
ids of his party or his fellow-citizens. His religious
ih ia that of the Episcopal Church. Fraternally Doctor
reford is identified with Washington Lodge No. 58,
'F. and A. M., of Saint Albans; Tyrian Chapter No.
B. A. M., of Charleston; Huntington Commandery No.
EL T.; and Beni-Kedem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. 8.,
! Charleston. He also belongs to the Guyan Country
b of Huntington.

!n 1905, at Scott Depot, West Virginia, Doctor Here-
3 married Miss Sallie Handley, daughter of Fred G.
t Mary (Morris) Handley, who reside at Scott Depot,

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where Mr. Handley is a retired agriculturist. Doctor and
Mrs. Hereford have no children.

Benjamin Bruce Burns. The wide-awake operator in
lumber in almost any aection ia able to accomplish results
under normal business conditions, and that many havo
availed themselves of advantageous circumstances the
prosperity of a number of largo concerns evidences. It
is in this field that has been secured the success of Benja-
min Bruce Burns, a leading lumber operator of Hunting-
ton, West Virginia, whose identification with various
important interests has served to add to their prosperity
and general growth.

Mr. Burns was born at Burnsville, Braxton County,
West Virginia, December 1, 1S69, a son of Cnpt. John
M. and Mary (Campbell) Burns. The Burns family is
of Scotch-Irish origin and the progenitor of the branch
to which Benjamin B. Burns belongs immigrated from
Ireland to America about the time of the War of the
Revolution, settling in the Colony of Virginia. The
grandfather of Mr. Burns, Benjamin Burbredge Blackburn
Burns, was born in Maryland, whence he removed to
Marion County, Virginia, and died at or near Fair-
mont, West Virginia, prior to the birth of his grand-
son, after a long and successful career passed in agri-
cultural pursuits. He married Margaret Stewart, who
was born in Pennsylvania and died in Center County,
that state.

Capt. John M. Burns was born in 1834, in Maryland,
and was reared in what is now Marion County, West
Virginia, but was married in Highland County, Virginia.
At the outbreak of the war between the states, he en-
listed in Company A, Thirty-first Regiment, Virginia
Volunteer Infantry, with which he served during the
entire period of the war, for a time being under the
command of the great Southern leader, Stonewall Jack-
son. An intrepid soldier and officer, he saw much hard
fighting during the war, and at the battle of Port
Republic, Virginia, received a serion9 wound. About the
time that peace was declared he located at Burnsville,
where he became a pioneer in the lumber industry and
where he gained widespread interests. Tic established
a sawmill and lumber yard at Burnsville, which place
was named in his honor, and some time thereafter, with
two of hi9 brothers. David and Gideon M., and J. R.
noffman, inventor of the band mill, installed the third
mill of that character in the United States, at Burns-
ville. Mr. Burns was a democrat, but not a politician,
although a good citizen who supported worthy civic
measures. He was an active member of the Presbyterian
Church and belonged to the Masonic fraternity. His
death occurred at Burnsville in 1877, when he was but
forty-three years of age, death probably being has-
tened by his war experiences. Mr. Burns married Mary
Campbell, who was born in 1^39, in Highland County,
Virginia, and died at Huntington in 1919, and to this
union there were born six children: Gertrude, who died
in childhood; Margaret H., who died unmarried at Hunt-
ington, West Virginia, aged forty-six years; Benjamin
Bruce, of this review; Daisy C, who died unmarried at
Huntington, aged forty-four years ; Lucretia M., who is
unmarried and a resident of Huntington; and John M.,
formerly a lumber operator, who died aged thirty-two
years at Ashevillc, North Carolina.

The education of Benjamin B. Burns was started in
the public schools at Burnsville, and later he went to
Baltimore, Maryland, where he completed his graded
and high school courses. Graduating from the latter with
the class of 18^S, he went to Elizabeth, West Virginia,
whither the mills had been removed from Burnsville,
and become associated with the old firm of Burns
Brothers, under which name the business established
by his father was then being conducted. He eontinned
thus until 1899, when, together with C. L. Ritter and
M. N. Offutt, he founded the Tug River Lumber Com-
pany, with headqnartera at Welch, West Virginia, where
they operated four years. Following this the same firm

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operated at Bristol, Virginia, for six years. Messrs.
Burns, Ritter and Offutt are still associates in the lumber
business, their interests therein having been incorporated
into the Rockcastle Lumber Company in 1909. Mr.
Burns is secretary and treasurer of this concern. He
is also vice president and treasurer of the Ritter-Burns
Lumber Company, secretary and treasurer of the C. L.
Ritter Company, secretary and treasurer of the C. L.
Ritter Lumber Company, vice president and treasurer
of the Ritter Hardwood Lumber Company, and general
manager, secretary and treasurer of the Turkey Foot
Lumber Company. Mr. Burns removed to Huntington
to reside in 1910, and in this city maintains offices on
the eleventh floor of the First National Bank Building.
The lumber interests with which he is identified are
among the largest in West "Virginia.

Mr. Burns is an independent democrat in his political
views. He is a member of the First Presbyterian
Church of Huntington, of which he is treasurer, belongs
to the Guyandot Club, the Guyan Country Club and the
Chamber of Commerce, and is prominent fraternally,
being a thirty-second degree Mason of Huntington Lodge
No. 53, A. F. and A. M., Huntington Chapter No. 6,
R. A. M., Huntington Commandery No. 9, K. T., West Vir-
ginia Consistory No. 1, of Wheeling, and Acca Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S., of Richmond, and holding member-
ship also in Huntington Lodge No. 313, B. P. 0. E.
He owns a modern residence on Park Hills, Huntington.

In 1902, at Victoria, Texas, Mr. Burns was united in
marriage with Miss Ethel Brownson, daughter of John
M. and Catherine (McDowell) Brownson, the latter of
whom resides at Victoria, Texas, where Mr. Brownson,
now deceased, was formerly president of the First Na-
tional Bank. Mrs. Burns is a graduate of Bellwood
Seminary, Anchorage, Kentucky. Three children have
come to Mr. and Mrs. Burns: Katherine B., a student at
Madeira School, Washington, D. C. ; Ethel, a high school
student at Huntington; and Benjamin Bruce, Jr., a student
at the McCallie School, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Joseph Lindell Keener, who has been identified closely
with the banking, industrial and civic affairs of the City
of Morgantown for a quarter of a century and has won
success and prominence both as a man of large inter-
ests and as a public-spirited citizen of enlightened and
progressive views, was born at Taylortown, Greene County,
Pennsylvania, January 13, 1871, a son of the late George
Ira and Nan (Hickman) Keener, natives of the same
county. In 1879 George I. Keener removed to a farm
near Clay Center, Kansas, subsequently going to Okla-
homa, where he died near Hobart, that state, in 1902,
at the age of fifty-four years.

Joseph Lindell Keener was graduated from the public
schools of Clay Center, Kansas, in 1887, following which
he was self-educated as a stenographer. He made use of
this vocation in his youth and also kept a set of land title
abstract books at Clay Center until December, 1890, when
he became identified with the Equitable Mortgage Com-
pany at Kansas City, Missouri, as a stenographer and as-
sistant in the examination of titles. He remained with this
concern until May, 1893, at which time he went to Lake
Charles, Louisiana, and became bookkeeper for the First
National Bank, there working his way to assistant cashier,
a post which he held at the time of leaving the institution
in November, 1897. He then became cashier of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Morgantown, West Vir-
ginia, a position which he occupied until the fall of 1912,
when he became vice president.

Mr. Keener is president of the Bishop Garage and Sup-
ply Company, president of the Morgantown Post Company,
president of the Chaplin Collieries Company, secretary and
treasurer of the United States Window Glass Company,
treasurer of the Morgantown Savings and Loan Society,
and is also secretary and treasurer of the United States
Sheet & Window Glass Company, of Columbus, Ohio, now
building a large window glass plant at Shreveport, Louisi-
ana, He is also a vice president of the West Virginia
Manufacturers Association, is a Rotarian and a member of

the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. He
a member of the Mont Chateau Club of Morgantown; t
Fairmont Country Club of Fairmont, West Virginia; t
Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Pit
burgh Athletic Association, also of that city; and t
Transportation Club of New York City. He belongs !
Morgantown Commandery, Knights Templar, and Or«'
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Wheeling, West Virginia. ',
On May 23, 1900, Mr. Keener was united in marria;
with Miss Ida Irons, daughter of George Irons, at Kana
City, Missouri, and to this union there have been born
son and a daughter: Louisa, born September 11, 190!
and Joseph L., Jr., born February 1, 1907.

J. Louis D'awson, district sales manager of the Ironto
Engine Company at Huntington, is one of the young'
generation of business men who has advanced to a positf
of influence and importance through the medium of his (Hi
efforts. He entered upon his career of self-support whr
he was only a small lad, and the success that he has gain*
has come as a result of his faith in self, his unwavering
perseverance and a native ajbility that has aided him m;
terially in the overcoming of such obstacles as have a i
peared in his path.

Mr. Dawson was born at Tazewell, Tazewell County, Vi: i
ginia, May 7, 18S8, and is a son of John H. and Evely j
(Graham)) Dawson. His grandfather, James Dawson, to
born at Tazewell, where he was reared, educated and ma>
ried, and where he was a pioneer blacksmith, a trade ivhic
he followed throughout the active part of his career. 1
1S87 he retired and removed to Bluefield, West Virginia
where he died in 1892. He married a Miss Metheny, wh 1
was born and died at Tazewell, and one of their sons, Wii
liam Russell Dawson, is now assistant general manager o
the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

John H. Dawson was born at Tazewell, Virginia, iiil
1848, and spent his entire life at that place, where fo
divided his time between farming and blacksmithing. H<
died in the faith of the Christian Church in September, 1888,
the same year that his son J. Louis was born. He marriec
Evelyn Graham, who was born in Tazewell County, Virginiai
in 1853, and who survives him as a resident of Henley !
Ohio. They became the parents of four children: Robert!
Otis, who died aged eleven years; Ollie, who died when
seven years of age; Nellie, who died at the age of thirty
two years; and J. Louis.

J. Louis Dawson was six months old when his fathei
died, and when he was four years of age was taken by his
mother to Wise County, Virginia. There it was that he
acquired such schooling as he was able to obtain, in sill
about three six-month terms. Although this was the extent'
of his attendance at an institution of learning, Mr. Dawson
today possesses a remarkably good education, which he has
acquired in the different positions he has held, in reading
and studying at home, in his travels, and in his association
with business people and well-selected acquaintances. When
he was only eight years of age he entered the coal mines
at Toms Cireek, Virginia, where he worked for five years,
and then removed to Norton, Virginia, where he was suc-
cessively employed in the mines, in the coal company's store
and in the engineering department until 1907. He next
secured employment with the Clinchfield Coal Corporation at
Dante, Virginia, starting in the engineering department,
where he remained until made mine foreman, and in 1910
came to Gary, West Virginia, as mine foreman for the
United States Coal and Coke Company, a position which he '
filled for about one year. Mr. Dawson next accepted a \
position with the New River Pocahontas Consolidated Coal
Company at Berwind, West Virginia, where he remained as
mine foreman until June, 1912, then removing to Big Creek,
West Virginia, where he was manager for the Black Hawk
Colliery Company for four years. In 1916 he was made
superintendent for the Amherstdale Coal Company at Am-
herstdale, West Virginia, but after six months resigned to
begin selling electrical mine supplies for the Virginian
Electric and Machine Works of Charleston, West Virginia,
covering Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, until De-

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295

»ber, 1918. He then started aa salea engineer for the
[ronton Engine Company of Ironton, Ohio, covering West
[irginia out of Huntington, and in September, 1919, was
promoted to be district sales manager, with offices at Hunt-
wgton, a position which he atill retains. The Ironton En-
line Company manufactures electric storage battery
bcomotives for use in coal mines, and during the period of
fis incumbency of his present office Mr. Dawson hns built up
[he leading business of its kind in West Virginia, Virginia
ad Kentucky. lie maintains well appointed offices in the
llobson-Pritcbard Building, Huntington.
Mr. Dawson is a republican in polities, and as a frater-
alist is prominent, belonging to the following orders:
llaatington Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M.; Huntington
Lodge of Perfection No. 4; Huntington Chapter No. 4,
{. A. M., Knighta of the Rose Croix; Albert Pike Council,
Cnights Kadosh; West Virginia Consistory No. 1, of
Vhccling, a thirty-second degree Mason; Beni-Kcdem Tcm-
le, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Charleston ; and Mizpah Lodge
L'o. 213, K. of P., of Big Creek, West Virginia, which he
I elped to organize, of which he was representative to the
Jrand Lodge iu 1915 and 1916, and of which he is a past
i hancellor. He is a stockholder in one of the leading coal
I ompanies of West Virginia and of another in Virginia,
[md is the owner of a modern brick residence at No. 609
Twelfth Avenue, Huntington, and of a home at Henley,
)hio, occupied by bis mother.

, In 1913, at Logan, West Virginia, Mr. Dawson married
diss Maude Kilgore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Newton
vilgore, the latter of whom is deceased. Mr. Kilgore is a
resident of Wise, Virginia, where he is a leading criminal
awyer of the locality and active in republican politics.
Three children have come to Mr. and Mrs. Dawson: J.
_ouis, Jr., born in August, 1914; Dorothy Virginia, born
n November, 1916; and Maude Elizabeth, born in March,
1919.

I Harold James Spelman, of Huntington, holds the
position of division engineer with the West Virginia State
Road Commission, and is giving most effective technical and
executive service in this important office. He was born
it Rochester, New York, March 15, 18SS, and is a son of
James O. and Mary (Coles) Spelman, of that city. He has
me brother, Edwin B., of Rochester, New York.

Harold J. Spelman was graduated in 1910 from Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, with the degree of Civil
Engineer, he being a member of the Kappa Psi fraternity
it that institution. After his graduation Mr. Spelman was
for seven years engaged in professional service with the
Xew York State Highway Department, and thereafter he
was for eighteen months in the employ of the United States
Bureau of Public Roads, with headquarters at Charleston,
West Virginia. In this period he had direct charge of all
Federal-aid highway work in this state. In April, 1919, he
accepted his present position, that of division engineer of
the West Virginia State Road Commission. His offices are
maintained at Huntington.

Mr. Spelman and his wife are communicants of Trinity
Protestant Episcopal Church of Huntington. He is a Mason,
an associate member of the American Society of Civil En-
gineers, a member of the Cornell Society of Engineers, and
a certified member of the American Association of En-
gineers.

At LeRoy, New York, on the 2d of September, 1912, Mr.
Spelman wedded Miss Mary B. Wells, daughter of George
Harrison Wells and Mary (Anderson) Wells, of that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Spelman have one daughter, Mary Virginia,
bora September 28, 1914.

Oliver Wolcott Spelman, grandfather of the subject of
this review, was born in Connecticut, in 1820, and died at
Buffalo, New York, in 1895. He was a pioneer in the west-
era part of the old Empire State, was there a school teacher
when a young man, and later he was a merchant, a traveling
salesman and a newspaper editor. He was a descendant of
Richard Spelman, who came from England and settled at
Middletown, Connecticut, in 1700. About the same time
another branch of the family was founded in Virginia.
Mrs. Harold J. Spelman is affiliated with the Huntington

Chapter of the Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.

Edgar J. Lot, serving his second term as postmaster of
Romney, has for many years been regarded na one of Hnmp
shire County's moat useful citizens. He was an educator
in the early part of his life, has had his share of c*i>erieuce
as a practieal farmer and horticulturist, was county sur
veyor and has been one of the active men in the democratic
party.

The Loys arc a pioneer family in this section of old N ir
ginia. Its founder was William hoy, one of four brother
who eame from England. One of these brothers settled in
New Jersey, another in Maryland or Pennsylvania, and om-
in the Shenandoah Valley of old Virginia. William Loy. tin-
pioneer, established himself ou the Fairfax grant, tmiiir
where in Hampshire County, and made some of the first
improvements on the land in that vicinity. The Second
generation was represented also by William Loy, who-,
home was in the Augusta locality of the county, when- he
spent his life as a farmer and is buried at the old home
atead. He was a veteran of the war with Mexico. That
homestead haa been in the possession of three su«'ees»i\e
generations and is now owned by another William Loy.
The third generation of the family was represented by
George Loy, who was bora in the Ruekman community,
was a farmer there and also a Primitive Baptist minister.
In performing his church labors he traveled much over
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland, being the first Bap-
tist preacher from the South to venture cross the Mason
and Dixon line into Pennsylvania at the close of the war.
He married Jane Ann Cool, and both are buried in the
Mount Zion graveyard near Augusta. They had four sons
and three daughters: William, Jonathan, Robert and Har-
rison; Mary, who married Isaiah Heare; Eliza, who died
unmarried; and Tamar, who became Mrs. Robert Gray.

William Loy, father of Edgar J. Loy, was born Novem
ber 22, 1842, near Ruekman, and haa spent practically all
M3 life oa the farm and in the community where he wns
born and whero his father and grandfather before him
lived. He had only a limited education in local schools and
largely trained himself. To the task and responsibilities of
farming at the homestead he has devoted nearly all the
years of his active life. He was a Confederate volunteer
in 1S61, and went with the first troops from Romney to
Harpers Ferry, being mustered into Gen. A. I*. Hill's com-
mand. He was also with General Early's army in the in-
fantry and for a time was in General lmboden's cavalry
command. He was wounded in the battle of Fishers' Hill,
Virginia, and captured by the Federals, and for nine months
was in prison at Point Lookout, Maryland, being released at
the close of the war. He was a very excellent soldier. He
has kept up his associations with old Confederate veterans
and was a member of the camp as long as it held together.
Aside from his army experience he has lived a rather quiet
and modest life, participating in politics as a democrat,
and, while not a church member, clings to the faith of his
father, the old-school Baptist.

In his home community William Loy married a neighbor
girl, Miss Rebecca Starkey, daughter of John Starkey. She
died in 1919. Their children were: Edgar Johnson; Annie
J., wife of R. G. Cool, of Cbambersburg, Pennsylvania;
Sarah J., of Cumberland, Maryland; Martha J., wife of
Jonathan Heare, of Cumberland, Maryland; and Miss Ad
die J., of Cumberland, Maryland.

Edgar J. Loy was born at the old homestead April 17.
1S68, and until past his majority he lived in the environ-
ment of his forefathers. He acquired a common school
education, attended for two terms the Shenandoah Normal
School at Harrisonburg, Virginia, and at the age of twenty
begaa teaching. Teaching was his active profession for
fourteen years, and for twelve yeara of that time he car-
ried a first-grade certificate. For eight years he was a
member of the Board of County Examiners of teachers in
association with County Superintendent E. W. Noland.

After leaving the school room he devoted hia attention to
farming and surveying. He served his locality as notary
public for sixteen years. In 1904 he was elected county

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surveyor as successor of Robert Monroe. During the next
eight years be covered the whole of Hampshire County in
the prosecution of his work. His interest in local history
was aroused by the fact that in some of his surveying he
was following the footsteps of George Washington and
other pioneer surveyors who established the first corners
in this region. Mr. Loy after leaving the office of county
surveyor was for two years manager of the Moorefield
Nursery and Orchard Company, and then took up his duties
as postmaster of Romney. His first commission was dated
February 13, 1916, and his second commission is dated
June 5, 1920, both bearing the signature of Woodrow "Wil-
son. The Romney Post Office was a difficult one during the
World war, since it was the central office for the county in
handling all the added burdens of business connected with
the winning of the war, including the War Stamp sales

The Post Office was robbed January 20, 1919, entailing
a loss of about $5,000.

Mr. Loy has attended many local and district conven-
tions of the democratic party, and cast his first vote in 1892,
for Mr. Cleveland. His support has been given regularly
to the national candidate.

In Hampshire County, June 30, 1S90, he married Miss
Martha R. Kuckman, daughter of James T. and Caroline
(Fohs) Ruckman. She and Mr. Loy grew up in the same
neighborhood and were schoolmates.

John A. Chambers, who is serving as local magistrate
in the City of Bluefield, Mercer County, where he is also
president of the Bluefield Transfer Company, was born on
his father's farm at Peterstown February 7, 1851, and is a
son of Augustus F. and Mary Jane (Chambers) Chambers,
both natives of Monroe County, this state, where the father
was born on a farm near Peterstown in 1837, and the
mother was born in Peterstown. Augustus F. Chambers
was seventy-five years of age at the time of his death,
which occurred at Bluefield, and his wife passed to eterual
rest when sixty years of age. He was a son of Col. William
F. Chambers, who came from New Jersey and established
his residence in Monroe County, West Virginia, as now
constituted, in the early days and who became a man of
prominence and influence in public affairs in that county.
Augustus F. Chambers became through self-discipline a
man of superior education, even as by his own efforts he
achieved worthy success in material affairs. He was an im-
placable adversary of the secession of the Southern states
and made many ardent speeches against the movement.
When the Civil war was precipitated he was conscripted by
the Confederate government, but he refused to fight in the
military ranks of the South, but did consent to act as cook
for a time, as a matter of expediency. He finally made his
escape through the Confederate lines and after reaching the
State of Ohio he enlisted for service in the Union Army.
As a business man Mr. Chambers was for many years eu-
gaged in freighting with teams and wagons from Ports-
mouth, Ohio, to various points in West Virginia and Vir-
ginia, including Lynchburg, Petersburg and Richmond —
this having been prior to the era of railroads. At the time
of the Civil war the family of Mr. Chambers succeeded in
passing through the lines and finding refuge in Ohio,
whence all members returned to Monroe County, West Vir-
ginia, in 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers were earnest mem-
bers of the Methodist Church. They became the parents of
seven sons and seven daughters, all of whom survived the
honored father and twelve of whom are still living, John
A. of this review being the oldest of the number.

Owing to local conditions John A. Chambers was enabled
to attend school for a total of about three months only,
and the institution in which his limited early training was
thus obtained was a log cabin, with slab seats and oiled
paper in lieu of glass at the rude windows. He passed much
of his boyhood and early youth in making trips with his
father's overland freighting outfits, and be gained from
his father a splendid fund of practical information, while
his self-discipline has enabled him to widen effectively his
mental ken through association with men and affairs and
through well directed reading. He has ever been a stalwart
advocate of the principles of the republican party, and

made stump speeches in its behalf before he had attained
to his legal majority. He has continued to serve in this
way in connection with party campaigns in the long inter-
vening years. That he gained a good working education in
his youth needs no further voucher than the fact that when
he was twenty years old he successfully taught school at
Rock Camp. He was employed principally at farm work
until the time of his marriage, and then engaged in farm)
enterprise in an independent way. With his family he
finally removed to a farm which he rented in Summers
Couuty, but his political activities so offended landlords in
that county that they would not continue to rent him land.)
In 1894 he removed with his family to Bluefield, and here
he later erected his present modern and attractive residence
on Bluefield Avenue. From the modest teaming business
which Mr. Chambers here established has been developed
the substantial and prosperous euterprise now conducted
by the Bluefield Transfer Company, of which he is the
president. He has served as magistrate for twenty years..
He continues a vital supporter of the cause of the republican:
party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, South.

In 1873 Mr. Chambers wedded Miss Elizabeth S. Crotty,
who had been a childhood schoolmate and who is a daughter
of the late James T. Crotty. Mr. aud Mrs. Chambers have
five sons and three daughters, and the youngest of the num-
ber, Claude, served most loyally with the American Expe-
ditionary Forces in France in the World war, besides hav-
ing been with the allied Army of Occupation in Germany
after the signing of the historic armistice.

Arch C. Morgan. In keeping with the somewhat diversi-
fied experience that has characterized his career Mr. Morgan
is one of the very busy men of affairs iu the City of Hunt-
ington, though his chief business is as district manager for
the Fidelity Investment Association.

Mr. Morgan 's family has been in the Upper Panhandle of }
West Virginia, in the section around Wheeling, for four
generations, his great-grandfather having been associated
with that little group of pioneers represented in the Van
Meter community of Ohio County almost at the beginning
of settlement. Mr. Morgan himself was born in Ohio
County, August 10, 1877.

His father, Louis B. Morgan, was boru in Ohio County,
February 11, 1844, and spent most of his active life in that
vicinity, where he conducted extensive farming operations
until 18S8, when he moved into the City of Wheeling, and
thereafter worked at the potter's trade. He died at Wheel-
ing, July 4, 1913. He was a democrat in politics, a Mason,
and one of the most earnest and liberal supporters of the I
Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Emma Cordelia 1
Dunlap, who was born in Ohio County, August 26, 1849, and i|
is still living at Wheeling. They had a family of seven I
children : John Gaylord, a potter, who died at Wheeling in \
1909; Julius Erville, a dealer in wholesale paints at Wheel-)]
ing; Ira, who died at the age of two years; Louie Bertha, jj
wife of Frank L. Lowe, a stock salesman at Huntington; i|
Arch C. ; Callie Eudora, at home; and Nellie, who died at Sj
the age of three years.

Arch C. Morgan spent his early life on the farm and
attended rural schools, but his consecutive schooling was I
ended when he was eleven years of age. For about three |
years he was on trains of the Baltimore & Ohio Kailroad as I
a newsboy, and was then taken off the train service and for 1
a year was assistant office agent for the Union News Com- 1
pany at Wheeling. His next work was in the pottery indus- 1
try, and for four years altogether he was with the Warwick i
China Company of Wheeling and with the Wheeling Pottery ■
Company. Beginning in 1896, Mr. Morgan for two years I
represented Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia as a J
traveling salesman for the G. H. Hammond Company. For I
another two years he had an interesting experience on the |
road, following the vaudeville and other theatrical circuits I
with a troupe of canary birds which he had himself trained
and which he exhibited over most of the United States. I
When he retired from the road Mr. Morgan located at J
Wheeling and was in the wholesale butterine and egg busi- i
ness until 1913, when be joined the Elkins Coal and Coke

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Hmpany as salesman, with headquarters at Wheeling and
fcveland. Early in 1915 he became associated with the
delity Investment Association as a bond salesman, at first
1th headquarters at Parkeraburg, but in 1917 was trans-
1 rred to Huntington as district manager for this company,
is offices are in the First National Bank Building.
I In addition to his active work for this company Mr. Mor-
is is a stockholder in the Emmons-Hawkins Hardware

■ >mpany of Huntington, the First National Bank, the
lidas Oil and Gas Company of Huntington, the Klimite
■tint Company of Wheeling.

I lie ia a democrat, a member of the Presbyterian Church,
I affiliated with Huntington Lodge No. 313, Benevolent and
Irotective Order of Elks, and the Guyaa Country Club.
I e has one of the fine homes in Huntington, at 1545 Fifth

■ venue. August 8, 1917, at East St. Louis, Illinois, Mr.
I organ married Miss Elizabeth Stoddard Emmons, daughter
I' Col. DeLos W. and Mary Jane (Stoddard) Emmons, now
I ceased. Her father was an active associate of the old
I -ntral Land Company and one of the founders of the City
I: Huntington. Mrs. Morgan is a graduate of a college
I Cincinnati, and also attended Marshall College at Hunt-
Igtou.

I Rev. J. Taylob Stinson, pastor of the First Baptist
I hurch at Bluefield, Mercer County, is a native of Vir-
inia and member of a family represented ia the Baptist
I inistry for three generations.

I lie was born on a farm in Russell County, Virginia, Feb-
jiary S, 1880, aoa of John Thomas and Virginia (Taylor)
Ftinson. His paternal grandfather was Rev. Robert Stin-
' >n, a native of Russell County and a Baptist minister.
F he maternal grandfather, Emby Taylor, was a native of
| ussell County and a Confederate soldier. John T. and
I irginia Stinson were born in Russell County, and are still
I ving on their farm there.

I One of a family of seven sons and two daughters, J.
Paylor Stinson began his education in country aehools,
[lught six terms, at the age of twenty became a member

I f the Baptist Church and in 1905 was ordained to the
linistry. In that year he entered Richmond University,
ad while a student he served the Baptist ehurches located

I I Cartersville, Columbia and Perkins as pastor. He gradu-
ted A. B. from Richmond University in 1909, spent one
ear in Union Theological Seminary at Richmond and did
•oat-graduate work in Temple University at Philadelphia,
le is a member of the Anacbreidal, wbieh is an honor so-
iety of University of Richmond, and has been for several
ears a member of the Board of Trustees of the university.

f le preached for six years at the three charges above named
.nd for two years was pastor of the Tarwallet Church at
Cumberland Court House, Virginia. For eight years he
vas pastor of the church at Lebanon in bis native county,
ind while ia Russell County he also served the churehes at
iethel and Green Valley and organized the Glade Church
n Russell County and Steelsburg Chureh in Tazewell County.

Rev. M. Stinson accepted the call to the First Baptist
Church of Bluefield in February, 1919, and in his three
•ears' ministry there has received over 400 members into
lis church. He is a member of the committee having in
:harge the Baptiat College Building at Bluefield. He is
^resident of the Ministerial Association of Bluefield, is a
nember of the Rotary Club, and is a Mason.

In 1904 he married Miss Melissa Katharine Kiser, daogh-
:er of George L. Kiser, of Russell County. They have one
laughter, Kathleen Virginia.

John D. Rake is the efficient cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank of Richwood, Nicholas County, with which
*ubstantial and representative institution he has been con-
nected in this capacity sinee November 29, 1919, when he
was advanced from the position of assistant cashier to that
of cashier.

Mr. Rake was born in Jackson County. West Virginia,
July 31, 1890, and is a aon of Daniel M. and Sarah E.
(Smith) Rake, the former of whom was born in Kentucky,
, October 2, 1861, and the latter of whom was born in Noble
County, Ohio, June 10, 1865. In the public schools of his

notivo state Daniel M. Rake continued his studies until he
had profited by the advantages of the high school, and he
was seventeen years of age when ho became a resident of
West Virginia. Here he modo an excellent record as a
farmer, merchant and traveling salesman, and after his
marriage he established his residenco on a farm In Jackson
County, where he resided until 1912. He then removed to
Galia County, Ohio, where he ia now tho owner of a valua-
ble farm property of 240 acres, and where he is a substan-
tial and representative citizen of his community. Ilia po-
litical support is given to the republican party, he and
his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, and his fraternal alliances are with the Masonic
fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Of
the children in the family circle the oldest is Julia, who is
the wife of Seldon 11. Curry, of Cleveland, Ohio; Elizabeth
is the wife of Emmet natton, of Portsmouth, Ohio; John
D., of this sketeh, was the next in order of birth; James C,
a graduate of tho high school, remains at the parental
home; Ora is, in 1922, a student in Rio Grande College, us
is also Sue, both having previously graduated from high
school.

After having fully profited by the advantages of the
publie schools of his native county John D. Rake contin-
ued his studies in the West Virginia State Normal School
at West Liberty until his graduation in this institution, his
educational work having included also attendance in West-
ern Reserve College, Ohio, and tho University of West
Virginia. He made an excellent record in the pedagogic
profession and was for three years principal of the high
school at Williamsburg, Greenbrier County. He gained his
initial banking experience at Fayetteville, Fayette Comity,
where he was advanced to the position of assistant cashier
of the bank whose service he had entered. In 1919 he took
a position as assistant cashier with the First National
Bank of Richwood, and soon afterward, on the 29th of
November of the same year, he was advanced to his pres-
ent executive office, that of cashier. The other officers of
the bank are as here designated: II. W. Armstrong, presi-
dent; H. S. Smith, vice president, both of these executives
being directors, as are also Dr. James McClung, Frederick
L. Space, J. A. Tensure, E. G. Fnerheim and J. W. Rake.

Mr. Rake is a republican in political allegiance, and in
the Masonic fraternity his affiliations are with Fayetteville
Lodge No. 57, A. F. and A. M., and Richwood Chapter No.
37, R. A. M., besides which he is affiliated with the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Sigma Nu college
fraternity.

Isaac H. Robbins, M v D., is recognized aa a man of high
professional ability and" is distinctly one of the leading
physicians and surgeons of Nicholas County. He is estab-
lished in successful general practice at Richwood, and sig-
nificant evidence of popular appreciation of his civic loy-
alty and progressiveness is that afforded in his being now
raavor of this thriving little city, to which executive office
he "was elected January 5, 1922, for the regular term of
three years.

Doctor Robbins was born at Mount Olivet, Robinson
County, Kentucky, July 7, 1S6S, and is a son of Caleb W.
and Permelia M. (Cray) Robbins, both natives of Bourbon
County, that state, where the former was born in D>25. at
Flat Rock, and where the latter was born in 1S30. The
father was reared on one of the fine farms of his native
county, and bis early education included a course in George-
town College, one of the excellent institutions of the Blue
Grass State, his wife having attended the M llersburg Fe-
male College. As a young maa Caleb W. Robbins taught
school for some time," and after his marriage he settled on
a farm in Bourbon County, whence he later removed to
Robinson County, where he continued to be engaged in farm
enterprise. He then removed to Nicholas County, where he
engaged in farming, and later removed to Morgan Connty,
Kentucky, where he and his wife passed the remainder of
their lives. His wife held membership in the Methodist
Church, while he was a member of the Christian Church.
Mr. Robbins was a stalwart advocate of the principles of
the democratic party, served as justice of the peace and in

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1876-7 he represented Nicholas and Robinson counties, Ken-
tucky, in the legislature of bis native state. Of the family
of eleven children only four are living in 1922, the eldest
of this number being Dr. M. A. Bobbins, who is engaged
in the practice of medicine at Carter, Kentucky; Doctor L.
F. is a representative physician and surgeon at Ashland,
that state; Lena is the wife of Simon Williams, of Seattle,
Washington; and Doctor Isaac H., of this review, is the
youngest of the number.

In his native state Dr. Isaac H. Robbins was reared to
adult age, and there his early educational advantages were
those of the public schools. In 1889-90 he was a student
in the medical department of the University of Louisville,
and after these two years of discipline he attended the
Kentucky School of Medicine for one year. In 1S92 he
graduated from the Eclectic Medical College in the City of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1893 he took a post-graduate
course in the Scudder Eclectic Medical College. In 1899 he
graduated from Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Mis-
souri, and he thus holds the degree of Doctor of Medicine
both in the regular and the Eclectic schools of practice. In
1892 he engaged in practice at Olive II ill, Kentucky, and
later he was engaged in practice in turn at Carter, Salt
Lick and Moorchead, that state. From the last mentioned
place he returned to Salt Lick, where he conducted a hos-
pital in connection with his general practice until he came
to West Virginia and engaged in practice at Craigsville,
Nicholas County. Later he amplified the scope of his pro-
fessional field by establishing his residence in the City of
Richwood, where he has built up and retains a large and
representative general practice. The doctor is a member
of the Webster, Nicholas, By Manual Medical Society, the
West Virginia State Medical Society and the American
Medical Association. At Moorchead, Kentucky, he still
maintains affiliation with the lodges of the Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He is a director of the Citizens Bank of Rich-
wood, is a stockholder in the Richwood Stone Company
and has valuable real estate interests both in Nicholas
County and in the State of Florida. He is a resourceful
and loyal supporter of the principles of the democratic
party, and his vital interest in the welfare of his home city
has been marked by the objective appreciation indicated
in his having twice been elected mayor of Richwood, of
which municipal office he is the vigorous and progressive
incumbent at the time of this writing.

At Newfoundland, Elliott County, Kentucky, in 1S89, was
solemnized the marriage of Dr. Robbins and Miss Rutli E.
De Hart, who was born and reared in Virginia. Of the five
children of this union four are living: Mildred M., a gradu-
ate of the high school and of a business college at Clarks-
burg, is now employed as stenographer in the offices of the
Cherry River Boom & Lumber Company; John W., who
graduated from the high school, was one of the gallant
young representatives of West Virginia in the nation's
military service in the great World war, be having taken
part in a number of the important battles in which the
American Expeditionary Forces were involved in France
and having at one time been severely gassed; Harry E. is,
in 1922, a student in the Richwood High School; and Vir-
ginia Ruth is the youngest member of the parental home
circle.

Emerson E. Deitz had the distinction of serving as the
first mayor of Richwood, Nicholas County, and has been
closely and prominently associated with the development
and progress of this vital little city, in which be now con-
ducts one of the leading mercantile enterprises.

Mr. Deitz was born at Hominy Falls, this county, De-
cember 13, 1S69, and is a son of Joseph D. and Virginia
(Ellis) Deitz, both likewise natives of Nicholas County,
where the former was born in July, 1841, at Mount Lookout,
and where the latter was born in June, 1840, at Hominy
Falls, the respective families having been founded in Nicho-
las County in the early pioneer period when this section of
old Virginia was virtually on the frontier. Joseph D. Deitz
was reared on a pioneer farm, received his youthful edu-
cation in the common schools of the locality and period, and

after his marriage be settled on a farm near Hominy Falls
where he passed the remainder of his life as one of tb
substantial exponents of agricultural and live-stock indut
try in bis native county. For a number of years Mr. Deit
was engaged also in conducting a general country stor<
He was a consistent member of the Baptist Church, as 5
also his widow, who is now one of the venerable nativ
daughters still residing in Nicholas County (1922). 0
the nine children seven are living: Fannie is the wife o
W. M. Bcckner; Emerson E., of this review, and John W
are twins; Bettie is the widow of John McCombs; Vida i
the widow of David F. DeHart; Etta is the wife of A. C
McClung; and Josie is the wife of J. B. Pullen.

After attending the public schools at Hominy Falls Em\
erson E. Deitz further fortified himself by a course o
study in the West Virginia State Normal School at Sun.
mersville. He became a successful teacher in the rura
schools of his native county, and also continued his associa
tion with farm enterprise, under the influences of which hi
had been reared. In 1900 he established his residence a
Richwood, a place whose development to an important lit;
tie industrial city has been one of the progressive revela 1
tious in this part of the state, and a year later he wa.
elected the first mayor of the city, an office of which hi,
continued the incumbent two years and in which he gavt
a most effective and popular administration. He has serve(
also as recorder of the City Council, and was postmaster o:
Richwood eight years. As a republican he has been influ'
ential in political affairs in his native county, he is one o)
the leading merchants of the city, and is a director of th<
Richwood Banking & Trust Company. He is a trustee oi
the Baptist Church at Richwood, of which his wife likewise
is a zealous member, and he is affiliated with the lndepeud'
ent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of Anicr
ica and with Richwood Lodge No. 122, Ancient Free anc
Accepted Masons.

In the year 1899 Mr. Deitz wedded Miss Bessie M. Spen
cer, who was born and reared near Richwood, this county:
her paternal grandfather and his children having owned
fully 2,000 acres of land in this locality, including the site
of the present city of Richwood. Mr. and Mrs. Deitz have
six children: Delta, Deloris, Eugene, Clcora, Oakford audi
William H. Miss Delta Deitz graduated from high school
and thereafter attended both Dennison University, at (iran-
villc, Ohio, and Broaddus College, West Virginia. She is
now a popular teacher in the high school at Richwood. De-
loris, the second daughter, graduated from the local high,
school and is, in 1922, a student in Broaddus College. The
eldest son, Eugene, is a student in the Richwood High
School.

Charles W. Lloyd. Numbered among the men who have
accepted the opportunities offered for advancement by the j
coal industry of West Virginia, and who have found success'
and position therein, is Charles W. Lloyd, secretary and
treasurer of the Logan-Elkhorn Coal Corporation of Hunt-
ington. Mr. Lloyd 's career has been one of constant in-
dustry and consistent progress since he started life on his.
own account some thirteen years ago, and the prestige which
he has achieved has been gained solely through the medium
of his own efforts.

Mr. Lloyd was born in Lee County, Virginia, October 29,
1.S80, and is a son of Lafayette and Dorothy (Jessea) Lloyd.
His grandfather, Absalom Lloyd, was born in Virginia,,
where the family has been well known for many years, and
died in Lee County before the birth of his grandson. He
had been a pioneer into that county, where he was a planter
and, prior to the Civil war, a slave holder, a man of some
prominence and influence in his community. He married
Rebecca Lytton, also a native of Virginia, who passed away
in the same community as ber husband.

Lafayette Lloyd was born February 11, 1842, in Lee
County, Virginia, where he has spent bis entire life in,
agricultural pursuits, in which be bas made a success
through industry, the use of progressive methods and the,
exercise of good management and intelligence. At the pres-
ent time he is living in retirement in a comfortable home in
Lee County, enjoying the fruits of his early labors. He is

HISTORY OF 1

vnocrat in his political allegiance, a member and strong
Sorter of the Baptist Chureh, which he joined in his
I, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Lloyd
lied Miss Dorothy Jessea, who was born Jnno 22, 1846,
ito this union there have beeu born the following ehil-
[: Alma, who is the wife of William E. Thompson, a
- engineer of Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia;
i:le, who is the wife of Richard L. Wood, a merchant of
iiington Gap; D. Sheff, forester and timber dealer of
prington Gap; and Charles W.

■tries W. Lloyd was educated in the rural schools of
{County, Virginia, including the high school at Penning-
iGap, and after his graduation from the latter, as a
iber of the class of 1909, seeured employment in a
1 ral store at that plaee which was owned and conducted
•lis brother-in-law, R. L. Wood. After being thus em-
led for one year he entered the service of the Louisville
'ashville Railroad Company in the capacity of fireman,
after one and one-half years decided that railroading
not his forte and accordingly resigned his post and en-
U the Pennington Gap Bank as bookkeeper. One year
*, in 1915, he accepted a position with the Stonega Coal
Coke Company at Big Stone Gap, as bookkeeper, and
k>ber 1, 1916, came to Huntington and worked for the
lldale Company as bookkeeper until January, 1918. He
k accepted a position with the Logan-Elkhorn Coal Cor-
jc.tion, and, starting aa a bookkeeper, was advanced to
petary and treasurer January 1, 1922. This concern is
trporated under the laws of the State of West Virginia,
jr. the general offices are situated in Rooms 7 and 8,
£;rican Bank Building, Huntington. The officers of the
Oiern at this time are: J. K. Parsons, president; W. S.
lire, vice president; and Charles W. Lloyd, secretary and
r surer. Mr. Lloyd is a democrat in polities, but has not
kid any time to devote to public affairs or to seeking
•ferment of a political character. He is a member of

I dleboro (Kentucky) Lodge No. 119, Benevolent and
Itective Order of Elks, in which he is greatly popular.

I I Pennington Gap, Virginia, in 1910, Mr. Lloyd was
B:ed in marriage with Miss Mattie Barner, the daughter
4 James and Mattie (Robinette) Barner, residents of
l>alaehia, Virginia, where Mr, Barner is successfully en-
ped in merchandising. To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd there have
Be the following children: Charles, born August 16,
11; Charlotte, born September 2, 1913; Helen, born
fmary 6, 1915; and Mareella, born Mareh 3, 1918. Mr.
I yd is the owner of one of the modern homes of Hunting-
*, a comfortable, attractive briek residence located on
Eventh Avenue, which was erected in 1922.

Iowabd Post. In realty circles of Clarksburg a name
Jt is well and favorably known is that of Howard Post,
«) has been identified with a number of large and im-
^tant transactions during recent years, and who is also

imincntly known in public life, being an ex-member of
State Legislature. He is a native son of Harrison
mty and a product of its agricultural life, having: been
bn on a farm, June 23, 1S74. His parents, John B. and
|ry (Adams) Post, were also born in Harrison County,

III "his maternal grandfather was a son of Samuel Adams,
|o eame from old Virginia to Harrison County at an early

Tohn B. Post, who was an agriculturist by voeation, en-
| ed in young manhood in the Union army, and during the
toggle between the states served in the capacity of team-
It. He returned to farming at the close of the war, and
lo was interested in merchandising, and was a man of
Ulity and integrity who had the respect and confidence
t his fellow-citizens. He was a republican in politics,
13 died at the age of forty-eight years in the faith of the
luted Brethren Chureh, of which his wife was also a mem-
lr. She died at the age of seventy-two years. They were
l» parents of ten children, as follows: Sarah Ella, who
liame the wife of Charles Jarvis; Michael R., a merchant
i Jarvisville, this state: Edith M., who became the wife
! Ed Farris; William S., of Colorado Springs, Colorado;

phronia, who became the wife of Ed K. SomerviHe;

>waxd, of this record; Hiram 0., of Clarksburg; Truman

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A., of I>oddridge County, this state; Martin Luther, who
died at the age of eighteen years; and A. Earl, who reside*
on the parental homestead near Jarvisville, Harrison County.

Howard Post was reared on the home farm, where his
boyhood experiences were much the same as other fanners'
snus of his day and locality, ami after passing through
the rural schools enrolled as a student at the Ciassh-nl and
Normal Academy, Bu<khannon, West Virginia. After teach
ing the rural school in his parental home district for two
years, Mr. Post became an employe in the mercantile hou.*«>
of R. T. Lowndes, at Clarksburg, where he remained 2 '4
years, and then embarked in business on his own account
as a merchant at West Milfnrd, where he remained three
years. Disposing of his holdings, Mr. Post next had one
year's experience as a commercial traveler for a uliolpsalr
grocery house, then returning to the employ of R. T.
Lowndes, with whom he remained seven years. In lOny
Mr. Post turned his attention to the real estate and in«nr
ance business, in which he has continued to the present time,
being at present a member of the firm of Post-Peter^m
Company, with offices in the Goff Building. He is accounted
one of the able realtors of Harrison County, with a thorough
knowledge of land values, and is known to be reliable in
representation and straightforward in all his dealings.

A stanch republican in politics, Mr. Post has long been
interested in public affairs. In 1920 he was elected a
member of the Lower House of the State Legislature, and
as a legislator served with eredit to himself and to the
benefit of his constituency. In fraternal relations he is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and all
of its branches, and holds membership also in the Clarks-
burg Rotary Club. He is an official member of the First
Methodist Episeopal Chureh of Clarksburg.

In 1896 Mr. Post married Miss Mary Gaston, who was
born and reared in Harrison County, daughter of John W.
Gaston, a prominent farmer of that county. To this union
there have been born the following children: Harold,
Lena, Rachel, George, and Howard, Jr. Harold and Lena
are married, and Miss Rachel, who is now a kindergarten
teacher, is a graduate of the Beechwood School for Girls.

Saul Thomas represents a family that was established
in Clay District in Monongalia County in Indian times.
His great-grandfather, William Thomas, lost his life in nn
Indian massacre here and was buried on the farm now
owned by Saul Thomas and has been in the continuous pos-
session of this family since the first clearings were made in
the woods there.

Saul Thomas, whose post office is at Wana and whose
home is twenty four miles west of Morgantown up Scott*
Run, was born in the district, December 14, 1851, son of
R. S. and Mary (Johnson) Thomas and grandson of Wil-
liam Thomas the second, who spent most of his life at the
old homestead and died there. R. S. Thomas was born
in Clay District at the old homestead and died at this old
homestead which is now owned by Raul Thomas. Mary
Johnson was a native of Pennsylvania and she died eight
years before her husband. After hi? marriage R. S. Thomas
moved to Ritchie County, but at the death of a brother
and at the request of his father returned to take charge
of the farm. He was a democrat and for a number of
years held the office of justice of the peace. He and his
wife had two children, the daughter being Sarah Jane,
widow of Ingram Kent and living at Brave. Pennsylvania.

Saul Thomas spent all his life at the old homestead and
as a youth took eharge of the farm. He h&s kept adding
to his possessions .until he has 4^4 acres in one body and
has always kept a large number of cattle. Some of his
neighbors say this is the finest farm in Monongalia County.
It is made additionally valuable by an oil well and four
gas wells and Mr. Thomas still retains his coal rights.

At the age of twentv-eight he married Margaret A. Marsh
of Ritchie Conntv. They have reared five ehildren: Mary
Eleanor who holds a life certificate as a teacher and for a
number of years was connected with the home schools;
Xancv Ann; Martha Jane, wife of William Sanders, an oil
operator in Ohio; Laura Dell and Ralph Marsh. Mr.
Thomas is an advocate of good roads, and has been able to

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put some of his ideas into practice through his service for
some years as local overseer of road building.

W. Davis Alexander was in earlier years a prominent
river man, and represents a family that was identified with
Ohio River traffic for many years. Mr. Alexander has
since given his abilities to the commercial and general
upbuilding of Moundsville and is president of the Mercan-
tile Banking & Trust Company of that city.

This company was organized in 1903 and a few years
later absorbed the second oldest banking institution of the
county, the Fanners & Mechanics Bank, which was estab-
lished in 1893. The home of the company is the finest
office building in Moundsville, the third floor being occupied
by the Masonic bodies, the second floor by offices, while the
bank is on the ground floor. The bank has every equipment
for general service, including safety deposit vaults, and its
charter permits it to exercise its facilities for acting as
executor of estates and gnardianship. The total resources
of the Mercantile Banking & Trust Company aggregate
over one and a quarter millions of dollars. The capital is
$100,000; surplus, $80,000; and deposits are over a million.
The officers of the company are W. D. Alexander, president;
Thomas Scott, vice president; and C. A. Showacre, secretary
and treasurer.

W. D. Alexander as a boy went on river boats and fol-
lowed the river for twenty-five years, becoming captain and
pilot. He left the service in 1888, and since then has been
an extensive real estate owner and dealer and was one of
the firm Beam & Alexander which established the drug
business at Moundsville now owned by his old partner, ,T. H.
Beam. Mr. Alexander has been president of the Board of
Trade, and in every way has been interested in the general
development of the city. He secured several of its important
industries, and with J. A. Miller negotiated the purchase
of the fifty-four acre tract for the site of the United Zinc
Smelting Company.

Mr. Alexander married Miss Ella K. Cresap, a member
of a very prominent and historic familv of colonial period
of the country. Her grandfather, M ;hael Cresap, came
to the Ohio Valley from Oldtown, near Cumberland, Mary-
land, and purchased a large tract of la~id in and around
Cresap Grove, in Marshall County, West Virginia. He was
a romantic and conspicuous figure in the early border war-
fare of pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander have living
two children: Mary Virginia, wife of C. D. Williamson,
a prominent dentist of Moundsville; and Eleanor Louise
Gruhb, whose husband, Louis D. Grubb, is a Wheeling
architect.

Joseph Z. Terrell. The warden of the State Penitenti-
ary is peculiarly an office that represents an opportunity
for disinterested service to the state, and is unaccompanied
by any compensating advantages, honor or financial emolu-
ment. Seldom has West Virginia had a man in this posit on
who has served more faithfully the interests of the unfortu-
nates under him and the state as a whole than the present
warden, Joseph Z. Terrell. Mr. Terrell until he accepted
the appointment of warden had given all his time from
boyhood to railroading, and was prominent in the service
of the Baltimore & Ohio.

He was born in Hanover County, Virginia, December 2S,
1873. His father, Nicholas Terrell, a retired farmer, still
owns the old homestead in Virginia but at the age of eighty-
one is living with his son at Moundsville. Joseph Z. Ter-
rell had a common-school education and as a youth learned
telegraphy and became a railroad operator. In 1892 he
entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio as an operator
on the Cumberland Division, and his name is still retained
on the company's roll. He was operator, agent, yardmaster
and held various other places in the operating, accounting
and traffic departments, all his service being given to the
Cumberland Division between Brunswick, Maryland, and
Grafton, West Virginia. For several years he was agent at
Bomney and at Keyser, and was also freight and passenger
agent.

October 1, 1918, Mr. Terrell was selected by Governor

Cornwell as warden of the West Virginia Penitentiarj
Moundsville. He had not been previously known as a ,
cial figure in politics, and partisan politics have been
eluded from his administration. Mr. Terrell would
averse to classification as a prison reformer. He has
tended sessions of the Prison Congress, has studied pr
management from the light of his own experience
other institutions as well, but in all his administration
has made common sense the basis of any changes he
instituted. At the beginning of his term he institt
measures that would eliminate waste and insure econo
and has the satisfaction of seeing the income from
penitentiary almost equal the expenses, though for a n
ber of years previously there had been a heavy deficit,
introduced certain modifications of the honor system, 1
tieularly in the operation of the prison farm, but most
fectually changed the spirit of the men under him b
wholesome and just discipline and by emphasizing the
old principle that work is the solution for the evils arif
out of idleness. Prisoners have been treated as hut
beings, and he has encouraged athletics, has introdt
wholesome entertainment, including moving pictures,
so far as possible has conducted the institution with a \
to inculcating a proper sense of individual responsibi
and respect for law and training the individuals for
sponsible citizenship.

Mr. Terrell is a Knight Templar Mason and an Elk,
his hobby is horseback riding. Mrs. Terrell is an ac
member of the Woman's Club of the Wheeling District
both belong to the Episcopal Church.

His first wife was Miss MeAdams, of Morgan Com
who died in 1907, leaving one son, Claude M., now an
torney, who graduated from the law department of
University of Virginia in 1920 and is in the office o
prominent firm of New York City corporation lawy
Hornblower, Miller & Garrison. In 1909 Mr. Terrell n
ried Miss Lee of Mineral County, West Virginia, and t
have a daughter, Barbara Lee.

Thomas Scott has lived in Marshall County praetic.
all his life for more than seventy-five years, was a i
cessful farmer until past fifty, and since then has been
the real estate business at Monndsville and a progress
factor in that city's development and expansion.

Mr. Scott was born in Marshall County, February
3 845, son of John and Margaret (Ingraham) Scott,
parents were natives of County Armagh, Ireland, andi
1835 they crossed the ocean to New York, went on to Pi
burgh, and in 1844 settled in what is now Marshall Com
West Virginia, on the Washington Survey. The Washing
Survey is now known as Round Bottom and lies two m
below Moundsville. It is said to have been owned i
personally surveyed by George Washington, who later s
the tract to Archibald McLean. Thomas Scott now o^
about three hundred acres of this noted bottom, a dist
whose agricultural possibilities have been supplemented f
important coal operations. John Scott was a ship carpeij
by trade, a skilled mechanic, and in December, 1847, 9
accepted employment with a firm of ship builders at M
Orleans, but had worked there only a short time when!
died in January. 1848, at the age of fifty. He was b|
in 1798. He had left his family in Marshall County wfl
he went south, and he was survived by his widow and I
children.

The mother of Thomas Scott measured up to the firt
standard of womanhood and motherhood. She had been vl
educated as a girl, but she came to America a bride kne
ing nothing of practical affairs. After the death of »
husband a neighbor allowed her the use of a small cottiB
and a few acres, and there she kept her children toget<
and she experienced the full meaning of hard times. Laj
she became the wife of H. J. McLean, a neighbor, ll
McLean died in Moundsville. His father was the Arc.H
bald McLean previously mentioned as the purchaser of a
Washington Survey. Archibald McLean had erected a $
house here. He was the father of two sons and one dau •
ter. His sons, Joseph and Horatio, secured a part of i

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Hd, and Horatio J. McLean owned hia ahare until hia
Htth, and 263 acres of his portion is now owned by Thomas
■ott. £. II. McLean, a son of Joseph McLean, acquired
m» greater part of the old survey, and after his death
Hie lauds were sold, and a part of this tract is also owned
W Thomas Scott. After the death of Horatio McLean his
mdow lived with her children, and died at the age of
Knty. She was born in 1S0S. Her six children by her
ferriage to John Seott were: George, who as a youth
•nt to Illinois and never returned; John, who was drowned
the age of eighteen; Andrew True, who became a tanner
>d is now deceased; Esther Jane, who was married to C.

Mathews, former sheriff of Moundsville, and died leav-
g two children, W. B. Mathews, clerk of the Supreme
surt at Charleston, and Mrs. S. H. Siekafoose of Mounds-
he; Thomas; and Winfield, who was an infant when his
ther died and he died in 1S77.

Thomas Seott was only three years old when his father
^d. He lived with his mother on the little home, acquired
common-school education, and at the age of eighteen be-
iu farming. Four years later he leased the farm he
ill owns, and he now has 3-44 acres in that district. Mr.
•ott is one of the men who greatly improved methods in
e live-stock industry in this section of "West Virginia. In
sS3 he bought some pure-bred Holstein cattle, probably
e first in West Virginia, and he developed a herd that
ere prize winners in many exhibitions and which furnished
eeding stock for dairymen throughout this region. Mr.
•ott in 1S94 built a home at Moundsville, and after 1S96
•tired from the farm and in July, 1S97, opened an office
•r general real estate. He has sold much of the coal rights
nder the Round Bottom section. He has been interested
every phase of town development, was active in the
oard of Trade, was one of the promoters of the Mercantile
anking & Trust Company, and has been a director since
le bank started. He has always avoided public offices,
/hile now a republican he voted in li>S4 for St. John, the
rohibitionist candidate for President, and is one of the
;w original prohibitionists who remained loyally by their
arty unti] its mission and purpose were achieved in the
ational prohibition amendment. He frequently served as
•cal chairman of the county.

In 1S74 Mr. Scott married" Miss Clara Johnson of Monroe
ounty, Ohio. She is survived by two daughters, both
ving at home. Miss Mary I. is a graduate kindergartner,
mght in Pittsburgh and New York City, and is now doing
I eld work for the Wheeling Y. W. C. A. and is also active
i i the Foreign Mission Society of her church. The second
I aughter, Norma J., is her father's housekeeper.

Lester X. Frantz, vice president, cashier and active
I mnager of the American Bank & Trust Company of Hunt-
ngton, has been identified with the organization and man-
gement of several prosperous banks in the state, and is also

leading eoal operator and widely known business man.

Mr. Frantz was born in Fayette County, West Virginia,
une 17, 1SS2. His first American ancestor came from
lolland to New York in the early Dutch colonization period,
lis grandfather, David Frantz, was born in old Virginia
n 1814, and was a pioneer farmer of Greenbrier County,
Vest Virginia, where he married and where he spent the rest
<f hi3 life, passing away in 1S99. Noah D. Frantz, father
»f the Huntington banker, was born in 1S53, spent his early
ife in old Virginia and married, for several years followed
"arming in Greenbrier County, and 1S79 removed to Fayette
-.'ounty, where he continued his business as a farmer. He
lied at Huntington in January, 1921. He was a democrat
•ad a member of the United Brethren Church. His wife,
Martha Hedriek, now living in Huntington, was born in
Jreenbrier County in 1857. Lester X. is the oldest of their
ihildren. Elsie is the wife of Walter Bailey, a building
■ontractor in Fayette County. Stephen D. is cashier of the
3ank of Mullens in Wyoming County. Edna is the wife
)f H. K. Miles, a farmer in Fayette County. Laey is ia the
nsurance business in Wyoming County. Truma, the young-
'st of the family, lives with her mother.

Lester N. Frantz acquired his early education in Fayette

County, and at the age of seventeen began teaching in tho
rural schools of that county. He taught for four years,
graduated in 1901 from the Fayetteville Academy in the
normal eourse, and in 1907 completed his commercial educa-
tion in the Dunsmore Business College of Staunton, Vir-
ginia.

Since then for a period of fifteen years Mr. Frantz
lias been broadening his enterprise and activities in the
field of banking and the coal industry. His first experience
as a banker was as bookkeeper in tho Bank of Mount Hope
in Fayette County. lie was promoted to assistant cannier,
and ^ hile thus connected began his conl operations at Mount
Hope. In 1910 he organized the Bank of Mullens in
Wyoming County, and served as its cashier until 1916, and
is now vice president of that institution. lie is also presi-
dent of the First National Bank of Pineville in Wyoming
County.

In 1916 Mr. Frantz and his associates bought the con-
trolling interest in the American Bank & Trust Company ut
Huntington, which was established and chartered as a state
bank in 1907. Mr. Frantz is really the active head of this
bank, with title of viee president and cashier. Under the
present management the bank building at Fourth Avenue
and Tenth Street has been remodeled and the company has
enjoyed great prosperity, the total resources of the institu-
tion aggregating over $1,600,000.

Mr. Frantz is president of the Swastika Silver & Copper
Company, owning and operating a large silver mine in
Arizona. He is secretary and treasurer of the Kentucky
Land Company of Huntington, secretary and treasurer of
the Blanchard Frantz Itealty Company of Huntington, and
president of the Mullens Smokeless Coal Company of
Mullens. He owns a store and office building at 111. J
Fourth Avenue and also a splendid home at 1034 Eighth
Street.

Mr. Frantz is a member of the West Virginia Bankers
Association and has been vice president of the West Vir-
ginia section of the American Bankers Association. He has
served as a director of the Chamber of Commerce, for two
terms was president of the Kiwanis Club of Huntington and
has served as district governor of the Kiwanis clubs of
West Virginia, He is a democrat, a member of Mullens
Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Bcckley Chapter, Ji. A. M., Hunt-
ington Commandery No. 9, K. T., West Virginia Consistory
of the Scottish Rite at Wheeling, Beni-Kedem Temple of
the Mystic Shrine at Charleston, and Huntington Lodge No.
313, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a
member of the Huntington Country Club and the Guyan
dotte Club. During the World war Mr. Frantz was a mem
ber of all the committees for the Liberty Loan and Ked
Cross drives, and was a "Four-Minute" speaker in Cabell
County.

In June, 190S, in Fayette County, he married Florence
narland, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Moon) Har-
land, the latter a resident of Huntington. Her father was
a mining superintendent and died in Fayette County. Mrs.
Frantz is a graduate of the Normal School at Montgomery.
West Virginia, and she taught in Fayette County three
years before her marriage. Seven children have been born
to them and constitute the family eirele: Ethel, born in
1909; Florence, born in 1911; Dorothy, born in 1913;
LuciJe, born in 1915; Lester N., Jr., born in 1917; IJ 'I,
born in 1919; and Marjorie, born in 1921.

William Clifford De Forest, M. D. More than a quar-
ter of a century has passed since the Clarksburg community
first saw William Clifford De Forest as a physician and
surgeon. He has been steadily at work in his vocation and
is one of the able medical men of Harrison County.

He was born at Warren, Ohio, March 26, 1*66, son of
Theodore Remind and Nancy (Van Wye) De Forest. His
father was a native of Sharon. Pennsylvania, only a few
miles from Warren, Ohio, a son of Isaac De Forest, The
name De Forest is of French origin. One branch of the
family became Huguenots, and on account of religious
persecution were driven from France aud came to tho Amer-
ican colonies. Many of the prominent men of that name

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are descended from this earliest ancestor. At one time the
De Forest family owned a large part of the farm now
occupied by the City of Sharon, Pennsylvania. Theodore
R. De Forest was a mining engineer by training and pro-
fession. Going over the great plains to the Pacifie Coast,
and after returning from the West he continued his pro-
fession and eventually was connected with some gold ami
silver mining propositions in Old Virginia.

William C. De Forest spent the first sixteen years of his
life at Warren, Ohio, where he attended the public schools.
His later education was acquired at Christian sburg, Vir-
ginia, and he began the study of medicine there under a
local physician. For two terms he attended medical lec-
tures at the Old Virginia Medical College at Richmond, and
then entered Baltimore Medical College, now the University
of Maryland, where he completed the required course and
received his degree in 1895. The following year, after some
professional work in Old Virginia, Doctor De Forest located
at Sardis, West Virginia, and in 1907 came to Clarksburg,
where he has now been steadily in the service of the pro-
fession. He is a member of the Harrison County, West
Virginia State and American Medical associations. He is
also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In 1891 Doctor De Forest married at Christiansburg, Vir-
ginia, Miss Celia Elizabeth Cummings, who was born and
reared in that city. Three children have been born to their
marriage: Clayce Remine, William E. and Helen Blanche.
These children have been given the very best of educational
advantages. The older son, C. R. De Forest, was born at
Radford, Virginia, January 22, 1892, finished his high-
school education in Clarksburg, took his preliminary med-
ical work in the University of West Virginia at Morgan-
town, and for a time was assistant instructor in bacteriology
and pathology at the university. In 1920 he graduated
M. D. from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, and
for one year was house surgeon in the Jersey City, New
Jersey, Hospital. In September, 1921, he returned to
Clarksburg and became actively associated with his father
in the practice of medicine and surgery. He is a member
of a Greek letter fraternity at Morgantown.

The other son, William E. De Forest, finished his literary
education in West Virginia University, and in 1921 grad-
uated in pharmacy from the Max Morris School of Pharmacy
at Macon, Georgia. He is now a pharmacist at Clarksburg.

Thomas S. Bonak. at the age of four score is still a fa*
miliar figure on the streets of Moundsville, with much of
the vigor of his early years and has reached a green old
age in spite of a hard service as a soldier in the Civil war
and his long continued duties as a farmer and business
man since then.

The Bonar family in Marshall County has done its full
share in converting the native forests into valuable farms.
It is one of the most numerous families in the eounty, all
the members of the present generation tracing their descent
from one of three brothers who came here in pioneer times.
Many of the descendants of these pioneers have intermar-
ried. They have been numbered among the county's best
citizens, and Thomas S. Bonar is especially held in high
esteem by all.

The common ancestor of the families was William Bonar
who came west from Havre de Grace, Maryland, to the
Youghiogheny River in Western Pennsylvania. His sons,
John, David and James, were the founders of the family
in West Virginia, and all of them lived in Marshall County.
John Bonar was born in Western Pennsylvania and mar-
ried Rebecca Calhoun. Their son, Martin, was the father
of Thomas S. Bonar. Martin Bonar was born on Fork
Ridge in Marshall County and spent his life here, dying
at the age of fifty-three. He cleared up a farm. His wife,
Jane Porter, was born near Flossburg, Maryland. Her
father, John Porter, had come from Maryland to West
Virginia as a young man, married here Susan Major, and
they then returned to Maryland where his wife died. When
Jane was eight years of age her father brought her and
her little sister hack to West Virginia to live with their
grandmother. Jane Bonar lived on the old homestead until

her death at the age of seventy-one. She reared eleven ch
dren, and the three survivors are Thomas S., Jesse L.
Moundsville and Mary Ann, widow of William Donley
Wellsburg, West Virginia. Four of the sons were soldiers
the Civil war, John W., Martin Porter, Thomas S. and Jam
C, all in different commands. Martin Porter was captain
Company B of the Twelfth West Virginia Infantry, havi
recruited the company in Marshall County and served un
failing health obliged him to resign his commission.

Thomas S. Bonar who was born on Bowman Ridge
Marshall County, November 14, 1841, was reared and ed
cated there and as a young man served a period in tj
State Militia. He answered the first call for three yeaij
men, joining the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantil
and was with that regiment all through the three years. 11
re-enlisted, but was unable to pass the examination on il
< ount of physical disability due to two wounds he receive I
One was in the shoulder and the other in the hand. Wh.1
leaning against a post a shell struck the post and practical!
disabled his shoulder. After the war Thomas S. Boni
engaged in farming on the old homestead which he bouglil
and he remained active in its responsibilities except for fi J
years when he operated a store at Moundsville. Mr. BolI
made a specialty of sheep raising while on the farm, 11
has been active in public affairs as a republican, and twill
served as deputy sheriff and also as county assessor, ft 1
Bonar is a member of Marshall Union Lodge No. 8, A. I
and A. M., Moundsville Chapter No. 86, R. A. M. Havil
been a Mason for more than fifty years, his anniversal
was celebrated in his lodge April, 1921, upon which occasil
he was presented with a past masters gold badge. He 1
also a member of J. C. Caldwell Post No. 21, G. A. R., II
partment of West Virginia, in which he is serving his secol
term as junior vice commander of the Department of W<1
Virginia, and in 1914-1915 served as assistant quartermastil
general, Department of West Virginia.

He and his good wife have lived together since their mil
riage in 1865, a period of fifty-six years. Her maidl
name was Martha Bonar and they were first cousins. SI
was a daughter of John and Lucinda (Gorby) Bonar, 1
father being a brother of Martin Bonar. Mr. and Ml]
Bonar reared seven children: Frank W., a dealer in musi<i
instruments at Denver, Colorado; John Hubert, who di|
at the age of twenty-three while a student of medicine I
Cincinnati; William P., a Moundsville physician to wh(||
further reference is made below; Eustace Irwin, a teacher 1
Mansfield, Ohio; Martin, a professor of medicine in t.l
State University at Morgantown; Alvilda J., Mrs. John I
Faust, of Meadowbrook, West Virginia; and Bertha, Ml
C. D. Kidd, of Adamson, West Virginia.

Dr. William P. Bonar spent two years in preparation 1 1
his career in West Virginia University and finished ill
course in Baltimore. He has since been in practice i]
Moundsville, and for eleven years has been a lecturer a
obstetrics in the Reynolds Training School of the Memor 1 ]
Hospital at Glendale. He is a member in good standing
the American, State and County Medical associations, a ;
was secretary two years and president one year of the cour ;
society. He has an extensive practice, and he and his fam
live at the same residence as his parents. Doctor Bon
married Grace Bonar, daughter of James A. Bonar, also«
descendant of the original Bonar family of Marshall CounV
Doctor and Mrs. Bonar have four children, Alma Elfriec^
Naomi Jean, Mathew Dale and Robert Reed.

James D. Parriott. For more than a century the Pi-
riott family have had influential relations with Marsh;
County and Moundsville. While he therefore represents of
of the old families, James D. Parriott, Moundsville attorm,
is in every sense a citizen of progressive and advance
ideas, a worker for the welfare of the community and ofi
constantly studying to keep Moundsville apace with moden
progress.

His great-grandfather was Christopher Parriott, w»
came from England prior to the Revolution and joined m
colonists in their war for independence. He enlisted fnl
Maryland, was in Washington 's army at Valley Forge,

IIISTOKY OF i

(Med in the battle of Trenton, and after thnt war he
(B to Romney, Virginia, where he died in 1^20 in ad-
i#d years. This patriot had four sons, Joseph, John,
As and William, all of whom settled on the Flats of
•JCreek, in the immediate locality of the modern City
>l>undsville. These men were not only early settlers but
rflnent in the affairs of the community. John Parriott
Acnted this district in the Virginia Legislature, and
rlsed the bill which provided for the creation of Marshall
Mj from part of Ohio County in 1S35. He had the
jr named in honor of Chief Justice Marshall who had
Ely died. He was a member of the first court of the
y and the first sessions of court were held in a Par-
home. John Parriott also served as sheriff of Mar-
County. Joseph Parriott, who spent his life here and
at the age of ninety-one was a delegate to the first
ling Convention to consider the problem of erecting
; etate from the western counties of Virginia. Joseph
>tt was the grandfather of James D. Parriott.
) latter 's father was the late Capt. George W. Parriott,
had a distinguished record as a Union soldier in the
nth "West Virginia Infantry, being promoted from
anks to captain. He participated in the border war-
and he and his company onee succeeded in recapturing
oloncl and another part of the regiment which had
taken by the enemy. Captain Parriott died in IS83
o age of forty-nine. For ten years he had been a
Kcr of the Methodist Episcopal Church, closing his
►try at Masontown in Preston County. He married Jane
; of Marshall County, who died in 1920 at the age of

Lies D. Parriott, youngest of the six children of Captain
lott, was born at New Martinsville in Wetzel County,
16, 1880. He attended public schools, the Manning-
High School, the State University, and graduated in
Ivith the class of 1909. In the meantime he had taught
I'our years, and from 1903 to 1907 was county superin-
■*nt of Marshall County, in a period marked by many
iressive changes in the local school system, changes that
P given new standards to educational work,
f.ree years after beginning his law practice Mr. Par-
I was elected prosecuting attorney in 1912, and he served
I terms, eight years. In 1914 West Virginia went dry,
Ihe had the responsibility of providing effective enforce-
I. of the state laws in his county. He has been a dele-
t to etate conventions, active in politics, a leader in local
Sfiotism during the war, and a man who can be relied
I. to give his support to any undertaking involving the
rr and welfare of his locality. Mr. Parriott is a member
f le Moundsville Country Club, is active in the Methodist
i copal Church, and is a trustee of West Virginia
lleyan College. He is a member of West Virginia So-
r Sons of the Revolution, and of Maj. H. W. Hunter
t, Sons of Veterans of the Civil War, besides other
brnal orders. He married Miss Bessie Sadler of Fayette
bjty, Pennsylvania. They have three children, Foster,
u.n and Joseph.

|)HN C. Sheeve taught his first school at the age of
»ity, and since then has given his complete thought and
t to education as a career. He is regarded as one of
r eading authorities on school supervision in the state, and
la successful record as teacher, principal and superintend-
I Mr. Shreve is now superintendent of the schools of
[ ndsville.

le was born at Burchfield, Wetzel County, West Vir-
ja, September 13, 1883. His grandfather, Benjamin
M*e, settled in Wetzel County before the Civil war. Silas
hve, father of Superintendent Shreve, was reared in
►zel County and is still living on his farm there. He
►tied Jane Taylor, a native of Greene County, Pennsyl-
[ia, but her grandfather was a pioneer of Wetzel County
're he took op land. A brother of John C. Shreve is
^acis Shreve, of the faculty of the Fairmont State
Imal.

ohn C. Shreve grew up on a farm, attended the dis-
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qualify him for teaching, hi the intervals nf teaching he
attended the West Liberty Xormal School, where he gradu-
ated in 1911, but prior to this had been principal of the
Folsom schools and the Jneksonhurg schools. In 1914 Mr.
Shreve received his Bachelor's degree from the West Vir
ginia Wesleyan College at Buekhannon. For two years
he was district superintendent of the Lincoln District in
Marion County, became principal of the Magnolia High
School at New Martinsville one year, was then superintend
cut of the Clay Distrht schools at Littleton in WeUd
County, nnd on July I, 1921, entered upon his duties an
superintendent of the City Schools of Moundsville. In 1917
Mr. Shreve received the Master of Arts degree from Ohio
State University.

Moundsville is one of the larger independent school dis-
tricts of the state. There are five school buildings, with a
staff of sixty-eight teachers, and three principals under the
superintendent. The high school has a staff of thirteen
teachers and an enrollment of 290 while the total enrollment
for the city is 2 2S6.

Mr. Shreve is a member of the State Educational Associa-
tion and former treasurer of the Northwest Teachers Asso-
ciation. He is a worker in tho Method i«t Episcopal Church
and Mrs. Shreve is active in the Ladies' Aid Society and
the Woman's Club of Moundsville.

He married in 1916 Miss Marjorio Olive Hixenbaugh, of
Littleton, where she had been a teacher. They have three
children: John Willard, Robert Dayton and Frederick
Hixenbaugh.

Hensy O. Aleshire is vice prcsideut of the Huntington
National Bank. For nearly thirty years he has been identi-
fied with banking institutions in Huntington and is one
of the ablest financiers and business men of that city.

Mr. Aleshire was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, April 19, -
1869. The Aleshire family is of Scotch Irish ancestry and
wa* established in Page County, Virginia, in Colonial times.
Reuben Aleshire, grandfather of the Huntington banker,
was born in Loudon County, Virginia, in 1.MJ6, and as a
young man went to Gallipolis, Ohio, where he married and
where he conducted a flour milling business. He died in
1SS6. His youngest son, James B. Aleshire, had a dis-
tinguished record in the American army. He was born at
Gallipolis in 1S56, son of Reuben and .Margaret (Shepard)
Aleshire. Margaret Shepard was a native and life-long
resident of Gallipolis, where she was born in 1813 and died
in 1VS9. James B. Aleshire graduated from West Point
Military Academy in 1SS0 and has been an army officer
forty years. He served as major chief quartermaster of
volunteers during the Spanish-American war, in 19UI wa«
appointed to the same rank in the regulnr nnny, in 1907 to
quartermaster-general and in 1912 was raised to the rank
of major-general, chief quartermaster, and served until re-
tired for disability September 12, 1916. General Aleshire
is an uncle of the Huntington banker. Edward 8. Aleshire,
father of Henry O., was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1*42
and for many years was in the flour milling industry in that
city. In 1896 he removed to Huntington, West Virginia,
and became manager for the Armour & Company branch
house in this city. He died at Huntington in 1904. He wa«
a democrat, very attentive to his duties as a member of
the Episcopal Church, and was affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity. He also had a military record, gnined in the
Civil war. He was mustered into service May 2%, 1862, in
the Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was ap-
pointed first lieutenant of Company A of that regiment
June 9, 1S62, and was mustered out October I, 1^62. He
re-enlisted and was made captain of Company F, Second
Ohio Heavy Artillery, August 29. 1^63, and served until
mustered out August 23, 1*65. With the Eighty seventh
Ohio he participated in the siege and battle at Harpers
Ferry and in the surrender of that post on September 15,
1862. As a captain of the Second Ohio Heavy Artillery, ho
commanded Fort Lvtle at Bowling Green, Kentucky, from
October II, 1863. to May 26, 1864, and was member of the
General Court Martial at Bowling GTeen and member of the
General Court Martial at Louisville. In May, 1864, he

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moved with his command to Charleston, Tennessee, where
he engaged with the enemy under General Wheeler. After-
ward he moved to Loudon and then to Knoxville, and com-
manded Port Dickinson at Knoxville and was judge advo-
cate General Court Martial and Millitary Commission,
Twenty-third Army Corps, Army of the Ohio.

Capt. Edward S. Aleshire married Justine Onderdonk,
who was born in New York State in 1S45 and resides at
1143 Sixth Avenue in Huntington. They were the parents
of seven children: Walter, who died at the age of seven-
teen; Henry O.; Edward S., Jr., secretary and treasurer of
the Standard Printing & Publishing Company of Hunting-
ton; B. P. Aleshire, a prominent citizen of Huutington;
Halsey W., member of H. W. Aleshire Company, mer-
chandise broker at Huntington; Morris B., whose address
in 250 Fifth Avenue, New York City, where he is in the
advertising business; and Justine, who died in infancy.

Henry O. Aleshire was educated in the public schools of
Gallipolis, Ohio, graduated from high school, and in 1892
removed to Huntington, where he entered the First National
Bank as bookkeeper and was promoted to teller. After a
few years he became bookkeeper and teller for the Com-
mercial National Bank of Huntington, and with that institu-
tion served several years. For about five years he was
bookkeeper and teller for the Huntington National Bank.
He then returned to the First National as teller, and for
three and a half years was office manager at Lynehburg,
Virginia, for Armour & Company. On his return to Hunt-
ington Mr. Aleshire again served with the First National
Bank as teller a year and a half, and wheu the First Trust
Company & Savings Bank was organized in 1910 he was
elected secretary and treasurer, holding that office until the
company was absorbed by the First National Bank. Then
with other associates he organized the Day and Night Bank
of Huntington, which opened for business March 25, 1912.
Mr. Aleshire was cashier and later vice president and
executive head of the Day and Night Bank. January 1,
1920, it was absorbed by the Huntington National Bank,
and Mr. Aleshire joined the latter institution and has since
been vice president.

During the World war he was associated with all the local
patriotic activities, was a "Four-Minute" speaker, and
Governor Cornwell appointed him a member of the State
Council of Defense and he was county chairman under
appointment from W. G. MeAdoo for the third, fourth and
fifth loan campaigns. He is a democrat, treasurer and
vestryman of the Episcopal Church, member of the Guyan-
dotte Club, Huntington Country Club, Old Colony Club and
Huntington Lodge No. 313, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. Mr. Aleshire has one of the most attractive
homes on the South Side, at 1001 Twelfth Avenue.

In 1902, at Huntington, he married Miss Grace Shepard,
daughter of Calvin and Margaret C. (Menager) Shepard.
Her mother, living with Mr. and Mrs. Aleshire, is descended
from one of the pioneer French families of Gallipolis, Ohio.
Her father, now deceased, owned and operated salt mines
near Pomeroy, Ohio. Mrs. Aleshire finished her education
in private schools in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.

John H. Gorbt is in the fifteenth consecutive year of his
service as superintendent of city schools of New Martins-
ville. For his record here and elsewhere he is one of the
leading schoolmen of the state, and he represents a family
of long standing and prominent associations with Wetzel
County.

Mr. Gorby was born at Bellaire, Ohio, November 20, 1873.
However, both his father and grandfather were native West
Virginians. His grandfather, William Gorby, was born in
1820, and spent his active life as a farmer near New
Martinsville where he died in 1917. Jesse K. Gorby, father
of Superintendent Gorby, was born at New Martinsville,
July 2, 1846, but was married and lived for a few years
at Bellaire, Ohio. He later returned to Wetzel County
and has a long record of active participation in the farm-
ing and fruit growing of this section. He now lives in New
Martinsville, but is associated with his six children in the
ownership and operation of a splendid fruit farm three miles
east of New Martinsville. Jesse K. Gorby served as a mem-

ber of the Board of Education of the Magnolia Distal
number of years, is a republican, is prominent inl
Methodist Episcopal Church, having served as class lej
and as Sunday school superintendent. During the Civil j
he enlisted in the Second West Virginia Veteran Begin j
Company I, and served eighteen months. Jesse K. 6
married Mary Shirley, who was born in England in ]
and died at the old home farm in 1902. Their six chil
were: Ella, wife of Bev. Adison E. Barnes, who was a!
forty-two years in his profession as a minister of
Methodist Episcopal Church. He and his wife are |
retired at New Martinsville. John H.; Charles T., mei\
of the firm Gorby Brothers, grocery merchants at i
Martinsville; Ida May, wife of Lewis Oneacre, a druji
at New Martinsville; George I., associated with the Chji
Store Company at Pasadena, California; Kersey J. of!
firm Gorby Brothers at New Martinsville.

John H. Gorby grew up on the old homestead in W
County, attended rural schools, the high school at
Martinsville, and in 1902 graduated in the scientific
normal courses from the West Virginia Conference S
nary, now West Virginia Wesleyan College at BuekhaE
In the meantime at the age of eighteen he had begun tt
ing and for seven years was in rural school work in W
County. Then followed his college work at BuckhaunoD
three years and during 1902-04 he was a teacher in
grammar schools at New Martinsville; was principal oi
West Side School at Grafton from 1904 to 1907, an!
the latter year was made superintendent of the New Mar
ville schools. In fourteen years he has maintained a st.
growing efficiency in public school work, and because of
length of his service has had the pleasure of seeing n
of his early plans mature and result in groat benefit tc
entire school system of his district, which employs fifty
teachers and has an enrollment of 1,500 pupils.

Mr. Gorhy has constantly kept in touch with adva
educational methods, attending summer schools at 1
Virginia University and Wesleyan College. He has th
B. degree from Wesleyan College. His own home
modern residence at 714 Maple Avenue, New Martins 1
Mr. Gorby is superintendent of the Sunday School of
Methodist Episcopal Church and is a member of the ofl
board and chairman of the Finance Committee of the chi
He is a worker in the County and State Teachers ass»
tions, and a member of the National Education Ass<
tion. He is affiliated with Wetzel Lodge No. 39, A
and A. M. _ Mr. Gorby during the war devoted mueh oJ
time to building up patriotic sentiment in the schools 1
also took part in the loan and other campaigns througl
the county. He was food administrator of the county,!
chairman of the Junior Bed Cross of the county, ail
"Four-Minute" speaker. Mr. Gorby served as presil
of the Wetzel County Farm Bureau from February, 11
until July, 1921, when he resigned.

In 1908 he married Miss Irene Bucher, daughter of!
and Mrs. Lewis Bucher, who live on a farm near J
Martinsville. Mrs. Gorhy was a trained nurse.

Charles Frederick Wieneke had an active associal
with the business and civic life of Moundsville for twj
years, and in 1921 he entered upon his duties as mayo]
the city. His administration has been commended as I
of the most progressive municipal governments of the si|

Mr. Wieneke was born near Wheeling in Ohio Coui
February 7, 1876, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Fisll
Wieneke. His father was a native of Bremen, Germl
came to the United States when a young man, and has s|
his active career in the dairy business. He married El
beth Fisher in Ohio County, where she was born, a daugl
of Charles Fisher, a pioneer of Wheeling.

Charles F. Wieneke was reared and educated near Wl9
ing, and at the age of twenty-one left home and on Oet«j
8, 1902, came to Moundsville as clerk in the Fostoria Gl
Company. He was in the offices of that company six!
years. During the past two years Mr. Wieneke has oj
ated a vulcanizing and tire repair shop, and has a prospej
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305

ia a democrat in polities, and in April, 1921, was
>d mayor in a republican city, beginning his oilieial
a on the first of May. His has been a non-partisan and
mt administration. He has surrounded himself with
jle men handling the various departments of the mu-
ality. Moundsville has a paid fire department of four
with suitable apparatus, the pressure being furnished
reservoir on the hill above the city at an elevation of
t 200 feet. There is a police chief with three patrolmen,
he general public utilities are operated by private coin-
's. Mr. Wieneke has kept city improvements moving
ird, including paving and sewer construction,
ivor Wieneke is unmarried. He is a popular member
e Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd
ws and is a member of the Calvary Methodist Episcopal

vid C. Lutes, a leading undertaker and funeral director
a City of Moundsville, Marshall County, was born in the
■nan Ridge District of this county, October 13, 1S59, a
of William and Nancy (Jefferson) Lutes. William
is passed his entire life in Marshall County and was a
er by vocation, as had also been his father, David Lutes,
was one of the early settlers in the Taylor's Ridge Dis

of this county. William Lutes was eighty-two years
ge at the time of his death and his wife died at the
j>f eighty years. Of their children seven attained to ma-
y: Isabel (Mrs. G. W. Carmiehael) died at the age
»venty-six years; Mary A. is the wife of J. E. Fish and

reside on a farm near the old Lutes homestead; Eliza-

J. is the wife of R. G. Dakan, a merchant at Roseby
;, this county; Amanda M. is the wife of Osear Yeaders,
Wehant near the old Lutes homestead farm, which is
»d by his wife; John J. owns and operates a part of the
home place; David C, of this sketch, was the next in
r of birth; and James I. is a retired merchant residing
tlen Easton, this county.

ivid C. Lutes was reared on the home farm, received the
ntages of the public schools of the locality and con-
?d his association with farm enterprise for six years
r his marriage. He thereafter conducted for eleven
[s a general store at Rosebys Rock, and after disposing
[his business, in 1902, he removed to Moundsville, the
[ty seat, where he established and has since conducted a
I ordered undertaking business, with the best of modern
Hps and equipment. In his store he has also developed
rosperous trade in the handling of wall paper and china-
['. He is a stalwart democrat but has invariably refused
eeome a candidate for public office,
it the age of nineteen years Mr. Lutes wedded Miss Alice
Taylor, who likewise was born and reared in the Bowman
i*e District of Marshall County. They have four chil-
li : Charles Grover resides at MeMechen, Marshall
Eity, and is in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
. Company; Harry H. likewise resides at MeMechen;
trence R. is associated with his father, in eharge of the
I paper and chinaware department of the business;
lenee A., who is the wife of J. Herbert Riggs, a traveling
hman, lives at Moundsville, is a valued assistant in eon-
lion with her father's undertaking business, she having
b the second woman in West Virginia to receive a license
fn embalmer.

^dward C. Grisell was numbered among the representa-
! business men and most highly honored citizens of
►ndsville, Marshall County, at the time of his death,
l-h here occurred on the 3d* of March, 1919. He was born
I Jernsalem, Monroe County, Ohio, February 21, 1S54,
r- was a son of Rev. Simeon Grisell, who was a minister
Ihe Society of Friends and who came with his family to
[►shall County, West Virginia, and established his home at
Pry Run. Here he continued his ministerial services a
I years, and he then removed to Bartley, Nebraska, in
I'di state he became a pioneer and in which he remained
Pi hia death, when somewhat more than eighty years of
I The lineage of the Grisell family traces back to stanch
inch origin, and it is interesting to record that one of
■ battles of the great World war was fought on Grisselle
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Ridge, the ancestral homo of the family. Representatives
of the name went from Franco to England, and thence
came three brothers of the nnma to America, one settling
in Pennsylvania and two in Ohio.

Edward C. Grisell was a young man at the timo of the
family removal to Marshall County, his early education
having been acquired in the schools of his native state,
where he became a successful teacher in the rural school*
of his native county and where also he learned the car-
penter's trade. In W9 he found employment in the grnm
cradle factory of J. A. Schwob, at Moundsville, West Vir-
ginia, and after the death of Mr. Schwab he became a
partner with the latter 's two sons, J. W. and C. C, in con-
tinuing the manufacturing business, under the title of
J. A. Schwob Company. In Ibdl an undertaking depart-
ment was added to the business, and of this department Mr.
Grisell had charge at the time when the factory was de-
stroyed by fire, in August, 191 U. He thereupon purchased
the undertaking department, and sold his interest in the
other part of the business. Under the title of Grisell &
Son the undertaking enterprise has since been continued,
the son having assumed full eharge of the enterprise after
the death of the honored father. Mr. Grisell was an earnest
member of the First Methodist Church of Moundsville, as
is also his widow; he was a member of the local lodge of
Elks and in the Masonic fraternity had received Scottish
Rite degrees, besides being a member of the Mystic Shrine.
He was one of the prominent figures in the Masonic fra-
ternity in West Virginia and had served as district deputy
grand master and district deputy grand lecturer of the
Masonic grand lodge of the state, lie was a liberal and
public-spirited citizen, served as a member of the board
of education and was always ready to aupport measures
advanced for the best interests of the community. A man
of genial personality and highest integrity, he commanded
unqualified popular confidence and esteem.

April 1, 1880, recorded the marriage of Mr. Grisell to
Miss Amelia L. Schwob, and he is survived by two children,
Elmer F., who continued the undertaking business of the
firm, and Mrs. Harry Kern, of MeMechen, this county.
The son is well upholding the prestige of the family name,
in both civic and business relations. As a professional em-
balmer he holds licenses in both West Virginia and Ohio.
He is a republican in polities, as was also his father. He
married Miss Bessie M. Conner, of Marshall County, and
they have two sons, Elwood and Curtis.

Milton Jameson* Ferguson*. In financial and business
circles of Huntington the name of Milton Jameson Fergu-
son is recognized as one of the most capable and successful
business men of his day and eity. In the capacity of vice
president he is the active head of the Ohio Valley Bank,
and his identification with numerous other enterprises of an
important character entitles him to the recognition which
is his and the respect and confidence in which he is held.
He is a native of Wayne County, West Virginia, and was
born July 13, 1S69, his" parents being William S. and Sarah
Alice (Bing) Ferguson.

The Ferguson family originated in Scotland and was
transplanted to America during Colonial times, when the
original immigrants settled in Virginia. Jameson Fcrgusnn,
the grandfather of Milton J., was born in Wayne County,
Virginia (now West Virginia), and there apent his entire
life as a successful fanner, dying in 1S<>9. He married
Cynthia Walker, also a native of Virginia, who likewise
passed away in Wayne County. His father had been a
pioneer of that locality and devoted his career to the pur-
suits of agriculture.

William 's. Ferguson was born in 1534. in Wayne County,
where he was reared and married. Brought up as an agri
culturist, he followed that vocation during the early years
of his life, but became interested in medicine and eventually
pursued a course at the Cincinnati School of Medicine, from
which he was graduated with his professional degree. Dur-
ing the last twenty-five years of his career he followed
medicine and surgery in* Wayne County, gaining a high
place in his calling and winning the affection and trust of a
large practice, and died suddenly in 1905, while on a visit

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to Lexington, Kentucky. He was a democrat in politics.
Doctor Ferguson married Sarah Alice Bing, who was born
August 30, 1827, in Meigs County, Ohio, and died in
January, 1906, in Wayne County, and they became the
parents of the following children: John B., an attorney
at law, who died at Tracy City, Tennessee, May 4, 1918 j
Sarah Alice, who died at the age of four years; Byron Lee,
who died at the age of three years; William Webster, who
died when two and one-half years old; Bernard Llewellyn,
who passed away at the age of twenty-four years; Milton
Jameson, of this review; and Eva Jane, residing on the old
homestead in Wayne County, the widow of James T. Dicker-
son, a teacher in the public schools, who died in Wayne
County in 1914.

Milton Jameson Ferguson received his early education in
the public schools of Wayne County, following which he
attended Fairview High School at Wayne and the United
States Military Academy at West Point. After one year
he left the latter institution, in 1889. Prior to this, when
only sixteen years of age, he had commenced teaching school
in Wayne County, and on leaving the military academy he
resumed teaching, which he had followed on and off during
the time he was completing his education. His career as an
educator covered six years of teaching, and was terminated
in 1891, when he entered the First National Bank of Hunt-
ington in the capacity of collection clerk and bookkeeper.
He won promotion during the eighteen years that followed
to the position of assistant cashier, but in April, 1909,
resigned his post with the First National to accept the
treasurership of the Hutchinson Lumber Company at
Huntington. In September of the same year he severed his
connection with this concern and became cashier of the
American Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, re-
maining therewith three years and four months, and in
January, 1913, resigned and organized the Ohio Valley
Bank of Huntington, of which he became cashier. He was
elected vice president in January, 1916, and retains this
position today, his fellow-officials being: Dr. H. D. Hat-
field, president; second vice president, H. C. Warth; and
E. McClane, cashier. The Ohio Valley Bank of Huntington
has capital stock of $150,000, surplus and profits of $45,000,
and deposits of $1,000,000, and is one of the successful and
highly regarded banking houses of this part of the state.
Mr. Ferguson also has other interests, being president of
the Central States Granite Company, president of the
Parker Paint and Wall Paper Company and member of the
advisory board of the West Virginia Mortgage and Discount
Corporation of Charleston, West Virginia. He owns a
modern residence at No. 1131 Fifth Avenue, one of the
comfortable homes of Huntington, in addition to which
he is the possessor of the old home farm in Wayne County,
a fruit farm in Cabell County and a seven and one-half -acre
homesite on the Guyan Eiver.

Fraternally Mr. Ferguson is a thirty-second degree Mason
and holds membership in Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F.
and A. M. ; Huntington Lodge of Perfection No. 4, A. & A.
S. E. ; Huntington Rose Croix Chapter No. 4, A. & A. S. R. ;
West Virginia Consistory No. 1, of Wheeling; and Beni-
Kedem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Charleston. His
political tendencies make him a republican, although he has
not taken an active part in pobtics. However, he is a
public-spirited citizen, possessed of civic pride, and sup-
ports all worthy movements. During the World war he was
prominent all the time in local war activities, helping in all
the drives for all purposes, contributing to the various
patriotic organizations to the limit of his means, buying
honds and War Savings Stamps liberally and being espe-
cially active in the Liberty Bond drives.

On June 3, 1896, Mr. Ferguson married at Huntington
Miss Annie C. Ellis, a daughter of Jacob L. and Ann (Carr)
Ellis, both now deceased. Mrs. Ferguson was born No-
vember 25, 1868, at Buffalo, Putnam County, West Vir-
ginia, and died October 23, 1903, at Huntington, having
been the mother of three children : Lilian Ellis, born April
10, 1897, a graduate of Marshall College, Huntington, and
of Eastern College, Manassas, Virginia, who later attended
New York University, and is now the wife of Dr. Arthur

H. McFarland, a physician and surgeon of Minneapi
Minnesota; Kathleen Bing, born October 8, 1898, a gradi
of West Virginia University, who attended Wellesley ■
lege, and is now a teacher in the Junior High School
Huntington, residing with her father; and Milton Carr, I
October 9, 1903, a student of West Virginia University
Morgantown. On August 4, 1910, at Huntington, Mi
J. Ferguson married Miss Helen K. Baum, a graduatf
the Dayton (Kentucky) High School, and daughter
Nicholas J. and Louisa (Weinmann) Baum, residents
Huntington, where Mr. Baum is vice president of
Paragon Printing and Publishing Company. Mr. and 1
Ferguson have one daughter, Helen Louise, born Noven
4, 1913, who is now attending the Huntington grs
schools.

Thomas M. Richards has shown distinctive resource:
ness and executive ability in his progressive administra,
of the extensive business of the Richwood Store Compj
which conducts a chain of general stores, with the h
quarters establishment in the vigorous little city of F
wood, Nicholas County.

Mr. Richards was born at Scranton, Pennsylvania, C|
ber 10, 1868, and is a son of David T. and Margaret (j
erts) Richards, the former of whom was born at Carboni
Pennsylvania, December 25, 1833, and the latter of yt
was born at St. Clair, that state, in 1835. The fai
graduated in a well conducted seminary in the old ]|
stone state, and for many years he was engaged in ,
mercantile business, he being now one of the venerable i
highly honored citizens of Scranton, Pennsylvania, yi\
the death of his wife occurred. He has been for »
years in active affiliation with the Blue Lodge and C!
ter bodies of the Masonic fraternity, and in the formi
a past master. His political support is given unreser\
to the republican party. Of the seven children four
living at the time of this writing, in 1922: Mary A. i{
widow of W. W. Patterson; Thomas M., of this sketc
the next younger; Miss Anna M. remains with her venei
father; and Edith is the wife of F. W. Mansfield.

Thomas M. Richards is indebted to the public sc.
of his native state for his youthful education, and he
been actively identified with mercantile husiness fron
early youth to the present time, the while his career
been marked by consecutive advancement. In the p
of his residence at Richwood, West Virginia, he has
an exponent of civic as well as business progressiveness
has been a ready supporter of measures and enterprises]
have tended to conserve the best interests of the commxj
He was one of the organizers and served as vice presi
of the First National Bank of Richwood, the largest!
most substantial banking institution in Nicholas Col
In 1905 Mr. Richards became manager of a general stoi
Richwood, and since the Richwood Store Company wai
ganized and incorporated he has been general manag
its chain of stores in this section of the state.

Mr. Richards is loyally aligned in the ranks of the x< j
lican party, and is a trustee of the ' Preshyterian CI:
at Richwood. In the Masonic fraternity he is affilil
with Hyde Park Lodge No. 339, A. F. and A. M.; 1
wood Chapter No. 87, R. A. M.; Sutton Commander)]
16, Knights Templar; and Beni-Kedem Temple oil
Mystic Shrine in the City of Charleston. He is a mcj
also of Clarksburg Lodge No. 482, B. P. O. E., and ol
Lackawanna Council of the Royal Arcanum.

In the State of Pennsylvania was solemnized the J
riage of Mr. Richards and Miss Jeannette A. Penwsii
and her death occurred in 1919, the surviving childrej
ing four in number: Thomas R., a graduate of the 1
wood High School, is now his father's business assisj
Margaret A., likewise a high-school graduate, was gradl
also from the West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buej
non, and she now holds a position in the First NaJ
Bank of Richwood; Eldon graduated from the localj
school and is, in 1922, a student in Lafayette College J
David P. is a lad of nine years. For his second wif I
Richards wedded Miss Juvia J. Martin, of Spartansj

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sylvan in, aud sho is the popular chnteluiue of their
lant borne at Richwood. To this union was bom a
[Harold Lee, on April II, 1922.

iapman L. Borden is identified with important business
ests in the City of Blucfield, and aside from this is
rn and valued as a progressive and loyal citizen who
I* deep interest iu all that concerns the communal wel-

r. Bordeu was born at Blaeksburg, Montgomery County,
iuia, September 13, 1S73, and is a son of .1. 11. and
jaret Borden. The father was for many years actively
ified with the stone-construction work of the Norfolk
estern Railroad, and in later years he resided upon and
his supervision to bis farm, situated between Blacks-
and Christiansburg, in Montgomery County, Virginia,
e he remained until his death, at the age of seventy-
rears. He was a Confederate soldier in the Civil war
was wounded while taking part in an engagement at
>er's Ferry. In post-bellum days he became a staunch
torter of the principles of the republican party, and
he and his wife were earnest members of the Christian
ch, Mrs. Borden likewise having been seventy-six years
|»e at the time of her death. Of their five children the
ect of this review is the eldest.

iapman L. Borden supplemented his publie-sehool dis-
ue by an agricultural coutsc in the Virginia Polytech-
Institute at Blaeksburg, he having been reared on the
homestead farm. In the administration of President
rison the father of Mr. Borden wan appointed post-
er at Cambria, the name of the railway station of
stiansburg, Virginia. The father resigned this office
:he day that G rover Cleveland was inaugurated prcsi-
f of the United States, but in the meanwhile the subject
his sketch hail become assistant postmaster under his
er and had virtual charge of the Post Office at Cam-
L Thereafter he became steward of the Blucfield Inn
ilucfield, West Virginia, a hotel then conducted by the
Ifolk & Western Railroad Company for the benefit of
le employed in construction work for that road. At the
; ration of one year Mr. Borden was appointed clerk and
(keeper of this hotel, iu which dual office he continued
J years. For the ensuing four years he was timekeeper
\ he Pocahontas division of the Norfolk & Western Rail-
B, and the next three years found him in service as as-
,int car distributor for the same system. He then bc-
ic local manager of the Atwater interests at Blucfield,
[which responsible position he has since continued the
'ient incumbent. He was associated with the orgnniz-
i of the Mutual Bank & Trust Company, and since its
holidation with the Blucfield National Bank he has con-
ed a director of the latter. He is likewise a director
.he Blucfield Hardware Company.

ur. Borden is an active member of the Bluefield Cham-
i of Commerce, is a republican in political allegiance and

member of the Bluefield Country Club and the Rorary
>. He and his wife are zealous communicants of the
[l parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in which
i s serving as a member of the vestry and as a member
[the building committee to supervise the erection of a

church edifice.

n the 20th of October, 1901, was solemnized the mar-
ie of Mr. Borden and Miss Arabella Rigby, daughter of

les Rigby, she having been born in the State of Ohio,
're her pareuts established their home upon coming from
Jland to this country. Mr. and Mrs. Borden have one
, James C.

ames W. Garvin is one of the leading business men of
City of Moundsville, Marshall County, where he is
ident of the City and County Bank and also of the
stal Sand Company. He was born in Ohio County, West
ginia, in August, *1S63, and is a son of David B. Gar-
, who was born in Pennsylvania and who was a child of
ut one year at the time when his father, James Garvin,
led on a farm about two miles distant from Wheeling,
st Virginia, this farm being now owned by J. C. Garvin,
•rother of him whose name introduces this paragraph.

James W. Garvin was reared on the home farm, received
the ndvnntagcs of tho country schools of the locality,
and he continued his active association with farm enter-
prise until 1M>6, when he opened a small general store at
Moundsville, the business which he thus established hPiug
now one of the oldest iu this city. Eventually he con-
fined his business exclusively to dry goods, and from a
modest inception the enterprise has grown to one of most
prosperous order. He continued tho business in an indi
vii1n.il way until 190S, when he admitted O. V. Ault to
partnership, and it has so continued to the present turn-.
The Crystal Sand Company, of which lie is president, con
trols a substantial business in the sale of cement, wall
plaster, sand, gravel, etc., and Mr. Garvin finds mueh de-
mand upon his time and attention also in directing the
policies of the City and County Bank, of which he is presi-
dent and of which specific mention is made following.

Mr. Garvin was a member of the Moundsville Board of
Education uinc years, and was president of the board at
the time of the erection of the present modern school build
ings. He is one of the loyal and liberal business men and
influential citizens of Moundsville, where he has achieved
success through his own ability nnd well directed efforts,
lie and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in their homo city, and he is its treas
urer, as well as a member of its board of trustees.

Mr. Garvin married Miss Clara Ward, of Kirkville, Iowa,
in which state she was born and reared, and they have five
children: Ray W. is an employe of the Clarksburg Ex
ponent, at Clarksburg, this state, and is a suecessful young
newspaper man; Marie is a member of the class of 1922 in
the West Virginia Wesley an College, at Buckbannon; Dean
is a commercial salesman; and Reed nnd Lotta arc the
younger members of the parental home circle, the former
being a high school studcDt.

The City and County Bank in the City of Moundsville,
judicial center of Marshall County, is one of the sub-
stantial ami well ordered banking institutions of this sec-
tion of the state. It was organized and incorporated in
1912, in May of which year it initiated business. Its
original capital stock of $25,000 was increased to $50,000
in the year 1918, and the following year recorded its in-
crease to the present paid-in capital of $100,000. The bank
now has a surplus fund of $15,000, and its deposits at the
time of its report, June 30, 1921, aggregated $332/>97.22.

B. F. Ilodgman, the chief promoter in the establishing
of this representative financial institution, has continued
from the begmning a member of its board of directors, anil
James W. Garvin has been president of the bank from the
time of its incorporation. W. E. Pcabody, fir«t vice presi-
dent, and F. Harris, second vice president, likewise have
served as sneh from the inception of the business, and
John Fish, the original cashier, is now cashier of a bank
at Sistersville, Tyler County. The second cashier was
Benjamin Pcabodv, and in 1916 he was succeeded by the
present incumbent* A. D. Ayres. The well equipped build
ing utilized by the bank was purchased for the purpose in
1918 and was fully remodeled, modern safety vaults of
the best type being' installed and also an improved type of
burglar alarm.

Clarence Brown Dille has been a member of the Mor-
gantown bar for forty-three years, and among its distin-
guished members. By his learning, industry, ability and
character he holds a high rank, while he is no less valued in
the community as a liberal minded and enterprising citizen.
He was born "at Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia,
May 28, 18o7, and is a son of the late Judge John Adann
and* Linnie Suter (Brown) Dille.

The Dille family has been identified with the affairs of
Morgantown, of Monongalia County and of the State of
West Virginia for three-quarters of a century, and for two
generations has held honorable place at the bar of the
eountv. The founder of the family in Monongalia County
and, perhaps, it- most distinguished member was the late
Judge John Adams Dille. of Morgantown, who was born
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was the son of Ezra Dille, a native of New Jersey, who set-
tled at Prosperity, Washington County, Pennsylvania, early
in the nineteenth century, where he married a daughter
of David MeFarland and sister of Maj. Samuel M. Mc-
Farland. The MeFarland family was prominent in Wash-
ington County prior to the Revolutionary war. Daniel Me-
Farland, great-grandfather of Clarence B. Dille, held the
rank of colonel in the American Army during the struggle
for the winning of American independence, and had com-
mand of the organization known as the "Rangers," who
were volunteers from Monongalia County, Virginia, which
county extended at that time from Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania, to the Gauley River, Virginia, in service on what
was then the frontier. His son, John MeFarland, was a
captain in the American Army and was killed at the bat-
tle of Lundy's Lane, his sword, which was held tightly
grasped- in his hand in death, being one of the prized pos-
sessions of Clarence B. Dille. Maj. Samuel MeFarland,
sun of Daniel MeFarland, was an attorney of Washington
County, Pennsylvania, for many years. He was au ardent
abolitionist, and in 1856 was the candidate of the aboli-
tion party for the office of vice president of the United
States. He willed his fortnne "to the Freedmen," but the
will was hroken, his family becoming his heirs.

John Adams Dille was educated iu the free schools of
Pennsylvania and at Greene Academy, near Washington,
Pennsylvania, (now Washington and Jefferson College), an
institution which he entered in 1839, taking the full course.
Poor health caused him to leave school before he grad-
uated, but later he received his Master of Arts degree.
In the spring of 1843 he came to Kingwood, Preston Coun-
ty, West Virginia (then old Virginia), where during that
and the followiug year he read law and taught a select
school, which sehool later became known as Preston Acad-
emy. He was licensed to practice law in March, 1844, en-
tered upon his professional career at Kingwood in the
same year, and in 1845 became a member of the law firm
of Brown and Dille, the senior member of which was the
lion. William G. Brown, the law preceptor of the junior
member. This association was terminated in 1849, when
Judge Dille became senior member of the law firm of Dille
and Hagans, the junior member heing the Hon. M. B.
llagans, which association continued until the removal of
Mr. llagans to Cincinnati in 1S50, when he was elevated
to the bench.

Judge Dille early won a prominent place at the Preston
County bar and became active in public affairs of the com-
munity generally. He served as a delegate from Preston
County in the Constitutional Convention of West Virginia
in 1861, in which body he was conspicuous as a member
of the committee of judiciary and county organizations,
and after the framing of the constitution went before the
people of different sections of the state, where his efforts
had much to do with its adoption. He was also one of the
distinguished citizens sent to the national capital for the
purpose of the admission of the new state of West Vir-
ginia into the Union. In 1S62 Judge Dille was elected,
without opposition, to the office of judge of the Second
Judicial Circuit, composed of the counties of Monongalia,
Preston, Taylor and Tucker and was re-elected and re-
mained on the bench until 1873. In the fall of 1864 Judge
Dille removed his residence to Morgantown, where, after
he left the bench, he entered private practice and looked
after his landed estates in Monongalia and Preston coun-
ties. His death, which was widely mourned, occurred De-
cember 19, 1896.

In 1849 Judge Dille was united in marriage with Rachel
Jane Hagans, daughter of the late Elisha M. Hagans, of
Kingwood, West Virginia. Mrs. Dille, who was a graduate
of Washingtou (Pennsylvania) Seminary, died April 12,
1852, leaving one son, Oliver Hagans Dille. In 1853 Judge
Dille married Linnie Suter Brown, a daughter of Thomas
Brown, of Kingwood, and a graduate of Washington (Penn-
sylvania) Seminary. She bore him a son and a daughter:
Clarence Brown, and Mary, who married Prof. F. L. Emery,
who was a distinguished professor of mechanics in the
West Virginia University and who departed this life De-
cember 31, 1919. Mrs. Dille died in 1905.

Clarence Brown Dille attended the public schools in h:
boyhood and youth and was then sent to the University 5
West Virginia, from which he secured his Bachelor of At
degree in 1877 and his Bachelor of Laws degree in 188
In the meautime he took a six-year course at Chautauqu
He was admitted to the bar of West Virginia in Septei
ber, 1878, and in that year entered practice at Morga[
town in association with his father, under the firm nat'
of Dille and Dille, which partnership was terminated ll
the death of the senior member in 1896. From the yei
1900 to 1914 Clarence B. Dille was the senior member i
Dille and Dille, Thomas Roy Dille, his nephew, being ti
junior member. Since the latter year he has practieil
alone. Mr. Dille 's legal talents are of a solid rather th:|
a showy character. He is thoroughly grounded iu e 11
mentary principles and possessed of a fine discriminati I
in the application of legal precedents. While he is a flut]
speaker, his style is argumentative and noticeable for puril
and accurate use of words. He is a thorough scholar, nt
only in the learning of the law, but in general literatuiY
Mr. Dille is a ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Chin 1
of Morgantown.

On January 18, 1915, he was united in marriage w:
Miss Lucy Beltzhoover, a daughter of the Hon. Gcor
W. Beltzhoover, au attorney of Shepardstown, West V
ginia, who has been in practice at that place for more th
fifty years and is a leading member of the bar.

Richard Jasper McFadden, a leading contractor
Moundsville and a valued member of the Board of Ooj
missioners of Marshall County, was born on a farm ahc
four miles distant from Moundsville, on the Waynesbuj
Road, January 7, 1859, a son of Galbraith S. and Perme,
Hill (Morton) McFadden, the former of whom was be'
at West Middleton, Washington County, Pennsylvanj
August 25, 1825, aud the latter of whom was born June
1832. Both of the parents died in 1905, the father on 'I
8th of November and the mother on the 12th of Fehrua-
their son Thomas having died in September of the saj
year. Galbraith S. McFadden was a son of James J
Fadden, a native of Ireland, whose wife was a Miss Stu:
and a representative of the historic Stuart elan of Se|
land. Within a short period after his marriage Jan
McFadden established his residence in Washingtou Conn)
Pennsylvania, and later he became postmaster and a just'
of the peace at Buena Vista, that state. He was p
eighty years of age at the time of his death and his wid
lived to the age of ninety-one years.

Galbraith S. McFadden was a venturesome youth
twenty-two years when he made the long overland jouri
to California, with a wagon and ox team. He built
first sixty-foot over-shot water wheel in California, 1
same being used for the operation of a pioneer stamp n .
at Placerville. He remained in California about eight*
months, then returned and at Moundsville, Virginia (nj
West Virginia), he married Permelia Hill Morton, dangh'
of Richard Morton, a farmer and real estate dealer, mv
of whose realty at Moundsville, on Seventh Street, still
mains in the possession of his descendants. The old Mor
homestead was on Parrs Run. Galbraith S. McFadij
erected a hotel on the old Morton House site in 1875 jl
which was originally known as the Mound City Ho
Prior to his marriage Mr. McFadden made a second o\\
land trip to California. On his first trip he had tali
with him a dog from Pennsylvania, and at Salt Lake CI
he left this animal in care of Brigham Young, head of I
Mormon Church. On the return trip he brought the (I
with him, though Young was reluctant to part with it, asl
had become attached to the animal. In the period pi|
to the Civil war Mr. McFadden visited the Southern Stal
and hecame indignant at the treatment accorded to skvl
His opinions were expressed freely and caused him to I
come obnoxious to the Southern planters, from whom I
escaped through the aid of an aged negro whom he la
befriended. After his marriage he passed six years 1
the farm of his father-in-law, near Moundsville. He
ability as an architect and drew the plans for the West ^1
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wrved as warden of the prison four years and eight
ha, and within his regime only one prisoner made a
anent escape. He had great faith in tho future of
adsville and he erected numerous buildings, established
ig mills, opened coal mines on the opposite side of the
, and was one of the leaders in progressive enterprise
Is day. To prevent the historic Indian mound that
I title to the city from being used as a beer garden,
ought the property, which he retained until his death,
tame being now owned by the state and maintained as
nrk, in accord with provision made incidental to the
of the property. He was a stanch republican and
>d two terms in the West Virginia Legislature. When
rable in years he was so desirous of once more visiting
Pacific coast that he set forth on the trip, in company
his son Richard J., and they were at Salem, Oregon,
i he was suddenly stricken with illness that there
inated his life. Of the children Richard J. is the
it; Jamc9 Adams and Margaret died in infancy; Ella
is the wife of William F. Steifel, of Wheeling; Wil-
li, resides at New Orleans; Elizabeth Bell is the wife
IV. F. Weaver, of Pittsburgh; and Thomas died in
ember, 1905.

ichard J. McFadden received somewhat limited cduca-
il advantages and by self-discipline has effectively
come this handicap. As a young man he followed
ous occupations in different sections of the Union, and
for some time located at Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. He
employed in erecting steel cranes for steel mills^ and
grading work and house-moving, and finally he engaged
•ontracting, in street paving, sewer construction, rail-
I construction, etc. He has filled important contracts in
k street-paving, and in his substantial contracting busi-
i he has employed at times as many as fifty men. He
ed four years as a member of the City Council of
indsville and was once a candidate for nomination for
i Legislature. In 1921 he is serving his third year as a
missioncr of Marshall County, and in his election he
the largest majority ever given to a candidate for this
■e in the county np to that time. As commissioner he is
advocate of progressive policies and measures in further-
e of the civic and material advancement of the county
. he is one of the leading men of his home city, his
itical support being given to the republican party.
December 18, 1SS4, Mr. McFadden married Clara,
>.ghter of Charles E. and Laura A. (Wishart) Jackson,
I being a native of Marshall County and her father hav-
l been born in Marion County, a daughter of Marshall

I Jane (Hamilton) Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden
tame the parents of two children: Laura, who died in
|l, was the wife of Dr. J. W. Hartigan, of Morgantown;

II Nellc is the wife of John H. Fair, of Wheeling, their
[• ehild being a son, Jack.

^lotd D. Griffin. The important post of division chief
lernal revenue collector at Clarksburg is held by Lloyd

Griffin, who, since entering upon his duties in June,
!1, has displayed the same energetic action and capacity

painstaking effort that made his term as sheriff of Har-
oa County notable. A native of this county, he has
Used his entire life within it9 limits, and <luring his
!'eer has had experience in several lines of endeavor
lien has broadened his views and added to hi9 equipment
|r valuable public service.

Mr. Griffin was born on a farm in Harrison County, West
'rginia, November 26, 1877, and is a son of Benjamin C.
id Almira Ann (Swiger) Griffin, natives of the county,
»ere they spent their lives. Benjamin C. Griffin, who was
I son of James Griffin, likewise a native of Harrison
luaty, was a farmer by occupation, and wa3 reared in a
Iristian home, his father being a Baptist minister. When
[3 Civil war came on Benjamin C. Griffin offered his
►•vices, was accepted in the Union army and served through-

t the great struggle that followed. At its close he re-
'rned to the peaceful occupation of agriculture, bnt the
irdships which he had endured during his military experi-

ce had affected his health, and he died in 1879, when

Jy abont forty-thre*> years of age. He was a faithful

member of the Baptist Church, as was also Mrs. Griffin,
who survived him for many years and died at the home of
her son, Lloyd D., in 1919, aged nearly seventy-seven years.
There were eight children in the family, as follows: Lemuel
J., and Cora B., both now deceased; Permcla E., now Mrs.
Sebastian Kelly; James A., de -cased; Rosa Ann, now Mra.
Seymour Stark; George N.; Florence M., also deceased;
and Lloyd D.

When Benjamin C. Griffin died he left his widow with
little more than a family of children, but the worthy
woman was equal to the emergency and managed to keep
her children together. Lloyd I). Griffin was given the
advantages of a grammar school education, which he sup
plemented with much study, and at the age of twenty years
became a teacher, a vocation which he followed for" nine
years, during which time, in tho summer seasons, he ap-
plied himself to farming. Also, on several occasions, he
was employed on public works. Eventually he took a com-
mercial course at the Mountain State Business College,
Parkersburg, and with this preparation secured a portion
as assistant bookkeeper for the West Virginia Bank, at
Clarksburg, an institution with which he was identified for
ten years, in this time working his way up to the position
of assistant cashier. Mr. Griffin resig'ned this position to
enter upon the duties of sheriff of llarrisou County, to
which office he was elected as the republican candidate in
November, 1916, the first republican to be elected in many
years. He filled the office for one term of four years from
January, 1917, and established an excellent record for
faithful service and capable handling of the responsibilities
of the position. On June 1, 1921, Mr. Griffin beeame divi-
sion chief internal revenue collector, a position winch he
still retains, and in which he has also a creditalde record
for work well and thoroughly performed. Mr. Griffin is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a thirty-
second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Noble of the
Mystic Shrine. His religious faith is that of the Baptist
Church.

On May 1, 1902, Mr. Griffin was united i n marriage with
Miss Alberta P. Rogers, daughter of John G. ami Mclvina
(Boggess) Rogers, of Harrison County, and to this union
there has been born one son: Joe Rogers, a student at
the University of Pittsburgh.

Oakey Stitt Gribble, M. D., ia established in successful
practice in the City of Clarksburg, as a specialist in the
treatment of diseases of the eye, car, nose and throat, a field
m which his special study and broad experience give him
position of no minor authority. The doctor was born on a
farm near West Union, Doddridge County, We*t Virginia.
August 11, 1876, and is a son of John M. and Klizabeth A.
(Gray) Gribble. both likewise natives of what is now the
State of West Virginia, where they were born in Preston
County — the father in 1S4S and the mother in 1*47. The
parents now maintain their home at West Union and the
father is living retired from active business. In former
years John M. Gribble was numbered among the repnsen-
tative farmers of Doddridge County, and later he became
interested in oil production industry and in banking enter-
prise. For many years he was president of the Doddridge
County Bank, at West Union. He was a valiant young
soldier of the Union in the Civil war, and for a long
period of years he was a leader in the local councils of the
republican party, he having served one term as sheriff of
Doddridge County, where he established his residence about
1875, upon removal from Preston County. He and lis wife
are earnest members of the Baptist Church and in their
home countv their circle of friends is coincident with that
of their acquaintances. Of their children three sons are
living: Wallace Bruce, who is associated with the Hope
Gas Company, of Clarksbnrg; Dr. Oakey S., who is the im-
mediate subject of this review; and Wi'liam Dexter, who
is engaged in the coal business at West Union.

Doctor Gribble supplemented the dscipline of the public
schools by taking a preparatory course in the University
of Pennsylvania, where also he completed a course in the
department of dentistry, from which he received, in 1901,
the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. In the meanwhile,

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however, he had determined to prepare himself for the
medical profession, and with this purpose in view he en-
tered the medical department of the University of Mary-
land, in Baltimore, in which he was graduated as a member
of the class of 1904 and with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. For the ensuing year he was resident physician
in the Davis Memorial Hospital at Elkins, West Virginia,
and thereafter he was engaged in successful general prac-
tice at Beverly, Randolph County, until 1911, when he
became resident physician in Bay View Hospital, Balti-
more, Maryland. After he thus engaged one year he re-
turned to Randolph County and engaged in practice at
Mill Creek. Later he returned to Baltimore for special
post-graduate work, and shortly afterward he was there
appointed resident physician at the Presbyterian Eye, Ear,
Nose & Throat Hospital. He retained this position until
1916, when he resigned and established himself in prac-
tice at Clarksburg where he has since continued a successful
specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the
eye, ear, nose and . throat.

When the nation became involved in the World war
Doctor Cribble, in the latter part of 1918, volunteered for
service in the medical corps of the United States Army,
and in the same he received a commission as captain, in
September of that year. He was assigued to Camp Green-
leaf, Georgia, where he remained until January, 1919,
when he returned home on a furlough, his honorable dis-
charge having been granted in the following March.

Doctor Gribble is actively identified with the Harrison
County Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical
Society, the Southern Medical Association and the Amer-
ican Medical Association. Iu his home city he is a member
of the staff of physicians and surgeons of Mason Hospital.
He is a Knight Templar Mason and a noble of the Mystic
Shrine.

October 3, 1906, recorded the marriage of Doctor Gribble
to Miss Neva Alice Hutton, who was born and reared in
Randolph County, a daughter of Eugene E. and Flora B.
(Osboru) Hutton, the former a native of Randolph County
and the latter of Barbour County. Eugene E. Hutton is a
merchant at Huttonsville, Randolph County, a town named
in honor of the family of which he is a member, he being a
son of Alfred Hutton, whose kinsman, Col. Elihu Hutton,
was a distinguished Confederate officer in the Civil war.
Doctor and Mrs. Gribble have no children.

Jesse Frank Williams, M. D., has found in his native
county ample scope and opportunity for effective service
in his chosen profession and is established in successful
general practice in the City of Clarksburg. He was born
on a farm in Harrison County, March 17, 1882, and is a
son of John Wesley and Victoria Virginia (Chidester) Wil-
liams, both likewise natives of Harrison County and repre-
sentatives of old and honored families of this section of
West Virginia. The paternal grandparents of Doctor Wil-
liams were Jeremiah and Susan (Morrison) Williams, and
the maternal grandparents were James and Rebecca (Hoff)
Chidester. The doctor was the third in order .of birth in
a family of five children, one sister having died at the age
of six years. Dr. Harvey C. is a veterinary surgeon aud
prosperous farmer of Harrison County; Minnie May is the
wife of Howard Jones; and Mary Elizabeth remains at the
parental home. John W. Williams was reared and educated
in Harrison County and has long been numbered among
its representative farmers and substantial citizens, both
he and his wife, who still reside on their homestead farm,
being earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Doctor Williams passed his boyhood and early youth on
the home farm and gained his youthful education in the
public schools, and at the age of seventeen years he became
a teacher in a rural school district, his pedagogic service
being limited to one term. In 1904 he was graduated in
the West Virginia Wesleyan College. In consonance with
his ambitious purpose, he entered the medical department
of the University of Maryland, in the City of Baltimore,
and in this institution he was graduated as a member of the
class of 1908. After thus receiving his degree of Doctor
of Medicine he gained valuable clinical experience by one

year of service as resident physician in the Maryla
General Hospital at Baltimore. On the 1st of Novemb
1909, he opened an office at Clarksburg, and here he 1
built up a large and successful practice that gives h
rank as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of I
native county. He is an influential memher of the Harris
County Medical Society, and is identified also with t
West Virginia State Medical Society, the Southern Medi
Association and the American Medical Association. }'
has served several years as county health officer and is ik
president of the Clarksburg Board of Education. T
doctor is a republican in politics, and he and his wife h<
membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He 1
received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite of 1
Masonic fraternity, besides being affiliated also with t:
Mystic Shrine and the Knights of Pythias. He is a me<
ber of the Masonic Club in his home city, member
Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce and a Rotarian.

The year 1907 recorded the marriage of Doctor Willia
to Miss Anna Morrison, of Braxton County, this state, a
they have three children: Jesse Frank, Jr., John Wes!
(II), and Martha Virginia.

Isaac Harding Duval, whose death occurred ou the 1(
of July, 1902, at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virgin
gained much of distinction in connection with the histc
of West Virginia and was one of the most revered citizt
of Brooke County at the time of his death, even as he *
one of the most venerable native sons of this county, \
birth having here occurred September I, 1824. His fatl
was one of the founders of the first glass factory west
the Alleghany Mountains, and he died when the son Isa
H. was a child. As a youth Gen. Isaac H. Duval went 4
Fort Smith, Arkansas, and joined an elder brother who v
there conducting a trading post. The future adjutant g(
eral of West Virginia became a scout on the western plai'
and gained much experience on the frontier. In 18'
doubtless in connection with the Mexican war and 1
admission of Texas as a state, he took a company of India
to Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose Si
effecting treaties, there having been in the party repres*
tatives of twenty different tribes from the Texas frontij
His western adventures included his having command of
company which left Coffers Station, Texas, in 1849 a
crossed the plains to the newly discovered gold fields
California. He was also a member of the historic Lo]
expedition to Cuba, an attempt being made to aid 11
Cubans in gaining national independence.

In the early '50s General Duval returned to the old ho
in what is now West Virginia, and in 1853 he engaged in 1>,
mercantile business at Wellsburg. He thus continued
activities until the outbreak of the Civil war, when
promptly tendered his services in defense of the Uni«
He was elected major of the First West Virginia Volunti
Infantry, which enlisted on the first call for a term of thi
months. He continued in service by re-enlistment ai
served as major of his command until he was advana
to the office of colonel of the Ninth West Virginia Volunti'i
Infantry. In this office he had for some time command i
the Second Division, Eighth Army Corps. He was tw|
wounded in action, first at Fort Republic and later ]
Opequan, besides having had eleven horses either killed I
wounded under him. He led the Veteran Corps to the stafl
of conflict near Richmond, Virginia, and aided in preventii
the escape of General Lee and his forces. At Staunfc I
Mrginia, he captured the cavalry under command of Gil
eral Rosser, and at that place he learned of the surrenJ
of General Lee. At Staunton also an attempt was made I
assassinate him. After the declaration of peace Genel
Duval had charge of a military suh-division established I
Wheeling. He served four years and nine months asj
gallant soldier and officer and took part in thirty-f(j
battles.

After the close of the war General Duval bent his splencj
energies to the civic and material rehabilitation and i\
vancement of West Virginia. He had won in his militjj
career promotion to the brevet rank of brigadier geneil
After the war the general was soon elected to Congress, |

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A:h lie served four terms, with characteristic loyalty and
Miency. He served two terms in the West Virginia Senate
M four terms as a member of the Houso of Delegates of
MState Legislature. He held for two years the office of
1 lutant general of West Virginia, and for fourteen years
\ collector of internal revenue, an office from which lie
j nred in l,s*4. lie was a stalwart and influential advocate
< Jie principles of the republican party, and was a broad-
i ded, liberal and progressive citizen. 11c continued his
] denee at Wellsburg until the close of his life. General
I hi was a man among men, and few had broader or riper

erience in connection with human activities and service.

his youthful career on the western frontier he was the

•nd and associate of such historic persons at Kit Carson,

*»rt Pike and Buffalo Bill.

II was solemnized the marriage of General Duval

Miss Mary Deborah Kuhn, daughter of Adam Kuhn,
first president of the old National Bank of Wellsburg,
[ginia, now West Virginia. Mrs. Duval continued to re-
} in the old home at Wellsburg until she, too, passed
[the life eternal, her death having occurred April 2'5,
4, and her memory being revered r»y all who came within
compass of her gentle and gracious influence. Of the
children eight attained to maturity: Walter K. is a
;dent of Spokane, Washington; Mrs. Anna Dalzell, a
ow, resides at Los Angeles, California; Adam Isaac is a
ideal of Findlay, Ohio; William II., a commercial sales-
n, resides at the old home in eompany with his two sisters,
s. Weirieh, a widow, and Mrs. Caldwell, whose husband
•wise resides in this fine old homestead; Frank owns
I resides upon a part of the old home farm in Brooke
mty; and Harding H., youngest of the surviving children,
:he present sheriff of Brooke County,
larding H. Duval, who is now giving effective service
sheriff of his native county, gained his early education
the schools at Wellsburg, in which eity his birth oe-
red March IS, 1S67. As a youth he passed a few years
(the West, where he worked on the eattle range and was
a time employed in a store at Omaha. After his return
West Virginia he became associated with T. A. Gillespie
Company, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a concern in rail-
ed construction work and general contracting. Later he
:-ame inspector for the Wlnttaker-Glessner Company at
new manufacturing plaut at Beeehbottom, Brooke
unty, and in this capacity he served until the fall of
BO, when he was elected sheriff of Brooke County, as
ninee on tbe republican ticket. In the election he received
04 majority and ran 400 votes ahead of his party ticket.
Be sheriff is giving a most efficient and satisfactory admin-
i ration, aud in his native eounty his circle of friends is
Iiited only by that of bis acquaintances. He married
Iss Edna Meek, of Cross Creek District, Brooke County,
id they have two ehildren, Thomas n. and Edna Harding.
t omas Harding is chief deputy in the office of his father.

■ Job Welton Johnston, M. D., maintains his office at
?1 Goff Building, in the City of Clarksburg, and the scope

d character of bis professional practice marks him dis-
tictly as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of
iirrison County. The doctor was born at Petersburg,

ant County, this state, March 9. 1x59, and is a son of

v. John and Sallie C. (Welton) Johnston. Kev. John
hhnston was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, of stanch
Soteh-lrisb lineage, and was reared and educated in his
Stive land, whence he came to the United States in 1*53.
h landed in the port of New York City and soon after-
\rd came to what is now the state of West Virginia,
/ter residing a brief interval at Moorefield he established
h residence at Petersburg, and there, in 1834, was solem-
Ifced his marriage to Miss Sallie C. Welton, who was born
t that place, a daughter of Job Welton, her father having

en a man of wealth and influence in Grant County. John
I d Sallie C. Johnston became the parents of eight ehil-
>en, namely: William Seymour, Job Welton, Margaret

in, John " Edward, Joseph Eggleston, Felix Seymour,
l?nry Foote, and Sallie M. Rev. John Johnston was a
i ( m of high education and fine intellectual gifts. He
,eame a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church and for

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the long period of forty-one years was engaged in the work
of the ministry at Petersburg, where he died in September,
1H94, aged seventy-three years and revered by all who hnd
come within the sphere of his benignant influence. His
widow was eighty-five years nnd six months of age nt the
time of her death. Hev. John Johnston owned, raided
upon ami gave his personal supervision to ono of the (x
eel lent farms near Petersburg, and it was on this home
sfc'ad that Doctor Johnston, of this review, was reared to
adult age, his literary or academic education having been
gained largely under "the aide tutorship of his father. At
the aye of eighteen years Doctor Johnston beenme a ch rk
in a drug store at Petersburg, and in lS^l he went to
the State of Kansas, where he found employment in a drug
store at Nickerson. In 1S<W he returned to West Vir
ginia, and in the autumn of that year he was matriculated
in the College of Physicians & Surgeons in the City of
Baltimore, Maryland, from which institution he received
his degree of Doctor of Medicine in the year 1 «■».'». Pur
one year thereafter he was engaged in practice at Thomas,
West Virginia, and he then established his residence at
Davis, a town six miles distant from Thomas, in Tucker
County, where he not only developed a substantial practiee
but also became actively identified with business interests.
The doctor continued his residence at Davis until January
2, 1900, when he found a broader sphere of professional
service by removing to the City of Clarksburg, where he
controls a large and representative general practice. In
189(3 lie took a post-gTadnate course in surgery at the Post
Graduate School & Hospital in New York Vity, and lit-
is known as a specially skilled surgeon, with many success-
ful operations, both major and minor, to his credit. He is
a stalwart in the local ranks of the democratic party, and
fraternally is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of
the Mystic Shrine.

December 2, 1^S7, recorded the marriage of Doctor
Johnston to Miss Mary P. Bye, and of this union have been
born four ehildren: Paul Welton, who was born in lHsQ,
died in 1S92; Paxson Bye, who was bom in 1M>2, died in
1*94; Margaret was bom August 2, 1S97, and remains
at the parental home, as does also Sarah Eloise, who was
born June 1, 1900.

Irving D. Cole, M. D. Since removing to Clarksburg,
J)oetor Cole has largely confined his professional practice
to special work iu the eye, ear, nose and throat, and a* a
specialist he is widely known throughout that section of the
state.

Doctor Cole is a native of Harrison County, born on a
farm July 21, 1*31. His parents, Daniel M. and Elizabeth
(Wolverton) Cole, were of English ancestry and of Old
Virginia stock, were born in Barbour County, West Vir
ginia, but spent all their married lives on a farm in Har-
rison County. His father died in 1911 at the aye of sixty-
two and the mother is still living. They were the parents
of ten children and eight survive.

Doctor Cole grew up on the farm and after the rural
schools he entered Broaddus College, then located at ('larks
burg, where he was graduated in 1901. For three years he
taught school and then entered West Virginia University
for the purpose of preparing himself for the law. A year
and a half later an illne-s interrupted his law studies an I
when he recovered he made an entire change in h's pmft s
sional plans and entered the College of Physicus and
Surgeons at Baltimore, where he was graduated M. D. in
1908. Doctor Cole first practiced at llillsboro in Poca
hontas County and enjoyed a cood business and an inereas
ing professional reputation there for about seven years.
During 1914-15 he spent two periods of post-graduate work
in eve, ear, nose and throat at Chicago and New York, and
after this he located at Clarksburg, where he has practiced
as a specialist since 1915. Besides his large private prac-
tice he is a member of the staff of St Mary's Hospital,
being the eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, and is also a
lecturer to the Hospital Training School. Doctor Cole i« a
member of the Harrison County, West Virginia. Arm rican
and Southern Medical associations, and in 1919-20 was
secretary of the County Medical Society. He is a thirty-

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HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the
Mystic Shrine, and is a Baptist.

July 21, 1908, he married Miss Regina France, daughter
of Jacob and Ida J. (Cullimore) Franee, of Baltimore.
Doctor and Mrs. Cole have a daughter, Jane, born in 1909.

Alexander Jackson Fletcher was an ambitious young
man of twenty-four years when he came to Clarksburg,
judicial center and metropolis of Harrison County, and,
with a capital of little more than $100, engaged in the
general merchandise business, on a modest seale, as may
naturally be iuferred. He brought to bear energy, fair and
honorable polieies and careful management, with the re-
sult that his enterprise prospered from the start and he
eventually developed one of the foremost mercantile estab
lishments in the city. He eoutinued his active association
with this line of business about twenty-nine years, and
then sold out to turn his attention to the banking business,
in which likewise he has made a record of admirable
achievement. In 1903 he became associated with other
representative eitizens in the organization and ineorpora-
tion of the Farmers Bank of Clarksburg, of which he has
since served continuously as president. Among others \ rom-
inently eoneerned in the founding of the new institution
were Ira C. Posh (its first vice president), Hon. Harvey
W. Banner, Hon. .1. E. Law, Dr. M. J. Bartlett, Dr. J. B.
Smith and other eitizens of high standing. The bank bases
its operations on a capital stock of $100,000, an idea of its
unequivocal sueeess is afforded in the statement that in
1921 its resources are in excess of $1,500,000, and its de-
posits nearly $2,000,000. In Clarksburg Mr. Fleteher has
been a true apostle of civic and material progress, and he
has here maintained secure place as a representative busi-
ness man for virtually thirty years. He is a stanch demo-
crat, and while ever regardful of civic stewardship, he
has had no desire for public office. He and his wife are
active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Alexander Jackson Fleteher was born at Farmington,
Jlarion County, West Virginia, February 2, I860, and is
a son of Charles and Amelia (Baker) Fletcher, both of
whom likewise were born and reared in that county, where
the respective families were established in the pioneer days.
Charles Fleteher, Sr., grandfather of the subject of this
review, was a native of Pennsylvania, the original repre-
sentatives of the family having eome from England and
settled in Virginia, in "the colonial period of our national
history. Charles Fletcher, Sr., was still a young man when
he came to what is now West Virginia, settled in Marion
County, and turned his attention to farm industry, with
which he there continued his alliance during the remainder
of his life. Charles Fleteher, Jr., learned the blacksmith
trade and was successfully following the same in his native
county at the time of his tragie deatli in a railroad accident,
in 1869, when his son Alexander .1. was but three years old.
The widowed mother reared her four children with earnest
solieitude and continued her residence at Farmington until
the close of her gentle and graeious life. Her father,
Jacob Baker, was a native of Pennsylvania, of German
ancestry, became a pioneer settler in Marion County, West
Virginia, and lived to the patriarchal age of 106 years.
He whose name initiates this review is the youngest of the
four children. His two brothers, Dorsey W. and Miehael
A., still reside in Marion County; and the only sister,
Catherine, is deceased.

Alexander J. Fletcher obtained in his youth a good
common-school education and initiated his business eareer
as clerk in a general store in his home town. For seven
years he was in the employ of a leading mercantile firm at
Fairmont, county seat of Marion County, and it was after
severing this association that, at the age of twenty-four
years, in 1890, he initiated his independent mercantile en-
terprise at Clarksburg, as noted in a preceding paragraph.

In 1886 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Fleteher
to Miss Mollie A. Bowers, who was born in the State of
Pennsylvania, and they have four children: Nellie C. (Mrs.
O. K. Alhnan), Mabel C. (Mrs. Frank Graham), Ray
Jackson, and Ward Bowers. The two sons are now cou-
dueting a prosperous business at Clarksburg, under the

firm name of the Fletcher Automobile Company. Bo
were in the nation 's military service in the World wi
period, Ray J., having soon received an honorable d
charge, on account of physical disability, and Ward 1
having become an instructor in the aviation departmei
All four of the children received the advantages of the W<
Virginia Wesleyan College.

Rev. Patrick H. McDermott, S. T. L., the honon
pastor of the Catholic parish of the Church of the Imma<
late Conception in the City of Clarksburg, Harrison Coun:
was born in Wheeling, this state, January 31, 1863, and
a son of Michael and Catherine McDermott, both nath
of Ireland and both devout communicants of the Catno
Church.

Father Patriek H. MeDermott received his academic
literary education at St. Charles College, Maryland, a
completed his ecclesiastical course at the Theologii
Propaganda University, Rome, Italy, from which grt;
institution of the "Eternal City" he received his degi;
of S. T. L. He was ordained to the priesthood of the gre
mother church of Christendom on the 30th of Octob
1892, at Rome, and after his return to the United Stall
he gave three years of effective service as chancellor
St. Joseph's Cathedral in his native city of Wheeling. '.
was then assigned a pastoral charge at Wytheville, V
ginia, where he remained three years. For nearly thirte
years thereafter he was pastor of a church at Rowleshu:
West Virginia, and on the 1st of February, 1912, he <!
tered upon his earnest service in his present pastora'
that of the important parish of the Chureh of the Immat
late Conception, at Clarksburg. Here he has labored w
all of consecrated zeal and devotion, and under his regi'
both the spiritual and temporal affairs of the parish ha
been signally advanced and prospered. The services of t :
Catholic Church at Clarksburg were maintained under m
sion auspices until 1864, when the present parish was orgi
ized by Rt. Rev. Monsignor Daniel O 'Conner, who becar
the first pastor and who continued as the revered spirit!
and executive head of the parish until his death, in 19'
Father O'Conner was a native of Maryland and was a m
of fine intellectual and administrative powers. Under
vigorous and earnest administration the parish grew a,
prospered for nearly forty years, and he was influent!
also in general community affairs. Under his directi
were erected the first ehurch edifice, the first priest's hou
the first sehool building of the parish, as well as otl;
buildings required to meet the needs of the growing cbui;
organization. The original ehureh was a brick structu
erected in 1865, and it served as the parish house of wj
ship until 1921, when the ancient building was razed, |
order that the site might be utilized for the new a
modern chureh edifiee which is here to be erceted un<
the direet supervision of the present pastor, Father 1]
Dermott. The parochial school was opened in 1S65 a
the educational work of the church has kept pace with 1
growth and progress of the community. In the two scho;
now maintained by the parish the enrollment of puj|
numbers almost 450 at the time of this writing, in \\
winter of 1921-2. One sehool, known as St. Joseph's Ac:|
emy, is under the direction of the Sisters of St. Joseph, a.
the other school is in eharge of the Xaverian Brothers. ,

In the year following his assumption of this pastoj
charge Father McDermott initiated the erection of ij
present St. Mary's High School Building, which was coj
pleted in 1914 and which, with its equipment, represeij
an expenditure of about $83,000. The present residence 1
the Xaverian Brothers of the parish was completed at]
eost of about $14,475. The parish now has about l,fj
communicants.

The second pastor of the Church of the Immacul: |
Conception was Rev. John A. Reynolds, whose earnest sel
ice covered a period of about nine years and continued uil
his death, January 16, 1912. His memory is revered in 11
community, which benefited greatly by his presence al
loving labors. Father Reynolds was born at BaltimoJ
Maryland, and prior to coming to Clarksburg had been I
service as a priest at Wheeling, West Virginia.

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313

Slather McDermott has mainfested a spirit of progres-
, Bness not only in connection with the work of his pariah
, , also as a liberal and public-spirited citizen of broad

look and mature judgment. He has gained inviolable
| lee in the confidence and high regard of the people of

irksburg and Harrison County.

I Robert L. Ramsat, who is engaged in the practice of his
pfession at Wellsburg, judicial center of Brooke County,
i secure status as one of the representative members of
t bar of this part of his native state, and both in his in-
■idual practice and his official service as prosecutiug at-
ney of Brooke County he has won noteworthy victories
connection with cases of maximum importance.
The association of the Ramsay family with what is now

1 State of West Virginia began when the widowed pa-
nal grandmother of the subject of this review came with
- children to New Cumberland, Hancock County, and
ned her brother, Peter G. Headley, who there opened the
4 coal mines of that district, about 1840. Mr. Headley
s a native uf Scotland, a man of marked ability and
tiative energy, and he was lung one of the leading eiti-
is of Hancock County, where he died in 1S92, at the age
seventy-four years. He was a delegate to the first repub-
an convention held in Virginia, that of 1">56, and he eon-
med a stalwart supporter of the party cause during the
naindcr of his life, while he was influential in its coun-
ts after the State of West Virginia had been created. In

2 early days he shipped coal down the rivers by barge,
d he became the owner of a large part of the land now
nprised in the City of New Cumberland. Hi9 sister Isabel
came the wife of Robert Ramsay, who died in Scotland,
d it was after this bereavement that she came to America
\ joined her brother at New Cumberland, where she
ssed the remainder of her life. Her two sons were John
d William, the latter being now a resident of Guernsey
unty, Ohio.

John Rani9ay was born in Scotland, in 1856, and he was
•out twenty years of age when, with his young wife, he
eompanied his widowed mother to the United States. In
e present Hancock County, West Virginia, he became man-
ner and superintendent of his uncle's coal mines, and he
now successfully operating a mine at near Hollidays Cove,
at county, his home being in that vigorous little industrial
ty. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Lumsdou,
id they have two sons and four daughters, Robert L., of
.is review, being eldest of the number; Anna is the wife
r Samuel Smith, of Hollidays Cove; Isabel is the wife
? William Breen, of that place; John likewise resides at

' ollidavs Cove; Edith remains at the parental home; and
thel is' the wife of Floyd Tarr, of Hollidays Cove.

1 Robert L. Ramsay was born at New Cumberland, Han-
•ck County, March 24, 1877, and his early education was

> itained in the public schools of his native county. In 1901
3 was graduated in the law department of the University
f West Virginia, and for four years thereafter he was
isoeiated in practice with the late Senator J. R. Donahue
b New Cumberland. Since 1906 he has been actively en-
aged in practice at Wellsburg. In 1908 he was elected
rosceuting attorney of Brooke County, and in 1912, as a

'emoerat, he was defeated for election to the office of state
mator from his district. His defeat was compassed by only
56 votes in the district. Though he lost Ohio County, he
arried every precinct in Hancock County, which gave a
3publiean majority of 800. In 1916 Mr." Ramsay was re-
lected prosecuting attorney of Brooke County, and -his
orceful and notable administration in this office terminated

li 1921. As prosecutor during this period he handled many
nportant cases, including the celebrated Galcheck murder

*ase, one of the most notable ever tried in the West Virginia

►ourts. Galcheck, a merchant of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
ad become infatuated with Mary Ondriek, a versatile young

'dventuress, by whom he was lured to Follansbee, Brooke

.Jounty, and, in accordance with the well laid plot of the
roman and her accomplices, the victim was finally taken
rom the automobile in which he was being transported,

v&s handcuffed and thrown off the Steubenville bridge, to

.aeet his death by drowning. In the prosecution that fol-

lowed tbis dastardly crime Hobert, or "Pittsburgh," Grimm
was condemned and executed and three accomplices were
given life sentences, including the Ondrich woman, who
had previously made a confession. The case was remark
nble in the effective gathering of the circumstantial evidence
that unraveled the nefarious plot, with difficulties nt every
turn, and finally bringing the guilty parties to justice. The
work which Mr. Ramsay did in connection with this cause
eelebro did much to broaden his reputation nnd to give him
state wide fame as a resourceful criminal lawyer nnd
prosecutor.

Mr. Ramsay has been influential in the council an<l cam-
paign activities of the democratic party, has repeatedly been
a delegate to its state conventions in West VirgiDia, nnd
as a campaign speaker has frequently covered the First
Senatorial District of the state. He is affiliated with the
Wheeling Lodge of Elks and with the Kiwanis Club at WelN
burg.

Mr. Ramsay married Miss Edna Brindley, daughter of
Jefferson Brindley, and the two children of this union are
Robert and Charlotte.

John Patrick McGuire, M. D., who controls, in the
City of Clarksburg, Harrison County, a professional prac-
tice that indicates alike his ability and personal hold upon
popular confidence and esteem, claims the old Keystone
State of the Union as the place of his nativity, his birth
having occurred at Altoona, Pennsylvania, November 13,
1S73. lie is a son of John and Mary (O'Reilly) McGuire,
both natives of Ireland, where the former wa9 born in
18.34 and the latter in 1849, she having been a young
woman when she severed tho home ties and immigrated to
the United States, to which country her brother Thomas
had preceded her.

John McGuire was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland,
and was a lad of eleven years when, in 1S45, his parents,
Philip and Bridget (O 'Reilly) McGuire, came to America
and established their residence in Blair County, Pennsyl-
vania. Philip McGuire was born in 1798, in Ireland, nnd
died at Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1^84. His mother was a
daughter of an English army officer, General Hamilton, who
had been a member of Cromwell's forces, and thus Doctor
McGuire of this review can claim both Irish and English
ancestry. John McGuire was reared to manhood in Penn-
sylvania and he gave a number of years' servico as a loco-
motive engineer, being killed in an accident while on duty
in this capacity, the 24th of April, 1S80. Of his family
of seven sous and one daughter, three of the sons died in
infancy. Dr. Thomas J., eldest of the surviving children, is
a representative physician and surgeon in the City of
Parkersburg, West Virginia; Rev. Philip P. is pastor of St.
Vincent Catholic Church in the City of Baltimore, and with
him his venerable mother is making her home at the time
of this writing, in the spring of 1922; Dr. John P., im-
mediate subject of this sketch, was the next in order of
birth; Dr. William C, likewise a physician and surgeon,
is engaged in successful practice at Huntington, this state;
and Mary P. (Mrs. Krugh) resides in the City of Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania.

In the parochial and public schools of his native city
Dt. John P. McGuire acquired his early education, and
thereafter he pursued higher academic studies by attending
St. Michael's College at Toronto, Canada. Thereafter
he completed the prescribed four years' course in the
medical department of the University of Maryland, at
Baltimore, and he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine
on the 13th of May, 1905. In the following month he esta >-
lished himself in practice at Clarksburg, West Virginia,
and here he has gained secure success and vantage-ground
as one of the able and popular representatives of his pro-
fession in Harrison County, ne keeps in close touch with
the advances made in his profession and is actively identi-
fied with the American Medical and the Southern Medical
associations, and the West Virginia State Medical and
Harrison County Medical societies, lie nnd his wife are
communicants of the Catholic Church, and he is affiliated
with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks.

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HISTORY" OF WEST VIRGINIA

On the 21st of September, 1908, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Doctor McGuire to Anna (Mulheran) Summers,
who was born at Clarksburg, on the 20th of June, 1878, a
daughter of Thomas and Margaret (O'Ryan) Mulheran.
Thomas Mulheran was born in Ireland and was six years
old at the time of the family immigration to the United
States. He served as a teamster with the Union army in
the Civil war, and he was a resident of Clarksburg at the
time of his death, July 3, 1887. His widow, who still
maintains her home in this city, was born at Kingwood,
Preston Couuty, this state, June 20, 1853. Doctor and
Mrs. MeGuire have no children.

James Thomas Bbennan, M. D. In the present century
of expanding horizons in medical science, of marvelous dis-
coveries and undreamed of surgical achievements, the pro-
fession seems almost to have reached a point where its
accomplishments are no less than miracles. Among the
capable and well trained physicians and surgeons of the
youuger generation engaged in practice at Clarksburg, one
who is making rapid strides in his calling is James Thomas
Brennan, M. D. Doctor Brennan is a native of Clarksburg,
and was born January 24, 1888, being a son of Thomas P.
and Annie C. (Clifford) Brennan, and a grandson of John
J. and Eleanor (Flanagan) Brennan. The grandparents
were born, reared and married in Ireland, emigrating from
County Mayo to the United States soon after their mar-
riage and settling at Clarksburg, where John J. Brennan
engaged in the shoe business as a merchant. There he
and his worthy wife passed the remainder of their lives.
Thomas P. Brennan was engaged in the coal business in
early life, but later became the proprietor of a grocery.
He is best remembered, however, as the proprietor of the
old Hotel St. Charles of Clarksburg, where he was a most
genial and popular host. This hostelry was well known to
the traveling public and under Mr. Brennan 's able man-
agement became a favorite stopping-place. Mr. Brennan
died when only forty-nine years of age. His widow, who
still survives him as a resident of Clarksburg, was born
in Harrison Connty, a daughter of James Clifford. She
and her husband were the parents of three children: Mary
Bose, the wife of Andrew J. Boyles; Dr. James Thomas,
of this review; and Miss Bernadette, a teacher of music.

James Thomas Brennan was reared at Clarksburg, where
he received his primary education, and after attending the
public schools completed his literary education at Eock
Hill College, near Baltimore. He then entered the medical
school of Harvard University, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1914, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine,
and for three years thereafter served as an interne at
Carney Hospital. When the United States became involved
in the "World's war, he volunteered his services in the
Medical Corps of the United States Navy, and, being ac-
cepted, was commissioned junior lieutenant and sent to
Washington, District of Columbia, where he remained in
the service until July, 1919. He was promoted to the rank
of senior lieutenant, and as such received an honorable
discharge after something more than a year spent in the
service. At that time he returned to Clarksburg, where he
established himself in offices at 206 Empire Building, and
since then has been engaged in building up a desirable gen-
eral practice. Doctor Brennan is a close student of his
calling and keeps fully abreast of its numerous advance-
ments. He is a member of the Harrison County and the
West Virginia State Medical societies, the American Medi-
cal Association and the Association of Military Surgeons of
the United States Navy. In politics he is a democrat, and
his religions faith is that of the Catholic Church. Frater-
nally he is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus, in both of
which he has numerous friends.

On October 21, 1918, Doctor Brennan was united in
marriage with Miss Irene Gertrude Little, of Boston,
Massachusetts.

Ulysses Woodward Showalter, M. D 1 . Nearly thirty
years of devotion to his profession is the record of Dr.
Ulysses Woodward Showalter, a veteran medical and surgi-

cal practitioner of Clarksburg; thirty years of his life
given to the calling which he chose as his life work in
young manhood; nearly a third of a century spent in the
alleviation of the ills of mankind. Such is indeed a faith-
ful service, a record of which no man could be ashamed.
Always giving his best to his work, never sparing himself
that the task to which he had dedicated himself might be
completed, his life has surely been a useful one and he may
now look back over the years that have passed with a sense
of duty well done and take a pardonable pride in the
accomplishment of a great work.

Doctor Showalter was born on a farm in Barbour County,
West Virginia, April 27, 1858, a son of William U. and
Sarah Elizabeth (Woodward) Showalter. His father was
born near Uuiontown, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1822,
and died in Independence, Preston County, West Virginia,
September 22, 1900. He was a son of Henry and Mary
(Bilheimer) Showalter, natives of Pennsylvania, of Dutch
descent, who were pioneer settlers at Fairmont, West Vir-
ginia, removing later to the State of Illinois, where they
died. On October 3, 1850, William U. Showalter married
Sarah Elizabeth Woodward, who was born December 11,
1822, in Harrison County, West Virginia. She was a
daughter of John Mills and Susan E. (Gillis) Woodward,
natives of Maryland and Harrison County, respectively.
They resided in this county for many years, the father
following agricultural pursuits, although he was, by trade,
a maker of sickles for reaping grain. Both he and his wife
were of English lineage, mainly. To William U. and Sarah
Elizabeth (Woodward) Showalter there were born the fol-
lowing children who grew to maturity: Susan E. ; Charles
L. and Mary Caroline, both now deceased; Ulysses W., of
this review; Jerre D., also deceased; Nancy Ellen; and
Margaret M. The mother died August 4, 1903. She and her
husbaud were Methodists in church faith, and in politics he
was a republican. He had a good education for his day, and
for many years, practically all his manhood, was a teacher
in the public schools.

Ulysses W. Showalter grew to manhood on the home farm
and attended the rnral schools, subsequently pursuing a
course at the Fairmont Normal School. This was supple-
mented by a course at Kingwood Academy, following which
he adopted temporarily the profession of educator and taught
for fourteen consecutive terms. In the meantime he read
medicine under a preceptor. His last position as a teacher
was that of principal of the Newberg schools of Preston
County. Previous to that he had been principal of the public
schools of Philippi, West Virginia. Quitting the school-
room as a teacher, he entered the Baltimore Medical College
and graduated in medicine in 1892, at that time receiving
his degree. For the next six years Doctor Showalter prac-
ticed his calling at Independence, Preston County, where he
was well known, going then to Kingwood, in the same county.
In 1901 he came to Clarksburg, and in association with Dr.
A. K. Kessler established the Kessler Hospital, with which
he was connected up to 1905. For two years thereafter he
was superintendent of the Clarksburg City Hospital and
then for four years had a private hospital of his own. He j
is now engaged in the private practice of his profession,
with offices at 158 West Main Street. Doctor Showalter has i
always been progressive in his profession. If any branch
of his calling has received especial attention from him, it is 1
obsteterica. During his professional career, he has delivered
to the date of this writing 4,050 living babies. In politics
Doctor Showalter is a republican, and he and his wife are
members of the Methodist Church. In his fraternal relations
he is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite and Knight J
Templar Mason and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, in addi- 1
tion to which he holds membership in the various leading J
organizations of his profession.

On August 8, 1886, Doctor Showalter was united in mar-
riage with Miss Bertie May Cobun, who was born March 4, I
1864, in Preston County, West Virginia, a daughter of Rev. I
I. B. and Isabel (Flahraty) Cobun. The following children I
were born to this union: Dr. Percy Cobun; Mary Pear], I
the wife of Harman Post; Ulysses W., Jr., who enlisted in J
the United States Marines during the World war, and saw ]
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]md, who was in the artillery branch of the service, but
dlnot go overseas.

Berey Cobun Showalter, M. D., son of Ulysses W. Show-
Mr, M. D., and one of the prominent younger physicians
(garrison County, has been engaged in general practice
aMflarksburg for more than ten years, during which timo
■as made steady progress in his profession. He was
•A at Kasson, Barbour County, West Virginia, May 3,
y , and received his early education in the public schools.
■906 he graduated from the Clarksburg High School,
ftwing which he attended the Baltimore Medical Col-
and graduated with his degree of Doctor of Medicine
■910. After spending one year as an interne in the
M-yland General Hospital, he located at Clarksburg, where
Bias since been engaged in the general practice of med-
iae, lie is a member of the Harrison County and the
St Virginia Medical societies and the American Medical
pciation. He is a republican in politics and a Meth-
rt in religious faith also holding membership in the
^onic fraternity,
[he year 1911 recorded the marriage of Dr. Tercy Cobun
waiter and Miss Bertie McConnell.

:oscoe James Nutter, M. D. It is scarcely possible in
i*e modern days for a man to be a successful physician
hout being also a man of learning and of solid, scientific
uirements. Often the youth who feels the inspiration
•t ultimately leads him into the medical profession, finds
progress one of difficulty from lack of encouragement,
Lortunity or capital, and when all these drawbacks are
rcome through personal effort, battles have been won
t make firm the foundations of character. Of the phy-
ans of Harrison County who have advanced through
■{stent effort and strict adherence to the highest ethics
their calling, one who has traveled far is Dr. Roscoe
nes Nutter, who has been engaged in practice at Clarks-
•g since 1919 and who is now the possessor of a large
1 representative clientele.

)octor Nutter was born on a farm in Barbour County,
rst Virginia, August 26, 1S86, and is a son of Enoch and
ih (Hudkins) Nutter, natives also of Barbour County,
ere they have always resided, the father being engaged
agricultural pursuits. Enoch Nutter was born in IS06
1 his wife in 1S59. The paternal grandparents of Doctor
ttcr were Hiram and Hannah (Chrislip) Nutter, and they
ire natives of Barbour County, as were also the maternal
indparents, Richard Hudkins and his wife, who was Miss
i-kenson.

The fourth oldest in a family of eight children, three
lighters and five sons, Roscoe James Nutter was reared
t the home farm, where he had the usual experience that
Ills to the lot of farmers' sons, working at all the tasks
i the home land and learning the value of industry and
t» virtue of hard work. In the meantime he attended the
[ral schools and later had the benefit of attendance for
lo years at the West Virginia Wesleyan College, and then
r three years taught in the country schools, the money
ined in this manner assisting materially in defraying
U expenses in gaining an education for the profession of
>dicine, which he bad decided to adopt. When he ceased
lehing he enrolled as a student at the Medical College
Virginia, at Richmond, where he was graduated in med-
ne in 1910 and received his degree of Doctor of Medicine,
nmediately thereafter he located at New Milton, Dodd-
lge County, West Virginia, where he practiced his pro-
ssion with a measure of success until December, 1915, in
at year joining the post-graduate class at the New York
olyclinic Hospital and Post-GTaduate School, for a course
surgery. He remained there nntil July, 1917, when he
Seated at Glenville, Gilmer County, and while there tendered
s services, August 1, 1918, to* the United States Army
edieal Corps. He was accepted, commissioned a first lieu-
nant, and sent to Nitro, West Virginia, where he remained
itil January 26, 1919, then being given his honorable
.scharge. February 1, 1919, he located at Clarksburg,
here he is steadily building up a good general practice,
•eupying offices at 26 Lowndes Building. Doctor Nutter
is reached a high standing in professional eireles and is

known as one of Hnrrison County's reputable and entirely
capable physicians and surgeons. Ho is on the visiting
staff of St. Mary's Hospital, nnd is an active and interested
member of the Harrison County, the West Virginia State
and the Southern Medical soeiet'icg, and the Americnn Med
ieal Association. Frnternnlly, he is affiliated with the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent nnd
Protective Order of Elks, in both of which he has numerous
friends.

In 1911 Doctor Nutter was united in marriage with Miss
Vera de Vera Oneal, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, n
native of Barbour County. The Doctor and Mrs. Nutter
are the parents of two children: Paul James ami Eva Lee.

William Saylor Wilkin, the present prosecuting ut
torney of Brooke County, is one of tho able and represcii
tative younger members of the bar in the City of Wellsburg,
the county seat. He had previously served as assistant
prosecuting attorney under Robert L. Ramsay, and in that
connection the first ease in which he appeared wa9 the cele-
brated Galehck murder case, of which specific mention is
made on other pages, in the personal sketch of Mr. Ramsay.

Mr. Wilkin was born in Hancock County, West Virginia,
November 30, 1890, and is a son of Andrew P. Wilkin,
former sheriff of Hancock County and still a resident of
New Cumberland, the county seat. Andrew P. Wilkin
was born in Hancock County in September, 1*59, a son of
James Wilkin, a native of West Middletown, Pennsylvania.
James Wilkin became a prominent and successful teacher
in the schools of Virginia, and gave effective pedagogic
service in Hancock and other counties of what is now West
Virginia. He was educated in Washington and Jefferson
College and was but thirty-eight years of age at the time
of his death. His grandfather, Andrew Wilkin, settled in
Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1773, upon immigra-
tion to America from Londonderry, Ireland. James Wilkin
died in the present Hancock County, West Virginia. His
wife, whose maiden name was Lillie Hobbs, was born in that
county, where her father was an early settler, ller paternal
grandfather was a patriot soldier in the War of the Revolu-
tion and was a resident of Pennsylvania at the time of
his death. Mrs. Lillie (Hobbs) Wilkin attained to advanced
age. The old Hobbs homestead farm at Pughtown, is now
included in part in the corporate limits of New Cumberland,
judicial center of Hancock County.

Andrew Frank Wilkin was reared and educated in Han-
cock County, and for years he was in service as captain
of vessels plying the Ohio River. He twice served as sheriff
of his native county, and he is now living retired at New
Cumberland.

William S. Wilkin was graduated from the New Cumber-
land High School as a member of the class of 190H. In I1H2
he received from Bethany College the degrees of Bachelor
of Arts and Master of Arts, and was valedictorian of his
class. In preparation for his chosen profession he entered
the law department of Yale University, in which he wa*
graduated in 191 o and received his degree of Bachelor of
Laws. He was admitted to the West Virginia bar in 1914.
while still a student at Vale. At the university he became
affiliated with the Kappa Alpha fraternity, the Phi Alpha
Delta fraternity and the Book and Gavel Club. He had the
satisfaction of* receiving at Vale two years of instruction
under the direction of Prof. William II. Taft, former presi
dent of the United States.

In April, 1917, Mr. Wilkin engaged in the practice of
his profession at Wellsburg, but on the 17th of the following
September he entered the air service of the United States
Army, shortly after the nation bveame iuvolved in the World
war. He was graduated in the aviation school at Cornell
University, and was thereafter in active service at Dallas,
Texas, and the aviation field at Rantoul, Illinois, nt which
latter place he remained until he received his honorable dis-
charge, November 30, 1918. He then resumed his practice
at Wellsburg, and shortly afterward was made assistant
prosecuting attorney of the county. In November, 1920, he
was elected prosecuting attorney, and he is giving a vigorous
and resourceful administration, he having assumed the
duties of this office January I, 1921. As assistant prose-

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cutor he was actively identified with the celebrated Calcheck
murder case, in "which the only death sentence ever rendered
in Brooke County was made. Mr. Wilkin is a stalwart
advocate of the principles of the republican party, as is
also bis father, is (1922) president of Bethany College
Alumni Association and vice president of the Athletic Coun-
cil of that institution, is affiliated with both the York and
Scottish Rite bodies of the Masonic fraternity, and with the
Wellsburg Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks and the Knights of Pythias, besides which he is
an active member of the local Kiwanis Club.

Hiram DeWitt Huffman, general manager of the Econ-
omy House & Material Company, one of the important busi-
ness concerns of the City of Blucfield, Mercer County, was
born on a farm near Harrisonburg, Virginia, on the 14th of
January, 1891, and is a son of John S. and Margaret Ann
(Carpenter) Huffman, the former of whom died in 1920,
at the venerable age of eighty-two years, and the latter of
whom resides at Weyers Cave, Virginia. John S. Huff-
man was one of the extensive farmers and substantial citi-
zens of that part of Virginia in which his entire life was
passed and which he represented as a gallant soldier in the
Confederate command of Gen. J. E. B. Stewart in the pe-
riod of the Civil war. The genealogy of the Huffman family
traces back to sterling Holland Dutch origin, and the fam-
ily in many generations held to the faith of the Dutch
Reformed Church.

Hiram DeWitt Huffman is the youngest in a family of
four children, his brother Otho C. being general superin-
tendent of the W. E. Deegans Coal Interests of Huntington,
West Virginia. The early education of Mr. Huffman in-
cluded an academic course at Woodstock, Virginia, and a
course in a business college at Staunton, that state. After
leaving school he was for some time engaged in clerical
work in the coal fields, and in conuection with the coal-
mining industry he finally became identified with the con-
struction work of the Consolidated Coal Company at Flem-
ing, Kentucky, where he remained two years. At Jackson,
that state, he then assumed charge of the business of the
Jackson Lumber & Supply Company, with which he con-
tinued his connection until the spring of 1920, when he
took the position of assistant manager of the Minter Homes
Corporation at Huntington, West Virginia, but within a
short time he came to Bluefield, where he is doing an ex-
cellent promotive and constructive service as general man-
ager of the Economy House & Material Company, which
handles all kinds of building materials, has a department
devoted to house construction and controls a large and sub-
stantial business. Mr. Huffman is an active member of the
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and the local Kiwanis
Club and is a vigorous and enterprising young business man
of sterling personal qualities. In the Masonic fraternity
he has completed the circle of the York Rite and is a
member of Jackson Chapter of Jackson, Kentucky, Lou-
don Commandery of London, Kentucky, and Oleika Shrine,
A. A. O. N. M. S., of Lexington, Kentucky. His first per-
sonal name was given in honor of one of his uncles, Hiram
Huffman, and his second personal name was given in honor
of Rev. DeWitt Talmadgc, of whom his father was a great
admirer.

In 1916 was recorded the marriage of Mr. Huffman and
Miss Minnie Davis, daughter of Judge H. F. Davis, of
Jackson, Kentucky, and the two children of this union are
Francis M. and Helen Davis.

Benjamin H. McCulloch is one of the progressive young
business men of his native city of Bluefield, Mercer County,
where he is secretary, treasurer and manager of McCuI-
loch 's, Incorporated, of which his mother is the president
and his sister Ruth the vice president. This company con-
ducts one of the leading general mercantile establishments
of this thriving little city.

Mr. McCulloch was born in a house at 19 Bland Street,
just to the rear of the present building of the First Na-
tional Bank of Bluefield, and the date of his nativity was
August 25, 1894. He is a son of Benjamin J. and Georgia
McCulloch. His father was born in Montgomery County,

Virginia, September 21, 1861, and his death occurred De-,
cember 6, 1919. Benjamin J. McCulloch was a son of Ben-i
jamin and Elizabeth (Bower) McCulloch, the latter having'!
been the widow of Peter Bash at the time of her marriage
to Benjamin McCulloch. Mrs. McCulloch had two sons by
her first marriage and two also by the second. The latter
two sons, Benjamin J. and John R., became associated with
their half-brother, George M. McCulloch, in the general,
merchandise business at Hinton, Summers County, West
Virginia, where also they established a cannery. The three!'
brothers were among the first to realize the advantages and|
promising future of Bluefield, which was a mere village;
when, in 1888, they came to this place and opened a storei
at the corner of Bland Street and Princeton Avenue. Later!
Benjamin J. conducted a store in the 300 block on Blandl
Street, besides one at 910 Grant Street, these two stores
having been consolidated in 1914 and constituting tht
large and well equipped establishment now conducted by j
his family under the corporate title of McCulloch 's, In-|
corporated. Benjamin J. McCulloch was a business man of
marked ability and prevision, was always ready to grasp*
opportunities and achieved substantial and worthy suc4
cess, together with inviolable place in popular confidence
and esteem. He became the owner of valuable real estate]
at Bluefield, and in many ways aided much in the develop-)
ment and upbuilding of the city. Benjamin McCulloch,,
father of Benjamin J., first married Elizabeth Ackers,!
and the only son of this union was George M., of whom
mention has been made in an earlier paragraph. Ben-1
jamin McCulloch was born in Pennsylvania and upon re-|
moval to Virginia his father settled on a farm nearj
Roanoke. It is interesting to note that the McCulloch)
family, originally from Dornoch, Scotland, was founded'*
in America in the early Colonial days (1665), and that!
Robert H. McCulloch, an ancestor of the subject of this
review, was living in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,!
when he went forth as a patriot soldier in the war of I
the Revolution, for his valiant service in which connec--*
tion he received from the Government a large grant of,|
land in what is now Mercer and McDowell counties, West ,
Virginia.

Benjamin J. McCulloch was an earnest member of the I
Bland Street Methodist Episcopal Chnrch, South, and was]
superintendent of the first Methodist Sunday School or- 1
ganized at Bluefield. Of his four children two are de- 1
ceased, William having died at the age of twenty-threei'
years. The two surviving children, Benjamin H. and Ruth,
are associated with their mother in McCulloch 's, Incor-
porated, as already noted, and Ruth is a popular teacher
in the public schools of Bluefield.

Benjamin H. McCulloch received the advantages of the
public schools of Bluefield and continued his studies in
the University of West Virginia, his intention having been
to prepare himself for the legal profession, but as lie j
had gained youthful experience in connection with his
father's mercantile business be was led to identify him-
self actively with this line of enterprise, in which he is J
making a splendid record and adding to the prestige of]
the family name. He is a director of the Bluefield Chamber!
of Commerce, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity 1
and is a member of the Bland Street Methodist Episcopal]
Church, South. He entered the nation's service at the j
time of thee World war and was in training at Camp
Johnston, Jacksonville, Florida. He was in service inl
France. I

May 24, 1918, recorded the marriage of Mr. McCulloch
and Miss Emma Millet, daughter of Albert Millet, ofi
Bluefield. Mrs. McCulloch is specially active in educa-
tional work and is now supervisor of the city schools of j
Bluefield, besides which she is prominent in the general!
social and cultural activities of her home city. She isl
a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Robert A. Tabor, who conducts at 85 Bland Street
one of the leading retail grocery establishments in the
City of Bluefield, Mercer County, was born in Tazewell I
County, Virginia, September 11, 1888, and is a son of.
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

old homestead farm in Tazewell County, tho father
; seventy-five and the mother sixty-eight years of age
le time of this writing, in 1921. Elgan Tnhor was
rnibcr of the local Home Gunrds in Tazewell County
ig the later part of the Civil war. Ho has long been
iAof the representative exponents of farm industry in
hi county, and is a citizen who commands high place
nfopular esteem. His religious faith is that of the
dliodist Church and his wife is a member of the Baptist
Itch. Of the ten children all are living except one, and
■he number the subject of this sketch was tho sixth
i#der of birth.

ftbert A. Tabor was reared to the sturdy discipline of
■farm and gained his early education in the public
Au of his native county. At the age of seventeen
Mi he entered the employ of the Pocahontas Fuel Com-
«■•, for which he assisted in the building of the pnwer
mn at Boisevain, Virginia. Thereafter he was for a

■ associated with farm enterprise, and he then became
•toyed again by tho Pocahontas Fuel Company, at
■chback, Virginia, where he was identified with the
■ion of dwelling houses for employes of the company.
Bvas thus engaged nine months and later was employed
m. restaurant at Pocahontas, where still later he be-
1> associated with one of his brothers in opening a
Aral store. Three years later he entered the employ
■he EIliott-Frazier Company, with which he continued
■connection four years, and* with a son of Mr. Elliott,
■of his employers, he came to Bluefield, West Virginia,

■ they here opened a grocery store. The business was
■ucted one year under the firm name of Tabor &

ptt, and finally Mr. Tabor purchased his partner's in-
bt, since which time he has conducted the enterprise
mendently, with a large and appreciative patronage
' marks the establishment as one of the most pros-
[us of its kind in the city. The success which Mr.
pr has gained in business i3 the more pleasing to
• by reason of the fact that when he initiated his
pendent business career his capita! consisted only of
excellent reputation, with incidental good credit. He
member of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, and
fcnd his wife hold membership in the Baptist Church,
i 190S Mr. Tabor wedded Miss Lailia F. Reynolds,
Ejhter of George and Mahala Reynolds, of Tazewell
nty, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Tabor ha*ve fine children:
ert Harrison, Eula, Lonnie, Edwin and Harry.

UMpriREY G. O'Xeil established his residence in the
' of Bluefield, Mercer County, on the 10th of Febru-
y 1914, and here he conducts on Bland Street an
ertaking establishment with the best of modern equip-
it and service. He was born on the parental home-
d farm in Owen County, Kentucky, August 2, 1S79,
f is a son of George W. and Susie P. O'Neil, the former
ative of Carroll County, Kentucky, and the latter of
;n County. Her father was a fine marksman and gained
;ial local reputation as such. The original American
resentatives of the O'Xeil family came from Cork, Irc-
1. George W. O'Neil has long been a successful farmer
I tobacco broker in the old Blue Grass State, and he
¥ resides (1921) at Worthville, Carroll County, Kentucky,
the age of sixty-five years, his wife having died October
M913, at the age of fifty-six years. George W. O'Neil is

I owner of a large and valuable landed estate in Owen
' nty, has served twenty-five years as a member of the
If Council of Worthville, and is one of the honored
r influential citizens of his community. He is a dem-
Rt in politics and is an active member of the Methodist
!irch, with which the family has maintained affiliation
[previous generations.

lumphrey G. O'Neil, an only child, gained his early

II cation under the direction of private instructors and
) attending the publie schools. He early became deeply
lirested in the study of anatomy, and this interest has
i er waned, the while his studies have been carried to
» point that gives him an authoritative knowledge of
I subject, this knowledge being of special value to him
this service as a licensed embalmer. He took a higher

course «>f study by attending Cincinnati University, and
in 1S99 he took a special course in the Cincinnati College
of Embalming. Subsequently ho did post graduate work
in the clinics of the celebrated Rush Medical College in
the City of Chicago, besides nttending the clinics of Cook
County and the University of Chicago. Thereafter he
held for eleven years the position of demonstrator for the
Embalmers Supply Company, with headquarters in the
Chy of Louisville, Kentucky. In this connection he lee
tured and gave demonstrations in many different state*
of the Union, and after severing his connection with the
company mentioned he came to Bluefield, West Virginia,
and established his present undertaking business, he hav-
ing been the first funeral director in this part of the state
to place in commission a motor hearse and motor ambulance.
So accurate is his knowledge of anatomy that Mr. O'Neil
is frequently called into court as an expert witness in
this line. lie is affiliated with the local Bine Lodge.
Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic fraternity and
with the temple of tho Mystic Shrine iu tho City of Charles-
ton, lie served in 1921 and 1922 as deputy supreme
dictator of the Loyal Order of Mnose in West Virginia,
lie and his wife arc active members of Grace Church,
Methodist Episcopal, South, and he is a member of the
Men 's Club of this church.

On May 29, 1914, Mr. O'Xeil wedded Miss Clara Hurxt.
of Ilarrodsvillc, Kentucky, and they have one daughter,
Vivian. Mr. O'Xeil has two daughters by a former mar-
riage: Irene Beckham is tho wife of Alfred C. Wilder,
of Wilmore, Kentucky; and Mary Golden remains at the
paternal home.

Joseph M. Walker. During a residence of four dec-
ades in Wellsburg Joseph M. Walker has been identified
with some of that city's most substantial business interest*.
Some years ago there came a tide in his affairs when he felt
justified in retiring and enjoying leisure, but eventually the
call of work became too loud for him to ignore it, and he is
again carrying the burdens ofl business and financial
leadership in that community.

His persona! career links the present with several prior
generations of this noted family in the Upper Panhandle of
West Virginia. His American ancestor was Jacob Walker,
who was bom of Protestant parents near Londonderry, Ire-
land, in 1755, being the youngest of ten children. He
learned the weaver's trade, but some trouble with his
brothers over the sale of the linen which he wove caused
him to run away from home and be sailed as a stownwny
for America in 1773. While on the ocean the ship was over-
hauled by a British cruiser. That government was then
engaged in impressing single men for military service, and
only by a strategy of somewhat romantic nature did Jacob
escape, through persuading a young lady aboard to swear
that she was his wife. But for the kindly service of this
young woman there would have been no history of n pioneer
Walker family in Brooke County. Contrary to the course
of romance, the young people did not marry when they
reached shore. The captain nf the vessel did not permit
the stowaway to land at Baltimore until he had paid his
passage, and Jacob contrived to get word to an uncle living
in that city, who agreed to pay the fare in return for six
months' work by the nephew. By driving a dray for his
uncle he paid the debt and saved some money bc-ddes.

After a few months in Baltimore his self reliant and
venturesome spirit called him to the western side of the
Alleghenies, and, afoot and alone, with a little money in
his pocket, a gun on his shoulder and possessions tied in n
handkerchief, he set out. traveling by way of Fort Pitt, and
arrived in the Ohio Valley in April, 1774. His first stay
was at the farm of Harmon Grenthouse, whom he assist. -d
in clearing about three acres where many years later the
barns of the Tri-Stato Traction Company were built. He
planted corn, raised the crop without horso or plow, and in
the fall gathered the corn and stored it in a rail pen.
During the summer he also bought of his employer 400 acres
at 15 cents an acre. This constitutes the old Walker home
stead in Brooke County, and has never been out of the
family. Another labor of his first summer was the con-

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struetion of a log cabin on his land. Then in the fall he
returned to Baltimore and married Margaret Guthrie. She
accompanied him to the wilderness home in the spring of
1775, riding a horse while he walked alongside. He had to
break a path through the weeds which had grown up before
the cabin door, and from the fatigue of the journey and the
desolation of the situation thus presented she gave way and
sat down in the house to cry. It was the temporary weak
ness of woman that afforded no indication of her true en-
durance and grit. She was a pioneer who did her part well
in succeeding years, reared a family, and lived to see a
settled civilization grow up ahout her. For seven summers
they lived at old Fort Decker, which was located on the
present Broad Street in Follansbee, and during the winters
they stayed on the farm. For several years when he worked
his crop he took a soldier to guard him while he plowed.
He lived here while the War of the Eevolution was waging
on the other side of the mountains, and he took part in the
local Indian warfare. He was at the battle of Battle Run,
near Mingo, when Captain Buskirk was killed, and he helped
bury young Decker, who was killed by the Indians on a farm
in the neighborhood. In 1778 he built a better log house
on his farm, and this structure has been a center of family
associations and memories for almost a century and a half.
Jacob "Walker died Mav 6, 1845, while his wife passed away
September 5, 1819. Their children were three daughters
and one son.

The only son was John Walker, who was born in 1783.
He married in 1808 Sarah Abrams, and they hegan their
married life on part of the old homestead, but in the spring
of 1825 moved over to Ohio. John Walker died September
18, 1871, and his wife, April 2, 1815. They were the parents
of five sons and six daughters.

J. J. Walker, one of the sons of the third generation,
was born on the Brooke County farm October 23, 1824, and
died at the old homestead May 21, 1910, in his eighty-sixth
year. He was reared from early infancy in Ohio, where on
March 5, 1N50, he married Miss Hannah R. McConnell.
Three years later he came back to the Brooke County farm,
and lived there the rest of his life. His wife died March
15, 1909, after they had celebrated their fifty-ninth wedding
anniversary. J. J. Walker was a strong man mentally and
physically, of rugged integrity, and in his work and inter-
course with men he manifested those fine qualities which
we like to associate with the pioneer type. He was a regular
attendant of the United Presbyterian Church at Steuben-
ville, and in politics was a Jeffersonian democrat and in
his later years esteemed Bryan as his ideal political leader.
Besides his children he was survived by seventeen grand-
children and seven great-grandchildren. His children were
Joseph M., James A., William P., John W. and Mrs. Jane
R. Carter.

Joseph M. Walker therefore represents the fourth gen-
eration of the family in Brooke County. He was boru,
however, while his parents were living iu Jefferson County,
Ohio, ou March 4, 1851, and was about two years old when
they returned to the old home on the Virginia side of the
river. Until he was past thirty his activities were mainly
concentrated on farming. On locating at Wellsburg in 1882
Mr. Walker became associated with his father-in-law in
the hardware business under the firm name of W. C. Barclay
& Company. This in 1893 became J. M. Walker & Company.
Its large store building was completed in 1906, and in 1916
the business was incorporated as the J. M. Walker Company,
since which time Mr. Walker has been active in the company
only as a director. He organized in 1904 the Builders
Supply Company of Follansbee, and was active in its man-
agement as president for ten years, retiring in 1914. He
was also president of the local electric company and the
Home Telephone Company, and has been an important
source of the public enterprise that has brought pros-
erity and growth to his home community. He was one of
the organizers of the Wellsburg Banking & Trust Company
of Wellsburg, and after several years of vacation from
business he resumed active connection with this company
as teller and also director and member of the executive
committee.

In the line of public service Mr. Walker was a member

of the school board six years, on the water hoard twel ^
years, and also on the board of public works and the cen ^
tery board. For thirty years he has been an elder in \ .
Presbyterian Church.

In 1S82 he married Miss Alice B. Barclay, daughter
William C. and Emily W. Barclay. Three children were be „
to their marriage: Emily W., deceased wife of Char ?
F. McGlumphy and at her death she left one daughter, Al ,
Louise; Miss Hannah R., at home; and Joseph B., who di '
at the age of twenty-five.

William G. Ferrell, county assessor of Mercer Coun ^
maintains his official headquarters in the court house ^
Princeton, but has been a resident of the City of Is '
field, this county, since 1897. He was born in PnM '
County, Virginia, on the old homestead farm of which
now owns a part, and the date of his nativity was Ail '
7, 1870. He is a son of William Ballard Freston Fejr
and Rebecca (Croy) Ferrell, the former a native of LM f
gomery County, Virginia, and the latter of Giles Coun!"
that state. After their marriage the parents eontimi
their residence in Giles County until 1809, when they \
moved to Bells Springs, Pulaski County, and settled 1
the farm which continued to be their home during if
remainder of their lives, the father having been eighv
three years of age at the tune of his death in 1912, al
the mother having passed away in 1907, at the age I'
seventy-two years. William B. P. Ferrell gave his ent
active life to the basic industry of agriculture and *
one of the successful farmers of the Old Dominion Sta
besides which he took much pride in the raising of li
stock of high grade. He was a man of sterling charact
and both he and his wife were devoted members of \
Missionary Baptist Church, in the Sunday school worm
which he was specially active for many years, ne vol
for Abraham Lincoln for President of the United Stat
and ever afterward continued his allegiance to the repi
lican party. Of the eight children the subject of t
sketch was the sixth in order of birth, and all but t
of the number survive the honored parents.

William G. Ferrell gained his early education in 1
public schools at Bells Springs, and after leaving seP
he clerked ten months in a general store at Glen L;
Virginia. Thereafter he was similarly employed in a sti
at Cripple Creek in his native county, and finally he
turned to Bells Springs, where he remained until he ca
to Bluefield, West Virginia, which was then a mere villa
At Bluefield he found employment in the mercantile est
lishment of E. S. Pedigo, but a few months later he th
took a position in the Globe Store, with which he was e'
nected two years. He then formed a partnership w'
R. H. Miller, under the title of the Ferrell Mercanl
Company, and they opened a well equipped dry goods a
ladies furnishing store near the corner of Federnl Str
and Princeton Avenue at Bluefield. Under this title J
business was successfully conducted from 1901 to la
and in 1916 Mr. Ferrell became deputy county assess
in which position he served until his election to the ofll
of county assessor in 1920, when he received 86 per C'j
of all votes cast at Bluefield in the primary, the lara
vote received by any republican candidate in the coun
his majority running above that here accorded to Presidl
Harding. He has been prominent in the local count]
of the republican party, and at Bluefield he and his \f!
hold membership in the Bland Street Methodist Episco!
Church, South.

In 1S99 Mr. Ferrell wedded Miss Maggie Jane Golleh
who was born in Bland County, Virginia. They have
children.

Hamilton. The first ancestors of this family were (
tivators of the soil along the James River, west of
Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. (I) John M. Han
ton was a farmer and one of the early settlers on the O
River, about twelve miles back of which is the com
seat of Jackson County, West Virginia.

(IT) James M. Hamilton, son of John M. and Nai
(Lowe) Hamilton, was born November 9, 1839. He

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mLed on bis Jackson County farm up to 1S>5, and in
tiT year became a resident of Charleston, West Virginia,
J so continued up to the time of bis death, November

• 1916, at the age of seventy-seven, he being an old
ler of the late Civil war. lie served throughout the
re period of hostilities. lie and his only brother,
■ge W., enlisted in 18G1 in Company E, Seventh Regi-
t of West Virginia Infantry. His brother, George W.,

soon after the surrender, in 1865. Having charge
material trains under Col. William Oley, James M.
nilton took part in the seeond Bull Hun fight and in
ty other battles and was twice wounded and was held
[some time as a prisoner of war in the famous old Libby
ion. The rigors of bis army service permanently im-
ped his health. His affiliation with the Masonic frater-
gained to him a measure of consideration while he
held at Libby Prison. He was a republican and was
My affiliated with the Grand Army of the Kepublie.
wife, who was Miss Malissa .Rhodes, is a daughter of
sander and Mahala Rhodes, of Kockbridge County, Vir-
a. She now maintains her home in the City of Charles-
West Virginia.
Ill) William Wirt, son of James M. and Malissa
lodes) Hamilton, was bora January 27, 1SG7, at Ripley,
kson County, West Virginia. He was educated in the
lie schools of Jackson and Kanawha eounties. He spent
youth on his father 'a farm, and entered business life,
„»r the completion of his studies, as a farmer. This
ipation be pursued, however, for only a brief period,
the age of twenty-two years be engaged in the grocery
Bless in Charleston, West Virginia, in whieh he eon-
led for two years. At the end of this time he sold
and associated himself with the wholesale grocery
1 of The de Gruyter Fuller Company. He was with
m for several years, and then came to Bramwell, West
|ini:i, in 1&94, as the representative of The Cable Com-
ly, of Chieago, Illinois. This position he filled with
isf action for six years. In 1900 he was appointed post-
jter by President MeKinley, on December 20, serving
s until the year 1905. He was re-appointed on January
h- by President Roosevelt, and again re-appointed by
i on February 9, 1909. Mr. Hamilton discharged the
ies of this office, in whieh he served so long and so
thiully, and has become one of the best known and
it respeeted citizens of this seetion. On June 4, 1912,
was nominated in the primary by a large majority for
i office of sheriff of Mereer Connty, his standing being
:eptionally high in the republican party. Immediately
er his nomination for sheriff he tendered his resignation
postmaster at Bramwell, and on September 5th was
lieved and on November 5th was eleeted sheriff and took
irge of this office January 1, 1913. He gave a vigorous
ministration of four years in the office of sheriff. His
•umbency, involved his removal from Bramwell to Prinee-
l, the eounty seat of Mercer County, West Virginia. Mr.
imilton is also well known and greatly esteemed in Ma-
lic circles, being a member of Ivanhoe Commandery No.
, Knights Templar, in which he was eleeted eminent
airaander on June 8, 1912. He is also a member of
amwell Lodge No. 45, and Chapter No. 15; also of the
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias
d United Commercial Travelers. Mr. Hamilton is the
lest in a family of nine children, of whom five are living:
hn H. Hamilton, Mrs. Osear Spencer, of Charleston, Mrs.
hn W. Cooke, of Huntington, and Miss Ersie Hamilton,
Welch, West Virginia.
On Oetober 13, 18S9, Mr. Hamilton married Ella Fauber,
native of Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia,
.ughter of the late William H. and Elizabeth Fauber, of
barleston, West Virginia, the former having been an old
jldier of the United States Army. Mr. and Mrs. Hamil-
jn have one daughter, Laura May, born in Charleston,
[arch 10, 1891, and married June* 5, 1912, to J. Claude
jabe, of Wytheville, Virginia. Mr. Mabe is a civil engineer
C charge of a number of mines at Beekley, Raleigh County,
est Virginia. They are the parents of three children,

• follows: May Hamilton, bora April 19, 1913; William

Wirt, born July 18, 1916; and James Claude, Jr., burn
September 6, 1918.

Simkon Stbothkr Blzzerd is one of the influential citi-
zens of his native Town of Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, where he was born July 23, lSGtt. Ilia father,
George D. Buzzerd, was born on a farm near Berkeley
Springs, Oetober 20, 1M33, a son of Henry Buzzerd, who
was born near Phoenix ville, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1799,
and who came to Virginia about 1830 and settled at Bcrke
ley Springs, the present judicial center of Morgon County,
West Virginia. Henry Buzzerd was a wheelwright by
trade, and ho established a wagon factory at Berkeh-y
Springs, the wagons which he here manufactured, entirely
by hand work, having found ready sale throughout this
section. He continued his residence at Berkeley Springs
until his death in 1881, at the nge of eighty two years.
His political allegiance was given first to the whig and
later to the republican party. Henry Buzzerd married
Mary Grove, a representative of an old and honored Vir-
ginia family, and she was about eighty years of age at
the time of her death, their children having been seveu in
number.

George D. Buzzerd was reared and educated in what
is now Morgan County, and was n sturdy young man
when the Civil war began. His loyalty to the Union was
shown in his prompt enlistment, in lbOl, as a member of
Company B, Seeond Maryland Volunteer Infantry, and at
the expiration of his ninety days' term of enlistment he
re enlisted, his active service in the Union ranks having
continued until the close of the war. He was once captured,
but his eomrades soon effected his release. After the war
he was variously employed at Berkeley Springs, where he
continued his association with business affairs until hia
death, Oetober 20, li>92. He married Miss Mary Elizabeth
Tritipoe, who was born at Berkeley Springs, a daughter
of Thomas Tritipoe, the family name of whose wife was
Catlett. Mrs. Buzzerd passed the closing years of her
life at Berkeley Springs.

Simeon S. Buzzerd gained his early education in the
public schools of Berkeley Springs, and at the age of six-
teen years he here entered upon an apprenticeship to the
printer's trade in the office of the Morgan Mereury. In
1*93 he became associated with Lewis J. Frey in estab-
lishing the Morgan Messenger, of whieh he became the sole
owner about four years later and of which he has Binee
continued the editor and publisher and which he has made
an effective exponent of local interests and of the cause
of the republican party. In 1907 Mr. Buzzerd was ap
pointed postmaster of Berkeley Springs, and of this office
he continued the incumbent until December 31, 1915. lie
is one of the leaders in progressive civic movements in
his native eounty, and is serving in 1922 as a member of
the City Council of Berkeley Springs. He is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife is a
communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Mr. Buzzerd has served as junior and senior deacon of
DeFord Lodge, Aneie"nt Free and Accepted Masons, and
is affiliated also with Lebanon Chapter No. 2, Royal Areh
Masons; Good Intent Lodge No. 52, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows; and Berkeley Lodge No. 4, Knights of
Pythias.

April 26, 1*93, recorded the marriage of Mr. Buzzerd
and Miss Addie II. Hedding, who was horn at Warfords
burg, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Noah and Prudence L.
(Tabler) Hedding, the former of whom was bom in Fulton
County, Pennsylvania, and the latter near Martinshurg,
Berkeley County, West Virginia. Noah Hedding was for
many years a successful merchant at Paw Paw, Morgan
County, and his death oceurred at Berkeley Springs, June
]<">, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Buzzerd have four children:
Florence Louise, Lewis Hedding, Lillian Katheryne, and
James E. S.

Col. Foekkst Washington Brown has won distinguished
vantage-place as one of the able and representative mem-
bers of the bar of West Virginia, and has long controlled

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a large and important law business, with residence and
professional headquarters at Charles Town, the historic
judicial center of Jefferson County. He is a scion of one
of the old and honored families of this section of the
state and was born at Harewood, Jefferson County, on
the 15th of October, 1855, a son of Thomas Augustus and
Anne Steptoe Clemson (Washington) Brown, whose mar-
riage was solemnized in St. Mark's Church, Protestant
Episcopal, in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on
the 17th of October, 1854, the nuptial ceremony having
been performed by Eev. John B. Clemson, rector of the
church and an uncle of the bride.

Thomas Augustus Brown was born at Charles Town,
Jefferson County, December 20, 1822. His father, William
Brown, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, a
son of William Brown, Sr., whose wife, Margaret, was
a daughter of Captain Templeman, of Whitehaven, Eng-
land, a master mariner who commanded a vessel in the
British merchant marine service. The first American rep-
resentatives of this Brown family was Edwin or Edward
Brown, who came from England and settled at Jamestown
in Virginia in the early Colonial era of our national his-
tory. His father, William Brown, was a charter member
of the Virginia Colony, and although it is not known that
he ever came to this county, it is known that his son,
above mentioned, did represent the family here. William
Brown, Sr., great-grandfather of Colonel Brown of this
review, had two sons, William and Thomas, and the latter
served as an aide-de-camp on the staff of General Hunger-
ford in the War of 1812. He later removed to Florida
and became the second governor of that state, besides
which he was a distinguished figure in the Masonic frater-
nity and an author of good repute.

In 1799 William Brown, grandfather of Col. Forrest
W. Brown, removed from Alexandria, Virginia, to Charles
Town, Jefferson County, where he became a leading business
man and influential citizen, he having served several years
as cashier of the historic old Bank of Charles Town. He
died at this place in 1857. The maiden name of his second
wife was Elizabeth Forrest, a daughter of Zachariah For-
rest and supposedly a descendant of Thomas Forrest, who
came to America with Captain John Smith, of historic
fame.

Thomas A. Brown continued his residence in Jefferson
County until 1857, when he removed with his family to
Missouri and established his residence at Darkesville, Ran-
dolph County. He there served as postmaster and also
became a representative farmer of the county. That sec-
tion was one marked by much disturbance by contending
factions in the period of the war between the States,
and in 1864 he removed with his family to Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, where he remained two years. He then
returned to Jefferson County, West Virginia, and resumed
his active association with farm industry, he having been
one of the venerable and revered citizens of this county
at the time of his death, May 20, 1909. His wife, who
likewise died in this county, was a daughter of Dr. Samuel
Walter Washington and Louisa (Clemson) Washington,
and was a lineal descendant of Col.' Samuel Washington,
a brother of Gen. George Washington. Col. Samuel Wash-
ington was one of the pioneer settlers in what is now
Jefferson County, West Virginia, and here he built the
fine old mansion on his estate, known as "Harewood,"
a valuable property still retained in the possession of
his descendants. It was at this stately old home that the
marriage of President and Dolly Madison was solemnized.

Col. Forrest W. Brown received his early education in
private schools in Missouri, Philadelphia and Charles Town,
and in the last mentioned place he attended also the Charles
Town Academy. Thereafter he read law in the office of
White & Trapnell, and at the age of twenty-one years
he was admitted to the bar of his native state. He has
since been continuously engaged in the practice of his
profession at Charles Town, and his law business extends
into the various courts of the state, including the Supreme
Court and the Federal courts. He is retained as counsel
for a large number of important corporations, and he baa
long held high reputation as a resourceful trial lawyer

and well fortified counsellor. On the democratic tickel
Colonel Brown was first elected prosecuting attorney ol
Jefferson County in 1885, and by successive re-elections h
continued the incumbent of this office sixteen eonseciitiy<
years — a record with few precedents in West Virginia
During this period he had the record of never having an
indictment drawn by him in any case quashed by his court
He has his military title through service as colonel oi
the staff of Governor William A. McCorkle. The Colone
is a broad-gauged, loyal and progressive citizen, has louf' J
been a leader in the local councils of the democratic party
and he and his wife are communicants of Zion Church oil
the Protestant Episcopal parish of St. Andrew's. He iii
affiliated with Malta Lodge No. 80, A. F. and A. M.
and is an influential member of the West Virginia Bm\
Association, of which he served as president in 1895-6. I
On the 15th of June, 1885, was solemnized the mai
riage of Colonel Brown and Miss Emma Beverly Tuckei
a daughter of Dr. David and Elizabeth (Dallas) Tucker
and of distinguished ancestry on both the paternal ant
maternal sides. Colonel and Mrs. Brown have one son
Forrest A., who is associated with his father in the practfo
of law. Forrest A. Brown wedded Miss Lillian G. Har
rison, who was born at Martinsburg, this state, a daughte:
of Peyton and Lillian (Gorham) Harrison, of whom men
tion is made on other pages. The three children of thi
union are Forrest Harrison, Forrest Washington II, aw
Peyton Eandolph.

Alexander C. Lawrence has had his home at Charles
ton for the past thirty years, but his interests and activitie.
as an old operator connect him vitally with one of the big
gest industries of the state. He is familiar figure ii
nearly all of the important oil fields. He is a man inuret
by almost life long experience to work, both mental anc
physical, has earned his own way, and has commandec
the respect of all good men by his earnestness as well aik
by his attainments.

Mr. Lawrence was born in Kanawha County, April 8]
1875. He conies of one of the very substantial families
of this section of the state. The Lawrences in the dif
ferent generations have been strong, sturdy, healthy, ai
outdoor race of people, long-lived, and seldom any serious'
illness has appeared to afflict individuals of the name)
The first American branch of the Lawrence family settle^
in old Virginia about 1650. The grandfather of Alexander
C. Lawrence, the late John Marshall Lawrence, was il
pioneer settler in Kanawha County in the early forties
locating at Fields Creek. He had a large farm or planta
tion, and though a Virginian and reared in the traditiona
Southern atmosphere he was an ardent Union man, strongh
opposed to secession, and when the war came on advocatet
his convictions so vigorously that he influenced his fou:
sons, James R., William, Ward M. and John W. Lawrence
the latter then a youth of seventeen, to enter the Unioi
Army, where they made their services effective for tin
flag of the Union until the close of hostilities. By inter
marriage and otherwise the Lawrences are related to th*
Thompson and Townsend families, also of old Virginh
stock and pioneers of Kanawha County. John W. Lawrence
and his wife, America (Da Jernett) Lawrence, parent:
of Alexander C., still live in Charleston.

Alexander C. Lawrence was born near Maiden in Kan I
awha County, not far from his grandfather's old placi
at Fields Creek. While he came of a good family, hil
people being substantially represented among the tav
payers of Kanawha County his independence and sell
reliance caused him early to do for himself. He acquirecj
some good school advantages. The first work he did fa:
his self support was at the age of nine as a furnace boj
in the coal mines, later did farming, and a number oil
years ago was elected and served as circuit clerk of Kan
awha County. For seven years he was a popular landlord
conducting several of the leading hotels in Charleston
including the Hotel Kanawha, which he and E. W. Stauntoi
erected and opened April 11, 1904.

Since about 1914 Mr. Lawrence has engaged his energie:
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321

j West Virginia fields. Ilia success has been note-
1 Ihy in this industry, and bis name stands in the front
I k of prominent operators. Ilia oil interests are mostly
j Lioeoln, Boone, Kanawha, Clay and Braxton counties.

ia active manager of the Lawrence Oil & Gas Com-
; y, Ring Oil Company, Little Oil Company and the Oil

.e Gasoline Company. Successful in business, he ia
i roughly public spirited in his relationship to all matters
( progress in Charleston.

Ir. Lawrence married Miss Ida Mae Phoff, now deceased,
to this uuion was born a daughter, Marble Faun

vrenee. In 1913 Mr. Lawrence married Miss Nellie

rtin.

Rr. Lawrence is a member of the First Presbyterian
irch of Charleston, and is especially active in church
'. religions work, He ia superintendent of the Union
Uion, of which a more extended account is given else-
•re in this work, and he is also one or the lead in
[ubers of the Billy Sunday Men's Club of Charleston,
fraternal and social organizations he is a member of
nawha Commandery, Knights Templar, a member of

Charleston Lodge of Elks, and of the Kanawha Coun-

Club.

Iobert C. Risslf.r, editor and publisher of the Farmers
voiate at Charles Town, judicial eenter of Jefferson
inty. was born and reared in this eounty. as was also
father, Samuel L. Rissler, the date of whose nativity
» September 30, 1830. The latter 's father, George L.
sler, was born iu Chester County, Pennsylvania, Janu-
17, 1787, a son of Thomas Risgler, who settled near
ichester, Virginia, in 1794. Thomas Rissler there owned
1 operated a grist mill, and he passed the closing years of
life near Terre Haute, Indiana. George L. Rissler
rned the miller '9 trade under the direction of hia father,
I later operated mills in Frederick and Jefferson coun-
Virginia. In 1S2S he purchased a farm near Kable-
.n, in the latter eounty, and here he continued his opera-
19 as an agriculturist, partially with slave labor, until
| time of the Civil war, his death having here occurred
toher 6, 1S65, and he thus having witnessed the creation
> the new state of West Virginia. In 1817 George Rissler
rried Mary Roland, who waa born April 14, 1789, of
dsh lineage, and whose death occurred October 14, 1848.
le names of the children of this union are here recorded:
Ihn Gordon William, Mary Catherine, Thomas Gabriel,
Ibecca E., George Lewis and SamueL L.
I Samuel L. Rissler was reared on the old home farm in
L'ffer9on County, and to the land which be inherited here
I added by purchase and became one of the most aub-
Rintial farmers of Charles Town District. When the
9vi\ war eame he was loyal to the state and institutions
hder the influence of which he had been reared, and as
i soldier of the Confederacy he became a memher of the
jinmand known as Botts Greys, in the Second Virginia
j fantry. At the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13,
1 62, he was wounded, and after recuperating he was
*nsf erred to the ambulance corps. In the fall of 1864
was captured, and thereafter he was held a prisoner
I war until the close of the great conflict between the
j ites of the North and the South. He resumed his farm-
g operations and did well his part in retrieving the pros-
tate industries of the South, he having been one of the
Inerable and honored citizens of Jefferson County at the
ne of his death, September 5, 1905. lie married Sarah
dinaton, who was born at Kabletown, this county, in
August, 1832, a daughter of David Johnston, a native of
laryland, his father having been born in Ireland, of
potch ancestry. The maiden name of the wife of David
phnston wa9 Joanna McHenry. The death of Mrs. Rissler
enrred April 2, 1920, she having become the mother of
n children: Margaret (Mrs. S. Lee Phillips), Samuel L.,
,r illiam B., George David (deceased), Charles, Robert C,
nnie M. (Mrs. Charles II. Phillips), France9 (deceased),
'arren H. and Donna G.

Robert C. Rissler gained in the rural schools his pre-
rfninary education, which was supplemented by his attend-
ig Charles Town Academy and also by instruction by a
rivate tutor. At the age of nineteen years he became a

teacher in the Kabletown school, nnd later he taught at
Pleasant Green, Missouri. After his return to his nntivo
county he was a popular teacher in the nehools of Charier
Town, and ho continued his service in the pedugogic pro-
fession until 1899, when he became a member of the edi-
torial staff of the Evening Press at York, Pennsylvania.
He there remained two and one half vears, and "in Sep-
tember, 1901, he purchased the plant n'nd business of the
Farmers Advocate, a weekly paper, at Charles Town, of
which he has since continued the editor and publisher and
which he has made nn effective exponent of local interests
ami of the principlea of the democratic partv.

In 1903 Mr. Rissler married Miss Alice M. kablc, who
was born in Macoupin County, Illinois, a dnughtcr of
Benjamin F. ami Anna (Freeman) Kablc, the former de-
ceased and the latter still a resident of that countv. Mr.
Kable served as a Union soldier in the Civil war, in which
he was a member of the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry. He was with Sherman in the Atlanta campaign
and the subsequent march to the sea, and served aUu
with the command of General Thomas in Tennessee where
he was wounded at the battle of Franklin. He continued
in service until the close of the war, ami thereafter re
fused to accept a pension from the Government. Mr.
and Mrs. Rissler have four children, Howard F., Anna
Katherine, Mary Johnston and Margaret.

Col. Roger Prfston Chew, who was one of the honored
and representative citizens of Charles Town. Jefferson
County, at the time nf his death, gave distinguished service
as a soldier and officer of the Confederacy in the war be-
tween the states, and the same fine spirit of lovaltv and
high personal stewardship characterized all other "phases of
his life record.

Colonel Chew was born in Loudoun County, Virginia,
April 9. 1843, a son of Roger Chew, who was born Julv
13, 1797, and who was a son of John Chew, born March
31, 1749. The most authentic data concerning the familv
is to the effect that its American founder was John Chew,
who, with three servants, came from England and settled
at Jamestown, Virginia, in the early part of the second
decade of the seventeenth century, he having become a man
of prominence and influence in 'that historic colony. John
Chew, grandfather of the subject of this memoir, "removed
from Alexandria, Virginia, to Loudoun County, that state,
where he became a prosperous farmer and where his death
occurred May 22, 1838. The maiden name of his wife
was Margaret Reed, and their children were fourteen in
number. Their son Roger removed to Jefferson County,
and here became a substantial exponent of farm industry,
besides which he served as magistrate and as a member of
the County Court. His death occurred in lsr,4. Roger
Chew married Sarah West Aldridge, daughter of John and
Harriet (West) Aldridge, of Loudoun County, and they
reared six children: John Aldridge, eldest of the children,
served under Colonel Moseby as a Confederate soldier in
the war between the states; Roger P., of this memoir, was
the second son; and the names of the other children were
Robert, Aldridge, Harriet Virginia, and Mary Belle (wife
of William O. Norris, mentioned individually on other
pages of this volume).

Col. Roger P. Chew was afforded the advantages of
Charles Town Academy and also those of the Virginia
Military Institute at Lexington, where he completed his
course of study in 1^61. the discipline which be there re
ceived having proved of great benefit in his subsequent
military career. He was forthwith appointed a drill master
in preparing troops for the Confederate service, and was
given the rank of lieutenant. In September, 1S61, in as-
sociation with William Rouss, he raised n company for
active service and was chosen its captain. This company
became a part of Turner Ashby's brigade, and thus con
tinued until the death of Ashby 7 the commander, on the
6th of June, 1862. Thereafter it was attached to Gen-
eral Stuart's battalion of horse artillery. In 1864 Captain
Chew succeeded Major H. C. Beckham as commander of
the horse artillery, with the rank of major, and In the
same year wa9 effected a reorganization of the battalion,

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and he was assigned to the command of General Hampton,
with which he served until the close of the war, his rank
being that of lieutenant eolonel. In 1888 Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton wrote as follows concerning Colonel Chew: "I always
regarded him as the best commander of the horse artillery,
though that gallant body of men had been under the
command of able and efficient officers." In a letter writ-
ten by General Jackson to General Lee, in February, 1863,
appears the following estimate of Colonel Chew, who was
then a captain: "He has seen comparatively much artil-
lery service in the Valley and is a remarkably fine artillery
officer, and I recommend that he be promoted and as-
signed. ' '

After the close of the war Colonel Chew returned to
the home farm in Jefferson County. In 1883 he was elected
representative in the State Legislature, to which he was
returned by re-election in 1885, 1887 and 1889. Later he
engaged in the real estate business at Charles Town, in
company with his brother-in-law, William O. Norris, and
with this line of enterprise he continued his active con-
nection until the close of his life.

At Blakeley, this state, was solemnized the marriage
of Colonel Chew and Miss Louisa Fontaine Washington,
daughter of John Augustin and Eleanor (Selden) Wash-
ington, of whom specific record is given in the Willis sketch
on other pages of this work. Mrs. Chew survives her
honored husband and continues her residence at Charles
Town. Colonel and Mrs. Chew became the parents of six
children: Christine Washington, Roger, John Augustin,
Virginia, Wilson Selden and Margaret Preston.

Ben H. Hineb was born near the Virginia state line
March 12, 1867. He attended the public schools of his
home county, but with many interruptions. He began
teaching in the same when seventeen years of age, and
by saving the money that he acquired in this way entered
the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in October,
1890, where he took the law course under the instruction
of the great teacher, John B. Minor, completing the course
in June, 1892. He located at Franklin, and was nominated
and elected prosecuting attorney of Pendleton County be-
fore he had tried a ease, and was re-elected for a second
term without opposition. At the end of his second term
he entered upon the general practice of the law, in which,
along with farming and stock raising, he has been engaged
ever since.

He descended from John Hiner, the pioneer, who located
in Pendleton County in the year 1775, through the lines
of Harmon, Benjamin and Harmon. His grandmother,
Mary Seybert, was a direct descendant of Capt. Jacob
Seybert, who, with sixteen other occupants of Fort Seybert,
near the post office of the same name, was massacred by
the Indian Chief Killbuck and his band in the last Indian
mid of any note made into the county.

Harmon Hiner married Louisa Harrison, a native of
Surry County, Virgiuia, and a daughter of Thomas C.
Harrison, of the old Virginia family of that name, who,
with his family, moved to Buckhannon, now in West Vir-
ginia, and was on the first train to cross the bridge over
the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry after the John Brown
raid. To this union were born five children, all of whom
are living, and of whom Ben. H. is the eldest. His father,
Harmon Hiner, was born, reared, spent most of his life
aud died on the same farm in the southern part of the
county. On the 8th day of May, 1861, he answered the
call of the South through a summons to join his company,
the Franklin Guards, at Franklin, which was to march
across the Alleghanies to join General Porterfield at Graf-
ton, and within a stone's throw of the same place he,
forty-seven years later, answered the great summons and
passed over the river, his wife having preceded him by
two years.

On August 14, 1894, Ben H. Hiner married Miss Maude
McClung, of Franklin, who was born November 12, 1870,
and is the youngest of five children of David G. McClung,
a merchant, banker and lawyer, and his wife, Sarah A.,
a daughter of Tyree Maupin, a distinguished leader and
writer of the whig party in old Virginia. To this union

were born two children, Ralph McClung and Helen Har
son. The latter is in her senior year in the Franklin Hill
School. The former was educated at Randolph-Macon 0|
lege and the University of West Virginia, and is ml
practicing law at Moorefield, West Virginia. He attain
his majority on Christmas Day, 1917, while a student
the first year law class at the university. Within a mor,
from that time he resigned from the university, volunteer
in the service of the United States, was assigned to t
aviation service and sent to training camp, but the ^
ended before he got any practical training. He return
to the State University, from which he was graduated
the class of 1921.

Mr. Hiner has been a memher of the Methodist Episcoi
Church, South, from boyhood, and an official in the sai
for thirty years. In politics he is a democrat, thou I
classed as a conservative, always putting Americani |
above partisanship, and as a result in the different ca :
paigns in which he was his party's standard bearer t
always run ahead of the party vote. He has taken a mc J
or less active part in politics merely for the love of
and the desire to advance those principles in which i
believes; he has given freely of his time in organizati
and discussing those tenets of his party that he deem
for the country's good; has occupied various positic
in the organization of the county, district and state; a
in 1912 presided as permanent chairman over the Str
Convention in Huntington, which was the last nominati
convention and probably one of the largest and most r(
resentative ones ever held in the state. He was thrice t
nominee of the party for Congress, in 1908 and 1918 fr<
the Second District, and in 1912 from the state at larj
In 1908 he reduced the majority of Judge Sturgiss
more than I 500 votes; in 1918 he went down with 1
tidal wave; in 1912 he did not seek the nomination, I
it came to him under very flattering circumstances a
at a time when it looked like it was equivalent to electa,
but as the campaign advanced the supporters of both Ts
and Roosevelt lined up behind the republican state tie!
and it was all elected, though Mr. Wilson received ma
more votes for President than either Taft or Rooseve
In accepting this nomination he resigned the nominati
for the House of Delegates from his home county; tl
was with reluctance because his father, grandfather a
great-grandfather had all been members of the old Virgii,
Legislature and he was desirous of following in the sai
line.

During the war he gave practically all of his time
its activities, and the different campaigns with which
was conflected made it necessary to neglect all of ]
private affairs. He was appointed by Governor Cornw i
as chairman of the Council of Defense and a member |
the Legal Advisory Board for his county. Of all t]
Liberty Loan and War Savings Stamps campaigns and ti
philanthropic drives he was the chairman. Before the w
not a single Government security was owned within t'
county and the majority of the people knew but lit'
of such investments, nor had they been accustomed '
supporting the various causes the times made necessai
but by systematic work and thorough organization tl
county's contributions were brought up to the quota I
each campaign and drive. Mr. Hiner has not identifij
himself with any fraternities or societies. He is a memhj
and official of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, '

Harry Stuart Irons. The record of achievement whi
Mr. Irons had made in his profession marks him as one I
the representative members of the bar of Cabell Counij
where he is engaged in active general practice in the City j
Huntington. He was born at Monitor, Monroe County, fll
state, September 18, 1886, a son of William Young Iron
and a grandson of John Irons, who was born im that coun!
in the year 1813, when this section of the old mother sta]
of Virginia was still on the frontier. John Irons pasa I
his entire life in Monroe County, was a successful farm
and was a venerable and honored citizen of Wolf creek, tb'<
county, at the time of his death, in 1900. His wife, w
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H \too County. Thomas Irons, the father of John Irons,
(i born near Dundee, Scotland, but in early life went to
1 Ihern Ireland to escape religious persecution, thence
■igrnted to America. Ho first settled in Pennsylvania,
what i9 now Monroe County, West Virginia, where he
•oce he came to Virginia and became a pioneer settler
Bed the remainder of his life.

William Young Irons was born in Monroe County nu
■ruary 19, 1841, and died at Roneeverte, Greenbrier
■nty, September 30, 1917. He was a successful exponent
arm industry and also prepared himself for the dental
[ession, as a representative of which he engaged in
ftice in Monroe County until 1904 when ho removed to
Ins, in Randolph County, where he remained until 1912.
then removed to Roneeverte and continued in practice
e until his death. He was a democrat, was for many
•a an elder in the Presbyterian Cbureh, and was affiliated
i the Masonic fraternity. A9 a soldier of the Con-
[racy in the Civil war Doctor Irons was a member of
pain Bryan's battery in the division commanded by
. .Tubal A. Early, he having been in service four years
having taken part in many engagements, iucluding a
tber of major battles. His wife, whose maiden name was
•y Elizabeth Knapp, was born in Greenbrier County,
ch 21, 1849, and her death oeeurred on August 31, 1914.
their children the first born is Sue Elizabeth, wife of
|nk W. Huteheson, of Roneeverte; John William, who
lies at Richmond, Virginia, is assistant sales manager for
» Virginia-Carolina Rubber Company; Lacy C. is a
[ hinist and resides at Elkina, West Virginia ; Harry S.,
Ihis sketch, was the next in order of birth; Dr. Charles
a now practising dentistry in Shanghai, China, he having
red in the World war as a member of the Dental Corps
.ehed to the Zeheko-Slovak forces that went to Omsk,
sia.

he public schools of his native county afforded Harry S.
•ia his early education. For one year thereafter he at-
led Alderson Academy in Greenbrier County, and in 1904
graduated from the high school at Elkins. He next
nded Davis and Elkins College at Elkins for two years,
in 1911 he graduated from historic old Yale University,
i the degree of Baehelor of Arts. He simultaneously
sued his studies in the law department of the university,
which ho was graduated in 1912, with the degree of
helor of Laws. His popularity as an undergraduate is
tvn by the fact that he is affiliated with the Beta Theta
College fraternity, the honorary aeademic society of Phi
la Kappa, the honorary law society of Chi Tau Kappa,
well a9 with the Yale law societies of Phi Delta Phi and
bey Court. In 1912 he received the prize of $50 for
[ring the highest mark in examinations of all of the three-
ir students in the law school of Yale, and from 1911 to
p graduation he served as registrar of the law school.
3)n his return to West Virginia he was forthwith admitted
he bar of hia native state, and he has since been engaged
fliceessful general practice at Huntington, where he has
trge and representative clientage. He is attorney for the
kaon Building & Loan Association, of liavenswood, with
Ilea at Huntington, and for a number of other corporate
treats of note. He is identified with a number of coal
I. lumber interests in this section of the state. He is
I) president of The Superior Lumber Company at Hunt-
jlton; of the Right Fork Mining Company, operating
irtes at Ivaton, Lincoln County; and of the Coal Mountain
I ling Company of Huntington, besides being a director in
►ious other business corporations.

In politics Mr. Irons is a democrat, and he and hia wife

I members of the First Presbyterian Church in their home
I', he being an elder in the same and also session clerk

II superintendent of the Sunday school. His basic Ma-
lic affiliation is with Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F. and
AM., and in the Scottish Rite he has received the thirty-
lond degree in West Virginia Consistory No. 1 at Wheel-
li, the while he is a member also of Beni-Kedem Temple
Othe Mystic Shrine at Charleston, and of Feramorz Grotto
I Huntington. He is a trustee of Davis and Elkins College,
fceeretary of the Cabell County Bar Association, a memher

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of the West Virginia and American Bar associations, and
is vice president of the Kiwnnia Cluh at Huntington. In
tho World war period ho wna zealous in the furtherance of
local patriotic movements and waa a membor of tho Legal
Adviaory Board of Cabell County.

March 26, 1913, recorded tho marriage of Mr. Irons nnd
Miss Cecile Lambert, daughter of David D. and Katharine
(Latham) Lambert, of New Haven, Connecticut, where Mr.
Lambert ia a public aehool principal. Mrs. Irons completed
her education by atterding Wheaton Seminary at Norton,
Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Irons have three children:
Harry Stuart, Jr., born April 12, 1914; Lnmbert Paul, born
June 19, 1915; and Katharine, born November 20, 1918.

Joiin A. Fultz. Probably there ia no profession that
demands ao much tact, judgment, patience, specialized
knowledge and natural executive ability as that of the
schoolmaster, and tho man or woman who enters into this
important field, selecting it aa hia calling, must be pro-
pared to make many personal aaerificca, to endure many
disappointments, often to spend himself for others with-
out apparent gratitudo in return, and to give the best
years of his life without the emoluments that equal effort
would surely bring in any other profession. It is a pro-
fession for whieh there nro no weights and measures. The
material with whieh it deals is rather the life atuff upon
whieh impressions are eternal and affords tho man who
would serve the raee an opportunity than which there are
none greater. One of the men who haa dedicated his life
to the work in this spirit is John A. Fultz, county super-
intendent of schools of Pendleton County, who has been
connected with publie school work since 1903.

The birth of John A. Fultz occurred in Bethel District,
Pendleton County, July 21, 1882, and he traces his ancestry
back in thi9 eountry to John Fultz, a Hessian soldier,
who after his disehargo from the British Army following
the surrender at Yorktown deeided to remain in the New
World, and settled in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It
is stated that the majority of these Hessian Roldiers who
remained in America sent back home to Germany for
their sweethearts, whom they married upon their arrival,
and it is thought that probably John Fultz was one who
did so. A son of John Fultz, Jaeob Fultz, was born in
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, hut he left his native
state for Rockbridge County, Virginia, being the first of
his name to locate in the Old Dominion.

Joseph Fultz, son of Jacob Fultz, and grandfather of
John A. Fultz, was born at Lexington, Rockbridge County,
Virginia, in 1817, and about 1840 he came to Pendleton
County, then still a part of Virginia. His original settle-
ment wa9 in the Sugar Grove community hot he subse-
quently moved to the Brandywine locality, and there he
resided during the remainder of hia life. He wa9 a hatter
by trade, and also had mastered the trades of coopering
and eabinet-making, and in addition to following all of
these callings he was engaged in farming npon a small
scale. Joseph Fultz married Catherine A. Keister, a daugh-
ter of John Keister, and they hnd the following children:
Susanna, who never married, ia living in tho home of her
brother Martin; Amos, who died at Brandywine, was a
fanner; John A., who lived near Dale Enterprise, Virginia,
and there died; Millie, who died unmarried; Jacob, who
is engaged in fanning in the vicinity of Brandywine:
Martin, who ia the father of Superintendent Fnltz; and
Elizabeth, who is unmarried and lives at Salem, Virginia.

Martin Fultz waa born in Pendleton County, Oetober 4,
1853, and ia still engaged in farming near Brandywine.
He ia a man of substantial mean9, and stands deservedly
high in the esteem of hia neighbors. He married Mary
Jane Bolton, who was born on the top of South Fork
Mountain, June 30, 1*02, a daughter of George Bolton,
the descendant of early German immigrants who came to
Pennsylvania or Maryland at a very early day, and there
made a permanent settlement. George Bolton married into
the Guthrie familv, Irish people and pioneers of Virginia,
When the South withdrew from the Union George Bolton
gave it hia support, enlisted in the Confederate Army,
and served in it until the close of the war, escaping with-

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out having been either wounded or captured. Returning
home, he resumed his peaceful activities and was a farmer
until he died at the age of sixty years. For many years
he and his wife maintained their home on the top of South
Fork Mountain. The children born to Martin Fultz and
his wife were as follows: John A., whose name heads this
review; Fannie E.,. who was second in order of birth;
Frank A., who is a farmer and carpenter of Brandywine,
is married; Sallie P., who is the wife of William L.
Guyer, of Columbus, Ohio; and Minnie O., who was for-
merly a public school teacher, is now living at home.

From childhood John A. Fultz was an ambitious pupil,
and after he had attended the country schools of his native
locality he took courses at Harrisonburg, Virginia, and
in the Keyser Preparatory School, and the regular course
in the Shepherdstown College State Normal School. For
a number of years he was one of the most popular of
the teachers in the rural districts, all of his work in this
connection having been done in Pendleton County, with
but one exception. During the summer months he also
taught in different normal schools, and his experience has
been a wide and varied one. Upon each of his schools
he left the impress of his character. Possessed as he is
with the highest educational ideas, his schools were brought
into line with the best and a wholesome intellectual senti-
ment created. In the larger life of the community his
influence has always been widely felt as an impulse toward
progress and an enriched life. In July, 1919, Mr. Fultz
entered upon a broader field of activity, at that time
assuming the duties of the office of county superin-
tendent of the school of Pendleton County, to which he
had been elected in November of the preceding year, to
succeed Supt. J. H. Cook.

Mr. Fultz has inaugurated some very wise Teforms and
introduced a number of measures which are certain to
be of great benefit to the pupils and teachers. A strong
effort has been made under his administration to place a
dictionary in every school in the county, and to establish
the nucleus of a library in each one, and this movement
is nearing a successful conclusion. A man of unusual
ability for stimulating others to a whole-souled effort,
he has succeeded in having a 100-percent enrollment of
his teachers in the State Educational Association. The
organization of clubs of a literary character over the county
has been urged and encouraged by Mr. Fultz, and these
societies show much progress. The introduction of a pro-
gram for the physical exercise of the pupils is another
innovation of Mr. Fultz, and his teachers have been urged
and instructed with reference to following this program.
While these exercises are not inaugurated in all of the
schools as yet, many have adopted the program, and Mr.
Fultz expects the others will do so in the near future.
He urges the teachers to take up the study of the higher
branches so as to prepare themselves for work in the
higher fields of education. Among other plans for the
future at which he is earnestly working is that of a con-
solidation of the rural schools, which, if he can obtain
the co-operation of the patron of the districts, will go a
long way toward securing better facilities for training the
youths of the rural districts. He is also planning a four-
year high school at Franklin instead of the throe-year
one now in operation, and the establishment of a junior
high school. Mr. Fultz is one of the educational enthusi-
asts of West Virginia, and is prominently identified with
the different associations of the commonwealth, especially
with the State Teachers' Association and the State County
Superintedents ' Association. His personal acquaintance
with the county superintendents of the state extends to all
but two.

Mr. Fultz is unmarried. During the late war he was
oue of the zealous workers in the county, was chairman of
the Junior Red Cross for the county, and did everything
within his power to assist the Government in carrying out
its policies. His fraternal affiliations are limited to his
membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He belongs to the Lutheran Church. Mr. Fultz is a deep
student of the science of education, and, in addition, is
a teacher by birth and temperament. He is also a maker

of teachers, and those under him are fortunate in havii
his constructing and stimulating supervision. In fact, ]
possesses in full measure the supreme gift of the teacho
the perfect union of power and purpose to put light ail
joy and truth and beauty into other lives, and his prin j
interest is in character forming education, and because •
these many excellent qualifications the pupils of Pendl
ton County are making remarkable progress.

Isaac Newton Ruddle. Of the citizens of Pendleti
County who have established excellent records in puhl j
and private life, one whose career has been an active ai j
useful one is Isaac Newton Ruddle, high sheriff. Pri!
to concentrating his entire attention upon the duties 1
sheriff, he was for many years identified with farmii j
and stockraising interests, in which he still retains lar
and important holdings, and before that, in his youn£
years, was one of his locality's popular and efficient schc,
teachers.

Sheriff Ruddle was born in Mill Run District, Pendlet
County, November 12, 1857, and is a son of John N. ai|
Mary Elizabeth (Eye) Ruddle. The original spelling |
the family name was "Riddle," borne by the great-grar
father of Sheriff Ruddle, John Riddle, who immigrat
from his English birthplace to America and with his you:
wife settled in Rockingham County, Virginia, where
assisted in the clearing and development of the regi
and rounded out his life in the pursuits of the soil. Anio-
his children were: Isaac, the grandfather of Sheriff Rn
die; George and John, who remained in Rockingham Cour
and there died; and two daughters, Polly and Dehor?
Isaac Riddle was born in Rockingham County, Virgin
where he engaged in farming for some years, but lat
came to Pendleton County, where he died. He marri
Deborah Nesbitt, and they became the parents of the f>
lowing children: John, the father of Sheriff Ruddl
Joseph, who fought in the Confederate Army during the yi
between the states; Mary Jane, who never married; Saiii
who became the wife of David Hulva; Harriet, the si
survivor of the family, living in Rockingham County, it
married and aged eighty-four years; and Louisa, who ne\,
married.

John N. Riddle (or Ruddle) was born in Rockingh?
Gounty, Virginia, and was a lad when brought by 3|
parents to Pendleton County. When the war between 1
states came on he offered his services, and through
mistake in his enlistment papers his name appeared
John N. Ruddle, and he was thereafter known by tl
name. He became a member of the Sixty-second Virgii
Cavalry and was a non-commissioned officer of his co
pany, his regiment forming a part of General Imhodei
command. He took part in the engagement at Newmarl
and the great battle of Gettysburg, in addition to numer<
other rights, in one of which he was struck in the hi
by a spent bullet, which did not lead to serious con
quences. He participated also in the final act of 1
great struggle, but was not present at the surrender '
General Lee at Appomattox. Following the close of J
war John Huddle went back to the farm and applied h
self to agriculture during the years that followed and ui
his death. No public service of an official character
pealed to him, and the part which he took in politics \\
only that of a private citizen and a democratic vol
He made no public announcement of belonging to fl
religions denomination, but was a believer and a Christi
He belonged to the Confederate Veterans. In Pendle j
County Mr. Ruddle was united in marriage with m
Mary Elizabeth Eye, a daughter of Jacob and Sal
(Swadley) Eye, of German stock, farming people of I
Sugar Grove locality of Pendleton County. Mrs. Rudl
died in 1908, her husband surviving her until Febru: 1
17, 1912. They were the parents of the following childn
William Pendleton, who carries on operations on his f|
ents' old farm in Pendleton County; Isaac Newton, I
this review; Sarah K., who married John Cook and
sides at Maquoketa, Iowa; Alice, who is unmarried I
lives with her brother, Isaac N.; Virginia H., who w
ried John Moyers, now deceased, of Harrisonburg, 1

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; Mary Emily, who married Jacob Cogger, of Mount
on, Virginia; and Maude, who married Floyd Siin-

of Harrisonburg, Virginia,
ac Newton Kuddle was educated in the public schools
t home community and assisted hia father and brothers
e home farm until ho reached his twenty-first year.

he commenced a career of his own lie engaged in
ng school, and for twenty-fivo years carried on edu-
lal work, in the meantime spending the aummcr months
rming. When he abandoned the school room he gavo
ull attention to the raising of stock and farming,
Bhrough good management and industry he has acquired
■acres of land, about one-fourth of which is under
■•ation and producing large annual crops. Mr. Ruddle
■firm believer in the efficacy of modern scientific farm-
land farm journals and periodicals dealing with im-
[;d methods of agriculture and stock raising are to be
I on the tables and shelves in his pleasant home.
I. Buddie is also a firm believer in tho value of edu-
a. He has been identified with the public school
km of his district as a trustee and encouraging patron,
kas a member of the County Text-Book Board when
[arrangement prevailed. Likewise, he has served Mill
[District as justice of the peace. He has always ca-
nted with other democrats in his community. He cast
irst presidential vote in 1880, for General Hancock,
I has voted his party ticket in every election since.
b08 he first became a candidate for sheriff of Pcndle-
f County, an office to which he was nominated and
pd, and succeeded Sheriff Okey Mauzy. After serving
[term he retired to his private affairs, but in 1920
p entered the race for the shrievalty against compcti-
[in the primary and secured the nomination. There
no opposition in the election which followed, and he
I into office with the unanimous voice of the voters
f of him, succeeding Sheriff Keyser, who is a merchant
rfarmer at Sugar Grove. The routine of the sheriff's
• now holds Sheriff Kuddle 's entire attention, the care
pe prisoners, the attendance on the sessions of the
lit Court, the collection of taxes and the distribution
pie school funds being chief among the duties devolv-
:upon him.

|i April 10, 1SS6, Sheriff Ruddle married in Pendleton
ity Miss Emma Susan Dahmer, a daughter of Reuben
(Sarah (Hammer) Dahmer. Mr. Dahmer was a farmer,
both he and his wife were born in Pendleton County.
I had the following children: Phoebe, the wife of
Ic Lough; Edward; Isaac; Emma Susan, now Mrs.

■ lie, born in 1864; and Hendren and Hammer, twins.
Ivlr. and Mrs. Ruddle there have been born the follow-
I children: Edward Claude; Whitney Hammer; Isaac
lor; Rcta, the wife of Melvin Eye; Roy C; Decatur
Iton; John P.; Catherine; Dee; Ralph; and Anna.
1 C. and Whitney H. were both soldiers during the
lid war and both saw active service in France, taking
I in the great Argonne drive and going into Germany
I the Army of Occupation. Roy C. was a member of
I Eightieth Division, while Whitney II. was a member

■ the Thirty-second Division, both being infantrymen.
I latter was wounded by a shell fragment and also
pjred from a German gas attack, but returned borne
lly, and is now engaged in farming on the home place.
I is unmarried. Roy C. Ruddle married Miss Lcta
■ions.

verett Leon Hogsett. For a number of years Mr.
E sett performed a very important service in behalf of
Ration in the southern and southeastern counties of the
►e. While teaching he studied law, laid the foundation
Ids reputation in this profession while a school man, but
fttually turned all his talents to the law, and recently
Wished his law office in Huntington, where he is at-
tey for the Main Island Creek Coal Company and other
friar interests.

I e was born near Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia,
pa farm, March 31, 1879. His grandfather, Ashur
R.-sett, was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1 828,
M as a young man be moved over the mountains into

(ireenbrier County, thou Pocahontas County, and in IsGl, to
Jackson County, where during tho rest of his life bo was
a former and millwright. He died there in 1891. His wife
was Ellen Cowhorn, who wns born in 1824, and died i»
1880.

James Samuel Hogsctt, father of the Huntington lnwyer,
was born in Greenbrier County, June 24, 1840, and spout
his early life in a little community in Pocahontas County
known as Little Levels. While there he attended Dunlnp's
Academy. The town is now known as Academy, being
changed from Little Levels to a namo suggested by Iho
presence of this school. After bis marriage in Jackson
County ho continued to livo there as a successful farmer
until 1902, when he removed to Meigs County, Ohio, anil
finally left bis farm and retired to the City of Akron, where
he died June 23, 1917. He was a republican, and he did
much to keep up the interest in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, in his community. James S. Hogsctt mar-
ried Alice Wolfe, who is living at Akron. She was born in
Jackson County, West Virginia, in 1853. These parents
had a large family of children. Pearl, tho oldest, is the
wife of Thomas S. Burch, a farmer at Sandyville, Jackson
County. Everett Leon is the second in age. Wilia, widow
of Elias S. Rhodes, who was a school teacher, lived at Akron
and has herself taught in public school and is now con-
nected with the Department of Charities at Akron. Verna
is the wife of Clinton Farley, of Akron. Otis C, an em-
ploye of the Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh, had an
interesting record as a World war soldier, spending fifteen
months in France and Italy with the Three Hundred and
Thirty-second Infantry, this regiment being sent to Italy
with other American troops to give support to the Italians
when the Austrian armies wcro overruning the northern
part of that country. He served as first sergeant and was
private secretary to the colonel of the Headquarters Divi
sion. Theodore P., the seventh child, now a law student at
Akron, is also a World war veteran and was in Franco
fifteen months, being on the firing line at Saint Mihicl, tho
Argonne and in Belleau Wood and ono other major sector.
He was in four major engagements, ne enlisted in tho
Engineer Corps of the Ohio State Guard. He was also
mustered out a sergeant. Another son, James P., lives at
Parkersburg. Marie, the youngest child, is a stenographer
in the office of the Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company at
Akron.

Everett Leon Hogsett had as the background of his
early life and experience his father's farm, and his fir>t
advantages were given him in the rural schools of Jackson
County. He also spent two years in Ohio Valley College at
Ravcnswood. For ten years he waa a teacher in Jackson
and McDowell counties. lie interrupted this work as a
teacher to carry on his law studies in West Virginia Uni
versity, where he graduated with the class of 1910. Instead
of taking up practice immediately, he resumed tenching in
McDowell County, and for three years wns principal of tho
Iaeger graded schools, and was then appointed and served
one year as district superintendent for the Sandy River
District of McDowell County.

In the meantime he had handled his first cases as a
lawyer, and in 1914 he gave np school work to practice
in McDowell County. In November of that year he removed
to Logan County and formed a partnership with his brother
in-law, Edward I!. Greene, and they continued their pro-
fessional associations and work in Logan County until No-
vember, 1920. At that date Mr. Hogsctt came to Hunting-
ton to look after his duties as attorney for the Main Island
Creek Coal Company. He also handled the legal business
in connection with the coal and oil interests in West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky of A. J. Dalton and John A. Kelly.
His offices are in the Rohson-Pritchard Building at Hunt-
ington.

Mr. Hogsett is a republican, a member of the First
Baptist Church of Logan, is affiliated with Aracoma Lodce
No. 99, F. and A. M. f at Logan, Logan Chapter, R. A. M.,
Logan Chapter No. 60 of the Eastern Star, and is a member
of the West Virginia Bar Association. Since coming to
Huntington be has acquired an attractive home in one of the
best residence sections of the city, at 332 Fifth Avenue.

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On February 10, 1901, in Jackson County, Mr. Hogsett
married Miss Cora Alice Greene, daughter of Scarlet F.
and Minerva (Foglesong) Greene, farming people of Jack-
son County.

Carson Allen Willis, M. D. A leading and promiuent
member of the medical fraternity of Harrison County is
Carson Allen Willis, M. D., who has been engaged in prac-
tice at Clarksburg continuously since 1911, with the excep-
tion of the period during the World's war when he was
enlisted in the United States Army Medical Corps. He
has built up a large and representative practice at Clarks-
burg, and his standing in his profession is that of a thor-
oughly capable, reliable and reputable physician and sur-
geon.

Doctor Willis was born on a farm at Bridgeport, Harri-
son Couuty, West Virginia, February 24, 1878, a son of
Jesse H. and Olive A. (Gawthrop) Willis. The parents are
now numbered among the oldest and most highly respected
couples of Harrison County, where both were born, edu-
cated and reared and where they have always resided. The
father was a pioneer breeder of thorough-bred race horses
in West Virginia and followed the races with a ' ' string ' '
of horses for many years. His farm lay close by Bridge-
port, and a part of it is now a portion of that city. His
many years of active life were attended with success and
now, having passed the four-score span of life by seven
years, is living in comfortable retirement. When the Civil
war came on during the sixties, Jesse H. Willis tendered
his services to the Union army, but was rejected because
it was thought that he had tubercular trouble, although
this trouble was later diagnosed as asthma, from which
he was a sufferer for years. During a part of the Civil
war he served as a teamster. Mr. Willis never sought
political honors, but in politics he has long been known as
a stalwart republican. While he has never joined any
church, his good and faithful wife has long been a member
of the Baptist Church. They had and reared two sous:
Walter Warren and Dr. Carson Allen.

Carson Allen Willis was reared on the farm and after
graduating from the Bridgeport high school was for a part
of two years a student in the West Virginia University,
preparing himself to take up the study of medicine. He
completed the prescribed course iu the medical department
of the University of Maryland, at Baltimore, and received
his degree of Doctor of Aledicine in 1904, following which
for the next seven years he practiced his calling at Jen-
ningston, Tucker County, West Virginia. In 1911 he lo-
cated at Clarksburg, where he soon built up a desirable
general practice and gained the confidence and esteem of
a large following.

Doctor Willis volunteered his services to the medical de-
partment of the United States Army, and in July, 191S,
was commissioned a first lieutenant and sent to Camp Lee,
where he served until February, 1919. He had beeu rec-
ommended for a commission as a captain, but the com-
mission, like many others, was held up because of the
signing of the armistice. Some time subsequent to his
honorable discharge, he received letters from the War
Department notifying him that he was listed with the
rank of captain in the Medical Reserve Corps, his present
rank. He is now serving as full-time medical officer of the
Veterans' Bureau, with headquarters at Clarksburg. Doctor
Willis is a member of the Harrison County Medical
Society, the West Virginia Medical Society and the Amer-
ican Medical Association. In his fraternal relations he
is a Knight Templar Mason and a Noble of the Mystic
Shrine. His political belief is that of the republican party,
but he has taken no active part in political matters. Reared
a Baptist he bas always remained true to that faith.

In 3904 Doctor Willis was united in marriage with
Miss Hazel Sandusky, and they are the parents of two
childreu: John and James.

Kirk King has made a record of splendid achievement
in the field of life insurance and is now West Virginia state
agent for the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company,
one of the old and substantial insurance corporations of

the United States. Mr. King maintains his home at J
executive headquarters in the City of Clarksburg, Harrisi
County, and he is interested also in oil and gas prodt
tiou enterprise in West Virginia.

Mr. King was born at Slanesville, Hampshire Counl
West Virginia, July 20, 1878, and was two years old
his parents removed to Woodstock, Shenandoah County, V
ginia, where he was reared to adult age and where
completed his studies in the public and high schools. T
family removed in 1895 to Davis, Tucker County, wto
he joined them in the following year. At Davis his fatt
was for several years proprietor of the West Virginia Hot j

Mr. King is a son of Thomas E. and Martha Ann (Vs '
nosdale) King, both deceased, the former of whom di
at the age of sixty-seven years and the latter at the sai
age in January of 1922. Of the four children the sub],
of this review is the eldest, and the others, Sylvester !
Mary and Pearl, are all married and have children. T|
parents were born in what is now Hampshire County, Wi
Virginia, where the respective families were established i
the pioneer days and where numerous representatives
each still reside.

Kirk King celebrated his arrival at his legal major,
by taking unto himself a wife, in 1900, and for the ensuil
five years he followed the vocation of painter and decoratj
two years having been given to his apprenticeship and I,
remaining three years to independent contracting in til
line. In 1905 he became a local agent at Davis for t|
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and three monti
later he was promoted to the management of a sub-distrii
with headquarters at Elkins. After continuing five yej|
in the service of the Metropolitan Life he resigned his pci
tion to accept the state agency for the Reserve Loan LI
Insurance Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. In Mam
391S, he made another significant advance, in his appoi \
ment to his present position, that of West Virginia stil
agent for the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Compa
of Detroit, for which he has since developed a large voluj
of business in West Virginia, the annual underwriting :|
the company in this state having now passed the $1,000,(1
mark.

Aside from his splendid record in the insurance busini
Mr. King has become identified with oil and gas prod
tiou, in which connection he is a director of the Latty
& Gas Company, besides being one of the principals in '
Weeklcy & King Company, drilliug contractors, and be:
associated also with other oil and gas producing corpo
tions operating in the West Virginia fields. He is a si
wart republican, is a member of the Clarksburg Cham
of Commerce and the Cheat Mountain Club, is affilia
with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and
and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episco
Church.

The year 1900 recorded the marriage of Mr. King
Miss Myrtle Wilson, a daughter of T. E. Wilson, a rej
sentative merchant at Davis, this state. Mr. and Mrs. K
have a fine family of nine children: Frederick Wils
Constance, Kirk Kenneth, Theodore, Philip Sousa, Dorot
Virginia, Donald, and Roger.

Kenneth Neil Sappington, whose administration •
the office of the chief of the police department of Gar
burg, Harrison County, is marked by distinctive loys'
and efficiency, was born at Charles Town, Jefferson Com,
West Virginia, on the 23d of January, 1888. He is a I
of Joseph L. and Mary E. (Woody) Sappington andi
was but seven years of age when his father was killed!
a railroad wreck. The widowed mother was left to el
for the family of four sons and four daughters, and fof
tude, courage and self-sacrifice were hers in the rear!
of the children. This noble woman is still living and 1
her reward for past struggles in receiving the utmost fif
devotion on the part of her children. When the presl
chief of police of Clarksburg was a lad of ten years ■
widowed mother removed to Weston and assumed a positS
as nurse in the insane asylum. Chief Sappington atten-1
the public schools ha a somewhat intermittent and limil
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327

I earnest desire to relieve his mother of responsibility.
J a young man he established his residence at Clarks-
j g, and here he was variously employed until 1909, when
1 was appointed a member of tha police force. After
a ring five years as a patrolman he waa retired from the
Ice department and otherwise engaged for four years,
i April, 1918, he was appointed ehief of police, for a
b of three years, and the estimate placed upon his ad-
i listration was shown in his re-appointment in 1921, for
j further term of two years. He has systematized and
] Be specially effective the service of his department and
I personal popularity in his home city ia of unequivocal
I pr. The Chief is a staneh democrat, ia affiliated with
I Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective
ier of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose, and he and
wife hold membership in the Baptist Church,
[lay 17, 1911, recorded the marriage of Mr. Sappington
■Miss Lulu J. Lee, daughter of J. G. Lee of Garrett Ceun-
f 1 Maryland, and they have four children : Joseph Neil,
1 1ter Carl, Ruth Maxine, and Kenneth Lee.

■Jharles D. Ritter for thirty-five years has had an active
i'ticipation in the industrial and commercial affairs of
■.eeling. He is head of the Ritter-Smith Motor Company,
li of the chief organizations distributing motor cars in
I* territory.

Itfr. Ritter was born at Wheeling, June 20, 1868. Ritter
la name of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. His grand*
■her was a Pennsylvanian, and soon after the discovery

■ gold in California set out for the Paeifie Coast and was
It heard from near Denver, Colorado. His widow subae-
jpntly died in Wheeling. Charles Ritter, father of Charles
1 Ritter, was a native of Pennsylvania, and moved when
»eung man to Wheeling, where he married. For a num-

■ of years be was a steward on Ohio River steamboats.
1. was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and died at
liceling in 18S7. His wife was Miss Minnie Vaas, who
ts born in Germany in 1845, and died at Wheeling in 1914.
te was the mother of four children, the oldest, Will, dying
t the age of eight days. Charles D. is the second. Harry
la clothing merchant at Wheeling and Louis is a member
c the Wheeling Axle Company.

fcharles D. Ritter grew up at Wheeling, attended the
ijblic schools and Frazier's Business College, and at the
lie of sixteen entered the world of industry in the shops
I the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company. For eight
jars be was a machinist in the railway shops, and for
le years was similarly employed by the City and Elm
love Railway Company. In 1897 he went with the Spears
,de Company, and bad a prominent part in that manu-
Icturing concern for twenty-two consecutive years, eventu-
y becoming superintendent of the plant.
In 1919 he bought the Eureka Motor Car Company,
tanging the name to the Eureka Garage and a year later
i A. Smith, of Bellaire, Ohio, came with him as partner,
sy organizing the Ritter-Smith Motor Company. This
•mpany has well equipped garage and offices at 1517 Eoff
reet, and besides operating a publie garage they do an
i tensive business as distributors throughout this district
the Cole, Hupmobile and Maibohm cara.
Mr. Ritter is a republican in polities. For two years
was town recorder of his homo village at Edgewoed,
w a part of Wheeling. He is a deacon in St. James
itheran Church. September 20, 1893, at Wheeling, he
irried Miss Mary Elizabeth Bayba, daughter of Gottlieb
d Mary Elizabeth (Hayner) Bayha, both deceased. Her
ther was a well-known Wheeling baker. Mr. and Mrs.
,tter had two children, Carl and Clara, but the latter died
the age of nineteen years. Carl married Marie Doepken,
'd they live in Bae Mar, Wheeling, where he is a baker,
r. and Mrs. Carl Ritter have two children, Dorothy and
► larles.

Haevey F. GaiFFEY, superintendent of the West Virginia
■•heols for the Deaf and the Blind at Romney, is an edu-
tor of high standing and eame to his present respon-
Mlities after several years of service as a superintendent
aehools in West Virginia. Prior to that he was for many

years engaged in educationnl work in his nativo state of
Indiana.

Mr. Griffey was born in Marion County, near the City
of Indianapolis, July 20, 1878. His father, Henry M
Griffey, waa born in Wabash Connty, snme state, in 1855,
and has spent his life as a carpenter, painter and contractor,
nnd is still in business at Fortville, Indiana. In Marion
County ha married Miss Ida L. Oresch. Her father, Levi
P. GTeach, came from Reading, Pennalyvania. Harvey F.
Griffey is the oldest in a family of fourteen children, twelvo
of whom are still living.

Superintendent Griffey spent his boyhood and youth in
and around Indianapolis, attended high school at New Au-
gusta, and in preparation for his profession attended the
State Normal School at Terre Haute two terms. This was
followed by three years of work in Butler College at In-
dianapolis. Later ho pursued a scientific course nnd re-
ceived his Bachelor's degree from the University of Indinna
in 1910, and for additional work he was awarded the Mas-
ter's degree in 1915, and since then has done graduate
work ia the University of Chicago.

However, his teaching experience began many years be-
fore ho received his Master's degree. For n time he taught
a country school in Marion County, and his first principal-
ship was at Parker City, Indiana. He was superintendent
of schools at Mount Comfort and at Geneva, Indiana, and
during 1910-11 he held the chair of biology in the South
Dakota State Normal Seheol. From there he returned to
his work at Geneva, Indiana, and in 1915 eame to West
Virginia as superintendent of schools at Hinton. His three
years' work there ineluded the period of the World war,
and as a sehool man be had much to do with building up
patriotic sentiment in the city and surrounding district.
After leaving Hinton Mr. Griffey was for one year super-
intendent of schools at Kenova, and in 1920 he took the
supervision of tho Deaf and Blind Institution at Remncy
as the successor of F. L. Burdette.

Ever since coming to West Virginia Mr. Griffey has been
active in eeunty institute work, serving as an instructor in
normal training in tho eountics of Pocahontas, Mercer,
Greenbrier, Summers, Fayette. Raleigh, Boone, Mason and
Hampshire. During 1909-10 he was located on the Indi-
ana University farms. One feature of these farms were
some large caves, and in these he did special research work
upon the eyes of blind eray fish. His graduating thesis
was on this subject, and it is now in process of publication.
Another scientific thesis soon to be published is the result
of his experience and study of the handwriting of 1,000
ebildren, a study conducted with the purpose of deter-
mining which of the three styles of handwriting can be
used most rapidly and with the best quality of penmanship.

Mr. Griffey's administration of the schools at Romney
has proved him a man thoroughly qualified for the great
responsibility of training the unfortunate children plared
there. He has made some improvement in the technique of
the school itself, introducing some new methods of instruc-
tion, and since he became superintendent some notable ad
ditions have also been made to the general equipment of
the school, including a new dormitory for the blind girls,
finished and occupied in 1922, and the remodeling of the
old Potomac Academy building and its addition to the in-
stitution's group of buildings.

Mr. Griffey married at Mount Comfort. Indiana, Febru-
ary 6, 1909, Miss Bessie Dunn. Mrs. Griffey is an experi-
enced educator and shares completely in her husband 's
ideals in this great vocation. She is a daughter of WiU'am
H. and Martha (Wilson) Dunn, and is a graduate of the
Mount Comfort High School, attended Indinna University
and the South Dakota State Normal School at Springfield.
She began teaching with her husband at Geneva, Indiana,
and taught at Hinton and Kenova in West Virginia, and is
now assistant superintendent of tho West Virginia Schools
for the Deaf and Blind. Mr. and Mrs. Griffey have one
son, Harold F.

Mr. Griffey comes of a family of republican faith, but
bevond voting has not concerned himself with partisan poli-
tics. He is a member of tho college fraternity Pi Ma, is
a past grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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and has represented Hinton Lodge in the State Grand Lodge
and is a member of the Junior Order United American Me-
chanics. Mrs. Griffey has held several offices in the Eastern
Star Chapter. They are active members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and both take part in the Sunday
school, Mr. Griffey being a teacher of the Men 's Bible
Class.

John E. Stevenson. Though he had worked himself up
to the responsibilities of a superiutendent in the Monessen
plant of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, John
E. Stevenson resigned, changed his destination as a busi-
ness man, and as member of the firm Mitchell & Stevenson
has developed a highly successful business as investment
brokers.

Mr. Stevenson was born at West Newton in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1882. His father, Thomas

C. Stevenson, was born at West Newton in 1859. While
there he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Kail-
road Company, was transferred to Connellsville, Pennsyl-
vania, and in 1890 came to Wheeling as freight agent for
the Baltimore & Ohio. Three years later he resigned
from the railroad, and for two years was sales manager of
the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company. He left that busi-
ness to become superintendent for the American Sheet &
Tin Plate Company at Wheeling, later was promoted to
district manager and in 1905 became district manager
at Pittsburgh. Thomas C. Stevenson in 1907 retired from
business and has since lived at Wheeling. He is a Mason,
a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Wheeling,
and votes as an independent. He married Mary Elliott, who
was born at Newark, Ohio, in 1855. John E. is the oldest
of their three children. Mary Louise is the wife of Charles

D. Towar, a salesman at Wheeling, and Elizabeth Plummer
is the wife of Henry G. Stifel, a member of the manu-
facturing firm of J. L. Stifel & Sons at Wheeling.

John E. Stevenson acquired his early education in the
public schools of Wheeling and in Linsly Institute. After
a course in the Moise Commercial College at Wheeling in
1898 he became a traveling salesman for the Bloch Brothers
Tobacco Company. He was on the road two years for this
firm and then entered the local plant and offices of the
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company as a clerk. His
abilities gained him rapid promotion, and he was general
superintendent when he resigned in 1907 to engage in busi-
ness for himself. He organized the firm of Mitchell &
Stevenson, investment brokers, in 1913. They have made
many prominent connections with the financial interests
and enjoy a high standing in the financial world. Their
offices are at 57 Twelfth Street.

Mr. Stevenson is a director in the Marland Oil Com-
pany of Delaware, the Maryland Refining Company, and
the Mack Manufacturing Company of Wheeling. He is a
republican, is a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church,
is a Knight Templar Mason with local affiliations in Mones-
sen Lodge No. 638 at Monessen, Pennsylvania. He is a
member of the Chamber of Commerce, Wheeling Country
Club and Fort Henry Club. December 8, 1914, at Wheeling,
he married Miss Laura Stifel, daughter of L. C. and Eliz-
abeth (Stamm) Stifel. Her parents both died iu Wheeling.
Her father was for many years actively connected with
J. F. Stifel & Sons, calico printers. Mrs. Stevenson is a
graduate of the Penn College for Women. They have one
daughter, Henryett, born October 25, 1917.

William R. Cooey, president of the Cooey-Bentz Com-
pany, of Wheeling, whose retail furuiture business repre-
sents one of the two largest enterprises of the kind in West
Virginia, holds a place of much prominence in connection
with the industrial and commercial life of the City of
Wheeling. He was born at McMeehen, Marshall County,
this state, on the 1st of September, 1860, and is a sou
of Matthew and Nancy (McComhs) Cooey, the former of
whom was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1828,
and the latter was born in what is now Marshall
County, West Virginia, in 1830. The parents passed the
closing years of their lives at Martins Ferry, Ohio, where
the death of the mother occurred in 1895 and that of the

father in 1901. Of the children the eldest was John, wh<
became a farmer in Marshall County, West Virginia, and
later a huckster at Martins Ferry, Ohio, where he died a]
the age of fifty-five years; Mary Rachel, who became tM
wife of William Minden, likewise died at Martins Ferrj
and Mr. Minden is now a farmer near Clarington, Obio
William R., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth
Ella is the wife of Thomas Hasson, a farmer near Zoai
Ohio; Everett is engaged in the shoe business at Martin
Ferry.

William R. Cooey was reared on the farm which his fa
ther owned and operated in Wetzel County, West Virginia
where he remained until he was twenty-five years of ag(
his educational advantages having been those of the locaj
schools. After leaving the farm he was variously employ©
until 1887, when he came to Wheeling, where for the ena
ing five years he was employed in the furniture store o
John Arbenz, the following four years having found hie
similarly engaged with the Altmeyer Furniture Companj
After the death of Mr. Altmeyer in 1S97 Mr. Cooey am
Herman Bentz purchased the business, which was then on'
of small order, and their vigor and good management playe; |
full part in the development of the enterprise to its presen
extensive and substantial proportions. The large am
moderu store building of the company is situated at th
corner of Thirty-sixth Street, and the personnel of th
official corps is as follows: President, William R. Cooey
vice president, Herman Bentz; secretary and general mar
ager, Charles Kettler; manager of branch store at Benwooc
Marshal] County, Edward Cooey. In addition to full line
of furniture the company also handles house furnishing!
and has an undertaking department of the most moder
equipment and service. Mr. Cooey is a director of th
McConnell Box & Barrel Company, conducting one of th
important manufacturing industries of Wheeling; is ,
stockholder in the South Side Bank of Wheeling, the Com
munity Loan Bank of this city, the Uneeda Match Companj
the Wheeling Milling & Grain Company, a brass manu
factory at Fairmont and the North Wheeling Glass Work.';

Mr. Cooey, a democrat in politics, served one term as
member of the City Council of Wheeling, but is essentiall
a business man and has not cared to enter the arena o
practical politics. He is a trustee of the Wesleyan Metht
dist Episcopal Church in his home city, and in the Masoni
fraternity his basic affiliation is with Nelson Lodge No. 3(
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, while in the Scottis
Rite he has received the thirty -second degree in West Vii
ginia Sovereign Consistory No. 1, besides being a membf
of Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling. He :
the owner not only of his modern and beautiful home pro]
erty, at 3740 Woods Street, but also of two other houw
on that street and near his own residence.

In 1885 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Cooey an
Miss^ Mary Sengenwalt, daughter of Frederick and Wi
helmina (Kupfer) Sengenwalt, both now deceased. In coi
elusion is given brief record concerning the children c
Mr. and Mrs. Cooey: Walter is a salesman in the store c
Cooey-Bentz Company; Edward has the management c,
the branch store at Benwood and is individually mentione
in the sketch following; Wilbert, who is associated with th!
Block Brothers Tohacco Company of Wheeling, resides £
McMeehen, Marshall County; Bertha is the wife of Ro'
Black, and they reside at McMeehen, Mr. Black heing coi
nected with the Cooey-Bentz hranch store at Benwood]
Archibald was graduated from the United States Militar
Academy at West Point in 1919, jnst prior to the signin'
of the armistice that brought the World war to a clos,
and as a member of the United States Army he is now (1921
stationed at Camp Sherman, Ohio, with the rank of fin]
lieutenant; Wilma is the wife of Mr. Elmer Burrall, who I
a skilled machinist at the Uneeda Match Factory in Whee
ing; and Mary is a student in the Wheeling High School.

John Cooey, grandfather of the subject of this review
was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and died at Elm Grovi
Ohio County, West Virginia, in 1875. He came to th
United States as a youth of sixteen years, established hi'
residence at Wheeling, West Virginia, and after his mai
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*nia, which vocation h<* later followed in Marshall and
"?tzel counties, West Virginia, in which latter county he
wablished his resideucc in 1S65. After retiring from the
jrm he passed the remainder of his life at Elm Grove,
U io County. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary
krter, was born near West Alexander, Pennsylvania, and
vd at Elm Grove, West Virginia. Both were active mem-
Irs of the Frcsbytcrian Church, and Mr. Coooy was a demo-
kit in political allegiance.

Edward Cooey is manager of the Bcnwood Branch of
H? Cooey-Bentz Company, one of the largest furniture
^uses in the Upper Ohio Valley. Mr. Cooey is a son of
r. R. Cooey, president and one of the founders of this
rtsiness. He is one of Wheeling's prominent young busi-
•ss men, and has manifested many admirable qualities
t a public-spirited citizen, ever ready to enlist his time and
iluencc in behalf of every worthy cause.

Edward Cooey acquired a public-school education at
'heeling, where he was born November 7, 1SSS, attended
'3 Wheeling Business College, and had some experience
id training in several positions. Beginning in 1905 he
for six years connected with the Art Tile China &

intel Company, of Wheeling. He has been with the
• oey-Bentz Company since 1911, and on the first of

igust of that year was appointed manager of the Bcn-

>od branch. He is also a director of the company and

a director of the Bank of Benwood. Mr. Cooey is a
•mocrat, a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of

heeling, Nelson Lodge No. 30, F. and A. M., Wheeling
•apter No. 1, R. A. M., Osiris Temple of the Mystic
krine, Wheeling Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Protective
<der of Elks, and Evening Star Lodge No. 18, Knights
( Pythias, at Benwood.

December 6, 1911, at Wheeling, he married Miss Myrtle
kmiock, daughter of Walter and Matilda (Bcllville)
Itarnock, residents o*f Wheeling. Her father is a carriage
►inter by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Cooey have one son,
iward William, born October 16, 1914. Mr. Cooey is a
Ejidcnt of Benwood.

Throughout the period of the World war he put patriotic
ty first and business second, and in fact largely neglected
3 business in order to discharge his responsibilities as a
ider in the various campaigns. He was president of the
>nwood Chapter of the American Red Cross. He was
usurer for all the war funds collected at Benwood, was
airman of the five Liberty and Victory Loan drives,
le of these drives exceeded the quota by 500 per ceut,
id Benwood never failed to surpass her quota in every
ive. He was also chairman of the War Savings Stamps
unmittee of Benwood. During the influenza epidemic he
is head of the Emergency Hospital at Benwood.

Henby Dickinson Causey, M. D., has gained inviolable
ace as one of the able and successful representatives of
s profession in Marion County, where he is established in
actice at Fairmont, the county seat. He was born at
ilford, Delaware, October 14, 18S1, and is a son of
?ter Foster and Jane (Dickinson) Causey. Peter F.
msey likewise was a native of Milford, where he was
•rn in February, 1841. He was a son of Hon. Peter
jstcr Causey, and Anna (Richard) Causey, and that his
ther was one of the honored and influential citizens of
jlaware needs no further voucher than the statement that

served as governor of that state from 1858 to 1866, his
Iministration having covered the climacteric period of
e Civil war. For a number of years Peter F. Causey, Jr.,
thcr of the doctor, served ae United States federal in-
rnal-revenue inspector, and his death occurred in 1911,
s wife "having passed away in 1909. Mrs. Causey was
•rn at Nashville, Tennessee, in May, 1841, a daughter of
enry and Francis (Hunter) Dickinson, natives respec-
?ely of Tennessee and North Carolina, the latter having
en a daughter of General Hunter, a gallant officer in the
•triot army in the War of the Revolution.
In 1899 Dr. Causey was graduated in the high school

Milford, Delaware, and for three years thereafter he was
student in Wilmington Military Academy. When that

school closed he found employment in his native city, nnd
three years later he entered the medical depnrtment of the
University of Maryland, in which he was graduated in
1911, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. lie served
as a hospital interne for nine months thereafter, and then
took effectivo post-graduate work at the great Rockefeller
Institute and the New York PostGrndunte Medical Col-
lege. Thereafter he was engaged in the active practice of
his profession until the nation entered the World wnr, when
he promptly subordinated all personal interests to cuter
service in the medical corps of the United Suites Army,
his commission as captain having been received June lb,
1918. On the first of the following September he waa
assigned to duty at Camp Lee, Virginia, where he remained
until November 10, when he was assigned to overseas
service and sent to Newport News for embarkation. The
signing of the historic armistice caused revocation of the
sailing order, and on the 4th of February, 1919, the doctor
was granted his honorable discharge. He then returned to
New York for further post-graduate work, but in the same
year he came to Fairmont, where he has since been engaged
in successful practice. He is retained as mine surgeon
for the Consolidation Coal Company, the Virginia & Pitts
burgh Coal Company, the Arkwright Coal Company and the
Hudson Coal Company. In his profession Doctor Causey
specializes in traumatic surgery. He is a member of the
Marion County and the West Virginia State Medical so-
cieties, American Medical Association and the Association
of Baltimore & Ohio Railway Surgeons. He has received
the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite of the Masonic
fraternity, and is affiliated with the Mystic Shrine, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Maryland Lodge Knights
of Pythias, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
He is a loyal and progressive member of the Fairmont
Chamber of Commerce.

August 28, 1912, recorded the marriage of Doctor Causey
to Miss Ethel Wyman Wyaetnan, who was born in Vir-
ginia, in 1883, a daughter of Charles and May (Carrowl)
Wyaetnan, natives respectively of Virginia and Maryland.
Doctor and Mrs. Causey are earnest communicants of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. They have one child, Vir-
ginia Tyler, born May 21, 1913.

Edmund D. Judy. The impression seems well founded
that among the sturdy upbuildcrs of the region comprised
by Grant County such accessories as ancestors or family
traditions count for little as a community asset. There is
something about the conformation of the country that makes
an individual desire to rely upon himself, to develop his
latent forces and to relegate to a respectful distance th*
deeds of his forefathers, which might overshadow or inter-
fere with the workings of his own individual destiny. Nev-
ertheless, no class of men are more appreciative of credit-
able forefathers or more ready to do honor to the qualities
which brought them to the front in the times in which they
lived. An instance at hand is Edmund D. Judy, of Peters-
burg, a man of wide experience and pronounced usefulness,
an intelligent, wide-awake factor in the life of his com-
munity, and one of the most successful farmers and stock-
raisers in Grant County.

Mr. Judy belongs to one of the ancient and honorable
families of this section of West Virginia, the history nf
which as residents of what is now Pendleton County dates
back several generations. He was born near Fort Seybert,
Pendleton County, February 10, 1870, a son of Manassah
Judy, who was a stockman and farmer on the South Fork
of the South Branch of the Potomac River for some years,
but later changed his residence to the country near Peters-
burg. There he secured possession by purchase of the
Cunningham farm, a mile and one half east of the town,
where his death occurred. Manassah Judy was born March
24, 1821, in what was then Hardy County, Virginia, bat a
part of which is now Grant County, West Virginia. While
his educational advantages were confined to the rudiments
of the "three R's," he learned to read, write and cipher
acceptably and his inherent business qualities, which could
not have been learned from a book, were such that he was
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way. While he raised a number of products on his farm,
his chief business was that of a stockman, and in that
field of endeavo* he became well and favorably known.
He died in 1886, when his community lost a good. citizen
aud one who had always been a supporter of education, re-
ligion and good citizenship, lie was a democrat in politics,
but not an office seeker, although he was ever ready to ac-
cept and discharge any responsibility. Mr. Judy was
united in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Dyer, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Dyer. Mrs. Judy, who was born
April 22, 1833, survived her husband a number of years,
dying in 1910. She and her hushand were the parents of
the followbig children: Mary Virginia, the wife of Andrew
Trumbo, of Bedford County, Virginia; William Andrew,
of Petersburg, one of the successful farmers of Pendleton
County for many years; Henry Seymour, of Petersburg;
George Franklin, who died near 'Petersburg, in Grant
Gounty, leaving a family by his wife, who was formerly
Mattie Sites; Josephine Margaret, who married John Koler
and died at Monterey, Virginia; Rebecca Lee, who married
Javed Hiner, of Doehill, Virginia; Edmund Dyer, of this
review; and Manassah Parron, of Brunswick, Indiana.

Like his father, Edmund Dyer Judy had only a limited
schooling, which was of a very common kind. In later years,
however, he has made use of his powers of observation and
these, with much reading, have given him an education of
a practical nature. He never had a desire to leave the
parental roof in his youth, accompanying his parents from
Pendleton County to the vicinity of Petersburg when he
was a youth of fifteen years, and here settling down to the
business of assisting his father in the daily duties of the
home place. Under the excellent teaching of the elder man
he learned the stock business thoroughly, from every view-
point and angle, from the bottom to the top. When he
was ready to hegiu operations for himself, therefore, he
was fully prepared to make the most of his efforts. His
early independent ventures were conducted on the parental
estate, and there he continued to make his home during all
the time that he was active as a farmer. These operations
he continued to personally supervise until the year 1913,
at which time he bu,ilt a home and moved to Petersburg,
where he has since resided. However, he still owns his
property in the country, where he is identified with the
stock business, winteriug, feeding and fattening heavy cat-
tle, which he sells to shippers in the Baltimore market, and
his light cattle he sells locally over a wide territory to lo-
cal butchers for home consumption. His property comprises
more than 2,000 acres, and may be called an all-purpose
farm, with 200 acres under cultivation. He has installed
the latest improvements, has erected modern buildings, con-
duets all his operations along modern lines, and in addi-
tion to being a stock raiser, grows all kinds of grain, con-
ducts a dairy and operates all other departments of farm
work. His reputation in business circles is an excellent
one, and his word has been said to be fully as good as a
bond. Mr. Judy has had no active part in community
matters in a business way, his time for the most part be-
ing devoted to his personal affairs. However, he shows the
interest maintained by every good citizen in the welfare of
bis community, and is a co-operator in worthy movements.
He has never held nor aspired to office, and in political
matters is inclined to act independently in local affairs, al-
though nationally he supports the democratic ticket. His
religious connection is with the Presbyterian Church and
he has no fraternal affiliations. Physically Mr. Judy is a
man weighing 225 pounds, heing a trifle larger than the
members of his family usually are.

Near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, May
15, 1900, Mr. Judy was united in marriage with Miss Wiltie
M. Huffman, who was born in Rockingham County, a daugh-
ter of Elijah and Susan (Bowman) Huffman, and the ninth
in a family of ten children. No children have come to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Judy. They lent their sincere aid
in the World war movements, purchasing bonds and con-
tributing to the Red Cross drives and other enterprises.
Their home at Petersburg is one of the conspicuous resi-
dences of the county seat, containing eight rooms, gjner-
ous in proportions and well-appointed in equipment, an

ideal place for spending years of retirement by those ?|
have labored hard and well.

Glenn J. Moomau. Among the energetic public <|
cials of Pendleton County, one who has established i|
especially creditable record for efficient and conscienti£»
performance of duty is Glenn J. Moomau, tax assessS
The incumbent of this office since 1916, he has evidenitj
a painstaking desire to discharge faithfully the respl
sibilities that have devolved upon him, and that hia ann
tion has been realized is evidenced by the esteem t\
confidence in which he is held hy those who recogn)j
and appreciate capability in public positions.

Mr. Moomau was born April 12, 1884, in Pendletl
County, and is a son of Dr. Fred and Etta (Johnscj
Moomau, and a representative of a family founded a.
settled here among the early pioneers of the region. I'd
great-grandfather, Frederick Moomau, was of French st<|
and in his youth learned the trade of hatter, which 1
followed for a number of years at Franklin, where fl
death occurred July 5, 1845. He married Catherine Jo),
son, and they became the parents of five sons and thil
daughters: John Bean, Mary J., Caroline H., Jacob 1
George W., Catherine J., Samuel J. and Dr. James P. I
John Bean Moomau, the grandfather of Glenn J., vl
born in Pendleton County, May 1, 1821, and died Jr.
24, 1864. He was educated at the Virginia Military J
stitute, and at the beginning of the war between 1j
states organized a company at Franklin which enteijj
the Confederate service. Early in the struggle betwe
the North and the South he was taken a prisoner, a j
while he was later released by exchange he never ov'J
came the disease contracted in the army, and died 1
Staunton, Virginia, lie had been a lawyer by professiJ
practicing at Franklin until he enlisted and gave his il
tor the Lost Cause. Mr. Moomau married Hannah Db
a daughter of John Dice. The eight children born I
Mr. and Mrs. Moomau were: Jacob Dice; Bean; ScofJ
John ; Fred, the father of Glenn J. ; Catherine, who marril
L. A. Orudorff, of Woodstock, Virginia; Bettie, who m;i
ried Mr. Wisman, of South Carolina and passed her 1:
in the Palmetto State; and Mary, who married Milt
Swink and died at Murat, Virginia.

Dr. Fred Moomau, the father of Glenn J., was bo'
at Franklin, April 27, 1858, and spent practically ]j
entire life at that place. His literary education call
from the public schools, and after he had engaged in teat
ing school for several years he took up the study of me<,
cine at the University of Maryland and the Universi
of New York, from which latter institution he was grad'
ated in 1S81. He then entered upon the practice of V
profession at Franklin, where he ministered to ailing tl
manity for many years with great success, became ol
of the most beloved physicians of his county, and dit'
honored and respected, May 21, 1915. He was one
the church-builders at Franklin, and for many years w
a member of the Board of Stewards of the Method:'
Episcopal Church, South. In national matters he cast li
ballot in favor of the candidates of the democratic pari
but in local matters was inclined to be independent. Doct
Moomau married Miss Etta Johnson, who was born A
a farm near Franklin, January 3, 1861, a daughter i
Jacob F. and Clara B. (Maupin) Johnson. Mr. and Mi
Johnson had nine children, all of whom reached matui
years: James W., who was afflicted with blindness fro'
birth, but gained an excellent education and taught |
the schools of Pendleton and adjoining counties for i
half a century; Howard H., who was also blind, and ov«|
came his infirmity, being one of the founders of the De;|
and Blind Institution at Romney, West Virginia,- in whii
he was a teacher for many years; Sue, who married Oaai
Dyer, and after his death, Mr. Hobb, and is now a re*
dent of Raton, New Mexico; Catherine, who is the wii
of J. T. McMullen, and resides at Barstow, California
Charles, of Jamesport, Missouri j Delius O., of Phoeni
Arizona; Etta, who became the wife of Doctor HoomaC
Patrick Henry, assistant district attorney of Los Angelc 1
California; and Arthur, of Ray Arizona. To Doctor ar

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Irs. Moomau there were born the following children:
i?nn Johnson, of this review; and Miss Lynn, a resident
Franklin. _ -

31enn Johnson Moomau acquired his primary education
I the graded and high schools of Franklin, following
^ich he pursued a course at the Kandolph-Macon Academy
\ Front Royal, Virginia, where he spent a year, He then
leered West Virginia University, at Morgantown, where
L took the agricultural course, and in 1906 graduated
j>m that institution with the degree of Bachelor of
,;riculture. When he left the university Mr. Moomau
►plied himself to scientific agriculture, and ten years
ntinueusly was identified with the work of farmers'
iititutcs, lecturing and demonstrating, particularly in the
fcd of animal husbandry. In the meantime he continued
I carry on his own farming enterprise near Franklin,
fere the success of his experiments has testified un-
jiivoeally to the value of scientific training in farming.
I*. Moomau has always given his attention to whatever
U tended to improve his locality and lead it into the
iht, and before he became a candidate for his present
nee he was active in political party affairs merely as a
pd citizen. As a democrat he east his maiden vote in
lialf of the candidacy of Mr. Bryan in 1908, supported
lesident Wilson in 1912 and 1916* and followed the for-
ties of his party four years later. He was elected county
isessor in 1916, winning the nomination in the eounty
|unary against competition, and in the eleetion had a
buhliean competitor. In 1920 he encountered opposition
x his own party in the primary, but won the election
Itheut a fight from the other side. Mr. Moomau was a
limber of the committee of the American Red Cross and
It committeeman during all the war drives made in the
;inty. He registered for active service, but his classifiea-
a had not been made when the war closed. As a
:iternalist he is a Master Mason and a Modern Wood-
n. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Fpis-
pal Church, South, in the werk of which he has been
pve, and at the present time a member of the building
!t,nmittee directing the remodeling of the heme ehurch

K ■

* Martin Kenny Boggs. In seeking for individuals of
porous and foreeful character who have taken important
si prominent part in the affairs of men, the biographer
Inot expected to deal only with the lives of valiant and

* rtial heroes, for in the world of seienee and arts, the
i^fessions and politics, and commercial and industrial

of the present day are found men of aetion, eapable
(4 earnest, whose talents, enterprise and energy eom-
nd the respeet of their fellow men and whose lives are
rthy examples and objects to be emulated. In this
ineetion it is appropriate to review the career of Martin
I nny Boggs, one of the old-time merchants of Franklin,
ere* he has resided since 1876, and a native of Pendle-
i County. Mr. Boggs was born in Union District, Decern-
|r 27, 1S57, and is a son of John Boggs.
The paternal grandfather of Martin K. Boggs, John
ggs, the elder, was born in Ireland and there married
trgaret Kev. Not long after their union they immigrated
the United States and settled in Virginia, but later
ved to what is now Pendleton County, West Virginia,
tling on the North Fork of the Potomac River, where
p. Boggs rounded out his eareer in agricultural pur-
fcts. There were five children in the family of John
tl Margaret (Key) Boggs: Aaron; Joseph; John, the
i.ber of Martin K.; Catherine, who married Perry Law-
Pice and moved to Lewis County, West Virginia; and
■tbella, who married a Mr. Lewis.

KJohn Boggs the younger, father of Martin K. Bogga,
Is born in Virginia, but spent the greater part of his
•e in Pendleton County, where he carried on agricultural
Irsuits on the banks of the Potomae River until bis
^lining years, when he retired from active pursuits. He
vd at the age of eighty-four years, respeeted and esteemed
I all who knew him. He served Pendleton County in
Hi capacity of sheriff for one term and made a good
Hieial, energetic and conscientious, and his republican

sentiments made him an adherent of that party. During
the war between the states his sympathies were with the
Union, and ho acted as captain of the Home Guard
recruited in his locality. He was a believer, but never
joined any chureh, nor was Mrs. Boggs what was known
as a cburchwoman, although a real Christian who lived
her faith in her daily life. .She passed away when
eighty-six years of age. They were the parents of the fol-
lowing children: Joseph, who spent much of his nctive
life in Ohio, where he was married and where his death
occurred; Isaac P., who spent his life in Pendleton County,
where at various times he was clerk of the court and
sheriff, and died at Franklin, leaving a family; Aaron, who
was a miller on the North Fork of the Potomac River,
where he died and left a family; Henrietta, who married
John R. Dolly and resides in the North Fork locality of
the county; William H., who is a farmer in the same
locality; his twin, Martin K., of this review; and John
A., who for some years followed the vocation of farming
in the vieinity of his birthplaee, but is now a resident
of bhowell, Maryland.

Martin K. Boggs spent the first eighteen years of his
life at his birthplaee, and left the old home with an educa-
tion obtained from attendance at the old eountry school,
lie is one of the men whose schooldays were passed for
a time in a log cabin echoolhou«e, where they eat on back-
less benches of wood, ciphered ou a slate and did not
dream of the conveniences that were to be provided for
the later generations. After he earne to Franklin he went
to school for two terms, and then entered the circuit
clerk '8 offiee under his brother, remaining in that capacity
tor a period of four years. On leaving the Court House
temporarily Mr. Boggs became a gauger and collector tor
the United States Revenue Department, a position in which
he spent four years during the administration of President
James A. Garfield. With the termination of this service
he established himself in a general merchandise business
at Franklin, being a partner with W. B. Anderson in the
firm of W. B. Anderson & Company. Two years later .Mr.
Anderson retired, and Mr. Boggs continued the business
under his own name for ten years. He then sold an interest
to a nephew, Byron Boggs, and the firm name was changed
to M. K. Boggs Company, this continuing until a third
partner was admitted, Wilbur Dolly, when the style was
changed to Boggs & Dolly. Byron Boggs and Mr. Dolly
retired from the business finally and were succeeded by
another nephew, Gordon Boggs, and the old name of M, K.
Boggs & Company was resumed. The Boggs establish-
ment has always been a general merchandise store and is
the seeoud oldest mercantile house at Franklin. A com-
plete line of up-to-date goods is carried, and a special
study of the needs and wishes of the community has
enabled the proprietor to cater to his patrons in a way
that gains their appreciation and support. A man of the
strictest integrity, his fair reputation and honorable deal-
ing have made his name synonymous with honesty and
probity, and his good business management, at the same
time, has allowed bim to make a success of his venture.

Mr. Boggs was one of the original stockholders of the
Franklin Bank, and is now a member of its Board of
Directors. He haa participated to some extent in the
official life of Franklin, having served two terms as re-
corder, has been commissioner of chancery of the Cireuit
Court since 1882, and at present is Iikewh>e commissioner of
aceounts of the County Court. In polities a republican, he
east his maiden presidential vote for James A. Garfield in
1S80, and has missed but one national election since. Very
little of his time has been spent in party conventions as
a delegate. He is a Protestant in religious belief, but is
not identified with any especial denomination or church,
nor is he a member of any fraternal organization. As a
patriotic and loval citizen during the World war Mr. Botrgs
bought liberallv of bonds and stamps and gave freely
of his means in* support of the American Red Cross, Young
Men's Christian Association and other auxiliary work.

In April, 1892, in Pendleton County, West Virginia,
Mr. Boges was united in marriage with Miss Kate Skid-
more daughter of James and Barbara (Beverage) Skid-

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more, and a granddaughter of James Skidmore, who was
a saddle-maker during the greater part of his life. Joseph
Skidmore passed his career aa a farmer in Pendleton
County, and he and his worthy wife were the parents of
four children: Kate, who became Mrs. Boggs; J. Burtou,
a farmer near Franklin; James W., of that place; and
Eebecca, who is unmarried. Mr. and Mrs. Boggs have
one daughter, Sylvia, who after attending the public schools
of Franklin had two terms in the Southern Seminary at
Buena Vista, Virginia.

Thaddeus Sobieski Cunningham. Now living retired
at Brandonville, Mr. Cunningham looks back over a career
of more than half a century in Preston County, but had
already achieved manhood and a record as a soldier of the
Civil war before he came to this section of West Virginia.

He was born at Turkey Foot, Somerset County, Pennsyl-
vania, October 16, 1842, and though he bears the name of
a great Polish patriot he is of Irish ancestry. His great-
grandfather was a soldier under General Washington in
the Revolutionary war and lost his life at a log rolling in
Somerset County; Pennsylvania. John Cunningham, grand-
father of the Brandonville citizen, was born in Somerset
County, Pennsylvania, and is buried on the hill close to
the Methodist Church at Paddytown that county. He mar-
ried Jane McClintock. Their children were James, Alex-
ander, William, John, Robert and Eston, Jennie, who be-
came the wife of Thomas Hanna, Mary who married Jacob
Gower, Margaret always known as Peggy married Moses
Justus, and Mrs. Martha Bays.

Robert Cunningham, father of Thaddeus S., was born
in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in 1804 and married
Sarah Pinkerton, daughter of Matthew Pinkerton who mar-
ried a Miss Reed. Robert Cunningham died in 18S9, hav-
ing survived his wife ten years. In politics he was first a
knownothing and then a republican, and both he and his
wife were active Methodists. Their children were: Rachel
who married Rev. Abraham Williams and lived in Fayette
County; Nancy, wife of John Mason, still living in that
county; Frank M. who was a Union soldier four years and
died as the result of stepping on a rusty nail; James
Lawrence, who was in the First Ohio Cavalry and died in
the Rebel prison at Andersonville ; Thaddeus S.; Clarissa
who became the wife of Elijah Harbaugh and died in
Fayette County; Matthew who spent his active career
in the coal fields but was killed in a railway accident;
Ross of Connellsville, Pennsylvania; Martha, who became
the wife of Reuben Leonard, an old Federal soldier, and
died in Fayette County; and Sarah who died while a girl
in school.

Thaddeus S. Cunningham was born on a farm and in
July, 1859, at the age of seventeen, the year of the great
frost in Southern Pennsylvania, he accompanied his parents
to Fayette County, and from that time until he entered the
army he lived in Stewart Township. He finished his educa-
tion in an Academy at Smithfield and also attended Normal
School at Somerset, but this part of his education was a
matter of training himself for responsibilities after he had
lost his arm in the war.

August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company H of the One
Hundred Forty-second Pennsylvania Infantry. This com-
pany rendezvoused a few days at Connellsville, went to
Harrisburg, two weeks later was sent to Washington, where
he helped build and guard a fort. Then the regiment
moved out into the Valley of Virginia to take part in the
great and bloody battle of Fredericksburg in December,
1862, where Thaddeus Cunningham fought bravely until
shot in the shoulder. His arm was so shattered that
amputation was necessary, this operation being performed
on the battlefield the same evening. He was then sent
to Lincoln Hospital at Washington, where in Ward No. 1
he remained until he recuperated and received his honorable
discharge March 6, 1863.

Having sacrificed so much for his country Mr. Cunningham
had to refit himself for the duties of Civil life, and after
the Normal School training he began teaching in Fayette
County and in the fall of 1869 he moved to the vicinity
of Rockville in Pleasant District of Preston County. While

there he taught in the public schools and also taught ,
Bruceton Mills, Kingwood, and finally at Brandonvil]
Among the pupils he instructed in Preston County and w)
became men of note were Christian Hartmeyer, Alfn
Fletcher, and Dr. Thurman Martin.

Another pupil was Eliza J. Liston, a native of Fayet .
County, Pennsylvania. She and Mr. Cunningham were ma '
ried December 22, 1867. Her parents were Everhart ai
Thankful (Thorpe) Liston, the former a native of Presto
County and the latter of Fayette County, Pennsylvani
Everhart Liston was a Union soldier in Company K of tl
Two Hundred Twelfth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, j
organization composed chiefly of old men and doing du
in guarding the fortifications around Washington, k
Liston died in 1868 at the age of sixty-six and his wi
survived until 1901, passing away at the age of eighty-fiv
The Liston children were: Martha who became the wi
of Newton Graham and died in Preston County; Mrs. Cu,
ningham who was born December 3, 1849; John M., <•
Preston County; Hulda A., wife of Evan Bowermaster, <
Kingwood; and George A., of Farmington, West Virgini

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham hav
grown up, established themselves comfortably and us
fully in several communities, and there are a large numb<
of their descendants who acknowledge Mr. and Mrs. Cu:
ningham as grandparents. The oldest child, Kate, is tl
wife of Thurman M. King of Hopewell; their children ai :
Edward E., Hazel Elliott, Scott and Lida. The secon;
child, Sarah B., is the wife of J. W. Wheeler, of Hopewe]
and their family consists of Albert, Roy, Mary, Wayn
Marshall, Theodore, Paul, Clara and Cora. The thir
daughter, Emma C, is the wife of Lawrence Conner cj
Pasadena, California, and they have three children, Ethe
Clarence and Manila. Frank M., the oldest son, is a farnn
near Hopewell Church; by his marriage to Jessie McNai*
he has two sons, Ward and Harold. Edward Cunninghaj,
lives at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, married Effie Yeast, an
has two children, Darrell and Glenna. Albert Cunninghai
also a resident of Uniontown, married Lulu Bowermaste
and their children are Mabel, Margaret, Mary and Thoma
Emmett Cunningham of Charleston, West Virginia," marrie
Caroline Lawrence and they have a daughter, Elizabet)
and a son, James.

Mr. Cunningham has never failed to cast his ballot fc
republican nominees, and has never missed voting at
national election. In 1864 he cast a ballot for Abrahai
Lincoln. Mrs. Cunningham first had an opportunity c
voting at a national election in 1920, and she picked th
winner, Warren G. Harding. Mr. Cunningham is an hoi
ored member of Uniontown Post Grand Army of the R<
public, being one of the few survivors of that Post.

Their lives have been in complete accord with Christia
principles and they have been working members of th,
Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Cunningham serving a
trustee of the churches at Hopewell and Bruceton Mill
While never a man of wealth he has always bestowed som
portion of his income upon the church, and no minister ha
gone from the congregation without his salary, a fact chiefl
to be credited to Mr. Cunningham.

Samuel R. Bentlet. On the solid basis of definit
achievement Samuel R. Bentley has a national reputatio
in life insurance circles, having for twelve years enjoye
that enviable association among the elect known as th
$200,000 men, and for two years a member of the To;
Two Hundred of the Two Hundred Thousand Dollar CM

Mr. Bentley has been an honored citizen of Clarksbur;
for over twenty years, and has been a special representativ
of the New York Life Insurance Company since 1904. H
was born November 12, 1877, at Spencersburg, Pike Coud
ty, Missouri. At that time his father was operating i
woolen mill at Spencersburg. When Samuel R. Bentley wa
two years of age the family removed to Warsaw, Illinois
His parents are Joseph and Jane (Brown) Bentley, native
of Yorkshire, England, his father born at Bradford ant
his mother at Leeds. They were married November 1
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IjoK'u mills of England. In September, 1870, he came to
I a United States, his wife and oldest son following in
I'oveniber. The family lived successively at Alton and
I icksonvillc, Illinois, theu at Spenceraburg, Missouri, and
I r many years at Warsaw, Illinois, where Joseph Bontloy
lis in the woolen mill business. In 1S99 he removed to
I arksburg, West Virginia, to manage the Lowndes Woolen
I dls. He is now retired from active business and ho and
Is wife still live in Clarksburg, he in his eightieth year
I id his wife in her seventy-eighth. They have been mar-
?d over fifty-eight years. They have a long record of
nsistent membership in the Methodist Church. Their two
' ns are Albert William and Samuel R. The former is
rner and editor of the Hamilton (Kansas) Grit.
Samuel R. Bentley was reared and educated at Warsaw,
' 'inois, attending high school there. He followed his par-
ts to Clarksburg in 1S99, and he has lived with his father
I <d mother ever since, and for some years past has kept
> the home for them in their declining years. Samuel K.
entley had more than the normal enthusiasm of youth for
e stage. He had in fact some decided natural talent for
is profession, and was early enlisted in the Thespiau roles.
' rior to coming to Clarksburg he had concluded two years
I the theatrical profession, finally leaving the stage at
I ittshurgh, and aoon after eoming to Clarksburg went
1 the road as a traveling salesman with the Ruhl-Koble-
4rd Company, wholesale groeers. This house in January,
)04, was succeeded by the Consolidated Grocers Company
id Mr. Bentley continued in their service for six months
nger. He left and in June, 1904, began his duties as
*ent for the New York Life Insurance Company. For a
amber of years he has enjoyed a record among the most
roficient of that company's business builders in the great
iddle department iucluding Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kcn-
icky, and West Virginia. During the two years 1919
^d 1920 he ranked thirty-eighth among the producers of
usiness, based on the volume of business written and paid
jr. Since the company had approximately 6,500 agents at
he time, this standing is obviously very near the top. In
920 Mr. Bentley was honored by gaining a vice presidency
€ the Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Club.
Throughout his residence at Clarksburg Mr. Bentley has
een a leader in local dramatics and theatrical activities,
"ratenially he is a member of the Masons and Elks, in
906-07 was Exalted Ruler of the Clarksburg Lodge of
llks, and in 1917-18 was president of the Clarksburg
otary Club and in 1921 was second vice president of the
larksburg Chamber of Commerce. He is a republican, a
lember of the Clarksburg Country Club, a life member
nd on the Advisory Board of The Old Colony Cmb of
.'ew York, and a member of the United Commercial Travel-
rs Association. During the World war he took an active
art in all local matters incident thereto.

Benjamin M. Chaplin, of Morgantown, has been for
ears, and still is, an important factor in the development of
he industries of that city, and holds a clear title as the
ioneer coal operator in this section of West Virginia. His
uccess in life has been won solely by himself, for since
•aving bis father's farm at the age of twenty years he has
elied on his own resources, his natural ability, his sound
usiness judgment, bis enterprise, his industry and his
onesty.

Mr. Chaplin was born on the family homestead in Clay
)istrict, Monongalia County, West Virginia. October 15,
'876, a son of the late Albert Gallatin and Mahala Alene
'Strosnider) Chaplin. Albert G. Chaplin was born near
fount Morris, Greene County, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1832,
nd died at Morgantown in 1907. He was the son of Wil-
am and Elizabeth Rumble (Lantz) Chaplin, and grandson
If John Chaplin, a native of Maryland who settled at an
arly date in Greene County, Pennsylvania. In 1857 Wil-
&m Chaplin removed to Monongalia County, West Vir-
inia, and three years later to Harrison County, this
tate, where he died on his farm in 1877. He was a
ilaeksmith by trade, a vocation at which he worked in
Jarly life, but in his later years took up farming.

Albert G. Chaplin learned wagon-making under his father

and in 1857 took up carpentry and the trado of millwright.
He followed these occupations until 1862, when ho enlisted
in Company I, Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry, for a period of four years, but after fourteen
months of service was honorably dischargod becauso of
physical disability incurred in the lino of duty. In 1870
he purchased a farm in Clay District, Monongalin County,
where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, later entering
mercantile lines, for which purpose ho built a store on
his farm. In 1902 he gave up business cares and removed
to Morgantown. His wife, who was the daughter of Moses
and Mary Strosnidcr, died at this placo in 1911.

Benjamin M. Chaplin was reared on his father's farm
and attended the district schools, acquiring only a common
school education. In his younger days he considered his
education adequate to his needs believing that with youth,
industry and energy he was well equipped for the battle
of life. Once out in the world, however, he realized his
mistake, saw the advantages of a higher education (then
out of his reaeh) and set about improving his mind by
self study, and so determined was lie in that direction
that during the first few years of his married life he prac
tically devoted his eveuings and spare time to study and
research. In 1896 he conducted a hotel and livery business
at Jake's Run, in the oil district of Monongalia County,
and so continued for two years, during which time he was
also engaged in general oil work in that district. In
1S9S Mr. Chaplin located at Morgantown and went to work
in a planing mill, and while thus engaged studied architec-
ture and designing of evenings. Later he began contracting
and building on his own account, and built some of Morgan-
town's best residences. His next movo was to engage
in the lumber and planing mill business under the firm
name of Chaplin & Worman, nnd later this enterprise was
merged with the cabinet making business of A. Rightmire.
under the firm name of Chaplin, Worman & Rightmire, Inc.
Selling his interest in this eompany in 1908, Mr. Chaplin
returned to general contracting, and in 1913 formed an
association with R. E. Kerr, at that time an engineer in
the building of the Monongahela Railroad, ami the linn
of B. M. Chaplin & Company was organized for general
contracting on a large scale, doing concrete, masonry, rail-
road and industrial and business building, which company
was later incorporated under the old name and developed
into a large concern.

Before the completion of the Morgantown & Wheeling
Railway, which was organized as a trolley Hue, Mr. Chnp-
lin saw the great possibilities of the coal fields of Scott's
Run, lying along the route of the above railway, ami
accordingly organized the Scott's Run Coal Company, which
was the first concern engaged in mining and developing
that coal field, now one of the greatest fields in the country,
where the output has reached nearly four hundred carloads
daily. Soon after its opening that first mine was sold, but
a second mine was opened and the Chaplin Collieries Com-
pany, Inc., was organized, taking over large and valuable
coal lands in that district, which has been developed into
one of the most modern coal companies in this aeetion of
the country, and of which eompany Mr. Chaplin is vice
president and general manager. Mr. Chaplin is also inter-
ested in other coal corporations, being vice president of
the Hess Coal Company, of which he was one of the
organizers. He is also vice president of the Monongnhela
Supply Company, which handles mill and mining machinery
and building supplies on a large scale, this being one of
the important companies of this seetion; vice president of
the H. C. Gillmore Company, railway and bridge contrac-
tors; and vice president of the VanVoorhis Contracting
Company, which confines its business principally to that
of highway building. He is also principal owner of the
Riverside Lumber Company, organized in 1921, with yards
and mill located on the Monongahela Railroad at River-
side, a suburb of Morgantown, handling building material
of all kinds. This is the largest plant of this kind in
the Monongahela Valley. He is likewise interested in the
oil industry.

Mr. Chaplin is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Rotary Club

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and the Chamber of Commerce, a charter member of the
Morgantown Country Club and vice president and general
manager of the Cheat Canyon Company, a country club
organization. His religious affiliation is with the Presby-
terian Church. In 1897 Mr. Chaplin married Miss Minnie
Strosnider, of Blacksville, Monongalia County, and to this
union there have been born three children: Virginia, Allen
and Eugene.

Thomas Garrett Le Masters is a native of West Vir-
ginia, spent his early life as an oil field worker, but for a
dozen years has been in successful practice of the profes-
sion of Optometry at Clarksburg.

He was born in Monongalia County, June 28, 1870, son
of William J. and Hester (McCord) Le Masters, both natives
of Monongalia County and representatives of old and prom-
inent families of that section. William Le Masters was a
farmer and lived to the age of eighty-four, his wife dying
at forty-three. They reared their ten children on a farm.

Thomas G. Le Masters while living on the farm attended
the common schools, and completed his literary education
in the Northern Illinois College at Dixon. He spent sev-
eral years in the West, chiefly as an oil field worker. Sub-
sequently with his savings he entered the Schuler School
of Ophthalmology at Philadelphia, graduating in 1909. In
that year he located at Clarksburg and has achieved gratify-
ing success as an optometrist. He is a member of the
West Virginia State Association of Optometrists. Fra-
ternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, the Masonic Order, Elks, and a member of the
Baptist Church. December 24, 1904, he married Miss Oleta
Robinson, daughter of Levi and Margaret Robinson of
Tyler County. They have one daughter, Margaret.

Scotland G. Highland, who has served as the efficient
and popular general manager of the Clarksburg Water
Board, in the progressive city that is the judicial center of
the metropolis of Harrison County, was born on a farm
near West Milford, this county, August 7, 1879, and is the
son of John Edgar and Lucinda Earle (Patton) Highland.
He gained his youthful education in the public schools at
West Milford, and in later years he completed a course in
the Iron City College at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, besides
fortifying himself further by a commercial course in G. W.
Michael's College at Logansport, Indiana, where he served
as an assistant instructor.* He later entered the West Vir-
ginia University at Morgantown.

In initiating his business career Mr. Highland clerked
in a store at Cogar, Braxton County, and later he was for
several years a salesman in the store of the W. M. Osburn
Shoe Company, Clarksburg. He then succeeded his brother,
Virgil L. Highland, as bookkeeper for R. T. Lowndes, a
leading merchant and banker of Clarksburg. This position
he resigned to accept his present responsible post with the
Clarksburg Water Board, his retention of the office _ of
general manager during the long intervening years standing
as a significant voucher for his loyal and efficient service
and also for the estimate placed upon his administration.
Within his regime many problems have been solved in con-
nection with the purification and development of the city's
water supply, and practically the whole of the present water
system has been installed within his incumbency, the while
the annual income of the board has increased from $10,000
to $175,000.

Mr. Highland is the author of a well distributed publica-
tion entitled, "Standard Sanitary Plumbing Code," this
being an able and valuable treatise and practical working
manual for sanitary engineers and plumbers, besides which
its general applicability touches the protection of property
and preservation of public health. The publication deals
with safe and proper methods of supplying water to build-
ings, a book of enduring value.

He served as chairman of the committee on "Plumbing
and Control of Plumbers" of the American Water Works
Association, and is a contributor to the technical press
on water works subjects. He is a member of the American
and New England Water Works associations, and the Amer-
ican Society for Municipal Improvements.

Mr. Highland owns a rare water works library and
interested in many subjects. He is the author of the wal
board 's ' ' Fourth Annual Report ' ' distributed among wat
works men throughout the country, and a book of ru:„
and regulations which has been widely copied.

He is the author of the "Highland Genealogy" a co..
plete family record. He is a republican, is a Master Mas(
and since the age of thirteen years he has been a memt
of the Methodist Protestant Church.

Gustav W. Leive, secretary of the Wheeling Wall Plast
Company, one of the important industrial concerns of t
West Virginia metropolis, was born at Aurora, Indiai
January 12, 1883. His paternal grandfather was born
Germany, in 1833, and was forty years of age when he cai
to the United States and established his home in the Ci
of Cincinnati, Ohio, where his death occurred in 1908. E
son, John Henry, father of him whose name initiates tl
paragraph, was born in Germany in 1855, was there rear ;
to the age of thirteen years, and came to the United Stat |
in 1868. As a young man he removed from Cincinnati
Ohio, to Aurora, Indiana, where he and his older brothr '
William, built up the leading jewelry business of the toT
and where he became an honored and influential eitize L
He served four years as city clerk of Aurora, was I
stanch republican, and was an earnest communicant of t I
Lutheran Church, as is also his widow, who now resid i
in the City of Columbus, Indiana, his death having occurri I
at Aurora in 1888. Mrs. Leive, whose maiden name w; I
Anna Mueller, was born in Cincinnati, in 1858. Berth I
older of the two surviving children, is the wife of Ross .4
Potts, who is in the service of the Pennsylvania' Railroi I
Company and who resides at Columbus, Indiana.

Gustav W. Leive gained his preliminary education I
the public schools of his native place, and in 1902 was gra I
uated in the high school at Columbus, Indiana, as preside: 1
of his class. In the same year he took apposition in tl I
office of the Columbus Handle & Tool Company, with whi< |
he continued his alliance five years. He then became seer I
tary to the contracting firm of Caldwell & Drake of Colur I
bus, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, and in the intere I
of this representative firm he came to Wheeling, West Vi I
ginia, in 1912. Here he continued his service as secretai.l
until 1914, when he accepted a similar office with tl I
Wheeling Wall Plaster Company, of which position he hi I
since continued the efficient and popular incumbent, tl I
modern plant and offices of the company being situated <' I
the corner of Twenty-seventh and Market streets, and ti l
personnel of its official corps being as here noted: R. v I
Marshall, president and treasurer; F. W. Mahan, vice pre I
ident; and Gustav W. Leive, secretary. This company I
the most important of its kind in Wheeling and handk |
all kinds of building materials in addition to its specis 1
product which gives title to the corporation.

Mr. Leive is a stanch republican, is an active membt "
of the local Kiwanis Club and the Credit Men 's Associatioi j
and he and his wife are earnest communicants of St. Janu 1
Lutheran Church, in which he is serving, in 1921, as supeil
intendent of the Sunday School. The family home, I
modern residence owned by Mr. Leive, is situated at 15 1
Miller Street in the beautiful Edgewood District of Whee I
ing.

In June, 1911, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Leiv
and Miss Mary Ethel Cooper, daughter of Cassius B. an
Nora (Peet) Cooper, of Columbus, Indiana, where her f£
ther held the office of city attorney and is one of the rer,
resentative member of the bar of that part of the Hoosie"
State, his wife being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Leive havl
one daughter, Jean Helen, who was born May 10, 1914. I

Claude Llewellyn Holland, M. D. The broad and rep I
resentative scope of the professional business of Doctofj
Holland marks him as one of the leading physicians in th
City of Fairmont, Marion County, where he limits his pracl
tice to the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of chil|
dren, a field of service in which he has gained high reputa,
tion.

Doctor Holland was born on a farm near Uffington, ClinJ

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335

■ District, Mouongalia Couuty, this state, January 18,
■•9, and is a aen of the late Charles H. and Susan Louisa

■ rice) Holland, who were representative of old and hon-
bd families of that county, where the father was born on
I old family homestead in Clinton District in the year
J>4, his death having occurred in 1918. lie was a son
p Solomon Holland, who likewise was horn on the oh!
fnily homestead near Goshen Church, that county, a son
b Rezin Holland, whose father, Capbell Holland, was the
;ncer representative of the family in Monongalia Coun-
i and who was a descendant of one of two brothers of
; name who came from Wales and settled in Virginia
I or to the Revolution. Solomon Holland was a Union
idicr in the Civil war, as a member of Company C, Four
;nth "West Virginia Infantry, and his death resulted from
iiries which he received while in the army. lie married
ia C. Sampscll, a native of Winchester, Virginia, and
"aughter ef Oscar Sampscll. After the death of her hus-
ld, the mother of Mrs. Solomon Holland removed with
• family to Morgantown, and there the daughter, Julia

( later became the wife of Solomon Holland. Mrs. Susan
luisa (Price) Holland was born at Cffington. Monongalia
lunty, in 1855, and her death occurred in 1920. She was
I laughter of John C. Price. Her brother, John C, is now
<iirnian of the county court of Monongalia Cuunty, aud
BJthcr brother, Allen R., is a leading merchant at Morgan-
tvn, that county. In other personal sketches in this volume
I given due genealogical record of the Price family.
3r. Claude L. Holland was reared on the old home farm
f J gained his preliminary education in the district schools,
i thereafter continued his studies in turn at the Stato
I>rmal School at Fairmont and the University of West
Vginia. Though be was not graduated iu either of these
ititutions he has rounded out a specially liberal academic
ucation, as he has continued a elose student, especially

philosophy and psychology. In 1901 he graduated from
: Maryland Medical College at Baltimore, and he has
fece been established in successful practice at Fairmont.
Jiring a part of each successive year since 1915 he has
|ien special post-graduate work in the medical department
t Harvard University, where he has confined his study
Ed research to the diseases of children, a special phase of
jictice to which he has been devoted exclusively since
}17, he having been the third physician in West Virginia
J adopt this special branch of practice. At Cook Hospital
i his home city the Doctor is chief cf the department of
tildren's diseases, of which he has been the head from
h inception of the department, ne is consulting phy-
Man to the children's department of State Hospital No. 3
I Fairmont, and is attending physician of the Salvation
.my Nursery in this city. At the entrance of the nation
\a the World war Doctor Holland tendered his services
I the Medical Corps of the United States Army, but bo
•s rejected on account of certain physical infirmities. He
land other means to express his patriotism, and was ape-
idly active in the furtherance of the local drives in aup-
jrt of the Government loans, Red Cross work, etc. Doctor
dland is a Fellow of the American Medical Association,
imember of the West Virginia State Medieal Association,
s Marion County Medical Society and the Southern Med-
.»] Association. He also has been made a member of
3 American Institute of Medicine of New York. He is
filiated with Fairmont Lodge No. 9, A. F. and A. M., and

and his wife hold membership in the First Baptist
Hurch of Fairmont.

'October 28, 1903, recorded the marriage of Doctor Hol-
( id and Miss Elsie Amos, who was born at Fairmont, a
!ughter of the late Justice Elias S. and Annis (Parker)
nos, of whom incidental mention is made on other pagea,
personal sketches of their sons, Frank R. and Curtis.
>ctor and Mrs. Holland have two children: Eugene
no9, bern May 19, 1905, and Mary Edith, born June 20,

Lee S. Good. A business that has beeu growing from
ialler to greater scope and has been rendering an increas-
I service as a dry goods store to Wheeling and a large
pounding territory for a period of nearly forty years is

L. S. Good & Company, the founder of which, Mr. Lee S.
Good, Is atill active in the business, though many of his
responsibilities have been assumed by his sons.

Lee S. (iood was reared and educated in Germany nnd
came to the United States in 1873, locating at Wheeling.
Besides a common school education he had acquired a
thorough training in the dry goods business in Germany, ami
at Wheeling until 1SK4. " in that year he employed his
modest capital to open a business of "his own, and under his
direction the establishment has grown and prospered until
it is one of the larger wholesale and retail dry goods house
of the Ohio Valley. lie continued it under his immediate
responsibility for a number of years, until his sons Sam and
Sidney were old enough to become associated with him, in
1910, and since then the institution has been L. S. (iood Ac
Company. Mr. Lee Good owns the modern store building at
1132-36 Main Street, where he has three tloors for the use
of the general department store, carrying an extensive stoek
of dry goods and women's wearing apparel.

Lee S. Good is also a director in the Half Dollar Savings
Bauk at Wheeling. lie is a member of the Le Shem
Shomaim Temple, Wheeling Lodge No. 28, B. P. O. H., nnd
the Chamber of Commerce.

He married Fannie Hauauer, who was born at Morristown,
Ohio, January 10, 1869. They are the parents of three
children. The oldest, Bertha, is the wife of Jay Iglaner,
who is secretary and treasurer of the Halle Brothers Com
pany at Cleveland, Ohio. The youngest is Sidney Good, who
married Miss Jeanette Berg, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and is partner in the business of his father.

Sam Good, the other son, was bom at Wheeling September
10, 1894, was reared and educated in Wheeling, finishing
his high school course there, and at the age ef sixteen left
school to go to work in his father's store. With broadening
knowledge and experience he has become the active manag-
ing head of the business and has been a partner since 1916.
He is a member of the Le Shem Shomaim Temple, Wheeling
Lodge No. 5, F. and A. M., and Wheeling Lodge No. 2s,
B. P. O. E. In December, 1918, he was sent to Camp Han-
cock, Augusta, Georgia, received a commission as second
lieutenant, and was mustered out in January, 1919.

In September, 1919, at Canton, Ohio, Mr. Sam Good
married Miss Lucille Lowenstein, daughter of Sam and
Lina (Sonneborn) Lowenstein, residents of Canton, where
her father is a retired merchant and manufacturer. Mrs.
Good finished her education in a Young Ladies Seminary
at Baltimore. Sam Good and wife have one child, Leo S.,
second, born August 2, 1920.

Johx Hazlett, who ia serving as sheriff of Marshall
County and who has here held other offices of trust in his
native county, gained a wide experience as a pioneer in the
west, but could not be permanently weaned from his native
state and county. He was born in the Sand Hill District
of Marshall County, September 18, 1862, and is a son of
Matthew and Caroline (Hagadern) Hazlett Tho father
was born in Baden, Germany, and gained the rank of
captain in the German army, in which he served twelve
years, ne was one of those who took part in the German
revolution of 1848, against the Emperor Freiderich Wil-
helm, and when the revolution failed he was successful in
making his escape to the United States, though two of hi"
brothers were captured. His two younger brothers, John
and Jacob, later joined him in America, he having been
twenty-eight years old when he came to this country. These
two brothers, who joined him at Wheeling, about 1856, be-
came Union soldiers in the Civil war and both were killed
in the Battle of Gettysburg. Matthew Hazlett settled at
Wheeling about a year after his arrival in America and
there worked as a stable boss for the United States Stage
Company. About 1858 he removed to Marshall County and
settled in Sand Hill District, and four years later he re-
moved to a farm near Sherrard, this county, where he passed
the remainder of his life. He waa eighty-two years of
age when he was killed by a playful horse which he was
attempting to catch. His marriage was solemnized at
Wheeling this state, his wife having been born in Hanover,
Germany, and having come to the United States in com-

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pany with two of her sisters. She later sent for her par-
ents, who passed the closing years of their lives in her
home, she herself having attained to the venerable age of
eighty-eight years. Of the children the eldest is Louisa,
wife of J. E. MeCombs, of Sherrard, this county; John,
of this sketch, was next in order of birth; Louis resides at
Sherrard and Henry is a resident of Ohio county, this state;
Mary is the wife of William A. Fisher, of Sherrard; and
George W. likewise resides at Sherrard.

The public schools of Marshall County gave to John
Hazlett his youthful education, and he was eighteen years
old when, in 1876, he became a pioneer in the Black Hills.
His western experiences involved association with frontier
activities in Montana, Wyoming and Dakota Territory, and
in Montana he heard the firing of guns at the time of the
historic Custer massacre, he having been at the time en-
gaged in prospecting on Sand Creek. His mining operations
were hampered by his lack of capital to prove needed fa-
cilities, and after remaining in the West till 1880 he re-
turned to his native county and became a farmer in Sand
Hill District. He continued the active management of his
farm until November, 1920, when he was elected sheriff of
Marshall County, as candidate on the republican ticket.
He had previously given effective service as county com-
missioner, 1914-17, and during the ensuing three years he
was a member of the county board of equalization. Sheriff
Hazlett retains ownership of his well improved farm and
has here been a successful grower of fine sheep, cattle, bogs
and horses.

At the age of twenty-six years Mr. Hazlett married Miss
Hettie C. McCosh, daughter of Wiley McCosh, who was a
prosperous farmer in Marshall County and who died when
Mrs. Hazlett was an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Hazlett have
two sons: William M. has active charge of the home farm,
and James Benton is deputy sheriff under the administra-
tion of his father.

Francis L. Ferguson, circuit court clerk at Moundsville,
judicial center of Marshall County, was born at Littleton,
Wetzel County, West Virginia, March 5, 1888, and is a
sou of R. Lindsay Ferguson and Ellen (Dietz) Ferguson,
the former of whom died in January, 1918, at the age of
seventy-three years, he having been born and reared in
Wetzel County, a son of Andrew and Susannah (Anderson)
Ferguson. Andrew Ferguson was a representative of a
West Virginia pioneer family that came to this state, as
now constituted, from Pennsylvania, where the original
representative of the name settled upon immigrating to this
country from his native Ireland, after the close of the war
of the Revolution. Mrs. Ellen (Dietz) Ferguson, who sur-
vives her husband, is of collateral kinship with the Munhall
family, one of whose members was a member of "Marion's
Wasps," a celebrated patriot command in the war of the
Revolution. She is related also to the sterling old Knicker-
bocker family of Marshall, in the State of New York.
Susannah (Anderson) Ferguson was a member of a family
that was founded in America prior to the Revolution.
Andrew Ferguson was an old-time river pilot, and continued
his service on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, between Pitts-
burgh and New Orleans, until he had passed his seventieth
birthday anniversary. R. Lindsay Ferguson was a Union
soldier, in the Army of the Potomac, in the Civil war. He
took part in the Battle of Gettysburg, and thereafter was
detailed to special duty. After the close of the war he
was identified with lumbering industry in Wetzel and
Marshall counties, West Virginia, until the '80s, and in
the meantime he served as mayor of his home town of Lit-
tleton, as justice of the peace and as a member of the Re-
publican County Committee of Wetzel County,

Francis L. Littleton continued his studies in the public
schools of Littleton until he had profited by the advantages
of the high school, and thereafter he was employed in the
oil fields and in stone quarries. At the age of seventeen
years he found employment in a factory at Wheeling, and
iu that city he initiated his journalistic career as a re-
porter on the Wheeling Intelligencer, of which he later
became city editor. Later he was city editor of the Wheel-
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cial correspondent for several New York and PittsbuJ
newspapers. In 1916 Mr. Ferguson engaged in press yw
for the Republican State Central Committee. In the autii
of that year he married Miss Alice L. Echols, who
reared at Moundsville, and who is a daughter of W. 1.
Echols, who served as deputy sheriff of Marshall Coujr,
as a member of the city police force of Moundsville d
as a member of the West Virginia Humane Society, is
death having occurred at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mih
28, 1921.

After his marriage Mr. Ferguson established his hfl
at Moundsville and became a member of the editorial &■
of the Moundsville Journal. He made numerous attepM
to enter military service in the World war but was M
peatedly rejected, on account of physical disability, il
clerk of the circuit court resigned in the fall of 1919, m
on the 20th of October of that year Mr. Ferguson was m
pointed, by Judge J. B. Sommerville, to fill the vacay<
in this office, of which he has since continued the efficAt
incumbent. The members of the bar of Marshall GovM
gave him the strongest of support when he was reel-
mended for this appointment, and in the regular eledj
of November, 1920, he was elected to the office, on the fl
publican ticket, with a larger vote than the party tkH
usually polls in the county. He is a member of the Mouia
ville Chamber of Commerce, is affiliated with the Elks df
the Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife are memlal
of the Christian Church.

Curtis T. Arnett, M. D. Having practiced medicineni
Harrison County nearly twenty years and at Clarksbi
since 1905, and being widely known among his fratenl
as a man of solid attainments and the highest professici
standards, there was recognition of these facts when Doer
Arnett was honored by his fellow members in the Harrii
County Medical Society in election to society president's'
1921.

Doctor Arnett represents one of the oldest families!
West Virginia. He, his father, his grandfather and grtl
grandfather were all born at Arnettville in Monongjj
County. The founder of the family there was the gr<j
great-grandfather James Arnett, who secured patent t<l
tract of land in that vicinity direct from the Governm<|
While all the facts are not available it is probable tl
this pioneer West Virginian was the same James Ant
whose name appears in the records as a Revolutionary ,j
dier from Boston, Massachusetts. The line of descent fit
him is traced through his son, Andrew, his grandson, Sh
mon, and his great-grandson Thomas Calvin Arnett, ^1
became the father of Doctor Arnett.

Thomas Calvin Arnett was born August 28, 1834, j
voted his active life to farming and the trade of carpen',
was a soldier on the Confederate side while he had a brot I
in the Union army during the Civil war, and he died t
Fairmont, West Virginia, November 3, 1905. His wife a|
Hannah Trippett, daughter of Topliff Trippett. She il
born in Monongalia County, January 15, 1839, and dl'
December 18, 1907. Her seven children were named Mi
Catherine, Dennis S., Lydia Belle, Parris, Curtis T., Lillj
B., and Lucy A.

Dr. Curtis T. Arnett was born March 14, 1870, and uit
he was nearly grown his environment was the home fat
plus the advantages of the common schools. Doctor Ami
put in eight years as a public-school teacher. He bed
the study of medicine in the Hospital College of Medic*
at Louisville, Kentucky, where he was graduated M.^ i
in 1897. He began practice at Marshville in Harrii)
County, moved from there to Rivesville, Marion County,'
1903, and since 1905 has had a busy professional car,
at Clarksburg. In the meantime he has been a const?
student in medical science, has taken post-graduate cour >
in the New York Polyclinic and for a time was interne
a New York hospital, and more and more his abilities h£
been claimed for the special work of surgery in wh
domain he has demonstrated exceptional skill. Docl
Arnett is chief of staff and gynecologist of St. Mar?-
Hospital at Clarksburg and for over eight years has sen? I
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lg Board. He is .*» member of the West Virginia State,
| e American and Southern Medical associations. Doctor

rnett is a stanch democrat, is a Knight Templar, and ha*
I me widely extended business interests, chiefly in oil pro-

action.

[ January 1, 1900, he married Miss Lucy C. Morrison,
mghter of Thomas and Matilda (Southern) Morrison, of
Inrrison County. To their marriage were born five chil-
Inea: Basil Raymond; Marie Bell, now deceased; Thomas
orrison; Lucy Edna Virginia; and William Jennings
rnett.

I Joiin Eldox Cokbin, M. D., who is engaged in (lie prae-
:e of his profession in the City of Clarksburg, Harrison
mnty, with offices in the Union Bank Building, is honor
I % his native eounty by his effective stewardship in his
osen vocation, even as he did as a member of the United
I ates Army with the American Expeditionary Forces in
ranee at the time of the World war. At the time of
is writing, in the autumn of 1921, Doctor Corbin is serv-
i g as secretary of the Harrison Connty Medical Soeiety.
Doetor Corbin was born on his father's farm near Good
ope, this county, on the 21st of January, l^sO, and ^s a
a of Joseph Taylor Corbin and Sabra Ellen (McDonald)
Drbin, both likewise natives of Harrison County, though
iseph T. Corbin was a ehild at the time when his father,
eran Corbin, removed from this eounty to Jaekson County,
rs. Sabra E. Corbin was reared and educated in Harrison
bunty, a daughter of James McDonald and a representative
[ oae of the honored pioneer families of the eounty. Mrs.
Drbin passed to the life eternal in 1921, at the age of
!venty-two years, and her husband, at the age of
venty-two years, is now living retired at Clarksburg. Of
*e two children Dr. John E. is the elder, and the younger,
!iss Pearle, remains with her father in the pleasant home
Clarksburg.

Doetor Corbin as a boy began to aid in the work of the
)me farm, and the rural schools of the locality afforded him
is preliminary education. Thereafter he was for two years
student in the State Normal School at Fairmont, this state,
tid for an equal period in the Peabody Iustitute at Nash-
dle, Tennessee, from which latter institution he reeeived the
?gree of Lieentiate of Instruction. For two years there-
fter he was a student in the medieal department in the
niversity of West Virginia and then became a student in
le College of Physieians and Surgeons in the City of Balli-
<ore, Maryland, from which he reeeived his degree of Doetor
f Medicine, in the year 1907, the same degree having been
inferred upon him in that year by the University of West
irginia.

In 1908 Doetor Corbin engaged in the practiee of his pro-
?ssioa at Wolf Summit, Harrison County, and there he eon-
nued in successful general practice until 1917, when he
ibordinated all personal interests to the eall of patriotism
nd volunteered for service in the World war. In July of
lat year he was commissioned first lieutenant and sent to
amp McClellan, Alabama. In May, 1918, he was ordered
) service overseas, and in France lie was in active service
oe year, as a member of the One Hundred and Thirteenth
ofantry, Twenty-ninth Division. Though his professional
bility would readily have gained him hospital work he pre-
arred to serve in the field, and there he made an excellent
jcord as a gallant soldier. Doctor Corbin returned to his
ative land May 27, 1919, and four days later reeeived his
onorable discharge, with the rank of captain. His eon-
'.nued interest in his old eomrades and in patriotic activities
t* shown by his affiliation with the American Legion and
ie Veterans of Foreign Wars. In July, 1919, he opened
n office in the City of Clarksburg, where he has sinee heen
'agaged in active general praetiee, as one of the able
nd popular physieians and surgeons of his native eounty.
'he doctor has reeeived the thirty-seeond degree of the Scot-
ish Rite in the Masonie fraternity, holds membership also
i the Mystie Shrine and the Independent Order of Odd
'ellows, and is affiliated with the Delta Tau Delta and Psi
teta Psi college fraternities. In addition to being secre-
ary of the Harrison County Medical Society he is actively
,ientified also with the West Virginia State Medical Society

and the American Medical Association. His political
iillegimxv is giwn to the democratic party.

June S, 1921, recorded the marriage of Doetor Corbin to
Miss Vevia Elliott, of Parkersburg, this »tate, and Hum
are popular in the social activities of their home city.

Jacob James IIolloway ha* many diverse and important
responsibilities in the financial and industrial affairs of the
Wheeling District. His interests cover a wide range of pro
ductive enterprises, including banking, baking, china, glass
and steel. He began his career as a banker, and has been
a factor in the Wheeling District over forty years.

Mr. IIolloway was born across the Ohio River at Bridge
port, April 17, 1.S57, son of William Warfield and Martha
(Pryor) IIolloway. His father was also a substantial busi
ness man, interested in banking, railroading and manu-
facturing. The son had a liberal education as a preparation
for his serious career. He reeeived his B. A. degree in June,
1878, from Western Reserve College at Hudson, Ohio, now
Western Reserve University at Cleveland. While in college
he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

After leaving college Mr. IIolloway took up banking^ and
it has heen his judgment and sound experience as a financier
that has brought him numerous connections with outside
industries. He is president of the Bridgeport National
Bank of Bridgeport, lie is also a director and a member
of the executive eommittee of the Wheeling Steel Corpora
tion, which is a consolidation of the Wheeling Steel &
Iron Company, LaBelle Iron Works and Whitaker-f Jlessner
Company. The wide extent of his other business associa
tions are included by a list of some of the more important
companies in which he is a director: Hazel- Atlas Glass
Company, Superior Coal Company, Superior Tube Company,
Wheeling Traction Company, Wheeling Bridge Company,
Wheeling Sanitary Manufacturing Company, Winding <JuIf
Colliery Company and Supcrior-Pocahontns Coal Company.

Mr. IIolloway is a director of the Wheeling Chamber
of Commerce. During the World war he was president of
the Red Cross Association, of the Pershing Limit Club and
the War Chest Association. He is a republican a member
of the Fort Henry Club and the Country Club of Wheeling,
the Ohio Soeiety of New York and the Delta Kappa Epsilon
Association of New York. He is a member of the Episcopal
Chureh.

November 14, lss:^, at Wheeling, Mr. IIolloway married
Miss Mary P. DuDois, daughter of Joseph Dorsey and Ellen
Zane (Armstrong) DnBois. of Wheeling. Mr. ami Mrs.
IIolloway have three children: William Warfield, who mar-
ried Margaret (Mass; Joseph DuBois, who married Nancy
Dewey Peterson; and Eleanor Martha, wife of Hannibal
Forbes Simpson.

Dol. liver H. Hamrick, the efficient and popular eity clerk
of Clarksburg, judicial center of Harrison Connty, was born
at Woodzell, Webster County, West Virginia, on the 19th of
April, 18^0. He is a son "of B. Franklin and Martha .1.
(Hamrick) Hamrick, both likewise natives of Webster
County, they having been of remote family kinship. The
parents passed their entire lives in Webster County, where
the father was a prosperous farmer and a highly respected
citizen, he having been fifty three years of age at the time of
his death and his wife surviving him by only a short period,
she likewise being lifty three years of age at the time of
her death. Both were earnest members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and in politics the father was a stanch
republican. Of the seven children the eldest is Rev. Ballard
S. Hamrick, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh;
Anzina is the widow of Jesse Riggleman; Dolliver H., of
this review, was the next in order of birth; Susan R. is the
wife of P. D. Gregory; Miss L. Olive Hamrick is a popular
teacher in the publi'e schools of Clarksburg; Morgan T.,
who is better known as "Hick" Hamriek, is engaged in
educational and athletic work; and Parker M., who is now
a traveling salesman, served overseas in the United States
Marine Corps in the late World war. The Hamriek family
was founded in what is now West Virginia in the pioneer
period of the history of this section. James and Rebecca
(Doddridge) Hamrick, paternal grandparents of the subject

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of this sketch, were born in West Virginia as now con-
stituted, as were also the maternal grandparents, Adam
G. and .Rebecca (Mollohan) Hamrick. The lineage of the
Hamriek family traces back to stanch Scotch-Irish origin
and the original representatives in America settled in Vir-
ginia in the colonial days.

Dolliver H. Hamrick supplemented the discipline of the
puhlic schools of his native county by three years of effec-
tive study in the West Virginia Wesleyan College, in which
institution he thereafter served one year as an instructor in
the business or commercial department. At the age of
twenty years he initiated his service as a teacher in the
public schools, and after three years of successful pedagogic
work he became bookkeeper for a lumber company. There-
after he devoted several years to service as hotel clerk
and bookkeeper, and in this connection he held positions
not only in West Virginia but also in other states, includ-
ing Florida. He was a popular attache of the Gore Hotel
at Clarksburg at the time of his election to the office of
city clerk, in April, 1918, for a term of three years. At
the expiration of this period he was appointed to the same
office, for a term of two years, the city charter having
heen changed in the meanwhile and the office of city clerk
having been made one of appointive order. Mr. Hamrick
is a republican in political allegiance, is affiliated with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife
hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.

In 1906 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hamrick
to Miss Lela W. Conrad, daughter of Lee A. and Clara
(Wooddell) Conrad, of Webster County, the family having
been residents of the State of Kansas at the time of the
birth of Mrs. Hamrick. Mr. and Mrs. Hamrick have three
children: Leland Franklin, William Dolliver, and Clara
Jane.

Louis Arnold Care has been continuously engaged in
the practice of law at Clarksburg since 190S, with the ex-
ception of the period of his service in the United States
Army at the time of the World war. He is one of the
leading lawyers of the younger generation in Harrison
County, and is a representative of old and honored families
of what is now West Virginia, his ancestors on both pa-
ternal and maternal sides having settled in Virginia in the
colonial period of American history.

Mr. Carr was born at Buffalo, Putnam County, this
state, November 12, 1SS6, and is a son of Louis A. and
Rose (Scott) Carr, both likewise natives of West Virginia.
Louis A. Carr, Sr., a man of strong individuality and ex-
ceptional business ability, conducted a large general store
at Buffalo, where he also owned and operated the Progress
Mills, then the largest flour mills on the Kanawha River.
There he became identified also in the steamboat packet
navigation on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. In 1888 he
removed with his family to Charleston, capital of the state,
for the purpose of expanding his business activities. There
he engaged in the flour-mill business, under the title of the
L. A. Carr Milling Company, which he developed into the
largest concern of the kind in the state, besides which he
became the sole owner of the Kanawha & Ohio Steamboat
Packet Line, which operated six steamboats on the Kana-
wha and Ohio rivers. So assiduously did he apply himself
to business that his health became greatly impaired and in
1S98 he died, from a complication of diseases, when but
forty-eight years of age. He was a man of thought and
action, of sterling character and of large and worthy
achievement.

Louis A. Carr, Jr., of this review, was eleven years of
age at the time of his father's death, and his early educa-
tion was obtained in the public schools of Charleston. In
1900 his mother contracted a second marriage and became
a resident of Clarksburg. Here Louis A. continued his
studies until he had profited by the advantages of the
high schoool, and in the fall of 1903 he initiated a prepara-
tory course in the University of West Virginia, at Morgan-
town. He later became a student in the law department
of the University, and in the same was graduated in the
spring of 1907, his reception of the degree of Bachelor of

Laws having occurred when he was twenty years of &[ I
During his university vacations Mr. Carr was identifi
with newspaper work at Clarksburg, and in this he c(' I
tinued one year, after leaving the university. He attain
to his legal majority and was admitted to the bar in 19i
opened an office at Clarksburg and has here continued
successful practice of law save for the period of his patrio
service in the World war period. In the autumn of 19
Mr. Carr enlisted in the United States Army and was st
to the third officers 1 training school at Camp Sherrm
Ohio, where he was graduated April 17, 1918, and made
sergeant in the machine-gun company of the Three Hi
dred and Thirty-ninth Infantry. One month later, wh
the Eighty-third Division left for overseas service, Sergea
Carr was transferred to Camp Lee, Virginia, and on t I
1st of June, 1918, he was commissioned second lieutena
and assigned to Company F of the Eleventh Battalion
Infantry Replacement Troops, at Camp Lee. Septemt
14, 1918, he was promoted first lieutenant and placed ij
command of Company F. He remained in the Camp I
replacement service, sending out one company of repla<
ment troops each month, and in the meanwhile was cc
nec^d also with the law service, in which he defended ma
soldiers in court-martial, including a number of officers
high rank. In this service he gained high reputation a .
great popularity.

After retiring from military service, early in 1919, ~k
Carr resumed the practice of his profession at Clarksbui
where his success has been unequivocal. In October, 191
at the first state convention of the American Legion
West Virginia, at Charleston, he was elected departme
adjutaut of the legion in this state, after a spirited tl *
angle contest. During his one year's incumbency of tt
office Mr. Carr was specially active and influential in t .
organization work of the order, the number of posts beii I
increased to 120 and the membership of the Legion in t I
state being recruited to more than 10,000. At the secoi I
annual convention of the West Virginia Legion, in 192
Mr. Carr was re-elected adjutant, without opposition. I f
continued the incumbent of this office until February, 192
when, at the request of law efients, he resigned, in order
give his undivided attention to his law business.

While a student in the university Mr. Carr was acti 1
in all athletic sports of the student body, and he has be*
a generous contributor of athletic and sporting articles I
the newspaper press. He became a member of the il
Kappa Alpha fraternity of the university, is affiliated wi '
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is an acti •
member of the Kiwanis Club at Clarksburg, which he h; I
served as secretary, and he is loyal and progressive in b ,
civic attitude. Prior to the late war Mr. Carr had he<
for several years a member of the West Virginia Nation «
Guard, in which he was commissioned a lieutenant, 1
Governor Glascock, in 1917. He is a stanch republican ai «
his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian Churc I
During his first year in law practice Mr. Carr served ; |
city assessor of Clarksburg, but since that time he has n
permitted his name to be presented in connection wi1 |
candidacy for public office. He is a bachelor and resid<
with his mother and his only sister, Lillian Ainsley, tl I
wife of Dr. P. M. Pearcy, of Clarksburg.

Wickliffe M. Conaway has been engaged in the pra
tice of law in the City of Clarksburg, Harrison Count 1
since 1902, has secure vantage-place as one of the ab
and representative members of the bar of his native count
and prior to entering the legal profession he had made
record of splendid achievement in that of pedagogy.

Mr. Conaway was born on a farm in Harrison Count j
West Virginia, December 26, 1866, and is a son of D' I
Joshua B. and Elizabeth (Amos) Conaway, the former ti
whom was born in Monongalia County but reared in Mario t
County, this state, and the latter of whom was born i I
Mariou County, where her father, Peter Amos, was an earl I
settler and a substantial and honored citizen. The Com I
way family gave patriot soldiers to the Continental Line i ■
the War of the Revolution. The original settlement wa I
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or to the war for independence. Dr. Joshua B. Conaway
i graduated in the Eclectic Medical College in the City
Cincinnati, Ohio, and was for half a century engaged in
t active practice of his profession in Harrison County,
\&t Virginia, where for many years ho resided in what
inow the Town of Bristol. His name and memory are
tered in the county in which ho long lived nnd in whieh
b labored earnestly and effectively in the alleviation of
\ nan suffering. He died at the age of seventy-six years
■ 1 his widow is still living, at the venerable age of eighty-
lr years, in 1922. Mrs. Conaway is a devoted member
the Methodist Episcopal Chureh, of which her husband
hwise was a zealous adherent. They became the parents
C five sons and two daughters, of whom Wiekliffe M., of
ts review, was the tbird in order of birth.
\ftcr having profited by the advantages of the common
ools Wiekliffe M. Conaway was for three years a student
the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and he
I n entered Albion College, the great Methodist eduea-
tnal institution at Albion, Michigan, in whieh he was
|»duated in 1S97 and from whieh he received the degree
t Bachelor of Philosophy. For three years thereafter he
Is actively engaged in educational work, as superintendent
c high schools in Michigan, and he then took up tho
Ifdy of law. In 1902 he was graduated in the Jaw de-
|rtmcnt of the University of West Virginia, and his
E eption of the degree of Baehelor of Laws was virtually
i ncident with his admission to the bar of his native state.
1 has sinee been actively and successfully engaged in the
Ixetice of law at Clarksburg, where his offiees are in the
Iff Building. Here be has not only built up a large and
i resentative law business but has served also as com-
issioner in chancery and as commissioner of school lands.
I; is a stanch advocate of the principles of the republican
irty, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the
Syal Order of Moose.

In 1900 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Conaway
I Miss Edva Gerehow who is a native of Michigan, and
|?y have two children: Norman B. and Ruth Louise.

Casl Webster Neff is a native of Maryland, but all
|i professional career covering fifteen years has been
l?nt at Clarksburg, where his abilities have won him a
l»st pleasing reputation as a lawyer.
Mr. Neff was born at Cumberland, Maryland, October 13,
>77, second of the four children of John F. and Maria
Vilson) Neff. His father was a native of Pennsylvania
i German aneestry and before the Civil war loeated in
.legany County, Maryland. He was a man of thorough
nolarship and devoted practically his entire life to the
•use of education. He taught in the public schools and at
1 8 time of his death in 191 S at the age of eighty-three
is the oldest teacher in Allegheny County. His wife was
rn in Maryland and died in 1919 at the age of seventy-
Be.

Carl W. Neff grew np at Cumberland and graduated
om the high sehool of that city in 1596. Most of his

jbsequent education be paid for through his own earnings.
1S9S he finished a course in the Allegheny County Aead-
iy and in 1901 graduated A. B. from Western Maryland
dlege at Westminster. Beeause of his subsequent post-
aduate studies his alma mater bestowed upon him the
aster of Arts degree in 1905. Mr. Neff studied law in
est Virginia University at Morgantown. He was ad-
tted to the bar at Clarksburg, gained his first elients in
at city, and since 1906 has been associated with Albert

I Lohm in the law firm of Neff & Lohm.
Mr. Neff is a democrat in polities, a member of the
itherun Church and the Masonic fraternity, being a
night Templar and Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner.

I- 1908 he married Miss Elsie Evans of Cumberland,
aryland. They have two children, Donna and Carl

| ebster, Jr.

Harvey Bender Reppetto. Reppetto has been a promi-
nt name in the industrial affairs of Wheeling for many
f ars. The family established and built up one of the city 's

moat distinctive lines of manufacture, stoves and ranges,
nnd the corporation, the Wheeling Stove k Range Company,
is still under charter, though the plant and business have
been sold and are now part of the Wheeling Steel Corpora
tion. The president of the Wheeling Stove & Range Com
pany is Harvey Bender Reppetto, son of tho founder. Mr.
Reppetto is also proprietor of tho Wheeling Metal Sperm!
ties Company, a business he established only a idmrt time
ago and to which ho gives his chief time.

Mr. Reppetto was born in Wheeling, March 17, IssG. Thin
is a family of French ancestry, nnd one branch was oatah
lished in New Orleans many years ago. The grand futlier
of Harvey B. and Granville" Reppetto, who was born near
Cincinnati, but spent a great many years in Wheeling.
v>here he was bookkeeper and clerk for steamboats. Ho was
a very highly educated gentleman. He died at Wheeling
about 1871. Granville <'. Reppetto, father of Harvey, was
born at Parkersburg, West Virginia, in 1854, his parents
removing to Wheeling during the Civil war. He was reared
and married in this city, worked for n time in the nail
mills, was then in the hardware business, and in I90n
founded the Wheeling Stove 6c Range Company, nnd before
his death saw it established as one of the largest stove in
dustries of the country. He took his politics seriously as a
republican, and was a Knight Templar Masoa. Granville
Reppetto died at Wheeling in 1915. He married Olive
Bender, who was bom at Pittsburgh in 1866 and died at
Wheeling in 190s. They were the parents of four children:
Bess Louise, wife of Walter II. McClure. one of the officials
of the nazel-Atlas Glass Company; Harvey Bender; Olive
D., wife of Cecil B. Digby, an auditor at Cleveland; and
Charles E., a municipal official at Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Harvey Bender Reppetto acquired a good educntion in
the public schools and graduated in 1903 from Linslv In-
stitute at Wheeling. He forthwith entered the stove'busi
ness with his father, became traveling salesman for the
Wheeling Stove & Range Company, and in 1913. when his
father retired the management of the business was turned
over to him. During succeeding years Mr. Reppetto kept
the industry expanding and with an ever widening market
for its products until 1920, when he sold the plant and
business to the Wheeling Steel Corporation, but continued
as manager of the stove department until resigning in June,
1921. At that date he established the Wheeling Metal
Specialty Company, doing a jobbing business in stoves and
refrigerators. The plant and offices are at the corner of
Nineteenth and Jaeob streets. Mr. Reppetto is also presi-
dent of the Valley Star Stove Company.

Mr. Reppetto is an active member of the Chamher of
Commerce, the Credit Men's Association of Wheeling, is a
republican, belongs to the First United Presbyterian Church
of Wheeling and is affiliated with Ohio Lodge No. 1, F. and
A. M., Wheeling Chapter No. I. R. A. M., Wheeling Com-
mandery No. 1. K. T., Osiris Temple of the Mystie Shrine,
and is a member of the Country Club and Fort Henry
Club. He was a volunteer for the World war, was com-
missioned a second lieutenant, nnd was in readiness for duty
but the armistice was signed before he was called to the
colors. He also has a record of four years with the National
Guard of West Virginia, in whieh" he held the rank of
captain.

In 1917, at Wheeling, Mr. Reppetto married Miss Helen
Johnston, daughter of Edward O. and Clara (Thompson >
Johnston, residents of Triadelphia District of Wheeling.
Mr. and Mrs. Reppetto have two daughters: Catherine
Ann. born Mav 8, 1918, and Bess Louise, born March «.
1921.

Gobdon Booos. In addition to whatever distinction
might be his from his connection with one of the old nnd
honored families of Pendleton County, Gordon Bogga is
known to the people of Franklin as a business man of
ability, a former public official who rendered the com-
munity excellent and faithful service and a citizen who
has been an uninterrupted supporter of all movements
which have promised to better community conditions and
heighten community standards. At present he is a mem-

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ber of the mercantile firm of M. K. Boggs & Company
and a man of more than passing influence in civic
affairs.

Mr. Boggs was born November 6, 1876, the day that
Rutherford B. Hayes was elected president of the United
States. He was born in Union District, Pendleton County,
West Virginia, on a part of the original homestead of
his great-grandfather, who had settled there about the
close of the eighteenth century, upon his arrival from
Ireland, thus founding the family in what is now Pen-
dleton County. Mr. Boggs is a son of Aaron Carr Boggs
and a nephew of Martin K. Boggs, the latter of whom
is mentioned extensively on other pages of this work.
Aaron Carr Boggs was born in May, 1853, in Pendleton
County, where he received his educational training in the
public schools, but his boyhood was passed during the
period of the war between the states, when educational
advantages were not of the best and consequently his
training in this direction suffered. He was a stanch
republican in polities. He never made a formal declaration
of church membership. He devoted his business abilities
to the conduct of a mill, now known as then as Boggs'
Mill, located on the North Fork, which is being operated
by his son Frank M. He continued to be identified with
that business until his death, which occurred in March,
1920. Mr. Boggs married Martha Susan Hedrick, of
Pendleton County, a daughter of Solomon Hedrick. She
was born in July, 1853, practically where she now re-
sides and where she was reared. The children in the
family were as follows: Maude, the wife of John Burton
Skidmore, of Franklin; Gordon, of this notice; Wilbur, who
is carrying on operations on the old home place for his
mother; Arthur L., a resident of Mount Gilead, Ohio; Oscar,
a mechanic, who is employed by a manufactory at Lima,
Ohio ; Warren, who is variously employed ; Frank M., who
is conducting Boggs' Mill, heretofore mentioned; Louis, a
bachelor, residing on the old home place, which he helps
to cultivate; Ona, who is a trained nurse at St. Luke's
Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio; and Catherine, the bahy, who
remains with her mother.

Gordon Boggs passed the years of his minority on the
place on which he was born, and as he grew up on the home
farm the public schools of the community furnished him
with his education. When he was about twenty years of
age he adopted the vocation of educator, and for ten years
followed that calling in the rural districts of Pendleton
County, where he became known as an efficient and highly
popular instructor. During this period he furthered his
own education by attendance at the Shepherdstown Normal
School in order that he would be better qualified for his
work of school teaching and management, and his last
work as an instructor was done at Franklin. When he
abandoned teaching as a calling he turned his attention
to merchandising as a clerk in the store of his uncle, M. K.
Boggs, and continued in the same capacity from 1902 until
1912. In the latter year the office of county and circuit
court clerk became vacant, and it was necessary to find
a successor to I. E. Bolton, the former incumbent. For
this unexpired term Mr. Boggs announced himself as a
republican candidate, and in the election which followed de-
feated the democratic candidate in a democratic county.
He was elected to succeed himself in 1914, and served the
term of six years, retiring from the office with a splendid
record in 1921. In the meantime, in 1917, Mr. Boggs
had become a partner in the firm of M. K. Boggs & Com-
pany at Franklin, and with his retirement from public
life he reassumed his duties in the store, with which he
has continued to be identified to the present. This estab-
lishment enjoys an excellent trade all over the surrounding
country, and much of its success is due to the energetic
methods, known integrity and unfailing courtesy of M. K.
Boggs. For a long time Gordon Boggs has been iden-
tified with community matters at Franklin. He it was who
assisted in the inauguration of the Chautauqua movement
here and stayed with it until it was an assured success.
During the World war he was an untiring worker in behalf
of the various movements, particularly the American Bed
Cross, and rode on horseback over a large part of Pendle-

ton County, arousing interest and encouraging peop td
respond to the Government's request for assistance iitlw
winning of the war. His own purse was opened wheiver
there was the need, and his family were one hundred per
cent Bed Cross, as every member belonged to the orgafcj.
tion. Mr. Boggs is a member of the Presbyterian Ghich*
in which he succeeded his uncle, Isaac P. Boggs, as an M
in 1904, is a member of the building committee of the lew
church, and for the past five years has been actiVin
Sunday school work, being the superintendent thefl
Mr. Boggs^ himself laid the foundation for the finafal
success which he has achieved, and every dollar thatB
come into his hands has been the result of honest effort ■
On September 3, 1904, Mr. Boggs married at Fra:B
Miss Elsie Byrd, who was born near Franklin, a daujB
of John W.. and Phoebe (Meadows) Byrd. John W. 'M
was a son of James Byrd, who founded the family in PejB
ton County, coming as a millwright from Peaks of Cm
Virginia, and building what is known as Byrd 's Mill, iB
miles north of Franklin. James Byrd married Mary m
Hammer, and they had two sons, John W. and ClajO-
and two daughters, Mary Catherine, who married MoB
Trumbo, and Adelaide, who became the wife of GeB
W. Davis. John W. Byrd and wife were the parent]
three children: Elsie, who became the wife of GoB
Boggs; Don, of Franklin; and Ernest, of Bridgew-er.
Virginia. Four children have been born to Mr. and B
Boggs: John Byrd, Elizabeth Gordon, Grace Hammer S
Mary Ann.

Samuel Alexander McCoy. The proprietor and em
of a newspaper occupies a vantage ground which may ifl
or mar a reputation, build up or tear down a cause woB
of public approval or support. Not only the City of McB
field but Hardy County at large has reason for congra1'»
tion that the Moorefield Examiner is in such safe, sagacB
and thoroughly clean hands as those of Samuel AlexaB
McCoy. It is considered one of the best general newspaB
for the family published in its part of Eastern West U
ginia, as well as an outspoken fair-play exponent of ■
democratic party; in fact it is in all respects worthy ofjl
care and sound judgment displayed in its columns, 1
reflects credit on its owner.

Mr. McCoy was born at Franklin, Pendleton CouJ
West Virginia, December 25, 18S0, a son of Pendleton f]
Kate (McMechen) McCoy. He belongs to a family w3
has resided in Pendleton County for a number of genl
tions, and his paternal grandfather was William Mc»l
who was a member of the Virginia Constitutional Conl
tion and who took a prominent part in the founding id
development of Franklin after locating at that place. In*
dleton McCoy was born during the '50s, at Franklin, w)rl
he received a common school education, and it was at a
Moorefield Hoover School that he first met the young 111
who later became his bride. Throughout his career he 1
lowed the vocations of farming and stockraising, and ii
reputation was always that of a man of integrity iJ
sound business honor. He was not in public life but 1
one of the stanch democrats of his county, and his chill
faith was that of the Presbyterian denomination. 1
McCoy married Miss Kate McMechen, a daughter of Sanl
A. and Elizabeth (Hutton) McMechen. Mr. McMecI
lived at Moorefield all his life, and merchandising oci
pied his energies until his retirement from active affal
He died at Moorefield when about eighty years of zl
During the war between the states his sentiments ml
him favor the Confederacy, and he secured a substitute 1
himself for the Southern cause. Of his children, I
daughters grew to maturity: Kate, who became Mrs. I|
dleton McCoy j Emma, who married Joseph I. CunningM
and resides at Moorefield; the Misses Carrie and Betl
of this place; and one who is deceased. Mrs. McCoy if
vives her husband, who passed away in 18S9, and she il
resident of Moorefield. They had two sons: Saml
Alexander, of this review; and James Curtis, also of Motl
field, where he is associated with the Examiner and ii
proprietor of the moving picture establishment of the el

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bat Franklin, where ho secured bis primary educatioual
ting and in his apare time had first insight into the
•spaper business when rolling newspapers for distribution
ttie office of the South Branch Review. After coming to
krefield he completed bis public school training, and at
I age of sixteen years went to work in a printing office,
m the Hardy County News, owned by Captain Chipley,
afounder, a lawyer and politician of Moorefield. Tie re-
ined with this paper until 1900, when he supplemented
i education by a course of one year at Hampden City
lege, Virginia, where he took a business course, and

(i went to Thomas, West Virginia, and accepted a posi-
as clerk in the atore of the Buxton-Landstreet Coni-
|y. This work did not absorb him long, for during the
Kstmas holidays of 1901 he returned to Moorefield, and
aJanuary, 1902, bought out the interests of Captain
Idey in the newspaper, the name of which had been
tiged, in 1897, to the Examiner. Soon after coming
k possession of the paper Mr. McCoy changed its name
Ithe Moorefield Examiner. Since then he has devoted
lost his entire time to the publication of this sheet,
»;h, while frankly a democratic organ, is a home and
citry paper for the dissemination of all local news and
j dispensation of local advertising. The Moorefield Ex-
pner is a well-printed and well-edited paper, thoroughly
10-date in all respects, and a modern job printing office
pndueted in connection. The paper is published weekly.
>t. McCoy has been identified with the democratic party
c a number of years. He was chairman of the Hardy
taty Central Committee two terms, was a member of the
bgressional Committee of the Second District, and was
Imain factor in bringing to Moorefield the congressional
Mention which nominated Junior Brown for Congress
| first time the congressman was sent to that high office,
(^attended as a delegate the state conventions at Parkers-
%* and Wheeling, twice each, and his campaigning for
| ticket is done through the columns of the Examiner.
■Je political position has not appealed to Mr. McCoy
licularly, he has served a3 councilman of Moorefield,
t was its eity recorder during the administration of
litain Chipley as mayor, nis general interest in com-
(ity affairs has extended especially to the public schools,
ling a care and coneern for their welfare, and he is wit-
ting the presence of a progressive public school system,
laded over by efficient teachers and officials. Fraternally
k\a affiliated with the Masons and the Elks, and his re-
bus faith is that of the Presbyterian Church. In addi-
to assisting various movements at home during the
i-ld war through the columns of his paper, Mr. MeCoy
3stered in the draft and was ready to give his services
-^never called upon by the Government to do so.
, n June 18, 1902, Mr. McCoy married Miss Eunice
Ijlor, who was born at Cumberland, Maryland, a daugh-
*ef Warfield and Kate (Cunningham) Taylor. Mrs.
I Joy was reared at Moorefield, where she attended the
ilic schools, and subsequently was a student at Stephen-
Is Seminary, Charlestown, West Virginia. Her parents
a four children: Mrs. Walter Williams; Mrs. McCoy,
i was born October 16, 18S0; William, a resident of
t-refield; and Warfield, of Richmond, Virginia. Mrs.
I'oy was a member of the executive committee of the
A Cross of Hardy County throughout the World war, and
|ted many garments for the soldiers at the front and in
^training camps. She is an active member of the Pres-
|;rian Church and of the missionary aociety of Moore-
While she was not an active suffragette, she accepted
I ballot when it came to her as a result of the Nine-
|th Amendment, and has been able to make an intelli-
§: use thereof. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy are the parents of
ft daughter, Katherine, a member of the graduating class
£919 at the Moorefield High School, and who is now a
lent at Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg,
•jinia.

■pObebt Walker Love, M. D. For nearly twenty year3
Are in his profession as a physician and surgeon at
Irefield in Hardy Connty, Doctor Love had a wide range
professional experience and training before coming to
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West Virginia. He ia a native of Scotland, was reared and
partly educated in that country, completed his medical
course in America, and for a time was a n>e<lical missionary
in South America.

Ilo was born in the City of Glasgow, Scotland, August
25, 1S73. His father, Hugh Love, was born in Lanark-
shire, near Johnson, where his people for generations had
lived, being merchants and manufacturers mainly. It was
a family of local distinction and noted for integrity of
character. The mother of Doctor Love was Jemimah
Walker, daughter of Robert Walker, who came from tho
Burns District of Ayrshire. Hugh Love died in 1921, at
the age of eighty years, and his wife died in 1912, at the
age of sixty-nine. They had two children: Miss Susan
Young, of Glasgow; and Doctor Love, of West Virginia,

Robert Walker Love spent most of his childhood and
youth in the Vale of Lcven and Dumbartonshire, where his
father was in business. He attended the primary and sec-
ondary schools corresponding to the American grade and
high aehool, and began the study of medicine in Glasgow.
He made his first trip to the United States from Glasgow on
the S.S. Nebraska, landing at New York and at once en-
tering the Baltimore Medical College at Baltimore. He
graduated there in 1S97, and then returned to Scotland
for a year. Following that came his experience in South
America as a medical missionary among the Indians in the
Gran Chaco of Paraguay. His work took him into a dis-
trict where white men rarely ventured. Tho Gran Chaco
is a vast extent of prairie country on the Parana River, in-
habited by many tribes of semi-hostile Indians, whose at-
titudo toward the white man was friendly and aafe when
the white man observed the golden rule in his treatment of
them. A white man who was well disposed and trusted
the Indians would surrender his unloaded weapons to them
before he retired for the night, thus giving the Indian as-
surance that the visitor had no hostile designs. Doctor Love
spent two years in that country, and has many interesting
recollections of his experience there. These Indians
would inoeulate themselves with the virus of a snake whose
poison is weak so as to make themselves immune from the
snake whose virus is deadly. In massaging, Doetor Love
observed, their practice was to rub upward instead of down,
and though the Indian cnuld not give a scientific explana-
tion of why he did so, it happened to be the proper way to
give a massage.

After this experience in South Ameriea Doetor Love
again returned to Scotland, and a few months later came
again to the United States. For about a year he worked
in the Maryland General Hospital, and in 1901 he came
to West Virginia and for three years practiced at Pleasant
Dale in Hampshire County. Then, in 1903, he established
himself at Moorefield, and began his long nnd useful ca-
reer as a medical man in this community. For a number
of years he has been eounty health offiecr, has held the
office of secretary and president of the County Medical
Society, is a memher of the State Medical Society and a
Fellow of the Ameriean Medical Assoeiation. During the
World war he did all be could to aid the allies in winning
the war, and throughout the entire period of Ameriea *s
participation was a member of the local draft board. He
is an eldeT in the Presbyterian Chnreh of Moorefield and
has represented his church in the Presbyterial meetings.
In polities he is a democrat in all national issues, but on
the whole favors the man rather than the party.

Miss Elizabeth Duncan waa born at Huntley, Aberdeen-
shire, Scotland, daughter of John Duncan, a farmer of
Edinglassie in Aberdeenshire. His daughter Elizabeth
was educated in the grammar school of Keith and in board-
ing school, and on examination at Edinburgh University
in England won honors in English. She taught school for
several years, and waa teacher of French and German in
the sehools of Melrose, the old home of Sir Walter Scott.
In 1901 she came to Ameriea for the purpose of joining
Doetor Love, her fiance, and they were married in New
York City in October of that year. Mrs. Love is an ac-
complished woman and has done much art work with the
brush as a painter. She was chairman of the surgical
dressing department of the nardy Connty Chapter of the

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Red Cross. The children of Doctor and Mrs. Love are:
Raymond Cecil, a graduate of the Moorefield High School
and now a student in Hampden-Sidney College in Virginia;
Ian (John) Alastair, a high school student in Moorefield;
and Ronald Walker and Winifred. Doctor and Mrs. Love
jointly exercised their art and good taste in the planning
of their beautiful and generous home at Moorefield.

Anthony Benjamin Haslacker has been active in the
banking affairs of Moorefield for the past dozen years, be-
ing eashier of the Hardy County Bank. He entered this
bank a year or so after it was organized in 1909. Its pro-
moters were Robert A. Wilson, George T. Leatherman,
William Ran Orndorff, Ed McNeill and A. A. Parks. The
Hardy County Bank is capitalized at $50 000, has surplus
and undivided profits of $6,000, and carries average de-
posits of $100,000. The president is Mr. Orndorff, Charles
E. Vance is vice president, and the board of directors com-
prise Mr. Orndorff, Mr. Vance, Mr. Haslacker, Robert A.
Wilson, P. S. Mathias, George W. Mathias, Jr.,'Willinm M.
Kessel and Hetzel S. Pownall.

Mr. Haslacker was born at Maysville, Grant County,
West Virginia, June 27, 1S79, son of John and Elizabeth
(Hesse) Haslacker, both natives of Grant County and still
living on their farm in the vicinity of Maysville. John
Haslacker was born there, had a country school education
and has spent his busy life with the industry of his farm
and his stock. He has never been in politics as a candidate
for office, is a republican voter and he and his wife are
Baptists. Their children are: Anthony B.; Minnie, wife
of Calvin Stonestreet, of Maysville; Edward, a farmer in
Grant County; Ernest, with his parents on the homestead;
Clellie, wife of Albert TImstot, of Reese's Mills of West
Virginia; Randolph II., at home; and Larry B., of Scherr
in Grant County.

Anthony B. Haslacker attended the common schools while
on the farm, and for three years was a student of the
Fairmont State Normal School. He left that institute be-
cause of lack of funds to continue the course, and for about
five years his work was teaching in the Maysville locality.
Subsequently he joined the Union Tanning Company's
service as accountant and in other capacities, and the com-
pany successively transferred him to Cumberland, Paw Paw,
Petersburg and, finally, to Davis.

Leaving this industry, Mr. Haslacker in 1911 joined the
Hardy County Bank as assistant cashier, holding that post
under cashier Robert A. Wilson, and in June, 1919, suc-
ceeded Mr. Wilson as cashier. As one of the active bank-
ers of this community he took a prominent part during the
World war in promoting the sale of all the Liberty Bond
issues, and joined other patriotic organizations as well.
Mr. Haslacker is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, and
during the greater part of the time since becoming a citizen
of Moorefield he has held some public office involving serv-
ice to the community without more than nominal remunera-
tion. He is a former recorder of the town, has been presi-
dent of the school board for one year, and usually co-
operates with any movement for the general benefit of
the community.

On April 17, 1907, Mr. Haslacker married Miss Marie A.
Parks, of Petersburg. Her father, A. A. Parks, represented
a pioneer family of Grant County, was in business there
and at one time held the office of sheriff. Mrs. Haslacker
was born on her father 's farm in Grant County in Octo-
ber, 1886, and is the elder of two children. Her brother,
John A. Parks, is active in several lines of business at
Petersburg, the roller-mills, light plant, ice factory and the
Potomac Valley Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Haslacker have two
children, Ralph P. and Agnes R.

John M. Short, deputy United States marshal at Wheel-
ing under United States Marshal C. E. Smith of Fairmont,
has a great record as a criminal expert and criminal of-
ficer, detective and secret service agent.

Mr. Short was born at Wheeling, June 11, 1853, son of
Henry Short. His father was a native of Birmingham,
England, but spent his long aand active life at Wheeling
as an iron worker and molder, for a number of years being

an employe of A. J. Sweeney's foundry. He died it i
good old age, and his wife died at the age of fiftfivj
Both were active members of the old First Presbyriai
Church at North Wheeling. Their family consisted of kr#
sons and two daughters: Saline, a widow living in Ma
County; John M.; Rose, a widow, whose home is at Main'
Ferry; Alfred, who was killed in the mines early iniif|
and Robert J., a retired resident of Aetnaville, Ohio. 1

John M. Short was reared and educated in Whjlin
learned the molder 's trade and followed it two yeanaa
left his trade to become a patrolman. He was on di p a
North Wheeling, and he was the first plain-clothesma an
pointed on the police force of Wheeling. In 1893 Go'dJ
MacCorkle appointed Mr. Short to represent the state ; til
Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He was soon niadeliU
of the night force of plaiu-clothesmen, who at times jun
bered 125 men. His record at Chicago attracted the til
of the officials of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway, andfoi
1893 for fourteen years he was captain of the BaltjioJ
& Ohio police, having jurisdiction over all the lines o:M
system in West Virginia and portions of Ohio and Arj
land. He held the highest positions of responsibili| ii
the railroad detective service. It became his duty tap
prehend and arrest men for every offense in the am
of crime, including several murderers. Among his fri
duties was an assignment to break up the thieving an
between Wheeling and Grafton, where other officeriM
failed. In a short time organized thieving ceased -.ltd
gether, and he sent several offenders to the penitenarj
During the first year he was captain of the Baltimbi
Ohio police foree he apprehended eight-five per ceifl
all depredators, while forty per cent had long beenrog
sidered a good record. Later he organized the ShorlDe
tective Agency, operating it for several years and 1 alb
selling it. Subsequently Mr. Short was with the Whiket
Glessner Mill Company, and as a private detective hatl
a number of important cases. As a democrat he re(tvj
his appointment as deputy United States marshal. |

At the age of nineteen Mr. Short married Ella W. S og
gins, of Wheeling. They have two children, Robe||
and Rosa, the latter Mrs. Arthur Chance of Wheeling. m
Short is affiliated with Baltimore Lodge No. 6, Ki[l|
of Pythias.

Mr. Short recounts many interesting experienceeBi
stories of his associations with crime and criminals. m
years ago Wheeling citizens were aroused to great intra
tion against the Gas Company officials. Many personjl
their meters sealed, though gas bills were present<| 1
usual. The gas office was in the rear of the McLnre hti
One Sunday evening fire was discovered there, ant ill
Short, being on the ground, went to the door, pushed I
and fell on a pile of burning books saturated with ken?if
while thousands of gas bills were exposed on a counteiaS
saturated with oil. The blaze was stamped out anitl
books saved and also several thousand dollars of cuijj
in a slightly open safe. Arrests were made, but tria «
suited in acquittals. Another case that attracted '«
attention in the newspapers for a time was a diamond tij
that occurred in a Wheeling resort. Mr. Short tradl
suspected girl to Pittsburgh, and after some days of rl
ing procured from her information that the stolen dianii
valued at $6,000, were pinned under the wardrobe oi
police matron at Pittsburgh. Mr. Short secured the j>4
much to the consternation of Pittsburgh 's detectives. I

During his services at the Chicago World's Fair al
bery occurred in the Mines and Mining Building, a t|
brick, weighing 150 pounds, and a number of opalslj
amethysts being stolen from a case in the building. W
chief of detectives detailed Mr. Short for an investigj
He discovered an underground conduit for electric ire
opening by a hatchway in a niche covered by a i
sprinkling cart in the rear of the exhibit, and le3
outside. Mr. Short secured a confession from the mai«I
operated the cart and from a man and woman whel
charge of the exhibits.

For all his long experience in meeting and hanj
criminals Mr. Short is an optimist rather than a pess'i
and it has been his aim to treat fairly and especial!

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[uard tlio reputation ot" those who have ctunmitted their
rat criminal offense, permitting tliein a chance to reform
ither than remaining permanently branded, lie is au advo*
ite of prison reform, and believes that half the prison

hraates should not be there.

Arthur Cunningham, of Moorefield, has devoted a long
nd active life to constructive business, political and pub-
c affairs. He was born on a farm a mile north of Moore-
eld, December 13, 1856. His great-grandfather was James
lunningham. His grandfather was Jesse Cunningham, who
pent his life in a eomuiuuity south of Moorefield, was a
rivate citizen, a substantial farmer, and died before the
ivil war. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Hutton, and
leir only child was Benjamin Cunningham. His second
ife was Martha Snodgrass, and the two daughters of that
arriage were Mrs. Mortimer W. Gamble and Mrs. George

L P. Price, the latter the wife of a lawyer.
Benjamin Cunningham, father of Arthur Cunningham,
as born in Hardy County in December, 1S11, and he died
a the farm where he was born. AH his industrious life

} as given to the duties of the farm. Ho was a Southern
rmpathizer during the war between the states, but was
ever active in public affairs. In the last year of his life
e joined the church. Benjamin Cunningham, who died
i 1SS3, married Miss Eunice P. Fisher, daughter of George
nd Mary (Harness) Fisher and granddaughter of Adam
araess. Both the Fisher and Harness families were aolid
nd substantial people of this locality, all of them farmers.
Irs. Eunice Cunningham wa3 born in 3 812, and reached
le venerable age of ninety-two, passing away in 1904. She
as the mother of eighteen children, ten of whom reached
ature years: Jesse, George, Phoebe, James, Mary, Edwin,
/Uliam, Kate, Arthur and Alice. Phoebe became the wife
f Will Cunningham; Mary married Joseph V. Williams;
.'ate was Mrs. Warfield Taylor; and Alice married F. C.
Helton. Three of the sons, Jesse, George and James, were
onfederate soldiers, and all of them escaped serious in-
iry and spent the rest of their active careers as farmers.
Until he was married Arthur Cunningham lived on the
mn with his parents. He finished his education in the
loorefield High School, but the education and training that
ave counted for most in his life were derived from expe-
ence after he left school. Until he was forty-six years of
ue his energies were solely devoted to the farm. When he
?nted his farm he entered the service of the MeCormiek
"arvester Company, seUing machinery. After two years
le Mccormick interests were part of the consolidation re-
jlting in the International Harvester Company, and he
jntinued with that corporation as salesman over the eoun-

i es of Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Grant, Pendleton and
portion of Randolph until he had given ten years to the

i mipany. Then, in 1912, he returned to the farm, and
lough he lives in Moorefield he owns and supervises his
irm three miles south of the county seat. Mr. Cunning-
am was one of the original promoters of the Branch
lountain Orchard Company. He is ["resident of the eor-
oration. This company has 130 acres on Nicholas Moun-
lin, now in bearing fruit trees, 4,000 of them being ap-

i le trees.

While his business interests have been important, Mr.
I unningham is best known over Hardy County and sur-
mnding counties for his public leadership. For the past
velve years he has heen ehairman of the democratic party
)r Hardy County, and has repeatedly attended state con-
tentions and likewise has been a delegate to many of the
istrict conventions. During the past four years he has
een president of the Hardy County Court. Mr. Cunning-
im has used the full extent of his influence and his offi-
al power to give the county a modern good roads sys-
m The building of hard surface roads has been the
lief concern to the board and to the general public,
leven miles of such road have been finished, including the
mstruction of six smaU concrete bridges. The County
ourt also provided a machine shop for the repair work of
ie connty, with a force of mechanics sufficient to keep up
le machinery and equipment. After the roads were taken

over by tho stale flic bhop and equipment passed undir tho
same control.

During the period of the World war Mr. Cuunmghnm
regarded no other duty paramount tu any service ho could
render in keeping up Hardy County's quota of war activ-
ities. Ho was not a dollar a year man, giving his service
without even that nominal consideration, and he feels that
nothing he ever did has repaid him better than his patriotic
efforts at that time. He went over the county time and
again participating in the various drives nnd campaigns
for funds and the building up of patriotic morale, lie as
sisted in the Red Cross and Y. M. t\ A. campaign, and
was chairman of the Victory Loan drive after the signing
of the armistice. Mr. Cunningham is affiliated with the
Masonic Order and United Commercial Travelers and is a
member of the Presbyterian Church.

In Hardy County, 'November 10, 1330, he married MU-s
Eliza WiUiams, daughter of George D. and Margnrrt
(Seymour) Williams. Her parents were natives of Hardy
County and spent their lives as farmers. Her father w.-m
a graduate of the University of Virginia and a teacher, ami
always a leader in the educational work of the county. The
seven children in the Williams family were: Felix, Mrs.
Cunningham, Edward, Miss Rose, George, Walter and
Robert.

Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham have three children. Alice is
the wife of Prof. Earl Hyde, superintendent of the Pres-
byterian Orphanage at Barium Springs, North Carolina, and
they have three children, Margaret, Arthur and Earl. An-
nie Cunningham married J. D. Chiploy, of Moorefield.
Thomas, the only son, is a farmer and in the lumber busi-
ness at Moorefield, and married Frances Bow en.

Robert A. Wilson is a native of Moorefield, has spent
an unusually active life of more than three seore and ten
years in that vicinity, has performed a great deal of official
service and at the same time has been active in business
as a banker and merchant and is the present mayor ot
Moorefield.

lie was born March 21. 1S47. His grandparents were
Stacy M. and Elizabeth Wilson, who moved from old Vir-
ginia to Hardy County, where Stacy Wilson, a tailor by
trade, spent the rest of his years and died during the 'oOs.
His children were: David L., John Wesley, Aaron II.,
Stacy M., Amos (who died in young manhood), and Vic
toria, the latter the wife of William II. Violett. Wesley.
Aaron and Stacy were Confederate soldiers, Aaron holding
a commission as eolonel. David L. Wilson, father of Rob-
ert A., was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, and was a
child when brought to Hardy County, where he grew up,
learned the tailor's trade, acquired a practical education,
and was active both in business and in public affairs. He
is a Methodist. David L. Wilson married Mary Catherine
Friddle, a daughter of Henry Friddle, and survived her
some years. Their children were: Robert Asbury: Miss
Etta, deceased; David L., Jr., of Moorefield: James Hunter,
who died in childhood; Miss Bettie, deceased; Arthur V., a
farmer in Hardy County; and Turner Ashby, deceased.

Robert A. Wilson was attending school when the Civil
war broke out, and had that struggle lasted a few weeks
longer he would have been enrolled as a Southern soldier,
following the example of his older brothers. He attended
country school and school in Moorefield, did some farming
while the war wa3 going on, and had a knowledge of that
occupation on reaching manhood. About the time he at-
tained his majority his father wa3 appointed sheriff of
Hardy County, and the son became his deputy. Mr. Wil-
son served altogether sixteen years as deputy sheriff, under
his father and two other sheriffs, each of whom died in
office, leaving Mr. Wilson to succeed to their duties. About
the expiration of his last term as deputy he was elected
eircuit clerk and countv clerk, and entered these offices as
successors of Charles Lobb. Mr. Lobb had been clerk for
half a centurv. and Mr. Wilson finally defeated him as
candidate. Although he received the majority of the votes
and was declared elected, he had to overcome considerable
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offifo. lie finally entered upou his official duties as a re-
sult of a decision of Judge Ami strong, then circuit judge.
He served the six year term, became a candidate for re-
election, and altogether held that office for twelve years.

After this long and faithful service to the county Mr.
Wilson engaged in the mercantile business at Moorefield
under the name of E. A. Wilson, and when he retired his
son Robert Cleland succeeded him and still continues under
the old firm name of R. A. Wilson. After his business
career as a merchant Mr. Wilson was for ten years cashier
of the Hardy County Bank, leaving that position in June,
1920. Although he had served the public long and well and
felt that he had done his whole duty, the citizens of Moore-
field urged him to become a candidate for mayor, and he
was elected in April, 1922. In that office he has demon-
strated to the public that law and order can be enforced
and a peacable and orderly community maintained. He
selected his own force to administer the ordinances of the
city, and violators of the law have learned to appreciate the
strength as well as the reasonableness of the new admin-
istration.

Mr. Wilson comes of a democratic family, and his father
was a democrat when there were only three of that political
faith in Moorefield. However, R. A. Wilson has performed
his public service under both political regimes. In former
years he was a delegate to local and state conventions, the
last state convention he attended having been held at Hunt-
ington about twenty-five years ago. Mr. Wilson is still a
director and stockholder in the Hardy County Bank, and is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

At Winchester, Virginia, in April, 1872, just half a cen-
tury ago, he married Miss Gelia M. Belt, a native of
Hampshire County, daughter of James Belt, who was a
harness maker and spent his last years at Winchester, Vir-
ginia. Mrs. Wilson has a sister, Mrs. Cecelia House, and a
brother, Frank, still living. Her sister Sallie, who is de-
ceased, married James A. Clinedinst, of Washington, D. C.
Another sister is Louisa Ramey, of Washington, D. C.
Of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson the
youngest died in infancy. Miss Bessie S. lives at Moore-
field, and Robert Cleland is the merchant there. By his
marriage to Pauline Williams he has a son, Robert
Cleland, Jr.

J. Shirley Ross, an ex-service man, widely known in
Charleston social and business circles, is a former city
official and for a number of years has employed his energies
and capital in the development of land and real estate in
and around the capital.

He was born at Charleston, August 31, 1883, son of
John Tyler and Hannah (Creel) Ross. His father was
born in Patrick County, Virginia, in 1841. He and five
brothers became Confederate soldiers, and he played a
valorous part in that war from beginning to end. Soon
afterward he came to West Virginia, locating at Charleston,
and from that time until his death in 1896 his principal
business was as a brick manufacturer. As a manufacturer
of brick he aso did considerable work as a contractor,
and he had the distinction of laying the first brick paving
in the city. This was a handsome brick pavement on Sum-
mers Street, completed during the year 1873. His public
spirit led him constantly into all movements for the general
advancement and welfare of Charleston.

J. Shirley Ross is still living at the old home on Court
Street where he was born and adjoining which property was
his father's brick yard in early years. After completing
his public school education he was associated with his
father in brick manufacture for a time. Mr. Ross in 1907
was elected city recorder and police judge of Charleston,
and by subsequent elections served four terms, his service
being from 1907 to 1915. Since leaving office his work
has been chiefly in the land and real estate business, and
primarily in the opening and development of residential
subdivisions. He has sold six or more large additions in
Charleston and vicinity, including the Rossdale Addition
to South Charleston.

During the period of the World war Mr. Ross was a

lieutenant in the Motor Transport Corps, stationed at Jac
sonville, Florida. He is a democrat in politics, a memb
of the Kanawha Country Club, active in the Charlestc
Real Estate Board, and is affiliated with a number of fra,
ernal and social organizations, including the Elks, Knighi
of Pythias and Odd Fellows.

William Burdette Mathews, clerk of the Supren
Court of Appeals, has been a member of the bar thin
years, though his time for the most part has been devote
to official duties and the demands of extensive busine
interests.

Mr. Mathews was born in Marshall County, West Vil
ginia, August 27, 1866, son of Christopher C. and Esth
(Scott) Mathews. He acquired a public school educatio'
and from 1882 to 1889 was a teacher. In 1889 he gra
uated Master of Arts from Waynesburg College in Pen
sylvania, and pursued his law studies in George Washingtc.
University, where he graduated LL. B. in 1891 and LL. I
in 1892. During 1880-90 he was examiner of public scho
teachers in Marshall County, and from 1890 to 1895 w;
connected with the Eleventh United States Census, atten',
ing law school while thus employed at Washington.

Mr. Mathews was secretary to the speaker of the Hou
of Delegates in 1897, and from 1898 to 1901 was clerk : I
the office of the state auditor. He served as assists <
attorney general of the state in 1902, and for a number *,i
years past has heen clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeal!

Among other business interests Mr. Mathews is direct*,
of the Virginian Joint Stock Land Bank of Charleston, <|
several building and loan companies, and the Fairview Lai
and Development Company. During the World war he wj
state director of the Four Minute Men under the committ]
of public information. He was one of the organizers, I
a charter member and a past president of the Charlesto!
Rotary Club, and is a director of the Charleston PubF
Library, a trustee of the West Virginia Wesleyan Collegj
a member of the American Historical Association, Amel
ican Bar Association, International Longfellow Society ai
has been active in republican politics, being president! I
elector in 1900. He is a Knight Templar, a thirty-sccoi ]
degree Mason and a Shriner, a life member of the EE !
and belongs to the Edgewood Country, Old Colony ai.
Rotary Clubs of Charleston, West Virginia Society at Was,
ington, and the Allegheny and Cheat Mountain Clubs.

Mr. Mathews is one of the most prominent laymen <l
the Methodist Church in the state. He was a member <]
the General Conference of the church in 1900 and 190 !
and in 1911 was a delegate to the Fourth Ecumenic
Methodist Conference. He is a trustee of the First Met
odist Church at Charleston and represents that church (
the Board of Directors of the Union Mission, of which 1
was one of the organizers.

It is appropriate to devote a special paragraph to tl |
Union Mission, the largest and most successful institute
of its kind in the country. It was founded in 1910, and I*
carried on through the cooperation of all the Evangelic I
Protestant churches of Charleston, each church being repi
sented by two members on the Board of Directors of tl
Mission. The buildings and property now owned and us< I
by the Union Mission for its various activities have
value of at least a quarter of a million dollars. The ma
buildings at Lovell and Clendenin streets include the ne
dormitory for orphan children completed in 1922. The!
are several departments of the Mission work. The gensrl
gospel work is carried on every day in the year, wi ,
gospel meetings every night. In the main building the
are sleeping quarters for men and a dining room whe
meals are served at a minimum of cost. There is a stal
of nurses for the children as well as for the assistance J
the Missions' staff of physicians and surgeons, the medic I
department and the dispensary giving free medical treatmel
where the patients cannot afford to pay. Boys' work I
an important feature, and this and the children 's wo: I
generally is augmented by a fresh air camp on Venad I
Branch, Kanawha City, where $20,000 have been invesb <
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315

lies and livestock. The Mission has over 800 acres of
I at this plaee known as Abney Park, lhe gift of the
m of the late F. W. Abncy.

a October 25, 1900, Mr. Mathews married Miss Eliz-
bh Blundon, of Charleston, daughter of the late Rev.
kar B. Blundon, a Methodist minister who served with
frank of major in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews
i> two children: Sarah Esther, a graduate of National
lc Seminary at Washington; and Elizabeth Blundon, a
pr in the Charleston High School.

DHN Koblegard. In every prosperous city a few names
jd out as conspicuous representatives of that honor and
(grity which are the foundation stones of commercial en-
rise. Such a name in Clarksburg is that of John Koble-
1, now retired after nearly half a century of constructive
t as a wholesale merchant.

e was born at Abenade, Sleswig, Denmark, September
346, son of Niels and Mary (Hanson) Koblegard. His
v education in Denmark has since been generously
hlemented by the great school of a wide experience in

| youth of nineteen, he and five other young men from

I same community came to this country in 1865, just at
Iclose of the American Civil war. In the following year
Ibrether, the late Jacob Koblegard, also came to the
Red States. John Koblegard for the first two years

II at Urbana, Ohio, and for another two years at Spring-
I, Ohio, and in the spring of 1S69 he and the late
In L. Ruhl came to Clarksburg. These young men entered
r produce business, and from that time forward they
I) closely associated in their business affairs, also neigh-
li and close friends, until the death of Mr. Ruhl on De-
fcer IS, 1921. After two years at Clarksburg they
bved to Chicago in 1871 and were in the produce business
i hat city until 1876, going into business there about
Itime of the great fire. Incidentally it should be noted
, this firm were the first shippers of eggs across the
ky Mountains to the Pacific Coast.

n their return to Clarksburg they again acquired their
I produce business, and in 1880 they entered the whole-
grocery business under the firm name of Ruhl, Koble-
1 and Company. It was an important and successful
| name for about twenty years, and is still well remem-
B-d by many grocery men who obtained their early train-
[ in "the house. After selling out their interests in the
llesale grocery trade, Mr. Koblegard and Mr. Ruhl
Sided the Koblegard Dry Goods Company and the Wil-
lis Hardware Company as permanent wholesale concerns
Clarksburg.

number of years ago the West Fork Class Company
i) organized, most of the stockholders being Clarksburg
IdIc After a period of operation the company failed
Ineet the expectation of its founders, and Mr. Koble-
[1 was induced to take charge of the business. Under
I management it grew and thrived, and was put on a
lid financial basis. Mr. Koblegard continued in control
il about two years ago, when he and others sold their
■rests. Since then Mr. Koblegard has retired, nis
I ness career has been more than successful, since his
Ividual success has also involved the suceess and pros-
ify of others and the community at large. It is safe to
l that no citizen of Clarksburg is more highly respected
[i John Koblegard. He has been one of the founders
I the city 'a modern business and institutional affairs.
I, pnblic spirit has been a constant quantity in the
hnunity, and it has been manifested again and again,
hgh normally he is strictly a man of business. Political
Iters have never been sought by him, and he has freely
I'cised bis independence in voting, though in national
lirs he is a republican. He was reared a Lutheran, but
file absence of a church of that denomination at Clarks-
|g he became associated with the Presbyterian member-
|) many years ago, and has been very active in the cause.
I has long been a member of the Independent Order of
M Fellows.

fr. Koblegard married in 1873, at Clarksburg, Miss
pie L. Patton, daughter of James Patton, a Scotchman,

who had tho distinction of being one of a number of men
who opened one of the first coal mines at Clarksburg. Mr.
and Mrs. Koblegard had six children: Lillie, Clara, Robert
(deceased), Jessie, Jean and John.

JonN L. Chahn, of Williamson, is giving loyal and
effective servieo as tax commissioner of Mingo County,
and is one of the popular young officials of his native
county. He was born at Rngland, this county, on Pigeon
Creek, January 22, 1894, and is the son of John Lewi*
Chafin and Mahulda (Vnrney) Chafin, who still reside on
their homestead farm at Ragland. Tho original repre-
sentatives of the Chafin family came to what is now Mingo
County from the Shenandoah Vnlley of Virginin and
settled near Rockhouse. Tho Varney family was founded
in Mingo (then a part of Logan) Co'unty more than eighty
years ago. John L. Chafin, Sr., was born Mav 3, 1848,
and thus was a mere boy at the inception of the' Civil war!
before the close of which, however, he enlisted and did
effective scouting service for the Confederaev. After the
war he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, in whieh
both he and one of his brothers gave loyal service. He was
a boy at the time the family home was* established in what
is now Mingo County, and he has been active as a farmer,
as a buyer and shipper of live stock and as a merchant. He
has been influential in local polities, has served as school
trustee, and in 1916 was elected tax commissioner of the
county, in which office he was succeeded bv his son John
L., Jr., the present incumbent. Mrs. Mahulda (Varnev)
Chafin was born June 14. 18."2, and has passed her entire
life in what is now Mingo County. Of their twelve chil-
dren eleven are living, the subject of this sketch having
been the tenth in order of birth, and his brother B. S.
being his deputy in the office of tax collector.

After leaving the high school at Rockhouse John L.
Chafin. Jr., completed a eonrse in the Kentucky State
Normal School at Louisa. He began teaching in the rural
schools when eighteen years of age. and his final position
was as principal of the East End graded school at William-
son in 1914. After his retirement from this position he
was employed 3*4 years in the Williamson post office, which
he left to enter the nation's service in the World war. ne
enlisted April 15, 1918. and at Richmond, Virginia, received
training for the radio service, in which he became proficient
and was assigned to duty as an instructor, with headquar-
ters at Richmond. He continued in this service seventeen
months and received his discharge in August, 1919. Upon
his return home he was appointed deputy sheriff of Mingo
County, and in this position he served until he assumed the
office of county tax commissioner, ns the successor of his
father, his election, in November, 1920, having been com-
passed by the gratifying majority of 1,005 votes, only one
other candidate on the democratic ticket in the county
having equalled this record in the election.

Mr. Chafin was elected commander of the local post of
the American Legion, but his holding of political office
prevented him from assuming this position, ne is a mem-
ber not only of the Legion but also of the Private Soldiers
and Sailors Association, ne is affiliated with the Blue
Lodge of the Masonic fraternity at Williamson, as is he
also with the local Chapter and Commandery; in the Con-
sistory of the Scottish Rite at Wheeling he has received the
thirty seeond degree, his Rose Croix membership being at
Huntington, and he is a member of Beni-Kedem Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S„ of Charleston. He holds membership
also in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Loyal Order of Moose, and is n communicant of the Pres-
byterian Church. His wife is a communicant of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Chnrch.

December 27, 1920, recorded the marriage of Mr. Chafin
and Miss Florence Carter, daughter of Capt. Ross Carter,
of Chatham, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Chafin have n winsome
little daughter, Ann Carter Chafin, born October 13, 1921.

Gustat B. Wiltshire, of Martinsburg, has had a bnsy
career of over forty years, much of which was spent as
a traveling salesman. "Latterly bis time has been taken np
by permanent business interests in the Eastern Panhandle

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of West Virginia, where he is an extensive farmer and
horticulturist.

Mr. Wiltshire was born near Leestown in Jefferson
County, West Virginia, July 3, 1861. His father, Deacon
George D. Wiltshire, was born in the same locality in
December, 1816. The grandfather, Bennet Wiltshire, was
born August 22, 1787. son of Benjamin and Elizabeth
Wiltshire. Of the earlier ancestry the traditional account
is that three Wiltshire brothers came from England and
settled in Virginia. One of them later going west his
descendants being now represented in the Middle West, and
two remained in Virginia. Bennet Wiltshire was a farmer,
and owner of slaves, and some of these slaves were in-
herited by his son Deacon George, who, however, never
bought or sold one, and one of his families of negroes was
so attached to him that they remained on the place after
the war. During the war Jefferson County was invaded
by both armies. George D. Wiltshire hid his valuables, and
a trusted slave and himself were the only persons that
knew the hiding place. George D. Wiltshire was a devoted
member of the Baptist Church and served as deacon many
years. His wife was Elizabeth Hearst Moore, who was
born in Jefferson County in 1818. Her father, John Moore,
was an extensive farmer and slave owner. Elizabeth H.
Wiltshire died May 4. 1897, at the age of seventv-nine.
She reared eight children, named Anna Moore. Charles
Bennet, James G., Bettie M., Jane Lampkin, Lucy L.,
Vinnie L. and Gustav B. The son Charles, who was born in
1841, entered the Confederate Army at the breaking out of
the war and served until the close. Three days before
the final surrender he was wounded, and he died three days
after the surrender. The son James, who was born in 1843,
also entered the Confederate Armv, in 1862, serving under
General Moseby. After the war he graduated in medicine
from the University of Maryland, and for forty-five years
practiced in Baltimore, where he died in October, 1920.

Gustav B. Wiltshire grew up on the home place, was
educated^ under private tutors, graduated from Shepherd
College in 1877, and spent two years in Doctor Atkinson's
preparatory school at Baltimore.' With this preparation he
entered upon his career as a commercial traveler, and dur-
iner the next twentv-two years his duties took him over
fully two thirds of the United States. In the meantime he
had established his permanent home at Martinsburg. and
he also bought and still owns one of his father's farms
in Jefferson County. A part of this is devoted to an
orchard, and he is also one of the leading fruit growers
of Berkeley County. His farms are conducted by tenants,
but he closely supervises the work in the orchards. He
has planted extensively on a part of the Flick farm,
3V» miles from Martinsburg.

On June 6, 1901, Mr. Wiltshire married Miss Lorena
Elick. who was born at Moorefield, Hardv Conntv, West
Virginia, only daughter of William H. H. and Lucretia
(Hark) Flick, of a prominent family there. Mr. and Mrs.
Wiltshire have three children, Harrison Flick, Elizabeth
Moore and Gus B. The first is preparing for Princeton
University at Mercersburg, while Elizabeth is in the
Martinsburg High School and is finishing the grammar
school course. All the family are active members of the
First Baptist Church, of which Mr. Wiltshire is a deacon
and trustee. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce
and Fruit Exchange, and for four years he served as a
member of the City Council, running ahead of the ticket
at each election. In May, 1920, he was elected mayor,
but in August of the same year resigned the office. He did
much to arouse cooperation and interest in this section
in all the war causes and drives. Mrs. Wiltshire is a
gradnate of Wilson College, and is chairman of her class
for raising the endowment fund. At Martinsburg she is
a leader in social and intellectual affairs, being regent of
the recently organized Shenandoah Chapter of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, is vice president of the
Wednesday Afternoon Music Club, a director of the woman 's
work of the Berkeley Bed Cross, a member of the Travel
Club and the Women's Missionary Society, and a teacher
in the Baptist Sunday School.

W. H. H. Flick. An Ohioan by birth and a West Vi
ginian by adoption, W. H. H. Flick became one of t
most prominent men in the newer commonwealth. 1
was a very able and successful lawyer, but ever mo
widely known for the breadth of his statesmanship and t
services he rendered to his section and the state at lar
in advancing political and material prosperity.

W. H. H. Flick, who for many years was a resident
Martinsburg, was of distinguished New England ancesti
Many of his forebears were prominent in the early histol
of the Colonies, and later many fought in the Revolution
establish American independence. His maternal gran
parents moved from Connecticut to Northern Ohio ai
settled in what was then called the Connecticut ReserV
His paternal grandparents came from Pennsylvania ai
afterward moved farther west.

W. H. H. Flick was born near Cleveland, Ohio, Fehrua
24, 1851. In July, 1861, though a mere bov in size ai
age, he enlisted in the Forty-first Regiment of Ohio Volui
teers. Letters which he wrote home during his servi
have recently come to life, and are interesting portrayal
of war and war time conditions. In the great battle J
Shiloh he was dangerously wounded in the left shouldc
He remained unconscious on the battlefield, but recoven
sufficiently to find his way to a gunboat. After beii
ableto leave the hospital he was sent home, and thom
partially disabled performed recruiting service until t)
close of the war.

He studied law, and after graduating at the old Cle?
land Law School came to West Virginia and located !
Moorefield. In 1867 he moved to Franklin, Pendletf
County. His recognized qualifications as a public lead,
were soon acknowledged after he made his residence :|
West Virginia. He was elected to the Legislature in 18<
and again in 1870. In the Legislature he distinguish* 1
himself by a broad and tolerant attitude toward the issu
of the war. He was author of the Flick Amendment, whi<|
restored the right of franchise to ex-Confederate soldie
and abolished test oaths and other civil limitations. Ml
Flick was prosecuting attorney of Pendleton County i]
1869, of Grant County in 1872, and again of Pendletc 1
County in 1873.

Leaving Franklin in 1874, he located at Martinshm
and for many years was one of the leaders in that con
munity, though in reality a man of state-wide influence. 1
1880 he was elected prosecuting attorney, but resigned i
1882 to accept appointment as United States district a I
torney for West Virginia under President Arthur. 1 |
1876 he was republican candidate for judge of the Supren
Court of Appeals for West Virginia." Tn 1880 and agai
in 1888 he was republican candidate for Congress in tl
Second District against William L. Wilson. This was a .
interesting contest. Mr. Wilson was very strong, an
was normally accustomed to flattering majorities, but ?|
one of the campaigns Mr. Flick lacked only eleven vot<
of victory. The attempt to lead republican forces to vietoi
at that time was a forlorn hope, not only in the distri*
but in the state, both of which were safelv within tl
democratic ranks. Mr. Flick whenever a candidate for at
office led his ticket.

Prior to his last candidacy for Congress in 1888 I
suffered a severe stroke of paralysis, from which he neve
entirely recovered and which greatly interfered with h
political and professional activities and which hastened k
death in 1904.

Mr. Flick was a leader in fraternal affairs and m
honored with the highest state offices in the Grand Arm
of the Bepublic, and in the Masonic Lodge, Chapter an
Commandery filled offices with his usual ability, fervencj
and zeal. Judge Flick, as he was always known, was a ma
of unflinching loyalty to truth, principle and right, wa
conscientious and generous to a fault, and no West Vi
ginian possessed greater popularity. In legal arguments o
debate he was almost invincible.

He married Lucretia Clark, of Cuyahoga County, Ohk,
She died in 1910. Their only child is Lorena, wife of Mi
G. B. Wiltshire of Martinsburg.

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347

W. Pieurk Moittsox, who is a member of the prominent
;risou family of the Shenandoah and Potomac valleys, in
l> of the best known citizens of Shenandoah Junction,
ere during nearly all the years of his active life ho
s in the railroad service of the Norfolk and Western.
Mr. Morisou was born in Charlestown District of Jeffer-
1 County, son of William M. Morison, who was born near
idington in Berkeley County, a grandson of Daniel Mori-
p, a native of the same county, ami great-grandson of
Slliani Morison. William Morison was a native of Scot-
lid, and was one of three brothers who sought their for-
ces in America. His brother Daniel settled in North
Molina, and another brother settled near the Maryland-
ansyhania line. William Morison was for many years a
iddent of Berkeley County, lie married Mary (Buckles)
ipley, whose father owned large tracts of land in and
iund Shepherdstown. William Morison and wife are both
ried at Shepherdstown. Their son, Daniel Morison, was
«o a large land owner, and his home plantation was situ-
?d at the junction of Opequon Creek and the Potomac
ver. Before the war he used many slaves to do the work
, the fields. After the buildings a"nd the plantation were
rned he moved to Martiasburg, and lived the rest of
. life there. His wife was Jane Porterfield, of the well
own family of that name in Berkeley County. She sur-
ed her husband and reared sis children, named George
rterfield; Mary, who married Dr. Tom Quigley; Wil-
m M. ; Martha Page, who married Augustin Kramer;
lia, who married Charles Yaneey; and Daniel.
William M. Morison with limited opportunities acquired
good education, and after leaving the farm he clerked

a general store at Martinsburg, and then went West in
irch of adventure and experience. For a time he was

St. Joseph, Missouri, then a frontier town, and from
■re went into the territory of Nebraska, which was filled
th Indians, deer, antelope and buffalo. At the outbreak

the war between the states he returned home and be-
ne a Confederate soldier in the First Virginia Cavalry,

ached to the Stonewall Brigade. After about a year

was appointed purchasing agent of the Confederate
•vernment, with headquarters at Richmond, and subse-
ently was assistant ticket agent for the Richmond and
: nville Railroad at Richmond. Soon after the close of
l war he returned to Martinsburg, and was appointed
[istant secretary to the manager of the Cumberland Val-
• Railroad Company and subsequently became agent for
it line at Shenandoah Junction. He finally resigned and
led retired until his death on July 23, 1899, at the age

sixty-five.

William M. Morison married his cousin, Emily Frances
orison, who was a daughter of William and Mary
•hindler) Morison and a granddaughter of William and
lry (Buckles) Morison. Her father was owner of a large
intation near the Potomae River in Jefferson County,
d at the time of the war about sixty of his slaves were
?ed. He and his wife continued to live on the farm,
ey reared a family of twelve children, named William
L Ann Virginia, Mary Abigail, Martha Elizabeth, Luc-
ia Jane, Henry Clay, Emily Frances, Daniel Taylor,
orge Theodore, Ellen Hunter, Hannah Page and Janette
ftshington. Mrs. Emily Frances Morison died in 1911.
»r two children were W. Pierre and Winona.
W. Pierre Morison was educated in the public schools

Shenandoah Junction, and at the age of nineteen began
rning telegraphy in the office of the B. & O. at Duffield,
•st Virginia, and later went with the Shenandoah Valley
.ilroad Company. His serviee was continuous with
i railroad until February 1, 1921, when he retired. The
enandoah Valley Railroad Company is now part of the
irfolk and Western system. He was the representative

this eompany at Shenandoah Junction. Mr. Morison,
o is unmarried, was reared in and is an active member

the Presbyterian Church.

Mortimer W. Gamble has been a practicing attorney at
)orefield nearly forty years. He is the present proseeut-
* attorney of Hardv County. He represents a family
at has been identified with this section of West Virginia

ft.r ninety years or more, and it has been a family with
many traditions ot public service as well us military rec-
ords and achievement in lines of business and the profes-
sions.

His great-grandfather, Joseph Gamble, was a native of
Ireland, and on coming to the new world located for a time
in Philadelphia. lie tin n moved to Virginia, making In*
home at Winchester. lie was an elder in the old Kent
street Presbyterian Chureh there. Among his largo family
of children were ten sous, two of whom located in St. Louis
when it was a mere village and both were lawyers. One of
them, Hamilton R. Gamble, achieved distinction as a mem
her of the Supreme Cuurt of Missouri.

James Carr Gamble, grandfather of the Moorefield law
yer, was a pioneer in Hardy County, locating there in
Immediately upon his arrival he was appointed county elerk
by the governor of Virginia, and filled that oflice as lonj;
as he lived. He died in 1^60, when about sixty years <>t'
;ij;e. He was born at Winchester. Ilia wife was Elizabeth
Williams, whose father, Edward Williams, preceded James
C. Gamble as eounty clerk of Hardy County. The children
of these grandparents were: Mortimer Williams, father of
the Moorefield lawyer of the same name; J. Samuel, Joseph
N., James Carr, Hamilton MeSparea and Henry R.; Eli/a
beth, who married George Van Meter; Mary, who died as
the wife of Dr. Foster Pratt; Ann, who married Jud^e J.
W. P. Allen; and Sallie, whose husband was Harry Dun-
can, of Michigan. Among the sons Joseph, Henry, Doctor
Hamilton, James Carr and Mortimer Williams were Con
federate soldiers. J. Samuel was a teacher and was princi-
pal of the college in Norfolk, Virginia, when he died, before
the war.

Mortimer Williams Gamble was born about 1620, api nt
the early part of his life as deputy county elerk under hi*
father, and was clerking in the first bank organized at
Moorefield when the war broke out. He soon entered the
army. He was a first lieutenant of the Hardy Blues, a noted
military organization at Moorefield prior to the war. and
when this company was mustered into the Confederate
Army it went West and was eaptured at the battle of Rich
Mountain. Mortimer Williams Gamble was past the age
of forty when he entered the army, and after being taken
prisoner he was paroled and sent homo and never rejoined
service. He was a farmer and spent the rest of his years
in that occupation. He died at Moorefield in February.
IS72, of typhoid pneumonia, at the age of fifty two. His
wife was Elizabeth Cunningham, daughter of James and
Martha (Snodgrass) Cunningham, the former at one time
a member of the Virginia Legislature. He served as a sol-
dier in the War of 1S12, was a farmer and represented an
old family of Hardy County. Mrs. Elizabeth Gamble died
in August, 1912, at the advanced age of ninety-one, having
retained her mental powers until her death. Her children
were: Jesse C, who died at the age of three years; Laura
W., now living at Lexington, Kentucky, widow of Weltou
Cunningham; Miss Catherine Price, who lives with her
maiden sister Alice in Moorefield, Aliee being next to the
youngest of the children; Bettie W., of Moorefield, widow
of B. W. Chrisman; J. Samuel, who in early life was a
merchant in Moorefield and later a farmer, and married
Woody Inskeep; and Mortimer W., Jr.

Mortimer W. Gamble, the lawyer, was born June 25,
1862, and was about ten years of age when his father died.
He attended public school at Moorefield, had two years in
the private school of Henry L. Hoover, prohably one of the
finest teachers in this section and also widely known as a
fisherman. He finally attended the private school of Pro
fessor Hodge, and taught several terms while reading law
with George E. Price, ne spent two years in the oflice of
Mr. Price, and was admitted to the bar under the old sys-
tem of three judges, the names on his license being Judge
Armstrong, Judge Boyd and Judge Falkner.

At the age of twenty-two he took up his career as a law-
yer, and his first case' in court at Moorefield was the de-
fense of a man charged with assault, the whipping of a
little girl under his care and custody, ne practiced as a
partner of his old preceptor, Mr. Price, in the firm of Price
and Gamble, until Mr. Price removed to Charleston, and

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HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

since then he has handled an individual practice involving
all classes of cases from the simplest of civil suits to the
defense and prosecution of men charged with murder. His
public service has been almost entirely within the line of
his profession. He served as a member of the House of
Delegates representing the delegate district composed of
Hardy and Grant counties during the session of 1893. He
was elected prosecuting attorney of Hardy County in 1908,
giving one term of capable service. In 1920 he was again
elected to this office. During the World war, he was chair-
man of the selective service board, and performed a large
part of the duty of filling out the questionnaires for the
young men of the county, practically giving up his private
business to take care of this phase of war work.

On April 14, 1897, in Washington, D. C, Mr. Gamble
married Miss Catherine B. Hackney, who was born in Fred-
erick County, Virginia, April 27, 1863, but was reared and
educated in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Gamble have two
sons. Eobert M., who was educated in the public schools
of Moorefield, took the pharmacy course in the Richmond
Medical College, also studied in the University of Pitts-
burgh and then in West Virginia University, as a volunteer
for the World war service, becoming a member of the Sev-
enty-fourth Regiment of Artillery and was in training from
June to September, 1918, at Fort Monroe and then went to
France. He reached Brest about October 8, and went with
his command to the border of Switzerland and was in serv-
ice there until the armistice. His was among the very first
organizations to be returned to the United States, arriving
in New York December 23, 1918. The younger son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gamble, Mortimer W., Jr., is a graduate of the
Moorefield High School, had military training at Marian,
Alabama, and is now attending West Virginia University,
preparing for the law.

The only society in which Mr. Gamble is enrolled as a
member is the Presbyterian Church, of which he is an elder.
During the war Mrs. Gamble took an active part in pro-
moting the success of the Red Cross and other auxiliary
organizations. The Gamble home is one of the most com-
modious and attractive in Moorefield, situated on a large
tract of well landscaped ground in the old town.

Thomas Cummings. When Thomas Cummings, one of
the substantial business men of Keyser, now profitably en-
gaged in merchandising, was brought to West Virginia
nearly sixty-seven years ago the state presented a very dif-
ferent appearance from what it does today. He is one of
the last of those who passed through the state's great lum-
ber-manufacturing activity, and has seen the virgin forests
of white pine, poplar, spruce and cherry fall under the
woodman's axe until these lands have been denuded of one
of the great sources of natural wealth. He was born in
England, October 8, 1855, a son of Maurice and Catherine
(Condry) Cummings.

Maurice Cummings and his wife were married in Ire-
land. She was born in Ireland, of Irish parents, but
moved to England in her girlhood. In 1857 Maurice Cum-
mings brought his family to the United States, and made
his first home at Clarksburg, West Virginia, from whence
he moved to Rockford, Harrison County. Still later he went
to Lewis County, West Virginia, and there he died in 1S84,
when eighty-four years old. His wife had died many years
before, passing away January 15, 1869. Their children
were as follows: James, who spent his life in Lewis
County, was a mason and farmer, and during the war of the
'60s served in the Union Army as a teamster. He died at
Weston, and is buried near his old home at Belle Mill in
Lewis County, West Virginia. Martin died in Phoenix,
Arizona, and is buried close to Belle Mills in Lewis County,
West Virginia. George, who also spent his life on a farm
in Lewis County, died and is buried in the vicinity of his
former home. Frank, who was also a farmer, lived on the
lines of Lewis and Braxton counties, died and is buried at
Clarksburg. Thomas was the youngest born.

But a small boy when his parents settled on Elk Creek,
Rockford, Thomas Cummings was reared in that locality
and the vicinity at the headwaters of the Little Kanawha
River in Lewis County. His surroundings were those of

farm life, and his educational advantages those of the coun
try schools. Leaving home before he reached his majority
Thomas Cummings begau to be self -supporting by working
on the completion of the terminal of the Western Marylam,
Railroad. He remained on this joh for thirty days, an>:
then went with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and helpei,
to lay the track through Mountain Lake Park and Oakland
Maryland. In 1873 he left railroading for the lumbe
woods as a laborer, and with an axe and saw as his tool)
came to know all phases of lumbering from that of a com
nion laborer to serving as superintendent of a large for&
of men. Beginning as an employe of the Lochiel Lumbe
Company at Bloomington, Maryland, he was in the servi&C
of many concerns, including the Saint Lawrence Boom i
Manufacturing Company in Pocahontas County, West Vh
ginia, Rumbarger Lumber Company at Dobbin, Gran
County, West Virginia, Backwater Lumber Company o t
Davis, West Virginia, the Beaver Creek Lumber Compan;,
at Davis, Welch Brothers and the Otter Creek Boom il
Lumber Company, both at Hambleton, West Virginia. Mi
Cummings then went with Whitmer, Lane & Company at
Horton, West Virginia, leaving them to return to the Ruml
barger Company at Dobbin. Following that he returnee
to Elkins and abandoned the mill business for that of con
tracting, in connection with which he furnished logs to thij
saw-mill owned by the Burger Lumber Company. Whevy
this contract was completed Mr. Cummings helped to or i L
ganize the Coketon Lumber Company of Coketon, Wes
Virginia, and when he terminated his connection with i
went with the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company ai,
superintendent of the four-foot department of the plant.
In 1908 he retired from the lumber industry to engage iij
merchandising, and has been interested in this line of buai ( »
ness at Cass, Durbin and Keyser, coming to the county sea\
of Mineral County in the fall of 1920 and here opening hii
general store at the corner of Second and Main streets)
On June 12, 1921, he opened his new place of business)
which he had erected, and here he is engaged in supplying
the needs of a large trade.

In August, 1886, Thomas Cummings was first married'
wedding Ida Hickman at Greenbank, West Virginia. Sbo
died at Horton, West Virginia. On January 4, 1904, Mr'
Cummings was married second to Mrs. Rebecca (Stahl) Coll
camp at Davis, West Virginia. She was born at BaTtij
more, Maryland, but was reared in Preston County, Wesi
Virginia. Her first husband was John Colcamp, now de
ceased. By his first marriage Mr. Cummings had the fol
lowing children: Ledo Ethel, who lives at Cumberland^
and has rendered a valuable service earing for crippled sol
diers; and Edna Mary, who lives at Philadelphia, Pennsyl
vania. Mr. and Mrs. Cummings have no children, but bj
her first marriage she had three children, namely: William
F. Colcamp, who lives at Mountain Lake Park, Maryland;
Cora, who is the wife of J. E. Rcmbold, of Keyser, Wes'
Virginia; and Lula May, who is the wife of C. C. Watts
of Durbin, West Virginia.

Mr. Cummings is not a politician, but he has taken ar
intelligent interest in public matters. He first voted as t
democrat, but during the first administration of Grovei
Cleveland became converted to republicanism, and has sinet
been a strong tariff man and a protectionist. For severs
years he was a member of the City Council of Durbin, Wesi
Virginia, and was its mayor during one term, but these
have been the only offices he has held. Mr. Cummings is s
most remarkable man. For many years he was engaged it
one of the most strenuous of occupations, and now, althougt
nearing "three score years and ten," is carrying on a
large business enterprise with the vigor of one half his
age. He has never lost his grasp on events nor his keenj|
judgment of men, and his advice is sought and followed s bj'f
many of his fellow citizens.

Richard William Thrush. The Circuit Court clerk,-
Richard William Thrush, is one of the men of Mineral.
County who have made a success of everything they have,
undertaken, and his connection with an enterprise leads (
others to feel that it is worth consideration, for his good j
judgment and astuteness are well recognized. Mr. Thrush 1

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349

»iiga to one of the old-established families of the country,
was born near lleadsville, Mineral County, May 1, 1884,
on of Vause R. Thrush, nlso a native of lleadsville,
me birth occurred ia January, 1S48. His father was
hard Thrush, lie married Fannie Rogers, and they be-
ie the parents of nine children. One of their sons, Rich-
, served in the war of the '60s, being killed at the battle
Cedar Creek, but Vause R. was too young to participate
the conilict. Three of his cousins were soldiers, one of
im was killed at Winchester, and the other two died in
! Confederate prison at Andersonville. Vause R. Thrush
f always been a farmer, and has operated in the Heads-
3 community, llis only participation in politics has
ti that of a voter, and he casts his ballot for republican
ididates.

r ause R. Thrush was married to Martha Taylor, who
' born on Cabin Run, Mineral County, September 17,
3, and died April 27, 1918. She was a daughter of
n William and Sarah Ann (Cunningham) Taylor, and a
at-granddaughter of Daniel Taylor, who came into that
t of Virginia which is now Mineral County, West Vir-
ia, at the close of the American Revolution, being given
*ind grant as a reward for his war service, lie served
?e enlistments, and while he was known as "Captain"
'lor, the official records credit him with the rank of
jeant. Mr. and Mrs. Vause R. Thrush became the par-
3 of the following children: Richard William, whose
ie heads this review; and Sarah Margaret and Albert
ise, both of whom are living at Headsville.
fntil he left home Richard William Thrush lived on a
m. After attending the country schools he became a stu-
t of the Keyser Preparatory School, now the Potomac
te School, and completed his courses and later was a
lent at West Virginia University. During 1909 and
K) he was with the Terra Alta schools, and then for the
: owing year served as principal of the South Park School
Morgantown. While at the latter school he was elected
nty superintendent of schools in his home county, to
-!eed George S. Arnold, and took eharge of the office in
y, 1911.

ia head of the Mineral County schools Mr. Thrush at
l e began to plan for better buildings and more efficient
bhers, and he inaugurated club work for boys and girls,
fe first exhibit of this work was made at Keyser and at-
;ted very favorable comment. The annual school rally
l launched at his insistence, this custom has spread to
er counties, and is continued here and is recognized as
of the factors most likely to interest the public gener-
t in the schools. While serving as county superintendent
I Thrush was secretary for two years of the State Edu-
lonal Association, llis work as superintendent was in-
t-upted by his army service, for he retired from it to go
B the Young Men's Christian Association, and was sta-
led at Camp Sevier, South Carolina. He entered the
pice as educational secretary, but was soon placed in
rge of the entertainment work, and remained at camp
il after the armistice was signed, being there almost
\ years, as demobilization was almost completed before
left in June, 1919. Upon his return to civilian life he
lmed for the summer his connection with Chautauqua
[•k, in which he had been engaged during his summer
ation for some years.

9n October 1, 1919, Mr. Thrush was appointed Circuit
irt clerk to succeed Joseph V. Bell, one of the well-
fwn citizens and pioneer clerks of Mineral County, and
i elected to the office on the republican ticket for a pe-
p of six years in 1920. llis political training from his
>th up was in republican doctrines, and he east his first
feidential vote for William Howard Taft in 1908. Mr.
rush was named to succeed himself without opposition
the primaries, and was without a democratic competitor
the general election in 1920.

£r. Thrush was made a Mason in Keyser by Davis Lodge
51 in 1911, and he is now senior warden of his lodge,
is also a member of the Chapter and Commandery of
rser, and of Osiris Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Wheeling,
st Virginia. Tor some years he has belonged to the
i«hts of Pythias. A member of the Methodist Episcopal

Church, Mr. Thrush has always taken an active pari in tho
work of tho local congregation and is now a member of it*
board of stewards. He has rendered other public service as
secretary of the Uppor Potomac Fair Association during
tho past two years, which organization waa organized and
has been sustained as a stimulus to education and agricul-
ture and the mechanical arts. He is still chairman of the
Mineral County Chapter of the Red Cross, and is secretary
of the Keyser Rotary Club. It would not be easy to over-
estimate the influence of a man like Mr. Thrush upon his
community. His scholarly attainments and widely-diffused
knowledge, his high sense of civic responsibility and his
efficiency all are directed toward raising the moral stand-
ard and furthering the intellectual development of his home
city and county, and his efforts are receiving the apprecia-
tion they deserve. Mr. Thrush is not married.

Fairfax Stuakt Landstbeet, Ja. Among the successful
coal operators of the younger generation whose activities are
being carried on in Mingo County, one who has met with
prosperity in the Pigeon Creek District is Fairfax Stuart
Landstreet, Jr., of the Landstreet-Downey Coal Company,
whose property is located about one and one half miles
above Burch Post Office. He is of Virginia and Dutch
descent, and was born June 5, 1895, at Davis, West Vir-
ginia, his parents being F. S. and May (Davis) Land-
street.

F. S. Landstreet was born in Virginia and was a coal
operator with the Davis interests, among the big mine
owners of West Virginia. Mr. Landstreet is now located
at New York City, where he is president of the Belgian-
American Coke Oven Corporation of New York, a by-
product company. Formerly Mr. Landstreet was vice presi-
dent of the Consolidation Coal Company for a number of
years. The education of Fairfax Stuart Landstreet, Jr.,
was acquired in the graded schools of New York City, n
high school at Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and at Yale, Irom
which latter institution he was graduated with the class of

1917, receiving tho degree of Bachelor of Arts. On May
15, 1917, he enlisted in the regular United States Army
and received the rank of second lieutenant. He weut to
Fort Meyer, Washington, D. C. f where he remained three
months, being assigned to the Twelfth Field Artillery,
with which he went overseas from Hoboken in January,

1918, Landing at Liverpool, he spent about a week in
England and then crossed the English Channel to La Havre,
France, whence he went to tho Valdohou, France, Training
Camp. On March 18 he was sent to a quiet sector on the
Verdun front, where he spent six weeks, his regiment then
"hiking" across France in time to support the United
States Marines in the famous engagement of Belleau Woods.
Mr. Landstreet, still with the Regular Twelfth U. S. Artil-
lery, then moved to Soissons, where on July 18 he took part
in the engagement, and on August 20 was ordered to
the United States as an instructor, arriving on September
5 of that year. Going to Camp Meade, Maryland, he was
commissioned a captain in the Thirty-first Artillery, and
continued to bold that rank until the close of the war, re-
signing his commission December 5, 1918. In February,

1919, Mr. Landstreet came to West Virginia and went to
work for the Island Creek Coal Company, in May, 1920,
transferred his services to the Mallory Coal Company of
Logan Field, and in December, 1921, came to the Pigeon
Creek District and began the work of opening up the prop-
erties of the Landstreet-Downey Coal Company. These
properties are owned by tho Davis interests, and are being
operated in splendid style by Mr. Landstreet and his cousin,
George Faber Downey. Mr. Landstreet is a member of the
Episcopal Church, and as a fraternalist holds membership
in the Zeta Psi College fraternity. While he takes a good
citizen's interest in local affairs, he has been too busily
engaged with his business operations to enter politics as an
active figure. He is widely popular, both with his associ-
ates and the men in his employ. He married March 29,
1921, Elanor A. Hoover, daughter of William D. Hoover, of
Washington, D. C, the president of National Savings &
Trust Company.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

George Faber Downey, Jr., junior member of the
Landstreet-Downey Coal Company of Burch, West Virginia,
is essentially one of the younger men of action of the Pigeon
Creek District, who have taken advantage of the opportu-
nities for advancement to be found in this community by
men of action and vim. He was born November 14, 1896,
in New York City, and comes of Irish stock, his mother's
people being all from West Virginia and his father's fam-
ily being of Maryland and Pennsylvania origin. His pa-
ternal grandfather was a major in the United States Army.
Gen. George F. Downey, the father of George Faber
Downey, Jr., was born at an army post in Arizona during
the Indian wars period on the western plains, and on arriv-
ing at man's estate he enlisted as a soldier. He took part
in the Spanish-American war, was in Cuba during the pe-
riod of pacification and readjustment, later had added
experience in the Philippine Islands, and was through all
the World war in France as one of the generals in charge
of the Quartermaster's Department, being at present in
that department at Washington, D. C.

George Faber Downey, Jr., attended school at Washing-
ton, D. C., and was a high school student at the High Hill
School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Finally he entered Yale,
in which institution of advanced learning he was a member
of the graduating class of 1918, but left college to join the
Twelfth United States Regular Artillery as second lieuten-
ant, with which he established an excellent record. He was
a first lieutenant at Belleau Woods, and in August, 1918,
was commissioned captain and returned to the United
States as an instructor, a capacity in which he acted at
Camp Meade until the close of the war. He resigned his
commission in December, 1918, and secured employment
with the Guarantee Trust Company of New York City as
a runner. Later he was in the foreign exchange depart-
ment of the same company, but after eight months left
his position and came to Holden, West Virginia, where he
was with the Island Creek Coal Company for about two
and one-quarter years. At that time he joined Mr. Land-
street and came to the Pigeon Creek District, where he be-
gan the work of opening up the properties of the Land-
street-Downey Coal Company.

Like his partner, Mr. Downey is a young man of much
energy and perseverance. He belongs to the Zeta Psi col-
lege fraternity and is a member of the Episcopal Church.
He married, June 1, 1922, Katherine Van Ingen, daughter
of Mrs. Edward Van Ingen of New York City.

Manasseh Dasher. The South Branch Valley National
Bank of Moorefield, which Manasseh Dasher has served
faithfully for a quarter of a century and of which he is
cashier, is one of the oldest and most substantial banking
houses in this section of the state.

It was founded in 1883 by J. William Gilkeson, A. M.
Inskeep, A. Sommerville and George Mathias. The first
president of the bank was A. Sommerville, and his suc-
cessors were Garrett Cunningham, A. M. Inskeep, Jesse
Fisher, Joseph D. Heiskell and Mr. M. S. Henkel is now
president. The bank has had only two cashiers in the forty
years of its existence, the first being J. William Gilkeson,
and his successor is Mr. Dasher. The board of directors
at present are M. S. Henkel, C. B. Welton, G. W. McCauley,
George W. Miley, George W. Fisher, George T. Williams
and P. W. Inskeep. The bank's original capital was $55,-
000, it is now $100,000, the surplus and undivided profits
are $39,000, and the average deposits are $400,000. The
prosperity of the bank and its able management is evi-
denced by the fact that it has paid its stockholders divi-
dends of eight and ten per cent annually since it found-
ing.

Mr. Dasher, the cashier, has spent all his life in Hardy
County. He was born September 6, 1876, at Dasher's Mill,
a locality now known as Milam. The Dashers were German
pioneers of Pennsylvania, and it was his great-grandfather
who came from Pennsylvania to Western Virginia. His
grandfather, Noah Dasher, was born in the Milam locality
of Hardy County, spent his life on the farm, acquired val-
uable land holdings, and died in 1906, when almost four
score years of age. He was active in politics only to the

extent of casting a democratic vote. He married Martha
Dasher, who died in 1896, and their children were: Isal
V. S.; Carrie A. ( who married George S. Cowger; Keren ! f
who married Manasseh Cowger; Mary E. L., who beca;
Mrs. James M. Davis; and N. George, who married Mini
A. Simon and is still farming the old homestead.

Isaac V. S. Dasher, father of the Moorefield bank
spent his life on a farm and died at Milam in April, 184
at the age of forty-eight. He married Hannah M. Cowg<
who is now the widow of George W. Trumbo. Her parei
were Jesse and Polly A. (Keister) Cowger. Jesse Cowg
owned a large farm at Fort Seybert in Pendleton Coun'
and had several sons hi the Confederate Army. The ch
dren of Isaac V. S. Dasher were: Martha A. L., wh««
first husband was P. R. Dasher, and who is now the w 5
of James W. Dove, of Peru, Hardy County; Manasseh
the next in age; Virgie D. is the wife of M. C. Dasher,
Peru, Hardy County; Jesse V. lives at Oakland, Californil
and Gleason R. is a resident of Fort Seybert, West VI
ginia.

Manasseh Dasher spent the first seventeen years of ].'
life on his grandfather's farm at Milam, and his eai
training gave him a practical knowledge of the agricultm,
vocation. He attended the country schools, taught for ft
years in his home district, left that occupation to becoi j
bookkeeper in a store in Pendleton County, and from the!
came to Moorefield to work in the store of J. W. Gilkes'fl
& Company, but left that service to become, in 1896, boo
keeper and clerk in the South Branch Valley National Bau
Since then his service has been continuous with this instit
tion, and as the official in closest contact with the bank
clientele he has shared in the credit for the prosperity I
the bank. In 1910 he was made assistant cashier and
1915 was promoted to cashier, to succeed J. William Gilt
son.

Mr. Dasher helped promote one of the commercial o
chards of this locality. In the line of public service 1
was a member of the Moorefield Council several years, al
recorder, and is now continuing a number of years ' servi
as a member of the board of education. He is a democm
but has seldom found time to participate in partisan pal
tics. Mr. Dasher is a steward of the Moorefield Methodij
Church, has also been a trustee and superintendent of if
Sunday school and has represented the church in sever 1
annual conferences. He is affiliated with the Masoo
Lodge. Duriug the war he used his utmost influence as |l
banker to promote the sale of Government securities, ai '
still continues as one of the county executive committ
and treasurer of the Red Cross Chapter.

At Moorefield, June 19, 1899, Mr. Dasher married Mi
Daisy L. Rogers, daughter of John H. and Hannah 1
(Thompson) Rogers. Her father was born ou Cabin Ri
in Mineral County, West Virginia, spent part of his life ;
a farmer, later became a merchant and finally a travelii
salesman, and is now living at Moorefield. The Roge I
children were: Wardneigh T., of Bird City, Kansas; Ev
wife of R. L. Knee of Moorefield ; Clara, wife of Bransc |
Snyder, of Wardensville, West Virginia; Florence G., wl |
married C. E. Bonney, of Moorefield ; William T., who w, !
a coal miner, and died as a result of an accident at E ;
Garden; Mrs. Dasher; and Miss Jemimah L., of Moorefiel j

Mrs. Dasher was born June 19, 1877, and she died j |
Cumberland June 1, 1918, after she and Mr. Dasher hs
been married nearly nineteen years. The following * chi
dren survive her: William C, a student in West Virgin
University; Omar Lee, student in a music school at Dayto
Virginia; while the younger children are Margaret I
Ruby L., Mary E., Dalton D., Wayne Gilkeson and CharL
Edward.

Karl Byron Kyle entered upon the work of his pr<
fession as a lawyer with every advantage that good birt
rearing and scholastic training could hestow. He has 8
ready made a favorable reputation for himself in his natr
city of Clarksburg, where he is a junior member of the we
known law firm of Carter & Sheets.

He was born in Clarksburg, May 29, 1897, son of Aqml
T. and Mollie (Boyles) Kyle. His parents represented tvt

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Baud honored names of Uarrison County. His father
■ horn and reared in the county, for many years was
■.god in farming and still owns a farm, but for the past
Kty years has been a letter carrier with the Clarks-
Kpostoflicc. Ho and his good wife reared eight children.
Karl B. Kyle graduated from the Clarksburg High
Eol and then entered West Virginia University at

• gantown, taking one year of academic work and com-
jod his four years' course in law and received his de-
I in 1920. He was then admitted to the bar and re-
ling to Clarksburg became associated with the well
fc.vn law firm of Carter & Sheets. He is a member of
h County and State Bar associations, in politics is a
liblican, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Irch. Mr. Kyle was active in college fraternities at
I university and has reached the eighteenth degree in
Itish Kite Masonry.

lenn F. Williams. One of the best known citizens of
■■ksburg, West Virginia, and one who, in many ways
r justified the high regard in which he is held, is Capt.
I in F. Williams, able lawyer, overseas veteran officer of
fc World war, member of the American Legion, and police
i^e presiding at Clarksburg.

Kptain Williams is a native of West Virginia, and was
ka at Bristol, Harrison County, June 2, 1892. He is a
t of Thompson H. and Ollie E. (Conaway) Williams,
lh of whom were born in Ten Mile District, Harrison
' nty, and now reside at Clarksburg, in which city Mr.
lliams is interested in the real estate business. Captain
Uliams has one sister, Merle, who is the wife of Andrew
Eniston, Jr., of Weston, West Virginia. His paternal
^adparents, William J. and Elizabeth (Biley) Williams,
e of Harrison County, but his maternal grandparents,
Joshua B. and Elizabeth (Amos) Conaway, were born
I Marion County, West Virginia.

Vhea he was ten years old, the parents of Captain Wil-
ms came to Clarksburg and he attended the public schools,
1 1909 being graduated creditably from the high school,
lowing which he had a year of training and tuition at
!t notable hoary old institution dear to the memory of
lUsands of young men in their day, St. John's College, at
'napolis, Maryland. He then spent three years in the
idy of the law at the West Virginia University at Mor-
;»town, receiving his degree of LL. B. in 1913. In the
ae year he was admitted to the bar, one of its youngest
imbers in Harrison County, and immediately entered into
ictice at Clarksburg and soon won a recognized place at

• bar.

?or some years before the great calamity ct war cast its
idow over his beloved country, Mr. Williams had been a
mber of the West Virginia National Guard, and was
)tain of his company in the First Kegiment when, on
irch 31, 1917, he entered the service of the United States.

• was sent first to the camp of the Thirty-eighth Division,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, retaining his rank, and on June
1918, accompanied this division overseas, it being utilized
a replacement troop in the Fourth Regulars. He was

ide captain of Company C, Twelfth Machine-gun Bat-
ion, and served as such during the furious battle of St.
Mel and the never to be forgotten struggle in Argonne
•rest. Following the signing of the armistice with the
emy, he was detailed to serve in the army of occupation

Germany until he received his welcome order home, where

was honorably discharged, with the rank of captain, on
igust 16, 1919. Faithful in the performance of every mili-
ry dnty, Captain Williams did his share in earning the
•rld's tribute to the splendid courage and noble qualities

the flower of American youth. Upon his return to
arksburg, he quietly resumed the practice of his profession
d since then has been associated with the well known law
m of Carter & Sheets. On May 1, 1921, be was appointed
lice judge at Clarksburg, an appointment giving general
tisfaction, for it is known that Judge Williams has not
ly intelligent opinions on all matters that can be brought
thin his jurisdiction, but that no other than a rigid sense

justice can influence him in enforcing them.
In 1913 Mr. Williams was married to Miss Elizabeth

Ileiskell, a daughter of X. C. llciskell, of Morgantown,
West Virginia, and they have one son, Neill Thompson
\Villiam9.

In political affiliation, Captain Williams is a sturdy sup
porter of the democratic party, reared in this faith as
also in the Methodist Episcopal Church. lie is a member of
the Harrison County Bar Association, of which he is treas-
urer, and belongs also to the West Virginia State Bar Asso-
ciation. He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason and a Shriner,
a member of the Knights of Pythias and is affiliated with
other organizations that pleasantly connect him with social
community life.

Orville L. McDon'ald. To come into a field already
crowded with competitors, a professional man must possess
unusual qualities to be able to reach a foremost place in
their ranks and in a comparatively short apace of time, and
this 13 just what Orville L. McDonald has done since coming
to Clarksburg, where he is recognized as an able attorney
and is a member of the well known law firm of Strothcr Ac
McDonald, general practitioners, with offices in the Union
National Bank Building.

Mr. McDonald was born on a farm in Harrison County,
West Virginia, December 7, 188S, and is a soa of Mordecai
Smith and Emma Virginia (Roe) McDonald, and a grand-
son of James McDonald. For generations back the name
McDonald has been known and respected in Harrison County,
to which its earliest American members came from Scotland.
Mordecai Smith McDonald followed an agricultural life and
died on his farm in Harrison County at the age of sixty-six
years. He married Emma Virginia Roe, who was born in
Taylor County, West Virginia, and still survives, and as was
her husband, 19 a faithful member of the Baptist Church.
They had two sons: Orville L. and Carl Smith.

Orville L. McDonald attended the public schools of Har-
rison County, graduating from the Bridgeport High School
in 1907. He later entered the preparatory school at Keyeser,
now the Potomac State School, where he completed the
academic and scientific courses, and later entered West Vir-
ginia University. Following this he entered Washington
and Lee University, where he completed a full course in law
and was graduated with his degree of LL. B. in 1912. In
the same year he was admitted to the bar and immediately
entered into practice at Clarksburg in association with
Kay L. Strother. They are practicing under the firm style of
Strother & McDonald. During his nine years at the bar,
Mr. McDonald has given a good account of himself and has
been professionally and successfully connected with some
of the most important litigation coming before the Harrison
County courts within this period.

Mr." McDonald was married in 191 G, to Miss Nellie W.
Reese, who was born in Taylor County, West Virginia, and
they have one son, Robert Orville McDonald. Mr. McDonald
was reared by a Christian mother in the faith of the Baptist
Church and has never wavered from his early teaching, and
largely dispenses his charities through this worthy medium.
In his political attitude he is a democrat, a loyal party man
but no seeker for public office. He belongs to the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, and is a Knight Templar
Mason and a Shriner. He is interested in all that pertains
to the welfare of Clarksburg and both professionally and
personally is held in high esteem in this city.

Biagio Merentuno. Deservedly prominent among the
representative citizens of Clarksburg, is Biagio Merendino,
a leading member of the Harrison County bar, and Spanish
Consul for West Virginia, as well as Royal Consular Agent
of Italy, for this state. For sixteen years Mr. Merendino
has been a citizen of the United States, but he is a native of
Italy, a country that has long been associated with America
in the bonds of friendly appreciation.

Biagio Merendino was born at Corleon, Italy, May 5, 1S77,
the second of three sons born to Vincent and Frances (Col-
letti) Merendino. His older brother, Anthony, is an archi-
tect residing at Monnt Vernon, New York, and his younger
brother, Joseph, is a practicing physician in New York City.

The late Vincent Merendino, in the boyhood of his son
Biagio, was an extensive grower of oranges and lemons,

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owning vast plantations in Italy and doing an extensive ex-
porting business. He was a man of wealth aud iniluenec
second to none iu his province and had every reason to be-
lieve that his loyalty and good intentions were understood
by those in authority. But political changes came about in
Italy as elsewhere, and Mr. Merendino found himself ruined
in business and despoiled of his honestly earned wealth, and
these unhappy conditions made it easier for him to seek a
home with his family in another country, and in 1S9H they
came to the United States. During the latter part of his
life he resided at Mount Vernon, New York, and there his
death occurred in 1917, at the age of seventy-two years.
His widow survives and resides at Clarksburg, West Vir-
ginia.

Biagio Merendino enjoyed both educational and social ad-
vantages in his youth in his native land. He had private
tutors iu boyhood and under their instruction was prepared
for his seminary course at Montereale, following which he
entered upon the study of medicine at Palermo, but when
his family came to the United States he accompanied them,
and shortly afterward was graduated at the New York
Institute of Pharmacy, and then entered into the business
world as a drug clerk, not having given up at that time,
however, his hope of becoming a physician. Some time
later Mr. Merendino hecame adjuster of claims, in New York
City, for the Union Casualty Company, a busiuess connection
that involved many legal issues and led to his taking up the
study of law, in which he became so interested that he
finally put aside his medical hopes and decided to prepare
himself for the practice of law, discovering latent talents in
this direction. He completed his law course in Cumberland
University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1912 receiving his
degree of LL. B.

ilr. Merendino returned then to New York City, where he
occupied himself for a time in clerical work in an abstract
department and other minor law business, it not being
very easy then, as now, to secure a firm footing without
capital and influence. Such being the case he worked too
hard, even to the point of a breakdown in his health, but he
was preserved from that calamity by one of those fortunate
incidental occurrences that have changed many a man's
whole career.

In the course of his legal efforts, Mr. Merendino had be-
come chief counselor for the Richland Improvement Company
which had interests to be financed at Clarksburg, West Vir-
ginia, and in 1913, mainly as a matter of relaxation, he con-
sented to accompany the company 's representative to Clarks-
burg to look the field over. It was just at this time that
an Italian was being held in that city on a charge of murder,
and on account of his nationality, Mr. Merendino was em-
ployed to defend the unfortunate man. To this accidental
incident the good people of Clarksburg owe the locating here
of one of their ablest lawyers and most highly esteemed
citizens. From the first he has enjoyed a large practice and
for several years past has heen associated with W. Frank
Stout, under the firm name of Merendino & Stout.

In 1904 Mr. Merendino was married to Miss Cira Bivona,
a native of Italy, and they have five children. Mr. Meren-
dino is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politi-
cally he is a republican and fraternally an Elk. Since 1916
he has filled his consular offices with thorough efficiency.

Homer Strosnitjer. That what is worth doing at all is
worth doing well, may be one of the old but timely axioms
that occur to Homer Strosnider, as he quietly and success-
fully performs his manifold duties as a prominent lawyer,
public official and trustworthy private citizen of Clarksburg,
in which city his thorough efficiency and public usefulness
have long been recognized.

Mr. Strosnider was born at Waynesburg, in Greene County,
Pennsylvania, January 28, 1875, and is a son of Rezin and
Sarah (Lemley) Strosnider, both of whom were born in
Pennsylvania, the father being of German and the mother
of English ancestry. When Mr. Strosnider was three years
old his parents removed from Pennsylvania to West Virginia,
settling first in Ritchie County but moving later into Dodd-
ridge County. There he spent his boyhood, attending the
public schools at Center Point and assisting his father until

he was ready to enter the State Normal School at Fairnic
Subsequently he entered the University of West Virginia
Morgantown. He then took a two-year course in law in 1
university, when he took his diploma without a degree, a
ing to continue his law studies in Yale University.

Very often in life a chance incident changes its course, i
this change in Mr. Strosnider 's plans for the future, ca
about through his coming to Clarksburg about this time,
make a short visit. It was while here that Hon. Millard
Snider became interested in him and offered to take him x\
his law office, at Clarksburg, Mr. Strosnider eagerly acce
ing this unlooked for professional opportunity. He 11
admitted to the bar in 1907 and for two years was assoeia 1
with Mr. Snider, since which time he has carried on an I
dividual general practice. He was admitted to praci
before the United States Supreme Court December 7, 19 |
He has made an honorahle record and is a member of <
Harrison County as well as the West Virginia State I
associations.

In 1900 Mr. Strosnider was married to iuiss Delia K
who was horn in Doddridge County, West Virginia, and tl'
have two daughters and one sou: Mabel, Luther and M 1
jorie Jean.

In political life Mr. Strosnider is a democrat and qu
active in the couueils of his party, his sound judgment a
thorough understandiug of the complex public problems
the day rendering his advice of the utmost importance. ij
three years Mr. Strosnider has been city solicitor of Gar
burg and as city law officer has performed his duties in,
manner that has brought forth the highest praise.

Is adore Cohen, who is one of the representative you
business men of the City of Bluefield, where he conducts
well equipped jewelry establishment, was born in Russ
May II, 1884, and is a son of Rabbi S. A. and Mol
(Katz) Cohen. The father was graduated in a leadi:
Jewish theological school, and was in charge of a Jewi
congregation in Russia until 1905, when, at the age |
seventy-one years, he came to the United States, some
his children having previously established their homes
this country — located respectively in Washington, D. <|
Baltimore, Maryland, the State of Georgia and in Bh
field, West Virginia.

Reared in a home of intellectual and cultural infiuenci
Isadore Cohen attended school in the City of Riga, Ruas:
and at the age of twenty years he graduated from t
University of Kiev. In 1905 he came with his veneratl
father to America and established his residence at Bh
field', West Virginia, where he entered a private scho.
for the purpose of learning the English language, whi
he could not speak at that time. So effectively did he stu<
that he now speaks the language with fluency and wi
no foreign accent, besides being able to read and wri
with the high standard of efficiency that his previous liber
education has made possible. While at the University J
Kiev he studied dentistry, but he has never entered tl
practice of the same. After attending private school i
Bluefield Mr. Cohen here engaged in the cigar busine
in 1907, with one stand in the Altamont Hotel, and lat
another at the Matz Hotel, his original capitalistic i'
vestment having been $300. In 19 12 he opened his jewel
store, and he has built up a most prosperous enterpris
based alike on his personal popularity and the effect!
service rendered to an appreciative trade. From 1916
1921 Mr. Cohen was a member of the Board of Directo:
of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce. He is one of tl
loyal, liberal and public-spirited citizens of the Merc<
County metropolis. During the World war period he w;j
a member of the local organization of the National Counei
of Defense, a member of the fuel administration of Merc
County and the Jewish Welfare Board, and chairman of tl
local committee of the American Jewish Relief Cod
mission, the committee of this body having raised at Blu
field the sum of $25,000 for relief work in Europe. M,
Cohen is on the Executive Board of the Boys Club (j
Bluefield, West Virginia, and through the efforts of Re
S. H. Mabie, a clergyman of the Baptist Church, an
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pud at Bluefield. Mr. Cohen is deeply appreciative of
Erica n institutions and advantages, and his loyalty is ex-
rsed in service in behalf of communal welfare. He is a
rter member of the Rotary Club ia his home city, is
lated with Bluefield Lodge No. 85, F. and A. M., Blue-
Lodge of Perfection No. 8, West Virginia Consistory
wheeling. No. 1, and BeniKedem Temple, A. A. O.
I. S., of Charleston, West Virginia. He and his wife are
ous members of the Jewish congregation at Bluefield,
: are popular in social circles of the community,
l 1910 Mr. Cohen wedded Miss Flora Charlotte Green-
i, daughter of Solomon Grcenspon, and the two children
his uuion are Helen and Emanuel B.

red Lawrence Siiinn. Public preferment does not
in eome to a man undeserved, and a city like Clarksburg,
It Virginia, with its continuous important municipal
liilcms, has been exceedingly alert as to the qualifications
3 personal standing of those who have been chosen for
I responsibilities of public offiee. A very important part
B.he handling of city affairs is that played by the city
it rney, and in Fred Lawrence Shinn, Clarksburg has a
Ipetent, discriminating lawyer and a citizen of high
l-acter.

nr. Shinn was born on a farm in Harrison County, West
iginia, May 23, 1881, a member of one of the oldest and
pknown families ia this section of the state. His par-
■ were Joseph M. and Ella (Short) Shinn, his grand-
ner was Abel Shinn and his great-grandfather was Ben-
inn Shinn. In the main it was an agricultural family,
I during the latter balf of bis life, Joseph M. Shinn fol-
ded agricultural pursuits, although earlier he engaged
It real estate and insurance business. His death occurred
BS9S, at the age of fifty-two years, hi3 widow surviving
jil 1919, passing away when sixty-four years old.
in only child, Fred L. Shinn lived on the farm until
• was sixteen years old, in the meanwhile having com-
led the public-school course. He then spent some time
>a student in the State Normal School at Fairmont, and
m in the preparatory school department of the West
Pginia University at Morgantown, in which institution
i completed his course in law in 1906. Althongh he was
mitted to the bar in the same year, he did not begin

I practice of law until 1908, since which time he has
t'anced steadily in his profession, through merit winning
leading position as a lawyer and the respect and eonfi-
Uce of his professional brethren. In the above interval,
i. Shinn devoted himself to newspaper work, for l\i>
'irs being connected with the Clarksburg Daily News,

II during that time gave evidence of versatile talent that
ijht, if cultivated, make bim known in journalism as
Rl as in the law.

n 1913 Mr. Shinn was married to Miss Ruth nyde, a
lighter of the late Hon. H.' C. Hyde of Kingwood, West
•ginia, who* was a prominent attorney and author of
Ide's Digest, of West Virginia Supreme Court Reports,
ley maintain tbeir hospitable borne at Clarksburg. Mr.
1 Mrs. Shinn are members of the Presbyterian Chureh.
[a political life Mr. Shinn is a democrat and an influ-
:ial member of his party in Harrison County, for some
irs serving as secretary and at times as chairman of the
jrison County democratic executive committee. In 1921

was appointed eity attorney of Clarksburg, and sinee
a has devoted a large part of his time to the law business

the eity. He is a member of the order of Knights of
.tbias, being past chancellor commander of Clarksburg
dge No. 39, of which lodge he has been a trustee for
'era! years. Mr. Shinn 'a offices are in the Union Bank
ilding, Clarksburg.

W. Frank Stout. An old family name in Harrison
naty, West Virginia, honorably mentioned in its an-
Is, and through generations back to the present day
jtifying the esteem in which it has been so long held,
that of Stout and a representative member of this old
tnily is found in W. Frank Stout, of Clarksburg.
W. Frank Stout was born on his father's farm near
idgeport, Harrison County, West Virginia, May 1, 1867,

and is a son of Lemuel L\ and Eleanor J. (Harter) Stout,
and a grandsou of Benjamin and Lovey (Reynolds) Stout.
The grandfather was horn in Harrison County, Virginia,
January 25, 1788, in the very shadow of Revolutionary war
day9. He developed into a man of local importance and
served as high sheriif of Harrison County. His wife, Lovey
Reynolds, was born July 10, 1796, and they had the fol-
lowing children: John R., Harriet, Thomas Payne, Kitty
Jane, James P., Rheuhanna, Edward, Lemuel E., Benjamin
B., Lovey Ann, Porter, Caroline and Charles.

Lemuel E. Stout was born in Harrison County, Virginia,
February 17, 1829, and died in October, 1915. During his
younger years he engaged in business at Bridgeport as a
blacksmith, and during a part of the war between the states,
served in the Union army as an expert at this trade.
He was honorably discharged and in 1866 retired to his
farm in the vicinity of Bridgeport, and devoted himself to
agricultural pursuits until within fifteen years of his death.
He was an advocate of temperance all his life and after
the organization of the prohibition party, was ardent in
its support. He belonged to the Masons and the Odd Fel-
lows, and both he and his wife wero faithful members and
liberal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh, the
church edifice at Bridgeport being know for years as the
Lemuel E. Stout Memorial Chapel. He married Eleanor
J. Harter, who was born in Harrison County, November
16, 1832, and died May 27, 1890, and they became the
parents of the following children: Charles Alonzo, Ben-
jamin Filmore, George Harter, Elsworth K., Ella Myrtle,
W. Frank and Lillian Estella, all of whom survived to ma-
turity except Elsworth K., who died in infancy.

W. Frank Stout was reared on the home farm, attended
the public schools of Bridgeport and the John Lowe High
School. He spent three years as an educator in his native
county, teaching both before and after graduation from
the State Normal School at Fairmont, class of 1891. In
1S93 he entered the West Virginia University at Morgan-
town, where he was a student for four years, receiving
in 1897 his degree of Bacealaureo Artium in Lege, was
admitted to the bar in June of that year. He located at
Clarksburg in 1897, where he has practiced his profession.

While at the university Mr. Stout had the distinction of
being chosen the first representative from the Young Men 's
Christian Association of the West Virginia University to
attend the World's Students' Conference of the Young
Men's Christian Association, conducted by Dwight L.
Moody, at Northfield, Massachusetts.

In 1900 Mr. Stout was appointed referee in bankruptcy,
by Hon. John J. Jackson, United States District Court
judge, was twice reappointed by the same judge, and three
times by his successor on the bench, Hon. Alston G. Day-
ton. Hon. C. A. Woods reappointed him during the va-
cancy of the judgeship. Mr. Stout tendered his resignation
but was retained by Judge Baker until July 13, 1921. Mr.
Stout had served twenty-one years in this important office,
his district in the beginning including Harrison County
only, but later being enlarged until at the close of his long
period of service, he had jurisdiction over five counties.
Mr. Stout is a director in the Clarksburg Trust Company,
and treasurer and general manager of the Stout & Alex-
ander Real Estate Company.

On October 25, 1900, Mr. Stout was married to Mrs.
Adah Vasear (Alexander) David, who is a daughter of
John I. and Djgaby Alexander, of Clarksburg, the former
of whom was prominent in polities and served as assessor
and also as sheriff of Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs.
Stout have had two children: Alexander, who was born
November 27, 1902; and Eleanor, who was born January
31, 190S, and died in December of the same year. Mr. Stout
and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and he is a member of the official board of the
First Chureh at Clarksburg.

In political life Mr. Stout has always been identified
with the republican party, conscientiously advocating its
principles, and in many campaigns doing yocman work for
his party as a public speaker. Social by nature, he be-
longs to* various clubs and for many years has had mem-
bership in such representative fraternal organizations as

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the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and
the Elks. In 1912-13 he was grand ehaneellor of the West
Virginia Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias; was supreme
representative at the Portland, Oregon, convention in 1916;
at Detroit in 1918, and at Minneapolis in 1920. While at
the West Virginia University he was a member of the
Kappa Alpha fraternity, and his son, Alexander Stout,
now in the university, hears the distinction of being the
first son of a member of the fraternity to be initiated into
its mysteries.

Edmund F. Garrett. The bar at Clarksburg is very
generally recognized as one of the ablest in West Virginia,
made up as it is of men of education, experience and
culture, and of this rather notable body none stand higher
in publie esteem than Edmund F. Garrett, an honorahle,
trustworthy attorney and leading eitizen. His versatility
of talent has made him conspicuous in two professions, the
church and the law, and in this connection it may be a
matter to be thought over whether, in the broad conception
of human rights, needs and responsibility, there lies con-
coaled a wide difference of teaching and exposition between
the two.

Edmund F. Garrett was born in Doddridge County, not
far from Salem, West Virginia, March 7, 1872, a son of
Elisha D. and Mary (Smith) Garrett, natives of Dodd-
ridge and Harrison counties respectively. The paternal
grandfather, Addison P. Garrett, was born in Harrison
County and was a son of Jesse Garrett, a native of Vir-
ginia who established the family in what is now West
Virginia. His father, William Garrett, was a native of
New Jersey and a Revolutionary soldier. The progenitor
of the Garrett family in America was of Irish lineage.
The parents of Mr. Garrett now live retired near Salem,
West Virginia, and some of their family of eight chil-
dren live in the same neighborhood. They are faithful
members of the Baptist Church.

Edmund F.. Garrett was educated in the publie sehools,
Salem College, Broaddus Institute and Richmond College
and the University of Chicago. In 1902 he completed a
course in theology at Crozicr Theological Seminary, Chester,
Pennsylvania, following which, for 4% years he was pastor
of the First Baptist Church at Bordentown, New Jersey,
and from the fall of 1906 to March, 1909, was pastor of
the First Baptist Church at New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Mr. Garrett returned then to West Virginia, and instead
of accepting another exhausting pastorate, took up the study
of law for one year at the University of West Virginia
and pursued it so diligently that in June, 1910, he was
admitted to the bar and since then has been in active prac-
tice at Clarksburg. His suceess in his profession, which has
exceeded the ordinary, has been due to his well poised
judgment and natural ability, together with his absolute
dependability and sense of fairness. In political sentiment
he is a democrat, as is his father, but he has "never con-
sented to aecept a political office. As a private citizen,
however, he exerts much influence in civie affairs in regard
to furthering the general welfare, and during the World
war was active in all patriotic movements and served as
chairman of the Harrison County draft board. He be-
longs to the Masonic fraternity.

Mr. Garrett was married September 9, 1896, to Miss
Fannie D. Late, who is a daughter of Dr. William M. Late,
of Bridgeport, West Virginia, and they have two children:
Harold M. and Ella Late Garrett.

Harold M. Garrett was born at Bridgeport, West Vir-
ginia, September 27, 1897, and is liberally educated. From
the West Virginia University he received his A. B. degree
in 1918, and in June of that year volunteered for serviee
in the World war. After aeeeptance by the Government
he was sent for military training to Fortress Monroe, and
was honorably discharged on December 6, 1918, with the
rank of sergeant major. In June, 1920, he seeured his
LL. B. degree from the university, in July was admitted
to the bar and is now associated with his father in the
practice of law. He is a member of the American Legion.

Thomas L. Dunn is president of the Dunn WooUj
Company and one of Martinsburg 's most substantial cit
zens. It seldom happens that the life story of an individui
exhibits more of the obstacles in the path of suceei
than that of Mr. Dunn. The development of his ow
business character through experience and the tenaeior
fight he made comprise a lesson of inspiration.

Mr. Dunn was born in Frederick County, Virginia, an
his father, James H. Dunn, in the same locality. H I
father was a custom shoemaker during his aetive lif
and died at the age of seveuty. He married Margart
Neweomb, who was born in the southern part of Frederic
County, and died at the age of fifty-six.

Thomas L. Dunn was one of eight children, grew i
in a home of very simple eomforts, and had only tl '
advantages of winter terms of sehool in the country. H J
program of help and work began at the age of nine, an
from then until he was fifteen he worked for board an I
clothes on a farm. He then began and served a thre |
years appreutieeship at the trade of picking, earding, spii.
ning and weaving in a small mill in Frederick Count;
After spending three years there he aeeepted a positio I
in the earding and spinning department of the Morga |
Mill on Red Bud Creek near Winchester, Virginia. .1
year and a half later he beeame foreman of the cardin |
and spinning department in the Brueetown Mill, eight mile'
north of Winchester. After two years he accepted a pos I
tion with his first employer, who at this time was genen l
manager of the Red Bud Mill, with the promise that aftc J
one year he was to have the eontraet to do all the piel ]
ing, carding and spinuing at a price per pound to b I
agreed upon, furnishing his own help. In pursuance of th; 1
eontraet be procured the help neeessary, and when tw
years later the proprietor died he remained with the lesse
of* the mill for three years longer. The firm then lease
a larger mill in Fredericksburg, and Mr. Dunn took eharg.
of its carding and spinning department.

After two years there Mr. Dunn and Meredith Tyle
leased a small mill at Buckland in Fauquier County, We*
Virginia. In the absence of capital to eonduct the open
tions they arranged with C. A. Wyatt & Company of
New York to furnish the raw material and take all th
manufactured goods at a fixed price per yard. Unde
this arrangement the mill was operated successfully fc
nine months, until the water power ceased and a steaij
power had to be introduced to use up the raw materia
Later Mr. Dunn leased the Brueetown Mill, and wit (
capital furnished by the Wyatt Company additional mf
ehinery was installed. It was to be known as the Brue
Town Woolen Company, T. L. Dunn, manager. At tha
time Mr. Wyatt took a partner in the milling business
Mr. W. H. Crawford. They offered Mr. Dunn an interes
in the business, but he did not have the required capitr
and had not yet learned the art of borrowing. Ther<
fore, he arranged for a fixed salary and a percentage o„
the profits. After two years of successful operation T. Jm
Wyatt & Company failed in their New York business, an
the Brueetown Mill was drawn into litigation. With th
aid of one of Virginia's ablest lawyers, Major Conrat
later attorney general of the state, Mr. Dunn had thj
attachment dissolved, but later, by an order of the eour'i
a bill of review was granted, which necessitated a receive]
to be appointed,., and Mr. Dunn was employed to run th i
mill and use up all the raw material. After three month
Mr. Crawford again leased the mill and made arrange
ments with Mr. Dunn to operate it. Then followed ail
other two years of successful operation. That mill no J
having the capacity equal to the demand, a search fo .
additional facilities brought Mr. Dunn to Martinsburg
where with the assistance of a few citizens the old skat,
ing rink at the corner of South Raleigh and Stephe j
Streets was acquired, steam power installed, and it wal
equipped with four looms. The Brueetown Mill was als
continued for two years. The Martinsburg plant was the J
increased until it had eleven looms, two spinning machines'
two sets of eards and was employing forty people.

This stage in his career came to an end in 1894. Th

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355

1 made by him was no longer salable on account of

utrodiu-tion of a new line known as the Reading

me. Mr. Duuu in this emergency consulted Mr. Craw-
but the lntter had been unfortunate in some of his
business ventures and had mortgaged the mill and

•xhausted his credit. Mr. Crawford, therefore, ap-
to the Building & Loan Associatiou and secured

romise of a loan for making the necessary changes

ichinery and equipment to produce the hairline fabric.

r days later the Building & Loan Association notified

Jrawford that they had reconsidered their proposition.

)unn then went before them and said that Mr. Craw-
I would surely fail unless the loan was made, and by
I ilk he convinced the board of the merits of the pro-
I new industry. One of the successful and conservative
fcess men on the board, Mr. J. W. Bishop, asserted
I Martinsburg could not afford to lose the industry
Expressed his entire confidence in Mr. Dunn's ability.
I result the loan was made, the needed machinery put
lid the new fabric found a ready sale on the market,
lir and a half later Mr. Crawford, on coming to Martins-
I had the satisfaction of burning the mortgage papers
ie plant. A new building was ereeted, new machinery
llled, and the plant was soon operating forty looms,
I seventy-five persons on the pay-roll.
I the meantime Mr. Dunn's reputation as an expert

e technical processes of weaving had spread abroad,
| he had been approaehed by some business men of
jpenville, Ohio, to seeure his cooperation in a plant
fbsed for that city. This proposition he laid before
^Crawford frankly, and the latter gave him a verbal
lise to incorporate the business and give Mr. Dunn
itisfactory share of the stock. For this reason Mr.
ii elected to remain in Martinsburg. About two years
p another addition was made to the plant, and* the
peas whs incorporated by Mr. Crawford with five room-
i Mr. Dunn then expeeted to realize on promises
I and he suffered a considerable shoek when he was
[ted only one share in the new eompany. It was evi-
[that Mr. Crawford meant that Mr. Dunn should retain
I the nominal honor of vice president and eontinue
petive superintendent. Mr. Dunn, therefore, concluded
I some plans .of his own and succeeded in interesting
L Graiehen, of Providence, Rhode Island, the overseer
lie weaving department of the Crawford Mill. Mr.
chen had mueh experience in the manufacture of eotton
ted, composed of one-third worsted yarn and two-thirds
m yarn, a fabric for which there was then a great
»nd. They decided to incorporate their new business

$15,000 capital, Mr. Dunn and Mr. Graiehen each
ake a third of the stock, and another third to be
*ed to Mr. Crawford. Mr. Dunn went out among his
ids and secured guarantees for $10,000, to take care
is and Mr. Graiehen 's shares. The arrangement was
'ted, a building erected and machinery installed, and
business was soon prospering so as to necessitate a
>ling of the capacity. Mr. Graiehen resigned from
Crawford Mill to give all his time to the new estab-
neut, but Mr. Dunn aeted only as an advisor in the

concern. In the meantime the Crawford Mill had
?ased to eighty-five looms and a pay-roll of 300 people,
ut that time some men at Winchester secured the asso-
10a of Mr. Dunn and Mr. Crawford in establishing a

mill there, Mr. Dunn being made general manager

a stockholder in the Virginia Woolen Mill of Win-
ter for the first five years. This establishment had
s set backs and reverses in the first few years, but
eqnently bceame very prosperous and is now one of
largest mills in that part of the eountry.
i time the demand for the hairline fabrie had waned,

the earnings of the Crawford and the Martinsburg
sted and Cashmere Mills were materially reduced^ The

fabrie gaining popularity with the publie was known
arded fabrie. It necessitated the making of warp and
ig yarns and required double the earding and spinning
icity of the older processes. To make the necessary
ige involved the need of new capital, and Mr. Craw-
l wa3 then in financial embarrassment that did not

permit him to come to the help of his associates. There-
fore, it was two years before the changes eould bo made
to bring the plant up to full capacity, bonds having been
issued. About that time Mr. Crawford, without consult-
ing Mr. Dunn, employed another superintendent of the
worsted and cashmere plant. Mr. Dunn refused to con-
sent to this, and before a meeting of the stockholders,
including those from Winchester, he explained the situa-
tion and gave assurance of what he could do if allowed
to make the line of goods then going into process of manu-
facture. The men from Winchester had known Mr. Dunn
from youth and had perfect eonfidenee in his tireless energy
and ability. The goods turned out by Mr. Dunn were
sold so readily by New York agents that the profit was
mueh larger than he had promised the stockholders. How-
ever, the new superintendent appointed by Mr. Crawford
began exceeding his authority, and to avoid a eonflict
of authority Mr. Dunn resigned his position with the
Crawford Woolen Company, after whieh he eon fined his
activities to the Worsted & Cashmere Mill, under Mr.
H. H. Emmert, receiver of said mills. The product turned
out by the new superintendent met no market in New
York, and as a result the Crawford mills went into the
hands of a receiver, and all raw material was worked up
and put oa the market at a loss. Afterward the Martins-
burg Worsted & Cashmere Company plant was sold at
auetion by the receiver, Mr. H. H. Emmert, to Congress-
man George M. Bowers, and later purchased by Mr. Dunn,
whose only capital consisted of twenty shares in the Vir-
ginia Woolen Company of Winchester. Discouragement has
never been a feature of Mr. Dunn's eareer. The difficulties
he had had to eontend with and his ability were thoroughly
appreciated by Martinsburg business men, and after a
number of conferences he succeeded in getting forty men
as guarantors of a new eapital of $35,000, about $12,000
of whieh were needed to build an addition to the building
in order to install sufficient carding and spinning ma-
chinery to balanee the plant. In the meantime a new-
line of samples had been put on the market, about the
time the mill was completed. Business was dull, yet the
new produet sold fairly well. Then, in August, 1914, the
World war started, and not long afterward Mr. Dunn
was fortunate in securing from the French Government
an order for a large stock of hospital blankets, so that
his mill was put in operation night and day and con-
tinued to manufacture blankets and uniform eloth for the
French Government for some time. Suddenly, however,
he was notified to stop operations, as the French Govern-
ment had refused to take more goods, which left a stock
of 96,000 yards on the wharf in New York City, on which
Dunn Woolen Company 'had drawn $1.00 per yard through
W. H. Duval & Company, the New York agents who had
secured the contract for Dunn Woolen Company.

At this time Mr. Dunn was beginning to feel that he
eould pay off his indebtness, but the 96,000 yards referred
to above had to be charged back on the W. H. Duval &
Company's books as returned goods, and interest charges
on the $96,000 started at onee. The mill remained idle
for about one month, when Mr. W. II. Duval secured a
eontraet from the Italian Government and permitted the
Dunn Woolen Company to run out all the French blue
the company had in proeess, shipping the same to New
York, on which he advanced $1.00 per yard. This enabled
Dunn Company to Btart on the Italian order. Mr. Duval
expeeted to get a satisfactory settlement with the Freneh
Government every week, but was held up about one year,
before any settlement was made.

In the meantime the Italian business ceased and a
civilian line had to be gotten out, whieh was put on the
market and the mill output sold in a few days, which
necessitated the purchase of additional stock for the above
lines. The mill has continued to the present time, not-
withstanding it has been passing through the re-adjustment
period, and now (May 1, 1922) is running fully 100 per eent.
During all this time it cannot be imagined what mental
strain Mr. Dunn passed through, and but for the assistance
and eomfort he obtained through faith in Divine Provi-
dence he eould not have withstood the strain.

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At the age of twenty-two Mr. Dunn married Charlotte
Adelia Bowden, a native of Frederick County, Virginia.
Eight children have been born to their marriage, named
William N., Walter, Ada, Blanche, Prince, Frank, Gladys
and Garland. The family are members of the Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Dunn is active
in the Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce.

Harry B. Kight. A fact which is becoming generally
recognized is that great corporations are made popular, or
otherwise, by the service rendered by their employes, and
upou their character and willingness to cater to the de-
mands of the public rests the successful business life of
the corporation employing them. Especially is this true
with reference to the railroads of the country, which are,
perhaps, more dependent upon the personality of their em-
ployes than any other concern, and the more level-headed
and progressive of the officials ore giving this matter se-
rious attention and striving to retain the services of those
men who have proven their value in this connection. One
of the men whose loyal service and pleasing manner have
won the appreciation of the traveling public over the Bal-
timore & Ohio Railroad at Keyser is Harry B. Kight, ticket
clerk of his road at this point, and one of the most valued
of the road 's trusted employes.

Harry B. Kight is a native son of Maryland, for he
was born at Westernport, that state, June 5, 1887, but was
brought to Mineral County the following year by his father,
Ezra Kight. He is a grandson of Henry Kight, who es-
tablished the Kight family on New Creek, up from Keyser,
where he purchased a farm and became one of the active
agriculturists of Mineral County. An earnest Christian,
he united with the Southern branch of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and continued faithful to his creed the re-
mainder of his life. He and his wife became the parents
of the following children: Mrs. Gaucr, of Oakland, Mary-
land; Ezra, who became the father of Harry B. Kight;
Laura, who married Henry Likens, of Bayard, West Vir-
ginia; Jack, who lives at Davis, West Virginia; Jennie,
who is the wife of C. W. Burk, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mar-
garet, who married Gaver Boslcy, of Davis, West Virginia;
Bailey, who lives at Cumberland, Maryland; and Mrs. J.
L. Hunter, now deceased, formerly lived at Davis, West
Virginia.

Ezra Kight was born in Allegany County, Maryland, No-
vember 6, 1852, and was reared on his father's farm nine
miles from Keyser, on New Creek. He received a common-
school education, and further improved himself by read-
ing, so that he was always able to take any position of-
fered him. Upon leaving the farm he became a clerk for
T. C. Dye, a general merchant of New Creek, with whom
he remained for a time, going then into the employ of the
New Creek Tannery, another local enterprise. His ambi-
tions, however, led him to railroad work, and he commenced
his service with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at the very
bottom, as a common laborer in the shops at Piedmont.
As he was willing to work and learn, it was not long, how-
ever, before he was made a brakeman and, later, a con-
ductor, and he was in the freight service when he passed
away, February 11, 1905. One of nature's noblemen, this
conscientious railroad worker always sought to do his full
duty to his Maker and his fellow citizens, and was an earn-
est and consistent Christian. For many years he was an
honored member of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and all who kuew him regarded him highly and
esteemed him for his many virtues and loveable nature.
He voted the democratic ticket, and his only fraternal re-
lations were those he maintained as a member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.

Ezra Kight married Carrie Patton, a daughter of Basil
Patton. Mrs. Kight was born in Ritehie County, West Vir-
ginia, May 24, 1860, and died April 20, 1920. They had the
following children born to them: Harley, who lives at Key-
ser; Elliott, who ia Mrs. M. Lamb, of Covington, Virginia;
Harry Basil, whose name heads this review; Frank, who
belongs to the aviation corps, U. S. A., is stationed at
Kelley Field Number 2, near Fort Worth, Texas; and

Gertrude, who married IT. L. Yost, of Berkeley Spri
West Virginia.

Growing up at Keyser, Harry B. Kight attended its ]<i
lie schools, but was not graduated from the high-scf)
course, as he left the schoolroom to enter the railroad 8>i
ice December 11, 1903, as a messenger for the master £
chanic's office. Later he became a caller for the road, ?
still later went into the train service as a brakeman |
spent four years in this work. At the expiration of ll
period he was transferred to the station at Keyserf.
ticket clerk and baggagemaster, and was finally prouuk
to be day ticket agent, October 15, 1915, and is still fiTjL
this position. During the summer season he is the ml
agent at Deer Park Hotel, Deer Park, Maryland, wherf
remains during the tourist season, theu returning to Ke'l
for the fall and winter months.

Outside of his regular work Mr. Kight has entered I
thusiastically into the spirit of Pythianism, having pad
through all of the chairs of Olive Branch Lodge No. 2{J
Keyser, and has taken the Grand Lodge degree, which 1
conferred on him at Piedmont, West Virginia, October!
1921. He is known in Pythian circles over a wide fi
In conuection with his lodge work he is now serving*
secretary of the Third Branch team of his home lodge. 1
religious home is in the Keyser Presbyterian Church,!
which he is an earnest member, and he is now serving!
secretary of the board of deacons.

Mr. Knight is a mau of original ideas, and has put til
at the service of his company. His unique method of I
vertising his road has attracted much attention from t<|
ists, and has called forth expressions of commendation f 1
the general passenger agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Iif
road and from others of its officials who have the intei
of the passenger service close to their hearts. Whenf
and in whatever capacity Mr. Kight has served he 1
popularized his employer and contributed that whicrfl
necessary for the well being of his road. His Baltimorl
Ohio advertisement in the window of Doctor Gruesendol
drug store at Keyser was so original and evoked so ml
favorable comment that the same idea was used for a :|
ilar window decoration at Baltimore, Maryland, when!
was similarly admired. Mr. Kight is the Keyser col
spendent of the Baltimore & Ohio Magazine, an employ!
magazine published by the railroad company at Bit
more for the benefit of its employes. In a recent issue
this periodical one of the writers says in part as follows

" Harry B. Kight, the Keyser correspondent of the mi
ziue, acted as summer agent of the Deer Park Hotel '
tion, and proved to be one of the very best agents the h
ever had. I met him every Saturday and Sunday dui
the heated term and observed his work."

On June 29, 1916, Mr. Kight married at Cum berk
Maryland, Miss Elizabeth Glover, a daughter of Dei
Glover, a railroad conductor of the Baltimore & Ohio E
road, who lost his life in front of the Keyser station,
was one of the oldest men in the service. Mrs. Glover
longs to the Couuell family. The birth of Mrs. Kight t
place at Hutton, Maryland, June 11, 1895. She was grq
ated from the Keyser High School in May, 1916, and
married the next month. She is interested with her 1
band in church work, and is a member of the vari
church auxiliary organizations. Mr. and Mrs. Kight h
one son, Harry Donald, who was boru November 20, ft
This bright little fellow already displays many of his
ther's characteristics, and is a prime favorite among
family connections and friends. So popular has Mr. Ki
become with the traveling public that one of his custon
remarked of him:

"The fact that Harry Kight's friendly face is at
ticket window in the Keyser station of the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad, and that his cheerful and earnest v<
greets the patrons of the road, is one of the best inv
ments the company has ever made."

Chester Ctjsh Chambers, the efficient and popi
city attorney of Logan, judicial center of Logan Com
was born at Pecks Mills, this county, December 11, 1890, .

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357

in of Leroy and Martha (Chambers) Chambers, both
Is of this state, where they still reside on their ex-
homestead farm near Peeks Mill. The father of
Chambers was born in Virginia, where the family,
glish lineage, was founded in the Colonial daya, and
;Bme one of the distinguished and eloquent clergy-
if the Methodist Episcopal Church, as a minister of
he labored long and earnestly and gained high repu-
for his consecrated zeal and devotion.
Dr receiving the discipline of the public schools
t C. Chambers was for three years a student in
all College at Huntington, this state. In 1915 he
lted in the law department of historic old Washington
ee University, Virginia, and after thus receiving his
I of Bachelor of Laws he engaged in the practice
profession at Logan, where his success marks him
■ of the representative younger members of the bar
Ran County. Tie served one term as county recorder,
10 year 1922 finds him giving an effective administra-
m the office of city attorney of Logan.
} the 6th of March, 1918, Mr. Chambers entered the
I 's military service in connection with the World war.
ased one year at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, and for ten
( a thereafter he was stationed at Fort Bayard, New
o. ne won commission as second lieutenant, was as-
i to the sanitary corps, and at Fort Bayard he was
adjutant of the United States General Hospital,
Sanding offieer of the hoapital force of 600 men,
lian of the hospital funds and fire marshal of the Post.

preferments denote the high estimate placed upon
ind also the efficiency of his service. He received
laorable discharge in August, 1919, and then resumed
fractice of his profession at Logan. He is affiliated
the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and
Ictive Order of Elks.

March, 1918, Mr. Chambers was united in marriage
| Miss Ida Robinette, of Logan County, she being a
pter of Preston and Ella (Gore) Robinette, the former
rive of Kentucky and the latter of the present Logan

y, West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are pop-
figures in the representative social activities of their
| community.

lxard F. Snider. A successful lawyer and represent
citizen of Clarksburg, Harrison County, is found in
rd F. Snider, one of the leaders of the Clarksburg bar,
has been in active practice in this city for near a
er of a century. He was born on a farm in Dodd-
Couaty, Virginia, now West Virginia, September 24,

I traces his family on the paternal side back to his
[-grandfather, John Snider, who came from Fauquier
|ty, Virginia, in the pioneer days, and settled in Harri-
pounty, where he died at about ninety-eight years of
[ His grandfather. Jacob Snider, was born in Harrison
fty, in 1S04, and died in Doddridge County at the age
(•venty-eiirht years; his father, Jehu Snider, was born
arrison County, September 27, 1832".

his maternal ancestors, Mr. Snider 's grandfather,
;e Apsy, came from England to Loudoun County. Vir-
when a young man and married Mary L. Swan,
►at locality, to whom were born four daughters, among
was Virginia Ellen Apsy, the mother of Mr. Snider.
mas born July 30, 1S37." nis grandfather Apsy died
t 1839, when the children were all small, and his
Imother, with her four daughters, later moved to
iridge County, where .his father and mother were mar-
in 1854. To this union were born thirteen children,
e of whom reached maturity, and there are now (1922)
» eleven children, thirty-eight' grandchildren, and
ty-five great grandchildren of their descendants.
Hard F. Snider was the fourth child in this family,
father and mother spent most of their lives on the
i farm, on Brushy Fork of Meat House Fork, in New
>a District, to which they moved when Millard was
; years old. They were members of the United Brethren
ch, and lived earnest, conscientious, Christian lives. In

1901 they retired from the farm and speut their declining
years in quiet enjoyment at Salem, Harrison Couaty, where
his father died, Sunday, April 21, 1912, and his mother,
Sunday, March 12, 1922.

The family were all industrious and during his boyhood
Millard Fillmore did his share of the hard work that was
necessary in clearing away tho forests and successfully
operating a farm in that locality. Very early in life he
determined to have an education, and by diligent study in
the public schools, which were only three and four-month
terms at that time, ho was ablo to commence teaching
school when he was twenty years old, and spent most of
the nest six years in the schoolroom, alternating as student
and teacher. After attending several terms at tho State
Normal School, at Fairmont, he entered the State Uni-
versity, where he graduated from the law department in
1887 with the degree of LL. B. Mr. Snider located at
West Union, Doddridge County, in the fall of 1887, and
immediately engaged in the practice of the law, where he
continued until 1898, when he sought a wider field and
chose Clarksburg as the best suited for his professional
work. He has been amply rewarded.

Miss Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of the late Judge Chap-
man J. Stuart, of West Union, became hia wife in 1892.
They have one daughter, Virginia Ann, who graduated at
Goueher College, and is now the wife of J. Ransel Romine,
of Clarksburg. They all live on East Main Street, belong
to the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is con-
tented and happy.

Charles Bell Wylie, M. D. Morgantown is justly
notable for the skill, learning and high character of the
individuals who eomposo its medical fraternity, and the
profession here numbers among its members those whose
scientific attainments are beyond the ordinary. Among
those well known for their accomplishments along special
lines is Dr. Diaries Bell Wylie, whose career is typical of
modern advancement, and whose reputation is based upon
his achievements as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throat.

Doctor Wylie was born in Hancock County, West Vir-
ginia, October 8, 1863, a son of Andrew J. and Elizabeth
C. (Atkinson) Wylie. nis father was also a native of
Hancock County, and was a son of David Wylie, of Scotch
birth, an early settler of Hancock County, where he was
the first man elected to the office of sheriff after the county
was created. When he entered upon his career Andrew J.
Wylie chose the vocation of farming, and this he followed
for a number of years, but later in life owned and operated
a machine shop at New Cumberland, West Virginia, where
both he and his wife died.

The boyhood days of Doctor Wylie were spent on the
home farm and at New Cumberland, where ho received his
early education. As a youth he learned the machinist's
trade, at which he worked for several years, and while not
otherwise employed in the shop devoted his every spare
minute to the study of medicine. Later he worked at his
trade in the summer months and attended the medical de-
partment of the Western University of Pennsylvania in
the winter seasons, and eventually entered Hering Medical
College, Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1903, with
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He did not cease being a
student with the securing of his diploma, for later he took
post-graduate work at the Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat College, the Chicago Post-Graduate College, the
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, New York City, the
Philadelphia Polyclinic, and the Wills Eye Hospital, Phila-
delphia.

Doctor Wylie entered general practice at Chattanooga,
Tennessee, in 1903, and two years later began specializing,
limiting his practice to treatment of the diseases of tho
eye, ear, nose and throat. On June 1, 1913, he located at
Morgantown, where he has since continued in practice as
a specialist in treating the organs above named. In his
practice he has shown his familiarity not only with old
methods but with the new that are constantly being dis-

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covered, and Lis service has ever been discharged with a
conscientious sense of professional obligation, always re-
membering that he belongs to a body set apart, one that
more than any ofher is helpful to humanity. Doctor Wylic
is a member of the Monongalia County Medical Society,
the West Virginia State Medical Society, the American
Medical Association, the American Academy of Ophthal-
mology and Oto-Laryngology and the International Con-
gress of Ophthalmology. He is a past president and past
secretary of the county society. As a fraternalist he be-
longs to Keystone Lodge No. 35, K. P., of Chattanooga,
Tennessee, of which he is a past commander, and also holds
membership in the Morgantown .Rotary Club. The personal
impression given by Doctor Wylic is quieting and satisfy-
ing, inspiring confidence ami commanding respect.

Doctor Wylie married Miss Cora Hopkins, of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, who died leaving a son and a daughter: Adda
May, who married Norbert Kramer, of Pittsburgh, where
they reside; and Charles Raymcr, now of St. Louis, Mis-
souri, who married Clara Kester, formerly of Urbana,
Missouri. The present Mrs. Wylie was formerly Miss MadU"
p]lizabeth Allison, of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Raymond Earl Kerr. The profession of civil engineering
attracts to it only men of wide vision and serious and con-
structive mind, and what it has achieved in America alone,
even within the lifetime of a middle-aged man of today,
is stupendous to calculate. The pioneering civil engineer is
one of the greatest of aids to civilization and world-wide
commerce. West Virginia, with her noble mountains to be
crossed and her beautiful streams to be bridged, has pro-
duced able men in this profession, and one who has become
far more than locally prominent is Eaymond Earl Kerr, who
has been concerned in many important construction projects
at Morgantown and elsewhere.

Mr. Kerr was born at Parkersburg, West Virginia, Feb-
ruary 12, 1884, and is a son of Charles Hugh and Lillie
(Atkinson) Kerr, a grandson of Samuel Kerr, who was
born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of
Charles Kerr, who removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio in
1792.

Charles Hugh Kerr was born in 1849, at Newport, Ohio,
and died in 1911, at Parkersburg, West Virginia, having
located in tbat city in 1883. He was one of the early oil
men in the West Virginia oil territory and beeame widely
known. He married Miss Lillie Atkinson, who still sur-
vives and resides at Parkersburg. She was born at Cam-
eron, Ohio, a daughter of Isaac Atkinson, a prominent
business man for many years at Marietta, Ohio, and largely
interested in the oil industry even before the war between
the states.

Raymond E. Kerr attended the publie schools of Par-
kersburg, and later attended West Virginia University,
where he took a course in civil engineering. He has prac-
tically devoted himself to this profession ever since, and
during the greater part of his professional and business
life has made his home at Morgantown. Mr. Kerr's pro
fessional work was in association with the Little Kanawha
Syndicate at Parkersburg. When the syndicate built the
Buekhannon & Northern Railroad, now the Monongahela,
Mr. Kerr was secured as assistant chief engineer, and the
contract was most satisfactorily completed. He later be-
came identified with the Morgantown & Wheeling Railroad.
This railway line, like many others within the past few
years, met with business difficulties and since 1918 Mr. Kerr
has been receiver of this property. Aside from his pro-
fession he is interested in a number of important business
enterprises at Morgantown. He is vice president and treas-
urer of the B. M. Chaplin Company, contractors and
builders, which he organized in 1914. In 1913 he was one
of the organizers of the Monongahela Supply Company of
Morgantown, and is present secretary of this concern. In
addition he is unofficially identified with a number of coal
corporations and holds a large amount of valuable prop-
erty in the West Virginia coal fields. He has a wide
acquaintance and is held in high regard as a keen, able
business man and thoroughly competent in his profession.
He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

In 1910 Mr. Kerr married Miss Frances Tucker, wljfi
a daughter of Robert C. and Mary Frances (Smith) Tuijs
of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and they have one daugt
Alice, who was born March 21, 1921. Mrs. Kerr is a uv
ber of the Episcopal Church. The political field has mj
attracted Mr. Kerr, but his good citizenship is unmijji
able, and he is a valued member of the Morgantown Qtf
ber of Commerce. He belongs to the Rotary Cluba
Morgantown Lodge No. 411, Benevolent and Prota!
Order of Elks, and still maintains membership interest
his college fraternity, the Delta Tau Delta.

William E. Arnett. A resident of Morgantown for iif
than three decades and prominently identified with w
business and financial interests of the city for an *>al
period, William E. Arnett, a cashier of the Second Natii)
Bank, is accounted one of the builders of Morganto'^
prosperity, a man whose ripened judgment and ste)^
traits of character have benefitted every enterprise \
which he has been connected.

Mr. Arnett is in the sixth generation of his fatnila
Monongalia County, where his ancestor, James Ai t,
settled soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. )f
the five sons of this pioneer, Andrew, the eldest, the d<t)
ancestor of William E., was born in New Jersey in 11
and died in Monongalia Couny in 1820. He mail
Elizabeth Leggett, and their son, James, great grandfsj|
of William E., was the first postmaster of Arncttsd
Monongalia County, which postoffiee was named in
honor. His son, Eleazer Arnett, was the grandfather
AVilliam E. and his son, John B., who married TaliJ
Billingsby, was the father of William E.

William E. Arnett was born at Maidsville, Mononjij
County, August 3, 1866, and received his education thni
attendance at the public schools. He commenced hisl
dependent career as a clerk in a general .store at the agl
nineteen years, but in 1889 turned his attention to ban!
when be entered the Second National Bank of Morganlfl
in the capacity of teller. In 1901 he was elected cashici
that institution, and for twenty years has continued to J
charge capably the duties of that post. Primarily a bail
and known as a careful, capable conservator of the intel
of the depositors of the institution with which he is fr
nected, Mr. Arnett also bas been identified with name J
other interests, and at present is connected with a nuil
of business and financial concerns which have benefl
materially through his ability, experience and good jl
ment. He likewise has been active in civic, social and 1
public affairs. For a number of years he acted inl
capacity of city recorder, an office in which he rendered!
people of Morgantown sterling services. He is a meil
of the Official Board of the Methodist Episcopal Chil
and has been a liberal supporter of religion and moveirl
making for a higher order of morality. In fact, any el
prise that promises to be effective, constructive and I
gressive will find a supporter in Mr. Arnett. As a I
ternalist he holds membership in the Masons, Indepenl
Order of Odd Felluws and Knights of Pythias.

In 1888 Mr. Arnett married Miss Delia Echart, who I
in 1900, leaving two children: Grace, who married Chil
T. Herd; and Roy. Mr. Arnett married Iva E. Lovett, I
four children were born to this union: Mildred E., Will
E., Mary Louise and James L.

Aaron J. Garlow. The splendid success which hafl
tended the fortunes of the Second National Bank of I
gantown attests the sagacity, foresight and financial 1
of its president, Aaron J. Garlow, whose watchful carel
fidelity have contributed to its upbuilding and perpetual
The life of the banker is less conspicuous before the "nl
than that of a member of a learned profession, or ofl
who mingles in publie affairs, but is none the less on I
arduous labor, through engrossment, and requiring a ■
order or organizing talent, watchfulness of the trencj
affairs, and financial skill. The wrecks of financial bfl
which started on their voyages with favoring winds ■
brilliant prospects, scattered all along the reefs y,m
border business waters, prove how uncertain and capricB

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359

■ccess in banking; life. The strictest fidelity, the utmost
fcifulness, good judgment and experience are often un-
■ing to counteract the effects of contraction in monetary
Wits, the casualties of bad crops and unprofitable busi-
L as well aa a multitude of other influences which render
lit ions unstable. For more than a quarter of a century
(resident of this institution Mr. Garlow has guided its
■nies into the safe port of prosperity, and its sounduess
I stability redound immeasurably to his credit and estah-
I firmly his personal reputation as an able banker.
Ir. Garlow was a native of West Virginia and is descended
m one of the pioneer families of Monongalia County. He
I born on the old Garlow homestead in Cass District,
longalia County, November 4, lSu8, and is a sou of tne
I John Garlow. His paternal great-grandfather was
Istophcr Garlow, who settled on land secured from the
led States Crovernnient in Cass Township in 1772.
Istophcr Garlow 's son, Andrew Garlow, the grandfatner
l\aron .1., was born in New Jersey, and was a youth
fi ho accompanied his parents to Monongalia County.
Ifr his marriage he settled on his farm on Crooked Run
^'nss District, and there rounded out a long and honor
I career in the pursuits of agriculture. John Garlow,
I son of Andrew and father of Aaron J. Garlow, was
li in Cass District in 1812, and received a public school
ration. In making his choice of a career he followed
Ihe footsteps of his father aud adupted farming and
reraising. A man of industry and good judgment, as
I as of inherent ability, he developed large interests in
■way of landed possessions and was not only a prosperous
r-ral farmer, but was also a leader in the business of
ling in horses, cattle and sheep of his own raising. As
•possessions increased he utilized his business ability and
L judgment in dealing in real estate, and in this dircc-
[ greatly increased the value of his estate, which was a
le one at his death. Mr. Garlow was a man of the
Hest integrity, who bore an excellent reputation in his
■nunity, not alone in business matters, but beeausc of
I public spirited citizenship. He married Miss Susan
Is the daughter of Enoch Ross, an early Bottler of
liongalia County.

laron J. Garlow acquired his education in the public
lols of Cass District, and, being reared to agricultural
fonts, was engaged therein for a number of years. Like
I father and grandfather, he was successful in his opera-
•s both as a farmer and a raiser of livestock, but his busi-
t and financial ability eventually led him to the city, he
loving to Morgantown in 1900. Prior to this time, in
It, he had become a member of the Board of Directors
• he Second National Bank of Morgantown, and in the
hwing year was elected president of that institution, a
Ition in which he has remained to the present time. He
Iwise has numerous other interests, having been identified
1\ a number of leading industries, all of which have
lited through his connection with them. He is piesi-
[i of the Morgantown Ice Company, of the Union Trac-
P Company and of the Monongalia Building and Loan
relation. He is treasurer of the Rosedale Coal Com-
|y of Morgantown, which in 1921 was mining and
| ping a train of thirty-two cars daily. He was for many
['8 treasurer of the Morgantown Hardware Company,
[I succeeded by his son, Homer G. Garlow, in that
Ition. Mr. Garlow is a member of the American Bank-
I Association. He has always shown a public-spirited in-
tst in civic affairs, and has lent his influence, time and
►ns ixi the forwarding of movements which have promised
l.id in the development and progress of his city. With
ffamily he belongs to the First Presbyterian Church of
f gantown.

► l 1SS4, in Monongalia County, Mr. Garlow was united
Carriage with Miss Rebecca Carothers, the daughter of
to. W. Carothers, an agriculturist of this connty, and to
I union there have been born two children: Sadie, who is
8 wife of Dr. Harry G. Crow, a practicing physician of
ith Bend, Indiana; and Homer Gay, treasurer of the
Igantown Hardware Company and operator of the
|f;ntal farm.

Vol. II— 41

Spencer S. Wade, M. D. With thirty-seven years of
continuous practice at Morgantown to his credit, Doctor
Wade is one of the best known of Monongalia County's
many excellent physicians. He has enjoyed some of the
substantial honors as well as the heavier responsibilities of
his profession, and his life has given increased dignity to
a name that has been worthily identified with Monongalia
County for four generations.

His father, the late Alexander L. Wade, was a pioneer
in education, not only in his home state but in the nation.
Alexander L. Wade was a son of George and Anna Wade.
George Wade was born in Monongalia County, but soon
after his marriage removed to Indiana. He returned to
Monongalia County in 1839, and died there in 1846. His
wife, Anna, was a native of Washington Countv, Virginia.
Alexander L. Wade was born in Rush County, Indiana,
February 1, 1832, and was seven years of age when his
parents removed to Monongalia County. He was only six
teen when he began teaching. He left the schoolroom when
he was elected clerk of the Monongalia Court in 1861, and
at that time removed his residence to Morgantown. In
1.S71 he was elected clerk of the county board of super-
visors. Following this service he resumed teaching, and for
four years was principal of the Morgantown graded schools
and also assistant county superintendent. Later he was
elected county superintendent of schools of Monongalia
County, and by re-election served until 1879. The con-
spicuous service he rendered in education was in raising
the standards and in giving new vitality and method to
country schools. In many states it haa'been only within
comparatively recent years that his plan has been adopted
of graduating students from country and district schools.
The late Alexander L. Wade undertook the organization of
graduating classes in the country schools of his county as
early as 1874. The first such classes were graduated and
given diplomas in the spring of J 876. It was something
decidedly new in methods of common aud grade schools
throughout the country, and naturally attracted widespread
attention. Alexander Wade was given credit for this work
by General Eaton, then commissioner of the National
Bureau of Education at Washington in his report of 1878.
In 1»79 Mr. Wade began writing his book entitled "A
Graduate System for Country Schools," which he completed
in 1881. In 1880, at his own request, he was appointed
principal of the Morgantown colored sehools. His object
in seeking the appointment was a desire not only to prove
the value of his own methods, but to demonstrate the capa-
bilities of the colored race in receiving educational train-
ing. II is experience was gratify ingly successful on both
scores. In February, I8b4, before the National Association
of School Superintendents at Washington, Mr. Wade dis-
cussed "Supervision in the Country Schools," his paper
being published by the National Bureau of Education.
From 1881 to 18S4, inclusive, he served as a lecturer and
institute instructor.

He was licensed as a local preacher by the Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1860, was constituted a deacon in 1866
and ordained an elder in 1874. As a delegate he repre-
sented the West Virginia Lay Electoral Conference in the
General Conference of that church held in Philadelphia,
and served several years as agent and distributor for the
American Bible Society. He was a member of the West
Virginia Temperance Executive Committee. For several
years he represented the school book interests of the
Lippincott Publishing Company of Philadelphia and later
the D. C. Heath Company of Boston. Among other honors
he was elected, in June, 1880, to membership in the Amer-
ican Institute of Civics at Boston, and later was chosen
one of its counsellors.

Alexander L. Wade died at Richmond, Virginia, in 1904,
full of years and rich in honors and the respect and venera-
tion of his fellow men. In 1S54 he married Hettic Sanders,
daughter of John and Elizabeth Sanders, of Monongalia
County. She survived him until 1909.

Their son, Spencer S. Wade, was born in Clinton Dis-
trict, Monongalia County, July 29, 1857, and throughout
practically his entire life has been a resident of Morgan-

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town. He acquired an early education in the public schools,
through private instruction at home, and graduated in 1879
from the University of West Virginia. At that time he
entered the office of the Brock brothers, Dr. Hugh Workman
and Luther S. Brock, under whom he read medicine. In
1882 he entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadel-
phia, graduating M. D. with the class of 1884. Following
the death of Dr. Hugh Workman Brock he became a partner
of his brother, Dr. Luther S. Brock, and the firm of Brock
& Wade, physicians and surgeons, is still in existence, one
of the oldest medical firms in the state.

Doctor Wade took special work in New York during
1889, post-graduate studies in the University of the City
of New York, special instruction in diseases of nose arid
throat in the out-patient department of Bellevue Hospital,
and in the Eye and Ear Infirmary. This custom of keep-
ing in touch with leaders of the profession and new methods
has been kept up, and he has taken similar courses at
Springfield, Massachusetts, New Orleans, Louisiana, and
has been a frequent visitor to hospitals in Pittsburgh, Balti-
more and Philadelphia. For upwards of forty years Doctor
Wade has given his enthusiasm, energy and best devotion
to the profession that is one of the noblest callings of men.
He is a member of the Monongalia County, West Virginia
State and American Medical Associations, the American
Public Health Association, and has a number of social
and civic connections.

In 1897 Doctor Wade married Miss Bose Chorpering,
daughter of John Chorpering, of Clarksburg, West Vir-
ginia. Six children were born to their union: Georgia,
Frank (deceased), John, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Jean.
The tradition of a liberal education is inherent in the Wade
family, and these children are being given all the advan-
tages that will fit them well for the positions and stations
in life to which they may be called.

Dell Eoy Bichards, cashier and director of the Bank
of Morgantown, has been identified with the banking and
business interests of the City of Morgantown for the last
twenty years, and during that time has worked his way up
from the position of street car conductor and bank mes-
senger to the cashiership of one of the strongest banking
institutions of the city, winning, likewise, a place among
he leading citizens of the community. He is of Welsh-
Scotch stock, and was born on the old Bichards home
farm in Belmont County, Ohio, March 7, 1881, a son of
William and Catherine (Compher) Bichards, and a grand-
son of William Bichards.

William Bichards, the father of Dell B., was born in
Belmont County, Ohio, where as a young man he adopted
the vocation of agriculturist. This he followed in Belmont
County until he removed to New Cumberland, Hancock
County, West Virginia, and in that community rounded
out an honorable, useful and successful career. He was a
man of integrity and good citizenship, and won and held
a number of warm friends and admirers. Mrs. Richards,
who is a resident of Long Beach, California, was also born
in Belmont County, Ohio, and is a daughter of the late
John Compher.

Dell Boy Bichards spent his boyhood days upon the home
farm in Belmont County, Ohio, and at New Cumberland,
Hancock County, West Virginia, to which community the
family moved when he was eight years of age. He attended
the public school at New Cumberland, and in 1898 graduated
from high school, following which, in 1900, he entered the
University of West Virginia, and spent two and one-halt'
years at that institution. While a student there, in order
to assist in paying for bis education, he worked as a con-
ductor on the street railway and likewise served as cashier
of the Union Utility Company, operators of the street car
lines. In 1904 Mr. Bichards began his regular banking
experience as a messenger in the Bank of the Monongahela
Valley at Morgantown, and during the next seven years
worked his way up from that position to that of teller of
the institution. He resigned this post in December, 1910,
to accept that of cashier of the Bank of Morgantown, an
institution then four years old and with resources amount-
ing to $300,000, which, since Mr. Richards became cashier,

have increased to the sum of $1,700,000. While bankii
has been his intimate and leading interest, he has been cc
cerned officially and otherwise with additional honoral
enterprises, and for some time has been president of tl
Central Automobile Corporation, which maintains plail
at Morgantown, Clarksburg, Fairmont and Manningtcl
West Virginia. He is a member and elder of the Fh
Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, and as a fraternal J
holds membership in Lodge No. 4, A. F. & A. M., and tl
Kappa Alpha college fraternity.

Mr. Bichards married Miss Elizabeth B. Davis, daught \
of the late Marcellus Davis, of Morgantown, who was wid( t
known in business and financial circles of the city.

Lewis H. Weimer was born and reared on the fail
where he now lives in the Eglon community of Prestl
County. As a youth he had an ambition to become .1
undertaker, and achieved that profession after many di
Acuities and sacrifices, and is now one of the leading funeil
directors of Preston County, conducting a business in 11
country locality, and a still larger at Bayard.

Mr. Weimer was born April 11, 1877. His grandfatht ;
George Weimer, was of German ancestry, a resident I
Pennsylvania and Maryland, and spent his last years on 11
farm in Garrett County of the latter state. He marri I
Barbara Klingaman, also of German stock. She survivl
him, and their children were: Samuel, who died near Sail
bury, Pennsylvania; Jacob, who died on his farm in Gral
County, West Virginia; Mrs. Mary Neff of Ohio; Jesl
who was a farmer in Garrett County; John, whose reco.l
follows; Sarah, who died in Garrett County, wife of il
bury McCroby; Joseph, who was a Union soldier in tl
Civil war and spent his life near Oakland, Maryland; Bt |
jamin, who was accidentally killed in Garrett Count "
Silas, who was a Garrett County farmer, once a mend <
of the Maryland Legislature, and for several years I
teacher.

John Weimer was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvan I
November 22, 1832. He had a lunited education a
devoted his entire active career to his farm. He reinovl
with his family to Maryland, and after spending a sh<I
time near Sang Run in Garrett County came into Prest]
County, where he married Magdalena Fike, daughter I
Peter Fike and sister of Rev. Aaron Fike, a Brethren m I
ister whose life record is published elsewhere. John Weini
and wife had the following children: Frank M., of Fr<|
ericksburg, Virginia; Joanna, who died in Garret Coun'
Maryland, wife of I. O. Thompson; Rachel, wife of D. I
Judy, of Eglon; Ed of Morgantown; Jemimah, Ephrail
Lida and Christiana, all of whom died unmarried; al
Lewis Henry. John Wfeimer died October 21, 1921, wh
in his eighty-ninth year, after a residence on the old fa
for more than half a century and in Preston County it
sixty years.

Lewis Henry Weimer attended the common schools a I
he was a helpful factor on the home farm until passil
his majority. On leaving the farm he took a corresponded
course in undertaking, and was licensed to practice in 11
State of West Virginia. He had qualified for his chos*
profession after many difficulties, and even then he
not equipped for business, having no capital. He secuil
practical experience while in the service of Mr. A. R. Fi
of Eglon, and he borrowed the capital to buy out his el
ployer in 1906. He paid interest on borrowed morj
until his business profits replaced the loans and creab
his own capital. He moved from his cabin home bs.
from the public highway to the vicinity of Maple Run, a I
there eventually erected a generous home and equipped hi I
self with facilities for his business. Later he establish
the branch at Bayard, which now does a larger busini
than the original establishment and, as it is in a railrol
town, it seems likely that Mr. Weimer will in time conc«Ji
trate his efforts there. He is now head of an extens^
business, affording a great contrast to the situation vrl\
he started, without capital and with a family and home il
which to provide. He has a complete equipment of au,
mobile and horse drawn hearses and his business at Egl«
is half a mile south of the village. Mr. Weimer is a me

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m of tbe West Virginia Funeral Directors Association and

I> National Funeral Directors Association,
lie gave bis first national ballot to Major McKinley
[1900, and bas acted ia the interest uf that party steadily,
king many years as a committeeman for Union District,
r years he was president of the Union District Board of
neat ion, and in 19 IS was elected county commissioner as
•cessor to Allen Forman. The chief business before the
irt of which he was a member was school consolidation,
ys for school purposes, and routine business. Mr. Weimer
affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and is a prominent
tabcr of the Lutheran Church, having been its council -
m, secretary of the joint council for several years, and
now chairman of the joint council.

In his home community December 24, 1S90, he married
.ss Lucinda Liller, who was born within two miles of
Ion, June 2, 1S80, daughter of James and Catherine
ike) Liller. Her mother was a daughter of David Fike,
brother of Rev. Aaron Fike, above mentioned. Mrs.
timer's parents were natives of Preston County and
'ent their lives as farmers here. Of their fourteen chil-
en, thirteen grew up: Mary, whose first husband was
lorge "Winters and she is now the wife of Joseph Rcnibolt,
i Eglon; David of Garrett County, Maryland; Jennie, who
s been three times married and is living in Garrett
.unty; Henry, of Garrett County; Ella, wife of George
Wotring, of Bayard; Louvina, wbo died as Mrs. Thomas
mn; Aaron, a farmer in Garrett County; Ida, who died at
orton, West Virginia, wife of Jacob Nester; Lizzie, Mrs.
•e Hurshman, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Weimer; Leola, who
arried Thomas Root of Preston County; Ressa, wife of
rtbur Sell, of Union Bridge, Maryland; and Myrtle, who
ed when a young girl. Mr. and Mrs. Weimer have two
bldren, Cleo aud John Arnold, the latter attending the
>jlon public school. Cleo completed a liberal education
id is now the wife of Early F. Roth, of Bayard.

| Page Robert McCrum is tbe leading merchant of Aurora',
|»d bas the distinction of being the oldest merchant from

e standpoint of continuous experience in Preston County,
'is active connection with merchandising at Aurora is a
attcr of more than balf a century, but at intervals he bas

so rendered a valuable service in public affairs.

Mr. McCrum was born at Aurora July 19, 1852. His
itber, Summers McCrum, was born in Randolph County,

is state, in 1826, and was nine years of age when he
as left fatherless. He lived with his step-father until he
une to Preston County, aud on going to Aurora he took
large of the Curtis Store and was not yet of age when he
•came a responsible factor in the business of Curtis & Son.
ot long afterward, in 1845, he established a business of
s own on the site now. occupied by the Lantz Hotel,
rom that time until IS7I he was active in the business
fe of the village. Resides general merchandising he was
so a farmer and one of the most extensive sheep growers,
suing flocks which he let out on the shares and which
ere herded over portions of two or three counties. In
me -the sheep business represented the larger part of his
ipital and enterprise. Summers McCrum was not in
Cities to any extent. He began as a democrat, bnt
irough the issues of the war became a republican. In I860
ily One vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln in Aurora
•ecinet. The voter, Adam Giowman, an old German eiti-
n, was threatened with mob violence for thus expressing
mself. Summers MeCrum at that time was a Douglas
'mocrat, but immediately after secession he became a re-
lblican. He was a leader in church work as a Methodist,
id the present Methodist Church at Aurora was constructed
i the result of efforts in which he took a prominent part.
I Tyler County Summers MeCrum married Eliza H.
icklin, a native of that county and daughter of Dr.
imuel Nieklin. She died in 1881, while Summers McCrum
rvived until 1905.- Their children were: Page R.; Lloyd
, who was a merchant at Gormania and then at Hendricks
id died at Gormania, leaving a son, A. Bliss; Alvin A.,
>rn September 9, 1858, and now associated in business
tth his brother Page at Aurora; and Lillie, Mrs. Charles
, Trotter, of Washington, D. C.

Page R. McCrum attended some of the early sessions of
the first free schools established at Aurora. At the age of
seventeen he entered the University of West Virginia at
Morgantown, completing his sophomore year there. His
father desiring to retire from merchandising, Page re
turned to Aurora iu IS71, and though not yet twenty years
of age took active charge of the business. With his ac-
cession the firm became McCrum A: Son, later when Alvin
became a partner, the title was S. McCrum & Suns, but for
a number of years past the firm name has been P. H. and
A. A. McCrum. This is the business in which Mr. McCrum
has found his time and talents absorbed for balf a century,
flc is a director in the First National Bank of Terra Alta,
West Virginia, of which he was also the second president.

He began voting as a republican and was one of the
first young men iu this community to announce his con-
victions for that party. His first presidential vuto went to
General Grant in 1872. Tbe first official service he ren-
dered was assistant to Clerk Henry Startzman, of King-
wood, for several months. His first elective office was as
a member of the house of delegates. He was elected in
1878, serving under Speaker Moffett and re-elected in 1880
under Speaker Wilson. The house in both terms was
democratic, and a republican member had little opportunity
for constructive work. One matter of importance before
the House during his first term was the increase of juris
diction of magistrates. Mr. McCrum voted for the party
choice for United States Senator when he knew in advance
there was no chance to elect him.

Subsequently Mr. McCrum was for several terms a mem-
ber of the County Court. Tbe business before the board
was largely routine, since road building had not become
an important issue involving a great expenditure based on
hond issues. Only a bridge was built now and then, and
perhaps the most important duty of Mr. McCrum was
handling the yearly financial settlements with the sheriff.
Mr. MeCrum served a number of times as member of the
Union District Board of Education, and was also its sec-
retary. While he was a member of the board the addition
to the Aurora sehoolhouse was built.

In Rock Island County, Illinois, November 16, 1Ss7, Mr.
McCrum married Miss Lucy B. Brown, going uut to that
state to claim his bride, who, however, is a native of
Beverly, Randolph County, West Virginia, and member of
an old family of this state. She was born at Beverly
August 10, 1*853, daughter of Bernard L. and Mary K.
(Dailcy) Brown, the latter being a daughter of Hugh and
Edith (Butcher) Dailcy. Bernard L. Brown was for about
twenty years clerk of the Circuit Court of Randolph County
prior to the Civil war. He died in ls69, and his widow
removed with the family to Cordova, Illinois, where Mrs.
McCrum finished her education in high school. She was
one of a large family of children, of whom Edith, Edwin.
Clarence, Oscar and Alice arc deceased, and tbe others,
still surviving, are Mrs. Addic F. Earl, of Fort Worth,
Texas; Mrs. S. N. Boswortb, of Beverly, West Virginia;
Charles B., of Clinton, Iowa; and Mrs. Roberta William-
son, of Pomona, California. Mr. and Mrs. McCrum have
two surviving sons, Summers Dailcy McCrum and Harold
B., the former born October 3, 1888, and the latter, De-
cember 8, 1S9L Summers D. married Elinor Brown,
daughter of John II. and Eugenia (Bishop) Brown, of
Kingwood, and their two children are Rol»ert Brown and
Summers Dailcy, Jr. They all live at Aurora. Harold
Bernard MeCrum graduated in law from the University
of West Virginia in 1914, and is one of the popular at-
torneys of Preston County. Be was elected and served in
1921 as a member of the Bouse of Delegates, and in that
session was on the committees of prohibition and temper-
ance; counties, districts and municipal corporations ami
roads.

Clem E. Peters has shown fine initiative and construc-
tive powers in his executive administration as secretary and
treasurer of tbe Conservative Life Insurance Company of
Wheeling, West Virginia, an admirable institution of which
specific record is given in following review.

Mr. Peters was born and reared in the State of Ohio

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where he received excellent educational advantages, and he
has been a resident of Wheeling, West Virginia, for a
quarter of a century. Here he was for some time employed
as clerk in a drug store, later was here engaged inde-
pendently in the drug business, and it was in his sleeping
apartment over his drug store that the insurance company
of which he is now secretary and treasurer virtually had
its inception, in 1906, while it has been in large measure
due to his resourceful energies and progressive and careful
policies that the company has forged to the front as one
of most substantial, well ordered and beneficent functions —
a home institution of which West Virginia may well be
proud. Of the determined spirit that animated Mr. Peters
and his associates in their efforts to build up this worthy
enterprise results speak for themselves, but the casual ob-
server can have slight comprehension of the heavy responsi-
bilities assumed, the great obstacles surmounted, and the
discouragements set aside in the stupendous evolutiou of
a solid and noble institution of broad scope and ever
widening influence. The review of the inception and growth
of this insurance corporation, as given in following pages
in this publication, should he read in connection with this
sketch of the progressive and representative citizen who
has played so important a part in the upbuilding of the
company and business.

The Conservative Life Insurance Company. With full
measure of consistency may this publication offer brief re-
view of the Conservative Life Insurance Company of Wheel-
ing, West Virginia, for the institution is one that is gain-
ing high rank and unequivocal success, and has proved a
source of just pride, as well as value, to the city and state
in which it figures as a "home corporation."

This company was organized and incorporated, under the
laws of West Virginia, in the year 1906, with an author-
ized capital of $500,000. When its first policy was issued,
in April, 1907, the assets of the company were about $14,-
000. Of all that has since been achieved an idea is con-
veyed by the brief notation that at the close of the
year 1920 the assets of the company aggregated $1,575,-
344.56, an increase of nearly $400,000 over the preced-
ing year. Prom an appreciative article that appeared in
the publication entitled "Money and Commerce," are
taken the following pertinent quotations. After noting
the annual statement of the company for the year 1920 the
article continues as follows: "Thus it will be seen that
from a very meager beginning it has progressed and ad-
vanced each year until it now stands among the leading
financial institutions in the country. It has always been
the aim and policy of the management to build up the in-
stitution on a solid and safe foundation, and to that end
great care has heen exercised in the selection of insurance
risks, investment of the funds, and the systematic conduct-
ing of its affairs in such a way as to give to the public
every attractive and up-to-the-minute form of policy, to-
gether with the creation of a permanent agency organiza-
tion, which now numbers approximately two hundred fifty
men and women, representing it in the states of West
Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Georgia and Florida. With the constant opening
of new state, with the agency foree increasing in numbers,
and with the volume of business constantly expanding, and
naturally the resources of this institution cannot help but
swell in proportion, and its future growth and stability
can be measured only on the basis of the amazing financial
growth of some of the institutions of this kind in the East.
Since its organization the company has paid out over $600,-
000 in death claims, and has withstood not only the great
World war but also the greatest epidemic the world has
ever known, Spanish influenza. This alone increased the
expected mortality by over one half, yet each and every
claim was paid the same day that proofs of death were
filed and approved at the home office. This alone dem-
onstrates to the public at large the financial strength of
the company, and is positive evidence and proof of the
soundness and stability as well as of the just and equitable
treatment received by the policy-holders and their bene-
ficiaries. ' '

The home offices of the Conservative Life Insurance Coil;
pauy are established in a fine building that bears the coilj
pany 's name and that is owned by the company. This jl
an enlarged and remodeled structure, the base of which wJ
the old post office or Federal Building at Wheeling, ai ( )
with the purchase more recently of adjoining property <jt
which was situated the Colonial Theater the company nc
owns a block 132 feet square — one of the most valuat
properties in the city.

In conclusion may be given extracts from a New Yo *
financial periodical, the New York Commercial, whose re I
resentative found fully justified the "claim that Wheelii'4
has one of the most successful and best managed lif
insurance companies in cities of this class in America. I
The article further states that the ultimate test of a coi [
pany's financial solidity is the relation of liabilities 4
assets, aud that, gauged by this test, some of the small)!
insurance companies hold the commanding position, "ail
this is true of the Conservative Life of Wheeling." M
commenting on the specially liberal policies marking t'j
conduct of the business and the company's adoption *l
"multiform" insurance, the article continues thus: "Thj
contract has been the means of the company writing ij
much or more business in its home state as any other coiE
pany operating in the State of West Virginia, and til
contract has proved so popular that it is now being eopicW
by some of the older and larger companies. The wonderf J
success and progress of this euterprising concern is due |
the competent staff of officers and agents. Clem E. Petei I
the efficient secretary and treasurer of the company, wll
is recognized as one of the leading insurance riien of th j
district, has perhaps been more of a factor in bringing til
company through to its present high standing than at
other individual connected therewith, because it has heel
through his untiring efforts that the company has a
tained its present high rank in financial eireles.

Of the secretary and treasurer of the company moi|
specific mention is made in preceding hiography.

Walter Elmo Chorpenning. The Chorpenning f anvil;*
while not one of the oldest in Preston County, have fci
seventy years occupied one of the most historic homes an
homesteads of the county.

This farm is still referred to occasionally as the oil
Forman place. The historic log mansion was built theri
by Isaac Forman in 1794. The apple orchard plantcl
ahout the same time continued to hear fruit for 100 years!
One of the sturdy trees produced regularly fifty bushel!
annually throughout its mature lifetime. The first newt!
paper published in Preston County was issued from the ol *
log house on this farm, its publishers and proprietors beinl
Frank Alter and Joseph Miller. The newspaper was calle j
into existence during the memorable presidential campaigl
of 1840 and was named "The Mt. Pleasant Democrat" ol
the "Preston County Democrat." The paper's name bcl
lied its politics and confused or misled those who did nol
know its political tendencies, since it was a strong whil
organ.

In 1850 this farm was acquired by Jonathan Chorpenf
ning, and it has remained in the Chorpenning name eve!
since, the present owner being Millard Fillmore Chorpenl
ning. Jonathan Chorpenning was a son of Judge Henri
Chorpenning, of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. JudgJ
Chorpenning married Mary Shoaf. Jonathan Chorpenninjl
had a large family of fourteen children. Among these ar j
named Jonathan, Malinda, Franklin, Mrs. Clarissa BrownJ
Elizabeth, who marred Cyrus Shader, Henrietta, who bel
came the wife of William B. Marks, Hannah, Harrisonl
Simon Michael and Millard Fillmore.

Jonathan Chorpennning spent his life at the old homef
stead. His son Millard Fillmore Chorpenning was bonl
the year after the family came to Preston County and liktj
his father before him, he acquired a liberal education am*
used it to the advantage of agriculture and his communityl
February 2, 1885, be married Nancy J. Waddell. Thei'J
children were Alonzo J., Charles W., Walter Elmo, Lloycl
S., Homer O., Henry Ward, Creed McKinley and Lucy A.I

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363

IlSSS, moved to the old Homestead in 1895 and grew

I there in a home where education was prized for its
le in the training of good citizens. After finishing his
cation he took up electrical work, and is in the electrical
Rncss at Connellsville, Pennsylvania, where he has had

home since 1906. He married Miss Janet Stone.

ihLUi Foe man. The activities and service by which he
i become so well knowa and esteemed in the Amboy
immunity of Preston County have been extended over the
rrly half a century Allen Forman has lived there. He
passed the age of three score and ten, but is still
ending to his interests as a farmer and lumberman.
Kr. Forman, who is widely known over Preston County
'account of his long service on the County Court, was
n near Brandonville May 30, 1845. His grandfather,
lauol Forman, came to Preston County, Pennsylvania,

II settled in the woods at Brandonville, transforming by
labors an unproductive tract into a fruitful farm. He

B a member of the Quaker Church and was probably
ried in the Quaker Cemetery at Brandonville. By his
rriage to Miss Willett he had the following children:
se, Ellis, James, Abner, Richard, Hannah, who married
in Spurgeon, Anna, who married Alexander Harvey, and
borah, who married James Harvey, brother of Alexander,
[was perhaps due to their Quaker connections that none
i these sons became soldiers in the Civil war.
Richard Forman, father of Allen Forman, was born in
f Brandonville community and though reared a Quaker
{united with the Methodist denomination after his marri-
|. He had only the advantages of the country schools,
1 his active years were spent in farming. He died in
)2, at the age of seventy-three. He was a democrat,
iugh he voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. About
75 he moved to the Amboy locality, and is buried at
pinel Church, near there. His wife, Nancy Fike, was a
lighter of Jacob Fike, and she reaehed the age of eighty-
Their children were: Allen; Elma, who married
v. Henry J. Boatman and died in California; James, of
rra Alta; Lewis J., a lawyer at Petersburg, "West Vir-
"ua; and Lloyd, proprietor of the Forman Surgical
Sspital at Buekhannon.

Allen Forman attended the common schools, the Bran-
inville Academy, and his labors were given to the home
Irm until after his marriage. In 1875 he located on the
inn he now owns and occupies at Amboy. He arrived
"We with $500 which his father had paid him in wages,
► d he used this capital in making his first payment on
'e land, and finished paying for his farm on the install-
ment plan. Fifty acres have been cleared, and since he
|jok possession a similar area has been made ready for

ops. On this farm he has grown both grain and stock,

id for the past thirty years has also supplemented his
Rainess as a manufacturer of lumber on a small scale.
h and his sons now operate their mill in partnership,
Jd their product made from local timber supply is largely
'ed by the local trade, though to some extent shipments

ve been made outside the county.

Mr. Foreman became a member of the County Court as
'ceessor of Julius Seheer, representing Union District,
mong other colleagues during his long service there were
•hu Jenkins and A. Staley Shaw. He served four straight
rms of two years each, and then, after an intermission,
as again elected, and had ten years of service to his
edit when he retired. The principal work during his
'rm was building roads and hridges, and providing for
e poor, but the county had not entered upon the pro-
•am of permanent highway construction until the last
rm he was on the board. Mr. Forman cast his first
esidential ballot for General Grant in 1888, and has been
'igned with that party ever since. In former years he
'is frequently a delegate to county, senatorial and con-
cessional conventions. He has served as a trustee of the
'urora Methodist Church. Mr. Forman has practically all
[s business interests concentrated on his farm and in his
* ruber mill, bot is also one of the stockholders and a
[rector of the First National Bank of Terra Alta.
' In Preston County May 30, 1873, he married Miss Carrie

Forquer. She was born at Brandonville January 22, 1848,
daughter of Samuel and Isabel (McGrew) Forquer. Her
mother was a daughter of Colonel James McGrew, repre-
senting one of the pioneer families of this section of the
state. The original McGrew came from New Jersey to
Cumberland, Maryland, in pioneer times. Samuel Forquer
and wife had four children: Leroy, who served as a Union
soldier and is now living in Pennsylvania; Mattie, who
married Harry Smith and lives at Morgantown; Mrs.
Forman; and Dayton M., a farmer near Brandonville.

Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Forman the oldest is
Alletta, of Terra Alta, widow of John C. Mayer; Charles
H., the oldest son, is associated with his father in the
lumber industry at Amboy; Arthur Dayton, a farmer near
Amboy, married Myrtle Mason, and their children arc
Eleanor, Erma and Nancy; Miss Mary is still at home
with her parents. The two youngest children were Harry
Allen and Nancy, twins. The son died on his graduation
day, at the age of twenty-one. Nancy i9 the deceased wife
of E. B. Jones, of Oakland, Maryland.

Hon. Lewis J. Forman. Recognized generally as one of
the leading attorneys of Grant County, Lewis J. Forman,
of Petersburg, is also a descendant of the old and prominent
family of Formans which settled in Preston County more
than a century and a half ago. He was born on the old
family farm near Bruceton Mills, January 7, 1855, and is a
son of Richard and Nancy (Fike) Forman, and a brother of
Allen Forman, of Preston County, a sketch of whose career
precedes this.

Lewis J. Forman lived in the vicinity of Brandonville
during the first seventeen years of his life, and in 1S72
accompanied his parents to Amboy, near Aurora, where he
came to man's estate. He attended the country schools
until he was eighteen years of age, at which time he com-
menced teaching school in Preston County, although he had
endeavored to enter this profession one year sooner in
Maryland, but the authorities there had refused to examine
him for a license to teach because of his youth. He con-
tinued teaching school in Preston, Doddridge and Wirt coun-
ties, West Virginia, for six years, following which he entered
Professor Holbrook's National Normal University, from
which he was duly graduated after four years in both the
scientific and business or commercial courses. lie resumed
teaching at that time, first being principal of schools at
Fairmont and subsequently at Beavertown, Ohio, and then
returned to West Virginia and settled permanently at
Petersburg.

Upon assuming his residence at the county seat of Grant
County Mr. Forman began the study of law with the firm
of Dyer & Pugh. Such phenomenally rapid advancement
did he make that he was admitted to the bar of West Vir-
ginia eight months later. During this period he went into
the country, near town, and taught a short term of school,
and in addition to this labor served for a while as a deputy
in the county clerk 's office, which would make it appear that
his time was fully occupied. After his admission to the bar
Mr. Forman hegan the practice of his profession at Peters-
burg, where he tried his first case in the court. His admis-
sion to practice occurred in October, 18S3, and in the fol-
lowing year he was elected prosecuting attorney of the
county, an office to which he was re-elected for four con-
secutive terms, serving sixteen years therein. In this office
he succeeded the Hon. F. M. Reynolds, who later occupied
the bench of this judicial district In this time Mr. Forman
also acted as principal of the Petersburg school for more
than two terms, and was also associated as a partner in the
law with Judge F. M. Reynolds until the latter was ele-
vated to the bench. He retired from the office of prose-
cuting attorney in 1900, and since then has applied himself
to his private practice, which has advanced greatly in size
and importance.

In the matter of politics Mr. Forman grew up in a home
where republicanism was strong, and cast his maiden presi-
dential vote for Rutherford B. Hayes. He has cast eleven
ballots for presidents, never having missed a national elec-
tion since casting his initial vote. His convention work as a
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the republican state conventions for thirty years. He was
formerly a member of the Republican State Committee, and
helped engineer the first primary election as a member of
the executive committee appointed for that purpose. He
was likewise a member of the Congressional Committee
for many years, during the incumbency of Judge Dayton
iu Congress, and was a delegate to the National Republican
Committee convention of 1900, assisting in the nomination
of President McKinley.

Mr. Forman 's first election to office was when he was
made prosecuting attorney. He made the race as the re-
publican candidate for state senator in 1900, but political
conditions were against him an<l he was defeated, but by
only eighty-one votes. Two years later he was again a
candidate, in a new senatorial district, and this time won
by 3,500 votes. He represented the Fifteenth Senatorial
District for eight years, going into the Senate under the
presidency of Hon. Clark May, and when his term expired
he was re-elected to succeed himself. During this last
term he was a member of the judiciary committee of the
body, and held this post all through his service save for
the last year, when he was elected president of the Sen-
ate. He was instrumental as a legislator this term in se-
curing the passage of a bill establishing the bureau of ar-
chives and history, and in addition to introducing and put-
ting through the bill placing county officers on salary,
joined in the tax reform legislation which resulted in the
passage of the hill which governs today. He has since beeu
a candidate for Congress before the primaries, but lost
the nomination.

Senator Formau as a citizen and business man of Pet-
ersburg served the town as its mayor five years, and dur-
ing his administration the municipality was cleared of in-
debtedness. He was one of the organizers of the Grant
County Bank, at which time he was elected president, and
is still its chief executive. As a churchman he began his
church life as a boy of thirteen years. His parents were
Methodists, and he has been a factor in the work of that
denomination in each community in which he has resided.
He was elected superintendent of the Sunday School of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Petersburg at the time he
joined the congregation, and has served the school since
1902. He has the record of fourteen years of attendance
upon the school without missing a Sunday, and the school
records show others who have an equally remarkable record
of attendance. He has been a member of the State Sunday
School Executive Committee and is especially interested
and concerned with Sunday School work. He is one of the
Board of Stewards of the church, and has occasionally at-
tended annual church conferences of the district.

On August 23, 1886, at Petersburg, Senator Forman mar-
ried Miss Virginia Baker, a daughter of Eli and Frances
(Shobe) Baker. Mr. Baker was of an old family of West
Virginia and was a hatter by trade and an agriculturist by
occupation. Mrs. Baker was a native of Grant County,
and Mrs. Forman is oue of eight children to reach maturity.
She was educated in the common schools, and had an ex-
perience of one year as a teacher. She is an active mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church, and gave her support to
the movement to promote the auxiliary work of the World
war. Senator and Mrs. Forman have had no children to
grow up. A little girl, Esther Whisler, came into their
home by adoption and grew up and was educated as their
own child. She passed through the schools of Petersburg,
graduated from Randolph Macon Institute at Danville, Vir-
ginia, and then took a year's work at Wesleyau College,
Buckhannon, coming to womanhood with every preparation
for a useful and happy life. She married Bryan F. Mitch-
ell, of Danville, Virginia, and their home is at Petersburg,
where Mr. Mitchell is reading law under the preceptorship
of Senator Forman.

Laco Loy Young, sheriff of Harrison County, is a
brother to the secretary of state of West Virginia, and
both have been men of power in county politics and local
affairs for a great many years.

Sheriff Young was born on a farm in Barbour County,
West Virginia, December 7, 1869, son of David Sylvester

and Sarah Ann (Pickens) Young. His father, a nati j
of Old Virginia, was a child when his parents, William ''l
and Hettie (Griffith) Young, moved to Harrison Comr> |
West Virginia, where they lived out their lives. Th
were Scotch Presbyterians. William W. Young became i
farmer, also learned the blacksmith's trade, and was ol
of the pioneers of that occupation in Harrison Count
The mother of Sheriff Young was born in West Virginil
daughter of John and Hannah (Corder) Pickens, who cat!
from Old Virginia. She died at the age of fifty-five, lea j
ing four children: Laco L.; Addle V., deceased; Edna A]
wife of A. G. Whitesell, of Weston; and Houston Go I
who is uow in his second term as secretary of state I
West Virginia and is still a resident of Harrison Coun* j
The father of these children is still living on the old horel
stead not far from where the grandfather settled in Hani
son County. David S. Young was a teamster in the TJnil
Army during the Civil war.

Laco L. Young grew up on the homestead in Harrisil
County, made good use of his advantages in the rurl
schools, and finally attended the Holbrook Normal Schcl
at Lebanon, Ohio, now the National Normal Universit ^
When only sixteen he was given his first school to teac I
and for six years he played an effective part in the educl
tional program of his community. His chief oceupatin
throughout his career, however, has been farming, aud
is one of the men who have achieved something more ths^
an ordinary success in agriculture. From the farm 1
interests have taken on a broadening scope and he
interested in the wholesale meat business at Clarksburg.

Mr. Young for a number of years has been active!
interested in the success of the republican party in Han •
son County, but not until 1920 did he come forward as J
active candidate for himself. In that year he won the i
publican nomination for sheriff, and at the Novemb
election received the largest vote given to any man on t
county ticket. Sheriff Young is a Methodist and a mei
ber of the Knights of Pythias.

Iu 1891 he married Miss Byrdie Stout, daughter of Ik!
and Mrs. Abner S. Stout, of Harrison County. To the
marriage were born ten children: Their son Clayton '
Young is now deputy sheriff under his father, is an e
service man, and for thirteen months was overseas wi:
the Third Army Division. He is an active member of t)
American Legion Post of Clarksburg.

Carl H. Eberts has been actively associated with tl
Bank of Warwood from the time of its inception, and I
now its efficient and popular cashier. Special interc
attaches to his association with business interests at Ws
wood, a village that is now a part of the City of Wheelin r
by reason of the fact the old family homestead farm wf
partially included in the site of the town at the time I
was founded. He was born on the site of Warwood, tl
present title of which was given when around the plant I
the Warwood Tool Company, established at this point, |
village began to develop, the same later being made tl
integral part of Wheeling. Here Mr. Eberts was bo '
December 18, 1888, a son of George S. and Mary (Weiskiij
Eberts, the latter of whom likewise was born in the Wa.
wood locality, her father, Herman Weiske, having he]
died when she was a child.

George S. Eberts was a child when his parents, Jacij
and Caroline Eberts, established their home on a far!
a part of which is now included in Warwood, and on th]
old homestead the parents passed the remainder of the!
lives, the farm eventually passing into the possession >|
George S., who later became prominent in securing tj
right of way for the street railway through this sectin
and who finally sold the farm to the Loveland Investme.1
Company, in which he became a director. In this coj
nectibn he aided in the platting of his former farm (seventl
two acres) into town lots, and he became one of the vitj
and progressive men of the new town. He was one of t!j
organizers and incorporators of the Bank of Warwo<|
in 1911, and continued a director of the same until hi
death, July 20, 1921. Mr. Eberts was a stockholder I
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Lt of its manufacturing plant at Warwood. In 1918 he
came manager of the Glenova Coal Company, with which
continued thus connected until his death. Under his
rection the mines of the company were opened, and the
terprise has been one of importance in connection with
i industrial advancement of Warwood. The Glenova
al Company has sixty acres of coal land, and the output
I the mines is sold to local factories and homes. The
operty and business are controlled by the family of Mr.
>erts." Mr. Eberts served twenty-five years as a member
i the School Board of his district, which comprised all
the Richland District and included Warwood, where
s established the district high school. He was a stanch
mocrat, and was an earnest communicant of the Luth-
m Church, as is also his widow. The family own also
mining enterprises conducted under the title of the
esapeake Coal Company, at Bellaire, Ohio, and the Val-
Grove Coal Company, likewise at Bellaire, of which
rl H., of this sketch, is 'vice-president and treasurer, T. H.
hnson, of Bellaire, being the president. Three children
•vivc the honored father, and of the number Carl II.
the eldest; George J. is secretary of the John S. Naylor
laipany of Wheeling; and Harry W. is secretary of the
[esai>eake Coal Company at Bellaire, Ohio.
(Carl H. Eberts gained his early education in the public
nools, and in his eighteenth year he took a minor posi-
n in the Quarter Savings Bank at Wheeling, in which
served two months without compensation and in which
eventually won promotion to the position of teller. In
111 he became the active promoter of the Bank of War-
od, which was incorporated with a capital of $25,000,
stock being held by citizens of the immediate com-
inity. The bank opened its doors May 1, 1911, and Mr.
kerts has been its cashier from the beginning, the while
careful and progressive executive policies and his per-
tal popularity have inured greatly to the success of the
:erprise. The present bank building, of modern archi-
ture and equipment, was completed and occupied in Jan-
ry, 1914, a two-story briek structure, with the banking
ces, and with a second room that is used for mercantile
rposes. W. E. Helfenbine, the first president of the
ak, was succeeded in 1913 by the present incumbent, F.
Kcnamond, and J. H. McDonald is the vice president,
e bank has a safe-deposit department and is an institu-
n that plays a large part in the general business life
the community. It now has surplus and undivided prof-
: of $25,000, it has paid regular six per cent dividends,
hi its deposits average about $500,000.
i Mr. Eberts takes vital interest in all that concerns the
llfare of his home community, and he and his wife are
hlous and influential communicants of the Lutheran
tureh at Warwood, he being chairman of its Board of
Justees and vice president of its council. He was a dele-
He to the Synodieal Conference of the church at Fair-
tnt, in 1921, and in the preceding year was a delegate
f the United Lutheran Conference held in the City of
^lshington, D. C. He has completed the circle of both
Jrk and Scottish Rite Masonry, in the latter of which
t has received the thirty-second degree, besides being af
bted with the Mystic Shrine and the Order of the East-
U Star, of which latter his wife likewise is a member.
Is. Eberts, whose maiden name was Emma Johnson, is
(laughter of T. H. Johnson, Bellaire, Ohio, who has been
lively engaged in coal operations for more than forty
nrs. Mr. and Mrs. Eberts have one son, Herman Carl.

Olarexce Burdette Sperry. The firm of Sperry &
i?rry, lawyers, has for many years enjoyed an enviable
•utation in the Harrison County bar, a county that has
en some of the most distinctive abilities to the pro-
sional affairs of the state. The members of this firm
Melvin G. and Clarence Burdette Sperry, brothers,
fives of West Virginia.

Their father was the late Rev. Ezra Cortland Sperry,
o was born in Cortland, New York, in 1S27, The
•rgies of his life were divided between his duties as a
ptist minister and as a farmer. He removed to Harrison

County in 1851, and died January 9, 1908. II is wife was
Mary M. Patton, who was born and reared in Harrison
County. They became the parents of a large family,
those growing to maturity being Edgar A., Mary C.,
Alexander L., Leonora, Rulina, Melvin G. t Ezra C,
Clarence B., Ernest V., Earl M., Ida L. and Percy C.

Clarence Burdette Sperry was born on his father's farm
in Doddridge County, West Virginia, October 10, 1 86H.
The country was his environment during his youth, and he
finished a public school education and for three terms
taught school. He spent two years in the law school oi
the University of West Virginia at Morgautown, was ad-
mitted to the bar, and in 1900 became associated with his
brother Melvin G. Sperry in the firm of Sperry & Sperry
at Clarksburg. Mr. Sperry has also been interested in
gas and other industrial development in his section of the
state.

He is a democrat in politics, is affiliated with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and Elks and is a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church. At Clarksburg April 16, 190S,
he married Margaret O. MeKinley, who was born in Harri
son County in 1*85, daughter of William P. MeKinley.
Her father was a Union soldier in the Civil war and a
native of Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Sperry have
one daughter, Margaret Eleanor, born March 3, 1909.

James Edward Law. The educated, reputable lawyer
is invariably ranked with the worth while citizens of a
community, and this is true at Clarksburg, West Virginia,
as in other cities. An able representative of this pro-
fession here is James Edward Law, formerly prosecuting
attorney, who belongs by birth and parentage to Harri-
son County.

James E. Law was born near Salem, Harrison County,
West Virginia, April 27, 1872, a son of Jesse Daughcrty
and Nancy (Hooper) Law, and a grandson of William Law
and Nicholas Hooper, the paternal grandfather being a
native of Ireland, of Scotch-Irish lineage, and the latter
of H arrison County. Jesse Daugherty Law served as a
soldier in the Union Army during the war between the
states, and afterward followed the peaceful life of a
farmer and stockman. His death occurred when sixty-eight
years of age, his widow surviving to be seventy two years
of age. They reared a family of two daughters and five
sons. Mr. and Mrs. Law were highly esteemed in their
neighborhood and were faithful members of the Methodist
Protestant Church.

James E. Law had educational privileges in the public
schools, then became a student in Salem College and later
matriculated in the West Virginia University, where he
took both a classical and law course and was graduated in
1S99 and admitted to the bar in the same year. He located
immediately at Clarksburg, where he opened a lnw office
and was elected prosecuting attorney of Harrison Countv,
serving as such from 1901, to 1904. "inclusive. In 191* he
formed a law partneship with Anthony F. McCue, under
the firm name of Law and McCue.

He helped to organize the Farmers Bank at Clarksburg
in 1904, and has since been one of its directors. He has
been equally useful in other public capacities, and served
as county superintendent of schools from IS 93 to 1899,
with the greatest efficiency. He had taught school in his
younger years, and thus had a personal understanding of
the educational problems facing teachers and boards of edu-
cation.

In 1901 Mr. Law was united in marriage with Miss Edna
Hustead, who was born and reared in Harrison County.
They have two children, a son and daughter, James Edward
and Carolyn Waldo. Mr. Law and his family belong to
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Like all broad-minded,
intelligent men, Mr. Law takes a deep interest in public
affairs and to some extent in the local political field. As
was his father, he is a sturdy supporter of the principles
of the republican party. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow,
and on many occasions, as a foremost citizen, is called on
to serve, officially or otherwise, on boards and committees
concerned with the public welfare.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

James Noah Hess has had an active part in the bank-
ing interests of Clarksburg for the past twenty years,
being assistant cashier of the Empire National Bank,
one of the leading banks not only of that city but of the
State of West Virginia. He is a member of one of the
very oldest families in this section of West Virginia,
his" ancestors having been obliged to protect their homes
in this wilderness against the Indians.

The original ancestor of this branch of the Hess fam-
ily was Balsar Hess (sometimes spelled Balthaser) a
Hollander,- who came over on the ship Neptune from
Rotterdam in 1751, landing at Philadelphia September

24, 1751, and afterward settled in Winchester District
of old Virginia, and from there came to Seotts Mill Run,
Monongalia County, West Virginia, and everything here
was a typically frontier character. For the greater part
the Hesses have been farmers, have been members of the
Methodist Church, and in politics for the last two or three
generations, republicans. The children of Balsar Hess,
the original settler, were James, who moved to Indiana,
Charles who settled at the mouth of Deats Creek, near the
Village of Granville, Monongalia County, West Virginia,
and Jeremiah Hess, who was born in Winchester District
of Virginia, November 20, 1779, and died near Tevervaugh,
Marion Comity, April 20, 1855. He married Elizabeth
Henry, daughter of Aaron Henry, who about 1785 moved
from Winchester District, Virginia, settled on Scotts Mill
Run, Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
He was a native of old Virginia and a member of the same
family that produced the famous orator of the Revolution,
Patrick Henry. Jeremiah Hess had ten children, Abraham,
born January 21, 1804, Charles, January 5, 1807, Rebecca,
June 20, 1808, Henrv, Jane 28, 1809, Peter, Jeremiah, May
22, 1812, Elizabeth,' March 16, 1814, Catherine, November
4, 1815, Mahale, June 21, 1S17, and Eleanor, September 2,
1822.

The next generation of this family was represented by
Peter Hess, who was born in Marion County, West Vir-
ginia, September 26, 1810, and lived for many years near
Tevervaugh on Harter Hill in that county, where he died
January 4, 1891. He married Orpha Sandy, daughter of
William and Rhoda (Shinn) Sandy, who was born in the
same county April 3, 1S16, and died March 19, 1882. Their
children were named: John W., born November 7, 1833,
died at Harter Hill October 13, 18S9. Mahlon S., born
August. 16, 1S35, died at Harter Hill February 15, 1S56,
Mary E., born August 3, 1837, died at Oakland, Maryland,
August 25, 1911. Robert Nelson, born October 17, 1839,
was killed at the battle of Fisher's Hill, Shenandoah
Valley, Virginia, September 22, 1864. Jeremiah William,
born August 17, 1841, died at Wyatt, West Virginia, March

25, 1910. George W., born September 24, 1843, died at
Centerville, Tyler County, West Virginia, July 10, 1880.
David L., born July 13,' 1845, died at Harter Hill May 9,
1854. Lavina Jane, born January 28, 1S47, is now living
at Corbin, Sumner County, Kansas. Peter L., born Janu-
ary 28, 1850, died at Harter Hill March 27, 1S96. Richard
Marion, born December 13, 1852, died at Corbin, Kansas,
August 25, 1919. Sarah S., born Mareh 16, 1857, died at
Oakland, Maryland, August 10, 1912. Abraham Milroy,
born October 2, 1862, is now living at Shinnstou, West
Virginia.

Of these children Jeremiah William was the father of
the Clarksburg banker. He was born at Harter Hill in
Marion County, August 17, 1841, and died on his farm at
Wyatt, Harrison County, March 25, 1910. He married
Mary M. Sturm, daughter of Jesse and Matilda (Davis)
Sturm who was born in Harrison County, May 26, 1840,
and died December 21, 1908. She was a granddaughter of
Jacob Sturm, Sr., who as a boy enlisted under the banner
of the Revolutionary patriots and followed the fortunes of
the illustrious Washington in our country's struggle for
independence. He was with the father of our country amid
the hardships and stern realities of the long, cruel war,
and was with him at Yorktown when he received the sword
of the conquered Cornwallis.

Their four children were: William Wallace, born May 2,
1867, lva Eliza, born June 12, 1869, James Noah, born

September 9, 1871, and Daisy Dean, bom Mareh 6, 18
The children of William Wallace are Raymond Cline, Mj
M., Geneva I. and Mildred. Daisy Dean (Hess) Barge
only child, Irene, married William H. Edwards.

Jeremiah W. Hess was a very strong character andl
notable citizen of Harrison County in his day. Thrdjiil
out the period of the Civil war he served in the Unl
Army first as a private of Company E, Third West V|
giuia Infantry; Company E, Third West Virginia Mounl
Infantry' and Company C in the Sixth West Virgii 1 J
Volunteer Cavalry, on March 25, 1865, was promoted
commissary sergeant of his company. His brother, Rob '
Nelson Hess, was a lieutenant in the Union Army, and il
killed in tbe battle of Fisher's Hill September 22, 18 1
He was in Company H of the Fourteenth West Virgii <
Infantry. Jeremiah W. Hess was a stauneh republican 1
politics, and for two terms represented his county in '.J
West Virginia legislature, during 1894-96 and 1896-98, a]
for a number of years held the office of justice of the pea
lie was also president of the Board of Education of I
magisterial district. He and his wife were both Met!
dists.

James Noah Hess, who was born at Wyatt, Harris i
County, on a farm, September 9, 1871, spent his early 11
on that farm and in the meanwhile acquired a comrl
school education, also attending Spring Normal Schcl
For six years he taught in the rural districts of the counl
Subsequently he completed a course in the West Virgh I
Business College at Clarksburg, and then for one y<8
was a bookkeeper for the Waverly Stone Company ' \
Waverly, Ohio, this being the only period of his 1|
when he was not a resident of Harrison County. In Marl
1897, he moved to Clarksburg, where he has since residl
For six years Mr. Hess was deputy county clerk of Hail
son County. When the Empire National Bank of Clarl
burg began business, November 30, 1903, Mr. Hess was!
bookkeeper. He is now an assistant cashier. He has be |
continuously associated with the institution since I I
organization. He is also a stockholder in the Unil
National bank at Clarksburg. He is secretary of the hor
of education, Clarksburg School District, which position I
has held for the past twelve years.

He is a stauneh republican, and for fifteen years 11
been a member of the Harrison County Republican Ex!
utive Committee. For two years he was a member
the Clarksburg City Council. He is a member of the Fb
Methodist Episcopal Church. He is Past Eminent Cc|
mander of Clarksburg Commandery No. 13; Knig
Templar, was for twelve years secretary of his Blue Lo(|
and at present is treasurer of Hermon Lodge No. 6, Anci< \
Free and Accepted Masons. He is a Thirty-second degl
Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, a member of 'I
Clarksburg Country Club, secretary-treasurer of the Wj
Virginia Fair Association and a director of the Clarksbil
Building and Loan Association.

November 19, 1895, Mr. Hess married Miss Lenna Leu
Hess, a daughter of Jeremiah F. and Minerva Jane (Ci|
ningham) Hess, of Marion County. The children born 1
their marriage are: Victor Howell, born July 26, 181
Ethel Lenore, born October 19, 1898, Bernard Leo, b< f
December 19, 1901, Edith Evelyn, born September 17, 19 .
James Noah, Jr., born October 8, 1908, Helen born Feb I
ary 20, 1912, died June 18, 1913, and Lenna Jean Htl
born November 13, 1916.

The oldest son, Victor Howell Hess, volunteered _ I
service in the World war with the First West Virgi) 1
National Guard, Machine Gun Company, on June 11, 19|
at the age of twenty years, at Fairmont, Marion Counl
West Virginia. He left Camp Cornwell on September I
1917, for Camp Shelby at Hattiesburg, Mississippi; vm
transferred from First West Virginia National Glial
Machine Gun Company, to Company D, One Hundred a|
Thirty-seventh Machine Gun Battalion of the Regul
Army; was promoted from private to the position of assil
ant to supply sergeant, with rank as corporal, on Nove
ber 6, 1917; was transferred to Company D, One Hi
dred and Thirty-ninth Machine Gun Battalion, and abJ
May 1, 1918, was ordered to Camp Hancock, AugjB

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rgia. June 13, 1918, he was promoted to sergeant of
iuiug Camp No. 13, Main Training Depot, Machine
Trainiug Center, and was made instructor in machine
aery, infantry drill, liason signalling, gas and flame
•nee, physical training and bayonet drill,
icuteuaut II ess entered the Officers Training School at
ip Hancock, was commissioned a second lieutenant of
intry, U. S. Reserve Corps, on December 10, 191S, and
orably discharged December 11, 191$, having been in
service exactly eighteen months.

>ohx Matthew Gay Fairfax. The community of
tfeville has in the person of John Matthew Gay Fair-
not only a splendid example of sturdy citizenship but
f he representative of one of the most distinguished
ilies of Old Virginia and Maryland. He is a graod-
of Colonel John Fairfax, who at one time was man-
r of the estate of General Washington, and whose duties
jght him to the Washington lands west of the Alle-
nics and eventually he settled here permanently, the
y being more fully told in the record of another of
i descendants.

[ohn M. Gay Fairfax was born at the Fairfax farm, now
[Arthurdale farm, a son of the late George Washington
rfax, who died near Reedsville October 25, 1885, at the
of seventy-three. The wife of George W. Fairfax was
-garet S. Gay. Her father was Robert Gay and her
her was a Stewart, accounting for that name in her
i christian name. Margaret S. Gay was born in County
one, Ireland, in ls>19, and came 'to the United States
fa her parents at the age of twelve, in 1833. She died
•■ruary 13, 1S59. Her three children to grow up were
In M. G., Emma R., who married D. G. Watson and
ft in Reedsville; and Anna C, now Mrs. John Shields,
iMendocino County, California.

ohn M. Gay Fairfax was born July 30, 1847, and his
i j youth was spent at his birthplace. He finished his
ly education in E. K. Lozier's Commercial College in
kimore, and was a bookkeeper in that city until that
upation proved too confining for his health. He then
timed home, and subsequently became a teacher in the
h schools, teaching his first term near home. He taught
l school in Taylor County and the remainder of his
| years of educational work was passed in Frcston
hoty. He then spent a summer in the employ of the
kstone Bridge Company at Pittsburgh, the next year dug
il for a Uniontown coal company in Westmoreland
'mty, near Scottsdale, and subsequently was emploved
i an engineer by the Overholt Distilling Company. "He
la went to Louisville, Kentucky, and for eight mouths
sed his uncle, William Gay, in his last illness. About
It time he chose a profession, entering the Philadelphia
ital College, and continued his studies until he was
Jified to practice. He was a dentist at Gladcsville and
his home community, and was active in the profession
ore the introduction of the marvelous modern dental
Is and apparatus and nearly all his work was hand
•k and of a quality that seldom failed.
Eventually Mr. Fairfax resumed farming, at first on the
ite of his father near Reedsville, and he then bought

David C. Miles farm and later the Heidelberg farm,
i re his activities have continued since. Grain growing
I stock raising have been his chief productive efforts,
1 though now almost seventy-five he is still alert, vigor-

and closely attentive to all the details of farm man-
ment. He possesses a rugged constitution, and still
oys life for its own sake and for the opportunities of
ful toil and effort it afford?.

lr. Fairfax for many years was active in eounty politics.
i father was a democrat, and he himself cast his first
sidential ballot for Governor Seymour of New York,
was hostile to the proposed fusion nomination of Horace
*ley for president, knowing the abolition record of that
didate and realizing that his acceptance of the nomina-
i was a confession of an overwhelming ambition for the
sidency. He did not vote in the general election of that
r, but since then has consistently aided every candidate

of his party and has been a delegate to various conventions
both local and state. In 1896 he supported Bryan and the
free silver issue, and he continued lending his intluence
as well as his vote to campaigns until advancing age caused
him to give up all political activity except voting. He is a
Presbyterian, and joined Valley Lodge No. 97 of the Odd
lellows at Reedsville in March, l«s9, and is a past grand
representative and has attended many meetings of the
Grand Lodge.

Mr Fairfax a number of years ago became associated
with the late B. M. Despard In the coal business. They
optioned and sold 5,000 acres of coal in Preston County,
arid he still owns a similar number of acres in Taylor
County. He is a charter member of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank of Reedsville, was one of the most active in
promoting that institution and is still on its Board of
Directors.

At Cumberland, Maryland, March 17, 1876, Mr. Fairfax
married Miss Sadie Heed, daughter of Peter and Mary J
(Gdbert) Reed, of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She
was bom in that county October 28, 1856. Two sons were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax. Ceorgc W. was killed io a
runaway when thrown from his cart at the age of sixteen
The surviving representative of the familv and the chief
lieutenant of his father on the farm is" Ralph Bernard
Fairfax, who was born September 23, 1881, and has spent
all his active life on the home farm. He served as demo-
cratic committeeman for Valley District. August 29 1902
he married Miss Nellie M. Dent of Morgantown. ' They
have an interesting family of four young children, Mar-
garet G., William Dent, Mary Virginia and Francis
Gay lord.

Harold R. Markell is the president of the Packard
Motor Company of Wheeling. He was born in Cornwall,
Ontario, Canada, by the beautiful St. Lawrence River, on
June 21, 1887. Mr. Markell completed his schooling at
Mornsburg Collegiate Institute and started his business
career with the Metropolitan Bank of Canada. He later
went to the far West and for six years managed several
different branches of the Northern Crown Bank in the
provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. During the latter
period of his sojourn in Saskatchewan he gained his initial
experience in the selling of automobiles, and in 1914 be-
came associated with the Packard Motor Company at Pitta-
burgh, Pennsylvania. In July, 1915, his company decided
to open a branch at Wheeling, West Virginia, and he was
chosen as manager of the new branch. Packard's business
at Wheeling has enjoyed a steady expansion until in the
spring of 1922 Mr. Markell formed a new $100,000 corpora-
tion, of which he is now president and Mr. George Row is
secretary and treasurer. The new Packard Company is,
at the time of going to press, erecting at Pleasant Valley,
Wheeling, an automobile sales and service station which will
be second to none in the Ohio Valley. The building is to
have a frontage of 135 feet and a depth of 200 feet. It
will require an average working force of about twenty-five
employes.

In 1917 Mr. Markell married Elizabeth Cassell Stamm,
daughter of Frank II. Stamm and granddaughter of Peter
Cassell, and so is closely related to two of Wheeling's oldest
and most influential families. Mr. and Mrs. Markell have
two children, Betty Jane and Virginia.

During the past several years Mr. Markell has taken a
considerable interest in club life and is now a member of
the Fort Henry and Country Clubs, is a Scottish Rite
Mason, a Kiwanian and a director of the Motors Trading
Corporation.

William T. Jones, of Omar, Logan County, is general
manager of large and important coal-mining properties
in this district and, though he is still a young man, he has
had exceptional wide and varied experience in connection
with the coal-producing industry.

Mr. Jones was born in the City of Washington, D. C, on
the 14th of May, 1889, and is a son of Richard and Josephine
(McAuliffe) Jones, the former a native of the State of

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Maryland and the latter of the District of Columbia, the
father having become a successful and representative
wholesale grocery merchant in the national capital.

William T. Jones is indebted to the parochial and public
schools of his native city for his early education, which was
supplemented hy his attending Mount St. Joseph College
in the City of Baltimore, Maryland. After leaving this
institution he entered the employ of the Union Mining
Company at Mount Savage, Maryland, where, as a mining
engineer, he assisted in track construction, besides serving
as assistant miue boss. He continued three years in the
employ of this company and thereafter was for a time
assistant foreman Avith the Davis Colliery Company. He
next became assistant to A. J. King, who was in the con-
sulting engineering business in Charleston, West Virginia,
for years. He then came to Omar, Logan County, in
the capacity of mine inspector and engineer for the Main
Island Creek Coal Company. His efficiency led to his
advancement to the post of superintendent, and in 1919
he was made general manager of all of the company's
properties and productive activities in this district, where
he is now manager of the Proctor Coal Company, the Five
Block Coal Company, the Superior Eagle Coal Company,
the Middle Fork Mining Company, the Omar Coal Company
and the Madison Coal Company, in all thirty-one mines,
besides which he is vice president of the Chafin, Jones &
Heatherman Coal Company of Peach Creek, this county,
an operating corporation which made its first shipment
of coal (eight cars) on the 1st of March, 1922. Don
Chafin is president of this company, and Dr. K. J. Heather-
man, secretary, treasurer and general manager. Fidelity
as well as ability and effective service have brought about
the advancement of Mr. Jones, and he has made and is
making a splendid record as one of the world's productive
woikers. He and his wife are communicants of the Catholic
Church, and he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus
and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

At Charleston, in the year 1917, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Mr. Jones and Miss Rose Crump, daughter of James
aud Mary Crump, both natives of West Virginia. Mr.
and Mrs. Jones have two daughters: Josephine and Mary
Jane.

Kenna J. Heatherman, M. D., is engaged in the suc-
cessful practice of his profession at Omar, Logan County,
where he is official physician and surgeon for the Main
Island Creek Coal Company and the Middle Fork Coal
Company, besides which he is secretary, treasurer and man-
ager of the Chafin-Jones-Heatherman Coal Company, a
new operating corporation which made its first shipment
of coal from its mine at Peach Creek, Logan County in
March, 1922.

Doctor Heatherman was born at Bramwell, Mercer County,
West Virginia, on the 8th of December, 1889, and is a son
of William T. and Harriet Ann (Gilmore) Heatherman,
the former of whom was born in West Virginia and the
latter in Ireland, the father being now superintendent of
mines at Powhatan, near Bramwell, in which former place
he and his wife maintain their home. The Heatherman
family ancestry is of Scotch-Irish origin.

Doctor Heatherman acquired in the schools at Powhatan,
McDowell County, his early education, and in 1908 he
graduated in a preparatory school in the City of Baltimore,
Maryland. He then entered the medical department of
the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and in this institu-
tion he was graduated in 1912, with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. He engaged in practice at Glenalum, Mingo
County, West Virginia, as mine physician for the War
Eagle Coal Company, and there he remained until January,
1918, when he removed to Omar to assume mine practice
for the various mines controlled by the Main Island Creek
Coal Company. He has proved personally and professionally
equal to the responsibilities placed upon him in connection
with a large and important mine practice, which includes
many surgical cases, and he utilizes the hospital facilities
at Huntington, Hatfield and other points. The Doctor
was anxious to enter the Medical Corps of the United States
Army in connection with the world war, but field-produc-

tion was a matter of major importance during that clin
terie period and he was held to his executive professic
duties at the mines, where the government considered
services of equal value. He is a member of the Lo
County Medical Society, the West Virginia State Med
Society and the American Medical Association. The Do<
is affiliated with the Pi Mu medical college fraternity.

At Louisville, Kentucky, in 1912, Doctor Heathen
married Miss Pearl May Arbuckle, daughter of J. M. j
Jane Arhuekle, the Arbuckle family having been one
prominence in Indiana. Mrs. Heatherman 's death occur
at Omar, and she is survived by two children, Kenna
Jr., and Harriet Jane.

James O. Hill, M. D., has been engaged in the succ<
ful practice of his profession at Logan, county s
of Logan County, since 1912, and has specialized in
stetrics and the diseases of children. He was bom
his father 's farm in Putnam County, this state, May
1881, and is a son of George F. and Nancy S. (BaiL
Hill, the former of whom was born in what is now Wl
Virginia and the latter in Virginia. She was nine yej
of age when her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey, ea!
to West Virginia, about 1867, and established their hoj
in Putnam County, where they passed the remainder 1
their lives. Tradition in the Hill family is to the effl
that three brothers of the name came to this country frl
their native Ireland and first made their way to Pcnssl
vania, whence they continued their journey by boat do]
the Ohio River to what is now Point Pleasant, West \|
ginia. Two of the brothers continued their way and ail
posedly settled in the eastern part of Virginia, the (I
who remained in what is now West Virginia having btl
the ancestor of the subject of this review. The fatll
of Doctor Hill served many years as a member of ~|
School board of his district, was affiliated with the In I
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wl
became specially earnest and active members of the Mel
odist Episcopal Church, South.

Doctor Hill acquired his earlier education in the pull
schools of Putnam and Jackson counties, later continil
his studies in Marras & Harvey College, at BarhoursviJ
and in 1912 was graduated from the medical departmentl
the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in the nieanwhl
having there gained valuable experience by serving cl
year as a hospital interne. In the year in which he til
received his degree of Doctor of Medicine he establish!
his home at Logan, and here he has developed a large al
representative practice of general order, with special J
teution given to obstetrics and diseases of children, I
which department of practice he has gained high reputatiJ
In 1915 and 1917 the Doctor did effective advance wol
in the Post-Gradnate Medical College in the City of N'l
York. In the World war period he served as a meml ,
of the Medical Examining Board that had charge of <l
animation of recruited soldiers in Logan County, and
active and influential in furthering the success of the loJ
drives in support of the Government war loans, Red Cr<|
work, etc. He is actively identified with the Logan Couu
Medical Society and the West Virginia State Medi<]
Society, has received the thirty-second degree of the Sc<
tish Rite of the Masonic fraternity, besides being a noli
of the Mystic Shrine, and he and his wife hold memhn
ship in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

The year 1914 recorded at Logan the marriage of Doctj
Hill and Miss Lena Ferrell, daughter of Anthony a: I
Elizabeth (Mullins) Ferrell, both natives of West Virgin [
and both still residents of Logan County. Doctor ail
Mrs. Hill have two daughters: Elizabeth Ann and Nanl
Susan.

Joseph Laconia McClung. A representative of I
prominent old Greenbrier County family, Joseph Lacon
McClung is a graduate Doctor of Dental Surgery froi
Baltimore, and for a number of years has been secure]
established in his professional work at Huntington.

Doctor McClung was horn at Rupert, Greenbrier Count!
October 26, 1877. The McClung family is of Scotch-Iri

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369

h estry, and there were seven brothers of the name who
eiie to Virginia in Colonial times. The grandfather of
■•tor McClung was Hint on McClung, a native of old
Iginia and an early settler in Greenbrier County, where
I was a farmer. He married Miss Jones, also bom in
I Virginia, who died in Greenbrier County. Their son
fc'Hsoti McClung, father of Doctor McClung, was born in
lenbrier County in 1838, was reared and married there,
1 owned and operated an extensive farm. After 1S94
■farmed in Putuain County, and after he retired from
I farm in 1917 he lived in Huntington until his death
■February 1, 1919. He was a democrat, has served four
Irs in the Civil war as a Confederate soldier, was a very
Kiest member of the Baptist Church and was affiliated
li the Masonic fraternity. Madison MeClung married
M tha Martin, who was Lorn in Greenbrier County iu
|j, and died at Uurrieaue, Putuani County in 19U3. "Her
ftier, Johu Mack Martin, was born in old Virginia in
B, was a eireuit rider of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
n carried on his work in many of the mountain eom-
mities of Western Virginia, where he was widely known
I greatly beloved. He died at Hurricane in 19U0. His
I wife and the mother of Martha Martin was a Miss
ne, a native of old Virginia, who died iu Greenbrier
[nty. Madison McCluug and wife had thirteen children,
: of whom died in childhood, aud a brief record of the
>rs is given: Nora, wife of Leonard Shawver, a farmer
Crickmer, Fayette County, West Virginia; Clownie V.,
J was connected with the International Harvester Com-
fy and died at Hurricane at the age of forty-five; Miutie,
fc of William F. Wilson, building eoutraetor of Louisa,
Itucky; Laura, who died at Hurricane at the age of
nity-four; Samuel Tilden, a physician, who died in
^rado, aged twenty-six; Richard, for a number of years
vil serviee employe of the Government, living at Hun-
Ifton; Joseph L. ; Albert, a foreman for the Norfolk and
ftern Kailway at Portsmouth, Ohio; Mrs. Hen a Leighton,
fluntington, widow of a railroad contractor; Maude, who
i. at Huntington at the age of tweuty-seven, wife of
In Irwin, now a loeomotive engineer, bving at Russell,
fitucky; and Mrs. Mona Slack, wife of a railroad
Ihinist living at llandley, West Virginia,
pseph Laeonia MeClung acquired his early education in
I rural schools of Greenbrier and Putuam counties. He
U up on his father's farm and at the age of tweuty-
( began teaching, and for two years taught in Putnam
jtaty and two years in Fayette County. After leaving
I work of the school room he entered the University
Maryland at Baltimore for his dental course, aud grad-
ed in 1905 with the degree D. D. S. Doctor MeClung
>:ticed six years at Olive Hill, Kentucky, and four years
..lount Sterling, Kentucky, and since 1914 has been one
'he permanent dentists of Huntington. He is a member
! he National Dental Association, js a stockholder and
fierly was vice president of the Mid West Oil Company
I has other interests iu oil and eoal eompauies.
e is a democrat, a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
rch and assistant secretary of the Sunday School, is
liated with Mount Sterling Lodge, A. F. and A. M.,
ventueky. Among other real estate in Huntington is
home, located in a restricted residential seetion, at
Ninth Avenue. On October 11, 1905, near Hurricane,
t Virginia, Doctor McClung married Miss Stella Smith,
jhter of John P. and Sarah (Martin) Smith, residents
it. Albans, West Virginia. Her father is a farmer.
:or and Mrs. McClung have one ehild, Darvl Smith,
L August 24, 1906.

)HN Dieckmann. At Park View, on the National Road,
it five miles from the eenter of the City of Wheeling

within the corporate limits of the city, Mr. Dieck-
n is successfully established in business as a florist,
i he has maintained his headquarters sinee 1909, his
inal business having beeu founded in the City of Wlieel-

in 1904. At Park View Mr. Dieckmann purchased
ity-five acres of pasture land, and here he has de-
?ed one of the largest and most modern flower-propa-
ag plants in the state. In his greenhouses he now has
300 square feet under glass. In the supplying of the

fine* of cut flowers and decorative plants for both lawns
and homes he has built up a large and successful business,
and he is a recognized authority in tloriculture. He eamc
to Wheeling in 1901, and from the position of employe with
a company m the iloral business he became a stockholder
in the company and finally became sole owner of the busi-
ness he having had a capital of only $500 when he initiated
Ins business career in the city. He now has secure stand-
ing as the largest and most successful fiower grower in the
state, and the development of the splendid business has
been the result of his technical ability, close application
and progressive policies.

Mr. Dieckmann was born near Hamburg, Germanv, in
1S<0, and was there reared and educated. There he gained
an experience of more than ten years in the nursery and
floriculture business, and in 1895 he came to the United
States and found employment at Wadsworth, Ohio, at $1.50
a day. Later he was placed in charge of a leading tloral
business at Cleveland, Ohio, and he conducted an inde-
pendent business at Akron, that state, for two vcars, saviug
the little reserve capital of $500 with which 'he initiated
his business career at Wheeling, West Virginia. He sup-
plies the loeal florists in Wheeling and other cities of the
state, and makes shipments also to Steuben vil >e and other
places in Ohio. In the activities of the business he retains
an average of twenty-one employes. His attractive residence
is on the grounds of his fine llnral plant, and in the base-
ment of the house his business offices are maintained. He
is a director in the bank at Fulton, and is an elder in
St. Mark's Lutheran Church at Elm Grove.

At Wadsworth, Ohio, Mr. Dieckmann married Miss Luev
Pfeiffer, who was born in that town, of German parentage.
They have three sons: Ernest John, a high-school grad-
uate, is, in 1921, a student of tloriculture at Cornell Uni-
versity, Ithaca. New York; William Pfeiffer is a student
in the Capital University at Columbus. Ohio; and Herbert
is a member of the class of 1922 in Triadelidiia District
High School of Wheeling.

John C. Lixihicum. now serving his third term as mayor
of Romney, has been a resident of that citv for over twenty
years, for a long time was in the service "of the state gov-
ernment at the Institution for the Deaf and Blind, and his
active career throughout has been strongly tinged with the
public service.

He was born at Moorefield, West Virginia. Septcmhcr
17, 1SG9. His grandfather, Joel Linthieum, was a shoe
maker nf Hampshire County, and died in Romney about
1878. He married a Miss Davis, and their children were:
William, who died in Illinois; Elijah, who spent his active
life at Decatur, Illinois; James, a retired shoemaker living
near Richmond, Virginia; Joseph M. ; Benjamin, who died
at Romney; Mollie, who married Frank Malnney and died
in Hampshire County; Margaret, wife of Joseph" M. Poling
and a resident of Romney.

Joseph M. Linthieum, father of Romney 9 s mayor, was
born in Hampshire f'ounty, September 10, 1 S4.'L As* a youth
he learned the trade of shoemaker and leather tanning, and
worked at one or the other of these occupations throughout
his active life. He is now living retired at Keyser. Dur-
ing the war between the states he was member nf a Vir-
ginia regiment in the Confederate Army, and took part in
several of the campaigns of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia. He was never wounded or captured, and served
throughout as a private. Joseph M. Linthieum married
Elizabeth Hyder, daughter of Thompson Hyder.

John C. Linthieum spent his early life at Moorefield, at-
tended the Moorefield Academy, and at the age of sixteen
left school and learned the trade of harness maker with
his father. As a journeyman he followed this trade both
in and out of his home state, and in 1901 came to Romney
and took charge of the shne and harness department of
the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind. That
was his work for fifteen years, and for eight years of the
time he was also chief engineer of the schools. Sinee leav-
ing the state service in 1916 Mr. Linthieum has conducted
an insurance and eoal business at Romney.

In 1921 he was put in charge as foreman of construction

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

for the girls' dormitory of the West Virginia Schools for
the Deaf and Blind, and in that capacity he supervised the
construction of the new building, beginning in March, 1921,
until it was completed on July 1, 1922, at a cost of $110,000,
the contract being carried through several thousand dol-
lars under the appropriation made for the work.

Mr. Linthicum was for several terms a member of the
City Council and was chairman of the water committee.
He* had the responsible directions of the work of construct-
ing the water system of Romney, completed in 1912. Tie
served seven years as city treasurer, and was elected to
the office of mayor in 1920, 1921, and 1922, succeeding
Joseph A. Kclley in that office.

Mr. Linthicum is an active republican, casting his first
vote for Benjamin Harrison in 1892. His first elective
office was as recorder of Romney, to which he was chosen in
1908. Since 1916 he has been a member of the Grand
Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and is
grand guide of the Grand Lodge.

At Westernport, Maryland, October 30, 1S92, John Car-
son Linthicum married Miss Kate M. Bowen, who was born
at Springfield, West Virginia, and represents two old and
well-known families of Hampshire County. She is a daugh-
ter of Dr. C. G. and Mary C. (Parsons) Bowen, her mother
being a daughter of David Parsons. Mrs. Linthicum was
the third in a family of seven children, was born May 9,
1805, and her brothers and sisters were: John, Mary,
Anna, Charles, William and Susan. Mary is Mrs. Joseph
Greenfield, of Cumberland, Maryland; Anna is unmarried;
and Susan is the wife of P. T. Lacey, of Cumberland, Mary-
land. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Linthicum were
born two children, one dying in infancy. The daughter,
Mary Elizabeth, was educated in the Potomac Academy,
which was recently remodeled as a part of the school for
the blind, and she is now employed in the Romney Post
Office.

CnARLEs W. Blair has been active in insurance circles
at Huntington and West Virginia for nearly thirty years.
He is senior member of the firm of Blair & Buffi ngton,
handling what is perhaps the largest business in fire insur-
ance in the city.

Mr. Blair is an Ohio man by birth, born at South Web-
ster, Scioto County, March 14, 1867. His father, Joseph
W. Blair, was born in Adams County of the same state in
1832, and as a young man removed to Scioto County, where
he married and where for many years he conducted a mer-
cantile store at Webster. He was a republican, served
several terms as township treasurer, and was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Joseph W. Blair, who
died at Webster, Ohio, in 18S7, married Harriet Cole, who
was horn in Scioto County in 1836 and died at Wellston,
Ohio, iD 1918.

Charles W. Blair was educated in the public schools of
Webster, and after he was eighteen he taught three years
in Scioto County, Ohio. He then removed to Portsmouth,
where for two years he was deputy county clerk, and left
that office to engage in the insurance business. He re-
mained at Portsmouth until 1893, and in August of that
year located at Huntington, where he has been a busy
member of insurance eireles ever since. For a number of
years he was an independent adjuster of fire losses. Mr.
Blair covered the West Virginia field as special agent for
one of the leading English companies for several years,
and his activities in both field work and local work has
established his position as one of the leading fire insur-
ance men of the state. Some years ago he formed a part-
nership with P. C. Buffington, under the name Blair & Buf-
fington. They handle general insurance, and represent some
of the leading English and American companies. The of-
fices of the firm are in the First National Bank Building.
Mr. Blair is also secretary and treasurer of the Ophir Oil
Company, operating in the Eastern Kentucky field. In
politics he is a republican, is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and fraternally is affiliated with
Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M., West Virginia
Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite at Wheeling, Beni-
Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Charleston, and is

a member of Huntington Lodge No. 313, Benevolent a
Protective Order of Elks, and the Guyandotte Club of Hu:
ington. He is a member also of the Allegheny and Chi
Mountain clubs of his state and is an enthusiastic spoi
man. His chief sport is fishing, and besides slippi
away from business whenever opportunity presents its
and trying his luck in the West Virginia streams each y<
when summer vacation time comes he goes on an ana
camping and fishing trip to the Yellowstone Park a
points in Wyoming, up in the mountains, where the strea
run clear and cold and where the elusive Rainbow a
Cutthroat Trout are to be found.

Mr. Blair married at Huntington in 1900 Miss Lide
Thackston, daughter of Benjamin H. and Eugenia (Milh
Thackston. Mrs. Blair's father was one of the early p
lessors of Marshall College, and died iu Huntington
1918, at the age of eighty -five years. Her mother is s
living, residing with her daughter in Huntington. j

Jenkin J. Gil more, after completing a very liberal e
cation, returned to West Virginia and entered the coal
dustry, and is one of the well known mine superintende
in Logan County. His headquarters are at Barnabas
the Omar branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio, about twe
miles from Logan.

Mr. Gilmore was born January 1, 1888, at Bramwelll
Mercer County, West Virginia. He is of Scotch and Irj
ancestry, and a son of Milton and Alice (Becker) Gilmcl
His parents were both born in Virginia. His father,
died in 1907, was a member of a Virginia regiment in 1
Civil war, and for many years was associated with 1
mining interests of the firm of Freeman & Jones at Brjl
well.

Jenkin J. Gilmore acquired a common and high schj
education at Bramwell, finishing his high school coursel
1903. For three years he pursued advanced training 1
Mount St. Joseph School at Baltimore, Maryland, and u
1908 graduated in a bookkeeping and general busiri
course at Eastman's Business College of PoughkeepJ
New York. On returning to West Virginia he was gill
work that constituted a general training in the ruining V
dustry under Colonel Tierney in the Pocahontas coal ill
At the end of three years he had been advanced to irJ
boss and foreman for the Pocahontas Consolidated at Chil
kee, where he remained two years. In 1915 he came to 1
Logan Field for the Main Island Creek Coal Compel
where his first work was building a supply house. He I
then made mine hoss or foreman, and since 1919 has hi
mine superintendent for the Main Island Creek Coal CI
pany at Barnabas. During the war he made every efll
to get into service, but was ruled out, since his work in I
coal fields was more essential to the winning of the war.l

In 1917, at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, he married Miss El
Easley, daughter of Frederick and Lou (Hatcher) Easl
the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Wl
Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore have one son, Frederl
Mr. Gilmore is a Catholic, while his wife is a Presbyter a
He is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus.

John F. Mat, M. D. All the years of his active
Doctor May has been identified with some work that ha
vital part in the welfare of his community. He wai
teacher for many years, later took up and studied medic!
and after practicing some years in his native state of $
tucky moved to West Virginia, and has been one of
leading mine physicians of Logan County. His present 1
tion is at Rossmore in that county, on the Chesapeak
Ohio Railroad branch from Logan to Omar.

He was born in Johnson County, Kentucky, Septembe
1869. His family established themselves iu the Big Sa
Valley in Eastern Kentucky more than a century ago.
great-grandfather left old Virginia in 1810, and while t
ing down the Big Sandy found at the mouth of Mi<
Creek what seemed to him to be an ideal place for a h(
with abundance of game to supply him with food. He i
up his claim there, and lived in that locality until his de
The grandfather of Doctor May was prominent in pol
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[y is a son of Thomas Green and Martha (Rice) May,
h natives of Kentucky. If is father was a farmer nnd
»-k man, was a deaeon in the Baptist Church and a mem-
• of the Masonic Order. lie bad a brother in the Civil
r.

[Fohn F. May attended common schools in Johnson Comity,

10 the Baptist Seminary, known as the Enterprise High
[100I, and soon afterward began his work as a school
chcr, a vocation he followed for seventeen years. While
ching he pursued normal courses, and finally, in 1902,
took up the study of medicine in the University of Ken-
ky at Louisville, where he graduated M. D. in 1905.
ring the following five years Doetor May practiced in
yd County, Kentucky, at Princess Post Office. Since
n his professional work has been in Logan County, West
•ginia. For eight years he practiced at Ethel and in the
v of Logan, and for two years was associated with
•tor Farley at Holden. Since December, 1921, he has

; n located at Rossmore as physician for the Logan Mining
jnpany and the Switzer Coal Company,
n 1891, at Flat Gap, Kentucky, Doctor May married
hs Charlotte Seagraves, daughter of E. G. and Sarah
(ray) Seagraves, her father a native of Kentucky and her
Hther of Tennessee. E. G. Seagraves for twenty years was
l«ehool teacher and was also a farmer and merchant,
[•tor and Mrs. May have one child, Grace May, now Mrs.
jfcian Adkins. She and her two children, Frank ami
■rles, reside with Doctor May. Doetor May is a Baptist,

11 Seottish Rite Mason and Shrincr and a republican.

Hon. O. S. McKinney. In the course of a busy lifetime,
It measured by over threescore and ten, O. S. McKinney
It beeome widely known over West Virginia, though he
It never had a home in any other community than Fair-
Bnt. The most important work associated with his name
hi been as editor and publisher of the Times, of which as
liolder of public opinion he was unswerving in his loyalty
Ihi9 eity and state and ranked with the most prominent
liters of his day and at one time refused a lucrative
(fer to become editorially associated with a national
lily in the capital city of our National Government.
IVs a leader of the democratic party in West Virginia
b has long been reeognized as one of the most influential
Imbers of the party and one who did not seek personal
fcitifieation or honor so much for himself as for the snc-
Is of the party and honor to his native state.

Mr. McKinney was born near Fairmont in Marion County
i 1849, son of John S. and Matilda (Sullivan) McKinney,
|- former a native of Monongalia County and the latter
C Harrison County, West Virginia. 0. S. McKinney ne-
tired a common sehnol education, and almost the first
Iployment he had in the line of a salaried position or
j'paration for a life eareer was in a printing ofb>e.
tinting and publishing has bulked large in his personal
Isiness experience. For several years Mr. McKinney
jnted the records and reports of the West Virginia

art of Appeals. He then became part owner and editor
c the Fairmont Index, and in company with Col. C. L.

:iith he established the Fairmont Times and was its
< for for twenty years. Mr. McKinney has been a
e'ector of the National Bank of Fairmont sinee its or-

;nization. This is one of the three largest financial

jtitutions of West Virginia.

fn 1899 Mr. McKinney served in the State Legislature,
i which session it has been said some of the most bril
at and intellectual men in the state composed that
ly, of which he was elected Speaker of the House
il during which session much important legislation was
eteted, bringing glory and honor to himself and his
[istituents. It i9 said even to this day that he was
I leader and speaker of the finest, and most intellee-
KUy brilliant body of men ever gathered in the House.
I a democrat he was chairman of the State Central Com-
ktee in 1904, and in the same year was a delegate at
ge to the National Convention in St. Louis, ne was a
trict delegate to the National Convention in 1916.
'n 1874 he married Annabell Ayers, who died in 1921,
ier they had been married forty-seven years. Her

children arc Nola, Margaret E., Odell P. and Mrs. Mary
L. Weaver of Morgantown.

Mr. McKinney is identified with nil branches of Ma-
sonry, being a member of Fairmont Lodge, No. 9, A. F.
and A. M.,.is a Knight Templar and Seottish Rite Mason,
and is treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Grand
Lodge, which has in charge the erection of the Masonic
Home. He served as grand master of the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows in 1882, and is a member of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. Mr. McKinney is a member
of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution,
being eligible to that society through his grandfather
Patrick Sullivan, who was a soldier under General Morgan
in the war of independence. Always interested in edn
cational affairs, Mr. McKinney served a number of years
as a member of the Board of Education at Fairmont,
and has also been local regent of the State Normal School.

One who has known hiih intimately for over a quarter
of a century has said of him: There have been very
few if any men in Fairmont who have taken a greater
civic pride in the city than the Hon. O. S. McKinney,
and many times has served its interests to hi3 own detri-
ment from a financial viewpoint. He has played his
part honorably and well in making Fairmont one of the
finest cities in Northern West Virginia — and in his ease
the biographer can agree with the Greek philosopher who
said "A prophet is not without honor save in his own
Country," for Mr. McKinney is well honorably known
throughout his native state, as well as adjoining states.
Although at this time he has retired from active business
affairs, he is still called upon to assist in the upbuilding
of the state and its institutions, and takes a leading and
prominent part in the state's welfare, financially and
morally.

George Lewis Davis. There is probably no phase of the
coal mining industry that has not beeome a part of the
practical experience of George Lewis Davis, who though a
young man has been working in and around coal mines since
boyhood. Mr. Davis is one of the eoal mining officials of
Logan County, being superintendent of mines at Miceo and
the Omar braneh of the Chesapeake & Ohio.

Mr. Davis was born at Redwood in Franklin County, Vir-
ginia, January 2, 1887. His ancestors were substantial
Virginia planters. His grandfather Davis was a Con-
federate soldier at the time of the Civil war. His grand-
father Pardue was one of the most influential men in his
section of Virginia in his day, active as a man of affairs
and also as leader in polities. The parents of George L.
Davis were John P. and Elizabeth (Pardue) Davis, natives
of Virginia. His father was a farmer and stone mason and
builder, and he put up many buildings all over Franklin
County. During the war between the states he was with a
Virginia regiment, but was captured and was held a prisoner
at Poiut Lookout, Maryland, for eight mouths. After the
war he resumed farming and his business as a building
contractor.

George Lewis Davis attended common school at Redwood,
and his education from books as well as from practical ex-
perience has never ceased. He attended night school, and
for a period of ten years kept up his studies with the In-
ternational Correspondence School of Seranton, from which
he received diplomas in geology, chemistry, coal mining and
in a general business eourse.

He started work in a coal mine at the age of eighteen,
his first employment being on track work. Rapidly ac-
cumulated knowledge and efficiency has promoted him from
this humble stage to his present responsibilities as a superin-
tendent. For six years he was with the Poeahontas Coal
Company at Pocahontas, Virginia. He was then with the
Pittsburgh Coal Company, two years at Marano, Pennsyl-
vania, and then eight years as mine foreman at Holden,
West Virginia. Since then he has been superintendent at
Micco for Mines Nos. I, 2 and 3 of the Main Island Creek
Coal Company.

At Dingus, West Virginia. Mr. Davis married Miss Genoa
Moore, daughter of Eldy and Nora (Roberts) Moore, na-
tives of Kentucky. They have four children: Okie and

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Oney, twins, Lulu and Haskil. The family are members
of the Christian Church, and Mr. Davis is affiliated with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.

Jesse Harwood Taylor first became interested in the
coal industry in Eastern Ohio, but for several years past
lias been located in Logan County, as mine superintendent
at Chauncey, on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, near
Omar Post Office.

He was born November 10, 1877, at Hendysburg in
Belmont County, Ohio, son of A. S. and Catherine (Ralston)
Taylor. His mother was thirteen years of age when her
parents came from Ireland to the United States. A. S.
Taylor was of a Pennsylvania family, with an aucestry co-
mingled of English, Irish, Scotch and Welsh stocks. A. S.
Taylor was very prominent in public affairs in Belmont
County, serving many years as recorder and as a merchant
at the time of his death. He was all through the Civil war,
though never wounded or captured, as a soldier in Company
M of the Ninth Ohio Regimeut.

Jesse Harwood Taylor acquired a common school educa-
tion in Belmont County, finished a course at the St. Clairs-
ville High School in 1899, and for seven years was deputy
county recorder under his father. He was also deputy
sheriff of the county for four years. For a time he was in
the plant of the United States Steel Company at Bridgeport,
Ohio, and for six years was connected with the Maher-
Pursglove Coal Company in Belmont County. This company
sent him to Chauncey, West Virginia, and when their inter-
ests in this section were sold to the Middle Fork Mining
Company, owned by Dalton and Kelly, Mr. Taylor remained
with the new management as superintendent of mines in the
Chauncey District.

In 1899, at Union town, Ohio, Mr. Taylor married Sarah
M. Buffington, daughter of Robert and Bell C. (Cain)
Buffington, her father a native of Ohio, while her mother
was born in West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have two
children, Elizabeth and Harwood. The latter is attending
school at Barboursville, Virginia. Elizabeth is the wife of
Henry Agee, who is a mine foreman at Micco in Logan
County. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Agee, grand-
children of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, are H. T. Agee, Elizabeth
Hollingsworth Agee and Robert Buffington Agee. Mr.
Taylor is a Presbyterian, and is a thirty-second Scottish Rite
Mason and Shriner and a member of the Elks.

Henry A. Lucas is a building contractor who has been
established at Bluefield for the past seven years, and here
and elsewhere has been associated with a large and impor-
tant volume of building construction. He is a thorough
master in his line and is a business executive capable of
working out plans and assembling all the facilities for their
prompt and thorough execution.

Mr. Lucas was born in Floyd County, Virginia, October
24, 1890, son of Aqnilla Q. and Allie (Iddings) Lucas. His
father was a farmer, and by thrift and industry gained a
fair competence for himself and family. He was superin-
tendent of his Sunday school and a very active member of
the Methodist Church and was a Virginian republican. He
has reached the age of fifty-five and his wife is fifty years
of age. Their family consisted of three sons and three
daughters, four of whom still live in old Virginia. One
daughter, Mrs. K. E. Barham, lives at Kimball, West
Virginia.

Henry A. Lucas attended school at Terrys Fork in his
native county and acquired his advanced training at Roan-
oke. He took a course in architecture with the Inter-
national Correspondence School, and spent one year in the
architect's office of H. M. Miller at Roanoke. He then
established a business of his own at Kimball, West Vir-
ginia, and was soon engaged in contracting as well as in the
architectural business. In 1914 he moved his business head-
quarters to Bluefield.

The important construction work he has done would com-
prise a long and interesting list. It includes the Hill Motor
Company Garage at Welch, Via Realty Company Apart-
ments at Welch, Hill & Swope Department Store at Welch,
Steam Laundry at Welch, residences of A. C. Hufford, J.

H. Crockett j store building for the King Coal CompJ
at Kimball, residence of the general manager of that qcj
pany at Kimball, the A. P. World Store, two store buildup
for L. H. Miller, hotel for L. C. Lucas, First National Be]
Building of Kimball; department store for Harry Totz 9
Northfork and the Toney Department Store at Northfoij
hotel at Mullins; Hemphill-Caples High School and colojj
high school at Kimball; Junior High School at Eckmj
school at Herndon in Wyoming County, Virginia; stl
building for the Wright Drug Company and many otht
On September 24, 1914, Mr. Lucas married Mabel j
Sisson, daughter of T. S. Sissou, of Otey, Montgomtj
County, Virginia. They have three children, Beatrice j
H. A., Jr., and James H. The family are members of
Methodist Church. Mr. Lucas is affiliated with the Masc
Order, Bluefield Lodge No. S5, Wheeling Consistory No.
and the York and Shrine, also with the Elks and Knigi
of Pythias, is a member of the Chamber of Comnieij
does his voting as a republican and while living at Kimhl
held the office of recorder.

William A. Bodell. A number of business conce;
have been developed at Bluefield that have a service a!
distribution of facilities radiating out over a wide territoj
Among them is the heating and plumbing establishment j
William A. Bodell, a business service that now extends |
at least three states. Mr. Bodell learned heating and plun
ing engineering when a young man, and for many years li
been in business on his own account. He is prouiineni
connected in business circles at Bluefield, where he is a<
president of the Acme Motor Company and is associali
with the Cole Realty Company.

He was born at Newmarket, Shenandoah County, V
ginia, December 9, 1874, son of George M. and Ella |
(Clinedinst) Bodell. His father was a Confederate soldj
and was captured and spent six months in a northern pris>;
He was a coaeh painter by trade, afterward became a c
riage manufacturer at Newmarket, and in 1888 removed
Charleston, West Virginia. He was an active member of 1
Methodist Church. He died at the home of his son
Princeton, Mercer County, in 1918, at the age of seven j
two. His first wife died in 1881, at the age of thirty-o
She was the mother of three children: John and Char!
both deceased, and William A. The second wife of Geoi
M. Bodell was Miss Mitta Figgatt, who is now living
Roanoke, Virginia. Her four children are: Russell B.,
the heating and plumbing business at Princeton, Men
County, West Virginia; Thomas, in a similar business
Springfield, Ohio; Nellie, wife of Phil Spicer; and All
wife of Bailey Wieks, superintendent of schools at N
Market.

William A. Bodell acquired his early advantages in 1
schools of New Market and Staunton, Virginia. He beg
his apprenticeship in a printing establishment at Chariest*
West Virginia, at the age of fifteen. For six years
worked for others, and then started filling contracts J
himself. For a short time he had J. A. Graham as
partner. He then continued the business alone, and la'
became associated with the West Virginia Heating a
Plumbing Company. This corporation had plants in vark
localities, and in 1901 Mr. Bodell was sent to Bluefield
take the" management of the Bluefield branch. In 1910
bought the business, and has since continued it as s«
proprietor. He has handled some of the largest eoutra<
for the installation of heating and plumbing facilities
and around Bluefield, and his business also extends over
large number of West Virginia counties and portions
Virginia and North Carolina.

Mr. Bodell is affiliated with the Lodge, Royal Ai
Chapter and Knight Templar Commandery of the Masc
at Bluefield, the Shrine at Charleston, is a member of t
Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club, and is a democr
He is much interested in Sunday school work. He is
Methodist, while Mrs. Bodell is a Presbyterian. He ms
ried Miss Amy Miller in 1897. Her father was James '
Miller, of Hinton, West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Bod
have one daughter, Ruth.

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373

bcae Lee Staxard is one of the fortunate men of his
[. President of the O. L. Stanard Dry Goods Company,
untington wholesale house, and head of a large number
[etail stores, his business success has been on a sub-
fcial plane for a number of years. But his good fortune
lot solely on the score of commercial achievement,
(has the kindly attitude of a man of affairs and an
Mfish interest and leadership in objects and movements
Lde the scope of his driving business power. More-
\ he has the heritage of old Virginia families of the
lest social and historical prominence. While the reader
I first be gratified with a brief account of his individual
|»r, it will also be appropriate to add, consistent with
? permitted, some notes on his ancestry and some of
•harming personalities in both the direct and collateral
.dies of this family.

I Stanard was born at Enon in Nicholas County,
Virginia, February 13, JS78. He acquired a good
ation through attending public schools and the Summer-
Normal Scnool, and began his career as a school
per in the winter of 1897-98. In the following spring
lent to work in the store of his uncle, J. D. Carden,
rlay, West Virginia, and the next step in his rapid
lit of the commercial ladder was as traveling salesman
| he wholesale dry goods house of Abney-Barnes Coui-
I of Charleston." He began with that 'firm in 1900,
I after a short experience was ranked as one of the
•st individual contributors to the annual volume of
iiess of the firm. He became a stockholder in the
•any and also went into partnership with individuals
dishing a string of retail stores that would add to
permanent value of the wholesale house. For several
N-3 he was secretary treasurer of the Abney-Barnes
pany.

[ the latter part of 1913 Mr. Stanard moved to Hunt-
J»n. He established here the Croft-Stanard Company,

hich he is still a director and stockholder. Several
|i later he founded the O. L. Stanard Dry Goods
bany as a wholesale dry goods and merchant house,
;in four years that business grew from a volume of
1.000 to more than $1,500,000, and it now docs an
»al business of over $1,500,000. Mr. Stanard is presi-
: of this eompany, and he is financially interested
[is president of some thirty odd retail stores located

Test Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, with an annual
iiess in excess of four and one-half million dollars.

s also a director and the first vice p resident of the
i. Bank & Trust Company.

fi interested associate and a sharer in his business
Sss and his career has been Mrs. Stanard. Her maiden
f was Mary Mar jorie Odgen, daughter of Hon. Howard
)gden. of Fairmont. Mr. and Mrs. Stanard were
lied June 18, 1912. Their children arc Ella .lean and
iey Josephine Stanard.

!. Stanard has served as director of the Huntington
•ber of Commerce, is a member of the Rotary Club,
\rkwright Club of New York, the Country Club at
ington, and is a Royal Arch Knights Templar and
v-second degree Scottish Rite Mason. He is a mcin-
f the Missionary Baptist Church. His business affairs
engrossed his attention to the exclusion of politics,
e was elected by his party as delegate to the National
l»eratie Convention in San Franeiseo, June, 1920. Mr.
iird is still a comparatively young man, has won
#38 with many years of activity still in promise, and
ms been exceedingly generous in his association with
Ivounger men and has helped a number to get a real
E One of the early principles of his life 's conduct,
■fully adhered to, was the habit of systematic giving,
lie practiced it when his income was modest and has
fit up on a proportional scale in the years of his
Pace.

. Stanard represents the eighth generation of this
y, beginning with his first American ancestor. Long
e the family came to America it was well known
orfolk and other sections of England. The earlier
of spelling was Stannard. Many members of the
nglish family were the followers of such skilled trades

as weaving, painting and gilding, and the artistic parents
came to tine tlowcr in such notable artists as Joseph
Stanard (1796-1830), Alfred Stanard (1806-1889) and
others.

The first settler of the family in Virginia was William
Stanard, who was a prominent citizen of Middlesex County
during the latter part of the seventeenth century. About
1677 he married Eltonhead Conway, widow of Henry
Thaeker and daughter of Edwin Conway, of Lancaster
County, representing n family of high rank. She was
the niece of the wives of three Council members, and also
of the wife of Governor Sir Henry Chieheley. William
Stanard was a vestryman of Christ Church Parish. He
and his wife, Eltonhead, had three children. The young-
est of them, named William, was born February 16, 16s2,
and died in 1732. For seventeen years prior to his death
he was clerk of Middlesex County, and, like his father,
was a vestryman in Christ Church parish. Wis first wife
was Anne Ilazlewood. who left him a daughter, Ann. In
1717 he married Elizabeth Beverly, daughter of Capt.
Harry Beverly and maternal granddaughter of Maj. Gen.
Robert Smith. Her paternal grandfather. Robert Beverly,
came to the colonies in the seventeenth century. The
Beverly family was one of much prominence in that sec-
tion of Virginia. The only son of William and Elizabeth
Stanard was named Beverly, and that name became in
ereasingly popular in this family. The Stanard family
was well to do, and the home was comfortably furnished,
statements that are attested by some of the inventories
of household property found in the wills of that generation.

Beverly Stanard, representing the third generation, in-
herited most of his mother's property. He was twenty-six
years of age when he died. He had already served as
justice and sheriff of Middlesex County, and in 1750 he
moved to Spottsylvania County. His residence at Rox-
hury in that county was one of the first built, and is still
standing. His estate of about 16,000 acres passed out
of the possession of his descendants about twenty years
ago. The wife of Beverly Stanard was Elizabeth Chew,
daughter of Larkin Chew. Beverly Stanard died in 1765.
and his tombstone still stands at Roxbury. Of his two
sons and one daughter the older son was named William,
and be was the direct ancestor of the Huntington business
man. William and his brotiier Larkin were soldiers in
the war of the Revolution, William with the rank of
captain. Both brothers became prominent in local politics,
William serving as sheriff of Spottsylvania 'County in
LSS2-84. The name Roxbury was changed to Stanards-
ville in his honor, and is now the county seat of Greene
County. Both William and Larkin Stanard had sons
named Beverly, and the two cousins married daughters
of Judge William Fleming. These marriages connected
the Stanards with some of the most distinguished Colonial
families of Virginia. The Flemings were lineal descend-
ants from Sir John Fleming, first Earl of Wigton, Scot-
land. A great grandson of Sir John was Col. John Fleming,
who married Mary Boiling, great-granddaughter of John
Rolfe and the famous Indian maiden Pocahontas. The
Stanard-Fleming branch of the family has produced many
conspicuous members, including the great Virginia jurist,
Judge Robert Stanard, who married the Virginia beauty.
Jane Craig, who was the inspiration for some of Edgar
Allen Poe's poems. Judge Robert Stanard had one of
the most beautiful homes in the old City of Richmond.

However, the direct line of descent to O. L. Stanard
from William Stanard of Stanardsville is not through the
son Beverly, but through the son William, Jr. This Wil-
liam married Elizabeth Branch, of Powhatan County. He
was the fourth Stanard in direct succession to take a
bride of the name Elizabeth. This couple were the parents
of seven children, all of whom reached mature years and
married, their alliances being made with such notable
families as Taliaferro, Hume, Taylor, Woolfolk, Eddins
and LeBarow.

The third ehild in this generation was Lawrence Stan-
ard. grandfather of the Huntington merchant. Lawrence
Stanard was born at Stanardsville, Spottsylvania County,
Virginia, and was the first of his line to move out of

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the old state. In I83o he settled at Enon, Nicholas County,
West Virginia, where he developed extensive agricultural
interests. He married Mary E. Taylor, of Charleston,
South Carolina. Lawrence Stanard died at Enon in 1890,
and his wife, in the same place in 1907.

Their oldest son was William Taylor Stanard, who fol-
lowed in his father's footsteps, became the owner of a
farm at Enon, and was prominent in the agricultural
circles of that section of West Virginia.

William Taylor Stanard, father of O. L. Stanard, mar-
ried Mary Ella Carden, and thus became allied with an-
other family of distinction. She was of Virginian and
English aneestry, and her father, David R. Carden, was a
farmer of Buckingham County, Virginia, but died at Enon
in West Virginia in 1864. The Carden family is an old
English name, represented primarily in Cheshire County
and also in County Kent, and after about 1650 in County
Tipperary, Ireland. The Irish family of Cardens have
been of the landed gentry of that country for over two
centuries, and a number of their distinctions rest upon
services as soldiers, diplomats ami other high public posi-
tions.

O. C. Jenkins is one of the veterans in the service of the
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company. He went to work
for the A. M. & 0. Railroad in his native city of Appomat-
tox, Virginia. He has been in the service for over forty
years^ and since 1888 has been on duty at Bluefield, one of
the pioneers of that town, and through his office as agent
representative for the railroad and through his private
enterprise he has done much to stimulate the development
of the city.

Mr. Jenkins was born at Appomattox, Virginia, son of
William A. and Mary Frances (Tweedy) Jenkins. His
father was a native of Appomattox and his mother of
Campbell County, Virginia. William A. Jenkins owned a
large farm in Appomattox County. He was wounded while
performing duty for the Confederate government.

O. C. Jenkins grew up at Appomattox, acquired his edu-
cation there, and his first experience in railroading was as
office boy for R. F. Burke with the old A. M. & O. Railroad,
now a part of the Norfolk & Western system. While per-
forming his routine of duties he learned telegraphy and
made himself familiar with all the duties of station agent.
His first important promotion was to office relief man on
the road from Lynchburg to Norfolk, and he also did station
work along the line from Lynchburg to Bristol. He was
station agent and operator at New River when the road
was extended from New River to Pocahontas, Virginia.
When this branch was completed the president of the rail-
road made a visit to the mines, and on his special train
carried out a car of the first Pocahontas coal mined. This
car was presented to the mayor of Norfolk, Col. William
Lamb, and Mr. Jenkins handled the message of presenta-
tion. Later Mr. Jenkins was transferred to Narrows as
station agent and operator, and then to Graham, where he
was located when the road was extended to Norton, Vir-
ginia.

In 1888 he came to Bluefield as freight agent for the
Norfolk & Western, and has had a continuous service here
for over thirty years, so that his name is practically synony-
mous with all the service represented by the Norfolk &
Western Railroad. He has been a loyal and faithful
employe of the railroad corporation, and at the same time
has been sensible to his obligations of trust to the com-
munity.

Many years ago Mr. Jenkins and the ticket agent, Mr.
L. A. Dunn, became associated in a business way. The
firm of Jenkins & Dunn established a coal business, which
has since been incorporated as the Standard Fuel and Sup-
ply Company, of which Mr. Jenkins is president. He and
associates first opened their Twin Branch Mining Company
in McDowell County, West Virginia. They also opened the
Orinoco mines on Pond Creek in Pike County, Kentucky,
selling their property, and then opened the Fall Branch
Coal Company in Mingo County, West Virginia, and have
been interested in coal and other developments.

Mr. Jenkins has served as a member of the city council.

He is a past master of Bluefield Lodge No. 85, F. ar
M., and is a democrat in politics. He is active h
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and is a member o:
Country Club. In religious affiliation he is a Baptist,
Mrs. Jenkins is a Presbyterian.

Mrs. Jenkins before her marriage was Lucy D. Rt
daughter of Capt. Isaac M. Rueker, of Campbell Co
Virginia. They have one son, O. Rucker Jenkins, nc
the coal business. Their daughter, Luey Gladys, ifj
wife of Charles W. Scott, of Bluefield, and their unraa
daughter is Miss Mary V. Jenkins.

Alton L. Smith. Long experience in the practica
tails has made Alton L. Smith a thoroughly expert
trieal engineer. For the past ten years he has beei
expert manager of the West Virginia Armature Com:
of Bluefield, of which he is vice president and ge
manager. This is one of the more important induil
of Bluefield, and the company was organized Septel
1, 1911, with W. A. Bishop, president, Mr. Smith,!
president, and W. A. Bailey, secretary and treasurer. 1
company started with a very small shop, but there!
been a steady and satisfactory growth of the bus!
and its service and output now cover a large terii
around Bluefield. The company first rented a small I
on the north side of the railroad tracks from the Sujl
Supply Company, bnt the business is now housed S
new plant, with every facility of modern cquipmenij
cated on Bluefield Avenue and Pine Street.

Alton L. Smith was bom in Monroe County, West!
ginia, at Lillydale, December 24, 1881, son of Jannj
and Harriet Houston (Vass) Smith. James P. £|
was a carpenter, contractor and builder, and for a nu]
of years lived at Hinton, West Virginia, where he 1
in 1900, at the age of fifty-one. The mother and!
two daughters now live at Sulphur Springs, Virginia!

Alton L. Smith, being the only son, had to assuml
sponsibilities as a boy and at the age of sixteen be]
the principal support of the family. His two sister!
now teachers. He acquired his early education in Ml
County and at Hinton, and at the age of fifteen we!
work in the marble establishment at Hinton ownel
R. E. Moel. He was there two years, and then found I
in the line where his talents have been chiefly expnl
For two years he was night engineer at Hinton fol
Light «fc Power Company, and then took charge oil
lighting system of the Dunglen Hotel at Thurman. 1
was next employed as electrician by the Nutall Coal!
Coke Company at Nutall, West Virginia, and two 1
later joined the Pocahontas Fuel Company as eleetil
at Switchback. He was in charge at Switchback for i
years, and on leaving that corporation moved to BluJ
and assisted in organizing the West Virginia Arnil
Company.

In 1910 Mr. Smith married Lulu Crow, daughbj
P. C. Crow, of Switchback. They have five children, I
Harry, Heleu, Jack and Nancy Jane. Mr. and Mrs. ii
are members of the Methodist Church. In politics he I
for the man rather than for the party, and is dl
interested in civic affairs, always taking a prognl
attitude.

Harry Lambright Snyder. During a period of I
years Harry Lambright Snyder has been editor and 1
lisher of the Shepherdstown Register, and in this 1
has also been an active factor in the promulgation!
development of movements which have played a eonspil
part in the progress and advancement of his native 1
Aside from journalism his interests have centered m
cipally in the causes of religion and education, bil
worthy movements of whatever character have ha<l
support and the benefit of his influence.

Mr. Snyder was born at Shepherdstown, Jefferson
ty, West Virginia, October II, 1861, a son of John SiB
who was born at Saarhrucken, Bavaria, Germany, ll
ary 19, 1823, a grandson of Theobold Snyder, of the I
place, and a great-grandson of Jacob Snyder, also a ifl
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1827, in which year he immigrated to the United
>*, and in the following year settled at Shepherdstown,
e he followed his trade as a weaver and Hyed to the
nred ape of ninety years. ITe was buried in the Re-
led Chureh graveyard. His son, Theohold. who unr-
ated in one of the enrlv and unsuccessful rebellions
Eermanv, fled to the United States and spent the
| of the remainder of his life at Shepherdstown. He
lied Louise Klein, also a native of Saarh molten, and
I children were: John, Peter, Jacob and Genres
Ihn Snyder was seven years of age when brought by
larents to the United States, and as a youth he learned
trade of tailor, which he followed until the outbreak
he Civil war. Tie volunteered for service in the Con-
l-ate Army, and was accepted and assigned for duty
lompanv B, Second Regiment, Virginia Volunteer In-
k v. with which he served faithfully and valiantly until
I«il1y wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, dving
Llexandria June 1, 1864. Mr. Snyder married, June
1845, at Frederick. Maryland. Rachel Lambright, who
Ihorn at Frederick, Maryland, August 11. 1S23, daughter
Keorce Lambright, and a granddaughter of Michael
fcRegina (Sponseller") Lambright. Mrs. Snyder, who
llso deceased, reared the following children: Ella,
el Louise, Marv Virginia, Annie Hammond, George
"?ose, John William and Harry Lambright.
irry Lambright Snyder received his education in the
ic schools of Shepherdstown and at Shepherd College,
as a youth served an apprenticeship to the printer's
2 in the office of the Shepherdstown Register. From
' to 18^2 he was employed in the United States Govern -
printing office at Washington, D. C., and then returned
shepherdstown and became proprietor, publisher .«nd
fa of the Shepherdstown Register, of which he has
i complete control for a period of fortv years. This
well-edited, well -presented and influential publication.
I a large circulation at Shepherdstown and the terri-
| contiguous thereto, and is thoroughly reliable in all
l*cts. Mr. Snyder is known as a newspaper man of
I than passing ability and has a wide acquaintance
journalistic eircles of West Virginia and Maryland,
laas served two terms, or eight years, as a morpber
ne Board of Regents of the normal schools of West
[una, and has also been a member of the Board of
Ltors of the Hospital for the Tnsane at Spencer. Fra-
illy he is affiliated with Monnt Neho Lodge, No. 91,
H and A. M. Mr. Snyder has frequently been a
Irate of the Virginia Synod and the United Lutheran
Irh of America since its formation, and took an active
1 in the organization thereof.

I April 29. 1884, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr.
or married Miss Ida Laura Baldwin, who was horn
Philadelphia, May 29, 1858, and died July 28, 1907.
ft father, William Lindsay Baldwin, served as chief
Vissioner of highways in Philadelphia, and married
I'lina Titus. To Mr. and Mrs. Snyder there were born
I^hildren: Louise Anna, who received her preparatory
ixtion at Shepherd College, graduated from Gnueher
I ge in 1908 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, mnr-
• Lawrence Moore Lynch, of Chattanooga. Tennessee,
whas two children, Ida Baldwin and Isabelle; William
twin, who graduated from Shepherd College in 1900,
llemented this by attendance at Washington and Lee
lersity, later became manager and local editor of the
Iherdstown Register, is a member of the A. E. F.,
big served fourteen months in France in the air service.
§ married Martha Jean White, by whom he has one
hter, Jean; Rose Eleanor, who graduated from Shep-
College in 1911, married Charles Franklin Lyne and
jme daughter. Rose Mary; Rachel, who graduated from
'he'd College in 1911, now makes her home with her
•r; and Harry Lambright, Jr., a student of West
jinia University, where he is editor of the college
Rial and also takes an active part in varsity athletics.

iIpt. William Thomas Loviks is a lawyer. He has
■cord of service as an American officer during the
Kd war.

Captain Lovins was born on a mountain farm in the
south part of Wayne County. August 27. 1^87, son of
James H. and Josephine Lovins. the former a native of
Russell County, Virginia, and now scvent v-three vears of
age, and the latter a native of Franklin Countv, Virginia,
age sixt v-three years. James H. Lovins moved to Wayne
County about 1850, for several years lived in Lawrence
County, Kentucky, and earlv in the Civil war ioined the
Union Army in the Forty-fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
L:iter he was transferred to the Fifty-third Tnfantry. He
participated in the battles of Perryville, Cynthiana and
in other battles in the south and west. After the war
he enlisted and served three years in the regular army,
being on duty at several western military posts, and on
his Teturn to West Virginia he married and settled down
in Wavne County. He and his wife for the past twenty
years have had their home in Kenova. He is a republican
in politics.

William Thomas Lovins, second of four children, ae-
ouired his early education in the public schools of Wayne
County, and attended the Ceredo High School. On ac-
count of lack of funds he had to leave the public schools.
His first regular employment was as a call boy for the
Xorfolk and Western Railroad, and subsequently was a
machinist's helper, yard clerk, laborer and brakeman. In
the intervals of this employment on the railroad, he car-
ried a volume of classic literature in his pocket and im-
proved his leisure hours. With the money earned at rail-
roading he entered, in 1912. Washington and Lee University,
ne graduated June 17. 1914. A short time after gradua-
tion he was in California, but then returned to Kenova,
beginning the practice of law.

On May 12. 1917. he left his law practice to ioin the
Fir*t Officers' Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Indiana. He was commissioned second lieutenant August
15. 1917. He received his honorable discharge as captain
December 22, 1918. at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Since leav-
ing the army Captain Lovins has resumed his law practice
at Kenova. He is unmarried.

Captain Lovins is a past master of the Masonic Lodge
at Kenova. a member of the Wayne Royal Arch Chapter,
Wheeling Consistory and Charleston Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. He is also nn Elk and is a member of the Amer-
ican Legion, Post No. 16.

Penv Eysttr Dickinson*. There arc several reasons
why Penn Eyster Dickinson, proprietor of the well-known
retail furniture establishment of Dickinson Brothers at
Huntington, has succeeded in life — energy, system and prac-
tical knowledge all having contributed to this gratifying
result. The range of his activities is now extensive, but
from the beginning of his career Mr. "Dickinson has sought
to work steadily and well for ultimate accomplishments,
and has never been content to labor merely for the present.

Mr. Dickinson was born at Louisa, Louisa County, Vir-
ginia, December 25. 1879. and is a son of Eugene and
Kate (Sanders) Dickinson, and a member of a family
which originated in England and was transplanted to
America during Colonial times, when the first immigrant
of the name settled in Virginia. Thaddeus C. Dickinson,
the grandfather of Penn E. Dickinson, was born in 182fi
in Louisa County, and spent his entire life there as an
extensive planter. He was a slaveholder up to the time
of the war between the states, in which struggle he served
as a soldier of the Confederacy. He died at Louisa in
1904. nis wife, who also spent her entire life in her
native Louisa County, was a Miss Fox prior to her marriage.

Eugene Dickinson was bom in 1855 in Louisa Connty.
and there passed his entire career. In young manhood
he became a merchant, but later turned his attention to
planting and for manv vears was an extensive raiser of
tobacco. He died in 1909. Mr. Dickinson was a democrat
in politics and at one time served as assessor of Louisa
Countv. With his family he belonged to the Baptist Chnrrh.
He married Miss Kate Sanders, a native of Flnvanna
County, Virginia, who survives him and resides on the
old homestead in Louisa County, at the age of sixty-thTee
years. They were the parents of the following children:

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Penn Eyster, of this record ; Aubrey, a locomotive engineer
for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, residing at Cov-
ington, Kentucky; Roy C, a bookkeeper of Richmond,
Virginia, who died aged twenty-two years at the old home
in Louisa County; Eugenia, the wife of John S. Moore,
who is engaged in the real estate business at Richmond;
Ryland, an extensive fanner of Louisa County; Albert,
connected with the Hute.hinson Lumber Company at Ora-
ville, California, where he makes his home, and also in
partnership with his hrother in the firm of Dickinson
Brothers; Maurice, assistant manager in the chemical de
partment of a large extract concern of Richmond, and
a veteran of the World war, who spent one year on the
firing line in France in the hospital and ambulance serv-
ice; Fritz, connected with the firm of Dickinson Brothers
at Huntington; Fred, twin of Fritz, a general merchant
of Louisa; Kathleen, a teacher in the public schools, who
is unmarried and makes her home with her mother in
Louisa County; and Bessie May, also unmarried, a teacher
in the. public school at Ashland, Virginia.

Penn Eyster Dickinson was educated in the public schools
of the rural districts of Louisa County, Virginia, and was
reared on his father's plantation until nineteen years of
age. In 1898 he located at New Martinsville, Virginia,
with the Boxley Construction Company, building the West
Virginia Short Line, and after four months of this kind
of work came, in September of the same year, to Hunt
ington and entered the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad Company, with which line he learned the trade
of machinist, a vocation which he followed for eight years.
Mr. Dickinson then recognized his opportunity and em-
barked in the retail furniture business, with which he has
been identified to the present time. In 1915 he organized
the firm of Dickinson Brothers in partnership with his
brother Albert H. Dickinson, and this enterprise, under
the full control and management of Penn E. Dickinson,
has been developed into one of the leading retail furni-
ture interests in the State of West Virginia, a large,
modern and well-arranged stock being carried at all times
at the company's place of business, 611-13 Fourth Avenue.
A man of marked business capacity, Mr. Dickinson's years
of orderly and abundant work have resulted in acquired
success and the sane enjoyment of it, and he has at the
same time maintained his interest in securing and pre-
serving the welfare of his community. He has given a
strict attention to his business, conducting it in a thought-
ful and intelligent manner that could not help but bring
about satisfactory results. Mr. Dickinson keeps himself
thoroughly posted on public events and matters of general
interest, and is highly esteemed as a forceful, substantial
man and excellent citizen. In politics he is a democrat,
and his religious connections is with the Christian Church,
in which he is an elder. He owns a modern home at No.
611 Sixth Avenue, a modern dwelling in a desirable resi-
dence district.

In 1904, at Huntington, Mr. Dickinson was united in
marriage with Miss Beulah Hagan, daughter of Joseph
aud Barbara (Topp) Hagan, both of whom are now de-
ceased, Mr. Hagan having been formerly engaged in the
plumbing business at Huntington. Mrs. Dickinson is a
graduate of Marshall College. She and her husband have
no children.

William L. Sutton. Eight miles west of Morgantown
in the Scotts Run community of Cass District is the home
of William L. Sutton, located a mile north of Cassville.
Mr. Sutton has lived in that community nearly all bis life,
has been successfully engaged in agriculture, and has taken
a public spirited part in matters affecting the welfare and
progress of the locality, in particular standing for good
roads, good livestock, and better conditions generally.

He was born December 18, 1858, on a farm adjoining
the one where he now lives, son of Thomas and Barbara
(Barriekman) Sutton, both natives of that locality. His
father was born in the same house April 11, 1836, and died
in November, 1920, having spent bis life^ usefully as a
farmer. His main farm was on Cole Hill. *He secured the
old home of his father and in turn has passed it on to

the third generation, its present owner being Willian
Sutton.

The grandfather of William L. Sutton was Asa Sut
who was born on the same Run, son of Joseph Sutton,
came from Old Virginia and acquired a tract of
known as the original Sutton farm, where he lived
where he was buried. After coming to Monongalia Coi
Joseph Sutton married a member of the prominent Sn;
family. Asa Sutton was born here in 1809, and diec
1894, at the age of eighty-five. He was laid to rest on
farm now owned by his grandson William L. Asa Su
married Abigail Milburn, of Greene County, Pennsylva
Their sons were Thomas, Louis and John. Louis renn
to Missouri and later to Kansas, where he died in old
John removed to Ohio and is still living. It was A
intention that his old farm should go to his son, John,
he so willed it, but later he changed his mind and wi
it direct to his grandson, William L., who had cared
him a number of years and worked the farm.

William L. Sutton for two years conducted a stor<
Cassville, and at the death of his grandfather took pot
sion of the farm, buying out the interests of Asa's wic
The farm comprises 100 acres and its substantial buik
improvements are the result of the present owner's en
prise. The farm is very valuable because of its depc
of coal, there being four veins underneath the surf
The older Sutton homestead a short distance up the .
is also underlaid with coal, and has four producing
wells, running five or six barrels per day. Will
Sutton's sons are interested in this oil production. Tl
is also a gas well operated under lease. Mr. Sutton I
director in the Morgantown & Wheeling Railroad, wl
has offered opportunity to open the coal mines along Sc
Run. He is a director in the Commercial Bank of Morg 1
town. Much effective work has been done by him in c
munity affairs, including four years of service as jus
of the peace, thirty years as a notary public, and he
charter member of Cassville Lodge, Knights of the Ma
bees, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Churc!

At the age of thirty-three Mr. Sutton married I
Rcay. Their four living children are: Asa, who mar
Alta Riley; Franklin, who married Mary Smith; Lill
wife' of Cole Brewer, living on the Sutton farm;
David. Franklin was in service during the war, but reac
France only a few days before the signing of the armisl

Gray Family. While the following paragraph conctl
in the main two characters, John Gray and his son, Jal
William Gray, there is much iucidental material relied!
the history of the family throughout their American lj
deuce and much valuable history of the life and timesl
the environment in which they have lived. Berkeley Coul
for more than a century has owed much to this fan!
The Grays have been justly described as quiet, thril
industrious people, prepared for service when the emerge!
came, but seeking no profit or honor in public affairs, I
devoted to home, family and community.

John Gray was born in South Scotland March 6, l'j
son of John Gray of Cbryston and his wife, Jean Ward)!
of Braden Hall, Fife, Scotland. The parents belonged!
the old, untitled gentry of Scotland. Their seven child!
all of whom eventually came to America, were David, Jcl
Margaret, Christian, William, James and Jean.

After the fatal battle of Culloden, Scotland was
waste by the English. Fire and sword, fines, imprisonm
and death filled the cup of fury for the unhappy Sc
and the Grays shared the fortunes of their compatri
Notwithstanding these reverses, or perhaps because of
necessity created by them, in 1760 John GTay, then at
age of fourteen, was a student at St. Andrew's Colh
University of Edinburgh. Latin and Greek text books b
ing this date, inscribed by his own hand, are still in
possession of his descendants. Scotch students of t
period from stark necessity rather than from incRnal
applied themselves strenuously eighteen or twenty he
out of every twenty-four, when their future depended
their efforts, and the habits of close application and
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Lughout a long and eventful life. All told, he acquired
fen languages, several of them long after be left college.
I was an enthusiastic student of political economy,
liog a volume of interesting papers on this subject
Ingly endorsing the political tenets of Thomas Jeffer-
I By faith he was a Presbyterian.
In the latter part of 1765 David and John Gray joined
I r uncle, "William Gray, in America. They first came
•Alexandria, thence into the Shenandoah Valley, where
■Ham Gray bad established himself. An original grant,
E-h dilapidated and mostly illegible, from George the
Bond of England, bearing date of 1730, perhaps indicates
I time of William Gray's arrival. David Gray settled
It his uncle in what is now Jefferson County, West Vir-
Eb. He served through the American Revolution with
|)nel Hugh Stephenson 'a Riflemen. He married Eliza
ft Craighill, of the Cbarlestown neighborhood, and died
11796, without issue. His widow married a Mr. Willis,
Iwhom she had two sons, Rich Willis and William Willis.

ohn Gray besides learning languages in University also
■lied civil engineering, and outside of his interests as a
■led proprietor he performed an immense amount of
Ik as a civil engineer and surveyor, both before and
Lr the Revolution. He surveyed portions of Virginia,
|,o, Tennessee, Kentucky and North and South Carolina,
log out many towns and villages. This was a work
I; in the main preceded settlement, and involved ex-
litions into the very heart of the wilderness, risking
rvation, dangers from wild animals and red men, and
Iplete isolation for months at a time from family and
Ilization. For these services John Gray acquired title
■extensive tracts of land involving many thousands of
I'S in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and on the Mononga
|i River in what is now West Virginia, besides an estate
Berkeley County. lie owned a number of slaves, though
re is no record of the purchase or sale of slaves by him
l>y his sons. The first slaves came to him as part of his
L wife's dower after the Revolution. His family home
r at Springhill, near the Village of Gerardstown,* Berke-
County, and was established after the Revolution. All
children were born there,
.fter the death of his mother, Jean Wardrop, in 1771
Fife, Scotland, the younger brothers and sisters being
I orphans, joined John Gray in America. William and
lies settled on his southern lands, which he conveyed to
fn later in fee simple. Margaret married Thomas Rus-
Wm Scotland and died shortly after coming to Virginia,
jing an infant son, John Russell. After her death
wnas Russell married Margaret Craighill. He built the
lie house at Runnymede in Berkeley County where he
d until his death. Christian came to America a widow
\i her small daughter. Jean MacDonald. She married
"»mas Cowan and lived a number of years in Berkeley
[nty, at the Cowan home, GTaylands, eventually remov-
£ to Tennessee. The youngest sister, Jean, married
P»mas Moon. She was about thirteen when she eamc to
[ginia and she lived the rest of her life in Berkeley
inty. She died August 27, 1804. She was the great-
s-grandmother to Attorney General Harry M. Daugh-
|* of Ohio and Washington,* D. C.

'avid, John, William and James Gray served in the
Solution, the last two named in the southern campaigns,
'•id and John during 1775-76 with Captain Hugh
phenson 's Company of Riflemen and the Virginia-Mary-
1} Riflemen from Berkeley County. John was erronenus-
[eported killed. As a matter of fact he survived to share
tthe vicissitudes of the Continental Army, and had many
Ihories of the winter at Valley Forge. Stephenson 's was

company that "took a bee line" for Boston, 600 miles
[ant, starting July 15, 1775, and arriving August 10th,
pt a man missing.' 1 He introduced his company as
|n "the right bank of the Potomac." They were
^lially welcomed by Washington personally, to whom
l iv of them were known. They gave good service.

n 1787 John Gray laid out the Village of Gerardstown,
I lots on land belonging to William Gerard, son of Rev.
in Gerard, a Baptist minister, who had settled here with
Many of Baptists in 1754. There had been a previous
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Baptist settlement in 1743 and a still earlier Scotch-Irish
settlement. At least two churches were built on tho site
in the Baptist graveyard at Gerardstown. Tho last build-
ing was demolished after tho Civil war. The original
trustees of Gerardstown were William Henshaw, James
Haw, Robert Allen, Gilbert McKown and John Gray.

May 28, 1782, John Gray married Mary Sherrard "Cowan.
No children were born to this union. After her death he
married, on March 21, 1805, Jenn llyndman Gilbert, he
being fifty-nine and his bride twenty-two.

Jean Gilbert was born in 1783 in County Antrim, Ireland,
of Scotch parentage, daughter of Edward Gilbert and his
wife, Jean Sim Rennie, of Covenanter stock from Galloway,
Scotland. The Gilberts were in comfortable circumstances,
owned an estate near Belfast, a large bleach green and
interests in the Irish linen industry. They immigrated to
America in 1785 on a sailing vessel, tho voyage lasting
three months. They landed at Philadelphia, where Edward
Gilbert died a few years later, leaving his family well pro-
vided for. His widow subsequently moved with the Scotch
Irish tide through the Path and 'Cumberland valleys into
the Shenandoah Valley, where her children grew to matur-
ity. These children were six, four born in County Antrim,
William in 1778, John, 1780, Elizabeth, 1781 and Jean,
17S3, and two in America, Helene and Edward. Their
mother died in 1837. Her sons William and John died
without surviving issue in Berkeley County. Elizabeth
married David Sherrard, of what is now Morgan County,
and she removed to Illinois. Her son David Sherrard was
prominent in his locality, president of the Sherrard Bank-
ing Company, and of the Sherrard Coke & Coal Company
and director in other organizations. Helene married John
Sherrard, brother of David. Her descendants are Hon.
James W. Stewart of Cleveland, Ohio, Rev. Maitland Vance
Bartlett of New York City, and Laurence Bartlett, M. D.,
of Buffalo, New York. The Sherrards were Scotch-Irish
from Ulster, and were among the earliest settlers of the
northern end of the Shenandoah Valley. Edward Gilbert,
Jr., married Elizabeth Patterson and after some years
removed with his family, except one daughter, to Indiana.

While John Gray was from Scotland and Jean Gilbert
from Ireland, both were Scotch to their finger tips. They
had four children that reached maturity, one daughter,
Mary, and three sons, James William, John Edward and
David Wardrop. Mary, born December 25, 1S05, was edu-
cated at a young ladies seminary in Alexandria, Virginia.
Her descendants are Miss Eloise Nadenbousch of London,
England, and the family of Mr. Alexander Parks of Mar-
tinsburg. The second son, John Edward Gray, was born in
1814 and died in 1837, unmarried, a studious and ex-
emplary young man. The youngest son, David Wardrop
Gray, born in 1^17, several months after his father's death,
had a disposition a* gay as that of his brother was quiet
and retiring. He read and practiced law with Judge
George S. Lee of Batavia, Ohio, and was to have married
Judge Lee's daughter, but the war with Mexico intervened.
In that war he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the
American forces, First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers,
going out with a company from Berkeley County under
r*apt. E. B. Alburtis, but later exchanged into another
company. (In the Archives of West Virginia it is stated
that officers under captains were non-commissioned officers;
in the roster of Captain Alburtis' Company Lieutenant
Gray is listed as second lieutenant. His record from the
War Office shows he was commissioned first lieutenant;
also his own letters. He received $65 per month, with an
allowance of $16 for his servant. Only commissioned
officers had servants. Also he was received and entertained
with the other commissioned officers by the governor of
Virginia.) He served throughout the war, was honorably
discharged June 30, 1848, and left Mexico with a party
of forty men for the United States. As far as known none
of that party reached home. They were probably ambushed
and murdered by Mexicans or Indians.

John Gray, father of this family, died July 1, 1816.
His widow lived moro than half a century after his death
and survived all her children. She died in 1869, full of
years and good WDrks.

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Hou. James William Gray, the second principal figure
in this story, was the oldest son of John Gray and Jean
Gilbert and was born at Springhill September 1, 1811. He
and his brothers were educated at a private school. Wher-
ever the Scotch or Scotch-Irish went it is said they built
first a church and then a school. The Presbyterian Church
at Tusearora, two miles south of Martinsburg, is said to be
the oldest church west of the Blue Ridge still in use. It
is seven miles north of Gerardstown. There is evidence of
a Presbyterian Church several miles south of the present
village of Gerardstown. The first Presbyterian Church
erected in the village of which there is authentic record
was built in 1793. The present church, built on the same
site, was erected in 1892. Within the same enclosure was
the schoolhouse, known as Stonewall Academy, a structure
roughly but substantially built of stone. Educational
facilities were not lacking in this section, and these schools
were very thorough, usually taught by college men, not
infrequently by the pastor of the church. The course in-
eluded English, Latin, French, mathematics and other
branches, with considerable emphasis on mathematics. The
students were required to write out rules and work out
examples in blank books, and some of the specimens of
penmanship are very fine. The school in which James W.
Gray and his brothers were educated was of this sort, and
it was in the serene atmosphere of school and church and
a cheerful home that they grew to manhood. James W.
Gray was a country gentleman of the old school, of un-
questioned probity, with a breadth of view far beyond
that of most of his contemporaries. He was a Free Mason,
a Presbyterian and a democrat.

A leader in his party in his section, he was elected to
the Virginia House of Delegates in 1852. He resigned
because of failing health and an infection of the eyes that
confined him to a darkened room for several months. He
never fully recovered his health, therefore was compelled
to decline other nominations tendered him, though he was
as active in his part}' as his circumstances permitted.

During the Brown raid at Harper's Ferry in October,
1S59, Captain Gray commanded the Berkeley Rangers, a
company of Berkeley men and supported Captain Albertns
in the premature attack on the engine house. It failed,
but would have succeeded had the attacking party not
been fired on by their friends as well as their foes. Later
Captain Gray was ordered by Col. Robert Baylor to
guard the railroad bridge over the Potomac, left unde-
fended by the withdrawal of Rowan 's Company. He stood
guard there from late afternoon until after the arrival of
the Marines from Washington under Col. Robert E.
Lee at 10 P. M., when lie was relieved by the Hamtramck
Guards.

In the period of unrest and apprehension that followed
the Brown raid Virginia armed for self-protection. Berke-
ley County raised seven companies. Three companies were
■stationed at Gerardstown, the Winchester rifles under
Capt. William Clarke, the Old Dominion Grays of Darkes-
ville under Capt. William Sherrard, and the Berkeley
Rangers under Captain Gray. Mr. Gray's diaries cover
much of the period from the Brown raid to the Civil war.
They reflect faithfully the spirit and aspirations of the
time and make interesting reading. Incidentally they
show considerable activity on his part. Many names later
made famous appear in them. Besides his diaries he has
left other documents and some fugitive verses.

In 1S61 he raised and equipped but could not fully mount
a company of thirty-three men, with which he did scout
duty for the Confederates while Johnston's Army re-
mained in Berkeley County, first under Colonel Edmondson
and then attached to the command of Colonel (afterwards
General) J. E. B. Stuart, who was a warm personal
friend. Because he could not secure the fifty rank and
file of mounted men the Confederate service required this
company disbanded after a few weeks. Mr. Gray remained
with Stuart until after the first battle of Manassas, when
he was discharged for disability. From this time his
health failed rapidly. When the war closed and martial
law was declared he was made to pay for all the horses
pressed by the Confederates in his section, no inconsiderable

matter with his lands devastated, labor scarce and
efficient and his farming stock gone. He was furt
harassed by being obliged to pay in legal tender wl
compelled to receive the discredited Confederate notes
any debt due him. He died July 10, 1866.

February 6, 1840, James William Gray married Mar
Tane Gilbert. She was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, daugl
of Edward and Elizabeth (Patterson) Gilbert, and ■
born in Frederick County, Virginia, April 23, 1823. i
died February 2, 1893, having survived her husband ove
quarter of a century. Her mother, Elizabeth Patten
was an only child whose parents died during her infa
and she was reared by her grandparents, who had im
grated from Ulster and settled in Frederick County, t
became their sole heir, inheriting from them a large &
and other property. James W. Gray and wife had ei
children, six daughters and two sons.

The oldest daughter, Mary, married Frank Silver Nov
ber 6, 1867. She resides in Martinsburg with her son,
lion. Gray Silver.

Virginia married Lieut. Robert Hanson Stewart,
the Confederate Army, a number of years her sen
Lieutenant Stewart died in 1S79 and she in 1880. Tli
were no children.

Elizabeth married Congressman George M. Bowers ;
lives in Martinsburg with her family.

The older son, John David Gray, living at Needmore
Berkeley County, a widower without children, was educa
at the Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, Virgil
is a Presbyterian and a democrat.

The younger son, J. William Gray, was educated at
Shenandoah Valley Academy and at the Wherry Scl
at Worsham, Virginia, being a member of the Kappa Sig
fraternity at Worsham. He offered himself for service
the war with Spain but was rejected because of phys
disability. He took an active interest in politics, wa
leading democrat of his section, but refused several n<
inations. Like his father, he was fond of versifying,
liked to take his dogs and gun and go afield, but he selc
returned with bloody trophies, although a good shot. '.
pockets of his hunting coat bulged with pebbles, sh<
bulbs, roots and plants instead of game. He died Octo
5, 1904. He married Harriet Wilson, but had no childi
Both these sons wore men of unimpeachable integrity, g
citizens and good neighbors, with a large charity for
limitations and short comings of others and frank rec
nition of their own. One of the unmarried daughters d
young. Two survive. Among the descendants of J
Gray may be found members of the Daughters of
Confederacy, the Daughters of the American Revoluti
the Alumnae of the Mary Baldwin Seminary, Fairfax I
and other institutions and organizations.

]\liss Lynne Waddell, principal of the Grant Ddst
High School in Preston County, is a native of that cou
and one of the best educated of its native daughters. 1
Waddell has taught in some of the higher institutions
education, but the service that has called out her greal
enthusiasm has been the educational progress and up
of her home locality.

Her grandfather, John Matthew Waddell, came |l
Frostburg, Maryland, to Preston County in 1844 and est
lished his home on the hill overlooking the village of Bn
ton. He remained there the rest of his life, continuing
trade as a shoemaker. He married Sophia Fogle. T
were the parents of two children, Richard B. and Rac!
The latter died as the wife of Henry Myers, of Ellio
ville, Pennsylvania.

Richard Bonaparte Waddell was born at Frostbl
Maryland, September 14, 1837, and was seven years
age when his parents moved to Preston County. He
quired little or no schooling, but had a practical knowle<
of affairs and was deeply interested in the progress
schools and in later life served as president of the k
Board of Education. He learned the trade of carpen
and at the age of twenty-five went into the military sen
during the Civil war, being commissioned by Gover
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Igimeat, Third Division, Tenth Brigade of the West
rginia Militia, He was afterwards made third sergeant,
Impany L, Sixth Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, and
Ibsequeatly quartermaster sergeant of Company E, Sixth
pst Virginia Regiment. In the closing months of his
litary duty he was with his command at Fort Laramie,
yoming, and while there made the acquaintance of the
S Indian chieftain Spotted Tail, and a viarm friendship
rang up between them. He remained on the frontier on
'lian duty until May 22, 1S66. After the war he returned
West Virginia, farmed and worked at his trade, and in
94 was elected a county commissioner and re-elected in
PS. lie proved a thorough and capable county official,
»J he was also postmaster for six years at Clifton Mills
l| was postmaster and merchant at Brandonville from
19 to 1902. The death of this good citizen occurred
jmuiary 24, 1907. Richard Bonaparte Waddell married,
iril 11, 1858, Lucy Anne Weyant, who was born January
. 1S35, at Somerset, Pennsylvania, where her parents,
hn and Susan (Fichtner) Weyant, settled when they
-ne from Germany. She died September 11. 1919. Her
ijdren were: Mrs. Virginia Benson, of Uniontown,
knsylvania; Mrs. X. J. Chorpenhing, of Mount Pleasant,
Innsylvaaia; Miss Lynne, of Brandonville, West Virginia;
Id Dr. C. W. Waddell, of Fairmont, West Virginia.
Miss Lynne Waddell to the age of twelve lived in the
Mage of Clifton Mills and thereafter at Brandonville.
|e acquired a public school education there. Miss Waddell
x.s one of the first young women of Preston County to go
fcside the state to complete her literary education. She
Bat four years in the college preparatory scientific course
\ Mount CaiTolI Seminary in Illinois. * After returning
Ime she took up teaching, subsequently taught three
irs in the Glenville Normal School, and from there
tered the University of West Virginia, whore she
?cialized in English and graduated A. B. in 190S.
For five years following her graduation from university
ss Waddell was in charge of the Department of English
Shepherd College, Shepherdtown, West Virginia. On
iring from a work that entailed specially heavy duties
f took a year's rest and resumed her' profession as
incipal of the high school at Albright, where she remained
iir years, and for one year was at Newburg. She then
;ined actively in the crusade for better educational ad-
jutages in Grant District, and her high standing as an
lucator and long experience enabled her to give convinc-
arguments in behalf of the establishment of a modern
Ixh school for the district. She has been principal of the
'l?h school since 1919. For several years she was a mem-
'lr of the County Textbook Board* of Preston County,
presenting Grant District. She has also spent much time
I eluh work, boys and girls elub work and camp fire work,
ling girls' club agent and instructor in sewing and super-
ior in various branches of school and home activities,
i With the constitutional amendment granting universal
jjffrage Miss Waddell has accepted the opportunity to use
Br vote intelligently in behalf of good government and
ean candidates. She was reared in a republican home and
f 1920 voted for Harding for president. She is a mem-
r of Shenandoah Junction Branch of the Eastern Star
Id is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

James Abraham Graham, M. D.. has been engaged in
b practice of his profession in West Virginia for more
an a quarter of a century, and for the past twenty years
s been successfully established in active general practice

the City of Fairmont. Marion County. He was born in
eston County, this state. April 10, 1868, and is of Scotch
leage. His grandfather, Samuel Graham, was a pioneer

Preston County, and there David Graham, father of the
>ctor, was born in 1S36. His death occurred in 1892 and
i entire active career was given to farm enterprise, ne
is a gallant soldier of the Union in the Civil war as a
utenant in a West Virginia regiment. His wife, whose
liden name was Martha Field, likewise was a native of
eston County, where she was born in 1840.
Doctor Graham attended the common sehools and summer
rmal schools, and as a young man was a successful

teacher in the schools of his native county for three years.
In 189G he graduated from historic old Jefferson Medical
College in the City of Philadelphia, and in the same year
he engaged in practice at Kingwood, judicial center of his
native county. Five years later he returned to Jefferson
Medical College for a post graduate course, and since 1902
he has been established in practice at Fairmont, lie is an
honored member of the Marion County Medical Society and
holds membership also in the West. Virginia State Medical
Society and the American Medical Association.

At Kingwood, Preston County, in 1^9S, Doctor Graham
wedded Miss Orpha Christopher, daughter of Irvin and
Mary (King) Christopher, siie having been born in that
county in the year 1S74. Doctor and Mrs. Graham have
four children, whose names and respective dates of birth
arc here recorded: Pauline (Mrs. Lose), April 25, 1S99;
James P., October 19, 1904; Ben Irvin, September 17,
1912; and David Field, June 7, 1916.

Edgar X. Deardorff. One of the well ordered and
thoroughly modern establishments contributing to the com-
mercial prestige of the City of Huntington is the large
and well equipped department store of the Deardorff Sisler
Company, of which Edgar X. Deardorff is president. This
establishment, now one of the leading department stores
in West Virginia, is situated on Ninth Street, between
Fourth and Fifth avenues, and it controls a large and
representative supporting patronage. IT. A. Robson is vice
president of the company, and E. B. Sisler is its secretary
and treasurer.

Mr. Deardorff was bom in Putnam County, West Vir
ginia, November 23. 1S64, a son of Isaac N. Deardorff,
who was born in Bedford County, Virginia, in 1827, and
who died at Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1899. Isaac N. Deardorff
was a son of Peter Deardorff, who was born in Virginia,
in 1798, and who came to what is now Putnam County,
West Virginia, in the year 1849, he having been one
of the substantial farmers of this county at the time of
his death, in 1880. Isaac N. Deardorff was a young man
at the time when the family home was established in
Putnam County, where he became a prosperous fnrmer
and whence he* removed to Gallipolis, Ohio, in 18<?0. He
there engaged in the hotel business, but he retired from
active business a number of years prior to his death. He
was a democrat, and both he and his wife were earnest
members of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Deardorff con-
tinued to reside at Gallipolis until her death in 1920. She
was born in the present Putnam County, West Virginia,
in 1S32, a representative of a sterling pioneer family
of that 'county. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
X. Deardorff 'the eldest is Miss Alda W., who resides at
Gallipolis, Ohio; Okley M. is the wife of William A.
Horner, of that place:* Camden R. is a railroad man and
resides at Columbus, Ohio; Edgar X.. of this sketch, was
next in order of birth; William P. is a merchant at
Gallipolis. Ohio; Miss Xannie E. likewise resides at Gal-
lipolis; Betty R. is the wife of If. L. Cadot, of Columbus,
Ohio.

In the public schools of Putnam County Edgar X. Dear-
dorff continued his studies until he was sixteen years of
age, when he accompanied his parents on their removal
to Gallipolis, Ohio. For a time he was employed on a
steamboat on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers, and for ten
years thereafter he was employed in mercantile establish-
ments at Gallipolis. On the 4th of March, 1893, he there
established a dry goods store, and he is still the head
of the business, which has been developed into one of the
most important of its kind in Gallia County. In 1915
Mr. Deardorff eame to Huntington, where he has main-
tained his residence since July 1st of that year. In Of'tober,
1912. he had here purchased the stock and business of the
firm of Valentine & Crow, dealers in ready-to-wear gar-
ments. In the expansion of the enterprise into one of
general department-store order he finally effected the or-
ganization and incorporation of the present Deardorff-
Sisler Company, which has built up a large and representa-
tive mercantile business, based on effective service and
fair and honorable dealings.

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Mr. Deardorff is a democrat and is a liberal and pro-
gressive citizen and business man who has had no ambition
for public office. He is a director of the Huntington
Banking & Trust Company, is president of the Eetail
Merchants Association of this city, is treasurer of the
local Kiwanis Club, and is a director of the Commercial
Savings Bank of Gallipolis, Ohio. His modern and attrac-
tive residence in Huntington is at 1210 Eighth Street.
He and his wife are zealous members of the First Metho-
dist Episcopal Church at Huntington, and he is a member
of its Board of Trustees. The Masonic affiliations of
Mr. Deardorff are here briefly noted: Morning Dawn
Lodge No. 7, A. F. and A. M., Gallipolis, Ohio; Gallipolis
Chapter No. 79, R. A. M.; Moriah Council No. 32, R. and

5. M., Gallipolis; the Rose Commandery No. 43, Knights
Templar, at Gallipolis; the Scottish Rite Consistory at
Cincinnati, Ohio, in which he has received the Thirty-
second degree; and Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic
Shrine, Charleston, West Virginia. He is affiliated also
with the Knights of Pythias and the United Commercial
Travelers, as is he also with the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. He is an active member of the Huntington
Chamber of Commerce and also of the Guyandotte Club
and the Guyan Country Club.

At Gallipolis, Ohio, on the 14th of April, 1892, was
solemnized the marriage of Mr. Deardorff to Miss Lanna
M. Snead, daughter of the late Frank M. and Sarah (Hap-
tonstall Sncad, the father having there been a successful
contractor and builder for many years. In conclusion is
entered the brief record concerning the children of Mr. and
Mrs. Deardorff: Herbert Carroll, born May 28, 1894,
is his father's assistant in the department store, and is a
veteran of the World war, in which he served as a member
of the Fifteenth Field Artillery with the American Ex-
peditionary Forces in France, where he took part in the
major engagements of St. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry, Bel-
leau Wood, and those on the Vesle River and also the Ar-
gonne. His service in France and Germany covered a period
of nineteen months. He is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyjin
University at Delaware, and he married Miss Samantha
Miller, of Gallipolis, that state. Frank N., born May 16,
1896, is an assistant in the department store of his father,
and completed his education by attending the Staunton
Military Academy at Staunton, Virginia. He served thir-
teen months in France, as a member of the Signal Corps
of the American Expeditionary Forces. He is a popular
member of the American Legion.

Carl_ Elias Beaty has had a well diversified business
career in Marion County, but his active interests are now
concentrated in the automobile industry, as president and
general manager of the Standard Garage Company of Fair-
mont.

Mr. Beaty was born at Mannington, West Virginia, July

6, 1884, sou of Newton S. and Margaret Ann (Blackshere)
Beaty, and grandson of James and Maria Beaty, both
natives of Mannington. Newton S. Beaty was born at
Mannington in 1838, spent the first part of his life as a
farmer, and subsequently had extensive interests in real
estate, specializing in the handling of coal and oil lands.
In the latter part of his life he was a director of the Ex-
change Bank of Mannington, an institution which he helped
organize. He held that office at the time of his death in
1898. In the order of Masonry he was affiliated with
Mannington Lodge No. 31, A. F. and A. M., Orient Chapter
No. 9, R. A. M., Crusade Commandery No. 6, K. T., West
Virginia Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite at Wheeling,
and also Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling.
His wife, Margaret Ann Blackshere, was born at Manning-
ton in 1S49, daughter of Elias and Eliza (Raymer) Black-
shere, natives of Greene County, Pennsylvania, and of
Scotch ancestry.

Carl E. Beaty, representing the third generation of the
family at Mannington, attended the public schools of his
native town, spent one year in the University of West
Virginia, and left there in 1904 to continue his studies in
Ohio Northern University at Ada, where he graduated
with the degree Ph. G. in 1906. In August of that year

he entered the drug business at Mannington, and co
tinued successfully in that line for seven years. Sellu
out his store, he took up farming and the live stock bu:
ness, operating the farm from his home in ManningtC|
In the meantime he was appointed deputy United Stat
marshal, with headquarters at Clarksburg, and held th
office for two years, following which he was elected depu
sheriff of Fairmont, and performed the duties of tl
position for two years.

At the close of his term as deputy sheriff, Mr. Beaty i
moved to Morgantown and opened a garage, operating
a year. He sold this business in order to return to Fai
mont and buy an interest in the Standard Garage Coil
pany, and in 1921 he became president and general me-
ager of this organization, which furnishes complete a:
adequate facilities that are greatly appreciated by all t'
motor car owners in Fairmont.

Mr. Beaty is affiliated with Mannington Lodge No. 3i
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married 1
1908 Miss Lottie Deveny, who was born at Fairmont
1888, daughter of Thomas A. and Lottie (Burns) DevetS
of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Beaty have three childrei
Thomas Deveny, born in 1910; Carl Elias, Jr., born
1911; and Robert Newton Beaty, born in 1915.

Luther B. Burk, M. D., who is established in suceessf
practice in the City of Fairmont, Marion County, as
specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, w;
born on a farm at Sand Fork, Gilmer County, this stat
January 5, 1862, a son of Archibald and Malinda
(Moyers) Burke, the former having been born on the san
farm as the son, in the year 1835, and the latter havil
been born in Greenbrier County, Virginia, April 9, 184;
Her parents were pioneers of GTeenbier County, from whio
they removed to Braxton County. Archibald Burk, who;
death occurred August 8, 1902, was a son of John Bur
who was born in Virginia and who became a pioneer t
what is now Gilmer County, West Virginia, where he settk
in the midst of the forest and instituted the reclamation (
a farm. His father, John, Sr., was a native of Irelac
and came to America as a British soldier in the Britif
Army in the Revolutionary war, after the close of whi(
he settled permanently in Virginia, now West Virginia.

Doctor Burke was reared on the old homestead fan
and after attending the rural schools he continued h
studies in the State Normal School at Glenville,* West Vi
gina, in which he was graduated in 1886. He had previou
ly made a successful record as a teacher, and after h
graduation he continued his service in the pedagogic pn
fession nine years. From May, 1888, to June of the fo
lowing year he was editor and publisher of the Gilmt
County Banner at Glenville, West Virginia. In 1890 1]
entered the Louisville Medical School, and in the follov
ing year, after brief attendance in the Kentucky Scho<|
of Medicine, he matriculated in the medical department <j
the University of Louisville, in which well ordered Ker
tucky institution he was graduated March 14, 1892, witi
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. On the 1st of the foi
lowing May he engaged in practice at Flcmiugton, Tayk
County, West Virginia, where he remained two years an
six months. From October, 1894, until March, IS97, I
was engaged in practice at Lost Creek, Harrison Count;!
West Virginia, and since that time he has continuous!
maintained his office in the same building at Fairmon
save for an interval of one year. He has built up a sul
stantial and representative practice in his special field, tltf
of diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nofl
and throat, to which he confines himself exclusively. Ij
1896 he did post-graduate work in the New York Polyclinic
and in the national metropolis he did post-graduate won
also in the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital and tb
Northwestern Hospital. In 1897 he availed himself of th
clinical advantages of the Presbyterian Eye and Ear Hoi
pital in Baltimore, and in 1899 he specialized further b
attending clinics at the Wills Eye Hospital in the City o
Philadelphia. In that city in 1899 he graduated in th
Eastern College of Electro-Therapeutics and Psychologi
Medicine, with the degree of Electro-Therapeutics.

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September 5, 1S93, Doctor Burk married Miss Edmonia
•rence, who was born in Braxton County, this state, a
ighter of Layben and Alice (Ward) Currenee. Doctor
I Mrs. Burk are active members of the Methodist Protcs-
t Church.

:dwabd F. Holbert is one of the young and progressive
incss men of Fairmont, where for twenty years he has
n active in the insurance business and has" built up an
anization with all facilities for perfect service in the

insurance field.
Ir. Holbert was born January 30, lS^l, on the farm in
int District of Marion County, son of Beuben W. and
ginia H. (Shaver) Holbert. His parents were also born
Marion County, representing early families in that sec-
i of the state. Reuben W. Holbert in 1891 removed his
ie to Monongah, and died there in 1911. His widow
rives.

Edward F. Holbert acquired a public school education,
I before reaching his majority began working in the
il coal company's offices at Monongah. He left there
November, 1901, to join his brother Samuel in the in-
hnce business at Fairmont. Somewhat later the firm of
!bcrt Brothers was established, and that title is still
lined, though the senior brother has not been connected
h the firm since 1912. Mr. Holbert has one of the
jest fire insurance agencies in Northern West Virginia.

represents several old and well established insurance
anizations, two of them being the well known Home of
Iv York and the Insurance Company of North America.
Ilr. Holbert is representing the insurance interests of

city in the Fairmont Rotary Club, is a member of the
rmont Chamber of Commerce, and is one of the leading
sons of the city, being a member of Fairmont Lodge No.
L\. F. and A." M., past high priest of Orient Chapter,
A. M., past eminent commander of Crusade Commandery

6. K. T.. and a member of Osiris Temple of the Mystic
line at Wheeling. He is also affiliated with Fairmont
ttge No. 249, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
pr. Holbert married Miss Lucy Haymond, daughter of
Igc William S. Haymond, of Fairmont. Their family
sists of three daughters, Agnes Helen, Mary Haymond

Ann Franklin.

L L. Cordray, president and general manager of the
f\ Garage Company of Fairmont, has been a progressive
tor in business circles of Marion County for the past
*nteen years, and his success in the automobile field
les him one of the leading men in that line in the state.
Hie was born on a farm in Winfield District of Marion
pity September 2S, 1SS4. son of William E. and Jennie

(Irons) Cordray. His father, who was born on a farm
prant District of Monongalia County in 1845. removed
Marion County when a young roan, married there, and
ling an active career gained prominence both in business
: civic affairs. For twelve years he was a mcmher of

County Court. He left the farm when the dwelling
i destroyed .by fire in 1902 and removed to Fairmont
i entered the feed business under the name of W. E.
dray & Son. W. E. Cordray died in 1913, and his wife,
nie, who was born in Marion Count v in 1856, died in
8.

'. L. Cordray hnd a farm environment and training, and
education of the common schools was supplemented by
i-nding the Fairmont State Normal School. Upon reaeh-
his majority he became associated with his father in
' feed business at Fairmont, but two years later he and
'brother Joseph F. organized the Cordray Carriage Com-
\y, manufacturers and dealers in carriages. This firm
['dissolved bv the death of Joseph F. Cordray in 1910.
Bowing the death of his brother Mr. Cordray sold the
B-iage business. For three years he was deputy county
mssor for Winfield and Union Districts. He spent part
the year 1913-14 in the City of Cleveland, where he
Wiarized himself with the automobile industry. He re-
ted to Fairmont, and in the latter part of 1914 engaged
the automobile business on the East Side. The Hall
lage Company was organized by him in 1917, and this

company now conducts one of the leading garages in the
city and also acts as sales agents and distributors for the
Maxwell and Chalmers cars over a territory covering fifteen
West Virginia counties and a strip in Western Pennsyl-
vania.

Mr. Cordray is president of the Fairmont Automobile
Association, is a director of the Fairmont Chamber of
Commerce, and is a member of the Kiwanis Club, Knights
of Pythias, Elks, and the First Presbyterian Church. On
April 24, 1932, he married Miss nallie Hamilton, daughter
of the late Joseph E. Hamilton, of Fairmont. They have
an adopted son, Robert Luther.

ELBEaT Willis Busn. Prominent among the public
officials who are contributing to the civic welfare and
advancement of Huntington stands Elbert Willis Bush,
city commissioner of public utilities, public buildings and
grounds, lie has held some city position regularly since
1915, during which time be has established an excellent
record for conscientious and constructive work, and in
addition to being well known in public life is a prominent
figure in fraternal circles, particularly in the Knights of
Pythias.

Mr. Bush was born February 15, 1878, at Sabina, Ohio,
the only son and child of Owen and Mary (Fcnner) Bush.
His father was born in Clinton County. Ohio, and resided
near Sabina all of his life, devoting himself without inter-
ruption to the pursuits of agriculture, in which he achieved
success. He was a republican in his political views, and his
religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
in which he was an active worker. He died at Sabina in
1915. Mr. Bush married Miss Mary Fenner, who was born
in 1857, in Adams Countv, Ohio, and died near Sabina in
1887.

Elbert Willis Bush was educated in the rural schools of
Clinton County, Ohio, and prepared for a business career by
attendance at the Buckeye Business College at Sidney,
Ohio, in 1S96 and 1897. For two years after graduation
he served as an instructor in this college, and in 1903 came
to Huntington, where he entered the employ of the Hunt-
ington Cold Storage and Commission Company in the gen-
eral offices. Later he resigned this position to accept one
with T. H. Clay, a brokerage commission merchant, with
whom he was employed in office work. In 1915 Mr. Bush
wa6 appointed assistant city treasurer of Huntington by
the city board of commissioners, and filled that office for
three years. Next he was appointed city auditor, and held
this office one year exactly. In the meanwhile he was
elected a city commissioner of Huntington, in May. 1919,
for a term of three years, his term of office expiring the
«ceond Monday in June. 1922. ne is commissioner of pub-
lic utilities, public buildings and grounds, and, as before
noted, has established an excellent record. All those having
business at Mr. Bush's office in the City nail, Eighth
Street and Fifth Avenue, have found him courteous, oblig-
ing and prompt, and he has succeeded in making and
retaining numerous friends in the regular course of his
duties. He is a republican in politic*.

Mr. Bush has made a hobby of fraternal organizations,
and is prominently known in this connection, particularly
in the Knights of Pythias order, lie was knighted in
Huntington Lodge No. 33. Knights of Pythias, in June.

1906, elected chancellor commander in December of that
year, received the Grand Lodge rank at nuntington in

1907, and in December, 1907, was elected master of finance,
with which office he was connected until 1912, when he
was elected keeper of records and seal, a position he has held
since. He is the only grand chancellor to fill this office
during his term, but the subordinate lodge would not release
him. He served as deputy grand chancellor in 1912-13,
was a representative to the Grand Lodge at the session
held at Charleston in 1912, was made chairman of the com-
mittee on reports by Grand Chancellor Sam R. Nuzum,
and elected grand outer guard in 1914, after which he
was advanced each vear until 1918, when he was elected
grand chancellor at Clarksburg. Mr. Bush is a member of
Shiraz Temple No. 29 Dramati> Order Knights of Khoras-
san, of Charleston, having joined at a ceremonial held at
Huntington in 1911. He likewise holds membership in

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Lewis Temple No. 22, Pythian Sisters; Huntington Lodge
No. 313, B. P. O. E.; Mohawk Tribe No. 11, I. 0. R. M. j
Huntington Council No. 190, J. O. U. A. M.; Huntington
Council No. 53, IT. C. T., of which he served as secretary
for several years; Huntington Lodge No. 347, L. 0. O. M.,
and Ivanhoe Castle No. 13, K. G. E. He has other con-
nections of a business, social and civic character, and is a
member of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce. His
religious connection is with the Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church.

On January 9, 1918, at Covington, Kentucky, Mr. Bush
was united in marriage with Mrs. Mamie (Roberts) Hard-
wieke, daughter of Frank N. and Mary Roberts, the latter
now deceased and the former a resident of Hamlin, Lin-
coln County, West Virginia. Mr. Roberts, who is now
ninety years of age, is living in retirement after a long
and successful career as a merchant, 'To Mr. and Mrs. Bush
there has come one child, Mary Virginia, who was born
at Huntington September 2, 1919.

Samuel J. Sublette is one of the keen and resourceful
business men of Bluefield, where he has been a retail and
wholesale merchant for a number of years. He took up
commercial life soon after leaving school, and has achieved
his success without special advantages aside from his own
character and determined effort.

Mr. Sublette was born at Alleghany Spring, Virginia,
February 4, 1876, son of James H. and Aliean A. (Helm)
Sublette*. Sublette is an old name in American Colonial
history and originated in the south of France, whence an
ancestor came to the Colonies nearly 200 years ago. One
of the important settlements of the family was at Pow-
hatan Court House in Virginia. This family was repre-
sented in the Revolutionary war. James H. Sublette and
wife were both born in Virginia, where the former was
a farmer and stock raiser and took an active interest in
politics. However, the only office in which he would con-
sent to serve was that of school trustee, and he held that
post for many years, due to his very sincere interest in
the welfare of schools. During the Civil war he was in
Company G of the Fourth Virginia Regiment, and was in
from the beginning to the end of the war, though once
he was captured and spent nine months in a Federal prison,
where his principal diet was rice.

Samuel J. Sublette attended the common and graded
schools of Alleghany Spring, and soon after leaving school
he went to work, as a traveling salesman for Bonsack
Brothers of Roanoke, Virginia. He was on the road for
that firm three years and then set up a mercantile business
of his own at Alleghany Spring. He did well there, and
after five years sold out and moved to Bluefield, West
Virginia, being attracted to this town by its great promise
for the future, nere he opened a retail grocery store under
the firm name of Sublette & Barnes. The partnership was
dissolved in 1915, and after that Mr. Sublette continued
alone for two years and then organized the Sublette
Grocery Company, wholesale. He was the leading spirit
in this corporation for a time, but in 1918 retired from
the executive control, though he remained financially iden-
tified with the company until January 1, 1921, when he
resigned and organized the Sublette Feed & Supply Com-
pany, Incorporated, with capital of $100,000. Mr. Sub-
lette is president of J. T. MeMullin, secretary of this
company, which does a business all over Southern West
Virginia.

In 1911, at Bluefield, Mr. Sublette married Miss Ethel
R. Wall, daughter of James and Margaret Wall. They
have two children, Margarette Hill and Samuel J., Jr.
They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. Mr. Sublette has some business and social relations
with such organizations as the Chamber of Commerce, Elks
Club, is a Royal Arch Knight Templar Mason and Shriner
and since coming to Bluefield has worked with other pro-
gressive citizeus toward the ideal of making this one of
the best commercial towns in the state.

Samuel B. Johnson, M. D. Medical science has so
progressed that advances are made in it almost hourly.

Specializing observation on disease has worked marvelous
changes in methods of treatmeut; tireless theoretic exper
ments have proved the truth of contentions, and only afte ■
results have been demonstrated beyond reasonable doulr
are discoveries given to the public. In the work of thi»
past quarter of a century, and especially during the periof*
of the late war, so many practical advances have beef 1 '
made that it is impossible to enumerate them, but non
of them have come naturally, but are the outcome of thi
tireless, aggressive and self-sacrificing work of the mel
who have devoted themselves to the practice of mcdiehw
one of whom in Pendleton County is Dr. Samuel B. Johil
son of Franklin. Doctor Johnson was born on the stt *
of his present drug store, in the City of Franklin, Sep'
tember 6, 1867.

The Johnson family originated in England, and belonged'
to the House of Howard. While this country was still a '
English colony representatives of the name sought here J J
refuge, and found in the Valley of the Susquehanna, ifl
Pennsylvania, the opportunity tiiey sought. It was frorl 1
that region that the Pendleton Johnsons came, and thl* 1
first of the name in Pendleton County of whom there i^
record was Joseph Johnson and his son, Samuel JohnsoiT
grandfather of Doctor Johnson, Avho was born at Franklin
in 1800 and spent his life as a merchant and farmei;
During the old muster Hays he served as a major of C 1
regiment of the militia, and he was very highly regarded
as a man and a citizen. Modern methods of doing husil
ness had not then been inaugurated, and this old turn 1
merchant kept his own books, making the entries with s|?
quill pen. His transactions as thus recorded were carriec
on with pounds, shillings and pence, instead of according
to our own tables. Samuel Johnson died at Franklin h^
1862.

The son of Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johu Dice Johnson
father of Doctor Johnson of this notice, was born a!'
Franklin, December 26, 1833, and was engaged in ih
practice of medicine in Pendleton County for many years]'
His professional education was obtained at Jefferson Medi";
eal College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating there
from in 1857, and he immediately thereafter began hii 1
practice. At that time he was the only virile practitioner
in the whole region about Franklin, and because of tluY
fact he was excused from service in the army by the
Confederate authorities, and left to care for the people
here. When this section was occupied by the Federa
army he rendered professional service to its men just ai
conscientiously when it was required.

Dr. John D. Johnson was way ahead of his times, anc
continued not only a student of his profession throughout
his life, but some of his methods of treatment were verj
original, and were carefully thought out. In the dayr
when he was in his prime the established method of caring
for a typhoid patient was to seclude him in a room a»
nearly air-tight as it could be made, and to keep fron
him all water. This was called the "burn 'em up" treat
ment, and was in great favor with the physicians of thai
day, although the fatalities from this disease' were appalling
Doctor Johnson was not satisfied with the results, anc
sought other means of combating the fever. Called t(,
attend a young man ill with typhoid, and realizing thai
unless a different treatment were followed there was m {
hope of recovery, he obtained his mother's permission
to follow the method he had studied out as a last resort.
Braving public opinion and the criticism of his fellow
practitioners, Doctor Johnson had the young man carried
to the banks of the South Branch and immersed him i".
its cool waters. Returning his patient to his home, hi
left him to make his other visits of mercy, trembling ai
what he had done, and yet confident that death would
have resulted anyway. The following morning when he
called again he found his patient had rested much easier,
and he once more gave him a bath in the river, and kept
up this original and vigorous treatment until he had fully
restored him to health. This treatment and cure elicited
much local interest and discussion, and the editor of
Gilliard's Medical Journal, of Philadelphia, a man of
considerable education and foresight, urged Doctor John-

IIIST011Y OK WEST V1KC.1NIA

|p write up (he case ami allow liim to publish it,
'the busy physician, much more interested in curing
fe than securing to himself the honor of so doing,
r took the time to follow this adviee, and consequently
per, Doctor Brnnn, of England, who made similar
riments at a subsequent date, is given the credit, and
treatment is still known as ''BrannV instead of
linson's" as it should be.

the years passed IVetor Johnson commenced to ex-
, the scope of his activities, and began morehandis-
and also acquired farm land which he operated, lie
I a good citizen's part in politic*., as a democrat, and
linny years lie was a consistent member of the Methodist
copal Church, South, and during his earlier life he
H it as an official. He married Isabel Mantz, of
erick City, Maryland, although born at Sharpsburg,
state, her father having been a merchant of Frederick
a number of years, and subsequently clerk of the
lit Court. Mr. Mantz married Mary A. Grove, and
when he was seventy two years of age. Mrs. Johnson
the eldest of a family of four daughters and three

of whom four survive, and she died February 12,
, when sixty-eight years old. Dr. John D. Johnson
his wife had three children, namely: Florence, who

when about twelve years old; Charles, who died in
icy; and Dr. Samuel Beam, of this notice,
letor Johnson, the younger, whose name opens this
Je, attended the public schools of Franklin and a
We school taught by Professor Johnson, and then he
nc a student of Staunton Military Aendeniv. and sub
rntly of Kandolph-Maeon College. For his medical
ing he attended the University of Maryland at Balti-
, and was graduated therefrom April 14, 1802, with
Degree of Doctor nf Medicine. Returning to Franklin,
filtered upon a general practice, and for four years
i in partnership with Dr. Fred Moomau. lie is* now
^y health officer, and has held the office for about five
K and for a quarter of a century was health officer
franklin. During the influenza epidemic of 1918 19
practice he -nine almost too strenuous for human endur-
, yet as human suttering must be relieved he kept
lis post and continued his visiting and ministering
rmt yielding to his own tired and exhausted body

the epidemic was dissipated. Some years ago he
BN"'d the drug store he is conducting, which is a
I reliable one and tho only one in the county, but
mues his large practice as well.

►ctor Johnson lias been very active in many directions,
has been president of the Franklin District Board of
Ration for twenty-four years. As one of the or-
ders of the Franklin Bank he has always been active
management, and has been its president since it
■■ opened its doors for business in I Oil. Like his
I and grandfather he i« identified with rural de-
>ment as a farmer, and in association with his son

stockman on a modest scale. He is a member of
lleton Lodge, Xo. 144. A. F. and A. M., and is serving
i secretary and treasurer. Like his father, he is a
her of the Methodist Kpiseopal Church, South, and
on, is an official nf the local congregation,
i December 20, 1893. Doctor Johnson married in Frank-
bounty, Pennsylvania, ten miles norlh of Hagerstown,
Liand, Miss Katherine Kennedy Snively, who was born
^indy Grove, Franklin County. Pennsylvania, November
1872. She received her early education by private
•s, and also attended Wilson College for Women, Cham-
)urg. Pennsylvania. Her parents were Frederick B and
elia G. (Hammond) Snively, the former a native of
I Grove. Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and the latter
live of Benevola, Washington County, Maryland. Mr.
Mrs. Snively had nine children, those reaching mature
j being as follows: Edwin S. ; Jessie E.. wife of
. Seacrest, of Lincoln, Nebraska; Xellie C, wife of
(hers P. Omwake, of Greeneastle, Pennsylvania; and

Johnson, who was next to the youngest,
ictor and Mrs. Johnson had the following children:
ard Snively is mentioned helow. Katherine Kennedy
uated from the Franklin schools and Mary Baldwin

Seminary, Staunton, Virginia. She married James L.
Mitchell, of Xotasulga, Alabama, and resides at Wash-
ington, District of Columbia. Cornelia Isabel, who is a
graduate of tho Franklin High School, is now attending
West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon. The
son, Edwin Snively Johnson finished the public schools of
Franklin and attended Randolph-Macon Academy, Front
Royal and Jefferson School for Boys at Oharlottsville, West
Virginia. He served in the medical corps at Camp Meade
during the World war, where he had charge of the dis-
pensary, but the armistice was signed before he was sent
overseas. After he received his honorable discharge he
returned to Franklin, and is now a very busy young man.
earrying on a large lire insurance business, acting as man-
ager of his father's drug store and stock business, and
in farming. He has become prominent in local affairs and
is now mayor of Franklin. He is prominent in Masonry
as a member of Pendleton Lodge. No. 144, A. F. and A. M.,
No. 1 Consistory at Wheeling, Thirty-second Scottish Kite,
and a member of Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He
is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, No. 411, at Morgaritown, and the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows at Franklin.

While his son was at Camp Meade, Doctor Johnson was
doing all in his power to render a loyal assistance. Be
was one of the examiners for the Draft Board of Pendle-
ton County, and was otherwise helpful. He is a man of
high ideals and has always lived up to them, and set a
standard of right living that all would do well to emulate.
Coming as he does of one of the very old and honored
families of the country, he is proud of his ancestors, and
anxious to so direet bis life that his descendants may
point to him and his deeds with equal pride.

Lucia n N. Yost, M. D., who is engaged in the successful
practice of his profession in the City of Fairmont, Marion
County, was born at Fairview, this county, November 5,
1*71, a son of Dr. Fielding H. and Malinda (Jones) Yost
Dr. Fielding H. Yost was born on the old family home-
stead near Fairview, this county, iu 1827, and was a repre-
sentative of one of the old and influential families of this
section of the state. He graduated from the Eelect it-
Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1861 , and was for
many years engaged in active practice at Fairview and
Morgan town, West Virginia. His wife was born in
Pleasant Valley, Monongalia County in 1830, a daughter of
John Jones, who there conducted, prior to the Civil war, an
old-time tavern or inn and who later became a prominent
citizen of Morgantown.

Dr. Lncian N. Yost supplemented the discipline of the
publie schools by attending the University of West Vir-
ginia, 1SS9-91. In 1892 he received from "the Ohio North-
ern University at Ada, Ohio, the degree of Doctor of
Pharmacy, and in the following year he attended lectures
in Starling Medical College, now the medical department
of the University of Ohio, at Columbus. In lsO.l he
graduated from his father's alma mater, the Eclectic
Medical College, in the City of Cincinnati, from which he
received his degree of Doctor of Medicine. In the same
year he established himself in practice at Fairmont, and
here he has continued his effective service as one of the
representative physicians and surgeons of his native county.
He has held since 1911 the position of health officer of
Marion County, his la«-t appointment having been made m
July, 1921. The doctor insistently keeps in touch with the
advances made in medical and surgieal science, and is
affiliated with the American Medical Association, the
American Public Health Association, the West Virginia
State Medical Society and the Marion County Medical
Society. He is affiliated also with the Masonic fraternity,
the Eiks and the Knights of Pythias, and both he and his
wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

In 189o Doctor Yost married Miss Belle Kennedy,
daughter of Rev. W. II. Kennedy, of Syracuse, New York,
and her death occurred in 1903. The one child of this
union is Rufus L., who was born October 20, 1*96. In
1905 was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Yost and Mis*
Minnie Smith, daughter of Rev. H. N. Smith, of Louisville,

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Kentucky. Mrs. Yost is active in church work and club
circles in her home city, where she is president of the
Woman 's Club and where she was specially active in
patriotic service during the World war period. Doctor
and Mrs. Yost have a daughter, Margaret Ann, born
November 29, 1907.

William Emmett Bucket is making an admirable
record of service in connection with educational work in
the City of Fairmont, judicial center and metropolis of
Marion County, where he is the efficient and popular princi-
pal of the high school. He was born at Beverly, liandolph
County, West Virginia, on the 27th of March, 1SS6, and is
a scion of a family that has been one of prominence and
influence in that county for three generations. His father,
Charles N. Buckey, likewise was born at Beverly, that
county, the date of his nativity having been December 29,
1861, and both he and his wife being still residents of
Beverly. Charles N. Buckey is a son of Emmett and
Margaret (Ward) Bnckev, the former of whom was born
at Beverly, February 2, 1831, and the latter of whom was
horn at Elkins, now the judicial center of Randolph
County, this state. Emmett Buckey was one of the vener-
able and honored citizens of his native towu at the time
of his death, in May, 1921, when ninety years of age.
Charles N. Buckey married Miss Rosa McCIeary, who was
born in New York City in 1869, but was taken to Califor-
nia when a child. She is of sterling Irish lineage.

In the public schools of his native village William E
Buckey continued his studies until his graduation in the
high school, and in 1912 he graduated from the West Vir-
ginia State Normal School at Fairmont. He received the
degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of West
Virginia in 1921 and in the same year took a post-graduate
course in historic old Harvard University, besides which
in 1913 he was a student in the University of Pennsylvania
Air. Buckey initiated his pedagogic career when he was
eighteen years of age, and his novitiate was served as
teacher in the rural or district sehools of his native county.
His record in his chosen profession has been one of con-
secutive advancement and has involved his service as a
teacher in the schools of Central City, now a part of the
City of Huntington, this state, and those of the village of
Cairo, Ritchie County. He was for seven years principal
ot the normal training school at Fairmont, West Virginia
In 1921 he was appointed principal of the Fairmont Hi^h
School, and in this position he is effectivelv maintaining his
prestige as an enthusiastic and successful teacher He is
also serving as a member of the Certification Board of the
Fairmont independent school district. In the period of
the nation's participation in the World war Mr. Buckev
served as a member of the Classification Board, an adjunct
of the Draft Board of Marion County, and he also aided
materially in other patriot activities in his home com-
munity. He is affiliated with Tygarts Valley Lodge No. 66
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Randolph County
*? w W,t .\J. he - Phi Bcta Ka PP a Maternity at the University
of West Virginia. At Fairmont he is an active and valued
member of the Kiwanis Club, and is a loyal supporter of
its progressive eivic policies and service

On June 23 1915, Mr. Buckey married Miss Ada Dee
Talkington of Fairmont, a daughter of J. Raymer and
Sarah E. (Talkington) Talkington. '

John A. Clark, a highly honored citizen of Fairmont has
given the greater part of his active lifetime to the business
and industry of coal mining, has been an independent
operator for thirty years, and the interests associated with
his name comprise some of the most successful coal com-
panies m the state.

He was born January 22, 1855, at Cumberland, Maryland
His grandfather, John Clark, brought his family from Ire-
land, locating at Mount Savage, Maryland. His son An-
drew was born in Maryland and married Ellen Colvin, whose
birth occurred at Green Springs Run in Hampshire County,
Virginia. Andrew Clark was a railroad engineer ou the
Baltimore & Ohio until after the death of his wife in 1857,
and he then removed to Louisville, where he entered the serv-
ice of the Louisville & Nashville Railway. Early in the

Civil war he enlisted in the Confederate Army and ser
in Beauregard's Division. He died in Louisville in 186S
the result of a saber wound in the head received in a h:
to hand encounter while serving in the army.

Following the death of his mother John A, Clark ;
given a home by his grandfather Clark at Cumberla
Maryland, with whom he remained to the age of ele\
when he became a bread winner. His education has h
the result of practical experience rather than by any <
tiimed contact with schools. From 1866 until 1880
clerked in a store at Lonaconing in the Georges Creek reg
of Maryland, and succeeding that he was store manager j
paymaster for the Newburg Orrel Coal & Coke Company
Newburg, Preston County, West Virginia. Mr. Clark
moved to Fairmont as manager of the store of the Monon }
Coal & Coke Company at Monongah, and in 1890 he i
appointed superintendent of the Linden Coke Company
Clements.

April 1, 1891, he became an independent operator wl'
he organized the Clark Coal & Coke Company, with pi;
at Pritchard on the Monongahela River Railway. His n
plant was at Anderson, on the same railroad, and the th
at Chiefton on the same railroad. In 1899 he develope<
coal property at Ocean on the Parkersburg branch kno
as the Cleveland & Fairmont, and in the same year be^
developing the Columbia Coal & Coke Company at ColumI
and also the Fairmont & Baltimore Coal & Coke Compj
at Adamston. All these were successfully operated by I
Clark, and the properties were sold to the Fairmont C
Company, now the Consolidation Coal Company, in 1901.

In the latter year Mr. Clark began developments on
Waldo Mine at Wilsonburg, and also opened up the Golf, 1
New Chiefton and the New Randolph mines, these bei
operated as properties of the Madeira Hill-Clark Compa:
In 1910 he took oyer the Pitcaim Coal Company's m:
known as the Pitcaim and organized the Harry B. Coal
Coke Company, having as his partners his sons Harry
John A., Jr., and Kenna. Mr. Clark is president of 1
company, Harry B., general manager, and John A., 2
superintendent of all the interests.

The year 1922 finds the Clark coal interests approximati
as follows: Harry B. Coal & Coke Company operating I
Pitcairn, mining gas, steam and domestic coal; Harry
Coal Company operating the Junior Mine for low sulpi
and gas coal; Salvadore Coal Company operating the Gre
Mine and producing gas and domestic coal; Big Four C(
Company operating the Big Four Mine for high grade g
and steam coal; Dixie Mining Company operating the Ma
Mine, gas, steam and domestic coal; Car-Diff Smokeli
Coal Company operating the Car-Diff, steam and smithi
coal, at Tunnelton, Preston County, West Virginia.

Mr. Clark married in 1880 Miss Nannie E. Clark, dauf
ter of Jackson and Rebecca (Cresap) Clark, of Cumberlai
Maryland. Their three sons have already been nam<
Harry, born in 1882, married Ann Nolan, of Pittsburgh, a
is the father of a daughter, Mary. John A., Jr., born
1888, married Annette Murphy, of Uniontown, Penns,
vania. Kenna, born in 1893, married Maria Haymoi
daughter of Judge William S. Haymond, of Fairmont.

H. Ernest Hawkins is one of the progressive busine
men of the City of Fairmont, Marion County, where
is secretary and treasurer of the Scott & Hawkins Compan
dealers in shoes and clothing. This company, which co
ducts one of the leading mercantile establishments of t
city, was organized and incorporated in 1912, and i
president, John S. Scott, is now postmaster of Fairmoi

Mr. Hawkins was born on his father's farm in Winfie
District, Marion County, December 21, 1881, and is a w
of Marcellus Marion and Ann (Hall) Hawkins, who st
reside on their excellent farm homestead. The father h
held various local offices, including that of president <
the school board of his district. He is a republican and
member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and both 1
and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcop
Church. John Hawkins, grandfather of the subject of th
review, was the original representative of the Hawkh
family in Marion County, and here he married Amanc

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385

edith, a member of an honored pioneer family of tho
ity.

L Ernest Hawkins was reared on the home farm and
ed his youthful education in the public schools. In
) he took a position as clerk in a department store at
miont, and in this connection, in an experience of about
:Ve years, he gained thorough knowledge of mercantile
its and business methods, so that he was well fortified
n he became associated with II r. Scott in organizing
Scott & Hawkins Company, ns noted in the opening
igraph of this sketch. He is a member of Fairmont
ge No. 2, I. 0. O. F., and the local organizations of
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Modern
pdmen of America, Loyal Order of Moose, Knights of
[ Maccabees and Knights of Pythias. He has been
pally prominent in the Improved Order of Red Men,
p-hich his affiliation is with Setting Sun Tribe No. 16,
I he is a past great sachem of West Virginia. Mr.
pkins is a staunch republican, and he and his wife hold
nbership in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
lay 3, 1905, recorded the marriage of Mr. Hawkins and
s Sadie N. Harden, who was born at Fairmont, August
ISS1 , a daughter of Thomas D. and Delia (Barnes)
■den. Mr. Harden was a gallant soldier of the Union
|ng virtually the entire period of the Civil war, and
wounded at the battle of Winchester. As a young man
taught school, later was engaged in farming, and
reafter was engaged in the lumber business at Fair-
It, where, still later, he operated a pottery. His wife
born September 4, 184 7, a daughter of Isaac and
rgaret O. (Holland) Barnes. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins
B three children, whose names and respective dates of
.h are here recorded: Margaret Louise, July 27, 190S;
mcth Harden, December 26, 1910; and Ruth Lillian,
.-ember 18, 1914.

[exry J. Hofmann, Jr., who received his training in
road offices at Toledo, becoming an expert traffic man,
I called to Wheeling as traffic manager for the H. Bettis
ppany, one of the largest cooperage manufacturing con-
is in the Ohio Valley. Mr. Hofmann has made his
rices increasingly useful to this corporation and is now
president.

U was born at Toledo October 15, 1SSS. His father,
try J. Hofmann, was born at Toledo, February 12, lsOO,
has spent all his life in that city. For a number of
he owned and operated a meat market, later was
nccted with a wholesale meat firm, and finally was a
'ernmcnt meat inspector, retiring from business affairs
1911. He is a democrat in politics. Henry J. Hofmann,
' married Louisa Marie Umbs. She was born at Dc-
fcee, Ohio, March 21, 1861. Of their five children
Jrisc Barbara died at the age of eighteen years. Julia
inccs was first married to Henry Steinbrecher, a cigar
nufacturer, and she is now the wife of Emile Gaffncr,
piected with the Toledo Railway and Light Company.
I third is nenry J., Jr. George E. of Philadelphia,
fcnsylvania, is assistant manager of a large furniture com-
iy of Philadelphia, and Miss Edna is at home,
ffienry J. nofmann aequired a public school education at
wdo, completed his sophomore year in high school, and
tat a year in the Melehior Brothers Business College. In
|5 he became a stenographer in the Gates Union Ticket
ce, and after nine months went with the Toledo general
fees of the Wabash Railway. For a year and a half
Iwas stenographer and assistant ticket agent, following
Rh he became city ticket agent for the Hocking Valley
(Iway Company at Toledo. After two years he was
pointed chief elerk to the general freight agent of the
eking Valley Company at Toledo.

February 3, 1913, Mr. Hofmann came to Wheeling as
ific manager for the H. Bettis Company. This company
nnfactures slack cooperage and slack barrels, and its
Kluct is widely distributed all over the Central and
Stern states. The general offices of the company are in
Board of Trade Building at Wheeling. Mr. Hofmann
months after he became traffic manager was made

vice president in additiou to his other duties. In February,
19ls, he became secretary and treasurer of the company,
and since January, 1921, has directed the extensive business
as president.

Mr. Hofmann is promineutly and well known in traffie
and business circles of the Ohio Valley. He is a member
of tho Pittsburgh Traffic Club, is vice president of tho
Wheeling Traffic Club, and a member of the Associated
Cooperage Industries of America. Ho is a member of
Council No. 37, United Commercial Travelers of America,
Wheeling Chamber of Commerce, Wheeling Associaton ot
Credit Men, Wheeling Autoiuobilo Club, Old Colony Club,
Wheeling Country Club and the Kiwanis Club, lie is a
republican, a Catholic, holds the chair of Grand Knight
in Carroll Couucil No. 504, Knights of Columbus, being a
Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus and holding the oflice
of F. C. in Carroll „ Assembly, and is a member of
Wheeling Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks.

.lune 17, 1914, at Toledo, Mr. Hofmann married Miss
Margaret C. Scally, daughter of Roger and Elizabeth
(Kiely) Scally, of Toledo, where her mother resides. Her
father was a merchant at Toledo and died in July, 1921.
Mrs. Hofmann is a graduate of the Toledo High School.
To their marriage were born three children, Betty Jane on
December 23, 1915; Heury J., born September 2, 1917, and
died in April, 1918; aud John Joseph, born June 16, 1920.

\

Will E. Morris. There are few citizens better known
in public life in Harrison County, West Virginia, than
Will E. Morris, who has ably filled the office of prosecuting
attorney of the county for a number of terms. Mr. Morris
is well qualified for this responsible position, having had
sound legal training and wide and unusual experience. The
esteem in which he is held at Clarksburg, his home city,
is not only because of recognition of his abilities as n
lawyer and his complete fulfillment of every official duty,
but also is a hearty tribute to a man of sterling character
and civic usefulness.

Mr. Morris belongs to West Virginia through birth and
parentage, coming from old and substantial Harrison
County families. He was born near Salem in Harrison
County January 8, 1872. He grew up on the home farm,
although agriculture did not particularly appeal to him as
a vocation. He was ambitious and needed no urging to
apply himself diligently to his studies, passing creditably
through the grades in the public schools aud when
practicable attended spring and summer sessions in the
normal schools and in other institutions. He was little
more than a boy when he began to teach in the country
schools, and alternated teaching with school attendance,
aud was graduated from the West Virginia Wesleyan
College in 1899.

For some years Mr. Morris remained in the educational
field, at one time being a teacher at the Glenvillc Normal,
and for one year was an instructor in Marshall College,
nnntington, West Virginia. In the meanwhile by private
study and in the West Virginia University ho was prepar-
ing for the law, and through this connection with the uni-
versity, was selected as one of the twelve teachers the
university was permitted to name by the Government for
appointment as teacher in the Philippine Islands. Mr.
Morris accepted this appointment, and the year and a half
that he spent in the Orient not only benefited the dusky
charges of the United States who came uuder his instruc-
tion, but benefited himself through the broadening in-
fluence that travel and change give to intelligent and ob-
serving persons.

Upon his return to his native land Mr. Morris resumed
his law studies in tho West Virginia University, completed
his course and was admitted to the bar in 1903. He estab-
lished himself at Clarksburg, and recognition of his legal
ability was shown in the following year by his election to
the office of prosecuting attorney of Harrison County,
which office he held through two consecutive terms, eight
years. Four years later, in 1916, Mr. Morris was again
elected prosecuting attorney, and in 1920 was re-elected to

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an office in which he has been unusually efficient. As a
lawyer he has always been considered effective as an advo-
cate and trustworthy as a counsellor.

In 1903 Mr. Morris married Miss Camella Young, who
is a daughter of the late Rev. William Young, formerly a
minister in the Methodist Episcopal Conference. Mr3.
Morris is a graduate also of the West Virginia Wesleyan
College. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have four children: William,
Robert, Ruth and John. In political sentiment Mr. Morris
is a republican and an influential factor in his party in
Harrison County. He leads too busy a life to be very
active in social organizations, but is a thirty-second degree
Mason and a Shriner and is a member of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks and a Kiwanisian.

Lloyd Lowndes. Clarksburg is the seat of an interest-
ing branch of the Lowndes family, which, however, has
been most conspicuously identified with the State of Mary-
land. To the direct line of the family or its connections
Maryland has repeatedly gone for governors and other
executive officers of the state. One of Maryland 's recent
governors, Lloyd Lowndes, was a native West Virginian.

Governor Lloyd Lowndes was born at Clarksburg Feb-
ruary 21, 1845. He spent his early life in his native city
and at the age of sixteen entered Washington College in
Pennsylvania, but subsequently transferred his studies to
Allegheny College at Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he
was graduated in 1865, at the age of twenty. In 1867 he
graduated in law from the University of Pennsylvania,
and began practice at Cumberland, Maryland. He soon
gained distinction as a lawyer, and became interested in
politics and also in business and banking. When only
twenty-seven years of age he was elected to Congress, in
1872, as a republican, and served one term. In 1S95 he
was elected governor of Maryland, and was the first re-
publican chosen for that high office in thirty years. He was
the forty-sixth governor of the state, and his administra-
tion from 1S96 to 1900 was one of strength and wisdom
in all matters depending upon his judgment. When he
left the governor's chair he returned to Cumberland and
resumed his law practice and business responsibilities. His
death occurred at Cumberland January 8, 1905.

A brief review of the ancestry of Governor Lowndes will
be in order. He was a son of Lloyd and Maria Elizabeth
(Moore) Lowndes, grandson of Charles and Eleanor
(Lloyd) Lowndes, great-grandson of Christopher and
Elizabeth (Tasker) Lowndes, and great-great-grandson of
Richard Lowndes of Bostoek House, Cheshire, England.
Elizabeth Tasker, wife of Christopher Lowndes, was a
daughter of Benjamin and Anne (Bladen) Tasker, was a
sister of Acting Governor Benjamin Tasker of Maryland
(1753) and her mother was a niece of Governor Bladen of
Maryland. Eleanor (Lloyd) Lowndes, paternal grand-
mother of Governor Lloyd Lowndes, was a niece of Gover-
nor Edward Lloyd of Maryland.

The family was established in West Virginia by Lloyd
Lowndes, Sr., a native of Georgetown, L\ C, who with his
older brother, Richard, located at Cumberland, Maryland,
where they engaged in business, but about 1831 Lloyd
Lowndes, Sr., moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia, where
he became a successful merchant, and had other extensive
business relations until his death. A prominent represen-
tative of the family still at Clarksburg is his son Richard
Tasker Lowndes, a merchant and banker.

Governor Lloyd Lowndes married his cousiu, Elizabeth
Tasker Lowndes, of Cumberland. She died at Cumber-
land January 4, 1922. They were the parents of eight
children: Lloyd and Richard, twins, the latter now de-
ceased; Charles, Bladen, Elizabeth Lloyd, Tasker Gantt
and two that died in childhood.

Frederick Schmeichel, who is now living retired after
many years of active association with business and civic
interests in the City of Wheeling, is a venerable and hon-
ored citizen who specially merits recognition in this work.

Mr. Schmeichel was born at Graudenz in West Prussia,
on the 9th of April, 1841, and ia a son of Michael and
Emelia (Werner) Schmeichel, both of whom passed their

entire lives in that section of the German Empire, tl
father having been a wagonmaker by trade but havir
devoted the major part of his active life to farm industr
The parents were earnest communicants of the Luthera
Church.

After leaving school Frederick Schmeichel served a tho
ough apprenticeship to the cabinetmaker 's trade, in whit
he became a skilled workman. On the 3d of March, 187i
about one month prior to his twenty-ninth birthday ann
versary, he set forth for the voyage to the United State 1
the trip being made on a steam vessel that arrived in tb
port of New York City fourteen days later. From th
national metropolis he came forthwith to Wheeling, whei
he worked a few months at his trade, in the making o
office furniture and bar fixtures, after which he was ei
gaged in the building of staircases and in carpenter wor
until 1873, when he formed a partnership with Mr. Behren,
and opened a small furniture store in a virtual shant
on Market Street. In the early period he and his partne-
manufactured by hand most of the furniture here sold, an
the partnership continued until the death of Mr. Behren
in 1883, when he became sole owner of the business, whic,
continuously expanded in scope and importance, with th
result that he tore down one building after another to pro
vide more ample accommodations, a larger building beinj
erected each time. He continued the enterprise at the ori
ginal location until 1905, when he erected on Market Streel
near Twenty-third Street, the substantial and modern fout
story brick building which he still owns and in which tb
business is continued under the active management of hi
son, Edward U., the entire building being utilized fo
the business. Mr. Schmeichel continued the enterprise ii
an individual way until 1896, when he admitted his sod
Fred C, to partnership, under the title of F. Schmeiche
& Son. Iu 1909 the business was incorporated as the F
Schmeichel & Son Company, and the business is owne( i
exclusively by members of the family. Mr. Schmeiche
continues as president of the company, of which his wifi
is vice president, and of which the son, Edward, is secretary
and manager. The house is now the oldest of its kind ii
Wheeling. Mr. Schmeichel is financially interested also ii
other business enterprises in his home city, though he is
now retired from active executive association with business
and passes the most of his time in his attractive home al
2137 Chapline Street. He is a stanch republican, is at
filiated with the Knights of Pythias and the Improved
Order of Red Men, and he and his wife are devout and
representative members of St. John 's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, of which he has served as president and vice presi-
dent, and of the Board of Directors of which he is now an
honored member.

At Wheeling, November 27, 1873, was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Schmeichel to Miss Louisa Ulrich, who
was born in the Province of Hanover, Germany, February
24, 1S51, a daughter of Heinrich Christian and Ludowika
(Brandt) Ulrich, both likewise natives of the Province of
Hanover, and both of whom passed their entire lives in
Germany, where the father was a veterinary surgeon in
the service of the Government for many years. Concern-
ing the children of Mr. and Mrs. Schmeichel the following
brief data is available: Fred C, who is engaged in the
furniture business at Morgantown, is individually men-
tioned on other pages; Ludowika, who was born July 12,
1876, remains at the parental home; Harry, born August 4,
1878, is associated with the furniture business founded by
his father, the maiden name of his wife having been Jen-
nie Vaas, and four children having been born to them,
Caroline, Marie (died in infancy), Harry, Jr., and Eugene;
Arthur, born February 11, 1880, married Anna McConabey,
and they have one daughter, Leota; Marie, who was born
June 25, 1883, is the wife of Curtis Lockard, of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania ; Edward, born June 25, 1886, is manager
of the store of F. Schmeichel & Son Company, as already
noted, he having married Emma Guth, and their one child |
being Edward, Jr.; Oscar, born June 14, 1888, and like- 1
wise connected with the family business at Wheeling, mar- 1
ried Emelia Bishop; and Albert, who was born August 5,
1891, died in infancy.

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387

on. William Gillespie Statuers. Clarksburg, West
rinia, is the home of many able professional men, and

of the younger generation have become better known
iron greater distinction than lion. William Gillespie
hers, overseas veteran of the World war, member of
Jaw firm of Brannon, Stathers and Stathers, and mem-
also of the West Virginia Legislature,
r. Stathers was born at Wheeling, West Virginia,
il 27, 1^89, and is a sun of Dr. Walter E. and II. Vir-
■x (Whiteside) Stathers, the latter of whom was born
lissouri but was reared in Maryland. Dr. Walter E.
hers is a native of Pennsylvania, but he served in the
>n Army with the West Virginia troops. For a nunv

of years he practiced medicine in Tyler and Ohio
[ties, West Virginia, and his wise and judicious ad-
istratiun as superintendent of the West Virginia Hos-
1 for the Insane, added to his professional reputation
he state. Shire retiring from his duties at Weston he
resided at Buekhanuon, West Virginia.
r illiam G. Stathers completed his academic course at the
•t Virginia Wesleyan College in 1907, then entered the
I'ersity of Pennsylvania, from which institution he re-
ed his degree of LL. B. in 1914, and in the same year

admitted to the West Virginia bar. He entered into
•tice in Lewis County, but in the spring of 1915 came
'larksburg, uhere a promising career opened up before
. When the World war eame on, however, he set aside
personal ambitions and patriotically offered his services
lis country. He was sent to the First Officers' Train-

School at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, In-
ia, and later to other training schools, was commissioned
rst lieutenant and assigned to the Three Hundred and
rty-seeond Infantry Kegimeut of the Eighty-third
ision, at Camp Sherman, Ohio.

n June S, 191 S, Lieutenant Stathers and his comrades
the Eighty-third Division embarked for Europe, and
led at Liverpool, England, on June 15, 1918. The
ment to whieh Lieutenant Stathers belonged was sent
Italy, and later participated valiantly in the famous
oris Venetu campaign, covering a period of twelve days,
u October 24 to November 4, of dangerous warfare, in
eh the American troops proved their courage and firmly
■dished their reputation as gallant soldiers. Licuten

Stathers was fortunate enough to escape serious injury,

he was honorably discharged from the service on May
1919, after just two years of experience that will never
forgotten. He is a member of the American Legion

takes an active part in its affairs.
r pon his return from Europe Mr. Stathers resumed the
Itice of law at Clarksburg, and is a member of the
minent law firm of Brannon, Stathers and Stathers.
Ii offices in the Goff Building, proved an able counselor
l number of important cases before the courts and ful-
•d every expectation of his friends as to his professional
ure. An ardent republican throughout his political life,

party expressed their confidence and approval in the
•tions of November, 1920, by sending him as a dele-
e from Harrison County to the West Virginia Legisla-
?, and their faith in his honesty, ability and indepen-
le lias been justified by the nature of the bills which
e received his approval, among those he has introduced
Qg that of Clarksburg's present city charter, and the
sent West Virginia fish and game law. On June 1, 1921,

was appointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for
irison County.

In July 12, 1920, Mr. Stathers married Miss Geraldine
lis, a daughter of W. T. and Laura (Day) Wallis, a
cendant of old and substantial families of Harrison
inty, West Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. A
rty second Degree Mason and a Noble of the Mystic
•ine, Mr. Stathers belongs also to the Benevolent and
itective Order of Elks, and still maintains interest and
nibership in his old college fraternities, the Sigma Chi
1 tl i Phi Delta Phi. He belongs also to the Hare Law
.b and the Clarksburg Country Club.

!arl S. Lawson. In few sections of West Virginia will
ter educational conditions be found than in Harrison

County, and it is only justice to attribute this in large
measure to such faithful and competent educators as Carl
S. Lawson, a former able superintendent of schools in
Harrison County. His life long devotion to his pro-
fession is well known, and his election to that responsible
office was not only a matter of wise public policy, but a
mark of appreciation for a man of unusual worth in the
educational field.

Carl S. Lawson was born on his father's farm in Ilarri
son County, West Virginia, September 11, lss3, and is a
son of Agrippa N. and Florence L. (Sileott) Lawson, and
a grandson of Aimer and Magdalene (Nutter) Lawson.
The Lawson ancestors came to America from England at
an early day and settled first in that state still known as
Virginia, a later generation moving into what is now West
Virginia and is an old family of Harrison County. The
parents of Mr. Lawson still reside on their farm in Ilarri
sou County, highly respected in their neighborhood ami
faithful members of the Methodist Protestant Church. Six
sons were born to them, two of whom N. Goff and Clifford,
are deceased, the four survivors being: Carl S., Guy H.,
Claude F. and Willie D.

The eldest son of the family, Carl S. Lawson during boy-
hood and early youth found many duties to perforin in
assisting his father on the home farm, but these were not
permitted to interfere with his determination to secure a
fair education, and he completed the country stdiool course
at the head of his classes. Early recognizing the bent of
his inclination, he decided to prepare himself for teaching,
and with this end in view entered the State Normal School
at Fairmont, from which institution he was graduated in
1911.

Mr. Lawson began teaching school when twenty-one years
old, and has taught almost continuously every since, except
when attending college or filling public office, during this
time being a student in the West Virginia Wesleyan College
and in the West Virginia State University. From choice
he has devoted his time and efforts to Harrison County
alone, teaching four years in the rural schools; serving
three years as principal of the North View ward school at
Clarksburg, and for three years being district supervisor
of the coal district schools. In 1915 Mr. Lawson was
elected county superintendent of schools in Harrison
County for four years, and completed his term in 1919, but
early in 1920 he was appointed to fill the office of the late
superintendent L. W. Ogdea until election in the fall of
1920, and later in the same year was again elected super-
intendent of schools for another four years, but resigned
.January 1, 1922, to engage in the life insurance business.
Mr. Lawson 's intelligent, broad-minded ideas, sound,
practical methods and pleasant personality made him a
popular and successful teacher, and the same qualities
were equally effective as superintendent and his administra
tion of the schools was efficient and satisfactory.

Mr. Lawson married in 1916 Miss Bculah Elizabeth
Garner, of Marion County, West Virginia, ami they have
one daughter, Florence Louise. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson are
members of the Christian Church. In his political views
he is a republican, and fraternally is identified with the
Elks and the Knights of Pythias, and also is a member <>f
the West Virginia State and the National Teachers' Asso
ciations. During vacations and in leisure hours he did
some life insurance business, and now represents one of
the old line companies.

Clair Nelson Pabkish, the efficient and popular clerk
of the Countv Court of Harrison County, was born on a
farm in this county June 13, 1893, and is a son of Thomas
J. and Mary (Morgan) Parrish. His father was likewise
born and reared in this county, a representative of an old
and honored family of this section of the state, and Mrs.
Mary (Morgan) Parish was born in Doddridge County, her
death having occurred more than twenty years ago. Thomas
J. Parrish was formerly one of the representative farmers
of Harrison Countv, but for a period of about twenty years
he has maintained" his residence in the City of Clarksburg,
the county seat, and been actively identified with coal, oil
and gas productive industry, in this section of the state.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

He is serving as a member of the City Council at the time
of this writing, in 1921.

Clair N. Parrish continued his studies in the public
schools of Clarksburg until his graduation in the high
school, and thereafter he served four years as deputy sheriff
of the county. In 1920 he was elected clerk of the County
Court, and in this office he is giving characteristically ef-
fective service. He entered the United States Navy when
the nation became involved in the World war, served in
the gunning department, and is now a member of the
American Legion. He is athliated also with the lodge of
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in his home
city of Clarksburg. His political allegiance is given to
the republican party, and he and his wife hold membership
in the Episcopal Church. His marriage to Miss Agnes
Morgan, of Clarksburg, was solemnized in the year 191S.

George Henry Duthie has been engaged in the practice
of law in the City of Clarksburg, judicial center of
Harrison County, since 1912, and has gained secure status
as one of the representative members of the bar of this
county. Prior to entering professional life he had won for
himself marked success and prestige in the industrial and
commercial field, and he has in the most significant sense
been the architect of his own fortunes.

Mr. Duthie is a scion of sterling Scotch ancestry and
was born on a farm near Lexington, Sanilac County, Michi-
gan, August 21, 1859. He is a son of William and Eliza-
beth (Forbes) Duthie, who were born and reared in Aber-
deen, Scotland, where their marriage was solemnized and
whence they soon afterward came to the United States, all
of their children, seven in number, having been born in this
country. The father was a skilled machinist, and he first
worked at his trade after arriving in this country at Pater-
son, New Jersey. Later he continued in the work of his
trade at Detroit, Michigan, until impaired health led to
his establishing the family home on a farm near Lexing-
ton, that state, where his family remained during intervals
in whieh he again followed his trade in Detroit. On this
farm his wife died in her forty-ninth year, and he passed
the closing period of his life in the home of his son George
H., of this review, in Tennessee, where he died at a vener-
able age.

George H. Duthie passed the period of his childhood and
early youth on the farm which was the place of his birth,
and in the meanwhile attended the public schools of the
locality. At Lexington, Michigan, he learned the ma-
chinist 's trade, and at the age of seventeen years he initi-
ated his independent career as one of the world's workers.
As a journeyman machinist he worked at various places
in the United States and Canada, and incidentally served
as foreman of a number of high-grade machine shops. In
the spring of 18S7 he removed to Knoxville, Tennessee, and
opened a machine shop, but in 1890 he removed his busi-
ness to Harriman, that state, where he organized and estab-
lished the Duthie Foundry Company, with which he con-
tinued his alliance, as its executive head, until the business
and plant were sold in 1904. In the meantime he had
given considerable attention to the study of law, for the
purpose of better equipping himself for business. While
still managing the business of the Duthie Foundry Com-
pany he completed the prescribed two years' course in the
law department of the American Temperance University
at Harriman, and in "the autumn of 1899 be was admitted
to the bar, upon examination before the Supreme Court of
Tennessee. In 1901 he opened a law office at Harriman,
where he continued in practice four years, besides re-
taining management of the foundry business until he sold
his interest therein in 1904. In that year he took advan-
tage of a splendid business opportunity and became a com-
mercial traveling salesman. He was thus engaged about
seven years, and in the autumn of 1912 he established hie
residence at Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he has since
been actively and successfully engaged in the general prac-
tice of law, with offices in the Union Bank Building. He
enjoys a general practice in West Virginia and the adjoin-
ing states and in the Federal Court, and he has become
specially well known as a patent attorney, his skill and

long experience as a mechanic giving him exceptions

potency in this field.

Mr. Duthie was reared in the political faith of the re •
publican party, but has been an independent voter fa
many years. He espoused the cause of the prohibition
party, and while he has not subscribed fully to the doctrine
of the socialist party he believes that a co-operative com
monwealth represents the next forward step in eivilizal
tion. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church since he was seventeen years of age, and is nor
an official of the church of this denomination at Clarks
burg. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity as«K
Master Mason.

In 1896 Mr. Duthie wedded Miss Flora Guthrie, wh<)
was at the time serving as principal in the public school!)
of the City of Muskegon, Michigan. They have three chil
dren: Miss Grace 1. is a popular teacher in the public
schools of Clarksburg; James H. is architect for the Boar(|'
of Education of Cleveland, Ohio; and Eobert W. is h
commercial business at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Botl
of the sons served as captains in the United States Armj
in the World war period, James H. having passed fourteer!
months on the stage of conflict overseas, and Robert "W '
having given twenty-one months of service, largely per
sonncl work, in camp life in the United States.

Harry T. Clouse, the present sheriff of Ohio County, all
Wheeling, has come to the dignity and responsibilities ol
this important office through the efficiency he displayed*
by several years of public work in the court house, by hi.'!
splendid good citizenship, and as a result of the effective:
part members of the Clouse family have taken in the life
and affairs of Wheeling for half a century.

Sheriff Clouse was born at Wheeling, May 15, 1892. His^
grandfather, Henry Clouse, was born near Stuttgart, Ger-1
many, in 1824, and brought his family to the United States!
about 1871, locating at Wheeling, where he continued to J
follow his trade as a brick mason. He died at Wheeliugj
in 1894. His son, Charles Clouse, was born near Stuttgarlii
in 1859, and was twelve years of age when brought to
Wheeling, where he completed his education. As a young)
man he was employed as a pnddler in the local steel mills.
In 1896 he joined the Wheeling Fire Department, and at I
the end of a quarter of a century of efficient service he isj
now captain of Aerial Truck Company No. 1. Captain
Clouse is a republican. He married Frances Weaver, who
was born in Mason County, West Virginia, in 1862. They
are the parents of four children: Stella, wife of John
Kunz, a cigar maker at Wheeling; Charles, Jr., a steam
fitter at Wheeling; Harry Theodore; and Gertrude, a stu-
dent in the Wheeling High School.

Harry Theodore Clouse grew up in the City of Wheel-)
ing, attended the public schools, including high school, and
in 1908 graduated from the Elliott Commercial School. ■
During 1908-09 he attended the historic Linsly Institute,
and left that to begin his serious career. For a short time
he was in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway |
Company, and for three years worked in the steel mills of
the Wheeling Steel & Iron Corporation. Mr. Clouse also
had some newspaper experience, acting as reporter for the
Wheeling News and Wheeling Intelligencer for a year. In
the fall of 1913 he was appointed deputy Circuit Court
clerk of Ohio County, and since that date his duties havei
been at the court house. In November, 1920, he was elected
sheriff, and began his official term of four years January
1, 1921.

Sheriff Clouse has a military record, having enlisted in
May, 1917, soon after America entered the war. He at-
tended the Officers Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Har-
rison, Indiana, was commissioned a first lieutenant in
August, 1917, was then transferred to Camp Zachary Taylor
at Louisville, and finally was with the Forty-ninth U. S.
Infantry at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He received his
honorahle discharge in September, 1919.

Sheriff Clouse is a stockholder in the Fulton Bank &
Trust Company. He is a republican, has served as a deacon
of the Lutheran Church, and is prominent in Masonic

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389

rs, being a member of Nelson Lodge No. 30, A. F. and
L, Wheeling Chapter No. I, R. A. M., Wheeling Com-
lery No. 1, K. T., Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine
'heeling, in which he has served as captain of the Arab
ol; Wheeling Consistory of the Scottish Kite; and is
la member of Royal Court No. 13, Royal Order of
[rs, Black Prince Lodge No. 19, Knights of Pythias,
rfing Lodge of Odd Fellows and Wheeling Lodge No.
P. O. E., of which be is a director.

1915, at Wheeling, Mr. Clouse married Miss Alma
hx, daughter of Louis anil Louise (Biery) Sax. Her
r was n live-stock commission broker and is now de-
li. Her mother is now Mrs. William Currence, of
ding. Mrs. Clouse finished her education by gradua-

from Mount De Chantal Academy near Wheeling,
e she enjoyed an exceptional training in music anil
» skilled pianist. Sheriff and Mrs. Clouse have one
liter. Alma June, born February 9, 1916. The home
leriflf (louse is an attractive residence at 31 Avenue A,
•dale, Wheeling.

^rbfkt Elias Sloan, M. D., president and superintend
of the Mason Hospital, Clarksburg, Harrison County,
i born in Washington county, Ohio, on the 17th of
iary, ls~<>, a son of Doctor Elias and Sarah Elizabeth
ic) Sloan. When he was two years of age the family
■d to Williamstown, Wood County, West Virginia,
C his father practiced medicine for seventeen years, at
txpiration of which time, in 1S94, be returned to Ohio
engaged in practice in the City of Marietta, where he
il the remainder of his life.

I Herbert E. Sloan acquired his preliminary education
he public schools at Williamstown and in Marietta
|ge where he was graduated in 1895. He then entered
Eclectic Medical College in the City of Cincinnati, Ohio,

which he was graduated in 1S9S. For three years
r graduation he practiced at Marietta, in association

his father. In 1901 he located at Clarksburg, West
inia, where he continued to practice until 190S, when
ecepted a position as instructor in bis Alma Mater, the
stic Medical College at Cincinnati He then resumed
braetiec at Clarksburg, where he has since maintained
[ome. He is a member of the Harrison County Medical
Ity, the West Virginia Medical Society and the
rican Medical Association. He is presideut of the
m Hospital Company and has the active management
lis hospital. In his practice he has given special atten-

to surgery.

polities the Doctor is an independent democrat. He is
•ted with the Scottish Rite bodies of the Masonic
»rnity, and he and his wife hold membership in the
tist Church. In 1921 be was elected a member of the
' Council of Clarksburg, and in 1919-20 he served as
bmber of the State Public Health Council of West Vir-
I During the World war period Doctor Sloan was a
Iber of the Medical Advisory Board of his district. In
• he was united in marriage with Miss Luella Dye, of
>, and they have seven children, Elizabeth, Eleanor,
tha, Mary, Catherine, Herbert and Robert.

enry Clyde Robinson. Though he won his present
Eon as county assessor by popular election, Henry
e Robinson was thoroughly well qualified for his duties
result of his eight years' work in the office of assessor
leputy. Mr. Robinson is member of an old Harrison
litv family, and is himself widely known all over the

ty.

ie was born on a farm near Shinnston June 4, 1882,
I be still maintains bis own home there. His official
Iquarters are in the Goff Building in Clarksburg, nis
Idfather, David W. Robinson, was born in Harrison
[ity and at one time was high sheriff of the county and
ident of the County Court when the present Court
Ise was built in 1888. James Allison Robinson, father
|he county assessor, was born in Clarksburg August IS.
•, and devoted his time and energies to his farm until
I, since which year he has been in the feed business
Shinnston. Like bis father before him and also his

son, he has given active support to the republican party,
and from early life he has been a member of the Methodist
Church. James A. Robinson married Mary Jane Hawker,
a native of Harrison County and daughter of James
Hawker. She died in 18x6, the mother of seven children,
namely: James David, deceased; Hetty, Mrs. S. C. Mc-
Carty; Cecil E.; Carrie, wife of A. (i. Sprout; William
Amos; Henry C. ; and Miss Nellie J., at home.

Henry Clyde Robinson spent his early life on his father's
farm near Shinnston. attended the public free schools, and
finished his education in the West Virginia Wesleyan <'ol
lege at Buekhannon and the Fairmont Normal School. One
important source of his popular reputation throughout
Harrison County is due to his long service as a teacher,
lie taught his first term in the rural schools at the age
of sixteen, and for thirteen consecutive years the greater
part of his time was devoted to teaching. After leaving
the schoolroom he was associated with his father for one
year in the feed business at Shinnston. Mr. Robinson be
came a elerk in the county assessor's office in 1913, and
during the next eight years his experience brought him a
practical knowledge of everything connected with the as
sessment of county real estate. In November, 192n, he
was elected county assessor, and has been ably discharging
his duties in that capacity since January, 1921. He was
elected as a republican. He is a thirty-second degree
Scottish Rite Mason, member of the Mystic Shrine, is
affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias and is a member of the Methodist
Protestant Church.

On October 15, 1904, Mr. Robinson married Miss Elsie
May Hardesty, daughter of James L. and Amanda (Janes)
Hardesty. Their three children are named Dennis Har-
desty, Margaret Louise and Ruth Eleanor.

Samuel Robertson Harrison, Jr., who was born at
Clarksburg, Harrison County, on the 7th of June, 1S90, is
a member of the bar of his native county and is now serv
ing as deputy clerk of the United States District Court,
with official headquarters in the Post Office building in his
native city. He is a son of Samuel R. and Sallie (Alexan
der) Harrison, and his early educational advantages in
eluded those of the Clarksburg High School. For three
years thereafter he was a student in the University of
West Virginia, in which be completed his eourse in the law-
department and was graduated as a member of the class
of 1914. His reception of the degree of Bachelor of
Laws was virtually coincident with his admission to the
bar, and he forthwith engaged in the practice of his pro
fession at Clarksburg. In the autumn of 1916 he was
elected to represent his native county in the Lower House
of the State Legislature, in which be served one term. In
March, 1917, Mr. Harrison was appointed deputy clerk
of the United States District Court of the Northern Dis
trict of West Virginia, and in this position he has since
continued his efficient service. He is a republican, is
affiliated with the Scottish Rite body of the Masonic
fraternity, and his religions faitb is that of the Presby-
terian Church. He has substantial agricultural and stock-
growing interests in Harrison County, and is a young man
of civic loyalty and progressiveness.

October 10, 1917, recorded the marriage of Mr. Harri-
son and Miss Blanche Maxwell, daughter of Porter and
Columbia (Post) Maxwell, and the one child of this union
is a daughter, Emily Frances.

Rev. Walter Austin Snow, of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, is not only a clergyman of the Congregational
Church but is also doing splendid service in his executive
office of general secretary of the West Virginia Sunday
School Association.

Mr. Snow was bom at Austinburg, Ashtabula County,
Ohio, on the 13th of Septemher. ls72, and on both the
paternal and maternal sides he is a scion of influential
and honored pioneer families of that county, the town of
Austinburg having been named in honor of the family of
which Mr. Snow's mother was a representative.

Rev. Walter A. Snow is a son of Albert H. and Cornelia

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Sargent (Austin) Snow, both likewise natives of Ashtabula
County. The paternal grandparents, Sparrow and Clara
(Kneeland) Snow, were born at Sandersfield, Massachu-
setts, and the maternal grandparents, Lucius Montgomery
Austin and Melissa (Whiting) Austin, were natives of
Torrington, Connecticut. The grandparents on both sides
were numbered among the early settlers at Austinburg,
Ohio, which has the distinction of being the second oldest
town in the Buckeye state. Through descent from the
original representative of the Snow family in America the
subject of this review is eligible and has become a mem-
ber of the Mayflower Society; through the Whiting ances-
try he holds membership in the Society of American Col-
onial Wars; and his affiliation with the Society of the
American Revolution is based on the patriotic military
service rendered by ancestors of each the Snow, Austin,
Whiting and Kneeland families.

Mr. Snow was reared on his father's farm to the age
of eighteen years, and gained his preliminary education in
the district schools of his native county. In 1S94 he
graduated from Grand River Institute at Austinburg, an
institution of which his maternal grandfather was the first
principal. In 1897 he received from the University of
Ohio the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, and in 1900 he
graduated from the Chicago Theological Seminary, his or-
dination as a clergyman of the Congregational Church hav-
ing occurred in September of that year. For the ensuing
five years he held a pastoral charge in the City of Miunea-
polis, Minnesota, and during the greater part of this in-
terval he was also secretary of the Minnesota Congrega-
tional (Church) Club. After leaving Minneapolis Mr.
Snow was for a short time associate pastor of the People 's
Congregational Church in the city of St. Paul, that state,
and he then passed a year in North Dakota, where he took
up a homestead, besides serving as a local preacher and
assisting in Sunday School work. After remaining in
North Dakota eighteen months he accepted a pastorate at
Glenwood Minnesota, where he remained two years. This
was followed by a brief pastorate at Livingston, Mon-
tana, and he was then called to the office of general secre-
tary of the North Dakota Sunday School Association, of
which position he continued the efficient incumbent six
and one-half years, with headquarters in the City of Fargo.

In 1916, with a record of admirahle achievement in this
office in North Dakota, Mr. Snow accepted his present
position, that of general secretary of the West Virginia
Sunday School Association, with headquarters at Clarks-
burg. He has done an admirable work in systematizing
the work of this association and has brought to bear pro-
gressive policies that have conserved the remarkable growth
and expansion of the organization. Under his regime the
annual contributions for the support of the association and
its work have increased from $8,000 to $30,000, while the
original offiee force of three persons in the headquarters
of the general secretary has been increased to ten, to meet
the ever increasing demands.

Mr. Snow is affiliated with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity of the University of Ohio, and he maintains
affiliation also with the Masonic fraternity.

In 1899 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Snow and
Miss Ella May Morris, a daughter of Rev. Maurice B.
Morris, a veteran and honored clergyman of the Congre-
gational Church.

William Burbiss Irvine is managing vice president of
the National Bank of West Virginia, the oldest banking
institution at Wheeling and the first to be established in
Western Virginia.

It was organized as the Northwestern Bank of Virginia
in 1817, and it is interesting to note that the first clerk
of the bank was John List, a family and name that had
not been without some interest in Wheeling's financial af-
fairs for more than a century. The old Northwestern Bank
was converted under the national banking law into the
National Bank of West Virginia in 1865, and under that
title is continued the history of the oldest bank in the state,
and its resources and service have likewise made it one
of the most substantial banks of West Virginia.

William Burriss Irvine has spent the greater part of I
active lifetime in this institution, and is justly regarded!
one of the financial authorities of the state. He was b«|
at Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, June 7, 1866. ]|
grandfather, John Irvine, was born in Ireland in 18]
and on coming to America settled at Smithfield with I
mother. After reaching manhood he studied law, A
practiced his profession for many years at Smithfij
where he died in 1877. He married Rebecca Lemasfoj
George Fleming Irvine, father of the Wheeling banker, A
born at Smithfield in April, 1835, was reared and marri
in his native town, studied law but never practiced, a]
was a merchant until the outbreak of the Civil war. I
1861 he joined an Ohio regiment of Infantry and J
all through the period of hostilities, being with Shera|
on the march to the sea. After the war he remained f
Washington for several years, an employe in a Governmff
department. George F. Irvine came to Wheeling in t|
early seventies, and for a time was connected with 1|
Bank of the Ohio Valley. In 1891 he removed to Pit|
burgh, where he was in the wholesale produce busine I
He died at Pittsburgh in the fall of 1914. He was a : J
publican, a very active member of the Christian Chuni
was a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and)
member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His fu|
wife, Rachel Burris, was born at Smithfield; Ohio, in 18.'
and died at Wheeling in 1871. She was the mother
three children: Mary Rebecca, now of Pittsburgh; Jo
Charles, who is in the coal business at Smithfield, Ohi ;
and William B. The second wife of George F. Irviij
was Sylvia Laughlin, who is now living at Pittsburgh. ,|

William B. Irving was a child when his parents mavJ
to Wheeling, and in this city he acquired his public-scho '
education. He is a graduate of Linsly Institute with ti
class of 1884. Soon after leaving school he became a nu!
senger boy with the Bank of the Ohio Valley, and remaim!
with that institution three years. He then entered tl|
Exchange Bank of Wheeling as correspondence and cc
lection clerk, was promoted to assistant cashier and w; i
in the service of that institution until 1901, when he wei
with the old Bank of Wheeling as cashier. The Bank <|
Wheeling was consolidated with the National Bank of "We
Virginia in 1907, and since that consolidation Mr. Irvine h,*
been managing vice president of the latter.

He is also president of the Farmers National Bank <;
Claysville, Pennsylvania, a trustee of the Mutual Saving
Bank of Wheeling, a director in the Bank of Fulton, n«
Wheeling, is treasurer of the Industrial Savings & Loa
Company, Morris Plan, at Wheeling, and president of tl ;
Fidelity Investment Association of Wheeling.

During and since the World war Mr. Irvine has bee
treasurer of the Wheeling Chapter of the American Be 1
Cross. He was also chairman of the Banking Committfi
in all the Liberty Loan drives and his time and means wei
fully at the disposal of the Government at all times. He :
a republican in politics, has been a member of the otfich
board of the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Churc
for twenty years, is a past master of Bates Lodge No. 31
F. and A. M., a member of Wheeling Union Chapter No. 1
R. A. M., Cyrene Commaudery No. 7, K. T., Wheeling Lodg
No. 28, B. P. O. E., and is a member of the Old Colon
Cluh and of the Twilight Club of Wheeling.

Mr. Irvine, whose home is in the suhurb of Elmwooc
married at Wheeling February 25, 1S86, Miss Eva A. Drake
daughter of David M. and Virginia (Lindsey) Drake, hot
deceased. Her father was a Wheeling banker. Mr. am
Mrs. Irvine have one son, Russell Drake, born December 2?
1890. During the war he enlisted, was stationed at Cami
Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan, being army field clerk. E
is now secretary-treasurer of the Fidelity Investment Asso
ciation of Wheeling.

William McCoy. In the family of McCoy the tradition
of ability, honor and worth left by those who have gom
beyond set a worthy precedent which the present genera
tion, and that from which it sprang, have followed, t<
which they have added a life chapter that must prove ai
inspiration and a positive incentive to those destined tt

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after them. Among the notable exponents of the
^'s integrity and professional and business capability
llinrn McCoy, of Franklin, a lawyer, successful pro-
r and editor of the Pendleton Times, a former reprc-
Ive of the State of West Virginia in the House of
ites, and present prosecuting attorney of Pendleton
f. lie was born at Franklin, June 2, 1S7S, and his
is been spent in the city of his nativity.
► McCoy family is one of the oldest in this region,
lates back in the history of Pendleton County to
tr days. The American progenitor of the McCoys
STilliam McCoy, who came to the American Colonies
Scotland, settling at Doe Hill, Virginia. lie had
lbs. John and William, and several daughters, whose
I are not matters of record. William McCoy, the
er, left his father and brother and went into North
iia. where this brunch still flourishes,
a McCoy, son of William McCoy the American pro-
I commanded a company of volunteers in the French
ndian war, and his son Robert, when war was dc-
) against England, marched on foot into North Caro-

0 join General Greene, and thus became a soldier
p American Revolution. As such he participated in
[engagements, including that at Guilford Court ITouse.

the war was over he returned in safety to his home,
vicinity of Franklin, where his father, John McCoy,
fng before established the family. John McCoy, Jr.,

1 soldier under General Harrison, "Old Tippecanoe,'*
as killed at the battle of Tippecanoe, at Battefield,
la, in 1S11. The only sons of John McCoy to ac-
my him into the Pendleton District were Oliver and
in, the former settling on the South Branch, near
)s Mill. There he built a house that is still standing,
ck. William McCoy, son of John McCoy, became a
tnt at Franklin, and was an extensive land owner
h Pendleton and Highland counties. In 181 1 he was
I to Congress, and was returned for eleven consecu-
■rms, serving until 1832. During his long period of
! he served on many committees, among which was
iportant one on ways and means, of which he was
hairman.

a McCoy, the pioneer, married Miss Sarah Oliver, a
ler of Aaron Oliver, an immigrant from Holland, who
d a daughter of Colonel Harrison of Rockingham
j y Virginia. The children born to John McCoy and

Oliver, his wife, were as follows: Robert, Oliver,
pn, John, Benjamin, Joseph and James, and four
ters, Elizabeth, Jane, Sarah and Jemima. William
k the congressman, married as his first wife Elizabeth
r t and she bore him a son, William, who died in
! as a Confederate officer. The second wife of Wil-
McCoy was Mary J. Moomau, who bore him the
nig children: Margaret C, who is unmarried and
it Franklin; Caroline n., who married William II.
, is deceased and so is her husband; Mary V., who
;d William A. Campbell and died, as did her hus-
i John, who became the father of William MeCoy,
Is review; Pendleton, who married Catherine Mc-
jn, and lived and died in the Franklin community,
is widow is residing at Moorcfield, West Virginia ;

who is the widow of Frank Anderson, resides at
lin; and Alice Virginia, who died at Franklin, mar-
liarles Chamberlain, now a resident of Salida, Colo-

q McCoy, of the above family, was born in Pendle-
)unty, in 1850, and was reared at Franklin, where
ther had large business interests, and was one of
lading factors of .the place. He was very carefully
ed, and took a classical course at the famous Wash-
and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia, at the
hat Gen. Robert E. Lee was its president. After
iting his course in that institution John McCoy re-
to his home and took charge of his father's farm
Ock interests, and it was the need for assuming these
• sibilities which kept him from continuing his studies
Preparing for a professional life. He continued in
«Jme lines of business throughout his life, and died
i|l9, 1919, universally respected. A loyal democrat,

he gave his party a faithful service, and was its success-
ful candidate as representative to the House of Delegates
in 1890, and he was twice re elected to that office on the
same party ticket. While he was adverse to practical poli-
tics, his service in the House interested him and he re-
garded it as time well spent. For many years he served
the Presbyterian Church as an elder, and was a member
of it from early youth.

John McCoy married Martha Trice, a daughter of Jamea
Trice, who survives him and is living at Franklin. They
became the parents of children as follows: Katie, who is
the wife of Byron Boggs, of Franklin; William, whose
name heads this review; George P., who is a practicing
physician of Neodesha. Kansas; Richard L\, who resides
at Montrose, Louisiana; Cortland, who is also a resident
of Montrose; and the youngest child, Alice, who is con-
nected with the Farmers" Bank of Pendleton.

Growing to manhood in his native place William McCoy
attended its public schools and noge Academy at Black-
stone, Virginia, for two years before entering his father 's
alma mater, Washington and Lee University, and he grad-
uated from its law department in 1902, with the degree
of Bachelor of Laws. Immediately thereafter Mr. McCoy
entered upon the practice of his profession at Franklin,
and while carrying on its work took a prominent part in
politics as a democrat. In 1906 he was elected to member-
ship in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and aerved
for one term. As the House was overwhelmingly repub-
lican, the only committee appointment he received of any
importance was that on the judiciary. The speaker of
the House was James A. Seaman. His experience as a
legislator did not incline him to seek re-election, but he
did consent to be the nominee of his party for the office
of prosecuting attorney, was elected by a handsome ma-
jority, and assumed the duties of the office in January,
1909* succeeding n. M. Calhonn. The record he made
was of such a character that he was returned in 1912,
again in 1916, and in 1920 was elected for the fourth
time, he having served longer than any other in this office
during tho. history of Pendleton County. The service he
has rendered has been endorsed repeatedly by the voters
of the county, and it has been and is of a high order.

In February, 1913, Mr. McCoy began his identification
with newspaper work when he founded the Pendleton
Times, a weekly paper devoted to eonnty matters and pub-
lished as an independent organ. Its object is to record
the local news and furnish a medium of advertising for
the business men of this locality. The paper is a four-page
folio, issued every Thursday. The circulation is 1,775. and
it is the only paper published in the county, occupying
as it does the field as the successor to the South Branch
Review.

On October 27, 1918, Mr. McCoy married at Washing-
ton, District of Columbia, Miss Grace Hedrick, a native
of Pendleton County, and a daughter of Robert E. Hed-
rick, postmaster of Franklin. For several years prior to
her marriage Mrs. McCoy was a teacher in the schools of
Franklin, and was very popular. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy
have two children: Martha and William, Junior. Mr. Mc-
Coy is a Master Mason and Modern Woodman. Reared in
the faith of the Preshyterian Church, he long ago enrolled
his name on its membership books. In addition to his
professional and new*paper work Mr. MeCoy has contrib-
uted generously to movements calculated to promote the
public welfare and those having for their object charitable
purposes.

Hon. Harrison- M. Calhoun. To portray what manner
of citizen and lawyer Harrison M. Calhoun undoubtedly
is, how important are his services to the City of Franklin,
the County of Pendleton and the State of West Virginia,
and how ahly and honorably he follows the profession of
the law, needs no friendly hand. They are matters of
public knowledge, unassailable facts, and as such are
merely atated in what follows. He was born at Dry Run,
Pendleton County, West Virginia, September 18, 1866, and
is of the fifth generation from the ancestor, John Calhoun,
who founded the family in this part of what was then

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Virginia, and who was a first cousin of the distinguished
statesman of South Carolina, onee vice president of the
United States, and for many years the leader of the demo-
cratic party, not only in the South, but all over the country.

Johu Calhoun was also a nephew of Patrick Calhoun,
father of the South Carolina statesman, and it is believed
he was a son of William Calhoun, a member of the Cal-
houn family of Pennsylvania, dating back to the settle-
ment of the Keystone State. John Calhoun was born in
Augusta County, Virginia, where his father had settled
during the Colonial epoch, but he left it in young man-
hood for Pendleton County, settling on Dry Run, a trib-
utary of the North Fork of the Potomac River, and began
there the pioneer work of developing a large farm, which
work his descendants have continued to the present day,
the original homestead still being in the family. The
records do not show that John Calhoun was a Revolu-
tionary soldier, but others of his family were. A great ad-
mirer of his cousin, John C. Calhoun, he followed him in
his adherence to the principles of the democratic party.

William Calhoun, one of the sons of John Calhoun, was
the great grandfather of Attorney Calhoun of Franklin.
He was a soldier of the War of 1812, and he, too, spent
his life in the rural community where his father had set-
tled, and they both lie in the same graveyard, on the farm
now owned by Robert Warner, on Dry Run. William Cal-
houn married Elizabeth Mallett, and their children were
as follows: Eli, who was born in 1813; Aaron, who be-
came the grandfather of Attorney Calhoun, was born in
1816; Mahela, who married Enoch Teter, was born in
1818; Amelia, who married John Mick, was born in 1820;
Susannah, who married Absolute H. Nelson, was born in
1822; Elizabeth, who married Job Lambert, was born in
1824; Jane, who married William Rymer, was born in 1826;
William J., who was born in 1829, spent his life in
Upshur County, West Virginia; Martha, who died when
a child; and Jacob, who was born in 1833, espoused the
Union cause when war broke out between the two sections
of the country, and because of his sentiments, the remainder
of his family - being Southern sympathizers, became
estranged from them, and following the close of the war
went to Missouri, where he continued to live, and where
he died, childless. William Calhoun, father of these chil-
dren, lost his first wife, and later married Sarah Simmons,
who bore him one son, John C, in 1840, who became a
Confederate soldier and was killed in action at Williams-
port, Maryland, when, his brigade was covering the retreat
of General Lee from Gettysburg. There was also a daugh-
ter, Margaret, born to the second marriage of William
Calhoun, in 1843. She married William Wimer, moved
to Missouri, and subsequently died in that state.

Aaron Calhoun was a man of industry, and his entire
life was spent on the farm in the community of his birth
on Dry Run. There he lived an uneventful life and passed
away, being the first one to be buried on the home farm.
His marriage license, as shown by the order his father
gave him to secure authority to marry Catherine Lambert,
is of interest, and states as follows:

" October 24, 1835.

"Mr. Z. Dyer:—

"You will please give lieens for my son Aaron and
Catherine Lambert and by so doing you will much oblige,
as I eould nott cum myself. This giving from under my
hand the day and date above written.

"William Calhoun

"Elizabeth his wife."

This issue of Aaron Calhoun and his wife were many
children, for they had one of the old-fashioned families,
as follows: Martha, who married Miles Tingler, was born
in 1836; Winifred, who married Edward Mullenax; Eliza-
beth, who married George Wimer, and after his death,
while serving in the Confederate Army, she was married
to Henry Mullenax; Sarah C, who married William Mulle-
nax; F. Marion, who became the father of Attorney Cal-
houn, married Phoebe C. Harper; John W. O., who mar-
ried Elizabeth Rymer, moved to Hyland County, Virginia;
Mary J., who became the wife of Pleasant D. Bland ;
Aaron F., who married Jennie Hinkle; Winfield Scott,

who married Catherine Bennett, and of them all onljj
Marion Calhoun served in the war, he being a niembef
Company C, Sixty-second Virginia Mounted Infantry, ]
boden 's Brigade.

Francis Marion Calhoun was born November 27, 18,
and received only those educational advantages affoBi
by the schools of his home community on Dry Run. Wl
he was eighteen years old he enlisted in the Confeder,
Army, and helped to fight the battles of the South uj
the elose of the war, being at the close of the war
detached duty on the North Fork of the Potomac at
member of Doctor Priest's eompauy guarding against'
Union forces at Beverly, where he was at the time m
was proclaimed. Although he saw some very severe £{,
ing, especially at Gettysburg, he escaped without worn,
and was never taken prisoner.

Returning from the army, Francis Marion Calhoun,
F. Marion Calhoun as he preferred to be known, beg
farming in the place of his birth, and here he has sb t
resided, giving to local affairs an intelligent interest, a |
to the democratic party the loyalty to be expected of i
of his name. The Methodist Episcopal Church is his
ligious home, and he has served the Dry Run church
this denomination as steward for many years.

Phoebe C. Harper, wife of F. Marion Calhoun, was b< j.
near Riverton, West Virginia, in 1846, a daughter t
Philip and Sarah (Hinkle) Harper. Ihe Harpers ca
to Pendleton County from Rockingham County, Virgiuft
a little prior to the advent of the Calhouns. They ideit
fied themselves with the farming interests of the coua|
The Hinkles, too, were among the first settlers of t|
region, coming here about 1760, and at once becomilc
prominent in agriculture. They were active in coui|
politics, and many of them were elected to offiee. l|
children bom to F. Marion Calhoun and his wife were |
follows: Harrison M., whose name heads this review; Etl
who is the wife of George R. Lambert, of Franklin; C|
bert, who is operating the Calhoun homestead; and Qjj
ton, who lives at Cuyler, New York.

Harrison Mayberry Calhoun, named for a ConfederfK
soldier, spent the first thirty years of his life upon Iff
father's farm and in educational work at Dry Run. 1|
common school fitted hhn for teaching, and he begB
at the youthful age of sixteen years. After several yea
however, he commenced taking summer courses in norn
school work, and he left the educational field after 8
teen years spent in it. During that time, from 1894
1898, he served as county superintendent of schools j
Pendleton County. He continued teaching during his o
cial life, and as the head of the public schools he earri
on the routine work of his office.

With the expiration of his term of office Mr. Calho I
was admitted to the bar, having studied law while tea<
ing, and in November, 1898, was sworn in by Judge Da
of the Circuit Bench. He opened his office at the coitf
seat, and his first case was a criminal one in which
was assistant counsel for the defense of John W. Sit
charged with the murder of Ed Sites. This was one
the noted criminal cases of the county, and the trial :
suited in the acquittal of the defendant. Since then J
Calhoun has been conducting a general practice in tl j
and adjacent counties of West Virginia and Highla \
County, Virginia, and in the Supreme Court of the sta I

In 1900 Mr. Calhoun was elected prosecuting attorn i
on the democratic ticket, sueeeeding B. H. Hiner in 1
office, and was re-elected four years later and served 1 :
a second term. In 1912 he was elected a member of t
House of Delegates, and served for one term in the Hou
Taylor George of Philippi was the speaker of that b«
and Mr. Calhoun oftentimes laughingly states that tlu :
were so few democrats in it that he felt lonely all t '
time he was a member of it. However, he served as e
member of the judiciary committee and other committe i
and was very active in many ways. It was he who into »
duced a resolution to ratify the amendment to the $ \<
tional Constitution ratifying the election of United Sta] ^
senators by the people and another resolution to rati r
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po introduced a resolution to amend the constitution
?st Virginia to provide for the initiative and refer-
I and also one for the recall of officials, but the Inst
lilcd of passage. In the election of a United States
I by the House he voted for a time for Col. R. P.

but later supported Judge Daily of Ronmey, hut

Nathan B. Ooff was elected. He has frequented
conventions of his party, and has also been a dele-
to those of his congressional district, and as such

to arrange the ticket for the subsequent elections.
■ matter of assisting in local business enterprise, he
zed the Pendleton County National Farm Loan Asso-
i, of which he is secretary-treasurer. He is a prom-
layman of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South,
i fraternal circles is well known a9 an Odd Fellow.
May 28, 1889, Mr. Calhoun married in Highland
\ Virginia, Miss Virginia Mullenax. a daughter of

Mullenax and his wife, formerly Elizabeth Calhoun,
ghter of Aaron Calhoun. Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun
he following children: Camden II., who is now en-

in the lumher business in Nicholas County, West
ia; Alfred P., who is a merchant of Franklin, mar-
lary Judy; Edwin M., who is a merchant of Mill-
West Virginia, married Lena Shinn; Mary Lillian,
i the wife of V. M. McMnins, of Pittsburgh, Penn-
ia: Phoehe Evelyn and Elaine, who are teachers in
hools of Pendleton County; and Harlan M.. who is
ent in the Potomac Academy at Keyser, West Vir-
is the youngest child. Of these children, Camden
llhoun served in the World war as a member of
iny A, Sixty-first Infantry. He served overseas, and
L the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive, in the
tof which he was wounded. In July, 1919, he reached
ifter his honorable discharge.

Calhoun 's office is a veritable euriosity shop. For
years he has been a collector of rare objects of art,
ological specimens and aboriginal relics until his
Presents the appearance of a museum. The develop-
of fire arms from the old punk rifle and flint-lock
h all the stages of improvement to the sporting and
7 rifles of today are shown, and these, together with
ultitude of pistols which decorate the walls, give
ipression of an arsenal or military stronghold.

jla. M. Smith. There are several reasons whv
M. Smith, proprietor of the reliable house of O. M.

general hardware and implement merchant of
f>urg, has succeeded in life — energy, system and prar-
nowledge. The range of his activities is now large,
run the beginning of his career Mr. Smith has sought
rk steadily and well for ultimate results, and has
heen content to labor merely for the present. Since
|ng connected with his present house Mr. Smith has

• contributed to its expansion until it is now one
leading ones of its kind in this part of West Vir-

ila M. Smith was born in Pendleton County, West
ia, November 5, 1870, a son of Isaac D. Smith,
on of Jacob Smith, and great-grandson of Henry
who lived to be nearly one hundred years old. Dur-
of his active vears he was connected with the farm
erests of Pendleton Countv. and he is buried in the
netery below the mouth of Seneca Creek, in Pendle-
unty. Jacob Smith was born in Pendleton County,
he lived and died, passing away early in the '80*s,
ibout seventy years of age. He* never sought public
but was content to do his duty as a private citizen,
snch won and retained the warm friendship of the
of his home community. He married a member of
1 Davis family, of South Fork, Pendleton County,

• and his wife became the parents of the following
o: R. Calvin, S. Henry, Isaae D., Mrs. George Har-
.nd her sister Susan, who, after her death, became
«>nd wife of George Harmon.

5 D. Smith was born in Pendleton County, and died
nt County, West Virginia, OctobeT 5, 1S89. He
tive as a farmer and. stockraiser. While he did not
a the war of the '60s, he furnished a soldier to the

Union force*, and did everything within his power to assist
the Federal Government, to which ho romained consistently
loyal throughout the great struggle, ne and his wife
had ten ehildren, of whom Oceola McClure Smith is the
eldest.

When his father died Oceola M. Smith was about nine-
teen years of age, and he continued to reside. with his
mother until he was married and established a home of
his own. Leaving the farm when about forty years old,
he came to Petersburg and entered his present house, the
name of which became Pnrker, Smith & Ours. Mr. Par-
ker subsequently died, and Mr. Smith purchased the in-
terest of Mr. Ours, and now eonduets his house under the
caption of his own name, which he has continued to use
since 1911. His trade is principally a retail one, and he
handles a general line of light and heavy hardware and
implements, and he also does a small jobbing business in
heavy hardware and machinery. His customers come to
him from a wide area from Petersburg. The financial
strength of this house is equal to the volume of its business.

Mr. Smith has always been intelligently interested in
local affairs, and has served as a member of the City
Council of Petersburg, and also spent several terms on the
School Board. As deputy sheriff under A. A. Parks and
Isaac Lewis during their oeeupaney of the office of sheriff
he made so excellent a record that he was chosen as the
nominee of his party to succeed Mr. Lewis, ne was
elected sheriff by a gratifying majority in 1904, and en-
tered upon the discharge of his duties in January of the
subsequent year. During his term in office he proved him-
self utterly fearless and incorruptible. It was during his
administration that so much trouble was experienced with
the "moonshiners" in "Smoke Hole," and he proved his
efficiency and resoluteness in handling these eases as well
as those involving capital offenses. One of the dastardly
deeds committed during that period, the murder of Mrs.
Reed and her son at Medley, remains an unsolved mystery,
as the guilty party was never found, but Sheriff Smith
did everything possible to track down the miscreant and
bring him to justice. So relentless and resourceful did
he prove that his name became a dreaded one to offenders,
and he succeeded in clearing the region of many old crim-
inals who grew to recognize that he was not an officer who
would overlook any infraction of the laws, but would pur-
sue the suspect until he was captured, and then exert
himself to the utmost to secure a conviction. When he
retired from ofl«ce Mr. Smith bent all his energies to mer
ehandising, with the results recited above, although he had
some time previously entered his present business. He is
interested along other lines, and is a large stockholder in
the Grant Tounty Bank of Petersburg.

On October 5.* 1913, Mr. Smith married at Kevser, West
Virginia, Miss Elizabeth W. M. MacDonald. a sister of Wil-
liam Mat-Donald, a prominent attorney of Keyser. Mrs.
Smith was born at Lonaconing, Maryland, in February,
1882, and is of Scotch descent. A record of the Mac
Donald family is given in the sketch of William MacDonald
elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have a daugh-
ter, Elizabeth Wilson M.. who was born March 4, 1920.
Tn politics Mr. Smith is a republican, and has always been
very active iu party work in both the city and county. He
is a Blue Lodge Mason, and zealous in behalf of his* order
He was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mrs. Smith is an Episcopalian, and is active in
church affairs, and during the late w-ar took part in war
work in connection with the Keyser Chapter of the Red
Cross. The Smith home at Petersburg is a delightful one,
the house being of the bungalow pattern, brick in structure,
and modern throughout. It is one of the attractive resi-
dences of the city, and its ten rooms are tastefully fur-
nished. Here a genuine Southern hospitality is to be found,
for both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are delightful entertainers,
and welcome their many friends upon numerous occasions.

A man of unusual business capacity, his years of orderly
and abundant work have resulted in acquired wealth and
the sane enjoyment of it, and he has at the same tjmc
maintained his interest in securing and preserving- the wel-
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his business since his retirement from the office of sheriff,
conducting it with a thoughtful and intelligent manage-
ment which could not help but bring about satisfactory
results. Mr. Smith continues to keep himself thoroughly
posted on public events and matters of general interest,
and is highly esteemed as a forceful, substantial man and
excellent citizen.

Isaac D. Smith. Still a young man and a product of
the agricultural community, Isaac D. Smith, prosecuting
attorney of Grant County, has gained a recognized place
among the lawyers of this section. His keen faculties of
perception and analysis, and his mastery of the principles
of the common law have made him a striking and success
ful prosecutor. If there is a close legal point involved
in any issue his examination of authorities bearing upon
it is exhaustive. With a thorough knowledge of the case
in all its bearings and unerring and ready application of
the principles of the law, his addresses before court and
jury are necessarily models of clearness and convincing
logic. Quick to perceive and guard the weak phases of
his own case, he never fails to assault his adversary at the
point where his armor is defective. In a word, Mr. Smith
has developed the necessary talent of the modern court
lawyer, to think and act both powerfully "on his feet."

Mr. Smith was born on a farm near Petersburg, Grant
County, West Virginia, January II, 1890, and is a son of
Isaac D. and Mary L. (Harper) Smith, and a grandson of
Henry Smith, who lived an industrious life on his farm,
his home being located near the Pendleton and Grant
County line. Mr. Smith never saw his father, who passed
away in October, 1889, after nearly all of his life, had
been passed in farming and raising stock in Grant County.
He married Mary L. Harper, a daughter of Amby and
Elizabeth (McClure) Harper, the latter being a sister of
John McClure, the well known stockman and capitalist of
Pendleton County. They became the parents of four
daughters and six sons: Oceola M., of Petersburg, one of
the leading merchants of Grant County; Harry S., of
Petersburg; Jacob A. and Charles A., also residents of
this city; R. G., of Keyser, West Virginia; Mrs. Bessie
L. Crawford, of Petersburg; Mary P., the wife of Carroll
Elliott, of Oakland, Maryland; Sue M., the wife of W.
H. VanMeter, of Mitchell's Station, Alabama; Nellie, now
Mrs. George Copland, of Healdton, Oklahoma; and Isaac
D., Jr., of this review.

The years of his childhood and early youth were passed
at the family home in the country near Petersburg, and
when lie was sixteen years of age Isaac D. Smith, the
younger, succeeded in securing a license to teach. After
two years he entered the preparatory school of West Vir-
ginia University, at Keyser, for additional educational
training on his own account, and there passed two years.
This gave him sufficient credit to enter Washington and
Lee University, where he enrolled as a student in 1913,
following which he pursued a law eourse of two years and
graduated with the Class of 1915, receiving the degree of
Bachelor of Laws. Continuing his preparation for his
chosen life work, in the fall of the same year he entered
Emerson College of Oratory, at Boston," Massachusetts,
and took part in the class work of the sophomore, senior
and post -graduate classes, specializing in all studies per-
taining to public speaking. On leaving the Boston insti-
tution Mr. Smith returned to his home and was admitted
to the Grant County bar in January, 1916, at Petersburg.
His first certificate to practice was issued in November,
1915, and when he returned from New England he opened
an office to practice his calling. In the summer of 1916
Mr. Smith became a candidate for the office of prosecuting
attorney of Grant County, being nominated in the pri-
maries and elected in November following, on the repub-
lican ticket. Succeeding Arch J. Welton, he assumed his
duties in January, 1917, and his records show him to have
been industrious, honorable and careful in the preparation
of his eases. Being a trained public speaker, he was not
only efficieut, but it was not long before he had impressed
his merits upon the minds of his constituents, and he has
achieved a rare popularity. In the general election he had

no opponent. In 1920 he was not opposed for a renoni
tion for the office in his own party, but the democ
put up a candidate to oppose him in the fall eleel
This, however, did not affect his party vote.

From early life, even in youth, Mr. Smith has bee
republican. When he became of age he espoused his par
cause actively. His first presidential vote was cast
William H. Taft, and his party fealty has been conk
ever since. He believes in the achievements of the Gi
Old Party, and is proud of the statesmen which it
given to the country. In local affairs Mr. Smith t:
an active part iu the movements calculated to be of be)
to the community, and is a supporter of education, reli-
and charity. Fraternally he is a Master Mason an
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in i
of which he is popular. His religious faith is that of
Presbyterian denomination, and his active church wor
done as a teacher in the Sabbath School. In a btf
way Mr. Smith is a stockholder in the Grant County B
and one of the charter members of the Potomac I
Bank, both of Petersburg. His work during the "\V
war was done as United States Government appeal a,
of Grant County until he entered the army. He bee
a member of the army under the selective service act, .
16, 1918, and was assigned to Headquarters Company
the Thirty-second Field Artillery at Camp Meade, w
he received his honorable discharge December 10, S
Mr. Smith attained the rank of corporal, and dura
part of his service lie was in charge of a regimental
teen.

Mr. Smith is unmarried. He has been more than I
to the maternal home, and the principal events of Ms
have been those affecting his standing as a citizen ai
man and his career as an honored and 'capable membe
his profession.

James Brewer Sommerville was born near Beth
Brooke County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Jud !
1852.

His parents were William M. Sommerville, a nativi
Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), and 1
garet A. Sommerville, whose maiden name was Margare
Steele, and who was a native of Belmont County, Ohic

His paternal ancestors were of Norman stock, while
maternal line was Irish. His father, although without (
educational opportunities, was a man of nnusual ni<
powers, comprehensive knowledge and strict integrity,
mother, while not highly educated,, was a woman of st |
common sense and was of irreproachable character. |

The son showed but little interest in educational ma
until he was about fifteen years old, when he develop
strong taste for miscellaneous reading. This natural!)
to a desire for a better education. He attended the pi |
school at Bethany during parts of the winters of 1868
I860, where be made rapid progress.

In the spring of 1870 the family moved to the vie
of Clinton, Ohio County, West Virginia. Here the y< I
man, while performing the duties of a farm hand, diligc
pursued the studies which he began in the Bethany pi I
school, and continued his course of general reading.

In the fall of 1871 he determined to become a stia
of the West Liberty Normal School. West Liberty,
seat of this school, was, however, nearly four miles a
and he was without the means of supporting himself i
from home. This problem he solved by resolving to b
at home and walk to and from school every day. M
cordingly entered this institution in the fall of 1871, a
two months after the beginning of the session and couti
until the close thereof, in June, 1872. During the sun
and fall of 1S72 he worked part of the tune on a 'f 1
and part of it for a man who had a contract for macs I
work on a public road in the community. In the wiafc
1872-73, he taught a country school.

During all this time he continued his studies and
eral reading, and in the spring of 1873 again becai
student at the West Liberty Normal School, resuming
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h the class of 1873. After this he taught school one
t in Ohio County, and, the family moving in the mean-
|e returned to Brooke County, he became a student in
jhany College, in whieh he took special courses in mathe-
l ies and languages. While a student in this institution
iwas nominated by the demoeratie party of Brooke County
i the House of Delegates, to which position he was
I ted, serving in the session of that body for the year
1 7, and being the youngest member thereof,
ifter serving in the Legislature he worked on the farm
: he summer and taught sehool in the winter, and pursued
I study of the law whenever he had an opportunity to do
land was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1878. He
►ned his first law office in Wellsburg, the eounty seat
bis native eounty, on April 1, 1*79, and soon became one
fthe leading members of that bar. He continued to prae-
I in Wellsburg until the summer of 1SS7, when he located
I Wheeling, the chief eity of the state, where he still
ides.

Ie has served on the boards of regents of the Normal
3ols, the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute, and the West

'ginia University, remaining a memher of the latter body

i nine years.

n 1S84 he was elected to the State Senate from the
'st District of West Virginia, composed of the eounties

Hancock, Brnoke and Ohio, and including the City of
'eeling. While serving in this body, during the session
U8S7, he was the reeognized leader of the eaueus forces
Khe demoeratie party in the most bitter and most memor
p eontest for a seat in the United States Senate that

ever occurred in the history of the state, during which,
tough he was not a candidate, he was repeatedly voted

for that office, and on several ballots lacked but a few
bs of being elected.

•hortly after he loeated in Wheeling he beeame loeal
insel for the Pennsylvania Railroad System, and several
Irs later became solicitor therefor, and was placed in
Irge of the legal matters thereof for the State of West
fginia, wliii-h position he held until he was ealled to the
► eh. In addition to this he enjoyed an extensive and
liessful general practice, which frequently ealled him to
I courts of adjoining states.

n the early part of the month of September, 1918, a
laney occurred in the office of judge of the Circuit courts

ihe First Judicial Circuit by reason of the death of Hon.
IC. Hervey, who had held the position, by successive elee-
iis, for a number of years, and who was one of the ablest
Ices the circuit has known.

'he law, as it then was, provided for the filling of this
laney by executive appointment, the appointee to serve
;il the next general election, in November, 1919. It also
fvided that at that election a judge should be chosen to
\'e until the expiration of Judge Hervey 's term, January

921; and that, at the election to be held in November,
10, two judges should be chosen for the eireuit, for the
i term of eight years, beginning January 1, 1921.

hortly after the death of Judge Hervey the members of
I bar of the First Circuit met and, without regard to

tical considerations, and against Mr. Sommerville 'a judg-
lit and against his wishes, selected him to fill the vaeaney,
[ unanimously requested Governor Cornwell to appoint
thereto whieh he promptly did. At the election of
Member. 1919, the name of Judge Sommerville was, with-
I his solicitation, placed on the tickets of both the re-

lican and demoeratie parties, and he was unanimously
[sen to. fill Judge Hervey 's unexpired term. And at the
(tion of November, 1920, his name was, without his.
(citation, placed on the tickets of both parties, and he
I unanimously ehosen for the full term of eight years.
! is now serving under the last election, with general
(sfaetion to both the bar and the public.

olomox Vaxce Yantis, whose death occurred at bis
ie in the City of Harpers Ferry in the year 1899, ac-
nted well to the world in sterling attributes of char-
iir and in large and worthy achievement. He passed
i entire life in Jefferson County, and was a scion of one
its honored pioneer families. In this eounty he was
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born on the 21st of September, 1826, and in the same
county was born his father, Isaae Yantis, a well fortiflod
family tradition being that the latter was a descendant
of one of four brothers who immigrated to America from
Holland in the early Colonial period of our national his-
tory, one of the number settling in Ohio and the other
three in the South. The ancestor of the subjeet of this
memoir was one of the very early settlers in what is now
Jefferson County, West Virginia.

Solomon V. Yantis was reared and educated under the
conditions that marked the middle-pioneer period in the
history of Jefferson County, and upon establishing his
residence at Harpers Ferry he engaged in business as a
tobaeeonist. He also became secretary and part owner of
the eompany that operated the flour mill in this eity, gave
loyal and effective serviee as a member of the City Couneil
and also held for a number of years the offiee of post-
master. His wife, whose maiden name was Josephine
Jones, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, and she
preceded him to eternal rest, her death having oeeurred
in 1892. They beeame the parents of seven children,
namely: Shaulter Vance, Arnold Stevens, Eleanor, Ger-
trude W., Margaret M. f Josephine A. and Laura S. Laura
S. is the widow of Theodore M. Conner, whose biography
follows this and she is serving, in 1922, as postmistress of
Harpers Ferry.

Theodore McKni Connee was one of the prominent
and highly honored eitizens of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
County, and was serving as postmaster of this historic
little eity at the time of his death. His widow, who had
been his valued assistant in the postoffiee, succeeded him
in this offiee and ia postmistress here at the present time.

Mr. Conner was born at Winchester, Virginia, in the
year 1852. His father, Patrick Conner, was a native of
Ireland, and was a young man ^hen he eame to the United
States and established his residence in Virginia, both he
and his wife having long maintained their home at Win-
chester, where they remained until their deaths. The
subjeet of this memoir was educated in the schools of his
native plaee, and in 1880, when twenty-eight years of age,
he established his residence at Harpers Ferry, where he
beeame a representative business man and one of mueh
influence in eivic and political affairs. In 1889 he pur-
chased the hotel whieh still bears his name. At the time
when he bought this property the eity was in the midst
of a serious flood, and the water had risen to the height
of the second floor of the hotel. He remodeled and re-
furnished the hotel, and made it one of the popular and
well ordered houses of publie entertainment in this sec-
tion of the state, the hotel having continued to be con-
ducted by him until the close of his life, ne was a stock-
holder and director in a number of important industrial
and commercial corporations, and was a member also of
the directorate of the Bank of Harpers Ferry.

Mr. Conner was unfaltering in bis allegiance to the
democratic party and was influential in its loeal eouneils
and campaign affairs. In 1916 he was appointed post-
master of Harpers Ferry, and of this position he con-
tinued the efficient and popular ineumbent until bis death
in 1920.

On the 4th of August, 1900, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Mr. Conner and Miss Laura Yantis, who waa
born and reared at Harpers Ferry and who is a daughter
of the late Solomon Yantis. a memoir to whom ia given
in the preceding sketch, so that further review of the
family record is not demanded in this connection. Tho
discipline whieh Mrs. Conner received in the publie schools
of her native eity was advanced by study under the direc-
tion of private tutors, and at the age of eighteen years
she became a popular teacher in the aehools of her native
county. She served as assistant postmaster under the
administration of her father and later under the regime
of her husband, so that she was fully qualified when she
was appointed acting postmaster after the death of her
husband. Under this appointment she served two years,
and then, in March, 1922, she was regularly appointed and
commissioned postmistress. Mrs. Conner takes lively in-

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terest in all that concerns the well being of her native
city and county, and here her eircle of friends is coincident
with that of her acquaintances. She is a stockholder in
the Harpers Ferry Bank and the local electrie light com-
pany, and is one of the representative members of the
local Woman's Club.

Briscoe Baldwin Ranson, M. D., who is one of the
representative physicians and surgeons of Jefferson County,
is here established in successful general practice in the
historic City of Harpers Perry. He was born at Staunton,
Virginia, August 18, 1845, and is a son of James M. and
Mary Eleanor (Baldwin) Ranson, the former of whom
was born in what is now Berkeley County, West Virginia,
and the latter of whom was born at Staunton, Virginia,
a daughter of Judge Briscoe Baldwin, a representative
lawyer and jurist of that section of the Old Dominion.
Matthew Hanson, grandfather of Doctor Ranson of this
review, was born at Charles Town, Jefferson County, and
he became the owner of a large and valuable landed estate
in Jefferson and Berkeley counties, his extensive farm
operations having been conducted with slave labor. Mat-
thew Ranson married Elizabeth Bedinger, a member of
the well known family of that name in Berkeley County,
and both passed the span of three Bcore years and ten.

James M. Ranson was in the commissary service of the
Coufederate states in the period of the War between the
States, with the rank of captain. He succeeded to the
ownership of the old homestead farm near Charles Town,
and it is on this farm that the present village of Ranson,
named in honor of the family, is situated. Captain Ran-
son here continued his active association -with farm in-
dustry until his death, at the age of seventy-two years,
and his widow passed away at the age of seventy-three
years. Their children were seven in number, Thomas, Bris-
coe B., Mary, James M., Stuart, Betty and Martha, the
last three being deceased.

Dr. Briscoe B. Ranson attended the Jacob Fuller School
at Lexington, Virginia, and thereafter continued his
studies in the Charles Town Academy. In 1862 he aban-
doned his studies to enter the service of the Confederacy
in the Civil war. He became a member of Company B,
Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, and from that time forward
until the close of the war the history of this gallant com-
mand constitutes the record of his military career, which
was marked by participation in numerous engagements,
including a number of important battles.

After the close of the war Doctor Ranson was for two
years a student in a preparatory school in Clark County,
Virginia, and thereafter was a student in the medical
department of the University of Virginia until he with-
drew to enter the medical department of the University
of Maryland, in which latter he was graduated, with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1869. He further forti-
fied himself by two years of service as an interne in Bay
View Hospital at Baltimore, and for the past thirty years
he has been engaged in the successful practice of his pro-
fession at Harpers Ferry, where he now holds precedence
as one of the veteran and honored physicians and sur-
geons of Jefferson County. The Doctor is an active mem-
ber of the Jefferson County Medical Society, the West
Virginia State Medical Society, the American Medical
Association and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Surgeons
Society. He has long been retained as a member of the
surgical staff of this railroad, and is also surgeon of Jef-
ferson Camp of the United Confederate Veterans, of which
he is one of the "prominent and valued members, besides
which he is affiliated with Logan Lodge, No. 25, A. F
and A. M.

In 1870 Doctor Ranson married Nannie Truxton For-
rest, who was born at Norfolk, Virginia, a daughter of
Samuel Forrest, who was a purser in the United States
Navy. Mrs. Ranson passed to the life eternal in 1888
and was survived by four children: Anna Truxton, James'
M., Briscoe B., and Lyle M.

For his second wife Doctor Ranson married Josephine,
daughter of Solomon and Josephine (Jones) Yantis, and
the one child of this union is Josephine Briscoe. Briscoe

B. Ranson, Jr., graduated from the medical departm
of the University of Maryland as a member of the C
of 1902, and is now engaged in the successful practice!
his profession at Maplewood, New Jersey. He mand
Daisy Yarb rough, of Staunton, Virginia, and they ]j
four children: Briscoe Baldwin III, Mary and Nar«
(twins), and John Patterson. Nannie is deceased. ]

John Hall Allstadt passed his entire life in Jeffer]
County, and long held prestige as one of its most s j
cessful farmers and substantial and honored citizens. 1
was born on a farm near Halltown, this county, that 1
lage having been named in honor of the family of will
his mother was a representative. After his marriage |
purchased and settled on a farm on the Charles Town rcjj
about three miles distant from Harpers Ferry. When J.|j
Brown made his historic raid in this county he and ]
men proceeded to the house of John H. Allstadt and tl
Mr. Allstadt and his son Thomas prisoners. The fat!
and son were confined with other prisoners in the arm!
at Harpers Ferry and later in the engine house, wtl
they remained through the siege and witnessed the kill|
and wounding of many of Brown's men. The son Thony
now eighty years of age, recalls in vivid memory this il
dent in his early career and also the historic subsequj
execution of John Brown. John Hall Allstadt acquijl
several farms, and continued to reside on his old ho:l
stead on the Charles Town read until his death, at v
age of eighty -one years. He married Mary Ann Gardil
who was born near Charles Town, a daughter of Tr:|
Gardner, the latter having come from Pennsylvania jI
having become a pioneer owner of a large landed est!
in Jefferson County, where he died at the patriarchal ;
of ninety-four years. Mrs. Allstadt passed to the |
eternal when seventy-three yeara of age. Mr. and 1
John H. Allstadt reared a family of five children: Sa
Thomas, Harriet, Fanny and Mary, the last named be]
the wife of Benjamin F. Moler, of whom specific menti
is made in the biography following.

Benjamin Feanklin Moler, who recently left his fij
and is now living retired at Harpers Ferry, Jeffer,
County, was born on a farm one and one-half miles <
tant frem Halltown, this county, on the 24th of Noveml
1851. In this county was also born his father, Hej
Moler, who was of Pennsylvania German lineage and wh
parents were early settlers in Jefferson County, Virgi
(now West Virginia). Henry Meier passed his en
life in this county, was a prosperous farmer, and \
eighty years of age at the time of his death. He man
Miss Harriet Moler, who likewise was born and reared!
Jefferson County and who here died at a venerable si
Of their fourteen children the following attained to )|
turity: Robert W., Sally Ann, Henry Clay, Emily I
Mary Louise, John G., George A., Raleigh, Newton 1
Daniel J. and Benjamin Franklin.

Benjamin F. Moler made the best possible use of 1
somewhat limited educational advantages that were his!
his youth, and has since broadened his mental horil
through reading and through the practical experiences!
a busy and useful life. A few years after his marril
he settled on a farm near Keyser Ferry, and there I
proved a vigorous and successful exponent of farm incl
try. Rock found in deposit on this farm had for ye!
been held as of no value and a detriment to the phi
He finally found this rock a source of profit, for he leal
the farm to the Keystone Lime and Stone Quarry Cil
pany, whieh is now shipping from these quarries lal
quantities of stone to the steel factories in Pennsylvail
In 1920 Mr. Moler and his wife left the farm and estl
lished themselves in an attractive home at Harpers Fell

April 30, 1873, recorded the marriage of Mr. Moler :1
Miss Mary Allstadt, who was born on a farm near B|
pers Ferry and who is a daughter of the late John II
Allstadt, to whom a memoir is dedicated on other pal
ef this work. Mr. and Mrs. Moler have five child™
Susan is the wife of Robert Stifler, and they have I
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I eo in married and has ouc daughter, Mildred, Bessie
I lay is the wife of Clarence Wataon, and they have two
I lildren, Evelyn (Mrs. Frank Lake) and Louis© (Mrs.
I'ichola). Jessie Darke is the wife of Robert Iluffmaater,
■ ml they have five children: Charles, Jeanette, Franklin,
llsrguerite nnd Forrest. Jeanette is the wife of John
I ailcss.

I Bolfe Millar Hite. Considering the extent of his indi-
I idual interests and the great properties and holdings in
I hich he haa acted as an operator, administrator or negoti-
I tor, Rolfe Millar Ilite stands in the front rank of leaders
li the coal industry in the northern section of West Vir-
linia. His career is a long and notable one in many
I .'spects.

I He was born July 16, 1^67, at llite in Allegheny County,
f ennsylvania. However, he is descended from a long and
[ rominent line of West Virginia ancestors. His American
I arefather was Yost Hite, who has the historie distinction

I f being the first white man to make permanent settlement

I I old Frederick County io the Shenandoah Valley of Yir-
I inia, now Jefferson County, West Virginia. Yost Ilitc came

rom Strasburg, Germany, to America, and first located in
6e Dutch Colony on the Hudson River at Kingston, New
| r ork, in 1710. He brought with him his wife and daughter,
a 1717 he removed to what is now Germantown, Pennsyl-
ania, and settled ou his own land at that point. Later he
xchanged this land for a large tract on the Schuylkill River
t the mouth of what is known as Perkiomen Creek. There
' e built a substantial residence, also a mill, and it remained
I is home for several succeeding years. In the meantime he
•arned of the newly discovered country in the Virginia
| 'olony. Being by nature a pioneer, he made investigations
nd in that year secured from Governor Penn of the Penn-
ylvania Colony what Hite thought was a grant from the
r irginia governor and council for a large land grant iu
he new country. In 1732, accompanied by his family and
wenty other families of colonists, he entered the forests of
rhat is now Jefferson County, at that time occupied by
adians only. The validity of his grant was later quea-
ioned, and for a time he was in danger of losiug his land,
•ut being conversant with the laws on grants and some-
rhat of a lawyer himself be eventually established his rights,
ettled on his land aud spent the rest of his life there.

The oldest son of Yost Hite was Col. John Hite, a native
•f Kingston, New York, who accompanied his parents
nto Pennsylvania and Virginia, and became one of the
Prominent men of his locality. Old records show that he was
I urveyor in 1747, justice in 1748, assemblyman in 1752,
772, 17S0, captain on court martial in 1755, major on court
nartial, 1756, lieutenant-colonel on court martial, 1757, and
olonel and president of court martial 1760. On different
•ceasions he entertained as*a guest of his home "Surveyor
•Vashington," "Colonel Washington." both titles being for
he later distinguished General and President George Wash-
ngton.

However, the direct ancestor of Rolfe Millar Ilitc was
he second son of Yost nite, Jacob, who was born in Penn-
ylvania. On going to Virginia he chose for his homestead
>i large tract of land from the grant of his father, situated
n the northern part of Frederick County, near what is now
tfartinsburg, West Virginia. In order to secure competent
*ttlera for the development of this land he visited Ireland
md brought back with him a number of Scotch-Irish fam-
liea. On the return voyage he met Catherine O 'Bannon,
'vhom he later made his wife. She lived only a few years
lifter her marriage, and was survived by three sons: Cap-
ain John, Colonel Thomas and Jacob Hite, all of whom
>ecame distinguished men of their time. The second wife
'ȣ Jacob Hite was Mr3. Frances (Madison) Beale, daughter
>f Ambrose Madison and a direct descendant of the founder
>f the Madison family in Gloucester County, Virginia, in
653, from whom by another line was descended President
lames Madison.

| Thomas Hite, son of Jacob and Frances (Madison) Hite,
vaa born in 1750, in what is now Jefferson County, West
Virginia, and became a prosperous man of affairs. Besides

local offices he served as a member of the Virginia House nf
Burgesses. In 1772 he married Frances Beale.

JameB Hite, a aon of Thomas and Frances (Beale) Hite,
was born in Jefferson County in 1776 aud died at the old
Hito homestead in 1855. He was three times married. Hi>
son Col. James Hite by his second wife married Lydia Peter-
son, daughter of Henry Peterson, who married a daughter of
Robert Morris, the distinguished Philadelphia Revolutionary
financier. Henry Peterson's brother Louia made the first
piece of copper pipe manufactured west of the Allegheny
Mountains.

Peter Yost Hite, son of Col. James and his wife Lydia.
was born on the old homestead in Jefferson county in 1S32
and died August 21, 1911. He married Susan Rebecca
Richardson, who was born in Warren County, Virginia, in
1831, and died November 2, 1884. She was a daughter of
Marcus Calmes and Harriet Lydia (Christman) Richardson.
To Peter Yost and Rebecca Hite were born the following
children: (I) James (who died in infancy), (II) Samuel
R., (Ill) Hattie Lydia, (IV) Marcus Calmes, (V) Lizzie
Isabell, (VI) Rolfe Millar (subject of this sketch), (VII)
Mary Virginia, (VIII) John Yost and (IX) Susan Re
becca.

Peter Y. Hite attended Virginia Military Institute, and
as a young man in 1852 left that state and went to Alle-
gheny City, Pennsylvania, where for several years he fol-
lowed different lines of employment. In 1855 he entered
actively the coal mining industry, and was also a manufac-
turer of salt at Hite in Allegheny County. His interests
remained there from 1855 to 1S87. During the following
year he was a coal producer in Athens County, Ohio, and
in 1SS9 returned to his native State of Virginia. In 1891
he established himself at Fairmont, West Virginia, where
he had purchased a coal property as early as 1&65, a prop-
erty now operated by his sons. He was associated with his
sons in the coal and coke business here.

Rolfe M. Hite grew up at Hite, Pennsylvania, attended
public schools there and later the Newell Institute at Pitts-
burgh. Owing to the fact that he entered upon his busi-
ness career at the age of eighteen his schooling was limited
from the standpoint of time, though the fundamental train-
ing he acquired in bis youth haa been supplemented from
year to year by constant reading and by first-hand knowl-
edge of men and affairs.

Mr. Hite 'a active career in the coal industry began in
1885, when he engaged in mining and supplying coal to
the town of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, In 1888 he waa asso
ciated with his father as P. Y. Hite Sons Company in coal
operating in Athens County, Ohio. In 1SS9 he removed to
Tazewell County, Virginia, at a time when the Clinch Val
ley extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad was being
built from Tazewell Court House to Norton, connecting at
the latter point with the Louiaville & Nashville Railroad.
In that field Mr. Hite represented the interests of T. P.
Trigg & Company, a subsidiary of the Tennessee Coal Iron
and Railroad Company, a corporation then developing a
vast tract of coal lands along the new line of railroad in
Diekerson and Wise counties, Virginia. Mr. Hite had active
charge of this mine development and still later, acting for
the same company, was in the Kentucky coal fields.

Mr. Hite in 1S90 organized the Virginia & Pittsburgh
Coal & Coke Company, and the following year be located
permanently at Fairmont, the center of his new interests.
The company, in which his father and brothers were also
interested, developed the Kingmont Mine and later the
Morgan Mine at Rivesville in Marion County. In 1905
R. M. Hite with his brother J. Yost Hite and associates
organized the Potomac Valley Coal Company, operating
mines in Maryland, near Blaine, West Virginia. In 1920,
in company with Mr. Glenn F. Barnes, was organized the
Hite-Barnea Coal Company, operating the Eleanor Mine on
Indian Creek in Monongalia County. From time to time
during the laat twenty years Mr. Hite's holdinga in the
above minea, especially the Morgan, have been increased by
the purchase of coal landa, until hia personal, together with
his company 'a interests, have become recognized as soma of
the largest holdings of coal land in Northern West Virginia.

Besides being an operator he haa been a buyer and seller

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and handler of acreage, and in that direction has been a
factor in some extensive transactions. A notable instance
was the sale of what was known as the Empire field of
Pittsburgh coal to an eastern corporation in 1917. Mr.
Hite and Samuel D. Brady handled this transaction, involv-
ing the sale of 10,000 acres of coal land for a cash payment
of over $3, 700,000 to the New Eugland Fuel & Transporta-
tion Company of Boston.

Another episode in Mr. Hite's career was the part he
had in settling up the properties of Josiah V. Thompson, the
millionaire of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, who failed in busi-
ness in 1915, with holdings aggregating a value of $65,000,-
000, and liabilities of $32,000,000. The Common Pleas
Court of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1915, appointed
Mr. Hite one of the three appraisers of this vast property.
Later the Federal Court of Pittsburgh and of West Vir-
ginia appointed him, together with David M. Hertzog and
George R. Scrugham, of Uniontown, appraisers of the prop-
erty, the largest group of assets, comprising 143,000 acres
of Pittsburgh coal in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Later the Federal Court of West Virginia appointed him
trnstee for the West Virginia creditors, whose interests ap-
proximated $5,000,000. The Thompson affairs were ulti-
mately settled to the satisfaction of all concerned, Mr. Hite
and his associates receiving the conimendatiou of the court
for the business-like and thoroughly honorable methods they
had employed in handling the matter.

At this writing Mr. Hite is president of the Virginia &
Pittsburgh Coal & Coke Company, president of the Hite-
Barnes Coal & Coke Company, president of the Lucille Coal
Company, president of the Potomac Coal & Coke Company,
and manager of the Montfair Gas Coal Company. He is a
member of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce, member of
the State Advisory Board of the Old Colony Club, and is
active in the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fairmont.

In 1898 he married Miss Jennie Hunsaker, a native of
West Virginia, and who died four months after their mar-
riage. In 1900 Mr. Hite married Miss Louise May West, a
native of Harrison County, West Virginia, and daughter of
Felix and Gula West. Her father was a Confederate sol-
dier and, after the war, a prosperous farmer in Harrison
County. Mr. and Mrs. Hite have four children, Louise Vir-
ginia, Lucille Mildred, Helen Ruth and Eleanor May.
Louise is the wife of Lieut. Harry K. Granger, who was in
the aviation service overseas twenty -six months, and who is
now associated with his father and brothers in the whole-
sale grocery business, as Granger Brothers, at Lincoln,
Nebraska,

Harry Templin Licklider. One of the business men
of high standing at Shepherdstown, Harry Templin Lick-
lider, is vice president and manager of the Licklider Cor-
poration, dealers in agricultural implements. He has
passed his entire life in this community, where he has
established a well-merited reputation for ability and in-
tegrity in business matters and public spirit and* construc-
tive ideas in the way of citizenship, and is president of the
Chamber of Commerce. He is a native of Jefferson County,
West Virginia, and a member of one of the old and hon-
ored families of this part of West Virginia.

Edward Templin Licklider, the father of Harry Templin
Licklider, was born at Shepherdstown, January 20, 1853,
a son of Grandison Templin Licklider, who was born at
this place in 1820, a son of Adam Licklider, who was born
on a farm one mile south of the city. His father, Conrad
Licklider, was born on the same farm and was a life-long
resident of the community, where he married Elizabeth
Templin, a native of Frederick County, Maryland, where
the Templin family were pioneers. Adam Licklider mar-
ried Elizabeth Powell, of Frederick County, Maryland, and
was a farmer and life-long resident of Jefferson County.
Grandison Templin Licklider learned the trade of saddle
and harness maker, and did a large and lucrative business,
as at that time most of the travel was done on horseback,
it being before the advent of the railroads and when lack
of roads made travel by carriage practically impossible.
He was also thrifty, carefully saved his earnings, and with

them finally purchased the home farm, on which he di J
iu 1901. Mr. Licklider married Amanda Humrickhoui I
who was born at Shepherdstown, a daughter of Albe I
Humrickhouse, who was born on the Springfield farm il
Frederick County, Maryland, May 5, 1787, while his fathrl
Peter Humrickhouse, was born in Washington Count 1
Maryland, a son of John and Barbara Humrickhous;!
Peter Humrickhouse enlisted in the Continental Army M
May, 1776, as a private, and served through the war, beiiT
with the command that marched to Boston to the relief t'l
General Washington. He married Mary Margaret Mille I
daughter of Godfried Miller, who was born in Mannheh I
Prussia, and came to America as a young man. In I7*|l
he was associated with Benjamin Franklin in the prin I
ing business at Philadelphia, and three of his sons fougj J
as soldiers during the Revolutionary war. Albert Hurl
rickhouse was prominent in business matters at Shepherd!
town, where he conducted a general store, and also opeil
ated a stage line that extended from Baltimore to Wii; I
Chester. He also served as postmaster, and was the fir I
mayor of the town. Mr. Humrickhouse married Christiu I
wise, and both lived to advanced years. Mrs. Amand I
(Humrickhouse) Licklider died at the age of forty-foil
years.

Edward Templin Licklider attended the public school i\
Shepherdstown in his youth, and in young manhood adopte I
the vocation of farming for his life work. Eventually hi
settled on a farm one mile southwest of Shepherdstowi J
on which he lives at this time. Since 1917 he has beel
president of the Licklider Corporation. On October 2t'J
1876, he married Ellen Virginia Entler, who was born a •
Shepherdstown, April 21, 1852, a daughter of Cato Moor I
Entler, who was born at Shepherdstown. His fatheil
Joseph Entler, was born on a farm near Shepherdstowi!
where his ancestors were pioneers. His brother, Danie
Entler, served in the Revolutionary war. Joseph Entler wa
the proprietor of a hotel at Shepherdstown, and also opei
ated a stage line. The house of which he was proprietor an<
in which he lived is now owned and occupied by his great-
grandson, Harry Templin Licklider, and is one of th
oldest houses in the state. Built of logs, it was original!;
intended to contaiu twenty rooms and during the Revohi]
tionary war, the War of 1812 and the war between th .
states was used as a barracks for the soldiers. It has ill
the past sheltered many distinguished visitors, includinj
Gen. George Washingtou, Marquis de La Fayette and Henr |
Clay. Joseph Entler married a Miss Richard.

Cato Moore Entler entered the Confederate service at thi
commencement of the war between the states, as a membe |
of Company B, Second Regiment, Virginia Volunteer In '
fantry, and served until the close of that struggle. Afte;
the war he served several years as city recorder. He mar |
ried Mary Ellen Bowen, who was born at Shepherdstown
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Hill) Bowen. Eliza ,
beth Hill was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Years j
ley) Hill, and on the maternal side a granddaughter oi^
Michael Yearsley, who was born in Alsace-Lorraine, was.
a Huguenot, and fled as a fugitive to America to escape
religious persecution. After a short residence in Pennsyl
vania he came to Shepherdstown, acquired a large estate,
and presented a set of chimes to the German Reformed
Church. He reared seven daughters, to each of whom he
gave a stone dwelling, all located at Shepherdstown, where
he died in 1808, his remains being laid to rest in the-
churchyard of the German Reformed Church. Mr. and,
Mrs. Edward Templin Lieklider became the parents of
twelve children, namely: Mary Amanda, Harry Templin,
Bettie Butler, Charles William, Florence Egleston, Annie
Virginia, Louise Moore, Edna Reika, Edmund Lee, Samona
Entler, Ruth and Laura Elizabeth.

Harry Templin Licklider was educated in the public
schools and as a young man entered the agricultural imple-
ment business of his father. He has advanced steadily
through promotion won by fidelity and industry, and now
occupies the positions of vice president and manager, in
which he is practically directing the policies of the busi-
ness and has developed it into one of the really important

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399

tierprises of Sbepherdstown. lie is also a member of the
Sard of Directors of the Jefferson Bank and Trust Com.
■ ny of Charleston, Virginia.

Mr. Licklider married Miss Katharine Butler, daughter
if William and Katharine (Lucas) Butler, and to this
lion there has been born one daughter, Katharine Templin.

William Butler was born on a plantation two miles south
t Shepherdstown, in August, 1*47, a son of Charles
' omas and Virginia (VanSwearingeu) Butler, and a
liadson of William and Nancy (Moore) Butler. Charles
I omas Butler was a planter who cultivated bis fields with
\ ve labor, and took a keen and active interest in public
I airs, at one time representing his district in the State
tnate. He died in 1S99. his wife having passed away
reral years previous. William Butler acquired a good
jiucation in his youth, but on aceount of frail health did
1 adopt a professional eareer, choosing instead life on
|l- farm. After a few years he entered the employ of
S> Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, in the capaeity

I claim agent, a position which he has retained to the
jj'sent. The out-of-door life and constant change has
ireed with him and time has dealt genially with him, for
i the age of seventy-five years he is fully alert mentally
tl active physically. Mr. Butler married Miss Katharine
l^mmond Lucas, who was born at Elmwood, Jefferson
«unty, daughter of Robert Armistead and Katharine
(hepherd) Lucas and on the paternal side a lineal de-
f ndant of Robert Lucas, a native of England, who came
t America in 1679 and settled in Bucks County, Penn-
ivania. lie was the father of Edward Lucas, who was
t» fonnder of the family in Jefferson County, where be
Stled about 1732, securing a large tract of "fertile land
inn Lord Fairfax. He married Mary Darke, daughter
c Gen. William Darke, of Revolutionary fame, and their
lis fought in the Revolutionary and Indian wars. Kath-
lae Shepherd was a daughter of Abraham and Eleanor
itrode) Shepherd, and a granddaughter of r*apt. Ahra-
la Shepherd, who was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth
<anMetre) Shepherd, the former being the founder of
6?pherdstown.

John James Skinnfr, who is now (1922") serving as
Cmty surveyor of his native county, maintains his home

• Charles Town, Jefferson County, in which place he was
[n August 11, 1S82. His father, Charles G. Skinner.
93 born on a farm lying nn the line between Fauquier

II Loudoun counties, Virginia, January 26, 1S44, and
i the same locality the latter 's father, James Skinner,
is born about the year 1813. a son of Gabriel Skinner,
»o was one of the representative pioneer farmers of that
Btriet, he having been of Scotch aneestry. His wife.
»ose maiden name was Betsey Jackson, was a member
I the well known Maryland family of that name, and

I was ninety years of age at the time of her death.
3nea Skinner was one of the substantial farmers of
Ijdoun County at the time of bis death, when sixty-two
J.rs of age. In that county was born his wife, Jane
jtarner) Skinner, her father, Charles Turner, having owned

I I operated a gristmill at Millsville, that county. His
»'e, whose maiden name was Agnes Guliek, passed her
tire life in that county. Their children were six in
hnber: William Jefferson, Mary V., Edgar, Charles G.,
lanie and James H.

. Tiarles G. Skinner was reared on the home farm and
aed his early education in the subscription schools of
j locality and period. In 1862 he entered the service

• the Confederacy, as a member of Company A, Seventh
ginia Cavalry, commanded by General Ashby. On the

t. of May of the same year he was wonnded, in the
btle at Buekton, Virginia, and hia consequent physical
9ibility led to his honorable discharge. About one year
L;r he entered the commissary department of the Con-
ferate Army, and in this connection he continued his
l«al service until the close of ths Civil war. In the
Hunin of 1865 Mr. Skinner went to Mississippi, where
k was identified with the raising of cotton for a period
ft one y«ir. He passed the following year in Fauquier

County, Virginia, and in the fnll of 1867 established bis
home at Charles Town, West Virginia. Here be was clerk
in a hardware store for the ensuing seven years, and
during the ensuing two years he was engaged in the mer-
chandise business at Harrisonburg, Virginia. He then
removed to his farm, seven miles distant from that place,
where he remained until 1900. He then sold the farm
and removed to Rectortown, Fauquier County, Virginia,
where he served about ten years as magistrate. In 1908
he established his residence at Charles Town, where be
has since lived retired. In 1874 he married Lucy M.
Locke, who was born at Charles Town in 1841. Her
father. William F. Locke, was born in Frederick County,
Virginia, and became a leading merchant at Charles Town,
besides which he became the owner of large tracts of
land in Jefferson County. He served a number of years
as magistrate, and was the presiding justice of the County
Court, ne was about fifty-five years of age at the time
of his death, nis wife, whose maiden name was Raebel
Myers, was born in Pennsylvania. Lucy M. Locke Skinner
died in 1907, the mother of two sons. Charles Locke,
the elder son, graduated from the medical department of
the University of Pennsylvania, in 1897, and he was a
representative phvsician and surgeon at Charles Town at
the time of his 'death, in 1917. His wife, Edna C, a
daughter of James n. and Ellen (Coehran) Skinner, sur-
vives him, as do also their three sons and one daughter.

John J. Skinner profited by the advantages of the public
schools of Charles Town and thereafter took a technical
course in the University of Virginia. After leaving this
institution he did a large amount of effective work as
a chemist and civil engineer for various industrial cor-
porations, and the year 1922 finds him the efficient and
popular incumbent of the office of county surveyor of
Jefferson County. Mr. Skinner is affiliated with the Blue
Lodge and Chapter organizations of York Rite Maaonry,
and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party.

In 1903 Mr. Skinner wedded Miss Elizabeth Jane Skin-
ner, daughter of James H. and Ellen (Coehran) Skinner,
and the five children of this union are James, John, Ellen,
Charles and Elizabeth.

Edwin J. Payne, who came to West Virginia less than
twenty years ago, haa had a cumulative career in the coal
industry, piling up one interest and responsibility upon an-
other, and is one of the busiest and most successful men
in his line at Huntington. The Lake & Export Coal
Company, of which he is president, operates some of the
large mines in the bituminous fields of West Virginia and
Kentucky, and handles the product both for domestic and
export trade.

Mr. Payne was born at Newport, Kentucky, March 29,
18 S3. His father, William A. Payne, was born in Illinois
in 1852, was reared in the vicinity of Newport, Kentucky,
and after his marriage lived in that city. For a number
of years he was an employee of the American Express
Company, and then he and bis brother James A. organized,
owned and operated the Eureka Tackle Block Manufactur-
ing Company. William A. Payne, who died at Newport
in 1905, was a republican, a member of the Episcopal
Church and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He
married Flora Ello. who was born at Newport, April 16,
1855, and died at Huntington, West Virginia, in November,
1920. Her two sons are Harry V., connected with a hard-
ware business at Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Edwin J.

Edwin J. Payne acquired a grammar and high school
education at Newnort, attended Bartlett's Business
College of Cincinnati in 1899, and subsequently pursued
a mining course with the International Correspondence
School of Scranton. Beginning at the age of eighteen,
he wa9 in the service of the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
way Company for two years, and in 1904, about the time
he attained his majority, he came to West Virginia and at
Rend, now called Minden, became secretary to the gen-
eral manager of the W. P. Rend Coal Company. Thia com-
pany sold out to the Berwind-White Coal Mining Com-
pany in 1905, but Mr. Payne retained the same position

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and was with that organization for eight years, serving in
various capacities at the mines and in the office of the
general superintendent at Chain. In 1912 he hecame sec-
retary to George M. Jones, son of the late C. T. Jones,
in the management of the C. T. Jones estate at Oak Hill
in Fayette County. At the same time he became secretary
of the Amherst Coal Company, and in 1913, when these
interests took over the Virginia-Buffalo Coal Company, Mr.
Payne was made its secretary and also secretary of the
Argyle Coal Company. In 1914 he helped organize the
Amherst-Fuel Company, and was vice president and general
manager of these interests until 1917.

He organized in 1917 the E. J. Payne Coal Company, but
on account of the war sold out to the Logan Pocahontas
Fuel Company of Charleston, and acted as general sales
manager of the Main Island Creek Coal Company until July,
1919. At that date he assisted in organizing the Lake &
Export Coal Corporation, of which he is president. This is a
West Virginia corporation, with Mr. Payne, president, H. E.
Moran, of New York City, and F. L. Poindexter, of Hunt-
ington, vice presidents, and S. J. Hyman, of Huntington, sec-
retary and treasurer. The corporation operates mines on
New River, Coal River, in the Logan District of West Vir-
ginia and in the Big Sandy District of Kentucky. These
various mines have a total capacity of 1,000,000 tons of
bituminous coal annually. The main offices of the company
are in the Lecco Building at Huntington, but in the sale and
handling of the products offices are also maintained at New
York City, Chicago, Norfolk, Detroit and in Paris, France.
In addition to this corporation Mr. Payne has some
individual interests in coal lands in Fayette County.

He is a republican, a member of Trinity Episcopal Church
of Huntington, and was twice master of Oak Hill Lodge
No. 120, A. F. and A. M., at Oak Hill, West Virginia. He
is a memher of Sewall Chapter No. 24, R. A. M., at Thur-
mond, Huntington Lodge of Perfection No. 4, Rose Croix
Chapter No. 4 of the Scottish Rite at Huntington, West Vir-
ginia Consistory No. 1 at Wheeling, and Beni-Kedrm
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston. Mr. Payne
is a memher of the Rotary Club, the Guyandotte Club and
the Guyan Country Club of Huntington. He has one of the
finest homes in the city, located at 2976 Staunton Road.

In October, 1908, at Montgomery, West Virginia, he mar-
ried Miss Margaret Baber, daughter of Dr. George P. and
Amanda Baber, the latter a resident of Huntington. Her
father, who was a physician and surgeon, died at Lansing,
West Virginia, during Mrs. Payne's early childhood. Mr.
and Mrs. Payne, have two children: Edwin Kent, born
September 1, 1909, now a student in the Greenbrier Military
School at Lewishurg, West Virginia; and Dorothy Alice,
born July 7, 1914.

Alexander Hamilton Stevens Rouss, M. D. One of
the prominent members of the medical profession in Jef-
ferson County, Doctor Rouss was a medical officer during
the war, seeing his chief service on army transports. His
family is one of the old and substantial ones in the Valley
of Virginia, and their patriotism in time of war has been
matched hy the qualities that distinguish good citizenship
in times of peace.

Doctor Rouss was born on a farm in Kable Town District
of Jefferson County, son of Capt. Milton Rouss, who was
born in Frederick County, Maryland, and grandson of Peter
Hoke Rouss, a native of York, Pennsylvania, whose father
was John Rouss and whose mother was a Hoke. Peter
Hoke Rouss from Pennsylvania removed to Frederick Coun-
ty, Maryland, and from there came into the Valley of
Virginia, living for several years in Berkeley County and
spending the remainder of his life in Kable Town District
of Jefferson County. He married Belinda Baltzell, of
Maryland, and hoth of them attained a good old age.

Capt. Milton Rouss was four years old when his parents
came to Virginia and nine years of age when they settled
in Jefferson County. He was pursuing his studies in the
Virginia Military Institute at Lexington when the war
broke out between the states, and at once he returned
home and assisted in raising a company for the Confeder-
ate Army. It was designated as Company B, and attached

to the Twelfth Regiment of Virginia Cavalry. He vl
commissioned first lieutenant and later, upon the death I
his captain, was promoted to captain. He and the cc|
pany did some valiant service in the early campaigns I
the war, and at the battle of Brandy Station he was c:l
tured and was sent as a prisoner to Johnson's Island I
Lake Erie and was held there until paroled at the chl
of the war. After the war he was in the general merch? J
dise business at Lockport, New York, some four or ij
years, and then returned to Jefferson County and sci
settled on the farm in Kable Town District. This fa
was his wife's inheritance, and it provided him the wcl
of his years for nearly half a century, and he still Irl
there. Captain Rouss married Mary Osburn, a native 1
Virginia and daughter of Logan and Margaret Oshu <
Captain Rouss and wife reared four sons, Doctor Roil
being the youngest and the only one to take up a prof I
sional career. Milton C. is a farmer and orchardist, a ,
was elected in 1916 to represent Jefferson County in 1(1
State Legislature. George W. and Frank Hoke are al
farmers and orchardists.

Doctor Rouss had rural school advantages when a h<|
and subsequently entered Washington and Lee TJnivers:!
at Lexington, Virginia. He completed his literary eduil
tion there and then entered the University of Penns'i
vania for his medical course, graduating M. D. in 19u
Doctor Rouss first practiced in Frederick County, Virgin!
but after six years returned to Jefferson County, and 1%
both a town and country practice, maintaining an off
in Charles Town, and he and his family live at the cour
seat during the winter months. The rest of the year th
have their home in the Kable Town District.

In 1907 Doctor Rouss married Annie Stouch, who
born in York, Pennsylvania, daughter of George and Lil
Stouch. The only daughter of Doctor and Mrs. Hot!
is Mary Osburn. The family are members of Zion Epll
copal Church in St. Andrews Parish, and he is affiliat |
with the Jefferson County and West Virginia State Medic
Associations.

Doctor Rouss was one of the first medical men in til
vicinity to offer his services to the Government at t
beginning of the war with Germany. He was commission
for duty in the Medical Corps in 1917, and for a time V
assigned to the Base Hospital at Newport News, Virgin i
with the rank of lieutenant. Three months later he yf\
transferred to the transport service as ship's surgeon, a
before the war was over he had made four round tri
on transports overseas. He was in this service until Mi
1919, when he was given his honorable discharge, and sin
then he has been devoted to the rounds of his professiot
duties in his old home community.

Frank H. Borden was educated as a mechanical enj
neer, but his business experience has been largely in t •
field of hanking and the building supply and coal bu,
ness. He is manager of the Citizens Coal and Supp
Company of Bluefield, a business that has reached an h,
posing volume under his management.

Mr. Borden was born at Blacksburg, Montgomery Counl
Virginia, August 16, 1883, son of James H. and Margai
(Walters) Borden. His parents were also natives of Moi
gomery county, and his father died January 19, 1915, .J
the age of sixty-four, and his mother in 1910, at the a.|
of fifty-eight. James Borden for thirty years was in i\
service of the Norfolk & Western Railroad as a sto ,
mason, and was foreman of the Lynchburg & Radfo
Division. He was an ex-Confederate soldier, having be<|
in the war with a Virginia regiment until the final sr
render at Appomattox. He and his wife were devo <
members of the Christian Church.

Frank H. Borden is the youngest of five children. l]
attended the public schools of Blacksburg, spent one ye
in a business college at Roanoke, and took his course I
mechanical engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic I]
stitute at Blackshurg. He finished his technical educatii
at the age of twenty-two and soon afterward became
sistant cashier of the Radford Trust Company. For o:j
year he was connected with a hotel at Christiansbnrg, Vi

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iia, aud iu 1010 removed to Bluefield, where be assumed
• management of the Citizens Coal aud Supply Company.
I has been promoting the growth and prosperity of this
npany ever since, and it now does a business teu times
> volume it did when ho took charge Mr. Borden is
! interested aud public spirited citizen, and during tho
\t worked with tho various loan and lied Cross coni-
ittees. lie is a member of t he Chamber of Commerce,
jtary Club, ami he and Mrs. Borden are active in the
tristian Church.

r Ue married, October 2, 1900, Bessie L. Smith, daughter
i II. P. Smith, of Christiansburg. Mr. and Mrs. Borden
[»e one son and four daughters.

► I.vmes B. Belcher. While one of the youngest business
l«cntives at Bluefield, James B. Belcher has bad a long
l>erience, beginning in boyhood, in connection with the
jibcr industry and is familiar with every phase of lumber
pduction from the mills to the marketing of the finished
| .duct. With headquarters at Bluefield, he is a wholesale
riler, handling a large volume of the hardwood products
[ this section.

Mr. Belcher was born on the Stewart farm in Russell
(unty, Virginia, April 4, 1890, son of George C. and
Iiggie (Nuekles) Belcher. His mother is now living at
herds Creek, Virginia, at the age of sixty. His father,

10 was a farmer, died in 1901. He was a republican
pi a member of the Methodist Church. George Belcher
rl wife had six sons and three daughters. Two other

is are now in West Virginia, Silas II., associated with
« Hitter-Burns Lumber Company at Huntington, and
T., who has charge of the railroad yards at Gary,
lames B. Belcher had only the advantages of the coun-
t schools in Russell County. lie was eleven years of age
len his father died, and in order to help educate his
finger sisters and support his mother he went to work
E the lumber busiuess, and at the age of fourteen was
bng duty as an instructor. He was with the Boice Lum-
*>• Company of Abbington, Virginia, and as an inspector
veled over a large area in Kentucky, West Virginia,
R-ginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Mr. Belcher be-
tne an expert in estimating and grading lumber, and
us a valuable employe of this corporation for a number
c years. In 1917, with his earnings, he located at Bluc-
td and has since been doing business on his own account
i a wholesaler aud jobber in hardwood lumber. He
hdles the products of mills at Bluefield, Glcnalum, West
Irginia, and Falls Mill, Virginia.

ipril 22, 1914, Mr. Belcher married Vinnic X. Cole,
Eaghter of M. W. Cole of Abbington, Virginia. Three
rldren were born to their marriage. The two living
taghters are Helen and Betty Wade. The only son,
Sues B., Jr., died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Belcher are
Ircbers of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bluefield,

11 he is much interested in the Suuday school. He is a
fmber of the Masonic Order, Honakcr Lodge, No. 219,
lnevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in business
ijanizations is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the
Iwanis Club, the National Hardwood Association, and
| West Virginia Builders Association.

i "Larf.xce B. Swekt. West Virginia is still one of the
i30rtant states in the production of hardwood lumber,
te of the important organizations manufacturing and
Brketing hardwood products is the National Lumber Coni-
py, with headquarters at Bluefield. The company was
ionized in 190S, and does an exclusive business in hard-
»ad. The output of the various mills owned or under
titract with this corporation is marketed all over the
l<rthern states, from the Ohio to the Mississippi, and
r-mally there i3 an extensive export trade with European
Sentries.

die president of this company is Clarence B. Sweet,
■ » for many years has been identified with the lumber
i nstry. He was born at Bristol, Virginia, September
?IS83, son of Thomas E. A. Sweet. His mother was a
l» Millard. Both parents were born in Virginia, and
i mother is still living, at the age of sixty-one. Thomas

Sweet, who died in 1912, at the age of fifty-eight, was
prominent in Masoury, being a past master and past
eminent commander of tho Knights Templars, aud member
of tho Shrine.

Clarence B. Sweet, ono of three children, linished his
academic education in Milligan's College, and for a time
was employed as a bookkeeper in the King's Printing
Company at Bristol. While at Bristol he entered the
service of the Bryant Lumber Company, and subsequently
he was at Kansas < ity, Missouri, with the Foster Lumber
Company, and at Toledo, Ohio, as assistant sales inauager
for the Big A Hardwood Company. Mr. Sweet came to
Bluefield in 1910 as manager of the National Lumber
Company, and since 1919 has been president of the cor-
poration. He is a member of the National Hardwood
Association, and has been deeply interested in the civic
affairs and progress of Bluetield duriug his residence here.
He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis
Club, the Country Club and the Masonic Order, His re-
ligious affiliation is with the Christian Church, while Mrs.
Sweet belongs to the Presbyterian denomination.

In 19 15 he married Virginia Bedingcr, daughter of
Everett W. Bedinger, of Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. and
Mrs. Sweet have two children, Laura A. and Virginia B.

E. B. Sisler. The City of Akron, Ohio, knew Mr. Sfeler
as a merchant and business man for a number of years.
With his success in that field well established he came to
West Virginia, and has been identified with the manage-
ment of several high-class stores in this state. His main
interests are at Huntington, where he is secretary-treasurer
of the Dcardorff-Sisler Company, a department store.

Mr. Sisler was born at Akron, Ohio, July 14, 1*72. In
that city and over a large part of Summit County his
father, Adam Sisler, was permanently known through his
work as a physician and surgeon. Adam Sisler was born
at Buffalo, New York, in 1824, was reared in that city,
graduated M. D. from the Cleveland Medical College of
Cleveland, and soou afterward established his homo near
Akron and continued in active practice in that vicinity
for fifty-four years. In a profession that offers unlimited
opportunities for service he exerted himself in a way to
measure up to the highest standards. He died in 1908, at
the age of eighty-four. Doctor Sisler was a republican,
and in addition to the burdens of his medical practice he
was also a lay preacher of the Christian Church and con-
ducted services in his community every other Sunday in
the absence of the regular minister.

Doctor Sisler married Amanda lloy, whose father, Judge
Hoy, was a native of Ireland, was a pioneer farmer in
Summit County, Ohio, and died there in 1866. Amanda
Hoy was bom near Akron in 1826, and died at her home
iu that city in 1901.

Doctor Sisler and wife had a large family of children:
Frances, who died at Canal Fulton, Ohio, age aixty-three,
wife of Lafayette Swigart, a farmer now deceased; Charles,
a Teal estate broker at Akron; Clara, wife of Frank Raber
and living on the old homestead farm near Akron, where
her parents had their home for many years; Mrs. Caro
line Dissinger, of Akron; Louis E., a retired rubber manu-
facturer at Akron; E. B. Sisler; Jennie, of Akron, widow
of Wilbur Rood, who at one time was principal of schools
in Akrou; John H., physician and surgeon at Detroit;
and William, a rubber manufacturer who died at the age
of forty years.

E. B. Sisler grew up on his father's farm near Akron,
attended rural schools, and completed his literary educa-
tion by graduation from the Ohio Northern University
at Ada, with the class of 1892. During the next two years
he divided his time between managing a general store
near Akron and teaching school during winter sessions.
Thereafter he gave his undivided attention to merchandis-
ing at Akron, but in the fall of 1906, having disposed
of his interests in Ohio, he removed to Point Pleasant,
West Virginia, and in that city owned and operated two
stores, one of them being E. B. Sisler & Company, dry
goods and women's furnishings, and the other the Union
Clothing Store. Mr. Sisler retired from this business in

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June, 1910, and sinee then has been a resident of Hunt-
ington, where he first acquired an interest in the Biggs-
Wilson Dry Goods Company. The Deardorff- Sisler Com-
pany was organized in 1912, succeeding to the business
of Valentine -Crow Company. At that time the store was
at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Tenth streets, but
in 1915 was removed to 424-434 Ninth Street. The busi-
ness is now a well organized department store, and is one
of the important business eoneerns of its time in this
seetion of the state. Besides being secretary and treas-
urer of this company Mr. Sisler also established the Sisler-
Peek Company at Beekley, West Virginia, a store dealing
in women's ready to wear and furnishings goods. He is
vice president, secretary, treasurer, general manager and
owns the controlling interest in this business.

Mr. Sisler is a republican, was baptized and reared in
the Christian Chureh, is a charter member of Pharos Lodge
No. 943, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Akron, be-
longs to the Rebekahs, is a past exalted ruler of the Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks, is a member of Akron
Council No. 126, Kuights of the Maccabees, at Akron, and
Cabell Council No. 1998, Royal Arcanum, at Huntington.
He is also associated with the work and membership of the
Huntington Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Sisler has one of the most attractive homes in
Huntington, at 438 Sixth Avenue, located in a restricted
residential section. He married at Canton, Ohio, Novem-
ber 30, 1905, Miss Gertrude Jameson. She was born at
Canton, was educated in the Canton public schools, and
graduated from Mount Union College. Her father, David
A. Jameson, was born and reared in Stark County, Ohio.
At the age of eighteen be enlisted in the Civil war join-
ing the Sixty-second Regiment, Company B, and serving
until the close. He started in the hardware business at
the age of fourteen, and finally entered into the general
mercantile business, continuing in the same until his death,
Deeember 10, 1911, at the age of sixty-five.

Belle Jane Hall, D. C, has the distinction of being
the first practicing representative of the benignant system
of chiropractic in the City of Clarksburg, Harrison County,
and her technical skill is supplemented by her being also
a trained nurse of marked ability and much practical ex-
perience.

Doctor Hall was born on the homestead farm of her
parents in Harrison County, and the date of her nativity
was September 6, 1S76. She is the second daughter of
David L. and Sarah (MePherson) Hall, the other three
children of the family being Hattie E., Ivy M. and Ray-
mond L., but the last named is deceased. The devoted
mother died many years ago, and the father is one of the
venerable and honored citizens of Harrison County, which
has ever represented his home, his birth having here oc-
curred August 30, 1840. His has been a useful and exem-
plary life, and since his retirement from farm enterprise in
1915 he has resided in the City of Clarksburg. Though he
will soon (in August, 1922) celebrate his eighty-second
birthday anniversary, he is hale and active and takes lively
interest in the questions and issues of the day. He is
vice-president of the Farmers Bank of Clarksburg. His
father, Martin E. Hall, likewise was born and reared in
Harrison County, the latter 's father having been a native
of Wales and having become one of the sterling pioneers
of Harrison County.

David L. Hall was not yet twenty-one years of age when
the Civil war began, and he promptly tendered his services
in defense of the cause of the Confederate States. He
enlisted in Company B, Seventeenth Virginia Cavalry, and
with this gallant command he gave faithful and valiant
service during virtually the entire period of the war, in
which he took part, in many engagement. After the close
of the war he was for many years numbered among the
most progressive and substantial exponents of farm in-
dustry in Harrison County. He is a staunch democrat, has
been affiliated with the Masonic fraternity more than fifty
years, and is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal
Chureh, South, as was also his wife.

Doctor Hall was reared on the old home farm and re-

ceived the advantages of the public schools of her na[
county. In 1900 she was graduated in the training school i
nurses maintained by the New York Medieal College
Hospital, and for several years thereafter she successf i
followed her profession as a trained nurse, principally
the eities of New York and Washington. In 1911 she J
graduated in the National College of Chiropractic, in 1
City of Chicago, and after thus receiving her degree she!
turned to Clarksburg, where on the 6th of May of tj
year she opened an office and engaged in the practice]
her profession, as the first chiropractor in this city, ll
success has been distinctive and attests alike to her ]l
fessional skill and personal popularity. She maintains 1
offices in Department F of the Gore Hotel. The doil
is a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy and 1
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and is a commtl
cant of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Robert Edward Kidd has been prominent in the c|
and official life of Clarksburg for a number of years. I
is justiee of the peaee, juvenile court officer and propri(l
of a real estate and insurance business there.

He was born at Point Comfort in Harrison County, Wi
Virginia, May 7, 1883, son of Charles R. and Florence 1
(Corley) Kidd. His paternal grandparents were Willil
and Martha (Watkins) Kidd, who moved out of Old ^1
ginia to Harrison County in an early day. They reare<|
family of nineteen children. The maternal grandfather!
Mr. Kidd was William Corley, who also came from <|
Virginia to Harrison County. He married a Miss Hold ; .
Both the grandfathers of Robert E. Kidd were pionr
draymen or teamsters. Charles R. Kidd, better known!
Jack Kidd, also took up that occupation, and for yei
conducted a transfer business in Clarksburg, where be 1
came well and favorably known. He died at the age !
sixty-three, and is survived by his widow. He was a J
publican in politics, and some of his brothers served in 1
Union Army during the Civil war, and his brother Jim \1
killed in the Custer raid.

Robert Edward Kidd has spent practically all his 11
at Clarksburg. He atteuded the public schools, but I
parents not being rich he early started to contribute t
own labors to the family exchequer, and at the age I
twelve was driving a team for his father in the trans J
business. He worked in that line for several years, tlj
was employed in the Lowndes Woolen Mills, and also I
the Atlas Glass Company 's works. He was appointed |
1908 and for several years held the office of eonstal!
In 1914 he was appointed justice of the peace to fill out I
unexpired term of G. H. Gordon, who had resigned, al
in 1916 and again in 1920 Mr. Kidd was duly eleclj
to this office. With the establishment of the Juvenile Coil
at Clarksburg in 1919 additional duties were given him 1
juvenile officer. For several years past he has employ
the intervals of his official work in conducting a real est;»
and insurance business.

Mr. Kidd is a republican and a Knight of Pythi
Some years ago he bought the old home of his paren
where he was born and where he now resides. In 1908 I
married Miss Edith Priekett, who died in 1915. In 19
he married Edith Pickett. The two children of his fi
wife were Robert Earl and Ruth Christine, the latter <|
ceased. By his present marriage he also has two ehildn I
Virginia May and Jack Pickett Kidd.

George Harry Gordon, who was for three terms maji
of Clarksburg and is now United States commissioner J
his district, has been a resident of that city forty yell
and long active in business as well as in public affairs. 1

Mr. Gordon was born at Barnesville, Ohio, March it
1870, but represents an old Virginia family. He is a si
of Samuel W. and Ursulla (Waters) Gordon, natives I
Virginia, his father of Frederick County and his mother I
Loudoun County. The Gordons were of Scotch ancestij
When the Gordons came to West Virginia they settled I
Preston County, while the Waters family established!
home in Harrison County. The paternal grandparents I
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403

ly were pronounced and ardent Unionists at the time
he Civil war. Their five sons, because of their political
!.-ietions, loft Virgiuia and removed to Ohio. While
'e Samuel W. Gordon enlisted in the Union Army and
[H throughout the war in tho Sixtieth Ohio Infantry,
[he absence of his sons John Gordon, then an old man,
le de feinting a small remaining store of corn, his only
foe of provisions, struck and kilU'd a Confederate
[ier who was making the raid. The Confederate officers
fined to punish the old man for his breach of military
' and it was then ordered that neither he nor his supplies
Id l>e molested. However, the civil authorities served
k-e upon him to leave Virginia, and ho did so, making
I trip in a wagon with his wife to the vicinity of
Hirg in Preston County, "West Virginia, where they
fled. Subsequently they moved to Granville, Ohio, where
[• spent the rest of their years.

Hpiel \V. Gordon and Ursulla Waters were married in
Hbn County soon after the close of the Civil war. For

ral years they lived at Barnesville, Ohio, and in 1873

ed to Winchester, Virginia, and from there came to
I kaburg in 1882. The wife of Samuel W. Gordon died

he age of forty-seven. She was the mother of two chil-
li, John William and George Harry Gordon. Samuel W.
Mlon, who lived to the age of sixty-nine, married for his
md wife Mary Hoff, and to this union was born a
isjhter, Ilelen. Samuel W. Gordon was a farmer in early
I later a traveling salesman for a Boston shoe house,

about 1S^9 was elected a justice of the peace, an office
lield for sixteen years, until he resigned to retire perma-
iHy. He was a republican and a member of the Metho-
I Church.

, eorge Harry Gordon was three years of age when his
l-nts moved to Winchester and was about twelve when
V came to Clarksburg, which has been his home since
I spring of 1^82. He finished bis common school eduea-
I here, ami soon after his marriage, at the age of
laty one, became engaged in mercantile pursuits at
■■in, West Virginia. After two years he went into the
1th Pennsylvania oil fields, and for ten years was in
I employ of the South Bend Oil Company and for a few
1-8 thereafter with other drillers of oil wells. Mr.
|don in the fall of 1905 was appointed justice of the
re to fill the unexpired term of his father. This office
lield ten years, and left it to become mayor of Clarks-
Itr, an office to which he was first elected in April, 1915.
I was re-elected in 1916 and again in 1917, and these
le terms marked a period of high efficiency in the eon-
it of municipal affairs. Mr. Gordon when he left the
1'or's office in 1918 became an oil and gas well cou-
lter, a business which he still continues. He also handles
| estate and insurance, and since May, 1921, has per-
loed the duties of United States commissioner at Clarks-

Wr. Gordon is a republican, a Methodist, and has long
|i active in the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight
liplar and thirty-second degree Scottish Rite and a
liner, lie is also affiliated with the Knights of Pvthias
I the Elks. September 29, 1891, he married Miss*Mary
lard. She was born at Plymouth, Vermont, and was
Inght by bor parents to Clarksburg when five years of
I Four children were born to their marriage, the son
w'ph dying at the age of four years. The three living
i Susan, Ruth and George Samuel Gordon.

Ioward William Van Scot. In the requirements and
Irts that it demands of its devotees the work of the edu-
|r is very exacting. Primarily, the husiness of the
■her is to instill into the mind of youth a practical
Being knowledge; yet at the same time the ideal educator
le who can also instill character into his pupils as well
fworthy precepts. When the teaeber has risen to a
Ition where he governs not only one school or class, but
■y, he must be possessed of executive abilities far be-
:! the ordinary. In this connection it may be said of
>?ard William Van Scoy, superintendent of schools of
rison County, and at present a resident of Clarksburg,
during the time he was engaged in teaching he was

able not alone to teaeli his children the ordinary rudiments
of education, but likewise to gain their interest in the more
spiritual aide of character development; and that since as
euming the duties of his present positiou he has exhibite«l
abilities that have dono much to advance the ennse and
standards of education in the county.

Mr. Vau Scoy is a product of the agricultural cum
muuitics of llarrisou County, West Virginia, having been
born on a farm near Good Hope March 25, 1S95, a son
of John A. and Rebecca (Cheuvront) Van Scoy. Ili.s
father was born in Harrison County, May 10, In6."{, a son
of Adam and Susan (Wagoner) Van Scoy, the grand
father being a Union soldier during the war between the
states, during which struggle he died as a prisoner at
Andersonville stockade. Jerre Cheuvront, the maternal
grandfather of Mr. Van Scoy, was of French origin and
married Mary M. Brooks, a daughter of a Methodist Epis
eopal divine, born in England. Their daughter Rebo<-<a
was horn in Harrison County. The Van Seoys are of Hol-
land Dutch stock. John A. Van Scoy was left an orphan
when a lad, and his early life was filled with hardships and
ohstacles, which he overcame through persistence and in
dustry. In his young manhood he adopted farming for his
life work, and this vocation he has followed throughout his
active career, being now one of the substantial agrieultur
ists of Harrison Count}' and a man much respected and
esteemed in his community. lie is a member of the Metho-
dist Church, as is his worthy wife, and in polities is a
supporter of the republican party, but not a seeker for
personal preferment. There are seven children in the fam-
ily, of whom six are sons.

Howard William Van Scoy was reared on the home farm,
where he assisted his father and brothers during the sum
mer months and in the winter terms applied himself to his
studies at the rural schoolhouse. Later he attended the
high sehool at West Milford and spent two years at Salem
College, finishing the standard normal course. At the age
of twenty-one years he began teaching, and has since de-
voted himself lo educational work. For a time he taught in
two rural schools, after which he became a teacher in the
Lost Creek High School, where he spent one year. He then
moved to Salem, where he again took up the work of teach
ing in the country schools, continuing until he became
principal of the Wolf Summit Junior High Sehool and
was thus employed until January 1, 1922, when he became
county superintendent of schools of Harrison County. II is
career as an cdueator has been one marked with success,
and he is giving the people an administration as county
superintendent that is gratifying to them as it is beneficial
to the public school system. Mr. Van Scoy is a republican
in his political allegiance, and his religious connection is
with the Methodist Episcopal Church. As a fraternalist he
belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Modern Woodmen of America, and has numerous friends
in both. He comes of good teaching stock, as his maternal
grandfather was the first teacher of public schools in the
Harrison School, located at the mouth of Isaac's Creek,
where he settled and built a home.

In 1916 Mr. Van Scoy was united in marriage with Miss
Mary Chadwell, of Salem, and they are the parents of two
sons: Frank and Warren.

Hon. J. Walter Barnes, member and treasurer of 1he
State Board of Control at Charleston, has for thirty
years been a prominent figure in the educational, business
and public affairs of the state. He was the administrative
head for ten years of the Fairmont State Normal School.
He developed and managed some of the strongest and most
successful independent telephone companies in the state.
His career at all points suggests a man of gifted person-
ality, unusual resourcefulness, sound judgment and executive
power and undeniable public spirit.

Mr. Barnes was horn at Fairmont in Marion County Sep-
tember 3, 1862, son of Peter T. and Mary (Vandervoort)
Barnes. This is one of the historic families of that part
of old Virginia, now West Virginia, and has had a long
and honorable history. The family is English and more
remotely of Norman-French ancestry. In the early Colo-

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

nial period it was represented by different branches in
New England, Maryland and Virginia. The great-grand-
father of J. Walter Barnes was William Barnes, who moved
from Georges Creek, Maryland, to Monongalia County, West
Virginia, prior to 1782. He was a millwright and farmer,
and his son, Abraham Barnes, followed similar occupations.
Peter T. Barnes was born on Tygarts Valley Eiver, two
mile9 above Fairmont, September 3, 1828, and for many
years owned and operated the principal flouring mills at
Fairmont. He was a member of the Seventeenth West Vir-
ginia Infantry during the war. His wife, Mary Vander-
voort, was born in Monongalia County in 1827.

J. Walter Barnes attended public schools in Marion and
Taylor counties, and was graduated from the State Nor-
mal School at Fairmont in 1879. He also took post-gradu-
ate courses there in 1880-81, and in the meantime taught
in Doddridge, Pleasants and. Hancock counties, and also
studied law in the office of U. N. Arnett, Jr. He finished
his studies in the law school of the University of West Vir-
ginia in 1882-S3, and was admitted to the har on attain-
ing his majority in the latter year. Mr. Barnes began
practice at Fairmont, but other demands on his time and
talents have never allowed him the consecutive exercise of
his profession. In the spring of 1885 he was induced to
teach in the Fairmont State Normal School, and again in
the spring of 1S86, and soon afterward was elected to the
regular teachers' staff. Mr. Barnes filled every position
in that institution until he was made principal or president
in 1892, and continued as its administrative head until
1901. In the meantime the Fairmont State Normal grew
and prospered and enlarged its facilities so as to perform
its functions as a source and training school of well qual-
ified teachers for the state. Mr. Barnes was leader in the
movement to secure from the Legislature adequate appro-
priations making possible the principal building of the
Normal school, which was erected on the South Side.

In 1901 Mr. Barnes removed to Shepherdstown for one
year, where he lived on a farm, but not finding country
life altogether congenial he became manager of the Con-
solidated Telephone Company at Fairmont. He developed
and enlarged the company 's service from a few counties
until it covered fourteen counties, and continued as mana-
ger of the company until the busiuess was taken over by
the Bell interests in 1915. He was also secretary and man-
ager of the National Telephone Company of Monongalia
County and of several other telephone companies. He
served as president of the West Virginia Independent Tele-
phone Association, being its first president in 1905. He
was president of the Western Pennsylvania Independent
Telephone Association, and president of the National In-
dependent Telephone Association. He is also vice president
of the Fairmont Trust Company, and has been a member
of its board of directors since its organization in 1903.

All these offices and interests broadened the horizon of
his experience as a man of affairs. Besides he was com-
missioner of finance and public utilities for the City of
Fairmont from January 1, 1914, to September 1, 1919. He
edited the Blue Book of Fairmont, setting forth the com-
plete records of the administration of the city's affairs
under the commission form of government. From 1911 to
1915 Mr. Barnes was a member of the Board of Education
of the Fairmont Independent School District, and has long
been a prominent layman of the Presbyterian Church, serv-
ing as an elder since 1890, was superintendent of the Sab-
bath school at Fairmont from 1889 to 1920, when he re-
moved to Charleston, and was chairman of the building
committee that constructed the beautiful church of the
Presbyterians at the corner of Jefferson and Jackson streets
in Fairmont.

Mr. Barnes was appointed by Governor Cornwell as mem-
ber of the State Board of Control of West Virginia in
March, 1920. This board, created by the Legislature in
1909, has entire control and management of all the state's
penal, charitable and educational institutions. The new
system has been justified by the results. The board con-
ducts these institutions on strictly business principles, and
the efficient and economical handling of the affairs has

saved the state millions of dollars. The budget of expj
tures through the state board of control now aggre;
over $3,500,000 per annum.

Mr. Barnes in politics is a sound democrat, loyal U
principles of Jefferson, Jackson and Wilson. In 190|
was a candidate for Congress on the democratic ti
running ahead of the Parker and Davis ticket by over ! ; ,
votes. Most West Virginians will recall his work ami
sponsibilities during the war. By appointment from B
A. Garfield, Federal fuel administrator, he was fuel ao
istrator for the state, an office of peculiar importance
cause of West Virginia's great coal mining industry,
was also a Four Minute Speaker, but he neglected al
personal business to effect a thorough organization o.
fuel resources of the state for war purposes. This se
was voluntary, and he received at the end of his eigl
months' service $1.00 from the Government in recogn
of his service with the United States Fuel Administra
This token of appreciation of the Government repreii
something very much greater than money value.

On June 3, 1884, Mr. Barnes married Miss Olive Co-l
daughter of Maj. William P. Cooper. Mrs. Barnes, I
was born at Clarksburg, has long been identified with!
activities of the W. C. T. U., has served as recording!
retary and vice president, and for a number of years!
been president of the West Virginia organization of!
union. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have five children: ll
Cooper, born July 23, 1886; George Roscoe, born Marc!
18S8; Walter Kenneth, born April 6, 1891; Homer Fral
born May 12, 1895; and Mabel Irene, born July 17, l]
The oldest son graduated from West Virginia UuiveJ
and is an engineer by profession. George Roscoe was J
of the three sons representing the family in the army j
navy during the war. He enlisted in the army as a pril
but came out with a commission. He is now a road a
tractor. Walter K. served with the navy and was "J
pany commander." He is an attomey-at-law at Fainrl
Homer Francis enlisted in the army as a private in 1|
1917, and rose to the rank of captain. He received his i|
degree from West Virginia University the same year. 1
went overseas as adjutant of the Eight Hundred and 1
ond Pioneer Infantry, and was discharged with the )|
of captain in July, 1919. While in England he speil
semester of study at Oxford University, and on being ]
charged from the army continued his college work in If
vard University, from which he received his A. M. degl
He is now instructor in a boys' school at Marion, Mai
chusetts, and he married Miss Mary Frances Hartleji
Fairmont, a graduate of Smith College. Mabel Irenl
teaching history in Central Junior High School of Cha|
tou. All are graduates of the West Virginia Univerj|
except one, and he was a student there.

Edwaed John Wood is one of the able and succeed
architects in West Virginia and ia engaged in the prac]
of his profession in the City of Clarksburg, Harr:j
County. His status as a leading representative of his ]]
fession and as a prominent citizen is specially pleasing]
note by reason of the fact that he is a native of Harr:|
County, his birth having occurred on a farm on Ten li
Creek, near the old Point Pleasant Church, now knowrij
Maken Church, and the date of his nativity having tl
August 28, 1863. On the paternal side the lineage trill
back to Irish origin, and on the maternal to English, j
is a son of James Alexander Wood and Margaret A
(Pritehard) Wood, the former of whom was born in CI I
County, Virginia, and the latter in what is now Harrij
County, West Virginia. John Wood, grandfather of j
subject of this review, was born and reared in the Shell
doah Valley of Virginia, where his marriage was soil
nized and whence in 1852 he came with his family to I
present Harrison County, West Virginia, where he pasj
the remainder of his life as a farmer and where he died!
the age of fifty-three years. Family tradition is to j
effect that he was a descendant of one of three brotlj
who in an early day immigrated to America from tlj
native Ireland, one of the number becoming a aettlerj
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405

I amefl A. Wood was a young man at the time of the
hiily removal to Hnrrison County. Ae a youth he taught
bol for a time, but during the greater part of his
yve career he was a carpenter ami builder by vocation,
i eld of enterprise in which he was specially successful.
[ an interval during the Civil war he served as a team-
[■ in the Union Army. In Harrison County was solem-
ghter of Edwnrd Pritchard, who passed his entire life
| his county and who was a prosperous tanner, cany rep-
aratives of the Pritchard family having been iron
t kers in Pennsylvania and having come from that state
what is now West Virginia.

Edward Johu Wood gained his early education at .Salem,
M county, whence in 1H7S the family removed to Clarks-
g, the county seat, where the father long held prestige
| a representative contractor and builder and where he
1 at the age of eighty years, his wife having preceded
, to eternal rest. In the schools of Clarksburg Edward
[Wood continued his studies until he was seventeen years
i age, when he found it incumbent upon him to find em-
inent and aid in the support of the family, he having
in one of twelve children. Cnder the direction of his
'her he learned the carpenter's trade, and as a youth
i also worked at the blacksmith trade about one year,
bru 1882 for a period of eighteen years he was associated
*h his brothers Wirt W. and James L. in contracting
d building. About )^90 Mr. Wood began the private
idy of architecture and he carried hi* technical reading
|1 work forward to the point that eventually gave him
1st ample fortification for the work of this profession.
) 1900 he returned to Clarksburg, where he opened an
Pee and has since given his exclusive attention to archi-
Itural work, in which he has met with gratifying snc-
s. lie has drafted plans and specifications for many
dern buildings, among the more important of which
ly be mentioned the following: Marion County jail and
kriff's residence. St. Mary's High School at Clarksburg.
I Prunty and the Traders Annex office buildings and the
^ B. Maxwell residence at Clarksburg, besides many
Hidings of high grade in other cities and towns in this
f-tion of the state. Mr. Wood is a member of the Ameri-
ca Institute of Architects having been elected to memher-
ip in June, 1922, and being assigned to the Pittsburgh
Kaptcr.

Mr. Wood has long been affiliated with the Ancient Order
It United Workmen, and he is a member of the Clarksburg
Idge of Elks, the Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce, the
lal Rotary (Hub, the Clarksburg Automobile Club and
!• Cheat Mountain and Allegheny Clubs, lie attend*
id supports the Baptist Church, of which his wife is n
imber. He maintains his offices in the Lowndes Build-
I; and in the practiec of his profession now has an able
nistnnt in the person of his only son, upon whose admis-
lu to partnership the firm name of Edward J. Wood &
\n was adopted. Politically Mr. Wood is a democrat and
us elected to the City Council in 1906, serving in that
1 pacity until 190$, when he was elected mayor of Clarks

rg serving one term after which he retired from pnlitics.

In 1S93 Mr. Wood married Miss Jessie P. Cost, who like

se was born and reared in Harrison County, her father,
►•3 late Jacob F. Cost, a native of Virginia, having been
|r many years a representative farmer and citizen of
I irrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have two children,
* rlcton C. and Virginia M., both of whom remain mem

rs of the parental home circle.

.Carleton C. Wood was bom in the City of Wheeling, De-
tnber II, IS93, and his public-school education was com-
peted by his graduation in the Clarksburg High School,
t a member of the class of 1913. For a year thereafter
► was in his father's office and studied architecture, be-
lea assisting in the general work of the office and busi-
ss. In the fall of 1914 he entered Carnegie Institute of
whnology, Pittsburgh, where he completed a two years'
nrse in architecture. For one year thereafter he was
I gaged in the work of his profession at Pittsburgh, and
I then returned to his father's office. When the nation
came involved in the World war he enlisted, October 15,
i 17, at Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was assigned to the

anibulauce service of the United States Army. Eight
months later he was detailed on construction work at Camp
Crane, and finally he was formally transferred to tho con-
struction corps of the army. In this service he contiuued
until February 27, 1919, when, at Allentown, Pennsylvania,
he was honorably discharged, as ranking first sergeant,
lie is an appreciative member of the American Legion ami
is affiliated with its post at Clarksburg. As previously
noted, he is now associated with his father in the practice
of his profe>sion, and he is making an excellent record as
a skilled and successful architect.

Cii.vaLKS Lkwis Hickman was the first formally to prac-
tice the profession of architect in Clarksburg, and to the
increasing burden of responsibilities in that vocation he
has devoted more than forty years of his life. As a youth
he manifested an inclination to the technic of mechanical
construction, and while engaged in the practical work of a
building contractor he studied and became proficient in the
gmcral science and art of architecture.

Harrison County has been his home since birth, and he
is a member of one of the historic families of West Vir-
ginia, his ancestors having fought the Indians before they
could establish their homes in peace and security on the
western slope of the AUeghcnies.

His pioneer forefather was Sotha Hickman, who was of
English ancestry and was born in Montgomery Couuty,
Maryland, .lune 10, 174S. He settled in what is now Harri-
son County, West Virginia in 1772. He lived here
throughout the period of the Revolution, and in the fall of
17S0, toward the close of the struggle for independence,
he enlisted at Nutter's Fort in what was then Monongalia
County for a period of six months, under Capt. William
Louthcr. He re-enlisted iu the fall of 1781 for two months,
ami again, in the fall of 1 7*2, volunteered for a period of
six months, his captain being the same in all enlistments.
He did his part toward holding off the Indians in tres-
passing the frontier, nis record appears in the archives
of the United States War Department in connection with
his claim for a pension, which was granted. Prior to his
service as a soldier he and Levi Douglas, another pioneer
of Harrison County, were taken prisoners by the Indians
and carried to Scioto County. Ohio. While their Indian
guards were a>leep they slipped away, crossed the Ohio
River on a log raft and finally returned home in safety.

For a century and a half the seat of the Hickman family
in Harrison County has been the little connnuuity of Quiet
Dell, five miles south of Clarksburg. That was the obi
home of Sotha Hickman, and he died there April 2, 1832.
He married Elizabeth Davies, who died December 1G, 1837.
Their children were named Thonms, Comfort. Rebecca,
Sotha, Jr.. Arthur, Cynthia, Nancy, Zacaiiah and Elizabeth.

One son of this pioneer couple was Thomas Hickman,
who was born at Quiet Dell and died there February 8,
1 S.s } . He married Love Scranton, who was born in Mar-
shall County, West Virginia, and died April Hi, ISofi. Her
childreu were named Marshall, .lames Luther, Hiram,
William. Rnfus Theodore, Ruth and Rudolph H.

The third generation of the family lineage was repre
sented by Marshall Hickman, who was born near Quiet
Dell, October 4, 1S1"», spent all his life in that locality
and died November 24. 18G4. He married Mary Butters,
daughter of Samuel Butters, who came from Ohio to what
is now West Virginia. Tho first home of Samuel Butters
was at Morgautown, and from about 1821 he lived at
Clarksburg. He was a potter by trade conducting the first
pottery in Clarksburg, and in later life he operated a grist
mill near Quiet Dell, where he died. Mary Butters, his
daughter, was born at Clarksburg June 27, 1823. and died
March 1, 1876. The children of Marshall Hickman and
wife were Lloyd, Sarah Love, Laura Ann, Samuel Butters
and Charles Lewis.

Thus Charles Lewis niekman comes in tho fourth gen-
eration of this historic family in Harrison County. He
was born at the old homestead at Quiet Dell August 3,
1848, and spent hia early life on the farm and had a
share in its responsibility owing to the early death of his
father. He acquired a common school education, learned

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the carpenter's trade by apprenticeship, and at the age of
twenty began taking contracts as a builder. He had a
vision of a wider service than that offered hy his success
as a building contractor, and he diligently carried on his
studies for several years in architecture, until in 1878, when
he was thoroughly qualified, he opened the first architect's
office in Clarksburg. Nearly forty-five years has passed
since then, and he is still active in his profession, and a
long list of important buildings and other structures might
be mentioned as a glimpse of the miracle work he has done
in his profession. He has not only designed, but has super-
vised construction. He was architect for the Clarksburg
Post Office and the Merchants National Bank, Clarksburg,
West Virginia, also Science Hall, State Building at Mor-
gantown, West Virginia, and in charge of their construc-
tion. Under appointment from the governor he is a
member of the State Board of Examiners for licensing of
architects in West Virginia. His high professional and
husiness standing is in no small measure due to his integ-
rity of character. He was the originator of the independent
telephone service in West Virginia, and he and T. Moore
Jackson of Clarksburg installed the first independent tele-
phone exchange of West Virginia, at Clarksburg.

Mr. Hickman has been a very busy man, has manifested
no disposition to get into politics, is a democratic voter, a
memher of the Sons of the American Kevolution, a mem-
ber of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and
the Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce.

In 1876 he married Miss Carrie Leach, daughter of
Alexander Leach. They have had a most happy married
companionship for nearly half a century. No children were
corn to their union. Mr. and Mrs. Hickman are members
of the Baptist Church.

David Henry Loab, now located at Keedsville, relied
upon the heavy and continuous program of a practical
farmer to give him prosperity, and he has performed a use-
ful part in his community and is known and admired for
his effective citizenship.

He was born near the Mount Vernon schoolhouse in
Valley District of Preston County August 1, 1859. His
father, Jonathan S. Loar, was born near Oakland, Garrett
County, Maryland, in January, 1832, and was reared and
educated there. When he was a boy the pioneer implements
of cultivation and harvesting were still in use, including
the old flail for threshing grain. He was one of a family
of eighteen children, and on reaching his majority he left
home to make his own way. Coming West, he established
himself near Eeedsville, where he married Susan Freebum,
daughter of Robert Preeburn. She was a native of Scot-
land and was a small girl when her parents came to
America. Jonathan Loar and wife settled down as farmers,
and lived near the village of Eeedsville, where he died
January 8, 1915, surviving his wife several years. He
stood well as a citizen of the community and was a trustee
of the district schools and constable of the district, and a
life-long democrat. He was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. His children were: William Robert, a
photographer at Grafton; Jennie, widow of Frank Wolf,
of Reedsville; Mollie, wife of S. D. Snider, of Masontown;
David H. and Thomas E., twins; Belle, wife of O. W.
Ringer, of Terra Alta; and Mattie, who died as the wife
of Sanford L. Cobun, of Masontown.

D'avid H. Loar and his twin brother grew up on the
farm, and while both attended the district schools it was
the lot of David to keep close to the duties of the farm,
and he exhibited a splendid loyalty to his parents, with
whom he remained and for whom he cared until he
was about thirty years of age. On leaving home he rented
a farm near Reedsville, and a year later bought the place
where he now lives. He and Mrs. Loar started with limited
means, and out of their labors they paid for their farm
and for the splendid improvements they have placed on it.
Their income and prosperity have been chiefly derived from
grain and stock.

The main business of agriculture has been supplemented
by other interests. Mr. Loar was a clerk for his brother-
in-law, B. P. Wolf, in Reedsville, was at one time proprietor

of the Reedsville Hotel, and for four years postmaster
the village under the administration of Grover Cleveh
On leaving the Post Office he turned it over to Mrs. Ma
Watson. He cast his first presidential vote for Geni
Hancock in 1880, and has always voted the democr:
national ticket. He is a Baptist and Mrs. Loar, a Mel
dist.

August 29, 1889, Mr. Loar married Alice Con
daughter of Elias and Clarissa (Fortney) Conley.
Conley and Fortney families were established in Pres
County in pioneer times. Elias Conley lived in the vicii
of Kingwood and Reedsville, was a splendid example
earnest citizenship, and besides owning and operating
farm he was a plasterer and brick maker. He died at
venerable age of ninety-four, and his widow died sev*.
years later. Their children were: Milton, a resident
Ohio; Letitia, deceased, who was the wife of Mesl
Jennings; Jennie, who married Clark Powell and died
Morgantown in February, 1921, just a month before
sister Letitia died; Josephine, wife of Clark Hamilt
living near Independence in Preston County; Edith, v
married Ward Wrightmeyer and died in Parsons, W
Virginia; Mary, wife of David Stuchell, at Canes Cree
Mrs. Alice Loar; and Kate, Mrs. Guy Smith, of (k
Creek; and Bertie, Mrs. Mack Cale. Mrs. Loar was b<
May 11, 1S64. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Loar
Frankie, now the wife of J. Sherman Cale, of Reedsvi
and they have two children, Loar and David Lynn Cale

Thomas E. Loar, twin brother of David Loar, was J
many years one of the useful educators of Preston Coun
He laid the foundation of his education in the comm'
schools and taught his first school at the age of seventei
at Aurora, in the south part of the county. He taught I
the winters and attended school himself for several yea>
took normal work, and had the instruction of one of tj
best educators in this locality, Professor M. 0. Gornu:!
He also studied Latin and higher mathematics, but nev|
realized his complete ideal for an education, since his tin
was required on the home farm. For thirteen years he wE
a teacher, and frequently did all the work which sevei'
teachers might properly have performed. His last teachiij
was done in the Reedsville school. Along with education
work he has been correspondent for local papers, and h|
the special gift of writing solicitously on memorial su
jects. His memorial article on the life of the late Co
gressman Junior Brown has heen especially commended. -

He has been a democrat since voting for General Ha
cock in 1880, and for the past twenty-five years has servi
on the board of election commissioners. Mr. and Mrs. Lo;
are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, ax]
he is one of the trustees of the church at Reedsville.

In Monongalia County in 1900 he married Miss Nell
B. Holt, a native of that county and daughter of Willia
B. and Martha (Hymen) Holt. Mrs. Loar possesses mut
artistic talent, which she has developed and has ust
effectively in producing landscapes, monogram drawing
and also mechanical drawing and drafting for architectur;
purposes. Her friends greatly prize some of her speci;
productions, and her art is especially evident in her nom
The Loar Lihrary is filled with books, and both esteem tl
privileges of literature and all that makes life worth whil
Mr. and Mrs. Loar have no children, but have a deep h
terest in child welfare and have contributed not a litt
to the educational ideals of their community.

William L. White, Jr., is superintendent of the Alpl
Portland Cement Company's plant at Manheim in Pre
ton County. This is one of the most prominent industrii
in the state, and something regarding it and Mr. Whit
though the latter has been a resident of West Virginia on!
a few years, have a proper place in this publication.

Mr. White was born at Easton, Pennsylvania, July 2
1889. The Whites were an old family of Long Brant
and Red Bank, New Jersey, where his father, William 1
White, Sr., was born in 1859, and as a young man remove
to Pennsylvania, where he entered life insurance and hi
been highly successful in building up an extensive businei
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407

htl, now deceased, who spent lit-r life at Easton, where
father, Wilson Hildebrand, was the last burgess,
iani L. White, Sr., had four children: William L., Jr.,
|ra H., Dorothy and J. Ludlow. Ludlow was with the
[beers Corps in France during the war, going overseas
I after his enlistment, and remaining on active duty in
Lpe several months after the signing of the armistice.
[iHiam L. White, Jr., attended public school at Eastoa
I finished his technical education in Lafayette College,
fe he graduated a Civil Engineer in 1911. He has had
[ictive experience in various branches of engineering for
[past ten years. For a year and a half he was era-
led on a branch of the* West Shore Railroad lines,
[e then his service has been with the Alpha Portland
lent Company. He began as a field engineer, and had
|ge of construction work at different plants, with head-
[ters at Easton. Mr. White knows every technical
[e of the cement industry. In the early years he super-
El mines and quarry work, and has directed the installa-
I of every pieee of machinery required in cement
bries.

lr. White came to Manheiin as superintendent of a
[ mill in 1916. He brought with him a wide experience
Hie coustrnetiou of eement warehouses and other per-
fect buildings for his company, aud this experience has
I utilized at Manheim, resulting in reconstruction that
I almost made a new plant here. The replacing of
winery as the old became inefficient or obsolete, the in-
Eation of electric shovels, electric locomotives, the sub-
Itioa of concrete trestles for the old oues under the
r>any's house tracks, the building of three cement ware-
les, the fonstruetion of eement dwellings for workmen,
filling and modernizing the company 's old water sys-

t— all these have been features of his work as superin-
ent and have affected vitally the entire system of pro-
lion and distribution of the product of this, the only
■land eement mill in the state, where 250 men are
■Iarly employed.

Iirough his official connection with an industry whieh
lishes basic material for the making of good roads, Mr.
Ite has enlisted permanently in the war against poor
Iways. He is also in touch with state and local politics
|» 7 est Virginia, and has a deep interest in the common
pis and keeps himself thoroughly well informed on
[►progress of the Manheim school, not only as a unit in
l general educational system but through its oppor-
ies for usefulness to the industry which he serves.
White was reared in a home where the principles of
republican party were upheld, and he has maintained
i spirit of his forefathers in his political creed, ne
Ives in protection as a fundamental part of the Ameri-
sindustrial policy.

Easton in April, 1919, Mr. White married Miss
ha M. Mattes. They have known each other from
ihood and were schoolmates in high school. Her
ats were Harry S, and S?tlie K. Mattes, and her father
t all his active career with the Lehigh Valley Railway
panv, dying while atill in the service, in 1920. Mr.
| Mrs. White have two children, Elizabeth M. and Wil-
I L. III.

)WARn Theodore England, now in his second term as
•ney general of West Virginia, is a resident of Logan,
•while there has built up a state-wide reputation as a
ii?ssful lawyer, a reputation that has been enhanced by
Miingularly able and efficient administration he has given
ii ?ad of the state's law department.

r. England was born in Jackson County, West Virginia,
W68, son of A. J. S. and Mary Elizabeth (Welch) Eng-
■ His father was a native of Barbour County, West
i*i inia, and a minister of the Methodist Church. General
Pand spent a boyhood and youth of mingled labor and
fft to advance and improve himself. His education was
fedy derived from the opportunities he created. He at
Wid public schools, the Concord Normal at Athens, West
jfcinia, graduating therefrom in 1892, and graduated
(| the degrees Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws

from the Southern Normal University at Huntingdon, Ten-
nessee.

He began the practice of law at Oceana, then the county
seat of Wyoming County, in the spring of 1^99. From
there seeking a larger field for his activities, he removed
to Logan, county seat of Logan County, in 19<H, and from
that county his abilities as a successful lawyer have gained
him recognition throughout practically the entire state. Mr.
England served as mayor of Logan in 1903 and in 1908 and
again in 1912 was elected to the State Senate. He was a
leader in the work of the Senate for eight years, and in
191") was eleeted president of the Senate.

In 1910 he was elected on the state republican ticket as
attorney general, and in 1920 was re-elected by an increased
majority. During the past six years the law department of
the state has been burdened with an unprecedented amount
of business, both domestic and Federal relations. It was
during General England's administration that the Vir-
ginia-West Virginia debt settlement was negotiated and
finally cleared up. During his term occurred the World
war, and there were many matters growing out of the war
period that were assigned to his office. During the war
General England was a member of the State Council of
Defense, and as a Four Minute Man his services were eu
listed as a speaker in all the campaigns and drives for war
purposes.

General England is widely known over the state as an
official of the Knights of Pythias. During 1920-21 he was
grand chancellor of the order for West Virginia, and is
now a junior vice grand chancellor. He is also affiliated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Elks and
Loyal Order of Moose, and is a member of the Kiwanis
Club of Charleston.

General England has his official headquarters at the state
eapitol, and his residence at Logan. He married Miss
Leoina Lemburg. and their three children are Arline, Max
and Marjorie.

Robert Lf.e Burgfss was interested in the first garage
and automobile sales agency at Bluefield, but principally
his business here has been as a dealer and contractor in
electrical supplies, ne is now proprietor of the Burgess
Electrical Supply Company at 37 Bland Street, a business
whose trade and service territory covers a large section
of Southern West Virginia and adjaeent states.

Mr. Burgess was bom in Henry County, Virginia, De-
cember 28, 1873. His birthplace was on a part of the
land gTant given to the Burgess family by King George
in Colonial times. His parents were John and Mary
(Foster) Burgess, both native Virginians, the former born
in Henry County and the latter in Patrick County. John
Burgess owned a fine plantation of a thousand acres, and
had twenty-two slaves before the war. During the Civil
war he was captain of a Virginia regiment, and was in
many of the great battles of Southern Virginia. He was
liberally educated, had been a teacher, and always took
a deep' interest in educational progress and was a leader
in the democratic party, serving twenty years as demo-
cratic committeeman. He and his wife were members of
the Primitive Baptist Church. John Burgess died at the
age of eighty-one. His widow, now seventy-seven and
living in Florida, is very active and independent physically
and makes many long journeys over the country alone.
The vitality of these parents has been transmitted to the
children, since of five sons and five daughters all are living.

The third child is Robert Lee Burgess, who finished
his education with a commercial coarse at Oakridge College
in North Carolina. For several years he was in the hotel
business at Covington, Virginia, and that gave him op-
portunity to form a wide acquaintanceship and many of
his oldest friends were gained while he was in the hotel.
Mr. Burgess came to Bluefield in 1908, and with his brother
J. K. Burgesa established a little shop for electrical sup-
plies. They had just one-half of a storeroom. Soon after
ward they bought the Appalachian Garage from F. M.
Smith. This was the first garage in the city. They con-
tinued the business two years, selling the Hnpmobile and

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Hudson cars. After leaving the automobile business they
concentrated their attention on the electrical supply and
contracting business. J. K. Burgess, who married Mrs.
Walters Sanders, subsequently withdrew from the firm and
since then Bobert L. Burgess has continued the business
alone. He has a large and well equipped store, and as
an electrical coutractor does installation work all over
the southern part of the state and portions of Virginia
and Ohio.

In 1907 Mr. Burgess married Miss Nannie Tyree, daugh-
ter of Henry Tyree and sister of Ed Tyree. Mr. and Mrs.
Burgess have one daughter, Elizabeth. They are members
of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Burgess is affiliated with
the Lodge, Chapter, Knight Templar Commandery, Scottish
Bite Consistory and the Shrine in Masonry. In politics
he votes for men and measures that appeal to his best
judgment.

Alfred Luther Hawkins is proprietor of the Hawkins
Undertaking Company of Bluefield. He has been a Blue-
field business man twenty years, at first as a general mer-
chant. He is a graduate and licensed embalmer, and has
perfected a highly adequate and efficient service in his
profession and business.

Mr. Hawkins was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, Novem-
ber 6, 1875, son of Thomas B. and Betty M. (Hatcher)
Hawkins. His father, a native of Bedford County, Vir-
ginia, was a representative of an old family in that section
of the state, arid grew up on a farm, his people having
been planters and farmers for several generations. He
entered the Confederate Army when a young man, in
Stonewall Jackson's Brigade, and was with that great
leader when he fell at the battle of Chancellorsville. Later
in the same year Thomas B. Hawkins was wounded at
Gettysburg, aud after being wounded served as an officer
in the Home Guard. Following the war he became a
prominent tobacco exporter, with headquarters at Lynch-
burg, and maintained offices hoth in England and Italy.
He was active in that business until he retired, and in
1902 removed with his family to Bluefield, where he lived
until his death in 1917, at the age of sixty-nine. The
mother died in 1915, aged sixty-two. They were members
of the Baptist Church, and the father was a democrat in
politics. Of their fourteen children six are still living,
Alfred L. being the youngest.

Alfred L. Hawkins acquired his early education in
Lynchburg and in Bedford County, Virginia, and for two
years was employed as salesman by a Lynchburg concern.
He was also a salesman at Farmville, Virginia, and on
moving to Bluefield became associated with his brother,
S. C. Hawkins, in a mercantile business on North Mercer
Street. Two years later Mr. A. L. Hawkins entered the
Pittsburgh College of Embalming, and after completing
his technical training established his undertaking parlors
at 84 Bland Street and from there moved to Pulaski Street
and finally to his present location at 72 Bland Street.
Here he has a funeral chapel and morgue, and has com-
plete equipment of automobile hearses and other facilities
for expert service.

May 30, 1920, at Princeton, West Virginia, Mr. Hawkins
married Miss Lola Browning, of Logan County. They
have one daughter, Betty. Mr. Hawkins is a member of
the Elks, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights
of Pythias, the Kiwanis Club and is an independent demo-
crat in politics.

David C. Stemple. The country home of David C.
Stemple at Aurora in Preston County is an example of
progressive management and efficient handling of the re-
sources of the soil and all the details of good farming.
Moreover it is a farm that has been in one family for
four generations, and succeeding generations will find it
more productive than ever when Mr. Stemple completely
retires. He has passed the age of three score and ten, but
is still a man of action both on his farm and in community
affairs.

He is a descendant of Godfrey Stemple, who came from
Hagerstown, Maryland, and established his home at what

is now the village of Aurora as early as 1780. In
year the governor of Virginia, Henry Lee, signed a g
of 1,000 acres near Aurora in Preston County to God
Stemple, as he spelled his name. This grant was No.
He brought his family to occupy the land in 1784. It
a wilderness, with wild animals and game abounding,
three sons, David, Martin and John, all aided in effec
a clearing for the first crops and in building the pio
home into which the family removed after spending
of the first winter in a canvas tent.

His son John Stemple, whose life for half a century
spent on part of this farm, died about 1830 and is bv
in the Carmel gTaveyard, the oldest burying ground in
locality. He married Sarah Boyles, and their children
Margaret, Isaac, David, Susan, Christina, Sarah
Elizabeth.

Of these David Stemple, father of David C. Sten
was born December 17, 1808, and died June 15, 1898, t
in his 90th year. The schools of his day were crude
he had little book learning, but he became a thorou
practical man as a farmer and kept in touch with the
around him and also the news from the outside wi
He was an interesting visitor and conversationalist,
very active in the Lutheran Church, having a part in
erection of the church at Carmel, and serving as de;
and elder. He was a democratic voter, but not a politic
After his marriage he settled on the farm uow occupie<
his son David C. His wife was Susan Lantz, and they 1
married November 17, 1835. They lived together l
than sixty years, and Mrs. Stemple died in 1902, t
almost ninety-one. She was born May 16, 1811, daug
of Henry and Eva (Bishoff) Lantz. David Stemple
wife had the following children: Harriet, who died
married; John H., who was a Preston County farmer M
miller and died in 1904, leaving a family by his man-
to Bebecca Ann Shaffer; Miss Christina, living at Aur
Lewis S., a farmer at Aurora; Eva, wife of David Schi
near Eglon; Jacob S., who lived many years in Mahoi
County, Ohio, where he married Lydia Simon, daughte
Stilling Simon, and after her death in 1890 he retu:
to West Virginia and is now living on a farm near Aur
and David C.

David C. Stemple was born July 9, 1851, on the f
where all his years have been spent. He attended
public schools of Aurora, and for half a century his efi
have been put forth as a grain grower and stock raise
the old homestead. He has cleared many acres, raised
first crops from the virgin soil, and has had his full si
of the heavy labor involved in this class of pioneeii
While his sons had the advantages of agricultural colkl
Mr. Stemple has practiced the fundamental principles!
scientific agriculture for a long period of years. He 1
one of the first in this section to advocate the liberal 1
of lime and commercial fertilizer, has always divers!
his farming by keeping stock, and has made it a poin
replace all the elements of fertility taken away by cj
and stock, so that his land is getting better every j]
As a wheat grower he has kept some interesting re«|
In the preparation of his ground for wheat he mows
stubble and second growth before plowing then m;
liberal application of manure, plows about six inches
depth, and has harvested about as high as forty-
bushels to the acre.

While his farm and its management has been his c
business Mr. Stemple has interested himself in local aff.
has served as trustee of the Mountain Top school and
steadily voted as a democrat since casting his first bi
for Horace Greeley for president in 1872. He is a men
of the Lutheran Church.

September 26, 1880, at Aurora, he married Miss
Trotter, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Stock) Trc
and a sister of President Frank B. Trotter of the
versity of West Virginia, The children of Mr. and
Stemple were Forrest, Bodney Milton, Grover Dayton,
died at the age of six years, and Mary Elizabeth,
finished her education in the Wesleyan College at B
hannon and the Carnegie Institute of Technology at P,
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■ersity in 1910, took his Master of Science degree in
ulture at the University of Wisconsin, and was a pro-
lr in Ohio State University and West Virginia Uni-
fy, which latter position he resigned on account of his
t's health and is now principal of the Union District
School in his home locality. He married Grace Town-
and they have three children, Alice Elizabeth, Mar-
Ida and David Townscnd. Rodney Milton Stemple
August 26, 1914, when in the midst of a most promis-
ed useful career, lie wa9 a graduate of West Vir
University, for some years was employed in an expert
dty by the II. J. Heinz Company, later was with an in-
udent pickle and kraut factory, and was serving as
y ageut of Berkeley County, West Virginia, when lie

He married Florence Wardeu, of Connecticut,
wis S. Stemple, an older brother of David C. and one
e well known farmer citizens of Preston County, was
March 6, 1M4, and in February, 1SG5, enlisted in
»any I of the 17th West Virgiuia Infantry, under
lin Samuel Holt aud Colonel Day, and was in train-
it several points in West Virginia until the close of
var. He received his discharge July 7. 1S65. After
ie worked as a stave maker in a cooper shop at Amboy,
in a shop just south of Eglon, then became a ear-
r and for many years has been active as a farmer,
nber 25, 1S7S, at Oakland, Maryland, he married
e MeCrum, daughter of James and Lydia (Wagner)
■um, another well known family of Preston County.
Stemple was born near Aurora January 20, 1S52, and
September 22. ISM. She was the mother of two
ren: Daisy, wife of Wilbert Gorby, of Oklahoma City,
Chester David, who died in childhood.

Jay Fleming, one of the every day busy, influential
rs in the life and affairs of Taylor County is O. Jay
ing, vice president and cashier of the First National
of Grafton and member of one of the oldest families
e county. Business and the professions have enlisted
►rvices of several of the later generation of this family,
;h in pioneer times their interests were almost alto-
•r a^Tarian.

e pioneer of the family in this part of West Vir-
was James Fleming, a native of Eastern Virginia,
wk up a large area of land in Taylor County, and in
r of his activities and character the village of Flem-
b was named. His three sons were Patrick, Minor S.
'Johnson C, and there were also six daughters in his

[nor S. Fleming was born in the vicinity of Flemington,
aevoted his years to the tasks of farming. He married
Ida Bartlett. and both are buried at Simpson. They
| one son, James B., and the following daughters:

hcth, who married James W. Bartlett; Olivett, who
ped Lewis Windle, a brother of Mrs. James B. Flem-

Mary who married George Dawson; Florence, who
ne the wife of George Utterbaek; and Permelia, who
married to Luther Bartlett.

e parents of the Grafton banker are James B. and
L Elizabeth (Windle) Fleming, now in venerable years

residents at Trapp Springs, Taylor County. " The
er was born at the Village of Flemington, Januarv
842, and the latter at Philadelphia January 23, 1345.
>s B. Fleming at the age of nineteen volunteered in
>any F of the Third West Virginia Infantry, and was

wounded and captured and held in a Confederate
n. He was under the command of General Franz
I saw service in West Virginia and old Virginia, and
in some of the hard battles toward the end of the

He was discharged after the surrender of Lee, and
ibsequent years took an active interest in the Grand
I of the Republic. He is a stanch republican. His
'e career has been devoted to farming, his prosperity
I derived chiefly from raising and handling such live-
I as cattle and sheep. He and his wife, who are mem-
I of the Baptist Chnreh, had the following children:
a D., of Clarksburg; Minerva, wife of John Cork, of
son; O. Jay; Sigel, of Cumberland, Maryland; Minor

S., a merchant at Weston; aud Leotia, wife of I. T. John-
son, of Level, West Virginia.

O. Jay Fleming was born November 23, 1S69, in the
old home community on Gabes Fork between Flemington
and Simpson. Between the age of four and ten he lived
with his mother's parents near Buekhannon, and while there
he first attended a rural school. After returning home he
was a pupil in the private school of Professor Colgrove,
and at the age of sixteen began teaching, his first school
being near Stone House in the Knottsvillc District. It
was his ambition to complete a college and university edu-
cation, but lack of funds made it necessary for him to be
satisfied with something less. For some years he taught
in the summer term, attended sehool in the winter, and
also did a season of farm work. In 1*92 he graduated in
the normal course at Fairmont, and he subsequently taught
one term at West Grafton and two terms in the Fetterman
Sehool. He resigned in the middle of the second term to
go into business as bookkeeper and cashier for Ruhl &
Company of Grafton. In 1S9S he became office man at
Mabie for the McCIure-Mabie Lumber Company. In 1899,
a little more than a year later, he resigned to become
cashier of the Tucker County Bank. This institution was
then owned by the First National Bank of GTafton, but
when the controlling interest was purchased by the Davis
interests it was moved to Elkius, Mr. Fleming going along.
While at Elkins he was made treasurer of the Davis
Trust Company, the primary purpose of which organiza-
tion was to handle the estates of Senators Davis and
Elkins.

In August, 1902, Mr. Fleming returned to Grafton and
became assistant cashier of the First National Bank. Two
years later he was made cashier, and since 1919 has also
had the duties of vice president. The Grafton Bank,
chartered as a state institution in 1873, with $50,000 capi-
tal, was succeeded by the First National Bank in 18S0.
with capital of $S5,000, this being subsequently increased
to $100,000. Besides paying dividends to the aggregate of
almost $500,000, the bank 's accumulated surplus is over
$330,000. Some of the most prosperous chapters of the
bank's history have been written since Mr. Fleming be-
came cashier. Twenty years ago the deposits were about
$500,000, total resources about $$00,000, and the semi-
annual dividend four percent. During the past year or
so the bank has paid a semi-annual dividend of ten percent,
has deposits averaging over $2,300,000, and total resources
of about $3,000,000. The bank has been housed in its
present building since 1S96, and the business long since out-
grew such accommodations. Plans have been completed for
the reconstruction of the entire property, including the
Parsons Building, also owned by the bank. When re-
modeled the bank will have a lobby seventy-six feet long,
with triple vaults, including a 15-ton circular door safe, a
separate cash vault, triple storage vaults, a modern equipped
book vault, making in all seven vaults. The vaults will be
electrically lined with the delicately constructed electrical
appliances of the Bankers Electrical Association, a com-
pany that has electrified the vaults of the United States
Treasury and several of the Federal Reserve Banks.

Mr. Fleming is a leader in the eivic and social as well
a3 the financial life of his home eity. He is a member of
the Chamber of Commerce, was one of the organizers of
the Rotary Club, and for fifteen years was a member of
the Grafton Board of Education, during which period the
new high school was planned and built. He is a republi-
can and served with the rank of colonel on the ataff of
Governor Hatfield. In Masonry he is past officer of the
Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. is grand-swordbearer of
the Grand Commandery of West Virginia, is a representa-
tive of the Grand Commandery of New Hampshire in West
Virginia, and in the Scottish Rite has achieved the honor
and dignity of the rank of a Thirty-seeond ELnight Com-
mander of the Court of Honor. In December, 1920, he
was made Hlustrious Potentate of Osiris Temple of the
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at
Wheeling, and ia a charter member and director of West
Virginia Educational Association of Scottish Rite Masonry.
He is also affiliated with the Order of Elks and Moose.

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In Taylor County June 16, 1897, be married Miss
Florence Kiinmel, who was born in Grafton, daughter of
S. P. and Henrietta (Carrington) Kimmel. Mr. and Mrs.
Fleming have three talented children. Carrie Kathryn
graduated at the age of sixteen from the Grafton High
School, and in 1920 received her A. B. degree from West
Virginia University and is a Phi Beta Kappa honor stu-
dent. Florence Rosalyn graduated from high school at
seventeen and is now a sophomore in the University.
Harry Carrington, the only son, was horn in 1910, and is
in grammar school.

George R. E. Gilchrist was born January 8, 1857. His
father was a civil engineer and his mother was a daughter
of a civil engineer who after the close of the Civil war was
engaged by the Government as chief engineer under General
Weitzel, in charge of the construction of the Louisville
Canal. Both the father and mother died years ago at their
son 's home.

George R. E. Gilchrist had a sister, Adelaide, who was
an artist, and he had a brother, Harry. The sister died
unmarried and the brother, likewise, the latter while at-
tending school at the University of Virginia. Both died
before their father and mother.

George R. E. Gilchrist received his academic education at
the University of Wooster and his education in law at the
University of Virginia. He was admitted to practice in
West Virginia, at Wheeling, in 1881, and has always lived
there. In more than forty years of work he has specialized
in corporation, estate and labor union litigation in State
and Federal Courts ; while in his offices, rooms 600 to 608,
making up the sixth floor of the National Bank of West
Virginia Building, he has one of the largest individual
law libraries to be found hi the United States.

George R. E. Gilchrist married in 1883, and of that
union three children were born. Ethel, the eldest, unmar-
ried, lives with her parents in Wheeling. Mabel, the sec-
ond child, is married, aud with her husband and the two
children born to that union lives at Phoenix, Arizona. Vir-
ginia, the third child, died unmarried in 1914, while at-
tending a girl 's school near Roanoke.

James Reason Smoot was one of the ablest men of his
time in Preston County, a successful financier, lumberman,
farmer, whose tremendous energy and executive ability
brought prosperity to many others besides himself and his
own family.

The name Smoot figures conspicuously in the Colonial
records of America. The founder of the family was
William Smoot, an Englishman. He was a man of wealth
in England, and before leaving that country he aequred an
interest in New World settlement, being granted a patent
to lands on the Potomac River at St. Inegoes on June 12,
1646, as the records show. As a non-resident he devoted
much of his plantation to the cultivation of tobacco, and
when he sought a market for this product outside the
nationalist channels of the English sea trade he violated
a law and principle that brough him into active conflict
with his native country and caused him to leave England
with his family and servants and settle on his lands in the
Colonies.^ He added to his wealth and prestige in America,
and besides keeping up his large plantation he owned a
fleet of vessels for use in the export trade. One of his
ships was purchased by Lord Baltimore. On account of
his activities in shipping tobacco to other countries in
Europe he claimed his share of the "Dutch Crestones," a
reward that was in the nature of a subsidy from the Dutch
Government to encourage commerce with the Colonies. His
evident ability as a man of affairs led to his appointment
as one of the appraisers of the estate of Leonard Calvert,
and for this act Margaret Brent, who purchased the estate,
gave him 2,000 pounds of tobacco. Old records reveal a
number of financial transactions with Margaret Brent, in-
dicating the high esteem in which he was held by this lady
and wealth and importance. Other records show that he
was often ha court, either suing or defending a suit, and
the judgments were invariably awarded in pounds of to-
bacco and a hogshead to hold it If he sued a party who
failed to appear in court, the judge found a verdict for

him covering the damages and also the time and exj
of attending court forty miles from his own home.

The sons of William Smoot were Richard and Th<
both of whom married sisters of Lieut. Col. William
ton. Among Thomae' children was a son Barton, ment
in his father's will of date 1704. The name Barton oft
in many of the succeeding generations of the family, i)
the presence of that name in the Preston County bract
strong presumptive evidence, even if there was no otto I
identify it with the descendants of William Smooth
pioneer.

One branch of the family was established in Hampl
County, Virginia, where John Smoot bought lands in I
He and his wife Mary had twelve children, the oldd!
whom was Barton, and these children scattered the anci
all through the westeru country. Another son, Jcl
Smoot, was founder of the Newburg family, and recorrj
old Hampshire County show him to have been in Pnl
County as early as 1835. He settled close to Scotch 1
purchasing the land upon which Newburg was platted!
he built the first house on the townsite. He was a Bal
and is buried on Scotch Hill. His children were Sail
Walker, Henry, William, Minor Barton, Sarah Evl
James Reason, Julia and Harriet.

James Reason Smoot was born in Hampshire Coi tl
Virginia, in 1834. March 4, 1854, he married Si
Howard who became the mother of four children. ]
second wife was Susan Powell, daughter of John M. I
Martha (Howard) Powell. The children of this union i
three sons and three daughters, the oldest being J;i
Reason Smoot.

James Reason Smoot was born at Newburg in Pre!
County and was thirteen years of age when his father tg
causing the burdens of the family and household to 1
upon his shoulders. Consequently there was little timeij
school, but as a boy he manifested a special genius §
hard work and getting things done. In after years,
he was called upon to explain his career as a financier
said "that to his mother belonged much of the crediti
his effective life work, for she was a woman of ability 1
capacity and rare business acumen." Beginning the hi!
of life against odds, he worked in boyhood for day wsSj
and while he had a due amount of pride it did not prefl
his doing any manual labor promising an honest dofl
As a youth of eighteen he was pick and shovel main
the digging of the big cut east of Newburg for ft
Baltimore & Ohio Railway during its construction. J
soon acquired a modest capital, permitting him fl
enter business as a merchant at Independence, but a ;i
later he moved to Newburg, where he established ft
subsequently built up a very extensive trading enterpris

If any one phase of his business life assumed prepon 1 -
anee it was lumbering. He became one of the big fac«
in the lumber industry of Preston County, owning d
operating three mills in the county and one in anoi
county. The daily cut of these mills at one time reacl
45,000 feet. His first mill was established in 1869. a
soon sought export connections for his large lumber out^
and much of it was shipped to Liverpool, England, (j
sides his mills he became owner of extensive timber lae
in outlying portions of the state and dealt extensively
real estate, owning much property in Newburg, wherel
built his splendid home. He also owned a numherfj
good farms, did a cattle business on a large scale, and I
of his farms is the McGrew farm near Kingwood. At )
dependence he owned and operated steam roller mills |
did a large business in flour and grain.

He was a stockholder of the Tunnelton, Kingwood )
Fairchance Railway project, was chosen president of i
Kingwood Coke Company, and during his last years I
organized the First National Bank of Newburg and '*
elected its president, serving in that capacity until i
death in 1905. He not only did things for himself I
pointed the way to success of others, was a friend of X
ambitious and aspiring youth, and his advice and finan^
support set many of them on the way to success. Mi]
sought his advice on family as well as financial affairs, «l|
he always found a way to help. A man of peace himsi

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411

ught the aid of courts only when methods of negotia-

failed. He was reared io the Primitive Baptist
ih, but he and his family attended the Methodist
istant Church in Newburg, and this house of worship
Sjrectcd on a lot furnished by him and he was a largo
ibutor toward the edifice itself. He provided a home
lis mother during her first widowhood, and after the
t of hot second husband, Zedekiah Waldo, she again
1 a home with her aon until her death.

Ray Smoot, son of the banker and business man
s R. Smoot, has been a worthy representative of his
red father. He obtained his early education in the
em Maryland College Preparatory School and soon
kard entered the First National Bank of Newburg.
bank was founded by his father and opened for busi-
in September, 1903, and still retains its original capi-
■f $25,000.00, while its surplus and undivided profits
qual to its capital stock and has paid annual dividends

the year after its founding. Its deposits at the peak
high prices reaehed $630,000.00. Its officers and
[tors arc: Gordon B. Late, president; D. J. Gibson and
b. R. Annan, vice presidents; J. Ray Smoot, cashier;
> Calvert, C. E. Guskey, J. C. Harrington, F. W. Horch-
fnd F. Richter.

Ray Smoot became cashier as the successor of Emory
Smith, and has been with the institution now for
iteen years.

1909 he married Miss Mary Fromhart, daughter of
J. Fromhart. They have three children: James R., Jr.,
f Jane and Walter Thurman. Mr. Smoot is a Knight
rlar Mason in the Grafton Commandery, a past noble
id of Newburg Lodge of Odd Fellows, was reared in
Methodist Protestant Church and for fourteen years has

superintendent of its Sunday School.

jorge W. Nis wander is one of the veteran business
and honored citizens of Parkersburg, where he has
3 his home since the year 1871, and in which he now
nets a substantial wholesale and retail hardware husi-
, with a well equipped establishment at 230-232 Court
ire.

Dm in Rockingham County, Virginia, October 21, 1845,
reared in that county, be is one of the two surviving
bers of a family of thirteen children born to his
mts, Isaac and Elizabeth (Hughes) Niswander, natives
iJridgewater, Virginia, The father's people were from
paunch Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, founded in the
stone State in the early Colonial period of our national
Dry, while the mother's ancestors were natives of Nelson
pty, Virginia, for several generations,
porge W. Niswander was afforded the advantages of
|ols of the period, and when the war between the states
I precipitated on the nation his youthful loyalty to the
federacy prompted him to immediate enlistment, and
1.861, at sixteen, enlisted in R. P. Chew's battery of
ler's brigade, General Stewart's horse artillery. His
tein applied for front rank service, which was at once
[rded the valiant command. Thus Mr. Niswander, still
fere boy, soon gained full experience in connection with
fee combat and took part in many engagements, includ-
'& number of the most important and decisive battles of
(great conflict between the states, including Gettysburg,
Ittsylvania, the Wilderness and others in which his corn-
Id was involved. In the engagement at Trevilion Sta-
I nine miles south of Gordonville, Virginia, he was
( e wounded. After recuperating partially from his in-
es he was assigned to clerical service in the Commissary
'artment and was thus engaged when the war ended,
•rior to the war Mr. Niswander had served a partial
rentkeship to the miller's trade at Bridgewater, Vir-
a, and after the close of his military career he engaged
*ork as a millwright and carpenter. He continued his
dence in Virginia until April, 1871, when he located in
"kersburg, where he was engaged at the carpenter's
!e until 1S76. He then accepted a clerkship in the
lesale hardware establishment of W. H. Smith, for
m he later was traveling salesman for six years. This
ition he resigned to accept a position as representative

of the wholesale hardware house of Greer & Lang of Wheel-
ing. After ten years' service as aueh, having rendered
himself proficient, surrounded himself with friends and won
the confidence of those with whom he met, he organized the
firm of G. W. Niswander & Company, and in 1892 pur-
chased the hardware establishment and business of A. G.
Jackson & Company. In 189S he purchased the hardware
store of Harry Gould on Court Square, where he has since
continued in the wholesale and retail hardware trade, as one
of its oldest and most honored business representatives of
the city.

Mr. Niswander is an active member of the Parkersburg
Chamber of Commerce, is affiliated with Parkersburg Lodge
No. 7, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and with Park-
ersburg Lodge No. 198 of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. His political allegiance is given to the
democratic party, and he and his wife are zealous members
of St. Paul 's Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of whose
Official Board he had been an efficient member for thirty
years.

Mr. Niswander married Miss Fannie C. Long, likewise
a native of Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1867. Her
father, Captain John Long, was captain of the Bridge-
water Grays in the Confederate service iu the war between
the states, and was captured and confined in the Federal
prison at Hilton's Head, South Carolina, where he died in
April, 1S65. To this marriage three children were born:
Lulu P., the wife of W. C. Plumb, of Parkersburg, West
Virginia; Mabel M., the wife of A. L. Thayer, of Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, and George R., of New Haven, Connecticut,
who married Flora MacDonald, of that city.

Mrs. Fannie C. Niswander died February 25, 18S6, and
on the 25th day of October, 1888, Mr. Niswander married
Miss Mary Jane Long, the sister of his first wife, with
whom he has since lived in their spacious home at No. 1211
Murdock Avenue, Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Stephen R. Nuhfer, before he reached the years of his
years of his majority, had become identified by practical
experience with the work of the oil fields, and with his
brothers is now owner of extensive equipment and they are
directors of a complete organization as drilling contractors.
Their business covers a large territory, and for over twenty
years Mr. Nuhfer has made his headquarters at Parkers-
burg.

He was born near Oil City, Venango County, Pennsyl-
vania, December 26, 1867, one of the nine children of
Thomas and Mary (Keoberline) Nuhfer. His parents
were both of German ancestry and both families came to
the United States during the forties and have since been
Americans in spirit as well as in deed. Mary Keoberline
was born while her parents were crossing the ocean.
Thomas Nuhfer was born in Michigan, a son of George
Nuhfer. Both Thomas and George Nuhfer were farmers,
though Thomas eventually followed the trade of mason in
the oil fields of Pennsylvania, and was a well known citi-
zen in the western part of that state. He held the office
of school director.

Stephea R. Nuhfer acquired a practical, common school
education. At the age of nineteen he went to work in the
oil fields, and his business has become a highly specialized
one in contracting for the drilling of both oil and gas
wells. His first operations in West Virginia were in Dodd-
ridge and Wetzel counties, but since 1897 he has had his
business headquarters and home at Parkersburg. Subse-
quently he was joined by his brothers Philip G. and Joseph
A., and as a firm they have had contracts for some of the
largest companies operating in the eastern fields.

Mr. Nuhfer otherwise has a prominent part in the in-
dustrial and commercial life of Parkersburg. He is
treasurer of the Parkersburg Machine Company, treasurer
of the Parkersburg Mattress Company, president of the
Parkersburg Builders Material Company, vice president of
the McKain Fishing Tool Company, and president of the
Pollard Boiler Works. He is a Catholic and in politics
votes independently.

In 1897 Mr. Nuhfer married Mary Benninger, of Brady,
Pennsylvania. Of the four children born to their marriage

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Joseph died in infancy, and the three living are Leo R.,
Thelma Mary and Francis F.

Ralph Mason Hite is a doctor of dental suTgery, and
has practiced that profession at Mannington for seventeen
years. He is one of the popular citizens of Marion County.
He represents one of the old and honored names in West
Virginia and was born at Grafton, Taylor County, October
26, 1882, son of Thomas R. and Katherine (Mason) Hite
and grandson of George W. Hite. Doctor Hite is a grad-
uate of the high school of Cameron, West Virginia, also
of Linsly Institute at Wheeling, and he then entered the
Baltimore College of Dentistry, where he was graduated
D. D. S. in 1905. Immediately after leaving college Doctor
Hite located at Mannington, and has been steadily in prac-
tice here, building up a reputation second to none among
the dentists of Marion County. He is a member of the
West Virginia State Dental Association and in 1912 was
appointed a member of the West Virginia State Board of
Dental Examiners. He was re appointed in 1916 and again
in 1921.

Doctor Hite is affiliated with Mannington Ledge No.
388, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Mannington
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, is a charter member of Man-
ningtou Kiwanis Club, is a Presbyterian and a republican.
He married in 1908 Miss Gypsie Prichard, daughter of A.
L. Prichard, of Mannington. They are the parents of three
children: Mary Prichard, born June 9, 1909, new a high
school student; Thomas Arthur, born November 6, 1911;
and Ralph Mason, Jr., born July 2, 1913.

Edward Bates Pranzheim. The record made by Mr.
Pranzheim in the profession of architecture is exemplified
at many points throughout the Ohio Valley besides his home
City of Wheeliug. Mr. Franzheim is one of the very pop-
ular citizens of Wheeling, a man of versatile gifts, of high
publie spirit, and only a great devotion to his profession has
prevented him from securing recognition in other fields.

Mr. Pranzheim was born at Wheeling July 20, 1866, sou
of George William and Mary Ann (Hornung) Franzheim.
His mother was a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Her
father came of a long line of musicians and writers in Ger-
many, and was brought over from Heidelburg to take up
professional work as an educator at Philadelphia. Mr.
Franzheim 's father, George William Franzheim, was one
of the notable men of Wheeling during the last century.
He was born in Germany, of a family that at different
times had held important Government positions in the De-
partment of Forestry. George W. Franzheim was six years
of age when his family came to America, and after a period
of schooling he took up grape culture and the manufacture
of native wine, an industry which he developed to be one
of the largest plants in the country at that time. The
large stone arched cellars used iu wine manufacture at-
tracted many visitors. He held many important positions
in the State of West Virginia, and was one of the commis-
sioners to build the capitol at Wheeling and was also a
regent of the State University.

Edward Bates Franzheim attended Linsly Institute at
Wheeling, Chauncy Hall at Boston, and had private tutoring
under Professor John M. Burch and professors from the
Massachusetts Institute o£ Technology. He later studied
under John H. Sturgis, a noted Boston architect, and re-
mained with him for six years, uutil the death of Mr.
Sturgis. This loug course of traiuing was supplemented
by travel and study abroad in Europe.

After the death of Mr. Sturgis in 1892 Mr. Franzheim
returned to Wheeling and opened an office as an architect.
The City of Wheeliug itself contains numerous examples of
his work as an architect and designer, and he has de-
signed and erected many notable buildings in other cities
as well. Mr. Pranzheim was architect for the Court Theater
in Wheeling, erected in 1901, and he was then selected to
manage the theater for five years. His management laid
the foundation for the Court's great fame as a local play-
house. Prior to that time and also during the period
Mr. Pranzheim was director of the noted local "Players
Club," which produced many notable plays, and in these

productions Mr. Pranzheim usually took leading roles,
work on the stage attracted more than local attention, i
he was offered opportunities to take up work with
leading New York managers. While these Offers were f
tering and attractive, Mr. Franzheim felt that hia t
vocation was in architecture, and he has been satisfied w
only an amateur's role on the stage. However, he !1
writtei several plays.

Mr. Franzheim has held the office of director at differ,
times n a number of corporations and institutions. He 1]
been {n independent voter since the Palmer and Buck
gold campaign of 1896. In that year he took a lead:
part in behalf of the republican candidate, and was p4
sonally thanked by Major McKinley for the assistance gi
him. Mr. Franzheim is a member and has held the high |
offices in Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheelii
is a Knight Templar in the Order of Masons and is a p;
exalted ruler of the Elks. He is a memher of the Lan |
Club of New York, the Southern Society of New York, 1
Fort Henry Club and Country Club at Wheeling, the W<
Virginia Society of Architects and the American Institij
of Architects.

At Wheeling, November 1, 1905, he married May Whit'
daughter of John and Katherine McKeruan Whitty.

J. A. Everly. Happy is the man who finds his wo
and duties within his home neighborhood and makes th
work a matter of increasing satisfaction to himself ai 1
service to the community. Such has been true of J. .1
Everly, of Kingwood, former county assessor of Presti
County, and in earlier years a teacher and merchant.

Mr. Everly was born at Herring in Valley District Man/
S, 1872. He comes of a family that established its h<m
in Preston County in pioneer days. His great-grandfatb 1
and two brothers left Germany and eventually found the
way to Preston County, where they became farmers ai
where two of them established homes in Grant Distric
The grandfather of J. A. Everly was Peter Everly, a natu
of GTant District, who subsequently moved to Valley Di
trict, where he reared his family and was a substantis
farmer. He married Miss Brannon, and one of their chi
dren was Absolom Everly. Absalom Everly was born 3
Valley District August 5, 1839, and as a young man ei
listed in Company C of the Third West Virginia, and f<
more than three years was a brave and faithful soldier i
the Army of the Potomac. Like many men who performt
their duty in those day of warfare he was reticent in n
gard to his army experiences and seldom talked of thei
except wheu among old comrades. In one battle a rifle ba
passed through his left thigh, and he was one of the pei
sioners of the war. After coming out of the army he di
voted himself to farming, and reached the age of seventy
eight. He married Sarah Jane Carroll, who was born i
the same community as her husband. The Carrolls wer
an old family there. Her father was James M. Carroll an
her mother was a Burke. Sarah Jane Carroll was bor
January 27, 1840, and died March 14, 1900. She wa
mother of the following children: Roy C. M., a farmer nea
Uniontewn, Pennsylvania; William T. S., of Kingwood
Ed C, former county clerk and a resident ef Kingwood
Mrs. CoTa Calvert, of Morgantown; J. Ami; James J. D
who died February 1, 1905, in Monongalia County; Olive
M., a dairyman at Morgantown; Mary E. f wife of Johi
McCreary, of Monongalia County; Poster K., a steamhoa
engineer out of Pittsburgh. All these children were brough
up in the faith of Methodism, which their father an<
mother practiced.

J. Ami Everly grew up on his father's farm, attendei
the local schools, spent one winter at the Kingwood schoo
and spent some time in the summer normal there. Be
ginning at the age of eighteen, he taught for eight yean
in country districts and for two years of that time he wa!
master of the Long Hollow School, where he himself bac
learned his early lessons. When he had finished his laal
year at Long Hollow he turned to commercial lines, an(
at Kingwood spent two years as a clerk in a drug store
another two years with John H. Gamer, and for sever
years was associated with the veteran steamboat merchant

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413

.ones A. LenharL Following this he entered the service
I the Tri-8tate Lumber Company, being bookkeeper of
|e mill and manager of the store and finally euperinten-
|nt of the plant. After almost threo years in the lumber
Isiness he joined the Coffnian-Fisher Company at Howes-
Be, but was soon transferred to Albright, and he only

't this service after four years to perform his electivo
I ties at the court house In Kingwood.

Mr. Everly was a candidate for the nomination for
lunty assessor at the republican primaries in the spring
I 1910, contesting the nomination against five competitors,
k was nominated and in November was given the largest
lijnrity on the ticket. He had been a regular party
lirker for a number of years, though never a candidate
|r office, and his candidacy was tho convincing proof of
li great personal popularity. Mr. Everly entered the

icssor's office as successor to E. B. llauber, and handled

fe responsibilities capably four years. Before the expira-

► n of his term he was appointed campaign manager for
•eston County in the campaign of 1920. In that year of
neral republican triumph he set a new record for the
rty in Preston County, since never before had the county

I st so large a number of votes and never before had a

publican ticket received such a handsome majority.
| Since leaving the court house Mr. Everly has been in
I siness. For a time he sold the Ford car* but is now a

* iveling representative for the John S. Naylor Company
j Wheeling.

Fin Preston County December 24, 1899, Mr. Everly mar-
*h1 Miss Lilly May Wolfe. They have three children:
ml D., a graduate of the Kingwood High School and
w a student in the University of West Virginia; Mary
[», who graduated from high sehool in 1921 and is attend-

• j the West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon;
d John Donald, a pupil in the grade sehools at Kingwood.
Mrs. Everly represents one of the oldest families in this

Ktion of West Virginia, established here by a braneh of
•nnsylvania Dutch. Her great-grandfather, Philip Wolfe,
hs probably born in Preston County, and lived out his life
f the eastern part of the county as a farmer. He was
fried near Fellowsville. His son, Jonas J. Wolfe, was a
Met and industrious farmer in Reno District. He married
!argnret Barbara Bolyard, and among their sons were
Lhn W.. Daniel M., Hezekiah, Charles, Philip M., William
9 and Henry M., while the two daughters were Rhoda,
ho married Henry Combes, and Alice, who became the
Jfe of John W. Wolfe. Of this family John W. Wolfe
lis a Union soldier in the Civil war, was wounded in the
' ttle of Winchester, and after the war he and his
Mothers Philip and Henry moved West and settled in Ne-
Faska.

Hezekiah Wolfe, father of Mrs. Everly, was born in Reno
[.strict January 12, 1847, was a teacher in early life, and
iter his marriage settled on a farm in Union District,
lere he lived until his death on February 19, 1920. nis
fe was Mary Jane Beatty, who was born at Salt Lick,
•eston County, daughter of Thomas and Eve (Lantz)
satty. Hezekiah Wolfe and wife had thirteen children,
' tie of whom reached mature years: Charles W., Felix E.,
Irs. Lilly M. Everly, Susan M., deceased wife of G. W.

ne; David F., of Morgantown; Elizabeth, wife of C. E.
. irapleton, of Cumberland, Maryland; Rachel, Mrs. Fred
Isey, of Keyscr, West Virginia; Albert L.; and Pris-
■ la, who became the wife of Lawrence .Tones and is now
[•ceased.

Monongalia County Juvenile Home. The County
pmmissioners of Monongalia County established a Juve-

le Detention Home on May 1, 1918. Children are eora-
itted to this institution through the authority of Judge

► izelle of Morgantown, and he exercises a general respon-
t»illty over the institution, which, in effect, is an adjunct
It' the judicial office. The present property was acquired
1 the commissioners in December, 1919, and the home

is opened here July 1, 1920. It is located three miles
*Tth of Morgantown. In the meantime quarters had been
' tained in a rented house. At the removal there were
rty-one inmates, and forty-nine were kept during the
nter of 1920. There are accommodations for a hun-

dred, and the avorage bo far has been about forty. These
are dependent children, from infancy to those about grown.
Surrounding the home is about thirteen acres of ground,
located on the Stewartstown Road. The county hns so far
xpended about twelve thousand dollars on this institution.
The farm is well stocked with fruit.

The matron of tho detention home is Mrs. F. M. Harris,
who has given praetieally her entire life to educational
work. She was for thirty years a teacher in Mason County,
and had been matron of the Montgomery Preparatory
School for six years when she was called to Morgautowu to
supervise the establishment of the Men's Hall at the Uni-
versity, and was in charge of the Woman's Hall on the
campus until chosen to her present duties. In the De-
tention Home she conducts a school, teaching all the sub-
jects from the first to the eighth grade, the same course
as laid down for public schools and following the State
Manual.

Mrs. Harris was born in Mason County, West Virginia,
and her maiden as well as her married name is Harris.
She began teaching at the age of seventeen, and after the
death of her husband resumed that vocation as a means
of supporting herself and children and also as the true
exercise of her God given talents for service. She has a
No. I certificate. Mrs. Harris is the mother of three
children: Willie B., wife of Dr. IT. A. Walkup, of Mount
Hope, West Virginia; Edward E., a photographer at
Morgantown; and Ernest M., a druggist who lives with his
mother. Mrs. Harris also directs the general work both
in and outside the home, using the garden plot not only
for the purpose of growing vegetables, but as a means of
training the boys to farming operations. The girls learn
housework and are taught both plain and the finer technique
of sewing and needlework.

Dr. Esther A. Woodward, the eminent psychologist, at
one time spent two days at the Detention' Home. An
opinion she expressed was that "as other such institutions
should be started the matrons should spend two weeks with
Mrs. Harris before assuming their duties." Mrs. Harris
haB the experience and professional qualifications for this
office, and even more, her heart and soul are enthusiastically
enlisted in what represents one of the important auxiliary
establishments of philanthropic enterprise in the state.

Harry A. Higgins. One of the prosperous smaller
towns of Monongalia County is Star City, down the
Monongahela River, three miles north of Morgantown. It
is located in a mining and industrial district. One of its
popular citizens is Harry A. Higgins, who is now post-
master and also a merchant there.

Mr. Higgins was born in Marshall County, West Vir-
ginia, February 13, 1885, son of Chester K., a native of
the same county but now a resident of Cleveland, Ohio.
Harry A. Higgins had a common sebool education, and
at the age of thirteen became a boy worker in the glass
industry. lie was in that work and trade for eight years,
and spent three years as a practical coal miner along the
Monongahela River.

June 29, 1920, he took the office of postmaster at Star
City. The business of the office has been tremendously in-
creased within the last two or three years, and on April I,
1921, the office was advanced to third elass. Since be be-
came postmaster the number of boxes has increased from
147 to 243, and more are in demand. In connection with
the post office Mr. Higgins conducts a confectionery store.

At the age of twenty-two he married Minnio O. Brewer,
of Star City, daughter of Goorge Brewer. They have five
children, Thelma May, Georgo Everett, Ethel Rosolla, Floyd
Herman and Harry Kenneth.

Edgar W. Garlow. The Garlow family was part of the
first tide of civilization that swept over the Alleghany
Mountains into the Ohio River Valley in the years pre-
ceding the Revolutionary war. They have had their home
in Monongalia County for a century and a half. From
here various members have scattered to other states, some
have been in the professions, while Edgar W. Garlow repre-
sents the traditional occupation, farming and stock raising
and still owns the old Garlow homestead, which was located

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hy one of his ancestors prior to the Revolution. His home
is in Cass District, and, while he owns the old Garlow estate,
his residence is on the LazelJe farm, situated on a small
run in a rugged section characteristic of all the surround-
ing country.

Mr. Garlow was born on the original Garlow farm, on
Crooked Run, nine miles north of Morgantown, October 3,
1868. The founder of the family in West Virginia was
Christopher Garlow, who probably lived at some time in
New Jersey, and came over the mountains to Western Vir-
ginia from Maryland, settling on Crooked Run in Cass Dis-
trict about 1772. He lived there during the Revolution,
and his home was subjected to Indian attack. One of
his sons was killed in the War of 1S12. The next genera-
tion was represented by Andrew Garlow, a native of New
Jersey, who spent his active life as a farmer and stock
raiser on Crooked Run in Monongalia County. Christopher
Garlow was probably the first settler in the Crooked Run
neighborhood. His will is dated in 1796. His farm, now
owned by Edgar W., has never changed ownership out of
the direct family line. A son of Andrew and the grand-
father of Edgar W. Garlow was Ephraim Garlow, who
married Jane Miller. He reared two sons, Josiah and
William Edgar. The latter is now living in Nebraska, past
eighty years of age. Josiah Garlow acquired the old home-
stead and spent his life there. He died at the age of
seventy-eight. His wife, Mary Eliza Davis, died young,
leaving twin sons, Edgar W. and Ezra C. Ezra is a
graduate of West Virginia University, a civil engineer
by profession, and since 1893 has had his home at Alliance,
Ohio. Ephraim Garlow was a strict democrat in politics
all his life, but his son Josiah cast his first vote for Lincolu
and continued as a republican, and in that political faith
his son Edgar has followed.

Edgar W. Garlow was reared and educated in the old
home community and has devoted his time and efforts to
farming, particularly stock raising, to which the land of
this locality is particularly adapted. On his farm is a
vein of the Pittsburgh coal, but it has not yet been worked
out.

At the age of twenty-three Mr. Garlow married Mary
Elizabeth Haines, whose home was a few miles distant, in
Greene County, Pennsylvania. They have two children,
both at home, Elsie Marie, a graduate of high school, and
Melvin Christopher.

Clyde O. Law. The Law family has been one of promi-
nence in West Virginia for several generations. Men of this
name have figured in agriculture, the various professions,
and the name today is one of the most significant in the
pure bred livestock industry of the state. Mr. Clyde 0.
Law is a resident of Wheeling and has exhibited a special
genius in the field of insurance. He is general agent for
State of West Virginia representing the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Mr. Law was born at the Village of Lawford in Ritchie
County, West Virginia, October 14, 1883. His grandfather,
Asby Law, was a native of Harrison County, West Vir-
ginia, was a farmer and minister of the Methodist Church,
and was held in the highest esteem in his community in
Ritchie County. Some years later, when a post office was
established there, it was the suggestion of his son Martin
Luther Law, who hecame the first postmaster, that the post
office department should call it Lawford, in honor of this
pioneer farmer and minister. Asby Law married Deborah
Gaston, a native of Harrison County, who died at Lawford.
Asby Law died at the age of forty-five, during Civil war
times, and his wife subsequently became the wife of Phineas
Bartlett.

Martin Luther Law was born January 2, 1858, and has
always lived in the Lawford community. He has some very
extensive interests there as a farmer and livestock man,
and he and his sons and other associates have developed
what is probably the finest herd of Hereford cattle in the
state. As noted above, he was the first postmaster of Law-
ford, and for a number of years has been a member of the
local school board. He has always been promineut in local
republican politics, being a delegate to various state and

county conventions, but has never actively sought an offici'
for himself. He is one of the leading members of th<;
Methodist Church in his home town, and Ritchie County
places him among her most substantial citizens. Martin LI
Law married Mida McKinley, who was born at Pullman hi 1
Ritchie County November 26, 1862. Clyde O. Law is th<
oldest of their six children. Lura is the wife of Carl Reger;
an architect at Morgantown. Verner V., a resident of Jam
Lew, West Virginia, has made a great reputation in th(
pure bred Hereford cattle industry, and is manager of th(
Law & Roberts Company, which owns the largest herd oj^
Herefords in the state. Verner Law had technical training
in agriculture and animal husbandry at the University ol^
West Virginia. He is president of the Harrison County
Farm Bureau. Russell Lowell, the fourth child, is associates
with his brother Clyde in business at Wheeling, is a grad
uate in agriculture from West Virginia University, antn
during the World war was a first lieutenant and assigned t(j
duty training recruits. He is a stockholder and director irl
the Law & Roberts Hereford Company. The two youngest
children were Glenn G., who died at the age of eighteer
months, and Velmah, a member in the senior class in West
Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon.

Clyde O. Law attended the public schools of his native
town, and in 1905 graduated from the Buckhannon Semi
nary, now West Virginia Wesleyan College, and he con-
tinued his college work there, receiving his Bachelor of
Science degree in 1909. During 1905-06 he was a teacher
under the Indian Bureau of the School of Creek Indians
in old Indian Territory. In 1909-11 he was principal of
schools at Clarksburg, West Virginia. Mr. Law spent two
years in Harvard University School of Business Administra-
tion, specializing in the subject of insurance, and he grad-i
uated in 1913 with the degree M. B. A. He had the prize
thesis on the subject of life insurance, and it was accorded
special and honorable mention.

Mr. Law began his practical work in the insurance pro-
fession at Clarksburg, where he was district agent for the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company until Janu-
ary 1, 1920. The splendid record he made while there
brought him promotion to a state general agency and his
removal to Wheeling, where he also has under his jurisdic-'
tion the adjacent Ohio counties of Belmont and Jefferson.
Mr. Law has had a business partnership with George Paul
Roberts since May 1, 1915, the title of their firm being
Law & Roberts, general agency of the Northwestern Life
Insurance Company, with offices in the Wheeling Steel Cor-
poration Building.

Mr. Law is also a director and treasurer of the Law
& Roberts Hereford Company, is a director in the Concrete
Steel Bridge Company of Clarksburg, and a director in the
Roberts Oil Company. He is a trustee of West Virginia
Wesleyan College, being the first lay graduate to be chosen
for that office. He is a member of the Wheeling Chamber
of Commerce, is president of the West Virginia Under-
writers Association, has been president of the Alumni Asso-
ciation of West Virginia Wesleyan College, is a republican,
and a member of the official board of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church.

June 24, 1914, at Harrisville, West Virginia, Mr. Law
married Miss Maude Lininger, daughter of John H. and
Dora (Heaton) Lininger, the latter now deceased. Her
father is cashier of the People's Bank of Harrisville. Mrs.
Law was also a student in West Virginia Wesleyan College,
and completed her training in Wooster College of Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Law have three children: Helen, born October
23, 1916; John Martin, born August 25, 1918; and Marjory,
born October 20, 1920.

James Miller has lived in the Kingwood community of
Preston County seventy years. As a boy he worked on the
farm, later became a coal miner, operating on a modest
scale, then resumed farming, and finally gave up the re-
sponsibilities of farm life to engage in merchandising at
Kingwood, where he is still active in the citizenship.

He was born three miles west of Kingwood, July 19,
1851. His grandfather, James Miller, was a weaver by
trade, an occupation he learned and followed at Mother-

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415

1, Scotland, until 1847, when be brought his family to
I United States and established hid home near Kingwood.
land his wife, Elizabeth Brownlee, died and were buried
^Cameron, West Virginia. Their children were: John,
1 was a merchant at Cameron and later moved to Keyser,
fit Virginia, and died in Pennsylvania ; James, who
bjred the railroad service of the Baltimore & Ohio and
f killed when a young man by falling off a train near
Iinellton; William M.; Mary, who became the wife of
Ines Cunningham; Mrs. Grace White; Mrs. Jane Bever-
j;j and Margaret, who was married to William McFsr-
il.

fbe father of Jame9 Miller of Kingwood was William
I Miller, who came with the family to the United States
In Scotland. Later he became a foreman of construe-
It and one of the trusted men in the service of the
I known contractor, John Humbard, for whom he worked
piv years. He was foreman of construction during the
n ding of the Sand Patch tunnel on the Baltimore & Ohio
Ilroad. Subsequently he went to Brazil as foreman for
I Humbard, and spent seven and a half years in that
Jntry on tunnel work near Bio de Janeiro. He was
lent during the Civil war, but finally the South American
uate undermined his health, and he died in 1873, soon
t»r his return to the United States. William M. Miller
B-ried Elizabeth Turner, daughter of Alexander Turner.
I was born in Preston County and lived to the age of
lety-five, passing away February 21, 1919. She reared
fkf two children: James and Elizabeth. The latter be-
lie the wife of James Wolfe and died in Preston County.

ames Miller spent his boyhood in the woods around
I old home near Kingwood, attended a few terms of pay
nol, and assisted his mother in cultivating the home-
lid. He thus learned farming and also did coal mining,
i. for about twenty years was active in the coal business
>h as a miner and also hauled the product to market. In
manner he kept up his farm at the same time, and
Lily gave it his exclusive attention. He still owns the
i homestead of his parents, but about eight years ago
l<gave up its cultivation and has since been engaged in
leral merchandising at West Kingwood.

It. Miller has never been an aspirant for office, is a
kiocrat, but has not a consecutive voting record, since
Pities has made no appeal to him. Mr. Miller married
tis Amanda Wolfe, of Preston County, daughter of
riliam and Lucinda (Sidewell) Wolfe. She was born
hruary 20, 1855, and was reared near Fellowsville in
?ston County. The other children of her parents were
Ulter, Will, James, Frank, Laura (wife of William Grif-
i), and Mrs. Mary Hyres. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have six
ildren: William O., a coal operator at Kingwood; Harley
P of Morgantown; Arthur Ray, of Kingwood; Ross
Finklin, on the home farm; Ada May, wife of Henry H.
Igeway, of Kingwood; and Emma Grace, wife of George
B'ring, of Kingwood. Besides these children Mr. and
i. Mrs. Miller have a number of grandchildren: Two by
I marriage of their son William to Alice May Smith;
r, the child of Harley P. and Carrie (Stone) Miller; a
inddaughter by the marriage of their son Ross Franklin

I Miss Brown; three children of Mrs. Ridgeway; and
i daughter of Mrs. Herring.

William H. Evebly, of Masontown, is one of the
ingest surviving veterans of the Civil war. He was in the
Ion service in the closing days of the rebellion and

I I on the frontier of the far West fighting Indians. The
il century since the war he has spent as a farmer.

' Cis grandfather was a native of Ireland, and he and his
rther came from that country and not long after the close
►rthe Revolutionary war and settled in West Virginia, the
radfather in the Pisgah community of Preston County,
pie the brother located below Morgantown on the Monon-
iela River. The grandfather spent the rest of his life
La farmer in Grant District of Preston County, and his
|y was laid to rest on his home farm. He was twice
trried, his children, all by his first wife, being: Peter,
*»se record is given below; Lewis, who spent his life in
F«ton Connty; Joseph, who lived in the vicinity of

Terra Alta; William and Henry, who wont to one of the
states east of the Mississippi and lived out their lives
there; Julia Ann, who became the wife of Tine Wolfe
and died in the Pisgah community; Mrs. Sallie Cale, who
remained throughout her life in Preston County; Nancy,
who became the wife of John 8mith and spent her years
at Terra Alta, where she is burled.

Peter Everly was born in the Pisgah locality, near Hud-
son, on the old Everly fsrm, now the Galloway farm. He
acquired a subscription school education, attending a log
echoolhouse with big wood fireplace, slab benches and
greased paper for window lights. He too was a Union
soldier. Early in the war he joined the Third Maryland
Infantry as a private, and was taken prisoner by the Con-
federates at Harpers Ferry, but was paroled instead of
being sent to prison. His parole did not prevent his taking
up arms again, and he had finished his term of enlistment
and was discharged before the war ended. After the war
Peter Everly resumed life as a farmer in his native com-
munity, and was known as a man of special industry and
honor, though never active in public affairs beyond voting
the republican ticket and for his active service in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He helped build the Friend-
ship Schoolhouse, where religious meetings were also held.

Peter Everly married Margaret Brandon. Her father,
William Brandon, was a school teacher in the Hudson
community of Preston County and is buried at Brandon-
ville, an old village named in honor of the family. Mrs.
Peter Everly, who was born at Pisgah, died when about
seventy and is buried at Masontown. Peter Everly sur-
vived his wife and lived to be nearly a hundred years of
age, and at his death was laid beside his faithful com-
panion. Thoir children were: Senath Ann, who married
Jehu Taylor and spent her life near the Rohe Post Office
and is buried in the Cale Cemetery in Valley District;
Absolom, who was a Union soldier in the Third West Vir-
ginia Infantry from 1861 to 1864, was wounded at Cloyd
Mountain, and after the war spent his life on a farm
and is buried at Morgantown; Albert, who died before
the beginning of the Civil war; John G., who was a Union
soldier in the Fourth Cavalry, and after serving out his
term returned to his farm and died near Rohr and was
laid to rest in the Cale Cemetery; William Henry; Mary
Jane, who is the wife of Aaron Shaffer and lives near
Friendship Schoolhouse; Caroline was the wife of William
Taylor and died at Rohr; Hosea is a stock dealer at Terra
Alta.

William H. Everly was born near Pisgah November 16,
1846. He attended schools very much like those in which
his father acquired his education, and he also has vivid
recollections of the slab bench, the old fireplace, and the
hickory withe. He was still a schoolboy when his thoughts
became diverted by the war, and in the spring of 1864,
before he was eighteen, he enlisted in the Sixth West Vir-
ginia Cavalry, under Capt. John Summerville. He was
in service with his regiment in the Shenandoah Valley and
around the Federal Capital, doing night patrol duty, and
among other skirmishes was at Moorefield. In the spring
of 1865 his regiment was sent to Kansas to put down a
threatened Indian outbreak. The troops took the train at
Parkersbnrg for Cincinnati, thence on to St. Louis, where
they were transferred to the Mollie Dozier, a Missouri
River boat, for Kansas City. After eight days from St.
Louis they reached Kansas City, and thence proceeded west-
ward over the plains to Fort Kearney, Nebraska, to Jules-
burg, Colorado, Fort Laramie, Wyoming, and then to Fort
Casper, where they went into winter quarters. Twice they
were attacked by the Indians, who were repelled without
difficulty. In the spring of 1866 the regiment was or-
dered home, marching back to the Missouri River at Fort
Leavenworth, and thence by train to Chicago and on to
Wheeling, West Virginia, where they were mustered out.

William H. Everly after more than three years of service
reached home on the last day of May, 1866. He imme-
diately resumed farming as his vocation, and that has
been the object of his industrious efforts ever since.

In Preston County he married Louisa Shaffer. 8he died.

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leaving five children: Lura L., wife of Nester Molisee,
Sylvester Ward, Samuel Wakeman, Ivy Pearl and Addie
Blanche. Tor his second wife Mr. Everly married Laurara
Shaffer, a cousin of his first wife. She died in September,
1920, leaving five children: James Franklin, Asahel Dell,
Isa Pearl (wife of Jacob Kadabaugh), Tarlton Ashby and
Mrs. Effie Lustella Cutright.

Calvin Mat Clelland, M. D. As a physician and sur-
geon Doctor Clelland is well and favorably known in two
counties, Harrison, where he practiced thirty years, and in
Marion, where he established himself at Fairview in 1911.

Doctor Clelland was born on a farm in Lincoln District,
Marion County, September 5, 1858, son of John and Eliza
Ann (Clayton) Clelland. His father was born at Barricks-
ville, near Fairmont, in 1830, and was killed in a railroad
accident in 1894. The grandfather of Doctor Clelland was
Patrick Clelland, who was also born in the vicinity of Fair-
mont. The great-grandfather and pioneer of the family
in West Virginia was James Clelland, a native of Ireland.
As a young man he came to America as member of the
British Army to fight the Colonies in their struggle for in-
dependence. When the opportunity came he deserted from
the forces of the King and joined the Colonial Army and
fought until the close of the Revolution. Probably his
name was originally spelled McClelland, but when he left
the army he dropped the Me. For his services the United
States gave him a tract of land situated back of the present
City of Fairmont, and he settled there not long after leav-
ing the army. He married a Pierpont, of the same family
as Governor Pierpont, the war governor of West Virginia.
The mother of Doctor Clelland, Eliza Ann Clayton, was
born in Marion County in 1842, ,and is now a resident of
Fairmont. Her father, William Clayton, was born at Paw
Paw Creek in Marion County, son of Lyttle Clayton, who
was also a Revolutionary soldier and a pioneer in that
section of West Virginia. The Clellands and Claytons
have been progressively identified with the farming in-
terests of this section of the state for four or five genera-
tions.

As the oldest grandchild Dr. Calvin May Clelland when
a year old was taken to the home of his paternal grand-
parents and reared there on their farm to young man-
hood. In the mean time he attended the district schools,
the Fairmont State Normal School, and soon afterward be-
gan the study of medicine. He graduated M. D. from the
College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore in 1881,
and in the same year began practice in Harrison County,
where he remained for thirty years. In 1911 he moved to
Fairview, Marion County, where his long experience and
abilities have commanded for him a continued success as
a physician and surgeon.

Doctor Clelland is also interested in politics as a demo-
crat, though not an office seeker. He is a member of the
Marion County, West Virginia State and American Med-
ical associations, and is affiliated with the Order of Elks,
Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows.

Doctor Clelland in 1882 married Alice Robinson, of Har-
rison County, daughter of Wesley Robinson. She died in
1884, leaving no children. Doctor Clelland married in 1885
Hattie Lynch, of Harrison County, daughter of Isaac
Lynch. Doctor and Mrs. Clelland have four children:
Walter R., now a resident of Mannington, married Lillian
White, and they have a family of seven children, named
Harriet, Lydia, Calvin H., Eloise, Mary, George and John.
The second child, Mary A., is now manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Office at Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
Bertie is the widow of Scott Ingram. Isaac H., the
youngest, married Artie Barker, and they have a daughter,
Mary Jane.

Rev. Isaac A. Barnes, D. D. The excellent standard
of the public school system of Marion County is being
admirably upheld and advanced under the administration
of Mr. Barnes as county superintendent of schools in this,
his native county. He was born on the old homestead farm
of the Barnes family in Pleasant Valley, Union District,

this county, and the date of his nativity was Auguat 2*
1857. He is a son of Isaac N. and Margaret 0. (Holland
Barnes, and the names of both families have been Ion
and worthily identified with the history of what is now th
State of West Virginia. The Barnes family branch, a
which the subject of this review is a scion, has been on
of prominence and influence in England for many genera
tions, and the original progenitors in America came t
this country in 1623, one or more of the number settlin,
in Massachusetts and others in Virginia, of which latte
line the subject of this sketch is a representative. Williai
Barnes, great-grandfather of him, whose name initiates thi
article, came from the George's Creek District of Marylan
and settled in what is now Marion County, West Virgini?
prior to the year 1782. He was a millwright, and prio
to this removal had owned and operated a grist mill oi
George's Creek, Maryland. He established one of th
first mills in what is now Marion County. Here for sev
eral yeara this progressive ancestor ground the corn for th
pioneer settlers of this section. Mary (Marietta) Barnes
the wife of William Barnes, was of German ancestry an*
had received superior education, and it is supposed that sb
was a member of the family in whose honor the City o.
Marietta, Ohio, was named. Official records in the Stat*
of Maryland show that on the 22d of January, 1777, Wil
liam Barnes enlisted in the company commanded by Capt
James Pendleton and entered service as a patriot soldie:
in the War of the Revolution.

Abraham Barnes, eighth son of William the pioneer, wa;!
born in Marion County, October 13, 1784, and was hen
reared under the conditions and influences of the frontier
He contributed hia aid to the development and genera
work of the old homestead farm in the Tygart Valley, am
as a young man he married Miss Mary Ann Hall, daughte)
of Jordan Hall, of Pleasant Valley, this county. Mrs
Barnes passed to the life eternal on the 4th of June
1865, and her husband was one of the venerable anc
honored pioneer citizens of Marion County at the tim<
of his death, July 25, 1872. He was one of the chartei
members of the First Presbyterian Church of Fairmont

Isaac Newton Barnes, son of Abraham and Mary Am
(Hall) Barnes, was born on his father's farm in Pleasant
Valley, September 24, 1823. As a young man he utilized
team and wagon belonging to his father in the hauling
of merchandise from Pittsburgh to Clarksburg and Fair-
mont, prior to the construction of railroads in this section.
On one of these overland freighting trips of the early days
he passed the night at the home of Allen Holland, a farmer
near Smithtown, and that Miss Margaret 0., daughter of his
host, made distinct and favorable impression on the young
man is evident, when it is stated that two yeara later
their marriage was solemnized. Mr. Barnes became one
on the substantial exponents of farm industry in Marion
County, and also found much demand for his service as
a skilled veterinary surgeon. His death occurred March
20, 1880, and his widow survived him by more than a.
score of years, she having passed away on the 7th of
July, 1904.

Isaac A. Barnes, son of Isaac N. and Margaret 0. (Hol-
land) Barnes, supplemented the discipline of the public
schools by attending the State Normal School at Fairmont,
the University of West Virginia, the Westminster Theo-
logical Seminary at Westminster, Maryland, and Kansas
City University, from which last named institution he re-
ceived his degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, as also the
honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. After his ordina-
tion to the ministry of the Methodist Protestant Church,
Doctor Barnes gave twenty- two years of earnest pastoral
service as a member of the West Virginia Conference, of
which conference he was secretary five years and president
one year. He organized a mission at Weston, Lewis County,
and erected the first church building at that place. He
also organized the Methodist Protestant Church in the Vil-
lage of Watson, Marion County. The list of his various
pastoral charges in the West Virginia Conference is here
briefly recorded: Harrisville (two terms), Newburg, Graf-
ton, Morgantown, St. Marys and Spencer. In each of these

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harges his pastoral administration was characterized by
lie Christian stewardship and progressive policies, his work
living been of the beat constructive order anil having
•stered both spiritual and temporal prosperity in his
lirlous parishes. In 1901 Doctor Barnes was transferred
I the Pittsburgh Conference, after having accepted a
III to the pastorate of the Second Methodist Protestant
lurch in the City of Pittsburgh. Within his four years'
Itstorate of that historic old church its membership was
Icreascd by 100 per cent, and the salary 50 per cent.
I After forty years of zeah us and able service in the
Bnistry Doctor Barnes shows no desire to abate his labors
I behalf of his fellow men, and continues his labors in
be vineyard of the Divine Master. He served two years
I. president of the West Virginia Christian Endeavor Union,
lid in this capacity presided over the greatest Christian
ladenvor convention ever held in the state. Before en-
Iring the ministry, and for short intervals since, Doctor
Mines has taught in the public schools of his native state,
[i 1921 he was president of the Board of Education of
e Union District of Marion County. On the 27th of
lorember, 1920, he was appointed county superintendent of
[hools for Marion County, to fill out the unerpirated term
r the regular incumbent, who had resigned, and this term
[ill expire July 1, 19123. He is discharging the duties
l this office with characteristic energy and ability.
[ On June 10. 1880, was solemnized the marriage of Doctor
fames and Miss Margaret A. Linn, daughter of Robert
bd Rachel (Hull) Linn, of lientons Ferry, Marion County,
concerning the children of this union, brief data is given
n conclusion of this review: Lena L., horn September 17,
*S1. died October 19, 1S92. Fred X., born October 7,
p82. was for two years a student of mechanical engiueer-
«g in the University of West Virginia, thereafter took a
nurse in a business college at Pittsburgh, and for a lium-
Ur of years he was in the employ of telephone companies,
licluding his service, 1910-11, as superintendent of the
Idephone company at Maquoketa, Towa. After returning
li West Virginia he held a clerical position in the oftiees
If the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad until August, 1918, when
le enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, in which
3 served uutil Deeemher, 1919, he having been stationed
tost of the time on the island of Haiti. He is now in
ie railway mail service. In October, 1920, he married
ena Durritt, of Fairmont, and tliey have one son, Dale
elson, horn on the 0th of August, 1921. Frank R.
arnes was born July 23, 1887, attended the State Normal
chool at Fairmont and the Mountain State Business Cob
•ge, was for three years a teacher in the public schools of
larion County, and* has since held a position in the post
ffiee at Fairmont. September 9, 1914, he married Martha
.., daughter of James E. Bainbridgc, of Bentous Ferry,
nd they have two children: Margaret Linn, born April
9, 1910; and James Allen, born April 13, 1938. Herbert
. Barnes was born September 37. 1888, was graduated
rom the State Normal School at Fairmont, taught one year
i the publie schools, thereafter served at telegraphist in
ie employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and in
910 he was appointed to a clerical position in the Depnrt-
tent of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C. Tu May,
918, be was graduated from the Baltimore College of
•ental Surgery, and he is now engaged in the practice
f his profession at Fairmont. While in the dental col-
•ge he enlisted in the Medieal Reserve Corps of the United
' tates Army, and in October, 1918, he was ordered to Fort
'•glethorpe, Georgia, where he was stationed at the tune
*ie armistice brought the World war to a close, he having
,een commissioned first lieutenant. October 15, 1918, he
redded Goldie M., daughter of J. A. Swiger, of Fairmont,
'nd they have two sons, Robert Allen, born September 18,
•920, and Maneer Swiger, born November 16, 1923. Mary
'irginia Barnes was born March 25, 1894, and was grad-
ated from the State Normal School at Fairmont, when
ighteen years of age. Thereafter she taught several
ears in the public schools of Shinnston and Fairmont,
!nd December 1, 1917, she became the wife of Lawrence

R. Linn, a corporal iu the United States Army. Corporal
Linn was In service with the American Forces in France
until the close* of the war, he having been a member of
the famous Eightieth Division that "went over the top"
at Argonne Forest on September 20, 1918. Ho Is now in
the telegraph service of the Government, and his wile
is assisting her father in the office of county superintendent
of schools. Esther Willard Barnes was born July 17, 1890.
She attended the normal school at Fairmont and later a
business college, after which she accepted a position in
the People's National Bank at Fairmont. October 2.1.
1919, she became the wife of Morgan B. Stanley, son of
C. M. Stanley, of Bentous Ferry. Her husband had en-
listed in the United Mates Navy and was assigned to serv-
ice on the transport " Westerner, " on which he made
seversl trips across the Atlantic in convoying American
troops to the stage of conflict in the World war. He is
now following his trade, that of machinist. Mr. and
Mrs. Stanlev have one daughter, Eleanor, born April 4.
1921. 1 '

Charles Edwin Wemple is secretary, treasurer and gen
eral manager of the American Stono Company, whose gen
eral offices and business headquarters are at Wheeling.
This company has several factories in West Virginia and
Ohio, manufacturing the grinding stones used in paper
mill industries.

Mr. Wemple was one of the original producers of the
first successful pulpstone producers in this country, and
for fifteen years was manager of a quarry in Ohio where
was produced the only good pulpstone on the Western hemi-
sphere. The supply at that time was more or less limited,
making it necessary for the United States and Canada to
look to England for part of their supply. When the World
war cut off the supply of the English product he imme-
diately set out to find additional deposits of rock suitable
for producing these large wood pulp grindstones, and it fell
to the lot of West Virginia to become the second largest
producer of these stones in the United States, which under
rapid development took first place the third year after
Mr. Wemple started producing stones iu this state. The in-
dustry has grown rapidly, and is still expanding iu order
to keep up with the needs of the paper mills in this country,
Canada, Mexico and Japan.

Mr. Wemple comes of a family noted for mechanical and
business ability and was born at Loekport, New York,
October 23, 1878. His grandfather, Myndert Wemple, was
born in Holland April 9, 1S10, and as a young man came to
America and settled near Amsterdam, New York, where he
followed farming until he retired in the Village of Amster-
dam, lie died there November 4, 1835. In New York he
married Miss Catherine McKenney, a native of Scotland,
who died in Greenwich, Connecticut. June 30, 1906. Mc-
Kenney Wemple, father of Charles E. Wemple, was born in
Ellenvillc, Schenectady County, New York, October 30, 1837,
was reared there, learned his trade in the locomotive shops
of Schenectady, and as a young man removed to Loekport.
At the age of thirty-five he engaged in a repairing and gen
eral contracting business, and was an expert builder of
high pressure municipal waterworks pumps. He continued
a successful business career at Loekport until his death,
January 26 1918. He was a democrat, a faithful Presby-
terian in religious affiliations, and a member of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. At Loekport he married
Miss Eliza Jakeway, who was born in that city November
7. 3S49, and is still living there. Her father, Edwin Jake-
way, was born in Gloucester, England, in 1S06, and as a
young man settled at Loekport, where he became a mill-
wright. He died at Loekport May 16. 18S8. His wife was
Jane Bradfield, who was born in Southampton, England, in
1810 and died at Loekport September 7, 1890. McKenney
Wemple and wife had the following children: Miss Martha,
who died at Loekport at the age of thirty: Kate J., depart
ment manager of a department store at Loekport; Minnio
J., wife of Austm B. Morrill, a Loekport merchant; Myn-
dert, a millwright with the Federal Milling Company at
Loekport; Charles Edwin; Arthur 8., accountant for the

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Stratton Fire Clay Company, living at Toronto, Ohio; and
McKenney, Jr., a carpenter and contractor at Toronto,
Ohio.

Charles Edwin Wemple acquired his early education in
the public schools of Lockport, graduating from high school
in 1898. For three years following he was employed in the
joint offices of the Lockport Pulp Company and the Lock-
port Felt Company. Practically his entire business experi-
euce has been in some phase of the paper manufacturing
industry. On leaving Lockport he removed to New Phila-
delphia, Ohio, and was with the Tippecanoe Pulp and Grind-
stone Company until the business was dissolved in 1905.
Subsequently he became secretary and manager of the
Smallwood Stone Company at Empire, Ohio, but in 1915 he
removed to Mannington, West Virginia, and bought the
stone properties of J. A. Connelly at Littleton. With these
properties he organized the American Stone Company, and
has since been secretary, treasurer and general manager.
Mr. Wemple moved the business headquarters of this com-
pany to Wheeling .in November, 1920, the offices being in the
McLain Building. The company produces a large line of
wood pulp grindstones, used in grinding wood pulp for
different mills. The factories where the stones are produced
are at Littleton, West Virginia, Hammondsville, Ohio, and
Sattes, West Virginia.

Mr. Wemple has heen welcomed into Wheeling's circle
of prominent business men. He is an elder in the Presby-
terian Church, a member of the Wheeling Gun Club, Wheel-
ing Rotary Club, and Wheeling Tennis Club, and is affiliated
with Mannington Lodge No. 31, F. and A. M„ Mannington
Chapter, R. A. M., Wheeling Commandery No. 1, K. T.,
Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling, and be-
longs to West Virginia Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish
Rite. He is a past chancellor commander of the Knights of
Pythias Lodge at Toronto. Ohio, and while living at Toronto
was a member of the city council and a director and vice
president of the Bank of Toronto. He is independent in
politics. His home is a modern residence at 13 Laurel
Avenue in Lenox, Wheeling. In June, 1903, at Lockport,
Mr. Wemple married Miss Minnie B. Rignall, daughter of
Charles P. and Louie E. (Bowden) Rignall, residents of
Lockport, where her father is a shoe merchant. Mrs.
Wemple is a graduate of the Lockport High School. They
have four children: Martha Louise, born in May, 1905;
Ella Kate, born in October, 1907; Priscilla, born in August,
1909; and Philip Edwin, born in November, 1921.

James Gordon Stone organized and is manager of the
Bluefield Candy Company, a successful commercial concern
with a widely extended market for its products not only
in Bluefield but over a large surrounding territory. Mr.
Stone was formerly connected with the wholesale grocery
business, and his commercial training began in early youth.

He was born at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia,
November 29, 1877, son of William and Mary (Parker)
Stone. He was named in honor of General Gordon, the
great Confederate leader, who was a friend of his father,
William Stone. The latter was a native of Pittsylvania
County and his mother of Franklin County, Virginia.
The father was related to the Irish Fitzgeralds. William
Stone, who died in 1908, at the age of seventy-two, was
all through the war in the Quartermaster's Department
of the Confederate Army, serving as lieutenant and captain.
He was a member of Lee's staff at Appomattox. In
business he was a farmer, growing crops of tobacco, wheat
and corn, and was always interested in local politics. The
Stone family is an old one in Virginia, and some of the
earlier memhers were soldiers in the Revolution. Mrs.
William Stone is still living at Rocky Mount. Of her
four eons and three daughters James Gordon was one
of the youngest.

Mr. Stone attended school in Old Virginia, and for
three years was a student in Bedford Institute. He re-
mained with the Institute as teacher of shorthand and
bookkeeping for a time and then removed to Norton,
Virginia, where for ten years he was secretary of the
Norton Wholesale Grocery Company. For another year he
was associated with W. G. Jones & Company at Roanoke,

and then removed to Bluefield, where he organized the '
Bluefield Candy Company, of which he is general manager;
and treasurer. T. L. Felts is president of the company. \

Besides his successful business Mr. Stone is interested
in the civic affairs of his community, votes rather in-
dependently, and is a memher of the Rotary Club, United j
Commercial Travelers and Country Club. He is a deacon
in the Baptist Church and is president of the Men's class
in Sunday school.

In 1904 Mr. Stone married a daughter of John T. Fry, !
of Chilhowie, Virginia. She died in 1913, leaving two I
children, Gordon and Blair. January 16, 1917, Mr. Stone ]
married Miss Leta Austin, daughter of Hugh Austin, of
Bedford County, Virginia. They have one daughter, Mary. \

Oscar V. Hefner is one of the prosperous business j
men of Bluefield, a heating, plumbing and tinwork con- k
tractor. He started business here with little more than'
his expert skill in his trades, and is now head of an i
organization that does a business all over the southern
part of the state. It is known as O. V. Hefner & Com- 4
pany, with plant at 16 Roanoke Street. Since 1918 George 1
M. Barger has been associated with the company.

Mr. Hefner was born at Hickory, North Carolina, Sep- I
tember 16, 1877, son of Poley L. and Tennessee (Miller) |
Hefner. The latter lives with her son at Bluefield. Poley 1
L. Hefner, who died in 1909, at the age of sixty-five, J
was on his way to join the Confederate Army when the
war closed. He was a tinner by trade, and was in busi- j
ness at Hickory until 1886 and thereafter worked in |
various places, including Bluefield in 1892. His people l|
were from Germany, and he and his wife were devout
members of the Lutheran Church. P. L. Hefner began
voting the prohibition ticket when there were few ad-
herents of that party in his locality. He was affiliated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Oscar V. Hefner, oldest son in a family of eeven chil-
dren, finished his education in the Hickory Seminary. He
then served a three years' apprenticeship as a tinner under
his father, and while employed in a combination shop at
Greensboro learned the plumbing trade. He remained at
Greensboro three years, then spent one year at Winston-
Salem, North Carolina, and in 1900 he selected Bluefield
as a town with a promising future. He opened his shop
at his present location on Roanoke Street, his total capital
being $250. As a contractor for several years he was i
frequently his only journeyman, but gradually he has built
up a business, now empolying several experts in the trade,
and is regarded as one of Bluefield 's prosperous and sub-
stantial citizens.

In December, 1900, Mr. Hefner married Zelda Abernathy,
daughter of Calvin Abernathy. Mrs. Hefner was a school-
mate of her husband at Hickory, North Carolina. They
have three children, Ralph A., Nannie R. and Cecil M.
Mr. Hefner was one of the organizers of the Lutheran
Church in Bluefield and is a deacon in the church and [
teacher of the Junior Class in Sunday school. Mrs. Hefner
is a Baptist. Mr. Hefner is a stanch prohibitionist in
politics, and is a member of the United Commercial Trav-
elers and the Rotary Club.

William Ward Kersey has been a resident of Blue-
field since 1903. He located there as a young man with
some commercial training, but without any capital whatso-
ever. For about two years he was a clothing salesman
in the Pedigo Store. He left that store in 1905, in debt
$4.00 to his employer, but had determined to start a
business of his own, and his character and record enabled
him to obtain credit for equipment costing a little over
seventeen hundred dollars, with which he started the laundry
business now known as the Royal Laundry, of which he
is proprietor. For several years his program was one of
unceasing hard work in laying a substantial foundation
for a business that has steadily grown and prospered, and
the Royal Laundry today is one of the best equipped
establishments of its kind in the state. It is housed in
a building on Bland Street, especially erected for the
purpose, and Mr. Kersey has won out in a difficult fight

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ptablish himself independently as a business man, and
ighly esteemed for what he has done and the success
iias made.

r. Kersey was born at Pulaski, Pulaski County, Vir-
la, February 16, 1879, son of Nelson A. and Elizabeth
Jwlkcs) Kersey, the former a native of Pulaski and
■latter of Nodaway, Virginia. The Kersey family was
■blished in this country by David Kersey, an English-
I, who married an Irish girl, O'DelL David Kersey
H in Tennessee and for a uumber of years was engoged
■rafting timber down the Tennessee and Mississippi
Irs to the New Orleans market. It is supposed tbat
lost his life by drowning. His son, John T. Kersey,
H both in Tennessee and Virginia, was a Confederate
iier and died during the war. Nelson A. Kersey has
It bis life in Pulaski, Virginia, and is now sixty-seven
Is of age. He is a blacksmith by trade and for thirty
Is was employed by the Bertha Mineral Company and
I the past ten years has been in the service of the
pral Chemical Company. His wife died in November,
k at the age of fifty-five.

j illiam Ward Kersey is the oldest of six children. He
educated in the schools of Pulaski and as a young man
ned in the post office and also wrote life insurance,
was with this early training and experience that he
}ed to Bluefield in 1903. Mr. Kersey has in recent
[*8, with some relaxation from the responsibilities of
[business, been able to serve as city assessor and also
(eputy county assessor. He is a member of the Cham-
' of Commerce, and he and Mrs. Kersey are active
fibers of the Bland Street Methodist Church.
\n February 28, 1918, he married Miss Bertie Ratcliff,
ehter of George Eatcliff. She was born at Tazewell,
jinia. Mr. and Mrs. Kersey have two children: W.
Jr., and Jack Nelson.

kitES A. Menefee. For practically half a century
ies A. Menefee has been identified with some phase
the lumber business, part of the time aa a building
ractor, then as a lumber manufacturer, and also aa
ealer. He is one of Bluefield 'a prominent business
, proprietor of the Menefee Lumber Company of that

e belongs to old Virginia's aristocratic lineage and
[ born in Rappahannock County, Virginia, on land
nted to his ancestors by the King of England in
inial times. His great-grandfather, Capt. James Mene-
| fought in the war for independence, and owned a
it estate, comprising 5,000 acres, and many slaves,
kiting was also the occupation of his son James Mene-

grandfather of the Bluefield business man.
amee A. Menefee, of Bluefield, was born in 1850, aon
r amea Alhert and Sarah E. (Amiss) Menefee, his mother
tg a daughter of Col. Elijah Amiss. James Albert
lefee was born in 1806 and died in 1898, at the vener-
* age of ninety-two, while his wife passed away at the

of sixty-two. James Albert Menefee was a planter

slave owner, and spent his life near the ancestral
lefee home. He was strict in performing his duties
i churchman of the Methodist faith. On hia plantation
•aised fine horses, and he had a string of racing horses
. appeared in all the circuits of the country, and it is

that he never lost a race in which one of his horses

entered.

ames A. Menefee was one of a family of three sons
five daughters. His brother Elijah was city auditor
Lynchburg, Virginia, for years, and his other brother,
E., is in the lumber business at Warrenton, Virginia,
ies A. Menefee in spite of the troubled conditions
dent to the war between the states had good educa-
al advantages, attending a private school taught by
oted teacher, G. B. McClelland, in Fauquier County,
m the time he left school to the present he has f ol-
id some branch of the lumber industry. For several
rs he was a carpenter and contractor, he operated a
ling mill at Buena Vista, Virginia, and also at Lex-
,on and at Warrenton, and while at Warrenton he
in the retail lumber business for a number of years.

In 1910 he located at Harrisonburg, Virginia, where for
two years he operated a sash and door factory. Then,
in 1912, he located at Bluefield, as manager of the manu-
facturing plant of the Saion Lime and Lumber Company.
Two years later he engaged in husiness for himself, or-
ganizing the Menefee Lumber Company.

October 17, 1875, Mr. Menefee married Miss Laura
Laws, daughter of Edward Laws, of Hampton, Virginia.
They have three children: Julian, the oldest, is manager
of the National Biscuit Company's plant at Norfolk,
Virginia; Randolph A. is in the automobile business at
Washington, D. C. ; Bessie is the wife of Robert Amiss,
at Huntington, West Virginia.

Mr. Menefee and family are members ef the Episcopal
Church and he was a vestryman at Buena Vista. He
served aa a member of the City Council while at Warren-
ton. He is affiliated with the Masonic Order and is a
member of the Chamber of Commerce at Bluefield.

Charles McChesney Brat, M. D. Now engaged in the
practice of his profession as a physician and aurgeon at
Morgan town, Doctor Bray was a medical officer during the
World war and is one of the talented young men frem whom
much may be expected in the future on the basis of their
training and achievements.

Doctor Bray was born at Coopers in Mercer County, West
Virginia, April 28, 1S91, aon of Charles Dudley and Virginia
(Steele) Bray. There were four Bray brothers who came
to America from England in 1632. Two of them settled in
the South, one being the ancestor of Doctor Bray. Doctor
Bray's great-gTeat-grandfather was William Bray, his great-
grandfather was James Bray, and his grandfather was
James L. Bray, all natives of Virginia. Charles D. Bray
was also born in Virginia, in the City of Richmond. Prior
to Jamea L., who was a hardware merchant at Richmond,
the Braya were primarily country gentlemen. Charles D.
Bray was born January 13, 1857, was educated in an acad-
emy at Richmond and took up the profession of accounting.
Since 1913 he has been connected with the accounting de-
partment of the West Virginia State Tax Commission. Dur-
ing the adjustment of the West Virginia-Virginia debt he
did much expert research work in Charleston, Richmond, Wall
Street, New York, and Washington, going over many records.
His findings developed many items favoring the balance of
West Virginia, resulting in a total saving to the state of more
than six million dollars as adjusted in the final settlement.
C. D. Bray, whose home is in Charleston, is one of the prom-
inent Masons of the state, a Knight Templar and Shriner,
and haa attained the thirty-third, honorary, degTee in the
Scottish Rite. Hia wife, Virginia Steele, was born in
Augusta County, Virginia, February 2, 1857, daughter of
Isaac and Elizabeth (Hawpe) Steele, both natives of Vir-
ginia, the Steeles being of Scotch-Irish and the Hawpes of
Germany ancestry.

When Doctor Bray was a boy of aeven years his parents
moved to Tazewell County, and two yeara later located
at Elkina, where he acquired a common-school education
and later entered the Davis & Elkins College, from which
he graduated with the A. B. degree in 1913. He received
his Bachelor of Science degree with the class of 1915 at
West Virginia University, and finished his medical course
in the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, where he
graduated in 1917. As an under graduate he did hospital
work for a time at the Lakeside and City hospitals at Cleve-
land, and after graduation remained as resident physician
in the department of pediatrics and contagious department
of the City Hospital of Cleveland.

Doctor Bray was commissioned a first lientenant in the
Medical Corps en August 23, 1917, and was called to active
duty June 21, 1918. He was ordered to Hospital No. 6 at
Fort McPherson, Georgia, and on March 3, 1919, was trans-
ferred to Hospital No. 32 at Chicago, where he continued
his duties until discharged June 17, 1919.

Doctor Bray began his professional work at Morgantown
on September 1, 1919, ana in addition to his private prac-
tice he is acting assistant surgeon of the United 8tates
public health service and is alsn instructor in physical diag-
nosis at West Virginia University. Doctor Bray, who is

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unmarried, is a Fellow of the American Medical Association,
a member of the West Virginia State and Monongalia
County Medical societies, aud the Delta Tau Delta college
fraternity.

Wilbur J. Lilly, who ia associated with his brother
Henry A. in conducting one of the leading retail grocery
establishments of the City of Bluefield, Mercer County,
under the title of the Eoyal Grocery Company, ia a native
son of this county and a member of a family that was
here founded eighty years ago. His grandfather, Wash-
ington Lilly, was born in Virginia, October 31, 1815,
and was one of the venerable and honored pioneer citizens
of Mercer County at the time of his death, October 10,
1895. His wife, Mary Polly, was born March 10, 1815,
and died July 22, 1892. In the year 1841 Washington
Lilly came from Fairfax, Virginia, to what is now Mercer
County, West Virginia, and he located on the site of the
present Village of Dunns. He erected the first gristmill
at that place and became a prominent and influential
citizen. He was a loyal soldier of the Union in the Civil
war, and was one of the first two men at Dunns to cast
votes for the republican party. There was not a death
in the family circle until the youngest of the ten children
had attained to the age of fifty-four years.

Wilbur J. Lilly was born at Dunns, Mercer County,
on the 22d of May, 1872, and is the eldest of the eeven
sons of John S. and Elizabeth (Meador) Lilly, who still
maintain their home at Dunns, the former being sixty-nine
and the latter seventy years of age, in 1921. John S.
Lilly was born and reared in Mercer County, and has
heen active as a farmer, grist-mill operator and cabinet-
maker, in which last mentioned line he formerly was called
upon to manufacture coffins and caskets before the es-
tablishing of modern undertaking enterprises in the county.
He is a republican and he and his wife are earnest mem-
bers of the Baptist Church, his father having been one
of the founders of the church of this denomination at
Dunns. Of the seven sons the subject of this sketch is
the first born; Dr. Donzie Lilly is engaged in the practice
of dentistry at Athens, this county; Hobart M. resides
in the City of Charleston, West Virginia, and is in the
railway mail service; Carl was born in 1882 and died
in 1903; Vernon was born in 1884 and died in 1919;
Sam was born in 1898 and died in 1901; Henry A. is the
subject of a personal sketch on other pages of this volume.

One of the pleasing memories of Wilbur J, Lilly is
that of his frequent accompanying of his grandfather,
Washington Lilly, upon hunting trips in the period of his
boyhood and youth, the grandfather having been one of
the skilled Nimrods of the country. After leaving the
village schools at Dunns he entered the West Virginia
Normal School at Athens, this county, and prior to his
graduation in the same he had taught school to aid in
defraying the expenses of his course at the normal school.
After his graduation he became associated with his uncle,
R. G. Meador, in the opening of a general store at Athens,
and at that place he continued to be successfully engaged
in business for twenty-six years. He then, in 1920, re-
moved to Bluefield and became associated with his brother
Henry A. in forming the Eoyal Grocery Company, which
here opened a modern and finely equipped retail grocery
store, of which he has since been the active manager.

Mr. Lilly is a staunch republican and is loyal and pro-
gressive as a citizen. He served as a member of the
County Court from 1910 to 1916, within which period
was instituted the present system of excellent road im-
provements in the county and the work carried vigorously
forward. He and his wife are zealous members of the
Baptist Church, and have been active in various depart-
ments of its work, including that of the Sunday school.

The year 1892 recorded the marriage of Mr. Lilly and
Miss Vina E. Reed, who was born in Henry County, Vir-
ginia, and who is a daughter of James Reed. Mr. and
Mrs. Lilly have no children.

Rev. William H. Miller, whose home is sitnated on
the Hedgesville and Bedington Road, in Hedgesville Dis-

trict, Berkeley County, was born in Gerrardstown Diatrit
this county, on the 23d of January, 1858, a son of WilKa'i
Smith Miller, who was born in the same district, earl
in the nineteenth century, as was also his wife, who w;'f"
born in 1819. William S. Miller was a son of Willia' Tl
Miller, who presumably was born in Pennsylvania and -wi t
became a very early settler in what is now Berkeley Count'
West Virginia, where he purchased land and reclaimt
a productive farm. In the pioneer days he transportf'
merchandise by means of teams and wagons from Bait!*
more, west, and it was while he was absent from hon
on one of these long overland journeys that his deal'
occurred. His wife, whose maiden name was Sally Hensf
survived him many years and died at the venerable a;,'
of eighty-six years. Their children were five in number
David, James, George, William S. and Mary.

William S. Miller was reared on the pioneer farm, an
as a youth manifested special interest in horticultural
The following quotation is from Bulletin No. 82, West Vir! ;
ginia Agricultural Experiment Station, of April, 1902
"If anyone deserves the distinction of being called th ] } 1
father of commercial orcharding in West Virginia tha 1
man is the late W. S. Miller, who lived over eighty-tw 1 ^
years near Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, up to his deatl
December 31, 1901. The frontispiece of this bulleti 1
shows his likeness in October, 1901. On the farm whei|
he died he planted in 1851 his first orchard of apple'
peaches and plums. This orchard contained but sixtee.^
acres, an area which must have seemed to the people o *
that time entirely too large to be used for such purpose 1 ,
but the area has been increased year by year. Upon thy
place over 4,000 apple trees have been planted, and hav?
grown to bearing age. Some 25,000 peach trees, beside
many pear, plum, quince and many other fruits are noV
bearing there. When the war between the states begai 1 '
Mr. Miller had an abundance of nursery stock on han<;
which could not be sold, so that he had opportunity ti'
put out many orchard trees. The close of the war fount'
him with about 4,000 peach trees in full bearing. Martins!
burg was the nearest market. His eight boys, as thq'^
grew up, took charge of the retailing and sold direct fron ;:
wagons to customers. The prices ranged from 75 cents t(
$1.00 per peck. The first sales in outside markets wen
made to a Baltimore party, who bought the peaches alj<
$6.00 per flour barrel. The boys hauled the peaches t(L
market in a wagon-box, where the Baltimore agent meas,
ured them in a flour barrel, then poured them on the straw-
covered floor of the box-car. It may be said of the ven- 1
erable orehardist that he had a greater love for trees and
a greater interest in the possibilities to be obtained hy
expert horticultural methods than he had in the money tc
be gained from a large orchard. Indeed, he had made his
farm an extensive experiment station. Every new variety'
of any kind of fruit which was mentioned with favor by a
nurseryman was sure to find a place in his orchard. A\
prominent variety was often given a quick trial by top-,
grafting or budding on trees of bearing age. Thus this
careful nurseryman tested the qualities of hundreds of
varieties of new fruits in periods of one to three years.
Even to his death he was seeking for new varieties. Much
could be written in regard to the great horticultural value
which Mr. W. S. Miller has been to West Virginia and the
adjoining states. His name will ever live in the minds and
hearts of those whom he has helped so much. He is and
ever will be regarded as the most prominent and foremost
of orchardists in the history of West Virginia. Hundreds
of men, from far and near, who have contemplated plant-
ing orchards have visited his place, and he took great
delight in showing them the merits and demerits of various
varieties, knowing them invariably at sight, without stop-
ping to look at labels. He never kept in his nursery any
varieties he would not use in his own orchard. Many a
man has received his inspiration and, indeed, his first stock
of graft twigs and plants entirely from Mr. Miller, who
seemed only too glad to have the opportunity of helping
others. The present immense fruit industry in the Eastern
Panhandle and adjacent states is a monument to his wil-
lingness to help others and to his great ability as an ex-

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iniental orchardist. He never assumed the role of a
a of superior knowledge. His knowledge was pos-
ted in the greatest humility, so that he gave to strangers

idea that instead of granting them a favor he was
giving a favor from them in consulting him. Without

work, or some other similar life, there would be no
ccssful orchards in our part of the country."
sabella (McKown) Miller, wife of William S. Miller,
t born and reared near Gerrardstown, Berkeley County,

parents, John and Sarah Louisa (DeMoss) McKown,
ing been honored pioneers of this section of the state.
9. Miller was a devout member of the Presbyterian
ireh. Mr. Miller was not a member, but exemplified the
ristian faith in his daily life. They became the parents of
Fen children: Charles H., Mary Louise, John M., Nan-

0., William H., D. Gold, Edward DeMoss, Bessie L.,
iert P., Harry W. and Lawrence Porter.
|jev. William H. Miller gained his early education in the
al school of his home district, later attended Newark
idemy, at Newark, Delaware, and after hie graduation
Lafayette College, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
[entered Princeton University, in the theological depart-
lat of which he was graduated in 1886. In the Champ-
I presbytery of the State of New York he was ordained
!the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, and thereafter

held various pastoral charges, he having been pastor
the Presbyterian Church at Enon Valley, Pennsylvania,
En he suffered a nervous breakdown that caused him to
\xe from the active work of the ministry. He purchased
[orchard near Hedgesville, in his native county, and has
ee given his attention to this property, in connection
h which he is well upholding the high prestige of the
bily name in constructive horticulture, the while the
idoor life has fully restored his health.
£n 1887 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Miller and
S3 Myrtle May Roberts, who was born at Chautauqua,
w York, a daughter of Hiram and Adaline (Hilliker)
berts. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Miller are: Charles

Carroll E., Hensel M., Adelyne, Laurence and Eliza-
r h. Mr. Miller is one of the liberal and progressive
izens of his native county.

jEoaaE Watson Hetherington, secretary and general
nager of the Bluefield Ice & Cold Storage Company in

> City of Bluefield, Mercer County, was born at Prince-
I, this county, on the 4th of November, 1878, and is a
i of Joseph T. and Julia (Carr) Hetherington. The
:her, who celebrated in 1921 the seventy-seventh anni-
rsary of his birth, was born on the old family home-
ad farm three miles distant from Princeton, this county,
d his wife likewise is a native of Mercer County, she
Lug seventy-four years of age at the time of this writ-

in 1921. Joseph T. Hetherington was a gallant young
dier of the Confederacy in the Civil war, his service
ving mainly been in charge of an ambulance service
th the One Hundred and Fiftieth Virginia Regiment.

> took part in the battles of Cloyd's Mountain and Look-
t Mountain and in the conflicts marking the campaign
)m Chattanooga to Atlanta, in which his regiment was
part of the command of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. He
d been held a prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indiana,
ring the last three months before the close of the great
nflict. He and his wife are devoted members of the
,)thodist Church at Princeton, and he is superintendent

its Sunday school. He is a stalwart democrat, and is
iliated with the United Confederate Veterans. His
Uher, John J. Hetherington, was a native of Ireland and
ks a young man when he established his home in what
know Mercer County, West Virginia.
'George W. Hetherington, the youngest son in a family
if four sons and six daughters, gained his early education
r the public schools and the academy in his native town
I Princeton, and thereafter took a course in a business
illege at Staunton, Virginia. He was for four years a

Iecessf ul teacher in the schools of his native county, and
work in a sawmill he earned the funds to defray the
pense of his course in the business college. In 1907
r. Hetherington became timekeeper at the roundhouse of

the Norfolk & Western Railroad at Bluefield, and he held
this place two years. He and his brother William H. then
opened a general store on Bluefield Avenue, and two years
later he became bookkeeper for the Bluefield Ice & Cold
Storage Company, of which he has been secretary, treasurer
and manager since 1917.

Mr. Hetherington is a valued member of the Bluofield
Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club, is a demo-
crat in politics, is a Knight Templar Mason, and is affi-
liated also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Modern Woodmen of America, the Woodmeu of the World
and the United Commercial Travelers. He and his wife
are zealous members of Grace Church, Methodist Episcopal,
South, in their home city, he being a steward and trustee
of the same and also superintendent of its Sunday school.

In 1907 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hethering-
ton and Miss Blanche Dunn, who was born and reared in
Monroe County, this state, and the one child of this union
is a daughter, Grace.

Mr. Hetherington is one of the progressive business
men and liberal and public-spirited citizens of Bluefield.
and in his native county his circle of friends is limited only
by that of his acquaintances.

Clarke V. Foland as a boy learned the printer's trade,
and has been more or less continuously identified with the
printing and newspaper business ever since. As a journey-
man he became identified with Bluefield some years ago,
and is now president of the Foland Printing Company of
that city. His citizenship is enthusiastic, and he is one of
the forceful men who believe that Bluefield has not only
achieved big things in the past but has a still greater future
ahead of it.

Mr. Foland was born at Scottsville, Albemarle County,
Virginia, May 13, 1879. His grandfather, Valentine
Foland, was one of a party of twelve members of the
family who came to the United States from Germany.
Valentine Foland was a cabinet maker, a very skilled
worker in that line, and finally he and his family moved
to East Tennessee and later he went to Indiana. Peter
Valentine Foland, father of the Bluefield business man,
was born at Richmond, Virginia, and during the last two
years of the Civil war served as a Union soldier. He was
once captured, and spent part of his time as a prisoner of
war. He was a carpenter by trade, and his home for
half a century was at Scottsville, where he died in July,
1915, at the age of seventy. He was a democrat, served
as a member of the Council, and also was mayor of Scotts-
ville, was a steward in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and for thirty years was superintendent of the
Sunday school. Peter V. Foland married Elizabeth Clarke
Stratten, who was born in Scottsville and died in March,
1921, at the age of seventy-five. She was a daughter of
James and Harriet (Wood) Stratton, of Fluvanna County,
Virginia. Harriet Wood was a daughter of Thomas Wood,
of that county. Through his father Clarke V. Foland is a
descendant of Randolph Jefferson, the only brother of
Thomas Jefferson, sons of Peter Jefferson. James Strat-
ton, his maternal grandfather, was a veteran of the Mex-
ican war. Clarke V. Foland was next to the youngest in
a family of seven children. His brother James G . is a
machinist at Hendricks, West Virginia.

Clarke V. Foland spent his early life at Scottsville,
where he attended school, and was also a student in the
Virginia Polytechnic Lastitute at Blacksburg. In May,
1898, he volunteered for service in the Spanish-American
war, being assigned to duty in the Blacksburg Band, and
was with Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's command at Jacksonville,
Florida. He was mustered out at Salem, Virginia, in
December, 1898.

He learned the printer's trade in the office of the Scotts-
ville Courier, and later was employed in various capacities
on the Buchanan, Virginia, Banner, the Fincastle Herald,
the Norton Free Press, the Tazewell Republican, and
finally on the Bluefield Evening Leader. He was a part
owner of the Leader when it suspended publication, and
he lost all his savings at that time. In February, 1909,
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over tbe very limited equipment of the old Leader. He
became presideut of the new organization, which had a
cash capital of only $65.00. For a dozen years Mr. Poland
haa kept the business growing to the limit of its facilities,
and now has a complete commercial printing establish-
ment, handling a large part of th« printing business in
this section of the state.

Soon after lie came to Bluefield Mr. Poland was a clerk
in the postoftiee in 1901, under Dr. J. E. Martin, then
postmaster, and again in 1904 he served for a time in
the local office. Mr. Foland has the gift of music, has
developed much skill with the violin, and for several years
was choir leader of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church,
•South. The church organist at that time was Miss Ethel
Irene Stovall. This commou interest in music culminated
in their marriage on December 4, 1912. Mrs. Foland is
a daughter of William A. and Hattie Stovall. Her father
was formerly a school teacher, was a conductor on the
Norfolk & Western Railroad, and still later in business
at Bluefield. Mrs. Foland is a graduate of the Concord
State Normal of Athens, West Virginia, graduated in music
at Centenary College at Cleveland, Tennessee, and finished
her musical studies in the School of Music and Arts in New
York City. Her special field of proficiency is the piano,
and since her marriage she has continued teaching and
musical interests in general. They are now members of
the Bland Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and
Mr. Folaud is a steward in the church and a member of
the choir. Fraternally he is senior counselor of the
United Commercial Travelers of America, is a past sachem
of the Improved Order of Red Men, is a Royal Arch and
Knight Templar Mason, being generalissimo of the latter,
and is a memher of the Shrine at Charleston. He belongs
to the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club.

William E. Deegans. The man who is the architect
of his own fortune is to be congratulated only if the
structure has been soundly erected and the materials used
in its building are of a character that will stand the test of
criticism. Too many of our so-called self-made men have
climbed the ladder of success through the misfortunes of
others. Likewise there are men who owe their present
position to happy circumstance or fortuitous opportunity.
The men who have thus risen are not really entitled to
be known as "self-made" in the strict sense of the term.
Those deserving of this title are men who have relied
implicitly upon their own resources and have taken no
unfair advantage; who have made the most of their op-
portunities, but have not strayed from legitimate methods
in making the most of them; who have builded their
structures on sound foundations, and who, on reaching
the heights can point with a pardonable degree of pride
to the work they have perfected. To have accomplished
such an achievement has been the work of William E.
Deegans of Huntington, president of the American Bank
& Trust Company, an official in numerous other important
enterprises, and a citizen whose activities in matters of
a community nature have been constructive and helpful.
He has traveled the hard road of self-made manhood, has
met obstacles and overcome them, has suffered disappoint-
ments without allowing them to discourage him, and has
attained a well merited position of prominence. The
structure of his fortune has been firmly and substantially
erected.

Mr. Deegans was born at Bellefonte, Kentucky, March
31, 1875, the son of James Franklin and Mary (Gannon)
Deegans, both of Irish parentage, the former born at Belle-
fonte and the latter at Deering, Lawrence County, Ohio.
When he was three years of age his parents moved to
Monitor Furnace (now known as Coal Grove), Lawrence
County, Ohio, and there the lad was reared to the age of
eighteen years. When he was nine years old he began
driving teams, going to school during the short winter terms,
and this constituted his education up to 1893, when his ambi-
tion for further preparation of an educational nature led
him to enter Valparaiso (Indiana) University. His finances
at this time were modest, to say the least, and in order to
pay for his tuition, board and room rent he worked for one

year in the University kitchen. In 1895 Mr. Deegans we
to Fayette County, West Virginia, where for a time he w
employed as a railroad section hand, subsequently becomi
a coal miner under Charles Beurry, of the Beechwood Co.
and Coke Company. Later he entered the service of t
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company at Thurmond, tt
state, under F. J. Ginn, and acted as baggagemaster ai'
night yard clerk until resigning to aecept the position ■'
store clerk of the McDonald Colliery Company at Ma!
donald, West Virginia, under the management of S. DiiO 1

In 1898 Mr. Deegans found himself in a position to ei
bark in a venture of his own, and, with H. C. McClai'
founded the general mercantile firm of McClain & Deegaii
at Thurmond. This association lasted until 1900, when !
sold his interest in the business to Mr. McClain and openc
au establishment of his own, under the style of W. E. De>.
gans & Company, and for five years did a prosperous bus
n ess, which was terminated by the destruction of his estal
lishment hy fire in 1905. Following this Mr. Deegans' a
tention and activities were drawn to the restaurant bus
ness, and under the style of Hofmeier & Deegans, he ope:
ated restaurants at Thurmond, Glen Jean, Scarbro and Mat
donald, West Virginia. While thus engaged it was bill
natural that he should note the opportunities offered in thf
coal business, and in 1908 he became the organizer of th
Pocahontas Smokeless Coal Company at Welch, McDowe;]
County. Following this, in the same year, he organized th]
Bank of Mullens, at Mullens, Wyomiug County, of whic'j
he was the first president, a position he still retains. Th )
following year saw him still more actively interested in coal 1
when he purchased an interest in the Prudence (West Virl
ginia) Coal Company, of which he became president and genl
era! manager. In the same year he was made president o.|
the National Bank of Thurmond, an office which he helcl
until 1919, when he disposed of his stock in that institution j

In 1910 Mr. Deegans became the organizer of the Ncv j
Pocahontas Coal Company at Deegans, West Virginia, a torn)
named in his honor, bought the controlling interest in th<
Holliday Coal Company at Keeneys Creek, this state, anc
organized the Mullens Realty Company and the Glen Jeai
Insurance Company, of both of which concerns he was presi
dent and general manager. In 1914 he purchased the con'
trolling interest in the American Bank and Trust Com-
pany at Huntington, of which he has since been president/
His organizing ability during that year was exemplified in ,
his founding the Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, at Mul-|
lens; the Deegans Eagle Coal Company, at Accoville, Logan
County; The Cub Fork Coal Company, at Yolyn; and the
Orville Coal Company, at Ojay. He also bought the con-l
trolling interest in the Paragon Colliery Company, at Yolyn,
the Guyan Valley Coal Company, at Accoville, and the Miller
Pocahontas and Virginian Smokeless Coal Company, at
Corinne, Wyoming Company, all of these being West Vir-
ginia concerns. In 1915 he organized the W. E. Deegans I
Coal Company, which is the selling agency for the group of I
miues which he now owns, and of which concern he is presi-
dent and general manager.

In 1918 Mr. Deegans bought the controlling stock in the
Royal Block Coal Company of Morrisvale, West Virginia, of
which he is president and general manager, and assumed like
duties when he organized the Independent Coal Company of
Toledo, Ohio, and the Royal Coal Company of Lansing,
Michigan, these two companies operating large retail yards
in their respective cities. In the same year he organized
the Faulkner Coal Company of Huffco, West Virginia, and
the W. E. Deegans Consolidated Coal Company of Hunting-
ton, where the main office is located, and is still president
and general manager of hoth concerns. In 1919 Mr. Dee-
gans organized the Marietta Coal Company of Stone, Ken-
tucky, of which ho is president and general manager, and
assisted in the organization of the Greenbrier & Eastern
Railroad, which connects with the Sewell Valley and the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, and of which road he is vice
president. His activities in 1920 included the organization
of the Margarette Coal Company and the Frances Coal Com-
pany, both of Marf ranee, Greenbrier County; and his ac-
ceptance of executive position in the Winner Gas Stove Com-
pany and the Miller Casket Company, both of Huntington,

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423

ich concerns he is president. He is alao vice president
Vsn Zandt Leftwich Snpply Company,
h the foregoing wealth of business duties it might
r as though Mr. Deegans had hia time fully occupied,
I must not be considered as merely a business drone,
joys the companionship of his fellows in a fraternal
jcial way, being a thirty-second degree Mason, a life
»r of the Elks, and a member of the Kiwania, Guyan-
and Guyan Country Cluha, and at all times is ready
I his abilities in support of civic measures directed to-
the promulgation of movements considered to be for
;lfare of the community. In politics he is a democrat,
a resident of Fayette County he served as a member
i County Court during 1899 and 1900, and as a mem-
f the Board of Education in 1911 and 1912.
1899 Mr. Deegans was united in marriage with Miss
.rette Turner, at Thurmond, Fayette County. Mrs.
Ins, a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church,
BJarch, 4, 1917, being survived by two children: Wil-
fe., Jr., and Mary Frances. On April 15, 1922, Mr.
Ins married Miss Katbryn A. Burgess, daughter of Mr.
|[rs. James Burgess, natives of West Virginia.

is H. Belcher is one of three brothers who are
luently identified with the lumber business, and all
:nta of Bluefield. Silas Belcher is district manager
he Ritter-Burncs Lumber Company of Huntington,
88 been one of the live and enterprising citizens of
eld for fourteen years.

was born at Rosedale, Russell County, Virginia, May
7, son of George and Maggie (Nuckeis) Belcher. His
ar ia now living at Sword Creek, Virginia, at the age
cty. The father, who was a farmer, died in 1901.

were nine children in the family, and Silaa was one
a oldest.

Belcher had the advantages of the rural schools in
11 County, and as a boy he waa employed as water
a a sawmill at wages of 25 cents a day. At the age
:teen he had developed the technical skill required
gauger and lumber inspector, and for several years
is employed in these capacities, and his duties took
:o the lumber districts of West Virginia, Tennessee,
ficky and North Carolina. For several years he was
p service of the Parkhurst Lumber Company of Sword
I, Virginia, the Boyce Lumber Company of Richmond,
nia, and the Ritter-Burnes Company of Huntington,
hree yeara he was vice president of the Graham Lum-
jJompany.

. Belcher has had his home at Bluefield since 1909,
n that time haa seen a city built up and outgTow the
;e limits of his first acquaintance here. He was an
s member of the Chamber of Commerce and the
nis Club, and is affiliated with the Elks order.
:ember 19, 1900, Mr. Belcher married Miss Stella
», a daughter of P. E. Steele, of Tazewell, Virginia.
Belcher is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

kes W. Ovebstreet, secretary-treasurer and manager
e National Armature Company at Bluefield, waa for
years an official of Southern Express Company and
Norfolk & Western Railroad at Bluefield, and is one
e city's most energetic and forward-looking younger
na.

waa born at Thaxton, Virginia, Jnne 21, 1888, son
imea H. and Jennie (Quissenberry) Overstreet, hia
r a native of Bedford County and hia mother of
sylvania County. The mother died when Jamea was
Id, and the father, a stock and tobacco farmer, died
12, at the age of sixty. There were only two sons,
. Overstreet, of Portsmonth, Ohio, and Jamea W.
oea W. Overstreet attended private school in Bedford
y, Virginia, until he was sixteen, and when he came
uefield he waa employed for one year as a salesman
bookkeeper by H. B. Thompson on Raleigh Street,
ft that firm to become clerk in the local offices of the
em Express Company, and continued in the service
it the end of fifteen years had charge of the office

and supervision over the entire business of the company
for the Pocahontas Division of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad.

On acconnt of his wide acquaintance with railroad men,
mine operators and others, who had absolute confidence
in him, he has contributed in no small degree to the suc-
cess of the National Armature Company since he accepted
his official responsibilities with that firm in March, 1920.

Mr. Overstreet married, April 29, 1914, Rosel Killey,
daughter of Dr. P. H. Killey, of Vivian, Virginia, They
have one daughter, Emily. Mr. and Mrs. Overstreet are
members of the Episcopal Church. He ia a York and
Scottish Rite Maaon, a member of the Shrine at Charles-
ton, and is an active worker in such Bluefield organizations
as the Rotary Club, Country Club and Chamber of Com-
merce. During the war he made strenuous efforts to get
accepted for service, either aa a private or through the
Officers Training Camp.

Henry Bishop Kitts might be referred to appropriately
as the dean of Mercer County journalism. He waa editor
of the first paper established in that county, and for a
long auccession of years carried the responsibilities of
an editor and publisher. When he first came to the county
the total population was about seven thousand. At the
present time 49,000 people live within the limits of Mercer
County. At one time Mr. Kitts knew personally nearly
all the voters of the county. His home for many years
was at Princeton, and he located there before Bluefield
was on the map. Mr. Kitts is now one of the active men
in Bluefield business affairs and is secretary of the Foland
Printing Company.

He was born at Bland Court House, Virginia, April 13,
1861, son of Peter and Marianne (Edwards) Kitts. Kitts
is a name of Holland Dutch origin, while the Edwards
family lived for many generations in Fincastle County,
Virginia. The great-grandfather of Henry B. Kitts was
Henry Kitts, who was born in Wythe County, Virginia.
His son, Jacob Kitts, moved from Virginia to East Ten-
nessee, when his son Peter waa a boy of seven, but sub-
sequently returned to Virginia. Peter Kitts spent the
greater part of his life at Bland Court House, was a shoe-
maker by trade, and also carried on farming. Peter Kitts
was born in Grainger County, Tennessee, in 1827, and
died at Bland Court House in 1878. His wife, Marianne
Edwards, was born in 1844 and died in 1888. They were
members of the Methodist Church. Henry Bishop Kitts
is the oldest of ten children. A brother and sister live
at Bluefield, George, an engineer of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad, and Mrs. Leroy Landrum.

Henry B. Kitta attended school at Bland Court House
nntil twelve years of age, but hia literary as well as his
technical education was acquired in a printing office. After
leaving school he was a boy worker in the office of the
Holston Christian Advocate, a Methodist paper. At the
age of sixteen he was performing the duties of editor of
the Bland County Gazette.

In 1881, forty years ago, and when only nineteen years
of age, Mr. Kitts came to Princeton, Mercer County, West
Virginia, and took charge of the Princeton Journal a few
weeks after the establishment of this pioneer paper of
Mercer County. He conducted the Journal for sixteen
years. He became prominently identified with the demo-
cratic party in the county, was chairman of the Central
Committee before he was twenty-one, and since then has
called every county convention to order or has served aa
secretary of the body. While in Princeton he was assistant
in the clerk's office at different times.

Mr. .Kitts has been a resident of Bluefield since 1897,
in which year he established the Advertiser, a weekly
paper, and published this until 1904, when he sold out.
During that year he waa busy compiling and publishing
a city directory. He then opened a job office, known as
the Kitta Printing Company, on Princeton Avenue. In
1909 he returned to journalism as editor of the Evening
Leader, and after that paper suspended he became secre-
tary of the Foland Printing Company, one of the largest
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of the state. During 1900 Mr. Kitts served aa city treas-
urer.

In 1881 he married Mlaa Minnie Kahle, daughter of
Samuel and Katherine Kahle. Mrs. Kitts died In 1910, the
mother of four sons and four daughters. Two of the sons
and two of the daughters are still living. Ernest is chief
inspector for the Bluefield Telephone Company; Frank is
now manager of a theater at Pocahontas, Virginia, and
during the war period was in training at Camp Lee, Vir-
giuia. The daughter Eva is the wife of Richard Morgan
at Matoaka, Virginia, while Mary is the wife of M. B.
Hammitt, of Pocahontas, Virginia.

Mr. Kitts is one of the prominent members of the
Kiwanis Club, and his associates in that organization affec-
tionately refer to him as " Young Man Kitts. " He was
a delegate to the Inernational Kiwanis Convention at Cleve-
land. He is a member of the Finance Committee of the
Men's Club of the Bland Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and active in the work of the club. He is
a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Eaatern
Star, and ia one of the oldeat membera of Bluefield Lodge
of Elks.

Moses William Burr, a scion of one of the very early
pioneer familiea of what ia now West Virginia, was born
on the old homestead of the family near Bardane, Jeffer-
son County, on the 8th of February, 1819. His father,
Jamea Burr, was born near Bardane, April 2, 1776, a son
of Peter Burr, who was born near Fairfield, Connecticut,
October 21, 1727. Peter Burr married Mary Stuart, born
Auguat 17, 1730, and in company with a couain who com-
manded a vesael in the coastwise trade, he landed at Alex-
andria, Virginia, and thence followed an Indian trail to
the site of the preaent city of Harper's Ferry, West Vir-
ginia, where he obtained from Lord Fairfax a tract of
land a short distance west of the present Harper's Ferry.
He left his father in charge of this property and returned
to Connecticut to settle his business and property affairs
in that state. On his return to Virginia he was accom-
panied by his wife and seven children. In the meanwhile
his father had become dissatisfied with the land which had
been taken, the result being that the tract was given up
and from Lord Fairfax another tract was secured, a part
of the present village of Shenandoah Junction being sit-
uated on this land. About a mile west of the present vil-
lage Peter Burr built a house and established a home in
the midst of the wilderness. He reclaimed and otherwise
improved much of his land, and on this old homeatead he
passed the remainder of his life, Alexandria having been
the nearest market point and several days having been re-
quired to make the trip back and forth with teams and
wagona. The namea of the seven children of his firat mar-
riage were: Mary, Abigail. Sarah, Miriam, Jane, Peter
and Hannah. For his second wife Peter Burr, Sr., mar-
ried Jane Calhoun, who was born near Lancaster, Penn-
sylvania, a representative of the old and influential family
of that name. The six children of this union were: James,
Elizabeth, Moses, Anna, William and Esther. The son
Moses was a captain in the War of 1812.

James Burr succeeded to the ownership of a part of
his father's landed estate, and there he and his young
wife established their home in a small log house. For
several years he hauled his farm produce to Alexandria,
stopping enroute at the wayside inns or taverns, aud he
won substantial success in his farm enterprise, ne became
the owner of two slaves, a negro and hia wife, and these
two, with their progeuy, were all the slaves he ever re-
tained. James Burr diet! in November, 1848, his wife
having passed away in the preceding year. The maiden
name of Mra. Burr waa Nancy McGarry. She waa born in
what is now Jefferson County, West. Virginia, April 7, 1781,
a daughter of John McGarry, who caiuo from Ireland with
his family and became a pioneer settler and farmer in
Jefferson County, as now constituted. He was a weaver
by trade, and with hia hand loom did much manufacturing
of cloth for the other pioneer settlers. Jamea and Nancy
Burr became the parents of five children i Edmund, James,
Jr., John, Moaea William and Nancy Jane.

Moses William Burr gained his early education in
little log school house erected by the people of the n
borhood, and profited much by instruction there give!
John McKnight. He evcntnally Ruccecded to the ov
ahip of his father's farm, and there he continued his |
cessful activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower j
his death, February 25, 1895. He was one of the honi
and influential citizens of Jefferson County, and did !
his part in advancing its civic and material prospe
In May, 1845, he married Mary Ann Porterfield, who
born in Berkeley County, October 23, 1824, a daughte
William and Mary (Williamaon) Porterfield. William
terfield waa born in the preaent Hedgeaville District
Berkeley County, in 1776, and was a son of William
terfield, whose father likewiae bore the personal nam»j
William. Mary A. (Williamaon) Porterfield was a daug
of a Revolutionary soldier who received from Virgini
tract of land in what is now the State of Ohio in reco
tion of his military service. Mrs. Burr died on the
of July, 1894. The names of their eight children are
recorded: Margaret Ann, Mary Jane, Bettie Porterf
Susan Emma, James William, Nannie Belle, Milton I
liamson and Alice Calhoun. Milton W. and his sish
Mary J., Bettie P., Nannie B. and Alice C, now occl
the old homestead, and are among the few persons in ,i
feraon County, thus owning a property that has beer!
the family possession for four successive generations. l\
old homestead place, in Jefferson County, is situated <[
fourth of a mile from the village of Bardane, and 1
present house, a commodious frame structure of Coloil
style of architecture, with modern improvements, includ|
electric lights and steam heat, stands on the site of 1
old log cabin which was the original family domicile, 1
site being on an elevation that affords a commanding vj
of the surrounding country. The farm is in charge |i
Milton W. Burr, and his sisters are the gracious and U
ular chatelains of the beautiful and hospitable home, y<
liam Porterfield, the maternal ancestor, was born in H
land, of Scotch lineage, came to America in the Coloia
period and was one of the first settlers in what is b I
Berkeley County, West Virginia. The family name
his wife was Paul, and her father was one of the fij
settlers in the vicinity of Falling Waters, Berkeley Cqunj
where he acquired a large landed estate.

Ellis C. Conley, who is engaged in the practice of i
profession as a certified public accountant in the City \
Huntington, is a native of the fine old Blue Grass Sta,
Hia grandfather, Madison Conley, pasaed his entire life
Johnson County, Kentucky, where he was born in 1839 a
where he died in 1913, he having been a distinguished me
ber of the bar of his native county and having been a g*
lant soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war. Hia wi
Elizabeth, was likewise a native of Johnson County, 8,
having survived him and having been a resident of FloJ
County, that state, at the time of her death. Their s,
Samuel Clark Conley was born January 15, 1863, and n<|
resides near Rieeville, Kentucky, where he owns and opi
ates a large and well improved farm. He is a democr.
and both he and hia wife are earneat members of the Ba
tist Church. Mrs. Conley, whose maiden name was Saii
E. Picklesimer, was born iu Johnson County, Kentucky,
November, 1864. Of the children Ellis C, of this revie
is the eldest; Leonard is a farmer in Floyd County, Ke
tucky; Grace is the wife of Walter Chatfield, a farmer
Lawrence County, Ohio; Ollie ia the wife of Thomaa Hi
a merchant in Floyd County; and Ross' remains with b
parents on the home farm in Johnaon County.

Ellis C. Conley was born near Preatonaburg, Floyd Count
Kentucky, August 3, 1883, and there gained in the rur
schools his preliminary education. In 1900 he gradual
from the East Kentucky Stato Normal School at Louis
He taught two years in the rural schools of his natii
county, and thereafter was for two years a student In Va
paralso University, Valparaiso, Indiana. During the ei
suing two years he was again in service as a success^
teacher in the schools of hia homo county, and in 1905 1
graduated from the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Busing

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keraity. For the succeeding year be was an instructor
■e commercial department of the high school at Katawa,
Jtucky, and in 190S be completed a post-graduate course
igher accountancy in La Salic University, Chicago. Ho

employed for three years as bookkeeper for various
ncss concerns in Kentucky and West Virginia, and
eafter was associated with a firm of certified public ae-
ltauts in the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, until 11)13, in
ruary of which year he became secretary and treasurer
the II. Krish Wholesale Dry Goods Company at Cat-
«burg, Kentucky. He resigned this position December
1916, and has since been engaged in successful practice
i certified public accountant in the City of Huntington,
?t Virginia, where he has a substantial and representn-

clientele. He received his first certificate as a certi-

public accountant on the 6th of July, 1916, under the
i of the State of Kentucky, and Governor A. O. Stan-

of Kentucky, appointed him a memher of the first
e board of examiners for Kentucky certified public ac-
atants. After serving one year he was reappointed, for
>rm of three years. November 18, 191 S, he received his
»nd professional certificate, from the State of Indiana;
i August 14, 1919, he received a similar certificate from
: State of West Virginia, His well equipped offices are
106 First National Bank Building, and he is the owner
'the husiness conducted under the title of the Federal
lit Company at Huntington.

Ir. Conley i's a democrat, and he and his wife are zeal-
members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
»th, in their home city, he being a steward of the same
also secretary of the men's Bible class in the Sunday
bol. He is actively identified with the Huntington
imber of Commerce and the Huntington Credit Men's
rociation, as is he also with the National Association of
t Accountants, the American Society of Certified Pub-
Accountants and the West Virginia Society of Certified
3lic Accountants. At Huntington he is the owner of
I estate, including his pleasant home property, 923
;bth Street, and he is the owner also of a farm ia Law-
ce County, Ohio. In the World war period he was in the
am e tax service of the government. His Masonic affilia-
is are here noted: Hampton Lodge No. 235, F. and A.

Catlettsburg, Kentucky; Apperson Chapter No. 81,
A. M., Ashland, that state; Huntington Commandery
. 9, Knights Templars; Lodge of Perfection No. 4 in
home city; Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine
Charleston, West Virginia Consistory No. 1, Scottish
e, at Wheeling, in which he has received the thirty-sec-
1 degree; Rose Croix Chapter No. 4, Huntington; Hunt-
ton Chapter No. 8, O. E. S.; and White Shrine of Jeru-
em No. 3 at Huntington.

lune 8, 1910, at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, was solemnized
f marriage of Mr. Conley and Miss Estella Chatfield,
lighter of the late LaGrand Chatfield, who was a whole-
|e merchant in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Conley have no
ldren.

Ternon Emil Johnson, a former speaker of the House
\ Delegates of the West Virginia Legislature, is success-

ly established in the insurance business in his native
m of Berkeley Springs, judicial center of Morgan
anty, and is a scion of one of the influential pioneer
pilics of this section of West Virginia. He was born

Berkeley Springs on the 22d of May, 1SS0, and is a
i of John W. and Eliza E. (Bechtol) Johnson, both like-
•se natives of Morgan County, where the father was born

a farm near Berkeley Springs and the mother at Berke-
| Springs, where her father, Louis Bechtol, was a repre-
utativo business man. John W. Johnson bore the
tronymic of his father, John, who was a farmer by
;ation and who is supposed to have passed bis entire
3 in what is now Morgan County. John W. Johnson
s reared on the old home farm and gained his youthful
ucation in the rural schools. After bis marriage he
?aged in the general merchandise business at Berkeley
jrings, his father-in-law having been associated with him

this enterprise. He continued aa one of the leading

merchants and honored citizens of Berkeley Springs until
bis death, at the age of fifty-four years, his widow having
passed away at the venerable age of seventy-two years.
They became the parents of five sons, of whom two are
living: Ernest L. and Vernon E.

The public schools of Berkeley Springs afforded Vernon
E. Johnson his early educational advantages, and there-
after he completed a course in the celebrated Eastman
Business College at Pouglikcepsie, New York. lie gained
his initial business experience as elerk in his father's store,
and after leaving the business college he continued his serv-
ices as a clerk in his native city about six years, lie then
engaged in the general insurance business, in which he
has since continued, his agency being now one of the most
substantial and important in this line of enterprise in
Morgan County.

Mr. Johnson has been notably loyal and influential as a
progressive and public-spirited citizen and has been n
leader in the local ranks and the councils of the republican
party in his native county, his first presidential vote hav-
ing been cast for Theodore Roosevelt. He was elected
representative of Morgan County in the Lower nouse of
the State Legislature in 1911, and the high estimate placed
upon his service is shown in his having been re-elected in
1913 and again in 1915. He was a loyal working member
in the deliberations on the floor of the House of Delegates
and also as a member of the various committees to which
he was assigned. His ability and popularity led to bis
being chosen speaker of the House for the session of 1915 6,
and be had the distinction of being one of the youngest
men ever selected for this position in that body. He
served as a member of the military staff of Governor Glass-
cock and later as a member of the staff of Governor Hat
field, in which connection he gained the rank and title of
colonel.

In the World war period Colonel Johnson was chairman of
the Morgan County Draft Board and was otherwise in-
fluential in the furthering of local war activities and
patriotic service. He has served as a member of the State
Board of Trustees of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia,
and as a member of the Council of the Town of Bath.
He is president of the Bank of Berkeley Springs, and is
the owner of a fine farm property in his native county,
the same having a specially well developed orchard that
shows the owner's interest in horticulture. Colonel John-
son is affiliated with DeFord Lodge No. 8S, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons.

At the age of twenty-one years Colonel Johnson wedded
Miss Willie Rice, who likewise was born at Berkeley Springs
and who was a daughter of Jesse and Margaret Rice.
Mrs. Johnson died at the age of thirty-six years, and is
survived by one daughter, Virginia E., who graduated
from the local high school and thereafter continued her
studies by attending Madison Hall in the City of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia. For his second wife Colonel
Johnson wedded Miss Ethel Harmison, who was born at
Berkeley Springs, a daughter of Morgan S. and Martha
Harmison, of whom more specific mention is made on
other pages of this volume. Mrs. Johnson graduated from
the Berkeley Springs High School and later attended the
State Normal School at Fairmont, she having been a suc-
cessful and popular teacher prior to her marriage. Colonel
and Mrs. Johnson have two fine sons, Richard M. and
Philip E.

Morgan Simeon HAainsoN has served both as sheriff
and clerk of his native county, a fact that sets at nanght
any application of the scriptural aphorism that "a prophet
is not without honor save in his own country." He re-
sides at Berkeley Springs and is the present county clerk
of Morgan County. He was born on a farm near Berkeley
Springs, the county seat, and the date of bis nativity was
February 14, 1852. His father, Thomas Harmison, was
born on a farm at the confluence of Sleepy Creek and the
Potomac River, June 10, 1813, and was a son of Elijah
Harmison, who, so far as available data indicate, passed
his entire life in what is now Morgan County, Ms five
children having been Isaac, Thomas, David, Jane and

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Abigail. Thoinaa Harmison was reared on the old home
farm and eventually succeeded to the ownership of the
Eankin Sawmill, which he operated a few years. He then
purchased a farm in the Sleepy Creek District, and there
he continued as one of the substantial agriculturists and
stock-growers of his native county until his death in 1883.
He was influential in community affairs of public order
and was a republican in politics. He married Miss Phoebe
Mahala Eankin, who was born at Berkeley Springs, a
daughter of Simeon and Matilda (Fardon) Eankin.
Simeon Eankin passed his entire life in Morgan County,
as now constituted, owned and operated a sawmill and was
one of the leaders in the lumber industry in this section
of the state, his lumber having been rafted down the
creek and the Potomac Eiver to Williamsport. Mrs.
Thomas Harmison preceded her husband to the life eternal,
her death having occurred in 1881. Of the two children
the elder was John Franklin, who enlisted for service in
defense of national integrity when the Civil war begau.
He became a member of Company F, First Maryland Vol-
unteer Infantry, and he was killed in battle at Harper's
Ferry, his remains being interred in the National Ceme-
tery at Antietam.

Morgan S. Harmison waa reared on the old home farm
and gained his early education in the rural schools. He
eventually succeeded to the ownership of the home farm,
which he still retains in his possession and to the active
management of which he continued to give his attention
until his election to the office of county sheriff in 1896.
He served four years in this office, and in 1902 was elected
county clerk, a position of which he has since been the
incumbent through successive re-elections.

September 28, 1876, recorded the marriage of Mr. Har-
mison and Miss Martha Prudence Thompson, who was
born in Sleepy Creek District, this county, a daughter of
Samuel and i^llen (McBee) Thompson, life-long residents
of Morgan County. Mr. and Mrs. Harmison became the
parents of ten children: Clara Jane, wife of C. E. Hover-
male; Morgan Samuel, who married Nellie Custer; Bessie
Mahala, wife of G. C. Hunter; Martha May; Lola E.;
Etta, wife of Edward Smith; Ethel M., wife of CoL
Vernon E. Johnson, who is the subject of individual men-
tion on other pages of this work; Kate, wife of Leonard
Collier; George S., who married Lillian Hovermale; and
Frank, who married Hazel Collier.

Emery C. Queen. In the present day when business
honesty sometimes appears to be at a discount and when
many public officials are being accused of trafficking with
their honor, those whose integrity is unquestioned stand
out with distinctive prominence. In this connection atten-
tion ia called to the record of Emery C. Queen, who has
passed the greater part of his life in the employ of the
United States Government, who is now serving as post-
master at Berkeley Springs, and whose attitude toward
the world is that of kindly friendliness, combined with the
strictest probity and highest principles.

Mr. Queen was born February 8, 1886, on a farm near
Johnstown, Harrison County, Virginia, a son of Armistead
and Frances Diana (Alexander) Queen. His father was
born in the same locality in 1844, a son of Levi Queen,
who was born on a farm located on Peeltree Eun, in the
same county. In his youth Armistead Queen learned the
trade of stone mason, a vocation which he followed with
much success for many years, in addition to which he occu-
pied himself as an agriculturist, and now, at the age of
seventy-eight years, is living in retirement on his property.
He and his estimable wife, who died in June, 1911, were
the parents of seven children: Jesse C, Ida, Okey, Alice,
Homer Moletus, Ledrew and Emery C.

Emery C. Queen attended the rural schools of his native
locality during the period of his youth, this being sub-
sequently advanced by a two-year course at Fairmont Nor-
mal School. In the meantime he had taught in the rural
schools, and after he had completed his normal course he
continued to devote himself to educational work until he
had taught nine years. He then entered the railway mail
aerviee, running between Washington and Pittsburgh, and

in 1917 was transferred to Boanoke, Virginia, aa translj
clerk. After three months he resigned and became pr
cipal of the Mount Wesley graded school, but after o
year left this post and returned to the railway mail servii
between Washington and Grafton. Ou October 1, 191
Mr. Queen again left the railway mail service, but not t
service of the Government, for he at once assumed t
duties of postmaster at Berkeley Springs, a position
which he had been appointed. He has continued to di
charge the duties of this office in a thoroughly satisfyii
manner, has elevated the standards and efficiency of til
local office, and through his unfailing courtesy and obli
ing nature has won numerous friends and well-wishers.

At the age of twenty-four years Mr. Queen was uniU
iu marriage with Miss Madeline Fisher, who was ho.
in Morgan County, West Virginia, daughter of Eos
Fisher, and to this union there have been born four chi
dren: Helen, Emerson, Madeline and Donald. Mrs. Quec
is a member of St. Vincent's Soman Catholic Church, whi
Mr. Queen belongs to the United Brethren Church an
Eev. G. B. Hott's Bible Class. As a fraternalist he belong
to Berkeley Springs Lodge No. 4, K. P., and is also
member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is pros
dent of the Morgan County Poultry Association.

William Oliver Hughes, Ja., office manager for tb 1
West Virginia & Pittsburgh Sand Company at Berkele
Springs, Morgan County, was born in Harford Count)
Maryland, on the 11th of April, 1833, and is a son of Wil
iam Oliver Hughes and Estelle (Morgan) Hughes, bot|
likewise natives of that county. The Hughes family m.
founded in Harford County many generations ago, an I
there Amos Hughes, paternal grandfather of the subjec
of this review, passed his entire life, Eobert Morgan, th
maternal grandfather, likewise having been one of the aub
stantial citizens of that county at the time of his death
William O. Hughes, Sr. was reared and educated in hi
native county, and as a young man was there appointee
deputy sheriff, a position in which he served two terms
after which he was sheriff of the county two terms, besidei
serving as tax collector. He and his wife still reside ii
Harford County, and Mr. Hughes is now virtually retiree
after many years of active association with business and in
dustrial enterprise.

He whose name initiates this review ia one of a family
of seven children and he received his early education in the
schools of his native county. Thereafter he completed a
four years' course in Tome Institute at Port Deposit, Mary-
land, and later took a commercial course at Cook Academy,
Elmira, New York. He then, in 1903, came to Berkeley
Springs, West Virginia, and took the position of timekeeper
for the West Virginia & Pittsburgh Sand Company. He
later became bookkeeper and is now the efficient and popu-
lar office manager for this important industrial corporation.
He is also associated with his father-in-law in the general
merchandise business at Berkeley Springs. He is affiliated
with the Masonic fraternity and he and his wife are active
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In the year 1911 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Hughes and Miss Ellen Belle Hunter, who was born at
Berkeley Springs, a daughter of James Hunter, of whom
individual mention is made in following biography.

James Hunter is one of the leading merchants of his
native town of Berkeley Springs, the judicial center of
Morgan County, and is a representative of one of the old
and honored pioneer families of this county, his father,
Charles Edward Hunter, likewise having been born at
Berkeley Springs, and having been a son of William Hunter,
who was prominently identified with the civic and material
development of this county in the earlier period of its his-
tory. Charles Edward Hunter became a skilled artisan at
the carpenter's trade, and was a successful contractor aad
builder at Berkeley Springs at the time of his death, when
but thirty-five years of age. His wife, whose maiden name
was Ann McCaffrey, likewise was born and reared at Berke-
ley Springs, a daughter of John McCaffrey, and she was
sitxy-six years of age at the time of her death.

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427

f?s Hunter, one of a family of five children, was
| and educated at Berkeley Springs, where as a youth
•ned the carpenter's trado, to which he devoted his
on a few years, lie then engaged in the general
,ndise business in his native village, and with this en-
e he has continued his active connection during the
ning years, which have brought to him substantial
. He is a director of tho Berkeley Springs Bank, is
blican in political adherency, and he and his wife
lembcrship in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
n he was twenty-nine years of age Mr. Hunter mar-
iss Emily F. Frey, who was born on a farm in Bath
t, Morgan County, and who died September 15, 1921.
is a daughter of Lewis and Rachel Frey. Mr. and
lunter had three children: Ellen Belle is the wife
dinm O. Hughes, who is the subject of the personal
preceding. Anna is the wife of W. J. Noel, and
ave two children, Joseph and Elizabeth. Augusta,
.•st of the three daughters, remains at the parental

Howard Parsons is one of the alert and progressive
*s men of the City of Martinsburg, Berkeley County,
he has shown both versatility and resourcefulness in
veloping of the popular billiard and bowling estab
nt known as the Palace, besides which he is a stock-
aud director of the Shenandoah Valley Bank &
Company and the Carnation Orchard Company.
Parsons was born at Keyser, judicial center of Min-
ounty, West Virginia, on the 18th of April, 1879, and
on of George W. and Ella Parsons. After having
rofited by the advantages offered by the public schools
' native place Mr. Parsons took a position as clerk in
^orekeeper 's department of the Baltimore & Ohio
lad, and later he was transferred to the transporta-
epartmcnt. After continuing his connection with this
y for a period of five years he was for aix years the
ir clerk in the Berkeley Hotel at Martinaburg, Berke-
>unty, and for the ensuing three years he conducted
•1 at Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. He then returned to
Qsburg and opened a billiard parlor on the south aide
?st King Street One year later, in 1919, he opened
•esent modern and finely equipped establishment, the
3, at 121 West King Street, where he has a full com-
nt of the best type of billiard and pool tables and
, bowling alley, besides having a soda-water fountain
arrying full lines of cigars and tobacco, confectionery
porting goods, in which last department he has the
agency for the great sporting-goods house of A. G.
ding & Company.

the Masonic fraternity Mr. Parsons has received the
•second degree of the Scottish Rite, his basic York
affiliation being with Davis Lodge No. 51, A. F. and
., in his native Town of Keyser. He is a member of
Temple of the Mystic Shrine in the City of Wheeling,
3 affiliated with Martinsburg Lodge No. 778, Benevo-
f.nd Protective Order of Elks; Washington Lodge No.
pights of Pythias; Azrah Temple No. 226, Dramatic
I Knights of Khorassan; and the local camp of the
>rn Woodmen of America, besides which he is a val-
>iemher of the Kiwanis Club in his home city.
s 1906 Mr. Parsons wedded Miss Henrietta Katherine
>is, daughter of Herbert E. aud Susan (Gardner) Han-
tod a sister of Herbert E. Hannis, Jr., district attor-
)f whom individual mention is made on other pages of
iwork. Mrs. Parsons died at the age of thirty-two
I and for his second wife Mr. Parsons wedded Miss
I May Weller, daughter of George W. Weller.

js Christopher, of the Pisgah locality in Preston
ky, is a splendid exemplar of the rugged, strong and
1 existence, his career having covered more than
7 years and having expended itself in hard work,
. citizenship and constant thoaghtfulness and provi-
for his family,
was born within a quarter of a mile of where he
today, at the home of his son Ralph, on April 12,

1839. His father, John Christopher, was an orphan child
in Pennsylvania, and at the age of about live or six was
taken into the family of Mr. Seaport in the Pisgah com-
munity. Mr. Seaport later lost his life by drowning in the
Cheat River. John Christopher was reared on the Sea-
port farm, and while he had few educational advantages,
he gained enough literary training to suffice for his busi
ness needs. He married Mary Lawson, daughter of Ben-
jamin Lawson, whose farm was in the same neighborhood
as the Seaport farm. She died in 1854. Her children
were: Frances Ann, who became the wife of George King
and lived all her life in Preston County; Irvin and Jehu,
twin aons, they having been teamaters in the Civil war
and thereafter spending their career as farmers in the
Pisgah locality; Marshall, who died at the same time as
his mother; and Tazewell, who was a Union soldier at tho
time of the Civil war, was captured at Harpers Ferry, and
died at Annapolis, Maryland, soon after his exchange.

The second wife of John Christopher was Delilah Walls,
daughter of William Walls. The children of this mar-
riage were: Aaberry, a farmer in Pleaaants District of
Preston County; John, a farmer near Kingwood; Sylvester,
of Pisgah; Mrs. Mattic Cunningham, of Uniontown, Penn-
sylvania, whose first husband was Jack Sadler; Mollie, wife
of Ezra D. Matthew, of Fairmont; Lazona aud Columbus,
of Fairchance, Pennsylvania; Emmer, of Terra Alta; and
Rosa, wife of French Greathouse, of Nilan, Pennsylvania.

Irvin Christopher had the privilege of attending the com-
mon schools a few months each winter and the rest of the
year he employed himself in the work of the farm, and
he remained about the old home until the beginning of the
Civil war. He was a stanch Union man, and soon after
the outbreak of hostilities he went to Pittsburgh and found
employment as a mechanic during the construction of two
large gunboats, the Mannaunk and the Umqnah. After
that be returned to the Big Sandy, and a few months later
re-entered the service of the Government as a teamster.
He and his brother Jehu drove teams for Colonel Rey-
nolds and Captain Morgadent, topographical engineers of
the army in the State of Virginia. This phase of army
service occupied Irvin Christopher three months. Aa a
civilian he had borne some of the real burdens of warfare,
and he then returned and soon after his marriage settled
down on a farm. He built a frame house in the very yard
where the home of his son Ralph now stands, and here he
and Mrs. Christopher set themselves to the task of achieving
prosperity from their operations as grain and stock farmers.
In the years that followed, Mr. Christopher cleared away
extensive tracts of the timber adjacent to the Cheat River,
and he and his sons rolled many hundreds of logs into
that stream destined for the mills lower down. For some
yeara he and Mrs. Christopher also couducted the boarding
camp for the Pittsburgh Lumber Company. In the course
of many years Mr. Christopher cleared a large acreage, and
of that clearing perhaps 150 acres was converted into fields
of tillage, producing such crops as corn, wheat, oats and
buckwheat. Mr. Christopher found a market for his grain
at the Rockville Mill.

For all the duties implied in this busy program, Mr.
Christopher did not neglect his support of schools and
educational facilities for the young, and was similarly
interested in the welfare of the church. He was reared
a Methodist, and in former years was one of the leading
members of the Pisgah Church. He and Mrs. Christopher
were converted in the same revival meeting.

December 2, 1867, at Lanrel Run, his home community,
Irvin Christopher married Mary C. King. She waa born
in Preston County August 19, 1847, and died March 26,
1906, at the age of fifty-nine. She was a daughter of
Thomaa and Jane (Brandon) King, both born near Pis-
gah and spent their lives in the community as fanners.
There were three daughters and five sons in the King
family: Serena, wife of Ami Jenkins; Persis, who married
Isaac Jenkins; Mrs. Christopher; Albert, who married
Hester Jenkins; William, who married Elizabeth Street;
George, whose wife was Frances Ann Christopher; Eugenus,
who married Mary Smith; and Thomaa, who married

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Catherine Haynes. The sons Alhert and William were
Federal soldiers, were taken prisoners and both died in
Andersonville Prison.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Christopher were:
Tekoah, who married Mary Greathouse, and is a coal
miner in Pennsylvania; Ralph Spencer; Orpha Jane, wife
of Dr. J. A. Graham, of Fairmont; Minnie Belle, wife
of Arthur J. Myers, of San Francisco, California; Persis
Irene, wife of Joseph Kaszer, of Morgantown ; Daisy Pearl,
wife of Charles G. Ryan, of Morgantown.

Ralph S. Christopher has in his ' individual career sup-
plemented and extended the worthy industry and influence
of his honored father, lie was born on the farm that he
now owns April 8, 1872, grew up there, had a home school
education, and worked in the fields, in the timber, and
among the stock, and this early experience qualified him
for the activities of the duties* that have chiefly claimed
his attention in manhood. He is still operating a saw
mill on Christopher Run, and has in addition the respon-
sibilities of a farm of 450 acres. Mr. Christopher has
served as a trustee of the Grant District schools, and is
a republican. His father east a ballot for Abraham Lin-
coln during Civil war times.

September 17, 1892, Ralph S. Christopher married in
Garrett County, Maryland, Miss Effie E. Ryan, daughter
of Edward D. and Elizabeth (Wolfe) Ryan, the latter
a daughter of Augustine Wolfe. Edward D. Ryan was a
native of Ireland, came to America at the age of eleven
years, and thereafter made his own way in the world.
He soon entered the Union Army, served three years and
then re-enlisted and came out of the army uninjured. He
established his home three miles from Pisgah, and lived
in that locality the rest of his days. He was a man of
great industry and vigor, and much of the time he left
his wife and children to look after the farm while he
supplemented his living by work in the coke regions, ne
died at the age of fifty-three, and his widow survived
him to the age of sixty-six. Their children were: Thomas
J., Mrs. Julia Ann King, Daniel A., Ross F., Sanford E.
and Mrs. Ralph S. Christopher.

Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher the oldest
is Eddie Earl, who still remains in the Pisgah community
and married Edna Jenkins. At the time of the World war
he enlisted in Company I of the Fifty-second Infantry,
was trained at Fort Thomas and Camp Forrest, Georgia,
and from Camp Upton, New York, went overseas and was
in the front line of the Argonne Forest at the time of the
signing of the armistiee and later was with the Army of
Occupation in Germany. He returned home in June, 1919,
his only injury being a slight gassing in the trenches.
The second child, Harry Dayton, worked in the coal mines
all through the war period and is now a merchant at
Pisgah. He married Merle Everly, and their children are,
livin Dale, Wilton L. and Warren G. The third son,
Lloyd Irvin, was in the spruce division of the aeroplane
service early in the war, was transferred to the Four
Hundred and Fifth Aero Construction Squadron at Van-
couver Barracks, Washington, and prior to the war was
for six years in the employ of the Akron Rubber Works
in Ohio. He is now in the navy, on the U. S. S. Prometheus.
The fourth ehild is Hattie, wife of Lloyd O'Neal, of the
Pisgah community. The younger children, as yet unmar-
ried, are Vida Merle, Kermit Ray, Kenneth K., Erma
Pearl, Pansy Pluma, Mary Marie, Dallas Darl, Quentin
Spencer, Una Florine, Berta Love and Lola Valda. It is
a roll of honor, one of the moat remarkable family groups
in Preston County or West Virginia, and for two parents
to have brought into the world such a worthy heritage and
for them to have been preserved without a misfortune is
an interesting exception to the lot of mortal history.

John Lee CotiLTFR, dean of the College of Agriculture
:ind director of the Experimental Station of the University
of West Virginia at Morgantown, was born on the family
farm at Mallory, Minnesota, April 16, 1881, a son of
John and Catherine (McVeety) Coulter, natives of Ontario,
Canada.

The American ancestors of the Coulter family were

members of the Clan Coulter of Ayreshire, Scotland. 1
came to America in Colonial days, going to the J *\
River settlements in Virginia. Their descendants 1
spread into Maryland, Pennsylvania, and what is now ■:
Virginia, and while John Lee Coulter Is western bon -
is Identified with early West Virginia. John Conlter *
born in 1846, and his wife In 1850. The MeV( *
originated in the same part of Scotland as did the Cou) e
but the former came by the way of Canada, where 2
were residing temporarily at the time of the hirtl :
their daughter, Catherine. Both families settled in *
same section of Minnesota, and the parents of John :
grew up on neighboring farms in Ontario, Canada. [ i?
are still living, and while Mr. Coulter still retains p ,
large farming lands in Minnesota, where they spend ' [''
summers, their winters are spent visiting among their e 1
children.

John Lcc Coulter was reared on the Minnesota farm f
received his early education in the school established 1
the Coulters and their neighbors, which was taught b
Seotch school-teacher who had been brought to Anicjf
by them. Mr. Coulter later attended high school and lif
entered the University of North Dakota, which institu
was situated across the river, eight miles distant from W
Coulter farm, so that the youth lived at home whiti*
student there. He was graduated a Bachelor of iff
in the elass of 1904, and a Master of Arts in 1905, :f
during his two last years studied law. In 1908 the de§f
of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred upon him by J|
University of Wisconsin. Before this he studied at If
University of Minnesota and at Iowa State CoM
specializing in agriculture at both institutions. He 'V
an instructor at Iowa State College in 1907 and at I
University of Minnesota in 1908 and 1909, and in 1909 iff
assistant professor in rural economics at the Univers
of Minnesota, also holding that chair during a part of WI
During those two years he also was special agent of«||
Minnesota Board of Health. He became expert spitj
agent of the United States Census Bureau in 1910, a'
held that position until 1912; was in eharge of the Divia '
of Agriculture from 1912 to 1914; professor in wjx
economics at Knapp's School of Country Life, Nashvi
Tennessee, during 1914-1915; and since the latter year 1*1
been dean of the College of Agriculture and director ?
the Experimental Station, University of West Virginia.!"

When Doctor Coulter came to the University of Tfin
Virginia in 1915 all the work in agriculture and hoi,
economics was housed in the basements of different vr
versity buildings and all farm work done on about for',
acres of farm land. As an indication of the advanceme
made during his administration it may be stated that
1921 there were about 400 students enrolled, there v
complete new equipment housed in new buildings, and th
seven farms, aggregating about 2,000 acres, were und
cultivation, all being self-supporting. Doctor Coulter j
well known as a leeturer, having held that post at Geori 1
Washington University from 1910 to 1913 and at the Sui
mer School of the South in 1910 and 1911. He served i<
a member and secretary of the United States Commissic
sent to Europe to investigate rural credits and co-operatit'
in 1913, spending the summer in Europe. He has be*
a member of the editorial staff of the "American Econom
Review," dealing with agricultural subjects.

During the World war Doctor Coulter served on t!
West Virginia Council of Defense as assistant state foe
administrator and later as expert for the Federal Coanc
in charge of furnishing agricultural products to the Allie
and the War Industry Board in charge of agricatun
questions. Asking for active service, he was commisaione
major in the summer of 1918 and spent seven month
overseas. After the signing of the armistice he was sgr
cultural advisor to the French Government in the rehabil
tation of agriculture and was decorated by that Govemmen
for his services. He is at present (1921) commander o
Monongahela Post, American Legion, and Amerlcanlzatioi
officer for the State of West Virginia. He is the autho
of "Economic History of the Red River Valley" (1910)
"Co-operation Among Farmers" (1911), and of ahoo

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429

n different public document!! dealing with different
'a of agriculture. He waa formerly a member of the
rial staff of trie quarterly journal of the American
ntlcal Association, and has contributed many articles
lellvered many addresses on economic and agricultural
eta.

Ictor Coulter is a Fellow of trie American Statistical
fintion, and a member of the American Economic
rifltion, the American Political Science Association,
American Association of Labor Legislation and the
■ican Association of Agricultural Colleges and Ex-
Cental Stations, of which last-named he was vice
lent in 3917. He belongs also to the Morgantown
Yj Club, of which he is a director; the Morgantown
sber of Commerce: the Cosmos Club of Washington,

; and Lafayette Lodge No. 19, F. and A. M., Wash-
i, D. C, and the Lodge of Perfection at Morgantown.
i a member of the board of directors of the Corn-
el Bank of Morgantown.

September 23, 1911, Doctor Coulter was united in
iage with Miss Phoebe Everett Frost, daughter of
v H. Frost, a soldier during the Civil war, a political
r of note and a merchant and a cotton, rice and sugar
er of Richmond, Texas. Her mother, Mary Schlev,
eorgia, belonged to the Admiral Schley family of U.
avy fame. Doctor and Mrs. Coulter are the parents
vo children: John Lee, Jr.. born August 1, 1912;
Kirkley Schley, born July 26, 1914.

RT Holmes Hite. The cause of science in general, and
btire agricultural industry of West Virginia, sustained
jvy loss in the death of Bert Holme9 Hite, in October
During his long and active association with the
ersity he^ had carried on work that advanced agri-
ral chemistry to one of the fundamental sciences in
ivelfare of the human race.

was still a voung man when death took him away
, hi9 duties. He was born at Morgantown, August IS,
. snn of T«aac and Catherine (Hennen) Hite. This
ph of the Hite family came originally from Strassburg,
'e-Lorraine. France, and wa9 established in Virginia
'e-Revolutionary days by Matthew Hite. the American
itor, who went to Virginia from Philadelphia. He
d as an officer under General Washington in the
lutionary war, afterward became the owner of much

in this part of West Virginia, included in which
the old Hite homestead in Monongalia County. He

when full of years, at Clarksburg. He married
i Dohcrty and. following the line of direct descent,
^son. George Hite, married Sallie Rusk, and their
jeorpe married Lucy Longacre.

kne Hite, son of George and Lucy (Longacre) Hite,
►born at Morgantown, West Virginia. February 20,
, and died July 24, 1916. He married Catherine
len. who was born at Morgantown. Jnlv 6, 2832. and
tAugust 27. 1919. She was a daughter of Robert P.
Elizabeth (Wilson) Hennen, the latter of whom was a
►e of New Jersey, and died in 1871. Robert P. Hen-
nas born in Pennsylvania, a son of Matthew Hennen,
iwas the founder of the Hennen family in West Vir-
. Robert P. Hennen was a cabinetmaker at Morgan -
for many years nnd took part in public affairs,
tag as a member of the borough council in earlv
He died at Morgantown in 1873. Of Tsasc Hite's
||y of one son and two daughters, Bert Holmes was
jtrsthorn. His sisters. Alice Olive and Elizabeth Lee.
I reside at Morgantown, the former being the wife of
I Russel L. Morris of the Universitv of West Vir-
i. and the latter the wife of Dr. D. N. Courtney,
ie late Bert Holme9 Hite was reared on a farm, ac-
id his early education in the country, and in 1890
listed Bachelor of Science from the University of West
tola. From 1891 to 1895 he was at Johns Hopkins
teTsitv, being holder of scholarships in chemistry. l<*c-
i and assistant two years to the renowned Professor
«n of Johns Hopkina. and had a two years' fellow-
in chemistry in that institution. Tn "1895 he was
fated chemist and vice-director of the experiment

station of West Virginia University, and in connection
with the work he did there he was also professor of
agricultural chemistry of the University, chemist of the
West Virginia State Geological and Economic Survey and
In 1918 was appointed a consulting chemist to the Ordnanco
Department, United 8tates Army.

Professor Hite waa a Fellow of tho American Association
for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Amer-
ican Society of Chemists, of the American Association of
Officials of Agricultural Chemists. American Association
of Food Central Officers, the American Electro Chemical
Society, and of Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, which
scientific body in 1921 awarded him the Longstreth medal
for pasteurization and sterilization. He did notable work
in molecular weights, reclamation of worn-out soils, sterili-
zation by pressure, fixation of nitrogen, and wa9 constantly
experimenting with different ends in view. He made a
life Btudy of the soil of West Virginia, especiallv of the
worn out soils, and hig study of causes of the wide spread
soil condition was supplemented by methods for reclaim-
ing such 9oil9. In his work with' very high pressure he
waa a pioneer. For a number of years he carried on
fixation of nitrogen at the experiment station of the Uni-
versity, having started this work at a time when very few
people had any interest in or conception of what it meant
to agriculture for national defense or world benefit.

In 1898 Professor Hite married Rachel Evelvn Pratt,
who wa9 born at Walker, Missouri, and is a daughter of
Dr. Charleg E. Pratt, of Wheeling. West Virginia. Mrs.
Hite was graduated with the A. B. degree in the clang
of 1898, Weat Virginia University.

Albert H. Kunst, M. D. There is an element of un-
qualified # distinction in both the personal career and an-
cestral history of this honored citizen of Parkersburg. who
achieved high reputation in the work of his chosen profes-
sion, who made a Tecord of fine administrative and con-
structive service in connection with railroad building and
administration in West Virginia, and who has been in-
fluential in ^ civic affairs and in the promotion of im-
portant business enterprisea. He is now living virtuallv
retired from active professional and business life, but finds
ample demands upon hig time and attention in the super-
vision of his substantial interests.

Dr. Albert Henrv Kunst wa9 born in Pruntvtown. Vir-
ginia, now West Virginia, and is a son of the late G. H. A.
and Sarah (Ganer) Kunst. The latter wag bom and
brought up in the State of Marvland. His paternal grand-
father, John Conrad Kunst. was a distinguished lawyer in
Germany, where he passed his entire life, and where was
solemnized his marriage to the daughter of a French noble-
man who was^ notable for high literary attainments, and
who was banished from Alsace-Lorraine on account of
his religious proclivities.

G. H. A. Kunst was born in Germany on the 12th of
March. 1796, and in his native land he "received the best
of educational advantages. At the age of sixteen he volun-
teered hi9 service in the German army, and aa a first
lieutenant he distinguished himself in engagements against
the armies of the great Napoleon, including the battle
of Elba. As the representative of a prominent commercial
house in the Citv of Bremen Mr. Kunst came to the
United States in the year 1822, and after residing for some
time in the Pity of Baltimore. Marvland, he established
hig home at Petersburg. Virginia. Later, for a vear or
more, he engaged in the tobacco-warehouse business in
the City of Richmond. Virginia. Thence he returned to
Maryland, but in 1844 he came to what is now Taylor
County, West Virginia, and established his residence" at
Prnntvtowu. With the exception of about one year passed
at Wheeling he ever afterward maintained his home in
Taylor County, and there his death occurred on the 9th
of July, 1875.

Soon after his arrival In the United States G. H. A.
Kunst renounced his allegiance to the emperor of Germany
and entered application for nstnralization as a citizen
of the land of his adoption. This was no idle or insig-
oificant action on his part, for it meant to him the giving

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to the United States the full measure of his loyalty and
appreciation, and that he was remembered and honored by
his oath of allegiance was emphatically shown at the time
when the Civil war was precipitated on the nation. The
greater number of his friends and neighbors espoused the
cause of the Confederate states at this period in the history
of the nation, but though he was vigorously importuned
to take similar action he steadfastly refused, as he held
that his oath of allegiance to the United States rendered
such an act on his part a matter of personal dishonor.
Because of his high intellectual attainments, his sterling
character and his gracious personality he commanded un-
equivocal confidence and esteem and was well qualified for
leadership in community sentiment and action. He ac-
cumulated a substantial fortune, as gauged by the standards
of the locality and period, and he represented the best ele-
ment of citizenship in the land of his adoption and of his
strong and abiding appreciation and loyalty. In politics
Mr. Kunst was originally an old-line whig, and upon the de-
cadence of that party and the organization of the repub-
lican party he transferred his allegiance to the latter, the
principles of which thereafter received his staunch support
until the close of his long, earnest and useful life.

Dr. Albert H. Kunst acquired his preliminary education
in the public schools of his native county, and completed
his academic studies under the direction of private tutors.
In 1863 he served as the first deputy recorder of Taylor
County, West "Virginia, and performed all the duties of
the office in the absence of the recorder, who was a captain
in the Union Army. In consonance with his ambition and
well formulated plans he finally began the study of medi-
cine, later entered Starling Medical College, which is now
the Medical Department of the University of Ohio, iu the
City of Columbus. In this celebrated institution he was
graduated in March, 1868, and soon after thus receiving
his degree of Doctor of Medicine he was appointed assistant
physician at the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane,
at Weston, West Virginia, a position which he continued
the incumbent about thirteen years. Thereafter he devel-
oped a large and representative private practice at Weston,
the judicial center of Lewis County, and he continued a
close and appreciative student of the best standard and
periodical literature of his profession, in which he achieved
more than local distinction and to the literature of which
he made numerous and valuable contributions. His mono-
graph entitled "Freaks of the Brain,' ' published in a
leading medical journal, attracted wide attention, and his
work entitled "Puerpural Insanity" was eventually em-
bodied in a medical textbook. At one time Doctor Kunst
served as president of the West Virginia State Medical
Society, and he did much to raise the standards of his
profession in his native state. For some time he served
as president of the Board of Pension Examining Surgeons
for Lewis County. At Weston he became a citizen of much
prominence and influence, and there he was for years the
president of the National Exchange Bank. He finally
withdrew from the practice of his profession to direct
his energies into railroad promotive and construction work.
In January, 1875, citizens of Lewis County organized and
incorporated the Weston & West Fork Railroad Company,
formed for the purpose of building a line between Clarks-
burg and Weston. A narrow-gauge road was completed
and in the passing years was operated under different
titles. Doctor Kunst eventually became president of the
road. In 1883 a narrow-gauge line was completed between
Weston and Buckhannon, and of this Doctor Kunst be-
came the superintendent. He retained both of these official
positions until 1888, in which year he was made president
of the latter road also. It was freely predicted that there
two lines eould not be operated profitably, but under the
vigorous and progressive administration of Doctor Kunst
hoth were successfully maintained in operation for years.
In 1889, owing to the increase in traffic and the general
expediency of such action, the roads were changed to the
standard gauge, and he then became vice president and
general manager of the West Virginia and Pittsburgh
Railroad which was extended to Pickens and Richwood,

respectively. He continued in these positions until
road passed into the hands of the Baltimore & Ohio Ej
road Company.

Governor A. B. White appointed Doctor Kunst sup
intendent of the West Virginia State Hospital for 1\
Insane at Weston, and he was reappointed by Goven
W. G. Dawson. He gave a characteristically able adm
istration of this office, and after filling the same ab(
five years he resigned and removed to the City of Parke]
burg, where he has since lived virtually retired, though 1
is at the present time vice president of the Ho'rnor-Gaylc
Company, wholesale grocers, and a director of the Kob
gard Company, wholesale dry-goods merchants, both '
these representative houses having headquarters at Clafjj
burg.

Doctor Kunst served four years as a member of tj
Board of Regents of the University of West Virghi|
The doctor still maintains affiliation with the West Vl
ginia State Medical Society and the Wood County Medici
Society. His political allegiance is given to the repu
Mean party, and he is an earnest communicant of t
Protestant Episcopal Church.

March 16, 1875, recorded the marriage of Doctor Km
and Miss Mary Matilda Camden, a daughter of Col. Jol
S. Camden and a sister of the late United States Senat
Camden of West Virginia. Of the four children of thj
union two survive the mother, the names of the four beii j
here entered in respective order of birth: George Kai'
Earle, Irene and Johnson Camden. The two last me!
tioned are living. George K. received a military school,
ing, served as a battalion adjutant in the Spanish -Americj'j
war, was later a member of the military staff of Governiji
MeCorkle, as well as that of the latter 's successor, Govern'
White, and he was a young man of fine character asl
great promise when death ended his career. Earle had ei*
couraging literary ability and was the author of a nunriV
of published short stories and two books — "Justine" an
"The Mystery of Evangeline Fairfax." Irene is the wii
of William B. Craig, a prominent lawyer at Selma, Alahami ,|
As a member of the State Senate, when but little past hi
legal majority, Mr. Craig gave specially effective servic
in codifying the laws of Alabama, and later he represente
that state two terms in the United States Congress. Johl
son Camden, the youngest of the children, resides a
Parkersburg. The loved and devoted wife and mothe
passed to the life eternal in 1907, she having been
devout communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Chuicl

In 1913 was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Kuns
and Miss Loretto Griffin, daughter of Hon. T. R. Griffin
who served for twenty consecutive years as mayor o ■
Somerset, Kentucky, and was otherwise prominent am
influential in the old Blue Grass State. Mrs. Kunst, who i
an artist by profession, is the gracious and popular chate
lainc of the beautiful home which she and her husbant
have made a center of generous hospitality.

Richard R. Feller, of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, i
sole proprietor of the substantial business conducted uncle
the title of the Richard R. Feller Company and also of thi
Standard Concrete Pipe Company and has gained high rep
utation in engineering and construction work of importan
order. He was born in the homestead of the Feller family
at the corner of North Raleigh and West Martin streets
Martinsburg, and the date of his birth was January 17
1891. His father, Charles H. Feller, was born in Balti
more, Maryland, January 12, 1S52, a son of John Feller
who was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, in March, 1820
and whose father, John Feller, with wife and their foui
sons and one daughter, immigrated to America and pur
chased land near Cleveland, Ohio, where he planted a vine
yard and became a manufacturer of wine. After the death
of his wife John Feller removed to Cleveland, in which
city he died at the age of ninety years, his wife having
died two years previously. They had five children: John,
Charles, August, Baltzer and Mary. John Feller acquired a
good education in his native land, and there learned the
trade of weaver. He was a young man when he accompa-

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431

d his parents to America, and after residing for a time
Ohio he removed to Indiana, where he worked at his
de. Laier he removed to Baltimore, Maryland, and for
) years he was employed in the construction department
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, after which he was a
ight conductor for this road. In 1857 he eame to what
now "West Virginia and engaged in the hotel business at
>xtinsburg, at the corner of Queen and West Race streets,
in afterward he erected a commodious and substantial
rk hotel, which he named the Shenandoah House. After
rating this hotel a number of years he retired, and he
3 seventy-nine years of age at the time of his death,
le maiden name of his wife was Catherine Schick, she
ting been born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, and having
n a child when her widowed mother came to the United
•tes and with her children established a home in Rich-
iad, Virginia. Mrs. Catherine Feller died at the age of
enty-four years. Her children were six in number:
irlea H., John A., George M., William S., Julia W. and
tabeth R.

"harles H. Feller attended a private school at Martins-
tg and for two years was a student in Knapp's German
I American Institute at Baltimore. Thereafter he was
a time his father's assistant in the hotel at Martins-
ig, and he then engaged in the grocery business, at the
ner of West Martin and North Raleigh streets, where he
tinued the enterprise successfully for a period of twenty-
years, since which time he has lived virtually retired.
July 30, 1874, at Sacramento, California, Charles H.
•ler wedded Mary L. Roeder, who was born in a log house
It stood at the "northwest corner of Raleigh and West
trtin streets, Martinsburg. Her father, Ernest Roeder,
i born in Saxony, Germany, and came to the United
Ilea in company with his wife and their one child. For
tme he was employed in the United States Arsenal at
1-pera Ferry, now in West Virginia, and he then removed
iMartinsbu'rg and purchased one-fourth of the block of
il at the intersection of West Martin and North Raleigh
tets, the family home being established in the little log
ue that was then the only building on this land. Mr.
tder was long engaged in the grocery business at Mar-
ibnrg, and thus continued until his death, in 1874, at the
j of forty-nine years. His widow and children went to
! fornia, but Mrs. Roeder later returned to Martinsburg,
rre she died at the age of seventy-seven years. Charles
IFeller purchased and still owns the former Roeder prop-
r mentioned above, the land now being the site of eight
ises and a store building. He and his wife have two
ci, Richard R. and Charles V. Mr. and Mrs. Feller are
nest communicants of the Lutheran Church.

fter attending the public schools and the Dickinson
*paratory School, Richard R. Feller completed a course
I HI engineering at the University of West Virginia, in
r:h he was graduated in 1913. Thereafter he was identi-

• with engineering construction work at various places

• :he Ohio River until 1919, when he organized the Rich-
J R. Feller Company, of the business of which he has
<) sole owner since 1920. In 1921 he completed a $140,-
i contract in the construction of six miles of asphalt
d on the Winchester Turnpike, which connects Martins-

• j and Winchester and which was traversed by both Fed-

I and Confederate troops in the Civil war. Mr. Feller
'c id many war implements and relics while engaged in

• roving this old time thoroughfare, and he retains the
•e as historic souvenirs. He owns and occupies a modern
Hie which he erected on the site of the old log house

II had been owned by his father and maternal grand-
er.

a December 16, 1914, Mr. Feller married Mary Ethel
Slier, who waa born on a farm in Opequen District,
fteley County, a daughter of Elijah S. and Catherine
nitmore) Tabler and granddaughter of Levi and Ruth
Jlshans) Tabler. Her maternal grandparents were Sam-
k and Catherine (Evers) Whitmore. Mrs. Feller is a
fciber of the Reformed Church. Three of ber uncles are
jurymen, two of her uncles became physicians and one

brother became a physician. Mr. Feller is a communicant
of St. John's Lutheran Church, and his wife, of Christ Re-
formed Church. He ia affiliated with the Kappa Alpha
college fraternity; Washington Lodge No. 1, Knights of
Pythias; and Martinsburg Lodge No. 778, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks.

Richard Hfnry Edmonson, M. D. The medical pro-
fession has been very prominent in the wonderful scien-
tific achievements of the past century and that of the
present. Through the bequcsta of great wealth trained
medical men are devoting their time in laboratories fitted
with every possible adjunct for study, to the solving of
the problems which so closely touch humanity, its begin-
ning, existence and end. Not every medical man is per-
mitted these advantages, however enthused be may be with
professional interest, but the discoveries which come to
him in his daily practice are, perhaps, quite as creditable,
and certainly they arc frequent enough to demonstrate great
ability. Since 1902 Dr. Richard Henry Edmondson has
been accounted one of the leading physicians and sur-
geons of Morgantown, and during that period haa proved
his skill as a professional man and his worth as a citizen.
Not only has he won the confidence of a large and re-
munerative practice, but also the esteem and respect of
hia fellow-practitioners, who have honored him frequently
by election to posts of responsibility.

" Doctor Edmondson was born in the City of Richmond,
Virginia, May 22, 1867, a son of Richard nowell and
Mary Missouri (Montgomery) Edmondson. This branch
of the Edmondson family traces its genealogy to Samuel
Edmondson, who was born in 1750 and died about 1830.
He served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary
war as quartermaster in the Fourth Maryland Battalion of
the Flying Camp in June, 1776, was hospital surgeon's
mate from June, 1777, to June 20, 1780, and was hospital
physician and surgeon from September 20, 1781, to the
close of the war. He married Martha Elmore.

Richard Coleman Edmondson, son of Samuel and Martha
(Elmore) Edmondson, was born in 1789, and died Novem-
ber 6, 1859. On May 15, 1823, he married Susan Howell
Chaatain, who was born December 23, 1803, and died
November 14, 1891, daughter of Isham and Sallie (Howell)
Chastain. Richard Howell Edmondson, son of Richard
Coleman and Susan Edmondaon, was born February 2,
1829, and died June 23, 1910. ne was a resident of
Halifax Court House, Virginia, where his parents also
resided, but in 1880 removed to Austin, Texas. On July
2, 1860, he married Mary Missouri Montgomery, daughter
of Priee and Elizabeth (McMurty) Montgomery. Mrs.
Edmondson, who was born February 6, 1840, died Septem-
ber 2, 1868.

Richard Henry Edmondson attended a private school at
Austin, Texas, until 1882, in which year he entered the
University of the South at Scwance, Tennessee, and was
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1885.
Subsequently he entered Hahnemann Medical College, Phila-
delphia, from which he was graduated with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine in 1890, and began practice at Austin,
Texas. He later followed his profession in Arizona and
New Mexico until 1902, in which year he went to New
York City and took a post-graduate course in the Post-
Graduate" Medical School. In June, 1902, he located at
Morgantown, and in the following year was elected city
and county health officer, a position in which he served
during that year and 1904. In June, 1921, he was ap-
pointed city health officer. Doctor Edmondson was one of
the incorporators and first secretary of the Morgantown City
Hospital Association, and has served as president of the
Monongalia County Medical Society. He was a delegate
to the State Medical Society at its convention held at White
Sulphur Springs in 1911, at which meeting he was elected
counsellor for the second district. He is a member of the
Sons of the American Revolution, of the Masonic Order
and of the Improved Order of Red Men.

The following letter contains the war record of Doctor
Edmondson:

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"Headquarters, Camp Wadsworth,

"Office of the Camp Surgeon,

"Camp Wadsworth, S. C.

"December 16, 1918.
"Memorandum: To the Adjutant General of the Army.

"1. The following is the military history of Richard E.
Edmondson, Major, Medical Corps.

"Was commissioned 1st Lieut. M. C, August 9, 1916;
re-commissioned 1st Lieut. M. C, March 17, 1917, ordered
active duty, Camp Greenleaf, Fort Ogletborpe, Ga., per
telegraphic authority and per Par. 46 S. 0. 174, W. D.,
Washington July 28, 1917. Was transferred to 82nd Divi-
sion, Camp Gordon, per Par. 195, S. O. 241, W. D., Wash-
ington October 16, 1917. Attached to Sanitary Train 82nd
Division. Transferred per Verbal Order, Division Surgeon,
to 157th Depot Brigade, 82nd Division. Transferred to
Camp Wadsworth, S. C., per Par. 66, S. O. 26, W. D.,
Washington January 31st, 1918. Assigned to duty as
assistant to Depot Surgeon, Provisional Depot for Corps
and Army Troops, per Par. 7, S. O. 37, Provisional Depot
for Corps and Army Troops, Camp Wadsworth, S. C.

"Was promote!! from 1st Lieut. M. C, to Captain, M. C.
per par. Ill, S. O. 98, W. D., Washington April 26, 1918.

"Promoted from the grade of Captain, M. C, to the
grade of Major, M. C, per Par. 470, S. O. 238, W. D.,
Washington October 10, 1918.

"Appointed and announced as Camp Sanitary Inspector
per General Orders No. 125, Headquarters, Camp Wads-
worth, S. C, December 13, 1918."

On October 27, 1897, Doctor Edmondson was united in
marriage with Miss Harriett© Frances Codwise, daughter
of Edward B. and Emma (Snyder) Codwise, of Kingston,
New York. Mrs. Edmondson is ex-state regent and ex-vice
president general of the National Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Four children have come to
Doctor and Mrs. Edmondson: Helen Louise, born October
23, 1898, at Gallup, New Mexico; Gladys Chastain, born
May 22, 1900, at Gallup, New Mexico; Harriette Codwise,
born July 16, 1905, at Morgantown, West Virginia; and
Richard Edward, born April 20, 1910, at Morgantown, West
Virginia.

H. W. Russell has been an active member of the
Parkersburg bar for twenty years, has also acquired in-
terests that identify him with commercial affairs here, and
he has been honored highly by the local bodies of Masonry.

Mr. Russell was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania,
July 21, 1878. His grandfather, Alexander Russell, was
born in the same section of Chester County April 15, 1780.
He was a Presbyterian and spent his active life engaged
in farming. In 1817 he married Hannah Dickey, who
was born in 1798 and died in 1883. The youngest of their
children was William C. Russell, who was born in Chester
Tounty and was also satisfied with farming as a life
occupation. He died in May, 1903. September 4, 1866,
he married Jennie Bunting, who was born in Chester County
in 1849 and died March 4, 1912. Her father was Horatio
A. Bunting.

Second among the three children of his parents, Horatio
W. Russell grew up on the home farm in Chester County,
attended township schools and in the fall of 1892 entered
the senior class of the high school at Oxford, Pennsylvania,
graduating in 1893. Then followed two years in the Oxford
Academy, and in 1898 he received his A. B. degree from
Lincoln University. The same year he entered the Dickin-
son School of Law at Carlisle, and was graduated in June,
1900. Though admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, he did
not practice in his native state, but in March, 1901, re-
moved to Parkersburg, where his influence as a lawyer and
citizen has been steadily rising. In 1911 he formed a law
partnership with Charles A. Kreps, under the firm name
of Kreps & Russell.

Mr. Russell is a director of the Graham-Bumgarner Com-
pany and of the Acme Fishing Tool Company. To law
and business he has given his time and abilities without
reserve, and has not been in politics beyond voting as a
republican. He is of the same religious faith as his an-
cestors, a Presbyterian, is a member of the Parkersburg

Country Club, and is affiliated with the Odd Fellowa, i
and a member of all the York Rite bodies of Mai
at Parkersburg. In 1920 he had the honor of ael
Jerusalem Chapter No. 3, R. A. M., as high priest,!
during 1920-21 was eminent commander of Calvary 1
mandery No. 3, K. T.

On September 16, 1903, Mr. Russell married Carrjl
Stevenson, daughter of Orlando and Flora V. (Bj«
Stevenson, and a granddaughter of Governor Williai 1
Stevenson of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Russell 1
two daughters, Mary Constance and Ruth Stevenson.1

William E. Stevenson, who was governor of Westl
ginia from 1869 to 1871, was born at Warren in Allepl
County, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1820. Oldest in a f;l
of nine children, he achieved conspicuous success afll
strenuous struggle with the circumstances of near poil
When he was about ten years of age he was apprenl
to a cabinet maker in Pittsburgh, and eventually bem
one of the skilled workmen in that line in that city, vl
working hours he attended local debating clubs, tmifl
proving his education and laying the basis of a tral
for public Me. In 1856 he was elected a member oil
Pennsylvania Legislature, and participated in the sel
which resulted in the election of Simon Cameron tcl
United States Senate.

Before his term expired he left Pennsylvania, ani
the spring of 1857 bought a farm at Valley Mills in ^1
County in what is now West Virginia. Though busy j
his farm work, his natural gifts for leadership sooif
tracted attention, and in the national crisis that arj
in 1860 he proved one of the clearest voices in beha'i
the union of the states in this section of Virginia. AM
this time the charge was made against him that he J
circulating an incendiary document, "Helper's Impec!
Crisis," a copy of which he had in his library and!
loaned to neighbors by request. The charge was hrol
to the attention of the Grand Jury, and he was indi
in the County Court at Parkersburg. The excitement I
intense. His life was threatened, and he was a3"J
to leave the state until the excitement had abated. 1
promptly went to Parkersburg, accompanied by a ll
crowd of his neighbors, many of whom were oppose!
him politically, but were prompted by the ties of sti
friendship, and demanded a trial. Amid the confusion]
attended such excitement the trial was postponed, arl
remains postponed to this day. In the canvass of 'A
upon the question of secession, he took an active [i
speaking in Wood and surrounding counties, and lahc^
with untiring zeal for the Union cause. There are 11
men whose eloquence and ceaseless labors contrihl
largely to the vote which that section of the state |
against secession; Governors Stevenson and Boreman, a
the late John Jay Jackson, all of whom are now dead.]

In the formation of the new state he took an a«i
and conspicuous part, being a member of the conveij
of November 26, 1861, to frame a constitution for the I
proposed state. Delegate Stevenson by his excellent sj
and sagacious judgment contributed materially to the I
cess of the convention and afterward to the ratified
of the constitution by the people. He was next elej
a member of the State Senate, serving therein from i|
1863, to the close of 1868. During the last three }l
of his legislative term he was president of the Seij
In 1868 he was elected governor of the state for the I
beginning March 4, 1869, and occupied that position iJ
the first removal of the capitol to Charleston, serving I
his term in Wheeling and half in Charleston. He |
renominated in 1870, but was defeated in the eletf
by the Hon. John J. Jacob. He was the third repuhll
governor of the state, being preceded by Governors I'
man and Farnsworth. Soon after he retired from I
governor's chair he became associated with O. G. Scoi
in the publication of the State Journal at Parkersburg. i
was active in its management until the sale of the Joui
in January, 1882. In the meantime, in 1880, he hadj
moved from his farm to Parkersburg. In 1881 be I
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and held that office until a few daya before hia

3 governor he has been described as n man of liberal
« ell as vigorous progressive views, seeking to encourage
jrects of internal improvement and industrial enterprise,
I was particularly interested in creating a real public
Col system for the state, and much of West Virginia's
nablc progress in educational affairs goes back to the in-
luces set in motion by Governor Stevenson. His ad-
1 titration also promoted an era of good feeling. He
n a great frieud of the public schools, and the first high
fcol established in the state was in the City of Parkers-
m, West Virginia.

uoting from an intimate biography: "The prominent
slacteristics of Governor Stevenson were a strong will,
Irring judgment, a large fund of humor, keen knowledge
iimnan nature, rigid devotion to that which he believed
1 e right, and an integrity of character that riches dared
I sttempt to bribe and power could not corrupt. In all
I intercourse with men we have never met with a
llracter more beautiful in simplicity and gentleness and
be thoroughly honest than hia. Hia was a singularly
Hi-balanced mind, and his great personal dignity of char-
ier as well as hia kindness of heart caused him to hold
irespect the worth and dignity of other men from whose
»<iions he differed, and also brought about a considera-
1i for the worth of the opinions themselves. His scholar-
il) was wide and profound, though the result of labori-
r, thorough and systematic reading, rather than of
r.?nsive academic training. So wide indeed was his range
St he was equally at home in the scientific principles of
f.ming, in those of law and government, or in those of
iratnre and art. As a writer he was forcible, truthful,
rtematic, humorous, sure of his points and he never wan-
led from his theme. Hia fund of humor waa large, and
i seldom made a speech whose appeal was not made
linger by that peculiarly human touch,
n 1842 he married Sarah Clotworthy, a native of Phila-
Iphia. His son Orlando married Flora V. Baker, and
ir daughter, Carrye A., is the wife of Horatio W. Rus-

of Parkeraburg.

Vaitman Barbe. Former studenta and graduates of the
iversity of West Virginia as long ago as a quarter of
entury will recall with special gratitude their influential
ociations with the professor of English, Waitman Barbe.
litman Barbe is one of West Virginia's distinguished
hora and educators, and has been officially identified with

State University since 1S95.
fhe family has been in America for a number of gen-
itions, but the original seat was in the neighborhood of

Remy, a few miles distant from the old fort St. Barbe
Lorraine, France. The grandfather of Waitman Barbe
a Henry Barbe, who lived in the Shenandoah Valley of
rginia, but subsequently removed to Monongalia County
i bought several hundred acres lying on the west side

the Monongahela River in Grant District. He lived
're the rest of his life, and he and his wife were buried
the Barbe burying ground, not far from Union Church.
John Barbe, father of Waitman, was born in Shenandoah
unty. Virginia, in 1S24, and waa a youth when hia
rents moved to Monongalia County. He continued the
ation to which he had been reared, farming, but late in
» moved to ParkersbLrg, West Virginia, where he died
1905, at the age of eighty-one. His wife, who died six
nths later, just at the same age, was Margaret Esther
binson. who was born in what is now West Virginia in
14, daughter of James Robinson, who was of English
went. John and Margaret Barbe had been married for
irly sixty years and for the same length of time had
?n members" of the Presbyterian Church. Of their family

two sons and four daughters Waitman Barbe ia the
ingest.

JVaitman Barbe was born in Grant District of Monon-
lia County November 19, 1864. The environment of the
to stimulated rather than hindered his aspirations for
lolarship. He attended country schools, the preparatory
iOol of the State University, and in 1884 graduated

A. B. from West Virginia University. He received his
Master of Arta degree in 1887 and hia Maater of Science
in 1897, and during 1900-01 was a graduate student in
llnrvard University. He also wna a student in Oxford
University in England during 1908-09. Denison University
of Ohio conferred upon him the degree Litt. D. in 1904.

After leaving college Doctor Barbe took up newspaper
work, and from 1889 to 1895 was city editor or managing
editor of the Daily State Journal of Parkersburg. In 1895
he returned to hia alma mater aa assistant to the presi-
dent and associate professor of English. These duties he
performed until 1910, and since that year he has held
the chair of English and is also director of the aummer
school of the University. From 1904 to 1921 he was editor
of the West Virginia School Journal.

Doctor Barbe ia a member of the national scholarship
fraternity Phi Beta Kappa, the social fraternity Beta
Theta Pi, is a member of the American Association of
University Professors, the Harvard Graduate Club, waa
president of the West Virginia Education Association in
1917-18, was vice president of the National Education
Association for one term, and waa a member of the
Board of Regents of West Virginia State Normal schools
from 1895 to 1902. He is a member of the official board
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Outside of that great body of former studenta who have
derived inspiration and instruction from him Doctor Barbe
is known in the world of letters through hia authorship of
"Ashes and Incense," poems, published in 1891; "In the
Virginias, " a volume of stories published in 1896; "Going
to College," 1899; "The Study of Poetry," 1905;
"Famous Poems Explained," 1909; and "Great Poems
Interpreted," 1913. The last two works are very widely
used as text booka in schools and colleges of America, and
they are also found in a number of universities and public
libraries in Europe.

June 6, 1894, Doctor Barbe married Misa Clara Louise
Gould, a native of Parkersburg, daughter of S. L. and
Amanda (Worley) Gould. Her father was born at the
Village of Caldwell, a suburb of Newark, Essex County,
New Jersey, distinguished as the birthplace of former presi-
dent Grover Cleveland, and her mother was a native of New
Lexington, Ohio. After taking up his residence in West
Virginia S. L. Gould established, with his three brothers,
some forty years ago, the Parkersburg Mill Company, and
was associated with its management and operations for
many years.

John W. Lloyd waa paid only $1.00 a week for the first
service he could render the business community of Martina-
burg, and now, in the prime of life, he has given many
years to a work that has taken on interesting and progres-
sive variety and has constituted him in an important sense
a man of affairs.

Mr. Lloyd was born at Leetown in Jefferson County,
West Virginia, son of John T. Lloyd, who waa born in
Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1851, a grandson of Harrison
Lloyd, a native of the aame county, and a great-grandson
of Harrison Lloyd, Sr., who waa born in Pennsylvania and,
according to a family tradition, was a lineal descendant of
one of two brothers, natives of Wales, who came to Penn-
sylvania with William Penn. Harrison Lloyd, Sr., left
Pennsylvania and located in Loudoun County and lived out
his life there. Harrison Lloyd, Jr., grew up on a farm,
and continued farming until late in life, when he retired to
Martinsburg, where he died at the age of eighty-four. He
married Eliza Bell, a native of Jefferson County, who died
in Martinsburg. They both were active in the member-
ship of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

John T. Lloyd spent some of hia earlier yeara as a farmer,
and after removing to Martinsburg engaged in the grocery
business and is now living retired. He married Mary Eliza-
beth Nicholson, who was born in Jefferson County and died
at the age of aixty-three. Her four children were: Annie
M., who married John C. Keller; Elizabeth Alvira, who mar-
ried Claude Dunham ; Nora Ornett, who married Frank Wat-
son and livea in Warren, Ohio; and John W.

John W. Lloyd was reared and educated in Martinsburg,

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and after completing his course in the public schools earned
his $1 a week wages as an office boy. He was given twice
that amount as clerk in a grocery store, and subsequently
worked in a mill at $3 a week. Mr. Lloyd in 1901 began
his business career as partner with his father in a grocery
business. They were together about three years, and he
then opened a stock of general merchandise, and continued
a merchant of the little city until 1912.

In that year he established a bakery, of which he is sole
proprietor. His business today represents the interesting
contrast of baking and freezing, and the ice cream manu-
factured by J. W. Lloyd is as famous as his bread and
other products of the oven. He started this business on a
very small scale, and now has one of the most extensive and
best equipped bakeries and ice cream plants in the state.

At the age of twenty-two Mr. Lloyd married Ella Cora
Johnson, a native of Martinsburg, and daughter of the late
William and Mary Ella Johnson. Six children have been
born to their marriage, named Robert Linwood, Nora Or-
nett, Cora Elizabeth, Mary Virginia, John W., Jr., and J.
Harold Lee.

Mr. Lloyd is a director in the Shenandoah Valley Bank
and is member of its real estate committee. Like many
other successful business men in this section, he is financially
interested in the great apple industry and is secretary and
treasurer of the Eosemont Orchard Company of Washing-
ton County. He is a member of the chamber of commerce,
is on the executive board of the Potomac States Bakers
Association, is president of the Progressive Bakers Asso-
ciation, and member of the National Bakers Association.
He is affiliated with Kobert White Lodge No. 67, A. F. and
A. M., Wheeling Consistory, thirty-second degree Scottish
Rite Mason, Osiris Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Wheeling,
Lodge No. 24 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
Tuscarora Tent of the Improved Order of Red Men and is
a member of the Junior Order United American Mechanics.
Mr. Lloyd also gives his time and influence generously to
the promotion of community affaire and is now a member
of the city council, serving on the committees on finance,
real estate, ordinances, light, health and water.

William Franklin Leaey has clearly proved his re-
sourcefulness and progressive policies in connection with
business enterprise in West Virginia, and is now one of the
representative business men of Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County.

Mr. Leary was born at Downsville, Washington County,
Maryland, on the 2d of January, 1864, and is a son of Ben-
jamin and Virginia (Edwards) Leary, the former of whom
died at the age of fifty-four and the latter at the age of
sixty-eight years. As a skilled millwright the father fol-
lowed his trade successfully in the equipping and repair-
ing of flour mills, and he was a resident of Keyser, Mineral
County, West Virginia, at the time of his death. The sub-
ject of this review is the eldest in a family of eight chil-
dren, the names of the other children being as here noted:
Albert, Green, Ella, Clifford, Bessie, Earl and Annie.

William F. Leary was a lad of seven years at the time of
the family removal to Keyser, West Virginia, where he was
reared to adult age and profited duly by the advantages
of the public schools. At the age of eighteen years he
found employment in a tannery at Romney, and after be-
ing thus engaged eight years he operated a flour mill at
Romney, Hampshire County, thirteen years. He then pur-
chased a one-half interest in a mill at Great Cacapon, Mor-
gan County, but six months later he traded this interest
for an interest in the Berkeley Springs Mill, the operation
of which he continued until 1921, when he retired from
this enterprise. In the meanwhile he had engaged also in
the ice business, and with a well equipped plant and a sub-
stantial business he now gives his attention to this well-
ordered enterprise at Berkeley Springs.

Mr. Leary is liberal and progressive as a citizen, is a
staunch advocate of the principles of the democratic party
and is, in 1922, chairman of the Democratic Executive Com-
mittee of Morgan County. While a resident of Romney,
Hampshire County, he there served as a member of the
city council. He is affiliated with Indian Mound Lodge No.

207, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and with the
triotic Sons of America, Both he and his wife are acl
members of the United Brethren Church in their home
lage.

In 1898 Mr. Leary married Miss Victoria Shull, who i
born and reared in Hampshire County, this state, a daugh;
of James and Maggie (Marshall) Shull, both natives \
Frederick County, Virginia. Mr. Shull was a miller by tra,
and for many years operated a flour mill at Romney, Har
shire County, where both he and his wife died. Their c'.
dren were three in number: Victoria, Florence and Jo.
By a former marriage James Shull had one son, Riley, v»«
is now a merchant at Keyser, Mineral County. Mr. s 1
Mrs. Leary have eight children, namely: Ottie, Geoi'J
Margaret, James, Kenneth, Gladys, Lola and Katheri
Ottie is the wife of Charles M. Woodruff, and they hi>
two children, Virginia Lucille and Warren Franklin. Geo)
married Miss Nellie Waters, and they have three childr
Eveline, Bernetta and George William. Margaret is 1'J
wife of J. Walter Shockey, and they have two childr:
James Walter and Charles Franklin.

William Crosfield. It is not difficult while considerii
the business men of a community to discover why some i'
frankly prosperous while others advance only slowly ye
after year. Persistent industry is a very necessary fad:
in the achievement of success, and those who possess tl|
quality, along with a certain amount of ability and capaci
for good management, are reasonably to be number
among those who will attain prosperity. Industry has be
one of the characteristics in the life of William Crosfie.
of Berkeley Springs, the owner of a planing mill, Iumfc'
business and farm, a dealer in wood and coal and prop
etor of a handle factory, who is also accounted a progressi 1
and public-spirited citizen.

Mr. Crosfield was born at Strathroy, County Lambtd
Province of Ontario, Canada, a son of Rev. George Cn
field, who was born in the village of Boston Spa, Yorkshh
England. Johu Crosfield, the grandfather of William Cn
field, was born in Yorkshire, England, where he follows
the business of milling, and late in life immigrated to t
United States and spent his last years as a resident
Brooklyn, New York. His wife was a life-long reside
of Yorkshire.

George Crosfield, the only son of his parents, acquirt
a good cducatiou in his native country, where in his you
he was converted and joined the Wesleyan Methodist Churc
in which he became a local preacher. Immediately aft
his marriage he came to America, accompanied by his brid
the sailing vessel on which they traveled being sever
months in crossing the ocean. Upon their arrival they se
tied in the wilds of Canada West, as the Province of Ontar
was then known, where Reverend Crosfield secured a tra
of timber land in County Lambton and erected a small k
cabin, in which he and his young bride started housekee;
ing. As they did not possess a stove, Mrs. Crosfield ws
compelled to prepare their frugal meals at the open fir
place, and during their early years they experienced all tl
other hardships of pioneer existence. After a few yeai
they returned to England, where they remained eightee
months, then returning to Canada and locating at Smitl
ville, County Lincoln, Mr. Crosfield there joining the Met!
odist Episcopal Conference and remaining in the ministi
for a few years. He then came to the United States an
joined the Baltimore Conference, subsequently being ser
to Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, and froi
that point to Hedgesville. While there, at his own reques
he was transferred to the West Virginia Conference an
placed in charge of the Brandonville Circuit. Later he wa
transferred to Ellenboro, then to Pomeroy, and, finally
when in ill health, to Berkeley Springs, where his death 0(
curred. He was a man of fine talents, an indefatigabl
worker in the ministry and a man who was held in esteei
and affection in whatever community he labored. He mai
ried Dorothy Botterill, who was born in the village o'
Brannon, Yorkshire, England, and who spent her last year
at the home of her son William, with whom she died at th
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»nta of four children: John B., Mary Ann, William and
laska.

illiam Crosfield received his early education in the pub-
c^hools, this being supplemented by attendnnce at Wyom-
lj Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania. When he was but
ijteen years of age he commenced teaching, his first
|)ol being held in the Duling Church, near Keyser, Min-
f. County, West Virginia. He continued his labors as an
dator for several years, and thus earned sufficient capital
n which to embark in business at Berkeley Springs. His
sal efforts were modcat in character, but he has perse-
«d, has been industrious and has exercised good judg-
■•t and effective management, with the result that he is
k prosperous owner of a flourishing lumber yard, planing
a and coal and wood business and the proprietor of a
t> -cultivated farm on which there are to be found the
1 it improvements. His career has been one of consistent
n»neemcnt and of close application to high ideals in his
Kj.ness transactions.
lr. Crosfield married first Mrs. Belle Diel, who for sev-

■ years operated the Florenee Hotel, one of Berkeley
jings' popular hostelries. After two years of happy
■Tied life Mrs. Crosfield passed away, and Mr. Crosfield

■ r married Anna Hunt, who was born at Miltonville,
60, a daughter of Nathaniel Hunt. They have had five
ridren. Three deceased are George, Eugene and Hattie,
i' those living are Dorothy and Anna H. Mr. and Mrs.
3 afield are- members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
iiwhieh he has served several years as recording steward
il as superintendent of the Sunday school.

'rank E. Conner, proprietor of the leading tailoring
1 garment-cleaning establishment at Morgantown, Mo-
i<galia County, is one of the progressive and popular
fing business men of this vital little city. He was born
t a farm two miles distant from Charleston, capital City
► West Virginia, and the date of his nativity was
Member 2, 1892. He is a son of the late Joel P. and
■zabeth (Kendall) Conner, both of whom likewise were
in near Charleston, where the respective families settled

the pioneer period of the history of Kanawha County.
?rank E. Conner remained on the home farm until he
is twelve years old. In 1913 he was graduated from
• public schools of Charleston. In the autumn of that
ir he entered the University of West Virginia, at Mor-
atown, but before completing a course in this institu-
n he withdrew to enter business. While attending the
lOOls of Charleston he supported himself by serving as

'cub" reporter on the Charleston Daily Mail, and while

the university he paid his expenses by conducting a
►deat tailoring and cleaning shop, which he established in
14. After leaving the university he gave close attention

this enterprise, which he has since developed to one

auhstantial order, with the result that the year 1921
da him the owner of the most modern dry-cleaning plant

the State of West Virginia, with an investment of
mewhat more than $30,000. His merchant tailoring busi-
88 likewise is one of prosperous order. Mr. Conner is the
ly Morgantown member of the National Association of
sster Dyers and Cleaners, and he is a member of the
istern States Association of Dyers and Cleaners. He is

active member and a former director of the Morgantown
amber of Commerce, is a member of the local Kiwanis
ah, and he and his wife hold membership in the First
esbyterian Church. Mrs. Conner, whose maiden name
a Blodwen Mae Pngh, was born at Port Talbot, Wales,
daughter of Howell Pugh, now a department foreman at
b plant of the Morgantown Sheet & Tin Plate Com-
ny. Mr. and Mrs. Conner have two children: Frank E.,
and Martha Mae, aged respectively three years and
b year in 1921.

Monongalia County Initrmasy. Something should be
id in this history of the facilities provided by one of
est Virginia's most progressive counties in the care of
infirm poor. For a number of yeara the county rented
farm and home for this purpose, but in 1917 bought a
operty of 146% acres two miles north of Morgantown.

During 1919-20 construction was under way, and the
modernly appointed infirmary was opened April 17, 1921,
the total cost of grounds and buildings being about
$200,000. There aro at present only about twenty-five
inmates of the home, but the county made generous pro-
vision for all conveniences, and 120 persons could be ac-
commodated. There is a well equipped hospital on the
third floor, a chapel on the second floor, and the farm
is operated with a view to making the institution largely
self sustaining. A barn has been provided, specially ar-
ranged for dairy purposes.

The superintendent is Mr. Charles B. Morris. He was
first appointed superintendent in 1912, and filled that post
for seven years, while the institution was at Cassvillc.
For a year he resumed his private business, and then was
returned to the superintendeney when the county bought
the present farm. He is a thoroughly practical man, well
qualified for the pest, and Mrs. Morris, the matron, had
special training for her responsibilities under her father,
the late Joscphus A. Ramsey, who for seven years was
superintendent of the eounty 's poor. She assisted her
father four years, her mother being matron.

Mr. Morris was born in the Clay District of Monongalia
County July 31, 1881, son of David F. and Mary Mazella
(Berry) Morris. The father was born on the farm where
he is still living. Charles B. Morris grew op in that
part of the county, was educated there, and on Deeembcr
13, 1905, married Lillian N. Ramsey. She was born in
Cass District, and her father was also a native of that
district, where he died at the age of sixty -nine. Her
mother, Anna Elizabeth Waters, now living at Morgantown,
was born at FlickersvilJe in Grant District of Monongalia
County, where her father, Nelson Waters, operated one of
the early mills. Mr. and Mrs. Morris sinee their marriage
have been engaged in farming and have given nearlv ten
years to the duties of the County Infirmary. Mr. Morris is
affiliated with the Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias and
Modern Woodmen of America. He and Mrs. Morris have
two children, Mary Elizabeth and John Franklin.

Daniel Howard is a veteran of two great and essential
industries, railroading and coal production. His career has
been a long and useful one, from the time, as a mere youth,
he took upon himself the responsibilities not only of his own
existence but in part the care of other members of the
family. One of the leading figures among the coal operators
of the Fairmont District, his familiar title of "Unelc Dan"
conveys a degree of affection and esteem and also a tribute
to his business success.

Mr. Howard, who is a resident of Clarksburg, was born
in Ennis, Ireland, November 19, 1S4S. He was five years
of age when his parents, John and Ellen (Russell) Howard,
came to America and settled near Vandalia, Illinois. That
was the home of Daniel Howard until he was sixteen years
of age. In the meantime he had acquired a common school
education, and his father's death called him home from a
college in Chicago to the more serious duties involved in his
own support and such contributions as his labors eould make
to the support of the family. Mr. Howard spent about
twenty-five years in the railroad service, and was employed
in different states of the Middle West. His last position
was that of joint freight agent for the Big Four and Illinois
Central railroads at Chicago.

On leaving railroad work Mr. Howard was a coal sales
man for two years, and then came to West Virginia to look
after the coal properties for the O'Gara Coal Mining Com-
pany of Chicago. Mr. Howard established his home in
Clarksburg in 1905. Since then there has been a rapid ac-
cumulation of important industrial organizations in whieh
he has been an influential and active figure.

In 1906 he organized the Central Fairmont Coal Company,
of which he has been president from the beginning. This
company operates the well known Snake Ilill Coal Mine of
Harrison County. He is president of the Monareh Coal
Company, the Big Vein Coal Company and the Fairmont-
Reynoldsville Coal Company. He has acted as receiver for
the Phoenix Coal Mining Company, the Blue Ridge Coal
Company, the Washington Fuel Company, and has been sales

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manager of the Peacock Coal and Harrison County Coal
companies, and also for the Monroe Collieries Company, in
which he is still financially interested.

Mr. Howard was the first president of the Central West
Virginia Coal Operators Association, subsequently succeeded
by the Northern West Virginia Coal Operators Association.
He was the organizer of the Clarksburg Coal Club, in which
he has been active from the beginning. No operator in the
Fairmont region is better or more favorably known than
Daniel Howard. He is a member of the American Mining
Congress, the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute and the
International Railway Fuel Association. He has been a
Mason for fifty years, becoming a Master Mason in the
State of Kansas, and is a past master of the lodge in which
he was raised. He is a member of the Knights Templar
Commandery, the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite and
the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Howard is an Elk, a member of
the Clarksburg Rotary Club, and is a past president of the
Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce. In politics he is a
republican.

January 31, 1871, he married Miss Harriet Frederick, a
native of Knox County, Ohio. They were married at St.
Louis, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Howard traveled life's
highway together for more than half a century, celebrating
their golden wedding anniversary, and their union was
broken by the death of Mrs. Howard almost a year later, on
January 22, 1922.

There are two surviving children. Frederick Howard
is superintendent of the Central Fairmont Coal Company
and a resident of Clarksburg. The daughter, Mildred
Howard, is the wife of Hon. Fred E. Guthrie, a prominent
lawyer and banker of Marion, Ohio.

Joseph Alexander Blaney has been closely associated
with the commercial life of Morgantown for the past ten
years. He has given freely of his time and influence in the
promotion of worthy civic and patriotic movements.

Mr. Blaney is a native of Pennsylvania and was born
at Whitesburg, Armstrong County, December 25, 1878, son
of John Alexander and Minerva (Sinclair) Blaney. His
parents were also born in Armstrong County, each repre-
senting a pioneer family of Western Pennsylvania. John
Alexander Blaney was born on the Blaney homestead near
Whitesburg in 1832, and was still living on that farm -when
he died December 23, 1900. While he always kept in close
touch with his farm, he was for over half a century a gen-
eral merchant and postmaster at Whitesburg. His wife,
Minerva, was born in 1841 and died in July, 1913.

Joseph A. Blaney was born on the Blaney farm near
Whitesburg, was educated in the public schools of that
town and finished his education in Washington and Jeffer-
son College. When he left college he entered business as a
partner with his father in the store at Whitesburg. Later
he spent some time in the West, and when he returned home
his father offered him the complete management of the
business at Whitesburg. He conducted it successfully for
a number of years, and at the same time performed the
duties of postmaster.

In 1901, in company with eight other business men of
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, Mr. Blaney organized what was
known as the Pittsburgh & New Jersey Land and Improve-
ment Company. This syndicate acquired 2.200 acres of
land on Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, and Mr. Blaney as
secretary had charge of the enterprise and remained in New
Jersey until the syndicate sold its holding. He then re-
sumed merchandising at Whitesburg, and in 1912 sold his
interests there and moved to Morgantown, where in 1913
he established a high class shoe business. On April 1,
1921, he retired from merchandising, having sold his store
and building. For two months during the year 1921 he
traveled in Ohio selling shoes to the trade, but tiring of
this, he decided to again enter merchandising, and accord-
ingly in March, 1922, he opened business with a full line
of shoes for men, women and children, at 316 Hight Street.
He has a number of other interests, including coal mining
and coal land, and is a director of the Commercial Bank
of Morgantown, an institution he helped organize.

Mr. Blaney is one of the prominent Masons of Morgan-

town. He is affiliated with Morgantown Union LodgM
4, A. F. and A. M., Chapter No. 14, R. A. M., CommaH
No. 18, K. T., Morgantown Lodge of Perfection im
and has charge of the work of the eleven degrees of Sc9
Rite represented in this body, and is a member of U
Virginia Consistory No. 1 and Osiris Temple of the Im
Shrine at Wheeling. He is a past chancellor commil
of Athens Lodge No. 36, Knights of Pythias, at Mel
town. Mr. Blaney is a member of the Chamber of ja
merce and St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

June 17, 1902, he married Alice Hulda Blose. Shiij
born at Putneyville, Armstrong County, PennsyhH
daughter of William Albert and Nancy Jane (Gral
Blose. The five children of Mr. and Mrs. Blane'jl
Russell Sydney, Harold, Judson Alexander, Kathryn 1
ginia and Kermit Blose.

Fred Christian Schmeichel. One of the largest!
most prosperous houses in the downtown retail distrill
Wheeling represents the accumulating energy and prosy'J
of the Schmeichel family, and in recent years Fred tn
tian Schmeichel has given the name new distinction il
business affairs of Morgantown, where he is a prosppj
furniture merchant at 129-131 Front Street.

He was born at Wheeling, September 26, 1874, scjj
Frederick and Louise (Ulrich) Schmeichel. The 1
ness community of Wheeling has always had a great!
of respect for Frederick Schmeichel, not only becautl
the extent of the business he has developed, but als<|
his personal character. He was born at Graudez in 1
Prussia April 9, 1841, son of Michael and Emelia (Weil
Schmeichel, natives of the same province. Michael "fll
wagonmaker by trade, though most of his life was J
as a farmer, and he and his wife lived out their 1
in Germany and were devout members of the Luttj
Church. Frederick Schmeichel after completing his conl
school education learned the cabinet making trade. I
landed at the Port of New York March 3, 1870, :1
a voyage of fourteen days. He went direct to Wheejf
and for about five months was employed as a call
maker, then did stair building and general carpenter a
until 1873, in which year he started the foundation
the splendid business of which he is now head. His I
modest stock of furniture was opened in a small s|
little better than a shanty, on Market Street in Wheel
Nearly all the goods he sold were made in his own ei
and these goods had a substantial quality that attrei
patronage, and consequently the prosperity of the hi
increased from year to year. He always remained at!
old location, but successively tore down and built one ij
after another, each larger than the preceding, until in j
he completed a four story and basement brick builtf
sufficient to accommodate the great and varied stoclj
furniture and house furnishing goods carried. Fredd
Schmeichel did business under his own name until 1J
when he formed the firm of F. Schmeichel & Son, his jj
ciate being Fred C. In 1909 the business was incorpori
as F. Schmeichel & Son Company, and that is the pre)
title of the firm. All the stock is owned by the far]
Frederick Schmeichel is president, his wife is vice pi
dent, and the son Edward is secretary and manager. J
house is the oldest in its line in the City of Wheel
Frederick Schmeichel has been interested financially i]
number of enterprises and is thoroughly public spir:
He is a member of St. John's Evangelical Church, and
been president, vice president and is still a director of
congregation.

At Wheeling November 27, 1873, Frederick Schmei
married Louise Ulrich. She was born in Hanover, <
many, February 24, 1851, daughter of Henry Chris
and Ludowicke (Brandt) Ulrich, natives of Hanover, wj
both of them lived out their lives, her father bein,
veterinary surgeon in the service of the German Gov
ment. Of the eight children of Frederick Schmeichel
wife, Fred Christian is the oldest. Ludowicke, born
Wheeling July 12, 1876, is unmarried. Harry, born
Wheeling August 4, 1878, is associated with his fath
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Afour children, named Caroline, Marie (who died in
■Icy), Harry Jr., and Eugene. Arthur Schmcichel, born
."ffhceling February 11, 1880, is also in the store, and
fad his -wife, Anna, have a daughter, Leota. Marie,
£ at Wheeling June 25, 1SS3, is the wife of Curtis
khardt, and they live at Pittsburgh. Edward, born June
LYbSC, is now manager of the business at Wheeling,
filed Emma Guth and they have a son, Edward, Jr.
Wr, born June 14, 188S, is alao in the Wheeling busi-
1 and married Emelia Bishop. The youngest child,
llrt, born August 5, 1891, died in infancy.
Bed Christian Schmeichel, who was born at Wheeling
fcmher 26, 1874, was educated in the public schools of
■native city and graduated from the Frazier Business
ft ge in 1887. His early training in commercial lines
i' received as clerk in a retail grocery store of hia
|>, H. F. Behrens, with whom he worked about six
;j. He then joined hia father in the furniture store,
jwhea the business was incorporated he became store
fager, a post of duty he held until January 1, 1911,
og the satisfaction of seeing the enterprise greatly
'nd during that period of about fifteen years. In
\ he joined the Palace Furniture Store at Wheeling,
> in August, 1913, came to Morgantown and bought
.furniture business of F. A. Hennen at 129-131 Front
Pet. This was then a small and unpretentious estab-
loent, and needed just the energizing spirit and broad
bifications of Mr. Schmeichel as a merchant to give it
■progress and prosperity it has since enjoyed. In 1916
1 Schmeichel remodeled the store, building a three story
rk addition, and now carries a stock five times greater
It when he took charge, and the volume of business
w increased fully six fold. At Morgantown Mr.
Efneichel has made himself an interested factor in com-
pity affairs, ia a charter member of the Morgantown
pry Club, a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Irch, and a member of Morgantown Lodge No. 411,
[evolcnt and Protective Order of Elks. In Masonry be
iifaiiated with Ohio Lodge No. 1, A. F. and A. M., at
fueling, Wheeling Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite,
I charter member of the Lodge of Perfection at Morgan-
ln, a member of Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine
t ia a past grand patron of the Eastern Star of West
[ginia and a member of the White Shrine at Wheeling.
[October, 1921, he received the K. C. C. H. degree. He
llso a past master of Ohio Valley Lodge No. 30, Knights
[Pythias, at Wheeling.

[>a October 19, 1898, Mr. Schmeichel married Marie
frusta Eeinecke. Mrs. Schmeichel was born in Braun-
iweig, Germany, May 22, 1876, daughter of Karl and
frusta (Marckmann) Eeinecke, her father a native of
'Izminden in Braunschweig and her mother of Stadtoldcn-
'f. Her father died in Germany February 7, 1907, and
mother died when Mrs. Schmeichel was four years
'age. Karl Eeinecke was a civil engineer by profession,
I used his skill in the building of a number of railroad
[nels. Mrs. Schmeichel haa a younger sister, Anna, who
i born February 25, 1879, and is the widow of Joseph
mdschweder and lives at Dusseldorf, Germany. Mrs.
lmeichel came to the United States in July, 1894, on a
it to her aunt at Bellaire, Ohio, and while here became
luainted with Mr. Schmeichel, their marriage occurring
it years later. Mr. and Mrs. Schmeichel have three
Idren. Emilia, born September 8, 1899, graduated in
sic at the West Virginia School of Music in 1921 and
a member of the class of 1923 in the State University,
dying for the A. B. degree. The son Karl Frederick,
ra May 30, 1901, while in hia senior year of the Mor-
Qtowa High School was appointed to a cadetship in the
ited States Naval Academy, and spent one year in the
eparatory Severn School at Boone, Maryland. While
:re as a member of the wrestling team and in a wreat-
g match he broke hia foot, an accident which prevented
i entering and graduating from the Naval Academy,
e youngest child, Arthur Louis, born September 29, 1903,
a member of the claas of 1922 at the Morgantown High
tool.

James Francis Lovino, president of the Loving Furni-
ture Company, Incorporated, at Morgantown, was for thir-
teen years in tho railway train service, and left that to
establish his present successful business.

lie represents two prominent family names of old Vir-
ginia, Loving and Lamford. His great-grandfather, Wil-
liam Loving, was a native of Fluvanna County, Virginia,
where the ancestors of this name settled in Colonial times.
He married Polly Williams, of Welsh descent. Their aoa,
Richard Loving, was bora in Fluvanna County and married
Isabella Fisher. A son of Eicbard and Isabella was
Eichard Sidney Loving, who was born in Louisa County,
Virginia, in 1839, and except for the time he was a
Confederate soldier hia life was devoted to the farm. He
died March 6, 1874. He *vas in the fighting from the
beginning to the end of the war between the states, hia
chief service being in General Mosby's command. He mar-
ried Pattie H. Lamford, who waa born in Albemarle
County, Virginia, in 1839 and died March 11, 1910. Her
parents were Nimrod and Sally (Williams) Lamford. Her
grandfather waa Nimrod Lamford. Lamford is an old and
prominent name in Virginia family annals.

James Francis Loving was bora on the farm of his
parents in Louisa County, Virginia, October 1, 1871. He
was only three years old when hia father died, and he lived
on the farm during schooldays and had charge of it for
several years. In 1898 he took up railroading, and for
three years was a brakeman with the Chesapeake & Ohio
and then for ten years did service as a railway conductor.
Mr. Loving located at Morgantown in 1911, and in the
same year organized the Loving Furniture Company, hia
two business associates being S. P. Jones and C. S. Reams.
Later he and George W. Davis bought the entire business
and are the active officials in the present incorporated
company.

Mr. Loving ia a member of the Morgantown Chamber
of Commerce and the Baptist Church. September 26, 1907,
he married Nela V. Omohundro, who was born in Pittsyl-
vania County, Virginia, daughter of Charles Fitzroy and
Katie (Hudson) Omohundro. Mr. and Mrs. Loving have
a daughter, Frances S., who waa born June 11, 1911.

William Lindsay Johnson, superintendent in charge of
the plants of the Morgantown Brick Company, ia a native
of Monongalia County and descended from two of the
old families of that section of the state.

His paternal grandfather, Eichard Johnson, founder of
this branch of the family in West Virginia, spent his early
life in Western Pennsylvania, where he married Minerva
Colebank, a native of that section of the Keystone State.
The Johnsons were Irish and the Colebanks Scotch in an-
cestry. After their marriage Mr. Johnson came to West
Virginia and settled on what was known as the old
Stewart farm, near Stewartstown in the Union District
of Monongalia County. Here be and hia wife spent the
remainder of their lives, were substantial farmers, and
devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Their son, William Johnson, was born on the old farm
in Union District January 15, 1853. While he had some
experience as a farmer, the greater part of hia active
years was devoted to Government work in the construction
of dams and locks on the Upper Moaongahela Eiver. For
several years he was a diver. He is still living, retired,
in Morgantown. His wife bore the maiden name of Jemi-
mah Ann Stewart. She waa born on the old Stewart farm
in Monongalia County, and died in 1911. Her parents,
Daniel and Eebecca (Blosser) Stewart, were married in
Pennsylvania and then came to Monongalia County.

William L. Johnson, son of William and Jemimah A.
(Stewart) Johnson, was born on the Stewart farm in
Monongalia County July 24, 1874. He had a common
school education, but when only nine years of age be was
earning a salary by employment as a water boy for the
force of men performing Government service along the
river, thus being close to his father, who was in the same
work. Mr. Johnson at more or less regular intervals con-
tinued Government work along the river and in different

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

capacities until 1905. He was married in that year and
the following year went to work in the yards of the
Morgantown Brick Company, at the old plant on the west
side of the river. He was under Superintendent Williams,
and later was transferred to the east side plant, under
Superintendent S. S. Minor. Here he acquired a thorough
proficiency in all hranches of the brick making industry,
and upon the death of Mr. Minor he was put in charge
of the company's business. Since 1911 he has been super-
intendent, and has earned the reputation of being one
oi the expert brick makers in the state.

Mr. Johnson is a citizen alive to his responsibilities as
a factor in the community. He is a member of Morgan-
towu Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M., Monongalia
Lodge No. 10, Junior Order United American Mechanics,
and the Methodist Protestant Church. Septemher 25, 1905,
he married Valley Josephine Stewart, daughter of John
and Jane (Evans) Stewart, of Monongalia County. Mr.
and Mrs. Johnson have one daughter, Helen Marguerite,
born November 26, 1912.

Edward Miller Grant. There are some individuals
whose lives are shaped by circumstances and others who
overcome circumstances and shape their own lives. To the
latter class it may be safely said that Edward Miller Grant,
president of the Federal Savings and Trust Company of
Morgantown, belongs. Tens of thousands whose boyhood
surroundings were as lacking as his never emerged from
them. However, he had a legacy of health, industry and
integrity, and these, united to thrift, temperance and shrewd
intelligence, have formed the equipment with which he has
won his way to success. For over thirty years he has been
identified actively with the banking, manufacturing and
public improvement affairs of Morgantown, and during this
time has gained prominence as one of the worth-while cit-
izens of the city and state.

Colonel Grant was born in the City of Cleveland, Ohio,
February 3, 1853, a son of William and Hannah (Turner)
Grant, and a grandson of William Grant, of England. His
father, William Grant, was a native of England, born De-
cember 3, 1813, in Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire. He came
to the United States in 1850 and located at Cleveland,
Ohio, and at the outhreak of the war between the states
enlisted iu Battery B, First Ohio Light Artillery, with which
he served throughout the period of that struggle. Follow-
ing the close of the war he went West to Indian Territory
and located a few miles from what is now McAlester, Okla-
homa, where he resided until his death, which occurred in
1896.

Edward Miller Grant was educated in the public schools
of Cleveland, and began his business career as office boy
with the firm of Hussey & McBride, oil refiners at Cleve-
land, with which firm he remained for some years, being
ultimately promoted to clerk and bookkeeper. When that
firm sold the business to Clark, Payne & Company Mr. Grant
continued as bookkeeper for the latter firm. In 1872 he
represented Clark, Payne & Company in the Pennsylvania
oil fields at Foxburg, where he remained until 1880, during
which period he assisted in building the town, erecting the
water works, which he managed for a numher of years,
and was engaged in oil and gas promotion and development,
in 1885 organizing the Union Light and Heat Company,
which supplied gas and heat to Foxburg and St. Petersburg.
In 1880 he became secretary and treasurer of the Crucihle
Steel Company of Cleveland, and in 1884 returned to the
oil business.

In January, 1889, Colonel Grant located at Morgantown,
West Virginia, and with others organized the Union Im-
provement Company, which later became the Union Utilities
Company, supplying water, gas and traction service to the
city, of which company Colonel Grant was manager for fif-
teen years. During that time he organized the Morgantown
Building and Investment Company, of which he served as
secretary, treasurer and general manager, this company in-
augurating the general development of the city which has
so greatly added to the growth of Morgantown into one of
the most prosperous little cities of the entire country at this
writing, in 3921. Colonel Grant is also secretary and treas-

urer of the Morgantown Brick Company, president c tg
Federal Savings and Trust Company, and a director iSfl
Pressed Prism Plate Glass Company, the Athens Glass m
pany, the Bank of the Monongahela Valley and otheioi
porations. He was manager for the Fairmont and Giti
Gas Company, which was organized in 1892, and wastfi
general manager of the Union Utility Company, which m
pany owned the gas and water plants and later buit|
Morgantown Street Railway. Colonel Grant is also U;«|
interested in real estate, hoth at Morgantown and i tli
surrounding country.

From 1899 to 1903 he served as a member of the I'd
Virginia Legislature, and his work in that hody br^
him prominently before the people of the entire state ,H
is a member of Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, A. I ja
A. M.; Orient Chapter No. 9, R. A. M.; Morgantown m
mandery No. 18, K. T.; and Osiris Temple, A. A. (1
M. S., Wheeling. He is also a memher of Versailles a
cil No. 238, Royal Arcanum, of McKeesport, Pennsylvia
East End Council No. 20, Knights of the Maccabees; Vh
Lodge No. 51, Ancient Order of United Workmen ;&
nongalia Lodge No. 10, Independent Order of Odd FelVi
and Morgantown Lodge No. 411, Benevolent and Proti ft
Order of Elks, of which he was the first exalted rul,
position to which he was elected twenty years later. B j
president of the Morgantown Kiwanis Club and a cht<
member of the Morgantown Country Club.

In 1901 Colonel Grant was appointed by Governor ^il
as a member of the Board of Regents of West Virginia a
versity, and subsequently was reappointed by Govm
Dawson to the same position, serving on the board it
1909. Colonel Grant was possibly the most active ma:Ei
gaged in war work in Monongalia County during the \rl
war. Every big drive received his earnest supports
hearty co-operation, and he was a generous subscriber ji
contributor to all causes. Likewise he served as chairm: <
the first Red Cross drive, when $15,000 was asked inli
nongalia County and when $25,000 was raised. He|
likewise chairman of the United War Work ("sevel
one") drive, when $25,000 was asked for and $44,000 r&9
He also represented the United States Labor Employ jsi
Bureau for this county and was county chairman oil
National Conncil for Defense.

On July 13, 1876, Colonel Grant was united in marlj
with Florence May Dale, daughter of Col. Frank and I
(Pike) Dale, natives of Pennsylvania, and to this I
there have been born three children: Dale, born Marcll
1877, who enlisted in the First West Virginia Begin
during the Spanish- American war, was transferred to;!
Reserve Ambulance Corps, and died October 2, 1898; lil
Mary, born December 3, 2878, who was married to H'l
John Zevely and has a son, John Grant; and Hannah i
abeth, born January 30, 1880, who was married to Chli
K Casto, and has a son, Dale, and two daughters, FloiM
and Jean. All of the members of these families residi
Morgantown, where they are held in the highest respect i
esteem.

Charles E. Miller. Taking under consideration 1
various activities necessary to the upbuilding of a st^
and prosperous community, perhaps none result in I
permanency of benefit than the work done by the enerffc
and reliable realtor. Largely through his efforts ou1<3
capital is brought in and invested, values are establish
business locations are made available, and great residei'u
sections take the place of unsightly, unprofitable art
There are many flourishing cities in the country that 31
arisen from a swamp or barren plain as the result of I
almost inspired foresight of a real estate dealer.

Charles E. Miller, secretary and treasurer of the Mor i
town Security & Development Company, is one of the i
gressive business men of this city. Mr. Miller was It
at Spartansburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, M«
20, 1866, a son of Edmond T. and Emma (Smith) Mi>
His great-grandfather, Abner Miller, was born in the SI
of New York, where his people had settled after remo , i
from Massachusetts. In the late thirties his grandfatf
Abner Miller (2), removed from New York to Crawrr

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439

jlty, Pennsylvania. His son, Edmond T. Miller, born
I 332, practically passed his entire life at Spartans-

0 in Crawford County, -where he died in 1917. He
It a stonemason by trade. He married Emma Smith,

1 was born in Crawford County in 1839, a daughter of
ophrey Smith, and she died there in 1914.

I\ MUler attended the public schools of his native city
Jithen learned the art of telegraphy, following which
I :ft heme and entered the employ of the Oil Exchange
|iil City, Pennsylvania, as a telegraph operator, where
isspeed and accuracy were commended. For several
fes be worked as telegraph operator aad station agent
k different railroads in Pennsylvania and New York
isj, but in 1890 he accepted a position with the Standard
(Company, and in this connection came to Morgantown,
f«t Virginia.

I the meanwhile, aa a wide-awake, observant man see-
unany different sections of the country, Mr. Miller came
i he conclusion that the real estate field offered great
iirtunities for business activity in Monongalia County.
11908, in partnership with Harry Sanders, he entered

i field under the firm name of Sanders & Miller, gen-
| insurance also being a feature of the business. In
S' the firm organized the Morgantown Security & Devel-
lent Company, of which Mr. Miller is secretary and treas-
I-, and during the past twelve years this company has
b.ributed greatly to the substantial development of this
jl and environs. One of the firm 's earlier operations was
b purchase of acreage on the south side, ita division into
pding lots and their improvement before sale. They
ue sub-divisions also on the west side of the river at
knville and other points, and their residential properties
u attractive with modern improvements. Mr. Miller aa
uusiness man and good citizen is greatly interested in
fclic improvements along the line of good highways. He

ii director in the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce,
I is vice president of the Union Building & Loan Asso-
i ion.

n 1891 Mr. Miller married Miss Matie Baker, of Oil
'y, Pennsylvania, and they have three children: Charles
5 born March 28, 1892; LeRoy B., born February 19,
:'9j and Virginia Baker, born August 9, 1900. Mr.
k.ler and his family are members of the Episcopal Church,
i which he is a vestryman. He has never been unduly
live in politics and has never desired a public office, but
quietly loyal to the party of his choice both in civic
tters and farther afield. He belongs to the Knights of
thias and to the Rotary Club.

Jharles Frederick Boehler. To some men the respon-
ilitiea in an active business career are always burden-
ne, while to others these responsibilities are as the
jath of life. They plan, organize and successfully carry
t great financial policies and commercial enterprises,
joying the stress and strain that would prostrate their
aker brethren, and in their substantial undertakings
jy bring to their communities progress and prosperity,
ch a valued and useful citizen of Morgantown, WeBt
rginia, is Charles Frederick Bochler, a foremost business
in of this city.

Charles Frederick Boehler was born at Gruenwold, Baden,
rmany, July 12, 1862. His parents were Conrad and
rdula (Brugger) Boehler, both of whom were born in
iden and spent their entire lives in Germany, where the
ther died in 1867 and the mother in 1891. Conrad
•ehler was in the sawmill and lumber business during
J greater part of his life, a substantial business man of
i community.

After attending the common and high schools of his
tive town, Charles F. Boehler at the age of seventeen
us, was apprenticed to a brush manufacturer at Don-
eschigen, Baden, where he learned bookkeeping, and also
d some experience as a clerk in a business house in
sace-Lorraine. He waa twenty years old when he en-
•ed the German Army for his necessary period of military
rvice of three years, which in his case waa shortened
six months because of his exemplary conduct as a
dier.

In 1885 Mr. Bochler came to America, reaching the port
of New York in October of that year. A few months
later he went to Newark, New Jersey, where he worked in
different factories for a time and then embarked in busi-
ness for himself. In 1899 he came to Morgantown, West
Virginia, called here to become secretary of the Senncca
Glass Company, with which enterprise he has been identified
ever since, and from 1902 until the present has been
secretary and treasurer of the company. Very soon after
locating in thia city his business aptitude was recognized,
public confidence was secured, his name soon becoming an
asset in connection with some of the most important busi-
ness developments of this section. His present high stand-
ing in the business life of Morgantown and Monongalia
County, may be indicated by the relatione he holds to many
of the most important business concerns. He is vice
president of the Morgantown Lumber Company; is sec-
retary and treasurer of the Silver Hill Oil Company; is
vice president of the Labor Building and Loan Association;
is treasurer of the State Saving & investment Association;
is on the directing board of the Chaplin Collieries Com-
pany; and is a director also of the Commercial Bank of
Morgantown, to all these enterprises bringing the quiet
efficiency of business sagacity of a high order.

On August S, 1892, Charles F. Boehler was united in
marriage with Misa Elise Winskowski, who was born at
Bromberg, Prussia. They have two daughters: Emma,
who is the wife of Robert Lee Long, of Fairmont, West
Virginia; and Louisa, who resides with her parents at
Morgantown. Mr. Boehler and family belong to the
Lutheran Church. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, of
Homestead Lodge No. 5878, Brotherhood of Yeomen, of
Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M., and ia a past
commander of Monongalia Commandery No. 465, Knights
of Malta. He is also an Elk, with membership in Lodge
No. 411, and is a director of the Morgantown Chamber
of Commerce.

William C. McConaughey, treasurer and general man-
ager of the Star Grocer Company of Parkersburg, hae
been a resident of that city thirty years, and from the first
prominently identified with its industrial, commercial and
civic advancement. Among wholesale grocers his name
is nationally known, not only for his effective efforts in
his own business and immediate trade territory, but for the
prominent part he has played in the National Association
of Wholesale Grocers.

Mr. McConaughey was born at Cameron, Marshall County,
West Virginia, February 14, 1862. Hia grandfather,
Robert McConaughey, founder of this immediate line in
America, was a native of Belfast, Ireland, where he mar-
ried Elizabeth Lindsey. Soon afterward he came to the
United States and settled in Western Pennsylvania, where
he exhibited his industry as a farmer and hia public spirit
as a democrat filling the office of justice of the peace.
He was a Presbyterian. His children were David, Eliz-
abeth, William and James. There was still another
Robert McConaughey, a cousin of the Robert just men-
tioned, who for several years was president of Washington
and Jefferson College at Washington, Pennsylvania. From
another branch of the same family came Lieutenant Mc-
Conaughey, one of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declara-
tion of Independence at the outset of the Revolutionary
war.

William McConaughey, father of the Parkersburg mer-
chant, waa born near Wheeling, West Virginia, Septem-
ber 5, 1817, and was one of the first men to exploit the
oil resources of West Virginia, helping develop the oil
fields of" Burning Springs. He was a merchant, a farmer
in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and placed most of
hia capital and personal enterprise at etake when the first
oil discoveries were made in Wirt County, and for many
years was an active oil operator in the firm of Mc-
Conaughey, Jones & Camden. He finally retired to Parkers-
burg, where he died October 10, 1899. He was a democrat
and for many years an elder of the Presbyterian Church.
May 19, 1842, at West Alexander, Pennsylvania, he married
Margaret Templeton, who was born in that locality July

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30, 1824, and died at Parkersburg December 24, 1904.
She was a daughter of Alexander and Charity (McLain)
Templeton. Alexander Templeton was .a native of New
England, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and was deeply inter-
ested in the cause of education. Through a liberal en-
dowment he became one of the founders of Washington
College at Washington, Pennsylvania, which subsequently
became Washington and Jefferson College.

William Chester McConaughey was next to the youngest
in a family of eight children. His parents moved to
Parkersburg in 1865, when he was three years of age,
and later they lived in Wirt County, where he grew to
manhood. He was educated in the public schools of
Parkersburg and in Wirt County, and from 1879 until
1883 was a student in Washington and Jefferson College,
where he received his A. B. degree June 12, 1883, While
in college he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta
fraternity. The following two years he spent in the timber
business with his brothers, and from 1885 for six years
was in the mercantile and timher business in Wirt
County, but since 1890 has made his home and has centered
most of his interests at Parkersburg. For about five years
he was manager of the Novelty Mills, flour mills, and in
December, 1895, engaged in the wholesale grocery business
by purchasing an interest in a wholesale grocery plant.
He acquired a larger amount of the stock subsequently and
in Novemher, 1902, reorganized the business as the Star
Grocer Company, of which he is still general manager.
This has become one of the large distributors of food
products to the retail trade in this section of the Ohio
Valley. He is now the principal owner of the company.

In May, 1904, Mr. McConaughey was elected president
of the West Virginia Wholesale Grocers Association, an
office he still holds. He was one of the wholesalers who
attended the meeting of grocers at Milwaukee in 1905,
out of which came the National Wholesale Grocers Asso-
ciation of the United States. Mr. McConaughey was
elected a director of the National Association in 1906,
and in 1909 elected a vice president, serving in that
capacity until June, 1921.

Mr. McConaughey is also interested in banking and has
been a director since 1907, and since 1909 vice president
of the Wood County Bank of Parkersburg. He was
elected president of the West Virginia State Board of
Trade in 1910. He is a democrat, has taken a keen
interest in political affairs, but only once was a candidate
for office, when he was elected a member of the Legis-
lature, serving in 1884-85. He is a Knight Templar and
Scottish Eite Mason and Shriner, a member of the Elks,
the Blennerhasset Club of Parkersburg, was one of the
founders and a memher of the Y. M. C. A., and is a
Presbyterian, while Mrs. McConaughey is a member of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.

July 2, 1902, at Meridian, Mississippi, Mr. McConaughey
married Emma Melville Neal, daughter of George B. and
Caroline (McKinley) Neal, and member of one of the
pioneer families of West Virginia. Mrs. McConaughey
was born at Parkersburg, where her father for many years
was a commission merchant. The only child of Mr. and
Mrs. McConaughey died in infancy.

Et. Eev. George William Peterkin, who was the first
bishop of the Episcopal diocese of West Virginia, had hia
official residence at Parkershurg from 1878 until his death
on September 22, 1916. He was born at Clear Spring,
Washington County, Maryland, March 21, 1841, son of
Eev. Joshua and Elizabeth Howard (Hanson) Peterkin,
and a grandson of William W. Peterkin, who was a lieu-
tenant in the early navy of the United States, later was
a captain in the Merchant Marine, and early in the War
of 1812 volunteered and commanded one of the batteries
erected for the defense of Baltimore. He died of yellow
fever at Baltimore soon after the war. Eev. Joshua Peter-
kin was born in 1814, and was a distinguished Episcopal
clergyman. From 1855 until his death in 1892, he was
rector of St. James parish in Eichmond, Virginia. He
married in 1838, Elizabeth Howard Hanson, who was born
in 1820 and died in 1910.

EST VIRGINIA

George William Peterkin was the only son of his psau
He was educated in the Episcopal High School of ViES
during 1856-58, then attended the University of Vi'jJ
and during the war wa3 a Confederate soldier and cil
at first as a member of the Second Brigade of Stoiij
Jackson 'e Division. He was made adjutant of the Tv^
first Virginia Eegiment June 3, 1862, and later w;.(
aide on the staff of Gen. W. N. Pendleton, chief of art J
in the Army of Northern Virginia. He accompanied ft
eral Pendleton, who was one of the three Confederate m
missioners to arrange the terms of surrender at .po
mattox. Soon after the close of the war he begaTtf
preparation for the ministry, and in 1868 graduated oi
the Theological Seminary of Virginia. He was made dca
in 1868, first serving in his father's parish at EichiM
and in 1869 was ordained a priest. He was rector t S
Stephen's Church at Culpeper, Virginia, from 1869 to 73
and thereafter until he was made bishop, was in c 1 tj
of Memorial Church at Baltimore. He was consecita
the first bishop of West Virginia May 30, 1878, andix|
afterward removed to Parkersburg. In addition tftb
heavy duties he performed in directing the affairs oihj
great diocese, he was for twenty-five years a membtjo
the Board of Managers of the Domestic and Foreign lii
sion Society, served as vice president of the Amepa
Church Missionary Society, and had supervising charj o
the Episcopal Mission in Brazil from 1893 to 1898. B
made a missionary tour of Porto Eico in 1901. The n
he was consecrated bishop, Kenyon College and Wasaj
ton and Lee University conferred the Doctor of Divit
degree upon him and he received the LL. D. degree pi
Washington and Lee in 1892. He was author and eU
of several religious works, including the Eecords oii
Protestant Episcopal Church in West Virginia, publje
in 1902.

October 29, 1868, Bishop Peterkin married Conslt*
Gardner Lee, a descendant of the distinguished Lee fajil
of Virginia, being a daughter of Cassius Francis Leem
a great-great-granddaughter of the eminent Virgia
Eichard Henry Lee. She was born in 1848 and die;i
1877. In 1884 Bishop Peterkin married Marion Mcli«s
Stewart, daughter of John Stewart of Brook Hill, Virgi
The children of the first marriage were: George Wills
who died in infancy; William G., Constance Lee, Elizatt
Hanson and Anne C. The children of the second. mari|
were John S., Marion Mcintosh and Mary S.

Major William G. Peterkin, a son of the late o
beloved Bishop George William Peterkin of West Virgji
has been a resident of Parkersburg since boyhood andU
played a prominent part in the affairs of that city. 3
is president of the Citizens Trust & Guaranty Com]n
and the Citizens Insurance Agency.

Major Peterkin was born in Culpeper, Virginia, Oct*
21, 1870, and was eight years of age when his father i
up his official seat at Parkersburg. Here he contiiS
his education in the public schools to the age of thirtJ
and for six years lived with his grandfather at Eichm i
Virginia, and attended the McGuire private school of I
city. Major Peterkin was a resident student of t
University of Virginia five years, graduating with his i
degree in 1894. In the same year he began practices
Parkersburg, and was active in the profession until I
During the last three years of his practice he was secreli
of the State Bar Association and later was elected !
president of the association. For the past fourteen yl
his attcntien has been chiefly devoted to the surety I
insurance business.

He earned his title by a service of more than ten y«i
in the West Virginia National Guard. During the Spanl
American war he became interested in military matt'
and was appointed small arms inspector, with the I
of major on the staff of Gen. B. D. Spilman, brigade I
mander of the West Virginia National Guard. He I
tinued on the staffs of Gen. George W. Curtin, Gen. Clare'
L. Smith and Gen. W. W. Scott. He was also juj
advocate of his brigade, an office which he resigned
1910. Major Peterkin in politics has been a democ:

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441

f was elected a member of the City Council for 1902-03,
■1904 was candidate for secretary of atate, and in 1910
m chosen a member of the State Senate, Bcrving four
B.rs, and in both sessions acting as chairman of the com-

♦ tee on insurance. ^ lie has been chairman of the
<Cy Democratic Committee at various times, also secretary
»I treasurer of the Wood County Executive Committee,
■ring the World war he was chairman of the Draft Board
■• Wood County, under the Selective Service Law. He

i loyal to the church of his father and grandfather, a
imber of the Elks Order and Kiwaais Club. April 18,
112. he married Mis*s Ora Moss Martin, of Parkersbnrg.
'eir two daughters are Julia Moss and Constance Lee.

Habry Ludwig Heintzelman is one of the loyal citizens
'id progressive business men who are conserving the civic

• i material prosperity of the City of Fairmont, Marion
I'unty, where he is an executive officer of leading financial
lid industrial concerns of important order.

[ Mr. Heintzelman was born at Manor, Westmoreland Coun-
I. Pennsylvania, March 12, 1868, and is a son of Andrew
' d Mary (Wilson) Heintzelman, both of whom likewise
■re born in Westmoreland County, as representatives of
milies early founded in the old Keystone State. The pa-
nts were residents of their native county at the time of
I eir deaths, the father having passed away in 1894 and
' a mother in 1896.
The public schools of his native state afforded Harry
Heintzelman his early education, which was supplemented
/ his attending the Duff Business College and the Curry
istitute, both in the City of Pittsburgh. As a young man
'p became identified with the glass manufacturing industry
■ i an employe of McKee & Brothers at Jeanette, Pennsyl-
mia. He later became superintendent of the Rochester
umbler Company at Rochester, Pennsylvania, this being
ie largest manufactory of glass tumblers in the world. In
304 Mr. Heintzelman came to Fairmont, West Virginia,
nd promoted and effected the organization of the Mo-
ongah Glass Company, which here established a modern
lant and engaged in the manufacturing of glass. Mr.
'feintzelman continued as secretary and treasurer of this
ompany until the death of its first president in 1910, since
hich year he has been its president, his vigorous and pro-
Tessive policies and his familiarity with the technical de-
lils of the business haviug been potent in the development
£ the important industrial enterprise. He was one of the
rganizers and incorporators of the Fairmont State Bank,
f which he has been the president from the beginning;
3 a director in the Peoples National Bank of Fairmont,
nd is vice president of the Marion Securities Company,
rhich publishes The West Virginian, the evening newspaper
»f Fairmont. He is vice president of the Hartford-Fair-
aont Company, is president of the Fairmont Box Company,
s vice-president of the Greater Fairmont Investment Com-
pany, is vice president of the Stevenson Company, here eu-
jaged in the wholesale grocery business; and is a stock-
loldVr and official in various other local corporations. The
wrief data here given are sufficient to mark him as one of
he most liberal and progressive men of Fairmont, and in-
licate that he is ever ready to give his influence and finan-
ial co-operation in the furtherance of enterprises tending
o advance the interests of his home city. Mr. Heintzel-
nan is a member of the directorate of the Fairmont Cham-
>er of Commerce, has received the thirty-second degree of
he Scottish Rite of the Masonic fraternity, his maximum
fork Rite affiliation being with the Commandery of Knights
templars at Fairmont, where also he is a popular member
•f the lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Clks.

Mr. Heintzelman married Miss Carrie E. Dougherty,
laughter of James Dougherty, of Westmoreland County,
*ennsylvania, and the four children of this union are Ruth,
Sthel, Grace and Harry. Ethel is the wife of W. C. More-
lead, of Fairmont. They have a son. William C, Jr. Harry
8 identified with the Monongah Glass Company at Fair-
uont, and his wife, whose maiden name was Eloise Shain,
ras a resident of this city at the time of their marriage,
rhey have a son, Harry L. Heintzelman III.

Edwin L. Davidson. The family of this name repre-
sented by the Parkcrsburg manufacturer and banker is of
Scotch origin and has beea indentified with the life and
affairs of West Virginia from almost the beginning of
settlement.

Its founder was Alexander Davidson, who came from
Scotland to America in 1729. He lived on a farm on the
Raritan River in New Jersey. His family consisted of two
eons and one daughter. His son William was the progenitor
of the family in West Virginia, moving to Taylor County,
which was a frontier locality to the close of his days. lie
was one of the pioneer millers in that vicinity. The next
generation is represented by his son Alexander, who was
born September 3, 1789. His life industrv was that of
farming. On February 3, 1820, Alexander Davidson mar-
ried Dorothy Burdett who was born December 23. 1791.
The names of their children with dates of birth follow:
James, January 11, 1821; Joha, June 14, 1822; William
August 22, 1823; George, February 14. 1825; Alexander,
September 23, 1826; Mary Martha, February 23, 1828;
Joshua, November 10, 1829; Fred Edwin, October 6, 1831;
Sarah Ann, February 13, 1834; Lucy, August 3, 1836;
Stephen, November 15, 1837; and Franklin, August 9, 1840.
One of these children, Alexander, never married and waa
distinguished by some versatile gifts and accomplishments.
He wrote a history of one of the middle western states,
and was also patentee of what was known as the Yost
typewriter, which for several years was manufactured and
enjoyed a considerable sale.

Three of the sons became identified with Parkersburg,
where they lived and reared their families. They were
Joshua, Stephen and Fred Edwin.

Fred Edwin Davidson became a contractor and builder
in Parkersburg, and later entered the lumber business,
out of which has grown the present Parkersburg Mill
Company. His brother Joshua was also a contractor, and
these three brothers at one time were associates in this
line of business and constructed many important build-
ings in their day. Fred E. Davidson assisted in building
the Courthouse of Wood County preceding the present
structure. Fred Edwin Davidson died June 2, 1917, when
eighty-six years of age. On December 16, 1858, he mar-
" ed America Mitchell, who died Mav 31. 1910, after thev
had been on life's highway together for more than half
a century. Their three children were: Ora, Mrs. T J
Kean, Edwin L. and John Mitchell. John Mitchel David-
son has for many years beea a merchant at Parkersburg.
He marned Sue K. Dudley, and his two children are
Mary Burdett and Fred Edwin, Jr.

Edwin L. Davidson, whose name has beea chosen to
represent the present generation of the family, was born
November 3, 1863, and his business interests since earlv
manhood have been in the lumber manufacturing field.
He is now president of the Parkersburg Mill Company.
He . M also president of the First National Bank and has
various other financial interests in the city.

Mr. Davidson was one of the organizers of the Parkers-
burg Y. M. C. A. and its president two years. He is a
trustee of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and a
member of the Rotary Club, Country Club, and the Chamber
of Commerce, which he has served as president, and his
influence and support have been lent generously to every
undertaking affecting the broader welfare of the city.

June 9, 18S8. he married Miss Nettie Johnson, daughter
of Edward and Mary (Irwin) Johnson, representing old
West Virginia families. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson's only
child, Dorothy Burdett, died in infancy.

James W. Vandeevoort. Forty years a member of the
Parkersbnrg bar, Judge Vandervoort has a record of serv-
ice fully consistent with the length of his experience. He
has been judge, but first and last an able lawyer intent
upon his professional work. The community has rec-
ognized him many times as one of its constructive factors
and most influential citizens.

Judge Vandervoort was born at Masontown, Preston
County, West Virginia, May 7, 1855, son of Amos A. and
Susan (Holmes) Vandervoort. He is a descendant in the

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tenth generation from Michael Paulus Vandervoort, whose
home before coming to America was near Antwerp in the
village of Termonde, Belgium, a town practically destroyed
in the World war. He immigrated to the Colonies in
1640 and settled at New Amsterdam. His son Paul was
born at Bedford, Long Island, and his grandson Paul II
and his grandson Nicholas were also natives of Long
Island. In time one branch of the family moved to Vir-
ginia and Nicholas Vandervoort II went into that state.
The sixth generation of the family was represented by
Jonah Vandervoort and the seventh by Nicholas Vander-
voort, who crossed the mountains and became a pioneer in
Monongalia County in what is now West Virginia. Amos
A. Vandervoort was a son of William Vandervoort. Amos
was a Union soldier, was captured, was held in confinement
at Andersonville and died while a prisoner at Savannah,
Georgia. He was a member of Company B of the Fourth
West Virginia Infantry.

James W. Vandervoort was a boy when his father died.
He acquired a public school education, attended George's
Creek Academy at Smithfield in Fayette County, Penn-
sylvania, and completed his sophomore year in the West
Virginia State University. Some of his law studies were
pursued under the eminent John B. Minor of the Uni-
versity of Virginia, and at this institution he took the
complete law course. After being admitted to the bar
he began practice at Clarksburg, West Virginia. He re-
mained there two years, and on October 10, 1881, removed
to Parkersburg, where for a number of years he was asso-
ciated in practice with John A. Hutchinson. Mr. Vander-
voort for over twenty years has been counsel for the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at Parkersburg and
also for the American Express Company, and has been at-
torney on one side or another in many important civil
cases. He is a republican in politics and was presidential
elector on the McKinley ticket and at different times has
entered campaigns actively. Governor A. B. White ap-
pointed him judge of the Criminal Court of Wood County,
to fill a vacancy due to the death of Judge J. M. Jackson,
but after a few months he resigned from the bench to
resume his private practice. He is a Methodist, a member
of the Country Club, Rotary Club and Elks.

Throughout the period of the World war Mr. Vander-
voort was president of the local Red Cross Chapter. That
organization was the chief medium for all local philan-
thropic work, undertaken by it directly or under its auspices,
and the splendid patriotic record made by Parkersburg is
due in no small degree to the efficiency of the organization
of which Judge Vandervoort was the head. He is now
a member of the Board of Law Examiners for West Virginia
and represents the General Council of the American Bar
Association for West Virginia.

June 7, 1882, Judge Vandervoort married Maude Shut-
tleworth of Clarksburg, daughter of Benjamin F. and
Miriam (Blair) Shuttleworth. Her mother represented an
old family of Augusta County, Virginia, and was a de-
scendant of James Blair, founder of William and Mary
College. Judge Vandervoort lost his wife by death October
11, 1914. He has four children: George H.; Edna B.,
wife of K. F. Williams; Maude S. ; and Margaret E.,
Mrs. Frank F. Turner.

Charles D. Merrick has been a Parkersburg lawyer
over forty-five years, and throughout has been steadily ac-
cumulating honors due to the able lawyer and a scholarly
gentleman.

Mr. Merrick was born in Portage County, Ohio, August
1, 1852, son of Henry A. and Sarah (Green) Merriek.
His mother was a native of England. Henry A. Merrick
was born in the Western Reserve of Ohio, son of Minor
Merrick, who came from his native state of Connecticut
in 1817, and was a pioneer in the Ohio Western Reserve.
His home for many years was in Portage County, but he
spent his last days at Salem in Columbiana County. Henry
A. Memck was identified with merchandising and lumher
manufacture, and in the prosecution of his lumhering
interests, and to secure a wider field of supply, he moved
to West Virginia in the spring of 1868, locating in Ritchie

County. In 1873 he moved to Chicago, and from theri
Washington, D. C, where he died in 1887.

Of four children Charles D. Merrick is one of the
survivors. During his boyhood he lived at Salem, C
attended school there, also at Allegheny, Pennsylvania,
did much private study. At the suggestion of Major A],
sey he began the study of law with Col. John S. Hoffia
at Clarksburg, and while pursuing his studies he actec^
Deputy Circuit Court Clerk of Harrison County. Mr. It.
rick was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1873, and »
two years practiced at Harrisville in Ritchie County. j
1875 he removed to Parkersburg, and this city has been >e
scene of his professional labors ever since. For one ;p
he was a memher of the firm, Scott, Cole & Merrick, t'a
practiced alone, and in 1887 formed a partnership yh
Levin Simth. The law firm of Merrick & Smith is '<t
of the oldest and has long been recognized as one of ,e
ablest at the West Virginia bar. Mr. Merrick has satisd
his amhition in the profession of law and has allowed *
outside interests to intrude upon his important professiol
duties. In former years he took considerable interests
politics and is a republican. He is a member of the Pres>-
terian Church.

April 4, 1878, Mr. Merrick married Miss Addie Hi,
of Harrisville, West Virginia. Her father, Dr. Moses Hi,
was a captain in the Union Army in the Civil war ;d
came out with the brevet rank of colonel. Doctor 111
was a brother-in-law of Gen. Thomas M. Harris, a menu
of the court that tried Mrs. Surratt, the famous Southji
spy, for complicity in the assassination of President L-
coln. Mr. and Mrs. Merrick have four children. The olet
is Fred H., who about 1905 became a socialist and sin
became a prominent one, somewhat radical in his methci,
and was in consequence called upon to endure some vjr
hard things, which he did without flinching and showj
great courage. He became a writer and speaker of il
capability, and is still pursuing the calls of his sociat
faith. Julia M. is the wife of Henry B. Walker, f
Lancaster, Ohio. Eleanor Constance is Mrs. J. C. Rosa:,,
of Utuado, Porto Rico. The youngest is Roderick G. j

Roderick G. Merrick left law school in 1917, to enter s
Officers Training School in Fort Benjamin Harris.,
Indiana, was commissioned a second lieutenant in artille,
and was in training at Camp Shelby, Montgomery, Alabai.
He did special census work there and at Camp Gordi,
Atlanta, and in January, 1918, was sent overseas to Fran.
After a period of intensive training he was assigned )
the Fifteenth Regiment of Artillery in the Second Divisi,
composed wholly of regular troops. His record inclu<9
some of the famous campaigns of the war, including - 3
battles of Belleau Woods, Soissons, after which he va
promoted to a first lieutenant, St. Mihiel, the fighting i
the Champaign district east of Rheims, the Argonne woo,,
and the final march to Sedan. He continued with 13
Army of Occupation at Coblenz after the signing of 1!
armistice and in July, 1919, secured leave to return )
America. He now lives at Kalamazoo, Michigan.

William Tilghman Rittenhouse. Though a nat!
of Ohio, William Tilghman Rittenhouse has lived his 1 1
in Parkersburg, has been identified with oil productii
interests in West Virginia for many years, and is ai
a Parkersburg hanker and one of the foremost Masc 1
of the state.

He was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 27, 18<
son of William and Ruphelle (Flint) Rittenhouse. T
Rittenhouse family in America was established by Willif
Rittenhouse, who immigrated from Holland to Pennsylvai
about 1687. Among his descendants was David Ritti
house, one of America's early astronomers and with inti
national distinction in the world of science. Several genei
tions of the Rittenhouse family were identified with t
paper manufacturing industry at Germantown, near Phi
delphia.

The Parkersburg business man is a great-grandson
Samuel Rittenhouse, a grandson of Tilghman Rittenhom
This branch of the Rittenhouse family became identifi
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443

y One of the pioneers of the family there lived to the
§J>f 110 years. William Rittenhouse was both a
Lr and merchant in Ross County, was honored with the
fiof county treasurer there, and in every way upheld
lanorable traditions of his family,
tlliam Tilghman Rittenhouse when six years of nge was
jtfht by his parents to West Virginia. They first lived

■ rkersburg and later his father moved out into the oil
Id Mr. Rittenhouse acquired a public school education,
tttended Eastman's Business College at Poughkccpsie,
jrYork, and his first business experience was in the
I dds, in the Burning Springs District. More or less
Ihnously ever since he has had some ahaie and interest

fa oil industry.

}. Rittenhouse established his permanent home in
p-rsburg in 1SS6, and in 188S, when the Citizens Build-
■ssociation was organized, he was elected its secretary,
j that capacity has to a large degree had the executive
listration and" management of this prosperous asao-
Ita for a period of thirty-three years. He is also
p:ary of the U. S. Roofing Tile Company, a Parkcrs-
\x industry which has an almost world-wide market for
Products.

I Masonry Mr. Rittenhouse haa filled the offices of
mr, high priest and eminent commander in the Parkers-

■ York Rite bodies, is a member of the Scottish Rite
■.story, and a member and officer of Nemesis Temple
re Mystic Shrine. The chief credit is due him for the
feion of the Masonic Temple at Parkersburg, and he
meen one of the officers of the Maaonic Temple Asso-
fe>n from the beginning. Mr. Rittenhouse in 1910 waa
fed right eminent grand commander of the Grand Com-
llery of the state, and in 1914 was high priest of the
r.d Chapter. He ia a Knight Commander of the Court
'Conor and recently elected to the thirty-third degree
'Sat Kite. Mr. Rittenhouse was city clerk of Parkers-
t during the construction of the City Hall. He ia a
tblican, a Methodist, is a charter member of the Parkers-
F Kiwanis Club, a member of the Automobile Club and
iJountry Club. He married Miss Isabelle Bryan. Four
LLren were born to their marriage: William B., a
('.eat of Parkersburg; George Flint, of Wheeling; Owen
lie, who was a second lieutenant in the World war and
(instructor in training camps, and died of bronchial
lunonia at Camp Meade, Maryland, in 1918; and Tilgh-
i, who died when seven years of age.

-etus Habold Jenkins, a prominent coal operator and
hential citizen residing at Fairmont, Marion County,
I born on a farm in Barbour County, this state, Novem-
13, 1871, and is a son of the late Joseph J. and Delilah
loth) Jenkins. The father was born in Barbour County,
i 846, and was a resident of Taylor County at the time
lis death, in 1917. He was a son of Jonathan Jenkins,

was a native of Virginia and who heeame a pioneer
ler in Barbour County. Delilah (Booth) Jenkins was
a in Barbour County, in 1847, and died in 191S, in
-lor County. She was a daughter of James Booth and

a descendant of General Booth, a patriot officer of
minence in the war of the Revolution. General Booth
» numbered among the very early settlers in what is now
•hour County, West Virginia, and in that county his
ae and memory are perpetuated in the name of Booth's
ek. On this creek stood a school house that was long
wn as the General Booth School.

Vhen Cletus H. Jenkins was one year old his parents
fed to the village of Astor, Taylor County, where his
her engaged in the drug business. After attending the
»lic schools Mr. Jenkins continued his studies three years
the West Virginia College at Flemington, Taylor County,
institution that now figures as a county high school. He
reaf ter devoted six years to successful service as a teacher
the rural schools. He next attended the Mountain State
siness College at Parkersburg during one year, and in
9 he entered the office of the Hutchinson Coal Company
Fairmont. He has continued his association with this
)ortant industrial corporation during the long interven-
period of more than thirty years, and from the position

of stenographer and bookkeeper he has advanced to that
of secretary and treasurer of the company, of which he
is also a director. Mr. Jenkins is. a director and the vieo
president of the Logan Coal Company of Fairmont, was
one of the organizers of Fairmont State Bank, of which
lie is vice president, and he is a director also of the Com-
munity Bank of Fairmont, besides which he was one of
the organizers and is a director of the Fairmont Building
& Loan Association. As a director representing the coal
distriet of Northern West Virginia Mr. Jenkins has been
a member of the National Coal Association from the time
of its organization. He gave three years of effective serv-
ice as vice president of the West Virginia State Coal As-
sociation, and for several years was president of the Fair-
mont Coal Association. During the World war period he
was president of the West Virginia Coal Operators Associa-
tion, to the work of which he gave much of his time, not
only during American participation in the war but also
for nearly a year after the signing of the historic armistice.
He is a director of the Fairmont Young Men's Christian
Association, is prominently identified with the Fairmont
Chamber of Commerce and is an active member of the local
Rotary Club. He and his wife are members of the First
Baptist Church in their home city.

June 25, 1902, recorded the marriage of Mr. Jenkins to
Miss Delia L. Phillips, who was born and reared in Marion
County and who is a daughter of the late John Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have three children: Doris is a
junior at Mount Vernon Seminary, Washington, D. C;
Maxinc D. is a member of the junior class in the Fairmont
High Sehool; and Cletus Harold, Jr., is a sophomore in the
high school.

Paul Ambrose. Some men rise steadily and honorably
to responsible positions in the business world through sheer
ability and honest conduct. Their keen appreciation of re-
sponsibility and the value of the trusts reposed in them
urge them on to renewed efforts, and they are rewarded by
additional confidence on the part of those" they ao faithfully
and intelligently serve. One of the men of Berkeley Springs
whose name is an honored one in business circles because of
the facts outlined above is Paul Ambrose, assistant manager
of the Community Store, a corporation carrying an exten-
sive line of general merchandise.

The name Ambrose has been known in what is now Mor-
gan County, West Virginia, ever since the early settlement
of this section of the state. From the best information se-
curable Daniel Ambrose was the founder of this branch of
the family in America, and but little history pertaining to
him is known. His son, Nicholas Ambrose, the great-
grandfather of Paul Ambrose, was as far as is known a
life-long resident of what is now Morgan County. The
maiden name of his wife was Berthana Brooks, and among
their children was Peter Ambrose, the grandfather of Paul
Ambrose, and who was born on the road leading from
Berkeley Springs to Sir John's Run, in September, 1844.
Peter Ambrose was for many years in the employ of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and waa atill in the
service at the time of his death in 1908. He married Sarah
M. Clover, who was born on a farm about eight miles from
Berkeley Springs, May 14, 1S4S, a daughter of Hughey
Clover, who was a farmer and spent his laat days in Mary-
it is thought, born in what is now Morgan County, West
Virginia, of pioneer ancestry. Mrs. Ambrose died Febru-
ary 7, 1918, the mother of seven children: Melissa J.,
George H., Laura Virginia, Calvin, Raymond, Walter and
Niota L.

Calvin Ambrose, the father of Paul Ambrose, was born
at St. John's Run, and educated in the public achools of
that place and Berkeley Springs. Leaving sehool when
still a youth, he entered the employ of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company, but after some years acquired title
to land in the Bath Mountains, near Berkeley Springs,
which he leased to the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Glass
Sand Company and became superintendent of that com-
pany's plant. He remained with that concern until hia
early death, when he was only thirty-eight yeara of age.
Mr. Ambrose married Miss Ann Wolf, who waa born in

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Morgan County, daughter of Martin Wolf. She survives
her husband and has reared five children: Agnes, Helen,
Mary, Paul Edward and. Ruth.

The early education of Paul Ambrose was secured in the
public schools of Berkeley Springs, and this was subse-
quently supplemented by attendance at St. Joseph's Col-
lege. After completing his course there he furthered his
training by a course at Strayers Business College, and thus
equipped he entered upon his business career as an em-
ploye of the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Glass Sand
Company. A short time later he went to Akron, Ohio,
where he was employed by the Firestone Rubber Company
for a fime, then returning to the South and entering the
employ of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation. He re-
mained with that concern until the close of the World war,
when he again came to Berkeley Springs, and has since been
assistant manager of the Community Store, a large cor-
poration carrying an extensive line of general merchandise,
including about everything used in the home or on the
farm. He has contributed materially to the success of this
enterprise, and has demonstrated the qualities of a live,
progressive and intelligent business man.

On April 16, 1917, Mr. Ambrose was united in marriage
with Miss Nellie Virginia Hasenbuhler, who was born at
Sir John's Rnn, Morgan County, daughter of John and Ann
(Keesecker) Hasenbuhler. The former was born in Penn-
sylvania, in the City of Philadelphia, a son of Louis Hasen-
buhler, who was born in Switzerland and was one of three
brothers to come to the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Am-
brose are the parents of one daughter, Anna Carmen.

John W. Hunter. Despite the claims of many that suc-
cess rests largely upon financial backing and influential
friends at the outset of a career, it is to be found that many
who have the best achievements to their credit have started
life as poor boys and have gradually attained prosperity
through hard work and an intelligent use of natural abili-
ties developed through training and experience. John W.
Hunter, a highly esteemed citizen of Berkeley Springs, had
no financial assistance at the outset of his career. He pos-
sessed, however, unlimited ambition and industry and the
ability to make the most of his opportunities. For nearly
a half century he was engaged in carpentry, contracting
and building, and is now living in contented and comfort-
able retirement, enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life.

Mr. Hunter was born at Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, West Virginia, August 21, 1849, a son of Charles
Edward and Eliza (McCaffrey) Hunter. From the best
information available his great-grandfather was John
Hunter, a native of Ireland, and a pioneer of what is
now Morgan County. His son William, the grandfather of
John W. Hunter, was the proprietor of a hotel in Morgan
County in the pre-railroad days, when stage coaches made
regular trips between far separated points. He became one
of the solid and influential men of his locality and served
several years in the capacity of justice of the peace. Will-
iam Hunter married Ann Cox, who, it is thought, was born
in Berkeley Springs and was a resident of Morgan County.
Charles Edward Bailey Hunter, father of John W. Hunter,
was born at Berkeley Springs, where he attended the pub-
lic schools and mastered the carpenter's trade. He became
a building contractor, but did not live long enough to
achieve success, death coming to him when he was but
twenty-eight years of age. He married Eliza McCaffrey,
who was born in the State of New York, a daughter of
John McCaffrey, a native of Ireland. After the death of
Mr. Hunter she married Martin Wolf. By her marriage
with Mr. Hunter she had four sons: John W., Romanus,
Charles Edward and James D. She and Mr. Wolf became
the parents of one daughter, Ann Rebecca. Mrs. Wolf died
at the age of sixty-one years.

John W. Hunter made the moat of his opportunities to
secure a public school education, and having inherited his
father's mechanical ability applied himself to learning the
carpenter's trade, which he followed for some years as a
journeyman, and became a contractor and builder soon
after attaining his majority. During a period of nearly
half a century he continued to be so occupied, and his

good workmanship and honest accomplishments are 11
noted in many of the buildings now standing at Berl
Springs and in the surrounding country. He achl
prosperity along legitimate chaunels, established a refl
tion for integrity and fair dealing, and is now livir!l
quiet retirement, one of his community's highly esteJ
men.

In 1874 Mr. Hunter was united in marriage with ■
Harriet Ellen Wheat, daughter of Hon. Joseph A. fl
Miranda (Grove) Wheat, a sketch of whose lives apjfl
elsewhere in this work. To this union there were born im
children: Raymond, who married Helen Everett anda
four children, Alma, Bernard Everett, Philip NewrathJ
Thomas Marshall; Carrie, who married Wilson Shelley!
has three children, Virginia, Herhert and Earl; Ed'l
Bailey, who married May Housholder and has three 1
dren, Harriet, John William and Ilene ; Jessie Edith, ■
died as the wife of W. H. Heller, leaving four chilcl
Grace Ellen, Laura, Florence Thelma and William Huiil
Robert Leslie, who married Margaret Van Goshen and]
one daughter, Phyllis Jane; Helen Eliza, who mail
Luther H. Kirby; and Albert Zimmerman. Alma Huil
daughter of Raymond and Helen (Everett) Hunte-, il
ried Kenneth Nevin and has one son, Kenneth, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hunter are devout member!)/
the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Francis Murray Phillips, M. D. High on the roiif
the medical fraternity of Jefferson County stands the nit
of Francis Murray Phillips, M. D., who for fourteen yj
has been engaged in the practice of his calling at Chaj
Town. His career has been one of constant advancemen a
his profession, and the confidence in which he is heldy
his fellow-townsmen is a recognition of sterling abijj
faithful performance of professional duties and an ad ft
ence to the highest ethics of his humane vocation. He 1
born on a farm near Laurel, Delaware, and is a sonf
George Bell Phillips and a grandson of Thomas Phillip

Francis Murray Phillips received his early educationn
the district schools and prepared for college under prh«
tuition. He then pursued a two-year course at the Wj^
em Maryland College, following which he became a c]
mercial traveler in the Middle Atlantic states, a vocata
which he followed with a measure of success for sea
years. When he left the road as a "knight of the gri*
he enrolled as a student at the Baltimore Medical Colht,
now the medical department of the University of Ms'-
land, and was graduated from that institution as a memjt
of the class of 1904, receiving the degree of Doctor of M<!-
cine. Doctor Phillips commenced practice at HarpfS
Ferry, where he remained for four years, and in 1908 ca3
to Charles Town, which has since been the scene of s
practice and success. He carries on a general professiol
business as a physician and surgeon, is local surgeon I
the Norfolk & Western Railroad, the Hagerstown & Fr k
erick Railroad and several limestone quarries, and hasi
large private clientele. He keeps fully abreast of the c-
stant progress heing made in his calling, and is a vah)
member of the Eastern Panhandle Medical Society, *)
West Virginia State Medical Society and the Americi
Medical Association. As a fraternalist he holds memb
ship in Malta Lodge No. 80, A. F. and A. M.

In 1905 Doctor Phillips was united in marriage w>
Miss Harriet Tryford Bagwell, who was born at Onanco"
Accomac County, Virginia, a daughter of George and R(
(Tryford) Bagwell. Six children have been horn to tl 1
union: Francis Murray, Jr., George Bagwell, Edwa
Hamilton, Donald Tryford, Harriet Wilson and Doug.
Wise. Doctor and Mrs. Phillips are members of Zion Ep
copal Church, in the work of which they take an active a
helpful interest.

John Henderson Bishop was one of Mosby's men, a
is one of the few surviving veterans of the great war t
tween the states. Most of his long and useful life has be
spent in the Valley of Virginia, and Charles Town h
been his home community during his earlier as well as 1
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445

fclect the domain of the mind and has been a great reader,
li has also found entertainment and done something of
rctieal value in preserving in his scrapbooks many mat-
in of family and local history that otherwise would go
fcS oblivion.

* le was born on a farm in Loudoun County, Virginia,
timber 24, 1S35, and has now reached the age of eighty-
lea. His father was Henderson Bishop, who was born in
J'deriek County, Virginia, in 1S11. Henderson Bishop
w apprenticed to learn the gunsmith's trade. After com-
■ting his apprenticeship ho removed from Winchester -to
fltimore, where he worked under Alexander MeComas.
ir several years he was an employe in the United States
Msenal at Harper's Ferry, and then bought a farm in
■udoun County, and continued his interests as a planter
••il 1S47. In that year he removed to Charles Town,
I ight a home, and engaged in business as a gun and loek-
tfith and as a plumber. He was one of the pioneers iu
Ms line, and he had the distinction of installing the first
p works at Charles Town. He continued active in his
I e of business until hi9 death in 1873. Henderson Bishop
•irried Julia Ann Nisewaner, a native of Loudoun County
id daughter of John and Mary Nisewaner, whose ancestors
, re pioneers of that county. Julia Ann Bishop died in

43, when her son John H. was only eight years of age.
I The latter, only child of his mother, attended public school
i Charles Town, also the Charles Town Male Aeademy,
| id when hia education was completed be went to work with
I s father and learned the trade of gunsmith and plumb-
sj. In 1856 he removed to Harper's Ferry and was in the
iDvemment Arsenal there until about a month before John
rown'a raid. His next location was at Middlebury in
oudeun County, where he continued work at bis trade un-
J the outbreak of the war between the states. On answer-
tig the call to the service of the Confederate Government
e was, on account of his knowledge of the gunsmith 's
ade. assigned to the Armory in Richmond. A short time
iter he was sent home on a furlough, and while there was
iptured and taken to Washington, being kept a prisoner
i the old eapitol ten months and then for seven months
t Fort Delaware. He was finally exchanged and, return-
ig to Middlebury, Loudoun County, joined the field serv-
*e in Captain Tom Foster's company of the Twenty-third
battalion, attached to Mosby's command. He was with
his famous organization of the Confederate Army in its
arious campaigns and battles on Virginia soil until the
lose of the war. He was paroled at Charles Town, May
5, 1865.

After leaving the army Mr. Bishop was in business at
tfiddlebury nntil the death of his father, when he returned

0 Charles Town, and continued the business at the old
tand. Among other important work he did he installed the
lew gas works and also the new water works at Charles
rown, and altogether he continued a very successful busi-
less there until 1902, when, nearing the age of three score
ind ten, he retired and has since enjoyed the fruits of a
rell-spent life.

On January 1, 1856, Mr. Bishop married Sarah F. Hicks,
rbo was born in Charles Town, daughter of William and
Hary Hicks. She died May 16, 1884. On November 12,
8S5, Mr. Bishop married Mary J, Hunsieker. She is also

1 native of Charles Town, born April 26, 1846. Her father,
Robert R. Hunsieker, was born in Winchester, Virginia,
md learned the trade of shoemaker, at a time when all
>oots and shoes were hand made and made to order. Soon
ifter his marriage he located at Charles Town, and contin-
led the business of bis trade until his death, at the age
»f seventy-six. He married Maria Sijrafoose, a native of
Winchester, who died at the age of fifty-four. The three
lunsicker children were James William, Mary J. and Aliee
3. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop are active members of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, South, and for twelve years he
fas a steward of the chureh. He has also served four
rears as a member of the city council of Charles Town.

His children are all by his first marriage, and their
tames are Charles. Julia and J. William. Charles married
wiee, and by his first wife has a son, Walter. His second
rife was a Mis9 Caton. but no children were born by this

union. Julia is the wife of Charles Stolle, and ber family
consists of Ernest, John Bishop, Lena, Raymond and Viola.

Clyde Davis Barbe, who is successfully established in
the real-estate and fire-insurance business at Morgantown,
judicial center of Monongalia County, was born at Laurel
Point in Grant District, this county, on the 21st of Novem-
ber, 1S77, and is a son of George and Julia A. (Davis)
Barbe, both likewise natives of this county, where the
former was born in Grant District and the latter in Cass
District. Henry Barbe, great-grandfather of him whose
name initiates this paragraph, was born in Virginia, August
13, 1778, and was a representative of a French family of
Alsace-Lorraine who sent representatives to Virginia in
the early Colonial period of our national history. Henry
Barbe came to what is now Monongalia County, West Vir-
ginia, about the year 1820, and became one of the early
settlers on Flaggy Mealow, in Grant District. His wife,
whose maiden name was Sarah Miller, likewise was born
in Virginia, and in accompanying ber husband to the
frontier region now represented by West Virginia she made
the journey on horseback, with her youngest child in her
arms. Jeremiah, eon of these sterling pioneers, was born
in old Virginia in 1814, and thus was about six years old
at the time of the family migration to the present Mo-
nongalia County, where he was reared to manhood and
where in 1841 he married Julia A. Brand, a native of this
county. He became one of the substantial farmers of
Grant District, and there he and his wife passed the re-
mainder of their lives. Their son, George, was born on the
old home farm in Grant District, December 20, 1843, and
was one of the gallant young men who went forth from this
county as a soldier of the Union in the Civil war, in which
he was a member of Company I, Fourteenth West Virginia
Volunteer Lnfantry. After the war he taught school for a
time, and later he served two terms as county assessor. For
several years he was engaged in the mercantile business at
Maidsville, this county, and in 1894 he removed with his
family to Morgantown, where he engaged in the hardware
and roofing business in partnership with his son Clyde D., of
this sketch, and M. W. Davis. The firm of Barbe & Davis
erected in 1906 the large brick block known as the Barbe &
Davis Building, on Walnut Street, and this substantial
structure is still in the possession of the Barbe and Davis
families, one-half interest being owned by Clyde D. Barbe.
The firm of Barbe & Davis retired from business in 1912,
and George Barbe thereafter continued his residence at
Morgantown until his death, November 16, 1917, his devoted
wife having passed to the life eternal July 16, 1911.

Clyde D. Barbe gained his earlier education in the public
schools of Maidsville, and in hia fifteenth year he entered the
University Preparatory School at Morgantown, where he
continued his studies until he entered the University of
West Virginia. In this institution he was graduated in
1899, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He taught one
year in the city schools of Morgantown, and for two years
thereafter was in the employ of a company engaged in the
publishing of school textbooks. While yet a boy he bad as-
sisted in his father's store at Maidsville, and when the firm
of Barbe & Davis was organized, in 1904, he became a part-
ner in the same. He thus continued until the firm went out
of business, in 1912, and he has since developed a prosperous
real estate business, in which he handles principally his own
property, and in connection with which be conducts a general
fire insurance business. Mr. Barbe is a director of the
Union Bank & Trust Company of Morgantown, and is a
progressive and valued member of the Morgantown Chamber
of Commerce. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of
Athens Lodge No. 36, Knights of Pythias, and for the past
decade has served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Methodist Protestant Church at Morgantown. In June,
1909, Mr. Barbe married Miss Flora E. Binns, who was born
at Fairmont, Marion County, a daughter of Dr. J. H. and
Rebecca (Cartright) Binns." Mr. and Mrs. Barbe have one
ehild, Mary Ileen, born July 20, 1913.

George A. Whitmore, now engaged in business at Charles
Town, was for many years a leader in the agricultural ac-

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

tivities of Berkeley County and well known in the official
affairs of that county.

He was born at Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia.
His father, Samuel Paxton Whitmore, was born in the same
locality. His grandfather, George Whitmore, was a native
of Germany, and with two brothers came to America, one
of them settling near Frederick City, Maryland, and an-
other in Rockingham County, Virginia. George 'Whitmore
was a hotel proprietor at Leesburg. Though of foreign
birth, there was nothing to distinguish him from a real
Virginian in a pace for good horses, and he became well
known in local sporting circles. He married Rachel Wright,
a native of Loudoun County and of early English ancestry,
and both lived to a good old age. Their three children
were William, Samuel P. and Anna.

Samuel Paxton Whitmore at the outbreak of the war
between the states entered the Confederate Army as a
member of Captain Hodges' company of Loudoun County
Artillery, which was soon consolidated with the White's
Battalion. He went in as a private and was promoted to
lieutenant, and was with his command in its various cam-
paigns and battles until the fall of 1863, when he was cap-
tured and for the remainder of the war was a prisoner.
After being paroled he returned home, later engaged as a
farmer in Loudoun County, West Virginia. His farm and
its duties occupied him until his death at the age of sixty-
five.

Samuel P. Whitmore married Phoebe Beech, a native of
Loudoun County, Virginia, and daughter of John and Mary
(Cullison) Beech. She died at the age of forty-seven.
Her children were: Annie Elizabeth, George, Mollie C,
Catherine, William Jasper, Sarah Alice, Florence, Samuel
J., John A. and Clara Paxton.

George A. Whitmore attended school at Leesburg and
also in the Mill Creek District of Berkeley County, and was
a boy when his labors were turned to account on his father 's
farm. After reaching manhood he made farming his regu-
lar vocation, and his home and business interests were con-
tinued in Mill Creek District until 1919, when he moved
to Charles Town, and has since been associated in business
with his son as dealers in lumber and building supplies.

In 1872 Mr. Whitmore married Ella May Beesom, who
died January 18, 1910, aged fifty-one years. She was born
in Mill Creek District of Berkeley County, daughter of
Lewis R. and Lydia Beesom. The children born to Mr.
and Mrs. Whitmore are: Lora Mason, Myrtle May, Ralph
Richard, Hugh Paxton, Beulah Davis, Grace Beesom,
George Wilson and Boyd C. Lora is the wife of H. V.
Snyder, and her children are Jane, Paxton, Beeson, and
Daniel Armstead. Ralph married Mammie Baldwin, and
their family consists of Lydia, Phyllis, Ruth, Julia and
Richard. The son Hugh married Vineta Osborne. Beulah
Davis was married to Clarence Myers, and has two children,
Mary Cullison and Paul Edward. George Wilson married
Dorothy Hauptman, and has two sons, George A. and Ken-
neth H. Boyd died December 24, 1914, at the age of
twenty-one. Grace is the wife of William Roberts, and has
a daughter Helen Gregg.

George A. Whitmore and wife are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In the official affairs
of Berkeley County he served three terms as a member of
the board of education in Mill Creek District, and in 1912
was elected a member of the County Court, and by re-elec-
tion was in office for six years, until he came to Charles
Town.

James Elmfr Brown, organist and choirmaster of the
Bland Street Methodist Church, South, at Bluefield, Mer-
cer County, was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, on
the 21st of January, 1889, and is a son of Charles W. and
Mary Elizabeth (Cash) Brown, both likewise natives of
the Old Dominion State, where the respective families were
founded many generations ago. Charles W. Brown was born
in Albermarle County, Virginia, in 1854, and in early life
he gave his attention to farm industry in his native state.
Thereafter he was for many years in the service of the
Norfolk & Western Railroad, and he is now living retired
at Bluefield, West Virginia, to which place he came with

his family in 1892 and established his home in the V 1
end of the village — a district now in the center of
progressive city which has here been developed in the
tervening period. His father, Colonel Brown, was a p
perous planter and slave-owner in Virginia prior to
Civil war, in which he served as a gallant officer of
Confederate Army. Like many other representative <
zens of the South, Colonel Brown met with heavy finan
reverses as a result of the war between the states of
North and the South. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Cash) Bn
passed to the life eternal in December, 1918, at the age
sixty-nine years, and she is survived by two sons, of wi
the subject of this review is the younger. The elder f
William, resides at Bluefield and is assistant weighmas
in the service of the Norfolk & Western Railroad CompaM

James E. Brown was three years old at the time
family home was established at Bluefield, and here hs ■
ceived the advantages of the public schools. As a lad
twelve years he suffered a serious illness, and during I
period of convalescence, mainly as a pastime, he devotl
himself to the study of music, one of his early teach
having been Miss Gertrude Walls, who gave him instr I
tion in piano work. At fifteen years of age he was ol
dating as a church organist, and he has been a ch«
director since he was twenty years of age. At the pres<«
time he is the leader of the excellent choir of the Bla'
Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

At the age of seventeen years Mr. Brown went wi
Blinn Owen to Greensboro, North Carolina, where he :|
mained three years, and continued the intensive study I
music under the effective direction of Mr. Owen, besid
which he became assistant to Mr. Owen in the teaching I
younger music students. His love for and appreciate
of musical art have caused him to continue his study dt'
ing the intervening years, and he is a pianist of excep-
tional ability, besides having marked technical skill in t
handling of the modern pipe organ and being proficient f
thorough base and harmony. Mr. Brown has given instru
tion to hundreds of music students, and is one of the leal
ing teachers of music at Bluefield, with studio in the cla;
room of the Bland Street Methodist Church, in whir
church he has been the choir leader since 1909. He is '
leader in musical circles in this section of the state ai«
has been instrumental in securing to Bluefield the appea,
ance of many celebrated artists, besides having been oi,
of the most prominent figures in the Bluefield Musici
Festival Society. He has trained the local chorus for man
of the fine entertainments given under the auspices of th
organization, and his admirable musical taste and discrin
ination have been shown in the special programs he hs
prepared for Easter, Christmas and other observances i
the church in which he is choir leader. While residing s
Greensboro, North Carolina, he served as organist of tt
Methodist Protestant Church in that city. He is secretar
and publicity manager of the Bluefield Music Teacher
Association, and was chairman of the Music Committe
in connection with the " Billy' ' Sunday evangelistic cam
paign at Bluefield, since which he has continued to supei
vise the musical affairs of the Billy Sunday Club of thi
city. As a musician he has assisted in local entertaii
ments given by the Elks and the American Legion, and i
also vice president of the Foland Printing Company o
Bluefield. Mr. Brown is a past master of the local Lodg
of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, past high priest o
the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and an active membe
of the Bluefield Commandery of Knights Templars.

In 1914 Mr. Brown wedded Miss Mary Shelton Stepheni
who prior to her marriage had been a popular teacher i
the public schools of Bluefield. Mrs. Brown was born i
Virginia and is a daughter of Rev. H. I. Stephens, wh
is a member of the Baltimore, Maryland, conference of th
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. and Mrs. Brow
have two children: Mary Virginia and James Elmer, Ji

Harry Charlton is vice president and general manage
of the Amicon Fruit Company, which has its headquarter
in the City of Bluefield, Mercer County, and which main
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447

A:ta of this part of the state. John Amicon, presi-
flof the company, is a resident of Columbus, Ohio, as
Ho H. N. Smith, the secretary. It is interesting to
41 that John Amicon began his business career by

fj fruit from a cart on the streets of Columbus, Ohio,
hat he has become one of the most successful repre-
Aives of the fruit business both in Ohio and West
Mnia. The Amicon Fruit Company at Bluefield was
■iished in May. 1906, and here the company is now

■ ring to erect for its use a modern aix-story building
Bluefield Avenue, to connect with the present large
M. The storage capacity of the plant at the present
Mia 150 cars of fruit and provisions, and when the new
■5ng is completed the capacity will be amplified to 500
■loads. The most modern sanitary provisions mark
Blant, and here are handled all kinds of fruit and pro-
■is, the wholesale and retail business of the company

of large volume and marked prosperity. The con-
Ihas been influential in furthering the success of fruit-
fcers in this section of the state, and from the Bluefield
Luarters the trade of the company has been extended

■ a radius of 100 miles from this distributing point,
I seven representatives constantly on the road in the
kests of the hou9e. As general manager of this im-
feint enterprise Mr. Charlton is essentially one of the
L»sentative business men of Bluefield.

■ r. Charlton was born at Pearisburg, Virginia, January
R1874, and is a son of E. W. and Newtonia (Hale)
llton, the former of whom died in 1917, at the age of
bity-two years, and the latter of whom resides at Bluff
K near Pearisburg, she being sixty-two years of age,
1921. The father was a gallant soldier of the Con-
pacy in the Civil war, took part in many engagements,
mding that of Appomattox, and was once wounded,
[[was for many years a prosperous merchant at Pearis-
K, and thereafter was engaged in farm enterprise near
I place. He served as deputy sheriff of his county and
I for a number of years postmaster at Pearisburg.
pr the close of the Civil war he became one of the first
je men in his district to vote the republican ticket,
jwas a representative of one of the old and honored
lilies of that section of Virginia, He served as super-
radent of the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal
rrch. South, and his widow likewise is an earnest mem-
|of this church. They became the parents of six sons

three daughters, and of the eight now living the sub-

of this sketch is the eldest,
larry Charlton received his youthful education in the
m>1s of his native town, and as a lad of ten years he
an to assist in his father's store. He finally became
owner of a store of his own at Pearisbnrg, and in this
nection he early began to specialize in the buying of
visions from local producers. He gradually developed
>rosperous business in selling provisions through the
I districts of Virginia and West Virginia, and the direct
come of his activities in this line was the establishing
the progressive company of which he is now vice presi-
t and general manager. He is an authority in the
it trade and has proved himself a resourceful business
1 of much initiative and executive ability. He is a
nber of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, the local
ntry Club, the United Commercial Travelers and the
ependent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife are
lous members of the Presbyterian Church in their home

n 1897 Mr. Charlton married Miss Lelia Woolwine,
ghter of J. P. Woolwine, of Pearisburg, Virginia, and
two children of this union are Harry, Jr., and Russelle.
rry, Jr., was a member of the Officers Training Corps
the University of West Virginia in the closing period
the World war, and he is now (1921) a student in the
tical department of that institution. Russelle is the
J of Douglas E. Leckie, of Bluefield.

Ienry A. Lilly has proved himself one of the most
gressive and resourceful business men of the City of
efield. Mercer County, where he has been prominently
itified with mercantile enterprise since August, 1895.

Mr. Lilly was born in the village of Dunns, this county,
on the 14th of April, 1877, and is a son of John S. and
Elizabeth (Meador) Lilly, who still maintain their home
at Dunns, the former being sixty-nine and the latter sev-
enty years of age (1921). John S. Dunn is a son of Wash-
ington and Mary Polly Lilly, the former of whom was
born October 31, 1815, and died October 10, 1895, the
latter having been born March 10, 1815, and her death
having occurred July 22, 1892. Washington Lilly came
to Mercer County from Fairfax, Virginia, in 1841, and
established his residence on the site of the present village
of Dunns, where he built the first mill and was one of the
founders of the Baptist Church in that community. He
was led to establish his home here largely by reason of
the excellent game-hunting attractions of the locality, he
having had special delight in hunting expeditions. He
and Russell French were the first men to cast republican
votes at Dunns, and he was one of the sterling and hon-
ored citizens of the county until the close of his long and
useful life. He reared a fine family of ten children, and
it is worthy of special record that in the immediate family
circle there was not a death until the youngest of the chil-
dren was fifty-four years of age. Joseph, a brother of
Washington Lilly, likewise settled at Dunns in the year
1841, and the family name has been one of prominence in
connection with civic and material progress in Mercer
County. Washington Lilly represented this county as a
valiant soldier of the Union in the Civil war. The wife
of John S. Lilly was born and reared in Mercer County
and was a daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Meador.

John S. Lilly was not only identified with farm enter-
prise but was also a prosperous merchant at Dunns for
many years. There also he operated a grist mill, and at
the same time did more or less work as a cabinetmaker
until 1890, he having manufactured coffins and caskets of
the best workmanship and his services in this line having
been enlisted throughout a wide radius of country in this
section of the state. He is a staunch republican and he
and his wife hold membership in the Baptist Church. They
became the parents of seven sons, of whom the eldest,
Wilbur J., is associated with his brother Henry A., of
this sketch, as a partner in the Royal Grocery Company
at Bluefield, he being individually mentioned on other pages
of this work; Dr. Donzie Lilly, the next yonnger son, is
engaged in the practice of dentistry at Athens, Mercer
County; Hobart M. is in the railway mail service, with
residence at Charleston. West Virginia; Carl, who was
born in 1882, died in 1903, at Bluefield; Vernon, born in
1884, died in 1919; and a son was born in 1898 and died
in 1901.

Henry A. Lilly gained his youthful education in the
public schools of his native village and the State Normal
School at Athens. After two years of successful service
as a teacher in the schools of his home county he was for
four years engaged in the mercantile business at Dunns.
He then took a place as delivery boy for the Bluefield
Mercantile Company, in which he was advanced in turn
to salesman and manager, he having continued in the em-
ploy of this company ten years. He then effected the
organization of the firm of H. A. Lilly & Company, which
now conducts two well equipped department stores at Blue-
field and a branch store at Dunns, the concern being one
of the foremost in the retail mercantile business at the
county seat. Aa before noted, Mr. Lilly is likewise asso-
ciated with his brother Wilbur J. in the Royal Grocery
Company, of Bluefield, and he is also president of the Home
Insurance Agency at this time.

Mr. Lilly was president of the Mutual Loan & Savings
Company of Bluefield at the time when its business was
merged into the Bluefield National Bank, of which he
served for some time as vice president and of which he
still continues a director. He became president of the
Summit Shoe Company and retained this office until 1917.
In 1915 he served as president of the Bluefield Board of
Education, and he is now serving as a member of the
Municipal Board of Directors of Bluefield under the new
system of city government, he having received in the last
election the largest number of votes cast for any candi-

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date for municipal office in this city. He was tendered
nomination for the office of mayor, but refused the honor,
as he felt that his varied business interests would not per-
mit his giving the requisite time to such official service.
He is a member of the directorate of the Charuher of Com-
merce, is a loyal member of the Rotary Club, and he is
affiliated with the local Blue Lodge and Chapter of the
Masonic fraternity. He and his wife are zealous mem-
bers of Calvary Baptist Church, in which he is a deacon
and also served as superintendent of the Sunday School
for ten years. In connection with the establishing of the
Baptist College at Bluefield Mr. Lilly is serving as a mem-
ber of the building, the finance and the general committees.

On the 14th of September, 1895, was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Lilly to Miss Laura G. Akers, who like-
wise was horn and reared in Mercer County. Of their
two children the daughter, Eunice G., is now (1921) a
student in the high school; the son, Orlando H., who died
in 1919, at the age of nineteen years, had been admitted
to the Officers Training School at Fort Union and was
preparing for service in the World war at the time when
the historic armistice brought the conflict to a close.

Ernest Hoge Gilbert. Although yet a young man as
counted in years, Ernest Hoge Gilbert, lawyer and railroad
authority at Morgantown and president of the Gilhert-Davis
Coal Company, operators in the Morgantown District, has
become a financial power in the scope of his business achieve-
ments and a man of great puhlic usefulness in West Vir-
ginia. That he has climbed from self-supporting boyhood
to his present position of importance entirely through his
own efforts adds interest to a story that carries its own sig-
nificance to those who admire such sturdy American-born
qualities that have marked Mr. Gilbert as boy and man.

Ernest Hoge Gilbert was born in Johnson County, North
Carolina, October 22, 1884, a son of Charles Herbert and
Amesia Matilda (Wilder) Gilbert, well-known family names
in North Carolina since Colonial days. Charles Herbert
Gilbert was horn on the estate of his father, Charles David
Gilbert, in the Old North State. For many years he was
a railroad construction contractor. In 1898 he located at
Norfolk, Virginia, where he died in 1919, at the age of
sixty -six years. His widow still resides in the City of
Norfolk.

After attending the public schools Mr. Gilbert took a
commercial course in the Norfolk Business College and
applied himself so diligently that he soon completed it and
was but fourteen years old when he was accepted as a book-
keeper for the Western Union Telegraph Company at Nor-
folk, and during his leisure became proficient in the art
of telegraphy. Thus when but fifteeu years old he was
master of two professions and, farther than that, had the
self-confidence that led others to believe in his capacity.
Prohably he was one of the youngest station agents and
telegraphers ever employed by the Seaboard Airline Rail-
way in North Carolina. During the six following years
he worked from coast to coast for different railroads, a
close student of railway operations, and the observations
he made during that interval later became the foundation
of his -valuable book of rules.

Mr. Gilbert came to Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1907
as chief train dispatcher of the Morgantown & Kingwood
Railway, now a part of the Baltimore & Ohio system. He
installed his book of rules in the train dispatchers' depart-
ment of that railroad and he sent the first telegraphic order
ever sent over the Morgantown & Kingwood line. His
railroad responsibilities interested and to a great degree
engrossed him, but he was not entirely satisfied, having
cherished an ambition for years to become a lawyer. This
ambition he satisfied after coming to Morgantown^ where
he almost completed his law course by working his way
through the West Virginia University. In 1915 Mr. Gilbert
was admitted to the bar. and afterward practiced law in
this city for one year while still railroading, and he is a
member of the West Virginia Bar Association. It was
about this time he first hecame interested in coal operations.

In 1916 Mr. Gilbert was one of the organizers of the
Davis Coal Company, which began its operations by buying

and cleaning out abandoned mines which had been o J
by farmers in the Morgantown District. The firm o:l
hert & Davis purchased their first mine, known a I
Gilbert Mine, in Scott's Run, and later they became I
ested in the Anchor Mine, the first ever opened on S i
Run. Through Mr. Gilbert's acumen the business!
grown to vast proportions and the Gilbert-Davis Coal 1
pany, Incorporated, now operate the following mines;!
bert No. 1 and No. 2, Gusteu Run, Greenmont, il
Pittsburgh and South Penn. The company is inteijj
also in oil and gas properties to some extent. In all d
undertakings Mr. Gilbert's business vision and sound 1
ment have been dependable factors, and undoubted!}!
great industries in which he is interested will still 9
ther benefit by his ripened experience and business sag.l
Mr. Gilbert married Miss Eleanor Mae Matthews, 1
was horn at Cumberland, Maryland, and they have j
children, a son and two daughters: Ernest Hoge, Jr., Eli2
Matilda and Bettie Jane. Mr. Gilhert and his familj||
members of the Presbyterian Church and actively conc<2
in furthering its many benevolent enterprises. To 1
degree Mr. Gilbert is interested in politics, for he i<l
prominent a man to entirely escape civic responsibilfl
but in the main he has been too continuously immerse!
husiness to give a great deal of attention to public an!
He is one of the solid and influential members of ths I
gantown Chamber of Commerce, and personally is all
ready to give encouragement to laudable business el
prises that seek a home in this city. He is a membel
Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M., 1
Morgantown Chapter, R. A. M., and helongs also tol
Odd Fellows and the Elks. He is vice president of I
Morgantown Kiwanis Club, and a charter member of 1
Morgantown Country Club.

Walton Suddtjth was trained as a mechanical engiii
and since leaving college has had an extensive experij
in the heavy construction work of railroad building j
other industrial developments in West Virginia, Kentij
and Virginia. He is now head of the Walton Sudil
Company of Bluefield and one of that city's moat j
gressive business men and citizens.

Mr. Sudduth was born in Mercer County, West Virgil
but near Falls Mills, on September 17, 1886, son of Ec]
Hugh and Jane Ansil (Crockett) Sudduth. His faj
was born in Clark County, Virginia, in 1851, and is j
living at Falls Mills. Jane Ansil Crockett, daughteii
Dr. Henry Crockett, was born September 11, 1862, I
died August 1. 1900. She was married July 9, 1883,
she left two children, Walton and Nannie Kate, the la]
the wife of H. D. Smith, of McComas, West Virgi
By a later marriage E. H. Sudduth has a son Edwin H.,1

Edwin H. Sudduth early took up railway construe 1 '
work and came to Mercer County, West Virginia, as su
intendent for Mr. Walton during the construction of
Norfolk & Western Railway. The name of his hone
employer he gave to his son. E. H. Sudduth located
Welch in 1893, when that town was very young. Later
became associated with E. L. Bailey in the manufact
of lumber, and they owned extensive tracts of tim
lands and also beeame prominent coal operators.
his associate E. H. Sudduth opened the Bailey Mine :
the Sudduth Mine on Pond Creek in Pike County, Kentu<
and they also organized the Williamson Coal & Coke C
pany at Williamson, West Virginia. E. H. Sudduth i
owns the Samuel Walton farm at Falls Mills, where
indulges his hobby in the breeding of fine cattle and sh<
He was one of the first, if not the first, mayor of We
He is an independent democrat and a man of religi
principles, though not affiliated with any church.

Walton Sudduth acquired his early school training
the Staunton Military Academy of Virginia, and in 1
graduated in the Mechanical Engineering course f
Pennsylvania State College. He then became associa
with the Samuel Walton Company at Falls Mills, and (
tinued active in that enterprise until the death of
Walton in 1914. Ho then became a member of the
poration Walton Construction Company, his associates

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449

L. J. Barber, Taylor Rogers and W. W. Cline. This
>any took over the Samuel Walton equipment. In
Mr. Sudduth organized the Walton Sudduth Coin-
I and has since 1>een active head of this organization,
b has the facilities and equipment for handling all
i of heavy construction work and has performed many
> contracts for the Norfolk & Western and Chesa*-
e Sc Ohio Railroads in West Virginia, Virginia and
;ucky and for the Virginia Railroad,
►ccmbcr 39, 1914, Mr. Sudduth married Sallie Maddin
kins, daughter of Robert T. Hopkins, of Nashville,
>essce. They have three sons, Walton, Jr., Edwin Mad-
and Robert ITopkins. Mrs. Sudduth is a member of
Presbyterian Church.

ILLIAM B. Woolf is a graduate electrical engineer
Cornell University, was associated in a technical and
[iiess capacity with some of the prominent coal interests
iTcst Virginia, but for the past ten years has been the
Native head of the Woolf Milling Company of Keyser.
lis one of the keen and resourceful young business men
[his section, ne has to his credit a year and a half of
we service in Franco during the World war.
e was horn at Keyser, January 19. 1883. His grand-
ler, Andrew Woolf, was a native of Fauquier County,
[finia, and spent his life as a farmer, ne was a Soutb-
Ir in sympathy at the time of the war, but was too
1 for army service and his sons too young. He was
tery enthusiastic member of the Southern Methodist
rch, and bis public speaking and other public work
largely in the interest of his church. Andrew Woolf
bied Miss Ann Dowl. Both are buried at Middleburg,
pin in. Their children were: Mrs. Gertrude Love, whose
be was at Hamilton, Virginia; Mrs. Lanra Kinzer, who
k at Front Royal, Virginia ; Mrs. Thomas Kincheloe,
IRcctortewn, Virginia; James A., who was a Baptist
Mster in Virginia; Mrs. Mary Fletcher, who lives in
Iquier County; and Rev. William E.
ter. William E. Woolf, father of the Keyser business
k was a prominent minister of the Southern Methodist
Irch. He was born in Fauquier County in 1852, and
a graduate of Randolph-Macon College. He took up

I ministry as a career early in life, and in that capacity
[eame to West Virginia in 1880. His last work as a
M'stcr was as pastor of the Church of Hemdon, Vir-
Ra, where he died in 1919. His only fraternity was the
l?enic Order. At Keyser Rev. William E. Woolf mar-

II Miss Mollie Buxton, daughter of Upton and Eliza
ftvis) Buxton. Eliza Davis, a native of Maryland, was a
er of Hon. Henry Gassaway Davis and Col. Thomas
'Davis, of the distinguished West Virginia familv of
t name. The children of Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Woolf
e: William Buxton; narry G., associated with his
ther in the milling business at Keyser; Andrew, in the
ornobile business at Harrisonburg, Virginia; Louise
ris. of Keyser; Blanche, wife of H. S. Pownall, of
orefield, West Virginia.

William B. Woolf, who has never married, received a
mary education in the public schools, for two years
snded Maryland Agricultural College, and from there
it to Ithaca, New York, where he finished his prepara-
v work in the Cascadilla School, and then entered Cor-
t University, taking four years in the electrical
[ineering course. On leaving Cornell Mr. Woolf began

career in association with his kinsman, CoL Thomas
Davis, as a mine superintendent ia Taylor County. He
itinued in his work in that field until the death of
onel Davia, and some time later gave up the coal indna-

and returned to Keyser.

!n the year 1913 he organized the Woolf Milling Com-
iv, which was started with a capital of $50,000, with
lliam B. Woolf, president, Harry G. Woolf, secretary
I treasurer, and J. F. Cadden, manager. These officers

still serving. This is a wholesale and retail plant,
h a capacity of twenty-five barrels per day, and they

also jobbers of flour and feed and local "distributors

the Alpha Portland Cement Company,
ir. Woolf is also a director of the Thompson Furniture

Company, a wholesale and retail concern in Keyser, la a
director in the People's Bank of Keyser and is a partner
in the Mineral County Garage Company, the local agency
for the Ford cars. Mr. Woolf is a democrat, casting hia
first vote for William J. Bryan.

In conclusion 6hould be presented hia interesting army
record as a first class private. In order to get to the field
of action without delay he went direct to Paris, France,
in October, 1917, and there enlisted, being assigned to
duty with the United States Ambulance Corps, attached
to the French Army, with the Second Dismounted French
Cavalry. The first major engagement at which he was
present was at Champaign, followed by the battle of the
Somme, the intense fighting in the Montdidicr-Noyon sec-
tion, the Marne defensive just before Chateau Thierry, St.
Mihiel and the Meuse-Argoane offensive, and after the
armistice he accompanied the Army of Occupation to the
Rhine. A part of the French Army to which he was at-
tached held ground chiefly at Maycnce and Worma. He
remained in the army until the end of February, 1919,
when his unit was ordered out, but he was stationed at
different places in Franco before leaving the country,
finally sailing from Brest in March, 1919, on the transport
Pueblo, bound for New York. The unit was then sent
to Camp Dix, New Jersey, and discharged about April 1.
Mr. Woolf was awarded the French croix de guerre. He
helped organize the Bouce-nouser Post of the American
Legion at Keyser, and was made its first commander.

Raymond G. HAaMAN is engaged in the general mer-
chandise business at Camden oa Gauley, Wehater County,
and has here found ample scope for the development of "a
substantial and prosperous enterprise. He was born in
Randolph County, West Virginia, June 5, 1888, and is a
son of_ Noah and Sarah (Nash) Harman, both natives of
Virginia and representatives of families early founded in
the historic Old Dominion State. The marriage of the
parents was solemnized in Pendleton County, West Vir-
ginia, and the father became a prosperous farmer in Ran-
dolph County, this state. He passed the closing period
of his life on his homestead farm in that county, and his
widow was a resident of Richweod, Nicholas Hounty, at
the time of her death in 1906. Of the six children" four
survive the honored parents; Samuel L. is engaged in
the mercantile business at Richwood and is also the owner
of a valuable ranch property in the State of Texas; Pro-
fessor James A. owns and conducts an excellent and suc-
cessful school of music at Harrisonburg, Virginia; Mary
is the wife of Rev. Schnyler C. Dotson, of Beverly, Ran-
dolph County; and Raymond G., of this sketch, is the
youngest of the number.

After his graduation from the high school at Richwood
Raymond G. Harmaa pursued a course of higher study
by attending the University of West Virginia. He has
been continuously associated with mercantile enterprise
since 1910, first at Richwood, Nicholas County, and next
at Blackwell, Oklahoma, where he remained 'until 1917,
when he returned to his native state and engaged in busi-
ness at Camden on Gauley, where the effective service of
his establishment has gained to the same a representative
supporting patronage and where he has gained prestige as
a progressive business man and loyal and public-spirited
citizen. His political allegiance is given to the republican
party, he ia a member of the Presbyterian Church, and
he ia affiliated with Richwood Lodge No. 122, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masona.

The year 1913 recorded the marriage of Mr. Harman
and Miaa Sadie Kirhy, and they have five children, the
names and respective birth datea of whom are here re-
corded: Robert, January 17, 1914; Mary C, August 8.
1915; James, June 2, 1917; William, June 15, 1919; and
John, April 10, 1921.

Wayntfield L. Stump, who is giving a most efficient
and popular administration as postmaster at Camden on
Gauley, a thriving village in Webster County, was born
in Gilmer County, this state, October 13, 1851, more than
a decade prior to the creation of West Virginia as an

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independent commonwealth. He is a son of Salathiel and
Permelia A. (Stalnaker) Stump, both of whom were reared
on pioneer farms in Gilmer County, the birth of the father
having there occurred January 23, 1832, and the mother
having been born June 23, 1831. After their marriage
the parents settled on a farm in that county, and in 1860
the father engaged in the general merchandise business,
his store having later been destroyed, in connection with
the activities of contending troops in the Civil war. After
the close of the war he again identified himself with farm
enterprise, and later he purchased a sawmill and engaged
in the manufacturing of lumber. Eventually he equipped
a full roller-process flour mill, which he operated several
years. He finally removed to Calhoun County, where he
engaged successfully in the mercantile business and where
he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, both
having been members of the Baptist Church, and he having
heen a democrat in politics. Of the ten children five are
living in 1922, and of this number Waynefield L., of this
sketch, is the eldest; Aurelia is the wife of L. H. Trippet;
Sipio Lee is a resident of Parkersburg, this state; Laura
is the wife of Mike Conoway, of Buckhannon, Upshur
County; and Jacob E. resides at Parkersburg.

The schools of his native county afforded Waynefield L.
Stump his youthful education, and he remained at the
parental home and was associated with his father's busi-
ness activities until he had passed his twenty-second birth-
day anniversary. He then married, and in the intervening
years by his own ability and well directed activities he
has achieved substantial success. He is a stockholder in
the Lanes Bottom Bank at Camden on Gauley, and in this
village is the owner of the postoflice building, his own
residence property and other valuable real estate. He is
giving most efficient service as postmaster of the village,
is a democrat in polities, is a past noble grand of Lodge
No. 169 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and
both he and his wife are active members of the Baptist
Church in their home village, he being a member of its
Board of Trustees.

On the 7th of May, 1874, was solemnized the marriage
of Mr. Stump and Miss Louisa J. Ellison, and they have
six children: Theodosia B., wife of W. J. White; Thur-
man Z., of Camden on Gauley; Baylus; Frank; Florence
H., who is the wife of Archibald Hyatt; and Sipio Gray.

Harry S. Cushwa, former representative of Berkeley
County in the Legislature, is a successful merchant at Mar-
tinsburg, and has been in close touch with the agricultural,
horticultural and business interests of this community for
many years.

He was born on a farm two and a half miles west of
Martinsburg and is a lineal descendant of John Cushwa, a
native of Alsace-Lorraine, who brought his family to Amer-
ica some time between 1670 and 1680 and settled in Berks
County, Pennsylvania, on land secured from the Penns.

A later generation, represented by David Cushwa, with
his wife, Catherine, moved to what is now Washington
County, Maryland, securing land on Conowcheque Creek in
the Dry Run Creek section, three or four miles east of Clear
Spring and St. Paul's Church, and he improved a farm there
and lived on it the rest of his life. He took a prominent
part in the Revolutionary struggle. His grandson, Jona-
than Cushwa, grandfather of Harry S. Cushwa, settled in
Berkeley County and bought land two and a half miles
west of Martinsburg, and eventually he improved three
farms. He died at the age of sixty-one. His wife was
Catherine Mussleman, who survived him several years, and
they reared four sons and three daughters, John, Bernard
(who served as sheriff of Berkeley County, West Virginia),
David, William, Elizabeth, Margaret and Katherine. Eliza-
beth married George Seibert, Margaret was three times
married, and Katherine married John Middlekauf, of Mary-
land.

The father of Harry S. Cushwa succeeded to the owner-
ship of the old homestead, and spent his life prosperously
in the pursuit of general farming. He was a democrat and
an elder in the Reformed Church. His children were Jona-
than S., Harvey T., Kate E., Mary V., William B., Charles

G. (who served as mayor of Martinsburg two years) 1
Harry S.

Harry S. Cushwa acquired a private and public school I
cation, and at the age of eighteen came to Martinsbl
serving an apprenticeship as a carpenter. Later with!
brother Harvey he engaged in business as a contractor 1
builder, and in 188S they entered the hardware husiil
Since the death of Harvey Cushwa in 1902 Harry S. Cl
wa has been sole proprietor and has continued the busii
on a flourishing scale. He is also interested in several!
chards in this great fruit growing section.

His interest in public affairs led to his election as a ml
ber of the city council in 1896, and he was chosen rel
sentative to the State Legislature and again in 1901. 1
Cushwa married Fannie L. Myers, a native of Berkl
County and daughter of Jacob Myers. Mr. and VI
Cushwa are members of the Reformed Church, of whicl.r
is a deacon.

Donald J. Ross is prominently identified with one of ■
important industrial enterprises of Webster County, wll
he is superintendent of the Cherry River Boom &*Luir>]
Company at Gauley Mills.

In the picturesque little village of West Bay, on an :l
of Bras d 'Or Lake, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Doil
J. Ross was born April 12, 1864, and both his name ;|
the place of his nativity indicate unmistakably that ht]
a scion of Scotch ancestry. He is a son of George I
Catherine (Morrison) Ross, both of whom were born j!
reared in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, their reaped!
parents having been born and reared in Scotland and 11
ing become early settlers in Nova Scotia, where they pasl
the remainder of their lives on a farm which they reclair
and improved in Inverness County. George Ross and I
wife passed their entire lives in their native county, wtj
he became a prosperous farmer, and both were devl
members of the Presbyterian Church. Of their eight cl
dren three are living at the time of this writing, in 1£|
the subject of this review being the only one of the nil
,ber in the United States; John owns and resides upoi
farm of 400 acres in Nova Scotia, and Margaret is 1
wife of L. D. Morris, their home being still in Nova Scol

In the schools of his native county Donald J. Ross i
quired his early education, and at the age of eighty
years he went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he was cl
nected with the fisheries industry along the Atlantic Col
until the autumn of that year. In 1883 he made his ?|
to Pennsylvania, and he has since been continuously id*,
tified with the lumber industry, with all the details of wbj
he is familiar through active experience. From the I
Keystone State he finally came to West Virginia, t
here he has made an excellent record in connection "wj
the lumber business, of which he is now a prominent exei
tive, as noted in the opening paragraph of this revi
He is a stockholder in the First National Bank at Cowl

The political allegiance of Mr. Ross is given to the I
publican party, and in the time-honored Masonic fratemr
he is affiliated with Camden Lodge No. 107, A. F. and A. [
of which he is a past master; Sutton Chapter No. 29, R. ;
M. ; Sutton Commandery No. 16, Knights Templar; t
with the temple of Beni-Kedem of the Mystic Shrine in
City of Charleston. He has been specially prominent tj
influential as a member of the Independent Order of C
Fellows, of the local lodge of which he is a past no'
grand, besides having served eighteen years ae its tre?
urer. In the Encampment body of the fraternity he if|
past chief patriarch, besides being a member of the
junct organization, the Daughters of Rebekah.

On the 30th of October, 1886, was solemnized the m
riage of Mr. Ross and Miss Edith J. DeLong, of Blanchai
Center County, Pennsylvania, and of the eight children 1
this union all are living except one: George A., Chaunci
Edith J., Burton (deceased), Thelma, Clair, Donald J., *i
and Juanita.

James W. Hinkle is a vigorous and efficient executil
and holds the position of foreman of the Cherry Rr»
Boom and Lumber Company at Gauley Mills, Webs'

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451

Mr, this being one of the important industrial concerns
& section of the state.

m Hinkle was born in Nicholas County, West Virginia,
lit 3, 1SGS, and is a son of Samuel and Eliza (McMil-
M Hinkle, both natives of what is now Greenbrier
My, this state, where they were reared and educated
■ here they continued to maintain their residenee uutil
•removal to Webster County. Here the father became
■arner of an excellent farm, and here he and his wife
MjL the remainder of their lives, ne was a republican
Mitic9 and Mrs. Hinkle was aa earnest member of the
■»dist Episcopal Church, South. Of their eleven chil-
■the following are now living (1922) : Margaret, Het-
R. B., Bcttie, Newman, M. D., and Mary F. (twins),
■c and James W.

Ti activities of the home farm early enlisted a due
■ of the attention of James W. Hinkle, and in the
■ffhile he profited by the advantages offered in the
kits of the period. He remained at the parental home
I he was thirty years of age, and he has been actively
lined with the timber and lumber-manufacturing busi-
Ifor fully thirty-five years, during the last eighteen of
It he has been foreman for the Cherry River Boom &
|>er Company. He is a stockholder in the First Na-
il Bank at Richwood, and is aligned in the ranks of the
Idican party. His wife holds membership in the Meth-
I Episcopal Church, South. In the Masonic fraternity
I affiliated with Camden Lodge No. 107, A. F. and A.
■Sutton Chapter No. 29, R. A. M.; and Sutton Com-
llery, No. 16, Knights Templar. He has passed the of-
I chairs in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and
■member of both the Lodge and Encampment bodies of
fCnighta of Pythias.

wgust 3, 1899, recorded the marriage of Mr. Hinkle
tMiss Nannie Hinkle. They have no children.

Orth D. McClung. On the 5th of August, 1919, Mr.
flung was appointed postmaster of the City of Rich-
ll, Nicholas County, and his effective administration has
led to augment his personal popularity in his native
top. He was born on his father's homestead farm near
(wood, on the 29th of October, 1884. He is a son of
faon G. and Fannie (GTose) McClung, and is a scion of

of the honored pioneer families of this part of West
finia. Jackson G. McClung was born on a pioneer farm
Ticholas County, July 14, 1849, and his wife likewise was
i on a farm in this county, October 14, 1852. nis orig-

farm, near Canvas, this county, comprised only fifty
•s, and the^ substantial success that has attended his
jressive activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower
idicated in his now being the owner of a well improved

valuable landed estate of 350 acres in his native county,
is a democrat in political affiliation, and while he has

been ambitious for public office he gave twelve years
efficient service as deputy sheriff of the county. Both
and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist
scopal Church, South, in which he is serving as a mem-

of the board of trustees. Of their eight children the
■fit is Harvey, who is one of the prosperous farmers of
holas County; Elizabeth A. is the wife of Newman
11, of this county ; Anderson is a successful merchant

farmer of Nicholas County; Worth D., of this review,

the next in order of birth; Augustus and Andrew are
resentative farmers of Nicholas County, as is also Coff-
i, who has active charge of the old homestead faTm;

Lester, who is at the parental home was with the Amcr-
i Expeditionary Forces in France at the time of the late
rid war, he having been in a battery of light artillery

having been in active conflict at the front for a period
Forty-five days.

'he present postmaster of Richwood did not miss the
>rous discipline of the home farm in the period of his
hood and early youth. His public-school education in-
led the cnrriculum of the high school, and thereafter he
i for two years a student in the University of West Vir-
ia. He put- his scholastic attainments to practical test
1 use by entering the pedagogic profession, as a repre-
tative of which he waa for thirteen years a successful

teacher in the schools of his native county. Under the civil-
service regulations he became a mail carrier from tho Rich-
wood post office, later was advanced to the position of as-
sistant postmaster, and on the 5th of August, 1919, ho
was appointed postmaster of this city, the office of which ho
is now the incumbent. Mr. McClung gives his political al-
legiance to the democratic party, he and his wife aro zeal-
ous members of tho Presbyterian Church at Richwood, in
which he is superintendent of the Sunday school, and he
is affiliated with the Richwood Lodge No. 122, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, and with the local lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. September 15, 1912,
recorded the marriage of Mr. McClung and Miss Cora
Baber, who likewise was born and reared in Nicholas
County and who is a daughter of Joseph Baher. The three
children of this union are: Pauline, Worth D., Jr., and
Dee.

Harold A. Rice is one of the able and popular repre-
sentatives of the pedagogic profession in Nicholas County,
where he is superintendent of the public schools of the
City of Richwood.

Mr. Rice was born on his father's fine homestead farm
near Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia, and
the date of his nativity was October 29, 1894. He is a son
of F. E. and Birdie (Fisher) Rice, the former of whom was
born near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, February
21, 1864, and the latter of whom was bom in the same
historic old commonwealth, on the 19th of February, 1868.
The father was given the advantages of the public schools
of Virginia and West Virginia, also those of an academy
in the State of Maryland. As a young man he gave sixteen
years of effective service as a teacher in the public schools
of West Virginia, his wife likewise having been a popular
teacher prior to their marriage. After his marriage F. E.
Rice established his residence on the farm which he pur-
chased at a point eleven miles south of Berkeley Springs,
Morgan County, West Virginia. He now has a well im-
proved landed estate of 260 acres near Berkeley Springs,
West Virginia, and has prestige as one of the substantial
and progressive exponents of agricultural and live-stock
industry in that county. He is a republican ia political ad-
herency, and he served seven years as a member of the
County Court of Morgan County. He is affiliated with the
Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife hold membership
in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their five children
Harold A., of this sketch, is the eldest; Ray R. and his
wife reside in Morgan County, where he is a prosperous
farmer; Worth K. is a graduate of the University of West
Virginia; Ralph L. is a member of the class of 1925 in that
institution; and Teddy R. is a student of tho high school
at Berkeley Springs, he being there a member of the class
of 1923.

The stage of the boyhood and youthful activities of Har-
old A. Rice was the old home farm, and in the public schools
of his native county he contiuued his studies until his grad-
uation in the high school at Berkeley Springs in 1912.
During the ensuing year he taught ia a rural school in his
home county, and in 1914 graduated from the West Vir-
ginia State Normal School at Shepherdstown, as president
of his class. Thereafter he was principal of graded
schools and in 1916 17 was found enrolled as a student in
the University of West Virginia. Shortly after the nation
became involved in the World war Mr. Rice enlisted, in
the summer of 1917, and was assigned to the field artillery
division of the United States Army, he having continued
in service eighteen months, within which period he rose to
the rank of lieutenant and was stationed at various army
camps, including Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he was grad-
uated in the advanced school of field artillery, ne received
his honorable discharge at Camp Knox, Kentucky, where
he had been an instructor in artillery firing. He then re-
sumed his studies in the State University, in which he was
graduated as a member of the class of 1920, with the de-
gree of Bachelor of Arts. In the same year he became
principal of the high school at Richwood, and in March,
1921, he was advanced to his present position, that of su-
perintendent of the public schools of this city.

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Mr. Eiee is well fortified in his convictions concerning
matters of economic and governmental policy, and is a
loyal advocate and supporter of the cause of the repub-
lican party. He is affiliated with the Beta Theta Pi college
fraternity, aud in the Masonic fraternity maintains affilia-
tion with DeFord Lodge No. SS, A. F. and A. M.; Rich-
wood Chapter No. 37, R. A. M.; and Sutton Commandery
No. 16, Knights Templar. He and his wife are zealous
members of the Presbyterian Church in their home city.

June 30, 1921, recorded the marriage of Mr. Rice and
Miss Beatrice Witt, of Elkins, this state. She graduated
from the University of West Virginia in 1920, as a member
of the same class as her husband. She is at the time of
this writing, in 1922, a specially successful and popular
teacher in the Richwood High School.

James Huston Hall. In the four years since he came
to Huntington as general agent for the Standard Accident
Insurance Company of Detroit Mr. Hall has developed the
business over his territory, comprising the two states of
West Virginia and Kentucky, so that in point of volume and
sustained production this is one of the most important gen-
eral agencies of the company.

Mr. Hall entered the insurance business in his native
State of Kentucky. He was born in Maysville, Mason
County, July 10, 1879, representing an old and prominent
family of that city. His grandfather, also named James
Huston Hall, was born in Pennsylvania in 1817, and lived
in Maysville from about 1825. He became a manufacturer
of plows, and in 1840 established the James H. Hall Plow
Company, which has manufactured a line of agricultural
implements for over fourscore years. He was a Southern
sympathizer at the time of the Civil war, and for this rea-
son was held a prisoner several months in Fortress Mon-
roe. He died at Maysville in 1886. His wife was Mary
Brooks, who was bom in Virginia iu 1818, and died at
Maysville in 1889.

James Huston Hall II, son of the pioneer plow manu-
facturer, was born at Maysville, February 23, 1849, and
spent all his life in his native city. As a youth he became
associated with his father's industry, and for a number of
years was president of the James H. Hall Plow Company.
He died at Maysville January 9, 1909. In politics he was
a democrat, was a Mason, and one of the very prominent
members of the Baptist Church of Marysville, in which he
was a deacon for many years. James H. Hall II married
Anna Belle Jackson, who was born at Maysville, February
3, 1855, and died in that city February 27, 1900. They were
the parents of three children. Suzanne Huston is the wife
of Carroll P. Marshall, special agent at Huntington for the
United States Fidelity & Guarantee Insurance Company of
Baltimore; Thomas Jackson, who died at San Antonio,
Texas, January 4, 1899; and James Huston.

James Huston Hall III acquired a public school educa-
tion at Maysville, and from the high school of that city
entered the Staunton Military Academy at Staunton, Vir-
ginia, where he graduated in May, 1897, with rank of First
Captain. After completing his education he went to San
Antonio, Texas, and was clerk in the Menger Hotel of that
city until 1899, when he returned to Kentucky and began
work for the James H. Hall Plow Company as billing clerk.
As representative of the third generation of the family he
was connected with that industry until 1912, and for some-
time before his resignation he was vice president of the
company. In 1912 Mr. Hall severed his connection with
the plow company to engage in the insurance business. He
formed a partnership with C. P. Marshall of Hunting-
ton, and under the firm name of Marshall & Hall took the
general agency of the Standard Accident Insurance Com-
pany of Detroit, Michigan, for Kentucky and West Virginia,
Mr. Hall removing to Maysville, where the Kentucky offices
were located. In 1918 he purchased the interests of his
partner and removed to Huntington. The business is being
conducted under the name of James H. Hall "The Accident
Man." During four years the volume of business of that
company in Kentucky and West Virginia has quadrupled.
His offices are in the First National Bank Building.

Mr. Hall is a democrat, was a member of the Maysville

School Board two years, and is a member of the First B !
tist Church of his native city. June 12, 1900, at Cincuroil
he married Miss Margaret Duke Watson, daughter of -
Duke and Mollie (Ravenscraft) Watson, now deceased. l{
father for many years was a farmer in Kentucky. &I
Hall finished her education in the St. Francis DeSa:
Academy of Maysville. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have a faml
of seven children: Annabelle Jackson, born April 14, 19'
is a graduate of the Maysville High School and attenc]
Kentucky State University; Mary Watson, born June \
1905, was a student in the Maysville High School; Jan!
Huston IV, born September 14, 1911; Margaret Duke, be
October 15, 1912; Bessie Duke born October 15, ljjU
Thomas Jackson, born December 4, 1916; and Willis
Franklin, born November 4, 1918.

John Grigsby McCluer. One of Parkersburg 's oldt
and most distinguished lawyers, the late Judge McClu<
who died April 13, 1921, long retained the vigor a:|
enthusiasm of youth, was eloquent and brilliant in coi
and on the platform, and throughout a long life utiliz
to singular advantage his learning, oratory and many otb
versatile gifts.

Among many tributes paid him in his character as I
lawyer one that is most distinctive came from anoth
prominent Parkersburg attorney, who said that Judge M
Cluer "never commercialized the practice of his professio I
giving little attention to the business end, but devoth
himself to winning his eases on their merit without exactu '
a retaining fee, fighting his cases clear through with f ai «
ness, faithfulness and fidelity to his clients; a true ai ,
typical gentleman, a man of strong personality and eloque: *
orator who loves his profession and was an inspiration '
his associates and friends."

John Grigsby McCluer was of Scoteh-Irish ancestry ai
was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, April 8, 184
son of John Steele and Seges Price (Cameron) McClue'
As a youth he attended country schools, Rural Valk
Seminary near Lexington, and then entered Washington Co
lege, now Washington and Lee University, at Lexingtm
While a student there he also attended law lectures V<
Judge John W. Brockenbrough, whose private law schoi
was subsequently consolidated with and became the la
department of Washington and Lee University. The fin
honors and distinction of Judge McCluer were those of
fearless soldier. He entered the Rockbridge Artillery, whos
commander afterward was chief of artillery under Genert
Lee. Later he joined Company B of the Twelfth Regimen
of Virginia Cavalry, and at one time was attached to th
staff of Gen. Stonewall Jackson as courier and scout. 1'
1864 he was captured, and remained a prisoner of wa
at Point Lookout until February, 1865, and the surrendc
at Appomattox occurred while he was home on a furlougl
He immediately resumed the study of law under Judg
Brockenbrough, graduated from Washington College i
1866, and soon afterward returned home to be with hi
father in his last illness. After the death of his fathe
in 1867 he took charge of the home farm near Lexington
and was busy with those duties until November, 1873
when he removed to Parkersburg and formally began hi
career as a lawyer. Judge McCluer had practiced lai
nearly fifty years before his death. He was elected prose
cuting attorney of Wood County in 1880, reelected in 188-J
and in 1888 Governor E. W. Wilson appointed him judg
of the Circuit Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. Afte
leaving the bench he resumed private practice. He wa
one of the most eloqnent orators in the democratic part,
in Virginia, and participated in nearly all the campaigns
He was a democratic elector in 1892, attended the Nations
Convention at Kansas in 1900, and was once a candidat
for Congress.

September 12, 1876, Mr. McCluer married Bettie C. Cool
daughter of James Cook and member of a pioneer farail
of Wood County. Judge and Mrs. McCluer had the follow
ing children: James Steele; John Cameron, now a prom
inent lawyer of Pittsburgh; Henry Randolph, a banker r
Parkersburg; John G., Jr., who died October 6, 1911
Earl Hamilton, who died October 16, 1916 j Lawrence M

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453

August 20, 1916; Mary Cook, now Mrs. Paul C.
ig, of Parkersburg; and Charles F. A. McCluer,
borne is at Electra, Texas.

Steele McCluer, the oldest son, was born at ParkeTS-
toovember 15. 1877, and was reared and educated in
i ttive city. For two years he was a student in hia

■ 's alma mater, Washington and Lee University, in
Aadcmic department, and then continued in the law
it, graduating LL. B. in 1899. After his admission

■ bar he located at Parkersburg and became associated
■lis father in the law firm of McCluer, Forrer & Mc-
M For twenty years before his father's death the
•vas McCluer & McCluer. He 13 the present city
W>i of Parkersburg, and since the death of his father
■?come associated with B. M. Ambler and Mason G.
■•r under the firm name of Ambler, McCluer and
.1 r.

I McCluer is a democrat, is a member of the Mu Pi
■3a college fraternity, is a thirty-second degree Scottish
■Mason, member of Nemesis Temple of the Mystic
i», is a past exalted ruler of the Benevolent and
litive Order of Elks and a member of the Kiwanis

tober 21, 1903. he married Birdie B. Beaker, whose
I Gen. S. B. Baker, died while serving as adjutant
al of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. McCluer have two
en: Anna Elizabeth and Helen Baker.

lter E. Stout has had a varied and active part in
rogram of business and civic affairs of Parkersburg.
1 present postmaster of the city, was former clerk
e Circuit Court, and has always been identified at
ent times with the oil interests of the family.
S of the members of the family long prominent in
ffairs of West Virginia was John Wilkinson Stout,
Ifather of the Parkersburg postmaster. John W.

was born in Pleasants County, Virginia, June 23,
\ 80a of Elias L. and Martha (Hathorn) Stout and
■son of Benjamin Stout, who established the family
[rginia on moving from Pennsylvania. John W. Stout
k farmer and also a civil engineer, and did a great
jof surveying in Pleasants and adjoining counties, hav-
jhe task of surveying a tract of land once owned by
[ge Washington. He was a member of the West Vir-
[ State Senate and for years a school commissioner.

W. Stout married Ruth Ann Curtis, daughter, of John
\a and granddaughter of Mathew Curtis of Connecticut.
1 Curtis moved to Pleasants County in 1820, acquir-
«n immense tract of land in that region.
►8 1 oldest of the seven children of John W. Stout
wife was John L. Stout, who was born in Pleasants
ty, though the greater part of his life he lived in
d County. He wa3 a farmer and for about twenty
5 was interested in oil production and was also a
■ersburg manufacturer. His first wife, America Mad-
was of Revolutionary ancestry. Their four sons were
lea R., Walter E., El'den M. and Okey J. Charles and
n are deceased.

alter E. Stout was born on a farm February 20, 1871,
moved with his parents to Parkersburg in 1883. He
nated from the local high school in 1889. and his active
less and public career covers thirty years. For thirteen
I he was an employe of the Standard Oil Company,
he was county clerk of Wood County for six years,
t 1902 to 1909. During 1909-10 he was engaged in
jrodnction and was then elected Circuit Court clerk,
ffice he held during 1911 to 1914. During 1915-16 his
leas service waa rendered as cashier of the Parkera-
1 Banking & Trust Company. He then resumed his oil
uction interests from the middle of 1916 to Novemher,

le appointment aa postmaster of Parkersburg on
jmber 27, 1917, came entirely unsolicited on hi8 part,
laa capably fulfilled the duties of that office, involving
anmenae amount of detail and administrative work, now
four years. Mr. Stont is a Knight Templar Mason
Shriner and is affiliated with the Independent Order

of Odd Fellows, Elks and Knights of Pythias. He is a
member of the Baptist Church. On Thanksgiving Day,
1896, Mr. Stout married Georgiana Elliott. To their mar-
riage have been born eight children, named Virginia, now
Mrs. Roy Patton, Martha, Walter E., Catherine, Charles,
John, and Robert and Richard, twins.

Hugh Phelps Dms, who died at Parkersburg January
7, 1919, waa a good business man, a good citizen, and per-
formed with quiet efficiency a wide range of duties. He was
content and happy in his work and his home, and was
perhaps not as well known as some men less successful.

He waa born at Parkersburg Jnly 16, 1856, was a son
of Jamea Dils and grandson of Hugh P. Dils, who in 1846
entered the dry goods business in Frederick County, Vir-
ginia, and in 1856 moved to Parkersburg, where the name
Dils has been a prominent one in commercial affairs for
sixty-five years. James W. Dils, who was born at Parkers-
burg in 1826 and died in 1896, was his father's associate
in business.

The late Hugh Phelps Dils acquired a public school
education at Parkersburg, and at the age of fifteen entered
the business founded by his grandfather and then con-
ducted by his father. He was successively clerk, partner,
and after 1908 a member and officer of the corporation
known as H. P. Dils & Son Company. Mr. Dils attended
Eastman's Business College at Pougbkeepsie, New York.
Hb was also a director and vice president of the Second
National Bank. He waa a member of the Methodist
Church, but had few associations with organizations, since
he preferred the quiet routine of home and hia business
office. ^ He was helpful, public spirited, but always preferred
that his name be withheld from any special act of charity.

Tn 1878 Mr. Dils married Eleanor Mary Hannon, of
Parkersburg, daughter of Joseph T. Hannon. The two
children of their union are Anna Eleanor and Sherman.
The daughter is now Mra. Roydon Murphy.

Sherman Dila, who waa born in Parkeraburg March 10,
1881, was educated in the public schools and West Vir-
ginia State University, and for fifteen years was associated
with his father's business. Though representing the fourth
generation of a family consecutively identified with mer-
cantile affairs, hia talents more dispose him to mechanical
affairs, and for some years paat he has been a figure in
automobile circles in Parkersburg. He now has the author-
ized Ford and Ford Tractor agency in Parkersburg, and
does an extensive business in the sale and repair of cars
and tractors. Hi3 plant is a two-story brick building, with
total floor space of 25,000 square feet. October 1, 1908,
Sherman Dils married Gaynell Davis, of Parkersburg,
daughter of H. H. Davis. They have one son, Sherman, Jr.

John W. Romine. The Romines were a family estab-
lished in the wilderness of Western now West Virginia
before the middle of the eighteenth century, and the suc-
cessive generations have maintained the name in associa-
tions of dignity, honor and usefulness. The family has
heen in Wood County for more than a centnry, and the
present generation ia repreaented by John W. Romine, a
leading wholeaale lumber dealer of Parkersburg.

As early as 1620 four brothers of the name came from
Holland and landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Descend-
ants have since scattered over the entire nation. From
New England a branch of the family moved into the
Valley of Virginia. Out of that valley Samuel Romine
moved to what is now West Virginia, and died about
1749. A monument to his memory stands in the Bethel
Church Cemetery in the Nubeck District of Wood County.
His son, Peter Romine, was also a pioneer of this region,
a farmer and a cooper by trade. He married Mollie Mad-
dox. Their son, Thomas Romine, was born in Wood
County in 1813 and followed the business of farming and
broom manufacturing. He was active in the Baptist
Church and a member of its Sunday School thirty years.
Thomas Romine died in 1892. The mother of his four
children was Nancy Rowland. Their two sons were Matthew
N. and George Rowland. These two brothera served on

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opposite sides in the Civil war. Matthew was a Union
soldier, and subsequently moved to the State of Oklahoma,
where he is still living.

George Eowland Romine was born at Quakertown, Wood
County, April 2, 1846, had a subscription school educa-
tion and when only ten years of age went to work in a
tobacco shop at 4 cents a day. During the subsequent years
of his early youth he worked on his father's farm and
also in other occupations, and at the age of seventeen he
walked 200 miles to join the Confederate army, enlisting in
Company F of the Seventeenth Virginia Cavalry. This was
Jenkins Cavalry. One stormy night while doing picket
duty in the Shenandoah Valley Colonel Thompson rode up
and tried to pass by, simply announcing his name and rank.
Romine made him dismount and give the countersign. His
conduct was reported to General McCausland, now living at
Point Pleasant. When Romine appeared before the gen-
eral he explained that he was but following orders issued
by McCausland himself. The general ended the interview
by asking, "Why didn't you shoot him?" November 12,
1864, in the Shenandoah Valley, he was taken prisoner and
remained at Point Lookout, Maryland, until July, 1865.
The years following the war he had a difficult experience
in getting a start in business. He did farm labor, rented a
farm, moved to Parkersburg in 1S67 and worked in the
city, then became superintendent of a farm in Wood
County, and after his marriage in 1870 he rented the farm
for two years. He then lived for a time on the farm of
his wife's father, and for fourteen years had his home
in Jackson County, where he was a farmer and cattle
drover. From farming he entered the lumber industry,
and in 1899 he returned to his grandfather's homestead
in Wood County. For five years he was financially in-
terested in and manager of a planing mill at Parkersburg.
During his last years he lived retired in Parkersburg, where
he died March 23, 1919. He was highly respected by his
fellows, was charitable in the extreme, and ever ready to
extend a helping hand to the needy. He was a Baptist,
a stanch democrat, and while living in Jackson was elected
in 1890 a county commissioner, an office he filled six
years, and for twenty-five years he was a school trustee.
George Romine married sisters, Ellen and Victoria Flynn,
daughters of John Flynn, a prominent resident in the
southern part of Wood County. His first marriage oc-
curred in December, 1870, and his second in 1877. The
children of his first marriage were Victoria and Kate,
while those of the second marriage were Edna, John
Wesley, Dixie, Trixie, Thomas and Lucy.

John Wesley Romine, whose mother was Victoria Flynn,
was born at Flynn, West Virginia, February 20, 1881. He
graduated from the Parkersburg High School in 1897 and
in 1904 received the A. B. degree from Washington and Lee
University. Since leaving university his time and energies
have been fully taken up with a broadening scope of
business affairs, chiefly in the lumber business, with which
for a time he was associated with his father. In 1905 he
became a traveling salesman for a firm at Zanesville, Ohio,
but since 1908 has been in the wholesale lumher business
at Parkersburg. He is president of the J. W. Romine
Lumber Company, and is also interested in the oil and gas
industry and a number of other local enterprises. During
the World war he was a leader in Parkersburg in promot-
ing the various drives for funds. He is an active member
of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and a
member of the Baptist Church. On July 25, 1916, he mar-
ried Marguerite Baker, daughter of a distinguished West
Virginian, Gen. Samuel B. Baker. They have one daughter,
Marguerite Elizabeth, and one son, John W., Jr.

John T. Paulding, who is now living retired at Mar-
tinsburg, Berkeley County, was born at Greencastle, Frank-
lin County, Pennsylvania, on the 3rd of November, 1845, a
son of Frank Morgan Paulding, who was born in Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, in 1818, and whose father, John Paul-
ding, was born in England and came to America at an
early day. Representatives of the family have been num-
bered among the first settlers in Paulding County, Ohio,
which was named in honor of the family. John Paulding

removed to Pennsylvania and located at Valley Forge, v!m
in his home he had the honor of entertaining Gen. Gcg«
Washington, whose family physician, Doctor Johnson, ad
married Eleanor Paulding, a representative of the Pau]j|
family. The ancient medicine chest that was carrieclbj
this pioneer physician, Doctor Johnson, as well as the siea
which he used in weighing medicines, together with hisi»
cet, are now in the possession of John T. Paulding of 8
sketch, the interesting relics having been handed dowjl
the family. John Paulding married Elizabeth Morgai m
Welsh lineage and a member of the same family as as
Gen. Daniel Morgan, of Revolutionary fame.

John Paulding became a pioneer settler in Fraill
County, Pennsylvania, where he acquired large tract (J
land in what is now Antrim Township, and on a pari
this land is now a portion of the City of Greencastle. J
married Rebecca Prather, who was born in Venango Coiif
Pennsylvania, of a pioneer family. Mr. and Mrs. ,hi
Paulding passed the closing years of their lives at Broyj
Mills, Franklin County.

Frank Morgan Paulding became a prosperous farmer w
live stock dealer in Pennsylvania, and about 1847 he"!
moved from Franklin County to Park Head, Washinfl
County, Maryland, whence, three years later, he cam If
what is now Berkeley County, West Virginia, purchb
land and engaged in general farming and stock-raising.
the period of the Civil war his live stock and farm pro^
were confiscated by the Confederate forces, and he to
met with heavy financial losses. After the close of the at
success again attended his farm operations, and he remaei
on the old homestead place until 1892, when he remove if
Martinsburg, where he died at the home of his son i\a
T. when eighty-seven years of age. His wife was eigjy
nine years of age at the time of her death. Her maw
name was Sarah Royer, and she was born in Quincy Ten
ship, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of dki
Royer, the family name of whose wife was Stover, fa
Royers removed from Philadelphia and became pioneer
tiers in Franklin County. The children of Frank M. ju
Rehecca (Prather) Paulding were: George Morgan, Ifij
Elizabeth, Susan, John T., Rebecca Prather and Fil
Farmer. The parents were members of the German
tist Church.

John T. Paulding attended the district schools, a viljj
academy in his native county and Mercersburg College, I
after duly qualifying himself he engaged in teaching!
the rural schools a portion of each successive year, i
continued as a successful teacher for twenty-seven ye|
principally in the Hedgesville and Martinsburg distil
of Berkeley County, West Virginia, and he gave e|
years of effective service as assistant county examineif
teachers.

Mr. Paulding was one of the first to recognize the vl
of Berkeley County limestone in its application to the B
industry, and he became associated with others in acqubj
extensive quarries. In his correspondence with J. Pierjl
Morgan, a distant kinsman, he told of the limestone!
Berkeley County and voiced his belief that the prod
would be valuable as a substitute for the oyster shells II
were used at the furnaces of the United States Steel (J
poration. At Mr. Morgan 's suggestion the steel men ta
experts to make investigation, and the result is that lsj
quantities of the Berkeley County limestone rock are Jl
shipped weekly to the furnaces, the while many men j
given employment at the quarries. Mr. Paulding was j
tively identified with the development of this import!
quarrying industry, in which he still retains an interest, 1
he is now living virtually retired from active business. I

Mr. Paulding married Miss Anna Brown Bowman, ij
was born in the house in which she and her husband il
live, at Martinsburg, she being a daughter of Andrew ;|
Elizabeth (Gruber) Bowman. Mr. and Mrs. Paulding
two sons, John T., Jr., and Frank Bowman, but the lalj
is now deceased. The only daughter died at the age of ;j
years. Mr. Paulding is a staunch republican, his first prj
dential vote having been cast for Rutherford B. Ha^l
and he and his wife are earnest members of Christ Reford
Church in their home city. Their circle of friends in it

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455

l:tion of the state is limited only by that of their nc-
Kaintances.

■Levin Smith is junior member of the Parkersburg law
Im of Merrick & Smith, a partnership that has been in
listence for thirty-four years. Mr. Smith is an able
| .vycr, well qualified to handle the splendid practice that
I s come to this firm from all over the state.
| He is a native of Wood County, born on a farm De-
lotbcr 22, 1861, a son of William Haimcs and Sarah
tector) Smith. His grandfather, Robert S. Smith, was
i Englishman, being a son of Rev. Francis Smith and
•andson of Rev. Robert Smith, both Baptist ministers in
ottingham, England. Rev. Robert Smith was a friend
id contemporary of John Wesley.

Robert S. Smith married in England Lucy Lord Brooks,
' Loughborough, and after the birth of their first child
ey came to America in 1819. Their first home was at
altimore, later at Pittsburgh, and about 1825 they moved
) the pioneer Town of Parkersburg, then in old Virginia,
obert S. Smith was a coppersmith by trade, though in
irginia his business was chiefly that of a merchant and a
rader on the river. His children born in America were
abert, Henry, Thomas, Maria, Lucy, Mary and Elizabeth.
»f these Robert was the father of Charles Brooks Smith,
I well known West Virginia congressman. William Haimes
I mith, oldest son of Robert S. Smith, was born in England
une 1, 1818, and was about seven years of age when the
I amily moved to Parkersburg. He finished his education
I a Kcnyon College in Ohio, and in early life was asso-
iated with his father in the mercantile business and in
! naking trips to the stores at various points along the
I iver. He also did flatboating down the Ohio and Missis-
ippi rivers. He became a man of success and prominence
a Wood County, and in the early days was appointed to
reassess the lands of the county. He was elected county
i-ecorder in 1S70, and served as president of the Board of
Education at Parkersburg. He was of a deep religious tnrn
)f mind, living his religion in everyday life, and for many
fears was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. In politics he voted as a whig, later as a
democrat, and finally as a prohibitionist. He was a man
of correct habits, and stood for everything progressive.
His death occurred February 22, 1906, and his wife passed
away in October, 1890. Sarah Rector, his wife, was a
daughter of Charles Rector, who was high sheriff of Wood
County when that county comprised the present Wirt and
Pleasant counties. Of the nine children of William H.
Smith and wife seven reached mature years: Alice Boot,
William Haimes, Charles Robert, Arthur Bcauchamp, Lucy,
Troilus P. and Levin.

Mr. Smith has always lived in Wood County. He at-
tended the public schools of Parkersburg and the private
achool of Prof. John C. Nash, graduated from high school
ia 1881, and the following fall entered Harvard Law
School, where he completed a three years' course. He was
admitted to the bar in 1SS4. He forthwith began practice,
and three years later formed his partnership with Mr. C.
D. Merrick in the firm of Merrick & Smith. The extensive
business of this firm has fully absorbed his time and
energies, and while interested in political affairs he held
only one office, that of city solicitor for two years.

Mr. Smith is a democrat and a prominent member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He has been a
representative to the general conference and was appointed
a delegate to the General Council of the Churches of Christ
ia America, He is affiliated with the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows and Benevolent and Protective Order of
JElks. June 21, 1887, Mr. Smith married Nellie Marshall
Williams. They have a family of four children: Helen
B., wife of James Selby McClinton, and they have one
son, James S., Jr.; Sara Rector, teaeher of history in the
Parkersburg High School; Levin, Jr., who married Miss
Catherine Kennedy; and Elizabeth Keith, a student at
8)hio State University.

Levin Smith, Jr., is a graduate of the Kentueky Mili-
tary Institute. He volunteered his services for the World
war and made a good record while a non-commissioned

officer at Camp Shelby. Deeming his chances of getting
into Bervice overseas unfavorable, he secured change of
assignment to the tank service as a member of the Threo
Hundred and First Tank Battalion. He was with the
British during the drive on the Hindcnburg line September
29, 1918. On that date the tank blew up, four of the
eight crew being killed and two seriously wounded, though
young Smith escaped injury. After this he was assigned
to special motor service, driving officers on tours of in-
spection until the elose of the war. He is now a resident
of Parkersburg.

Vacheb Barnes Archer. One of the ablest lawyers
of West Virginia, Vacher Barnes Archer has practiced in
this state over forty years, the greater part of the time
at Parkersburg. His eminence does not rest upon a record
of public service so much as upon the ability with which
he has handled a great mass of important litigation. He
is also widely known as a legal author.

Mr. Archer was born in Noble County, Ohio, April 1,
1851, son of Elisha and Susan (Archer) Archer. The
Archers for several generations lived in Virginia. Soon
after the Revolutionary war the family moved into the
Shenandoah Valley and. later to the vicinity of the present
City of Moundsville, West Virginia. From there a repre-
sentative of the family, known as "James the first," estab-
lished a home in Noble County, Ohio. "James the second"
was the father of Elisha Archer, above named.

Vacher Barnes Archer was five years of age when his
parents moved to Athens County, Ohio, and he grew up
on their farm in that county. He supplemented the com-
mon schools by attending Miller's Seminary at Marshfield,
and from the age of seventeen until twenty-five was a
teaeher, chiefly in the schools of Athens County. For
seven years of this time he studied law, entirely under his
own direction, and made such progress as to win special
commendation from the judge of the court who examined
him and licensed him to practice in the courts of Ohio
in the spring of 1876. In June, 1879, he was admitted
before the State Supreme Court.

Soon after qualifying as a lawyer Mr. Archer removed
to West Virginia and was engaged in practice at Elizabeth
in Wirt County until 18S6, when he removed to Parkers-
burg, where his professional interests have been centered
for the past thirty-five years. For some years he specialized
in railroad law, and was general eounsel for the Ohio River
Railroad Company. While he has been engaged in an ex-
tensive general practice, he is probably best known as an
authority on all branches of the law affecting the oil and
gaa industry. Out of his wide experience in that field
he prepared and compiled a standard work entitled
"Areher's Law and Practice in Oil and Gas Cases." An-
other legal work, deriving from his experience and litiga-
tion in interstate commerce cases, is "Archer's Federal
Liability Act," which is yet to be published.

These few notes indicate the type of lawyer represented
by Mr. Archer. He is noted for his broad scholarship,
his comprehensive knowledge of a great range of the law
in its theory and in its application, and it has never been
necessary for him to resort to politics or the minor busi-
ness of the courts to satisfy his ambitions for success in
this field. Mr. Archer is a republican, and his father was
one of the original members of the party, supporting Gen-
eral Fremont in the first campaign in 1856. Mr. Archer
is a Methodist, and is affiliated with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. April 18, 1876, he married
Elvira Beard, daughter of William Beard, of Wood County,
West Virginia, Mrs. Areher died in June, 1909, and is
survived by a daughter, Zaluma, now the wife of John T.
Chesley, of Washington, District of Columbia.

James W. Dils is head of a business at Parkersburg
that has been in existence for three quarters of a cen-
tury and into which the energies, enterprise and business
acumen of three generations of this family have been
placed.

His grandfather, Hugh P. Dils, was a native of Penn-
sylvania and in 1846, under the name of H. P. Dils & Son,

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entered the drygoods business in Wood County, Virginia.
In 1856 the business was removed to Parkersburg, where
H. P. Dils continued active in the firm until his death.

Hia business partner and successor was his son, James
W. Dils, who was born at Parkersburg in 1826 and died in
that city in August, 1896. He bore a strong resemblance
to Abraham Lincoln. He was a model citizen, a good hus-
band and father, and too much cannot be said of his
sterling character. He first became a member of the firm
J. W. Dils & Hopkins, then was his father's partner in
H. P. Dils & Son, and after the death of his father con-
tinued the business alone until 1871, when he and his son
Hugh comprised the firm of J. W. Dils & Son, and with
the addition of the present James W. Dils became J. W.
Dils & Sons. The senior J. W. Dils was also for several
years president of the Second National Park of Parkers-
burg, and was a leading member of the Methodist Church.
He married Welthea Little, who died in 1904. After his
death his sons Hugh P. and James W. bought out the
other heirs and continued the business as the H. P. and
J. W. Dils, but in 1907 incorporated as H. P. Dils & Son
Company.

The head of the business today is James W. Dils, now
the senior of that name, who was born in Parkersburg
August 24, 1867. Except for three years he spent in the
manufacturing business in Philadelphia his home has
always been in Parkersburg. He was educated in the public
schools here, and at the age of nineteen entered the estab-
lishment of his father. He is a charter member of the
Scottish Rite Masonic bodies at Parkersburg, having been
a thirty-second degree Mason since 1895. He is also a
member of the Shrine, belongs to the Board of Commerce,
the International Association of Rotary Clubs and is a
splendid business man whose influence always goes out in
behalf of a bigger and better city.

His first wife was Eva M. Walker, who died in 1906.
In 1907 he married Bessie M. Rogers, of Philadelphia.
They have a daughter, Dorothea E. Of the five children
of his first marriage the two survivors are Nellie W. and
James W., III. Nellie is Mrs. John C. Shryock, of Balti-
more, and has two sons, John C, Jr., and James Puller.
James W. Dils, III, joined the United States Regular
army at Columbus in May, 1917, and in June of that year
went overseas as a member of the Seventeenth Engineers.
He was detailed to drive the car of Brigadier General
Dawes, and in that capacity he saw much of the battle
front in Belgium and France and also was in Switzerland
and^ England. He came back after the signing of the
armistice and was honorably discharged at Columbus.

Edward S. Moore. A thoroughly capable business man,
active head of one of the leading wholesale grocery houses
in the Ohio Valley, Edward S. Moore has converted the
opportunities of life into deeds of usefulness and honor,
and his friends and associates regard him as one of the
best exemplars of loyal but unostentatious Christian con-
duct.

He was born on a farm in Wood County, West Virginia,
March 24, 1867. His great-grandfather, Jacob Moore, was
identified with the early settlement of Monongalia County,
having a farm in the Clay District, near the Pennsylvania
state line. His son Joseph was born on the farm in that
county in 1811, and remained there until 1844, when he
spent several years in Ohio, and in 1852 returned and settled
on a farm in Wood County, where he lived until his death
on November 3, 1890. His first wife was Nancy Tennant
and his second, Rachel McCurdy. Of the children of his
first marriage Simon Peter was born in Monongalia County
May 12, 1839. He had the advantages of subscription
schools, and for upwards of half a century was actively
identified with the agricultural industry of Wood County,
moving to Parkersburg when he retired from the farm in
1904. He held the office of constable nine years and justice
of the peace twenty-three years. Simon P. Moore married
Sarah Hains, who was born August 17, 1840, and died
November 7, 1906. She was a daughter of Justus J. and
Harriet (Woodruff) Hains. The five children of Simon

Peter Moore were Nancy E., Mintie, Edward Seldon, Ros j
S. and Everett Blaine.

Edward Seldon Moore had the environment of a fai
during his youth, and was participating in its labors si
management after the age of twelve. He attended distil
school in the winter and occasionally a subscription schl
in the summer, and despite limited advantages his indus*- <
enabled him to make the best possible use out of his t?A
portunities, and at the age of seventeen he passed an «wf
animation for teacher and taught three winter terms J
school, spending the rest of each year as a student in U
State Normal at Fairmont. Even then he did not look upi
teaching as a permanent career. He took a course in 1i
University of Lexington during 1887, and at once returrf
to Parkersburg to enter business, and now for thirty-o<
years has been identified with the wholesale grocery tra<.
For fifteen years he was connected with the firm of C. I
Martin & Company, and then entered the Shattuck & Ja<-
son Company, serving as its treasurer and general manaf
and since 1921 has been president, treasurer and geneil
manager. In an important degree he has contributed !
the steady growth and prosperity of this substantial cd
cern, known throughout the Ohio Valley in the grocery trad
He has served as a director for West Virginia in t>
National Wholesale Grocers Association and is one of t :
vice presidents of the West Virginia Wholesale Groct.
Association.

However, this does not complete his business recoi
For eighteen years he has been president of the U. J
Roofing Tile Company, one of Parkersburg 's foremost i
dustries. In 1904 he was oue of the organizers, served
the first president and is still one of the principal owne
of the Murray Roofing Tile Company of Cloverport, Ke
tucky, manufacturers of both roofing and quarry tilin
He has been a vice president of the Citizens Building Ass
ciation at Parkersburg.

In the enviable record of Parkersburg during the Wor
war Mr. Moore shares credit on account of his leadersh
and influence in the various drives. He is a member •
the Board of Directors and treasurer of the Parkersbuj
Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Moore married Mary Louise Meyer, daughter «
Jacob M. and Mary Ann (Wile) Meyer. Her father was
well known Wood County farmer and at one time repr
sented the county in the Legislature. Mr. and Mrs. Moo:
have two children: Beryl Chase, formerly a librarian a
the Carnegie Library, was married in October, 1917, 1
Isaac Maxwell Adams*, Jr. Mr. Adams, a prominent your
lawyer, member of the firm Coleman, Light & Adams, r
ceived his second lieutenant's commission at Fort Benjami
Harrison, Indianapolis, was stationed at Camp Sevie
Greenville, South Carolina, promoted to first lieutenant, an
was doing the work of disbursing agent when the ws
closed. He and Mrs. Adams have a daughter, Mary Mooi
Adams, born January 2, 1919.

The only son of Mr. Moore is Meyer Thorold, who grac
uated from the Parkersburg High School, and was a men
ber of the Students Army Training Corps at Mariett
College during the war. He continued his studies in th
University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, until 192(
and is now associated with his father in the wholesal
grocery business at Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Luther Henry Caskey is one of the representative busi
ness men of the younger generation in his native City o
Martiusburg, Berkeley County, where he was born on th
15th of October, 1891. His father, William H. Caskey, wa
born at Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, this state, Octo
ber 28, 1864, and he was a child of about one year at th»
time of the family removal to Martinsburg. Edward C
Caskey, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, wai'
born at Martinsburg in the year 1836, a son of Willian
Caskey, who likewise was born at Martinsburg, where hii
father, John Caskey, was an honored pioneer citizen. Wil
liam Caskey, who died at the age of fifty-nine years, passec
his entire life at Martinsburg, where for a number oi
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at one time as constable, lie married Mary Palmer, daugh-
ter of William and Julia Palmer.

As a young man Edward C. Caskey entered the service
)f the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, with which he
was a train conductor many years, he having resigned on
iccoant of ill health, and his death having occurred within
a short time thereafter, in 1900. He married Mary E.
Keaster, of Fairfax County, Virginia, and she died at the
age of forty-six years. Their children were six in number.

William H. Caskey was reared and educated at Martins-
burg, and at the age of twenty-one years he initiated his
service with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, with which he
was connected twenty-five years. He is now working inde-
j>endently at the machinist's trade and is one of the sub-
stantial citizens of Martinsburg. At the age of twenty-two
years he married Lillie Ripple, who was born and reared
at Martinsburg, a daughter of Jamea and Sarah Ripple.
Mrs. Caskey passed to the life eternal when forty years of
age, and is survived by four children: Lawrence R., Luther
H., Anna G. and Mabel Marie.

Luther H. Caskey attended the public schools of Mar-
tinsburg until he was about fifteen years of age, when he
initiated an apprenticeship to the tinsmith and plumber
trades, in each of which he became a skilled workman.
After completing his apprenticeship he went to Clarksburg,
where he was employed at his trade until 1913, when he re-
turned to Martinsburg and formed a partnership with C.
B. Grimes in the tinning and plumbing business. Eighteen
months later he became sole owner of the business, whieh
he has successfully continued to the present time. He is
also a director of the Martinsburg Bank, is a loyal mem-
ber of the loeal Kiwanis Club, is affiliated with the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife hold
membership in Trinity Methodist Episcopal Chureh, South.

At the age of twenty-five years Mr. Caskey wedded Miss
Lulu J. Strode, who was born and reared in Berkeley
County, a daughter of Thomas Strode. Mr. and Mrs.
Caskey have two children, Luther Henry, Jr., and Irene.

Wattman T. Smith, M. D. The unequivocal profes-
sional suceess that has attended the service of Doctor
Smith bears testimony alike to his technical ability and
personal popularity and marks him aa one of the repre-
sentative physicians and surgeons of Gilmer County, where
he has been established in active general practice at Glen-
ville, the county scat, since 1915.

Doctor Smith was born in Roane County, this state,
April 20, 18S9, and i3 a son of William R. T. and Cather-
ine (Jarvis) Smith, the former of whom was born in Bar-
bour County, in June, 1846, and the latter of whom was
born in Calhoun County, in 1S54, the respective families
having early been founded in that section of Virginia
which now constitutes West Virginia. William R. T.
Smith was reared on a farm in Roane County, and so well
did he profit by the advantages of the common schools of
the locality and period that he became a successful teacher
in rural sehools when a young man. He was a republican
in politics, and his wife was a member of the Advent Chris-
tian Church. Of the five children four are living, and of
the number the eldest is Dr. J. W. Smith, who is a gradu-
ate of the University of the South and who is engaged in
the practice of medicine at Gassaway, Braxton County;
Dora is the wife of C. C. Ferrell, of Roane County; and
Lizzetta is the wife of S. E. Steele, of Spencer, Roane
County.

The boyhood and early youth of Dr. Waitman T. Smith
were passed on the old homestead farm which was the place
of his birth, and his educational advantages in this forma-
tive period of his life were those of the public schools. In
consonance with his ambition and well formulated plans he
finally entered the medical department of the University of
Louisville, Kentucky, in which institution he was gradu-
ated as a member of the class of 1913. After thus receiv-
ing his degree of Doctor of Medicine he continued to be
engaged in active general practice at Spencer, judicial cen-
ter of his native county, until the 1st of November, 1915,
when he removed to Glenville, which has since continued
the central stage of his earnest and successful professional

service, his practice being of substantial and representa-
tive order. The doctor is a member of the Gilmer County
Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society
and the American Medical Association. He is a loyal sup-
porter of the principles of the republican party, and is
prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, in which
his basic affiliation is with Moriah Lodge No. 38, Ancient
Free and Aeeepted Masons. In the Scottish Rite division
of the great fraternity he has received the thirty-second de-
gree, in the Consistory in the City of Wheeling, and at
Parkersburg he is a member of Nemesis Temple of the
Mystic Shrine. The doctor is a stockholder in the Glenville
Banking & Trust Company.

On the 11th of November, 1914, Doctor Smith wedded
Miss Graee Looney, who had previously been for three years
a student in the Powhatan College for Girls at Powhatan,
McDowell County. Doctor and Mrs. Smith have two chil-
dren: Gwendolyn and James R.

Dallas C. Bailey, eounty superintendent of the public
schools of Gilmer County, is one of the representative
citizens of Glenville, the county seat, his birth having oc-
curred on a farm near this village, October 9, 1S79. He is
a son of Jacob F. and Jane F. (Springston) Bailey, the
former of whom was born near Freemansburg, Lewis
County, in 1S55, and the latter of whom was born in Gilmer
County, in 1861. Jacob F. Bailey was about ten years old
at the time of his parents' remo%a! to Gilmer County, the
home being established on a farm on Leading Creek. In
the course of years he became one of the substantial farmers
of that district of the eounty, and in 1919 he removed from
his farm to Glenville, where he has since lived virtually
retired. He is a democrat, has served as a member of the
school board, is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and
he and his wife are earnest members of the Baptist Chureh.
In association with his son he is still interested in farm
enterprise in this eounty, where the two own a well im-
proved landed estate of 200 acres. Of the two children
Dallas Carr Bailey, of this sketch, is the elder, and the
younger, Ora B., is the wife of H. B. Powell, a farmer in
the Leading Creek District of Gilmer County.

Dallas C. Bailey was reared on the old home farm and
supplemented the training of the public schools by a course
in the West Virginia State Normal School at Glenville, in
which he was graduated. For twelve years he was a suc-
cessful and popular teacher in the schools of this section
of the state, and this direct pedagogic service was termi-
nated only when he was elected to his present office, that of
county superintendent of schools in 191S. His administra-
tion has been forceful, progressive and effective, and he
has done much to raise the educational standard in his
native county.

Mr. Bailey is a stanch advocate of the principles of the
democratic party, and his religious faith is that of the
Baptist Church. In the Masonic fraternity he has re-
ceived the thirty-seeond degree of the Scottish Rite, besides
being a member of the Mystic Shrine, his basic Masonic
affiliation being with Gilmer County Lodge No. 118, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member also of the
Order of the Eastern Star, is a past chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias, and is a past noble grand in the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with the encampment
organization of which he is likewise affiliated.

Mr. Bailey is a direct descendant of Stephen Bailey,
who came from England and settled in Westmoreland
County, Virginia, where he died in 1698, his life having
been passed in the Old Dominion State, with the history of
which the family name has been identified for many
generations.

Charles Nelson Mathxky has been an honored mem-
ber of the Parkersburg bar for twenty years. A resource-
ful lawyer and business man, he has gained the reputation
of being a quiet and efficient worker in everything he
undertakes. In 1920 he was nominated and elected prosecut-
ing attorney for Wood County, and moat of his time is
now given to that office.

He was born at Pine Grove, Wetzel County, June 27, 1861,

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son of William Henry and Drusilla Ann (Morgan) Matheny.
William Henry Matheny, a son of Noah Matheny, was born
in Marion County, Virginia, and during his mature years
lived in Wetzel and Jackson counties. His wife, Drusilla
Ann Morgan, was related to one of the historic families of
West Virginia. Its founder was Col. Morgan Morgan, a
native of Wales, who had a military training and was also
a minister of the Church of England. After coming to
the American colonies he married and eventually moved to
the Valley of Virginia and established a church at Win-
chester, of which he and his son were pastors. Two of his
sons were prominent figures in the early history of what
is now West Virginia, David, who settled in Marion County,
and Zackwell, who was founder of Morgantown, West Vir-
ginia. The father of Drusilla Ann Morgan was Morgan
Morgan, better known as ' ' Spy Mod Morgan ' ' on account
of his activities in border warfare.

Charles Nelson Matheny was about four years of age
when his parents moved to Jackson County, and he grew
up there and attended the common and select schools, and
after he was sixteen entered the State Normal School at
Fairmont. For a number of years he followed teaching as
a profession, and took up the study of law under Robert F.
Fleming, then circuit judge. He passed a successful ex-
amination before a committee of three judges in 1888, and
for several years practiced in Jackson County and in 1892
moved to St. Mary's, where he served as postmaster under
President McKinley. Mr. Matheny has been a resident of
Parkersburg since 1901, and in addition to his law business
has acquired some valuable holdings in the oil industry.

In 1883 he married Electa Ann Swallow, who died Novem-
ber 29, 1895. They had two children. On March 18, 1897,
he married Mrs. Fredrica Porter, daughter of Samuel A.
Barkwill, who came from England to the United States
about 1840. Her first husband, John W. Porter, was clerk
of the County Court of Pleasants County, and died in 1895.
Mr. Matheny was called upon to endure one of the heaviest
afflictions of the human lot in the death of his two sons,
Wilbur K., who died on November 12, 1916, and Charles
H., on February 26, 1917, both children of his first mar-
riage. These young men were just coming to manhood,
with every promise of honor and usefulness in the life be-
fore them. No respecter of persons, the Grim Reaper's
scythe left but ashes in the pathway of the stricken parent
aud friends.

James A. Wetherell. One of the oldest business houses
of Parkersburg is J. Wetherell & Son, jewelers, a firm that
has been in existence for over half a century.

The name of the company honors the career of his father,
Joseph Wetherell, who was a native of England and as a
young man was induced to come to the Uuited States by
his brother John. For a time they were associated in
manufacturing husiness at Pittsburgh. From there Joseph
Wetherell removed to Morgan County, Ohio, and had a
contract to build a part of the old Marietta and Cincin-
nati Railway, now a part of the Baltimore & Ohio. About
1857 he came to Parkersburg, and for several years was
proprietor of the old Northwestern House in the East End,
selling that property towards the close of the Civil war.
He was one of the good old-fashioned Englishmen of his
time, and perhaps his outstanding characteristic was a
horror of debt. Both he and his wife were reared as
Episcopalians, but in Parkersburg they affiliated with the
Presbyterian Church, in which Joseph Wetherell was an
elder. Joseph Wetherell married Rachel Winn, also a native
of England. She died Septemher 25, 1913. Of their three
children the oldest, Mary J., died when about twenty years
of age. The older son, Thomas J. Wetherell, a well-known
resident of Parkersburg, was born in Ohio August 29, 1847,
and has been a resident of Parkersburg since he was ten
years of age. For many years he was a steamboat clerk,
later engaged in banking. He married Nannie M. Moss,
whose father, Dr. John W. Moss, was a prominent figure
in West Virginia affairs. Thomas J. Wetherell had three
children: Margaret Moss is the wife of Judge C. D. For-
rer; Mary Lulu is Mrs. Philip C. Steptoe, of Clarksburg;

the son Joseph A., who died in June, 1918, at the age c |
thirty-six, is survived by his widow and two children, Nanc
and Joseph A.

James A. Wetherell was born in Ohio August 13, 184! ;
but since early boyhood his home has been in Parkersburg
He acquired his education here, and he served an apprentice
ship at the jeweler's business with Robert A, Little. Hoti
ever, he had earned his first money as a train newsboj
Joseph Wetherell bought out the husiness of Robert A
Little, and when he attained his majority James A. becam
a memher of the firm of J. Wetherell & Son, a name tha
has been continued for half a century. He succeeded t
the business on the death of his father, and the store ha
become noted for its reliable merchandise. Mr. Wethere'
is also a director af the First National Bank, treasurer o
the United States Roofing & Tile Company, and for a num
ber of years has been president of the Citizens Building
Association.

He is active in social affairs, is a member of the Episcopa
Church, a democrat in politics, and while president of th<
Board of Education was father of the movement that re
suited in the building of the handsome high school building
Mr. Wetherell is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knighl*
Commander of the Court of Honor, and is now treasurer ol
several of the Masonic bodies at Parkersburg. He is ai
Knight Templar and is a charter memher of Nemesis
Temple of the Mystic Shrine and has been its treasurer since
it was organized.

Joseph Milton Hartley. The success and the high es-
teem in which Joseph Milton Hartley is held are due to a
long devotion to the realm of business. He was learning the
mercantile business during the Civil war, left to go into
the army, and in the fifty-five years since the close of the
war his time has been fully taken up with merchandising
and in later years, since his removal to Fairmont, with the:
broader aspects of business, banking and the executive,
management of a numher of financial and industrial con-
cerns.

While he has achieved success over the long and difficult
road beginning with his personal experience and the capital
acquired by his earnings, Mr. Hartley inherits the tradi-
tion of a good and old family of West Virginia. His
earliest known American ancestry was Joseph Hartley. His
son James was a native of Virginia and was founder of
this branch of the family in West Virginia, locating in
Pleasant Valley of Preston County. Edward Hartley, a
son of Jame's, was born in Preston County and married
Margaret Miller. Their son, Peter Hartley, father of the
Fairmont banker and business man, was born at Mason-
town, Preston County, in 1810, and devoted his active life
to farming and stock raising. For many years he held the
post of justice of the peace in his district. He married in
1834 Susan Swindler, daughter of Drake Swindler.

Their son, Joseph Milton Hartley, was born on a farm
near Masontown October 20, 1842. During his youth he
was educated in the common schools and in Morgantown
Academy. His business apprenticeship was acquired in the
store of the Morgantown merchant, George M. Hagans.
He left in 1864 to enlist in Company E of the Seventeenth
West Virginia Infantry, and was with his command until
the close of the war.

Shortly afterward, in 1866, he made a business alliance
with Mr. Hagans, and under the firm name of Hagans &
Hartley they opened a store at Reedsville in Preston County.
This was sold two years later and they resumed with an-
other store at Independence in the same county. Mr.
Hagans sold his interest in 1872, and the business was then
continued by the firm of Hartley & Johns, general mer-
chants, and two years later Mr. Hartley became sole owner.

Mr. Hartley moved to Fairmont in 1877 and with a com-
paratively modest capital started his career in this city,
where now for forty-five years he has been an honored resi-
dent. Though he began with a small stock of dry goods
and notions, it comprised, nevertheless, the largest store in
Fairmont at that time. Later he took into partnership
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L Company and later Hartley Ss Morrow. Ia 1891, by
A rchase, he again became sole owner. In 1902 ho nd-
Itted aa partners his son Harry J. and Mr. J. H. Rownd,

■ which time the title of the firm was J. M. Hartley &
In. The business was incorporated in 1911 as the J. M.
lirtley & Son Company, of which Mr. Hartley ia president.

■ all the years this business has steadily grown with the
lowth and development of Fairmont, and is the leading
Itablishment of its kind in the city.

With the broader business interests and civic welfare of
lirmont Mr. Hartley has been closely associated, since
' nature he is public-spirited and generous. He was for
teen years president of the First National Bank of Fair-
ont. He is now a director of the National Bank of
lirmont, which took over the old First National. He
as one of the organizers and president of the West Vir-
nia Grocery & Candy Company; helped organize and
came president of the Fairmont Electric Light & Power
Dinpany, now the Monongahela Valley Traction Company;
as one of the organizers and is still president of the
arnesville Manufacturing Company; was an organizer and
president of the Fairmont Building & Loan Association,
tr. Hartley is president of the Cook Hospital, and for
tany years, until recently, was president of the Fairmont
*onng Men's Christian Association. He is a Knight Tem-
lar and thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and
hriner, is a member of the Rotary Club, Country Club,
toamber of Commerce, and is president of the board of the
Mrst Presbyterian Church.

Soon after he entered business on his own account on
)ctober 22, 1867, Mr. Hartley married Miss Mary Martha
Jarney, daughter of John and Lorinda (Madeira) Carney,
<f Fairmont. Their companionship endured as one of great
lappiness for many years until the death of Mrs. Hartley
1915. Of their six children the oldest is Carney, born
' December 2, 1868, who is a graduate in mechanical engin-
eering from Cornell University and now a resident of Den-
ver. Colorado. His son, Neil, was with the American Forces
n France. The second child. Edwin Forest, born January
1, 1S70, ia a law graduate of Cornell University, and ia a
Drominent member of the Fairmont bar. He married Louise
Uoderwell, and their children are Mary, Francis, Joseph
M., Kearsley and Forest. Joseph and Kearsley were en-
rolled in the World war. The former saw several months'
3ervice in France, while the latter was not fortunate enough
to have crossed into the field of real war. The third child,
Mary Grace, was born February 16, 1872, and married H.
G. Greer. Their son, Joseph, was a member of the Student
Army Training Corps. Frank M., born January 27, 1S74,
died at the age of twenty-seven years. Harry J., the active
associate of his father in the J. M. Hartley & Son Com-
pany, was born September 15, 1876, and by his marriage
to Nelh'e Crane has a daughter, Mary Crane. The youngest
of the family, Jay, born June 2, 1878, died at the age of
two years.

Chape Wilson is a member of the real estate and in-
surance firm of Haller & Wilson at Morgantown. This is
an organization of two live and enterprising yonng business
men, and Mr. Wilson, like Mr. Haller, is a man of thorough
education and was formerly engaged in educational affairs
of his native state.

His ancestors were pioneers of Ritchie County, West Vir-
ginia. The genealogy on the father's side follows:

David Davis Wilson, of Scotland, was born about 1658.
Davis Wilson, son of David Davis Wilson, was born about
1690. William Wilson, son of Davis Wilson, was born in
Ireland, 1722. He married Miss Elizabeth Blackburn, also
of Ireland, and immigrated to America about 1755, settling
in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Eleven children were born.
John Wilson, fifth son of William Wilson, born in 1756,
was severely wounded in an Indian fight near Wheeling
when eighteen years of age. Married Miss Mary Wathin,
a French girl. They reared six children. He served thirty
years as clerk of the County Court of Randolph Connty.
He was buried at Beverly. Archibald Wilson, son of John
Wilson, was born 1801. In 1825 he married Miss Elizabeth
Hudkins, daughter of Barton Hndkins, of Taylor Connty,

and moved to Ritchie County. They reared a family of
twelve children. He was a teacher, first surveyor of Ritchio
County, and member of the first constitutional convention
of the state. Many descendants live about Pennsboro.
Horatio Nelson Wilson, third son of Archibald Wilson, was
born in 1831. In 1859 he married Miss Victoria Mariah
Taylor, daughter of Sheriff James Taylor of Ritchie
County, He served aa lieutenant in the state militia before
the Civil war, but was not in active service during the re-
bellion, being a Southern sympathizer. He was a teacher,
served as county surveyor, land assessor, nnd member of
the Board of Education. His children were: Lucian B.,
deceased; Floyd S., merchant of Parkersbnrg; Mack, of
Spencer; Vista, wife of E. L. Hartman, principal of the
Park School at Parkersburg; Carlin, who died in childhood;
Burr, who at the age of eleven, was killed by a boiler ex-
plosion; Prince, who died in childhood; Chape, the subject
of this sketch; Walter W., deceased; Claude, of Lost Creek;
and one son that died at birth. The genealogy on the
mother's side:

Edmund Taylor, of English descent, was born in Virginia
in 1796. He married Miss Rachel MeKinney, also a Vir-
ginian. They came to Harrison, then to Ritchie County
about 1820, settling near Pennsboro. They reared ten chil-
dren. James Taylor, oldest son of Edmund Taylor, was horn
in Ritchie County in 1818. He married Miss Lovisa Dotson,
daughter of Emmanuel Dotson, granddaughter of William
Dotson, and great-granddaughter of James Dotson (origi-
nally "Dodson"), who came from England to Richmond,
Virginia, in colonial days. Mr. Taylor served in the State
Legislatnre and as sheriff of Ritchie County and went South
during the Civil war. Victoria Mariah Taylor, oldest daugh-
ter of James Taylor, was born in 1842 and in 1859 was
married to Horatio N. Wilson.

Chape Wilson was born on the home farm near Burnt
House, Ritchie County, January 23, 1877. His early life
was spent in that country community, and his early educa-
tion came from the neighborhood free schools. At the age
of sixteen he began teaching in the country schools of his
native county. After fifteen years of such service he re-
moved with his family to Glenville, Gilmer County, where
he took the normal conrse in the State Normal School at
that place, being graduated in the year 1910. Immediately
after graduation he became principal of the Hillsboro High
School at Hillsboro, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
After two years he went to East Bank, Kanawha County,
where he established the Cabin Creek District High School,
and there he remained for two years. For the three suc-
coring years he served as principal of one of the city
schools of Morgantown, to which place he had moved with
his family in August. 1914. Between school terms and at
other odd times he attended West Virginia University, and
thus completed two years of the A. B. course. In 1917
he gave up his profession and his studies and engaged for
several years as a traveling salesman. Then, in February,
1921, he formed his partnership with Mr. Haller in the
firm of Haller and Wilson.

He is a member of the Morgantown Real Estate Board
and the Chamber of Commerce, the Presbyterian Church,
Pocahontas Lodge No. 121, A. F. and A. M., and Morgan-
town Lodge of Perfection No. 6, of the Scottish Rite. On
March 8, 1898, Mr. Wilson married Emily Delia Fisher, who
was born in Ritchie County, daughter of Adam M. and
Sarah Ellen (McDonald) Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson arc
the parents of seven children: Linn Wilson, born May 15,
1S99; Beolah Vista, born November 26, 1902; Wilda Vic-
toria, who died at the age of sixteen months; Goldie Ellen,
born January 31, 1907; Ruby Juanita, born October 1, 1909;
Alma Virginia, born July 11, 1913; and Margery Jean, born
December 12, 1920.

Charles S. Smoot is a native son of Parkersburg and
here has made for himself a place of prominence in con-
nection with business enterprise and community life. Hp
has become an expert in modern advertising enterprise,
and now controls an extensive and prosperous bnsiness in
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county, besides -which his progressive and civic loyalty have
heen further shown in his erection of the Lincoln Theater
Building, in which he conducts a high-grade amusement
enterprise, besides having control also of the Hippodrome
Auditorium and likewise of the Camden Theater, which latter
he leases. He is also part owner and director of the Fair-
mont Theater Company, and is one of the vital and enter-
prising men who play a large part in the general business
and civic affairs of Parkersburg. His popularity in his
native city is unqualified, and here he is an active member
of the Rotary, the Elks and the Country Clubs, one of his
major affiliations being with the Parkersburg Lodge of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Smoot is
married and has one daughter, Sara.

Charles S. Smoot was born in Parkersburg on the 26th
of February, 1875, and is a son of William Norman Smoot
and Mary (Severance) Smoot, the Smoot family having
early been established at Westernport, Marj'land, and repre-
sentatives of the Severance family having been pioneer
settlers of Marietta, Ohio. William N. Smoot became a
prosperous merchant at Parkersburg, where the major part
of his life was passed, and where his death occurred.

Charles S. Smoot, one of a family of six children, gained
his early education in the public schools of Parkersburg,
including the high school, and later he became successfully
identified with newspaper business, as advertising manager
of the Parkersburg State Journal, with which he continued
his connection in this capacity about thirteen years. His
broad experience in this field specially fortified him when
he carried to successful issue his well formulated plans for
establishing an independent advertising business, and from
a modest inception he has built up a large and important
business, with a representative clientele. Mr. Smoot has
deep interest in everything touching the welfare and progress
of his home city, and has personally done much to advance
its claims as a vital distributing center and a place of no
mean metropolitan advantages.

Louis N. Pickens. In almost every community may be
found men of worth-while achievements in some line or
another, perhaps in several, and that they should he held
in esteem is natural and justifiable, for honorable and suc-
cessful effort adds to the general welfare. The mercantile
interests at Parkersburg, West Virginia, are large and im-
portant and have a wide range, the products of the world
finding sale here in such abundance that under the wise
management of able and honorable merchants, Parkersburg
has become an exceedingly important commercial center.
A merchant of this city who has had long experience and
stands high in the regard of his fellow citizens is Louis N.
Pickens, who has been identified with business and civic
interests at Parkersburg for many years.

Louis N. Pickens was born on his father's farm in Gallia
County, Ohio, August 14, 1871, and is a son of Galvin and
Mary Elizabeth (Waters) Pickens, and a grandson of John
and Mary Ann (Lawrence) Pickens. The great-grandfather
was born in Ireland, but John Pickens was born in Meigs
County, Ohio, where he followed farming. He served in
the Union Army during the war between the states. Calvin
Pickens was a farmer in Ohio prior to coming to West Vir-
ginia. He was thrice married. No children were born to
his first union, but one, Eenben R., to his third, and two
to his second, Louis N. and one that died in infancy.

Louis N. Pickens obtained his education in the public
schools, and then, in preparation for teaching, passed the
necessary examinations, and for six years taught school most
acceptably in Jackson County, West Virginia. He found
himself, however, having a natural leaning toward active
business life, and after taking a course in a commercial
college, was variously employed for some time before becom-
ing bookkeeper and general office man for a prominent
merchant of Parkersburg, Daniel Gardway, dealing in wool,
hides and fur. That situation lasted for six years. In
1907 he became Mr. Gardway 's partner, and this association
continued until the spring of 1920, when the partnership
was dissolved but Mr. Pickens has continued in the mercan-
tile business and still is largely interested in this field.

On October 5, 1898, Mr. Pickens married Miss Mary J,
Murrey, of Sandyville, Jackson County, West Virginia.

In politics Mr. Pickens is a democrat, and at times i.g
taken an active part in civic affairs. From 1914 until 1?
he was Superintendent of Public Safety, an office wl,fc
carried with it membership in the City Council. For tweir-
two years he has been a member of the Methodist Episccil
Church. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, Kni t
Templar, York Rite, and a member of Nemesis Tem».
Mystic Shrine, and he belongs also to the Odd Fellows id
the Elks.

Camdfn H. Holdfn, president of the Ranwood Lumr
Company, one of the important business concerns of e
City of Parkersburg, is a native son of West Virginia
a scion of the third generation of the Holden family n
this state, the Holden family having been founded in Aro>.
ica in the Colonial period of our national history. J<i
C. Holden, grandfather of him whose name initiates ts
paragraph, was a son of Alexander Holden, who was b<i
in the State of New Jersey and became a pioneer settler a
Licking County, Ohio, where he reclaimed a farm and I
came one of the influential citizens of that section of ^
Buckeye State. He served as justice of the peace, com?
commissioner and representative in the Ohio Legislatu,
and his also was the distinction of having been a soldr
in the War of 1812. He continued his residence in Ob
until his death in 1832, at the age of sixty-eight yea.
John C. Holden was born in New Jersey and reared i
Ohio, where was solemnized his marriage to Miss Prudei*
Kettle. He gained pioneer honors in Barbour County, Wi£
Virginia, where he established his home when that courl
was still a part of Virginia and known as Harrison Conn,.
A man of fine intellectuality and exceptional ability, j«
gained much of leadership in the pioneer community, af
by his activities, which included the reclamation and devi-
opment of a productive farm, he contributed much to t»
civic and material development of what is now one of tp
prosperous counties of West Virginia. He was a stude>
of the Greek language, and his broad mental horizon ma*i
him a man of mature judgment and progressive ideji
Thus he gave to his children the best possible education .
advantages, and gave his influence to measures and ent(
prises that advanced the welfare of his community. Boj
he and his wife were honored pioneer citizens of Barbo:
County at the time of their deaths. In that county w
born their son Elijah K., who was there reared to manhoc
and who there married Miss Mahala Reed, likewise
native of Barbour County. Elijah K. Holden gained su
stantial success in connection with farm industry in h|
native county, effectively upheld the honors of the fami
name and was content to follow his chosen vocation and f
make his value felt through earnest and worthy achiev
ment and civic loyalty rather than through politic;
activity of public office. Of his five children four ai
living, and of the number the subject of this sketch is tl
only son.

Camden H. Holden, the eldest of the five children, wz
born on the old homestead farm in Barbour County, o
the 30th of March, 1873. He was reared on this old horr
farm, and the discipline of the district schools was supph
mented by his attending the public schools of the City c
Buckhannon, Upshur County. That he made good use c
his advantages is shown by the fact that, when seventee
years of age he proved himself eligible for pedagogic sen
ice and became a successful teacher in the rural school
At the age of twenty years he initiated his association wit
the lumber business in Randolph County, and with this irr
portant line of industrial and commercial enterprise he ha
continued his alliance during the intervening years.

In 1907 Mr. Holden established his residence at Parkers
burg, and as president of the Ranwood Lumber Compan
of this city he is one of the representative business me
of Wood County. He is a staunch democrat in politics
and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, wit
which the Holden family has been actively connected fo
many generations. He has received the chivalric degrees i

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g Masonic fraternity, in which his maximum York Rite
liiation is with the Commandery of Knights Templars
fchifl home city. He holds membership also in Nemesis
Tiple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
|| Parkersburg Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective
0 er of Elks, and the Parkeraburg Country Club.

'he year 1895 recorded the marriage of Mr. llolden and
lis Alice Beger, of Buckhannon, this atate, and they have

0 daughter, Edna F., who is the wife of Ralph Jones, of
Tkersburg.

Vilbert P. Cabmicoael. A name well and honorably
»wn for many years in West Virginia for sterling busi-
3 achievement is that of Cannichael, and a prominent
t rer of the same at Parkersburg is Wilbert F. Carmiehael,
13 is the active head of the wholesale confectionery firm
c Carmiehael & Martin, an exceedingly prosperous enter-
tse of this city. Mr. Camiehael was born near Hanlon'a
U, Ritchie County, West Virginia, March 30, 1876. His
rents were David and Nancy A. (Locke) Carmiehael.
David Carmiehael was a man of sterling integrity and of
i usual business ability. He was a native of Ohio and was
iven years old when he came to West Virginia, a poor hoy
t king employment, which he accepted as a farm hand and
rked for 50 cents a day. He had but limited opportunities
r acquiring an education, but he had the ambition to better

1 condition and took advantage of such chances as came
t way, paying attention to those better equipped than
nself and reading instructive books. Proving industrious
d reliable in the employ of farmers, this reputation en-

! led him to secure better wages in the employ of tobacco
ckers and he became manager of a warehouse. Later he
is employed in Hanlon 's Mill, situated on McKim Creek,
ro miles out of Hebron, and it was at this point, in a
tie building 12 by 16 feet in dimensions which he had
lilt himself, that he began business as a merchant. He
id natural aptitude for merchandising, and from this
unble beginning developed into one of the most successful
erchants in Tyler County. Subsequently finding a pur-
laser for his small store, he opened another at Mole HilJ
i Ritchie County, removing from there two years later
i Wick, Tyler County, where he was a merchant for five
jars. His next removal was to Meadville in Tyler County,
here he remained in the mercantile business and also
perated a farm, and then moved to Smithfield, in the oil
iatrict of Wetzel County, and for fifteen years was the
ading merchant in that county.

In the meanwhile David Carmiehael married Nancy A.
©eke, and three children were born to them: Floyd, who
) manager of the Carmiehael Candy Company, wholesale
onfectioners at Clarksburg, West Virginia; Alice, who
ied at the age of twenty-two years, was the wife of Nathan
Jane; and Wilbert F., who belongs to Parkersburg. Da\id
'annichael was a member of the Christian Church. He was
ctive in the democratic party, served one term as a justice
f the peace and at one time was his party's candidate for
heriff. When he retired from business he was succeeded
>y his sons, and he finally returned to Ohio. His death
•ceurred at Zanesville in April, 1917.

Wilbert F. Carmiehael with his brother and sister had
dncational advantages that had been denied to their father
n his youth but on which he always set a high value. Mr.
Jarmichael learned telegraphing and was an operator for
bur years, then, with his brother, succeeded his father iu
>usiness, and for the next fifteen years the brothers were
issociated at Smithfield as merchants and lumber men,
Gilbert F. attending mainly to their lumber interests in
Nicholas, Webster and Clay counties, In 1915 they re-
noved to Clarksburg and went into the wholesale con-
fectionery business, where Floyd Carmiehael continues, but
n 1920 Wilbert F. Carmiehael came to Parkersburg, and
n association with his brother-in-law, Dr. J. E. Martin,
organized the wholesale confectionery firm of Cannichael &
klartin, succeeding the old firm of D. W. Dabney. Mr.
3annichael has shown good judgment in his choice of busi-
iess and the ontlook is very promising.

Hi 1897 Mr. Carmiehael married Miss Virginia Bueher,

who died in 1904, leaving three children: Mabel, wife of
Ray Lang, Alice and David. In 1908 Mr. Cannichael mar-
ried Miss Inez Martin, daughter of Sidney and Sophia
(Morrow) Martin, of Shiloh, Tyler County, West Virginia,
Mr. Carmiehael is a Knight Templar Mason and belongs
also to the order of United Commercial Travelers.

J. Press ley Crawford, member of the well known firm
of Crawford & Son, real estate and insurance agents of
Morgantown, West Virginia, is a son of William A. and
Loumonia F. Crawford. He was born in Greene County,
Virginia, September 17, 1897, where he was trained to work
on his father's farm early and late. He attended the public
schools of his county, also Elon College in North Carolina.
On January 1, 1918, he married N. Grace Barker, who was
born in Monongalia County, daughter of Joseph J. Barker
and Sallie (Morris) Barker. They have a son, Milton
Stanley, born October 31, 1919.

In 1918, at the age of twenty-one, Mr. Crawford began
his business career at Morgantown as a salesman for W. B.
Sharp, real estate and insurance, and in 1920 he and his
father bought out the growing business of Mr. Sharp, and
the firm of Crawford & Son was formed, which has grown
and now enjoys an extended clientage, representing some of
the standard lines of insurance and specializing in city
property, improved orchards, farms, coal and timber lands.
He also represents the E. A. Strout Farm Agency for his
section of the state, the largest farm agency in the world.
Mr. Crawford is one of the younger business men of Morgan-
town, and has displayed remarkable energy and resource-
fulness in everything he has undertaken. He, like his father,
is a son of the Old Dominion and feels at home among the
"West Virginia Hills." J. Pressley Crawford possesses
that indomitable will power to make a thing go if there is
any chance, never yielding to failure, and the firm of Craw-
ford & Son, of which he is a part, will no doubt be known
through years to come.

William A. Crawford, Sr., member of the firm of Craw-
ford & Son, was born in Old Virginia, in the County of
Greene, November 30, 1S64. His ancestors were of Scotch-
Irish and English descent. He was educated in the public
schools of his county and at the age of eighteen "he com-
menced his chosen profession of teaching in the public
schools of his native county, and followed this work for
twenty-seven consecutive terms. Mr. Crawford was brought
up in the rural part of his county, where schools were few
and far between, and he was forced to walk from four to
six miles to school, but as soon as he was old enough was
able to pass a ereditable examination and take charge of
a school of his own.

In 18^6 Mr. Crawford married Miss L. F. Morris, one of
his pupils, and to this union three children were born, Iola
Graham, who died at the age of twenty-eight years, Addie
and J. Pressley.

Mr. Crawford always took an active part in the polities
of his county, and has held offices of his county from justice
of the peace to high sheriff. When he entered polities his
county was overwhelmingly democratic, but by hard work he
was able to swing it over to the republican column, where it
has since remained.

Being a farmer and teacher and living in one of the best
fruit sections of his state, he became interested in horticul-
ture and planted out three of the largest commercial
orchards in his county, the largest of which he still owns
and refuses to sell, and by his influence in that direction
many people have planted good sized orchards in Greene
County.

In 1920 Mr. Crawford removed to Morgantown, West
Virginia, where his youngest daughter and son, J. Pressley
Crawford, both live. He has always been interested in the
welfare of the rising generation, and outside of his school
work has been an active member of the Christian Church
(better known in some places as the Christian Connection)
and has held several important positions in his conference.

George L. Dudley. Three generations of the Dudley
family have had a very substantial participation in the

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life, affairs and progress of the Parkersburg community.
George L. Dudley is a man whose business qualifications
have been appreciated by all who have come in contact
with him, though normally he is very unostentatious, ac-
complishes his work with a quiet efficiency, and has been
well satisfied to remain completely outside the sphere of
politics and political honors.

His father, Lysander Dudley, was born about 1847 in
Connecticut. When he was about a year old he was brought
west by his parents Lysander and Betsy (Hull) Dudley,
to Wood County, where they located on a country property
ou what is known today as Dudley Avenue in the northern
part of Parkersburg. Lysander, Sr., was a carpenter and
contractor, and in that industry he erected niauy of the im-
portant buildings of his day. He also was very active in
the Baptist Church, and met all the tests of good citizen-
ship.

His son Lysander up to 1892 lived on a farm that
is now included in the City of Parkersburg. After he left
the farm he gave his attention to the buying and selling
of coal, timber and other lands. As a matter of duty and
not in line with any ambition he accepted the responsi-
bilities of pnblic office when called upon, and among other
local positions he was a councilman. He was also a de-
vout member of the Baptist Church. His death occurred in
1916. Lysander Dudley, Jr., married Mollie F. Burdette,
a relative of the late Bob Burdette, the famous humorist.
She is still living, and of her nine children seven are living.

George Lewis Dudley was born at Parkersburg November
1, 1868, and supplemented his public school education with
a course in a business college at Wheeling. He also left the
home farm in 1892, and for several years thereafter was
associated with his father in business. For about two
years he had merchandising and timber interests in Roane
County, but his chief business now and for some years
past has been the Citizens Lumber Company, of which he
is vice president and general manager.

Mr. Dudley is a Presbyterian, a democrat who frequently
exercises independent choice of candidates, is a Knight
Templar and thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a
member of the Mystic Shrine, and the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks. He is identified wtih the Chamber
of Commerce and is a memher of Blennerhasset and Country
clubs.

In 1892 Mr. Dudley married Mary Frances Foley. Their
two sons are George L., Jr., and Samuel Burdett. The
older was in the aviation section as a second lieutenant
during the World war, but the armistice was signed before
he was sent abroad. The younger son, at the age of fifteen,
ran away from home and enlisted, but had only one month
of soldier life.

William H. Carfer has been a resident of Wood Connty
nearly all his life, and his activities as a farmer, public
official and business executive constitute an impressive total
that justifies the widespread esteem in which he is held at
Parkersburg and in other sections of the state.

He represents the third generation of the Carfer family
in America. His grandfather, Henry CaTfer, was a native
of Holland. Coming to the United States in 1797 as a
young man, he settled on a farm near Moundsville, Marshall
County, in what is now West Virginia, and lived out his
industrious life there.

Of his six children his second son was Stephen Carfer,
who was born on the old farm near Moundsville and married
in that county Sophia Roberts. He was a farmer there and
in 1855 moved his family to Wood County. At the out-
break of the Civil war he exhibited a passionate devotion
to the cause of the Union. He enlisted in Company K of
the Fifteenth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, though at
that time he was past the age for conscription. He ex-
plained his enlistment on the ground that he would as soon
be killed in the service of his country as killed by bush-
whackers. He was a good and faithful soldier in several
campaigns, and death overtook him in the battle of Snicker 's
Gap in the Shenandoah Valley in July, 1864. He was sur-

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vived by his widow and six children.
County, March 14, 1875.

William H. Carfer was the ninth of the twelve child a
of his parents, only six of whom grew to mature ye;j.
He was born in Marshall County, March 8, 1854, wasn
infant when the family moved to Wood County, and*
a boy of ten was able to appreciate the tragedy of 'g I
soldier father's death. He had the advantages of the c<.*
mon schools in his neighborhood and when about seventa
years of age did grade work on the Chesapeake & Ohio R •
road. For five years he also assisted in operating a pc,.
able saw mill. Otherwise his place and his duties were <i
the home farm to the age of thirty-six.

Mr. Carfer removed to Parkersburg in 1890, and f o a
time was a carpenter and employed in other capacities, e-j
served four years on the Parkersburg police force, e
last six months as a lieutenant of police. In 1896 he vl
elected constable, performing those duties four years. !i|
1900 he was elected and for four years was a justice t
the peace, and in 1904 was chosen for a four year tei
as sheriff of Wood County. In 1910 he was a candid »
for the State Legislature, but was defeated in the democra»
landslide of that year.

Since leaving politics and the public service Mr. Carr
has been interested in oil production and since 1915 h
been treasurer of the Union Merchandise Company. Her
also president of the Parkersburg Transfer & Storage Co-
pa ny and a director of the Central Bank & Trust Compa;.
He is a member of the Official Board of the First Methodt
Church and a teacher in the Snnday School. He has alwsj
been a stanch republican, and fraternally is affiliated wk
the Independent Order of Odd FeUows and Knights f
Pythias.

April 8, 1880, he married Violet, Adelaide Owings. Sj
died November 20, 1898. She was the mother of four cb-
dren: Mary Estella, who died at the age of four year
William Clayton, who died June 22, 1902, aged ninete[
years; Archie Boyd, who is a graduate of West Virgil.
University ; and John Franklin, who has found his work k
the oil industry, both in Mexico and elsewhere. Octot*
27, 1903, Mr. Carfer married Mrs. Sarah Jane (Satterfiel,
Kiger. She had two children by her first husband, Willis.
H. Kiger. They are Martha Alta, now Mrs. Walter Dos;
and Thomas E. Kiger.

Roblrt T. Stealet went to work in a useful occupati
as soon as he left school, and by quiet and efficient p(,
formance in his line of duty has gained recognition as
good business man and is especially well known in hot
circles.

Mr. Stealey, who for a number of years has been connect)
with the Chancellor Hotel at Parkersburg, was born
Middleburn, West Virginia, March 20, 1874, son of Llo?
L. and Mary H. (Billingsley) Stealy. His father spe
practically his entire life as a Middlehurn merchant, w.
a man who enjoyed a widely extended friendship, and w;
active in the Methodist Church.

One of eight children, all living but one, Robert '
Stealy grew up in the family home at Middleburn. He a
tended the common schools there and when about sevente<
he started to learn the printer's trade in the office of
country newspaper. He had four years of this training ai
experience, but did not put bis knowledge to use, since 1
left the printing office to become clerk in the Wells Hot
at Sistersville. His home has been at Parkersburg sin
1898, and for several years he was clerk in the Blennerha
set Hotel, and in 1903 became clerk of the Chancellor Hot)
Later he acquired stock and is now treasurer of the Bai
Block Investment Company, which is the operating corpoi
tion of the Chancellor Hotel.

Mr. Stealey is a member of the Parkersburg Country Clu
and of the Rotary Club. In 1906 he married Miss LDln
Casto, of Parkersburg. Mrs. Stealey died January 22, 19]
leaving two children, Robert Evans and Julian Dorr. Mj
Stealey 's father was the late D. C. Casto, a well knot
Parkersburg lawyer.

I Philip D. Neal. During the past thirty years Philip
I . Neal has had an official and directing part in the man-
I foment of half a dozen or more of Parkersburg 's chief
Idustries, commercial and banking institutions, His high
aco ns a business man and citizen is an additional honor
n family that lias been one of historic distinction in
ood County from the very beginning of settlement.
Mr. Neal i9 a great-grandson of that historic figure, Capt.
wies Neal, founder of Neal's Stalion, the first block house
id center of settlement in Wood County. lie built this
lock house in 1785, and with his family located there
ermnnently two years later. The connected facts in the
ireer of Capt. James Neal are given on other pages of
le biographical section.

Philip Neal's grandfather was John Neal, born in 1776,-
id died in 1825. He is frequently referred to among
ioncer characters as Sheriff Neal. He was high sheriff of
."ood County from 1807 to 1809, in the latter year was
hosen member of the House of Burgesses, and from 1S00
ntil the end of his life he sat on the bench of the County
'ourt. llis wife, whom he married in 1796, was Ephlis
look, then about sixteen years of age, who died in 1852.
sheriff John Neal had thirteen children, and several of
lis sons carried the line of descent down to the present
feneration.

His tenth child was George B. Neal, who was born Feb-
ruary 2, 1816, and died December 24, 1892. He spent all
lis life at Parkersburg, where he was the owner of a wharf
>oat and widely known in the river traffic He was a mem-
oer of the Episcopal Church, a democrat, and while he never
ittained wealth he was highly respected. He married Caro-
line McKinley. a daughter of William McKinley, of an old
time family of Weston, West Virginia. She died in 1897.
Her children were: Eva, widow of W. W. George; Annie,
wife of Dr. N. L. Guice; Philip D.; Bettie, wife of Dr.
George S. Bowles; Georgie M., deceased wife of Doctor
Carr; Edward, who died in infancy; and Emma, Mrs. W.
C. McConaughey, of Parkersburg.

Philip Doddridge Neal was born at Parkersburg October
11, 1865. He was endowed with sound inheritance, had an
aptitude for business, was well educated in public and
private schools, and his first regular employment was as
a runner for the Parkersburg National Bank/ He was with
that institution five vears. then became bookkeeper for the
Consumers Coal & Mining Company, and in 1899 organized
the Citizens Coal Company, of which he became secretary
and manager and of which he is now viee president and
treasurer. Mr. Neal in 1S95 organized and became secre-
tary and general manager of the Parkersburg Chair Com-
pany, and is now president and treasurer of that industry.
He also organized as a subsidiary of the Citizens Coal
Company the Citizens Concrete Company. For several years
he was president of the wholesale grocery house of Shat-
mck & Jackson Company, a vice president of the Citizens
National Bank, and from time to time connected with
other local organizations.

Mr. Neal is a Knight Templar York Kite Mason, a
member of the Mystic Shrine, and a charter member of
the Rotary Club. He is a member of the Episcopal Church.
In 1S97 he married Miss Daisy Shattuck, daughter of
Charles and Annie Shattuck. Their three children are:
Caroline MeK., boni in 1898; Phyllis Shattuck, born in
1899; and Annie Shattuck, born in 1902.

Edwin* W. Crooks, M. D., has been established in the
successful general practice of his profession in the City of
Parkersburg since the year 1908, and his character and
ahility mark him as one of the representative physicians
and surgeons of Wood County. The doctor is an exemplar
of the benignant school of Homeopathy, and has become
one of its specially successful representatives in his native
state.

Doctor Crooks was born at Belleville, West Virginia, on
the 15th of September, 1874, and is a son of Horatio N.
and Marian (Mnir) Crooks. Horatio N. Crooks was born
in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and was a ehild of
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463

Virginia, his father, Capt. Horatio N. Crooks, having been
for many years a skilled and popular captain of steam-
boats plying the Ohio River between the eities of Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, and Memphis, Tennessee. Captain
Crooks purchased farm land in the vicinity of Belleville,
West Virginia, and improved this property into a pro
ductive farm, he and his wife having there maintained
their home until the time of their deaths. On this old
homestead their son noratio N. continued to reside unlil
the close of his life, and he held prestige as one of the
substantial farmers and influential citizens of the com
munity.

Dr. Edwin W. Crooks acquired his preliminary educ;i
tion in the public schools, and in his youth he began
reading medicine by utilizing the medical library of his
uncle, Dr. Edwin W. Crooks, who had removed to Cali-
fornia. Finally he entered Pulte Medical College in the
City of Cincinnati, Ohio, this institution, one of the oldest
and best Homeopathic schools in the West, having been
founded by another uuele of the doctor. He was graduated
as a member of the class of 1906, and since thus re-
ceiving his degree he has continued a close student of the
best standard and periodical literature of his profession
and thus kept in touch with the advances made in medical
and surgical science. As previously stated, Doctor Crooke
has been engaged in practice at Parkersburg since 1908,
and this city has been the stage of his earnest and able
labors that have resulted in his building up a large and
representative practice which gives him precedence as one
of the leading physicians of the metropolis of his native
county. He is a member of the Little Kanawha and Ohio
Valley Medical Society and the American Institute of
Homeopathy. He gave nine years of effective service as
president of the Board of Health of Wood County, is a
republican in political allegiance, and in the time-honored
Masonie fraternity he has completed the circle of each the
Tork and the Scottish Rites, in the latter of which he has
received the thirty-seeond degree. His maximum York Rite
affiliation is with the Commandery of Knights Templars
in his home city, he is identified also with Nemesis Temple
of the Mystic Shrine, and is an appreciative and popular
member of Parkersburg Lodge of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks.

The year 1917 recorded the marriage of Doctor Crooks
and Miss Rebecca Dils, and they have two sons, Edwin W.,
Jr., and Horatio N. (III). Doctor and Mrs. Crooks are
active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Hon. Walter Edmund McDougle. Thirty years as a
lawyer and eight years on the Circuit Bench is embraced in
the professional and public record of Judge McDougle of
Parkersborg. He is one of the best loved men in that
community, and upright and able judge, and a man who has
been true to all the heavy obligations of his life.

He represents the third generation of this family in West
Virginia, and was born on a farm eight miles below Parkers-
burg, in Wood County, December 4, 1S67. His first Amer
ican ancestor was John MeDougle, who was born in Scotland
in 1731. Benjamin McDougle, of the second generation, was
born in Maryland in 1762, and married Elizabeth Duke.
Their only child, Samuel F. McDougle, grandfather of Judge
McDougle, was born in Virginia, June 14, 1798, and for
some y^ars had his home in that portion of Warren County
which is now a part of Clark County in Old Virginia. In
1848 he moved to what is now West Virginia. All his active
career was spent as a farmer. He was a pronounced oppo-
nent of the institution of slavery, though essentially true to
the institutions of the South.

His son, Albert Armstrong McDougle, whose mother was
Mary Armstrong, was born in Warren County, Virginia, De-
cember 2, 1838, and spent practically his entire life as a
farmer and stockman in Wood County, West Virginia. He
was killed on a railroad crossing July 5, 1905. He was a
student at Williams College in Ohio when the Civil war
broke out. He returned home with the intention of entering
the Union army. Three brothers had gone into the Con-
federate service, and he was influenced not to enlist. In his
old home community at Washington Bottoms in Wood

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County, January 11, 1866, he married Louisa Jane Lewis,
who was born February 21, 1841, and died October 7, 1870.
Her father was Francis Keene Lewis.

Walter Edmund McDougle was the oldest of four children,
and the only one to survive infancy. His boyhood days were
spent on the home farm until 1886, and in the meantime
he attended the local schools. For about eighteen months he
attended the Tri-State Normal College at Angola, Indiana,
taking a commercial course, and in 1889 began reading law
with Judge John G. McCluer of Parkersburg. In September,
1890, he entered the law school of Washington and Lee
University, graduating with the law degree in June, 1891,
and was admitted to the bar at Parkersburg, July 13th.

Judge McDougle continued active in his work as a lawyer
for over twenty years, until he went on the bench. He was
frequently honored with public office, serving four years, -
1893-96, as prosecuting attorney of Wood County. During
•this term in office he never had a mistrial or any case suc-
cessfully appealed against him in higher courts. The judge
before whom he tried many of his cases said that he was the
best prosecuting attorney that had ever practiced in his
court. From 1909 to 1912 he was assistant prosecuting at-
torney. He was elected judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit
of West Virginia in 1912, being chosen on the republican
ticket, though for his second term he had no opposition. He
has never been a partisan politician, and his widespread
popularity is due to the eminent fitness he has shown for
his judicial responsibilities.

Judge McDougle is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and other fraternal and social organiza-
tions, and he and his family are Presbyterians. At Marietta,
Ohio, April 18, 1891, he married Myrtle Elizabeth Curry,
daughter of George and Eliza (White) Curry. Her
father was a Union soldier and later a brick manufacturer.
The only son of Judge McDougle is Robert Boreman Mc-
Dougle, who was born February 7, 1893. He graduated from
the Parkersburg High School, from Washington and Lee
University in 1916, and during the World war was a first
lieutenant in the Three Hundred and Twenty-fourth Field
Artillery, serving two years, fourteen months of which time
were spent overseas in France. He was in the battle of the
Argonne. He is now rated as one of the ablest young law-
yers in this section of West Virginia, and is assistant prose-
cuting attorney of Wood County.

Lewis M. Ludlow is president and manager of the Acme
Fishing Tool Company, one of the important industries that
contribute to the prestige Parkersburg enjoys as a business
and industrial center of the oil and gas interests in this
territory.

Mr. Ludlow, who first came to West Virginia for his
health and has remained to engage in business affairs, was
born at Ludlow, near New York City, in Westchester
County, New York, May 25, 1884, son of Thomas W. and
Harriet (Carnochan) Ludlow, his father of English and his
mother of English -Scotch ancestry. The New York town
of Ludlow was named for his grandfather, Thomas W.
Ludlow, who gave the right of way to the New York
Central Railroad.

Lewis M. Ludlow was reared at Ludlow, attended St.
John's School and Military Academy at Ossining, New
York, and subsequently entered Columbia University at
New York City, where he pursued special studies for
about three years. Lack of money not permitting him to
remain to graduate, he turned his attention to the con-
fectionery business, and having for some time suffered ill
health he sought a change of climate, removing to West
Virginia in 1910. For two years he was in Roane County
with the Louis F. Payn Oil Company, and his work put
him in practical touch with every phase of oil production.
With this experience he felt justified in entering the oil
business on his own account, but in a short time had lost
all his capital and the venture was almost disastrous.

Mr. Ludlow in 1912 became associated with the late
George L. MeKain, founder and president of the Acme
Fishing Tool Company at Parkersburg. He remained with
Mr. McKain until 1913, when he resigned his position to

enter into the importing business in New York
Upon the death of Mr. McKain he returned to Park 1
burg and again associated himself with the Acme Fish£
Tool Company, in tho capacity of president.

Mr. Ludlow is a member of the Episcopal Church, ia
republican, belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, the i- a
wanis Club, Country Club, is a member of the advisy \
board of the Old Colony Club, and is a Knight Temjr 1
and thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a memr
of Nemesis Temple of the Shrine, and the Benevolent il
Protective Order of Elks. In 1914 he married Harifr
McKain, daughter of George L. McKain. They h;e
one daughter, Ann.

Clark Nelson. The Nelsons of Parkersburg for or
fifty years have been a family with all the qualities f
enterprise and good citizenship that produce a fair i\
honorable name in a community.

In 1858 Benjamin Franklin Nelson came from Powhat,,
Ohio, to Parkersburg. He was accompanied by his wi,
whose maiden name was Emily Clark, and by four childr,
while eight other children were born to them in Parke,
burg. B. F. Nelson devoted his time and energies »
farming in the Williams District of the county, where 5
died in 1884. His widow survived him with unimpahjl
faculties until her death in 1905. Only a short time befo
she had made a visit to California to see her son. One 5
the children of B. F. Nelson was Lafayette Nelson, wt
enlisted in the Union army and died of disease while »
the service.

Clark Nelson, the younger son, was born March 30, 181',
and spent his life in Wood County, where he died S€
tember S, 1919. He made the very best possible use [
only ordinary opportunities to secure an education, a:
after exhausting the possibilities of the district schools t\
tended a normal school several times. For sixteen yea
he taught in the country district of Wood County, ei'
ploying the vacation periods to farm in the Clay ai
Lubeek districts. He was a republican in politics, hut w
seldom known in political councils, though he held sever
local positions when necessity required, more as a matt,
of good citizenship than for any other reason. He was
man of single mind and purpose, thought and acted c
rectly, and from youth to advanced years never failed !
earn the respect paid to honesty and a blameless charaete
His range of knowledge was unusually wide for one wl
had to depend upon his own efforts to secure an educ
tion. In religious matters he was a devout member <
the Baptist Church. In October, 1879, Clark Nelson ma
ried Wilda Spencer, and she is still living at Parkersbur.
Their two sons were Arta L., born July 31, 1880, an
Harvey H., born January 5, 1882.

These two sons continue the honorable prestige of th
name in Parkersburg, and are active in commercial affair
Arta L. Nelson attended a commercial college at Parker:
burg and was employed as a stenographer and bookkeepc
until he entered business with his brother in 1907. Th
Nelson brothers now have one of the prosperous mercantil
establishments of the city. Arta Nelson married, Noven
ber 27, 1912, Mary Crawford. Their three children ar
Mary, Clara Elizabeth and William Clark. Arta Nelso
is a Methodist, a republican voter, a thirty-second degre
Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Nemesis Temple of th
Shrine, and the Parkersburg Chamber of Commerce.

Harvey H. Nelson secured a good practical educatio
and at the age of nineteen began an apprenticeship at th
plumber's trade. He followed that as a regular businea
until he entered the plumhing and heating business in 190'
Both brothers were active in behalf of the various drive
and other patriotic causes in the World war. He is affil:
ated with the Masonic Order, Independent Order of Od
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and Protectiv
Order of Elks, is a member of the Rotary Club and is firs
vice president of the Chamber of Commerce. He likewis
is a republican and a Methodist. April 14, 1915, Harve,
Nelson married Nan R. Haddox. They have one daughtei
Louise.

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465

(ox&oe J. Rathbone, manager of the Camden Works
tl Parkersburg for the Standard Oil Company of New
J,*y, is a native of Parkersburg and represents two
iprmnent families of the state. He is a maternal grandson
|j James Monroe Jackson, of the distinguished family
biWest Virginia. This subject is more fully treated on
ot r pages.

i»n the Rathbone line be is descended from Wait Rath-
ke, who was a New England sea captain and also a cap-
fei of militia dnring the Revolution. A son of Wait was
Vliam Palmer Rathbone, a native of Connecticut, subsc-
I ntly a business man of New York City, and for a
uber of years a county judge in New Jersey. He set-
\{ at Burning Springs in what is now West Virginia in
3, and finally retired to Parkersburg, where he died
j 1862. His wife was Martha Valleau.
'heir son, John Valleau Rathbone, was born in New

I k City in 1821 and accompanied his father to West
\ ginia. For several years he and a brother were gen-
ie 1 merchants, and in 1861 he became interested in the
|necr phases of oil development and was one of the

0 i conspicuously successful in that industry. It is said

I I in spite of his wealth he always remained a plain
no of the people, enjoyed the companionship and fellow-
ip of his old friends and acquaintances in Parkersburg,
ai was a wit and humorist. He died January II, 1897, his
t home becoming subsequently the quarters of the Blen-

1 hasset Club. In 1841 he married Anna Maria Doremus,
c New Jersey. She died in the same year and eight
inths later than her husband. Of their eleven children

seventh in order of birth is Francis Vinton Rathbone,
o married Mary E. Jackson, daughter of Judge James
l-nroe Jackson.

Monroe Jackson Rathbone, a son of Francis V. Rathbone,
ks born in Parkersburg July 23, 1874. ne was well
picated, attending the Parkersburg High School and the

rginia Military Institute. As a youth he became a
liner for the First National Bank of Parkersburg, also
II some experience in merchandising, and for a time was
i employe of a local gas company. In 1895 Mr. Rath-
Ike removed to Chicago, and for five years was assistant
k.nager of the lubricating sales department of the Stand-
ill Oil Company.

On his return to Parkersburg in 1900 he was purchasing
► ent for the wholesale grocery house of Shattuck-Jackson

I mpany, but in 1904 resumed his service with the Standard

II Company, and since 1907 has been manager of the
mden Works. He represents the third generation of a
mily active in the oil industry in West Virginia. Mr.
tthbone is also a director of the Citizens National Bank.
Other interests and activities betray the public spirited
d benevolent character of his citizenship. He is a mem-

'r of the Board of Governors of the Country Club, a
rector of the Blennerhasset Club, a member of the Rotary
ub, Chamber of Commerce, an Elk, is president of the
»1 council of the Boy Scouts, and during the World war
«s a member of the War Labor Board. He is a demo-
at in politics and a member of the Protestant Episcopal
mrch.

October 19, 1S98, Mr. Rathbone married Miss Ida Vir-
nia Welch, daughter of W. M. Welch. Four sons were
•rn to their marriage: Monroe Jackson, Jr., Richard A.,
illiam Vinton, and James Vinton. The youngest died in
fancy.

Jackson Family. John Jackson was born near Lon-
mderry, Ireland, in 1719, was reared in the City of
aadon, where he learned the builder's trade, and in 1848
t>ssed the ocean to Calvert County, Maryland. About
'69 he and his family crossed the mountains into North-
estern Virginia and made permanent settlement on the
uckhannon River, just below Jackson 's Fort. Both he and
s wife had experiences during the period of Indian war-
ire, and in mental, moral and physical strength they were
tad to become the forebears of an illustrious race of
ascendants. John Jackson died at Clarksburg September
5, 1801. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth
ommins, died in 1825. Of their eight children the second

son, Edward, was the grandfather of Thomas Jonathan
Jackson, known to immortal fame as Gen. Stonewall
Jackson.

Their first son was known as Col. George Jackson. He
was born about 1750 and in 1773 entered 400 acres of
land in the vicinity of Clarksburg. He had a sound mental
and physical inheritance, and was a natural leader, though
without the opportunities to secure a literary education.
He was with the frontier militia in the Indian wars, waa
commissioned colonel of a Virginia regiment by General
Washington in the Revolution, and in 1781 joined General
Clark's expedition against the British at Detroit. The
first County Court of Harrison County was held at his home
in 1784. He was elected a member of the House of Bur-
gesses, was a member of the State Convention that ratified
the Federal Constitution, and three times was chosen a
member of Congress. It is said that a speech he made in
Congress caused so much amusement among the members
that he announced he would go home and send his son to
Congress, and he would not be laughed at. His son John,
in fact, immediately succeeded him, entering the Eighth
Congress.

This son, John George Jackson, was born near Buek-
hannon, Virginia, and died at Clarksburg in 1825. He was
liberally educated by his father, was elected a member
of the Legislature in 1797, was appointed surveyor of
Government lands west of the Ohio in 1793, and, as noted,
was elected to Congress as successor of his father, serving
from the Eighth to the Fourteenth congresses inclusive, ex-
cept the Twelfth. He was a brigadier general of militia
and in 1819 appointed United States judge for the Western
District of Virginia, and was on the bench when he died.
The first wife of John George Jackson was Mary Payne,
who was born about 1781 and died February 13, 1808.
She was a daughter of John and Mary (Coles) Payne. She
and Mr. Jackson were married in the executive mansion at
Washington, this being the first wedding celebrated in the
White House. That honor was granted the bride by virtue
of her being a sister of the wife of the President of
the United States, the famous Dolly Madison. The second
wife of John George Jackson, by whom is descended an-
other line of the Jackson family in West Virginia, was a
daughter of Return Jonathan Meigs, of the distinguished
Meigs family of Ohio.

The only son of the first marriage of John George
Jackson was Gen. John Jay Jackson, who was born in
Wood County, Virginia, February 13, 1800. Much of his
early life was spent in Parkersburg. He was educated
privately and in Washington College in Pennsylvania, and
by appointment from President Monroe entered West Point
Military Academy in 1815, graduating in his nineteenth
year. As an officer of the Regular army he performed
service in the Seminole war in Florida, and at one time was
a member of Gen. Andrew Jackson's staff. About January
1, 1823, he resigned his commission and turned his attention
to the law. He soon reached the front ranks of his pro-
fession and was many times elected to public office. From
1830 to 1852 he was prosecuting attorney in the Circuit
Superior Court. He was a brigadier general of Militia
from 1842 until the beginning of the Civil war. His last
public service was as a member of the Convention at
Richmond in 1861, where he eloquently upheld the Union.
He organized and was president of the Second National
Bank of Parkersburg. He died January 1. 1877.

Gen. John Jay Jackson married in 1823 Emma G. Beeson,
who died in 1842. In 1843 he married Jans E. B. Gardner.

While without doubt one of the ablest and most useful
men in his generation in Parkersburg and bis section of
Virginia, Gen. John Jay Jackson had perhaps an even
greater distinction in being the father of five eminent
sons, all of whom became conspicuons in the history of
West Virginia. These sons were Judge John Jay Jackson,
United States District Judge James Monroe Jackson, Gov-
ernor Jacob Beeson Jackson, Henry Clay Jackson and
Andrew Gardner Jackson.

William T. Cochran, present sheriff of Wood County,
was for forty years closely identified with the educational

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affairs of the county, has also been a practical farmer, and
altogether is one of the best known citizens of that locality.

Though a resident of West Virginia since early boyhood,
he was born in Monroe County, Ohio, July 12, 1861. He was
ten years of age when his parents, William and Sarah
(Morris) Cochran, moved into Wood County, West Virginia.
William Cochran was born In Ireland, came to the United
States with his parents when a boy, and spent his active life
as a farmer. He died in 1908, when about eighty years of
age, and is survived by his widow, who was born in Pennsyl-
vania in 1831, and is now ninety years of age.

One of eight children, six still living, William T. Cochran
acquired his early school advantages in Ohio, and also at-
tended public school in this state. He was very young when
he did his first duty as a teacher, and at the age of eighteen
he was granted a regular license to teach. His active inter-
est in the cause of education has never ceased. For fifteen
years he was a member of the Board of Examiners for
teachers under the old school law. In 1890 he was elected
superintendent of schools for Wood County, and after one
term of four years was re-eleeted and filled the office eight
years. Mr. Cochran enjoys the distinetiou of being one of
the few teachers of the state who have been granted a state
life certificate. From the time he left the superintendent's
office he alternately taught and farmed until 1920. He
owns 100 acres of land and other property in Wood County,
and has been a careful, conservative business man.

On May 25, 1920, he was nominated for sheriff of Wood
County over five competitors, and was chosen to the office
by a majority of 422. He had qualifications for this post,
.since he had acted as deputy sheriff for sixteen years under
four different sheriffs. Mr. Cochran is a republican in poli-
tics. He has been a life-long member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and is affiliated with the Elks and the
Loyal Order of Moose.

Mr. Cochran married Miss Martha J. Bonar, daughter of
Matthew Bonar, of Wood County. Six children were born
to their marriage, two of whom died in infancy. Walter E.
died in Alaska while on duty as a teacher in Government
schools. Emma was also a teacher, who died at the age of
twenty. Mont is now the manager and operator of his
father's farm. Ethel is a teacher in the graded schools of
Lubeek District of Wood County.

Alvin L. Cottrill is not only one of the progressive
representatives of farm enterprise in Gilmer County but
is also serving, in 1922, as mayor of Gleuville, the judicial
center of the county. He was born iu Harrison County, this
state, January 19, 1S68, and is a son of Mortimer and
Sarah (Cottrill) Cottrill, who were of the same family name
but of no kinship. The parents were reared under the in-
fluences of farm life in Harrison County, and the father
gave his entire active career to farm industry, in which
he gained substantial success. He continued his residence
in Harrison County until 1893, when he removed to Gilmer
County and purchased a farm on the Waters of Dusk Camp
in Glenville District. There both he and his wife passed
the remainder of their lives, both having been zealous mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Cottrill
having beeu a stanch democrat. Of their six children four
are living: Jane is the wife of George Davis; Eev. Fred-
erick is a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church;
Mary is the widow of I. E. Hebnuth; and Alvin L., of this
review, is the youngest of the number.

The old home farm in Harrison County was the scene of
the experiences of Alvin L. Cottrill from the time of his
birth until he had attained to adult age, and he gained
his early education in the public and select schools. He
early assumed his full share of responsibility in connection
with the work of the home farm, and in his youth gained
also a goodly skill as a carpenter, with the result that
there was no little damage for his service as an artisan
in this line. In his independent farming enterprise Mr.
Cottrill has brought to bear the energy and progressive
policies that make for maximum success, and near his home
village of Glenville he is now the owner of a valuable
farm property of 386 acres, on which are two producing
gas wells, also a fifteen-room residence. He also has two

lots in town. He has given special attention to the ralg
of cattle, and has been a leader in vigorous farm induiy
in this county. He is a stockholder in the Glenville Bit-
ing & Trust Company, and his civic loyalty and public sj.it
Is indicated not only by the fact that he served in 1921 <\
1922 as mayor of Glenville, but also by his having previoiy
been called upon to function in this office, in 1915. His
unwavering in his support of the cause of the demoerj©
party, is affiliated with the Independent Order of (d
Fellows, and he and his wife are leading members of e
Glenville Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he i a
trustee, besides being the present superintendent of is
Sunday school.

In 1896 was solemnizeil the marriage of Mr. Cottrill d
Miss Angeline Davis, who was born in Lewis County, js
state, Deeember 10, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Cottrill have <r
children: Floda G. is a graduate of the State Noril
School at Glenville and is now a clerk in a mereane
establishment in this village; Nellie M. was born in 11
and is attending the public schools of Glenville.

"Harvey A. Hall is giving a most progressive and cfficilt
administration of the office of county agent of Gihfr
County, with official headquarters at Glenville, the couy
seat. lie was born on a farm in Lewis County, this stj,
May 30, 1891, and is a son of Minor J. and Amandaf.
(Gaston) Hall, both likewise natives of Lewis Com>,
where the former was born in March, 1853, and the lair
in March, 1855, both having been reared on farms in e
same neighborhood and having received the advantages f
the local schools of the period. After their marriage e
parents settled on a farm on Freeman's Creek in Leis
County, and here they have maintained their home to e
present tune, both being members of the United Brethu
Church and the father being a republican in politics, f
the eleven children five are now living: Tensie is the
of C. N. Robinson, of Lewis County; Delia is the wife f
C. M. Gall, of that county; Enoch M. is a resident f
Weston; Blouda S. graduated in a business college ands
now a progressive farmer in Lewis County.

Harvey Hall was reared on the home farm and supp-
mented the discipline of the public schools by attending e
West Virginia State Normal School at Glenville and la r
the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanill
Arts at Ames, Iowa, in which he was graduated with e
degree of Bachelor of Science. For five years thereafr
he was actively associated with farm enterprise in his natc
state, and he was then ar>pointed to his present office, tt
of county agent of Gilmer County, a position in which e
finds ample opportunity for the effective use of his teehnil
knowledge and administrative ability. His political allc-
ance is given to the republican party, and in the Masoe
fraternity he has received the thirty-second degree of |e
Scottish Bite. At Weston, Lewis County, his basic Masoc
affiliation is with Weston Lodge No. 10, Ancient Free 'A
Accepted Masons, he is affiliated also with the Chapter f
Boyal Arch Masons and the Commandery of Knigs
Templar at that place, and is also a member of Nenus
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S„ at Parkersburg, West Virgir..

December 15, 1919, recorded the marriage of Mr. Hall si
Miss Mabel MeGinnis, a graduate of the State Norrl
School at Glenville, and the one child of this union in
winsome little daughter, Roberta, born July 23, 1920. I

Charles T. Whiting has long beeu numbered among 's
representative merchants of Glenville, the judicial cenr
of Gilmer tJounty, and is the owner also of a well impnni
farm of 100 acres, as well as the small farm on whi
he resides, adjacent to Glenville, and the Whiting Hou*,
with a block of ground, at the county seat. Mr. Whitij
was born on the old homestead farm of the family n<r
Glenville, and the date of his nativity was October 14, 18 I
He is a son of Samuel S. and Susan (Varner) Whitir.
Samuel S. Whiting was born and reared in England, a I
upon coming to the United States he first settled in 19
State of New York. From the old Empire State he ca*
to what is now West Virginia and acquired a large tract t
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^turist and stock-grower and where be died in 1857, when
eon Charles T., of this sketch, waa not yet three years
age. Mrs. Whiting survived her husband many yeara,
| both were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal
urch. They became the parents of six sons, of whom the
k\ject of this sketch was the fifth in order of birth. John
Bieceased, as is also Samuel H. W. B. was a Union soldier
■ the Civil war, as a member of Company G, Tenth West
jrginia Volunteer Infantry. W. D., who was formerly en-
Ljed in the mercantile business, is now superintendent of
is of the largest and finest orchards in Hampshire County,
Is state.

(Charles T. Whiting was ten years of age when bis
dowed mother removed from the farm to Glenville, where
attended the village schools and supplemented this dis-
)line by here continuing his studies in the State Normal
hool. In 1869 he here took a position a9 clerk in the
aeral store of W. T. Wiant, and two years later he was
mitted to partnership in the business. The enterprise was
ereafter conducted for eight years under the title of
iant & Whiting, and later the firm name became Whiting
•others & Company. In 1902 Mr. Whiting engaged in-
pendently in the same line of business, but later he again
rmed a partnership with hia brother, W. D. Whiting, for
1 short time, and has since conducted an associated mer-
ntile husiness alone.

Mr. Whiting is a progressive and liberal citizen, is
filiated with the Knights of Pythias, is a member of the
aptist Church, and his wife holds membership in the
resbyterian Church.

Ia February, 1875, Mr. Whiting married Miss Sarah A.
.ump, and after her death he wedded Miss Emma Law-
nee. Of the six children of the first marriage three
•e living, and of the second unioa have been born three
iildren, namely: Charles S., Harry and Andrew. Charles
. is a veteran of the World war, and is now a clerk in
1 le state prohibition office at Wheeling. Harry has active
| anagement of the Whiting House, one of the leading hotels
it Glenville, thia hotel property being owned hy his father.
' ndrew, the youngest of the three sons, is at home.

> James X. Berthy, Sa., president of the First National
;ank of Cowen, Webster County, was born in Preston
'ounty, West Virginia, August 1, 1858, about five years
rior to the time when this commonwealth waa segregated
rom Virginia and made an independent state. He is a son
f William and Mary E. (Tanner) Berthy. The father was
orn in Ireland, in 1832, and was about thirteen yeara of
ge when he accompanied bis parents on their immigration
o the United States in 1S45, the family home having at
hat time been established in Preston County, Virginia
now West Virginia). Within a few years thereafter
he father of William Berthy died, and William was
eared to manhood near Baltimore, Maryland, his educa-
ional advantages having been those of the common schools
>f the period. As a youth he became identified with con-
ttruction work in the building of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, and thereafter he served many years as a locomo-
ive engineer with this railroad system. He was a democrat
n politics, and was a man of broad views and sterling
'baracter. Both he and his wife were residents of Preston
3onnty at the time of their deaths. All of their seven
Jiildren attained to maturity, five of the number surviving
it the time of thia writing, in 1922, and James N., of this
'eview, being the eldest of the five; William is a farmer
a Preston County; Mary is the wife of George A. Ott;
Miss Ella resides with her brother William on the farm
n Preston County; and Frank is in the employ of a coal-
uining company in that county.

James N. Berthy, Sr., was reared at Newhurg, Preston
Jonnty, and there profited by the advantages of the public
ichools, besides which he there gained practical business
;xperience, he having been a lad of eleven years when he
>egan clerking in a general store. He continued his service
n this capacity until he had attained to his legal majority,
fben he became a partner in the business, his connection
rith which continued until 1891, when he removed to Upshur
3ounty and engaged in the lumber business a9 a member

of the firm of Smoot Lumber Company, in which they were
successful. In 1899 the company purchased timber land
ia Webster County, where they continued successful activi-
tiea as manufacturers of and dealers in lumher, they having
cut much of the timber on the land which they secured.
Mr. Berthy haa now virtually retired from this important
line of industrial enterprise, by selling hia lumber intcresta
to Mr. C. D. Howard, hia partner, and the mercantile inter-
ests to hi9 son and son-in-law.

Mr. Berthy became a director of the First National Bank
of Cowen at the time of its organization and incorporation,
and he is now president of the institution, ia the upbuilding
of the business of which he has been a most influential
factor. E. R. Rogers is vice president of the bank and M.
E. Squircg is its cashier. Mr. Berthy and his associate,
Mr. C. D. Howard, are the owners of valuable timher, coal
and farm lands in this section of the state. Mr. Berthy, is
one of the substantial and progressive citizens of Webster
County. His political allegiance is given to the democratic
party.

June 6, 18S3, was the date that marked the marriage of
Mr. Berthy and Miss Ethel 0. Smoot, daughter of J. R. and
Susan (Howard) Smoot. She was boru and reared at
Newburg, Preston County, and her early education included
a collegiate course. Of the five children of this union the
eldest is James N., Jr., who is successfully engaged in the
general merchandise business at Cowen; J. Howard is
located at Cowen, this state, and is a traveling salesman;
Maude B. is the wife of G. F. Wilkins ; Margaret is the wife
of W. H. Herold; and Mary is at home.

William II. Smith has been a foreeful factor in the com-
mercial, financial and civic affairs of Parkersburg for more
than half a century. The City of Parkersburg is in a sense
a modern development and creation, though it has been a
center of some trade and importance since the pioneer period
in Western Virginia. With its growth and development this
branch of the Smith family has been closely identified for
just a century.

The grandfather of the Parkersburg merchant and banker
was Robert Saurin Smith, who located at Parkersburg in
1821. He was born in Nottingham, England, Novcmher 2,
1793, son of Rev. Robert Smith and a grandson of Rev.
Francis Smith, both of whom were ministers of the General
Baptist Church in England and were pastors of the church
of that denomination at Nottingham through a long period
of years. Robert Saurin Smith came to the United States
with his wife and one child in 1819, and for the first two
years lived in Baltimore and Pittsburgh. In Parkersburg he
entered business as a tinsmith and coppersmith, gradually
extending hia enterprise to general merchandise and prod-
uce, and became one of the leading dealers in grain and
other commodities, shipping sueh products down the river
to New Orleans. He was greatly prospered in business, but
eventually, on account of ill health and other reverses, lost
most of his property. His home was at the coruer of Ann
and Fourth streets, and that property is still in the posses-
sion of his family. He was kindly and generous in all his
relations with the community of Parkcrshurg, and from
the first deeply interested in its public affairs. He was
elected a trustee of the town corporation in 1826, but could
not qualify, since he was not yet a naturalized American.
Later, when he had fulfilled that duty, he was chosen a trus-
tee in 1S34, and at different times was an official of the
town government and also served as a magistrate under the
old Dominion laws. The wife of Rohert S. Smith was Lucy
L. Brook.

Their son, William Haimes Smith, was born in Notting-
ham, England, June 1, 181S, and was only three yeara of
age when brought to Parkersburg. He completed his educa-
tion in Kenyon College at Gamhier, Ohio, and on returning
to Parkersburg hecarae associated with his father ia the
produce and river traffic, taking many cargoes of gTain to
the South. Subsequently he extended hia merchandising in-
terests to Wirt and Jackson counties, but in 1860 returned
to Wood County and bought a farm aear Parkershurg. He
was successful in his agricultural operations, and enjoyed
the quiet environment of the country for many years. While

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on the farm he was county commissioner, member of the
school board and county clerk, and also appointed by the
Legislature as commissioner to value and assess the real
estate of the county. On returning to Parkcrsburg in 188.1
he organized with his sons the W. H. Smith Hardware Com-
pany, a business that has continued in successful operation
for nearly forty years. He was for sixty-six years a dutiful
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and at
his home entertained the bishop, elders and other officials
of the church, and lived a life of exemplary Christian cou-
duct. He died February 22, 1906, at the age of eighty-eight.
In 1841 he married Sarah Rector, daughter of Charles and
Sarah (Rust) Rector, and granddaughter of Benjamin
Rector and Peter Rust, both of whom were Revolutionary
soldiers. The Rector family lived around Reetortown in
Fauquier County. Her father, Charles Rector, was a soldier
in the War of 1812 and soon afterward moved to the eastern
part of Wood County, and was one of the influential men in
the affairs of that community the rest of his life. He was
born in 1776 and died in 1859. The children of William
H. Smith, Sr., were Alice B., William Haimes, Charles R.,
Arthur B., Lucy, Troilus and Levin.

William H. Smith, Jr., is the oldest son of this family.
He was born in Jackson County, Virginia, February 16,
1847, and was about thirteen years of age when his parents
returned to Wood County. A portion of his early life was
spent on his father's farm, and he had the advantages of
the common schools. In 1864, at the age of seventeen, he
began clerking in a store at Parkersburg, and from 1867 to
1874 was employed in a local bank. He has been in the
hardware business since the fall of 1874, and for many years
has been president of the W. H. Smith Hardware Company.
However, he is perhaps best known as a banker. In 1901
he organized the Central Bank & Trust Company of Parkers-
burg, and as president has wisely guided its affairs and
made it one of the outstanding financial institutions of the
state.

His powers and talents as a business man have been care-
fully trained and developed through a long period of years
and consecutive experience. He started life well equipped
in inheritance, and had the good fortune to receive wise
direction from his parents, both of whom represented the
highest standards of Christian character, and again and
again Mr. Smith has expressed a sense of gratitude and
obligation to his father and mother for their early teaching
and training. He has always worked hard in the chosen field
of his achievement, and has also accepted duties presented
from time to time to every conscientious and thoughtful
citizen. He has been a moral force in the community of
Parkersburg, and to such men the modern city owes in large
part the solid structure of its resources and the spirit of
its enterprise.

Mr. Smith was mayor of Parkersburg in 1893-94. He is a
republican in polities, a member of the Methodist Church,
and as a citizen, he is an attendant of a church, and in
home and business he has found complete expression for his
great fund of energy. Mr. Smith on September 21, 1875,
married at Parkersburg, Miss Collie Jackson, daughter of
Gen. John J. and Jane (Gardner) Jackson.

Milton E. Squires has proved his resourcefulness and
executive ability in a significant degree through his effective
service as cashier of the First National Bank of Cowen,
Webster County, a position of which he has been the popular
incumbent since 1918, he being also a stockholder in this
well ordered institution.

Mr. Squires was born on a farm in Lewis County, West
Virginia, December 6, 1890, and is a son of G. Clark and
Lucy (Butcher) Squires, the former of whom was born in
October, 1855, and the latter in May, 1872. The father
was born and reared in Braxton County, early gained a full
share of experience in connection with the activities of the
home farm, and that he profited by his youthful educational
advantages was demonstrated in his successful service as a
teacher in the rural schools when he was a young man.
After his marriage he continued his alliance with farm
enterprise in Braxton County until 1921, when he removed

to Virginia, in which state he and his wife now reside,
is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church and
wife of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a demot
in political adhereney and is affiliated with the Impro
Order of Rod Men. G. Clark and Lucy (Butcher) Squ
have eight children: Milton E., n. Earl, Lena, Bern
Thomas, Fay, Alton and Ruth.

After having availed himself of the advantages of
public schools of Braxton County, Milton E. Squires <jfl
tinued his studies in the West Virginia State Normal ScH
at Glenviile until his graduation therein, and he gave eil
years of successful service as a teacher in the puW
schools, principally in rural districts. He was for one ya
cashier in the railway station at Burnsville, Braxton Couijl
and he then, in 1918, assumed his present responsible ofijl
that of cashier of the First National Bank of Cowen. M
Squires is aligned in the ranks of the democratic par.
h affiliated with Camden Lodge No. 107, Ancient Free ?J
Accepted Masons, and Glade Lodge No. 205, Knights]!
Pythias, at Cowen, of which he is a past chancellor, f}«
both he and his wife hold membership in the Methoct
Episcopal Church, South.

In August, 1915, was solemnized the marriage of if
Squires and Miss Mabel Greathouse, who likewise was bil
and reared in this state and who is the popular chatelap
of their attractive home. They have no children.

Alexander W. Bobbitt. The year 1922 finds Mr. B-r
bitt a resident of the Village of Cowen and in effects
service as deputy sheriff of Webster County. He was bo
in Nicholas County, West Virginia (then Virginia), on ft
1st of December, 1852, and is a son of Rufus and Mjf
(Williams) Bobbitt, the former a native of Rockbric*
County, Virginia, and the latter of what is now Greenbra
County, West Virginia. After their marriage the parei?
settled on a farm in Nicholas County, and after the dei\
of his first wife Mr. Bohbitt contracted a second marria^
He was a prosperous farmer at the time when the Civil w
began, but as the result of that conflict he met with revenj
that placed him far below his previous financial status.
continued his active alliance with farm industry in Nicho »
County until his death, was a democrat in politics and m
an earnest church member. Of the ten children of the fi-ji
marriage seven are living in 1922, the subject of this sketv
and three others of the number being residents of Websl'/
County: Lydia A. is the wife of Hiram A. Gardner, of th
county; Nannie is the widow of Porterfield Morton, who wi
a farmer of Webster County; and L. H. is one of t
progressive agriculturists of the county. John W. is a re
dent of Oklahoma. Elizabeth is the widow of A. P. Whi
and she is a resident of Richwood. Elijah, who is a progrt
sive farmer and stock dealer, resides in Nicholas County.

The old home farm was the stage of the childhood a:
youthful activities of Alexander W. Bobbitt, and in t'
common schools of Nicholas County he acquired his ear
education. He remained on the home farm until he w
twenty-eight years of age, when he married, and in 1
vigorous career since that time he has achieved substanti
success. His activities have included constructive allian
with farm industry, and he is prominently identified wi
banking interests in this section of the state. In his hor
village of Cowen he is a director of the First National Ban
lie is president of the Lanesbottom Bank at Caindc
Webster County, is a stockholder in the Nicholas Coun
Bank and is a director of the Kanawha Wholesale Groce
Company at Burnsville, Braxton County.

Mr. Bobbitt has been active iu furthering the local succe
of the democratic party, served as sheriff of Nichol;
County two terms, besides having been for two tern
deputy sheriff of that county and is now the deputy sheri
of Webster County. Both he and his wife are members <
the Baptist Church.

In 1881 Mr. Bohbitt married Miss Zerilda Huff, and tl
children of this union are six in number: W. Clinton
a high-school teacher in Clay County; Luster is the wife <
William Rollinson; Mary is the wife of W. R. Rogen
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469

i the City of Charleston; Mabel remains at the parental
Abe and is a successful teacher, as la also Lillian, who is
Lc wife of Harold Smith.

1 George R. Morton, with residence and bnsincss head-
Barters at Camden on Gauley, Webster County, is one of
jo prominent representatives of the lumher industry in
I ia section of the state. He was born on a farm on Strouds
■ reek, this county, February 16, 1S80, and is a son of Felix
■id Nannie (Bobbitt) Morton, the former of whom was
Iprn near Staunton, Virginia, in 1846, and the latter of
^hom was born in what is now Greenbrier County, West
I irginia, in 1S58. The father was reared on a farm and
Ixeived his youthful education in the eommon schools of the
l*ality and period. When the Civil war wa9 precipitated
>e became a youthful and loyal soldier of the Confederacy,
hit after his enlistment he was released, at the request of
is father, he having heen only sixteen years of age at the
jne. In Nicholas County, on the 10th of January, 1879,
Is married Miss Nannie Bobbitt, and shortly afterward
hey established their home on a farm on Strouds Creek,
debater County, where Mr. Morton became a prosperous
•xponent of agricultural and live stock industry and where
tie continued his residence until his death, his widow being
till a resident of this county. He was a stanch democrat,
ras influential in community affairs and held several ap-
|x>intive offices of loeal trust. His religious faith was that
it the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which his
rndow likewise is an earnest member. Of their children the
subject of this sketch is the eldest; K. H. likewise is en-
Ijaged in the lumber business, with headquarters at Camden
30 Gauley; Pearl P. Is also identified with the lumber
•business in Webster County; Lela ia the wife of N. Rexroad.
\ Reared on the home farm and early beginning to assist
in its work, George R. Morton made good use of the
advantages afforded in the public schools of his native
county and also attended private normal schools. He be-
came a specially successful and popular teacher, and his
pedagogic reputation and his secure plaee in the esteem
of the people of his native county finally led to his being
elected superintendent of the public schools of Webster
County, an office of which he continued the incumbent nine
years and in which he gave a most loyal and progressive
administration- He has been chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Webster County since 1912, and
in the various campaigns within this period has shown
much ability and finesse in directing the political forces
at his command. His wife is a member of the Methodist
-Episcopal Church, South. In the Masonic fraternity Mr.
Morton is affiliated with Camden Lodge No. 107, A. F. and
A. M., of which he is a past master; Richwood Chapter
wo. 37, R. A. M. ; and Sutton Commandery No. 16, Knights
Templar. Mr. Morton is a director of the Lanes Bottom
Bank in his home village and a stockholder in the First
National Bank at Cowen, and he is also of the First
National Bank of Webster Springs, the eounty seat, besides
which he is a stockholder in Camden Mercantile & Milling
Company and the Kanawha Wholesale Groeery Company at
Burnsville. Braxton County, and is vice president of the
Webster Smokeless Coal Company.

> In 1905 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Morton and
Miss Hettie Withrow, of Lewisburg, this state, and they
have three children: Weldon, Chilton and Hampton.

Elbert B. Chambers. One of the stanch and effectively
managed financial institutions of Mingo Connty is the
Matewan National Bank at Matewan, of which Mr. Cham-
bers is the president. He was born near Cedar Bluff, Taze-
well County, Virginia, on the 29th of May, 1870, and is a
son of Thomas and Sarah (Mitchell) Chambers, both like-
wise natives of that county and now residents of Matewan,
West Virginia, to which state they removed in 18S0, and
established their residence on a farm on Mate Creek, in
what is now Mingo County, before the construction of rail-
road lines through this section of the state. A man of
superabundant energy and ambition, Thomas Chambers not
only gave himself effectively to the improving and culti-
vating of his farm but also became actively identified with
the timber industry, in connection with which he rafted logs

down the Tug and Sandy rivers. He entered into a con-
tract to eut the timber from the right of way of the pro-
posed line of the Norfolk & Western Railroad from the
tunnel to Grapevine Creek, a distance of eight miles, and in
connection with this railroad development and the upbuild-
ing of towns along the line he purchased the first lot in the
new village of Matewan. Here he erected a modest building
and installed a stock of general merchandise. He thus be-
came one of the first merchants of the town, and has since
continued as one of ita representative business men and
influential and honored pioneer eitazena. He conducted hia
general store many years and is now interested in the hard-
ware and furniture business here conducted by his youngest
son. The stone used in eonatructing the foundation for his
pioneer store Mr. Chambers hauled on a sled. He has aided
largely in the civic and material development and progress
of Matewan, contributed liberally to the erection of the
two church buildings in the village, has served at varied
intervals as a member of the village council, both he and
his wife being zealous members of the Christian Church. In
the early days of his log-rafting Mr. Chambers brought back
merchandise on boats propelled with poles, and he had
many friends up and down the rivers, including the Ohio.
His eldest son, subjeet of this review, accompanied hiin on
one of these trips, and at this time saw his first railroad
train, at Louisville, Kentucky. Of the family of seven sons
and three daughters Elbert B. was the first-born. The
youngest, Thurman, is engaged in the hardware and furni-
ture business at Matewan. Arthur resides in this village
and was formerly its chief of police. James A. is engaged
in shoe manufacturing in St Louis, Missouri. John B., a
commercial traveling salesman, resides at Huntington, West
Virginia,

Elbert B. Chambers as a boy walked four miles daily to
and from school, and he early began to assist his father
in getting out and rafting timber, and while clearing the
railroad right of way he served as eamp cook for the erew
of men employed by his father. In 1898 he opened a small
general store at Matewan, and from this modest inception
he developed a substantial and prosperous business, his wife
having been his partner and effective coadjutor, he at-
tributing much of his success and advancement to her aid
and solicitous and wise counsel. He continued his large
mercantile business many years, and upon the organization
of the Matewan National Bank, May 13, 1913, he became its
president, an office of which he has since continued the
incumbent The officers and directors of the Matewan Na-
tional Bank are: Elbert B. Chambers, president; Joseph
Schaeffer, viee president; Edgar Chambers, eashicr; and
M. G. Alley and John H. Greene. He has served several
terms as a member of the village eonncil and more recently
as a member of the Mingo County Court, his status being
that of a liberal, progressive and public-spirited citizen. In
national affairs he is a stanch democrat, but in eonneetion
with public matters of a local order he is not constrained by
strict partisan lines. His wife is a member of the Christian
Chureh.

Mrs. Chambers, whose maiden name was Dora White, was
born in the State of Pennsylvania. They have seven chil-
dren: Lee is in the employ of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad Company at Matewan; Edgar is cashier of the
Matewan National Bank; Bernard is engaged in mercantile
business at Matewan; Pearl is the wife of C. W. Over-
street, a merchant in this village; Daniel is in the employ
of the Union Trust Company in the City of Charleston; and
Lena and Everett remain at the parental home.

Altred Reger Warden, M. D. A resident of Taylor
County since 1S93, Doctor Warden has practiced medicine
with gennine distinction and service, is a former member
of the State Board of Health, and outside his profession
is known throughout tho stale a<? an influential figure in
republican politics.

His family connections have bern associated with West
Virginia for several generations. His grandfather, William
Warden, was either n nntive of Scotland or of Scotch parent-
age, and spent many years on a arm at Sand Hill, near
Wheeling, where he is buried. His wife was Nancy McCusky,
and their children were: Rev. James M., Samuel, Mary,

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who married James McConn, Margaret, who became the
wife of Samuel Steele, and Miss Amanda,

Eev. James M. Warden was one of the scholarly and
able ministers of the Methodist Church in West Virginia for
many years. He was born in Marshall County, this state,
in 1836, graduated from an institution of higher education
at West Alexander, Pennsylvania, and immediately entered
the ministry, to which the rest of his life was devoted. He
died at Grafton in 1918. He was a chaplain in the Union
army during the Civil war, and was a member of the
Masonic fraternity. His wife, Joanna C. Cannon, was a
native of Pennsylvania, and died in Connecticut, but is
buried at Grafton. The children of this good old couple
were: Eev. William M., a Methodist minister of the New
York East Conference; Dr. Alfred B.; S. Watson, chief
clerk of the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company at Grafton; Frank
E., a physician at Adamsville, Ehode Island; Nancy E., wife
of William P. Hendrickson of Grafton; Cora, wife of W. E.
Clayton, one of the chief clerks in the Baltimore & Ohio
offices at Grafton; and Maud, wife of Edward Kelly, an
automobile dealer at Buckhannon.

Alfred Eeger Warden was born at Sand Hill, Marshall
County, April 19, 1860, and his childhood was spent in the
various towns and communities to which the duties of the
ministry called his father. Consequently his early schooling
was frequently interrupted. He graduated from the
Moundsville High School at nineteen, did some teaching,
took a course or two in West Virginia University, was for
two years a student in Ohio Wesleyan University at Dela-
ware, and in 1886 graduated in medicine from Western
Eeserve University at Cleveland. Doctor Warden performed
his early professional services, continuing four years, in a
mining community, at Maiden in Kanawha County. From
there he went to the State of Washington, and was located
at Spokane Falls two years. Then, in 1893, he established
his home at Grafton, and has been one of the busy profes-
sional men of that city for three decades. He has served
as president of the Taylor County Medical Society, and is
a member of the West Virginia State and American Medical
Associations. For twenty years he has been on the staff of
the Baltimore & Ohio surgeons.

Governor Dawson first delegated him with the responsibili-
ties of membership on the State Board of Health, and he
continued to serve through a period of twelve years, under
the administrations of Governors Glasscock and Hatfield.
He is the present health officer of Taylor County.

In seeking a standard of political action he did not
depart from the ways of his family, and his first presidential
vote went to James G. Blaine in 1884. He was chairman
of the Taylor County Central Committee twelve years, a
period marked by some warm and exciting contests, involv-
ing the political fortunes of some of the county 's best known
men. He has a long record of service as a delegate in con-
ventions, and at state conventions came to know the national
leaders contributed to the party by this state. He knew
personally and regarded as very able men Stephen B. Elkins
and his colleague in the United States Senate, N. B. Scott,
and among his political friends of the present generation
are Senator Southerland, Senator Davis Elkins and Harry
Woodyard.

Doctor Warden is an official member of the Grafton
Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a past master of Grafton
Lodge No. 15, F. and A. M., a member of other Masonic
bodies, including Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine. At
Benwood, West Virginia, June 10, 1886, Doctor Warden
married Miss Emma Laura Pelley, daughter of Squire A. L.
and Mary A. (Morgan) Pelley. Of the three children born
to their union a daughter, Ehea, died at Grafton, October 7,
1920, as the wife of Dr. C. F. McCuskey. The surviving son
is a graduate of West Virginia University, served two years
in the Medical Corps during the World war, is a graduate
of Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and is now
an interne in the General Hospital at Allegheny, Pittsburgh.

Charles Duffs' Floyd. The success which has crowned
the efforts of Charles Duffy Floyd, of Clarksburg, clearly
evidences the business skill, acumen and judgment of this
individual, president of the Astron Oil Company, a produc-

ing concern. He has resided at Clarksburg since 1913. 1
is a utilitarian age, in which advancement and progress ec
by activity in the commercial and industrial interests
life. There is nothing to which America owes her j
eminence among the nations of the earth more than to !jr
mineral products, and it has been in this field that 1.
Floyd has become one of the prominent men of his com-
munity.

Like many other men who have made their mark in <i
business world, Mr. Floyd is a product of agricultural W'
Virginia, having been born on a farm four miles east
Glenville, Gilmer County, October 10, 1885, a son of Je;
Lewis and Angellette (Stout) Floyd, both of whom wo
born in Braxton County, this state. The maternal grai
parents were Thomas E. and Martha (Yerkey) Floyd, ,
tives of the Old Dominion State and early settlers I
Braxton County, where their son Jesse L. was born, rear;
and educated. Jesse L. Floyd adopted farming for his li
work, and was engaged therein until the outbreak of t
Spanish-American war when, with two of his sons, Erne*
W. and Thomas W., the latter only fifteen years of age,
enlisted for service in the United States Army. After :]
ceiving his honorable discharge Mr. Floyd resumed 11
farming activities, in which he continued to be occupi'
until his death in 1913, at the age of fifty-nine years. if]
was a man who was held in great respect and esteem in li
community, and bore an unquestioned reputation as a mf
of straightforward dealing and much public spirit, li
Floyd's first wife died in 1896, leaving three sons: Erne,
W., Thomas W. and Charles D-. In 1902 Mr. Floyd marri<
Evelyn Eeed, and they became the parents of two childrei
Lucille and Jesse Lewis, Jr.

Charles Duffy was reared on the home farm and a,
quired his early education in the rural schools near by, h
summer months being passed in assisting his father ai
brothers on the home place. Later he pursued a course A
Glenville Normal School, from which he was graduated
1908, going then to St. Albans, West Virginia, where 1^
was principal of the school for one year. Next he entere
West Virginia University and took a one-year literal
course, then entering the law course and receiving his degnj
of Bachelor of Laws in 1912. He has never cared to enga^
in the practice of his profession and has not, therefore, a)
plied for admission to the bar, hut has found his leg:;
knowledge very useful to him in his business affairs. M
Floyd had a brilliant college career, both in his studies an
in a social way, as well as in athletics. He was admitte
to the Tau Delta fraternity, was president of the Centri
West Virginia University Club at Clarksburg, and durin.
the years 1910 and 1911 was a member of the varsity
football team.

On leaving the university Mr. Floyd devoted five yeai
to the real estate business at Clarksburg, where he ha
made his permanent home since February, 1913. In 191
he engaged in the coal business as secretary and treasure'
of the Fort Clark Coal Company, an office which he hel
for three years, and resigned from that post to becom
president of the Astron Oil Company, a producing concer.
operating in West Virginia, which was organized in 1920
This company has already extended its operations to grea ;
proportions, and under Mr. Floyd 's able direction and mar
agement the business is showing a constant and health,
increase.

Mr. Floyd is a member of the Clarksburg Chamber o
Commerce and the Kiwanis Club, is a thirty-second degre
Mason, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and a member of th
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He likewise hold
membership in the Masonic Club, the Allegheny Club, th<
Cheat Mountain Club and the Oral Fishing Club, and ha
numerous friends in all these organizations.

Edward G. Fetjerherm is general manager of the Wil
liam F. Mosser Company, engaged in the leather business
in the City of Eichwood, Nicholas County, where he is als<
a director of the First National Bank, with secure statu!
as one of the representative business men of this vita
and progressive little city.

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' I Mr. Feuerherm was born at Newark, New Jersey, October
V, 1876, and is a son of Randolph and Bertha (Von
wroitsczh) Feuerherm. He received his early education in
' k6 public schools of his native place, where also he at-
*«nded the Newark, New Jersey, Technical School, and the
pew Jersey Business College after which he continued his
ffcudies in Marquette University at Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
t esides which he has taken special courses of study per-
nning to the tanning and finishing of leather, especially
pper and sole and glove leather. When he came to Rich-
ood and first became associated with the William F.
♦dosser Company he remained here four years. He there-
fter was in the employ of the great meat packing corpora-
tion of Morris & Company of Chicago, and when the nation
liecame involved in the World war he returned to Riehwood
Ind became associated in the tanneries of the William F.
klosser Company, these local tanneries being the largest of
wtie kind in the United States and he being now general
manager of the same.

' Mr. Feuerherm is a stalwart republican, and was active
•ad influential in the affairs of the party while residing in
I he State of New York and also in the New England
1 >tates. At Clarksburg, West Virginia, he is affiliated with
the Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
'and he and his wife are communicants of the Catholic
Tiurch. The maiden name of Mrs. Feuerherm was Cath-
erine R. Berry, and they have two daughters, Marie and
Catherine, both having attended Mt. St. Joseph College
in the City of Dubuque, Iowa.

) Herbert McClellan Coleman, M. D., who is established
in the general practice of his profession at Thacker, Mingo
'County, was born at Hurley, Buchanan County, Virginia,
►March 12, 1SS0, and he gained his early education prin-
cipally in the public schools of West Virginia, where also
he attended the Concord State Normal School at Athens.
He aert passed one year as a student in the law department
of the University of West Virginia, and in 1901 was gradu-
ated in the law department of Southwest University at
Jackson, Tennessee. He then engaged in the practice of
law in his native county in Virginia, and there he was
elected prosecuting attorney. He made an excellent record
as a successful young lawyer, but his tastes and ambition
led him soon to abandon the legal profession, resign his
office of prosecuting attorney and turn his attention to the
stndy of medieine. In 1904 he entered the medical depart-
ment of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and in this
institution he was graduated in 1909, with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. He then became associated with Doctor
Campbell in practice at Beckley, Raleigh County, West
Virginia, and later he became contract physician in the
service of the Norfolk & Western Railroad, in connection
with construction work in double-tracking its line between
War Eagle and Devon. The doctor established his residence
at this time in the Village of Matewan, Mingo County, and
in his general practice since that period he has continued
his effective service as one of the able and representative
physicians and surgeons of Mingo County. While in
medical school be specialized in study of obstetrics and
gynecology, but while having authoritative status in such
connection he has gained specially high reputation as a
skilled surgeon. In Mingo County he was associated in
practice with Doctor Walden until the death of the latter,
and Doctor Campbell is now his assistant. Doctor Coleman
has the practice of the Thacker Coal & Coke Company, the
Thacker Coal Mining Company, the Lynn Coal Company,
the Allburn Coal Company, the Stone Mountain Coal Cor-
poration, and is local surgeon for the Norfolk & Western
Railroad. He gives professional supervision also in con-
nection with the operations of the North Matewan Coal
Company, of which he is president. During the recent
mine troubles, when the Mingo County coal fields were
being invaded by outsiders, Doctor Coleman shouldered hia
rifle and stood ready to protect the interests of the mine
operators and their employes. He removed from Matewan
to Thacker in the fall of 1921. Doctor Coleman ia a member
of the Mingo County Medical Society, the West Virginia
8tate Medical Society, the Southern Medical Association

nnd the American Medical Association. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party, he and hia wife
are members respectively of the Presbyterian Church and
the Methodist Episcopal Chureh, South, and in the Masonic
fraternity he is affiliated with the Blue Lodge at Thacker,
the Chapter and Commandery at Tazewell, Virginia, and
the Consistory of the Scottish Rite in the City of Louisville,
Kentucky, lie is a member also of the lodge of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Huntington.

January 14, 1911, recorded the marriage of Doctor Cole-
man and Miss Nell Lambert, daughter of E. n. Lambert, of
Williamson, Mingo County, and the one child of this union
is a son, Herbert McClellan Coleman, Jr.

Doctor Coleman is a son of Joseph and Arminda (Stacey)
Coleman, the former of whom died at Ilellier, Pike County,
Kentucky, in July, 1911, aged sixty -nine years, and the
latter of whom likewise attained to the age of sixty-nine
years, her death occurring in August, 1915.

Joseph Coleman was born and reared in Pike County,
Kentucky, a representative of an old and influential family
of that section of the Blue Grass State, and he was a gallant
soldier of the Union in the Civil war, as a member of the
Thirty-ninth Kentucky Mounted Infantry. His wife was
born in Buchanan County, Virginia, and there he became a
merchant at Hurley, as did he later at War Eagle in what
is now. Mingo County, West Virginia, whence he finally re-
turned to his native county in Kentucky, where he passed
the remainder of his life. He voted for Abraham Lincoln
for President of the United States, and ever afterward
continued his allegiance to the republican party. He was
affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic, and he
and his wife were members of the Baptist Chureh. They
became the parents of ten children, all of whom attained to
years of maturity and seven of whom are now living (1922),
Doctor Coleman of this review having been the eighth in
order of birth. •

Thomas W. Ayres. The thriving little City of Riehwood,
Nicholas County, claims Mr. Ayres as one of its leading
attorneys and counsellors at law, and the scope and impor-
tance of his praetice indicates the popular estimate placed
upon his professional ability and his sterling personal
characteristics.

Mr. Ayres was born on a farm near Williamsburg, Green-
brier County, this state, October 7, 18S4, and is a son of
William D. and Margaret (McMillion) Ayres, the former
of whom was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, May
10, 1834, and the latter of whom was born near Williams-
burg, in what is now West Virginia. William D. Ayres
became a resident of Nicholas County prior to the Civil
war, and was one of the pioneer teachers in the schools of
this county, he having continued his successful serviee as a
teacher for many years and having also been a progressive
exponent of farm industry, his wife having been a teacher
in a private school prior to their marriage. Now venerable
in years, this gracious and honored pioneer couple still reside
on their fine old homestead farm near Williamsburg, he
being a member of the Baptist and she of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. For forty years William D. Ayres served
as a member of the Board of Teachers' Examiners for
Greenbrier County, and he held also the office of deputy
county assessor, the while he was active in the local councils
of the democratic party. Of the three children, Thomas W.,
of this review, is the youngest; Kate is the wife of Remus
McMillion; and John M. is auditor for the White Spring*
Company, the corporation which has control of the historic
old health and pleasure resort at White Sulphur Springs,
West Virginia.

The childhood and early youth of Thomas W. Ayres were
compassed by the activities and influences of the old home
farm, and that he profited fully by the advantages of the
public schools of his native county is assured in the state-
ment that for ten years he was a successful teacher in the
public schools, in the meantime advancing his own education
along higher academic lines. In consonance with his ambi-
tion and well formulated plans he finally entered the law
department of Cumberland University, in which he was
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was

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admitted to the bar in Nicholas County, and for ten years
thereafter was engaged in successful practice at Summers-
ville, the county seat He then removed to the important
little industrial city of Richwood, this county, where he is
now a member of the representative law firm of Wolverton
& Ayres, which has specially high standing at the bar of
Nicholas County.

Mr. Ayres is a stanch advocate of the principles of the
democratic party, he and his wife hold membership in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the Masonic fraternity
be is a past master of Summersville Lodge No. 76, A. F.
and A. M.; and affiliated with Richwood Chapter No. 27,
R. A. M.; Sutton Commandery No. 16, Knights Templar;
and with Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine in the
City of Charleston. He is also a past chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias.

December 24, 1918, recorded the marriage of Mr. Ayres
and Miss Maude S. Ryder, who graduated from the West
Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon, and who was
a popular teacher in that institution prior to her marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Ayres have one child, Mary M., born May
31, 1921.

Prank Stone is actively identified with one of the im-
portant business enterprises in the City of Richwood,
Nicholas County, where he is bookkeeper for the Richwood
Store Company. He was born at Linden, Roane County,
West Virginia, September 4, 1892, and is a son of Lewis
P. and Viola (Looney) Stone, both likewise natives of that
county, where the former was born in 1856 and the latter
in 1860. The father is the owner of a fine farm property of
350 acres in Roane County, not far distant from productive
oil fields in that county. He is a democrat, is affiliated with
the Masonic fraternity, and he and his wife hold member-
ship in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Of the eight
children the eldest is Harry, who is engaged in the sawmill
business at Clay Court House, Clay County; Sallie, who is
the wife of H. A. Lawrence, was graduated in one of the
state normal schools of West Virginia and was a popular
teacher prior to her marriage; Samuel is a progressive
farmer in Roane County; John B. is bookkeeper for the
Elk Lick Coal Company at Richwood ; Frank, of this sketch,
was next in order of birth ; and Nell, Mary and Kate remain
at the parental home.

Prank Stone was reared on the home farm and gained his
preliminary education in the local schools, after which he
continued his studies in the high school for three years and
became a successful teacher in the rural schools of his
native county. In 1912 he came to Richwood and became
a clerk for the Richwood Store Comnany, After the lapse
of three years he became manager of one of the Richwood
company 's stores in Webster County, where he remained two
years. Since that time he has held the position of book-
keeper for the Richwood Store Company. His political
support is given to the democratic partv. He is secretary
of Richwood Lodge No. 122. Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, besides being affiliated with Richwood Chanter No.
37, Royal Arch Masons, Sutton Commandery No. 16,
Knights Templar, and is a Shrincr, a member of Beni-
Kertem Temple at Charleston.

The vear 1917 recorded the marriage of Mr. Stone and
Miss Velma Wilson, who graduated from high school and
the training school for nurses at Buckhannon, and was in
active service as a trained nurse for one year prior to her
marriace. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have two children: Jeanette
and Allen.

Hon. Harry Allen Downs. Berkeley County became
the home of the Downs family during the eighteenth cen-
tury, and many of its descendants are now within this and
adioining states. One of them is Harry Allen Downs of
Martinsburg, a prominent lawyer, a representative in the
Legislature, and a recognized leader in the affairs of the
Eastern Panhandle. The earlier generations of the family
were pioneer farmers, and did their part in transforming
the wilderness into a landscape of beauty and culture.
Harry Allen Downs represents the fourth successive genera-
tion of the family in what is now Berkeley County.

His great-grandfather was Charles Downs, who erecf
the first flour mill in what was then Northern Virginia,
cated at Palling Waters, Berkeley County. The only tra
portation facilities then available were by wagon tra:
and, later, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which proved
outlet for his products to the eastern markets. Char
Downs was born in the latter part of the eighteenth c«|
tury, not long after the Revolutionary war. He becai
one of the largest land owners in Berkeley County. '.
died in the seventy-sixth year of his age at the old Dow
homestead at Falling Waters.

His son Davenport Downs, who was born at Falli
Waters in Berkeley County in 1826, after attaining his n
.iority married Miss Ann LeFerre, and they removed to t
State of Iowa, where he engaged in farming until .
death in 1886. His wife, Ann, died in 1856, at the birth
her second son, Joseph Allen Downs.

Joseph Allen Downs was born at his father 's Iowa hon \
stead iu Wapello County, and soon afterward his fath •
took the motherless child back East and he was put in t»|
care of Miss Mary Cookus, on the farm of a relative, 8ar
Van Metre, in Berkeley County. Here Joseph Allen Dow
was reared, attending the public schools of the county a ,
graduating from Hyde's Seminary in Martinsburg. He
well remembered as a successful teacher, and for fifte
years prior to his death, on April 19, 1901, was princip
of the Fifth Ward schools of Martinsburg.

The wife of Joseph Allen Downs was Caroline Jeannel
Evans, daughter of Tillottson Evans, a farmer of Berkel
County, whose name introduces another interesting pione
family of this section. Tillottson was a son of Jam
Evans, one of the first settlers in the state and an Tndis
fighter. James Evans put up a fort or blocade against t
Indians at what was known as Big Spring in Berkel
County. On one occasion, when the settlement was attack
by Indians, the men folk being away, the women soug
safety in the blockade and Polly Evans, a daughter J
James, began beating a drum, which frightened the Inc
ans, causing them to flee and, thereby, saving the unanni
women from death. Tillottson Evans married Mary Ai
Orr. To this union were born three children: James T
B. Evans, Emma Virginia and Caroline Jeannette. Jam
W. B. Evans died in 1919, survived by his widow, Moll
Orcutt Evans, and six children, all of whom reside in Berk
ley County. Emma Virginia Evans was married to Georj
Dttvenport Swimley, who died at Martinsburg in -1921, h
ing survived by his widow and one daughter, now the wi
of Russell S. Sperow. Caroline Jeannette, who became tl
wife of Joseph Allen Downs, survives with three child re
William Smith, Harry Allen and Mary Ethel.

William Smith Downs was born at Martinsburg in 188
attended public schools in that city, graduating from tl
high school in 1901, and immediately entered West Virgin
University at Morgantown, graduating in 1905 with tl
degree Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Follow
ing his graduation he was for two years in the service <
the Bolivian Government of South America in railroa
building. Then, returning to the United States, he locate
at Kingwood, West Virginia, and engaged as engineer f<
the Pittsburg Hydro Electric Company in water pow«
enterprises. At this time he is division engineer for tl
State Road Commission of West Virginia, with headqua
ters at Morgantown. He married Miss Nellie Jane A
bright, of Kingweod. and they have three children. The
are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Mary Ethel Downs, who was born at Martinsburg, At
gust 20, 1894, graduated from the Martinsburg High Scho<
in 1913, and subsequently from Randolph-Macon Woman
College at Lynchburg, Virginia, with the A. B. degree. Sb
was married to Edgar Sites, now connected with the Shei
andoah Valley Bank & Trust Company of MartinsbuT|
They have two children and are members of the Luthcra
Church.

Hon. Harry Allen Downs, whose record is now taken u]
was bom at Martinsburg, February 14, 1886. As a bo
there he attended the public schools, graduating from hig
school in 1905, and in 1907 received his LL. B. degree froi
the Law School of West Virginia University. Since hi

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• duntioa in law he has been engaged in practice at Mnr-
Isburg, with offices in the People's Trust Building. While
Icollege Mr. Downs waa a member of the Beta Theta Pi
fternity, a member of the Delta Chi law fraternity, and
Beta Nu Epsilon, cap sheaf of great fraternities. Ha
lyed on the varsity baseball team for three years and on
[i football team three years. He was also treasurer of
[ graduating law class.

kDuring bis professional career Mr. Downs has made a
sendid record in various offices of trust and responsibility
feigned him. From 1911 to 1913 he was congressional
inmitteeman, representing the republican party of Berke-
Connty in the second district. He was his party's
iminee for state's attorney in 1912 and in 1916, being dc-
ited at both elections by close margins. In January,
13, he was appointed United States commissioner for the
)rthern District of West Virginia by the Hon. Alston G.
yton, then judge of the United States Court, for a term
four years. In 1917 he was reappointed for a second
rm, and he discharged the duties of this responsible office
rough two terms until January, 1921. In the meantime,
om 191S to 1921, he served as solicitor for the City of
artinsburg under the administrations of Dr. H. Q. Ton-
a and C. M. Seibert as mayor. Mr. Down3 was nominee
his party for the House of Delegates in 1920, and led
e county legislative ticket at the elections. During the
>21 session he received assignment to six committees, in-
inding the committee on judiciary, and his service was
larked by the closest attention to the important program
.' legislation before the committees and also before the
.ouse as a whole.

Mr. Downs is a past exalted ruler of Martinsburg Lodge
o s 778, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a

ast state officer of the West Virginia Elks Reunion Asso-

iation. He is a member of Robert White Lodge No. 67,
F. and A. M., at Martinsburg, is a thirty-second degree

cottish Rite Mason and a member of Osiri3 Temple of the

lystic Shrine.

Outside of his profession be is prominently identified with
pple culture iu the Panhandle. He is a director and secre-
ary of the Shepherdstown Light & Water Company and a
irector of the Hodges-Lemen Company, grain exporters,
a August, 1920, Mr. Downs married Mrs. Ethel Boyer
-emen, widow of David Lemen, of Shepherdstown, and
hey have one daughter, Harriett Aileen, born November
9, 1921. They are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Charles Walker Ferguson, prosecuting attorney of
Payne County, is one of the able young attorneys of this
sction, and one who has a brilliant future before him.
'oming of a long line of honorable ancestors, he has always
elt obligated to live up to the best traditions of his family,
nd is an honor to his name and to Wayne. He ia a veteran
f the World war, in which he made an admirable record
8 an instructor, and in every respect he measures up to the
ighest standards of American citizenship. Mr. Ferguson
as born in Wayne County, West Virginia, December 30,
692, a son of Lucian and Fannie P. (Ferguson) Ferguson,
oth natives of Wayne County.

Lucian Ferguson was a merchant and farmer, and one of
ie leading men of Wayne County. He belonged to one of
ie pioneer families of the South, all of the members of
hich served in the Confederate army, and, further back,
)me bearing the name were Revolutionary soldiers. The
laternal grandfather of Attorney Ferguson was Lieut
am J. Ferguson, of Company K, Sixteenth Virginia In-
intry; and Judge Jimison Ferguson, an uncle of Lucian
'erguson, was colonel of this same regiment of the Con-
sderate army. Mrs. Lucian Ferguson had two uncles in
ie army. John Ferguson was one, and he was killed in the
ittle of Gettysburg, and Harvey Ferguson, who was the
ther, was killed in Tennessee, and both were in the Con-
iderate service. The family of Ferguson came into this
Jgion immediately succeeding the termination of the
merican Revolution, or in 1787, having served throughout
lat conflict, and settled about one mile north of Wayne,
ne of the Fergusons, known as "Pothead" Jim Ferguson,
ved south of Wayne. He was noted for being the best

shoemaker in the county, and while making shoes, studied
law, and in time became the leading lawyer of hia state.
He framed the first code of laws for the State of West Vir-
ginia, was a member of the first constitutional convention of
the state, and also a member of the State Legislature. The
paternal grandfather of Charles Walker Ferguson, Charles
W. Ferguson, was also a member of the constitutional con-
vention. "Pothead" Ferguson died at Charleston, West
Virginia, where through his efforts the capitol of the state
was located.

Charles Walker Ferguson was educated in the public
schools of Wayne County, Oakview Academy, a private
school conducted by T. B. McClure, Marshall College for
four years, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
where he secured his degree of Bachelor of Arts and his
degree of Doctor of Lawa, being graduated from the law
department in 1915. Admitted to the bar at Morgantown
that same year, he began the practice of his profession, and
in the fall of 1916 was elected prosecuting attorney of
Wayne County, to which office he was re-elected in 1920.

In May, 1918, Mr. Ferguson enlisted in the United States
army for service during the World war, and was sent to the
Officers' Training Camp at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, Field
Artillery, and was commissioned a second lieutenant. After
six months at Camp Lee he was sent to Camp Taylor, Ken-
tucky, as an instructor of the Officers' Central Training
Camp, and remained there until the close of the war, re-
ceiving his discharge in December, 1918. He is still a
member of the Officers' Reserve Corps. Returning to
Wayne, he resumed the practice of law and his official
duties as prosecuting attorney. Although one of the young-
est men in the state to hold so responsible an office, he is
one of the most fearless, and those who appreciate his
ability declare that he will be heard of in state affairs
before long.

In November, 1919, Mr. Ferguson married Miss Shirley
Burgess, a daughter of J. B. and Eria (Garrett) Burgess.
Mr. Burges3 is a farmer and merehant. Mr. Ferguson be-
longs to the Methodist Episeopal Church, South. He is a
Blue Lodge, Chapter, Knight Templar and Shriner Mason,
and belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
the Junior Order United American Mechanics, subordinate
order of Odd Fellows, and the Uniformed Order of Encamp-
ment of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the American
Legion, the Wayne County Bar Association, the West Vir-
ginia State Bar Association and the American Bar Associa-
tion, and is active in all of these organizations. Mr. Fergu-
son is very proud of hi3 family, and takes pleasure in trac-
ing back his ancestry, not only in this country but in the
old world, for the Fergusons are of honorable descent, of
Scotch-Irish origin. Possessed of a striking and pleasing
personality, Mr. Ferguson possesses the ability to make
warm friends and to hold them close. , As a lawyer he is
logical, competent and resourceful; as a public official he is
brave, alert and upright; and as a citizen he is zealous in
discharging his responsibilities, and aiding in furthering the
best interests of hia city, county, state and country.

Will H. Peters. One of the most important advances
made of recent years in this country is the growth of the
sentiment that too much stress cannot be laid upon the
necessity for securing for the children the best educational
opportunities possible, for as they are trained during their
formative period so will they develop in later life. This
sentiment has produced the demand for educators of ability
and thorough training, and Wayne County ia fortunate in
having in its office of county superintendent of schools a
man of the caliber of Will H. Peters, a very interesting and
efficient young educator, devoted to bis work, popular alike
with the parents and pupils, and capable of obtaining from
his teachers a whole-souled co-operatioa which is working
out for a wonderful advancement. He comes of one of the
old Virginian families, of Irish descent, on his mother's
side, and of substantial Dutch ancestry on his father's, and
was born in Wayne County, December 31, 1884.

The parents of Professor Peters, William D. and Tennie
(Vinson) Peters, were both born in Kentucky, and members
of both the Peters and Vinson families served in the Amer-

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ican Revolution. William D. Peters was a timberman,
logging in the timber regions in his younger years, and later
on in life became a farmer of Wayne County. During the
time of war between the North and the South he espoused
the cause of the Confederacy, and served during the entire
war in Company K, Eighth Virginia Infantry. He was
wounded at the battle of Piedmont, but recovered and re-
joined his regiment. Professor Peters' grandfather Vinson
was colonel of this same regiment, and a man of large
affairs, his name being associated with much of the history
of his section.

Growing up in Wayne County, Professor Peters attended
its schools and took his normal course at Marshall College,
from which he was graduated in 1912 with a teacher's
certificate. Prom then on he was connected with educa-
tional work in Wayne County, teaching at different points,
and acting as principal of the schools at Port Gray until
in 1918 he was elected county superintendent of schools for
a term of four years, and took charge of his office in July,
1919.

In 1907 Professor Peters married at Louisa, Kentucky,
Miss Nora D. Prazier, a daughter of James and Virginia
(Perguson) Prazier, both natives of West Virginia and
farming people. Professor and Mrs. Peters have five
daughters, namely: Virginia, Anna Mayme, Hazel, Minnie
Lou and Josephiue, all of whom are at home. He belongs
to the Christian Church, and finds in its creed the expression
of his religious faith. A Mason, he has been advanced
through the Chapter and is going on with the work, and he
also helongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
and the Knights of Pythias. Not only is Professor Peters
a born instructor, he is an organizer as well, and is able to
conduct the affairs of his office in a systematic manner, and
to secure the services of teachers who are helpful and
enthusiastic with regard to their work. Through both
precept and example he has awakened a local pride in the
pupils, and the different schools vie with each other in rais-
ing the standard of education in this locality, with most
gratifying results.

Boss C. Bromfield. The office of sheriff is a very im-
portant one at all times and in any community, but at pres-
ent, when the country is still in the throes of the reconstruc-
tion period, there is great need for the services of men of
iron nerve, integrity of character and firm determination
to enforce the law and maintain order. The people of
Wayne County feel that they have just that kind of a mau
in their present sheriff, Boss C. Bromfield, whose election
to this office in November, 1920, was viewed with alarm by
the lawless element in this region.

Boss C. Bromfield was horn in Wayne County, November
14, 18S6, a son of Boss C. and Parilee (Davis) Bromfield,
both natives of West Virginia. The father was a farmer
for a number of years, and also served for four years as
jailor of Wayne County, was a member of the Board of
Education, and always took an active and effective part in
public affairs.

Growing up in his native county, Boss C. Bromfield, the
younger, attended its common schools, Oakview Academy, a
private school conducted by Professor McClure, and com-
pleting his studies when he was twenty-one years old, began
his practical training as a fireman for the Norfolk & West-
ern Railroad. After serving on an engine for about four
and one-half years he went into the roundhouse at Kenova,
West Virginia, for eighteen months. Severing his connec-
tion with the railroad, Mr. Bromfield went to work in a
coal mine, and had charge of the pumps there. His father
requiring his services on the homestead, Mr. Bromfield
joined him, and for some years was engaged in farming. In
November, 1920, he was the successful candidate of his
party for sheriff, taking charge of the office the subsequent
January, and already by his fearlessness and efficiency he
has justified the support given him. It is his determination
to make a record for himself as sheriff, to show no favor,
but to see that everyone is given a fair deal.

On May 2, 1910, Sheriff Bromfield married at Catletts-
burg, Kentucky, Miss Margaret Ferguson, a daughter of
Anthony Wayne and Margaret (Perguson) Ferguson, both

natives of Wayne County. Mr. Ferguson is with the V
uova, West Virginia, shops of the Baltimore & Ohio Rj
road. Sheriff and Mrs. Bromfield have five childrj
namely: Wetzel, Carlton, Pat, Jewell and L. K. 1
family belong to the Baptist Church. Fraternally
maintains membership with the Knights of Pythias,, In
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of 1
World. He is very proud of his family, which comes
old Virginia stock, of Irish descent.

Hezekiah Adkins. Wayne County affords a number
examples of self-reliant men, who entirely through th
own exertions and ability have risen to positions of tn
and responsibility in their community, and none is m<
worthy of mention than that afforded by the career
Hezekiah Adkins, county clerk of Wayne County and
man who during the many years he has been before ti
public has displayed a willingness to render the best servn
in his power, and to safeguard the interests of the te
payers.

Mr. Adkins comes of old Virginia stock, of Scotch a
Irish descent, and was born in Cabell County, West Vi
ginia, July 13, 1867, a son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Stanle,;
Adkins, hoth natives of West Virginia. Jesse Adkins w
a farmer and hlacksmith, and followed both occupations
Cabell and Wayne counties. During the war between t
two sections of the country he served in the Union arn
under Colonel Minimis, of Kentucky, and probably was 1
a Kentucky regiment. He followed his trade while in t
service, and while under orders helping to move a push bo
that was being repaired he was caught and his foot a:
the lower part of his leg were crushed, resulting in his ben
permanently crippled. Through some mistake he did n
receive his discharge from the army until 1896, when he a
plied to Washington for a pension, at which time this ovc
sight was discovered. When the matter was looked up '.
was given an honorable discharge. His death occurred
Wayne County in 1900.

Hezekiah Adkins was reared in Cabell and Wayne cou
ties, and attended their public schools, but not after t
passed his eighteenth birthday, for he then began surveyiij
with his uncle, Winchester Adkins, with whom he learnt
to be an expert, and for twenty-seven years followed
general surveying business, during this time serving ;
county surveyor for four years, 1896-1900, and for tl
entire period also conducting his farm in Wayne Count
In 1900 he was appointed deputy sheriff, which office 1
held until 1904, when he was made county engineer. I
1911 Mr. Adkins was appointed assistant clerk of tl
Circuit Court, later was made assistant clerk of Wayi
County, and in 1920 was elected county clerk of the count
and took office in January, 1921. During his long publ
service he has constantly proved his fidelity to high stan
ards, and his service has been entirely satisfactory in evei
respect.

On February 25, 1886, Mr. Adkins married Flork
Adkins, a daughter of Jacob and Eliza Adkins, farmii
people. Mr. and Mrs. Adkins became the parents of tl
following children: Eliza, who married M. J. Mills, <
Kenova, West Virginia, has the following children, Armild
Florida, Wilson and Varney; Pleasant, who married Mi:
Frankie Bing, of Wayne, has three children, Bessie, Mert:
and Jay; Jesse, who is deputy county clerk, married Mi
Ruby Gose, of Wayne, and they have two children, Rut
and Howard; Strawther, who married Miss Blanch Ton;
has five children, Virginia, Hazel, Bernard, Beldon ar
Elouise; Cassie, who married Alden Tony, of Wayne, hi
five children, Clyde, A. G., Louise, Nann and Anna; Cero:
who is at school at Valparaiso, Indiana, enlisted for servn
during the late war from a school he was attending i
Berea, Kentucky, but the armistice was signed before 1
was sent overseas; and Raleigh, Paris, Wiley, Ashbur
Mable and Hezekiah, who are at home; and one who :
deceased. Mr. Adkins is not connected with any religiot
organization, but his wife is a member of the Unite
Baptist Church, and Cassie, Paris and Ashbury belong t
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Fraternally M
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475

ler he has been advanced through tha Chapter, and with
1 Knights of Pythias. It has been the rule of his life
Eilo well whatever came to his hand, and this policy has
tulted in his advancement and enrollment in the con-
■ •nce of his fellow citizens.

■Thomas Martin Turner has been an energetic factor
I the business life of Martinsburg for a long period of
Iirs, and represents one of the oldest families in the East-
I Panhandle of West Virginia.

He was born on a farm seven miles southwest of Charles
•wn, in Jefferson County, and is a direct descendant of
|omas Turner, a native of Wales, a stanch Royalist who
lout the time of Charles I fled from England to the Ameri-
p colonies and eventually settled in the western wilds of
rginia, in whnt is now Jefferson County, West Virginia,
p had three sons, and some of his land was inherited by
. son Anthony Thomas, who was born in Virginia. The
xt generation was represented by Thomas Turner, grand-
ther of Thomas Martin Turner. This Thomns Turner
is born in the same locality as his father, inherited some
the old homestead, operated with slave labor and spent
I hia life on the farm. He married Nancy Rush, a native
' England or of English parentage. They reared five
ns and two daughters, named Anthony, Ehud, Robert,
>hn, Thomas, Jane and Ann.
I Of these Anthony Turner was born at the old homestead
firee and a half miles west of Shepherdstown, and was
meteen years of age when his father died, at which time
i left school to superintend the farm. When the estate
aa sold he bought a place southwest of Charles Town,
here his son Thomas M. was born. This farm was sold
i 1868, and he then removed to Martinsburg, where ha
ontinued in business a number of years and died April 27,
897, aged eighty years twenty-seven daya. His wife was
larrict Pitzer, who was born southwest of Martinsburg, in
terkcley County, daughter of Martin and Rachel (Bowers)
*itzer, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter
f Berkeley County. Harriet Tnrner died in 18S2, the
lother of eight children: Rachel Ann, who married James
I. Smith; Mrs. Ella Rose Brillhart; Downie V., who be-
ame the wife of John H. Carothers; Thomas Martin;
r ames; A. D. ; William L. H.; and George W. The father
f these children was always deeply interested in educational
ffairs, served as a school commissioner, was a atanch whig
nd Union man and later a republican, and a member of
ha Presbyterian Church.

Thomas Martin Turner acquired a good public school
ducation during his youth, and at the age of seventeen he
egan his apprenticeship at the marble cutter's trade,
tfter his apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman five
ears, and then for two years was a partner in marble
rorks at Martinsburg. Having sold out to his partner he
emoved to Cincinnati, but after eight months of eraploy-
lent there returned and bought his present business and
till continues the marble works as his chief interest.

At the age of twenty-seven Mr. Turner married Miss Ella
fcElroy, who was born at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia,
aughter of William nnd Emily McElrov. Mrs. Turner died
a 1911. Mr. Turner is affiliated with Equality Lodge No.
4, A. F. and A. M., Lebanon Chapter No. 2, R. A. M.,
'alestinc Commandery No. 2, K. T., and was created a
Ibble of the Mystic Shrine October 16, 1912, in Osiris Tem-
le at Wheeling. He is a past grand high priest of the
frand Royal Arch Chapter of West Virginia, a past emi-
ent commander of Palestine Commandery, nnd has served
s high priest of the Most Excellent Grand Royal Arch
jhapter of Royal Arch Masons in West Virginia. Mr.
'urncr has been a faithfnl member of the Methodist Epis-
opal Church since 1S76, and has filled the offices of stew-
rd and trustee and has been a member of the choir ainee

Charles W. Edelen, though member of one of the
Idest and most substantial agricultural families of Wood
ounty, left the farm in young manhood and chose the
tmunercial field. For thirty years or more he has been

prominent aa a hardware merchnnt, banker, and in other
lines of business at Pnrkersburg.

His ancestor and one of the pioneera of Wood County
was Robert Edelen, a farmer who located on Washington
Bottom, opposite Blennerbnsset Island. Besides several
daughters he and his wife hnd two sons, Benjamin and
John. The aon John married Alary Tims, and one of their
children is William Tims Edelen of Parkersburg.

Benjamin Edelen married Susan Clark nnd fell heir to
the old Edelen homestead at the upper end of Washington
Bottom, where he lived and practiced the arts of farm
husbandry throughout bis life. His children, all born in the
old homestead and all now deceased, were: Sarah, Mrs.
Elias Booher; Anna, Mrs. Frank Miller; Delos Marcellus;
and Stephen Wallace.

Delos Marcellua Edelen was born November 22, 1836.
He had the advantages of the farm youth of his period, and
practically his entire career was devoted to farming, though
for a short time he was a merchant at Lubeck. During
the Civil war he was an avowed Confederate in sympathies,
was a reserve officer and trained men for the army, lie
died June 14, 1887. His life was one of useful" effort,
and he was well known and respected for his sterling
honesty and integrity. He married Elizabeth Smith, whose
father, Robert Smith, was also an old time citizen of Wood
County. She died January 24, 1913. Of her four children
two died in infancy and those surviving are Charles W.
and Sarah L.

Charles W. Edelen was born in the same locality as his
father and grandfather, on June 13, 1865. He acquired
his education there, fitted himself for farm duties, but the
year following his father's death moved into Parkersburg
and began work as a clerk in the hardware store of W.
H. Smith Hardware Company. He has been continuously
identified with that business ever since and is now vice
president and manager of the corporation, one of the
lending hardware housea of the city. Mr. Edelen is also
vice president of the Parkersburg Transfer & Storage Com-
pany, is vice president of the Union Merchandise Companv,
a director of the Central Bank & Trust Company and
director of the Exchange Building Association. Mr. Edelen
has been a faithful member of St. Paul's Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, for thirty years, is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and is a democrat.

April 11, 1889, he married Lena L. Leachman. She died
in January, 1910. October 13, 1919, he married Miss Ruth
Kilton Caldwell. Mr. Edelen by his first marriage had
seven children: Barbara, wife of Fred Perkins; Charles
Brooks, living in Cleveland, Ohio; John Richard; Eugene
Elliott; Rama May, a student in Ohio State University;
Elizabeth; and Isabel.

Three of his sons had army records. Charles Brooks
was in the nviation service as an instructor at Grand
Rapids, Michigan. John Richard enlisted before he was
twenty-one in the hospital branch, was promoted from time
to time, became pharmacist's mate in the navy, and most
of his time was spent overseas. He had charge of the
pharmaceutical department of the fleet that laid tha mines
for the allies in the North Sea. He is atill in the navy,
and is stationed in France (1921) in government work.
The third son, Eugene Elliott, was born March 18, 1899,
and was barely eighteen when he enlisted, being assigned
to the medical department of the navy. He made fourteen
trips across the ocean on vessels convoying troops. He is
now in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company, and is stationed at Dayton, Ohio.

William J. Davidson, M. D. West Virginia lost one
of its ablest surgeons in the death of William J. David-
son of Parkersburg. Highly skilled in that branch of his
profession, Dr. Davidson used his talents for the benefit
of humanity. His was a professional career singularly
dedicated to service. While he was the last of this branch
of the family, there were hundreda and perhaps thousands
who mourned his untimely death as a personal and irrepa-
rable loss.

His father, Curtis Davidson, was born in Taylor County,

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia, in 1837, and spent his entire life there,
dying in 1904, at the age of sixty-seven. Against adverso
conditions he achieved honor and success, growing up on
his father's farm, acquiring a common school education,
and as a young man teaching in district school. In a
community where partisanship divided neighbors and rel-
atives against each other, at the time of the war he
espoused the Union cause and became a private in Company
C of the Third Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He rose
to the rank of lieutenant and was a captain when the
war closed. He was in some of the great battles and
campaigns of the struggle. After the war he resumed
farming in Taylor County. He married Abbie Fleming,
daughter of Maj. J. C. Fleming. Their three children
were: William J.; John N., who died June 13, 1899; and
Lucy, who died in infancy.

William J. Davidson was born on the home farm in
Flemington May 29, 1867. He attended the public schools
and West Virginia College at Flemington. He had the
routine of a farm experience, and left the farm to form
a partnership with his cousin, J. W. Davidson, the firm
W. J. and J. W. Davidson conducting a mercantile estab-
lishment at Webster in Taylor County. Two years later
their stock was removed to Flemington and consolidated
with another business, subsequently conducted as H. P.
Davidson & Company. William J. Davidson after about
a year of experience as a merchant determined to prepare
himself for a medical career, and at the age of twenty-
two entered Louisville Medical College, graduating three
years later. He also attended the Atlanta Medical College
and for two years was in the New York Polyclinic, the
greater part of that time being house surgeon of the
Polyclinic Hospital. For a year he was special assistant
to Dr. John F. Wyeth, founder and president of the New
York Polyclinic Hospital. In 1898 Doctor Davidson began
his professional work at Parkersburg, and some five years
later went abroad and supplemented his personal skill and
experience in surgery by attending instruction and clinics
conducted by famous English surgeons of London, and
also traveled widely over the Continent. Doctor Davidson
was chief surgeon of St. Joseph's Hospital at Parkers-
burg, and few surgeons had such uniform success in their
practice. He was a member of the American Medical
Association, the County and State Medical societies, and
Governor Hatfield appointed him a member of the Public
Health Council of the state, in which department he served
from April 1, 1913, to June 30, 1917. Governor E. F.
Morgan again appointed him for a term of four years,
beginning July 1, 1921. Governor Cornwall made him a
member of "the court of last resort," whose chief function
was to determine questions affecting men in the draft
during the World war. Doctor Davidson was a thirty-
second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Nemesis
Temple of the Mystic Shrine, but social organizations and
activities could count on only a nominal participation from
a man so thoroughly devoted to his professional work.
He was unmarried. Perhaps the one hobby he indulged
was the collection of weapons, ancient and modern, from
all lands, and he spent much time and money in accumulat-
ing an arsenal said to be the finest collection of the kind
in West Virginia.

Doctor Davidson was in the full tide of his working
strength and efficiency when, following a visit to his old
home in Taylor County and what he regarded as an in-
significant bruise on a finger, blood poison set in, and
in spite of all specialists could do he died at Parkersburg
July 13, 1921. His was a life that touched and benefitted
the entire community, and for that reason it thoroughly
deserved the praise and tribute bestowed in the words
of the following editorial taken from the Parkersburg
News:

"Big of heart, big of body, big of brain, benevolent
and beloved, possessing that rarest of all gifts, personality,
Dr. William Johnston Davidson, one of the princes of the
earth, an idol of the people of Parkersburg and for miles
around on both sides of the Ohio River, has passed on
to that 'bourne from which no traveler returneth,' and
in his passing this city and the profession of which he

was an houored member sustains a loss that will be It
iiig through all time.

"Not only will residents in the upper walks of ]
miss Dr. Davidson because of his association, but the 1
will be particularly heavy on those in the lower classes,
whom he ministered in his profession. None were too loi
for him to attend, and his deeds of benevolence and goi
ness, of which few knew, run into thousands of cases
which the persons cared for owe their lives and heaii
to his ministrations.

"Doctor Davidson was an idealist with a philanthro
mind. When known he impressed his friends with hari
the ability to give life and pay any price to do this d(
for the benefit of humanity. The impression would a>i
be given that he was too thorough to be far wrong in &
premise, and too fundamentally truthful to deceive oth
or himself.

"No review of his splendid life will be attempted he,
It would not be possible, justly, to appreciate the achiev-
ments in charitable aid to suffering humanity which ti\
man gave. But knowledge of his good Samaritanism
embalmed in the hearts of the people of this commun
and will live forever."

Hon. William Scott John. Quoting a recent editor
in the Wheeling Intelligencer, "Mr. John is one of if}
younger men who have come conspicuously to the frci
in the public affairs of this state. A native of W«>,
Virginia, educated in the state and familiar with many
its public questions, he has rendered very conspicuous sei-
ice and has made a record for clear thinkiug, earnt;
endeavor and sincere purpose. In the two sessions f
the Legislature in which Mr. John has served, he was o
of the most valuable members of the House of Delegat,
not only on account of his intelligence and industry, b,
also on account of his high conception of public duty a:
his clear understanding of economic questions. In tij
passage of a number of bills of particular value to t;
whole people of West Virginia, Mr. John eontribut
perhaps more than any other member of the last two le
islative sessions."

Mr. John represents an old family of Monongalia Count
He was born in Cass District of that county, Janua
10, 1878, son of Lemuel N. and Julia A. (Boyers) Joh
His mother was born in Grant District of that conn
in 1843, daughter of Morgan L. Boyers. The patern
grandfather was Thomas John, likewise a native of Mono
galia County. Lemuel John and wife have been substa
tial farming people in Monongalia County all their livt
Lemuel was born in Union District May 5, 1843, and 1
and his wife still live on their farm, at the age of sevent,
eight.

William Scott John graduated A. B. from the Universil
of West Virginia in 1900, received his LL. B. degree wi1
the class of 1902, and during 1902-03, while starting h
practice at Morgantown, was also an instructor in law t
the university. During the past fifteen years he has be<
rated as one of the ablest members of the Morgantow
bar, and is also extensively interested in agriculture an
in coal production.

Mr. John served as assistant clerk of the West Virgini
Supreme Court of Appeals during 1903 05. He was electe
a member of the West Virginia Legislature in 1916, an
was re-elected in 1918, on the republican tieket. He we
minority floor leader in the session of 1917, and ws
majority floor leader in 1919. He was a member of th
committees of the judiciary, railroads, privileges and ele<
tions and Virginia debt. He was author of the bill ei
acted by the Legislature in May, 1917, noted as the firs
compulsory work law in America. Many other states dui
ing the war followed the example of West Virginia i
this legislation. He was also author of House Bill N<
104, enacted by the Legislature in February, 1919, makin,
it unlawful to display any red flag or other emblem hostil
to the constitution and laws of the state or the Unite-
States. He also introduced and sponsored House Bil
No. 59, known as the "Steptoe" Gas Bill, based on th
principle that the state has the right to control her natura

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477

liurcea in the intereata of her citizens and extending
§ power of the Public Service Commission to fix ratea

■ other regulations to comply with this principle. Per-
il a the measure most prominently associated with him is
■lse Bill No. 30, which levies a privilege tax on all
Aural gas companies. lie was the leader in promoting
■i measure through the regular and extra sessions of

I Legislature, and his leadership in the House waa
rely responsible for ita passage. The validity of this
[• has ainee been teated in the State Supreme Court of
jpeala. Mr. John was chosen as special counsel for the
fte in defending the constitutionality of the "Steptoe"
I act before the United States Supreme Court, where
case was still pending in the summer of 1921. In
,!0 Mr. John was a candidate for Congress from the
; «ond District of West Virginia, but was not elected, this
lag his first campaign for the office.
)uring the World war Mr. John waa chairman of the
[»akera Bureau for Monongalia County, and waa county
iiirman for the Third Liberty Loan drive. For a number

■ years he served aa city solicitor of Morgantown. He

I president and a director of the Mapleton Coal Com-
Jny, director and secretary of the Rosedale Coal Company
}d also of the Blue Flame Fuel Company. For the past
n yeara he haa been secretary of the Morgantown Dis-

ct School Board, is a member of the County and State
u* associations, belongs to the Old Colony Club, a
' tional organization, and is a member of Morgantown
foion Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M. He is a Presbyterian,
'acember 17, 1902, Mr. John married Mary Eatelle Cox,
mghter of Dr. James A. Cox of Morgantown.

Lewis Nathan. Parkersburg honora the name of
athan because of ita long association with the mercantile
isincaa and also because of the integrity and generosity
lat have been consistent facts in the character of the
unfly.

The late Lewis Nathan was one of the city's most auc-
?ssful merchants, and fully earned the fine eateem he
ljoyed. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, son of
»ac Nathan, a native of England. When about twelve
»ars of age Lewis Nathan went to Wheeling, West Vir-
inia, and for several yeara was employed as a elerk in the
othing store of Stein Brothers, hia relatives. In the early
50s Stein Brothers sent him to Parkersburg to establish

branch store. Parkersburg waa then without a railroad,
id thia section of country was still part of old Virginia,
fter a year or so Lewis Nathan sold the business at
arkersburg and returned to Wheeling, later conducted a
ore at Washington, D. C, but in the early '60s returned
» Parkersburg permanently. From that time forward he
as in the retail clothing and shoe business until hia re-
rement. He was a man of marked individuality in hia
srsonal characteristics, but these never detracted from
is husiness integrity, his honesty and his influence as a
sod citizen. He possessed high ideals, and life meant
ore to him than an opportunity for material gain. Above

II he appreciated his American citizenship and taught his
bildren to honor and respeet their birthright. In raee he
aa a Jew, but was liberal and tolerant of other religions,
as charitable and contributed without ostentation to many
Djeets. He died November 1, 1914, preceded by his wife
any years. Her maiden name was Franees Davia. Of
ieir children, Ben, Samuel and Clara, the only one now
ring ia Ben Nathan.

Mr. Ben Nathan, a Parkersburg merchant, waa born in
lat city August 13, 1866. Aa a boy he learned the trade
I printer, but practically all his adult yeara have been
jvoted to merchandising. He ia a member of the Mod-
n Woodmen of America, the B*Nai B'Rith, and while
enerally registered aa a democrat gives his support inde-
?ndently to men and measures. In March, 1902, he
arried Miss Jnlia Newberger. Their three children are
rancea N., Carlyn and Ruth. Mrs. Nathan is a daughter
f Samuel Newberger, a veteran Parkersburg citizen, whose
ireer is sketched elsewhere.

Samuel Newbebger is one of the few men still living
before whose eyea haa been enrolled the panorama of
Parkersburg 's growth and progTesa through a period of
nearly aeventy years.

He waa born at Shoaningen on the River Main in Ba-
varia, Germany, February 6, 1835. He waa juat paat
fifteen yeara of age when he left home and native land to
cross the Atlantic, the sailing vessel requiring forty-five
days to make the voyage. In Baltimore he found em-
ployment in the elothing store conducted by an old friend
and former teacher in Germany. Mr. Newberger eamo to
Parkersburg in July, 1853. His residence haa K-cn eon-
tinuoua since that date. Not more than 1,200 people lived
in the community when he came, and the town had no
railroad connection with the outside world until 1857.
So far as he can ascertain only two other people are now
living who were in the city when he arrived. He has won
his prosperity here and has in return given loyally of his
time and means and influence to the community welfare.
Several times he was eleeted a member of the city eouneil,
served as treasurer of the school board, and during the
Civil war waa a lieutenant in the Home Guarda. He was
one of the first to go to Burning Springs when oil was
discovered there in 1861, and the capital and enterpriae
he put into that businesa identify him with the pioneer
oil production in the atate. In 1S66 he and hia partner
brought in a well which produced 1,000 barrels a day.
More remarkable still, this well is still flowing with oil,
and when at its apex it was one of the heaviest producers
in the state.

Mr. Newberger is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
being affiliated with Mount Olivet Lodge No. 3. This
waa organized when West Virginia was part of the Old
Dominion, and under the old state was No. 113.

In September, 1S61, Mr. Newberger married Dora
Keller. Of their seven children six are living: Sallie,
wife of Levi Rosenbaum, of Easton, Pennsylvania; Harry;
Meyer; Hannah, Mra. B. S. Leopold, of Fairmont, West
Virginia; George; and Julia, wife of Ben Nathan, of
Parkersburg. The sons Meyer and George are residents
of Los Angeles.

Frank Verjcon Aler. A successful corporation lawyer
must not only be an alert and broad member of his profes-
sion, but a keen and far-seeing business man. His is pre-
eminently the domain of practical law, in which solid logie
and hard faet, fertility nf resource and vigor of professional
treatment are generally relied upon in preference to the
graces of oratory and ingenious theorizing. When to these
qualities are added oratorical powers, and the humor, gen-
iality and unfailing eourtesy of a gentleman, the main traits
have been set forth of the prominent corporation lawyer,
Frank Vernon Aler, of Martinsburg.

Mr. Aler was born at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West
Virginia. April 29, 1S68, and is a son of Samuel and Eliza-
beth Virginia (Coomes) Aler. nis father was bom Feb-
ruary 11, 1828, in Maryland, and after acquiring a good
literary education was thoroughly trained aa a mechanic
and draftsman and became an expert in these lines. When
still comparatively a young man he entered the employ of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company during the time
of that railroad's construction, and was a close friend and
associate of John W. Garrett. At the breaking out of the
war between the states Mr. Aler was plaeed in charge of
the Uuited States Government arsenal at Harpers Ferry,
and was subsequently identified with the Quartermaster's
Department. While thus occupied with hia duties on one
occasion he waa detailed to go to Frederick, Maryland, to
dismantle several locomotives that were in danger of cap-
ture by the Confederate forces in the locality, and thia feat
he accomplished, he and his men working under cover of
darkness, taking the locomotives apart and secreting the
numerdna parts. Following the close of the four-year strug-
gle he settled down at Martinsburg, where he became as-
sistant master mechanic for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
In 1891 United States Senator Stephen B. Elkina, then
secretary of war, secured Mr. Aler a position in the United

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States Navy department, and he moved to Washington,
D. C, where he was living at the time of his death. Im-
mediately upon receipt of the news of the Johnstown flood
Mr. Aler rushed to the Bridge at Harpers Ferry several
locomotives, the comhined weight of which probably saved
the bridge from being swept away by the rushing flood
waters. Mr. Aler held his position at Washington until
he reached the age of eighty-six years, at which time be re-
signed, and died in the next year, a man greatly respected
and esteemed by all who knew him. He married Elizabeth
Virginia Coomes, a native of Virginia and a lineal descend-
ant of Capt. William Richardson, a master mariner of the
merchant marine service who located in Maryland in Lord
Baltimore '8 time. Her parents moved from Virginia to
Maryland and spent their last days at Gaithersburg. Mrs.
Aler survived her husband two years, and was eighty-seven
years of age at the time of her demise. She and Mr. Aler
reared eight children: Charles Edwin, Anna Madora, Lil-
lie Virginia, Ida Summers, Samuel E., Frank Vernon,
Royal W. and Walter Marvin.

At the age of twelve years Frank Vernon Aler left the
public schools to commence an apprenticeship to the trade
of printer in the oflice of the Martinsburg Independent,
which was published at that time by J. Nelson Wisner. On
the completion of his apprenticeship he entered the oflSce
of Senator Charles J. Faulkner and studied law for two
years, partly under the preceptorship of Judge Daniel B.
Lucas. At the age of twenty-two years he took the exam-
ination before the Supreme Court of Appeals, in open
court, and was admitted to practice, at that time forming
a partnership with his former preceptor, Judge Lucas, an
association which continued for fifteen years, during which
time the combination was looked upou as one of the strong-
est in this part of the state. Since then Mr. Aler has been
engaged in practice alone at Martinsburg, where he con-
fines himself to the practice of corporation law. He has
personally represented a number of large interests in im-
portant litigation during the past few years, and is an ac-
tive and successful practitioner. His practice has covered a
wide range and he has a brilliant record as a trial lawyer,
but his constructive ability, as shown by the various orga-
nizations and reorganizations with which he has been con-
nected, has won for him a still higher place in the esteem
and confidence of his clients. He has promoted and financed
industries representing $12,000,000, and in 1921 accepted a
case involving the organization of a concern with $5,000,000
capital. He practices in the Circuit and Federal Courts of
various states and in the Supreme Court of the United
States, the highest tribune.

Mr. Alcr's large and important practice makes him a
very busy man, but he is something more than a profes-
sional drudge, for he has several side interests that oc-
casionally take his attention away from the serious busi-
ness of law. In his home community of Martinsburg he
is known as a horticulturist of something more than
amateur ability, a producer of apples from his orchard on
his country estate, and a thoroughly learned breeder of
Scotch collie dogs. He is a valued member of the West Vir-
ginia State Historical and Antiquarian Society, and that
lie was possessed of a facile and trenchant pen even in
his younger days is shown in the fact that in 1888 be
published Aler's History of Berkeley County, which is a
recognized authority on the early history of the county.

Edwin A. Beast. As hotel manager, banker and pub-
lisher Edwin A. Brast has had a conspicuous part in the
affairs of Parkershurg for many years. It is especially in-
teresting to note that he represents the third generation
of the Brast family in the hotel business in West Virgiuia.

Mr. Brast is a native of Ohio, born at Powhattan Point
in Belmont County September 11, 1872, son of William
T. and Syvilia (Boger) Brast, the former a native of
West Virginia and the latter of Ohio. His grandfather,
Michael Brast, was born in Switzerland, came to the
United States when a young man, and for some years
followed farming in Ohio and West Virginia. In 1875 he
moved to New Martinsville, West Virginia, where he

founded and operated the Braet Hotel. He lived at ]n
Martinsville the rest of his life.

Of his eight children William T. Brast was the fo th
in age, the others being August, Amos, Edward, Jab,
Michael, Katherine and Charles. Reared in Ohio, he Id
two brothers, August and Edward, who were Union U-
diers in the Civil war. William T. Brast went to
Martinsville with his parents in 1875, learned the bit
smith's trade and operated a blacksmith's shop and hd-
ware store at New Martinsville several years. He also m
some years was associated with his father in the hel
business, and at the death of his father operated the Bst
Hotel at New Martinsville. He acquired some exten/e
lumher interests, and it was later that he succeeded is
father as manager of the Brast Hotel at New Marts-
ville. His last years were spent at Parkershurg, wire
he became well known and where he died in 1916.

Edwin A. Brast was one of the three children of is
parents. He was an infant when the family moved to Iw
Martinsville, where he grew up and acquired his putc
school education. In the Wheeling Business College ic
learned shorthand, and for a time acted as oflicial cc;t
reporter of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. Mr. Brast |s
been a resident of Parkershurg for the past quarter o a
century. Here be utilized his early training and mana ; d
the Blennerhasset Hotel until 1903. In that year he lead
and has since operated the Chancellor Hotel, and is pri-
dent of the Bank Block Investment Company, which otb
this high class hostelry.

Mr. Brast for several years was a stockholder in e
State Journal of Parkershurg. Later the Parkersbig
Publishing Company took over both the Journal and e
News, and after the consolidation continued the busing
as the Parkershurg News. Mr. Brast for five years Is
been a stockholder in that paper and in 1920 became pr<-
dent of the Parkershurg Publishing Company. In li 3
he organized the brokerage firm of E. A. Brast & Cc-
pany, of which he is president, and among other busins
interests he is a director in the Parkershurg National si
the Citizens National Bank.

Mr. Brast has used his business opportunities with .5
eeptional skill and good judgment, and in his varied bv\
ness enterprises has always been mindful of the best int*
csts of the community. He is a republican in polit)
and has always been a regular party man.

Henry Hamilton Dils. In the commercial life \
Parkershurg three men named Henry Hamilton Dils hs)
successively figured as leading merchants and highly c
tured and influential citizens.

The first of the name came to Parkershurg many ye£i
ago, establishing here his home and family. He marri
Ann Logan. Among his children was Henry Hamilt
Dils second, who was reared in Parkershurg from boyho
and learned the practical side of business as clerk in
general store. At the age of twenty he joined Dav
Broughton and entered the dry goods and notions bu,
ness. The firm of Broughton & Dils continued abo
three years, until the death of Mr. Broughton, when I
interests were acquired by Jacob McKinney. The fii
of MeKinney & Dils was in existence until the death
Mr. Dils in 1895.

He was succeeded by Henry Hamilton Dils, third, w)
remained a partner in this business until 1900. when )
sold out to Mr. McKinney. In the same year Mrs. H. 1
Dils, second, and her two sons organized the present fir
of Dils Brothers & Company, and this is one of the firn
enjoyingr a lar^e share of the business in "Parkershurg t
day. Mrs. Dils, one of the firm, died in 1903. Hem
Hamilton Dils, second, is recalled as one of the best :
Parkershurg citizenship. He was a good merchant, ar
his interests outside of his husiness made for progress an
betterment. He was an advocate of the temperance caui
and was one of the principal mainstays of the old prohih
tion party in this loeality, seeing that the party was repr
sented by a ticket in elections. He was also one of tf
earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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479

^ Henry Hamilton Dila, third, was boru at Parkeraburg,
k pril 6, 1876, and received a public school education.
Siter leaving achool ho was a clerk with the Parkereburg
**ntinel and the Parkcrsburg National Bank until he left
be hank to take up the businesa of hia father at the lat-
§r'a death. He was then only nineteen, no has beeu
■ na of the city 'a merchants now for a quarter of a century
'nd is president of Dila Brothera & Company, and also a
'irector of the First National Bauk. Ha ia a member of
he Chamher of Commerce, Rotary Club, a director in the
k f. M. C. A., and a member of the Methodist Church.
'* February 2S, 1912, he married Edna Cook, youngest
' aughter of Spencer and Florida (Neal) Cook, hoth of
shorn represented old time families in this section of West
T irginia. Henry Hamilton Dils and wife have two chil-
iren: Henry H., fourth, and Samuel Spencer.

The younger brother, Samuel M. Dils, who ia secretary
nd treasurer of Dila Brothers & Company, waa born June
0, 1S7S. He graduated from the Parkersburg High
jchool, attended Washington and Jefferson College, and
ince then has been identified with the business at Parkers-
•>org and in later years has given much of hia attention to
'nut growing, especially in the Panhandle section of the
tate. He owns two farms, with about 25,000 trees. He
vas organizer and is now president of the local Kiwanis
Hob. He i3 a thirty-second degree Mason, and a mem-
')er of Nemesis Temple of the Mystic Shrine and of the
"Methodist Church.

1 James B. Clinton, M. D., wa9 an early volunteer for
service in connection with the nation's participation in the
World war, and his initial work in his profession was with
^he Medical Corps of the British Royal Army. He lived
'ip to the full tension of the great conflict and made a
record that shall ever reflect honor upon hia name. He
Has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Fair-
■noot, Marion County, since the autumn of 1919.
' Doctor Clinton was born in Scotland, November 2, 188S,
*ind is a son of John and Christina (Mason) Clinton, the
former of whom was born in Ireland, in 1853, and the
latter in Scotland, in 1851. John Clinton became a deep-
sea fisherman in hia native land, where he remained until
1889, when he came to the United States. In 1893 he re-
turned to Ireland, and two years later, on coming again
to the United States he wa9 accompanied by hia family
and here he continued hia residence more than forty years,
having recently returned to Ireland, where he expects to
pass the remainder of his life. His wife died in 1914.
Mrs. Clinton was a daughter of John Mason, who waa a
native of Scotland and who came to the United States in
184S, he having been one of the argonauts in the Cali-
fornia gold fields in 1849. His brother Jamea served as
colonel of a New York regiment in the Civil war, and two
sons of Colonel Mason were killed in battle while likewise
serving as gallant soldiers of the Union.
_ Dr. James B. Clinton received hia preliminary educa-
tion in the public schools of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania,
and in 1908 he entered Geneva College, at Geneva, New
York, where he continued his studies two years. He then,
in 1910, entered famous old Jefferson Medical College in
the City of Philadelphia, and in the same he was gradu-
ated in 1916, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Thereafter he gave nearly two years of service aa an in-
terne in the hospital of Jefferson Medical College and in
other Philadelphia hospitals. He thus had not engaged in
independent practice at the time when the nation became
involved in the World war. In April, 1917, the month
that the United States entered the war, Doctor Clinton
applied for a commission in the Medical Corps of the
United States Army, and in the following month he waa
commissioned first lieutenant and immediately wa9 assigned
to duty overseas. He crossed the Atlantic in August of
that year and was given assignment to the Medical Corps
of the British Royal Army. From September 3 to De-
cember 24. 1917, he waa in service at the Base Hospital
at Norwich, England, and on the 26th of December he
received sailing orders and proceeded to France. On New
Year's day of 1918 he was in the trenches. In France he

waa attached to tho First Cambridgeshire*, recruited from
Cambridge University, and with this unit he was in active
service eighteeu mouths. II* 1 was almost continuously at
the front, was present at nine major battles, went "over
tho top" five times, was five times knocked down by ahell
concussion, and for two hours was held a German prisoner.
He was at Pcronne during tho great battle at that point;
during the "big push" of 1918 was heforc Ypres and,
later, Albert, at the crucial period of that great drive,
lie served in support of the Freneh at Montdidier, and
waa in the great retreat of the British and French armies
before the German drive of 1918. In August of that year
he waa sent with his regiment to the Somme to prepare for
the drive that was destined to end the war. October 11,

1918, he was on the "Hindenburg Line," near the Canal
du Nord, where he first came in contact with the fighting
units of the American Expeditionary Forces. Later he
was sent back to Vimy Ridge, and he was at Mons when
the historic armistice was signed.

In April, 1918, at the battle of Voomerzclle, Lieutenant
Clinton was awarded the British military cross, a decora-
tion for which only commissioned officers are eligihle.
Later he received two citations, and September 14, 1918,
at the Somme, he again won the British military cross, at
that time as a captain. On March 23, 1919, Captain Clinton
was formally decorated at Buckingham Palace, by King
George, he having been the first American to win twice the
British military cross of honor. In April, 1919, Captain
Clinton was transferred to the American forces, and in the
following month he sailed for home, his honorable dis-
charge having been received at Camp Dix, New Jersey,
May 29, 1919.

After leaving military service Doctor Clinton served as
hospital interne in the City of Philadelphia until October,

1919, on the 10th of which month he established himself
in active general practice at Fairmont, West Virginia. He
ia a member of the staff of Cook Hospital in this city, and
is a popular member of the local Kiwanis Club. The doctor
maintains affiliation with the American Legion.

June 25, 1919, recorded the marriage of Doctor Clinton
and Miss Beulah L. Harhison, who waa born at Beaver
Falls, Pennsylvania, December 5, 1887, a daughter of Wil-
liam and Etta (Graham) Harbison. They have two chil-
dren, Barbara Jean and Christine Lorraine. Mrs. Clinton
ia a popular figure in the representative social activities of
Fairmont.

Carl Clovis Smith, D. D. S., a prominent and popular
young dentist at Fairmont, ia a member of an old and
well known family of Greene and Fayette counties, Penn-
sylvania, where his ancestors have lived through five gen-
erations or more.

Doctor Smith was born near Pinebank in Greene County,
Pennsylvania. December 4, 1894, son of Joseph Benson and
Mary Avnline (Clovis) Smith, and grandson of John and
Eliza (Fordyce) Smith. Mary Avaline Clovia waa born
in Greene County, daughter of Marion Jasper and Sarah
(Eakin) Clovis, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Joseph Benson Smith, a native of Greene County, owns
and operates a fine farm of 265 acres in Jackson Town-
ship of that county, though since 1913 his home has been
in New Concord, Ohio, where he is manager of the Co-
operative Meat Market and also of the New Concord coal
mine, of which he is part owner.

Carl C. Smith acquired his early training in the country
schools of Greene County and in 191 1 entered Muskingum
Academy, the preparatory department of Muskingum Col-
lege at New Concord, where he was graduated in 1915.
October 5, 1916. he entered the Baltimore College of Dental
Surgery at Baltimore, and waa graduated D. D. S. in June,
1919. On October of that year Doctor Smith began prac-
tice at Cameron. West Virginia, but in July, 1921, moved
his home and office to Fairmont.

Doctor Smith is a member of the Pei Omega dental
fraternity and the Sigma Nu Delta Southern fraternity at
the Baltimore College of Dental 8urgery. He la a member
of the Grange at Woodruff, Pennsylvania, and is affiliated
with Cameron Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,

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and Moundsville Lodge of Elks. In July, 1921, he mar-
ried Lulu May Bell, of Cambridge, Ohio. She was born
in 1897, daughter of O. O. Bell.

Henry W. Disher. When an individual has lived honor-
ably and industriously, strenuously employing energy to-
ward the acquirement of sufficient capital to justify his
retirement from active affairs in the evening of life, he
has earned repose and the quietude of his home. Many
men prefer to work hard for a certain period, never sparing
themselves, so that in their declining years they can retire
upon their means and give attention to the carrying out
of cherished plans and perhaps engage in civic affairs.
Henry W. Disher, one of the old and honored residents of
Berkeley Springs, however, does not belong to this class.
This veteran of the Civil war and long-time business man,
while he has spent his long career in active work and has
accumulated a modest competence, has not thought of retire-
ment, but continues to look after his daily affairs in the
business world with as much interest and care as he dis-
played in the days when hard work was a necessity.

Mr. Disher was horn on a farm 2y 2 miles from Willen-
port, County Lincoln, Province of Ontario, Canada, a son
of Henry Disher, who was born about 1800, at Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania. Henry Disher was reared and educated
in his native state, and in young manhood, accompanied by
his widowed mother, went to Canada and bought a farm in
County Lincoln, where he was engaged in general agri-
cultural operations for many years. Late in life he came
to Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, where he passed his
last days, dying when eighty-four years old. Henry Disher
married Margaret Patterson, who was born in the State
of New York, daughter of Eev. Jacob Patterson, who was
descended from Revolutionary ancestry and was a minister
of the Methodist faith. Removing to Canada, he settled
near Fenwiek, in County Welland, and for several years
was away from home, teaching for the greater part of the
time and traveling on horseback through the wilds of
Canada West, as the Province of Ontario was known at
that time. He organized numerous churches, became widely
known throughout that part of Canada, and spent his days
at his home near Fenwiek, where his death was greatly
deplored. Mrs. Disher died at the family home in County
Lincoln, having reared a family of four children: Henry
W., Ezra Edwin, Johanna M. and Almond, the latter of
whom died young.

Henry W. Disher attended school rather regularly in
his youth, but at the age of seventeen left home and went
to Ohio, where in 1864 he enlisted in Company B, One
Hundred and Eighty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry, with which he went to Nashville, Tennessee, where
his regiment assisted in defeating the Confederate forces
under General Hood. After the battle of Nashville he was
detailed to do guard duty at Johnsonville, Tennessee, and
was there until the close of the war, at which time he
accompanied his command to Columbus, Ohio, where he re-
ceived his honorable discharge. He then went to Toledo,
Ohio, but in the same year left that city for Chicago,
Illinois, and then pressed qn to St. Louis, Missouri, where
he was night clerk in the Southern Hotel for a time. He
then engaged as second engineer on a steamer plying be-
tween St. Louis and Omaha, and made several trips between
these points, as well as a trip to Fort Benton. His next
employment was in the construction department of the
Union Pacific Railroad, the first railroad built across the
western plains, when Omaha was only a good-sized village,
Indians were numerous on the western prairies and desert
lands and vast herds of huffalo and antelope were still
to be found. The building of the road formed one of the
greatest romances of American history, and Mr. Disher
shared in the numerous adventures and hardships incident
to this mighty labor until the road had advanced some 1,500
miles, his employment during the latter half of his con-
nection with the road being that of shipping agent at the
far end of the line, stretching out beyond the frontier.

In 1869 Mr. Disher, tired of adventure and constant
wanderings, resigned his position and came to Berkeley
Springs, where he engaged in the mercantile business in

partnership with his brother-in-law, John Buckhann^
After about five years he bought his brother-in-law's i> -
terest in the business, which he conducted alone until 18 j,
and then turned his attention to the drug business, jt|
which he has been engaged ever since. He has a splend
patronage, which has been attracted by courteous servi,
fair representation and honest dealing, and his busing
reputation and standing are of the best.

In 1869 Mr. Disher was united in marriage with Mj
Mary Ann Crosfield, who was born in County Linco,
Province of Ontario, Canada, a daughter of Rev. George a
Dorothy (Botterell) Crosfield. Mrs. Disher died Decemt
29, 1903, and left four sons: . Charles M., George Waltr
William F. and Harry. Mr. Disher is an Episcopalian a
a vestryman of the church at Berkeley Springs. He wj
formerly a member of Gen. Lee Somers Post, Grand Arr
of the Republic.

Mr. Disher 7 s second union was with Miss Lillie He
ding, a daughter of Noah Hedding. Mr. Hedding w
born in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, in 1841, a son •!
Ephraim Gettys Hedding, who was born in Juanita Count
Pennsylvania, and a grandson of Rev. Noah Hedding, i
local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church and
pioneer in that part of Pennsylvania, in whose home tl
first services of a religious character in the vicinity we;
held and the society organized. He passed his last yea -
in Juanita County. Ephraim Gettys Hedding acquired
good education, and as a young man engaged in teachinjl
school in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. About 1880 1
moved to Paw Paw, Morgan County, West Virginia, whei
he established an apiary, his large quantities of honey b<
ing shipped to Baltimore, Washington and Wheeling. B
continued to make his home at Paw Paw until his deati
at the age of seventy-nine years. Mr. Hedding serve,
as a notary public for some years, and was a man wh
was held in high esteem in his community. He marrie
Frances Hughes, who was born in Juanita County, Penr
sylvania, a daughter of James Hughes, a prominent farme
and life long resident of Pennsylvania, who at one tim
represented his county in the Legislature of the state '
Mrs. Disher 's father, Noah Hedding, engaged in the mei;
cantile business at Paw Paw, where he had accompanied
his father in 1880, and later was a clerk in the N. Robin'f
son store. Like his father, he was a notary public, serving
as such at Paw Paw from 1899 to 1910, in which year h»
moved to Berkeley Springs, and he died at this place ii^
June, 1911, aged seventy years. He married Miss Prudencr
Louise Tabler, who was born in Berkeley County, Wesi'
Virginia, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Kreglow)
Tabler, descendants of early pioneers of this region. The
Kreglow farm was originally a grant from Lord Fairfa>
and was located in the Hedgesville District, where the
great-grandfather of Mrs. Disher spent his entire life. The
Kreglow home was near the Village of Hedgesville. The
mother of Mrs. Disher died in 1915, aged seventy-five years,;
her death, like that of her husband, being greatly mourned
by a wide circle of friends. She was the mother of four
children: Laura Appel, now a resident of Washington,
D. C; Addie Buzzard, a resident of Berkeley Springs;
James W., a resident of Tyrone, Pennsylvania; and Lillie,
now Mrs. Henry W. Disher. Mr. and Mrs. Hedding were
faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Samuel W. Perry, manager and one of the owners of the
property owned by the Katona Coal Company at East
Lynn, is one of the best business men and substantial
citizens of Wayne County, whose activities have led to a
considerable development of the coal fields of this section.
He was born at Marion, Alabama, March 30, 1881, a son
of Albert J. and Elizabeth (Armor) Perry, both of whom
were born in Alabama and come of most distinguished
ancestry.

Albert J. Perry was a merchant, banker, and also con-
ducted extensive operations in mining and wholesaling at
Birmingham, Alabama, which he left for East Lynn in
July, 1902, coming here to take charge of his extensive
coal interests. He built the railroad into his coal property
of 5,140 acres, and opened up and began mining coal in

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m. At present ho has an output of 300 tons of coal per
rr Ills father, the grandfather of Banmcl W. Perry was
physician and surgeon, and served as such in an Alabama
&nent of the Confederate army. For many years the
£ry family has been prominent in Alabama, not onlyat
SSingham, but elsewhere. Albert J. Perry and his wife
ere married at Mobile, Alabama, in 18-8.
Growing up in a home of culture, Samuel W. Perry was
fforded unusual opportunities, and after atten^bng the
ublie schools of Birmingham went to V> ebb s School at
*U Buekett, Tennessee, for a year, after which he spent
,vo years at St. Auburns, Radford, Virginia, completing his
3U ri in that institution in 1899. On December 25, 1899,
lr Terry entered upon what was to be a very successful
arcer, as an employe of the TrussviUe Furnace and Mining
onn»anv at TrussviUe, Alabama, continuing with that con-
-rn until April 1900, when he left it to engage with Jones
Laughliu at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but in September,
301 returned to TrussviUe, Alabama, and formed cen-
ections with the Lracy-Buck Iron Company with which
e remained until May, 1902. His next connection was that
huh he formed with the Hillman Land & Iron Company
f Grand Rivers, Kentucky, and he sustained it until bep-
emWr 1902. In November, 1902, Mr. Perry went with the
•olorado Fuel & Iron Company at Pueblo, Colorado, leaving
hat concern in Oetober, 1903, and from October, 1903,
,ntil September, 1905, he was with his father at East Lynn.
Km September, 1905, to July, 1907, he was with the
Jargaret Mining Company at War Eagle, West ^ wg«»a.
■Voni Julv, 1907, to July, 1908, he was with the East
,vnn Coal Company and the Naugatuck Coal Company at
llocton West Virginia, this connection continuing until
91° lie then bought the Warfield Coal Company and
•rganized the Grey Eagle Coal Company, managing both
•nterprises until July, 1914, when he gave up the Naugatuck
Joal Companv and concentrated his efforts upon the eon-
luct of the Grey Eagle Coal Company until June, 1916,
then he became the Chicago representative of the Blue : Ash
3omnanv, and continued as auch until m July, 1917, he
.old his* interest in the Grey Eagle and Naugatuck com-
•anies, and, in June, 1918, returned to East Lynn and
>rganized the Hill Crest Coal Company of East Lynn. In
February, 1920, he took over the operating of the Katona
Joal Company as manager at East Lynn, and in June, 1921,
•onverted the latter company into a partnership, and is
Dperating it as such at the present time, being its manager
and one of its owners. Mr. Perry is without doubt one of
the most experienced coal operators of this region, his long
and varied connection with the industry giving him a
practical knowledge of aU of the details, thus enabling him
to conduct the affairs of his company efficiently and

Pr During'the late war Mr. Perry bent all of hia energies
to producing coal, and he waa also very active ui Red Cross
work, having charge of the local chapter, ne also was
zealoua in forwarding the aale of bonds and atamps, for,
like a Dumber of others, prevented from going into the serv-
ice, he felt that it was of paramount importance that he do
. all he could at home.

On January 18, 1910, Mr. Perry married near Wayne
West Virginia, Miss Onea Kyser, a daughter of Andrew ami
Nannie Kvser, both natives of West Virginia. Mr. and
Mrs. Perry have one daughter, Katherine. They are com-
' municanta of the Episcopal Church. >

While Mr. Perry, as one of the recognized leaders in
the coal industry of Wayne County, if not of this part of
the state, is deeply absorbed in business detads, he has
found time to follow a subject that is very dear to hia heart,
that of his family tree, and no record of hia life would be
complete without devoting a little space to the results of his
researches. He traces back his ancestry through the very
early settlers of Alabama, North Carolina and \ irgima to
Scotch and French-Huguenot origin, and has one of the most
complete family trees ever compiled. His great-great-great-
great-grandmother waa Selnia A. Watkins. His great-great-
grandmother was Frances Lockett, and his great-grand-
mother was Selnia Jonee. At one time the family of Mr.
Perry had In their possession the silver plate used by the

Marquia de Lafnyetto while in this country, but this
valuable heirloom was lost when his houae was destroyed
by fire. He is one of the rightful heira to a very valuable
Huguenot Bible, the history of which Is so Interesting os
to iustify its insertion here:

An old Huguenot Bible, printed in 1657, is tho possession
of Mrs. A. S. Venable, Millersburg, Kentucky. The Bible
waa aent to the family of Abraham Miehcaux, a Huguenot
refugee, and the first of his fnmily who came to America,
by his parents, who thought that there were no Bibles m
the new settlement of America and therefore they aent this
volume to their children. It is said that the Bible earn.-
originallv from England. Abraham Micheaux had married
Susannah Rochette in Holland, July 13, 1692, and after a
few years moved to Stafford County, \ irgima, where they
resided for some time. Later they took up land on the
James River at the plate now known as Micheaux Ferry.

In the reign of Louis XIV, during the rebgious persecu-
tions consequent to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes,
lived a Huguenot by the name of Rochette in the City of
Sedan He had three daughters, and fearing that they
would be forcibly taken from him and put in a Roman
Catholic school he endeavored to take them secretly from
France to Holland. After many difficulties, and after pay-
ing a certain amount of money every year for the privilege
of being let alone, he finally succeeded in securing for them
a place of safety in Amsterdam. There they were visited
frequently by the father and mother. It was the second
daughter, Susannah Rochette, who married Abraham
Micheaux. , , ,

The Bible received bv these early seekers of a new home
iu a new world descended from Abraham Micheaux to his
daughter Nannie, who married Richard Woodsoa, of Poplar
Hill in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Nannie Woodson
left it to her daughter, Mrs. Agnes Watkins, wife of
Francis Watkins, clerk of Prince Edward County Court.
\t the death of Mra. Watkins it was given to Mrs. Martha
Venable, granddaughter of Richard and Nanuie Woodson,
who at her death left it to her daughter, Miss Martha W
Venable, in whese possession it remained until the tunc of
her death in 1878. It then passed to her niece, Miss Nannie
W Venable, and later was given to her stepdaughter, bailie
E. Garden on the day of her marriage, Oetober 25, 1 893, to
Rev. Albert Sidney Venable. ,

The Bible is one of very great value and interest, both
because of its age and the associations connected with it.
It is expec ted that some day the Bible will be placed in the
library of the Union Theological Seminary at Richmond,
Virginia, for safe keeping.

Mr Perry is a direct descendant of Abraham and
Susannah (Rochette) Micheaux, as follows: Nannie Wood-
son Agnes Woodson, Selnia Watkins, Francis Lockett
Selnia Jones, Albert Perry, and Samuel W. Perry, who is
the seventh in order of descent. Mr. Perry prizes these
ancestors of honor and high character, and has instinctively
ordered his life so as to be worthy of them, and to in turn
set an equally stimulating example to those who come after
him.

Jay Wilson Rite, M. D. Dealing with the careers of men
whose names atand out prominently in the medical pro-
fession of Wayne County, who by character and achieve^
ment have contributed to the upbuilding and prominence of
their profession, the record of Dr. Jay Wilson Rife, of
Kenova is found to be worthy of attention, ne has made
a lasting impression upon the citizens of his community
both for professional ability of a high order and for the
individuality of a personal character that has added to his
worth as a citizen.

Doctor Rife was born on a tributary of Twelve Pole
Creek, near Wayne Court House, Wayne County, West
Virginia, August 10, 1883, and is a son of Lieut. Moses and
Virginia (Wilson) Rife. Moses Rife was born in Gallia
County, Ohio, in 1836, and in 1855 graduated from the
Gallipolis High SchoeL He taught in the schools of his na-
tive county until 1861, when he enlisted in the Fifty-second
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, aa a private, and
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states, during which time he was advanced to a lieutenancy.
He was in the Red River Expedition, commanded by General
Banks, fought at Island No. 10, at the battle of Shiloh
was wounded, and late in the war was transferred to the
quartermaster's department and stationed at New Orleans,
Louisiana. On receiving his honorable discharge, in 1866,
he resumed his teaching in Gallia County, Ohio, where he
remained until 1870, when he removed to Wayne County,
West Virginia, and became a pioneer educator. There he
donated the land on which was built the Rife School, named
in his honor, in which he taught for fully fifteen years, in
addition to teaching in a number of private schools. Many
of the business and professional men of that part of West
Virginia owe their scholastic training to this capable and
patient pioneer educator. He was a member of the Board
of Examiners of the county, and, always a close student,
was the possessor of a fine library. In politics he was a
republican. In his death, which occurred in 1889, his com-
munity lost one of its valuable and dependable citizens.
His wife was a daughter of James Wilson, a pioneer timber
man of Wayne County, the Wilson family having come
originally from near Staunton, Virginia, being related to the
family of ex-President Woodrow Wilson. Virginia Wilson
was much younger than her husband, and was born near
Fort Gay, where she attended the school taught by her
future husband. Her home is now in Wayne County, where
she occupies a pleasant residence at Wayne Court House.
There were three children in the family: Hon. Oscar J.,
a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this work;
Jay Wilson, of this review; and Louary, the wife of J. M.
Thompson, an oil and gas well driller of Wayne Court
House.

Jay Wilson Rife received his early education in the
country schools of Wayne Couuty and at Oak View
Academy, taught by T. B. McClure, from which he was
graduated at the age of nineteen years. He taught four
rural schools in Wayne County, and his earnings materially
assisted in gaining his medical education. After some
preparation he entered the medical department of the Uni-
versity of Louisville, from which he graduated in 1904, with
the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and at that time com-
menced practice at Wayne Court House. He remained in
that community until 1912, when he came to Kenova.
Doctor Rife has built up a large and representative practics
in his chosen calling and has gained the unqualified con-
fidence of the people in his skill and reliability. A close
student of his profession, in 1921 he took post-graduate
work in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School, and
is a member of the Wayne County Medical Society, the
West Virginia Medical Society and the American Medical
Association. In 1911 he was elected county health officer,
a position which he still retains, and during the period of
the World war served as medical examiner for the draft
board at Kenova.

In 1906 Doctor Rife married Grace Thompson, daughter
of H. W. Thompson, and who was horn on a farm in
Wayne County, March 13, 1885. They have five children:
Hubert, Howard, Sherrill, Wallace and Helen. Doctor and
Mrs. Rife are members of the Baptist Church, in which he
serves as a deacon. He is a member of Wayne Blue Lodge,
Wayne Chapter, Huntington Commandery and Beni Kedem
Shrine, Charleston, of the Masonic Order, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias at Wayne,
of the latter of which he is a past chancellor commander.
In his political allegiance he is a democrat.

Benjamin Harvey Palmer, district engineer in charge
of road construction in Marion County, is a young official
whose technical ability and progressive ideas are enabling
him to render a specially valuable service to this county,
and he is one of the popular citizens of Fairmont, the
county seat. Mr. Palmer was born at Salamanca, Catta-
raugus County, New York, on the 27th of January, 1892,
and is a son of Olin H. and Flora (Rice) Palmer, both
likewise natives of the Empire State, to which the original
representatives of the respective families came from New
England, where the record of each traces back to the
Colonial period of our national history, members of the

Palmer family having come from England on the histoj
ship Mayflower, and representative of the Rice family hj.l
ing come to New England prior to the War of the Revo |
tion, in which one of its members served as a patriot s-
dier, he having been an ancestor of the subject of t]J|
review. William Rice, maternal grandfather of Benjan
H. Palmer, was a gallant soldier of the Union in the Ci
war, and he died in the City of New Orleans, Louisiai'
while still in military service. In the Civil war peri 1
Benjamin F. Palmer, paternal grandfather of the su |
ject of this sketch, was operating in the gold fields m
California. Olin H. Palmer was for many years a trav<H
ing commercial salesman, and he maintained his home I
Salamanca, New York, until 1909, when he removed wi!
his family to Meadville, Pennsylvania, a point more cell
veniently accessible to the territory through which he tre ,
eled. He served four years as sheriff of Crawford Count,
Pennsylvania, and is now deputy sheriff at Meadville, thj'
state. He still gives a general supervision to his valuab'J
farm interests in Cattaraugus County, New York.

Benjamin H. Palmer gained his early education in tl I
public schools of his native city and was seventeen yea
of age at the time of the family removal to Meadvill
Pennsylvania. For two years thereafter, 1909-11, he wj
a student in Allegheny College, and the following year 1
was in the employ of the Pennsylvania State HighwaJ
Commission. In 1912 he resumed his studies in Alleghenl
College, and in 1914 he was graduated from this institi.i
tion, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Thereafte,
he continued in the service of the Pennsylvania Stat
Highway Commission until May, 1917, when he entere*
the office of J. R. Wilson, who was then district road er
gineer of Marion County, West Virginia. In 1918 Mj;
Palmer became assistant road engineer of Harrison Count}
this state, with headquarters at Clarksburg, and in August
1918, he entered the Government war service as drafts
man in the photographic section of the aviation service!
He was first stationed at Madison Barracks, New York
and was thence assigned to service at Rochester, that state!
where he was engaged at the time of the signing of tht!
historic armistice that brought the war to a close. Afte: !
receiving his honorable discharge he returned to Clarks:
burg, West Virginia, where he remained until the spring
of the following year, when the county board of Marioi'
County appointed him to his present office, that of district
road engineer in charge of all county road and highwaj'
work.

Mr. Palmer is a certified member of the American Asso-<
ciation of Engineers, of the U. S. A. Aerial Photographers
Association and Society of American Military Engineers.
He is also affiliated with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and
Theta Nu Epsilon college fraternities, and he and his wife
hold membership iu the Baptist Church.

The year 1917 recorded the marriage of Mr. Palmer
and Miss Mabel Van Slyke, daughter of Eugene Van Slyke,
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, and the one child of this
union is a fine little son, Benjamin Harvey, Jr., born
February 13, 1920.

Etley Price Smith, M. D., who is engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession at Fairmont, Marion County, has
here served since 1914 as surgeon for the Jamison Coal
Company, and he is also a valued member of the surgical
staff of Cook Hospital in this city. After his graduation
from the high school Doctor Smith was for two years a
student in the University of West Virginia, and he then
entered the historic old Jefferson Medical College in the
City of Philadelphia, in which he was graduated in 1909.
After thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he
spent two years in service at the Philadelphia General
Hospital, in which he gained valuable clinical experience.
Thereafter he was engaged in general practice at Bar-
rackville, Marion County, West Virginia, until the nation
entered the World war, when he promptly enlisted for
service in the Medical Corps of the United States Army.
On the 1st of May, 1918, he received his commission as
captain in the Medical Corps, and he was assigned to duty
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^iey, where he continued hie able and patriotic service
iJ he received his honorable discharge January 1, 1919.
I then established himself in practice at Fairmont,
[re unequivocal success has attended his professional
t;avors. The doctor is a member of the Marion County
lical Society, the West Virginia 8tate Medical Society
i the American Medical Association. He is affiliated
ti the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias,
doctor Smith was born in Monroe County, West Vir-
ia, September 2, 1884, a son of Wilson G. and Alice
lanklin) Smith, both likewise natives of Monroe County,
r father now resides at Kenova, Wayne County, where
lis a successful contractor. He is a member of the
Ights of Pythias, and holds membership in the Methodist
Iscopal Church, South, as did also his wife, who died in
I. William Smith, paternal grandfather of the doctor,
f one of the pioneer settlers and influential citizens of
I is now Monroe County, West Virginia, and he met his
I h at the battle of Bull Run while in service as a loyal
ier of the Union in the Civil war. Joseph Sbanklin,
lernal grandfather of "Doctor Smith, was a native of
r rinia, and he died of typhoid fever while serving as a
(federate soldier in the Civil war.

^octor Smith married Miss Jeanette Robinson, daugb-
|of James C. Robinson, a representative of the old and
bred family of that name in Marion County. Doctor

I Mrs. Smith have two sons, Etley Price, Jr., and James
ison.

EOaoE Peteb CoiiuNTzis is one of the successful business
u and enterprising citizens of Morgantown, senior member
lie firm of Comuntzis Brothers.

[a was born February 16, 1885, in a suburb of Sparta,
►eee, son of Peter and Demetroula (Costines) Comuntzis,
lives of the same locality. His father died there in
13 and his mother in 1916.

-eorge Peter Comuntzis as a boy worked on his father's
n and attended school until he was sixteen. In 1901
i:ame to the United States, landing at New York June

II He at once went to Philadelphia, where he joined
I older brother, Thomas, in business there. A year later
mas opened a confectionery store at Cumberland, Mary-
il, and George P. accompanied him and remained in his
nloy at Cumberland, where his brother Thomas remained
ermanent resident. In August, 1904, George, Thomas
I their cousin, Nicholas Comuntzis, who died in July,
9, bought a store in partnership at Fairmont, West Vir-
a. The three partners in 1906 opened an additional
e at Wheeling. The business at Fairmont was con-
ted by George P. Comuntzis. The partnership was dis-
ed in 1909, and at that time George P. and his younger
ther, John, established the firm of Comuntzis Brothers

removed their Wheeling store to Morgantown. They
ted on a modest scale at 367 High Street, and on the

after Thanksgiving of 1911 they opened in a larger

better quarters just across the street at 368 High
;et. Here they carried a stock of confectionery and
i drinks, and the business has had a rapid growth and
dopment. In 1915 they put in their own ice plant,
ery and machinery of all kinds for the making of
dies and ice cream. They also made a feature of light
•heons. Today Comuntzis Brothers own the largest

most elaborate establishment of the kind in Morgan-
n, and one of the best in the state. Their service now
udes a complete bill of fare in addition to light lunch-
§, and they also have an extensive trade with surround-

towns in their manufactured product
a July, 1919, the brothers bought the A. J. Hare resi-
ce property on High Street, where they plan the erec-
I of a large business and apartment block. January 10,
I they also bought the Herehman property on High
let, opposite their store, including a ninety-five-foot
itage. February 28, 1921, another real estate transac-
i was recorded when they purchased thirty feet^ of
and adjoining this property from the W. C. T. U. Since
l the foundation has been laid to support a nine-story
'.ding, beginning with a one-story unit to accommodate
aeater and two large storerooms.
Vol. n— 55

George P. Comuntzis is a member and former direc-
tor of the Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to tho
Rotary Club, the Elks and Knights of Pythias. At Butler,
Pennsylvania, October 11, 1907, he attended the funeral
of his sister, and on the 2d of November following sailed
for his old home in Greece, reaching there December 12th.
On April 12, 1908, he married Angelina Cararvsos, who
was born in the same community aa her husband in 1891,
daughter of Constantine Cararvsos. Mr. Comuntzis re-
turned to America with his bride. Five children were born
to their marriage: Demetroula, born May 31, 1909; a daugh-
ter who died in infancy; Peter George, born December 27,
1911; Gus, born November 5, 1919; and Chris, born July
8, 1921.

John Peter Comuntzis, younger member of the firm
Comuntzis Brothers, was born in Greece in 1887. He came
to the United States in 1902, joining his brothers at Cum-
berland, Maryland, and has been actively associated with
George Comuntzis throughout the founding, development
and prosperity of the business in Morgantown. In 1914
he returned to Greece and served a brief time in the Greek
army. He married in 1917 Miss Anna Psyhoyios. Their
two children are Peter John, born in 1919, and Demetroula,
born in 1920.

John Milton Kisner, president of the John M. Kisner
& Brother Lumber Company, lumber dealers and general
building contractors at Fairmont, has had a varied but
almost uniformly successful career since he left the home
farm thirty years ago. He has been a coal miner, a car-
penter and a building contractor, and the business of
which he is now the active head has had a successful
existence for nearly fifteen years.

He was born on a farm in Preston County, West Vir-
ginia, October 5, 1872, son of George W. and Ann (Turner)
Kisner, natives of Monongalia County. The father was
born in 1836 and died at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia,
in 1917, while the mother was bora in 1841 and died in
1912. George W. Kisner was a farmer and carpenter, and
finally removed his family to the vicinity of Independence,
West Virginia. He was a life-long member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church and a republican.

John M. Kisner grew up on a farm, attended the Fair-
fax School in Preston County, and when he was eighteen
he left home and went west as far as Terre Haute, Indiana,
where he spent about a year working at different things.
Returning to West Virginia, he worked at the coal mines
at Monongah in Marion County, and spent some four
years in mining at different points.

His preparation for the building business began in 1898,
when he started to learn the carpenter's trade. About
four years later he was made superintendent for a con-
tracting firm at Fairmont In 1908 he began construct-
ing and building on his own account, and for about four
years was in the contracting and lumber business with his
brother Clark W., under the firm of John M. Kisner &
Brother. Three years later the business was incorporated
as John M. Kisner & Brother Lumber Company.

The character of work done by this firm is revealed in a
few of the contracts handled in recent years. They put
up the First Presbyterian Church, one of the finest church
buildings in Fairmont, erected the high school at Mo-
nongah, and are just completing the East Side High School
and all the three ward schools on the East Side of Fair-
mont, and the North View High School at Clarksburg and
the Haymond Flats and Coleman Building in that city.
They built 100 houses for the Consolidation Coal Com-
pany at Vanleer, Kentucky, erected most of the town of
Ida May, West Virginia, for the same company, and most
of the buildings at Rivesville, West Virginia, for the Mo-
nongahela Traction Company.

Mr. Kisner was one of the organizers and has since
been a director of the Fairmont Brick Company, and he
helped organize the East Side Building & Loan Company,
of which he is a director and second vice president. With
all these business interests he finds time to associate him-
self with other business men and citizens in promoting
their common interests. He has been identified for a num.-

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ber of years as vie© president and director of the Fair-
mont Business Men's Association, and is a director of the
Fairmont Chamber of Commerce. He is affiliated with
Lodge No. 15 of the Knights of Pythias at Watson, ia a
member of the Rotary Club and the Presbyterian Church.

February 2, 1899, Mr. Kisner married Mary S. Strauaer.
She was born near Philadelphia, daughter of Edward and
Sarah Strauaer, who came from Pennsylvania and located
near Charlero, where her father died. Mr. and Mrs. Kisner
have three children. Ora Leona, born in June, 1901, is
a graduate of the Fairmont High School and completed
her education in the Fairmont State Normal School aud
the Carnegie Institute of Technology at Pittsburgh, spend-
ing a year in each school, and is now at the University of
West Virginia. The second daughter, Laura Louise, was
born in February, 1906, and is a student in the Fairmont
High School. The son, George Edward, was born in Febru-
ary, 1909.

Jesse Daniel Wilson has given efficient service as as-
sistant postmaster of the City of Fairmont, Marion
County, since 1917, and was acting postmaster from 1920
until the appointment of the new incumbent, John S.
Scott, in October, 1921. He was born on the old family
homestead farm in Clay District, Monongalia Connty, this
state, June 15, 1887, and is a son of John Pinckney Wil-
son and Dora B. (Toothman) Wilson. On the same farm
John P. Wilaon was born October 1, 1862, his father,
Jesse Wilson, having there settled in the pioneer days.
John P. Wilson continued to be actively identified with
farm enterprise in his native county until November, 1921,
when he removed to Fairview, Marion County, where he
Is living retired, save for the general supervision which
he continued to give to his valuable farm property. His
wife was born at Gray's Flats, Marion County, February
27, 1864, a daughter of Daniel and Rachel Toothman, the
former of whom is still living, at the patriarchal age of
more than ninety years.

Jesse D. Wilson was reared on the farm and was given
the advantages of the public schools of his native county.
He has been continuously connected with the United
States mail service since 1908, in which year he became
a carrier on one of the rural routes out from the Fairview
post office. In 1914 he was appointed poatmaster at Fair-
view, and April 1, 1917, he became assistant postmaster
at Fairmont, the county seat. December 1, 1920, he was
appointed acting postmaster, and he continued his service
as such until the new postmaster was appointed. His long
service has gained to him a wide acquaintanceship in
Marion County, where his circle of friends is exceptionally
wide and where he has made an admirable record in con-
nection with mail affairs. He is a member of the Board
of Trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
and the church ia now (1921) erecting one of the finest
church edifices in the city. Mr. Wilson is affiliated with
Fairmont Lodge No. 9, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
and in the Scottish Rite Lodge of Perfection at Clarksburg
he haa received the fourteenth degree. He is a member also
of the Modern Woodmen of America.

July 4, 1908, recorded the marriage of Mr. Wilson and
Miss Stella L. Busch, who waa born in Gilmer County,
this state, September 8, 1891. They have two children:
Helen Pearl, born March 14, 1909, and William Ralph,
born April 9, 1911.

Luther Cochran Davis, A. B., M. D., is one of the
representative physicians of the younger generation in
Marion County, where he is engaged in practice at Fair-
mont, the county seat. He is a native of the old Keystone
State, but on the maternal side Is a scion of one of the
prominent and Influential families early established in
what is now West Virginia. His maternal grandfather,
Nathaniel Cochran, of Revolutionary ancestry, was a mem-
ber of Maltby's battery of artillery in the Union Army
during the Civil war, and thereafter was twice elected
mayor of Fairmont, West Virginia, as a republican.

Doctor Davis was born in the City of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, November 15, 1894, and is a son of John L.

and Martha (Cochran) Davis. The doctor's mother is ni
a resident of Fairmont, West Virginia, her native city :
In 1912 Doctor Davis was graduated from the I>|
mont High School, and thereafter he was for two yeB,
1912-14, a student in the University of Wisconsin, wife
lie gave special attention to the study of chemistry. |n
1914 he entered the University of Missouri, in which ie
took a special courae in bacteriology under Rommell i,
from which he received the degree of Bachelor of M
in 1916. Thereafter he served as assistant instruetoijj|
bacteriology in this univeraity until 1918, and he tfl
matriculated in the medical department of the Univer™
of Pennsylvania, in which he was graduated aa a memjl
of the elasa of 1920, with the degree of Doctor of Medics.
In that year and a portion of 1921 he served as an
terne in the Memorial Hospital at Philadelphia, and t
the same time did research work in bacteriology unir
Doctor Kolmer. He has since become well establisheda
practice at Fairmont, and his ability and personal popu]>
ity assure him of cumulative succesa and prestige in II
profession. He is a member of the Marion County Mediil*
Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society and e
American Medical Association. The doctor is affiliaiJ?
with the Knights of Pythias and with the Alpha ii
Sigma (chemical) and the Alpha Kappa Kappa (medie)
college fraternitiea.

John S. Scott, a leading merchant and representate
citizen of Fairmont, Marion County, was born in t|
city on the 24th of October, 1869. Thomas Scott, his gre-
grandfather, was bom in Scotland and upon coming 5
America settled in Rockingham County, Virginia, his de;jp
having occurred at Norfolk, that state, November 29, 181
His son, William W., was born in Rockingham Coun!,
April 8, 1800, and died at Palatine, now Fairmont, Wt
Virginia, January 17, 1882. His marriage was solemnhi
June 5, 1827, when Sophia Heed became his wife. She Vi
born in Rockingham Connty, Virginia, September 19, 18,
a daughter of Abram Heed, and died at Fairmont, Wjfc
Virginia, December 14, 1877. Of the children of this unit
Newton J., father of the subject of this sketch, was bu
in the present Preston Connty, West Virginia, March j,
1844, and died at Fairmont, February 2, 1882. Decemlr
31, 1868, he married at Kittanning, Pennsylvania, Mary 1 ,
Scott, and her "death occurred in July, 1883.

John S. Scott attended the public schools and later ty
State Normal School at Fairmont. He waa doul
orphaned when he was a lad of fourteen years, and for fc
years thereafter he resided in the home of his uncle,
liam S. Scott, a farmer in Barbour County. After retuii
ing to Fairmont he taught in the rural schools during i;
winter terms for two years, and for four years thereafi
he was in the employ of the Helmiek Foundry & Machi
Company of Fairmont, in the capacity of stationary «
gineer. For eight years thereafter he was here engaged
the retail flour and feed business. He served as city c
lector in 1905-7, and for ten years thereafter was secreta
of the Fairmont Fair Association. In 1912 Mr. Scott 1
came senior member of the firm Scott & Hawkina Compai
which here engaged in the general merehandiae busine
and since the incorporation of the business, under the ori
inal title, he has been president of the company, which ec
ducts one of the leading retail mercantile establishmei
of Fairmont and controls a large and substantial busine
Mr. Scott is a director of the East Side Building & Lo
Aasociation, and has other important business and proper
interests in his native city and county. He has recenl
entered active service as postmaster of Fairmont, to whi
position he was appointed on the 6th of October, 1921.

Mr. Scott is a member of Fairmont Lodge No. 2, In<
pendent Order of Odd Fellows; Marion Lodge No. i
Knights of Pythias; Setting Sun Tribe No. 6, Impro\
Order of Red Men; Fairmont Lodgo No. 9, Loyal Ore
of Moose; and Showalter Tent No. 7, Knights of i
Maccabees. He is a director of the Fairmont Chamber
Commerce and a member of the Rotary Club.

Mr. Scott married Miss Ella M. Hughes, who was be
at Fairmont, March 17, 1872, a daughter of the late Jo

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'. Hughes, and she was summoned to the life eternal on the
3th of October, 1921, leaving two daughters: Pearl, a
raduate of the State Normal School at Fairmont and a
opular teacher in the Fairmont schools; and V. Marie, the
ife of John II. Pople, of Fairmont.

Hugh Donovan, Jr. Through a enreer bristling with
iflicultics and obstacles to be overcome Hugh Donovan, Jr.,
.is achieved that secure position in affairs represented in
ie ownership of a prosperous industry at Parkcrsburg,
Ktended interests in other localities, and the appreciation
If all citizens and friends who know the essential facts of
is life.

Mr. Donovan was born May 27, 1872, son of Hugh and
Elizabeth (Gill) Donovan, the former a native of Cork and
'ie latter of Dublin, Ireland. Hugh Donovan, Sr.. came to
\e United States at the close of the Civil war. He was a
dlermaker by trade, and tQ that industry he devoted
ractically all his active years. He worked in New York, at
rie and Meadville in Western Texas, operated a boiler shop
)r a time at St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania, and later at
denburg, that state. As an expert boilermaker he has
)llowed his industry largely in the oil fields, manufacturing
aterials for special use in the oil industry. He is now in
.s eightieth year, hale and hearty, and an honored resident
t* Parkcrsburg. He was born April 26, 1842.
One of two children, Hugh Donovan, Jr., grew up in the
Dine of his industrious parents, but since he was ten years
f age he has had a working knowledge and experience in the
•ade of boiler making. Just before attaining his seven-
icnth birthday he bought his father's ahop at Edenbnrg.
.e moved his business in 1900 to Cairo, West Virginia,
here he continued boiler making and repairing, and in 1910
une to Parkcrsburg. In Parkersburg he has gained the
*al fruits of his industrial experience. In 1912 he doubled
is floor space, again doubled it in 1914, and in 1919 erected
new plant, with 40,000 feet of floor space. This industry,
oown as the Donovan Boiler Works, furnishes employment
ic normal times to about 100 hands. It is a specialty shop,
anufacturing tanks and boilers exclusively for the oil
idustry.

With the close association thus gained with the oil indus-
y Mr. Donovan has been interested in oil production since
)07. He is now owner of some fifty producing wells, chiefly
i Oklahoma. While these items represent really big achieve-
ents, Mr. Donovan did not realize success until in com-
iratively recent years. He was a laborer with his hands,
id had to solve countless problems involved in the material
jestions of existence. He was still comparatively poor
hen he moved to Parkersburg. He had the experience and
ie resourcefulness of a man of courage, willing to venture
1 to carry ont plans that he believed sound. His success
>es not represent altogether individual or personal achieve
ent. His domestic environment has favored him. In hard-
dp and in prosperity his life's companion has borne more
ian her share of duties and responsibilities, uncomplain-
gly and with a smile on her Hps. Therefore her life has
>en fully as successful as that of Mr. Donovan.
Mrs. Donovan 's maiden name was Harriet Maud Peters,
hey were married June 12, 1899. Their two children are
ohert and Josephine. Robert is a graduate of the Culver
ilitary Academy of Indiana, and is now a student in the
lrnegie Institute of Technology at Pittsburgh. The
mgbter, Josephine, is pursuing a college preparatory course
. the Mary Baldwin Seminary at Staunton, Virginia.

Mr. Donovan was ready with his personal abilities and
sources to cooperate with the community of Parkcrsburg

carrying out all the campaigns during the World war.
e is an independent in politics, a Catholic, a member of
e Elks Club, the Country Club, Blennerhasset Cluh, Rotary
ub and Chamber of Commerce.

Floyd Judson Patton of the Patton Coal Company at
lirmont, is a railroad man by early training and for a
unber of years has enjoyed the special confidence of the
al interests of the state. During a portion of the World
»r he handled the duties of fuel commissioner at Fair-
ont.

He was born at Grafton in Taylor County, Weat Vir-
ginia, September 22, 1876, aon of Milton M. and Emily
Elizabeth (LaGrange) Patton. The father was born in
Ritchie County, this state, in 1846, and died in 1917. For
many years he was a passenger conductor on the Baltimore
& Ohio between Grafton and Parkersburg. His wife, Emily
LaGrange, was born in Wood County, Weat Virginia, and
is now living, in her aeventy-fifth year, at Parkersburg.

Graduation from the Grafton High School in 1894 was
followed by a business college course, and since then Floyd
J. Patton has been allowed a period of about a quarter of
a century in which to work out his successful business
career. He became a clerk in the office of the agent of the
Baltimore & Ohio at Grafton, and with increasing respon-
sibilities he became eventually chief clerk in the office of
the superintendent.

Mr. Patton entered the coal business at GTafton in 1917,
operating, buying and selling. While thus engaged in 1918
he was, on the advice of coal operators, aent temporarily to
Fairmont by the Government to take charge of the office
of the United States fuel commissioner. Owing to a
vacancy in the regular commission much confusion had
resulted, and the office had temporarily ceased to function.
Mr. Patton quickly restored order and continued to admin-
ister the duties of the commissioner until after the war.
By that time he had determined to mako Fairmont his per-
manent home, and as president of the Patton Coal Company
has built up a successful business and has established con-
genial relationship as a citizen. Besides buying and selling
coal the Patton Coal Company operates what is known a*
the Trainer Mine. Mr. Patton is interested in the produc-
tion of oil, being treasurer of the States Fork Oil Company,
whose premier well came in during November, 1921, with a
daily production of ninety barrels. Mr. Patton is also
president of the Fairmont Company and is a member of the
Board of Directors of the Fairmont State Bank.

He is a member of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce,
the Country Club and the Elks and Knights of Pythiaa, and
belongs to the Presbyterian Church. He married Miss
Gladys May Jackson, a native of Fairmont. They have
two sons. Floyd Jackson, born in 1911, and William Milton,
born in 1919.

Curtis Edgar Amos. The technical ability and sterling
personal characteristics that make for maximum success in
the legal profession have been exemplified in the career of
Mr. Amos, who is engaged in the practice of law at Fair-
mont, judicial center of Marion County, and his achieve-
ment has already marked him as one of the representative
members of the' bar of his native city and county. Mr.
Amos was born at Fairmont on the 28th of June, 1887. and
is a son of Elias S. and Rhoda Annis (Parker) Amos,
adequate data concerning the family being given on other
pages of this volume, in the personal sketch of another son,
Frank R.

After having profited fully by the advantages of the
public schools of Fairmont, Curtis E. Amos here entered
the West Virginia State Normal School, and in this institu-
tion he was graduated as a member of the class of 1908.
In preparation for his chosen profession he entered the law
department of the University of West Virginia, and upon
his graduation in 1913 his reception of the degTee of
Bachelor of Laws was virtually coincident with his admis-
sion to the bar of his native state. He forthwith opened
an office at Fairmont, and his ability and personal popular-
ity made his professional novitiate of short duration. Here
he has continued in successful general practice to the
present time, save for the interval of his patriotic, service
in connection with the nation's military activities incidental
to the great World war. On the 4th of March. 1918. Mr.
Amos was mustered into the United States Army, and was
sent to Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, in charge of a squad of
fourteen other Fairmont "rookies" assigned to the same
camp. At this camp Mr. Amos became a member of the
Depot Brigade, and on the 26th of the same month he was
transferred to Camp Upton, New York, and assigned to the
Seventy-seventh Division, with which, two weeka later, he
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he lauded at Breat, France, and there he was assigned to
duty in the medical supply department ef his division. Iu
this connection he engaged in the establishing of medical
supply stations in the Baccarat, Vesle, Oiae, Aiene, and
Meuse-Argonne sectors, and he was in active service in the
last mentioned sector at the time of the signing of the now
historic armistice. He had charge of the advance medical
supply stations of the Seventy-seventh Division, and on
the day of the signing of the armistice he visited three
different stations. On the 13th of June, 1918, he was given
the rank of sergeant, and in the following November he
was promoted to the office of sergeant, first class. Upon
his return to his native land he was mustered out and re-
ceived his honorable discharge at Camp Meade, Maryland,
May 28, 1919. He then resumed his law practice at Fair-
mont, where he became senior member of the firm of Amos
& Amos, this alh'ance contiuuing until the 1st of January,
1921, when his brother Frank R., the junior member of the
firm, retired to assume his official duties as prosecuting at-
torney of Marion County, an office to which he had been
elected in the preceding November.

Mr. Amos is known as a vigorous and resourceful trial
lawyer and well equipped counselor, is a member of the
Marion County Bar Association and the West Virginia Bar
Association, and he is affiliated with the American Legion,
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows.

A. Glenn Springer, who is now serving as county as-
sessor of Marion County, was engaged in the retail grocery
business in the City of Fairmont at the time when the nation
became involved in the World war, and he promptly sub-
ordinated all personal interests to the call of patriotism,
sold his business and entered the military service of his
country, as will be more specifically noted in a later para-
graph.

Mr. Springer is a native of Marion County, his birth hav-
ing occurred on the old Swearingen homestead farm in
Union District, on the 14th of February, 1887. He is a
son of William F. and Viola (Swearingen) Springer, both
likewise natives of Marion County, where both families have
pioneer distinction, Mrs. Springer having been born on the
same farm as was" her son A. Glenn, of this sketch, her
father, William Swearingen, having been one of the sub-
stantial farmers and representative citizens of the county.
William F. Springer was born in 1857 and passed his entire
life in Marion County, he having been but thirty-six years
of age at the time of his tragic death. He was killed in an
accident.

A. Glenn Springer was reared on the home farm, and he
supplemented the discipline of the public schools by at-
tending Broaddus College at Philippi, this state. After
leaving college he took a position as clerk in a general store
at Fairmont, and later he was in the United States mail
service four years. He then, in 1916, engaged in the retail
grocery business at Fairmont, and he had built up a pros-
perous enterprise when he closed out his business to enlist,
in June, 1918, in the Government aviation service in con-
nection with World war preparations. He was sent to
Camp Morris, Virginia, where he continued in training in
the aviation field until after the signing of the armistice
which brought the war to a close, he having received his
honorable discharge in February, 1919. He then returned
to Fairmont, where he established himself in the feed busi-
ness, in which he continued until January 1, 1921, when he
disposed of the same and assumed his official duties as
county assessor, to which important office he had been
elected in the preceding November. In the primary elec-
tion he had three good opponents for nomination by his
party, and he was nominated by a fair margin, the ensuing
general election giving him a majority of more than 2,500
votes over his democratic opponent. Mr. Springer is af-
filiated with the local lodge of Knights of Pythias, and he
and his wife are active members of the Baptist Church in
their home city of Fairmont.

March 29, 1918, recorded the marriage of Mr. Springer
and Miss Nellie Baikes, who was born at Holly Grove,
Upshur County, a daughter of John and Cordelia Raikes.

Mr. and Mrs. Springer have a winsome little daugll
Joan Ireno, who was born April 15, 1921.

James D. Charlton has been going about over Ma: 9
County in the transaction of his business affairs for nl
than thirty-five years, has earned an enviable reputatioii
a citizen, and recently he was called from the ranks!
business men to public responsibility at the courthouse, ft
is the present sheriff.

Mr. Charlton was born at Manuiiigton in Marion Cou:l
October 9, 1867. His father, the late Benjamin F. Chi
ton, is recalled as one of the high-minded lawyers and nl
scrupulous citizens of Marion County. Judge Charltoiai
son of William Charlton, was born in Washington Couu,
Pennsylvania, in 1830, and died in 1903. As a youth hebj
tended the old Nineveh School, one of the pioneer instl
tions of higher education in Washington County, and af 1
wards became a school teacher. It was his reputation asl
able school man that caused the people of the Manning!
District in Marion County, West Virginia, to secure I
services, and he taught school at Mannington until he I
elected a member of the West Virginia Legislature, a
attended the sessions of the Legislature at Wheeling, td
the state capital. In the meantime he studied law, "j"
admitted to practice and for many years enjoyed a laei
clientage at Fairmont. He was elected and for six yet
served as judge of the Intermediate Court of Mai a!
County. After his retirement from the bench be td
tinued his private practice until his death. He was %
earnest Christian, was ordained a local minister of i
Methodist Conference, and officiated aa such for mif
years. Judge Charlton married Elizabeth Wallace, who ia
born in Paw Paw District of Marion County in 1839, it
is still living, at the age of eighty-two. Her father, Jaiff
Wallace, came to this part of West Virginia from Ma>
land.

Sheriff Charlton was educated in the public schools ft
Mannington. His first independent undertaking in life \i
as a buyer of cattle and other livestock. He then conducE
a livery business and became a contractor for heavy ht.i
ing at Mannington. For a number of years Mr. Charlj
has had some well placed investments in oil and coal pr .
erties.

His ability in public office was first demonstrated in i
home community at Mannington, where he served aevel
years as a member of the council and for two years i
mayor. He was for eight years deputy sheriff, at fil
under M. A. Jolliff and then under H. R. Furbee. In lit
he received the republican nomination for sheriff, U
elected in November, and began his duties January 1, 19^
Sheriff Charlton is a member of Mannington Lodge q
Elks and the Methodist Episcopal Church.

He married Miss Alice Critchfield, a native of ManniH
ton District and daughter of the late David Critchfif.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlton became the parents of ten chilaW
Benjamin Franklin, deceased; Mabel; Catherine, wife $
Arthur Smith, living at Buckhannon, West Virginia; H(ji
ard, William, Evaline, Ruth, James D., Jr., Edgar P. afi
Sarah Alice.

Joseph M. Murphy is a wholesale lumberman, banker )
Parkersburg, and a widely known and influential figure i
democratic state politics.

His father, the late John Murphy, was a railroad m.j
whose duties brought him to Parkersburg and who lived hi
many years, in a way to command the complete respect el
confidence of the community. He was born in CouiJ
Tipperary, Ireland, in 1837, and came to the United St&\
in 1854. While at Baltimore he was employed in rail* 1
construction work until the outhreak of the war. He til
enlisted in the Confederate army and served as a privil
throughout the great American conflict Several times I
waa captured, but in each instance exchanged. After I ft
war he resumed hia service with the Baltimore & Ohio Col
pany, and gave practically all his business career to tl
corporation. About 1869 he established his home at Pa:
ersburg, and he remained a resident until his death
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live his chief service to the world, but he also enjoyed a
[ide circle of admiring friends. lie was known for his
Onerous temper, hia absolute honesty, and purity of heart,
[e was dignified in demeanor, straight and erect in carriage,
►id on holiday and social occasions attracted attention by
ways wearing a Prince Albert coat. He was a democrat
frt never sought any office. In Baltimore soon after his
I tarn from the army he married Bridget Mackcy, who also
line from Tipperary. Of their eight children four are now
ring. The parents were devout Catholics.
Joseph M. Mnrphy was born at Parkersburg, November
1SS0, and his home has always been in thi3 city. Ha
mpleted his education in Duquesne University at Pitts-
irgh. For over two years after leaving college he was in
e retail grocery business, but his subsequent time and en-
•avors have been in the lumber trade and he is now a
ember of the wholesale lumber firm of Justus-Murphy Com-
iny. He is also a director of the Union Truat Company.
A3 a young man he became interested in politics, and
ona of the state 'a most influential democrats. The spring
•llowing his majority he was elected a member of the
irkersburg City Council, and served four years. He was on
e Democratic State Executive Committee twelve yeara, four
"!ars as its treasurer. In July, 1915, he was appointed a
ember of the Board of Regents of the State University,
•it retired from that office in 1919. He is unmarried.

Lawrence A. Catheb during the years aince manhood
is been active in business as a farmer, timber dealer, and
/ recent election is now serving as clerk of courts of

arion County.

Mr. Cather was born on a farm in Harrison County, West
irginia, June 20, 1882, son of Millard Fillmore and Mollie
. (Carder) Cather. This Cather family is of Scotch an-

stry. There were two brothers, Jasper and Robert, who
ft their native Scotland during Colonial times and estab-
*hed themselves on the frontier in Pennsylvania, They
ere soldiers in the period of Indian hostilities during what

known as the French and Indian war, and their homes
era burned and they were driven from Pennsylvania at
iat time. Both of them subsequently enlisted and served
» Patriot soldiers in the Revolution. Jasper was present
; the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown. After
ie war Jasper Cather bought up a lot of army equipment
id established a home in Frederick County, Virginia, He
as the ancestor of Lawrence A. Cather through hia son
homss. his grandson John, and his great-grandson, Mil-
rd Fillmore. John Taylor Cather was born in the Shen-
idoah Valley of Virginia, and was one of the pioneers of
aylor County, "West Virginia, and served aa a soldier in
ie Sixth West Virginia Regiment of Infantry during the
ivil war. He married Emeline Cather.

Millard Fillmore Cather was born in Taylor County in
554, and has spent all his active life as a farmer. He and
a wife have lived in Marion County since 1907. Millard
illmore Cather married Mollie E. Carder, who was born in
arrison County in 1854, daughter of Dr. Albert 8. and
!ary (Barnett) Carder. Doctor Carder was a graduate of
ie Louisville Medical College of Kentucky, and served as a
irgeon in the Confederate Army. Millard F. Cather and
ife had three children: Lawrence A.; Wilbur E., who is

graduate with the degrees A. B. and LL. B. from West
irginia University and is now practicing law at Win-
lester, Virginia; and Jessie is the wife of Professor R. L.
rowe, a former director of music at West Virginia Wes-
yan College, but now residing in Detroit, Michigan.

Lawrence A. Cather lived on a farm until he waa about
fteen years of age. After that he attended achool at
rafton and was also a student in West Virginia Univer-
ty, but left before graduating and for about three years
as a clerk in the railway mail service. Since then he has
?en continuously active in the timber and fanning indua-
7, alao haa some important real eatate interests. He
oved with his parents to Marion Connty in 1907, but in
312 he bought gome timber land in Preston County, and
as busy handling thia property, with home at Terra Alta,
ntil 1916, when he returned to Fairmont. Mr. Taylor was
tacted clerk of the courts of Marion County in 1920, on

the republican ticket, and has been in the office aince Janu-
ary 1, 1921. He is affiliated with the Masonic Order,
Knights of Pythias and Ancient Order of United Work-
men.

He married Miss Elsie Dale Little, a native of Marion
County, and daughter of a well known farmer of the
county, Thomas J. Little. Mrs. Cather is a graduate of the
Fairmont Normal School and for several year3 was a popu-
lar teacher in the county, until her marriage. They have
two children: Mary, born September 18, 1914, and Myra
Ellen, born December 12, 1916.

Harlin Rex Cokeley represents several generations of
thrifty agricultural ancestors, and has qualified himself for
and has done aome highly successful work in the new pro-
fession of agricultural agent or adviser. He is the present
agricultural agent for Monongalia County.

Mr. Cokeley waa born on a farm three miles south of
Harrisville, in Grant District of Ritchie County, West Vir-
ginia, June 13, 1891, son of Edmond Elijah and Margaret
M. (Amos) Cokeley. Both the Cokeley and Amos families
have been Americans since Colonial times. Jeremiah Coke-
ley came from Ireland about 1750 to Virginia. Hia five
sons were William, Daniel, Edmond, Jeremiah and Elijah.
Edmond was a Continental soldier in the Revolution. Elijah
Cokeley, son of the immigrant ancestor, died in 1822. He
married in 1812 Christina Crofus, who came with her par-
ents from Germany to Virginia in 1790. In 1840 she, then
a widow, with her three sons moved to Ritchie County,
West Virginia, and settled near Harrisville. Her oldest
son, Edmond, married Eliza Waggoner, of Maryland, and
moved to Iowa. The second son, Isaac, married a daughter
of John Rexroad near Harrisville and lost his life in the
defense of the Union. The youngest son was Andrew Coke-
ley. These three brothers and their uncle, Daniel Cokeley,
who came to Ritchie County about the same time, are the
ancestors of all the Cokeleys in that county. Andrew Coke-
ley married Ann Moats, daughter of Jacob Moata, and
settled on a farm near Harrisville. Their second son was
Edmond Elijah Cokeley.

The Amos family is of German origin, transplanted to
America near the middle of the eighteenth century. Henry
Amos came into Monongalia County about 1770. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Hall, of Pennsylvania, whose father came
from Delaware. Henry Amos was a Virginia soldier during
the Revolution. His second son, George Amos in 1816 mar-
ried Idna Hawkins, member of an old English family.
George Amos with three brothers was a soldier in the War
of 1812. His oldest son, Henry Amos, who settled in
Ritchie County, in 1848, married in 1849 Malinda Rex, of
Marion County. They were the parents of J. W. Amos, who
was a soldier of the Union from 1862 to 1865 in Company
K of the Tenth Virginia Regiment; George Amos, who
for twenty-six years was clerk of County Court and died
in 1898; and Margaret M. Amos, who was the wife of E. E.
Cokeley and died January 9, 191 Edmond E. Cokeley
spent his active life as a farmer and died on his place near
Harrisville in Jannary, 1918. His wife was born seven
miles southeast of Harrisville in 1*54. They were married
October 16, 1877, and their six children were: Harlin R.,
of Morgantown; L. L. Cokeley, clerk of the Circuit Court
of Ritchie County; Howard A., an employe of the Bureau
of Fisheries at Leadville, Colorado: Wilbur Cokeley. who
lives on the home farm near Harrisville; Mrs. Grace Lewis,
of Grafton, West Virginia; and Margaret May. at home.

Harlin R. Cokeley attended country schools in his home
district, and afterwards taught fonr years in district
schools. While teaching he was also carrying on hia studies
in the State Normal School at Huntington, West Virginia,
now Marshall College, where he graduated in 1913. Dur-
ing the following year he was business manager and also
performed part of the editorial work of the Educator at
Charleston. In the fall of 1914 he entered West Virginia
University, and by carrying extra work received his
Bachelor of Science and Agricultural Degree in 1917.

Mr. Cokeley waa appointed county agent for Hardy
County in 1917, and was on duty in that connty until the
fall of 1919, when he resigned to become county agricultural

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agent of Monongalia County. The success of the county
agricultural agent is largely dependent upon his particular
qualifications and his personal fitness for the work, since
co-operation on the part of the farmers is entirely volun-
tary, and the agent must inspire confidence and perfect an
organization preliminary to his real work. In the case of
Mr. Cokeley his personal qualifications have enabled him to
perform a work of far-reaching influence and value.
Through the Monongalia County Farm Bureau a large pro-
portion of the farmers do extensive cooperative buying and
some cooperative marketing. He has also organized farm
boys and girls into "4H" clubs, a special feature of which
is the establishment of regular camps where the boys and
girls spend at least a week's vacation under the direction
of instructors. The period is one of practical instruction
and recreation at one and tbe same time. He has also
encouraged livestock improvement by influencing the farm-
ers to buy and bring into the county a large number of
high grade and registered cattle. In 1921 he was instru-
mental in inducing more than a hundred farmers of the
county to plan Soja beans as an experimental crop. He
has also conducted a campaign of education to secure the
eradication of tuberculosis among cattle.

"While a student at Marshall College Mr. Cokeley 's
literary society elected him as its representative in the
Inter-Society Debate in the spring of 1913, and he was one
of the winners. He was also assistant editor of the school
Year Book at Marshall, and while at West Virginia Uni-
versity was assistant editor of the West Virginia Agricul-
turist and student assistant instructor in animal husbandry
in his senior year. He is a charter member of the Kappa
Sigma college fraternity at West Virginia University. He
is also a member of Moorefield Lodge No. 29, F. and A. M.,
Kyser Chapter No. 19, B. A. M., and belongs to the Uni-
versity Grange. At present he is a member of the Kiwanis
Club and Chamber of Commerce.

In June, 1917, Mr. Cokeley married Clara S. McMillen.
She was born at Bethel. Ohio, daughter of Saul and Pauline
(Fisher) McMillen. They have one son, Edmond Boss,
born April 16, 1919.

E. Wayne Henry. Tbe Henry family of Morgantown,
West Virginia, was established in Monongalia County a
short time following the close of the Bevolutionary war by
Frank Henry, the great-great-grandfather of the present
generation.

Frank Henry was of English descent, but when the
struggle came to settle the independence of the American
colonies he embraced the cause of the latter and during the
war that followed served as an officer of the Virginia line
under General Washington. As a reward for military serv-
ices he received a grant of land in Grant District, Monon-
galia County, where he settled, and eventually became the
owner of over 1,000 acres in that neighborhood, every acre
of which is owned at the present time by his heirs. He be-
came the father of two sons.

Eli Henry, son of Frank Henry, succeeded his father as
head of the family. He married a Miss Barbe, and they
became the parents of twelve children, one of whom, Syl-
vester, efficiently carried on the farm industries in Grant
District. He married Virginia Houston, a daughter of
Robert Houston, and three sons were born to them: Elroy,
Jesse H. and Omar C.

Jesse H. Henry, secoud son of Sylvester and Virginia
Henry, was born May 1, 1872, on the old Henry homestead
in Grant District, Monongalia County, and died at Morgan-
town, April 24, 1921. He began teaching school at the age
of nineteen years, and taught continuously for thirteen
years, or until he was elected county superintendent of the
public school districts in Monongalia County in 1904, to
which position he was re-elected in 1908, serving two full
terms of four years each.

In 1912 Mr. Henry removed from the farm into Morgan-
town and took over the management of the Morgantown
branch store of the W. F. Frederick Piano Company of
Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, which position he was filling at
the time of his death. He was an active and prominent
citizen, and gave largely of his time and ability to advance

the welfare of the entire community. Mr. Henry wt
greatly interested in Christian work and was a most fait
ful member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, m {
superintendent of a Sunday school on the West Side <
the city and was choir leader of Doctor Armstrong's Bib
Class. But a few months before his death he had ri
linquished the chair of worshipful master of Morganto^
Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M.; was a member c !
Morgantown Commandery No, 18, Knights Templar, an i
was a thirty-second degree member of West Virginia Cor ]
sistory No. 1, Scottish Bite, and a member of Osiris Templi I
Mystic Shrine. He belonged also to the Knights of Pytbia j
the Chamber of Commerce and the Botary Club.

During the World war Mr. Henry was active in all p* I
triotic movements and did his full share in every drive fr I
funds for war purposes.

In early manhood Jesse H. Henry was united in marriag,
with Miss Zoe Z. Sehafer, who was born in the same neigl j
borhood in Grant District as himself, a daughter of Johl
C. and Miranda (Hildebrand) Sehafer. The father of Mn|
Henry was born also in Grant District, Monongalia Count}
a son of Peter Sehafer, who was a soldier and lost his lif ,
in the war between the states, falling at Bull Bun and late^
dying of his wounds. The mother of Mrs. Henry was borrl
at Opetiski. on the border line of Monongalia and Marioi ■
counties. West Virginia, a daughter of Louis and Catherin 1
Maria (Mahoney) Hildebrand. To Jesse H. and Zoe 2,1
Henry two sons were born: E. Wayne and Beece Binehart|
the latter of whom is a member of the senior class in th
Morgantown High School.

E. Wayne Henry was born February 13, 1896, on the ole
estate of his great-great-grandf ather Henry, a part o:
which he has inherited. He was educated in the Laure
Point graded schools, from which he was graduated h
1910, and in 1913 entered the high school at Morgantown
and was a junior when he left school. He then became ]
an assistant to his father in the W. F. Frederick Pianc"
Store in 1917, and following the death of his father sue
ceeded to the management of the business. He is 11
member of Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, A. F. anc
A. M., and has received the chapter degrees in the Yorl
Bite, and is a Scottish Bite Mason. Mr. Henry belong!. 1
also to Monongalia Lodge No. 10, Independent Order oi,
Odd Fellows, and to Morgantown Lodge No. 411, Benevo ,
lent and Protective Order of Elks, and to the Morgantown,
Kiwanis Club. Up to the present, political life has bad'
no attraction for him, but he is an earnest and helpful!
private citizen and one of the valued members of the;
Chamber of Commerce. Like his late father, he is active*
in the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he;
values the honor to which he succeeded his father as a
director of the local Chautauqua Association. The Henry 1
family of West Virginia for generations has worthily rep-
resented the type of citizenship that Americans are proud
to claim.

On January 2, 1922, Mr. Henry was united in marriage
with Miss Mildred Bhodes, of Morgantown, a daughter of
the late Joshua and Ola Bhodes, of Waynesburg, Pennsyl-
vania.

Bennie W. Bussell. It is perhaps natural that Monon-
galia County, seat of the state university, should be one
of the most progressive in the state in the matter of schools
and educational facilities. However, here as elsewhere
much progress in this direction is dependent upon the en-
thusiasm and abilities of the teaching personnel. Outside
of the independent districts there is probably no civil dis-
trict in the county that enjoys a finer record than the
Clay District, of which the district superintendent of schools
is Bennie W. Bussell, whose father has been a teacher and
who has devoted the best years of his own life to educa-
tional work, and under his leadership Clay District has
achieved some splendid results during the past seven years.

Bennie W. Bussell was born near Mount Morris in Greene
County, Pennsylvania, in 1874. When he was thirteen
years of age his parents, L. D. and Flora (Tapp) Bussell,
moved to the vicinity of Morgantown. Flora Tapp was a
daughter of Festus H. Tapp, who came from the vicinity

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489

w Winchester, Virginia, to West Virginia about 1835, set-
ting in Monongalia County, near Maidsville, where he lived
lad where he died at the age of seventy-six and where his
Lughter Flora was born. L. D. Russell and family lived
'jar Morgantown about six years, and then returned to
eansylvania, where he and his wife are still living. He
' is been in the work of the schoolroom forty years, and
\x years of that time he taught in West Virginia, and
[lught one or two terms under his aon as district super-
Rtendent.

[ During the aix years the family lived near Morgantown,
lennie W. Russell attended the state university. He taught
li Taylor County and later received his degree at Waynes-
mrg College in Pennsylvania. lie was principal of graded
rhools at Simpson, in Taylor County, at Blaeksville, served
hree years from 1910 as superintendent of Battelle Dis
-ict of Monongalia County, and for the past seven years

is been superintendent of Clay District.

It will be appropriate to note some of the distinctive
regress made in the district during the past seven years.
Irhen he was elected district superintendent the class of
l achers numbered twenty -two. There are now thirty -six, and
leir qualifications are even more impressive than the in-
reased number. When he became superintendent there

as not a single teacher under him who had a college, nor-
ial or high school training, whereas now twenty-five out
ff the thirty-six have the equivalent of at least a high
•hool, and some of them still better educations. Fre-
neat teachers' institutes is one means of elevating teaeh-
lg standards. Seven years ago the district had only one
wo-room building. At Blaeksville is a first class high
bhool, with an eight-room bailding, the Daybrook High
khool, has four rooms, and the Pentress and Mooreaville
bhools are conducted in two-room buildings. Superintend-
nt Russell undoubtedly has the true abilities of a leader,
( iid this great work to his credit is dne in no small degree
id the enthusiastic cooperation he has been able to create
•mong the taxpayers and patrons of the schools. He
eeps in the closest touch with individual schools and even
r ith individual scholars. He visits every school once a
mnth and part of the year twice a month, and grades
may of the examination papers, so that he is familiar
nth the work of the individual student. The pupils in
he grammar grades caught the contagion of education, and
lost of them are eager to continue through high school and
lany go from high school to college or university. Mr.
tussell is district club agent for the boys and girls in
'he agricultural program, and has awakened great interest
a practical subjects appealing to country children, and
here are a number of poultry and pig clubs, and their ex-
ibits have been sent to local county and state fairs.

Mr. Russell is a member of the State Association of
'eachers and the Monongahela Valley Round Table. He
* affiliated with the Lodge of Masons at Morgantown, with
Test Virginia Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite at
Wheeling, and is the present noble grand of the Independ-
nt Order of Odd Fellows at Blaeksville.

At the age of twenty, Mr. Russell married Miss Maggie
»hoek, of Gilmer County, West Virginia. She died two
ears later, leaving a daughter, Oneita, who is a normal
ehool graduate and doing some successful work in edu
ational affairs. Mr. Russell married for his second wife,
.aura Tennant, daughter of Perry Tennant, of Moores-
ille. They have one son, Bennie W., Jr., born in 1907
nd now in the second year of his high school work.

James Theodore Callanan, in the words of an edi-
orial that fitly expressed some of the qualities and sources
>f the great esteem in which be was held, "was a man
jnong men, and in his death Parkersburg and the eom-
ounity in which he lived suffers an almost irreparable loss.
Che loss is felt the more in view of the fact that the hand
f death reached out and touched him suddenly and when
ie was in the very prime of life, a time when it would have
»een possible for him to do and serve even more than he had
n the past. Kind, manly, big-hearted, generous, he was re-
pected and loved by all to a fault. 'Jim' Callanan was a
aan who knew men and who numbered his friends by the

hundred. Bluff, genial aud -sincere in manner, he was a man
who made friends easily and who held them always.

"To few men does Parkersburg owe more than to James
T. Callanan. Largely through his efforts and business
ability there has been given to this city one of the largest
and most thriving industries. This, however, is only the
smallest part of his service. Never has there been a worthy
movement in which 'Jim' Callanan did not take an active
part, and he never failed to do more than his full share to
make it a success.

"As one of the Big Brothers of the Elks he has done
much that will never be known, for he was a man that per-
formed his good works as a pleasure rather than as a duty
and who, even to his most intimate friends, did not reveal
the extent of what he did to make the path a little easier
for his fellows."

Mr. Callanan was born at Crossingville, Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, October 29, 1863, grew up in Western Penn-
sylvania, had a practical business education, and as a young
man became an expert in mechanical lines and for some
years was in business in his native state. In 1903 he moved
from Butler, Pennsylvania, to Parkersburg, and with several
local men bought the Parkersburg Machine Company, whose
plant was then on Second Street. Later the company bought
the U. S. Engine Works at what is now Parmaco, and the
entire plant was consolidated there. It was Mr. Callanan 's
genius in directing a mechanical industry, his executive
ahility, and a broad vision realized in every department that
made this one of the city 'a largest industries. He was the
active head of the business until his death, after a brief
illness, on September 28, 1919. Mr. Callanan was also
president of the Community Savings & Loan Company and
head of the Cole Oil Company.

Business represented only one side of his large and
generous nature. He worked for the welfare of the com-
munity in which he lived, and was one of the directors of
the Parkershurg Board of Commerce, a member of the
Parkersburg Rotary Club, and during the World war was a
leader in every local campaign. Largely through his in-
dividual efforts the success of the War Camp Community
Service drive was insured. Generosity was his outstanding
characteristic, and he showed that quality in his business aad
among his employes as well as in his relations to individuals
and organizations in the city. He was one of the leading
workers and contributors to St. Xavier's Catholic Church,
was for many years a member and a former governor of
Parkersburg Lodge No. 198, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, belonged to the Maccabees and the United
Commercial Travelers.

December 22, 1886, Mr. Callauan married Julia Dunn.
At his death he was survived by his mother and a brother
and sister at Buffalo, New York, and also by Mrs. Callanan
and two sons and one daughter. The daughter is Miss Mary
Callanan. The aons, James T., Jr., and Ralph F. Callanan,
are progressive young business men, well qualified to carry
on and continue the great industry built up by their hon
ored father.

James T. Callanan, Jr., was born at Washington, Penn-
sylvania, December 22, 1SS7. He acquired his early educa-
tion in the Pennsylvania public schools, attended the famous
Tome School for Boya at Port Deposit, Maryland, and then
entered his father's plant and by successive steps and with
experience in nearly every department was well qualified to
become president and general manager at his father's death.
He is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks and the Rotary Club. November 23, 1911, he married
Miss Loura Williamson. They have a daughter, Loura Anne.

Ralph F. Callanan, the younger son, was born in Butler,
Pennsylvania, March 27, 1895, and after completing his
course in the Parkersburg High School attended the Georgia
School of Technology, also the University of Pittsburgh.
He likewise since leaving school has been associated with the
Parkersburg Machine Company, of which he is vice president.

During the World war he was a member of the Vocational
Training Corps at Richmond, Virginia, but subsequently was
transferred to the Field Artillery Officers Training School at
Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, and received bis honorable
discharge November 28, 1918.

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HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

William Kicks Wilson. Indelibly connected with the
history of Kenova, William Ricks Wilson has fairly won his
sound position, and is at present efficiently discharging the
duties of the office of city recorder, carrying on a large
roal estato business as the representative of the Kenova-
Hnntington Land Company, and handling his own exten-
sive interests. He was born at Smithfield, Isle of Wight
County, Virginia, June 7, 1877, a son of Joseph Josiah and
Lucy (Adams) Wilson, the former of whom died in 1907,
when forty-eight years of age. Mrs. Wilson survives her
husband, and now, at the age of sixty-four, resides with
her sons, a part of the time being at Kenova. Joseph
Josiah Wilson was a prosperous Virginia farmer in the
peanut, corn and potato region, and owned a number of
houses at Smithfield. He was a consistent communicant of
the Episcopal Church, with which his widow is also con-
nected. In politics he was a strong democrat. The Wilson
family has been connected with the Smithfield section of
Virginia for many generations, and there the three chil-
dren of Joseph Josiah Wilson and his wife were bom, they
being as follows: Blair P., who is extensively engaged in
a real estate business at Huntington, is responsible for
many additions to that city; John A., who was a Smith-
field merchant, died at the age of thirty-three years; and
William Ricks, who is known to his friends as ''Dick."

Growing up in his native place, William Ricks Wilson
attended its public schools, and when he was eighteen years
old entered the employ of Langhorne- & Langhorne, rail-
road construction contractors, and continued with that
firm during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad from Whitehouse to Pikeville, Kentucky, up the
Big Sandy. He was also on construction work in the Guyau
Valley from Barbersville to Logan, West Virginia, and was
then employed by Louis Hankins Construction Company, of
the James River Division of the Virginia Railroad, from
the main line to Charlottesville. Subsequently he did con-
struction work on the Carolina, Clinehfield & Ohio Rail-
road from Jonesboro to Bristol, Tennessee. Mr. Wilson
was with these concerns as general bookkeeper and paymas-
ter, and in each case the railroads employing him were the
pioneers in the territory. When he came to Kenova the
town had no industrial plants, and with his experience and
aptitude in pioneer work he applied himself to remedying
the various drawbacks, and is largely responsible for the
permanent location at this point of the present concerns
which make the Kenova of today an industrial center. For
some years he has been the representative here of the
Kenova-Huntington Land Company. During 1919, 1920,
1921 and 1922 he has served Kenova as city recorder.
Since its organization he has served the Kenova ChambeT
of Commerce as its secretary, and is a great believer in the
effectiveness of such a body in any community.

In 1907 Mr. Wilson married Mabel Mudeman, a daughter
of Georg Mudeman, of Manassas, Virginia. They have one
daughter, Margaret Blair. Mrs. Wilson is a member of
the Presbyterian Chureh. Fraternally Mr. Wilson main-
tains membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks. His political convictions are in ac-
eord with the principles of the democratic party.

Benjamin Dolliver Gaerett, M. D. The service of a
general medical practitioner is not confined, as a usual
thing, to his professional connections with his home com-
munity, for his long years of training, varied experience
and knowledge of men give him an insight into conditions
which make him a valued asset, and his influence is sought
in business and polities. One of the tireless members of
the medieal profession in Wayne County, deserving of more
than passing mention, is Dr. Benjamin Dolliver Garrett of
Kenova. He was born at Wayne Court House, Wayne
County, West Virginia, March 29, 1876, a son of Rev.
James Dolliver and Mary Helen (Staley) Garrett.

Rev. James Dolliver Garrett was born on Twelve Pole
Creek, below the town of Wayne, March 22, 1845, a son of
Benjamin Garrett, a veteran of the War of 1812 from
North Carolina. For his services in that war Benjamin
Garrett received a grant of 100 acres of land from the Gov-

ernment, which ho located on Twelve Pole Cre^k, becc
ing one of the earliest settlers of that region, if he waa l
the- first. He took an active part in the organization
Wayne County and was spared to live into old age. Vc
active in polities, he was opposed to secession and became
republican. Benjamin Garrett was a man of small p:
portions physically, but a brave fighter with his fists, a
was never vanquished.

Growing up in Twelve Pole Valley, James Dolliver Gj,
rett there reeeived his educational training. From a child
a deeply religious turn of mind, he entered the ministry
the Methodist Episcopal Church when only nineteen yes
of age, and was ordained when he was twenty-one. He w
a member of the Holston Conference, and preached in ma
congregations in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia, .
of his life being spent in missionary work. His death i
eurred at his old home in Wayne County February 1
1913. Prominent in Masonry, he belonged to Wayne Lodg
A. F. and A. M., Wayne Chapter, and Huntington Coi
mandery, K. T., and he also maintained membership wi
the Knights of Pythias. His political sentiments were
aeeord with the principles of the democratic party. E
wife, Mrs. Mary Helen (Staley) Garrett, was also born
Wayne County, aud she now makes her home at Ashlan
Kentucky. Her father, Peyton Staley, who was for maj
years a prominent eitizen of Wayne County, died with I
recent years, aged ninety-six. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett hi I
nine children, two sons and seven daughters, the sons beii
Doctor Garrett and John Garrett, the latter of whom is |
the employ of the Norfolk & Western Railroad at Port
mouth, Ohio.

Doctor Garrett reeeived his early educational trainir
in the public schools of Wayne County, supplementing th-
with a course at Oak View Aeademy, Wayne Court Hous
when he was twenty-three years of age, although he ha
been previously engaged in teaching in the public schoo
of his native county, in this way earning the money 1
continue his own studies. He taught seven schools in al.
and reeeived for his work a salary "of $30 a month. Wit
a very small amount of money in 1899 he began to can
out his long-cherished plans for a professional career, an I
entered the medical department of the Kentucky Universit
at Louisville, Kentucky, from which he was graduated )„
1903. Immediately thereafter Doetor Garrett located s
Cyrus, Wayne County, and was there engaged in a praetic
for thirteen years, but then came to Kenova, where he ha I
since remained. For some years Doctor Garrett has sp(j
cialized in children's diseases, and is very successful in thi
branch of his profession. He is pension examiner, and dui
ing the late war was actively engaged in local war worl'

On April 17, 1904, Doetor Garrett married Jennie £
Thornbury, a daughter of Dr. J. H. Thornbury, of Dunlov
Wayne County. Doetor and Mrs. Garrett have two ehildrei
Mary Lois and Franees June. They belong to the Mett
odist Episcopal Church. Doetor Garrett is a Blue Lodg
Mason, and served for six years as master of his lodgt
He also belongs to Wayne Chapter, R. A. M. For som
years he has been a Knight of Pythias. A democrat i:
politics, he is firm in his support of party candidates. Pre
fessionally he belongs to the Cabell County Medical Society
the West Virginia State Medieal Society, and the America.
Medical Association. Very aetive in local matters, he i
a member of the board of directors of the Kenova Cham
ber of Commerce.

Edward John Meyer. A broad-minded, well-balance<
man, always master of himself and knowing how to hi
firm and resolute, and possessing the full confidence o:
his associates, Edward John Meyer is a prominent figttn
in the business life of Kenova, where he has played at
important part not only as the superintendent of thi
Basic Products Company, but as president of the Kenovi
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Meyer was born at Sharps
burg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh
November 7, 1874, and ie a son of William and Sophie
(Miller) Meyer, natives of the same county and of Ger
man descent.

William Meyer was a self-made man and successful fc

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r business way at Sharpsborg, where for a period of
ijrty-nine years be was engaged in the dry goods trade,
[is personal interests were many and demanded a full
hare of attention, but he also found the time to inter-
lit himself in the affairs of his community, in which he
as always an active and constructive figure. He served
h a member of the City Council, as burgess and as a
ember of the School Board, and was elnef of the volun-
♦cr fire department for many years. In politics he was
I republican, and his religious belief was that of the
utheran Church, in the faith of whieh he died in 1916,
hen seventy-two years of age. He nnd hia worthy wife,
ho survives him as a resident of Sharp9burg, aged sev-
Inty-six years, became the parents of eight sons and
ko daughters.

The fourth in order of birth of the parents' children,
dward John Meyer, passed through the gTades of the
harpsburg schools and was then employed for a few
.♦ars as a clerk in his father's dry goods store. Subse-
tiently he turned his attention to the electrical business
It Sharpsburg, being first employed by others and then
Ingaging in business on his own account as a handler of
[ectrieal supplies. Mr. Meyer developed into a contractor
Kong this line, a business which he followed until 1916,
I hen he came to Kenova to take charge of the plant of
le Basic Products Company, a business whieh has ben-
|fited greatly by his connection. Like his father, Mr.
ifeyer has always been interested in loeal affairs and sinee
921 has been a member of the City Couneil. A meeting
jailed by Mr. Meyer in 1921 resulted in the formation
'f the Kenova Chamber of Commerce, of whieh organiza-
tion he was elected president, and continues to retain
pat office.

On June 16, 1S97, Mr. Meyer was united in marriage
dth Miss Carrie Palmer, daughter of Henry Palmer, of
►harpsburg, Pennsylvania, and to this union there have
eea born three children: Wilbert, a graduate of the
♦harpsburg High Sehool, who took a course in engineer-
ig from the National Correspondence School, Scranton,
'ennsylvania, and now holds a responsible position with
he Enterprise Foundry and Machine Works at Bristol,
'irginia; Carl, who is in his third year at the Ohio State
'niversity, taking a course in general business and man-
facturing; and Russell, who is attending the Junior High
Jchool at Kenova. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer belong to the
*resbyterian Chureh. He is a republican.

Reuben Osburn. One of the distinguishing features of
Vayne County is the exeellenee of its publie schools, this
(esirable condition having been brought about through the
ntelligent co-operation between the school board, the par-
•ats and the educators. One of the men who has long
fiven of his best efforts and mueh of his time to this im-
>ortant work is Beuben Osburn, president of the Ceredo
ndependent School District, a notable American eitizen
rho in spite of the faet that he is a bank director and
mlds important public offices, is not above carrying his own
linner pail, and does so without any loss of dignity or
irestige.

Mr. Osbura was born at Echo, Wayne County, West Vir-
rinia, November 18, 1869, a son of John T. and Louisa
'Crabtree) Osburn. John T. Osbura was born in what is
iow Wayne County, September 12, 1832, and died April 25,
.908. Louisa Crabtree was born near Honaker, Russell
bounty, Virginia, April 22, 1840, and died February 21,
.915. They were married over fifty years. John T. Os-
)urn was noted for his strength and good health. The fam-
ly home was located at Echo during the entire married
ife of this devoted couple. He was a life-long democrat,
»nd as a farmer he was fairly prosperous. Both he and his
Tife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
vith which she was connected during her lifetime. He was
i Mason and belonged to Vincent Lodge No. 66, A. F. and
M., at Fort Gay, West Virginia. There were one son
ind four daughters born to them, and four of these chil-
Iren survive, namely : Florence, who is the wife of William
Ferguson, resides at Kenova, Wayne County, West Vir-

ginia; Reuben, who was the second in order of birth; Stella,
who is the wife of Pharaoh Webb, lives with her husband
on the old Osburn homestead at Echo; Louisa, who is the
wife of Sam Smith, baggage elerk at the Union depot at
Kenova, West Virginia; Virgin, who married J. II. Throg
den, lived at Wayne Court House, West Virginia, and died
when she was twenty-six years of age.

Reuben Osburn received his educational training in the
publie sehoola at Echo. When he was eighteen years of
age he began learning the carpenter trade, at whieh he
worked for seven years, during the latter part of that po-
riod being on construction work for the Norfolk & Western
Railroad. This connection led to his becoming a brakemau
on that road, whieh position he held for a year, when he
was made fireman, and for four years he served as sueh
on the first division out of Kenova, south. In 1901 he went
on the home farm, but in 1903 resumed his railroading as
engineer on the Big Sandy, East Lynn & Guyan Railroad,
now the East Lynn braneh of the Norfolk & Western Rail-
road.

With the exception of a year or two spent on the home
farm Mr. Osburn has maintained hia residence at Ceredo
and Kenova, and he is still an engineer on the East Lynn
braneh of the Norfolk and Western Railroad. In 1913 he
was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Dr. J. I.
Miller as mayor of Kenova, and the following year was
elected mayor of that city. Mr. Osburn baa also served as
recorder of Wayne, and he is now a member of the ehamber
of commerce at Kenova. He is serving his third year as
president of the Ceredo Independent School Board, and dur-
ing his ineumbency of this office the Ferndale grade school
building and the Ceredo-Kenova High Sehool building have
been ereeted, the latter at a cost of $150,000. It ia one of
the most modern school buildings in the state, and reflects
great credit on the board and the people of this district.
It is located on a traet of ten acres, purchased from Col.
Joseph S. Miller. Soon after the organization of the First
National Bank of Kenova Mr. Osburn was placed on its
directorate, and he has sinee remained a member of it, his
connection with this institution giving it extra solidity.

In 1888 Mr. Osburn married Rachel V. Dillon, a daugh-
ter of George Paschal and Naney A. (Booter) Dillon. Mra.
Osburn was born on Beach Fork, Wayne County. February
25, 1870. She is the only daughter in the family, but she
has brothers as follows: William J. Dillon, who is engaged
in a brokerage business at Huntington, West Virginia; R.
C. Dillon, who is the owner of the Huntington Restaurant
at Huntington, West Virginia ; A. T., who is with the Chaf-
fee Wholesale Grocery Company of Huntington. Mr. and
Mrs. Osburn have four children, namely: Lueian, who is
a house salesman with the Huntington Wholesale Groeery
Company; Lora Bell, who is the wife of Walter Robinson,
secretary and treasurer of the Harry S. Stout Coal Company
of Ceredo; and Garrett and Reuben, Jr., who are both at-
tending school. Mr. and Mrs. Osburn belong to the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, whieh he is serving as a trustee.
Mr. Osburn is a both a Scottish Rite and York Rite Mason,
and belongs to Kenova Lodge, Wayne Chapter, Huntington
Commandery, Beni-Kedera Shrine, Rose Croix, Huntington,
and Wheeling Consistory. He served as master of Creseent
Lodge No. 32, at Ceredo. For many yeara he haa maintained
membership with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineera,
Local No. 511, at Portsmouth, Ohio. It is such men as
Mr. Osburn who form the great baekbone of this country.
Performing the exacting duties of a responsible position
with conscientious fidelity, he haa at the same time found
opportunity to render a valuable and efficient public serv-
ice whieh haa given him a claim to the gratitude of his
fellow eitizena, and opened the way for further advance-
ment if he cares to take upon his capable hands added re-
sponsibilities.

Chables E. Van DEVENDEa, a retired lumberman residing
in the City of Parkersburg, has honored his native state by
his worthy life and worthy achievement, has been one of the
world's productive workers and has been in the most signifi-
cant sense the architect of his own fortunes, as he depended

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upon his owu resources in acquiring higher education, even
as he did in his initiation of a business career that eventually
was marked by distinctive success.

Mr. Van Devender was born on a farm in the picturesque
hill district of Gilmer County, West Virginia, on the 6th
of October, 1848, and is a son of Henry and Mary Eliza-
beth (BeaU) Van Devender. The father was boru in Rock-
ingham County, Virginia, a member of a family of sterling
Ilolland Dutch lineage, that was founded in the Old Do-
minion State in an early day. As a young man Henry Vau
Devender crossed over the Allegheny Mountains and estab-
lished himself as a pioneer in Gilmer County, West Virginia,
in the '30s, when this state was still a part of Virginia. He
reclaimed and developed one of the pioneer farms of Gilmer
County, and otherwise, as a man of intelligence, energy and
good judgment, did well his part in connection with the civic
and material progress of that section of the state. There
was solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Beall,
a daughter of George Beall, and they became the parents of
ten children, of whom only three are living at the time of
this writing, in 1921. Henry Van Devender was a strong
Union man during the climacteric period of the Civil war,
and was one of the very few men in Gilmer County who
voted the republican ticket and thus aided in the election of
President Lincoln. Mr. Van Devender, by virtue of the very
conditions and influences of time and place, led an unostenta-
tious and somewhat uneventful life, but he was true and
loyal as a citizen, labored earnestly to provide well for his
family and made his life count for good in all of its rela-
tions. He was venerable in years, at the time of his death,
in 1874, and his wife likewise died in Gilmer County.

Charles E. Van Devender early began to assist in the
work of the home farm, and remained with his parents until
1863, when, at the age of fifteen years, he went to Calhoun
County, where he found employment and where he remained
two years. He then went to the Burning Springs District,
where the pioneer oil excitement was then at its height, and
soon resumed his association with the work and management
of his father's farm. In the meanwhile he gave as much
time as possible to study and reading, in line with his desire
to gain a better education. In the summer of 1868 he and a
one-armed young man named James Taylor rented an
abandoned log cabin situated in a cornfield, and while Mr.
Van Devender assumed charge of the cooking in this primi-
tive bachelor hall his companion carried the wood and did
such other work as his crippled condition permitted. The
two young men made this provision in order to enable them
to attend a summer school conducted by Charles Preston, an
earnest and efficient teacher who later became prominent and
influential in connection with educational work in West
Virginia. Mr. Van Devender applied himself with character-
istic diligence, made good progress in his studies and finally
passed the examination which gained to him a teacher 's
certificate. Por a term of years he gave his attention to
teaching during the winter terms, and by this means de-
frayed his expenses while he advanced his own education by
attending summer schools. In 1879 he became actively
identified with the lumber business, through the medium ot
which he gained substantial success. He continued his active
association with this line of enterprise for many years, and
still has interests in connection with the same, though he is
now living virtually retired. In 1875 Mr. Van Devender
married Miss Alice McMillan, of Roane County, and there-
after he maintained his residence and business headquarters
at Elizabeth, the judicial center of Wirt County, until
August, 1890, when he established his home at Parkersburg,
where he has since resided.

The life of Mr. Van Devender has been one of productive,
application, and he has been too busy to have any desire for
special political activity or for public office. He is well
fortified in his opinions concerning governmental affairs, and
has been signally loyal and public-spirited in his civic
attitude. He is a stanch supporter of the principles of the
republican party, and while, as initimated, he has had no
ambition for public office, his civic loyalty and his abiding
interest in educational matters led him to give specially
effective service when, without solicitation or suggestion on
his part, he was elected president of the Board of Education

of the Parkersburg independent school district in 1914.
gave much of his time and thought to his executive work
this office, promoted measures that did much to advai
the standard of school work in his jurisdiction, and it v
within his administration that the grounds were acquh
for and the present high school building erected, this bei
conceded to be the finest high school in the state and
equipment and work being of the best modern standa
Mr. Van Devender continued his service as president
the Board of Education until 1917, when, much to the reg.
of his associates on the board and that of the people .
Parkersburg, he resigned the office. He has received ij
thirty-second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish R.«
in Masonry, is affiliated with the various York Rite orgs
izatious in his home city, and has extended his Maso*
affiliations by membership in the Mystic Shrine. Both i
and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcoj. <
Church, South. They have four daughters: C. Byrd, w
is the wife of Edgar Smith; Lou G., the wife of E.
March; Beryl, the wife of 0. L. Wells; and Prances, t
wife of W. C. Bingham.

Hon. Oscar Jennings Rife. While it is not always tr]
that faithful public service meets with due appreciation ail
reward, there are some cases in which those who give I
their communities^ the care and attention they would bestcJ
upon private affairs, receive appropriate honors. It is wil
for a community when a man has proven his worth and ill
liability to show material appreciation of such service aij
to continue such a man in office, for in this way it dil
charges a debt and secures for its people the services of oil
who has been found competent. Hon. Oscar Jennings Rii'j
formerly superintendent of schools of Wayne County forj
long period, is at present principal of schools of Kenovnj
He has been prominent in civic and political affairs, and 11
one of the best known fraternalists in the state, being gran
chancellor commander of the Grand Lodge, Knights q
Pythias.

Mr. Rife was born on his father's farm near Port Ga
Wayne County, West Virginia, April 27, 1879, a son o
Lieut. Moses and Virginia (Wilson) Rife. His mothef
who was much younger than her husband, and who now rj
sides at Wayne Court House, is a daughter of James Wi
son, a pioneer timber man of this section of West Virginil
and belongs to the Wilson family of Staunton, Virginia, r
lated to the family of Woodrow Wilson. Moses Rife wj
born in Gallia County, Ohio, in 1836, and at the age (
nineteen years graduated from the high school at Gallip< |
lis. He adopted the vocation of teacher, and was thus ei'
gaged until the outbreak of the war between the North an|
the South, when he enlisted as a private in the Pifty-sixt,
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during his servio
which extended until 1866, or one year after the close I
the war, rose to a lieutenancy. His engagements include
Shiloh, Island No. 10 and the Red River expedition unde
General Banks, and at Shiloh he received a serious woum
During the later years of the war he was with the quartei
master's department and was stationed at New Orleans
Louisiana. Returning to Gallia County when his militar
service was completed, he resumed his educational labor
and remained in the same locality until 1870, when he re
moved to Wayne County, West Virginia. A pioneer of tha
locality in the teaching profession, he donated the land o
which was erected the Rife School, named in his honoi
where he taught for about fifteen years, in addition to ad
ing as instructor in several private schools. In 1921 Osca
J. Rife donated 100 volumes to the library of that schoo
which still bears the same name. Many of the leadin,
business and professional men of the locality owe thei
early educational training to the efficient and kindly laboi
of this pioneer teacher. Lieutenant Rife was a member o
the board of examiners of the county, was a close and cart
ful student, and the possessor of a large library of cart
fully selected books. In politics he was a republican. Hi
death in 1889 took from his community a valuable an
valued citizen. He and Mrs. Rife were the parents of thre
children: Oscar Jennings; Dr. Jay Wilson, a sketch o
whose career appears elsewhere in this work and Louarj

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■be wife of J. M. Thomson, an oil aud gaa well driller of
PV'syne Court House.

I The early educational training of Oscar J. Rif« was se-
cured under the capable tuition of his father, after which
He attended other public schools in Wayne County and n

•rivate normal school near Fort Gay, conducted by Wayne
Marrell and Naanian Jackson. Later he was a student at
Marshall College, Huntington, and did some work at the
l Jniversity of West Virginia, in addition to taking some cor-
respondence courses. He is still a student, as at present
[ie is taking extension work from the University of West
fv'irginia. He taught his first school in Grant District.
ftVayne County, at the age of seventeen years, and has
taught or attended school every year since then. After a
wew years in tho rural districts Mr. Rife became principal
pf the Wayne schools, a position which he held for eight

fears, and in 1912 was made superintendent of schools of
pWaync County, a position which he retained until 1920.
,ile was superintendent of the Ceredo District schools in
1 1920 and a part of 1921, and at the present time is prin-
cipal of the Kenova schools. He has also been known as a
oewspaper man, having been editor of the Wayne County
[News for eight years. Public-spirited and with a pride
t\n his community, he has been identified with numerous civic
movements, and was a member of the Good Roads Commis-
sion when $1,000,000 was appropriated in Wayne County
tfor good roads and ninety-one miles of roads built in the
►county.

> Mr. Rife became interested in politics so early that when
rtie was only eighteen years of age be was making speeches
►during campaigns for the candidates of the democratic
iparty. He was a member of the Electoral College from the

► Fifth Congressional District in 1912, when Woodrow Wil-
'son was chosen for the presidency, and has attended con-
gressional, district and state democratic conventions for
'years. In 1919 he served as clerk in the House of Delegates.
Mr. Rife is a member of the Blue Lodge and Royal Arch
Chapter of Masonry at Wayne. He became a Pythian in
Wayne Lodge when twenty-one years of age, and after be-
ing chancellor commander of his local lodge was elected
grand chancellor commander at Clarksburg, West Virginia,
•September 1, 1921. He is likewise an Odd Fellow, and was
a member of the Grand Lodge that met at Charleston in
1905, where he made the motion which finally resulted in
the building of the Odd Fellows' Home.

In 1900 Mr. Rife married Miss Mamie Wellman, daughter
of J. D. Wellman. She was born near Fort Gay and for
three years was a pupil in the school taught by her future
husband. They have four sons and three daughters:
Gemma, who is a reporter for the Herald-Dispatch, through
which position she is defraying the expenses incident to
her attendance at Marshall College, from which she will
graduate in June, 1922; Heber, a graduate of Marshall
College, class of 1921, now attending the medical school of
that institution; Chester, attending the Ceredo High School;
Dorothy, who is a pupil in the Kenova Junior High School ;
and Jefferson, Dexter and Oscar Jennings, Jr., who are at-
tending the graded schools.

Mr. and Mrs. Rife are members of the Kenova Mission-
ary Baptist Church, of which Mr. Rife is a member of the
executive board. For ten years he was superintendent of
the Sunday school at Wayne and for two years at Kenova,
bnt resigned the latter position to take charge of the girls'
ela?s in the Sunday school.

Edward M. McCtjlloch, proprietor of the Men and
Women 's Mart, one of the modern and prosperous mercan-
tile establishments in the City of Bluefield, Mercer County,
here receives a representative supporting patronage in the
sale of ready-to-wear apparel for both men and women,
with a comprehensive and select stock of goods and tho best
of incidental service.

Mr. McCulloch was born at Hinton, Summers County, this
state, January 25, 1886, and is a son of George M. and
Oneia H. McCulloch. George M. McCulloch was born near
McDonald's Mill, Montgomery County, Virginia, the only
son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Atkins) McCulloch, he
having been a child at the time of his mother's death and

his father having later married Mrs. Elizabeth (Bower)
Bash, widow of Peter Bash. Of the secoud union were boru
two sons, Benjamin J. and John R. Benjamin McCulloch
was born In Pennsylvania and was young at tho time of
the family removal to Virginia, where settlement was made
on a farm near the Natural Bridge. Robert II. McCulloch,
a representative of this family, had aequired a land grant
of 35,000 acres in recognition of his meritorious service as
a patriot soldier in the War of the Revolution, and this
land was situated in what is now Mercer and McDowell
counties, West Virginia, in the great coal-producing dis-
trict of tho present day. George M. McCulloch and his
two brothers, Benjamin J. and John T., became prosperous
merchants at llinton, Summers County, and in 188S they
purchased the lot where the White Pharmacy is now situ-
ated, at the corner of Princeton Avenue and Bland Street,
at Bluefield, where they erected a building and opened one
of the first mercantile establishments in the village that
was later to become a populous and thriving city. The
business of the firm of McCulloch Brothers expanded and
thrived with the growth of the town, and the brothers were
prominent figures in the furthering of other enterprises that
contributed to civic and material development and progress
in the community. George M. McCulloch was associated
with J. E. Mann in establishing the first banking institu-
tion at Bluefield, and later he became cashier of the Citi-
zens Bank. lie was one of the promoters and organizers
of the Flat Top Gas Company and the Georgia Lumber
Company, and at the time of his death was president of the
Flat Top Insurance Company. He wag one of the repre-
sentative business men and honored citizens of Bluefield
at the time of his death, in 1919, at tho age of sixty-two
years, his widow being still a resident of this city. The
two sons, Edward M. and George W., are associated in the
ownership and conducting of the Men and Women 's Mart,
of which Edward M., of this sketch, is the president and
George W., the secretary and treasurer. The modern and
finely equipped store conducted by the two brothers has
frontage on both Bland Street and Princeton Avenue. The
father was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, includ-
ing the local Commandery of Knights Templars and also
the Mystic Shrine, and he was a stockholder in the Blue-
field Country Club.

Edward M. McCulloch was afforded the advantages of
the public schools and also of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, in which he took a course in the agricultural de-
partment. As a boy he began to assist in the store of his
father's firm, and he has continuously been identified with
the mercantile enterprise of Bluefield, where he is well up-
holding the high prestige of the family name. He is an ac-
tive member of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, is a
member of the Country Club, and is affiliated with tho local
Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic fra-
ternity, besides being a member of the Mystic Shrine. In
the closing period of the World war he was in one of tho
officers' training camps.

Tony Iafolla has made an excellent record in connec-
tion with coal operations in the West Virginia fields and
is now president of the Tony Pocahontas Coal Company, of
which he was the organizer and the mine of which is situ-
ated at Mile Branch, three, miles distant from laeger, Mc-
Dowell County, and on the laeger & Southern branch of the
Norfolk & Western Railroad.

Mr. Iafolla was born on a farm in the province of Aguila,
town of San Sebastiano, Italy, at a point about thirty-five
miles distant from tho City of Rome, and the date of his
birth was January 1, 1SS6. Mr. Iafolla gained his early
education in the schools of his native land, but was a lad
of twelve years when he accompanied family friends to the
United States. His first knowledge of the English language
was gained while he was serving as messenger boy in a bank
conducted by one of his uncles in New York City. After a
few months he found employment in construction work on
the Wabash Railroad at Indian Creek, Pennsylvania, near
Oil City and Franklin. In 1903 he made his appearance
at Welch, judicial center of McDowell Connty, West Vir-
ginia, and with his mode9t capital he here opened a little

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grocery store, from which beginning he developed a large
and prosperous general merchandise business, with stores
at Welch, War, Canebreak and Logan. He finally acquired
an interest in the Rufifin Coal Company, and assumed charge
of its commissary department. He later became superin-
tendent of the company's mine, and his mining operations
have included productive enterprise in the mining district of
Harlan, Kentucky, in which town he is the owner of valu-
able real estate, as is he also at War, West Virginia, and at
Welch, this state. He is the owner of 900 acres of valuable
coal land, and on this tract the Tony Pocahontas Coal Com-
pany's mine is in operation. He and his brother Samuel
are associated in the conducting of a general store at Welch.
The parents, Frank and Angeline Iafolla, in company with
their other children, came to the United States about five
years after Tony became a resident of this country.

In 1910 Mr. Iafolla married Miss Alzina Valenee, who
was born at Vulcan, this state. They have no children.

Charles B. Osmond, the efficient office manager for the
Berkeley Glass Sand Company at Berkeley Springs, Mor-
gan County, has had a somewhat varied career and has won
advancement through his own ability and well directed en-
deavors.

Mr. Osmond is of ancient English lineage on both the
paternal and maternal sides of the family, and is himself
a native of England, his birth having occurred in the City
of Gloucester, in Gloucestershire, on the 29th of December,
1873.

Charles B. Osmond first attended school in the town of
Hyde, Isle of Wight, and at the age of twelve years he be-
came a teacher of the junior class, in which service he con-
tinued until he was sixteen years old, and in the meanwhile
continued his own educational work, in which he made excel-
lent advancement, with annual examinations to determine
his proficiency in his various studies. In 1S90 he came to
the United States, and for the first two years he was em-
ployed on a farm in Southern Maryland. On his nineteenth
birthday anniversary he went to the City of Baltimore,
and there he found employment as bookkeeper in a commis-
sion house. Two years later he accepted a position with
a tea-importing concern in that city, and this connection
continued five years. Thereafter he was associated with
the Dixie Oil Works until 1906, from which year until 1913
he was in the employ of the Standard Oil Company.

In February, 1914, he formed his present alliance with
the Berkeley Glass Sand Company, for which he has con-
tinued aa office manager at Berkeley Springs. He and his
wife have gained a wide circle of friends in their home
community, and both are communicants of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.

In 1902 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Osmond and
Miss Letitia Cowart Cox, who was born in Northumber-
land County, Virginia, a daughter of Octavius and Cora
(Cowart) Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Osmond have two children:
John Baines and Helen Hammond. The son is a graduate
of the Berkeley Springs High School and is a student in
the University of West Virginia, where he is taking a
course in chemical engineering. Miss Helen H. Osmond
is a student in the high school at Berkeley Springs.

Howard Westwood Showalter is another of the native
sons of West Virginia who has here gained prominence in
connection with the coal industry, in which he has made a
record of successful operation, his home and husiness head-
quarters being maintained in the City of Fairmont, Marion
County. He was born at Harrisville, Ritchie County, this
state, April 4, 1881, and is a son of H. C. and Hattie B.
(Brock) Showalter. The Showalter family has long been
one of prominence and influence in what is now West Vir-
ginia, and adequate record concerning the family appears
on other pages of this work, notably in the personal sketch
of Emmet M. Showalter.

Howard W. Showalter gained his early education in the
public schools, including those of the City of Cincinnati,
Ohio, where he continued his studies two years. At the age
of fifteen years he took a position in a bank in his native

town, his intention being to work merely during his schc
vacation. But the experience thus initiated proved an ei
to his school work and the initiation of a successful care
in connection with banking enterprise, with which he co
tinued his active association twenty-four years. He servt
in turn as cashier of the Auburn Exchange Bank at Aubun
president of the First National Bank at Monongah; cashi
of the Exchange Bank at Mannington; and as vice preside
and cashier of the First National Bank of Fairmont, wr
which last mentioned institution he thus continued his co
nection until it was merged with the Fairmont Nation!
Bank in 1915. At one time Mr. Showalter had the distin
tion of being the youngest national bank president in tl.
United States.

In 1915 Mr. Showalter directed his energies into the co.
industry as an operator, and he is now president of tL
Diamond Coal Company, the Forrest Coal Company, tt
Westwood Coal Company and the Exchange Coal Compam,
all of Fairmont, with general offices in the Deveney Building

Mr. Showalter has been loyal and specially active in civi»
affairs, and is at all times the apostle of progressive pol
cies in connection with public improvements. As chairma
of the good-roads committee of the Fairmont Chamber o'
Commerce, at the time of its reorganization in 1910, h
labored early and late to further the movement for th
construction of good roads, and the committee of which h>
was thus a member had much to do with gaining to Mario: j
County its present excellent system of improved highways I
He is a republican in political allegiance, and he and hi
wife are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church;!

On the 20th of June, 1906, was solemnized the marriag
of Mr. Showalter and Miss Anna Sands, daughter of the lat ■
Joseph E. Sands, of Fairmont, and the three children o.
this union are: Howard W., Jr., born June 25, 1913; Emil]
Sands, born in 1916; and Joseph Sands, born in 1917.

Horace A. McNeer, cashier of the Guyandotte Bank oi'
Huntington, West Virginia, has held this executive posij
tion from the time of the organization of the bank and it*
initiation of business, in 1922. James Murphy is president
H. E. Everett, vice president, and H. A. McNeer, cashier.i
This bank was opened for business July 1, 1922, in a new :
modern brick two-story bank building on Main Street.
Among the organizers are R. L. Archer, D. I. Smith, James
Murphy, H. C. Everett and other well-known men of this'
part of West Virginia. The capital is $100,000.

Mr. McNeer was born at Union, Monroe County, West
Virginia, October 23, 1880, and is a son of James W. and|
Caroline (Brown) McNeer. James W. McNeer, a man of
sterling character and marked husiness ability, was horn
in what is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia, and was
fifty-six years of age at the time of his death, in 1906.
He was a cadet in the Virginia Military Academy and as a
youth was a Confederate soldier during the final six months
of the Civil war. He was for years engaged in the mercan-
tile business, at Union, Alderson and Peterstown, and then
became cashier of the Bank of Union, Monroe County,
where he continued his residence until his death, his widow
being now a resident of Sprigg, Mingo County. He was
a staunch democrat and was a communicant of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, as is also his widow. Of the
seven children six are living, James H., one of the sons,
being cashier of the First National Bank at Pocahontas,
Virginia.

After attending the public schools of his native town
Horace A. McNeer pursued a course of higher study by at-
tending the University of West Virginia. After leaving
this institution he was clerk in the store conducted by his
father's firm, J. W. McNeer & Company, until he assumed
a clerical position in the Bank of Union. Later he was
in active service with the Fayetteville National Bank and
with the Flat Top National Bank, in the City of Bluefield.
Thereafter he was employed four years in the offices of the
Loup Collieries Company, and for the ensuing eighteen
months he was associated with his brother R. M. McNeer in
conducting a grocery store in the city of Huntington. He
severed his connection with this enterprise in 1912, to as-

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itn« the position of cashier of the First National Bank of
.lawalt, which is one of the staunch and well ordered finan-
uI institutions of McDowell County. Mr. McNeer haa had
• desire to eater the arena of practical politics but ia a
ral supporter of the principles of the democratic party.
'*th he and hi9 wife being communicants of the Protestant
hiscopal Church.

In 1913 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McNeer to
in Doris Stark, daughter of William Stark, of Belleville,
ood County, and the three children of this union are Helen
arshall, Horace A., Jr., and William Stark.

John William Wedgwood is one of the three inter-
ted principals in an auto sales company at Welch, judicial
nter of McDowell County, and is the progressive general
anagcr of the business, in which his associates are G. A.
I cope and P. A. Marini. This concern haa the agency
\r the Hudson. Essex and Chevrolet automobiles, and
j.der the vigorous management of Mr. Wedgwood the en-
'rprise has been developed into one of broad scope and
^iportanee.

Mr. Wedgwood waa born in Brotton, Yorkshire, Eng-
nd. October 25. 1878, and is a son of Joseph and Mary
.Yilson) Wedgwood. Joseph Wedgwood was employed in
e iron mines of Yorkshire, and there his death occurred
hen his son John W., of this review, was a child. The
rter was ten years old when in 1888. his mother came
ith her family to the United States, she now being a resi-
st of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, near which place
^r 9econd husband, Thomas Goodwin, formerly a miner, is
m the owner of a well improved farm.
John W. Wedgwood gained his rudimentary education
j his native land and after coming to America he at-
nded school in Fayette Connty, West Virginia, where the
imily home waa first established, at Mount Carbon. When
nt twelve vears of age he found emnlovment in and about
>sl mines in Favette Countv, and with the passing veara
■? acquired intimate knowledge of the practical details of
ie coal-mining industry. For efficient aervice he won ad-
incement in this field of enterprise, and in 1910 he he-
ime superintendent of the Glen Jean Mine in Fayette
onnty. in the employ of the New "River Collieries Company,
e later was made superintendent of the Prndence Coal
ompnny at Prudence, that countv. and the New Pocahontas
oal Company at Deegans. McDowell County.
Mt. Wedgwood continued his active alliance with the coal-
ining industry until 191S, when he turned his attention
> the automobile business, the present partnership having
een formed in that year and the concern being now one
f the foremost of the kind in McDowell County. Mr.
fedgwood is liberal and public-spirited in hia civic atti-
ide and is serving in 1921-2 as a member of the City
'ouncil of Welch. He is a trustee and also a steward of
ie Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in his home city,
eridea being a teacher in its Sunday school. His wife
kewise is active and influential in the work of this church,
n politics he maintains an independent attitude and gives
13 sunnort to men and measures mect'ng the approval of
is iudgment. irrespective of strict partisan lines.
Mr. Wedgwood married Miss Martha Burnhope, who
kewise was born in England. Their acouaintanceship was
ormed in West Virginia and after Miss Burnhope returned
J England her futnre husband found it most imperative to
isit hi9 native land, their marriage having been solemnized
i England. Mr. and Mrs. Wedgwood have three fine aons:
Jeorge, Arthur and William. The family home at Welch
i known as a center of generous hospitality and good cheer.

William Wflch Hfnritze, vice president and general
umager of the Welch Lumber Company at Welch, judicial
enter of McDowell County, wa9 born at Dublin, Pulaski
Jounty, Virginia, March 11, 1877. His father, Judge
Tioma9 Lynch Henritze, was born at Marion. Smith County,
Trginia, February 11, 1849, and died at Middleboro, Ken-
ucky. October 8, 1910. Judge Henritze was a son of Will-
am Henritze, who waa born in the aouthwestern part of
Virginia and who passed the greater part of hia life at
larion, that state, he having been a tinsmith by trade and
ocarion. William Henritze was a gallant soldier of the

Confederacy during the Civil war and took part in many im-
portant battlea.

Judge Thomas L. Henritze depended upon his own re-
sources in making advancement in connection with the prac-
tical affairs of life. Hia early education was that of the
common schools, and he learned, under the direction of his
father, the trade of tinamlth, which he followed until he
was thirty years of age. He then read law in the office
of Judge Hudson, of Dublin, Virginia, and after his ad-
mission to the bar, upon examination before Judges Fuller
and Blair, he engaged in active practice and became a dis-
tinguished lawyer, his practice having been largely con-
fined to civil cases. In later years he became actively
identified with the development of coal mining. He served
as the first iudge of the Criminal Court of McDowell County.
West Virginia, under appointment by Governor McCorklc,
and he continued hia service on the bench for three years.
In the years of hia active practice he maintained partner-
ship alliance with various others who attained to marked
distinction in the legal profession, including Dr. Hale
and Judge R. C. McClaughcrty, of Princeton. M. H. Haythe,
Edward Cooper and Judge B. F. Keller. After his retire-
ment from practice he was associated in the orimization
of a number of important coal-mining corporations, in-
cluding the following named : Louisville Coal & Coke
Companv, Algoma Coal & Coke Comnany McDowell Coal &
Coke Company, Empire Coal & Coke Company, Croziers
Coal & Coke Comnanv. Tidewater Coal & Coke Companv. and
Charleston Coal & Coke Company. In addition to his finan-
cial and executive connection with these corporations he
wa« ( also one of the organizers of the Bank of Bramwell.
While residing at Bramwell. Mercer County, he served as
president of the Bock District Board of Education. He was
one of the three charter members of the Presbvterian
Church at Welch. McDowell Countv. where he maintained
his home a number of years. While a yonng man Judge
Henritze was emploved at his trade in the Citv of Chatta-
nooga, Tennessee, and incidentally was a member of the
Chattanooga Bed Sox. a ball team which made an excellent
record, he having been a young man of exceptional ath-
letic ability. After leaving Chattanooga Judpe Henritze
lived in turn at Dublin. Virginia; Mount Airy, North Caro-
lina, where he was editor of a newspaper for five yen^s;
Central City, Virginia, where he was emploved by the Will-
iam Mahone Company in transporting freight down the
New BivfT to Glen T.vn; Pe^risburc, Vir^'nia, \vfcer<» he was
engaged in the practice of law for aome time. While a resi-
dent of PearisV>urg his wife, who^e maiden name was Fran-
ces Welch, died, in October, 1885. He later married Misa
Louisa Fairchild. of Hammondsrport, New York, and ehe
now resides at Middlesboro, Kentuckv.

In 1887 Judge Henritze established his residence at
Princeton. Mercer Countv. West Vir<rinia and later he en-
gaged in the practice of his profession at Bramwell. that
county, whence he later removed to Welch. McDowell
Connty, where he remained until four years prior to his
death, when he removed to Middlesboro. Kentucky. In the
Masonic fraternity he received the thirtv-second degree of
the Scottish Bite, waa a paat master of a Blue Lodge in
Virginia, and waa a charter member of Ivanhoe Command-
ery No. 10 at Bramwell, West Virginia. He was a stal-
wart advocate of the principles of the democratic party and
waa influential in its councib. Hia first wife was a daugh-
ter of Cant. I. A. Welch, in whose honor the City of Welch,
McDowell County, was named. Captain Welch was one of the
historic "forty-niners" in the gold fields of California, and
was an officer in th<> Confederate Army in the Civil war. He
waa born near Charleston, West Virginia, and lived for
many yeara at St. Albans, this atatc. He was a member
of the Virginia Legislature prior to the creation of the
State of West Virginia, and also served as county judge.
He purchased most of the land now owned by the Poca-
hontas Fuel Company, and waa one of the foremost fig-
ures in the organization of that great industrial corpora-
tion. He owned most of the land In and around the pres-
ent City of Welch.

Judge and Frances (Welch) Henritze became the pnr-
enta of four aons. of whom the immediate subject of this
review, William W., is the eldest; Benson Price, a me-

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ehanical engineer by profession, resides at Chippewa Falls,
Wisconsin; Thomas Floyd is a representative member of
the bar of McDowell County and is now serving (1921-2)
as postmaster at Welch, the county seat; Welch Hudson
is associated with the Flannagan Coal Sales Company at
Welch. Of the second marriage of Judge Henritze five
children were born, and of the number three are living:
Mary Helen, widow of Guy N. Forrester and resides at
Middlesboro, Kentucky; Walter M. is a civil engineer and
in his profession is associated with the Casey Company in
the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Frederick is as-
sociated with his brother William W. in the Welch Lumber
Company. Three of the sons were in the nation's military
service in the World war. Welch Hudson was overseas
as a member of the infantry arm of the American Expe-
ditionary Forces. Walter M. was sent with the first Ameri-
can contingent of civil engineers to France, where he be-
came identified with railway construction as a member of
the famous Company H, Fifteenth Engineers, with which, in
five weeks after arriving in France, he won promotion
from private to first lieutenant for valiant and meritorious
service. His company was surrounded by a regiment of
German soldiers, over whom the gallant Americans won
a victory of decisive order, though the availahle weapons
were only pick -handles, rocks and fists. Frederick, a grad-
uate of the Millersburg Military Institute, was sent to the
Plattsburg training camp, and after being made a lieu-
tenant became instructor of a class of 400 newly recruited
soldiers at Syracuse, New York.

William W. Henritze received the advantages of Princeton
Academy, St. Alhans Academy (Radford, Virginia) and
Roanoke College. He had intended to prepare himself for
the legal profession, but when some of his father 's coal ven-
tures proved temporarily unsuccessful he left college and
took a position in his father's office. Later he was for
two years a clerk in a queensware store at Charlotte, North
Carolina. He next became a traveling salesman for a Bal-
timore queensware house, and after leaving this position
he was for five years in the employ of the Tug River Lum-
ber Company at Welch. He then organized the Welch Lum-
ber Company, which began business on a most modest scale
and with somewhat meager financial resources. The business
has become one of the most substantial and important of
its kind in this section of West Virginia, the company hav-
ing supplied the material for the construction of many of
the buildings in Welch and other towns of the southern
part of the state. The Welch Lumber Company was in-
corporated March 10, 1902, and the original headquar-
ters were established in a shanty covered with tar paper.
Mr. Henritze has been the able and progressive manager
under whose direction the splendid business of the com-
pany has been developed, and he is now one of the repre-
sentative business men of Welch. He is a democrat in
political allegiance, is affiliated with the local Lodge and
Chapter of the Masonic fraternity, Ivanhoe Commandery No.
10, Knights Templars, at Bramwell, of which his father
was a charter member, and the Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Charleston, besides which he is affiliated with the
Phi Delta Theta college fraternity. He and his wife are
members of the First Presbyterian Church of Welch, of
which he is a trustee.

In 1907 Mr. Henritze wedded Miss Florence Ide, daugh-
ter of Prof. E. L. Ide, of Staunton, Virginia, and the two
children of this union are Frances Ide and Mary Eliza-
beth.

Clinton D. Beewstee, a retired merchant and repre-
sentative citizen of Welch, judicial center of McDowell
County, was born in this county on the 18th of April, 1874,
and is a son of Andrew Crockett Brewster and Mary (Dan-
iels)^ Brewster. The father, who died in 1915, at the age
of sixty-four years, was a son of Andrew Brewster, who
was born in that district of Virginia that now constitutes
McDowell County, West Virginia, and who, with five of his
sons, was a gallant soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil
war. He was long numbered among the prosperous farm-
ers and honored and influential citizens of McDowell County,
where he served as a member and president of the County

Court. Both he and his wife were active members of tl
Christian Church.

Andrew C. Brewster was reared on the old home fan
and he long held prestige as one of the vigorous and su'
cessful exponents of farm enterprise in his native count
In 1897 he removed with his family to Welch and becanjj
associated with his son Clinton D. in purchasing a sma \
stock of goods and opening a general store, the busine
having been conducted under the firm name of C. D. Brei
ster & Company and, with its splendid expansion, havir
been incorporated in 1913, under the same title, Clinton I
becoming president of the corporation and his father coi
tinuing to be an interested principal in the enterprise unt
his death. Andrew C. Brewster was one of the honore',
citizens of McDowell County, and in addition to havirj
served as county assessor he was a valued member of t>
City Council of Welch and finally was elected mayor, i
which office he gave a most effective administration. H
was one of the organizers and a director of the First Ns |
tional Bank of Welch, was a republican in politics, and wa
a zealous member of the Christian Church, as is also hi'
widow, who still resides at Welch, she having been born i
Tazewell County, Virginia. Of their four children, all soni
three are living: Robert G. is a citrus-fruit grower an
also engaged in the real estate husiness in Florida; Di.
George W. is a representative physician at Roderfield, M<]
Dowell County; and Clinton D., of this review, is the young,
est son. John D., the eldest son, was engaged in the meil
eantile business at Cucumber, this county, at the time oj
his death, when fifty years of age.

The public-school discipline of Clinton D. Brewster wa
supplemented by a course in the Concord State Norma'
School at Athens, and he made an excellent record in th
pedagogic profession as a teacher in the village schools oj
Ashland, this county. Thereafter he was clerk in a stor
at Keystone, and in 1897, as previously noted, he becam
associated with his father in the opening of a store a|
Welch. He developed the business to one of most substan 1 '
tial and prosperous order, and continued the business unt
til he finally sold the same to advantage. In 1918 he or.,
ganized the Welch Flour & Feed Company, a wholesaLii
concern, and he still continues president of the same. Hi!
sold his mercantile business in 1920, and he now gives thi'j
major part of his time and attention to the supervision o.j
his fine farm near GTaham, Virginia. He is a loyal sup
porter of the principles of the republican party, and hi '
and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

Decemher 12, 1902, recorded the marriage of Mr. Brew 1
ster and Miss Mary Huff on, a daughter of Charles H
Huff on, of Tazewell County, Virginia. The four diildrerj
of this union are: Rita, Clinton D 1 ., Jr., and Miriam anc
Mildred, who are twins.

William Henry Somers, of Berkeley Springs, Morgan!
County, now holds the position of chief of the West Vir-,
ginia Bureaus of Markets, and he has long been influential,
in public affairs and as a leader in the ranks of the repub-i
lican party in Morgan County. He has been a member ofi
the Republican State Central Committee and of the party's,
committee for his congressional district, besides which he
has given timely and effective service as a member of the.
National River & Harhor Commission and was a member
of the House of Delegates of the West Virginia Legis- 1
lature, to which he was elected in November, 1916, and in
which he served during the regular and extra sessions of
his elective term,

Mr. Somers was born at Ellerton, Frederick County,
Maryland, January 20, I860, and at the same place his
father, John Frederick Somers, was born in the year 1825,
a son of John Somers, likewise a native of Maryland, ■
where his father settled upon coming to America from
Somersetshire, England. John Somers owned and oper-
ated an iron foundry at Ellerton, and there his death oc-
curred when he was fifty-five years of age. He married
Mary Leatherman, who likewise was born in Frederick
County, and after the death of her husband she removed
to Indiana, her death having occurred near Pendleton, that
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Iho parents of niue children: John Fredorlck, John, Ellas,
Tacob, Aaron, Christopher, Caroline, Sarah and Caaaie.
fohn Froderick Somers gained hie early education in aub-
cription achoola maintained in hie native county, and thero
ie studied medicine under the effective preeeptorship of
doctor Wachter. He passed examination before the Mary-
and State Board of Medical Examiners, and then initiated
he practice of his profession at Ellcrton, his native place,
lie soon came to Virginia and settled in what is now
Morgan County, "West Virginia. Ilcre he continued in the
irnctice of his profession until 1869, when he removed to
Ufont, Indiana, where he was established in practice until
1878. He then returned to Morgan County, West Virginia,
ind established his residence at Berkeley Springs, where
'to built up a representative practice and where he re-
mained until his death, in 1S97. The maiden name of
his wife was Catherine Smith, she having likewise been
»orn in Frederick County, Maryland, a daughter of Wil-
iam and Catherine (Westinghouse) Smith. William Smith
,vas born in England and was a young man when he came
to the United States and established a private school at
i \Volfsville, Maryland, he having conducted this excellent
school during the remainder of his active career. Mrs.
Catherine (Smith) Somers was about seventy-six years
i of age at the time of her death. Her children were six
in number: Dr. Martin Luther, eldest of the number,
is engaged in the practice of medicine at Altoona, Kansas;
Rev. Amos Newton Somers is a clergyman of the Unitarian
Church and resides at Grafton, Massachusetts; Effie J.
was next in order of birth; Dr. Ira Clinton Somers is a
representative physician and surgeon at Chanute, Kansas;
William Henry, of this review, was the next in order of
birth; and John Clement likewise resides at Berkeley
Springs, West Virginia.

William H. Somers gained his early education in the
public schools of West Virginia and Indiana, and he then
entered J. C. Vincent 's home school at Plainfield, New
Jersey, in which institution he was graduated. His first
independent business venture was as a carriage manufac-
turer at Luray, Virginia, where he remained five years.
He then entered the employ of the Roanoke Machine Com-
pany, which corporation held a contract for remodeling rail-
road cars in order to accommodate them to the newly
established standard gauge. After leaving this company
Mr. Somers hecame foreman at the shopa of the Ensign
Car Company at Huntington, West Virginia, and he con-
tinued his association with this company until he removed
to Berkeley Springs and engaged in the sale of farm imple-
ments, in which he continued five years. He was then
appointed postmaster of the village, under the administra-
tion of President McKinley, and by successive reappoint-
ments he continued the incumbent of this office twelve
years. For the ensuing five years he was engaged in the
wholesale lumber business, and in the meanwhile he had
acquired land in Morgan County and hecome actively
identified with horticultural industry. He now has two
fine orchards in this county, besides being a stockholder
in two companies which have well developed orchard prop-
erties respectively in Nelson County, Virginia, and Wood
County, West Virginia. Aside from his official duties as
chief of the West Virginia Bureau of Markets he gives
much of his attention to his orchard interests. At Berkeley
Springs he is affiliated with DeFord Lodge, A. F. and
A. M., and at Martinsburg be is a member of Lebanon
Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M.

February 22, 18S2, recorded the marriage of Mr. Somers
and Miss Mary Ann Rider, who was born at Ridersville,
Morgan County, this atate, a daughter of Edward and
Phoebe (Rockwell) Rider. Mr. and Mrs. Somers have four
children. Vernon Conrad married Daisy Cross, and they
have one son, Donald Benton. Mabel Loraine is the wife
of O. L. Olson, a veteran of the World war, and they have
threo children, Oscar M., William and Mabel Loraine.
Marvin Witmer married Marguerite Holton. Ethel Mae,
who remains at the parental home, graduated from the
local high school as a member of the class of 1921.

John' R. Gildersleevk, president of the Beech Fork
Coal Company and until receutly the secretary and treaa
urer of tho Tony Poeahoutns Coal Company, is ono of the
successful coal producers and business men of McDowell
County, with rcsidnnce and hondqnnrtors in the Village of
English.

Mr. GiMerslceve was bom in Tazewell County, Virginia,
December 29, 1878, nud is a son of Gilbert Snowdcu Gildcr-
sleove and Louise (George) Gildcrsleeve, the former of
whom was born in the City of Richmond, Virginia, and the
latter in Tazewell County, that state. Gilbert S. Gilder-
sleeve was a skilled civil engineer, was graduated from
Richmond College, gave two years of service as a loyal sol-
dier of the Confederacy in the Civil war, and as a young
man he taught school a few years in Washington County,
Virginia. He established his residence in Tazewell County
in 1S68, and at Gratton, that state, his death occurred in
1919, when he was seventy-two years of age. As a civil
engineer he did a large amount of important work in the
coal fields of Virginia and West Virginia, from 1890 to
1910. He was the engineer in the famous controversy
Sperry-RiUic vs. the D. G. Savers Estate, was employed
for a term of years as engineer for the New River Poca-
hontas Consolidated Coal & Coke Corporation, and had
charge of the work of an efficient engineering corps. He
was a democrat, and both he aud his wife, who likewise at
tained to advanced age, were members of the Presbyterian
Church. Of the eight children John R., of this sketch, was
tho third in order of birth.

After attending the Tazewell High School John R. Gil-
dersleeve continued his studies iu the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute at Blacksburg, where he specialized in mathemat-
ics and civil engineering. In 1901 he began working as a
civil engineer in the coal fields, and during a period of two
years in the employ of the New River Pocahontas Consoli-
dated Coal & Coke Corporation he, like his father, has
charge of the work of a corps of engineers. For sixteen
years he served as county surveyor of his native county,
and in this connection he heeame an expert in title and ab-
stract work and an authority on the topography of that
section of Virginia aud also McDowell County, West Vir-
ginia. In April, 1919, he came to English, McDowell
County, he having organized the Beech Fork Coal Company
in 1916, and later having organized the Tony Pocahontas
Coal Company. Of the former corporation, which is suc-
cessful producing coal in its mines near English, ho is the
president, and he is agent for the Elkhorn Coal & Coke
Company, the Island Creek Coal & Coke Company and the
Con Coal Company. He has charge of thousands of acres
of valuable coal and timber land.

Mr. Gildersleeve is a democrat and is affiliated with the
Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order United American
Mechanics. He and his wife are zealous members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and he is district stew-
ard of the English District, in the establishing of which he
was largely instrumental, even to the extent of appearing
before the Holston Conference and personally guaranteeing
the aalary of the clergyman to be assigned to the district.

January 12, 1915, recorded the marriago of Mr. Gilder-
sleeve and Miss Laura L. Beavers, daughter of A. D. Bea-
vera, of English. The two children of this union are John
R., Jr., and Martha Beavers.

David Davis Hatfield, M. D., of Yukon, McDowell
County, is associated in practice with Dr. Walter A. Carr,
of War, this county, of whom individual mention is made
on other pages, the two having charge of medical and sur-
gical practice in leading mining camps of this district, be-
sides which each of them controls a large and representa-
tive general practice.

Dr. Hatfield waa born at Matewan, Mingo County, West
Virginia, May 21, 1883, and is a son of Ephraim and Vir-
ginia Bell (Davis) Hatfield, aged respectively sixty-seven
and sixty -one years, in 1922. Ephraim Hatfield was born
at Matewan, on Tug River, thia atate, and his wife waa born
at St Joseph, Misaouri. Her father, William Davis, waa a
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other points in the West, and in later years was engaged
in the harness business at St. Joseph, Missouri.

Ephraim Hatfield was long and actively identified with
farm enterprise and the timber business, in which latter
line of business he rafted timber down the Tug and Sandy
rivers to the Ohio River markets. In early days he was a
skilled and enthusiastic hunter, and killed many deer and
other large game long before coal development had been
initiated in West Virginia. His father, Valentine Hatfield,
was the leader of the numerous representatives of the Hat-
field family and owned large tracts of land in Mingo
County, now valuable coal-producing properties. He was
a democrat, was a Confederate soldier in the Civil war, and,
as a man of sterling character and mature judgment, he
was a guide and counselor in community affairs for many
years. Ephraim and Virginia B. Hatfield became the par-
ents of eleven children, of whom four sons and four daugh-
ters are living. The eldest son, Dr. Samuel D., was for-
merly a leading physician and surgeon in McDowell County,
and is now a resident of Kokomo, Indiana, where he spe-
cializes in the treatment of diseases of children, he being
a graduate of the medical department of the University of
Louisville, Kentucky. D. V. is a representative business
man at Roanoke, Virginia. Albert D. is engaged in the in-
surance busmess at English, McDowell County. All of the
sous received much of their preliminary education at home,
under the effective direction of their mother.

Doctor Hatfield attended school at Matewan and Will-
iamson, and thereafter was a student in the Concord State
Normal School at Athens. He taught four terms of school
and proved successful in his pedagogic service. As a boy
the doctor ran away from home and went to Colorado,
where he found employment in the service of the Colorado
Coal & Iron Company. After his return home he continued
his school work, and finally entered the Kentucky School of
Medicine, which is now the medical department of the Uni-
versity of Louisville. He was an ambitious student and
made high standing in his class, his graduation and recep-
tion of the degree of Doctor of Medicine having occurred
in 1908. In 1911 aud 1912 he took special work in the New
York Post Graduate Medical College and the New York
Polyclinic, where he specialized in surgery and bacteriology.
On his graduation he became associated in practice with his
brother Dr. Samuel D. at Yukon, McDowell County, and
later, after his brother's removal to Iaeger, this county,
Dr. Walter A. Carr became the assistant and finally the pro-
fessional partner of Dr. David D. Hatfield. Doctor Hat-
field is a member of the McDowell County Medical Society,
the West Virginia State Medical Society and the American
Medical Association. He is affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity, in which he is, in 1922, master of Berwin Lodge
No. 141, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and a mem-
ber of Tazewell Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is loyal
and progressive as a citizen and is liberal in support of
religious and educational work. He has been at various
times interested in coal and oil production, and he is a
director of the Citizens Bank at War.

December 14, 1909, recorded the marriage of Doctor
Hatfield and Addie P. Philpott, daughter of George Phil-
pott, of Virginia, and the two children of this union are
Ethel Virginia and Elva Jean.

James Grainger, general manager for the Flat Top Coal
Mining Company at English, McDowell County, was born
in Durham, England, December 9, 1879, a son of James
Grainger, a miner in that section of England. Mr. Grain-
ger has stated that all of his days have been school days,
and that his education has been obtained in the college of
practical experience. It is certain that he has absorbed
much and profited by that experience, which was initiated
when he became a trapper boy at one of the deep mines of
his native land, from which minor post he advanced through
the various grades and became familiar with all details of
mining industry. At the age of twenty-six years he came
to the United States and found employment in the Ohio
coal fields, whence he soon came to West Virginia and took
a position as a miner in the coal mines of the New River
District. He there was employed one year by the firm of

Whipple & Scarborough, which then advanced him from!
coal digger to slate boss, next fire boss and finally mi 1 ,
foreman. He was one of 200 men out of a total of 900 w|
passed examination successfully in the first examination cc'
ducted by the State of West Virginia in connection wi
the mining industry, and on this occasion he gained a fin
grade certificate as a miner. He remained in the New Rh
District six years, and then became mine boss for the N<
River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company at Berwir
McDowell County. One year later he came to the Flat T<
Coal Mining Company, and he has since been the efficie
and valued general manager of the company's mines
English.

Mr. Grainger has broadened his intellectual ken by mu
and well directed reading and study, and his fine priva
library contains a large collection of staudard historic
works, encyclopedias and general books of reference ai
information. He is in full accord with the institutions ar
customs of his adopted country, and is a loyal and pr;
gressive citizen who commands unqualified popular esteeii
In the World war period he contributed his aid to the cauj
by seeing that coal from the mines was kept moving ds
and night and by contributing to and working vigorous,
for the Government war loans, Red Cross work, etc. In th;
connection it is interesting to record that he was influenti:|
in the movement that caused English to be the first toV
of McDowell County to "go over the top" in subscriptioi
for the Liberty and Victory loans, and in recognition (
this fact the village was presented with a Victory flag. B'
and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Epi^
copal Church, South, at English, and he is a steward an}
trustee of the same.

In England was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Grab
ger and Miss Alice McDavmout, and they have five chil
dren: Edna, James, Charles Robinson, Jennie and Noreeij

C. Frank Wright is one of the influential figures in th*
business affairs of the Village of War, McDowell County!
where he is the cashier of the Citizens Bank. He was bor£
at Memphis, Tennessee, August 27, 1867, and is a son o]
Oliver C. and Isabel (McDowell) Wright, the former o^J
whom was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the Wright fam>
ily home has been maintained for several generations, anil
the latter of whom was born near the City of Belfast, Ire.
land. Oliver C. Wright became a successful contractor an»]
builder, and both he and his wife died when their son C
Frank, of this review, was an infant.

After the death of his parents C. Frank Wright wa (
taken into the home of one of his father's sisters in Cin
cinnati, and there he was reared to adult age, his early edu
cation having been acquired in the public schools of tha
city and there supplemented by a course in the Nelson Busi
ness College, in which he was graduated in 1886. He thei (
entered the employ of the American Book Company, pub,
lishers of school textbooks, and in addition to working ii
the Cincinnati offices of the company he became one ol
its successful traveling representatives, in which connectioi
he visited all parts of the Union. He thus continued his
services as a valued employe of this corporation until 1901.
when he came to McDowell County, West Virginia, and
became identified with the insurance business at Welch, the
county seat. Later he served four years as deputy Circuit
Court clerk for that county, and he next assumed a similar
office in Mercer County, where he remained until 1914, when
he resumed his former position in the office of the Circuit
Court clerk of McDowell County. Later he was appointed
assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Welch, in
the service of which he thus continued until October, 1919,
when he assumed his present executive office, that of cashier
of the Citizens Bank at War, the success of which insti-
tution has been signally advanced under his efficient admin-
istration in this executive office.

Mr. Wright is a stalwart in the local ranks of the re-
publican party and is serving, in 1921-2, as associate chair-
man of the Republican County Committee of McDowell
County. He is affiliated with Kilwinning Lodge, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, in the City of Cincinnati, and
also with a Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons in that city.

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499

t Bluefield, West Virginia, he is a member of the Lodgo
f the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elka. He is a
ember of the Congregational Church and his wife of the
resbyterian Church.

February 23, 1905, Mr. Wright wedded Mise Ina Barber,
aughter of George Barber, of IMpestone, Minnesota. The
ne child of this union is a son, C. Frank, Jr.

James Karl Gbubb, who is, in 1922, the efficient mayor
► f the Village of Bolivar, Jefferson County, was born in
lis town, on the 14th of July, 1SS4, and ia a aon of Capt.
amcs W\ Grubb, who was born on a farm in Loudoun
"Donty, Virginia, and who was a son of Ifon. John Grubb,
le latter having represented that county in the Virginia
.egislature in the '40s. In this connection it is interesting
t record that when this early legislator returned home
rom the fair old capital city of Richmond he brought with
iui an equestrian statue mounted on a platform and
resented the same to his son James W. as a plaything,
ais ancient relic being now in the possession of the subject
f this sketch, who places high valuation on it.
John Grubb was born near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, ami
is supposed that his father likewise was born in that
ounty, the latter having thence removed to Loudoun County,
'irginia, where he purchased a tract of land that was a
art of the Lord Fauquier grant, the deed to the property,
ow in the possession of James K. Grubb, of thia review,
bowing that for this land two pounds, two ahillinga and a
•ixpence an acre were paid. John Grubb succeeded to the
wncrship of a part of this landed estate, and there he
ontinued his activities as an agriculturist until his death,
lis sons Hiram and William were loyal soldiers of the
'onfederacy in the Civil war, and thereafter the other mem-
bers of the family lost all trace of them. The sona Joseph
nd James W. entered the Union army, and thus showed how
definitely the Civil war was fratricidal.
Capt. James W. Grubb acquired a really liberal education,
nd as a youth of seventeen he became a successful teacher
n the schools of Virginia, one of his pupils having been
Tohn Moseby, who later became the commander of the
amous Moseby Guerillas, a band that gave effective service
n the cause of the Confederacy in the war between the
<orth and the South. Soon after the inception of the war
fames W. Grubb entered the Union service, as a member
»f Company B, Loudoun Rangers, a command that was at-
ached to Cole 's Cavalry. He won promotion to the rank of
aptain, took part in many engagements and continued his
oyal service until the close of the war. While out with
lis scouts on one occasion he was captured by a force com-
nanded by his former pupil, John Moseby, of Moseby 's
:ommand, who permitted him to escape at night. At the
•loge of the war he established his residence at Bolivar
ind engaged in active work as a civil engineer. There he
•ontinned his residence, an honored and influential citizen,
mtil his death, March 5, 1S95. The maiden name of his
rife was Sally Neer, and she likewise waa born in Loudoun
bounty, Virginia, a daughter of George and Amelia (Derry)
tfcer and a representative of an old and prominent family
)f Virginia. The marriage of Captain Grubb was solcm-
lized in 1864, while he was in camp with his military com-
nand. his father having secured for the bride a pass through
he lines, this pass being still in the possession of the family.
VIrs. Grubb passed to the life eternal on the 9th of April,
1919, her children being four in number, Helen, John II.,
Beaulah and James K.

The public schools of Bolivar afforded James K. Grubb
lis preliminary education, and thereafter he continued his
rtudiea both in New York City and Norfolk, Virginia. At
:he age of fifteen years he began an apprenticeship to
the trade of telegraphist with the Postal Telegraph Com-
pany, and two and one-half years later he became a brake-
nan on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, ne won promotion
5o the position of conductor, and continued in active railway
lervice until 1909, when he met with an accident that neces-
litated the amputation of his right foot. Thereafter he was
engaged in tbe grain business at Harpers Ferry until 1917,
ivhen he sold out and became a representative of the Metro-
wlitan Life Insurance Company, with which he has con-

tinued his connection to the present time, his insurance
agency at Bolivar being one of the most prosperous in his
native county. He Is a stanch republican in politics. In
1914 ho was elected recorder of Bolivar Township, and of
thia office he continued the incumbent until 1916, when he
was elected mayor of Bolivar, a position which he has since
retained through successive re-elections, which have attested
the high local estimate placed upon his administration.

June 12, 1904, recorded the marriage of Mr. Grubb ami
Miss Agnes O'Brien, who was born at Halltown, this county,
and who is a daughter of Patrick and Sally (Reid) O'Brien.
Her paternal grandparents were Dennis and Margaret
(Trout) O'Brien, both natives of Ireland. The Trout
family, one of wealth and influence, made objection to the
marriage of Margaret to the young Irishman, who could
claim neither wealth nor family importance, and the result
that came was that tho young couple eloped, were married
and came to the United States on a sailing vessel of the type
common to the period. They settled in Maryland, and there
passed the remainder of their lives. Patrick O'Brien bought
a farm near Halltown, West Virginia, and there remained
until his death. Monsignor James M. O'Brien, his brother,
is a distinguished clergyman of the Catholic Church. The
names of the children of Patrick and Sally (Reid) O'Brien
are here recorded: James W., Virginia, Thomas, Robert L.,
Edward, Minnie, Agnes, Mary and Rose. Robert L. O'Brien
•graduated from the Baltimore Medical College, and there-
after served as an interne in a leading hospital in Washing-
ton, D. C, where he married Avic M. Herbert, a trained
nurse. He later established himself in the practice of his
profession at Akron, Colorado, where he met his death in an
automobile accident. His two sons were then taken into
the home of his sister, Mrs. Grubb, and they are now attend-
ing the public schools of Bolivar. Mr. and Mrs. Grubb have
no children of their own, and thus they take the deepest
interest in their two foster-sons, Herman F. and Austin P.
O 'Brien.

George W. Thompson. From almost the beginning of
consecutive history in the Ohio Valley to the present time,
there have been three men named George W. Thompson,
representing three consecutive generations, each of them
men of more than ordinary distinction and prominence in
business or in public affairs.

The first was Judge George W. Thompson, whose career
is especially identified with the early history of Wheeling.
He was bom near Wheeling, in Ohio" County, Virginia, May
14, 1806. His father was a native of County Armagh,
Ireland and married Sarah Talhott, of the same county.
On coming to the United States they settled in Ohio County,
Virginia, and subsequently moved across the river to Bel-
mont County, Ohio. Judge Thompson therefore, grew to
manhood in the country around Wheeling, graduated in
1822 from Jefferson College of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania,
read law at Saint Clairsville, Ohio, with Hon. W. P. Hub-
bard, one of Wheeling's greatest lawyers, and was ad-
mitted tn the bar in 1826. For two years he lived at
Richmond, Virginia, then practiced at Saint Clairsville, and
in 1837 located at WTieeling. In 1838 he waa appointed
postmaster of that city by President Van Burcn, and in
IS44 was appointed United States district attorney for the
Western District of Virginia by President Polk, filling
that office four years. In 1851 he was elected to Congress,
and while in his first term was chosen judge of what was
then called the Superior Court, now the Circuit Court, for
the Twelfth Judicial District. He resigned from Con-
gress to go on the bench and was re-elected in IS60. A
former history of Wheeling saya of him: "George W.
Thompson, who was the first judge elected by the people,
had a long and varied career in the public service. He
waa past middle age and had seen many years of public
service when the war came on. As a loyal Virginian he
was unable to adjust himself to the forcea which were
evolving a new state, and being conscientiously unable to
take the oath of allegiance to the restored government he
was removed from office in July, 1861. In a charge to a
jury during that year he gave instructions to bring in a
verdict of treason against defendants refusing to comply

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with the mandates of the State of Virginia. During the
remaining years of his life he was retired, and gave much
of his time to authorship, dealing with themes of religion
and philosophy. He represented Wheeling in the contro-
versy over the location of the route of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, was a member of the Virginia-Ohio Com-
mission to settle the jurisdiction of these states on the
Ohio, and while in Congress he introduced and urged the
passage of the bill, which, in opposition to the decree of
the Supreme Court, declared the Wheeling suspension bridge
not an obstruction to navigation." Judge Thompson died
February 2, 1888. In 1832 he married Elizabeth, daughter
of Daniel Steenrod, Sr., one of Wheeling's oldest and most
prominent citizens. The children of Judge and Mrs.
Thompson were: Anne; William P., who became a lawyer
at Fairmont; George Western; Sallie; D. S.; and Lewis,
who was killed in the Confederate service.

George Western Thompson, of the second generation
hearing that name, had much to do with the commercial
development of the Ohio Valley, and he was intimately con-
cerned with the building of railroads and other enterprises
that fortified the commercial prestige of Parkersburg. He
was born at Wheeling, June 23, 1845, and had many of
the intellectual gifts of his father. He completed his edu-
cation in Jefferson College in Pennsyliania, and in 1865
removed to Parkersburg. For three years he was employed
as a clerk, and in 1868 he and H. C. Jackson bought out a
wholesale grocery establishment that had been started early
in the Civil war and which is still continued under the
ownership of the Dana Company. Mr. Thompson was asso-
ciated with this business until 1894. He then retired
to look after other important duties. When the Ohio River
Eailroad Company was organized he was elected vice presi-
dent, hut resigned to become general manager of the Ohio
Valley Construction Company, consisting of the capitalize
who built the Ohio River Railroad. In June, 1884, when
the road began operating between Wheeling and Parkers-
burg, Mr. Thompson resigned from the construction com-
pany and in 1885 was elected president of the railroad
company. To a large degree the success of that railroad
was due to the energy and wise guidance of Mr. Thompson
who was exceedingly popular throughout the district served
by the road. He was still its president when he died at
Washington, D. C, February 26, 1895. Though always
identified with important business and public enterprises,
he was naturally of a retiring disposition, and his happiest
hours were spent in his home with his family and friends.
Kindliness was his distinguishing trait, and he was exceed-
ingly charitable to those who needed his help. He was a
member of the Episcopal Church, and was affiliated with
the Masonic Order and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In 1869 he married Fannie Belle Jackson, daughter of
General John J. Jackson, of the distinguished West Vir-
ginia family of that name. The children of George W.
Thompson II were: Jane Jackson, wife of Preston Brooks
Tobin; Elizabeth S., who married Charles S. Pearcy; George
W., third; Frances Belle, whose first husband was Nelson
Young, and she is now the wife of Louis Schirmer; and
Anna Camden, wife of Walter Henry Gerwig.

George W. Thompson, III, was born at Parkersburg,
November 29, 1880. He was educated in his native city
and attended the Lawrenceville Preparatory School in New
Jersey. After leaving school he had three years of ex-
perience as a reporter with the Pittsburgh Leader, and for
another three years had charge of the insurance depart-
ment of the Citizens Trust & Guaranty Company of Park-
ersburg. Since 1907, Mr. Thompson has had the increasing
responsibilities in connection with the Standard Oil Com-
pany's interests at Parkersburg. He is now superintendent
of the Camden Works of this corporation. Mr. Thompson
is a member of the Episcopal Church.

October 19, 1912, he married Miss Anna Mehen. Their
two children are Nancy and George W. IV.

W. Frank Stuck has been a resident of Preston County
throughout the half century of his life, is a well known
merchant at Newburg, and while his career has been chiefly
concerned with civilian grouping of affairs, he has some

of the sturdy traits and courageous spirit that have markec
his ancestors. His Americanism is featured by several an
cestors who have been in the wars of this nation from tht
time of the Revolution.

His first American ancestor was John Stuck. Johr
Stuck was born in Germany, in a town of which his father
was burgomaster. The family was introduced to Germany
by an immigrant from Palestine of Jewish blood. Johr
Stuck has a brother, Henry, but there is no record that
he came to America. John Stuck arrived in this country
just before the outbreak of the Revolutionary war. He was
then a youth and had left Germany to evade compulsory
military training. However, he was not a pacifist, since
in a few years he joined heartily with the Colonists in their
struggle for independence, and was with the Colonial armieH
five years. After the revolution, he married a woman or
English and Dutch ancestry. They had four sons and two
daughters, and that generation heeame somewhat widely
scattered, John going to Indiana, Peter to Kentucky, while
Jacob and Mathias remained near the old homestead in
Somerset County, Pennsylvania. By a second marriage
John Stuck had three other children.

Mathias Stuck, ahove mentioned, was the great-grand-
father of the Newburg merchant. He married Nancy Fra-
zee, whose father, Thurman Frazee, brought his family from
Denmark to the American Colonies before the war of the
Revolution and from New York, his first place of settle-
ment, moved to New Jersey and finally to Virginia, estab-
lishing his home seven miles east of Brandonville, in Pres-J
ton County, and from there moving over the Maryland'
line to what is the Frazee community of Garrett CountyJw
Thurman Frazee also participated as a soldier of the l
revolution for seven years.

The grandfather of W. Frank Stuck, son of Mathias ■
and Nancy (Frazee) Stuck, had an active career as a com-
mercial man in Preston County. He was a merchant at
Terra Alta at the beginning of the Civil war. His devotion
to the Union amounted to a passion, and he became so
enraged when a detachment of Confederate troops entered
the town that, though a civilian, he fired his rifle at them,
and for this he was taken prisoner and carried South to.^
be dealt with as his conduct seemed to merit. On the way'!
he was dismounted, tied and stood upon a stump to be j
shot. His courage did not desert him, and he defied his
captors and called them cowards for shooting a defense- j
less captive. Seeing his doom and resolving upon a last!
effort to save himself, he made himself known as an Odd
Fellow, at which sign the commander stopped the pro-
ceedings, ordered him untied, placed him upon a horse and
started him back home. He afterward joined and served
in the Union Army.

A son of this stanch Unionist was John E. Stuck, forw
many years an honored merchant at Newburg. John E.
Stuck was born at Terra Alta in August, 1847. He left
school, and without his father's consent on March 24, 1864,
joined the Union forces in Company E, of the Sixth West
Virginia Cavalry, under Col. R. E. Fleming. He remained
in service until the close of the war and was then sent
west with his company to the Indian border. He received
his honorable discharge al Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, May
26, 1866, as a result of General Order No. 33. He then
returned to West Virginia, was in the Baltimore & Ohio
Eailway service for a time, and later a railroad man in
Texas. On coming back from the Southwest he was for
a period clerk in a store at Newburg and then engaged in
business for himself there. In his later years he was book-
keeper and buyer for the large and well known mercantile
firm of Allen & Ellis, and continued in their service until
his death on February 27, 1886, the result of a fall on the
14th of that month. John E. Stuck was active in local
politics, always a republican, member of the Board of Edu-
cation of Lyon District, was past grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias of the state, and widely known as a
gifted speaker and debater in politics and in fraternal
affairs. He was very much interested in Sunday School
work as a member of the Methodist Church, and the cause
of public education found in him one of its choicest sup-
porters.

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John E. Stuck married Clarissa Adaline White, who was
bm March 12, 3841), and died Oetober 16, 1914, being laid
» re«t beside her husband at Newburg. Her parents
vre Thornton T. and Catherine (Stoyer) White. The
lildren of John E. Stuck and wife were Etta M., born
uly 27, 1869, now Mrs. W. It. Stewart, of Fisher, Penn*
■lvania; W. Frank; John Earnest, born March 16, 1875,
ud unmarried January 23, 1S96; Mida Belle, bom August

• 1878, a resident of Newburg; James A., born June 25,
>S1, a locomotive engineer for the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
ay at Newhurg; Howard P., born August 16, 1883, is
»nltimore & Ohio station agent at Oakland, Maryland; and
aura Emma, born November 11, 1885, died May 10,

p20, tlie wife of G. T. Sileott,

I W. Frank Stuck was born nt Newburg, September 21,
p71, and as a boy he acquired a public sehool education,
^om ^S6 to ls93 lie elerked in a store, then entered busi-
] ss for himself as a general merchant, sold out in 1898,
Ind, going to the Pacific Coast, was for five years a travel-
ing salesmnn with headquarters at Seattle, representing
.'ioship Brothers, wholesale grocers. Returning home in
303, Mr. Stuek for a brief time resumed his work as a
ork at Newburg, ami then again went on the road as a
■desman, a voeation he followed until 1915. Since that
■ear he has been building up and extending a prosperous
lusiness as a hardware and builders' supplies dealer. He
h one of the original stockholders of the First National
Ifcank of Newburg, is a stockholder in the Winchester Re-
eating Arms Company, and was an original stockholder
nd is vice president of the West Virginia Drilling and
|«evelopment Company, which has done considerable devel-
pment work in the oil and gas territory.
Mr. Stuek served one term as president of the Board
f Education of Lyon District, and during that time aev-
val new sehoolhouses were erected. He has put forth bis
'flforts constantly for general improvement, is a stanch
"•publican in politics, easting his first vote for Benjamin
larrison for president, and has been a member of a nura-
er of conventions, including the first convention at Wheel-
ig, when the noted Charles Swisher figured* as a candidate,
n more reeent years politics has been an after eonsidera-
on with Mr. Stuck, though he has never failed to vote and
ceording to his party faith. He is one of the oldest ten
f twelve surviving members of Grafton Lodge No. 308,
•enevolent and Protective Order of Elks. While not a
lember, he believes in the good work of churches and
ives them his finnncial support.

At Newburg. September 20, 1903, Mr. Stuck married
lisa Arlina G. Menefee, daughter of John W. and Ruhama
Hanshaw) Menefee. Her father spent his life as a West
irginia farmer on York's Run near Newburg and died
l the village of Newburg in January, 1891. Mrs. Stuek
as born June 3, 1871, and the other ehildren of her par-
nts were Belle, Frank and Mollie, wife of E. E. Rush of
'inchester, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Stuek have one daugh-
», Mildred Virginia, who graduated from the Masontown
[igh Sehool in 1922.

/

John F. Chogan. In a life of seventy years, John F.
rogan has justly earned the reputation of having been
ie of the most effectively useful and publie spirited eiti-
•ns of Lyon District in Preston County. By hard work
* provided for those dependent upon him, thus achieving
s primary ambition, but at all times he has manifested a
i en and generous interest in the welfare of others and has
orked in behalf of schools, better roads and other faeili-
cs that represent the advance and progress of the times.

His father, James Crogan, was a native of Ireland, mar-
cd after eoming to the United States, and as a laborer
nployed on railroad construction followed the westward
"ogress of the Baltimore & Ohio through West Virginia
to Preston County. His first home here was at the west
id of the tunnel, near Tunnelton, later at a point jnst
'low Austen, and after many years as a wage worker he
»ught a farm on Raccoon Creek, where he lived until his
>ath. He had a limited education, and found means of
aking himself useful, always voted the democratic tieket,
it sought none of the honors of polities. He married Rose
Tol. O— 5 7

Doyle, who died in Oetober, 1897, and they were the par-
ents of four aona aud one dnughter.

John P. Crogan, the second child, was born at the west
end of the tunnel, nenr Tunnelton, October 31, 1851. He
spent most of his youth on the farm near Raccoon Creek.
He attended aehool at Newburg, the Concord eountry aehoolj
and when he left borne he became teamster about saw mills,
an occupation he followed for eight years. After that he
resumed farming, then for two years drove a team in the
oil district below Fairmont, and after that experience his
time nnd energies were faithfully devoted to farming. In
18S8 he bought the farm where he had his home and the
center of his activities until the beginning of 1922.

Mr. Crogan on reaching manhood chose the republican
instead of the democratic party of his father, voting for
General Grant in 1872, and for fifty years has steadily cast
his ballot according to his first ehoiee. Mr. Crogan was
chosen a member of the eounty eourt in 1904 ns the com-
missioner from Lyon District, succeeding Commissioner
Burgoyne. When he went on the eourt the other members
were Emanuel Dixon, chairman; James C. White, P. S.
Knotts, Thomas Ryan, Jehu Jenkins, P. J. Knapp and Com-
missioner Strawser, and other members who came on the
board later were John E. Jenkins, W. F. Menear nnd Har-
rison Zinn. Some money was then being spent making new
roads and repairing old ones, building bridges, but no per-
manent road bed was yet on the program for Preston
County. At the present time Mr. Crogan still has official
interests in roads, being in charge of certain road work
and maintenance in Lyon Distriet. He is also overseer of
the poor for that district.

His fellow eitizens perhaps best appreciate his public
serviee as a member of the district hoard of education. He
was on the board with Rev. Mr. Ingle, Dr. Frank Fortney
and Ashford Moore, secretary of the board. During his
ineumbency, the new high school of Newburg was begun,
attention was paid to improved teaching facilities and the
securing of better qualified teaehers, and a generally higher
standard of sehool work. Mr. Crogan retired from the
board in July, 1921, closing a publie serviee which reflected
eredit upon his efforts to give the best of hia ability to his
duty.

In Preston County, December 9, 1875, Mr. Crogan mar-
ried Miss Franees Wilson, dnughter of Eugenus and Julia
Ann (Jeffreys) Wilson, her mother being a daughter of
Thomas Jeffreys. Mra. Oogan was born at the old point
known as Denver in Reno District, August 22, 1855, being
one of thirteen ehildren, named as follows: Alpheus Wil-
son; Margaret, who married John Myers; Melissa, who was
the wife of George Fortney; Amanda, who married Isiah
Bolyard; Adaline, who married Irvin Shaw; Eugenus;
Semantha, who was the wife of John Spring; Mrs. Crognn;
Columbus, who died as a young man; John, a resident of
Fairmount; Sarah, who married Jacob Bolyard; Greenland,
a earpenter at Pittsburgh; and Gideon, who died in child-
hood.

Mr. and Mrs. John Crogan have reared n fine family of
ehildren and have a number of grandchildren, most of them
living near this venerable couple. Addie, wife of Thomas
Pyles, a farmer near Newburg, is the mother of Rose,
Agnes, Edward, Frances, Nellie and Lloyd. The oldest son,
Hubert, is a young attorney at Kingwood, who married
Hazel Snyder, and they have a son, Patrick Riehard. Lloyd,
whose home is nt Hiawatha, Utah, married Catherine Clark
and has a son, Frederick. Bessie, of Newburg, widow of
Morgan Bell, has two sons, Charles and Morgan. Walter,
a locomotive engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio between
Crrafton and Cumberland, married Martha Shelton and has
a son, Dorsey. The youngest of the family, John Dewey,
was in the Students' Army Training Corps at Morgantown,
and is now finishing his education in Toledo, Ohio.

John La whence Hechmer graduated in law and began
the practice of hia profession at Grafton in 1876. Sub-
sequent service has brought him a high position in the bar
of the state, and no less in the public spirited citizenship of
the community.

He was brought to Grafton when he waa five years old

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from Baltimore, where he was born December 8, 1855, son
of Louis and Dora (Dreher) Hechmer, the former a native
of Bonn and the latter of Bremen, Germany. Louis Hech-
mer was with the forces of the Prussian government during
the revolution of 1848, fighting such men as Schurz and
Kunkel, but his sympathies were with them, and as soon
as he was released from the army he came to the United
States, and was married in Baltimore. He had learned
the trade of machinist in the Krupp factories of Germany,
and he became a machinist for the Baltimore & Ohio, first
at Baltimore and then in the shops at Grafton. After leav-
ing the railroad he was a hotel man at Grafton until he
retired. He died in Detroit, Michigan, in 1902, at the age
of eighty-two, and his wife died a year later in the same
city. They had three sons: John L., Frank, of Youngs-
town, Ohio, and George, of Grafton.

John Lawrence Hechmer was reared in Grafton, attended
private schools, finished his literary education at George-
town University, near Washington, and took his law course
in the University of Michigan. From the time he was ad-
mitted to the bar at Grafton in 1876, he has always prac-
ticed alone and for many years he was one of the busiest
lawyers of the city, and still looks after a large general
practice. He is a member of the local and state bar asso-
ciations and the American Bar Association.

Politics has been only incidental to his profession. In
1876, though he was not qualified by age to vote that year,
he made some campaign speeches for Samuel J. Tilden, but
before the next general election he decided to act with the
republican party, casting his ballot that year for James
A. Garfield, and has been stanch in the same party faith
since then. He has been a member of the Grafton City
Council and for one term was mayor. He is a Knight
of Columbus and is president of the local branch of the
National Council of Catholic Men.

In Taylor County, November 25, 1878, Mr. Hechmer
married Josephine Luethke, daughter of Henry Luethke and
a native of Taylor County. She died in 1889, leaving three
children: Frances, wife of Peter Dooman, of Parkersburg,
and mother of three children, named John, Miriam and
Nancy Dooman; John Hechmer, who is in the coal business
at Grafton; and Mary, a sister in the Visitation Convent at
Parkersburg. In June, 1890, at G T afton, Mr. Hechmer
married Anna Luethke, also a native of Taylor County.
Of the children born to this union, Adrienne J. has spent
several years in the Government service and is now con-
nected with the London, England, offices of the United
States Shipping Board. Antoinette D., a graduate of
George Washington University, is a Washington attomev
associated with C. R. Marshall and Charles E. Bell, special-
izing in interstate commerce litigation. Arthur B. volun-
tered early in 1917, was put on special duty, and was in
overseas service from January, 1918, until the close of the
war As an ex-service man he has a Knight of Columbus
scholarship in West Virginia University, being a member
of the class of 1923. Bernadine and Petronelle are students
in Pierce Business College at Philadelphia. Charles was
formerly a seaman in the merchant marine. Rosemary is
a student at Parkersburg, and Edward L. is attending
school at Westchester, Pennsylvania.

Robert Renwick Vaughan, M. D., is county coroner in
Logan County, and has an extensive professional business
as physician in charge of the mine practice at the Dehue
Mine of the Steel & Tuhe Companv of America, the Thur-
mond Coal Company's mines at Dabney and the Argyle
Coal Company at Yoknm. These mines are on Rum Creek
and the doctor's home is at Dehue.

Doctor Vaughan was born at Lobelia, Pocahontas Countv
West Virginia, December 22, 1881, son of Henry Mason and
Miriam Nancy (Walton) Vaughan. His father was born
near Lewisburg in Greenbrier County, this state. The grand-
father, Joshua Burwell Vaughan, came from Lynchburg
Virginia, and acquired a tract of unbroken land near Lewis-
burg, and cleared it up and developed a farm. While
getting his land into condition he engaged in the work of
hauling goods from Lynchburg with a six-mule team and
also trading large quantitise of the output of the salt works

During the Civil war he was a teamster in the Souther
army. Henry Mason Vaughan was born in 1854, and speu
hisjife as a farmer. He is a member of the Methodis
Episcopal Church, South, and a democrat. Mrs. Vau^ha
died May 2, 1921. His surviving children are: Dr Raj
mond, a farmer; Joseph Lake, associated with the Loga
Mercantile Company at Logan; Leonard A., employed a
Rossmore by the Logan Mining Company; Milton D., on th
home farm; Orlenna Susan, a teacher at Holden in Loga
County and wife of Edward Clevenger, an emplove of th
United States Coal and Oil Company. Another son, Fores*'
B., was a conductor on the Iron Mountain Railway and wa,
accidentally killed at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Robert Renwick Vaughan grew up in Pocahontas Count*
wbere he attended public school, was a student in th
Hillhurn Academy and in the Dunsmore Business Colle*
at Staunton, Virginia. Still later he attended the Universit
of West Virginia two years. He taught four terms of schoc
m Pocahontas County, and by teaching and at other wof
paid his way through school. His medical education wa
acquired in Grant University at Chattanooga, Tennessee
which he entered in 1902 and from which he graduated ii
1906. He stood second in his class all the way througl
medical college. He passed the examination of the Wes
Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners and was firs
located at Richwood. as physician for the Cherry Rive
Boom and Lumber Company in Nicholas County for thre.
years. Following that he was a physician for the Lon,
R onn r t° 0lhery Coi ?P an y a t Paffe 0 n Little Loup Creek, i!
1909 he came to Logan County as physician for the U. S
Coal and Oil Company at Holden, and looked after th.
duties arising from this position for six years. In 1916 hi
removed to Dehue wh ere his practice has been described.

A. H. Cook, of Wyoming County, West Virginia. The tw

ni ,7^ ^rfH" V T ™* e are Mary ^Katharine an,
Lillian Nancy. Doctor Vausrhan has been a student sine

?S2 ™S55 ln m ^J" ne . as ™« as tefoM. and possesses mor
than ordinary ability in surgery. He did a great deal 0

l« V $t\ Til* H ? d ^ and ™ also arcoohSa with :
hospital at Richwood. West Virginia, for three years H
is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Elks, and is
very decided democrat.

c P ^ A fl R ti?"I RIPPETT U M - D - A f0rmer Physician and sur
geon at Buckhannon, then a medical officer in the army botl
m this country and in France, Doctor Trippett after his re
^bpVwl h l 7 0un £ er brother in practice at Grafton

Thl SSL °Jf em are k * n °r 33 a <*omplished surgeons.

The Trippetts are one of the oldest families of the state
Several brothers established their homes near Morgantown

war T°bTJ , % C r n l y ' + \ b ° Ut the timG ° f the ^evolutional,
a\ the broth ers were soldiers in that struggle

and two of them are believed to have been killed in battle

?ri^L^ nPPet ^ 1S + , a <l esee ^ ant ^ the survivor. Docto
lnppett s grandfather became a farmer in Calhoun County

Confederate soldiers under Stonewall Jackson. He diec
on his farm near Brooksville about 1882, at the a«e ol

l 1 ?™ 7 tl% m l Wife Was a Miss Lowe ' an<3 their childrei
were: Philiru who was a southern soldier and a farmer nea
Svcamore West Virginia; Henrietta, who married Johr
Miller, of Smithville, this state; Caleb after his service a>
a soldier became a noted Methodist minister and educatoi
m the state; Frank, the other soldier of the Confederacy
was a physician practicing at Jordan. New York, and no*
a resident of Syracuse, New York; Marshall M., a Method
ist minister who lived in Calhoun County; Mrs. Rebecce
Ramsay, of Calhoun County; Milton, who was a farmer h
Calhoun County; and Lemuel H.

Lemuel Harrison Trippett was born in Calhoun County
April 24, 1860. and was Hberallv educated, being an A B
graduate of the University of West Virginia. He taughl
school m Calhoun County and in summer normals, and waf
then engaged in merchandising until 1890. when he was
elected county clerk of Calhonn County, and office he filled
two terms of six years each. While in office he was chosen
cashier of the Calhoun Connty Bank, but subsequently re-

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503

igned and moved to Buekhannon to secure the advantages
•f that college city for his children. In Buchannon he was
issociated with the Peoples Bank, the Buekhannon Bank
ind the Traders National Bank, and conducted an extensive
. eal estate business, representing the local interests of the
j s'ew York Life Insurance Company. His lands in Calhoun
I'ounty proved to be rich in oil.

I Lemuel 11. Trippett is a democrat in polities, lie married
|\[isa Blanche Stump, who was born at Stumptown in Gil-
Lier County, and was reared at Stumps Mills, a property
>elonging to her father, Salatbiel Stump, who was a suc-
cessful farmer and lumberman, proprietor of the mills,
.he store and the hotel, which constituted the chief assets
jf the village. L. H. Trippett and wife had only two
•hildren, Dr. Karl H. and Dr. Lemuel H., Jr., now asso-
ciated in practice at Grafton.

» Karl H. Trippett was born on his father 's farm in Cal-
loun County, April 7, 18S6. After the public schools he
i .vaa a student one year in Marshall College, then in the
Wesleyan College at Buekhannon and in 1907 entered the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, where he
?ompleted the course and received the degree in medicine in
► June, 1911. He served as assistant superintendent of Mercy
Hospital at Baltimore a year, when he returned to Buck-
hannon and was busy in his private practice there until
Hie went into service.

He was a volunteer for the medical corps, was commis-
sioned a first lieutenant, and in 1918 was called to duty
at Camp Greenleaf, Chiekamauga, Georgia, and a month
later to Base Hospital No. 123 at Camp Greene, Charlotte,
'North Carolina. Just before going abroad he was at Camp
Mills, Long Island, and crossed the Atlantic on the Adriatic,
landing at Liverpool and thence to Havre. In France he
was stationed at Marne-sur-AUier, at the largest hospital
'center in France, having sixteen base hospitals in that
area. Some time after the signing of the armistice he was
granted leave of absence for a course in surgery in the
University of Lyons, where he remained from March to
July of 1919. He was then made one of the officers in
charge at the segregation hospital for venereal diseases, and
continued on duty until September 18, 1919, when he sailed
from Brest on the Agamemnon, landing at New York. He
was discharged at Camp Dix, New Jersey, October 15, 1919,
and on the following day joined his brother in Grafton,
where they have been associated in general practice and
afeo as surgeons on the staff of the City Hospital.

His brother. Dr. Lemuel H. Trippett, was born at Grants-
ville. Calhoun County, April 17, 1S96, graduated A. B. from
the Wesleyan College at Buekhannon and received his de-
gree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bal-
timore in 1918. For a year following he was resideut phy-
sician at St Joseph's Hospital in Baltimore, and then
opened the office in Grafton which he and his brother now
Occupy.

At Buekhannon, August 16, 1916, Dr. Karl Trippett mar-
ried Miss Willard Farnswortb. She was born in that col-
lege town and finished her education there. She is a daugh-
ter of Thomas O. and Nora (Trowbridge) Farnsworth, her
mother representing one of the old and prominent families
of Preston County. Dr. and Mrs. Trippett have one son,
Karl Harrison, who was born October 4, 1918, while his
father was in France.

Doctor Trippett is a member of the Upshur County Hos-
pital Society, belongs to the professional fraternity Chi
Zeta Chi, and is affiliated with the Masons, Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias, Elks, Moose and Red Men. He is a
democrat, while his hrother is a republican. He is a mem-
ber of the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, the Graf-
ton Chamber of Commerce, and Grafton Post No. 78, Amer-
ican Legion.

John Calvert. Now retired at Independence, John Cal-
vert has a long retrospect of life, including a useful service
as a Union soldier in the Civil war, many years of sturdy
devotion to a mechanical trade, later to merchandising, and
in all the years his associates have appreciated his honesty,
his integrity and his reliability.

He was born at Greensboro, Pennsylvania, January 28,

1846, but since he was three years of age his life haa been
spent in West Virginia. His father, Noah Calvert, was a
native of Pennsylvania, in early life was a glass blower,
nnd after leaving that trade became a farmer. He lived for
a quarter of a century in Monongalia County, where he
died in April, 1S76. His wife was Mary Sullivan. Her
father was a native of Germany and lived to the age of
102 years, while his daughter, Mary, lacked only six
months of attaining the same age. She died in 1914 and is
buried in Monongalia County. They were the parents of
eleven children: David, who as a young man went to XII i -
nois and later went further West; Margaret, who married
Michael McLaughlin and died at Walkers Station in West
Virginia; Nancy, who married Thornton Johnson and died
at Point Marion, West Virginia; Sophia, who was the wife
of Clark Morris and also died at Point Marion; Philip,
who lived as a farmer in Tyler County; John; Barney,
who died near the old family homeatead in Monongalia
County; Permelia is the wife of Luke Durrell and lives at
Pittsburgh; Christiann, who died in Monongalia County, tin-
wife of Richard Johuson; Marinda, wife of Grant Wright,
of Morgantown; and Mary, wife of Benjamin Davis, of
Morgantown.

John Calvert left the home of his parents when he was
ten years of age and grew up in the home of a neighbor.
All his schooling was compressed within seven months of
school attendance. As a boy he served an apprenticeship
in a blacksmith shop and when past seventeen years of age,
and about the time West Virginia was admitted to the
Union, he enlisted in the Union Army, in Company I of the
Fiftieth Pennsylvania Infantry, under Captain LeVann and
Colonel Broom. His regiment was part of the Ninth Army
Corps of the Potomac. His first important battle was
March 18, 1864, when the Confederates drove his regiment
out of its works in front of Petersburg. He was in the
battle of Hatchers Run and in some of the fighting in the
concluding campaigns of the war, and he witnessed the
surrender of Lee at Appomattox. His command was then
ordered to Washington and was scheduled to go south and
support Genera] Sherman against Joseph E. Johnston. The
surrender of the latter caused the regiment to be retained
at Washington, and there it remained until the Grand
Review, when Mr, Calvert was ordered to Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, and mustered out in June, 1865.

On his return home he resumed his trade as a blacksmith
at Rosedale, Monongalia County, and in 1872 moved to
Preston County and located at Kingwood. While living
there his first wife died, and for four years following he
worked at his trade in Independence and abandoned it to
enter the hardware and undertaking business. After dis-
posing of this business he moved to Wetzel County, con
ducted a general store six years, and since closing out that
business has been practically retired. He then returned
to Independence, and about his only active connection with
business today is as a director of the First National Bank
of Newburg.

In the election campaign of 1864 the privilege was
granted all soldiers of the field of voting, and thus it was
that Mr. Calvert had the honor of voting for Abraham
Lincoln while in the breastworks in front of Petersburg,
though he was not yet nineteen. He thus established him
self in the party faith from which he has found no reason
to depart, and in earlier years he attended some local con-
ventions and took part in some strenuous campaigns, though
never as a seeker for political honors himself. He has
been a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church of In-
dependence.

In Monongalia County, March 28, 1866, Mr. Calvert mar-
ried Miss Leann Llewellyn, who was born at Cheat Neck
in that county and died in 1877. Mr. Calvert's children
are all by his first marriage: Cora Ella, wife of George
Baker, lives at Fairchance, Pennsylvania, and has two chil-
dern, George and Elenora ; Mary Jane is the wife of Rev.
S. K. Arbuthnot, of Buekhannon, West Virginia, and her
two daughters are Mary and Virginia; Jasper Newton is an
electrician of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he and his
wife, Laura, have a daughter, Margaret; William Franklin,
the youngest, is a machinist at Fairmont, and married Bon-

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nie Cunningham. In 1881, at Independence, Mr. Calvert
married Mrs. Senath E. Moore. Her mother was Elizaheth
Wolf. Mrs. Calvert was born near Independence, was an
infant when her father died and her mother hravely took
the responsibility of rearing her young children until they
could take care of themselves. Mrs. Calvert had a subscrip-
tion school education, and for many years her interests and
sympathy have gone out to the helpless and needy and she
has participated in community work of different kinds.
However, she has not been interested in politics, has not
availed herself of the privilege of universal suffrage, and
is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.

Malcolm Judson Oee, for many years a farmer and
stock man, and more recently a factor in the orchard and
horticultural development of the district around Newburg,
in Preston County, is a member of a family that had an
honorable record in Preston County since the close of the
eighteenth century.

The founder of the family and his great-grandfather was
John Dale Orr, who came to Preston County in 1798. His
sister, Mrs. Davy, was living on Sand Ridge in Preston
County, and it was her presence that attracted him to the
same locality. In 1798 he left his old home near Union-
town, Pennsylvania, and came to his new place on Sand
Kidge or Scotch Hill, south of the village of Newburg,
where he spent the rest of his life, taking about three hun-
dred acres of land that cost him perhaps twenty-five cents
an acre. John Dale Orr brought with him his wife and one
child, some household goods and cattle. His goods were
transported by the old time "drag" method. This drag
consisted of two poles fastened together at one end, the
horse standing between the other two ends, which served as
shafts, and the weight was so distributed as to fall chiefly
on the horse. Two ends dragged on the ground, and
boards or timbers were tied crosswise on which goods could
be transported. There were two of these crude conveyances
in the Orr party. Mrs. Orr rode on the back of one of
the horses, carrying her daughter in her arms. John Dale
Orr died in April, 1840, and his wife, whose maiden name
was Elizabeth Johns, died in Octoher, 1853. Their children
were: Catherine, born in 1796, married Joshua Fortney and
died in Harrison County in 1860; John, born in 179S, lived
at the cross roads in the Newburg locality until 1855; when
he sold his property to the old O'Donnell Coal Company
and then moved to the Masontown locality, where he lived
until his death in 1883; Euth Orr, who was born in 1801
and died in 1885, was the wife of William Menear, and
they spent their married lives on the old Menear farm
near Scotch Hill; Hiram, was the youngest of the family.

Hiram Orr was born in Preston County in 1S04 and died
in 1855. He married Keziah Menear, a sister of Susan
Menear, who was the wife of his brother. Hiram Orr spent
his life at the old John Dale Orr homestead. He never
went into politics for his own benefit, but was an old-line
democrat and occasionally served as election commissioner.
His children were: Uriah Newton; Martha J., who was
married in 1859 to Andrew B. Menear and died at King-
wood in 1864, leaving two children; Eugenus J., who mar-
ried Miss Wathan in 1855 and died in 186S, survived by
five children; Morgan D. who married Belle Henry and
spent his life at Fairmont as superintendent of the Oral
Coal Company; Miles Hiram, who married Miss Ashburn
and is a resident of Masontown; Keziah became the wife
of S. M. Martin at Reedsville and reared a family of five
daughters and two sons; Weightman L. married Carrie A.
Pfeil and lived at Baltimore, where he died in 1905.

Maj. Uriah Newton Orr, one of the conspicuous figures
in the life and affairs of Preston County for many years,
was born at the old homestead on Sand Ridge, April 24,
1832. He was reared to manhood there, and despite the
lack of school advantages he acquired a good education,
chiefly through his own efforts. At the age of twenty-two
he was elected major of the Seventy-third Virginia Militia,
and two years later was promoted to lieutenant coloneL Thus
he had a considerable experience and knowledge of military
tactics when the Civil war broke out. In August, 1861, he
joined Company I of the Sixth West Virginia Infantry in

sergeant of his company. He was in a number of skir-
mishes at Morefield, Bulltown, South Branch and elsewhere,
and served until honorably discharged in November, 1864
the Union Army, and in 1862 was promoted to first duty
at the expiration of his term. Major Orr always kept m
close touch with his old comrades, was a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic and attended all the county 1
reunions.

Following the war he entered the lumber business neai
Newburg, in Preston County, and in 1889 removed to
Kingwood, where he put up a four-story flour mill. He
was a man of strenuous activity, vigorous and determined
in everything he undertook, and he kept working until
practically the end of his life. He died February 14, 1916 1
at the venerable age of eighty-four. He was progressive'
a useful citizen, and accumulated an abundant prosperity.
In politics he was an enthusiastic republican. He cast his
first presidential vote in the campaign of 1856 for Millard
Fillmore, a candidate of the American or Knownothing
party, but in 1860 he supported Abraham Lincoln and
never deviated from that party and its principles the rest)
of his life. He was an influential man in local politics,-
and in 1876 was elected a member of the Board of Edu-J
cation of Lyon District, becoming its president two years
later, and filled that post for eight years. In 1881 he was
elected to represent Preston County in the House of Dele-,
gates, was re-elected in 1883, and after an interval of four;
years was returned to the House in 1889. He served on}
some of the most important committees and rendered a
distinctive service to the state and his home county. In
later years he was mayor of Kingwood.

In I860 Major Orr married Miss Annie Amelia. She
died in 1864, while her husband was in the army, leaving'
two sons, Robert A. and Malcom J. In 1867 Major Orr
married Mollie J. Squires, daughter of Samuel Squires.
She died in 1912, when they had been married forty-five
years. The children of this marriage were: Mattie J.,
wife of G. W. Robinson, of Kingwood; Agnes A., wife ot
John B. Ford, an operator and superintendent in the Fair-,
mont coal district; James Morgan in the coal business at
Clarkshurg; Grace, wife of Samuel B. Montgomery, of
Kingwood; Edward U., a resident of Kingwood and mar-
ried Miss Laura Stone; Clarence, formerly manager of a
coal company in the Philippine Islands, and still in the coal
business in one of the Rocky Mountain states; Carrie, wife
of Noble Montgomery, of Tunnelton; Nellie, Mrs. Charles
Allen of California; and Uriah N., Jr., now a druggist at
Kingwood, was one of the first young men in Preston
County to enlist, volunteering at Pittshurg, and went over-
seas with the expeditionary forces and saw some of the
real fighting in France.

Malcom Judson Orr, who represents the fourth genera- ;
tion of this family in the Newburg vicinity, was born
at Independence, West Virginia, May 2S, 1863. He was
reared near Newburg, attended common schools, and his
first experience on the farm gave him the knowledge and
opened the opportunities for what has been his permanent
vocation. For a time he was associated with his father
in the development of a coal property. He also spent about
two years, 1905-08, at Gainesville, Florida, in the real estate
business, contributing of his efforts toward colonizing that
region with northern men to engage in the fruit and truck
industry. With these exceptions Mr. Orr has devoted his
time to farming and stock raising, and after returning
from Florida began developing one of the most promising
orchard properties in Preston County. He planted an
orchard of 600 trees, principally the Starke Delicious,
York Imperial and Rome Beauty apples. His fruit farm
has a north exposure on a hranch of Raccoon Creek, and
the orchard is just coming into profitable bearing and it
constitutes Mr. Orr's principal business interest now.

Mr. Orr was elected and served as mayor of Newburg
in 1903. He is a republican, has served almost continuously j
as election commissioner of his district, and has been a
delegate to many state conventions of the party, beginning |
in 1888. He was in the state conventions at Wheeling,
Parkersburg, Huntington, Charleston, and helped nominate
Governor George W. Atkinson, A. B. White, W. M. O. Daw-

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pa and others. He has bad a wide acquaintance with old
■bpnblicaa leaders in the state from Stephen B. Elk ins
own. Mr. Orr is affiliated with Grafton Lodge No. 308,
henevolent and Protective Order of Elks and is a member
If the Methodist Church.

I Near New burg in October, 1834, he married Miss Mary
4 . Boogher, daughter of Alfred Boogher, whose active
areer was spent ia the service of the Baltimore & Ohio
iailway, and who was a pensioner of the company when ha
lied at Newburg. Mrs. Oir was born at Newburg in 1803.
)f the children of Mr. and Mrs. Orr the oldest is Lottie B.,
grifc of Charles Geldbaugh, a B. & O. conductor, of New-
burg and they have two children, George and Charlotte;
i»ellie A. is the wife of Frank Densmore, Jr., a Baltimore
,b Ohio engineer at New burg; Lucy M., of Cumberland,
Maryland, is the wife of A. J. Cozad, a telegraph operator
with the Baltimore & Ohio .Railway, and they have a daugh-
rfcr, Dorothy; Naomi is Mrs. George Barnes, of Homestead,
'ennsylvama; Dayton Uriah, the only son, was one of the
irst youug men drafted for the World war in this sec-
ion, was at Camp Lewis, Washington, and was employed
*n drilling troops there. He is now ranching at Lower
-ako, in Lake County, California.

Hayes Sapp, now serving his second term as postmaster
if New burg, was called from the cultivation ot his farm
Nearby to tnese duties under Uncle Sam, and his previous
'issociations as a railroad man, coal miner, farmer and
I itizen, earned for him the solid support and confidence
uf the community which have heen completely justilied by
the service he has rendered.

Mr. Sapp is a native of Preston County, born in the
pladeville community, September 27, 1875, son of Benjamin
franklin Sapp and grandson of Benjamin Sapp. Benja-
pia Sapp moved from Monongalia County to Glade ville
about the beginning of the Civil war, and spent the rest
.of his years there as a farmer. He married Sarah Githrie,
tend their children were: Selby, Samuel, William, Edwin,
(Joseph, Benjamin F., Steenrod, James N., Mrs. Sarah Bun-
ker, .Rebecca, who became the wife of Joshua Shuttles-
worth, Lottie, who married Philip Shuttlesworth, and
Phoebe, who married Benjamin Sapp.

Benjamin F. Sapp, who was born in Monongalia County,
February 12, 1S37, grew up there, was a farm boy and had
,a limited education. He joined the Union Army at the very
beginning of the Civil war, in Company A of the First
} West Virginia Cavalry. Before the war was over he was
promoted and commissioned a lieutenant of his company.
He was in the battle of Antietam September 17, 1862, in
the Wilderness campaign, and at Danville, Virginia, was
captured. He soon escaped from prison but was retaken,
and at the second attempt succeeded in reaching the Fed-
eral lines in safety and then rejoined his command and
fought until the close of the war.

The war over, Benjamin F. Sapp bought a farm at Glade-
ville, and for more than half a century has been busy with
the affairs of agriculture in that community and still lives
on his farm and works enough to create an appetite. He
is a democrat and a member of the Church of the Dis-
ciples. Just after coming out of the army he married
Mary L. Weaver, daughter of John and Mary Ann (Wolfe)
Weaver. She is several years the junior of her husband,
and they have gone along life's highway together for more
than half a century. A brief record of their children is
as follows: Ulysses, who died on the home farm, married
Minnie, a daughter of D. C. Zinn, and he is survived by
three children; Kate is the wife of W. E. Danks, of Glade-
ville; Fannie was married to E. M. Cale, of Terra Alta;
Bay is unmarried and still at home; Hayes is the next in
age; W r ade married Ada Pool, and at hia death at Blaine,
West Virginia, left three children; Bruce, a farmer near
Gladeville, married Mary McDonald, and they have a fam-
ily of five; Page was sixteen years of age when he died;
W. Creed, a traveling man, enlisted with the Canadian
forces in 1915, was in the battle of Vimy Ridge, later was
severely gassed, and at the end of his service was on police
duty in the City of London; Grace and Gail are both un-
married and live at Washington, D. C.

Hayea Sapp aa a practical farmer ia in the vocation to
whicU he wad reared during his youth. He acquired a
country school education, and on leaving the home larm
he entered the train service of the Baltimore & Ohio and
lor live years was a freiglit brakcinan. The succeeding
nve years he dug coal in the mines. After that came a
brief experience in the lumber industry, chielly working
around a sawmill, and he then bought iiia tarm adjoining
the Village of Isewburg, and was busy with its cultivation
and improvement when he became postmaster.

Mr. sapp cast his lirst presidential vote for Mr. Bryan
in 1896, and has been quite active in the democratic party
in the county ever since. In 1912 he was elected a county
commissioner from the Lyon District, succeeding Coniniia*
sioner H. A. Bailey, and served a term of two years. As
a delegate to conventions he has made the acquaintance of
county and state leaders. February 4, 1915, he was ap-
pointed postmaster of Ncwburg, having no opposition to
that office, and succeeded W. o. Parriot. He was re-ap-
pointed August 5, 1919, and has now completed two years
of his second term.

Near Kingwood, June 13, 1901, Mr. Sapp married Mary
S. Shaffer, who was born in Preston County ia April, 1882,
daughter of E. C. and Annis L. (Miller) Shaffer, both of
whom were reared in West Virginia, Her father for
many years was a locomotive engineer for the Baltimore
& Ohio system, and ia now a farmer near Kingwood. Mrs.
Sapp was the oldest of their children, and the others are:
Lucy; Warren E., a Baltimore & Ohio engineer, living at
Newburg; Ethel, Mrs. David Edwarda, of California, Penn-
sylvania; Roland E., who waa a soldier in France, was
wounded in the battle of Argonne Forest and died alter
returning home; and Clara, Grace and Ray, all at home.

Mr. and Mrs. Sapp are the parents of three sons, Clay,
Carl and Carter. Clay is a graduate of the Newburg High
School.

Charles D. Hylton brings to bear both technical and
executive ability in the discharge of his responsible duties
as superintendent of the Wanda Mine of the Logan Mining
Company at Ethel, Logan County. He was born at Willis,
Floyd County, Virginia, February 20, 1884, and is a aoji of
Darius F. and Lucinda (Jenkins) Hylton, the latter of
whom died at Radford, Virginia, in 1891, and the former
of whom was a resident of Otway, Scioto County, Ohio, at
the time of his death in 1917, at the age of sixty-tive years.
Darius F. Hylton was a stone mason and contractor, and
built many coke ovena in the Pocahontas coal fields in Vir-
ginia and West Virginia at an early stage in the develop-
ment of the coal industry here. In this line he filled con-
tracts for the Pulaski Iron Company and the Eureka Coal
Company, and in his later business activities he did general
stone contracting work. After the death of hia first wife
he contracted a second marriage, and he was the father of
four sona and five daughters. Of the other three sons it
may be noted that Harry G. is in the employ of the Logan
Mining Company at Monaville, Logan County, and that
Posey D. and Monroe D. are locomotive engineers on the
Southern Railroad, with headquarters at Knoxville, Tennes-
see.

Charles D. Hylton attended school in his native town and
was but a boy when he found employment with the Poca-
hontas Consolidated Coal & Coke Company at Lick Branch,
McDowell County, West Virginia. Later he was employed
by the United States Coal & Coke Company at Gary, that
county, where he won advancement to the position of
motorman and foreman in the electrical department He
later served as mine foreman at Twin Branch and Berwind,
at which latter place he had charge of two mines, and in
1911 he joined the Ethel Coal Company, a corporation later
chartered under the present title of the Cleveland Cliff Iron
Company. In 1912 Mr. Hylton assumed his present execu-
tive office, that of superintendent of the Wanda Mine of
this company. In earlier years he proved his ability as a
ball player and all-round athlete, and he continues his inter-
est in the better class of outdoor sports, as shown by his
willingness to coach the boys of his home community. He
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had become a mine foreman when but twenty years of age.
Mr. Hylton is aligned in the ranks of the democratic party,
is a member of the Lodge of Elks at Logan, the county seat,
and he and his wife are earnest and zealous members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in whieh he served
two years as Sunday school superintendent. His advice
and general influence go to promote clean and honorable
living on the part of the young folk, in whom he maintains
a most lively and helpful interest at all times.

On the 23d of December, 1910, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Mr. Hylton and Miss Ada Rose, daughter of
Thomas and Louisa Rose, of Davy, McDowell County, and
the three children of this union are Lucille, Charles D., Jr.,
and Harold W.

Clyde Whitley Vick, M. D., has made an excellent rec-
ord of professional service and has been engaged in mine
practice in the coal fields of West Virginia since 1905, his
residence and headquarters being now established at Jen-
kinjones, McDowell County.

The doctor was born in Southampton County, Virginia,
December 9, 1877, and is a son of Franklin and Josephine
(Whitley) Vick, both natives of Virginia and representa-
tives of families long resident of that historic common-
wealth. Franklin Vick was a merchant and the postmaster
at Berlin, Virginia, where also he operated a cotton gin
and was a successful dealer in cotton and peanuts. He was
forty-nine years of age at the time of his death, and his
widow passed away in 1909, at the age of sixty-four years.
As a young woman Mrs. Vick was a successful teacher,
and after the death of her hushand she succeeded him as
postmaster at Berlin, besides which she gave a general su-
pervision to ber farm property and made the best of pro-
vision for her children, to whom she gave excellent educa-
tional advantages.

Doctor Vick was six years old at the time of his father's
death, and in the public schools of Berlin he continued his
studies until he had profited by the advantages of the high
school. He then entered Suffolk Military Academy, in
which institution he continued his studies until he was nine-
teen years of age. In 1900 he graduated in the Maryland
MecHcal College at Baltimore, and in 1905 he received the
supplemental degree of Doctor of Medicine after a post-
graduate Course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons
in the same city. He has since fortified himself still further
by effective special work in the Post Graduate Medical Col-
lege in the City of New York.

Doctor Vick initiated the practice of his profession hy
establishing himself at Bramwell, Mercer County, West
Virginia, and his practice was extended through the Crane
Creek District of that county. He had also a large practice
in railroad construction camps at the time when lines were
being huilt through the coal fields. In 1905, after his post-
graduate course in Baltimore, he engaged in practice at
Wilcoe, McDowell County, and five years later he removed
to Thorpe, as physician and surgeon in charge of mine
practice for the United States Coal & Coke Company. In
July, 1918, he transferred his residence to Jenkinjones
where he has since been physician and surgeon for the
Pocahontas Fuel Company, one of the leading mining cor-
porations of this section of the state. He holds member-
ship in the McDowell County Medical Society, West Vir-
ginia State Medical Society and the American Medical As-
sociation. The doctor is affiliated with the Masonic Blue
Lodge at Bramwell and with the Lodge of Elks at Blue-
field.

In 1910 Doctor Vick wedded Miss Mattie Selfe, of Rus-
sell County, Virginia, her father being a local clergyman
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which she
also is an earnest member. Dr. and Mrs. Vick have four
children: George V., Robert, Clyde W., Jr., and Eugenia.

Edward Hughes Evans is one of the able and popular
executives in connection with the coal industry in the
McDowell County field, with residence and headquarters at
Pageton, where he is general manager of the Page Coal &
Coke Company's mining operations. He has been associated
with coal operations on the Tug River since 1891, his initial

service having been as an engineer, and he can claim mud
of pioneer distinction in connection with the development
of the great coal industry of West Virginia.

Mr. Evans was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
January 5, 1875, a son of Samuel and Caroline (Mason)
Evans, both likewise natives of that county. Samuel Evans
was an authority in all details of coal mining, his origina,
work being as a miner in the anthracite mines of Pennsyl- j< ;
vania. He eventually became general manager of the Pagf
Coal & Coke Company, an office now effectively filled bjm .
his son Edward H., of this review. Samuel Evans came tcm^
McDowell County in 1890, in the employ of the Crozer Coal
& Coke Company at Elkhorn, when he later went tc
Roanoke, Virginia. Later he returned to McDowell County
where he was general manager for the Page Coal & Cokei
Company at Pageton at the time of his death, in 1912, aged
sixty-one years. His widow now seventy-one years of age
(1922), resides at Columbus, Ohio, she heing an earnest ,
member of the Methodist Church. Of their four children'
the subject of this sketch is the eldest; Bertram B. is out-
side foreman at Pageton; Annie M. is the wife of J.1 r
V. R. Gardner, of Columbus, Ohio; and Samuel is a ma-
chinist at Pageton.

The public schools of his native county afforded Edward!
H. Evans his early education, and while still a boy he be-
came interested in engineering. After the removal of the)
family to West Virginia he was for two years a student in
the engineering department of the State University. He
worked as a eivil engineer in connection with the early de-f
velopment of the Page Mine, and it was after this experience,'
that he attended the university. For five years thereafter; j
he was superintendent of the Crozer mines, and he theni
became general manager of the mines at Pageton, where hisi *
service has since been continued in this capacity. During \ .
six years of his residence at Crozer he was president of •
the School Board of the Elkhorn District, and he has always f
taken lively interest in the cause of education, as has he'
also in bettering the conditions in general for those em- 1
ployed in the miues. ne has been influential in civic affairs
at Pageton, has served in connection with numerous com- ■>■
mittees and commissions of public order, and in the World -
war period was a member of the McDowell County DTaft j
Board.

In polities Mr. Evans is a republican, and he and his
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, in whieh he is serving as a steward. His York Rite ^ :
Masonic affiliations are with the Blue Lodge of Pageton, *>
the Chapter at Northfork, and the Commandery of Knights
Templars at Bluefield, where he is also a member of the
Lodge of Perfection of the Scottish Rite, hesides which he
is a member of the Temple of the Mystic Shrine in the
City of Charleston.

In 1898 Mr. Evans wedded Miss Flora Dundor, daughter
of ^ A. J. B. Dundor, of Reading, Pennsylvania, and the 1
children of this union are four in number. Earl B. was
a member of the Students Army Training Corps at Emory i
and Henry College in the World war period, and he is now
(1922) a student in Marshall College. Edward L. is a stu- <
dent in the dental department of the University of Louis- Si
ville, Kentucky. Ruby C. is attending Virginia College at e
Roanoke, Virginia. Samuel is attending the high school "
at Gary, McDowell County.

John T. Logsdon has heen a resident of the Newburg t
community nearly forty years, and in that time has done 4
a successful business as a building contractor, as a mer- *»■
chant, and has several well established and substantial en- '
terprises today, making him one of the most successful '■
citizens of that community.

Mr. Logsdon was born on a farm near Cameron, in
Marshall County, West Virginia, November 19, 1864. His
grandfather, James Logsdon, was born near Cumberland,
Maryland, as a young married man crossed the Alleghenies
to the Ohio River and settled at Moundsville, and ten years
later bought a farm on the headwaters of Little Grave
Creek. His energies as a farmer came to a pause with his
death in April, 1867, at the age of sixty-seven. He married
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nion soldier; John T., who served four years and ten
bnths in the Federal Army; Willinra and Joseph, who
pre also in the army; Levi William; and Martha, Mrs.
2orge Harris, only survivor of the family and a resident
Moundsville.

Levi William Logsdon was born at Moundsville, August
\ 1843, and spent his life uneventfully on hia farm, where
» died in March, 1921. He married Emily Richter. Her
ither, Gustav Richter, was born in Hamburg, Germany,
id came to the United States when seventeen years of age,
eating near Cameron, in Marshall County. He was a
ibinet maker by trade but subsequently moved to a farm
hieh came to his wife from her father. He went to work
I the woods where there waa not a single improvement,
eared away the timber and made a farm and practically
•ished his life there. His wife was Rebecca Chambers,
mily Logsdon was one of their family of four daughters
id four sons, and she died July 17, 1904. Her children
"ere John T., of Newburg; Joanna, wife of Milroy Wait,
f Moundsville; James W., a farmer in Marshall County;
ewis F.. a resident of Iola, Kansas, where he is in the
'nploy of the United Iron Works; Irwin G., a farmer on
i ish Creek, in Marshall County; Amanda A., who died
' -n years ago, the wife of Thomas Lilcy; Caroline V.,
ife of Albert Hunt, of Moundsville; George, who died at
he age of about thirty; and Ida, wife of William Coe, a
Psident of Glen Easton, West Virginia.
I John Thomas Logsdon spent his boyhood on the home
farm, and its duties were more important in training his
tacrgies than the district schools. From these schools he
Obtained a limited education, measured by an acquaintance
lith the third reader, the subject of division in arithmetic,
t continuous struggle with the contents of the old McGuffy
»pelling book, but he never saw the inside of a grammar,
'istory or geography while in school.

* Mr. Logsdon when he left home says that he had twenty-
ve dollars in cash and two ready and steady hands to
;ork with. He had been a dutiful son, and when he went
>ut into the world he was already an inveterate hater of
ntoxicants, and has steadily worked for an extension of
♦•mperance and has lived to see prohibition the law of the
ation.

Mr. Logsdon came at once to Newburg to learn the car-
tenter's trade with some relatives who were mechanics,
le went to work for his uncle, Fred Riehter, staying with
>im until he learned the trade and also for a time was in
partnership. Later he became a contractor for himself,
nd many of bis substantial buildings are still standing
.nd doing service as evidence of his work. His own store
•uilding at Newburg was about the last piece of construc-
ion he did. As an aid to his contract work he erected
i small planing mill and feed mill, and contracted most of
he finished material for interior work. After about twenty-
ive years with building and contracting he left to enter the
indertaking business, and he finally disposed of his mill
ind turned his attention altogether to merchandising. He
b still continuing his general store, under the name J. T.
-o^sdon.

Mr. Logsdon in 1915 became an operator in the coal
•usiness under his own name as a "team track' * propo-
rtion, and this is still a phase of his business enterprise,
n 1921 he organized the Marshall-Preston Oil and Gas Pro-
Ineing and Manufacturing Company, with holdings in Mar-
hall County, West Virginia, and Greene County, Penn-
sylvania. The first well of the company was drilled at
iyerson Station in Greene County, was capped in Novem-
>er, 1921, and has a capacity of about a million cubic feet
»er day. Mr. Logsdon is proprietor of a garage, car ator-
ige and car sales business at Newburg, and besides was
he local Chevrolet representative.

On a number of occasions he served as councilman of
Newburg, but beyond that has never gone into active
»olities. He is a partisan of the republican party, cast his
irst vote for President in 18SS in favor of Benjamin Har-
ison, and has never missed an opportunity to attend the
»olls at national elections. For thirty-six years he has
>een a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, has

served as trustee of the congregation and for ten consecu-
tive years on the Board of Stewards.

April 26, 18S5, Mr. Logsdon married at Newburg, Miss
Ida R. Richter, who was born in Preston Countv in April,
1*66, daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Han't) Richter.
Her father was a native of Marshall County. Mrs. Logsdon
has one brother. Dent Richter, of Lonaconing, Maryland.
The only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Logsdon was Abbie
McClellan, who died at the age of nearly eleven years.

I

EaviN H. Yost. Abilities and natural talents of more
than ordinary range have enabled Ervin 1L Yost to perform
an interesting program of activities, as a lawyer, in ath-
letics, in politics, and in the duties of a patriotic citizen.

Mr. Yost, a prominent member of the New Martinsville
bar, was born on a farm near New Martinsville, January
25, 1S78. His grandfather, William Yost, was born in
Alsace Lorraine in 1308 and as a young man came to the
United States and settled in Monroe County, Ohio, where
he married a Miss Krebs, also from Alsace Lorraine. They
lived the rest of their lives in Monroe County, where they
acquired a large and valuable farm. William Yost died in
1SSS. Their son, Christian Yost, was born in Monroe
County in 1842, and lived there and followed farming until
1866. He removed to Wetzel County, West Virginia, buy-
ing a farm five miles east of New Martinsville. He atill
owns this farm, though he is how practically retired and
lives at Paden City. Before coming to West Virginia he
had served as a Union soldier, joining the Seventy-seventh
Ohio Infantry in 1S61. He was all through the war, was
at the battle of Shiloh, and on the Saline River was cap-
tured and endured a long and tedious confinement in a
southern prison in Texas for nine months. Dne to ex-
posure he lost the sight of his left eye during the war. ne
is a republican and a member of the Lutheran Church.
Christian Yost married Caroline Grail, who was born in
Monroe County in 1847. They became the parents of a
large family of children: Mary, now living in Florida,
widow of Frank B. Palmer, who was a heater in iron mills
and died in Middletown, Ohio, being drowned while bath-
ing; Charles, who died in infancy; Ella, wife of William
Cox. a steel mill worker at Wheeling; William G., deputy
sheriff and jailor of Wetzel County, living at New Mar-
tinsville; John S., who for a number of years was a roller
in steel mills, and is now proprietor of a" farm near Cleve-
land, Ohio; Nora, who died in infancy; Ervin H.; Alice,
wife of Harry Games, a worker in the steel mills, living at
Niles. Ohio; Maggie, wife of Henry Mittendorf, living on
the old homestead farm five miles* east of New Martins-
ville; Addie, wife of a steel mill worker, living in Martins
Ferry, Ohio; and Chester A , a worker in the steel mills
at Niles, Ohio.

Ervin H. Yost attended rural schools in Wetzel County,
spent three years in the West Liberty State Normal School,
and in 1900 entered the law department of West Virginia
University, where he was graduated in 1902. He made a
name in athletics, and while at the University was a mem-
ber of the football team. In 1903, he coached the Elliott
Commercial team at Wheeling and during 1904-05 coached
the Magnolia nigh School team, at New Martinsville. Dur-
ing 1906 he was captain of the famous Magnolia Football
team. In the meantime, in 1903, he was admitted to the
bar, and for nearly twenty years now has enjoyed a very
successful career as a lawyer, with a record in both the
civil and criminal branches' He is a member of the West
Virginia and American Bar associations.

Mr. Yost, whose home is at the Riverview Hotel at New
Martinsville, entered the Second Officers Training Camp at
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, in August. 1917, and
in November of that year was commissioned a first lieu-
tenant of infantry. He was ordered to report for duty at
Camp Dodge, Iowa, December 15, 1917. and remained there
as a training officer until February, 1918, when the War
Department ordered him to report for duty at Jefferson
Barracks. He was judge advocate there of both the gen-
eral and special courts for two months. He was then
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to special duty as a range officer three months. He was
then made ranking first lieutenant of a company in the
Nineteenth Infantry, Eightieth Division. Captain Yost re-
ceived his honorable discharge, December 1, 1918, and then
returned home and resumed his law practice.

Tor many years he has been prominent in local and state
republican politics. He was secretary of the Republican
Executive Committee of Wetzel County eight years and
then chairman of the same committee for four years, until
1920. He was assistant commissioner of Wetzel County
under the Dawson Tax Law in 1906, and from 1909 to
1915 was a member and president of the board of equaliza-
tion and review of the county. Since 1908 he has been
master in chancery of the second judicial circuit and in
1914 was mayor of New Martinsville. He served as the
first commander of New Martinsville Post No. 28, Amer-
ican Legion, is a member of the New Martinsville Kiwanis
Club and is affiliated with Sistersville Lodge No. 333,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and New Martins-
ville Lodge No. 931, Loyal Order of Moose.

Alexander Reid Whitehill, Ph. D. An inspiring ex-
ample of that ministry to science and education that among
real human values stands on the same plane with that per-
formed by business administrators, generals and diplomatists
is contained in the life and character of the late Dr. Alex-
ander Reid Whitehill of the University of West Virginia.
Doctor Whitehill for some time had held the rank of retired
professor of chemistry in. West Virginia University, and for
many years was one of the foremost thinkers, students
and educators in the state.

Perhaps one of the most grateful of the many honors
Doctor Whitehill achieved during his long life devoted to
science and education was a distinctive tribute contained
in the Junior Year Book of the university, 1 1 The Monti-
cola," issued by the class of 1920, which is inscribed: "To
Alexander Reid Whitehill in grateful appreciation of his
services at West Virginia University and as a tribute to his
character and ability the class of 1920 respectfully dedicates
this the twenty-second volume of The Monticola."

Doctor Whitehill was born August 4, 1850, at Hooks-
towu, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It was at Beaver,
Pennsylvania, at the home of his brother-in-law, Dan H.
Stone," that death called him on October 25, 1921. At his
funeral West Virginia University was officially represented
by eight of his former associates, including the university
president.

He inherited fundamentally strong characteristics from
his ancestry. His grandfather, James Whitehill, was a
Pennsylvania farmer. His father, Stephen Whitehill, who
was born in 1813 and died in 1892, also devoted his life
to farming. In 1837 he married Margarpt McCandless
Reid, who was born in 1818 and died in 1905. Both the
Reid and Whitehill families were identified with the pioneer
settlement of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Alexander Reid Whitehill manifested strong inclinations
for a life of scholarship and studious pursuits, and after
completing his course in the public schools he attended
Beaver Academy, and at an early age entered Princeton
University. He graduated in 1874, receiving his A. B. de-
gree and standing i n the first ten in a class of 100. In 1877
he received his Master of Arts degree from Princeton, and
subsequently was awarded the Ph. D. degree by Washing-
ton and Jefferson College. Doctor Whitehill after gradua-
tion was awarded the Experimental Science Fellowship,
valued at $600, won by competitive examination on the
subjects of chemistry, physics and geology. At commence-
ment he delivered the geological oration. He was one of
the editors of the Nassau Literary Magazine in 1873-74.

After leaving Princeton, Doctor Whitehill went abroad,
spending a year in travel, and also the year 1876 as a
student of chemistry at Leipsic University and in the
Freiburg School of Mines at Freiburg, Germany. After
his return home he was for four years professor of chem-
istry and physics at the University Mound College at San
Francisco, and while in California he was special cor-
respondent for the Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chron-
icle, Pittsburg Dispatch and Philadelphia Press, sending

thirty or forty special articles to these papers on varioi
subjects.

In 1881, while visiting at his old home, Doctor Whit
hill was offered the principalship of the famous Lins
Institute at Wheeling, and was the active head of th;
school from 1881 to 1885. In the latter year he w;
elected to the chair of chemistry and physics in We
Virginia University, and thus began an active associate
that continued for thirty-five years, with broadening servii
and increasing honors. He continued his duties until h
voluntary retirement in 1920. From 1885 to 1896 he w.
professor of chemistry and physics, and for twenty-foi
years, until his retirement, was head of the Departmei
of Chemistry. During the years 1920-21 he continued 4
supervise special work in chemistry at the university.

Doctor Whitehill assisted in the organization of the We:
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, and was anth<
of the second bulletin published by the station in 188
In 1889 he prepared a history of education in West Virgin;
for the United States Bureau of Education, and he pr
pared the report of the State Mineralogist of Nevada f(«
the year 1876. His authorship included an article, "Chen
istry in the Service of Medicine," published in the Wei
Virginia Medical Journal of June, 1907; an article o
"Chemistry in Relation to Pharmacy" in the West Vi
ginia Journal of Pharmacy, and numerous other artiek
on educational and scientific themes. At the time of h
death he was engaged in an interesting labor entitled
"West Virginia's Development Along Chemical Lines."

Governor Glasscock appointed Doctor Whitehill as We!
Virginia's representative to the International Congress c
Applied Chemistry held at Washington and New Yor
in 1912. Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Nav;
appointed him in 1916 as associate member of the Unite
States Naval Board, and with Dr. I. C. White of We*
Virginia University he made a survey of the industry
establishments in the Second Congressional District of th
state. Doctor Whitehill was for fifteen years treasure
of West Virginia University and of the West Virginia Agr
cultural Experiment Station.

While his work brought him generous recognition an
appreciation, he kept in close touch with scientific me
through membership in such bodies as the American Chen
ical Society, the American Association for the Advanceinen
of Science, the Association of University Professors, wa
Fellow of the National Geographic Society, an honorar
member of the West Virginia Pharmaceutical Society; ws
president one term of the Phi Beta Kappa at West Virgini
University; organized and was the first president of th 1
West Virginia Scientific Society; and was a member o
the Crucible Club. For twelve years he was a ruling elde
of the First Presbyterian Church at Morgantown.

In 1882 he married Miss Anna Wilson, of Beaver, Penr
sylvania, daughter of S. B. Wilson, a prominent Pennsy)
vania lawyer. Mrs. Whitehill, now deceased, was th
mother of two children. The daughter, Elizabeth, was bor
in 1S83 and is the wife of Dr. J. Carl Hill. The son
Charles A., was born in 1886 and died at the age of elevei
years.

Doctor Whitehill in 1915 married Miss Mary J. Stone, o
Beaver, Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. Mrs. Whitehill i
a member of one of the oldest and most prominent familie,
of Beaver County, and her own experience as an educato
enabled her to appreciate the singular devotion which Docto
Whitehill gave to his chosen career. Prior to her marriag
Mrs. Whitehill had taught English -in the high school a
Rochester, Pennsylvania, for nineteen years.

Osceola Dyer, M. D. is so living that his position ii
his community is an enviable one and his usefulness i
an inspiration to his contemporaries. He is an ideal phy
sician, irradiating the sickroom with the light of a cheer
ful presence, his word and smile frequently banishing th<
clouds that gather around discouraged sufferers. Enthn]
siastic in the following of his profession, he is an eageij
student, and possesses the well-poised understanding thai
enables him to weigh fairly and make a settled decision
concerning every scientific discovery.

Born Aug. 4, 1850 Died Oct. 25, 1921

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA 509

The birth of Doctor Dyer occurred at Franklin, Peodle-
>n County, West Virginia, August 19, 1S7H, and he is
ow engaged in the active practice of his profession in
18 plaee of his nativity. His father was Andrew \V. Dyer,
is grandfather was Edmund Dyer, and his great -grand-
ither was Zebulon Dyer, who married Rebecca Wag-
encr. A sketch of the Waggenors' genealogy appears
Im) in this work. Zebulon Dyer was born* in Pen
let on County, and lived near X T pper Tract. A few years
ftcr the organization of Pendleton County lie was elected
s elerk. His father, the great-great-grandfather of Do<>-
)r Dyer, was James Dyer, a son nf Rogers Dyer, who was
illed at Fort Seybert when o band of Shawnee Indians,
nder the leadership of Chief Killbuek, crossed the Ohio
iver and captured and burned the fort. James Dyer was
aptured by the Indians at the time of the massacre, and
' as held a prisoner for about two years. He made several
Hps with his captors to Fort Pitt on trading expeditions,
nd on the last one was able to make his escape into
Pennsylvania, which was the original home of the family
efore Roger Dyer had migrated into the region adjacent
> Fort Seybert. James Dyer continued to stay in Penn-
vlvania until the Indian troubles were somewhat settled,
nd then returned to the scene of the former massacre,
nd for over forty years made it his home, participating
ki the wonderful work of reclaiming the wilderness, and
liaking it a safe and desirable locality. He not only won
iiaterial prosperity, but the confidence and good will of
is associates, and laid the foundation for the solidity of
'is family. Edmund Dyer, grandfather of Doctor Dyer,
|»as for many years elerk of Pendleton County, suceeed-
>ng his father in this office after he had held it for half
century. Edmund Dyer was also a native of Pendleton
'ounty, and he, too, became one of its representative citi-
zens.

Andrew W. Dyer, son of Edmund Dyer, and father of
doctor Dyer, was born in Pendleton County, in 1836, and
vas liberally educated, although much of his learning was
elf-acquired, and he continued a student until his death.
Vhile he studied law he never applied for a license to
iraetiee. A great deal of his attention was given to edu-
ational matters, and he not only taught in the schools of
he eounty, but also held the offiee of county superintendent
•f school's following the close of the war of the "fin*.
Juring this war he served under General Imbndcn as a
nember of the Seventh Virginia Cavalry, and although
>articipating in some of the hardest fighting of the war,
•scaped injury. One of the exciting incidents of his
•ventful eareer was his serviee as guard over John Brown
ifter he was captured at Harper's Ferry, prior to the
mtbreak of the war. With the declaration of peace An-
Irew W. Dyer returned to private life, and, like so many
if the supporters of the "Lost Cause," manfully took
ip the burden of living and earnestly endeavored to accept
he fortunes of war. He resumed his teaching, and is
■lembered with affectionate respect by the older genera-
ion. A strong democrat, he was a leader of his party in
his neighborhood, and when he died, in 1^7<5, was serving
is clerk of the County Court.

The mother of Doctor Dyer was, prior to her marriage,
Miss Eliza Skidmore, and she was born in Pendleton
'ounty, a daughter of James Skidmore, a sadler and liar
nessmaker, who also owned and operated a farm. For
nany years he resided in Pendleton County, and if he
were not born here, he spent practically his whole life
within its confines. Mr. and Mrs. Dyer had the following
.•hildren: Miss Susie, who livea at Franklin; Kittie, who
is the widow of W. B. Anderson, of Franklin ; and Doctor
Dyer, whose name heads this review. Mrs. Dyer died
July 7, 1907, when she was fifty-nine years old.

The history of the Dyer family is a very interesting
one, and is closely connected with that of Pendleton County.
When Roger Dyer came to this region he was in middle
life, and a man of wealth, according to the standards of
his times. He ventured into what waa then a perfect
wilderness, and was a member of the first party to per-
manently settle here. His land was purchased from Robert
Green, who had acquired a grant of a vast aereage in this

region. A born leader, Roger Dyer was appointed by his
associates as their commander, and he led them from the
Moorefield locality, where he had stopped on his way from
Pennsylvania. The low lands of the Moorefield country
were too full of miasma to attract him, for he feared for
the good health of his family, and so sought a higher
altitude and healthier environment, which he felt he had
found in the Pendleton District. In his party were his
son William, his son in-law, Matthew Patton, John Pat ton,
Jr., John Smith and William Stephenson, and their fam-
ilies. They purchased 1 ,S»»0 acres of land for the sum
of $2<>3.33. Matthew Patton and John Smith were ofii
cially appointed to survey and mark a road from the house
of John Patton to the forks of Dry River, this being the
first effort made at road designation in this region, and
this improvement permitted the settlers to hold communici
tion with the far-distant neighbors.

In 1755 .lohn Patton sold his land, amounting to 210
acres, to Jacob Seybert, and William Stephenson sold his
farm to Matthias Dice, and in this way newcomers were
added to the Upper Tract settlement. In 1755 Roger Dyer
made his will, as a result of failing health, including in
it twenty-nine persons as beneficiaries, with whom he had
business relations. As stated above, Roger Dyer was not
spared to die a natural death, but fell a victim to the
Indian uprising. The Shawnee and Tuscarawas Indians
began lo threaten to make trouble for the settlers about
this time, and it was not long thereafter that Chief Kill-
huek dealt Fort Seybert the blow whieh wiped out the fort
and resulted in the death of many of the brave settlers,
including Roger Dyer. In addition to capturing his son
James, they also took into captivity his daughter Sarah,
who, too, was rescued after a distressing experience. It
is small wonder, therefore, with such a family history be-
hind him that Doctor Dyer is bound to Pendleton County
with bonds difficult to break, or that his heart is in this
neighborhood and all that pertains to its advancement.

Doctor Dyer grew up in Pendleton County, and attended
the public schools of Franklin until he was seventeen
years old. At that time he began the study of medicine,
obtaining his preliminary training while reading under
the preceptorship of Dr. Fred Moomau of Franklin. He
then entered the medical department of the University of
Maryland at Baltimore, and was graduated therefrom in
1M>7, but remained at the university during the subse-
quent winter, taking up post graduate work. In 1S9S he
opened his office at Franklin and entered upon a general
practice among his old neighbors, and here for almost a
quarter of a century he has been engaged in his profes
sion. During this period he and his associates in the pro-
fession have had several severe epidemics to eontend with,
those of typhoid, whieh have occasionally invaded Franklin,
and that of influenza in 1918-19 and again in 1921. In
191s a number of the leading citizens of Franklin died
as a result of the influenza, and the fatalities throughout
the rural regions were very numerous as well. During all
of these scourges Doctor Dyer was especially active in his
ministrations, and to him and his brother practitioners
is due the credit for the recovery of so many who were
stricken. For many years Doctor i>yer was county health
< fficer, and he is now the health officer of Franklin. Dur
ing the war he served loyally and capably as a member
of the Kxamuiing Board, gratuitously, and filled out his
registration blank in the last draft, but the armistice was
signed before he filled his questionnaire. He has always
upheld the principles of the democratic party, but has
never cared to come before the people for public honors.
His ambitions and inclinations have not led him into the
fold nf any societies or fraternities, the only organization
to which he belongs being the Franklin Presbyterian
Church, of which he is now an elder.

On December 23, 1903, Doctor Dyer married Miss Myrtle
Curry at Petersburg, West Virginia. She is a daughter
of Dr. James S. Curry, who beeame a resident of Frank-
lin a few years prior to his demise, and died here when
seventy-four years old. He married Miss Mary Harmon,
a sister of John. G. Harmon, and a daughter of the late
George Harmon, once a republican candidate for Congress

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from the Second Congressional District of West Virginia.
Mrs. Dyer is the only child of her parents, and she was
reared carefully and educated in the public schools. Doc-
tor and Mrs. Dyer have three children, namely: Dorothy,
who is attending high school; Rebecca, who is six years
old; and Mary, who is an infant.

In addition to his practice Doctor Dyer has extensive
farming and stockraising interests in Pendleton County,
and also in .Randolph County, and is contributing to the
food supply of the country by raising cattle and sheep
and dealing in them. The charities of Doctor Dyer are
many, but the full extent of his benevolences are known
only to himself, for he is no blatant, ostentatious giver.
His generosity is chiefly shown in his practice, always
responding to a call upon his skill no matter how slight
the chance might be of remuneration. Probably no man
in his profession in this part of the state is more widely
known, and certainly none have more real friends. He
honors his profession, and is honored by it.

The Waggeneh. Family was identified with some of the
earliest phases of white occupation and settlement of the
country west of the Alleghany Mountains, and descendants
of the pioneers have made themselves known for their sub-
stantial work in not only the eastern but in the western
section of the state.

The name Waggener is a variant of a former spelling
Wagner. At one time these people lived in Holland. Some
of the family moved up the .Rhine Valley, and it was from
the Valley of the Rhine in Germany that Andrew Waggener
and five brothers came to the American colonies in the
early years of the eighteenth century as part of the great
immigration from that country during those years. An-
drew Waggener and his brother Edward settled in what is
now Culpeper County, Virginia, about 1750, after having
lived for some time in Pennsylvania. Several years later,
in 1754, these brothers joined the Colonial volunteers under
Colonel Washington in the expedition against the French
at Fort du Quesne, terminating with the surrender of Fort
Necessity on July 4, 1754. The following year the brothers
were again enrolled in the First Virginia Regiment under
Washington as auxiliary troops to General Braddoek. They
were members of that ill-fated expedition which ended with
the ambuscade and slaughter of Braddoek 's troops within
a few miles of Fort Du Quesne. Edward Waggener was left
dead on the battlefield, and a silver watch he carried was
taken by his brother Andrew, and has been carefully pre-
served in the family ever since. After this expedition the
Virginia troops hastened to the defense of the frontier, and
Andrew Waggener was commissioned captain and placed
in command of the garrison at Fort Pleasant, a strong
stockade with blockhouses on the South Branch of the
Potomac, within the present limits of Hardy County. Here
was fought a severe engagement with the Indians, known
as the battle of the Trough, early in 1756. After the fear
of Indian hostilities in this region had ceased, about 1765,
Captain Waggener purchased land and settled in Bunker
Hill, then in Frederick County, Virginia, now in Berkeley
County, West Virginia. He lived there until the beginning
of the Eevolution, when he again entered the army and
served with Washington, having a major's commission. He
was at Valley Forge, Princeton, Trenton, and at Yorktown
when Cornwallis surrendered.

Major Waggener had been one of the patentees to lands
granted in what is now Mason County for services during
the French and Indian war. He accompanied Washington
and others to the mouth of the Great Kanawha in 1772.
He located the tract of 3,400 acres on what has since been
known as Waggener 's Bottom, on the Ohio, just above
Mason City. He never settled these lands, but after the
Revolution he continued to reside at Bunker Hill. His Ohio
River lands descended to his heirs. Major Waggener was a
personal friend of Washington, and was often a guest of
the first President and is said to have been the only visitor
whose profanity in her presence Mrs. Washington would
excuse.

Some time before he purchased his valley farm Major
Waggener married Miss Mary Chapman, a Virginia lady.

She was the mother of eight children, and from these ar.
descended various representatives of the family found ii
West Virginia today. The oldest, Nancy, born in 1763
probably within the walls of old Fort Pleasant, marriec
Peter Casey, who was one of the first circuit judges o
Kentucky. John, born in 1769, removed to Kentucky
where he inherited a portion of the land patented by hi
father. Thomas, born in 1771, married a Miss Andersocl
of Berkeley County, and also removed to Kentucky, bu
soon afterward returned to the Valley of Virginia. Hi
three sons were: Andrew, who died unmarried; William
who married Eliza Prior; and John, who married Emil;.
Hieskel. Fannie, the fourth child, born in 1773, becanv
the wife of John Sehon, grandfather of Hon. Edmund Seho.
of Point Pleasant. Mary, born in 1775, married Gen. Elish.
Boyd, of Berkeley County, and her daughter became th<
wife of Senator Charles J. Faulkner of Martinsburg. Th I
sixth child of Major Waggener was Rebecca, who was borij
in 1777 and was married to Zebulon Dyer of Pendleton
County, where her descendants still live. Andrew Waggener I
the seventh child, born October 25, 1779, was a major il l
the War of 1812, commanding the Americans at the battL |
of Craney Island in Chesapeake Bay, and removed to Masor
County in 1817, and lived there until he was shot and kille< |
in his eighty-fourth year by a Confederate soldier at Poin-
Pleasant, March 30, 1863. He married Attarah Beall, an<
several of their children became prominent in Mason County
one of them, Charles, serving as clerk of the Circuit Cour
over thirty years and was a member of the First Wheeling
Convention of 1861. The eighth and youngest child o.j
Major Waggener was James, born in 1781.

John McClure of Pendleton County was for many year:
known as the "Cattle King of West Virginia," being om
of the largest growers, feeders and shippers of live stocl]
in the state.

The wealth and prosperity and the great influence hi
enjoyed in later years were altogether the product of hi:
personal energies and resourcefulness, since he started life i
poor boy and engaged four years of his early manhood t<
the lost cause of the Confederacy. He was born June 1
1838, in Pendleton County, son of John and Sidney (Judy;.
McClure. His birthplace was on the North Fork, near thij
Village of Circleville. His childhood was spent at Franklin
and he had such advantages as the schools of that day coulcj
bestow. Soon after reaching manhood he responded to th<
cause of the South, and became a member of the Sixty
second Virginia Infantry and served with utmost faithful
ness to duty through all the campaigns of his regiment I
His younger brother, William, also joined the army and wai.
killed near Lynchburg, Virginia, June 18, 1864.

John McClure after the war returned to Franklin and
soon began investing his limited means in the cheap wile
lands of that section of the state. He paid between $2 and
$4 an acre. He followed the familiar custom of "hacking
and deadening" to render the land available for pasturagi
and cultivation. The larger trees were deadened and catth!
and sheep grazed until the small brush was killed out an(
subsequently hundreds of acres were converted into blu<
grass sod. From small beginnings Mr. McClure continue
the buying and improvement of land until he owned 10,00(
acres in Randolph, Pendleton and Pocahontas counties, ant
had about 7,000 acres of this in blue grass sod. Each yeai
he handles between 2,000 and 2,500 head of cattle, some 60<
sheep, and it was his custom to hold an annual horse sale
It was these operations that brought him distinction a:
one of the most successful stock men West Virginia evei
had.

Not all his business interests were confined to land anc
live stock. At the time of his death he was president oi
the Farmers Bank of Pendleton, and for a number ol
years he was also interested in mercantile business in tht
Town of Franklin. He gave that town its lighting system
and some of his financial investments were in enterprise!
and localities outside his home county and state.

In 1867 Mr. McClure was happily married to Rebeec£
Skidmore. Their married companionship continued foi
nearly half a century, being broken only by the death ol

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511

Jr. MtClure on April 12, 1915. In 1878 he joined the
'resbytcrian Church of Franklin and was one of its faith-
ul members nearly forty years, llo never sought nor
jlesired public office, but he found means of helpfulness
fn the community through the wisdom with which he coun-
seled his fellow men, the leadership he took in business
HevelopincMt, ami the kindliness which he repeatedly ex-
pressed in private transactions.

{ THEOnonE Gahkiki, Lkap. manager of the Ohio Valley
Guilders Supply Company at New Martinsville, is a native of
hat city, member of an old and substantial family there, and
/as educated for the law, but has found more active work in
ther business affairs, including a period of service with the
Canadian forces during the World war.

Mr. Leap was born at New Martinsville November 24,
8S9. In the paternal line he is of Irish ancestry, but the
eap family was established in old Virginia in Colonial days,
lis grandfather, Gabriel Leap, was born near New Martins-
ille in 1S2G, spent all his life in Wetzel County, was one of
he old time merchants of New Martinsville and died there
n 1S99, at the age of seventy-three. He married Eliza
rfcLeod, who was born near New Martinsville in 1S32 and
•lied in 191S. This old couple were the parents of five chil-
dren: Belle, of New Martinsville, widow of Levi Tucker, an
»il operator; Susan, wife of William Stewart, a physician and
urgeonat New Martinsville; Robert C.; Percy, president of a
ilrug company at llarrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Clyde,
ashier of the Ohio Gas Company at Cleveland.

Robert C. Leap has spent his life in New Martinsville,
•vhere he was born in 18GS, and aince early manhood has been
\n the real estate business, and has extensive and prosperoua
"onnections in that line. He is a democrat, has served on the
\ T ew Martinsville City Council, and is a member of Magnolia
,^odge No. 42, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Doolin
-lodge No. 129,- Knights of Pythias. Robert C. Leap married
Mias Lillian Hornbrook, who was born at Powhattan, Ohio,
n 1S73. She is the mother of two children, Theodore G.
kad Gertrude. The latter is the wife of Clay M. McCormiek,
i resident of Pittsburgh, where he is settlement officer of the
^otter Title & Trust Company.

Theodore G. Leap was educated in the public schools of
"few Martinsville, graduated in 1909 from the Marietta
Ohio) Academy, spent one year in Washington and Jefferson
Vcademy in Pennsylvania, one year in Washington and
lefferson College, for a year and a half attended Washington
wd Lee University at Lexington, Virginia, and then after
mother year of study graduated in 1913 from the University
>f Alabama at Tuscaloosa with his law degree, LL. B. During
he fall of 1914 he took a post graduate course in the Kent
College of Law in Chicago. Mr. Leap is a member of the
Kappa Sigma and Alpha Delta Gamma college fraternities.
Dn account of his qualifications as a lawyer he became a
uember of the official personnel of the Chicago headquarters
>f the Adams Express Company, where from 1915 to 1917 he
served in the claim and legal departments, hia work covering
practically the entire United States for that corporation. He
;ave up this position and on November 16, 1917, enlisted in
the Canadian Army, going overseas February 25, 1918. He
anded at Liverpool, later proceeded to Wittey Camp where he
«ras put in training, and on July 17, 1918, reached LaHavre,
France, with the Western Ontario Reserve Battalion. He
was then transferred to the Strathcombe Horse Guard and
was stationed in the Arras Sector and the Cambrai Sector,
»nd participated in two major engagements. After the aign-
ing of the armistice he was returned to the United States
tnd received his honorable discharge at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
July 25, 1919.

After his war service Mr. Leap returned to New Martins-
ville and was connected with the Wetzel County Road Depart-
ment until May, 1921, at which date he became secretary
of the Wetzel Building Supply Company, with which he
remained until February 1, 1922, when the Ohio Valley
Builders Supply Company was organized and Mr. Leap
became manager, being also one of the organizers. This
company handles building materials of all kinds, and ia the
largest concern of its kind between Parkersburg and Wheeling.
The business was incorporated in January, 1922, with a cap-
ital of twenty-five thousand dollars. The officers are: W. J.

Williamson, president; II. C. Hawkins, vice president;
Theodore G. Leap, secretary and manager.

Mr. Leap is an independent voter. He is secretary of the
New Martinsville Kiwanis Club and a member of Sistersville
Lodge No. 333, B. P. 0. E. He owns a modern home on
Clark Street. September 22, 1921, he married in Chicago
Miss Eleanor Golonowski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
(iolonowski, resident of Chicago, where her father is in the
wholesale coal business. Mrs. Leap is a graduate of a Chicago
high school.

Geokge L. McKain. A strong, intense and noble char
actcr was that of George Leonard McKain, who died in the
City of Parkersburg on the 28th of July, 1918. His was a
life of signal honor, of unremitting activity and worthy
achievement, though, like many another man of exceptional
initiative ami inventive ability, he failed to reap due
financial rewards. He was one of the world's productive
workers, vital, resourceful and determined in the face of
adverse conditions, and always ready to meet emergencies
with courage and with the will that refuses to acknowledge
failure. He was a pioneer in the oil industry in West Vir-
ginia, was the inventor of many devices of great practical
value in connection with this important line of enterprise,
and, above all, he ordered his life upon a high plane of
integrity and honor, so that he ever commanded the un-
qualified confidence and respect of his fellow men.

Mr. McKain was born in Emlenton, Butler County, Penn-
sylvania, November 4, 1S69, and thus was in the very prime
of his strong and useful manhood at the time when death
set its seal upon him. His parents, David and Katherine
McKain, were born and reared in the vicinity of the City of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his father was among the
early and influential factors in oil producing industry in
Pennsylvania, where such production in America had its
inception. David McKain became widely known as one of
the first oil contractors in the Pennsylvania fields, and his
connection with the oil industry continued during virtually
the entire course of his active business career. He is now
venerable in years, and maintains his home in Washington,
Pennsylvania, where his wife died March 4, 1921.

George L. McKain, the eldest of his parents' children, was
reared in the atmosphere of the oil business, and in the
meanwhile ho profited by the advantages of the public
schools of the old Keystone State. Owing to a serious ac
cident that befell his father, he found it incumbent upon
him when about seventeen years of age to assume practical
charge of his father's business, and for some time the two
were actively associated in the conducting of that business.

When the first oil wells were put down in Wetzel County,
West Virginia, George L. McKain appeared on the stage of
activities and began contracting in an independent way.
There he passed about ten years in the most arduous of
contract work, in the drilling of wells and the furthering of
other phases of pioneer oil development in that county.
The difficulties were increased by reason of the fact that at
that time railroad facilities were there lacking. He became
an authority in all details of oil production, and, as he him-
self said in later years, he gained little except experience.
At times he was successful in the gaining of productive wells,
and at other times a aeries of unfortunate accidents and
unfavorable contingencies were his portion. His restless
energy knew no limitations, and in connection with his
activities in the oil fields he utilized his inventive skill in
devising tools and other accessories for use in the oil dis-
tricts. Gradually he thus drifted into the manufacturing
of "fishing" tools, and he became an expert in the fishing
phase of oil-well enterprise. He invented and manufactured
a number of original and effective fishing tools, and his
manufactory turned out also a number of devices and tools
not invented by him. nc lost a fortune by neglecting to
push his claims for patents on his inventions, many of which
are now in general use in connection with oil operations
throughout the Union. He was among the first to develop
the system of using wire instead of rope cable in oil-well
work, but he realized little or no financial profit from this
or from many other of his inventions. Eventually Mr. Mc-
Kain gave his undivided attention to the manufacturing of

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fishing toola, and he established a well equipped factory at
Parkersburg. This manufacturing plant was to a large
extent devoted to special forging work for the Government
during the period of America's participation in the World
war, and Mr. McKain early showed his patriotism by doing
all in his power to foster the various war activities of the
Government, but his death occurred about four months after
the nation had become formally involved in the great con-
flict His was a tragic death, but a death marked by char-
acteristic nobility and unselfishness, for he lost his life by
drowning in the Kanawha River while attempting to save
the life of another person.

Mr. McKain completed the circle of each the York and
Scottish Eites of the Masonic fraternity, in the latter of
which he had received the thirty-second degree and in the
former of which his maximum affiliation was with the com-
mandery of Knights Templar in his home city. He held
membership also in the Mystic Shrine and the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks.

On Christmas day of the year 1890 was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. McKain to Miss Lina Morton, of Bradford,
Pennsylvania, and aince his death she has continued to main-
tain her home at Parkersburg. Of the eight children aeven
survive the honored father, namely: Harriet K. (the wife
of Lewis Ludlow), Edith M., Merrill M., Marjorie, George
L., Walter P. and Lina L.

In all of the relations of a signally active and earnest life
the late George L. McKain held himself true and loyal, and
his name and memory ahall be enduringly honored by all
who came within the sphere of his influence.

Francis Eugene Martin, M. D. The community of New
Martinsville recognizes Dr. Martin as one of the very able
and proficient physiciana and surgeons of Wetzel County. He
has practiced there a dozen years, and his connections are
those of a well established physician, a successful business
man and a thoroughly public spirited citizen.

Dr. Martin is the third physician in as many generations
of the Martin family. His father and grandfather both prac-
ticed medicine in Washington County, Ohio, at New Mata-
moras.

It was at New Matamoras that Francis Eugene Martin
was born June 19, 1881, only child of Dr. John H. Martin
and grandson of Dr. Francis Potts Martin. The Martins
are an English family, were established in New Jersey in
Colonial times, and later generations removed to Pennsyl-
vania and from there to Ohio. Dr. Francis Potts Martin
was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1836, graduated from
the Barnesville Academy of Ohio and the Cincinnati School
of Medicine, and his active career as a physician was spent
in New Matamoras. He located there about 1862. How-
ever, when he retired from his profession he returned to
Monroe County, and died at Clarington in 1917. He waa a
democrat, a Methodist and a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity. His wife was Adaline Davis, who was born in
Monroe County in 1843, and is now living at Marietta, Ohio.
They were the parents of nine children, two of whom died in
infancy, and the others were: Dr. John H.; Lillian, wife of
Fred B. Wermuth, a jeweler at Pittsburgh; Thaddeus, super-
intendent of an oil refinery at Tulsa, Oklahoma; Nimrod, a
barber at New Matamoras; Luther, a farmer at Cheshire,
Ohio; Matilda of Marietta, Ohio, widow of Henry Stephens,
who was an oil well contractor; and Lucy, wife of Thomas
Fleming, a real estate man at Marietta. Dr. John H. Martin
was born at Clarington in Monroe County March 3, 1861,
but from early infancy has lived at New Matamoras. He
graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at
Baltimore in 1893 with the M. D. degree. His service of
nearly thirty years as a physician and surgeon at New
Matamoras has earned him all the real distinctions of a
capable, hard working and conscientious man in his profes-
sion. He has served as health officer of his home town, and
many times has taken the lead in support of moral reforms
and civic improvements. He is a democrat, a prominent
member of the Methodist Church, a Knight Templar Mason,
also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellowa,
Knights of Pythias, and with the Washington County, Ohio
State and American Medical Associations.

Dr. John H. Martin married Amelia V. Burbacher, who
was born at Woodsfield, Monroe County, June 18, 1863, but
waa reared and educated in New Matamoras

Dr. Francis Eugene Martin grew up in his home town,
graduated from the high school in 1900, and in 1905 received
his M. D. degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons
at Baltimore, bis father's old school. He is a member of the
Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity. Dr. Martin began practice '
after graduation at Friendly in Tyler County, remaining
there a year and a half, and then located at New MartinsvilleJ
A year later he accepted the opportunity to aerve as interne
in the Haskins Hospital at Wheeling for a year. Since 1909
he has been busy with his general medical and surgical prac-
tice at New Martinsville, with offices in the Ober Building
He was Wetzel County's health officer three years, health
officer of New Martinsville three years, and was elected presi-
dent of the Board of Education but could not qualify because' 7,
of the pressure of his professional duties. He is a member oi
the Wetzel County, West Virginia State and American Medi-' "
cal Associations. During the war he was commisaioned a' ''
lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corpa, but waa not called
to active duty, though he did his ahare of home work in
assisting in all the drives for funds.

Dr. Martin is a democrat, a member of the Official Board "
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is affiliated with Wetzel' '
Lodge No. 39, A. F. & A. M., and has taken fourteen degrees
in the Scottish Rite Consistory No. 1 at Wheeling. He ia a'
stockholder in the Doolin Building & Loan Association at'
New Martinsville.

June 24, 1908, at New Matamoraa, he married Miss Nellie; 1
Grant Harvey, daughter of George W. and Lida (Talbott)
Harvey, residents of New Matamoras, where her father ia *
in the fire and life insurance business. Mra. Martin ia a
graduate of Miss Phelps School for Girla at Columbus, Ohio.
The two daughters born to their marriage are Nancy Kathi
erine, born July 15, 1909, and Frances Eugenia, born July 14,
1915.

r

Georoe A. Harman is County Court Clerk of Wetzel
County, and was an active business man of New Martinsville, .
before his accession to this public office. He is a member ol ;.
a family that has supplied a number of most substantial 1
citizens to the commercial life of Wetzel County.

He was born in Monroe County, Ohio, January 25, 1873.
His grandfather, Samuel Harman, waa born in Pennsylvania, .
in 1816, and on leaving his native state settled in Belmont x
County, then in Monroe County, Ohio, followed farming and ,
eventually, on retiring from the farm, located at New Martins- -
ville, West Virginia, where he died in 1902, in advanced yeara, [
He was a democrat and a very devout member of the Christian
Church. Samuel Harman married Mary Gates, who was ol
Scotch descent and who died in Monroe County, Ohio.
Joseph S. Harman, father of George A., was born in Belmont -
County, Ohio, in 1844, but spent most of his early youth in 1
Monroe County. In 1861, at the age of aeventeen, he enlisted ,
in the Seventy-seventh Ohio Infantry, and served until i
wounded at the battle of Shiloh, which incapacitated him
for further military duty. After leaving the army he went out .
to Elgin, Iowa, where he married and where he learned the
wagon making trade. Subsequently he returned to Monroe »
County and in 1873 settled at New Martinsville. He was an [
exceedingly akillful wagon maker, and in hia ahop at New /
Martinsville he made a number of atrong and durable wagons T
that served a generation of users. Joaeph S. Harman died at
New Martinsville in 1912. He was a democrat, a member ol |
the City Council several terms, and during the latter part ol
his life was chiefly identified with the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He married Mary Bauder, who was born neai ;
Berne, Switzerland, in 1853, and ia now living at New Martins-
ville. Of her children George A. is the oldest; Frank ia a
clothing merchant at New Martinsville; Ernest is deputy ..
under hia brother George; Charlea owns a tailor ahop at New
Martinsville; Ross is in the plumbing business at New
Martinsville; William is senior partner of J. W. Harmon, a 1
clothing merchant at New Martinsville; Anna ia the wife oi ,
Thomas G. Allen, assistant postmaster at New Martinsville;
and two other sons, Julius and Clarence, who died in child-
hood.

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513

I George A. ilarmaa was an infant when brought to Wetzel
l.ounty, was reared in New Martinsville, attending grammar
nd high school there to the age of seventeen, and then
•arncd the trade of blacksmith. Blacksmithing was his rcg-
llar occupation until 11)18, and after that he was in the firm of
toth & Harnian, automobile dealers, uutil 1921, wheu he sold
[it! interest to Mr. Roth. Mr. Harman was elected county
herk in November, 11)20, beginning his six year term in Jan-
uary, 1921. He was elected as a democrat, and had been a
candidate in the primaries in 1914 for the aame ollice. He
^as been a member of the New Martinsville City Council
everal times, and as a councilman was a member of the City
.Vater Board.

' Mr. Harman is president of the Board of Stewards of the
vlcthodist Episcopal Church, South, and secretary of the
vunday School. He is a Past Master of Wetzel Lodge No. 39,
['. <fc A. M., and is a director in the Doolin Building and Loan
association at New Martinsville. During the war he was
[eady with his means and influence for every patriotic cause,
Amether it required active personal work or financial sub-
scription.

' Mr. Harman and family reside at 747 Maple Avenue. He
Warned at New Martinsville in 1900 Miss Mollie Stamm, a
native of Tyler County, West Virginia, and daughter of John
ynd Mary (Wheeler) Stamm, who were born in Switzerland
£nd now live in New Martinsville. Her father owns and
Jiperatea a saw mill and has some extensive timber interests.
[The only son of Mr. and Mrs. Harman is Clarence S., who
fvas born September 11, 1901. He is a graduate of the New
Martinsville High School and ia a graduate of the School of
pharmacy of West Virginia University.

I Judge Marsh Hatmoxd Wjllis. For steady, consecutive
and, in the highest degree, useful work at the bar and on the
pench Judge Willis would be accorded a first rank in his
irofession in any state of the Union. However, it is a matter
)f great satisfaction to him that his responsibilities as a
jrilliant and successful lawyer and jurist have been performed
n the state where his lot was cast by birth and family as-
sociations.

1 Judge Willis was born in Ritchie County, January 31, 1S62,
Son of N. G. and Louisa (Martin) Willis. He is of Revolu-
.ionary ancestry. The Willis family immigrated from
England about 1635, settling in Virginia. There were two
branches of this family, the Gloucester and the Fredericksburg
tranches. Judge Willis is a descendant of the Gloucester
branch. His grandfather, Notley Willis, was born at
Winchester, Virginia, in the year 1800. On the maternal
side the Martin and the Clark families were also connected
with the early Colonial history of the New World.

Marsh Haymond Willis' earlier years were spent upon his
father's farm, where he obtained a whipcord muscle and a
physical development that have served him well as he
advanced in life. He beeame a teacher in the common
schools at the early age of sixteen, and for several years there-
after his time was given principally to that occupation. At
the same time he was industriously engaged in the acquirement
of knowledge and the development of his own vigorous and
receptive intellect. For a time he was a student at the West
Virginia University at Morgantown. Later he entered
Valparaiso (Indiana) University, from which he graduated
cum laude in 1SS6, being the Valedictorian of his class of
seventy-six members. For a short time he engaged in school
teaching in Dakota, Wisconsin and West Virginia, while at
the same time he was engaged in reading law. In 1890 he
was granted a b" cense to practice in the Circuit Court of
Doddridge County, where he resided for a number of years
and built up a profitable clientage. His license was signed
by the late Judges Thomas 1. Boreman, J. Marshall llagan
and Thomas Perry Jacobs. In 1900 he was named without
opposition in convention as the republican candidate for judge
of the Fourth Judicial Circuit to fill the unexpired term of
Hon. Romeo H. Freer, who had resigned to accept a seat in
Congress. He was elected and immediately entered upon
the duties of his office. All of the counties of this circuit were
in the oil belt and the work was very heavy. The Legislature
of 1903 rearranged the judicial circuits, and in so doing took
off Ritchie County, leaving Doddridge, Tyler and Wetzel
together, and called the new eircuit the Second instead of the

Fourth. His work on the bench was so satisfactory to the
bar and the people generally that he was renominated without
opposition, and was re-elected for the full term of eight years.

Judge Willis while on the. Circuit Bench moved his residence
to New Martinsville, Wetzel County, and here since being
relieved of his judicial responsibilities he has done some of his
best work as a lawyer. In 1887 Judge Willis married Anita
Magness, of Waterloo, Iowa. Their marriage was blessed
with one child, Frances Louise, born January 21, 1892, and
this daughter was with them until nearly ten years of age, her
death occurring September 15, 1901.

James H. Anderson. Wheu, in the early part of the year
1921, this sterling citizen of Parkersburg turned over to his
son the active control and management of the well equipped
retail grocery establishment which he had long and success-
fully conducted, he had the distinction of being the oldest
retail grocer of this city in point of consecutive identification
with this line of enterprise. Mr. Anderson has been a resident
of Parkersburg since 1878, and his course as a business man
and loyal citizen has been so ordered as to gain and retain
to him high place in the confidence and esteem of this com-
munity.

Mr. Anderson was born in the City of Washington, D. C,
on the 2d of December, 1853, and is a scion of a family that
was founded in America prior to the war of the Revolution.
The original American representatives eame from England,
and the lineage shows a staunch English strain for many
generations, with a vitalizing element of Irish blood. Jesse
Anderson, great-grandfather of the subject of this review,
was a soldier in the War of 1812 and lived to be more than
100 years of age. Hia son Thomas was the grandfather of
him whose name initiates this sketch. William Thomas
Anderson, father of James H., was a blacksmith by trade
and followed his sturdy vocation in the national capital until
after the close of the Civil war, when he removed to Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of his
life. His widow, whose maiden name was Mahala Skidmore,
was born in Alexandria County, Virginia, and after hia death
she returned to Washington, D. C, in which city her death
occurred in 1904.

James H. Anderson found his boyhood and earlier youth
marked by the disturbed conditions of the Civil war, and thia
fact, together with the absence of free schools and the necessity
of his aiding in the support of the other members of the family,
caused his early educational advantages to be notable primar-
ily for their absence. He did not learn to read or write until
after he was seventeen years of age, but his alert mind and
persevering effort enabled him to overcome in large measure
his early educational handicap, and by self-discipline, careful
reading and study and active association with men and affairs
he effected a normal educational development in the passing
years, with the result that he ia a man of broad information
and mature judgment. Until he had attained to the age of
twenty-four years Mr. Anderson followed various vocations,
including farm work, blacksmithing, railroading, milling,
ateamboating, operation of stationery engines, etc. In 1876
and 1877, under two special enlistments, he served in the
United States Navy, on the United States steamships "Talla-
poosa" and "Gedney." After receiving his final discharge
from the latter vessel he forthwith made hia way to Parkers-
burg, West Virginia, where for the first year he was employed
as helper in a blacksmith shop. In this period he saved the
sum of twenty-five dollars, and with this limited capital he
then established himself in the green-grocer's business. His
initial enterprise, as may readily be understood, was eon-
ducted on a very modest scale, but fair and honorable dealings
and effective service caused his business to expand year after
year, with the result that eventually his retail grocery estab-
lishment became one of the best equipped and most liberally
supported in the city. He still retains his interest in the busi-
ness, though since the early part of 1921 he has given its
active management over to his son, who is well upholding the
prestige of the family name in connection with thia substan-
tial enterprise.

Mr. Anderson has been significantly loyal and public-
spirited as a citizen, and he has been called upon to serve in
various positions of distinctive trust and responsibilit}'. He
is a staunch supporter of the principles of the republican party,

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

and has been influential in its councils and campaign activities
in Wood County for many years. He served two terms as a
member of the City Council of Parkersburg, under the regimes
of W. H. Smith and Harry Thomas as mayor, and in J 897 he
was appointed chief of the police department of the city, an
office in which he gave fifteen months of effective service, his
resignation having then been prompted by his desire to give
his undivided attention to his private business. In 1920 he
was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners
of Wood County, for a term of six years, and his virtual retire-
ment from hudness gives him ample opportunity to devote
his t in.3 and attention to the governmental affairs of the
county, which is certain to benefit by his conservative judg-
ment and deep interest in all that touches the community
welfare.

In the year 1S8J was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Anderson and Miss Sarah E. Garloch, of Belpre, Ohio, and
their only living child, James S., is one of the representative
young business men of his native city, where, as previously
noted, he has charge of the retail grocery business established
by his father many years ago. The second child, Eva V.,
died when five years of age.

Louis Storck. The marked success that comes to some
individuals is not hard to understand, because it invariably
is the reward of persistent industry, directed by good judg-
ment and supplemented by sterling qualities that engage
confidence and command respect. These conditions bring
success in every country where opportunity is offered, as it
is in the United Stataes, and it was the hope of finding this
opportunity that brought Louis Storck, one of Parkersburg 's
prominent business men, to America before his boyhood was
over. »

Louis Storck was born iu Prussia, Germany, February 25,
1877, a son of Adam Storck. He atteuded the common
schools in his native province and learned many useful les-
sons, but by the time he was sixteen years old had found
no opportunity to satisfy his ambition to get ahead in life
and secure financial independence. Many of his friends and
acquaintances reported themselves prospering in the United
States, and in 1893 he took passage for this country, joining,
after landing, former friends at Martin's Perry, Ohio. From
that day to this Mr. Storck has found legitimate opportunity
and has had the good judgment to know how to take
advantage of it.

For four years at Martin's Ferry he worked in a bakery
and learned the business, going then to Bellaire, Ohio.
There he was engaged for a few months as a shipping clerk
for an enameling concern, after which he worked as a
journeyman baker at Wheeling, West Virginia. In the mean-
time, in 1896, his brother Daniel had come to the United
States and joined him, and in 1899 the brothers embarked
in a bakery business at Wellsburg, West Virginia, starting
out with a combined capital of $150, and they prospered.
In January, 1903, Mr. Storck bought an interest in the
Juergens Baking Company at Wheeling, a going concern
which was incorporated in 1904, consolidating the Wellsburg
and Wheeling plants and great progress was made in the
next four years.

In 1908 W. J. Juergens sold his interest in the above
business to F. H. Frazier, the former president of the Wheel-
ing Bread Company, which plant had been destroyed by
fire in that year. With the experience brought into the
business by Mr. Frazier the corporation found it possible
to expand and an extensive business was done during the
next three years. In 1911 the business style became The
General Baking Company, with headquarters in New York
City. Mr. Frazier was elected secretary of that organiza-
tion and Mr. Storck was made manager of the Wheeling
plant, a position he filled with extreme efficiency until he
resigned in November, 1919, and came to Parkersburg and
went into business for himself, purchasing the bakery inter-
ests of the late J. W. Tonge. Mr. Storck has become one
of the leading men in his line in this section and stands high
in business circles here and elsewhere.

In 1908 Mr. Storck married Miss Minnie Schumann, of
Wheeling, West Virginia, and they have two children:
Elizabeth and Robert.

Mr. Storck is an active member of the Parkersburg Cham
ber of Commerce, and belongs to the Rotary Club and th<
Order of Elks. He is proud of his American citizenship
having taken out his naturalization papers as soon as pas
sible. During the great cataclysm of the World war he wa:
loyal and helpful to his adopted country, being entirely ii
sympathy with all for which this country stands.

Julius Lasky. In paying just tribute to a man of sterlinj
worth, high ideals and notable in contributions to charity
his fellow citizens who revere his memory do not ask as to hii
native land. It is the man they honor, and in the United
States of America the fact of his heing the architect of hi; 1
own fortunes but adds to the universal esteem. Thus th
late Julius Lasky, an alien by birth and denied in boyhoo
many educational and social advantages by circumstance
over which he had no control, through industry, integrity
and natural business capacity became a man of large capital
an encourager of many substantial enterprises at Parkershurf'
and elsewhere, and so financially able and so truly a loya
American that in the great World war he tendered his service
to the United States Government as a dollar-a-year man. i

Julius Lasky was born April 15, 1871, in Russia-Poland
He was ten years old when his father, Max Lasky, left tha
country with his family to seek better opportunities in th«'
United States. For a time the foreign quarter in New Yorl,
City was the family home, but later the father went t<
Georgia and became a merchant, and continued in that liw;
until his death. He became an American citizen and rejoicer
to be such without forgetting the many glorious pages in th<
history of his native land.

Julius Lasky was the eldest of his parents' children anc
early began to make himself useful. After moving to Georgij
he assisted his father, and through early manhood travelec
through the cotton districts as a peddler. Afterward he he
came a merchant at Bessemer, Alabama, and later at Aber,
deen, Mississippi, and during this time learned the custom:
and acquired command of the language of this country. Hi
returned then to New York City and went into a manufac f\
turing business, but six months later decided to resume mer *
chandising, and with this end in view came to West Virginia
seeking first a satisfactory location at Wheeling, but suhsef
quently deciding to make his home at Parkershurg. Fo:
nineteen years Mr. Lasky was a merchant in this city, ar
honorable, trustworthy, ahle man. He was an untirinf
worker for every conceivable civic betterment of his adoptee
city and was a valued member of the Rotary Club and othe I
fraternal bodies.

At Bessemer, Alabama, February 12, 1893, Mr. Lasky mar ^
ried Miss Rose Brown, and three sons were born to them
Sol, Irvin and Manuel, who carry on the business which was
founded by their father. When the World war was precipi
tated the youngest son, Manuel Lasky, was attending
Marietta College and was an enrolled member of the Student:
Reserve Corps ready for military service.

During his many years at Parkersburg Mr. Lasky invested
largely and wisely in real estate. He was essentially a busines:
man and took no active part in politics or social life outsid^
his own home, but he was mindful of the needs of others am
many charities profited through his unostentatious benefac
tions. Mr. Lasky died in his home at Parkersburg May 17
1921.

George E. Leavitt, who is engaged in business in th<!
City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was born and reared ii
Wood County, West Virginia, and is a representative of oni
of the old and influential families of this section of the state
His father, Joseph P. Leavitt, was engaged in business ii
New York City and was a man of substantial financial status
In the '30s Joseph P. Leavitt closed out his business in th<
national metropolis and came to what was then the westen
part of the State of Virginia. In what is now the New Englam
district of Wood County he purchased, at fifty cents an acre
a tract of 1,000 acres of land, this property having at tha"
time been virtually an untrammeled forest wild, with abso
lutely no improvements to represent interposition on the par
of man. The tract was largely covered with walnut, oak an<
other hardwood timber, and at the prices which such timbe)
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515

him immensely wealthy. Joseph P. Leavitt had the qualities
which make for success in pioneer activities, for he adjusted
himself to and effected the development of his environment,
reclaimed much of his land to cultivation, and by his strong
personality and well ordered activitiea he contributed much
to the civic and material advancement of this now favored
action of West Virginia, his name meriting a high place on
the roster of the honored and influential pioneers of Wood
County. Here he continued to reside until his death in 1881.
Mr. Leavitt was more than once married, but the family
,'records in this connection are far from being complete. The
'amily name of one of his wives was Carr, and this name has
been Derpetuated in the personal or Christian names of a num-
her of his descendants. Mary Elmondorf became the second
wife of Mr. Leavitt. Charles P. and Georee E. Leavitt, two
^f the Rons of this sterling pioneer, were gallant young soldier
■>f the Union in the Civil war. and Charles P. is still living, his
lome being in the City of Columbus. Ohio. Virgil W. and
Pierce, two other sons, were for a long period successful and
popular teachers in the schools of Wood County, and many
persons still residing in the county received early educational
irainine under the effective direction of these brothers. Both
j Virgil W. and Pierce Leavitt eventually removed to Chatta-
nooga, Tennessee, where the death of the former occurred and
rwhere the latter still resides. The family name has been one
of Drominenee and influence in Wood County, and all of the
'children of the ©ioneer founder in this county are here remem-
bered well and here stood exemplar of fine personal character-
istics and exceptional ability.

' George E. Leavitt. the son to whom this review is dedicated,
was born on the old homestead estate in the New Eneland
District of Wood County, on the 15th of August. 1S48. and
to him, as to the other children, the father, who was a man of
superior intellectuality, gave the best possible educational
advantages. As a youth Georee E. Leavitt learned the
cooper's trade, at which he became an expert workman, and
it is related that his ambition led him to arise early in the
morning and manufacture one or two barrels before break-
fast, the penetrating sounds of his industry being the signal
for the neighbors to leave their beds. The settlement con-
sisted of less than a dozen houses at the time. By mistake
Mr. Leavitt rose on one occasion at midnight and started
working in his little cooner shop. The neighbors followed the
call, as usual, and breakfast was prepared and eaten before
the error in time was discovered. The protest that naturally
arose was. it is needless to say. such that George E. never
repeated the experiment. Later Mr. Leavitt became specially
well known as one of the leading and successful exponents of
bee culture in this section of the state, and he gained high
reputation as an apiarist. He also became a prosperous mer-
chant at New England, where he conducted a large and well
"quipped general store that furnished supplies to a larere con-
tingent of the people residing in that section of the country.
He there continued his mercantile huainess many years, and
long served as post master of the village. During the period
of the Civil war Mr. Leavitt was a patriotic soldier of the
Union, his service having been in a cavalry regiment and he
having participated in many engagements, including a num-
ber of battles of maior importance. That he lived up to the
full tension of conflict is indicated by the fact that while in
active service he had three horses shot while under him. Mr.
Leavitt continued his residence in Wood Countv as one of
the well known and highly respected citizens of his native
county, until about the year 1909, when he removed to
Chattanooga. Tennessee, where he and his wife have since
maintained their home, a cordial greeting and entertainment
being ever assured them on the occasions when they visit
th*ir old home in Wood County. Mrs. Leavitt, whose maiden
name was Alice Fv McGee, was likewise born and reared in
Wood County. The onlv one of their children now residing
in Wood County is Carr T., who is successfully established in
the undertaking business in the Citv of Parkersburg. where
he has a modern and well eouipned place of business. Carr T.
Leavitt was born in New England, this county, January 3,
1874, was here reared to manhood and here received the
advantages nf the public schools. On the 15th of June. 1899,
he wedded Miss Catherine M. Hofmann, and of the six children
"if this union five are living. The names of the children are
Here recorded in the respective order of birth: Elizabeth A.,

Charles H. t Carr T. Jr., (deceased), George Edward, Cath-
erine L. and Ralph J.

Ernest W. M acklin, assistant general superintendent of
the Eureka Pipe Line Company, with headquarters at Park-
crshurg, has been almost continuously in the service of this
and the Standard Oil Company since he was a schoolboy.
He is well known in Parkersburg and in oil circles throughout
the Ohio Valley.

Mr. Macklin was born in the north of Ireland, Julv 7,
1880, son of Robert T. and Sarah W. (Walker) Macklin.
Robert T. Macklin while his family were growing up around
him in Ireland hecame convinced that no real opportunities
awaited them in their native country, and it was for the sake
of his children lareely that he brought his familv to the
United States in 1890 and settled in Pittsburgh. He lived
there about twenty years, but in 1910 removed to Los An-
geles, California, where he died in 1918 and where his wife
passed away in 1919. They were the parents of four sons and
two daughters, Ernest W. being the youngest. Henrv W..
the oldest, served through five enlistments in the United
States Marine Corps, went around the world with his fleet,
and is now a merchant in Los Angeles. Robert T. Jr., was
a member of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, served in
the Spanish-American war as a second lieutenant, and died
at his home in San Bernardino, California, in 1920. The third
son. James H.. was in the sienal corps of the Regular Army,
had active dutv in the Philippines and is also a resident of
California. The two daughtera are Mav, wife of David
Finnigan, and Netta, wife of Charles McClintic.

Ernest W. Macklin was four years of age when brought to
the United States, and his early education was acquired in
the public schools of Pittsburgh. While still in his teens he
went to work for the National Transit Company, a subsidiary
of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and remained in
the service of that and other subsidiaries until 1911, when he
came with the Eureka Pipe Line Company. Prior to that
time his duties had taken him to different points around Pitts-
burgh and in West Virginia. In April, 1912, he established
his permanent home at Parkersburg. Mr. Macklin also
studied law in West Virginia University, passed the bar
examination and was admitted to practice in all the courts of
the state and in the Federal Court, and while he has never
sought to build up a private clientage he employed his legal
knowledge to advantage while associated with the general
manager of the Eureka Pipe Line Company. In January.
1920, he was appointed assistant general superintendent at
Parkersburg.

Mr. Macklin is a member of the Parkersburg Board of
Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Countrv Club, the American
Petroleum Institute, is a Royal Arch Mason, has attained
thirty-two. degrees in the Scottish Rite and is a member of
Nemesis Temple of the Mystic Shrine.

In March, 1906. he married Miss Nana B. Ice, daughter
of Dr. C. H. Ice, of Mannington, West Virginia.

William C. Stilfs was a pioneer in the development of the
oil industry in West Virginia and became one of the prominent
oil producers in Wood County, where he established his resi-
dence in the Volcano District in the year 1864 and where he
continued his successful activities for more than thirty years,
his death having there occurred in December. 1896. A man of
fine initiative and executive ability, he left distinct and
worthy impress upon the history of civic and industrial devel-
opment and progress in this section of the state, and as one
who stood exemplar of the best in the civic and business life
of the community he is properly accorded a tribute of honor
in this publication. Mr. Stiles was the organizer of the
Volcanic Oil & Coal Company, the Laurel Fork Oil <fr Coal
Companv. and of the Laurel Fork & Sand Hill Railroad Com-
pany, which built and placed in operation a line of railroad
from Volcano Junction to Volcano. In his large and important
enterprises he was associated with J. N. Camden, J. V. Rath-
bone, Samuel D. Kama and others whose names are written
large in the record of industrial advancement in this part of
West Virginia. Mr. Stiles became an extensive land owner,
and in this connection was actively associated with farm
enterprise on a large scale. He waa progressive and public-
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ardship which individual success involves, and he gave charac-
teristically effective service as a member of the Board of
County Commissioners of Wood County. He was one of
the first to advocate and insistently urge the construction of
good roads, and advised the policy of making a certain amount
of improvement along this line each successive year. The
Volcanic Oil & Coal Company based its operation on a paid-
up capital of $63,000, and earned for its stockholders nearly
$1,000,000. The Laurel Fork Oil & Coal Company was
capitalized for $25,000 and paid in dividends about $200,000.
The construction and equipment of the Laurel Fork & Sand
Hill Railroad involved the expenditure of about $193,000,
and it was leased to a transportation company, this enterprise
having resulted in financial loss to the promoters and builders.

Mr. Stiles had the sterling attributes of character and the
genuine and sincere personality that enabled him to gain
and retain friends, and his generosity was at times so taken
advantage of as to result to his financial disadvantage.
Buoyant and optimistic, he was tolerant in his judgment of
others and permitted nothing to dislodge his confidence in
the general integrity of his fellow men. In this respect he
did not permit the individual instance to cause a lack of
general faith in his fellow men. Mr. Stiles was not formally
identified with any religious organization, but showed much
appreciation of and gave liberal support to the Protestant
Episcopal Church, besides aiding financially in the erection
of many church buildings for various denominations, the
while he was ever ready to give his influence and material
support to objects and measures advanced for the general
good of the community. In politics, with well fortified opin-
ions concerning economic and governmental policies, he was
a staunch republican, and all of his sons hold to the same
political faith. The wife of Mr. Stiles preceded him to eternal
rest. Their children were six in number; Edward, the first
born, is deceased; Bobert D. is prominently identified with
oil-production enterprise in the State of Kentucky; Charlotte
is deceased; Ella Virginia is the widow of William D. Supplee,
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they have two sons,
William D., Jr., and Warner R., both of whom were in the
nation's service in the World war; Alhert M., who resides in
the City of Parkersburg, metropolis and judicial center of
Wood County, married Miss Ann Jennings, and they have
twin sons; Samuel B., of Parkersburg, is president and general
manager of the Zero Oil Company. He married Miss Meigs
Jackson, of Clarksburg, and they are popular factors in the
representative social life of Parkersburg.

William H. Kesselman has contributed materially to the
furthering of the oil industry in West Virginia, especially
through the medium of his successful enterprise as a manu-
facturer of drilling and fishing tools used in connection with
oil wells. His father became prominently identified with
the same line of enterprise in Pennsylvania, and the family
name has thus been associated with oil productiou for fully
half a century. William H. Kesselman has a well equipped
manufacturing plant iu the City of Parkersburg, Wood
County, and is one of the vital and successful business men
of the metropolis and judicial center of Wood County.

Mr. Kesselman was born at New Castle, Pennsylvania,
July 12, 1867, and is a son of William and Magdaline
(Moser) Kesselman, both of whom were born and reared in
Germany, whence they came individually to the United
States, where their marriage was solemnized at New Castle,
Pennsylvania. In his native laud William Kesselman served
a thorough apprenticeship to the trade of locksmith, and he
there continued work as a journeyman at his trade until he
came to the United States. Here he continued to follow his
trade until 1871, when he removed with his family to Park-
ers Landing, Pennsylvania, and there engaged in the manu-
facturing of oil-well tools. With the extending of oil dis-
coveries in the Keystone State he removed to St. Joe, Penn-
sylvania, where he continued his manufacturing enterprise,
as did he later at Butler, that state, where he and his wife
passed the remainder of their lives and where the shop which
he established is still in operation. In coming to the United
States he was prepared to enter fully into the interests of
the land of his adoption, and as soon as possible he com-
pleted the technical course of procedure that made him a

naturalized citizen. He was a man of unassuming person*
ity, quiet and industrious, strong in purpose, well fortifii
in his convictions and honorable and upright in all of t|
relations of life. He was prospered in his undertakings ai
was a loyal and appreciative citizen of his adopted lai
until the close of his long and useful life. Of the childr*'
five are still living, and of the number the subject of th
sketch was the third in order of birth.

William H. Kesselman was reared in the old Keystoi;
State and is indebted to its public schools for his ear*
education. As a youth he gained practical experience
connection with his father's manufacturing industry, ai
from his boyhood to the present he has been closely ass
ciated with the oil-well supply business. In 1896 he carj
to Parkersburg and erected the present manufacturing pla:
of Kesselman & Company, of which he is the manager ai
part owner, as is he also of the one founded by his fath
at Butler, Pennsylvania. The enterprise was initiated on j
modest scale, but the business of the firm has been extendi-
until it now covers the various oil-producing states of tl
Union.

In politics Mr. Kesselman designates himself independer'
and as a citizen he is loyal, progressive and public-spirite
He is an active member of Parkersburg Board of Commer
and the local Kiwanis Club, both of which have done mm
to advance the civic and commercial interests of the city, ai
in the Masonic fraternity he has received the chivalric d
grees of the York Bite as a member of the local commanded
of Knights Templar, besides having attained to the thirt
second degree of the Scottish Rite and is also affiliated wi-
the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Myst;
Shrine.

On February 11, 1901, was solemnized the marriage of M
Kesselman and Miss Annie E. Murphy, of Bellaire, Ohi
They have no children.

Glen Walton Brewster, M. D., whose residence an
professional headquarters are maintained at Roderfiel
McDowell County, is here the official physician and surges
for the Fall River Pocahontas Colliery Company and tl
Hampton Roads, Flannagan and Marim Commerce co
mines, besides which he has built up a large and represe
tative private practice in this industrial community.

The doctor was born at Squire Jim (now McDowell Po
Office), a McDowell County village named in honor of h
uncle, James Brewster, who long served as justice of tl
peace in the community, and whose homestead farm, knov
as Newhall, was near the line dividing McDowell County ai
Tazewell County, Virginia. The date of Doctor Brewster
birth was April 16, 1880, and he is a son of Andre
Crockett Brewster and Mary (Daniels) Brewster. Tl
Brewster family was early established in Tazewell Count
Virginia, and Andrew Crockett Brewster, a son of Andre
Brewster, was born in that section of Virginia that no
constitutes McDowell County, West Virginia. Andre
Brewster and five of his sons were loyal soldiers of tl (
Confederacy in the Civil war. Andrew Brewster was loi
one of the representative farmers of McDowell Count,
served as president of the County Court, was influential
all public affairs in his community, and he and his wife we
members of the Christian Church.

Andrew C. Brewster was reared on the old home fan
and for many years continued his successful alliance wi
farm industry in McDowell County. In early years he w:
a great hunter, and he made a record of killing more thj
1,200 bears, he having been widely and familiarly known ;
"Uncle Fuller." In 1897 he removed with his family
Welch, the county seat, where he became associated wi
his son Clinton D. in the mercantile business and engag<
also in the real estate business. He was active and i
fluential in politics, and he served as county assessor, coun<
jailer, member of the City Council and finally as may-
of Welch. He was a republican and was a zealous inemb
of the Christian Church, as is also his widow, who st
resides at Welch, where he died in 1915, at the age i
sixty-five years. John Daniel Brewster, eldest of the ch:
dren, was a merchant at Newhall at the time of his deat
when fifty years of age; Robert G. is now an extensr

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-ange grower and real estate dealer in the State of Florida;

x. Glen W., of this sketch, was next in order of birth;

id Clinton D. is individually mentioned in a personal
! cord on other pages of this work. The father was a

ldier of the Confederate service in the war between the

orth and the South.

I After the discipline of the public schools at Welch Doctor
rewster continued his studies in Tazewell College, Taze-
ill, Virginia. At the age of eighteen he entered the medical
"partment of the Louisville Medical College, Kentucky, in
i hich he was graduated in 1903, with the degree of Doctor
r Medicine. After a short period of practice at Welch he
irved as railroad surgeon and physician hi various con-
duction camps during the building of the .Norfolk &
estern Railroad lines through this section of West Vir-
nia, in whieh capacity he cared for the ill and injured,
hospitals being then available, so that he often per-
' rmed operations on patients who were placed on tables
[.provised of boards and placed in tents or primitive cabins,
e finally engaged in practice at Davy, McDowell County,
here he also conducted a drug store live years. lie then
is engaged in practice for a brief interval at Ashland,
'entuefcy, and upon his return to his native county he eu-
iged in mine and private practice at Roderfield, where he
l.s since continued Ms earnest and effective ministration in
Is exacting profession. The doctor is a republican, is
•filiated with the American Medical Association, the West
firginia State Medical Society and the McDowell County
fedical Society. He and his wife are active members of
e Christian Church.

In 1903 Doctor Brewster married Miss Beatrice Hardin,
.ughter of James Hardin, the marriage ceremony having
icurred the day after his graduation in medical eollege.
'rs. Brewster was born in Henry County, West Virginia,
r. and Mrs. Brewster have three children: Lester C, is,
| 1922, a student in the Kentucky Military Institute, and
I preparing to enter the niedieal department of the Uni-

rsity of Louisville, with the intention of specializing in

rgery, as has his father, both as a student and practitioner.
I le younger children are both daughters, Pearl and Millie

arie, both at the parental home and attending school.

Harry A. McCoy is superintendent of Mines Nos. 1, 2,
, 4 and 5 of the Dexcar Pocahontas Coal Company at Twin
'•snch and Hensley, McDowell County, and maintains his
• ecutive headquarters at Twin Branch.
Mr. McCoy was born at Yellow Branch, Campbell County,
[rginia, June 10, 1SS5, and is a son of Dr. James W. and
incy (Barnes) McCoy. Doctor McCoy died at Twin
*anch, March IS, 1922, aged sixty-eight years. He had
en formerly physician in charge of mine practice at Big
ndy, this county. The doctor came to the West Virginia
al fields of this district at the initiation of development
>rk, in li>91, at the time when the Norfolk & Western
iiilroad was extending its line into this district. He was
rn in Virginia in 1834, was graduated in the medical
partment of the University of Pennsylvania as a mem-
r of the class of 1876, and became a pioneer physician
d surgeon .at the Pawnee Indian Agency in Indian Terri-
ry, where he remained until 1881. Thereafter he was
'gaged in practice in Virginia, at Lynchburg and Rust-
ry, until lb91, when he came to McDowell County, West
rginia, and established his residence at Welch, his early
actice here having been principally in railroad con-
duction camps on the Norfolk & Western. He thus con-
>iued until 1*94, and thereafter was engaged in practice
f Lynchburg, Virginia, until 1901, when he became
'ysician in a large sawmill and timber camp in South
'rolina. In 1903 he returned to McDowell County, where
' became mine physician and surgeon at Big Sandy. From
16 until his death he resided at Twin Branch and con-
'iued his practice largely to service as relief physician and
rgeon in connection with mining operations in this field.
,ie doctor was a republican, was affiliated with the Masonic
iternity, was a member of the Presbyterian Church. His
dow holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
uth. Of their five children the eldest, John A., has until
rently been in Government service at Washington, D. C,

as a lumber expert in the quartermaster's department of
the United States Army service, he having been in this
service during the period of the World war. Carrie, the
next younger of the children, is the wife of A. S. Perkins,
of Richmond, Virginia. Harry A. is the immediate subjeet
of this sketch. Wesley C, who is now in the employ of the
>»'ew England Coal & Coke Company, at Lowsvillo, West Vir-
ginia, served in the World war as a member of the Fifth
Kegiment of the United States Marine Corps, was actively
identified with the operations of the American forces on the
battle lines in France and later was with the Allied Army of
Occupation at Coblenz, Germany. He was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal of the United States and also
the French Croix de Guerre. Thomas R. is an engineer for
the Turkey Gap Coal Company at Dott, Merecr County,
West Virginia, and in the World war period he served two
years as yeoman on the United States Navy Ship Florida,
in the North Sea.

Dr. James W. McCoy was a son of Dr. John A. McCoy,
who was a surgeon in the United States Army, with the rank
of captain, and who was in service with the Fourth Penn-
sylvania Cavalry in the Civil war, with the army of General
Sherman. Iu the latter part of the war he was stationed
at Lynchburg, Virginia, and he died in Campbell County,
that state, at the age of sixty-seven years. The first repre-
sentatives of the MeCoy family in America came to this
eouutry with the British troops that here took part in -the
early French and Indian war, the original home of the
family having been in Scotland. Members of the family
were patriot American soldiers in the war of the Revolu-
tion. In the Colonial period the family was given, by the
United States Government, a grant of land in Butler County,
Pennsylvania, in recognition of service in the Revolutionary
war. For many generations the custom of the McCoy family
has been to name the first son in each generation John A.

The early educational advantages of Harry A. McCoy
included those of the high school at Lynchburg, Virginia,
and after leaving school he was employed a year in a shoe
factory, later becoming a bookkeeper. He finally became
bookkeeper in the home offices of the Virginia Life In-
surance Company at Richmond, and his next service was
in the offices of the State Mutual Life Insurance Company
at Rome, Georgia. He later served as bookkeeper for the
Georgia Engineering & Construction Company, and in 1907
he became pay-roll clerk for the J. B. B. Coal Company at
Twin Branch, West Virginia. He made advancement
through the grades of service, as supply and shipping clerk,
purchasing agent, chief elerk and mine superintendent, and
in the last mentioned eapaeity he ia giving effective admin-
istration as mine superintendent for the Dexcar Pocahontas
Coal Company. In the Masonic fraternity he is a past
master of the Blue Lodge at Welch, is affiliated with the
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Northfork, the Com-
mandery of Knights Templars at Bluefield, and the Temple
of the Mystic Shrine in the City of Charleston. The year
1922 finds him the incumbent of the office of chancellor eom-
mander of Twin Branch Lodge of the Knights of Pythias.

In 1910 Mr. McCoy wedded Miss Esther Mabel Harris,
daughter of S. S. Harris, of Davy, McDowell County, and
her death occurred in February, 1917. She is survived by
two children, John A. and Louise. A daughter, Helen
Virginia, died June 15, 1916. In 1918 Mr. McCoy married
Miss Nancy Ellen Straughan, daughter of W. A. Straughan,
of Huntington, this state, and she is the popular chatelaine
of their pleasant home.

William G. Cooper, who is giving a most excellent ad-
ministration as cashier of the Bank of Davy, at Davy, Mc-
Dowell County, was born at Brushfork, Mercer County, West
Virginia, September 2S, 1886, and is a son of James A.
and Theodosia (Tabor) Cooper, who now reside at Athens,
this state. James A. Cooper is a son of Captain William A.
Cooper, who was in (1921) mayor of Athens and who was
eighty-six years of age at the time of his death, December
21, 1921. Captain Cooper was a man of remarkable per-
sonality, and his vigor of mind and physical powers indi-
cated that the years rested lightly upon him. He was the
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large tract of land now included in the central part of that
city, which was originally known as Cooperstown. The
Captain was born in what is now Summers County, West
Virginia, the family having been one of prominence in con-
nection with the pioneer history of the portion of Virginia
now constituting West Virgina. Captain Cooper gained his
military title through loyal service as an officer in the Con-
federate Army in the Civil war. He is an active member
of the Christian Baptist Church and was liberal in the
support of churches and schools. He erected the first build-
ing of the Concord Normal School, at Athens, this being
now a state normal school, and the original buildiug, con-
structed in 1871, having been a log structure. The Cap-
tain was the oldest member of Concord Lodge No. 48,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Athens, and it is
interesting to record that his son James A. and the latter 's
son, William G., the immediate subject of this sketch, are
likewise affiliated with this lodge. William G. Cooper now
wears the Masonic ring that was worn by his grandfather
for many years he having been presented with this heir-
loom because he was the first grandson of Captain Cooper
to become a Mason. James A. and Theodosia (Tabor)
Cooper became the parents of ten children, of whom four
sons and four daugthers are living, William G. being eldest
of the number.

William G. Cooper was graduated from the West Vir-
ginia State Normal School, still known as the Concord
Normal, at Athens, and in the pedagogic profession he made
an excellent record. He taught one year in the graded
schools at Matoaka, Mercer County; two years in a rural
school on Crane creek, that county, where he taught the
higher branches and his wife the lower branches of study j
and he was for two years a popular teacher in the schools at
McDowell, McDowell County. In 1915 Mr. Cooper became
assistant postmaster at Gary, McDowell County, where he
continued his service in charge of the office until September
8, 1917, when he entered the United States Army for World
war service. He was assigned to the Three Hundred and
Fifteenth Heavy Artillery, and received his preliminary
training at Camp Lee, Virginia. With his command he
landed at Bordeaux, France, June 10, 1918, and soon after-
ward was on the battle line in the St. Mihiel sector. Later
he was at the front on the Meuse-Argonne sector for fifty-
six consecutive days. He received a wound in one of his
hands, and in November, 1918, was severely gassed. He
was serving as ammunition sergeant at the time he was
wounded, at Dead Man's Hill, September 26, and after
being a victim of gas attack, on the 3d of the following
month, at Romaigne, he was sent to the base hospital at
Bordeaux, where he was confined until December 20. He
was in active service one year and two days, and received
his honorable discharge at Camp Lee, Virginia.

After his discharge from the army Mr. Cooper returned
to Gary, where he served one year as payroll clerk of Mine
No. 11 of the United States Coal Company. Thereafter he
was in charge of the Gary Club House until October, 1920,
when he became assistant cashier of the Bank of Athens,
from which he came to accept his present position, that of
cashier of the Bank of Davy. His Masonic affiliations in-
clude his membership in the Chapter of Royal Arch Ma-
sons at Athens. He is also a member of the Eastern Star,
Athens Chapter No. 33. He is a member also of the Amer-
ican Legion. He and his wife, Placctte, a daughter of
Joseph Thompson, are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, at Athens.

Frank Jerome Collison, M. D., has been engaged in
his duties as a physician and surgeon for thirty years, and
has been located at Bluefield since 1917 as medical examiner
of the Relief and Pension Departments of the Norfolk &
Western Railway. Doctor Collison for a number of years
practiced at Columbus, Ohio, and both there and in West
Virginia is recognized as a man of unusually high attain-
ments in his profession.

He was born in Washington County, Ohio, September 3,
1867, son of William and Drusilla (Nulton) Collison. His
parents were natives of Ohio, where his father devoted his
life to the farm and to his home and family.

Doctor Collison attended the common schools of his nan
county, graduated from the high school at Beverly, Oo,
in 1885, and finished the scientific course in the Nath'al
Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. Following that 31
three years he taught school in Colorado, and then retuiid
East and began the study of medicine in the medical e~
partment of the University of Maryland at Baltimje.
After graduating he took one year's special course in L
gery at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia
for two years was an interne in the Massachusetts Hospal
for the Insane at Bridgewater. All these were years if
earnest preparation for his independent practice ai,a
physician and surgeon, which he carried on at Colunils,
Ohio, until 1917, when he removed to Bluefield for is
special duties as medical examiner for the Norfolk & W t-
eru Railway. His official duties comprise a wide ranged
work, since all the injured in accidents are attended »y
him, and this means a great deal of surgical work, jis
district extends from Walton to Davey and all the inr
mediate branches. He has three assistants.

In 1890, at Columbus, Ohio, Doctor Collison married 1j8
Mae O'Hara, daughter of Michael and Nancy O'Hii,
natives of Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Collison are members of ie
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He is a member >f
the County, State and American Medical Associations Id
the Association of Railway Surgeons, and fraternalljis
affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Woodmen of the Wol,
Elks and Knights of Pythias.

Edward Waldschmidt is a native of Alsace, where te
gained his common school education and learned a tr:e r
but he sought his opportunities in America, and in this en-
try has extended his energies in various forms of usiil
service, has established a family, an honored name, and >r
years has been one of the prominent business men and <i-
zens of Parkersburg, where he is president of the Km
Corrugated Box Company.

Mr. Waldschmidt was born in Alsace, France, Febnrj
22, 1862, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (FrauenfelO
Waldschmidt. His father was a customs officer on the Rlifl
until 1S70, when he became a pensioner of the French Cf-
ernment. He and his wife had four sons and six daughts.
The oldest son, Fred, served in the French Army in ie<
Franco-Prussian war, was captured at Metz and held a pi-
oner six months at Magdeburg, and when the war was or
in 1871 he came to the United States, being the^ first of ie
family to become an American. He died at Pittsburgtur
1919. Several of his sons were soldiers in the Ainerini
Army during the World war. All four sons of DaBl
Waldschmidt came at different times to the United Sties
and two of them Parkersburg has claimed as citizens.

Edward Waldschmidt had a common school educata,
served an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade in Alsifi,
and at the age of eighteen left his native land to begin
real life in America. In 1S83, at the age of twenty-one.ie
joined his older brother, Fred, in a shoe manufacture
establishment at Pittsburgh. In 1885 they bought a fact 7
at Watsontown, Pennsylvania, where the two factories v;|
consolidated. Mr. Edward Waldschmidt sold his interesui
this business in 1898, and for six years following was sujrj
iutendent of a factory at Tyrone, Pennsylvania. Wlj
there he manufactured goods for the Graham-Bumgauj
Company, then a jobbing house making a specialty of sl»]
at Parkersburg. Eventually the Graham-Bumgarner Cij
pany decided to establish a factory of its own for the mad
facture of workmen 'a shoes, and Mr. Waldschmidt was i|
vited to come to Parkersburg and supervise the establishirffl
and management of the factory. Thus he became a rj
dent of the city in 1906, and for nine years was supel
tendent of the Graham-Bumgarner Company's fact"!
This, it may be stated incidentally, was the first factory!
its kind in West Virginia. Since then Mr. Waldschmi(fi
business interests have taken on a broad scope. In Ajl
1915, he and two others organized the Ideal Corrugated 1
Company. He has been president from the beginning, I
though the original plant and capital were small it is iV
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ae of the few factories that have experienced practically oo
t up in times of depression.

Mr. Waldschmidt is thoroughly American in spirit as well
i in the letter of good citizenship. He is a member of the
oard of Commerce at Parkersburg, a Presbyterian, a re-
Jublican, and a member of the Mnsonic Order. In IS90 he
( arricd Miss Rosanna Kamp, of Turbotvillc, Pennsylvania,
hree children were born to their marriage: Chester, who
icd in infancy; Martha E., wife of B. B. Reger, and they
ive one child, Evelyn Catherine; and Catherine M.

James B. Eades, D. O. Immediately on graduating as
Doctor of Osteopathy Doctor Eades entered the medical
•rvicc of the Navy during the World war, and was on
uty over six months with the rank of lieutenant. Then
ftcr a post-graduate course he located for practice at
luefield, where he enjoys an exceptionally high standing
)t only with the public but with the older schools of
edicine as well.

Doctor Eades was born at Roanoke, Virginia, February
L IS92, son of William Henry and Alice (Nash) Eades.
"is parents were born in Virginia. His grandfather Eades
as a native of Scotland. His grandfather Nash came from
reland, and served in the Civil war, being shot at the
attle of Bull Run and dying from his wounds. William
f. Eades has for a numher of years been a mechanic in the
[•rviee of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company.

James B. Eades attended the common and high schools
it Roanoke, also was a student in Roanoke College at
nlem, Virginia, and prepared for his profession in the
meriean School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri,
here he graduated D. O. in June, 1918.

In the meantime, on May 24, 1918, he volunteered his
•rvices and went to Washington, D. C, as an officer in
ic Medical Corps of the first Navy Hospital. For one
*oath he was assigned to duty in the Dispensary at the
r avy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, and then was put in the
r. S. Naval Base Hospital at Hampton Roads, where he
as connected with the surgical staff in the operating room
nd continued on duty until January 4, 1919, when he was
dieved and returned to Roanoke. He is still a member of
le Medical Reserve Corps, subject to call.

On leaving the army Doctor Eades went to Chicago and
lent a year in the Chicago School of Osteopathy. January
3, 1920, he located at Bluefield, and is the leading repre-
■atative of Osteopathy in the city, and a large part of
is practice has come to him on recommendation from
'presentatives of the old schools of medicine.

Doctor Eades has a very able helper and assistant in
is profession in Mrs. Eades, an accomplished young woman,
rtive socially and looking after the office routine of Doctor
iades. Dr. and Mrs. Eades were married at Kirksville,
[issouri, in May, 1918. Her maiden name was Harriet
ula Smith, and she also belongs to an old family of
oanoke, Virginia, being a daughter of Samuel Henry and
ney Cora (Nowlin) Smith, natives of Virginia. Both the
rand fathers of Mrs. Eades were in the Civil war, her
randfather Nowlin on the Confederate side and her grand-
ither Smith in the Union Army. Grandfather Nowlin died
t the advanced age of eighty-nine. Doctor Eades is a mem-
er of the State and American Associations of Osteopathy,
i a member of the Kiwanis Club, and is a Royal Arch and
.'night Templar Mason and Shriner. He and Mrs. Eades
re members of the Methodist Church, South.

William McKinley Mays is one of the vigorous and
enterprising younger citizens of Bluefield, where he is man-
ner of the Bluefield Bottling Company. This company is
ne of three bottling plants operated by the Keystone
lottling Company or the C. W. Elliott & Company. The
nsiness was started at Bluefield on a small scale in 1907,
nd in recent years it has enjoyed remarkable growth and
•rpansion. Only recently Mr. Mays took possession of a
ttnplete new plant in a new building specially erected at
;lnefield Avenue and Cherry Street.

Mr. Mays was born at Levelrun, Pittsylvania County,
• irginia, December 16, 1896. son of W. R. and Queen
Ilizabeth (Jacobs) Mays. W. R. Mays was a substantial

tobacco farmer in Virginia, and died in March, 1921, at tho
age of sixty. He was a democrat and a Baptist. He was
four times married, and altogether had fourteen children.
William McKinley Mays was tho oldest of these children
and was a small child when his mother died. He acquired
his early education in home schools, and finished with six
months in Valparaiso University in Indiana. At the ago of
eighteen he was at work driving a six mule team on road
construction. He did that for fifteen months, and for nine
months worked as a car repairer at Kimball, West Vir-
ginia, for the Norfolk and Western Railroad. On leaving
that service the Virginia Bridge Company employed him
four days at Roanoke, Virginia, and he left that to enter
the employ of the Keystone Bottling Company at Norfolk.
Ten days later he was transferred to Williamson, West
Virginia, as bottler, and after nine months was promoted
to manager of the plant.

Ho was still at Williamson when he volunteered his
service to the Government at the time of the World war.
He was assigned to duty with the Merchant Marine at
Boston, and for three months was on a training ship and
the rest of the time he did the heavy manual labor of
coal heaver. He still has a reminder of his service in the
loss of one finger. Mr. Mays received his discharge in
February, 1919, and returned to Williamson and a month
later was made manager of the business at Bluefield. He
is a popular citizen of this industrial city, is a member
of the Loyal Order of Moose and a democrat in politics.

Patrick J. Kelley has been a resident of Bluefield since
1890, was one of the first merchant tailors of the city, and
his interests have kept apace with the expansion of this
commercial and industrial city through all the years. He
is president of the Husbands Creamery Company and prosi
dent of the National Armature Company, two of the lend-
ing industries of the city.

Mr. Kelley was born at Pottsvillc, Pennsylvania, March
12, 1865, son of John J. and Ellen F. (Nolan) Kelley. His
parents were natives of Ireland, his father of Tipperary and
his mother of Kilkenney. They came to the United States
when young people, were married at Pottsvillc, Pennsyl-
vania, and spent the rest of their lives in Schuylkill County.
John J. Kelley was a coal miner, and died at the age of
sixty-three, and his wife survived him until 1917, when
she passed away at the age of ninety-six. They were devout
Catholics. Of their nine children Patrick was next to the
youngest. The other two still living are at Pottsvillc,
James, formerly in the real estate business, and Mrs. John
P. Bell.

Patrick J. Kelley when only eight years of age was em-
ployed as a breaker boy at the coal mines, picking out the
slate. At the age of eleven he hegan an apprenticeship nt
the barber's trade, but four years later took up tailoring.
In the meantime he attended school when time and other
duties permitted.

It was his knowledge and experience of the tailoring busi-
ness that he hrought as his chief capital to Bluefield when
he located in the small and muddy village in 1890. He
conducted a tailoring shop on Raleigh Street. In later
years Mr. Kelley became interested in a broader scope of
business and in 1907 was one of the organizers of the Blue-
field Brewing Company, and served as its viee president and
general manager. When the brewery was converted into a
creamery he became president of the business. The National*
Armature Company, of which he is president, is an industry
occupying part of the brewery plant. He is also a director
of the Flat Top National Bank.

Mr. Kelley is one of Bluefield 's most popular citizens.
He has been treasurer of the Elks Lodge since IS99, was
president in 1920 of the Bluefield Country Club, and for
several years was a member of the City Council. He is
affiliated with the Knights ef Columbus and he and his
family are members of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

In IS99 he married Miss Virginia Baldwin, daughter of
Capt D. B. Baldwin. They have three children: Helen
Virginia, wife of C. L. Stacy, of Bluefield; William D., of
Lexington, Virginia, where he is attending school; and
P. J., Jr.

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Thomas Harlowe Scott is a highly educated and thor-
oughly efficient lawyer, with a good practice established at
Bluefield, where he has been located for the past eight or
nine years.

Mr. Scott was born at Fire Creek in Fayette County,
West "Virginia, January 6, 1883, and still has the best years
of his life before him. His parents were Charles Henry
Franklin and Barbara (Bilbie) Scott, natives of Virginia,
nis father for many years was foreman of the coke yards
of the Caswell Creek Coal and Coke Company.

Thomas Harlowe Scott had an early environment con-
veniently removed from poverty as well as from luxury,
and as a youth he learned the value of thrift and work and
most of his education above the common schools he acqnired
through his own efforts and earnings. He graduated from
the Bramwell High School of West Virginia in 1897, then
attended the Concord Normal at Athens, West Virginia,
securing his diploma in music in 1899 and graduating in
the academic course in 1900. For about a year following
he was assistant bookkeeper for the Lick Branch Collieries
of the Norfolk Coal and Coke Company, now part of the
Pocahontas Fuel Company. In the fall of 1901 he left
this employment to enter the University of Virginia at
Charlotteville, where he spent two years in his preparatory
course and in 1904 entered the University of Michigan,
where he continued his law studies until graduating LL. B.
in 1907. Mr. Scott was admitted to the bar at the age
of twenty-four, and for five years engaged in practice at
Pinevitlc, Wyoming County, West Virginia. He was asso-
ciated with James H. Gilmore and was also United States
commissioner, and in that capacity had some very interest-
ing cases before him.

In the fall of 1913 Mr. Scott located at Bluefield, where
he has given his time to a general practice. He is a mem-
ber of the County Bar Association, is affiliated with the
Knights of Pythias and is chairman of the Judiciary Com-
mittee of the Grand Lodge of the state. He and Mrs. Scott
are active in church work, he as a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and Mrs. Scott as a Presbyterian.

In his professional career Mr. Scott has the invaluable
aid and inspiration of Mrs. Scott, who spends much of her
time with him in the office, and is a very practical assistant
to a progressive lawyer. Mrs. Scott is a graduate also of
the State Normal School at Athens, and has taught in the
public schools of the state. Mr. Scott married at Charleston,
West Virginia, October 9, 1918, Mrs. Roberta Higginbotham,
formerly Miss Roberta Kesler, of Lowell, West Virginia,
daughter of H. F. and Ella (Lively) Kesler, natives of
Virginia. Her father was a farmer, took a very active part
in public affairs, and for over twenty-five years was engaged
in educational work and at one time was county superin-
tendent of schools in Summers County, West Virginia.
Mrs. Scott represents a prominent family on her mother's
side. She is descended from Cottrell Lively, who was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war. Col. Wilson Lively, son
of Cottrell, was a member of the State Senate of Virginia
during the Civil war and dropped dead of heart failure at
Richmond when he heard of Lee's surrender. Mr. Frank
Lively is now one of the justices of the Supreme Court of
West Virginia.

James Sansome Lakin, president of the state board of
control, was born at Moundsville, West Virginia, the son
•of Rev. Calvin H. and Catherine Finney Lakin. He is a
direct descendant of Abraham Lakin (born 1713, died
1796), who received from King George of England title
deeds for a tract of land in Frederick County, Maryland,
which has passed from father to son through many genera-
tions and is still in the Lakin name, being now the home-
stead of William Gerry Lakin.

Rev. Calvin Harrison Lakin, the father of the subject of
this sketch, was born near Freeport, Ohio, on June 29,
1838, and married Catherine Finney, of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio, on March 26, 1863. He retired after a half century
of honorable and active service as a minister of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ in the West Virginia and Iowa conferences
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, inclnding a term of
years as presiding elder of the Oakland, Maryland and

Huntington, West Virginia district^ residing at that tie
in Huntington, where he died in February, 1918. He is
buried in Spring Hill Cemetery by the side of his belo'3
wife, who preceded him to the grave in October, 1910.

James S. Lakin received his education in Fairmont Ste
Normal School, at Fairmont, West Virginia, and Op
Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. While attend \
the last named institution he met a young woman studt
named Lura Oliva Lakin, daughter of George W. Lai J
of Columbus, Ohio, who became his wife on November b
1S89. To them three children have been born, Jar&
Offutt, Marion Elizabeth and Florence Catherine. On ]]
comber 21, 1921, James Offutt Lakin married Miss Mj-
guerite Baker, of Morgantown, West Virginia, the daughr
of General and Mrs. George C. Baker of that city. Mr
guerite Baker Lakin graduated from Smith College, Nor-
ampton, Massachusetts, in 1921. Marion Elizabti
graduated from the same college in 1922. James Offt
graduated from West Virginia University in 1922, al
Florence Catherine attends Charleston High School, fr'u
which she expects to graduate in 1923.

For a number of years Mr. Lakin was engaged in 13
mercantile and timber business, with headquarters at Tea
Alta, West Virginia. He was president of the First 3
tional Bank of Terra Alta and a director of the Te:i
Alta Bank. His interest and activity in politics and put;
affairs have been of the most ardent nature. He was :1
several terms a member of the Republican Executive Co-
mittee of Preston County. In 1912 he was chairman of U
Republican State Committee, and in 1920 he was electeci
delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chica»
and represented West Virginia there as a member of IS
"Big Four" delegation. In 1900 he was appointed r
Gov. Albert B. White as a director of the West Virgin
Asylum at Huntington, West Virginia, and was reappoint!
in 1904 by Gov. W. M. Dawson. In 1905 he was a cd
didate on the republican ticket for Congress in the Seco|
Congressional District of West Virginia, to succeed He'
A. G. Dayton, who had been appointed to a federal judj
ship, but was defeated by a very narrow margin by C t
Thomas B. Davis of Keyser, West Virginia, a brother f
Hon. Henry G. Davis. His service as a member of til
board of directors of the West Virginia Asylum and li
other business qualifications led Gov. W. E. Glassccp
to appoint him in 1909 as one of the three members of 11
newly created state board of control, which was to ha>
full charge of the business and financial affairs of all sta
educational institutions, now twelve in number, and ti
complete control and management of all of West Virginia
penal, charitable and correctional institutions, now fourtej
in number. He has been a member of that board ever sin,
having been reappointed in July, 1921 by Gov. E. 1
Morgan for his third consecutive term. When the boal
first organized on July 1, 1909, he was elected preside),
and has served in that executive capacity continuously, {•
eepting the four years of Gov. John J. Cornwell's a :
ministration. The other members of the board w€i
Thomas E. Hodges, of Monongalia County, and John
Sheppard of Mingo County. During the past thirteen yeai
the following men have served with him as members f
that board: Dr. E. B. Stephenson, of Kanawha Counl
Dr. J. M. Williamson, of Marshall County, William M.
Dawson, of Kanawha County, A. Bliss McCrum, of Prest
County, J. Walter Barnes, of Marion County, and Jo
Sherman Darst, of Kanawha County. In 1913 Gov. H. !
Hatfield appointed Mr. Lakin a member of the Pub"
Service Commission, of which he was elected chairman, b;
it was held that he was ineligible because of a provision
the law governing the State Board of Control. He w
thereupon reappointed by the governor to the last nam'
board and reelected president. In addition to these duti
he was appointed by Governor Cornwell during the Wor'
war as chairman of the State Committee on Proposed Co
struction, and later as a member of the State Mental H
giene Commission.

Mr. Lakin is identified with the activities of the Fir
M. E. Church of Charleston. He is a thirty-second degr
Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, a Noble of t

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Mystic Shrine, a member of Charleston Lodge, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elk9, and of the Knights of
Pythias and of the Edgewood Country Club.

Immediately after the Spanish-American war Mr. Lakin
was authorized, along with Dr. Buckner Fairfax Scott, by
Gov. George Wesley Atkinson to organize Company M or the
First West Virginia Infantry, National Guards.

W. E. E. Koepleb of Bluefiold, secretary of the Pocahon-
tas Operators Association, has been actively associated since
college days with the publicity end of the coal industry,
lad formerly connected with the Black Diamond and the
(Coal Age.

Mr. Koeplcr was born at St. Charles, Missouri, September
'3, 1SS4, son of August and Aurelia (Heye) Koepler. Both
the Koepler and Heye families came to this country from
lennany in very early times. These families were identified
I vith the historic town of St Charles, the first permanent
settlement west of the Missouri River. St. Charles is a village
»omc miles above St. Louis, and was founded in a period
A-hen Missouri was owned by Spain and later by France, and
was in the nature of a court town before the Louisiana
Purchase. Mr. Koepler 'a ancestor owned what was used as
:he first State House in St. Charles, a building in which
he Territorial Legislature assembled. It was in this old
louse that W. E. E. Koepler waa born, and aince then the
State of Missouri has made an appropriation to preserve the
Dnilding. Mr. Koepler 's ancestor also took up lands where
ha Planters Hotel of St. Louis now stands. From St.
Louis the family moved to St. Charles in 1820. August
Koepler was for many years engaged in the industry of
*tove manufacturing.

W. E. E. Koepler acquired a good education in private
whools and church schools, and was graduated in 1906 from
Westminster College at Fulton, Missouri. In 1907 he be-
•ame identified with the Black Diamond, the official trade
journal of the western coal interests. He entered the
ldvertising department and later became manager and
•astern editor. He waa associated with the Black Diamond
intil 1913, when he joined the staff of the Colliery En-
gineer, and when that was merged with the Coal Age he
•ontinued with the latter until 1916. In that year Mr.
Soepler took charge of the financial and advertising de-
triment of the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Having gained a reputation for the thoroughness of his
tnowledge of mining machinery and equipment, and his
'undamental understanding of trade and economic con-
Jitions in the coal industry, he was elected in May, 1918,
«ecretary of the Pocahontas Operators Association, with
leadquarters at Bluefield, and baa aince been one of the
ictive men in the civic affairs of that community.

Mr. Koepler was a member of the National Production
Committee, United States Fuel Administration, at Wash-
ngton during the World war. He is a member of the
Notary Club, Bluefield Country Club, Phi Delta Theta college
'raternity and the Engineers Club of Philadelphia. He ia
i Presbyterian.

December 19, 1914. at Philadelphia, Mr. Koepler mar-
ied Miss Hazel Hamilton. Their two children are Letitia
ind Virginia,

Isaiah Bee, M. D., a significant and highly useful life
o himself, his family and to his home community and state
va8 that of the late Dr. Isaiah Bee of Princeton. He repre-
ented the sturdy stock of West Virginia pioneers, being a
jrandson of Asa Bee, who fought as a soldier in the
Revolutionary war, was a native of New Jersey, and in 1818
ettled in Preston County, West Virginia. Doctor Bee was
he great-grandson of two other Revolutionary soldiers.

Isaiah Bee was born September 22, 1832, at Salem, Harri-
on County, West Virginia, in the house that had been the
iome of hia ancestors for three generations. He was a son
•f Josiah and Priscilla (Davia) Bee. His father moved to
)oddridge Connty in 1835, and died in Ritchie County in
890. He was a farmer. Priscilla Davia waa a daughter of
Villiam Davis, who served a9 a member of the body guard
•f General Washington and endured many of tbe sufferings
f the Revolutionary Army in the terrible winter of 1876-77.

Dr. Isaiah Bee was primarily educated in the common
schools of Doddridge County, supplementing this with
academic training at West Union and with two years at
the Northwestern Academy at Clarksburg. He then entered
upon the study of medicine with Dr. Jamea M. Lathrop, a
physician of Massachusetts, then residing at Ritchie Court
House. .After two years of reading under Dr. Lathrop 's
supervision he attended medical lectures at Cleveland, Ohio,
and in 1859 commenced his practice at Ritchie Court House.
The Civil war soon after diaturbed his plan, and in June,
1861, he enlisted for service in Company C, Thirty-first
Regiment of Infantry, C. S. A., and served as a private
until September 3, 1862, then waa commissioned assistant
surgeon of the regiment, acting in this capacity until Febru-
ary 7, 1863, when he was made surgeon, and he was assigned
to Jenkin's cavalry brigade until the close of the war. He
served with distinction in the difficult positions assigned
him, and, though slightly wounded upon several occasions,
he returned home in comparatively good health. On July
4, 1865, Dr. Bee located in Princeton, West Virginia, where
he was in continuous practice until 1904, gaining the con-
fidence of the public and the cordial friendship of a large
circle of friends. His first public service after the war was
when he was elected in October, 1871, from the then sen-
atorial district comprising Mercer, McDowell, Wyoming,
Logan, Lincoln, Cabell, Wayne and Boone counties, as a
member of the Constitutional Convention which met in 1872
and passed the present West Virginia constitution. At tbis
election Doctor Bee received every vote that was cast in
Mercer County, which was his own county, and in Wyoming
and McDowell counties. But few of the sixty-five members
of this famous convention still survive. In 1880 he waa
elected as a democratic member of the House of Delegates
from Mercer County, and served four yeara continually, and
again from 1S98 to 1900. He was a member of the State
Board of Health in 1881. He was director of the State
Penitentiary at Moundsville, regent of the State Univeraity
from 1872 to 1877, and was probably better acquainted
throughout the state than any other professional man. He
owned several farma in Mercer County, one consisting of
400 acres of the original tract owned by the pioneer,
Capt. William Smith. The family home is a beautiful resi-
dence in the suburbs of Princeton, West Virginia. Few
citizens of Princeton enjoyed more fully the respect and
esteem of the community than did Doctor Bee, who retired
from active practice in 1904. He married Mary (Smith)
Lacey, of Fauquier County, Virginia, who died January 6,
1907. Their one son, Dr. Isaiah E. Bee, resided with his
father until the death of the former November 15, 1912.

Isaiah Ernest Bee, M. D., for many years carried ex-
ceptionally heavy burdens and obligations as a physician
and surgeon, more particularly as a surgeon, at Princeton,
where his professional work was in a measure a continua-
tion and supplement to the career of his honored father, Dr.
Isaiah Bee, whose record is also given in this publication.
Dr. Isaiah E. Bee was finally compelled to give up the
strenuous work of an active physician, though he is still
a consultant, and has found various important interests to
engage his time and attention.

He waa born at Princeton August 23, 1867, attended the
common schools of his native city, also had private in-
struction for five years, two years in the State Normal
College at Athens and a year in Princeton Academy. He
finished his literary education by two and a half yeara in
West Virginia University, and in 18S8 entered the College
of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, where be waa
graduated in 1890. Doctor Bee at once returned to Prince-
ton, took up practice with hia father, and in 1892 Dr. John
C. Hughes became associated with them, the firm being Bee,
Bee & Hughes for ten years. After 1902 the Doctors Bee
continued as partnera for two years, when the elder mem-
ber of the firm retired and for about four years Dr. Isaiah
E. Bee lived in the West. On returning to West Virginia
he became surgeon and physician for the Virginia Railway,
and this official duty, together with general practice, was
maintained for three* years. Til health then made it neees-

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sary for him to give up his active practice, and since then
he haa kept in touch with the profession largely as a con-
sulting physician and surgeon.

During Cleveland 's second administration Doctor Bee was
commissioner of the Pension Bureau at Washington, from
1893 to 1897. He also served seven years as county
physician, from 1894 to 1900. He is a member of the
Mercer County, West Virginia State and American Medical
Associations and the American College of Surgeons. He
was a delegate to the American Tuberculosis Congress that
met at Pittsburgh in 1919. He is recognized by his brothers
in the profession as one of the leaders in point of ability
and influence.

For many years Doctor Bee has devoted a great deal
of time to the promotion of Sunday School interests in West
Virginia, in association with the Missionary Baptist Church,
of which he is a member. For seventeen years he has
taught a large adult Bible class, and practically every
week he responds to an invitation to visit and deliver ad-
dresses before Sunday Schools and Sunday School organiza-
tions. While his career has been in the nature of a public
service, he has responded to special interests outside his
main subject. In 1890 he organized a military company
at Princeton and Bluefield, known as Company A., Second
Regiment, West Virginia National Guard, and served as its
captain from 1890 to 1895. Doctor Bee is a reader of the
best literature and has long been a student of West Vir-
ginia history and is well informed as to the sources of his-
tory, particularly in his section of the state.

December 23, 1900, Doctor Bee married Kathleen Pendle-
ton Nelms, of Morristown, Tennessee, daughter of John H.
and Letitia Virginia (Pendleton) Nelms, the former a
native of Tennessee and the latter of Virginia. Mrs. Bee is
an accomplished musician and a graduate of Sullins College
of Bristol, Tennessee. Doctor and Mrs. Bee have an
adopted boy, Zed B. Campbell, now seven years of age.

Rev. Wilbert M. Burke is the popular pastor of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church at Bluefield. He is one of the
younger priests of the Catholic Church in West Virginia.

Father Burke is a native of West Virginia, born at
Wheeling May 8, 1892, son of John Joseph and Margaret
(Callahan) Burke. He was educated in St. Charles College,
completing his studies there in 1910. He took his theo-
logical course in St. Mary's Seminary and was ordained
by Bishop Donahue at Wheeling in 1915.

Since his ordination as a priest Father Burke has put in
six busy years, three years in missionary work and two
years as assistant to Father McBride at Parkersburg. On
January 1, 1921, he began his duties as pastor of the Sacred
Heart Church at Bluefield. Father Burke is a very demo-
cratic young man and has all the qualities that fit him for
leadership among the people of this section. He was athletic
as a youth and college man, still plays baseball and keeps
in touch with all the recreational as well as the serious
activities of his people. He is a member of the Knights
of Columbus and the Kiwanis Club.

The history of the Catholic Church in Bluefield is repre-
sented by an upward climb. Before the establishment of
the parish in 1892 the wants of the few scattered Catholics
was attended to by Father McBride of Wytheville, who
had a mission at this place. In 1892 Bluefield was given a
permanent parish, with the late Father Oliver, a French
priest, in charge. The church that is being used at present
was built with the rectory. The church while looked upon
as well appointed has long since failed to keep pace with
the growth of the city and the building of the new edifice
comes as a matter of stern necessity.

Father Oliver's work in this section hardly needs to be
referred to in these lines, as it is well and favorably known
to the people of this section irrespective of creed, his many
good works not being confined to his own flock. On Novem-
ber 15, 1920, Father Oliver passed to his reward, and the
sentiment expressed on all sides gave evidence of the high
esteem in which he was held.

Shortly after the death of Father Oliver, Bishop Donahue
placed Father W. M. Burke in charge of the Bluefield
parish. Father Burke took up the responsibilities of the

parish with a vim, and his capacity for hard work and th
results of the efforts of this young priest soon earned fo
him the admiration and confidence of the community witi
out regard to religious affiliations.

To Father Burke has been entrusted the work of raisin
funds for the erection of the new building, and the result,
he attained in this direction have been very encouraging, f]

The establishing of a parochial school has been unde,
consideration for some time and its location in close pros;
imity to the new church building is a matter that will b!
given immediate attention so that students will be enrollc
for the fall term commencing September, 1922.

Elmer Elsworth Hood. The work of a newspaper mai
is in an important sense a public service, and howeve j
devoted to his profession he may be he finds himself soonel
or later an official or semi-official participant in civic an,
political affairs. Elmer Elsworth Hood is one of the Vetera ij
editors and publishers of West Virginia, and it would b
difficult to define any distinct boundary between his busi)
ness and his public career.

While so much of his life has been spent in West Vh
ginia, he is a native of Ohio, and was born at Piketon 1
Pike County, May 11, 1862. His father, George Washing
ton Hood, was born in Pennsylvania, was a blacksmith ■
trade and died at Piketon, Ohio, about 1875. He marriei
Mary Williams, daughter of a Virginia family living aroun
Harpers Ferry. George W. Hood and wife had the fo!
lowing children: Emma, who married Oscar Kent and live
at Waverly, Ohio; Charles V., of Portsmouth, Ohio; an
Elmer Elsworth.

Elmer Elsworth Hood spent his boyhood in Pike County
secured a common school education, and had his first ir
troduction to the mysteries and arts of the newspaper craf
at the age of fifteen, when he accepted the opportunity o
becoming the first "devil" of the Piketon Courier. Th
five years he spent with that journal gave him every oppoi
tunity of apprenticeship, from type-setter to editor. Hi
next work was on the Circleville Herald, owned and edite.
by Miss Lillie C. Darst, then the only woman editor in th !
State of Ohio. In 1885 Mr. Hood went to Ironton, Ohi(J
and was editor of the Ironton Republican until he left tha'
state and moved over into West Virginia.

This was in 1889, and his first achievement was foundin'
the Huntington Herald, a weekly paper whose consecutiv'1
history is now a part in the Huntington Herald Dispatcl
Mr. Hood sold his interest in the Herald in 1894, and the,
for a period of fifteen years was at Charleston as managint
editor of the Charleston Mail, a daily paper. While he walj
at Charleston th a work of several civil positions compete 1 !
for the time he could give from his newspaper duties. Whe I
he left Charleston in 1910 Mr. Hood became editor of th
Fayette Journal at Fayetteville. This is one of the olde? 1
republican papers in the state, established in 1876 and sti 1
continued under the old name and the same brand o,|
politics.

On April 1, 1915, Mr. Hood moved to Keyser, havin
purchased a half interest in the Echo Company and becam
editor and general manager of the Mountain Echo, one o, i
the best and most influential weekly newspapers publishe ' i
in the eastern prrt of the state. The Echo is the oldest ru
publican paper in the Eastern Panhandle. It was estal I
lished by the late J. O. Thompson, a well known newspape
man, in 1868. It has been issued weekly for over half I
century. The paper was taken over by the Echo Compan
several years later, a moving spirit in the organization bein |
the late Senator O. A. Hood. Elmer E. Hood continued hi
active duties as editor, president and general manager o'
the Echo Company until August, 1921, when he resigne"
his duties as editor to become postmaster, but he still hold
the controlling interest in the publishing company and 3 I
its president.

Mr. Hood's commision as postmaster of Keyser wa
under date of January 30, 1922. He took the office unde
the civil service rules, and in his examination he was hea J
of the list of applicants of three persons for the postoffici ^
He succeeded Postmaster Philip H. Keys. The way he too '
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it vigor, and he has done all in his power to improve the
icilitics of the service. In the country districts around
I leyser are three Btnr routes and one rural free delivery
I )ute, and exchanges of mail from other postoffices occur

In giving a record of his more formal public service,
I rst mention may be made of his appointment in 1895 as
ssistant clerk of the House of Delegates. In 1S97 he waa
hade clerk of that body. Early the next year, with the out*
> rcak of the Spanish-American war, he waa commisisoned
I lptain of Company L of the Eighth United States Volun-
L«er Infantry, July 21, 1898. He served until April 1,
i S99. He received his commission from President Mc-
[unley, and was on duty at Camp Thomas at Fort Thomas,
lentucky, and at Chickamauga Park, Georgia, where the
I ?giment was mustered out at the end of the war.

Mr. Hood has been secretary of every republican state
' aavention for the past twenty years, and waa on the state
I immittee of the party until he resigned when appointed
ostmaster. He has had an extensive acquaintance with
tate leaders of the party, including the late Senator
' tephen B. Elkins, whom he knew intimately, and alao
| udge Goff, whose personal friendship largely influenced
im to come to West Virginia, and it was through the
nancial assistance supplied hy the judge and senator that
e was able to establish the Huntington Herald. Outside
f this Mr. Hood haa known personally President McKinley
i nd Colonel Roosevelt, and waa chairman of the reception
.ommittee when Mr. Roosevelt viaited Charleston aa a candi-
ate for vice president.

In 1905 he was parliamentary secretary to Honorable
iVed Paul Grosscnp, speaker of the House of Delegates, and
la 1907 was secretary to Honorable Joseph H. MeDennott,
| resident of the West Virginia State Senate. During the
Vorld war he was chairman of the War Savings organiza-
ion in Mineral County, chairman of the Salvation Army
• rives and a member of all the Liberty Loan drives in the
ounty. He is a charter member of the Rotary Club at
veyser, and he and his family are Presbyterians.

At Ironton, Ohio, in April, 1885, Mr. Hood married
Jiss Jessie Cole, daughter of Henry Cole. She died in
901, mother of the following children: Lena, wife of G. T.
Villiams, of Charleston; Frank E., of Charleston, an insur-
.nce man who married Belva Santrock; and Mary, wife of
3. A. Hamilton, a dentist at Wheeling. At Bane, Virginia,
a September, 1913, Mr. Hood married Mrs. Kate Renick,
laughter of William Phillips, of Fayetteville, West Vir-
ginia. Mrs. Hood was bora in Fayette County, West
Virginia, and at the time of her marriage waa serving
is deputy connty clerk there. She and Mr. Hood have one
laughter, Catherine, born June 4, 1914.

Ebnest Fisher Heasley, president of the American Ex-
>ort & Inland Coal Corporation, was for a number of
'ears a resident and active business man of Huntington,
)Ut recently removed to Cincinnati, His career as a coal
tperator and also his service as a soldier in the World war
ire properly credited to West Virginia.

Mr. Heaaley was born October 15, 1888, at Zaleski,
iTinton County in Southern Ohio, son of H. H. and Ida
(Randall) Heasley, the former a native of Pennsylvania
ind the latter of New York, Ernest F. Heaaley was reared
ind educated in Southern Ohio, and attended finally Ohio
Jniversity at Athens. On leaving school he began his busi-
lesa career as stenographer in a railroad office, was pro-
noted to chief clerk and then became secretary of tha
Kanawha Operators Association (Coal), which position he
ield for two years. Abont that time America entered the
itruggle against the Central Powers, and Mr. Heasley made
lis first attempt to get into the army, but was rejected on
iccount of light weight. Subsequently he was accepted as a
private in the One Hundred and Twelfth Machine Gun
Battalion of the Twenty-ninth Division- He waa with this
iivision in all its engagements in France. On October 20,
1918, three weeks before the signing of the armistice, he was
(rounded at Consevoye. Then followed two months in
hospital, and after his return to this country he waa
mastered out on June 3, 1919.

After his military experience he resumed his business
connections with the coal industry in West Virginia, and
soon became head of the American Export and Inland Coal
Corporation, which he organized. Mr. Heasley is a demo-
crat, ia a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and
Shrincr, and a member of the Cincinnati Gym, and several
Masonic clubs. He is a Methodist.

On December 5, 1916, at New York City, he married Miss
Marion Scott, daughter of Francis Scott, of New York
and London.

Elbert W. Gvu is one of the representative young men
of the Village of Camden on Gauley, Webster County, where
he is cashier of the Lanes Bottom Bank.

Mr. Gum was born at Monterey, Virginia, November 4,
1895, a son of William E. and Sallic M. (Taylor) Gum, the
former of whom likewise was born at Monterey, on the 10th
of May, 1873, and the latter of whom was born in the
same year, in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, where
their marriage was solemnized. The father is now a
progressive farmer and contractor at Monterey, Virginia,
is a republican in political adherency, is affiliated with the
Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, in which latter he is a past noble grand, and he
and bis wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Of the nine children the subject of this
review is the eldest; Walter C. waa graduated in the high
school and thereafter attended Randolph-Macon College,
Ashland, Virginia, and also Emery University at
Atlanta, Georgia; Grace graduated in the high schools and
attended also one of the normal schools of Virginia; Harry,
likewise a high school graduate, attended the Massey Busi-
ness College, Richmond, Virginia; Fred graduated from
the high school, in which Robert is a student at the time
of this writing, in 1922; and the younger members of the
parental home circle are Mildred, Paul and Pearl.

Reared on the home farm and profiting by the advantages
of the public schools of his native place, Elbert W. Gum
thereafter completed an effective course in the Dunsmore
Business College. He gained valuable experience in the
banking institution at Monterey, Virginia, and subsequently
"took a position in the offices of the Kanawha Banking &
Trust Company in the City of Charleston, West Virginia.
Three months later, within a few months after the nation
beeame involved in the World war, Mr. Gum enlisted for
service in the Three Hundred and Thirteenth Ambulance
Company, with which he waa on active duty in France from
July 10, 1918, to June 1, 1919, he having been with his
command in the Argonne sector and having there been asso-
ciated with the defensive activities of the Allies^ and his
experience covered much of the strenuous tension incidental
to the great conflict. After his return to the United States
and the receiving of his discharge Mr. Gum resumed his
position with the Kanawha Banking & Trust Company, with
which he continued his service until March 1, 1921, when
he assumed his present responsible office, that of cashier
of the Lanes Bottom Bank at Camden on Gauley, his wife
being a stockholder in this institution.

Mr. Gum is a democrat, and in the Masonic fraternity
is a member of Highland Lodge No. 110, A. F. and A. M.,
also haa received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish
Rite, besides being identified with Bcni-Kedem Temple of
the Mystic Shrine at Charleston. He married Miss Myrtle
Brook, of Charleston, she being a graduate of the high
school and having attended Marshall College. Mrs. Gum is
a most popular figure in the leading social activities of her
home community.

Harry D. Karnes has served efficiently as Mercer County
clerk of the Circuit Court since 1914, he having been re-
elected to this office by a gratifying majority, in November,
1920. He was born near Spanishburg, thia county, Febru-
ary 25, 1875, and is a son of Russell Floyd Karnes and
Sarah Elizabeth (Thompson) Karnes, the former of whom
was born in Summers County, this state, and the latter
in Tazewell County, Virginia, Russell F. Karnes was born
February 25, 1845, and his death occurred on the 6th of
July, 1921, hia wife having passed away February 14, 1912,

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at the age of sixty-two years. All of the married life of
the parents was passed on their homestead farm on Blue-
stone River, Mercer County. Bussell F. Karnes was one of
the first republicans in Mercer County, and though he had
no ambition for public office, he served one term as deputy
sheriff of the county. He was a member of the Baptist
Church and his wile held membership in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. The Karnes family was early
settled at Salem, Virginia, whence the original representa-
tives in the present State of West Virginia came and settled
in Summers County, removal to Mercer County having been
made about the year 1845. Eussell F. Karnes was a loyal
soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war. He became
the father of three children, of whom the eldest, Opie O.,
is serving as justice of the peace at Princeton; Harry 1).
of this sketch is the second of the number; and William
A. is a farmer near Spanishburg, this county.

After having attended Princeton Academy, in his present
home city Harry D; Karnes entered Emory & Henry Uollege,
Virginia, in which he was graduated in 19U0, with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts. He had taught two schools in Mercer
County to aid in defraying the expenses of his college
course, and between college semesters he likewise taught
school two terms. After his graduation he became in-
structor in mathematics and science at the Concord Normal
School, Athens, West Virginia, and among those who at-
tended his classes are many who are now prominent busi-
ness and professional men.

In 1904 Mr. Karnes established his residence at Prince-
ton, where he purchased an insurance agency and developed
a large business as a life, fire and accident underwriter.
This enterprise, conducted under the title of the People's
Insurance Agency, is now one of the foremost in the city.
Mr. Karnes in his early youth was determined to obtain
a liberal education, and he is equaDy insistent at the present
time in giving to his children the best possible educatioual
advantages. He and his wife are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and he is affiliated with
the Masonic fraternity, including the Commandery of
Knights Templars at Bramwell and the Temple ot the
Mystic Shrine in the City of Charleston. He is a member
also of the Knights of Pythias and of the Mercer County
Country Club.

On the 18th of June, 1902, was solemnized the marriage
of Mr. Karnes and Miss Sallie E. Dangerfield, who was born
and reared in Mercer County, a daughter of R. C. Danger-
field. Mr. and Mrs. Karnes have rive children; Elizabeth,
Virginia, Margaret, Richard and Francis.

Lowery G. Bowling, the efficient and popular County
Court clerk of Mercer County, and a valued member of
the executive corps at the Court House in the City of
Princeton, was born on the family homestead farm near
Spanishburg, this county, January 7, 1883, and is a son
of Thomas J. and Virginia F. (Karnes) Bowling, repre-
sentatives of honored pioneer families of this section of
West Virginia. The parents are still living at the time
of this writing, in the winter of 1921, the father being
eighty-one and the mother seventy-six years of age. Jesse
I., a brother of Thomas J. Bowling, died in 1921, at the
age of eighty-three years, and another brother, Wilson Lee
Bowling, died in August of the same year, at the age of
eighty-five years, the family having been notable for
longevity. John Bowling, grandfather of the subject of
this sketch, was a native of one of the eastern counties of
Virginia, and became one of the prosperous pioneer farmers
of Mercer County, West Virginia, as now constituted, his
old homestead having been on Bluestone Creek. Thomas J.
Bowling upheld the prestige of the family name in con-
nection with farm industry in Mercer County, and as a
gallant soldier of the Confederacy he took part in many
engagements, including the battle of Gettysburg. He had
many narrow escapes from severe wounds, the buckle of
his belt having been shot away on one occasion and the
heel of his boot on another. He and bis wife have long
been earnest members of the Missionary Baptist Church, in
which he has served twenty-five years as a deacon. He has
been a successful agriculturist and stock-grower, has been

influential in community affairs and is a staunch democrl
in politics. His wife is a daughter of the late Madistl
Karnes, likewise a native of Virginia, and the two famililj
were pioneer neighbors in Mercer County. Lowery G. Bon I
ing was eighth in order of birth in a family of eleven ch>l
dren, of whom seven sons and one daughter are living
Walter P., who resides at Hinton, Summers County, hjl
served as sheriff of that county and also as clerk of tM
County Court; Mack M. resides at Springfield, Illinois, ai I
is a passenger-train conductor on the Wabash Bailroac
Arthur L. is assistant cashier of the Bank of Princetoi'i
Otie H. is a farmer near the old homestead of his fatheiJ
Grover C. is a merchant at Logan, this state; Luther j|
is a farmer near Spanishburg; and Emma is the wife <j|
Daniel R. Day, a farmer near Kegley, Mercer County. I

Lowery G. Bowling was reared on the home farm arj
gained his early education in the schools at Spanishburg
At the age of twenty-one years be found employment in A
saw-mill camp, thereafter he clerked in a general store nei)
Spanishburg, and he was next employed by the Flat Tel
Grocery Company at Bluefield. For three years thereaftu
he was an express messenger on the Norfolk & Wester)!
Railroad, and he then became a merchant at Bock, Mercn
County, and at Bluefield, this county. From 1911 to 191 i
he was engaged in the real estate business at Bluefield, an
in the latter year he was elected to his present office, thil
of County Court clerk. Though he is a democrat in a count »
that normally gives a large republican majority, he wa'
elected by a majority of 230 votes on the occasion of hij
first election, and by a majority of 634 in the election c
November, 1920. He served one term as a member of tbl
City Council of Bluefield, and from his early youth ha^
been active in local politics. Mr. Bowling is a member o
the Mercer County Country Club, is affiliated with the Blul
Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic f raternitj \
and with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks s
Bluefield,. His wife is an active member of the Methodis j
Episcopal Church, South.

The year 1906 recorded the marriage of Mr. Bowling an 'J
Miss Leota Odell, daughter of Jacob E. Odell, of Bluefielcjl
and the five sons of this union are : Thurman J., Lowery G '
Jr., Billie E. Herbert and Samuel M.

Walter M. Ferguson started out in life with a stron;
ambition to be a merchant, and merchandising has cod i
stituted his active career so far. He is still a comparative!;!
young man, and is one of the highly respected businesi
men of Bluefield, owning a high class grocery establish!
ment at 406 Bland Street.

He was born on a farm near New Hope in Mercer County 1
May 25, 1884, son of William Biley and Mary Jane (Carr j
Ferguson. His father was born in Franklin County and hi
mother in Montgomery County, Virginia. William Rile; I
Ferguson was a child when his mother brought him tii
Mercer County, and they located on the farm where Walte: 1
Ferguson was born and where William Biley spent his activ«!
career as a substantial farmer. He died in September, 1918 j
at the age of seventy -three. He was a youthful Confederal
soldier and was on guard duty at Richmond at the close oJ
the war. He was affiliated with the Independent Order oi\
Odd Fellows, having been about sixty years of age when h<
joined this order, and on account of his popularity and hh
influence, was accepted at that age. Mrs. Ferguson diec
December 4, 1918, at the age of sixty-eight. Her familj
consisted of three sons and three daughters, all living I
Walter being the fourth in age.

Walter Ferguson attended school at New Hope, and wasj
on the farm until he was twenty years of age. The firs!
accumulation of capital he was able to make came fronr
his work as a teamster. After getting about $100 he started!
a little store on Peck Street in Bluefield in 1905. He was)
in business there about two years, and after that had charge]
of the grocery department of H. A. Lilly & Company until
1915. In that year be again entered business for himself as!
a grocery merchant, at Jones and Bland streets, buying his I
store on credit from Mr. Lilly, the arrangement being that I
he was to pay $50 a month on the stock and equipment. He]
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id then for a few months conducted a business at Mullina.
i October, 1920, Mr. Ferguson resumed his business rela-
t>ns with Bluefield and at his present location. Owing to
a many friends and wide acquaintance he was successful
ith the" business from the very beginning. Ho has always
sistcd on a square deal, and his integrity as a merchant
is brought him an honored place both in business and in
vie circles.

In 1908 he married Miss Ocie Perdue, daughter of
O. Perdue, of Brush Fork. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson
ivo a son, Walter M., Jr., and their only daughter, Marie,
cd at the age of five years. They are members of the
race Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Fergu-
•n is on its board of stewards. He is affiliated with the
nproved Order of Red Men, Independent Order of Odd
ellows, is a democrat and a member of the Chamber of
immerce.

Daniel W. Retnolds passed his entire life in Pleasants
>unty, West Virginia, was a representative of an honored
oneer family of that part of the state, and in his personality
d achievement he made for himself a place of no minor
atinction and influence in connection with civic and business
"airs in his native county, especially in connection with the
velopmcnt of the oil industry. He was born in Pleasants
junty in the year 1859, and was a son of Isaac and Cassadora
iilla) Reynolds. His paternal grandfather, Daniel Reynolds,
is the pioneer founder of the family in what is now West
rginia. This sterling pioneer obtained land on an island in
e Ohio River, opposite St. Marys, Pleasants County, and
ere instituted the reclamation of a farm from the wilder-
ss. His son Isaac likewise became a farmer in that locality,
i.d was comparatively a young man at the time of his death,
ter which, in order to provide for her family, his widow con-
hcted a hotel at St. Marys, at the time when the railroad was
•ing constructed to that place.

Daniel W. Reynolds was the third in a family of eight
lildren, and owing to the death of his father his early educa-
|»nal advantages were somewhat limited. But he had the
hbition and determined purpose which brook no such handi-
«ps, and this is clearly shown in the fact that when he was
I'.t sixteen years of age he had so advanced himself as to
I come a successful teacher in the schools of his native county.
Li a popular representative of the pedagogic profession he
rved for a time as principal of the public schools at St.
iarys, the county seat. Thereafter he was for some time
igaged in the marketing of railroad ties, in the period of
hlroad construction in that section of the state, and when
i was discovered in Pleasants County he was influential in
(listing outside capital for the development of the industry
I his native county. lie also became a successful operator
I connection with oil production, and through his well
l-ected activities he accumulated a substantial fortune. He
is one of the organizers of the Pleasants County Bank at
. Marys, and became the owner also of a large amount
i valuable real estate in his native county. Mr. Reynolds
is a man of fine intellectual ken and of exceptional civic
/alty. lie was a staunch democrat, and as the candi-
te of his party was twice elected sheriff of Pleasants County,
i was an earnest member of the Baptist Church, as is also
Ji widow, was a zealous advocate of the cause of temperance
,id was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
!• married Miss Addie Lewis Johnson, a daughter of the late
|illiam Johnson, who was long an honored and influential
lizen of Wood County. Mrs. Reynolds now maintains her
lme at Boaz, West Virginia. Her husband passed to the life
l;rnal in June, 1901, honored by all who knew him and known
I one of the representative citizens of Pleasanta County.
!r. Reynolds ia survived also by two sons, Dan Howard and
kthur Hiett, who are associated in business in the City of
Irkersburg and concerning whom specific mention is made
(following paragraphs.
Dan Howard Reynolds was born at St. Marys, West Vir-
Jiia, on the 20th of August, 1S92, there received his early
lucation in the public schools, and he completed his higher
< cipline by attending Marietta College at Marietta, Ohio.
I; has been successfully identified with the real estate, insur-
ice and oil business, in which lines of enterprise he is now
jijociated with his brother, with office and residence in the

City of Parkcrsburg. He is an active member of the Parkera-
burg Board of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club, the local lodge
of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in'the
Masonic fraternity he has received the thirty-second degree
of the Scottish Rite, besides holding membership in the
Mystic Shrine. Both he and hia brother are numbered among
the popular and progressive young business men of Parkers-
burg. May 19, 1915, recorded the marriage of Mr. Reynolds
and Miss Ethyl Marie Fenton, of Williamatown, Wood
County.

Arthur Hiett Reynolds was born at St. Marys on the 23d
of September, 1896, and hia youthful education included a
full course in Denison University at Granville, Ohio, in which
he was graduated as a member of the class of 1918. In June,
of that year he enlisted in the coast artillery branch of the
national military service in connection with the World war,
and later he was transferred to the chemical branch of the
Ordnance Department, in which he eventually became a
powder inspector in the Government power plant at Nilro,
West Virginia, where he continued his service until he re-
ceived his honorable discharge on the 5th of February, 1919,
since which time he haa been associated with his brother in
their successful business enterprise at Parkersburg. He has
received the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite Masonry,
is identified also with the Mystic Shrine, and is a popular
member of Parkersburg Lodge of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks. The brothers conduct their business
under the firm name of Reynolds & Reynolds, with offices at
501 H Juliana Street.

Charles P. Morrison. Among the representative citizens
and worth-while men of Parkersburg, West Virginia, few com-
mand more universal respect or enjoy higher esteem over
wider territory than Charles P. Morrison, vice president of
the Commercial Bank & Trust Company, who has been iden-
tified with business activities of large importance in this sec-
tion for thirty-four years. On retiring from longer active
participation in the same he can look back on an honorable
career of sterling achievement in the mercantile world. Mr.
Morrison waa born in Wood County, West Virginia. August
31, 1847. His parents were Hamilton and Jane G. (Simpson)
(Dunham) Morrison.

The founder of the Morrison family in Wood County was
Hamilton Morrison, the grandfather of Charles P. He came
to the United States from Ireland and in making his way to
West Virginia at that early day followed the old Braddoek
trial through Pennsylvania and finally located below what is
now Williamstown, but then was Williamsport, then in Vir-
ginia, the year being about 1790. He was a farmer and
weaver, and evidently a responsible citizen, as his name ap-
pears as serving on the first grand jury summoned in Wood
County. He married Margaret lloagland, and they had
three sons: Cornelius, William and Hamilton. After Cor-
nelius married he moved to Indiana and died there, and after
William married he moved to Ohio and spent the rest of his
life in that state.

The third son, Hamilton Morrison, was born June G, 1N03,
on the pioneer farm in Wood County, Virginia, now West
Virginia, and there grew to rugged manhood. In early man-
hood he followed the stonemason trade but in later years was
a farmer. He was very active politically, first as a whig and
later as a free soiler, and when the republican party was
organized he found he could conscientiously subscribe to its
principles and continued in that political faith during the
rest of his life. He was a member and liberal supporter of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, a man of kind manner, chari-
table and hospitable. He was twice married, first to Nancy
Lee, and they had five children. Hia second wife, Mrs. Jane
G. (Simpson) Dunham, waa a widow with two children, and
six children were born to the second marriage.

As a boy Charles P. Morrison helped hia father on the farm
and attended school when practicable. For several years
after attaining manhood he followed carpentering, but mer-
chandising was hia natural bent and in 18S0 he opened a store
at what was then called Bull Creek, but now Waverly. In
1875, however, he had established hia home at Parkersburg,
and continued to reside in this city even while conducting his
business at Waverly, and on January 1, 18S6, he entered the
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months he continued in that line before retiring, and during
that period built up an extensive husiness and acquired a
name which was a synonym of honesty andcourtesy. For a.
number of years he has been a director and is now vice presi-
dent of the Commercial Bank & Trust Company.

Mr. Morrison married March 25, 1875, Mrs. Sarah J.
(Henry) Dunbar. Mrs. Morrison had three children born to
her first marriage: Charles G., Nellie and William Henry
Dunbar. Mr. Morrison is a member of the Presbyterian
Church. In his political views he is a republican and at
times has served in public office. He was a member in early
days of the civic body called the Board of Affairs, which has
been succeeded hy other civic organizations, and on several
occasions he served terms on the City Council. He is a
thirty-second degree Mason and Knight Templar, York
Rite, and belongs to the Mystic Shrine. He was a member
and president of the committee that had in hand the build-
ing of the present splendid Masonic Temple at Parkersburg,
and subscribed liberally to the building fund. While he has
been honorably connected with many forward going move-
ments here in the last quarter of a century or more, Mr.
Morrison probably takes the greatest amount of pleasure in
the fact that during his long and successful career as a mer-
chant he bore an unblemished business name.

Milton McNeilan, M. D. A resident of Parkersburg
twenty years, Dr. McNeilan has become especially well known
for his recognized abilities in the field of surgery. He is a
native of Southern Ohio, and for a number of years prior to
coming to Parkersburg practiced in the West.

He was born near West Union in Adams County, Ohio,
March 9, 1865, son of James and Ann (McClaren) McNeilan.
His father lived from the age of eight years until his death
in Adams County. He followed farming but also assumed
the regular burdens and responsibilities of a Methodist
minister. Milton McNeilan was one of nine children, seven
of whom are still living. He grew up on a farm, and had
limited advantages beyond those he procured through bis
own efforts. As soon as old enough he began teaching, using
the money to gain a higher education. He was a student in
the Holbrook School or the National Normal University of
Lebanon, Ohio. He began the study of medicine in 1885 in
the office of Daniel Ellison, his brother-in-law, at Duncans-
ville, and later entered the Kentucky School of Medicine,
where he was graduated in 1889, having won the first prize
in surgery in a class of 103 students. Soon after graduating
Dr. McNeilan went to Colorado, and practiced at Elbert and
later at Basalt. He spent six months in Vienna, Austria, as
a post-graduate student, and while abroad visited many of
the hospitals and clinics of Paris, London and other great
centers. He returned to the United States in 1901 and in
1902 established his home and office at Parkersburg. He is a
member of the County, State and American Medical Asso-
ciations.

Dr. McNeilan married Clarabel James, member of one of
the old families of Mason County, West Virginia. Mrs.
McNeilan has been a prominent worker in clubs, woman's
suffrage educational movement and in various benevolent
causes. Mrs. McNeilan studied art abroad, and her really
great work has been along the line of fine arts. During the
St. Louis Exposition one of her art pieces was on exhibition
and was greatly admired.

She is a descendant of Abel James, who was born in Eng-
land. He became an extensive land and save owner in
Loudoun County, Virginia. His son, Lemuel H. James, was
born in Loudoun County and as a young men moved to Mason
County, West Virginia, where he married Mary Ann Red-
mond. He owned a large farm and many slaves in Mason
County. Few if any of his family are still found in that
county. Lemuel James himself moved to Bull Creek, in
what is now the Waverly District of Wood County, and
later, in order to take advantage of the opportunities to
secure cheap land in the West, he made a prospecting trip to
Missouri about 1854 and died while there. His widow died
at Bull Creek. They were the parents of seven children:
Mary Susanna, who became the wife of Clay Nealej Eliza-
beth, who was married to William McClure; Virginia, who
married Arthur Logan; Heiter, a Methodist minister, now

deceased; Andrew F., who married Alice Harris and is nol
a resident of Idaho; Benjamin, decesaed; and Alvah Redmonl

Alvah Redmond James, oldest son of Lemuel James, ar
father of Mrs. McNeilan, married Annie Goslee Hull, If
member of a prominent Maryland family of French descent
Her father was Beauchamp B. Hull, a South Methodil
minister; her mother was Clara Belle Goslee. Alvah 11
James was well known in Parkersburg as a merchant, ar ,,
later moved to Colorado, where he became a stock grow 1
and farmer. He is now living in Arizona.

William Dixon Smith. It is the laudable ambition I
every self-respecting, normal man to endeavor to succeed U
his chosen vocation, to ultimately have the self-satisfyi:,|
realization that he has taken the best possible advantage 1
his opportunities. When success has come to him in tl
business field, perhaps through years of toil and stress, co^i
tentment and happiness may far enhance its value if it ■
crowned with the esteem of devoted friends, the confidence M
business associates and the sincere respect and well deserve, I
faith of his fellow citizens. This is the kind of success thill
gives cheer and encouragement to one of Parkersburg's soli j
dependable men, William Dixon Smith, international J
prominent in the hardwood lumber industry, whose chost I
home has been this city for more than a score of years.

William Dixon Smith was born at Scramerston, nei |
Berwick-on-Tweed, County of Northumberland, Englanjl
December 19, 1852, a son of Samuel Smith and the eldest I
his nine children. In boyhood he attended the public schoolji
but before his twelfth birthday began to be self-supportiifj
by working as a helper on a stationary engine. Later Is
served an apprenticeship of a five year's indenture at til
wheelwright trade with John Harbottle of Hebron, and
this work he acquired an insight into oak and hardwoc
lumber.

Shortly after attaining his majority Mr. Smith was en |
ployed by a lumber concern owned by John Cutter, of Mo j
peth, England, to look after their manufacture of wheels ai |
wagons, and proved so satisfactory and efficient in thil
capacity that he was promoted to the office of manager, ar j
continued in the service of this firm for nineteen years. ^ n
was in the interest of this concern that he came to the Unitt i
States in 1887. He located at Grafton, West Virginia, aij
began buying hardwood lumber for this firm and shipped J
to England. Later on he transferred his services to til
firm of Dobell, Beckett & Company, of Quebec and Londo
and in a similar capacity served this firm until about 19(;
when, owing to the deaths of Messrs. Dobell and Beckett tl
firm became Singleton, Dunn & Company, with which co'
poration Mr. Smith has been identified ever since. His wo)»
is confined entirely to hardwood lumber, and the great j
part of his buying is in West Virginia. Few men in the sta I
have a more intimate knowledge of the state's hardwon
resources. From Grafton he moved to Parkersburg, and sin
that time he has made four trips abroad for his firm to Russi
and France.

On November 23, 1879, Mr. Smith married Miss Jai
Mackay, daughter of William Mackay, editor of the Morpe"
Herald, Morpeth, England, and they have the followiii
children: Margaret, Mrs. Henry Morlang; Mary Jan!
widow of Frederick T. Roberts; William Mackay, cashier
the First National Bank of Parkersburg; Henry Edwar!
Elizabeth, Mrs. J. Ira Davis; and Helen, Mrs. J. Aloni
Palmer.

As soon as Mr. Smith hecame satisfied that his future hon,
would be in the United States he set about acquiring citize]
ship, took out his naturalization papers, and to all inten
and purposes is as much an American as if he had been bo
here. He is able to adapt himself to all classes, is of genij
personality and engaging presence, and the impression h
makes on a stranger of heing an honest, upright Christii
gentleman is his attitude with his neighbors and fellow ci j
zens at all times. He was made a member of the Mason
fraternity in England, and since then has had his membersh
transferred to the United States. From boyhood in 1.
native land he belonged to the Wesleyan Methodist Churci
but for many later years has been a member of the Methodi!
Episcopal Church, South, and hoth as a church member ai

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s a Mason he endeavors to observe'the'spirit for what these
reanizations stand. There'are many'of his fellow citizens
.ho can speak feelingly'of JbisJuprightlChristian life, of hia
indnesd and charity, and_all^are united in the declaration
hat in him is found a man whose word is his bond.

Rev. II. Ingram Cook is not only a clergyman of the
Missionary Baptist Church but is also serving as justice
>f the peace and as mayor of the thriving little City of
Matoaka, Mercer County. His high ideals are expressed
n his general social, official and religious relations, and
ie commands high place in public estimation in hia native
•ounty.

Mr. Cook was born on a farm on Widemouth Creek,
Mercer Connty, February 10, 1875, and is a son of John
S". nnd Margaret (Stewart) Cook, both pf whom were born
n Wyoming County, this state, in the year 1845. The
leath of the father occurred January 8, 1898, and that of
he mother in 1911. The family home was established on
he Widemouth farm in Mercer County in the year 1874.
I fohn X. Cook served as a Union soldier in the Civil war,
ind hardships which he endured in this connection per-
nanently impaired his health. He gave his active career

0 farm enterprise, served as a member of the school board,
•tss influential in community affairs, and both he and his
vife were devout members of the Missionary Baptist
Jhurch, in which he served twenty years as a deacon.
Df the nine children the subject of this sketch was the
jfourth, and the following are living: R. Scott Cook is a
.imber contractor at the Ennis coal mines; Rev. E. Hamil-

, on Cook is in the employ of the American Coal Company
►it Widemouth and is a clergyman of the Missionary
Baptist Church; Rev. H. Ingram Cook, of this sketch, is
the next younger; Laura B. is the wife of R. W. Laxton,
yf Widemouth; Ora Dell is the wife of Banaett Laxton,
}f Matoaka; and Cozella is the wife of Riley Akers, of
Arista, Mercer County. Sherman, another ef the sons,
was forty-two years old when he met his death in a coal
nine accident. Harrison, another son, likewise met a tragic
leath, he having been assassinated while in performance
}f his official duty as justice of the peace at Matoaka in
1918.

Rev. H. Ingram Cook received his early education in
the schools of Rock District, Mercer County, and at the
age of twenty years he became a teacher in the rural
schools, his service in this capacity continuing two years.
For eight years thereafter he was actively engaged in
farm enterprise, and for the ensuing seven years he was
called away from the farm by his zealous services as a
minister of the Missionary Baptist Church, he having joined
the church September 6, 1S92, and having been ordained
a minister when he was twenty-one years of age. At
varying intervals he, has had pastoral charge of all
Missionary Baptist churches in a goodly part of Mercer
County, and he continues active in church work, especially
the Sunday School, he being at the time of this writing
the teacher of a class of young women in the Sunday
school at Giatto, Mercer County. After resuming his active
association with farm industry Mr. Cook continued his
residence on the farm until 1918, when he removed to
Matoaka, where in November of that year he was elected
justice of the peace, an office to which he was re-elected
in November, 1920. In 1921 he was elected mayor of.
Matoaka, and he is serving effectively in both of these
official positions. On the 5th of July, 1921, Mayor Cook
was attacked by a man whom he had fined in his capacity
of justice of the peace, the man having shot Mr. Cook
four times and another bullet having made a hole through
ihe latter 's coat — a truly remarkable escape from death.

1 On the 6th of November, 1895, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Mr. Cook and Miss Amanda. Meadows, who was
born in Wyoming County, this state, February 3, 1876, a
ianghter of William T. Meadows. Of. the four children of
Mr. and Mrs, Cook two are living: Roy L. is a student in
Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia; and
tfeva is attending the public schools of Matoaka. "Walter,
who was born September 6, 1896, died February 22, 1901,
ind D. West Cook died in infancy.

Horatio M. Spence, who'has"been"a resident of Parkera-
burg, West Virginia, aince the autumn of 1S97, was born in
New Jersey, reared Jn Michigan, and lived in Pennsylvania
during the earlier period of his active business career, lo
the Keystone State he tang continued his association with
business pertaining to the oil-producing industry, and in
West Virginia he has become a prosperous representative of
the same line of enterprise, as a dealer in oil-well tools and
supplies, his well equipped business establishment in the City
of Parkersburg being situated at 116-20 Ann Street.

Mr. Spence was born at Paterson, New Jersey, on the 24th
of June, 1852, and is a aon of Archibald and Mary (Ackerman)
Speuce. Archibald Spence was born and reared in Scot-
land, and was there educated for the* ministry of the Presby-
terian Church. As a Presbyterian clergyman he had given
active service in his native land, but after coming to the
United States, as a young man in 1822, he devoted the major
part of his time and attention to mercantile pursuits. Ahout
the time of the inception of the Civil war Mr. Spence removed
with his family to Michigan and established his home near
Hillsdale, judicial center of the county of the same name.
Upon coming to this country he immediately took the steps
which gained to him full citizenship in the land of his adop-
tion, and, as a man of fine intellect and high ideals, he became
an implacable adversary of the institution of human slavery,
his attitude in this respect being such that he became known
as a "black abolitionist" in the climacteric period that cul-
minated in the Civil war. He united with the republican
party at the time of its organization, and ever afterward con-
tinued a stanch supporter of its principles. He continued
an earnest and zealous worker in the Presbyterian Church
until his death, in 1875, and as a clergyman his services were
in frequent demand. He was a resident of Michigan until
the close of his life, and his widow survived him by a quarter
of a century, she having passed to eternal rest in 1900, when
venerable in years.

Not until late in life did Archibald Spence take unto him-
self a wife, in the person of Miss Mary Ackerman, who was
of remote Holland Dutch ancestry. Of their six children
two daughters and one son (subject of this sketch) are living
at the time of this writing, in 1921. One son, John A., whose
death occurred within recent years, served as a gallant
soldier of the Union in the Civil war, he having been a mem-
ber of a New Jersey regiment, and wounds that he received
at the battle of Gettysburg having resulted in the loss of one
of his hands.

Horatio M. Spence was about eight years of age at the time
of the family removal to Hillsdale County, Michigan, where
he was reared Dn his father's farm and attended the district
schools during the winter months, this discipline having been
supplemented by two terms of study in a local high school.

When about nineteen years of age Mr. Spence went to
Titusville, Pennsylvania, and found employment in the oil
fields of that section of the Keystone State. He was con-
nected with several different companies for varying inter-
vals, and by one of these corporations was made superin-
tendent. For fourteen years he maintained his home at
Bradford, Pennsylvania, while atill continuing his active
association with oil-producing enterprise, and there in 1SS6
was solemnized his marriage with Miss Dora S. Davis. In
1893 Mr. Spence, following in the course of further oil develop-
ment in the Keystone State, removed to Butler, to which
place his family followed him in the succeeding year. At
Butler, Pennsylvania, he became associated with the firm of
Carothers, Peters & Company, manufacturers of oil-well
tools and dealers in oil-well supplies. In 1892, while still
residing at Bradford, Pennsylvania, Mr. Spence organized
at Parkersburg, West Virginia, the firm of Spence & Smith,
which later was reorganized as the Spence, Smith & Kootz
Company and which developed a substantial business in the
handling of oil-well supplies. In the autumn of 1897 Mr.
Spence transferred hia residence to Parkersburg, and since
1915 .he has been the 'sole ownerjof the business^formerly
conducted underlthe corporate title noted above.% He was
the founder of. the business, which has'long been one of broad
scope, the trade extending into the various oil fields of West
Virginia and its successful conducting marking Mr. Spence
as one of the representative business men of Parkersburg.
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merce, and he holda membership also in the local Kiwania
Club and the Parkersburg Lodge of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elka. While^a resident of Bradford,
Pennsylvania, he aerved as a member of the City Council
and^aiso^as a member ofj-he Board M oi Education. He is a
republican in politics and^he and hia wife hold^membership
in the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Spence is a daughter of
the late Uriah JL.^Davis, who was horn in 1812 and who was
for many years engaged in the lumber buaineaa in the State
of New York, at Chatham and Angelica. Uriah L. Davia
waa a son of Jonathan and a grandson of John Davis, the
latter of whom was born in Columbia County, New York, in
1737. Prior to the war of the Revolution John Davis aerved
aa a lieutenant of the English militia in New York, his com*
mission having been signed by Governor Tryon of New
York. When the Revolution came John Davis became a
patriot soldier in the Continental Line, in which he became
a captain and did active service in the cause of national inde-
pendence. Hia original commission, signed by Governor
Tryon, and his late commissions as first lieutenant and as
captain in the Continental forcea, are now in the poaaession
of Mr. Spence of this sketch, who places high value on these
historic documents. Uriah L. Davis recruited and equipped
the Eighty-fifth New York Volunteer Infantry for service in
the Civil war, and by Governor Morgan was commissioned
colonel of thia regiment, but impaired health prevented his
being in active service save during the opening period of the
war. His only son, Edward, became a lieutenant in the
father's regiment and sacrificed his life in the service of his
country.

Mr. and Mrs. Spence became the parents of two children:
Davis A., who died in 1914, at the age of twenty-five years;
and Lile Patty, who is the wife of Charles A. Ludey, of
Parkersburg, their one child being a daughter, Emma Suzanne.

Thomas L. Harris, M. D. Son of a physician and surgeon
who earned the love and affection of a large community in
Berkeley County, Dr. Thomas L. Harris has likewise regarded
the profession as an opportunity for service, and for several
yeara has been one of the prominent medical men in Parkers-
burg.

Hia father was Dr. James Trone Harris, a native of Old
Virginia and a graduate of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Baltimore. He chose a country community,
Hedgesville in Berkeley County, "West Virginia, as the scene
of his work, and though his abilities would have gained him
recognition in a larger city and broader field, he was satisfied
to do his work quietly and skillfully in that community,
where he lived until his death in 1894, at the age of thirty-
eight. He married Ruth Lewis Martin, daughter of John
Y. Martin, a native of Caroline County, Virginia. She
became the mother of three children: George H. Harris, a
Parkersburg lawyer; Dr. Thomas L.; and Mildred Warner,
wife of T. T. Tyler, of Washington, D. C. The first of the
family to locate at Parkershurg was George H. Harris, and
his example doubtless was an influence that led his mother
and Dr. Harris to come to this city.

Thomas L. Harris was born February 28, 1889, and was
only five years of age when his father died. He has availed
himself of the privileges of some of the best institutions of
learning. He graduated from the University of West Vir-
ginia in 1908, and in the same year entered Jefferson Medical
College at Philadelphia, from which famous school he waa
graduated with honors in 1912. He remained at Philadel-
phia, and for two years was an interne in the Pennsylvania
Hospital and one year chief resident physician of the hos-
pital. He also served a year as chief resident physician of
the Children's Hospital. Dr. Harris on leaving Philadelphia
went to Louisville, where for one year he was a lecturer in
the medical department of the University, his subject being
clinical microscopy, and at the aame time waa house aurgeon
of the City Hospital. Early in 1917 Dr. Harris volunteered
as an individual for service in the American Amhulance
Hospital, and it was while awaiting call to active duty that
he hegan his practice in Parkersburg. About a year later
he waa commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps,
and until after the signing of the armistice was at General
Hospital No. 14 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, as instructor
in the School of Surgery. Dr. Harris was discharged Jan-

uary 14, 1919, and since then has resumed his practice at
Parkersburg.

He is a member of the County and State, the Southern
Medical and the American Medical Associations. Fra-
ternally he is a thirty-second degree^Mason, aimemher of i!
Nemesis Temple of the^Mystic Shrine, is t anJ31k and Knight
of Pythias, He belongs to the Blennerhaaset and Country fj
Clubs of Parkersburg and is a memher of the Beta Theta Pi
and Theta Nu Epsilon and the Mountain College fraternities. i |

\ Georoe D. Jeffers, M. D. One of the leading repre- I
sentativea of medicine and^aurgery at Parkersburg for the
past twenty years, Dr. Jeffers^has had other^importantJ
interests outside the^strict limits of hia profession and has J
acted aa a^director^in^aeveral business and financial cor- ,
porations.

His father, Lewis H. Jeffers, is a well known citizen oil
Wood County, but waa born in Athene County, Ohio, May |
22, 1836, aoniof Asa Jeff era.^ LewiaJtH. Jeffers became an-
Ohiolfarmer, butjn 1870 moved to West Virginia, and for (
over half a century has lived in Wood County. He was aj
member of the House of Delegates in 1911. He is a devout I
Baptist, a democrat, and his life of eighty-five years has been
one of exceptional usefulness and honor. He married Susan 'J
Page, daughter of George Page. Her mother waa a Beebe, I
of a well known pioneer family of that name. Susan (Page) I
Jeffers' grandmother was with Martha Washington on I
Blennerhaaaet Island when she was aixteen years of age.
Lewis H. Jeffers and wife had four children: George Del-
mont; Perry Edwin, who Uvea at Lockhart Run in Woodlj
County; Guy Carlos, who died at the age of seven; and:
Carrie Ritter, who died when four yeara old.

Dr. George Delmont Jeffers was born in Athena County,
Ohio, August 10, 1865, but waa reared and educated in West
Virginia. He attended public and private schools, began the
study of medicine under Dr. J. C. Casto, and in September, 1
1887, entered the medical department of the University of
Louisville, where he was graduated in 1889. For ten yeara I
Dr. Jeffers practiced at Cunningham, Kansas, and then, "
following a post-graduate course in his alma mater and in i
the New York Polyclinic, he located in Parkersburg in July, I
1899. Dr. Jeffers has served as surgeon for the Baltimore
& Ohio Railway Company. He ia an active member of the ll
County and State Medical Associations, the Southern and
American Medical Associations, and during the World war
was chairman of the Medical Advisory Board for District
No. 2, comprising eight counties. He is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and the Benevolent Protective Order |
of Elks.

Dr. Jeffers married Laura B. Sigler, of Morganfield, Ken-
tucky, who ia deacended from the Calvert family of Mary-
land and a direct descendant of Lord Calvert. Mr. and Mrs.
Jeffers have one daughter, Ruth Carlton, a student at Hamil-
ton College, Lexington, Kentucky.

Jesse D. Marple, who resides at McMechen, Marshall
County, and ia division superintendent of the Wheeling
Traction Company, waa born at Sherrard, this county,
October 6, 1866, a son of William H. and Sarah Jane (Vana-
man) Marple. The father was born in New Jersey and was
a child at the time of the family removal to Marshall County,
where he was reared to manhood and where he learned the
cooper's trade. In 1872 he established his residence at Ben-
wood, this county, where are located the Wheeling Steel &
Iron Works and the shops of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
and here he engaged in the manufacturing of nail kegs for
the Benwood Iron Works. His son Jesse D. began to assist
him at the bench when twelve years of age, and learned the
cooper's trade, at which he became a skilled workman. The
father and son later engaged in business aa contract painters,
and from 1886 to 1895 the aon was in the employ of the River-
aide Iron Works at Benwood, where he became a shearman
and earned a aubatantial salary. The father continued his
activities as a contracting painter until his death in 1921,
at the age of seventy-aeven years. William H. Marple waa
a musician of much ability, and gained high reputation in
the organizing and training of church choirs, he having been
a devoted member of the Church of God, aa is also his widow,
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iid who is loved for her gracious character and unfailing
ndliness. Of the twelve children four sons aud four
mghters survive the honored father.

} Jesse D. Marple attended the public schools in his boy-
lod and youth, but early gained practical experience by
listing his father, as noted in the preceding paragraph. In
<0o he entered the employ of Hughes & Warehani, con-
tactors in the construction of the Benwood & Moundsville
lectric Railroad. He aided in the construction work from
enwood to McMechen and thereafter to Moundsville, a
| stance of eight miles, and most of the time he served as a
reman. In the fall of 1896 he ran the first passenger train
/er the Narrows, and this first electric ear on its initial trip
id two passengers. Mr. Marple continued his service as
otorman five years, and in 1901 was promoted to the posi-
oq of road foreman. Three years later he was advanced
I hia present office, that of division superintendent. He
so did temporary service in the security department of
| e company's main office in the City of Pittsburgh. He
Ls supervision of shops, trainmen and other employes.
Mr. Marple was active in local patriotic service in the World
ir period, he having been chairman in war activities iu his
► strict, served as a "Four Minute" man, and was an active
ember of the local Red Cross. He is a director of the
hio Valley Playgrounds Association, is a member of the
immunity Health League and is serving as trustee and
i?acoo of the Church of God at McMechen, he having auc-
>eded his father in these offices at the time of the Iatter's
'rath, lie is a staunch republican, and has served as a mem-
isr of the McMechen Board of Education, and was a member
the time of the construction of the present high school
lilding. He assisted in drafting the first city ordinances of
cMechen, and was the first treasurer of the city after its
corporation as a city. lie is affiliated with the Knights of
Tthias and Loyal Order of Moose, and is an enthusiastic
usebail fan.

Mr. Marple married, in 1911, Miss Neil B. Riddle, of
enwood, where her father, the late Henry Riddle, long
rved as justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Marple have
«'0 children: Dorothy and Frances.

William Edward Cook, M. D. The Pageton community,
ne of industrial importance in McDowell County, is the
age of the able professional activities of Doctor Cook,
ho in addition to his general practice is physician and
lrgeon for the Page Coal Company and the Blaekwolf
oal Company.

The doctor was born at Swectsprings, Monroe County,
us state, February 20, 1871, and is a son of John
:enry and Julia Ann (Baker) Cook. The father, now
ghty-three years of age (1922), is a resident of Centennial,
lis state, but his wile, who was born in Monroe County,
ied in May, 1911, at the age of seventy-four years. Of
le five children the subject of this sketch was the third
i order of birth; Rev. John F. is pastor of the First Bap-
st Church at Welch, McDowell County; Walter J. is a
rospcrous farmer in Monroe County; Randolph G. has
large of a large estate at Middlebrook, Virginia ; and
lorence G. is the wife of Lee Walker, a grocery nier-
lant of Greensboro, North Carolina.

John Henry Cook, the father, was born in Prince Ed
ard County, Virginia, a representative of one of the old
ad influential families of that historic commonwealth, lie
equired his early education under the direction of a
rivate tutor at Salt Sulphur Springs. He was one of
le gallant young men of A'irginia who went forth in
?fense of the Confederacy in the Civil war, took part in
le battle of Winchester aud many other engagements,
ad he was held a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware dur-
■g the latter part of the war. He gave twenty years of
Tective service as a school teacher, was long identified
iso with farm enterprise, served as a justice of the peace
ad waa for four years county superintendent of public
•hools for Monroe Connty. He has been for many years

zealous member of the Baptist Church, as was also his
ife, and he haa never wavered in his allegiance to the
jmocratic party.

The schools of Monroe County afforded Doctor Cook

his early education, and his father was one of his teachers.
He himself eventually taught two terms of school, and in
1897 he entered the Medical College of Virginia in the
City of Richmond. In this institution he was graduated as
a member of the class of 1901, and after thus gaining his
degree of Doctor of Medicine he was in charge of mine
practice at Algoma, McDowell County, until 1918, in
January of which year he entered the medical eorpa of the
United States Army. He won promotion from the rank
of first lieutenant to that of captain, was assigned to the
aviation eamp at Morrison, Virginia, in July, 1918, was
transferred to Garden City, Long Island, and on the 8th
of the following month he sailed for England, still attached
to the medical branch of the aviation service. In Lincoln-
shire, England, he was assigned to service in treating and
otherwise caring for wounded soldiers sent there from
the front. In December, 1918, Doctor Cook returned to
the United States, and was assigned to service on the
Demobilization Board at Garden City, Long Island, where
he remained until September, 1919, when he received his
honorable discharge, after faithful and efficient service in
connection with the greatest war in the annals of history.
Soou afterward he assumed charge of his present profes-
sional service at Pageton, and he has secure vantage-place
as one of the representative physicians and surgeons of
McDowell County. He is a member of the American Medi
cal Association, the West Virginia State Medical Society
and the McDowell County Medical Society. He is affiliated
with the Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
in Ins home village of Pageton and with the Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons at Northfork. He is a democrat and
is a member of the Baptist Church, his wife being a
communicant of the Catholic Church, in the faith of which
she was reared.

In 1906 Doctor Cook wedded Miss Maude Kingsbury
who was born at Lambsburg, Virginia, a daughter of M a'
Kingsbury. Mrs. Cook died in 1913, and the only child
\Nilham, died iu early childhood. In 1917 was solemnized
S?-i n, I r , n ? gc ° f I)octor Cook and Miss Rocine Heuscher, of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Swiss ancestry, and the three
children of this union are Betty, Ruth and the son, David
Vvherrv. '

Jesse W. Waters. The progressiveness aud excellent
business judgment of Mr. Waters are definitely shown in
the general appearance and well selected stock of his modem
jewelry establishment in the Law & Commerce Buildim* in
the city of Blucfield, Mercer County. He was born at
Ellaville, Florida, November 29, D>yO, and is a son of
John Shaw and Lucretia Elizabeth (Bell) Waters, the
former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Vir
gina. The mother died in 1913, at the age of fifty-seven
years, and the father survived her by only a few days, he
having been sixty-five years of age at the time of his death.
The father of John S. Waters was the owner of a large
plantation in North Carolina and in the operation of the
same retained a corps of fully two hundred slaves, tli<
ravages of the Civil war having extinguished the greater
I art of the family estate. John S. Waters became identified
with lumbering operations in Florida, as an inspector, and
in that state he lived in turn at Ellaville, Jacksonville and
Levson, in which last named town he passed the closing
years of his life. Both he and his wife were zealous mem-
bers of the Baptist Church. Mr. Waters was twice married
and his second wife was the mother of him whose name
introduces this review. The family name of the first wife
was Townsend, their having been one son by this union and
six children by the second marriage.

Jesse W. Waters was an infant at the time of the family
removal to Jacksonville, Florida, and he gained his early
education in that city and at Bellevue, that state. He
thereafter took a one-year course in the Philadelphia College
of Horology, where he gained excellent technical knowledge
of watchmaking and engraving, as well as of optical work.
Upon first coming to Blucfield, West Virginia, he was em-
ployed in the jewelry store of Randolph & Company, and
somewhat more than a year later he here entered the
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mained three and one-half years. In September, 1916, with
a capital of $1,600, he established himself in independent
business, at his present location, and in the meanwhile he
had gained a reputation which gave him excellent credit
with wholesale houses, so that he was able to put his
jewelry establishment on a high standard at the start. He
has developed a substantial and prosperous enterprise and
is one of the representative young business men of Blue-
held. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the
Kiwanis Club of his home city, affiliated with the Blue
Lodge, Chapter and Commaudery Bodies of York Rite
Masonry at Bluefield and with the Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Charleston, both he and his wife being members
of the Preshyterian Church.

In 1914 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Waters to
Miss Agnes Hanche, who was born and reared in Bluefield
and who is a daughter of C. H. Hanche. Mr. and Mrs.
Waters are popular factors in the representative social ac-
tivities of their home city.

Rucker Jenkins, a representative citizen and progressive
business man residing in the City of Bluefield, Mercer
County, is Eastern manager of the Great Eastern Coal Com-
pany, selling agents for various coal mines in Virginia,
West Virginia and Kentucky.

Mr. Jenkins was born at Graham, Virginia, March 29,
1887, and is a son of 0. C. and Lucy D. Jenkins, specific
mention of the father being made on other pages of this
work. In the year following the birth of Rucker Jenkins
his parents came to Bluefield, in 1888, and here he was
reared to adult age, his early educational advantages being
those of the public schools. Thereafter he completed a
three years' course in mechanical engineering at the v.i
ginia Polytechnical Institute. .For twelve years thereafter
Mr. Jenkins was in the service of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad Company, — first as secretary to the assistant super-
intendent, and thereafter as secretary to the general super-
intendent. After leaving the employ of the railroad com-
pany Mr. Jenkins was in turn connected with the traffic
department of the United States Coal & Coke Company,
with the sales department of the Central Pocahontas Coal
Company and the Eastern Coal & Export Company. He
then hecanie resident manager of the Inter-State Coal &
Dock Company, and during the final year of his connection
with this concern he had charge of purchasing and shipping
large tonnage of coal from the West Virginia fields to tide-
water, for exportation to foreign countries.

In the World war period Mr. Jenkins gave loyal and
effective service as a member of the United States Fuel
Administration, in which connection he directed the ac-
tivities of various public speakers who were furthering the
Government's policy of fuel production and conservation.
Mr. Jenkins brings to bear wide experience and resourceful
policies in the ordering of the affairs of the important com-
pany with which he is now connected as noted in the open-
ing paragraph of this review. He is a loyal member of the
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, is affiliated with the
Country Club and Old Colony Cluh, and he and his wife
hold membership in the Presbyterian Church.

November 26, 1910, recorded the marriage of Mr. Jenkins
and Miss Martha Bosworth Becker, daughter of William S.
Becker, formerly general superintendent of the Norfolk &
Western Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have one eon,
William Becker Jenkins.

Herbert Hudson Thompson is a graduate of the West
Virginia University Agricultural School, and is the present
county agricultural agent for Wetzel County. He ia full
of enthusiasm for the newer agricultural and stock raising
movements, has qualities of leadership, and has done much
already to build a well coordinated program for the coun-
try life of this section.

Mr. Thompson was born in Roane County, West Virginia,
November 28, 1894. His father Thomas A. Thompson, was
born in Old Virginia in 1858, as a young man moved to
Roane County, where he married and where he was active
in the farming community until 1906, and from that year
until 1920 conducted a mercantile business at Spencer in

Roane County, where he still resides. He is a democrat an
a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. Tbonu
A. Thompson married Martha Pursley, who was born i
Eagle Rock, Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1865, and hi,
came the mother of nine children: Guy C, connected wit
the United Fuel Gas Company at Spencer; Ona, who die
at the age of sixteen; Ola, wife of Ferd E. Rhodes, I
business man at Spencer; Maude, who died when eighteej
years old; Grace, wife of Rupert Barr, an employee of tbj
South Penn Oil Company of Ritchie County: Herbert Hu<"
son; Leota, wife of Glenn Miller, a railroad man with th»
Baltimore & Ohio, living at Parkersburg; Freda, who diej
when three years old; and Gladys who died at the age c
two years.

Herhert Hudson Thompson spent bis early youth on I
farm in Roane County and attended the public schools i
Spencer, graduating from the Spencer High School in 19L I
In the fall of that year he entered West Virginia Univeij
sity, where he carried his studies until he joined the color |
in May, 1918, at Camp Lee, Virginia. He remained ther ,
a little over six months, the first two months in the irl
f antry and one month in the Medical Corps. Later he wa
selected to go to the Officers Training School, and he rc
ceived a second lieutenant's commission just about the timj
the armistice was signed. He received his honorahle diij
charge November 30, 1918, and soon afterward resumed hij
studies at Morgantown. In January, 1920, Mr. Thompso]
entered upon his duties as agricultural agent in Wetzel
County. At that time he had completed all the work rcl
quired for his degree as Bachelor of Science and Agriculi
ture, but be returned to the University to receive the degre |
in June, 1920.

Mr. Thompson is active in all farming organizations
and was a member of the Grange at the University. He i
affiliated with the American Legion, with Wetzel LodgJ
No. 39, A. F. and A. M., and is a democrat and a membe
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In April, 1920, a
Pennsboro in Ritchie County, he married Miss Myrtle Iren !
Barrows, daughter of Guy V. and Mary (Dumont) Bai
rows, residents of Parkersburg, her father being an oil
operator, Mrs. Thompson is a graduate of the ParkersburJ
High School They have one daughter, Mary Martha, bon
at New Martinsville, January 21, 1921.

Raymond Hansford Leu, M. D., a prominent youni
physician and surgeon at New Martinsville, joined th
navy about the time he graduated in medicine, and wa|
a medical officer with the Marines in France during twenty"
three months of the great war.

Doctor Leu was born at Adeline in Lawrence County |
Kentucky, October 26, 1893. His grandfather, Michael Vor
Leu, was a native of Austria and spent most of his lif j
at Schaufhausen, Switzerland. He was a lawyer by pro.
fession, was a soldier in the Franco -Prussian war of 187(
and died at Schaufhausen, Switzerland, in 1895. His son]
Daniel Leu, now living at New Martinsville, was born ii
Schaufhausen in 1859, was reared and educated in Swit"
zerland and learned the trade of stone cutter and atom
mason. In 1870 he came to the United States and settlec
at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, and in 1898 came to Ne?
Martinsville, where he has done an extensive business as i
stone contractor. He has built many bridges in Wetze
County and throughout the state. Daniel Leu is a democra'J
and an active worker in the Presbyteriau Church. Hi
married Miss Clara Miller, who was horn at Adeline, Kenl
tucky, in 1869. They have two sons, Raymond H. ant
Julius Frederick. The latter is a florist and owner oi,
greenhouses at New Martinsville.

Doctor Leu acquired his early education in the publV
schools of Wetzel County and in 1912 entered West Vm
ginia University. He remained there through regular year*,
and two summer terms, taking one year and two summeii
courses in the pre-medical work and two years in the medi
ical school. In the fall of 1915 he went to Washington'
D. C, entering George Washington University MedicaJ
School for one year. In the fall of 1916 he resumed hhj
medical studies in the medical department of the University
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531

»17. Ha is a member of the Phi Chi medical fraternity.
Doctor Leu entered the Naval Medical Corpa in May,

17. The first month he was attached to the United
atea Naval Hospital at Norfolk, Virginia. Then fol-
wed a period of training with the University of Pennsyl-
nia and Jefferson Medical College, following which he
ined the Marines at Quantico, Virginia, and August 22,
•17, sailed for France, landing at St. Nazaire. He was
^tached to the First Battalion, Sixth Regiment, U. S. Ma-
les, and for thirty days was on the firing line in the Ver-
in sector. "While there he was gassed and shot in the
lr by a piece of shrapnel. For two months he was a
| tient in a base hospital at Brest, and then for seven
^nths was on Vincent Astor's private yacht. U. S. S.
ioma and for six months on the U. S. S. Bridgeport,
lily 22, 1919, after twenty-three months in France, he
Us" returned to the United States. Doctor Leu was eom-
ssioned a first lieutenant at Norfolk, Virginia, and was
(ornoted to captain while at Brest, in January, 1918.
Allowing the period of hostilities he was put on the

S. S. Rochester, and on that ship served while on cruise
rough the Gulf of Mexico. Panama Canal, the Orient, and
is finally transferred to the U. S. Hospital at Fort Lyon,
•lorado, where he received his honorable discharge, Oc-
her 31, 1920, after more than three years in the service.
On returning to New Martinsville, Doctor Leu at once
•ened his office, and has had a rapidly growing clientele,
'is offices are in the Federal Realty Building. Doctor Leu,
ho is unmarried, is a republican, a member of the Presby-
rian Church, is affiliated with New Martinsville Lodge No.
\l. Loyal Order of Moose, and is a member of the Amer-
»in Legion and the Forty and Eight.

Cassitjs McCarl Lemlet, C. E., who is geological engineer
r charge of investigation and special reports in the service
I the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad system, with residence and
iicial headquarters at Morpantown, Monongalia County,
>i3 born at New Freeport, Pennsylvania, on the 29th of
!av. 1S66, and is the eldest of the children of Elihu Showalter
Imley and Victoria (Dalrymple) Lemley. The Lemley
Inily of this branch was settled in Western Pennsylvania
|ior to the War of the Revolution, and George Lemley, great-
i?at-grandfather of the subject of this review, was a private
i Captain Philip Gable's Company, Fifth Battalion, Phila-
tlnhia County Militia, for the year 17S1. His son. George
lO was born "in Greene County, that state. May 17, 17S6,
i<l in his native county the latter died on the 10th of June,
62. February 27, 1806, recorded the marriage of George
Imley (IT) to* Christena Shriver. who was born June 18,
85, and whose death occurred December 19, 1^77. The
imes and respective dates of birth of their children are here
Horded: Alza. June 15, 1807; Henry, Mav 26, 1808: Rachel,
lay 30, 1811; Sarah, April 7, 1815; John S., grandfather of
le "subject of this sketch, November 27, 1817 (died November
!. 1902); Jane, Jun^ 4, 1S20: Abraham, November 27, 1822;
izabeth, May 13. 1825: and Jacob. October 4, 1831.
On the 1st of December, 1S39, John S. Lemley wedded
iss Elizabeth Heingardner, who was born in Rockingham
imnty, Virginia. June 10, 1819, and whose death oeeurred
igust 19, 1908. Mrs. Lemley was a daughter of Michael Hein-
irdner, who was widelv known in the South as a successful
lerb doctor" and who traveled extensively throughout
rginia and other Southern states and as far north as Penn-
ilvania, for the purpose of healing the sick bv medium of
Ij herb remedies. John S. and Elizabeth (Heingardner)
mley became the parents of eight children: Elihu S., father
f the subject of thia review, was born October 21, 1840;
Irah was born February 2, 1843, and died in infancy;
lomas P. was born Januarv 21, 1849; Hannah S. was born
: >ril 7, 1851, and died in childhood; Dr. William H., who
is born March 29, 1853, was graduated from the medical
rpartment of the University of Ohio, and took a special
iurse in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore,
arvland; Alfred J. was born May 24, 1S56, was graduated in
e College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Mary-
ad, and also took a special course in the Historic Old Jeffer-
n Medical College in the City of Philadelphia; Solomon S.
as" born March 1, 1859; and Jefferson D. was born October
, 1861. 1 —

Elihu S. Lemley was reared and educated in his native
county and as a young man he wedded Miss Victoria Dal-
rympfe, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania,
September 23, 1839, a daughter of Charles Dalrymple, whose
father was a patriot soldier in the war of the Revolution.
Mra. Lemley had two sisters, Priscilla and Mary, the latter
of whom became the wife of Dr. John McCarl of Wadestown,
West Virginia (then Virginia), who was official aurgeon of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in connection with the con-
struction of its fine from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling.
He retired from the practice of medicine in 1S79 and engaged
in the grain brokerage business at Chicago, Illinois, where
he lost all of his material property in the great fire of 1871.
With cash resources which he retained Dr. McCarl purchased
a farm of one thousand acres near Clifton, Illinois, where he
engaged in agricultural and dairy enterprise on a large scale,
he having continued in active management of this business
until 1902, when he turned the property over to his sons, after
which he lived retired until his death in 1916, at the patri-
archal age of ninety-one years.

Elihu S. Lemley was born on the old homestead farm in
Greene County, Pennsylvania, near the West Virginia line,
and as a young man he drove cattle from West Virginia and
Western Pennsylvania to the City of Baltimore. Thus he
became thoroughly familiar with the topography and roads
in what is now West Virginia. At the time of the Civil war
hi3 sympathies were entirely with the cause of the Confed-
eracy, with the result that he Tan away from the parental
home, made his way to the South and entered the secret
service of the Confederate government. His knowledge of
West Virginia made his services of great value to the Con-
federacy, and he was many times detailed to guide bands of
men through the mountains of this state to enlist in the
Southern armies. He was many times fired upon, was twice
captured, and while on this first occasion he made his escape,
on the second his good fortune failed in this respect, with
the result that he was held as a prisoner of war at Columbus,
Ohio, until after the close of the war. At Columbus, he
formed the acquaintance of Miss Victoria Dalrymple, who
was assisting in the care of ill and wounded soldiers, and on
the 10th of February, 1865, their marriage was solemnized.
They settled at New Freeport, Greene County, Pennsylvania,
but in 1868 they came to Monongalia County, West Virginia,
and settled on a farm in Battelle District. In that district
Mr. Lemley owned and resided for varying intervals on three
different farms, and in 1878 he removed to Burton, Wetzel
County, this state, where he now maintains his home. For
years he owned and operated a threshing machine, besides
which he gave attention to teaming and to dealing in lumber
and timber, as well as to the raising of horses. He has always
had a great fondness for horses, and today, at the age of
eighty-one years, can jump astride his horse from the ground.
He and his wife are earnest members of the Baptist Church,
and he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Of the children, Cassius McCarl, of this review, is
the eldest; Miss Florence Anna, who was born in 1S68,
remains at the parental home; Alburn McCarl was born in
1870 and died at the age of five years; John S., who was born
in 1872, Tesides in Houston, Texas; Miss Elizabeth May, born
in 1874, remains with her parents; Miss Mary Veronica, born
in 1876, died at the age of thirty-nine years; and James
Harrison Cleaver, born in 1S82, is a resident of Baltimore,
Maryland.

Cassius McCarl Lemley was reared on the home farm in
Wetzel County, and he was only twelve years of age when his
father placed him in charge of the farm. In the meanwhile
he profited fully by the advantages of the local schools, and
at the age of fifteen years he taught in one of the rural schools
of Wetzel County. He continued his service as a teacher
during the winter terms until he was twenty yeara of age,
and thus earned funds with which to defray the expenses of
his higher education. In the spring of 1887 Mr. Lemley
entered the University of West Virginia, and in this institu-
tion he was graduated in 1891, with the degree of Civil
Engineer. His was the first class to be graduated in the
engineering department of this university, and though the
class had nineteen members only three of the number proved
eligible for graduation, the other two having been T. D.
Lynch and F. G. Ross. During the winter of his junior year

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at the university Mr. Lemley taught school, and on holidays
and in vacations he worked with engineering corps, to re-
plenish his expense funds. He was graduated also with the
Cadet Corps of the university, in which he ranked as senior
first lieutenant and acting captain of Company A. On the
day of his graduation Mr. Lemley went to Waynesburg,
Pennsylvania, and took a position as rodman with an engin-
eering corps on the Pittsburgh, Washington & Southern
Railroad. In 1892 he was in charge of construction and
rebuilding of the main line of the P. W. & B. Railroad between
Baltimore and Philadelphia, and the P. & W. Railroad between
Baltimore and Washington, besides being assistant in the
construction of the Wall yards, now called Pitzcairn, in
1891-2. While still with the Pennsylvania Railroad system
he was assistant engineer for the R. T. Marvin Engineering
Company of Baltimore, in connection with engineering work
in that city. From July 4, 1894, to July 18, 1895, he was
acting chief engineer in charge of location and construction
of the Washington & Great Falls Railroad. From that time
until August, 1896, he was acting chief engineer for and laid
out and built the Washington, Alexandria & Mount Vernon
Railroad, for which he served as consulting engineer from
April, 1S98, to January, 1S99. He was chief engineer in the
building of the Myersville & Catoctin Railroad, which was
the first electric freight line constructed in the United States.
On August 11, 1899, Mr. Lemley was appointed assistant
engineer for the B. & O. Railroad Company, and from that
time until June, 1904, was in charge of location and con-
struction of branch lines, and within this period he located
and constructed the Hacker's Run branch, a coal-road exten-
sion of the above mentioned line; the Point Pleasant, Buck-
hannon & Tygarts Valley Railroad; the Burnersville branch
(a coal line up to the Century mines); survey and location
of the West Virginia Short Line Railroad. From July, 1904,
to 1908, he was assistant engineer in charge of surveys and
location of a low grade trunk line from the Ohio River to the
Potomac, across the Alleghany Mountains. From 1908 to
1916 he was assistant engineer in charge of special work and
investigation and reports on the resources of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad system and other lines tapping the same
territory, and in this connection he had charge of the reports
which had much to do with preventing the Wabash Railroad
from making an entrance into West Virginia, besides which
he made and reported an estimate of the coal tonnage adjacent
to the Baltimore and Ohio system. From 1916 to 1918 he
was geologist in charge of resources, coal, oil, gas, limestone
and timber for this great system, and since 1918 he has been
geological engineer in charge of the geological engineering
work for the Baltimore and Ohio system.

Mr. Lemley has the distinction of being the first to be
appointed a railroad geologist in the United States, and he
has won high reputation in the various fields of engineering
work that have engaged his attention, with the result that
his services are frequently sought by large corporations, both
as a geologist and engineer. The great value of his services
in connection with the Baltimore and Ohio system is evidenced
by the fact that everything pertaining to the development of
the resources of that system has to be reviewed by him before
being brought up for executive action.

During the Spanish-American war Mr. Lemley was con-
sulting engineer to two large contracting companies engaged
in war work at Washington and Philadelphia. In the year
1922 he is consulting engineer to two important independent
coal corporations and two large oil corporations.

While he was a student in the university, 1887-91, Mr.
Lemley was fortunate in studying and working under the
direction of Col. T. Moore Jackson, the first to hold the chair
of engineering in the University of West Virginia, and Dr.
1. C. White, the eminent geologist of Morgantown, in mak-
ing the first geological survey of the Pennsylvania extension,
from Greene and Washington counties, Pennsylvania,
through West Virginia, and in locating what later became
known as the Mannington and Wolf Summit oil fields, the
largest in this state. Data obtained in this survey were
later used by Dr. White in his first geological survey of
West Virginia. Mr. Lemley was also with Col. T. Moore
Jackson of Clarksburg, West Virginia, when he made the
recognizance survey of the West Virginia Short Line Rail-
oad from New Martinsville to Clarksburg, the lowest grade

between the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. In 1899
made a report to the president of the Baltimore & Ohio R
road Company relative to the resources of that aysfc
especially in the State of West Virginia, and as a basis
future development. This report had much to do with
leaving the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad and enter
that of the Baltimore & Ohio.

Mr. Lemley's professional work has brought him into f
sonal contact with men of great prominence and influer
including Messrs. John K. Cowan, Oscar G. Murray, i
L. F. Loree, former presidents of the Baltimore & 01
E. H. Harriman, the late Henry G. Davis and the 1
Stephen B. Elkins, besides many others.

During his association with Mr. Harriman, when the la'
was considering a coast to coast low grade line, he offere
solution of the Allegheny Mountain grade between the 0
and Potomac rivers by presenting a plan for a water grji
tunnel about twenty-eight miles in length through
Allegheny Mountains, which was discussed also with
Harriman by James M. Graham, chief engineer of the Ba
more & Ohio, and which was so favorably received by I
Harriman that he stated to Mr. Lemley that he would certaL
like to see this line built, and to work out the proposit
as a future project in case it could not be constructed at .
present time, as he considered it one of the greatest and m
economical engineering feats in the United States.

Mr. Lemley is a member of the Society for the Advan
ment of Science, served as president of the West VirgL
University Engineering Club, and the Columbia Liters
Society of the W. V. U.; is a member of the Phi Sigma Kap]
the second fraternity chartered in the West Virginia U
versity in 1S91. He is a member of the Navy Leag
Washington, D. C, of the Kiwanis Club of Morgantown, a
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Mr. Lemley's first wife was Mary Heilig Little, of Luth
ville, Maryland, who died without issue. On June 7, 19
he married Miss Katherine Kalling Landwehr, who v
born at Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of Gerhart a
Mary (Kalling) Landwehr, both natives of that city and n
deceased. Mrs. Lemley graduated from the University
Maryland. She is popular in the social activities of Morgt
town and is an active member of the Present Day Club
this city. Mr. and Mrs. Lemley have had two childn
Katherine Dalrymple, born November 9, 1911, and Cass 1
McCarl, Jr., born June 16, 1913, who died February 19, 19

Benjamin O. Robinson, M. D., has been established
the practice of his profession in the City of Parkersburg sir
the year 1904, and is consistently to be designated as one
the representative physicians and surgeons of his nati
county, the name of the Robinson family having been pro
inently and influentially linked with civic and industr
history in this county since the pioneer days.

Dr. Robinson was born in the Lubeck District of Wo
County, West Virginia, on the 10th of March, 1879, and,
one of the four children — all living — of James W. and Mt
garet Ann (Taylor) Robinson, both of whom likewise wfl
born and reared in Wood County. James W. Robinson
father, Benjamin Robinson, was the pioneer founder of t{
family in Wood County, where he obtained land and devj
oped a productive farm and where he played well his part
connection with the earlier stages of civic and materl
progress, both he and his wife having been honored pioncl
citizens of the county at the time of their deaths. Jamea 1
Robinson gained his youthful education in the schools of t
locality and period, and in connection with the basic indi
tries of agriculture and stock growing he here achieved
large measure of success. He was a man of civic loyal
and progressiveness, commanded unqualified popular estec
and was influential in community affairs of public ord
He served as county assessor and later as land appraiser
his native county, and he was distinctly an honored at
representative citizen of Wood County at the time of 1
death in 1913, his widow being still a resident of her^natr
county, which is endeared to her by many hallowed mer
ories and associations.

The invigorating discipline of the old home farm compass*
the childhood and earlier youth of Dr. Robinson, and thi

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533

i made good use of the advantage* of the public schools of
• native county is indicated by the fact that at the age of
venteen years he became a successful and popular teacher

the school of his home district. In consonance with his
sll defined ambition and purpose he entered in 1900 the
allege of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of Baltimore,
aryland, and in thia great institution he was graduated

1904, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. While in
Utimore he further fortified himself by the valuable clinical
perience which he gained in one year of service as an in-
rne in Mercy Hospital. Upon receiving his degree he
turned to his native county and engaged in active general
lactice at Parkersburg, the county 6eat, in which city he
is long controlled a large and representative practice. The
octor has insistently kept in touch with advances made in
edical and surgical science, and in evidence of this is the
ct that on three different occasions he has taken effective
►st-graduate courses in the celebrated Post-Graduate School

Medicine in New York City. Though his practice is of
neral order, Dr. Robinson gives special attention to surgery,
t which department of professional work he has gained high
putation. He is actively identified with the American
edical Association, the Southern Medical Association, the
^est Virginia State Medical Society and the Wood County
tedical Society. During the period of American participa-
te in the World war Dr. Robinson served as a member of
te Examining Board of Wood County, in connection with
is calling of young men into the nation's service, and he
is otherwise prominent in connection with local patriotic
Itivities. In the time-honored Masonic fraternity the
bctor's maximum York Rite affiliation is with the Com-
nndery of Knights Templar in his home city, and in the
bttish Rite he has received the thirty-second degree, besides
tich he is a member of Nemesia Temple of the Mystic
frine. He is a member also of Parkersburg Lodge of the
Inevolent and Protective Order of Elks and of the Elks and
buntry Clubs of his home city.

'September 30, 1916, recorded the marriage of Dr. Robin-
u and Miss Marjorie Cloy Behringer, of Defiance, Ohio,
id she is a popular figure in the representative social activities
rParkersburg.

John Dana. A few miles above Parkersburg is the City
iMarietta, the site of the first permanent settlement estab-
tied in the Northwest Territory. The Marietta Colony,
l^anized in New England, extended its holdings up and down
It river on the Ohio side for a number of miles, including
t> little town of Belpre, just across the river from Parkers-
brg. One of the original members of the Marietta Colony
to Captain William Dana, and he chose his land at Belpre.
le Daoa farm has been in the possession of members of that
kiily for more than a hundred and thirty years, and natur-
ir the interests of the Dana family have expanded to
Irkersburg, where a number of the family have become
•minent in business and civic affairs, including Mr. John
na, head of the Dana Company, wholesale grocers,
id is a great-grandson of Captain William Dana, who in
n was a great-grandson of Richard Dana, a French
Iguenot who came from England to Cambridge, Massa-
lisetts, in 1640 and was the ancestor of the widespread and
languished American family of this name. Captain Wil-
rn Dana was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and en-
led as a minute man in the Lexington alarm on the day
■the battle of Lexington. He became a member of the
lio Company organized to promote settlement in the
Irthwest Territory, and he reached Marietta in June, 1788.
B erected and burned a kiln of brick that summer, and was
Wt the first brick maker in the Northwest Territory. As
led above, he chose his land allotment at Belpre, and in
Jjivember, 1789, arrived with his family to occupy thia land.
Bras covered with a heavy growth of timber, and his first
k was clearing away the woods. In the spring of 1795
I«t out on his land the first apple orchard of grafted fruit,
A the last tree of the orchard stood until the spring of
15. The Danas for a century or more have been prominent
the horticulture and nursery industry of this section of the
Jo Valley. Captain William Dana married in 1770 Mary
Ticroft, of the noted New England family of that name.
If their eleven children the first born after the family came

to Ohio was George, whose birth occurred at Belpre March
IS, 1790. He spent his entire life on the old farm and in
1816 engaged in the nursery business, a business that greatly
stimulated the commercial orchard industry of the Ohio
Valley. George Dana died April 6, 1865. His wife was
Deborah Ames Fisher.

Their son George, Jr., was born at the old homestead
December 4, 1821, attended Marietta College and the Ohio
University at Athens, and became associated with his father
in the nursery business. As a business man he had numerous
interests on the Virginia side of the river, and for many years
he was a stockholder and director in the First National Bank
of Parkersburg. His home was always the old farm at Belpre.
He died June 21, 1892. In 1852 he married Lucy Byington.
He and his bride made a trip to the Choctaw Nation in old
Indian Territory. Her father, Rev. Cyrus Byington, was a
New England missionary who went among the Choctaw
Indians as early as 1820, and continued hia work there for
many years, having translated portions of the Bible into the
Choctaw language.

John Dana, a son of George and Lucy (Byington) Dana,
was born February 10, 1856, on the Dana farm at
Belpre. He is a graduate of Marietta College, and early in
his business career came to Parkersburg. Since August 1,
1910, he has heen president of the Dana Company, which ia
properly considered aa the oldest wholesale grocery house at
Parkersburg. The business was founded in 1862 by M.
Woods <fc Company at the corner of First and Ann streets.
Later the business was conducted by Frank Jenkins, who
in 1868 sold out to Thompson & Jackson, comprising George
W. Thompson, Henry C. Jackson and General John J.
Jackson. This firm moved the location to the corner of
Third and Ann streets, and Henry C. Jackson was the lead-
ing spirit in the business until it was sold to the Dana Com-
pany.

While his business is in Parkersburg, John Dana still
maintains his residence at Belpre. He has served as mayor
of that town, and for many years as a member of its Board
of Education. He is a republican and a member of the Con-
gregational Church. February 10, 1886, he married Anna
Lockwood. She was born at Paden Valley, now Paden
City, in Westbrook County. West Virginia, daughter of
Jacob E. and Olivia (Paden) Lockwood. She is a great-
granddaughter of a West Virginia pioneer, Obadiah Paden,
who prior to 1790 moved out of the Susquehanna Valley of
Pennsylvania into the beautiful region named in hia honor
as Paden Valley, Virginia, now West Virginia, and which
remained in the family until about 1871. He became a
farmer, was a Quaker, and never held office, and so far as
known none of his family did. He was considered wealthy
in those days, and accumulated much land and other prop-
erty, all of which was willed to his heirs. His wife was
Esther Dunn. One of their sons was James Paden, who
married Elizabeth Elson, of a family near Meadville, Penn-
sylvania. James Paden was a farmer in Paden Valley and
died before the Civil war. He was one of the prosperous
and influential citizens of his locality. There was a large
family and the following children lived to have families:
Olivia, who was married to Jacob E. Lockwood; David, who
married Elizabeth Pennington; Elizabeth, who became Mrs.
Ephraim Wells; Elson, who married Martha Hayman; and
Obadiah, who married Miss Mary Ann Thompson. Jacob
E. Lockwood and wife were the parents of five children:
Anna Elizabeth, wife of John Dana; Ida M., deceased,
who married Herman O. Witte; Charles Edward, who died
in infancy; William Clinton and Blanche Paden Lockwood,
both of Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Mr. and Mrs. John Dana became the parents of six chil-
dren. The oldest, George R. Dana, who was born June 20,
1887, was a graduate of Marietta College, grew up in his
father's business, and was active manager of the Dana Com-
pany when he died April 4, 1917. June 28, 1911, he mar-
ried Grace Coe, and left one aon, George William Dana.
The second child of Mr. and Mrs. Dana is Miriam Isabel,
who is the wife of Elliott Sargent Stone and lives at Belpre.
Lockwood Nye, the third child, was a first class sergeant in
the Quartermaster's Department at Camp Sherman during
the World war and is now a resident of Parkersburg and one
of the officials of the Dana Company. He married Velma

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Edith Crow, daughter of Captain^William and Louiae
(Somera) Crow, of Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia.
The fourth of the children is Roderick L., a resident of
Parkersburg and manager of the old Amherst Company of
Belpre, Ohio. He married Mildred Martin and has two
children: Martin Lawrence and Richard Bancroft. Jeanette
Paden and Edward Byington are at home. Mr. and Mrs.
Dana have also reared in their home Florence 0. and Marshall
E. Witte, who through their mother, Ida M. Lockwood Witte,
are descendants of the old Paden stock.

James E. Miller, who is president of the J. E. Miller
Company in the City of Parkersburg, is known and honored
as one of the most progressive business men and loyal and
public-apirited citizens of this vigorous Ohio river city. He
was born in Washington County, Ohio, on a farm near the
Ohio River and not far distant from the city in which he
now maintains his home. The date of his nativity was
August 25, 1874, and he is a son of Austin D. and Mary E.
(Goddard) Miller, both of whom were born and reared in
Jackson County, Ohio. David Miller, grandfather of the
subject of this review, waa born and reared in New Hamp-
shire, a representative of a sterling Colonial family of New
England, and he was a young man when he made his way
to Ohio from New Hampshire and became a pioneer farmer
in Jackson County. He was reared on his father's New
England farm. Austin D. Miller served as a gallant soldier
of the Union in the Civil war, as a member of an Ohio regi-
ment of volunteer infantry, and after its close he continued
for many years as one of the representative exponents of
farm industry in Washington County, Ohio, where his death
occurred in the year 1910 and where hia widow still maintaina
her home. Of the five children three are living.

James E. Miller reverts with satisfaction to the fortifying
experience that early became his in connection with the
activities of the old home farm on which he was born and with
the operationa of which he continued his association until he
had attained to his legal majority. In the meanwhile he
profited by the advantages offered in the public schools of
his native county, and later he completed a course in a busi-
ness college at Parkersburg, a city with which he has been
familiar since his childhood days. At the age of twenty-one
years Mr. Miller made a radical change in environment and
occupation by going to the city of Chicago, in which great
western metropolis he was employed three years in a clerical
capacity in a leading mail-order mercantile establishment.
In 1898 he returned to the home farm, and after there remain-
ing two yeara he went to Columbus, Ohio, where he con-
tinued his residence seven years and where hia active asso-
ciation with the furniture business gave him the experience
that has proved of inestimable value in his individual activi-
ties in connection with this branch of mercantile enterprise.

In 1907 Mr. Miller came to Parkersburg and engaged in
the retail furniture husiness. Success attended the venture,
and he had developed a well equipped establishment at the
time when, in 1913, the property was destroyed in the great
flood which devastated much of the city in that year. He then
incorporated the Miller Furniture Company, which he sold
in 19 18. He forthwith made provisions for the re-establish-
ing of his business, and incorporated as the J. E. Miller Com-
pany. As president of this company he has built up one of
the leading enterprises of the kind in the city. The large
and well appointed furniture establishment of the J. E.
Miller Company ia at 404 Market Street, and ia metropolitan
in equipment and service, with a substantial patronage of
representative order.

Mr. Miller is independent in politics, and he and his wife
are active members of the Firat Methodist Epiacopal Church
of Parkersburg. In the time-honored Maaonic fraternity he
is a past master of Mount Olivet Lodge No. 3, Ancient Free
and Accepted Maaons; is at the time of this writing, in 1921,
an officer of Jerusalem Chapter No. 3, Royal Arch Masona,
and of Calvary Commandery, No. 3, Knighta Templara;
while in the Ancient Accepted Seottiah Rite he is past vener-
able maater of Purnell Lodge of Perfection No. 2, and an
officer in Odell S. Long Chapter No. 2, Rose Croix. He ia
also affiliated with Nemesis Temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Noblea of the Mystic Shrine, and is a member of its fine patrol.

The year 1899 recorded the marriage of Mr. Miller and Misa

Linnie M/Dye, of Marietta, r Ohio, and they have eight ch
dren, namely: Edwin J., William T., Marie E., Carl and Ei,
(twins), Roacoe, Margaret and David.

Charles A. Kreps is one of the able lawyers of W('
Virginia and has had a busy practice at Parkersburg siD
1903. He has also gained prominence in the republic,
party of the state and is treasurer of the West Virginia B
Association.

Mr. Kreps was born January 22, IS75, at Greenvil
Mercer County, Pennsylvania, son of Adam T. and Ali
(Hamblin) Kreps.

His great-great-grandfather, Michael Krebs, as the nai
was spelled in several generations, was a Revolutions
soldier, having been a corporal in Captain Baltzer Ort
Company, Second Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, a !
a private in Captain David Krauae'a Fourth Compar
Second Battalion, Lancaater County Militia. He ts|
a hatter by trade and lived at Lebanon, Pennsylvania. I
son, Jacoh Krebs, waa born at Lebanon in 1772, marri
Catherine Hetterick in 1794, also became a hatter, and abo
1798 established his home in Franklin County, Pennsylvan
where he built up an extensive and prosperous industry. Ij
aon, Jacob F. Krepa, waa born in Franklin County in 18
and died in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 18} !
He acquired a good education, learned his father's tratj
and for some years traveled over the Ohio Valley aa saleami"
for his father's product. In subsequent years hia busind
interests became widely extended, including merchandishl
the foundry industry and railroading. He was a member
the Legislature after the war, held a number of local offic 1
and was a leader in arousing his community to action at t
beginning of the Civil war, and five of his aons were volij
teera. He was a local minister of the Methodist Chur^
Jacob F. Kreps married Eliza Turney in 1831. She was be}'
in 181 1 and died in 1887.

The aixth of their ten children was Adam Turney Kre]
who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Decernl:
31, 1842. He was for three and a half years in the Civil w|
being with the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, known aa 1]
Anderson Cavalry, 145th Regiment, Pennaylvania volunteej,
and for about a year and a half was a first lieutenant of 41
67th and 92nd Regiment, U. S. C. I. After the war he ll
came a manufacturer of engines and saw mills at Greeny
in Mercer County, and subsequently removed to West \J
ginia, where he was in the timber and lumber business a I
oil and gas production. He married Alice Hamblin, who vi
born in Mercer County in 1849. Her father, John K. Han;
lin, waa a aon of Samuel and a grandson of John Hamblin, a
was born at Washington, New York, in 1809, lived for sevel
yeara in Ohio, and in 1838 settled at Greenville, Pennaylvaal
where he established the first foundry, and conducted til
business for nearly half a century.

Charles Albert Krepa, oldest living son of Adam T. Kr<i|
and wife, came with his parents to Parkersburg in 1894, wlj
he waa nineteen yeara of age. He had graduated from i|
high achool of Greenville, Pennsylvania, in 1892, and in lit
received his A. B. degree from Marietta College in Oil
He then entered George Washington University in the Cl
of Washington, where he received his law degree in 19)
and in November of that year began hia professional pracfi
at Parkeraburg.

Mr. Krepa was a member of the local draft board during
World war. He served five years aa chairman of the Repi
lican County Central Committee, and has held the poatl
treasurer of the West Virginia Bar Association fifteen yef,
He is also a member of the American Bar Association, ll
Kreps is unmarried and haa found time to cultivate a num i
of social and civic intereats, though hia legal practice !|
always been heavy. He is a Knight Templar and thir
second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, and iii
past master of Mount Olive Lodge No. 3, A. F. and A. i
past high priest of Jerusalem Chapter No. 3, R. A. M., p
eminent commander of Calvary Commandery No. 3, K.T

Thomas Edward Graham. Parkersburg as a great 1
growing center of commerce and industry will always <
much to the enterprise and personality of the late Thoii
Edward Graham. He was more than a plain, practical br

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535

i man who could guide large business activities to success-
issue. He was a man of calm and reasoning thought aa
e as of action, and was regarded aa one of the clearest
Ikers on taxation and other important questions affecting
istate and nation. He has been well described aa a man
liills, possesaing their ruggedness, fired with their uu-
tlenged winds of freedom, and a keen aense of his rela-
khip with the great ultimata and fundamental purposes
[xistence.

i son of Richard and Ann (Stephens) Graham, both
[iliea pioneera in Wood County, he was born in that
lity February 5, 1855, and grew up in the hill district
fewhat outside the main currents of business life in that
I His boyhood interests were those of the log cabin
ol, the hunting riile and the rough games and labor of
eatead and woods. Aa a boy he made a reputation as a
■ed horseman, and was only nine years of age when he
I hia first race and in aubsequent years frequently par-
i*ated as a jockey. While he gTew up in contact with the
jh frontier epic of society, it is aaid that he never used
'anity, and his mind and heart were kept abaolutely
a. After reaching his majority he moved to Ripley in
(tson County and began his career as a merchant, buying
i selling all the products and commodities. He sooq
blished a name for honesty and business judgment,
idea his home place he extended his trade by means of
[on trains transporting and carrying goods over a wide
ua of country around Ripley.

is success in a restricted field brought him to Parkers-
» in 1898. He was then nearly forty-five years of age,
ian of considerable capital and with the initiative and
(rpriae to make him a leader in what was already a
wing city. Here, with Mr. C. D. Bumgarner, his nephew,
(Wirt County, he established a wholesale shoe businesa.
b finding it difficult to secure a satiafactory quality of
kingmen'a shoes for distribution, the firm began manu-
[uring shoes of good grade and thus establiahed and
k up at Parkersburg an industry which haa become known
coaat to coast for the quality of its special product,
ting his lifetime Mr. Graham saw the manufacturing and
llesale buainess of the Graham-Bumgarner Company reach
•lume of more than $5,000,000 a year.
I a an auxiliary and outgrowth of this special business and
[issociation with his friends there has since been estab-
|;d and built up two other concerns. His son Guy founded
I Graham-Brown Shoe Company at Dallas, Texas. Be-
a the Graham-Bumgarner Company of Parkersburg
ie is also the Graham Brothers Shoo Company of that

tr. Graham for many years was regarded as one of the
>st members of the democratic party in West Virginia.
1 was not a politician but a thoughtful man of affairs
[ believed in carrying sane and constructive ideala into the
idling of political problema. For years he had made a
ie study of taxation, both local and national, and on
[erent occasions he presented his well conceived argu-
\ta in behalf of a better and fairer distribution of tax
tfens, particularly federal taxation. He believed that
international problems should be solved by peaceful ad-
ment rather than by the introduction of armed force,
I to the end of his life he was a stanch advocate of the
gua of Nations. He was a charter member of the
fncil of 1914 at Philadelphia looking to a Federation of
»ions for world peace. He was deeply depressed by the
rnational situation following the World war, and that is
•eved to have contributed in some measure to his early
5th. He died at his home in Parkersburg, November 10,
p. He was a delegate to the Baltimore convention which
kinated Woodrow Wilson for President, and was national
[mitteeman from West Virginia at the 8an Francisco
Mention in 1920. He waa on the committee that notified
!nklin Roosevelt of hia nomination to the vice presidency,
he late Mr. Graham was a stanch advocate of education.
He his advantages were confined to a log school, his sons
te given the best of educational opportunity, finishing in
| State University. He waa a devoted member of the
rt Baptist Chnrch of Parkersburg, and waa a member of
Elks order and the Rotary Club. While serving as

president of the Chnmber of Commerce be waa leader in the
movement that brought about the erection of the bridge
over the Ohio River at Parkersburg.

At Ripley in 1880 Mr. Graham married Miaa Catherine A.
Armstrong. From that day until his death his home was his
shrine and the paramount interest of his life. Mr. and Mrs.
Graham had three children: Guy Edgar^ Thomas Edward,
Jr., and Miss Gladys.

The heaviest sorrow of his life came in the death of his
older son, Guy, in February, 1920. Guy E. Graham was
born at Ripley, March 23, 1881. He attended the public
schools there, spent a year in Ohio University at Athena and
three years in the State University of West Virginia at
Morgantown. He planned to become a lawyer, but through
the influence of his father, who needed his aid, he worked
and studied and took an active interest in the shoe business
at Parkersburg. He was road salesman for some years, with
headquarters at Weston for four yeara. He then became
buyer and aaaistant general manager in the homo offices at
Parkeraburg. In 1911 he founded the Graham-Brown Shoe
Company at Dallas, Texas, and he remained in that city,
directing the affairs of the company, until 1918. He then
returned to Parkersburg to take the active management of
the factory, and he also became president and general man-
ager of the Graham Brothers Shoe Company. He was for
two terms president of the Southern Shoe Wholesalers Asso-
ciation, was vice president of the Parkersburg Board of
Commerce, a member of the Rotary Club and Elks. He was
in a practical sense the virtual head of the two Parkeraburg
houses when he died February 17, 1920.

The surviving son, Thomas E. Graham, Jr., was born
October 23, 1S92. He attended the Augusta Military Acad-
emy at Auguata, Virginia, and also spent three years in
West Virginia University at Morgantown. Since his uni-
versity career his time has been fully taken up with the
Graham interests at Parkersburg, and he is now president of
the Graham-Bumgarner Company and the Graham Brothers
Shoe Company.

In 1915 he married Miss Goldie McVey. daughter of A. D.
McVey. Their two children are named Thomaa Edward ITT
and Catherine McVey GTaham. Mr. Graham is a democrat,
a member of the Baptist Church, and is a Knight Templar
Mason and Shriner and Elk. He ia also identified with the
Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce.

Charles P. Harvey has been in the newspaper business at
Parkersburg forty-two yeara. He has been editor, reporter,
publisher and business manager, and probably no phase of
the newspaper profession has escaped him. From the stand-
point of continuous and active service he is probably the dean
of the newspaper profession in West Virginia.

Mr. Harvey, who is publisher of the Parkersburg Sentinel
and president of the Sentinel Publishing Company, was born
in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1855, son
of Charles and Maria (Ebrecht) Harvey. His grandfather,
Bernard Harvey, was a life-long resident of Ireland, where
Charles Harvey waa born. The latter came to the United
States in 1833 and beeame a Pennsylvania farmer and also
operated a large wheat warehouse. He was living at Cham-
bersburg when that city was sacked and burned by the
Confederates n the Civil war. Subsequently be removed to
Washington County, Maryland, where he and his wife spent
their last yeara.

Charles P. Harvey waa about eight years of age when
Chambersburg was io the path of the destroying Confederate
army. At the age of fourteen he returned from Maryland to
Chambersburg and bepan a four years' apprenticeship at the
printer's trade in the office of the Valley Spirit, whose editors
were Duncan and Stenger. He also spent two winters in
the State Printing Office at Harriaburg. In printing shops
he supplemented the advantages he had received aa'a boy in
the common schools.

Mr. Harvey removed to Parkersburg in October, 1878, and
for two yeara was associated aa publisher with the West
Virginia Walking Beam, a weekly periodical devoted to the
oil industry. His associates were Van A. Zeveley, founder of
the paper, and Watt Warren. The Walking Beam met an
untimely death at the'end of two years. After its obsequies

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Mr. Harvey found work with the Parkeraburg Sentinel, and
to that old and prominent West Virginia journal he haa
dedicated the best years of his life. He has been connected
with every department of the paper, though primarily his
interest is in the news and editorial department. The Sentinel
was founded in 1875 by J. W. Hornor. At his death about
two years later he was succeeded by his son, Rolla E. Hornor,
who continued as publisher and editor of the Sentinel until
1909. The property was then sold to the Parkersburg Sentinel
Company, of which Allan 8. Smith was president until his
death in 1918. Mr. Harvey succeeded Mr. Smith as president
and general manager of the publishing company in addition
to the duties he has long performed as editor.

Of his character as a newspaper man Judge Tavenner says:
"Charles P. Harvey is the dearest lover of truth of any
newspaper man I have ever known. He finds no work too
arduous in order to arrive at the truth. This characteristic
he exemplifies not only as a newspaper man, but as a private
citizen."

It is noteworthy that Mr. Harvey has never taken a part
in practical politics, though is a democrat when it comes to
voting. He is a member of the Parkersburg Chamber of Com-
merce, the local Kiwanis Club, the Benevolept and Protective
Order of Elks, and is a Catholic. He married Miss Minnie
McKone, of Piedmont, West Virginia. Their only son,
Robert Emmet, was in the World war and died in 1920.
Their two daughters are Marjorie Cecelia and Genevieve,
the latter now Mrs. Merritt T. Duvereaux, of Portland,
Oregon,

Stephen Chester Shaw. While he never accumulated
riches, Stephen Chester Shaw distributed the wealth of hia
lifetime endeavor and his influence generously throughout
the long period of his residence at Parkersburg, where he
was justly esteemed as one of the city's foremost and most
beloved men.

He was born in Lewis County, New York, in 1808, son of
Philip Shaw. As a boy his health was delicate, and after
reaching manhood physicians held out only a brief expectancy
of life for him. To find a more equable climate he started
South in 1832, but traveled only as far as Parkersburg, where
he found the circumstances that combined a congenial
atmosphere and eventually enabled him to live usefully for
nearly fifty-eight years. Though an utter stranger, he
secured employment in the office of the Circuit Court clerk.
At that time John Stephenson was clerk and also kept a
hotel. Stephen C. Shaw served as deputy clerk several
years, and during that time married Fanny Edelen. The
capabilities perhaps that brought him employment in the
county clerk's office at first was his skill as a penman.
While there he acquired a broad range of legal knowledge,
particularly in drawing up legal papers, and subsequently for
many years he made a regular profession of chancery work,
probating wills, settling estates, and also acting as expert
accountant. At the beginning of the Civil war in 1861 he
espoused the Confederate cause. Though past military age,
he would have gone into the army but for feeble health. His
blood relatives were all on the Union side.

Stephen C. Shaw could never have achieved the position
of a man of wealth. He always had burdens that required
all his income to satisfy. Besides supporting his own family
he helped to rear a number of other children, and his love and
devotion to his friends caused him to endorse a great deal of
paper, frequently leading to losses. He was a devout member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and this church
was benefited both by his advice and writings. He was a
strong believer in temperance and organized the first Good
Templar Lodge at Parkersburg. The social side of his life
was also represented by membership in the Masons and Odd
Fellows. Stephen Chester Shaw died at his home in Parkers-
burg in 1891. and though thirty years have elapsed hia
memory is still green there.

The next to the youngest of his six children is Robert M.
Shaw, who was born on Friday, March 13, 1847, and has
lived all his life in Parkersburg. He attended public schools
but at the age of twelve went to work to earn his own living,
being employed as a printer's "devil." At eighteen he
entered merchandising, and was in that line for twenty years
and for twenty-eight years was on the road as a commercial

traveler. For several years past Mr. Shaw haa been genii
manager of the two plants of the White Star Laundry C<j
pany. He has been identified with the Parkersburg Cham^
of Commerce, is a Mason, has been a life-long democrat, j)
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, f

In 1868, at the age of twenty-one, he married Ann
Logan, daughter of Randolph Logan. Of the nine child \
born to Mr. and Mrs. Shaw four daughters and two sons \
living.

Curtis Miller Hanna. A brainy lawyer of Parkersb*
who has in a brief number of years earned a high rank in L
profession, Curtis Miller Hanna haa also been interested!
aome extent in politics, in public questions affecting I
community and state, and for over a year was in the serv|
of his country during the World war.

He was born on a farm near Charleston, West Virghj
October 6, 1886, only son and child of Russell K. t]
Katharine (Pfeiffer) Hanna. The parents were native W
Virginians and his father for many years conducted a mi
cantile establishment in one of Charleston's suburbs. L
died in 1891 and the widowed mother is still living.

Curtis Miller Hanna grew up in the vicinity of Chariest L
attended public schools, and finished his law course in \
University of West Virginia. He passed the bar examinatili
in 1908, and for about five years practiced at Parsons!
Tucker County. From June, 1913, to March, 1915, he ^
assistant insurance commissioner of the state, resigning til
work to come to Parkersburg and achieve a permanent el
substantial place in his profession.

Mr. Hanna left his office and on February 25, 1918, enliaii
as a private in the Ordnance Department of the United Sta!
Army and in July of the same year was sent overseas. So;
eight months later, after the armistice was signed, he \(
returned home and received his honorable discharge April *
1919. Mr. Hanna is a republican in matters of politics, a!'
has kept in close touch with political issues and movements!
his home state. Besides his law practice he is secretary a
counsel for the Rainelle Oil Company and the North a
South Railway Company.

Mr. Hanna is a member of the Benevolent Protective Oni
of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose. On November ;!
1917, he married Mildred Dare, daughter of J. M. Dare. '>[

Hon. EnoAR R. Staats, member of the State Senate, repj
senting the Third District, is a lawyer by profession, a residt
of Parkersburg, and was born in Jackson County, where 1
family of Staats has been one of prominence for a great ma
years.

Senator Staats was born in Jackson County, January :L
1878, son of George W. and Diana (Waugh) Staats. y,
father was a Union soldier in the Civil war. Edgar Stal
acquired a common school education, attended Marsbl
College, and spent five years in West Virginia Universif
paying his own expenses while there. He graduated in lawi
1903 and in 1905 began his practice at Spencer. He v\
elected in 1907 prosecuting attorney for Roane County, hoj
ing that office until 1912. In 1913 he was sergeant-at-ar 3
in the House of Delegates, and in the same year removed jj
Parkersburg, where a favorable reputation having precedj
him, he at once entered into a law practice that has grown i
volume and importance in successive years.

The Third District, comprising the counties of Pleasas
Ritchie, Wirt and Wood, elected him to the Senate in 19
His record of service in the Senate was one of more th*
routine importance. He was chairman of the committee
privileges and elections and a member of the judiciary a
good roads committees. He has always been a student of 1
good roads problem, and has contributed perhaps the mi
constructive measure in recent times to the good rot
program. In the session of 1919 he introduced the propo
for a Constitutional Amendment taking the Class A roa
that is, those leading from county seat to county seat, <
of the hands of the County Court and placing them under i
charge of the state. The measure carried by a majority'
118,000, and in the session of 1921, following the Consti j
tional Amendment, the Legislature gave unanimous appro 1
in both Houses of the hill creating a State Road Commissi
which was a thing unprecedented in the annals of state leg
lation. Mr. Staats is a republican. He is a member of t!

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s and the Parkersburg Chamber of Commerce. April 16,
I he married Mrs. Edith (Jonea) Rosser.

Joss Faris Stout. While in former years and at present
lumber of diverse interests claim his attention — mer-
(ndising, farming, stock dealing, coal operating — the dis-
"tlve accomplishment most widely associated with tlio
>ie of Boss Faris Stout is as a horseman, breeder and
I of some of the most notable animals owned in West
ginia. His home and business offices are in Clarksburg,
f the citizenship of Harrison also recalls his record as a
ner sheriff of the county.

Ie was born on his father's farm five miles south of
rksburg, October 2, 1864, being the oldest of the six ehil-
In of Benton and Josephine (Faris) Stout. Five of these
Idren are living. The parents were also born in Harrison
luty, and spent their lives here on a farm. Benton Stout
a very successful farmer and a highly respected citizen,
|d to the age of seventy, and his wife is still living at
| age of seventy-eight They were active Methodists and
•ed their children in the same faith. Benton Stout was a
liocrat, but never a seeker for political honors, nis par-
U were James M. and Cclia (Basil) or (Bassel) Stout,
ives of Harrison County. Josephine (Faris) Stout was
.aughter of Ross and Sarah (Green) Faris. also natives
larrison County.

loss Faris Stout, who was named for his maternal grand
ler, grew up on the farm, and there learned lessons of
latry and perseverance that have been invaluable to him
all his subsequent experiences. He was his father's
l^ent helper on the farm until he was twenty-one and in
meantime acquired a common school education, supple-
|ited by the training of the school of experience. His
independent undertaking was as a merchant at Quiet

I in Harrison County. The instinct and talents of a
ler have always been prominent in Mr. Stout's character,

while he was a merchant at Quiet Dell, he engaged in
ling in horses and cattle, and gradually developed an
Mnsive business buying and shipping cattle. The^ last
!• years he was in this business he bought and shipped
lie for exporters. Beginning about 1896 Mr. Stout for
f years was in the lumber industry, operating a lumber
p in Webster County. Fire eventually destroyed the
it bringing him heavy losses. About that time he was

suffering ill health, and his physician advised a change
[climate since his physical condition suggested tuber-
isis. Acting on this advice Mr. Stout went to Denver,
hrado, and for two years lived in the high altitude. The
|nd year of his residence there he became interested in
|l mining, and ever since has had some interests in the
ling of this precious metal, though never on a large
[e.

n returning to West Virginia Mr. Stout resumed the op-
ions of his timber claim in Webster County for about
I- years and in the meantime again dealt in cattle. At
end of this four years he was called back to Harrison
knty to take the management of the estate and affairs
Lis father who had recently died, leaving a farm of over

I I hundred acres and a number of other interests. Since
[ date Mr. Stout's business affairs have largely revolved
[ind the homestead farm. For years he was one of the
ling dealers in cattle. In 1912 he was asked to stand

Jemocratic candidate for the office of treasurer and
\i sheriff of Harrison County, was nominated and elected,
pfficial service of four years beginning in January, 1913,
fg an interruption to his regular business as a farmer
I stock man and at the same time constituted a most
[ient service to the county. When he went out of
[e his books balanced to a cent. The republican state
r.tor paid him the following tribute, "that his books
? the very best kept in the state."
•rom boyhood Mr. Stout has been fond of horses and
'e racing. While still on the old farm as a boy he
l-me the owner of a standard bred horse. He suspected
his father '8 attitude toward horse racing was un-
liable, and therefore the training of the horse was eon-
;ed on a remote meadow at night. One night while

returning the horse to the barn, his father inquired the
meaning of the heavy pounding of the horse's feet on tho
turf, and the son gave a frank exposition of his plans to
enter the horse in "the green ring" at the county fair.
Mr. Stout will never forget his father's laconic reply:
"Young man, horse racing is very uncertain." The truth
of that statement has frequently been verified in his experi-
ence, for he has won many races he never expected to win,
and lost many he never expected to lose.

Mr. Stout began his active career as a racer about 190S.
Since then he has owned and raced many standard bred
horses including the following: Major Hunter, M. F. D.,
Major Stout, Lord Stout, Blanche Carter, Lotto Watts,
Birdona, Lady Venus, Lady Bennett, King Stout, L. Stout,
EI Canto and Lord Roberts, ne has had a few pacers in
his stables. Besides owning a string of horses that have
appeared at a number of circuits, Mr. Stout is senior
member of the firm Ross F. Stout and Brothers, and ranks
as one of the leading breeders of standard bred horses in
the East. Their stock farm embraces the old homestead in
Harrison County. The brothers associated with him are
Alfonso nnd Carl C. Stout. In their stables they own and
keep several standard bred mares, including Blanche Carter
and others, while their stallions are El Canto sired by San
Francisco, and Lord Roherts sired by Aaron.

As noted above Mr. Stout has his home in Clarksburg,
his business offices being in the Union Bank Building, ne
has a number of business connections, and some years ago
became interested in coal mining, and as an owner has de-
veloped some valuable property now leased. He is vice
president and director of the Clarksburg Trust Company and
president of the Greenview Brick Company of Clarksburg.

Mr. Stout is a Knight Templar and a thirty-second de-
gree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, an Odd Fellow, and
has been affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church
since he was twenty years of age.

During a portion of his boyhood on the old home farm
there lived in the same community Thomas Johnston and
family. On leaving West Virginia, Mr. Johnston removed
to Brooklyn, New York, taking his family, including his
daughter, Minnie C, then about twelve years of age. Mr.
Stout never forgot this companion of his youth and in
later years through correspondence arranged a visit, and
from that visit there resulted a marriage in 1893. Mr. and
Mrs. Stout became the parents of three sons. The oldest
Johnston Stout was killed at the age of thirteen in his
father's lumber camp. The second son, Ross F. Stout, Jr.,
died at the a ere of two years. The youngest son and the
only one now living is Edson Stout, age seventeen.

Cornelius Kennedy. The record of a life of sturdy integ-
rity and steady industry, and of even notable business success,
may be told in a few words, but its value to family and com-
munity requires much greater space and even then may fall
fsr short of doine justice. The life of the late Cornelius
Kennedy, the original founder of the great business corpor-
ation known as the Kennedy Construction Company at
Parkersburg, West Virginia, illustrated the value of persistent
industry, honorable business methods, and proper recognition
and appreciation of the duties of good citizenship.

Cornelius Kennedy was born in County Limerick, Ireland,
May 1, 1837, and died at his home in Parkersburg, West
Virginia, December 7, 1919. He was fourteen years old
when he accompanied his parents, John and Margaret CO'Neil)
Kennedy, to the United States, one of a family of five chil-
dren. They first resided at Wytheville, Virginia, and while
living there both John and Cornelius helped in the building
of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad through that section.
John Kennedy died in Virginia, and subsequently his widow
and children came to Parkersburg, where her death occurred.

Such educational privileges as Cornelius Kennedy ever en-
joyed were afforded in his native land, but no lack of necessary
knowledge was ever apparent throughout his long association
with some of the keenest business men of the country. He
grew to strong and robust manhood, and when the war be-
tween the states was precipitated he served for a time in the
Confederate Army as a teamster, and afterward was engaged

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as watchman at the wharf boat landing, Parkersburg, then
engaged in teaming for the boat owner, and still later em-
barked in the teaming business on his own account.

Mr. Kennedy continued his teaming business until about
1S89. In the meanwhile public improvements were in prog-
ress at Parkersburg and the first paving done was one square
on Market between Sixth and Seventh streets. The con-
tractor for this work engaged Mr. Kennedy to do the teaming.
When the next paving contract was let by the city it was se-
cured by Cornelius Kennedy, and from that time on his
importance in this line of work increased until he was recog-
nized as one of the leading contractors in this section and a
large employer of labor. His reputation as a street paving
contractor extended beyond Parkersburg, and he was called
to Buckhannon, Clarksburg, Fairmont, Grafton and many
other cities and satisfactorily filled paving contracts. He
carried on his business under the style of Con. Kennedy,
contractor, until 1911, when his son, John R. Kennedy : be-
came his partner and the firm name of C. Kennedy & Son
was retained until August, 1919, when Mr. Kennedy sold his
interest to his son, John R., who organized the present firm
operating as the Kennedy Construction Company and carry-
ing on the same line of work established by Cornelius Ken-
nedy.

Cornelius Kennedy married Mary Kane, and a family of
eleven children was born to them, John R. Kennedy being
the fifth in order of birth, which took place at Parkersburg,
April 3, 1878. He spent two years at St. Vincent's College,
Beatty, Pennsylvania, and two years at Pittsburgh College,
now Duquesne University. On June 13, 1898, he enlisted
for service in the Spanish-American war, served eight months
in Cuba and was honorably discharged at the close of the
war. His business interests have been practically confined
to street paving contracting, and it has been his proud ambi-
tion to maintain the same high class, dependable methods and
standards that have been associated with the name of Ken-
nedy for so many years. He married Miss Ella A. Martin,
of Oakland, Maryland, in 1900, and they have three children:
Dorothea, Mary and Margaret.

In his rise to ample fortune and public esteem, Cornelius
Kennedy largely remained the unpretending man of other
days, careful about his own business affairs but taking com-
paratively little part in politics, although at one time he
served usefully in the City Council. Respected by his fellow
citizens, he was very generally esteemed by his employes,
who always found him generous as well as just. The cause of
charity in him found a willing ear and an open purse. Mr.
Kennedy and his family were of the Roman Catholic faith.

Harry Otis Hiteshew, a Parkersburg lawyer, is a member
of the firm Kreps, Russell & Hiteshew, which represents some
of the best abilities and resourcefulness of the West Virginia
bar. Mr. Hiteshew has long been a power in Parkersburg
politics and local affairs, and is a member of a family that
has been prominent in this part of the Ohio Valley since
earliest pioneer times.

For several generations the Hiteshews lived in Maryland
and were Quakers. The grandfather of H. 0. Hiteshew was
Isaac Hiteshew. The father was Isaac Wesley Hiteshew, who
was born in Maryland and became one of the pioneer train-
men of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He was a conductor
on the Frederick Division and had charge of the train which
carried the soldiers to Harper's Ferry at the time of John
Brown's raid. During the Civil war he was in charge of a
train between Baltimore and Harper's Ferry. He came as a
passenger on the first train into Parkersburg, and thereafter
made his home in that city until his death on February 26,
1898. For a number of years he was in the wholesale produce
and feed business, and later was a farmer. He was a democrat
in politics and in religion was affiliated with the Episcopal
Church. •

At Parkersburg October 17, 1871, Isaac W. Hiteshew mar-
ried Columbia Ann Bradford. She was born at Parkersburg
August 16, 1845, daughter of Otis Little and Emeline M.
(Talbott) Bradford. To this marriage were born four sons:
William B., Charles Talbott, Holmes Moss and Harry Otis.

Through his mother H. 0. Hiteshew is a lineal descendant
of that distinguished Puritan Governor, William Bradford,
of the Massachusetts Colony. Without taking up in detail

the genealogical account it is interesting to note that Willi, 1
Bradford had a son William, a grandson William and a gre,
grandson William; the latter had a son John and a grands
John; the latter was the father of Robert and the grandfatll
of Robert. The last named Robert Bradford, in the eigl'
generation from Governor William, was born at Plymoui
Massachusetts, in 1750, was a Captain in the American for:
during the Revolution and brevetted major at the end of fl
war, and soon afterward moved to the Northwest Territ<|
to take possession of the square mile of land granted h.
He built a log house immediately opposite the foot of Blenrj
hassett Island, and in 1790 built a house at Belpre, just acrj
the river from Parkersburg and lived, there until his de;
in 1823. Hie son Otis Little, maternal grandfather of H.
Hiteshew, was born at Belpre in 1799, but spent the gref
part of his life in Parkersburg, where he was long promin'
in the river trade.

Harry Otis Hiteshew was born at Parkersburg Noveml
12, 1S82. He attended the public schools, and took both J
literary and law courses at the West Virginia Universi
graduating in law in 1903. For a year he remained at Morgi
town as an associate of former Governor William E. Gla
cock, and in the fall of 1904 returned to Parkersburg. Here
practiced with A. Gilmer Patton until the latter's dea
and then became junior partner of Hiteshew and McDouf
The firm dissolved partnership when Mr. McDougle v
elected to the bench. Since then the firm of Kreps, Rusi
& Hiteshew has been organized.

For many years Mr. Hiteshew has been intimately idei
tied with republican politics in Parkersburg. However,
has not sought political honors outside the strict lines of
own profession. In 1905 he was appointed commissioner
accounts. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Wc
County in 1908 and re-elected in 1912, and altogether 1
served eight years, being the only man ever re-elected to t
successive terms in this office in Wood County.

Mr. Hiteshew is a Knight Templar Mason and Shrir
a member of the Elks, the Chamber of Commerce, is a true
of the Kiwanis Club and belongs to the Kappa Alpha coll
fraternity. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. Aj
26, 1910, at Parkersburg, Mr. Hiteshew married Ethel Sa
White, daughter of Governor A. B. White. They have (
daughter, Grace Talbott Hiteshew.

Hubert E. Gaynor, M. D. It is far from the custom
medical men to lay claim to being the most important fact
in the life of their communities, but, standing as they do
guardians at the gate of health, they undoubtedly dese
such recognition. Parkersburg, West Virginia, can be sure
receiving the best of medical attention, as this is the hom(
a particularly able body of physicians and surgeons, a lead
member of which is a native son, Dr. Hubert E. Gaynor.

Dr. Gaynor was born at Parkersburg, September 16, 1?
and is a son of Patrick H. and Margaret Jane (Hark
Gaynor, the former of whom is a native of Athens Coud
Ohio, and the latter of West Union, West Virginia, Edw
Gaynor, the grandfather of Dr. Gaynor, was the foundei
the family in the United States. He was born in Irela
immigrated in 1845, located in Athens County, Ohio, clea
up a pioneer farm and spent the remainder of a busy, ust
life on his homestead. Patrick H. Gaynor was one of a fan
of six children. He was afforded excellent educational privita
in Ohio, and afterward for many years was a railroad m
He is a well known and highly respected citizen of Park
burg, and is a member of the police force of the city, serv
in the office of desk sergeant.

Hubert E. Gaynor attended the public schools at Park
burg through boyhood and then entered Duquesne Univer*
at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was graduated from
commercial department in 1899, and in 1904 received
degree of Bachelor of Arts. By that time he had determi
on the study of medicine, and in 1905 entered Georgetc
Medical University at Georgetown, Washington, D. C, fi
which he was graduated with his medical degree in 1909.

For eighteen months following graduation Dr. Gay I
served as resident physician of the Children's Hospital
Washington, D. C. Early in 1911 he returned to Parkersb
and entered into a general practice, and ha3 been hig
successful. During the World war he was actively interes

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539

I in local patriotic movements, and responded when tbc call
. went out from the government for medical assistance, setting
[aside his personal affairs. He was commissioned a first
lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps and was awaiting
orders when the armistice was signed, when he resumed private
I practice at Parkcreburg.

F Dr. Gaynor is first vice president of the West Virginia State
Medieal Society, and belongs also to the County Medical

; Society, the Georgetown Medical Society and the American
Medieal and the Southern Medical Associations, and since

' 1917 has been a member of the State Public Health Council.
He still continues his interest and membership in the Phi Chi
college fraternity, and is active as member of the American
Legion. 11c belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.

i Orra F. Covert, M. D. The city of Moundsville, Mar-
shall County, claims Dr. Covert as one of its representative
' physicians and surgeons and as a loyal and public-spirited
fctizen. He was born at North Fairfield, Huron County,
Ohio, February 10, 1865, and is a scion of one of the sterling
pioneer families of the Buckeye State, to which the original
1 representative of the Covert family removed from the State
I of New York and settled in the historic Western Reserve in
'Ohio. Both the father and paternal grandfather of Dr.
(Covert were born in Ohio.

| Dr. Covert supplemented the discipline of the public
schools by attending Heidelberg College at Tiffin, Ohio, and
in 1901 he was graduated from the celebrated Rush Medical
College in the City of Chicago. He came to West Virginia
in 1S93, and has since been continuously engaged in active
and successful practice in this state. He has been a resident
of Moundsville since 1904, and here has a substantial general
practice of representative order. He has taken post-graduate
courses in the New York Post-Graduate Medical College, the
medical department of Tulane University in the City of
New Orleans, in leading clinics in the City of Chicago and
at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr.
•Covert is chief surgeon of Glendale Hospital and ia one of
►the most prominent surgeons in this part of the state. He is
►identified with the Marshall County Medical Society, the
West Virginia State Medical Society and the American Med-
ical Association. In the World war period Dr. Covert was
called into active service in the Medical Corps of the United
States Army, in which he received commission as a captain
and in which he was in service at Camp Sherman, Ohio, for
eight months. Since the close of the war he has served as
acting assistant surgeon in the United States Public Health
Service.

I Dr. Covert married Miss Alice F. Farrar, of Burlingamc,
Kansas, in which state her father was a pioneer settler, he
having taken prominent part in the vigorous service which
prevented the extension of slavery into that state. The land
which he owned is Osage County, Kansas, is still in the
possession of the family, and his venerable widow is still living
(1921). Dr. and Mrs. Covert have one son, Leo D., who ia in
the practice of medicine in Bellaire, Ohio, and who is special-
izing in diseases of the eye, nose and throat. He received his
degree of Doctor of Medicine from Western Reserve Medical
College, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. L. D. Covert married Gladys
Perry, of Asthabula, Ohio.

Martin Luther Connelley. In Liberty District, Ohio
County, ten miles northeast of the City of Wheeling is
situated the fine homestead farm of Mr. Connelley, who ia
now one of venerable native sons of this county and who
has stood representative of loyal and progressive citizenship
during the course of a long, active and successful career.
He was bom in Richland District, this county, September
29, 1842, a son of Elisha and Lorena (Eaton) Connelley.
In the possession of the family is an antique arithmetic,
published in 1816, and having entry of births in the Con-
nelley family.

Elisha Connelley was born in Maryland, near the eastern
coast, November 26, 1812, and he was nine years old when
his father, William Connelley, there died. The widow and
children later removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania,
Elisha having been eighteen years old at the time. Soon
afterward he came to what is now West Virginia and set-

tled in Ohio Couuty. Ho brought his mother aud other
members of the family to the new home, and tho mother
passed tho closing years of her life with ono of her daugli
tcrs, at Wheeling, where she died at the venerable age ui
uinety-three years. The son, Eli, becamo a farmer in
Marshall County, and his death occurred at Moundsville,
when he was eighty-eight years old, one of his sons having
met his death while serving as a soldier in the Civil war.
William, another of the children of the widowed mother,
remained in Wheeling, was a tailor by trade but eventually
engaged in the grocery business at North Wheeling, one of
his sons, John W., being still a resident of Wheeling.

About tho year 1834 Elisha Connelley married Lorana
Edmonds, who was born in Pennsylvania, a daughter of
William Edmonds, the date of her birth having been Janu-
ary 26, 1SI6. Elisha Connelley 's death occurred April 4,
1898, when he was in his eighty-sixth year, his wife having
preceded him to the life eternal. After his marriago Elisha
Connelley and his wife established their home in a modest
cabin at Greggsville, and he became a teamster for Mr.
Gregg, who was engaged in burning charcoal for tho iron
furnaces of this district. Mr. Connelley later engaged in
farming on shares, and from the returns from this line of
enterprise he purchased a small house at Greggsville. With
increasing prosperity he erected buildings in that village
and also became the owner of four farms. He was an
energetic and able business man and became one of the
representative exponents of agricultural and live-stock in-
dustry in this section of the state. He lived virtually re-
tired during the last twenty years of his life, but continued
to give his attention to his live stock and farm interests
in a general way. He was originally a whig and later a
republican in politics, and was one of the few in Richland
District who voted for Abraham Lincoln for president of
the United States in 1860. He lived to see Richland Dis-
trict become a republican stronghold. He and his wife
were converted under the teachings of Alexander Campbell
and became members of the Campbellitc or Christian Church
at Wheeling. Of the children the eldest was William, born
at Wheeling, in 1836. He became a farmer and later
a feed dealer. Benjamin, born in 1838, served through the
Civil war as a member of the Fifteenth United States Reg-
ulars, and he was somewhat more than seventy years of age
at the time of his death. Rachel, born in 1840, is the
widow of George King and resides at Martins Ferry, Ohio.
Martin Luther, of this review, was the next in order of
birth. Eliza Jane, born in 1845, is the widow of Gilbert
Holmes and resides at Garden City, Kansas. Perry, who
was born in 1848, was a mere boy when he enlisted for
service as a soldier of the Union in the Civil war, but his
parents caused his release. At the age of eighteen years
he enlisted in the United States Army and was assigned to
service on the plains of the West. After his discharge
from the army he engaged in mining in the West, and
finally, with a companion, he started for the old home,
nothing further having been heard of him by members of
the family and the supposition being that he and his
companion lost their lives in a blizzard.

Martin L. Connelley was reared and educated in his native
county and has been actively identified with farm enterprise
from tho time of his boyhood. He has owned and resided
on his present homestead farm since 1870, the same com-
prising 110 acres, one of the first cabins in this part of
Ohio County having been erected on this farm, and the
fine springs in the vicinity having led Mr. Connelley to
erect his present house near the same. He has made the
best of improvement on his farm and has here specialized
in the raising of sheep. He served fourteen years as a
member of the school boaTd ef his district In 1S93 he
lost his left arm, below the elbow, while operating the first
husking machine brought across the Ohio River into West
Virginia, He was associated with A. R. Jacob in organizing
and developing the local Farmers Mutual Insurance Com-
pany, to the upbuilding of which he devoted many years,
in the face of strenuous opposition on the part of old-
established companies, and he has the satisfaction of know-
ing that this corporation has become one of substantial and
important order and been of great benefit to the farmers

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

of the locality. The company began operations with $150,-
000 insurance in force, and when the first loss was paid
there was in force $214,000. The business has been remark-
ably prospered, every loss has been adjusted without re-
course to law, for a period of five years no assessments
were made, and the corporation now has in force more than
$5,000,000 of insurance, its field of operations in Ohio and
Marshall counties, West Virginia. Mr. Connelley continued
as secretary and treasurer of the company from the time
of its incorporation until 1920. He has been for fifty
years a zealous member of the United Presbyterian Church
at Roneys Point, the church having recently celebrated the
semi-centennial of its organization. His wife likewise was
an earnest member of this church. Mr. Conuelley has been
a supporter of the prohibition party forty years — from
the time that St. John was its nominee for president. Mrs.
Connelley, whose maiden name was Mary E. Giffin, was
born and reared in Ohio County and her death occurred
in 1SS4. Of the four children the eldest is Lena Jane,
wife of William Holmes, of Garden City, Kansas; Frank
E., who has active charge of his father's farm, married
Mrs. Elizabeth (Thiers) Blotzer, who has two children by
her first marriage — William and Harry; Joseph L. B., who
is associated with the Riverside Tube Works, at Wheeling,
married Emma Summers, and they have one child, Laura
Jean; Laura L., youngest of the children, became the wife
of William Connelley and was a young woman at the time
of her death.

William Webster Whyte, of Welch, is serving his tenth
consecutive year in the office of county clerk of McDowell
County, and has long been one of the prominent and in-
fluential citizens of this county, where he was for twenty-
four years chairman of the Republican County Committee,
besides which he has served as county sheriff and county
assessor. He is president of the Pocahontas Insurance Com-
pany and secretary and treasurer of the Excelsior Pocahon-
tas Coal Company.

Mr. Whyte was born in Amelia County, Virginia, on the
27th of November, I860, and is a son of Henry and
Elizabeth (Webster) Whyte, the former a native of Norfolk,
that state, and the latter of Amelia County. The mother
died in 1901, aged fifty-nine years, and the father was
seventy-two years of age at the time of his death, iu 190G.
Henry Whyte was a valiant young soldier of the Con-
federacy in the Civil war, in which he served in the com-
missary department of the famous Mahone Brigade. He
became a republican at a time when such political affiliation
was looked upon with general disfavor in Virginia. He
was in railway service during virtually his entire active
career, and was long an efficient and popular conductor on
passenger trains between Norfolk and Petersburg. Later
he was in similar service on the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
His father, Henry Whyte, Sr., was born in the City of
Dublin, Ireland. Henry and Elizabeth (Webster) Whyte
became the parents of one 6on and four daughters.

William W. Whyte attended a preparatory school at
Petersburg. He became connected with the Norfolk and
Western Railway and for some time was in the maintenance
of way department. Ou the 10th of November, 1888, he came
to Elkhorn, McDowell County, West Virginia, in the employ
of the Houston Coal Company, and he has been closely
identified with coal mining industry in this section of the
state, the while he has held various executive positions and
has authoritative knowledge of all details of this line of
enterprise.

From early youth Mr. Whyte has shown an active interest
in politics, and he has been a leader in the councils and
campaign activities of the republican party during the
period of his residence in McDowell County. He was elected
county sheriff in 1896, and in this office gave an effective
administration during his term of four years. He was
county assessor four years, and since 1912 he has served
continuously as county clerk. He has been actively con-
cerned in the development of coal mining in this section,
the first coal having been shipped from McDowell County
in September, 1888, about one month before he here estab-
lished his residence. He is affiliated with the local Blue

Lodge and Chapter of the Masonic fraternity, as well as th«l
Commandery of Knights Templars at Welch and the Temphl
of the Mystic Shrine in the City of Charleston, he having!
served two years as master of the Blue Lodge at Welch I
Mr. Whyte has shown both efficiency and a fine sense oil
loyal stewardship in the various public offices of which ht 1
has been the incumbent, and he has secure place in populail
confidence and esteem in his home county.

In 1899 Mr. Whyte married Miss Mary Watson, daughte3l
of James Watson, of Chester, Pennsylvania, and they have I
two sons, James \V. and William Webster, Jr.

William J. Hatfield is giving a vigorous and effective
administration as sheriff of McDowell County and is onr
of the popular citizens of Welch, the county seat. He wasi
born on a farm on the Tug River, in Pike County, Ken
tueky, and the date of his nativity was August 28, 1883.
He is a son of Matthew E. and Alice (Davis) Hatfield
the former of whom was born in Pike County, in 1849, and
the latter of whom was horn in the year 1864, their home
being now at Rose Siding, Pike County, Kentucky. For
many years Matthew E. Hatfield was actively identified
with lumbering operations on the Tug River, and took many
rafts of logs down the river to the markets. He has been
active also as a farmer. On his farm in Pipe County,
Kentucky, the New Thaeker Coal Mining Company is now
operating mines. He is a stalwart republican and is a
member of the Baptist Church, his wife heing a member
of the Presbyterian Church. She was born at St. Joseph,
Missouri. Of their eight children the eldest and the
youngest are deceased.

The public schools afforded William J. Hatfield his early
education, which was sup] demented by a course in the
National Business College at Roanoke, Virginia. There-
after he was associated with commercial interests at Blue-
field, West Virginia, until 1903, when he came to McDowell
County and became a successful dealer in real estate, be-
sides which he is interested in three drug stores — one at
Welch, one at Iaeger and the third at Wilcoe, this county.
He has held various official positions in the City of Welch,
including that of deputy sheriff. In 1916 he was elected
county assessor, and in 1920 he was ehosen sheriff of the
county, in which office he is fully justifying the popular
vote that made him the incumbent. He is affiliated with
hoth York and Scottish Rite bodies of the Masonic frater-
nity and Beni-Kedem Temple of Charleston, West Vir-
ginia, as well as with the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose. He holds an interest
in the Welch Insurance Ageney, of which he is president
and is a leader in the local ranks of the republican party.

In 1907 was solemnized the marriage of Sheriff Hatfield)
and Miss Pearl Johnson, who was born at Glen Lyn, West'
Virginia, a daughter of J. L. Johnson.

Bernard Sinclair Clements, M. D. Nearly all the min-
ing families in the Matoaka District have learned to
appreciate both the professional skill and the kindly char-
acter of Doctor Clements, who came here as a mine physician
some fifteen years ago, and has performed his work con-
scientiously and capably throughout the greater part of the
industrial history of that locality.

Doctor Clements was born on a farm in King William
County, Virginia, August 20, 1881, son of Eugene V. and
Virginia (Clay) Clements. His mother is related to the
family of Henry Clay. Clements is an English name.
Eugene V. Clements died in 1914, at the age of sixty-three,
and his wife died in 1909, aged sixty. Eugene Clements
owned a large amount of land and was an extensive farmer
in Virginia, and also had two grist mills and did custom
grinding for the patronage of a large territory. He pro-
vided well for the educational advantages of his children,
always voted as a democrat and was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The family consisted
of six sons and one daughter, Doctor Clements being the
youngest son. Ben P. Clements is a cotton planter near
Selma, Alabama; Thomas also lives in Alabama; Eugene,
Jr., is on the old homestead in Virginia; Downman is at
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Bernard 8. Clcnieuta graduated from William and Mary
ollega in 1901 and for two years was engaged in teaching,
i 1904 he entered the Medical College of Virginia, graduat-
.g in 1907, having carried double work the first two years
id passing creditable examinations in every subject He
as also interne in the Richmond City Hospital during 1907,
id on leaving there came to West Virginia and for a few
onths was located at Giatto in Mercer County and then
imo to Matoaka. Here his practice has been chiefly as a
mtract physician and surgeon for the^ mines. This has
■»en heavy and burdensome duty, requiring one or more
isistanta most of the time, and as he was here during
■te construction period he had many cases that called for

resonrcefulncas beyond that of an ordinary medical
'•actitioner. He now has charge of the practice for the
iedmont Mine, the Algonquin, Weyanoke, Thomas No. 2
id Smokeless mines, including about six hundred families

sides his general practice in and around Matoaka.

Doctor Clements in 1908 married Alice Cobb, daughter
f John P. Cobb, of Stoney Creek, Virginia. She died in
»09 at the birth of her son, Bernard, Jr. In 1911 Doctor
ements married Blanch Ashworth, daughter of R. C. Ash-
korth, and a native of Marion, Virginia. The two cbil-
•en of their marriage are Richard K. and Sarah Bonham.
rs. Clements is a member of the Methodist Church,
octor Clements is affiliated with Rock Lodge of Masons,
iramwell Chapter, R. A. M., is a stockholder in a number
r commercial enterprises, and is affiliated with Mercer
•innty, State and American Medical Associations and the
[ercer County Country Club.

I Charles n. Gilmer is a business man of wide experience
iroughout the district of the Big Sandy and Kentucky
icers, and for a number of years has had his interests more
ntrally located at Matoaka in Mercer County, where he is
esident of the Matoaka Wholesale Grocery Company, vice
esident of the First National Bank, and manager of the
atoaka Hardware Company.

I Mr. Gilmer represents an old and prominent family of
irginia and was born at Lebanon in Russell County, Vir-
nia, June 13, 1881, son of E. T. and Ida (Vermillion)
| lmer, who are still living on their farm in Russell County,
3 father at the age of sixty-two and the mother at fifty-
c His father has always been a loyal democrat, served
| the school board, and the family are Methodists.
[Charles H. Gilmer, third in a family of eight children,
[tended Russell College, but at the age of seventeen left
hool and home and came to Bluefield, West Virginia,
lere he entered the Bluefield Hardware Company as order
>?rk. He remained in the local offices and warehouses
\ the company for three years, gaining a thorough knowl-
• ge of the business, at the end of which time he entered
'a manufacturing business for three years and then be-
►ma a traveling salesman to look after the business of a
de territory along the Big Sandy and Kentucky rivers,
I eluding portions of the three states of Virginia, West
Irginia and Kentucky. At that time the Louisville &
lisbville Railroad was extending its line to Fleming, Ken-
Isky, and in the absence of railroad facilities Mr. Gilmer
kered his territory frequently on horseback and in wagons.

If In the meantime, in 1906, his brother, M. G. Gilmer, had
irted the Matoaka Hardware Company. In 1916 Charles
Gilmer came to Matoaka to take the active manage-
mt of the business, since his brother had been appointed
Istmaster. Since then Mr. Gilmer has rapidly extended
It local commercial interests, and in addition to the man-
lement of the hardware company he became one of the
j^anizers of the First National Bank, of which he is vice
■jsident, and helped organize the Matoaka Wholesale Gro-
*-y Company, of which he is the active head. His abili-
s and capital have identified him with a number of other
al concerns.

Mr. Gilmer in 1910 married Melcinnia Hatcher, and they
ye one daughter, Ida Gray. They are members of the
jthodist Church and Mr. Gilmer is chairman of its board
stewards. He is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge at
ck, thp Royal Arch Chapter at Bramwcll, is a Knight of

Pythias, a democrat and a member of the Mercer County
Country Club.

Hon". Harvey Walker Harmer. It ia a privilege not
enjoyed by all men, to have stood in the front rank of the
progressive movements that havo, in the post few years,
brought the United States to its present position of proud
supremacy along the lines of humanitarianism and higher
citizenship. It is the justifiable claim of those who love
best their native land, that the lamp of liberty lighted by
their colonial ancestors so many generations ago still stead-
ily illumines the way along the path of real progress, and
that no better proof could be afforded than that given by
the nation-wide approval of the momentous additions to the
immortal Constitution that recent legislation has made ef-
fective. To have been a factor and potential influence in
legislation at this time, proves true patriotism and marked
public efficiency. In this connection attention may be cen-
tered on one of West Virginia's distinguished citizens, Hon.
Harvey Walker Harmer, a leading member of the bar at
Clarksburg, and twice a member of the West Virginia State
Senate.

Harvey Walker Harmer was born at Shinnston, Harrison
County, West Virginia, July 25, 1865, a son of Benjamin
Tyson and Margaret (Shepler) Harmer. The first repre-
sentative of the Harmer family in America was an English
Quaker who came to Pennsylvania with William Penn.
During the Revolutionary war, the great-grandfather, Jacob
Harmer, and possibly his father, despite the peaceful prin-
ciples of their religious belief, served in the Patriot army,
in the contingent from Philadelphia. In that city Jacob
Harmer (2), the grandfather, was born January 23, 179.4,
and he was the founder of the family in Winchester, Vir-
ginia, where Benjamin Tyson Harmer was born on January
1, 1824. In 1851 he married Margaret Shepler, and in the
spring of the following year they came to Shinnston, in
what is now West Virginia. Benjamin Tyson Harmer re-
sided there until his death, December 4. i890. He was a
wagonmaker and undertaker, a competent, reliable busi-
ness man, an active influence in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, a faithful Odd Fellow, and a conscientious supporter
of the principles of the republican party. For four years
he served as president of the County Court.

Harvey W. Harmer attended the public schools in his
native place and then entered the State Normal school at
Fairmont, from which he was graduated in 1889, following
which he taught school for some years, in the meanwhile
preparing for a course in law at the West Virginia Uni-
versity, from which institution he received his degree in
1892. Mr. Harmer immediately entered into practice at
Clarksburg, where for many years he has ranked as a leader
of the bar. In addition to the distinction won in profes-
sional life, he has served in many positions of trust and
responsibility, and in public affairs has achieved results
that reflect credit and honor on his name.

Early in his political life, Mr. Harmer served two years
as deputy circuit clerk, for nineteen years waa secretary
of the Board of Education at Clarksburg, and from 1895
until 1901, was a member of the State Board of Regents
of the State Normal schools. In 1S94 he was first prom-
inently called into public life hy hia election to the House
of Delegates, where he served two years, and in 1900 was
elected state senator, serving as such for four years, and
re-elected in 1918 for a second terra of four years. When
first elected to the Legislature, back in 1894, Senator
Hanner was termed the "boy member of the legislature."
Nevertheless he made a profound impression at that time
by introducing and securing the passage of a number of
important measures among which may be named a bill to
take politics out of the state university and normal schools,
by making the Board of Regents non-partisan. At this
session ha also introduced a resolution to give women the
right to vote. While this early resolution failed to carry,
it showed an enlightened understanding and a mea«rare of
moral courage that brought bim considerable distinction
as a pioneer advocate of what, at that time, was an un-
popular measure with the majority in West Virginia. That

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his early opinions had undergone no change was proved
when, in the special session of 1920 he introduced in the
Senate a resolution to ratify the nineteenth amendment
to the Federal Constitution granting suffrage to women.
The resolution on a tie vote failed of passage, hut when
a like resolution passed the House and was reported to
the Senate he took the leadership of what proved to be
the most memorable fight for the suffrage amendment in
all the states. It was by his splendid leadership and
thorough knowledge of parliamentary rules that he kept the
resolution pending before the Senate for ten days, or until
an absent senator was located in California and brought
back, and with his vote the resolution was adopted and
made it possible for the suffrage or nineteenth amendment
to be ratified in time to give the women of all the states
the right to vote at the presidential election of 1920. In
like manner, the cause of national prohibition has for years
engaged his earnest support. In 1903 he voted in the
Senate for a state-wide prohibition law, and again in the
Senate in 1919, offered the resolution to ratify the eight-
eenth amendment, and led the fight for its passage. As a
statesman, his record is without a blemish. Senator Harmer
acquitted himself well in still other capacities. From
1906 to 1907 he served as mayor of Clarksburg and gave
the city a fine business administration. He was supervisor
of the United States census in 1900 and 1910, and was
referee in bankruptcy from 1899 to 1901. During the
World war he was a member of the Harrison County local
advisory board and was active in every patriotic movement
of the time. From his youth he has been a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and actively identified with its
various agencies for good. In 1908 he was lay delegate
from West Virginia to the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church held at Baltimore, and for
several years past has heen a trustee of the West Virginia
Wesleyan College at Buekhannon.

In 1901 Senator Harmer was married to Miss Nellie
Marten, a daughter of Henry C. and Dora (Britner) Marten,
residents of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. An ardent
republican throughout the entire period of his political life,
Senator Harmer has always heen faithful to his political
obligations and his chosen friends are men whose public
careers and private lives have been as irreproachable as
his own. Aside from political, professional and social con-
nections of a more or less responsible character as usually
claims attention from a man of marked importance, Sen-
ator Harmer has definitely identified himself with no
fraternal organization except the order of Odd Fellows.

John B. Neal, manager of the Matoaka Wholesale Gro-
cery Company, not only has a fundamental knowledge of the
grocery business itself, but also the grocery trade of a large
section of Southern West Virginia. He is a very capable
business man, also an active leader in the general wel-
fare of Matoaka and has spent practically all his life in
Mercer County.

He was horn near Wills on New River in that county
March 13, 1865, son of William and Martha (Smith) Neal.
His father died in 1911, at the age of eighty-one, and his
mother in 1915, aged seventy-seven. William Neal was a
native of Monroe County, West Virginia, and prior to the
Civil war moved to Mercer County. He became a Confed-
erate soldier and was stationed with the reserves at the bat-
tle of Gettysburg. About 1870 he moved from Wills to
Rock. His career was that of a farmer, and he was a mem-
ber of the Methodist Church, while his wife was a Bap-
tist. She was a daughter of Ben Smith and a niece of
Capt. William Smith, the founder of Princeton. William
Neal and wife had five children: George, who for many
years was a teacher in Mercer County and died in 1899;
Newton, who lived on the old home place at Rock and died
in 1913; Clementine, wife of William Smith, of Athens; and
Henry, who lives at Montcalm in Mercer County.

John B. Neal, oldest of the three living children, ac-
quired his early education at Rock and later attended the
Princeton High School. At the age of fourteen he was
given his first term of school to teach, and every successive
winter until he was twenty-one he taught, and usually at-

tended school to advance his own education during the si\
mer. His earnings as a teacher he turned over to his j
ther, and when he left home at the age of twenty-one j
father gave him only eleven dollars to bridge over the ||
leading to his first employment. He soon joined an ei;
neer corps surveying and locating mines in Mercer, 1
Dowell and Raleigh counties for the Flat Top Coal Corpcj
tion, later the Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company, j
1891 Mr. Neal opened a general stock of merchandise
Rock, and was in business there for nine years. Folic
ing that he became a traveling salesman for the Flat 1
Grocery Company of Bluefield, and for thirteen years
represented this company in the territory of Mercer, Wyi
ing and Raleigh counties. When the Matoaka Wholes
Grocery Company was organized in the spring of 1921
became its manager, a post of duty for which his long
perience made him especially well qualified. Mr. Neal
also vice president of the First National Bank of Matoa,
and is a director of the Princeton National Bank, hav
helped organize both institutions. He is a director of
Brand Shoe Company, a wholesale house at Roanoke, "\
ginia, and is interested in a number of coal operations.

In 1895 he married Miss Ida Bailey, daughter of Al
C. Bailey, of Rock. Their family consists of four liv
children: Bernard, an employe of the Matoaka Wholes
Grocery Company; Perry, a carpenter living at Rock; G
trude, attending the Concord State Normal at Athens; J
son, a schoolhoy; while Howard died while serving in
United States Army before the World war. Mr. Neal 1
been a master of the Lodge of Masons at Rock, is affilia
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights
Pythias, and is a democratic voter.

John H. Bird, M. D. By the effective work he has d<
as a physician and citizen at Rock in Mercer County, D
tor Bird has added to the many distinctive professional
sociations of the Bird family. He conies of a family
doctors and professional men.

He was born at Athens in Mercer County October 6, 18
son of John S. H. and Elizabeth Jane (Vermillion) Bi
His father, who was horn in Montgomery County, Virgir
and died at Athens, West Virginia, February 20, 1917,
the age of seventy-three, joined the Confederate Army
Bland, Virginia, at the age of sixteen, served four yer
and after the war moved to Mercer County, West Virgir
where he was a farmer. He was always deeply interes
in the cause of education and was a member of the lo
educational board for many years. His wife, Elizabeth J{
Vermillion, was born in Pulaski County, Virginia, and
now seventy-four, living at Athens. Her father, Dr. Jar
R. Vermillion, was a pioneer physician at Athens. Doc
Vermillion, Harvey French and John S. H. Bird were cl
friends, and their common interest in education made th
prime movers in founding what is now the Concord St
Normal at Athens. Eight descendants of Doctor Vern
lion are either physicians or dentists. John S. H. Bird s
wife were the parents of sixteen children, twelve of wh
are living, and two of the sons are dentists, S. T. at Prin
ton and Keith at Gary. John S. H. Bird was an oflk
in the Regular Baptist Church, while his wife was a Missi
ary Baptist.

Dr. John H. Bird attended the normal school at A the
taking a stenographic course, and for three years was
the employ of the R. E. Wood Lumher Company. This
version into business, gave him the money to prepare for
professional career. In 1901 he entered the Maryland M
ical College of Baltimore, graduating in 1905. He t<
special work in anatomy, surgery and obstetrics. Followi
his graduation he practiced at Athens, associated with D
tor Thornton for a time, but soon removed to Rock, whi
he has enjoyed an ever increasing^ clientage, and from 1£
to 1912 conducted a private hospital there. He is a me
her of the Mercer County and State Medical Societies.

In 1907 Doctor Bird married Miss EflSe Godfrey, dauj
ter of James A. Godfrey, of Matoaka, and memher of
old and influential family in that vicinity. Doctor a
Mrs. Bird have three daughters, Arline, Beryl and Eli:
heth, all attending high school. They are a family of ma

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nfc'Ik'ctual interests and Doctor Bird has a fine library,
le is a student of the late Pastor Charles Taze Ru«?scll, and
« a firm beliover of his teachings. Mrs. Bird is a graduate
f Sullins College at Bristol, Virginia. Slu« is a member
f the Methodist Church. Doctor Bird was one of the or-
anizers of tho Lodge of Masons at Rock and served as
rst master, lie is also affiliated with the Royal Arch and
[night Templar Commandery.

Alton Harry Vest, president and manager of the Mer-
ger Hardware & Furniture Company at Matoaka, Mercer
'ounty, was born at Floyd Court House, Virginia, April 3,
>»91, and is a son of Abraham Lincoln Vest and Emma
Thurmaa) Vest, both natives of Floyd County, Virginia,
here they still maintain their home and where the father
i a representative farmer and a loyal citizen who has been
ifluential in public affairs of local order. He was born in
859 and his wife in 1857, and both are members of f ami-
es early founded in the Old Dominion State. Abraham L.
"est has served as commissioner of internal revenue, as a
nember of the board of review of his native county and in
>ther local offices of trust. His political allegiance is given
'5 the republican party, and although he bears the name of
*e "Great Emancipator/' his father, Jacob Vest, was a
-ldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war, having met his
eath while ia the army, in the command of Gen. J. E. B.
tuart Abraham L. Vest and his wife are earnest members
if the Presbyterian Church, and he is serving as an elder
[i the same. He has been for many years affiliated with
he Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The two sons, of
Miom the subject of this sketch is the younger, are asso-
ciated in business, the elder son, Allen D., being vice presi-
•eat of the Mercer Hardware & Furniture Company,
j Alton H. Vest attended the public schools of hia native
punty until he was seventeen years of age. He taught
ne term of school and for tno and one-half years there-
fter was employed in the commissary department of the
olvay Colliery Company at Big Sandy, "West Virginia. He
as then transferred to the company's offices at Marytown,
nd later continued in service in turn at Springton and
lingston. His activities in connection with business af«
lirs were interrupted when, February 6, 1913, he enlisted
or service in the United States Army, ne was sent to
amp Oglethorpe, Georgia, and was assigned to a regi-
[icnt of infantry. Later he was transferred to the army
hnbulance service and sent to AJlentown, Pennsylvania, fo?
(-aining. Upon proceeding to France he was assigned to
ie One Hundred and Fourteenth Base Hospital at Bor-
eaux, where he remained on active duty one year. After
ie signing of the historic armistice that brought the "World
ar to a close, Mr. Vest returned to his native land, and at
amp Meade he received his honorable discharge on the 2d
f June, 1919, with the rank of hospital sergeant. Shortly
fterward he entered the employ of the Flat Top Poeahon-
is Coal Company as bookkeeper in its office at Herndou,
7est Virginia. Six months later he became associated in
lie organization of the Mercer Hardware & Furniture Com-
any, of which representative commercial concern at
latoaka he has since been associated, first as vice presi-
ent and later becoming president of the firm. Mr. Vest
•ceived the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in
ie Masonic fraternity at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and
i affiliated also with Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S-, at
eading, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Mercer
ounty Country Club and is one of the vital and progres-

ve young business men of Matoaka.

Mr. Vest married, June 15, 1921, Miss Ella Mastin Bai-
y, of Matoaka, West Virginia, and they have one son,
arry Lincoln Vest.

William A. Miller, manager of the Princeton Milling
ompany at Princeton, Mercer County, is one of the promi-
jnt figures in the industrial and commercial life of this
•ction of the state, and is a citizen of utmost loyalty and
'ogressiveness. He was born in Craig County, Virginia,
inuary 20, 1865, and ia a son of George C. and Melvina
Caldwell) Miller, the former of whom died in 1903, aged
rty-eight years, and the latter of whom passed away in

1S97, at the age of fifty eight years. Though George C.
Miller was long identified with farm industry, he also ga\^
many years of effective service as a teacher in the public
schools, and not a few of the leading citizens of the pres-
ent day in Tazewell Cuunty, Virginia, and Wayne County.
"West Virginia, were numbered among his pupils. In 1871
Mr. Miller came to Mercer County, "West Virginia, and set-
tled on a farm on Greasy Ridge, both he and his wife hav-
ing passed the remainder of their lives in this county and
both having been devoted members of the Baptist Church,
in which Mr. Miller held various official positions. In poli-
tics he was a staunch democrat, and at tho time of the Civil
war he gave two years of service as a soldier of the Con-
federacy. Of the eight children only two are now living —
John W., a farmer near Spanishburg, Mercer County, and
"William A., of this review.

William A. Miller was a lad of six years at the time when
the family home was established in Mercer County, and he
gained his youthful education in the public schools of the
various localities in which the family resided while his
father was engaged in teaching. At the age of twenty-
one years he opened a small general store at Ingleside, Mer-
cer County, and there he developed a prosperous enterprise.-
After continuing this business eleven years he sold the same
and took the position of mill foreman for the firm of Sud-
dith & Bailey at Welch, McDowell County, where he re-
mained thus engaged for six years, lie then became asso-
ciated with Bloom Swim in the purchase of a saw mill at
Oney Gap, Mercer County, and they operated the mill three
years. Mr. Miller thereafter held for three years the posi-
tion of bookkeeper for the wholesale establishment of the
Mercer Grocery Company at Princeton. The next three
years found him in effective service as manager of the
Princeton Milling Company, a position which he reassumed
after an interval of two years' administration as city
treasurer. Mr. Miller is an able and substantial business
man and is a eitizen who has a secure place in popular con-
fidence and esteem. His political allegiance is given to the
republican party, he is affiliated with the Blue Lodge and
Chapter of the York Rite of Masonry, and he and his wife
hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

In 1892 Mr. Miller wedded Miss Dean Stinson, daughter
of Loraine Stinson, of Mercer County, and she passed to
eternal rest in 1904. She is survived by two sons and
three daughters. Bernard B. is engaged in farming on the
old homestead of his maternal grandfather on Greasy Ridge,
this county, and in this enterprise his younger brother, Guy,
is associated. In 1907 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Miller with Mrs. Mamie (Oney) Straley, daughter of E. M.
Oney, of Mercer County, and the one child of this second
marriage is a son, William A., Jr.

Fred G. Stroehmaxn has been a business builder, creator
of a large and valuable industry for the City of Wheeling, and
just thirtv yeara ago founded what Is now the Stroehmann
Baking Company, incorporated, and in all its successive
improvements it has never failed to keep the lead in the
matter of quality and wholesomeness of product.

Mr. Stroehmann has been an American by residence and
in fact and in loyalty for forty years. He was born in the
City of Leun, Kreis, Rhine Province, Germany, August 3,
1S66, son of Jacob and Catherine (Lotz) Stroehmann. He
attended the common schools, served his apprenticeship at
the baker's trade, and at the age of sixteen reached the
United States, September 22, 1882. After four years at
Parkersburg he moved to Wheeling, and was a journeyman
for six years with the Wheeling Baking Companj'.

Mr. Stroehmann established a business for himself in
April, 1892, bis first shop being at 2211 Market Street, quar-
ters which he subsequently used as a retail etore. Several
successive additions and purchases were made, beginning
about ten years after the opening of the first plant, until
Mr. Stroehxnann acquired for the use of his business all the
ground from the corner of Twenty-second up to and including
his original shop. On this ground was erected in 191 1 a large
our-story baking plant, equipped with every facility known
to the baking art. This business was one of the first in the
Upper Ohio Valley to introduce not only the mechanical

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devices for the utmost efficiency in the baking of bread and
other products, but also in the sanitary handling of the
product and in measures and safeguards for the health and
welfare of the employes.

On the basis of the large business which Mr. Stroehmann
had built up the Stroehmann Baking Company was incor-
porated in 1905. The executive officers were: Fred G. Stroeh-
mann, president; L. F. Stroehmann, vice president; W. H.
Truschel, secretary and treasurer; R. M. Truschel and C. H.
Stroehmann, directors.

The Stroehmann Baking Company built a large plant in
1916 in Huntington, West Virginia, also bought a plant in
1919 in Ashland, Kentucky, which are all successfully operated
through the Wheeling main office, and are all under the per-
sonal direction of Mr. Stroehmann.

Mr. Stroelimann is now one of the older active business
men of Wheeling, and his citizenship has been on a par with
his commercial success, revealing his public spirited attitude
again and again. He has been a member of the Board of
Trade and the Business Men's Association, and is a member
of the various Masonic bodies at Wheeling, affiliated with
Ohio Lodge No. 1, A. F. and A. M., Union Chapter No. 1,
11. A. M., Wheeling Commandery No. 1, K. T., Wheeling
Masonic Club, and is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a
member of Osiris Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. He is also a mem-
ber of Wheeling Lodge No. 28, B. P. 0. E. He is a republican
and he and his family are German Lutherans. Mr. Stroeh-
mann married Miss Louise Koehler, a native of Wheeling.
The five children of their marriage are: Carrie, Freda, Carl,
Harold and Irene

Henry Hutton Ball, proprietor of the substantial and
prosperous mercantile enterprise conducted under the title
of the Hub Clothing Company at Princeton, Mercer County,
is one of the representative citizens and merchants of the
thriving little city that is the judicial center of this county,
and he is serving at the time of this writing, in the winter
of 1921-2, as president of the Business Men's Club of
Princeton. He was horn in Russell County, Virginia, May
15, 1879, and is a eon of Isaiah Drake Ball and Rebecca
(Lockhard) Ball, both likewise natives of Russell County
and representatives of old and honored families of that sec-
tion of Virginia. Isaiah D. Ball was seventy-nine years of
age at the time ef his death, June 29, 1821, his wife having
passed away in 1907, at the age of sixty-one years. He was
a saddler and barnessmaker and also owned a small farm
in his native county, whence as a young man he went forth
as a loyal soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war. He
was a staunch democrat and took deep interest in party
affairs, though never desiring to hold public office. He
died in Princeton, West Virginia, at the home of his daugh-
ter, the wife of Dr. B. W. Bird. Mrs. Isaiah D. Ball died
in Roanoke, Virginia. Both were zealous members of the
Baptist Church, in which Mr. Ball long served as a deacon.
Of the twelve children six are now living.

Henry H. Ball attended the schools of his native county
until he was fourteen years of age and thereafter worked
his way through the high school at Tazewell, Virginia. He
then obtained the position of timekeeper in the employ of
Walton & Luck, railroad contractors, in McDowell County,
West Virginia. Later he clerked in a general store at
Welch, that county, and he next came to Bluefield, Mercer
County, and took a poeition with the Ferrell Mercantile
Company, This connection continued until 1906, when lie
came to Princeton and engaged in the men's clothing and
fuvnishing-goods business.

He had saved from his earnings about $1,000, and ou this
basis and that of timely assistance of friends, as coupled
with his excellent business reputation, he was able to begin
his independent business under favorable conditions. He
now conducts one of the large and well equipped mercan-
tile establishments of Princeton, and has made the Hub
Clothing Company known and honored for excellent service
and fair and honorable dealings. In more recent years
Mr. Ball has conducted also a prosperous real estate busi-
ness, and associated in the same with his brother John K.,
he has erected a number of houses in Princeton, his civic
pride and loyalty being such that he is ever ready to do

all in his power to further the material and civic advance |
ment of his home city. He was president of the Princetoi
Chamber of Commerce at the time when its title wa
changed to the Princeton Business Men's Club, and of th
latter he is now the prosident. He is a democrat in politi
cal allegiance, is a member of the Baptist Church, and hi
wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.

The year 1904 recorded the marriage of Mr. Ball anc
Miss Eva Bolin, daughter of F. A. Bolin, who formerly
lived at Athens, this state, but who is now a resident 0}
Princeton, Mr. and Mrs. Ball have two children: Helei
Lockhard and Virginia Gordon. Another daughter, Marj
Lee, died at the age of seven years.

Beamwell B. Hunt, who had given specially effective
service as a member of the County Court of Mercer County
was given further evidence of popular esteem and confi.
dence in 1920 when he was elected sheriff of the county,
an office in which he is giving a characteristically vigorous
and circumspect administration. He was born in Tazewel
County, Virginia, which adjoins Mercer County, West Vin
ginia, and the date of his nativity was July 15, 1866. He
is a son of Henry F. and Louisa (Redwin) Hunt, and is a
representative of one of the old and influential families of
Tazewell County, where Henry F. Hunt passed his entire
life, he having been seventy-four years of age at the time,
of his death in 1914. He served thirty-four years as jus-
tice of the peace and was otherwise prominent in commu
nity affairs. In the period leading up to the Civil war he
was one of three men in his district to oppose the seces-
sion of the Southern states, and he refused to serve as a
soldier in the Confederate Army. In the so-called recon-
struction period after the war he did all in his power t<T
revive the prostrate industries and civic prosperity of hisj
native county. He was a member of the republican party 1
from its organization until his death. He was a prosper-!
ous farmer and was a man whose character was the positive!
expression of a true and loyal nature. Both he and his I
wife were earnest members of the Baptist Church. Their'
children were twelve in number, six sons and six daughters.,

Bramwell B. Hunt gained his early education in thei
schools of his native county, including the high school at
Cedar Bluff, and thereafter he taught five months in ai
rural school. He then engaged in the lumber business atj
Swords Creek, Russell County, Virginia, and he continued
to operate a saw mill and to deal in lumber for twelve |
years. In January, 1900, he came to Mercer County, West 1
Virginia, and engaged in farm enterprise near New Hope,
besides becoming a dealer in live stock, which he sold prin-
cipally to the coal operators in the Pocahontas field. In
January, 1914, Mr. Hunt assumed his official duties as a
member of the County Court, and in his six years' incum-
bency of this position he was chairman of the court four
years. Within his regime splendid progress was made in
the building of good roads in the county, and his record
marked him as eligible for further service in public office,
with the result that in the autumn of 1920 he was elected
county sheriff. He is a stalwart in the local ranks of the
republican party, is a member of the Business Men's Club
of Princeton, and he and his wife hold membership in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

In 1889 was solemnized the marriage of Sheriff Hunt
with Miss Rachel Steele, daughter of George W. Steele, who
was a prominent citizen of Tazewell County, Virginia. Mr.
and Mrs, Hunt have four children; Clarence entered the
natiou's aviation service in connection with the World war,
his techmcal training having been received at Kelley Field,
Texas, and at Dayton, Ohio, and since the close of the war
he has been identified with the river improvement service in
the State of Florida. Joseph G. has active management of
his father 's farm. Clyde S., who is chief clerk to his father
in the sheriff's office, and Blanche M. are at the parental
home in Princeton. The two younger sons were ready for
war service, hut were not called into the army.

Georqe Harry Brown is one of the representative young
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

545

cro lie is manager of the Mercer Motor Company, agcuts
• the Ford automobiles aud Fordson tractors, besides
ich ho is ao interested principal in tho Farmers Supply
mpany.

Mr. Brown was born at Wilmington, North Carolina,
nuary 4, ]8S7, and is a son of William and Theresa Caro-
e (Penny) Brown. William Brown, a skilled machinist,
now employed at his trado in the shipyards at Newport
ws, Virginia, and is sixty years of age at the time of this
iting, in the winter of 1921-2. Of the two sons the sub-
t of this sketch is the younger, and the elder, William
v is a slip foreman for the Norfolk & Western Railroad
Williamson, West Virginia.

"ieorge Harry Brown has stated that he gained his early
lcation "wherever he could find it," and his mental
4zon indicates that he fully improved such opportunities
came to him. At the age of eighteen years he began an
>rentiecship as a machinist in the shipyards at Newport
ws, Virginia, and during his apprenticeship of four years
received 50 cents a day in wages. After work hours at
> shipyards he sold newspapers on the streets, and at
iht worked as usher in theaters, besides acting as scene
fter, acting minor parts as a supernumerary, hesides sell-
Y candy to the patrons of the house. He so applied him-
f as to become a skilled machinist, and in 1909 he was
[the United States transport service along the Atlantic
kit, he having been on the vessel which brought homo

hodics of American soldiers killed in the Spanish-
bcrican war in Cuba. In 1910 Mr. Brown came to Princc-
F, West Virginia, as machinist in the employ of the Vir-
lian Railroad Company, and ho continued his service in
J local shops of this road until 1919. His early training
a newsboy prompted him here to open the Brown News
ind, which he opened in 1911 and which became one of

popular establishments and social resorts of tho city,
conducted it until 1919. In 1920 Mr. Brown became as-
iated with T. M. Fry and others in establishing the
rmers Supply Company, which has developed a substan-
1 and prosperous business, and later he hecame one of

principals in the organization of the Mercer Motor
npany, which has the agency for the ever popular aud
satile" Ford automobiles. The plant of the company is
the best modern equipment, with well ordered repair
p and with a full line of supplies and accessories,
n June, 1918, Mr. Brown entered the World war service
the nation as first lieutenant with the Sixty-third Engi-
rs. Without preliminary training he was sent to France,
^re he was assigned to duty at Cote d'Or. He remained
France until the signing of the armistice brought the
r to a close, and had the distinction of returning home
the George" Washington when that vessel brought Prcsi-
it Wilson and other members of the peace conference
' k to the United States. He was baggage officer on the
insport which bore his command to France and battalion
ijgagc officer and troop baggage officer in France. Ho
I serving in this latter capacity on the return voyage,
1 this brought him into personal contact with many cclc-
ited men who returned on the George Washington, the
cial vessel of the President of the United States.
Sir. Brown is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, in-
fling the Commandery of Knights Templars at Bluefield
| the Temple of the Mystic Shrine in the City of Charles-
I and he is a member also of the Knights of Pythias and
|the Business Men's Club of Princeton,
n 1915 Mr. Brown wedded Miss Dora Palmer, daughter
p. D. Palmer, who is the owner of a large cotton planta-
h at Gulf, North Carolina. Mrs. Brown is an earnest
pmunicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and is a
'>ular factor in the social activities of Princeton.

Bason Blake Caldwell, M. D., is a physician and sur-
fn at Matoaka, and first came into that district of Mer-

County as a mining physician, but is now in general

ctice.

le was born on his father's farm in Clover Bottoms on
►estone River in Mercer County in December, 1884, son
Woseph and Mary E. (Hardy) Caldwell. His father was
In in Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1849 and his

mother in Mercer County, West Virginia, in l«51. Joseph
Caldwell was twelvo years of age when ho came to Mercer
County. He was ouo of a largo family of children, and his
parents wcro poor people, llo did farm work, later prn-
vided the means for the purchase of a small farm and grad
ually increased his holdings and improvements until he had
one of the most perfectly adapted places for general fann-
ing in Clover Bottoms. He is now living retired at Athens.
In connection with farming he always carried on a con-
siderable business in tho buying and selling of livestock,
lie was never content to become a candidate for public
office, preferring the role of a private citizen. He is a
trustee of the Christian Church, n republican, and was the
first president of the Bank of Athens. His family con-
sists of three sons and three daughters. The son Walton B.
is a dentist at Matoaka, and Blaine is in the automobile
business.

Dr. Mason Blake Caldwell i9 a graduate of the Concord
State Normal School at Athens, and taught two schools in
McDowell County. In 1910 he entered the University Col-
lege of Medicine* of Richmond, Virginia, where be remained
two years, when that school and the Medical College of
Virginia were consolidated, nnd he remained with the larger
school the two years necessary to secure his degree. After
graduating, Doctor Caldwell came to Matoaka and was as-
sociated with Doctor Clements as a mine physician, but for
the past three years has practiced as an individual and has
a justly high reputation in his profession in this section.
Since the war he has been a member of the Volunteer Med-
ical Corps.

In 1910 Doctor Caldwell married Miss Elsie E. White,
daughter of Edward and Nicatie (McKinzic) White, of
Oakvale. The three children of their union are Mildred,
Joseph and Mason Blake, Jr. Doctor Caldwell is a member
of the Christian Church at Athens, is a republican and be-
longs to the County and State Medical Societies.

Rusn Floyd Farley, M. D. One of the well-known and
capable members of the medical fraternity practicing in
the coal mining districts of Mingo County, and a veteran of
the World war, is Dr. Rush Floyd Farley, of Burch.
While he has been engaged in the practice of his calling
for only comparatively a few years, he has made
rapid advancement therein and is accounted the leading
citizen of Burch Post Office, or Adanac Station, as the
community is also known, being a leading property holder
and prominent in all civic affairs.

Doctor Farley was born March 6, 1887, in Mingo
County, West Virginia, and comes of an old Virginia family
of Irish origin, being a son of Thomas Benton and Nancy
(Pinson) Farley, natives of Virginia. Thomas B. Farley
was a young man when the war between the states came on.
and he enlisted under the flag of the Confederacy, as a
private in the Thirty-sixth Virginia Infantry, his com-
manding officer being Gen. .Tubal Early. At the battle of
Winchester he was wounded and captured by the enemy,
having at that time risen to the rank of top sergeant, and
was confined at the prison at Point Lookout for six
months. Upon his exchange he returned to his home, re-
covered from his wound and engaged in farming and mer-
chandising. Subsequently he married a Virginia girl and
reared a family. He became one of tho well-known and
prominent farmers and merchants of Mingo County, where
he had considerable property holdings, and where he was
esteemed and respected by all who knew him.

Rush Floyd Farley attended the public schools of
Burch Post Office and the Concord Normal School at
Athens, following which, having decided upon a profes-
sional career, he entered the University of Kentucky, at
Louisville, where he pursued a medical course and was
duly graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a
member of the graduating class of 1912. At that time he
entered upon the practice of his profession at Holden,
West Virginia, but after one year decided that he needed
further preparation for the successful practice of his chosen
life's vocation and accordingly went to Rochester, Minne-
sota, where he did post-graduate work with the eminent
Mayo Brothers. Later, in 1914, he further fitted himself

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by doing post-graduate work under the late Doctor
Murphy, the distinguished Chicago surgeon. Eeturning
to West Virginia, he re-engaged in practice at Ivaton
Coal Elver, and was there engaged until July 17, 1917, when
he enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United
States Army. He went to Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Indiana, November 15th, was transferred to Camp Meade,
Washington, D. C, and on December 15th sailed from
Hoboken, New York, for overseas. Landing first in Eng-
land, he sailed from Southampton across the English
Channel to LeHavre, France, and went to the Vosges
Mountain Hospital in Alsace-Lorraine, this being the One
Hundred and Fourth Field Hospital, which was on the
move the greater part of the time owing to its proximity to
the front line. He was then transferred to Souilly,
France, and later to Creel, where he was assigned to the
mobile operation unit, with a detachment of French troops
to do first aid duty. After two months he was sent to
Neuf Chappelle, later to Kiveville, where he was with the
Third Cavalry, Twenty-sixth Division, and then to Vareuns,
with a first aid outfit. During the period that he was in
France his headquarters were Base Hospital No. 66, his
being the first regular army outfit in France from Amer-
ica and on the move, giving first aid everywhere. When
the armistice was signed he was on the road to Sedan,
and remained there until February 15, 1919, when his
outfit moved back to St. Nazaire, and after ten days left
for home, arriving at Newport News, March 1, 1919. He
went then to Richmond, Virginia, later to Baltimore, Mary-
land, and then to Washington, D. C, and Boston, Massa-
chusetts, finally receiving his honorable discharge March
15th after twenty months in the service. He was pro-
moted to captain. Returning to Holden, West Virginia,
Doctor Farley became surgeon for the Island Creek Coal
Company, with which he was connected one year, and finally
came to Burch Post Office, where he engaged in the general
practice of his profession, specializing in surgery. He
still holds membership in the United States Medical Re-
serve Corps. He is highly thought of in his profession in
Mingo County, and has gained the full confidence of a
large number of patients.

On April 17, 1917, at South Charleston, West Virginia,
Doctor Farley was united in marriage with Miss Clara
Mae Burlington, daughter of Sherman and Fannie Bur-
lington, the former of whom is in the Government service,
having charge of Lock No. 6. Doctor and Mrs. Farley have
had one child, William Allen, who died in September, 1921,
when nine months old. They arc consistent members of
the Baptist Church and have been active in their support
of its various movements and enterprises.

Doctor Farley is a valued member of the Mingo County
Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society,
the American Medical Association and the American Col-
lege of Surgeons. As a fraternalist he holds member-
ship in the Blue Lodge of the Masonic Order, the Bene-
volent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of
Pythias, in which he has held all the chairs and has been
a member of the Grand Lodge, and the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, in which he has held all the chairs. He
has been very successful in a material way and is the
owner of much property at Burch.

Walter W. Harloe, M. D. One of the first citizens in
point of time and also in value of service rendered and
leadership exercised, Doctor Harloe has been a resident and
practicing physician and surgeon at Matoaka for fifteen
years.

He was born at Concord, West Virginia, August 23, 1874,
son of William E. and Sarah T. (Kelsoe) Harloe and grand-
son of Capt. Matthew H. Harloe, who was in the United
States Navy during the Civil war and after leaving that
service was master mechanic of the Delaware & Lacka-
wanna Railroad, stationed at Scranton, Pennsylvania. Will-
iam E. Harloe was born in New York City June 30, 1849,
and died on his sixty-eighth birthday. He completed his
education at Poughkeepsie, New York, served an appren-
ticeship as a machinist under his father at Scranton, spent
some time in Hampshire County, West Virginia, after which

he returned to Scranton and later located at Concord, We
Virginia, where he became a manufacturers' agent for tl
John A. Harps Company.

Walter W. Harloe, oldest in a family of eight childre
graduated from Bridgewater College at Bridge water, Vi
ginia, and took his medical course in the University <
Virginia at Charlottesville, where he graduated in 190 1
For several months following he had charge of the charii
department of St Joseph's Hospital at Philadelphia, Pen:
sylvania, and in 1906 moved to Giatto, Mercer County, We
Virginia, and a few months later to Matoaka, which wi
just beginning its existence as a real town adjacent to tl
new developments in the coal industry of the vicinitj
Doctor Harloe has had a widely extended practice, and i
recent years much of it has been confined to office wor
He is a member of the County, State and American Medic.
Associations.

Outside the strict limits of his profession he has bee
active in many ways in advancing the welfare and progre.
of Matoaka. He was one of the organizers and is a d
rector of the First National Bank, has been chief of the fb
department, health officer, in 1920 was mayor, and durir
the World war was active in many branches of patriot
work, serving as a Four Minute Speaker and as a memb^
of the Volunteer Medical Corps. He has been district den;
ocratic chairman, and is a past chancellor of the Knigh
of Pythias Lodge and affiliated with the Independent Ord<
of Odd Fellows and the Moose. In the University of Vi
ginia he was chosen by the faculty to membership in tt
Raven Club, eligibility to which is confined to students wh
have an average in all studies of 90 per cent or mor ;
Doctor Harloe is a member of the Lutheran Church, whi
Mrs. Harloe is a Presbyterian. He married in 1903 Mh,
Eflfie Merritt, daughter of John Merritt, of Charlottesvill
Virginia. Their family consists of three sons and tw
daughters.

William M. Ferrell, cashier of the Bank of Matoafc
at Matoaka, Mercer County, has been the efficient incun
bent of this executive position since November 3, 1918, an
is one of the representative business men and progressh
citizens of the thriving town in which his interests are no
centered.

Mr. Ferrell was born at Montvale, Bedford County, Vr
ginia, September 6, 18S8, and is a son of C. P. and Sall !
(Arrington) Ferrell, the latter of whom died March !
1913. The Ferrell family has long been one of prominenc
and influence in Bedford County, and C. P. Ferrell, who :
now living virtually retired at Montvale, that county, ws
for many years one of the vigorous and successful exp<
uents of farm industry in that county. Of the eleven chi
dren nine survive the loved and devoted mother.

William M. Ferrell was reared on the home farm an
received the advantages of the rural schools of the locality
He continued his studies in the public schools until he wa
eighteen years of age, and thereafter was clerk for tw
years in a drug store at Roanoke, Virginia. In 1911 he bi
came assistant cashier of the Bedford County Bank s
Montvale, Virginia, a position now filled by one of hi
younger brothers, Harold P. He continued his connectio
with the bank in his old home town for a period of seve
years, and since 1918 he has been cashier of the Bank o
Matoaka, one of the solid and well ordered financial inst
tutions of Mercer County, West Virginia. He is a stalwai
in the ranks of the democratic party, has completed the ch
cle of York Rite Masonry, and was senior warden of tb
Blue Lodge at Bedford, Virginia, at the time of his r<
moval to his present home village. He early tendered hi
service to the Government when the nation became involve
in the World war, hut was rejected for active military sen
ice. His loyalty found expression, however, in zealou
work in furthering the various patriotic activities in hi
community, including the Government war loans, Red Cros
work, etc.

December 30, 1914, Mr. Ferrell wedded Miss Ruth White
hurst, of Princess Anne County, Virginia, and they hav
one daughter, Sarah F.

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547

Lues Garfield White, of Princeton, judicial center of
teer County, is a successful contractor in railroad eon-
jction and is a progressive member of the County Court,
i was bora at Oakvale, this county, Juno 7, 1880, and is
«a of James A. and Derinzia H. (McKinzia) White, both
hrise natives of Mercer County, where tha former was
i at Oakvale and the latter at Inglcside. The father

shot and killed ia 1S99, while making an arrest in his
ial capacity as sheriff of his native county, and he was
y-fivc years of age at tha time of his death. His widow
»ed away in 1907, at the age of forty-five years. James
kVhita was elected sheriff of Mercer County in 188S, and

the first republican to be elected to this office, of which
continued the incumbent four years. Thereafter ho was
itwo years representative of Mercer County in the House
Delegates of the West Virginia Legislature, and in
I he was again elected eounty sheriff, in which position
jerved until his tragic death. His father, James A.
.te, Sr., was a loyal soldier of the Union in the Civil
. Both the White arid McKinzie families were cstab-
»d in Mercer County in the -pioneer days, and John A.
vinzie, maternal grandfather of the subject of this rc-
r, was a prominent and influential citizen of this county,
ames Garfield White, a member of a fine family of thir-
ls children, attended the public schools and the Con-
1 Normal School at Athens, and thereafter he was ae-
ly identified with farm enterprise until he turned his
ration to lumber manufacturing as operator of a saw

at Oakvale. Later ha became associated with* the
Bon-Tolliver Company in heavy construction work on the
folk & Western Railroad at Narrows, Virginia. Later
became junior member of the firm of Lipscomb & White,
ph. built six miles of the Virginian Railroad, from
oaka to Clark's Gap. Since that time he has held many
by contracts for construction work for the Virginian
road, the Norfolk & Western Railroad, and the Louis-
i & Nashville Railroad, in West Virginia, Kentucky,
nessee, South Carolina and other states. He is now
Or member of the contracting firm of White & Wood,
rfiich his coadjutor is L. S. Wood of Gaffney, South Car-
1. Mr. White was elected a member of the County
irt in 1918, and his broad experience in heavy eonstruc-
I work made him specially eligible for this office, in which
'became authoritatively concerned in carrying forward
construction of modern highways and other good roads
is home county.

"r. White is a stalwart in the ranks of the republican
y, his Masonic affiliations are with the Blue Lodge at
rows, Virginia, the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at
ens, West Virginia, the Commandcry of Knights Tem-
s at Blaefield, Mercer County, and the Temple of the
rtie Shrine at Charleston. His wife is an active mem-
of the Missionary Baptist Church.

anuary 1, 1918, rceorded the marriage of Mr. White and
i Myrtle Spangler, daughter of L. P. Spanglcr, of Glen
, Virginia, and the two children of this union are
-rence and Flora M.

hables Edward Hughes. The business interests of
rles Edward Hughes, whose home is at Rock in Mercer
nty, have been chiefly identified with contracting in the
ding of honses and other construction work in the eoal
Ticte. His interests have extended to banking and other
i of business, and at all times he has played an effective

public spirited part in his home community,
jr. Hughes was born in Campbell County, Virginia,
|nty miles south of Lynchbnrg, October 7, 1S73, son of
rles H. and Katharine (Woods) Hughes, the former a
•ve of Pittsylvania Connty and the latter of Campbell
bty, Virginia. The father moved to Campbell County
I. young man. He served four years in the Confederate
(iy, and while doing picket duty at Gettysburg one of
toes was shot off. His regular occupation was that of
jrmer. He was a democrat and for many years a mem-

of the board of stewards of the Methodist Episcopal
,rch. He died in^ 1918, at the age of seventy-eight, and
mother is now eighty-one and living at Alta Vista,
jharles Edward Hnghes was the sixth in a family of ten

children. His brother Samuel is inspector for tho Poca-
hontas Fuel Company. At tho age of sixteen Mr. Hughes
left school and the home farm, and for two years following
was a brakeman in the service of the Southern Railway
Company between Charlottesville and Danville. Ho came
to Keystone, West Virginia, as a carpenter on contract work,
and after six months removed to Arlington, where he re-
mained two years engaged in similar work. For about five
years his headquarters were at Stone Eagle, Virginia,
where he did an extensive business building houses over the
Pocahontas coal field. For another four years he was at
Sagamore on Crane Creek in Mercer County, and since then
his home has been at Rock. Mr. Hughes has built by eon-
tract probably more houses in this coal field than any other
contractor. For a time he was associated with John Doss.
Mr. Hughes was one of the organizers of tho First Na-
tional Bank of Matoaka and is one of its directors and is a
director in tha Matoaka Wholesale Grocery Company.

In 1900 he married Miss Alice Nuckcls, daughter of
John B. Nuckels, of Graham, Virginia. They have a fam-
ily of five sons and three daughters. Mr. Hughes is a stew-
art in the Methodist Episcopal Church, for ten years has
been master of the Lodge of Masons at Rock, is affiliated
with Athens Chapter, R. A. M., Bramwell Commandcry,
K. T., the Mystic Shrine at Charleston, has served as chan-
cellor commander of Montcalm Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
and is a member of the board of school trustees at Rock.

Frank Stewart Martin came into the Guyan Valley
soon after the first railroad was built, and has been one
of the men of real enterprise and civic leadership at Logan,
where he is proprietor of the Logan Bottling Company.
This business was established in 1905, when the town was
new and when the development of the valley was just
getting under way.

Mr. Martin was born at Paintsville, Johnson Connty,
Kentucky, February 1, 1872. His parents, Rev. John and
Julia (Gilkerson) Martin, were natives of Boyd County.
Kentucky, and his father died in 1919. at the age of
seventy-nine, and his mother in 1913, at the age of sixty-
seven. Rev. John Martin for many years was a minister
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and was n
pastor in the West Virginia conference and also in East
Kentucky. In this state he had charge of work in Hunt
ington, Charleston and Point Pleasant, and for a number
of years was presiding elder of the Big Sandy District.
He was an intimate friend of the well known business man
and capitalist of Eastern Kentucky, the late John C. C.
Mayo, and he preached at Mr. Mayo's funeral. Rev. Mr.
Martin in his earlier days was a teacher. Earnest, sincere
and eloquent, he numbered his friends by the thousand.
He and his wife had eight children. The oldest son is
H. F. Martin, formerly a superintendent on the Northern
Pacific Railroad and now in business as a contractor of
heavy construction at New Westminster, British Columbia.
Another son, Forrest, is a traveling salesman. Warren
lives in Philadelphia. Robert is in the electrical supplies
business. Edward is with the Nickle Plate Plant at Hunt-
ington. A daughter is the wife of Dr. Thomas Dugan, a
dentist at Huntington.

Frank Stewart Martin spent his boyhood in the several
places where his father was pastor, and acquired his
education somewhat disjointedly as a consequence. Later
he took a business course in the Eastman Business College
at Poughkeepsie, New York. At the age of twenty he went
to the Northwest, and for two years was in tho State of
Washington, an employe under his brother, then a superin-
tendent of the Northern Pacific Railroad. After returning
East Mr. Martin followed various business lines, and was
in the lanndry business at Huntington.

Ha left that city, attracted by the great promise of
the new Town of Logan, and in 1905 established the first
lanndry here. He continued the operation of that busi-
ness for several years, until he 60ld out, and it is now
conducted as the Araeoma Laundry Company. In tho same
year that ho established his lanndry he engaged in the
bottling business, his being the first plant at the time in
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and kept thein going apace with the development of the
valley. In 1910 his present bottling plant waa erected,
and has since been increased. He bottles and distributes
soft drinks all up and down the valley. For twelve years
he has been manufacturer and distributor over this terri-
tory of coca-cola, and manufactures and distributes an
extensive line of other widely advertised soft drinks. One
feature of his plant is a deep well of the very purest
water, which is of course an important ingredient of his
products.

Mr. Martin served three terms as a member of the city
council of Logan, has been vice president of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Business Men's Association, and is
interested in every plan for the advancement and better-
ment of the community. He married in 1910 Miss Helen
Vorhees, a native of Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Martin is a
trustee of the Methodist Church, is a member of the
Masonic Lodge and Chapter of Logan, the Knight Tem-
plar Commandery and Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Charleston, and also belongs to the thirty-second
degree, Scottish Rite Consistory. He is a member of the
Knights of Pythias and the Elks, and is a democratic
voter.

John W. Rickey, M. D., stands forth as a dean of his pro-
fession in Marshall County, where he has been established in
active practice as a skilled physician at Moundsville for
nineteen years. He has practiced his profession for a period
of virtually fifty years. He was born at Harveys, Greene
County, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1842, and is a son of Abraham
A. C. Rickey, who was born in the State of New Jersey in
1S04, of Scotch parentage, and who was a young man at the
time of the family removal to Western Pennsylvania, where
he became a prosperous farmer and where he continued to
reside until his death, at the age of seventy-six years. His
father died in middle life, while his great-grandfather attained
to the patriarchal age of 103 years.

Dr. Rickey is one of two survivors in a family of ten chil-
dren, of whom he was the ninth in order of birth. Two of his
sisters died at the age of ninety-two years, one brother at
the age of eighty-one, and another hrother at the age of
eighty-three. It thus becomes evident that the family is one
of marked longevity, and the Doctor himself has the physical
and mental poise of a man many years his junior. Dr. Rickey
gained his early experience in connection with the activities
of the home farm, and he supplemented the discipline of the
common schools by attending Waynesburg College at Waynes-
burg, Pennsylvania. Thereafter he prepared himself for the
medical profession, and he has been continuously engaged in
practice since the year 1873. He was established in practice
at Glen-Easton, Marshall County, West Virginia, until 1902,
when he removed to Moundsville, which city has since been
the central stage of his earnest and effective professional
service. He took a course of lectures in a leading medical
college in the City of Cleveland, Ohio, and has continued a
close student of medicine, in which his skill has been aug-
mented by many years of successful practice. He is identified
with the Marshall County Medical Society, the West Virginia
State Medical Society and the American Medical Association,
and he served several years as a member of the United States
Board of Pension Examiners for Marshall County. He has
secure place in the confidence and esteem of his professional
confreres and is frequently called into consultation on critical
cases. In the autumn of 1861, within a short time after the
inception of the Civil war, Dr. Rickey, then nineteen years of
age, was preparing to join neighbor boys in enlisting for
service as a soldier of the Union, but his parents refused con-
sent to his enlistment. Within a short time thereafter he was
so injured by heing caught in the mechanism of a threshing
machine that it became necessary to amputate his right leg.
It was largely due to this infirmity that he was led to prepare
himself for the profession which he has honored by his able
and earnest service. He has been affiliated with the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows since the late '60s and is still a
member of his original lodge, at Cameron, West Virginia,
where he had established his residence in 1865 and where he
passed the various chairs in hie lodge. The Doctor is an
earnest member of the Presbyterian Church, as was also his

wife, who died in 1910, after their marital companionship 1
continued forty-two years.

At Cameron, this state, in 1868, Dr. Rickey wedded 1/
Clara B. Williams, who was born in Virginia, in 1852
daughter of Uriah Williams, who was among the firat locoi!
tive engineers on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and ?
continued his service in this capacity many years, his den
having occurred at Cameron, West Virginia. Of the childj
of Dr. and Mrs. Rickey the eldest is Willis M., who is a tri
dispatcher for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company)
Cumberland, Maryland. Mayes B. and John E. are trj
dispatchers for the same railroad at Wheeling, West Virgh
and both reside at Moundsville. It is worthy of note tha
maternal uncle of these sons, U. B. Williams, was a train (I
patcher at Cameron in their boyhood days, and thus t'l
early became interested in telegraphy. Nellie, the ci
dauehter of Dr. Rickey, is the wife of A. E. Drew, of Indi
apolia, Indiana. They are the parents of two daughtt'
Pauline and Dorothy.

J. Howard Holt, who ia engaged in the practice of law I
Moundsville, judicial center of Marshall County, has won a 1
ce«s and prestige as one of the representative members of 1i
bar of the northern part of West Virginia.

Mr Holt was born on Knawls Creek in Braxton Coun
Virginia, (now West Virginia), on the 19th of September, IS
and is a son of Jonathan and Eve Ann (Mealy) Holt,
attended the public schools of his native county and &
those of West Milford, Harrison County, and he early ma
fested the studious habits and insatiable appetite for readi
that have proved potent in expanding his mental horizon
wide limits, he being distinctly a man of liheral educati
in a general way as well as in the profession of hia choi
his advancement representing in large measure the result
his own efforts. He has proved an effective character-builc
and a man of worthy achievement, has maintained a 88
outlook upon life and has won success and honor in his ex*'
ing profession, in which connection he has proved tl>
determination and zealous application can prove quite I
effective as mere collegiate education, which latter was r
his portion. He has been a man of thought and action, a
such an one is fortified for the overcoming of obstacles a
disadvantages that would baffle one of less courage and c
termination. Mr. Holt read law in his home, and upon exa:
ination before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Wheeling he was admitted to the bar November 8, 1884. 3
baa given nearly forty years to the work of his profesffk
has long been known as a resourceful trial lawyer and si
counsellor and has appeared in connection with many ii
portant litigations in the various courts of this section of t
state. During a large portion of the time since he establish
in the practice of law Mr. Holt has given effective service
commissioner of both Circuit and County Courts. He w
originally a democrat in political allegiance, but in 1886
aligned himself with the prohibition party, in which he gain
prominence as a leader in campaign activities and in t
general work of the party from the first he waa foremost
the campaign of the prohibition party in West Virginia, t
prohibition amendment in that year having been defeat
by 40.000, but a splendid victory for the cause came in 191|
when a similar amendment was carried in the state by a vo
of more than 92.000. Mr. Holt is a most zealous member
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and that he is fully fortift.
in his religious faith needs no further evidence that a referen
to a poem of which he is the author, the same containii
seventeen cantos, of admirable literary and logical ord«
and having attracted the favorable attention of many lead*
in the orthodox religious circles of the nation, this poem beii
entitled: "A Layman's Answer to Agnosticism." Mr. H(
has given much time and thought to prison reform, and II
work, his speeches and his writings in this connection gi"
evidence of the profundity of his humanitarian impulses ai
his fine conception of the springs of human motive. His fir
wife, whose maiden name was J. Ella West, died three yea
after their marriage. For hia second wife Mr. Holt wedd<
Miss Annie P. Thatcher, and they became the parents of fi'
children: J. Howard, Jr., died at the age of twenty-fi v
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New York City; Forest Primrose is the wife of Ienatlua
mnan. of Moundsville; and Sara Fern and Charles William
bain at the parental home. One child Kenneth, by his
;t wife, died young. Mrs. Davenny, Mrs. Brennan and
ms Sara Fern are talented violinists and the whole family
te appeared in connection with nearly all Chautauqua
reaus. Mr. Duvenny was identified with community
vice at Washington, D. C, where he was a member of the
eption committee in charge of affairs in the welcome
?orded to President and Mrs. Wilson upon their return
m France, after the historic peace conference.
Close study and research have given Mr. Holt a broad and
h conception of crime and its punishment, and on this sub-
t he wrote a most interesting and logical monograph, which
3 been published in two editions, in pamphlet form, copies
the article having been placed in the hands of every judge
i every legislator of West Virginia at the time when the
t edition was issued. So masterful and humane a sizing

of criminology ia represented in thia brochure it could
il be wished that its circulation were extended throughout
» length and breadth of the land. That in a professional
y Mr Holt consistently holds to the principles which he
.intains in this published article ia indicated by the fact
it he had the probably unprecedented experience of appear-
; in defense of a criminal, "Holly" Griffith, who received
hee different sentences to life imprisonment for three
ferent murders, the case having been one of celebrity in the
mioal annals of West Virginia. His argument against
)ital punishment ia regarded aa unanswerable.

Fean H. Woon is a graduate of Bethany College, ia superin-
ident of the City Schools at Littleton in Wetzel County,
id is an ex-aervice man who saw active duty on battle fronts
[France.

Mr. Wood, prominent among the younger educators of
pst Virginia, was born at Bristoria, in Greene County,,
kinsylvania, November 13, 1S96. Hia grandfather, Jonah
pod. was born at Whitely, Pennsylvania, in 1824, spent
kctically alt his life in Greene County, and besides farming
fo owned and operated a sawmill. He died there in 191S.
is second wife was Miss Smith, grandmother of Superin-
lident Wood. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1827 and
v d in Greene County in 1903. Morgan A. Wood, father
Jean H., has also been a teacher. He was born March 15,
39, at Bristoria in Greene County, was reared and married
»re, taught school for a number of years in Greene County
d since 1916 has been a resident of Littleton. West Virginia,
iere he has served as bookkeeper in the Bank of Littleton.
i was for two terms mayor of Littleton, is now a justice of
s peace, is a democrat in politics and a leading member of
e Baptist Church, being superintendent of the Sunday
hool. He ia affiliated with Wind Ridge Lodge No. 1053,
dependent Order of Odd Fellows. Morgan A. Wood mar-
d Josephine Reger, who was born in West Virginia July 21.
57. Their family consists of six children: Hazel, wife of
.ndolph Antill. an undertaker at Cameron, West Virginia;
•au«!s, principal of the high school at Reader in Wetzel
unty; Jean H.; Mary, a teacher in the sixth grade at
Ilansbee. Brooke County, West Virginia; Ralph, in his first
\r at Bethany College; and Leah, a senior in the Littleton
€,h School.

Jean H. Wood acquired his early advantages in the rural
tools of Greene County. He graduated from the Richhill
gh School in 1915, and the following fall entered Bethany
liege. Bethany, West Virginia. He received his A. B. de-
•e from Bethany in 1919. He is a member of the Tau
ppa Alpha, a college fraternity, eligibility to which ia
sed on prominence in public speaking. Mr. Wood repre-
Aed Bethany College in the Tri-State Oratorical Contest
d at Geneva College at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and
n second place.

3n September 19, 1917, Mr. Wood, who waa not quite
2nty-one at the time, answered the call to the colors, and
9 in training nine months at Camp Lee, Virginia. He was
de a sergeant in Light Artillery. After this training he
3 aent overseas, arriving in France June 8, 1918. as a mem-
• of the 314th Field Artillery, 80th Division, A. E. F. With
3 division he participated in the St. Mihiel campaign and in

several battles of the Argonne, and altogether spent fifty-one
days on the firing line. After the signing of the armistice he
was stationed near Dijon, France, left for home May 24, 1919,
arriving at Newport News June 8th. and received his hon-
orable discharge at Camp Lee June 15, 1919.

As a school man Mr. Wood was for one year principal of
the St. Clairsville High School at St. Clairsvillc. Ohio, and in
the fall of 1921 became superintendent of schools at Littleton.
He haa six achoola under his aupervision, a staff of seventeen
teachers, and a acholarship enrollment of 420. He is a mem-
ber of the West Virginia Education! Association. In politics
Mr. Wood is a democrat and he is a member of the Presby-
terian Church.

At Parkersburg March 26, 1921. he married Misa Edna
Long, daughter of Simeon Lee and Myrtle (Aberegg) Long,
residents of Littleton, where her father is a prominent business
man, a lumber dealer and president of the Bank of Littleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood have one child, Cecil Kenneth, who was
born December 10. 1921.

Mr. Wood is descended from a long line of educators. His
great-great-grandfather Smith was one of the early instruc-
tors in Washington and Pennsylvania, and hia grandfather,
James Smith was also a prominent teacher in Washington

Mr. Wood descended from a long line of educators. His
great-great-grandfather Smith was one of the early instructors
in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and his grandfather,
James Smith, was also a prominent teacher in Washington
County, Pennsylvania. His grandmother Wood, whose mai-
den name was Mary Smith, taught in Washington County,
and, as above stated, his father taught in Greene, Brooke and
Wetzel counties.

Bernaro Alexander Pyles is one of the veteran bankers
of Wetzel County, and has had the post of cashier in the Bank
of Littleton since that institution was established. He ia a
native of Wetzel County, and came to the bank with an
equipment of experience aa a teacher, mercantile clerk, sur-
veyor and farmer.

Mr. Pyles waa born near Silver Hill March 19, 1862. The
Pyles family has been in this section of West Virginia for
nearly a century. His grandfather, Michael Pyles, was born
in 1814 and was an early day farmer in Marshall County, and
about 1877 moved to another farm which he owned in the
same vicinity but over the line in Wetzel County, where he
lived until his death in 1SS0. Michael Pyles married Martha
Burley, who was born near Moundsville and died in Wetzel
County. Her father, Jacob Burley, was a pioneer merchant
of Moundsville and also owned a large amount of land in
that vicinity, part of the modern city of Moundsville being
built on his farm.

Felix Pyles, father of the Littleton banker, was born near
Moundsville in 1835 and spent all his active daya devoted to
the profession and business of agriculture. He waa reared
and married in Marshall County, and snnn after his marriage
moved to the vicinity of Silver Hill. He served during the
last year of the Civil war in a West Virginia regiment of
infantry and was a democrat in politics. Felix Pylea, who
died at his home near Silver Hill in 1903, married Evaline
Rinehart, who was born in Wetzel County in 1831 and died
at the old homestead near Silver Hill in 1907. The children
of this old couple were: Martha, wife of Alonzo Kelley, a
farmer in Marshall County; John, a farmer who died as a
farmer in Wetzel County, aped sixty; Jane, wife of William
Miller, a farmer, and both died in Wetzel County; Bernard
A.; James A., postmaster of New Martinsville; Jacob B., who
has charge of the Wetzel Natural Gaa Company's plant at
Hundred; the seventh child, a son, died in infancy; Thomas I.
is a farmer in Wetzel County, aa ia also his younger brother,
Michael; and Mrs. Vallarie Higgina died in Clarksburg.

Bernard Alexander Pyles had a common school education
in Wetzel County. His father's farm was his home until 1901.
In the meantime he had taught two terms in Wetzel County,
for a number of years worked in a country store, and did sur-
veying and general farming until he was elected in 1901 cashier
of the Bank of Littleton, and since then his home has been at
Littleton.

The Bank of Littleton was established under a state charter
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has unusual resources for a bank in a town of this size. Its
capital stock is twenty-five thousand dollars, surplus and
profits of fifteen thousand dollars, and deposits averaging four
hundred thousand dollars. The bank ofiicials are: S. L.
Long, president; F. W. Daugherty, vice president; B. A.
Pyles, cashier, and the directors are S. L. Long, F. W. Daugh-
erty, B. A. Pyles, Baker Cosgray, all of Littleton, J. K. Long
and John L. Carney, of Silver Hill, Ellis Miller, also of
Littleton, U. G. Thomas, of Glover Gap, and Dr. W. V.
Teagarden, of Cameron.

Mr. Pyles has acquired some good real estate investments
in Littleton, including a business building, two dwellings, and
his own modern home. As a banker he was especially inter-
ested during the war in the sale of the Liberty Bonds and
War Savings Stamps, and did much to stimulate this com-
munity in filling its quota. Mr. Pyles is unmarried and is a
democrat in politics.

McDonald Family. Among the pioneer families in the
southern part of the state perhaps no one group has shown
greater unity in purpose and enterprise than the McDonalds
of Logan County. As the name indicates, they are of
Scotch ancestry, and they have manifested the Scotch traits
of thrift and forehanded judgment in holding on to and
developing lands and other interests that came to them
by inheritance. Of the present generation two of the
prominent members are Bruce McDonald, of Logan, and
Millard McDonald, of Mallory, and their father, William
Wallace McDonald, is also a prominent figure in the article
that follows.

It was before the Revolutionary war that the first mem-
bers of this family appeared in this region of Virginia.
They settled ou Tom's Creek in Montgomery County. The
ancestor of the family now under consideration was Edward
McDonald, who settled and purchased a large tract on
Clear Fork of Guyan in that part of Virginia now Wyom-
ing County, West Virginia. He located there about
1787, purchased part of the Gordon and Cloyd survey on
Huff's Creek, and these lands are still in the possession of
the McDonald family. Edward McDonald developed a
farm and was extensively engaged in the live stock busi-
ness in that pioneer epoch. All the McDonalds of the
present have been hard workers.

Joseph McDonald, a son of Edward, lived to the age of
eighty years. He was the father of William Wallace Mc-
Donald, who was born at the old home place in Wyoming
County, April 1, 1817. In 1844 he moved to the mouth
of Huff's Creek, where he first purchased a farm and later
acquired 14,000 acres of land, still retained by his descen-
dants and now owned by the W. W. McDonald Land
Company, which was incorporated in 1913 to handle this
and other property interests. Individual members of the
family have added large tracts to this original holding.
A large part of these lands were underlaid with valuable
deposits of coal, and some of the principal coal operations
in this part of state are on the McDonald property.
These include the Standard Island Creek operations at
Taplin, the Logan Mining Company's operations at Earl-
ing, the Mallory Coal Company on and at the mouth of
Huff's Creek, the Logan-Elkhorn Coal Corporation, the
Long-Flame Coal Company.

William Wallace McDonald died at his home place on
Huff's Creek, August 15, 1902. He had to teach himself,
but was thoroughly well educated and a student and a
thinker all his life. As a young man taught a number of
schools in Wyoming County. His brother Isaac had in-
herited the old homestead, and while William Wallace had
some financial assistance from his father, he was, generally
speaking, the architect of his own destiny. He went in
for high grade live stock, and at one time owned a fine
herd of Durham cattle. He was a liberal supporter of
the Methodist Church, and his home was always open to
the Methodist ministers. He was a democrat, was in
sympathy with the South at the time of the Civil war, and
at one time was taken prisoner by Northern troops, but
soon released.

The first wife of William Wallace McDonald was
Minerva Dingess, a sister of John and Guy Dingess. Guy

Dingess lived below Logan in Guyan Valley. By the fii
marriage there were two children. Charles L., died
the old home in 1888, at the age of forty-one. His sisti
Mary A., lives with her son, Warren Perry, and is t
widow of Oliver Perry, who died in 1895.

The second wife of William Wallace McDonald w
Parthena Scaggs. She was born in Montgomery Counl
and died at the old home in 1873. She was the mother
the following children: Millard, who is mentioned in lal
paragraphs; Bruce; Bilton, who is unmarried, lives
Logan and is president of the W. W. McDonald La.
Company; Wayne, born in 1864, who was a merchant a;
timber man and died in 1900; Ann Brook, born in 18t
died iu California in 1908, and was the wife of C. ]
Turley, of Boone County, now deceased; Miriam Ali
born in 1868, is the wife of John Robinson, a farmer
Cambria, Virginia ; Marshall, born in 1872, died in 19C

Bruce McDonald, the second son, was born at the mou
of Huff's Creek, February 8, 1860. He and his broth
Bilton attended the free schools of their neighborhood, ai
after getting all the education they could there they ea
taught one term of school. Then, in quest of further eduo
tion, they walked overland to Athens, Mercer Count
where they attended a term of school at Old Conco
Church, a school taught by Captain French, and out I
which has since been developed the Concord State Norm,'
After the close of the term they walked home and taug
another term of school at a salary of $18 a month. F<
lowing this they left home to attend school again, and tfc
time they traveled by rafts down the Guyan River to i
mouth, went by train to Hinton and thence walked to tl
Concord School. After the second term at Concord tl
brothers continued teaching for several years. In the h
of 1885 Bruce and Bilton entered the National Norm
University at Lebanon, Ohio, and remained there at the
studies for about one year. Iu 1887 Bilton was elect*
superintendent of schools for Logan County, but on a
count of ill health was unable to fill out the term and 1
brother Bruce took his place. Many people in this secti(
of West Virginia recall Bruce McDonald as a capab
teacher in various localities. At one time he taught in tl
Town of Logan. He and Martin Jones were teachers of tt
two-room school conducted in a frame building that sto(
on the present site of the splendid high school at Loga
Bruce McDonald's first official position was as a memh
of the school board in the Tridelphia District.

Later, in 1904, he was elected a member of the Legisl:
ture, and served until 1908, and was a member of the cor
mittees on mines and mining and education. He was
commissioner of the County Court from 1912 to 1919, at
the last six years president of the court. For six years 1
was associated in partnership with his brother Millard \
the mercantile business at the mouth of Huff's Cree'
They dealt in a large range of commodities, includin
ginseng and timber, which they rafted down the river I
market. On leaving Huff's Creek Bruce McDonald move
to Taplin, where he lived and continued in business fc
fifteen years. He brought his goods up the Guyan Rivt
on a push boat, and at the same time sent large quantith
of timber down the stream by rafts.

Bruce McDonald became a resident of the City c
Logan in 1912. He and the other heirs in 1913 incov
porated the 14,000-acre estate of their father as the W. "V
McDonald Land Company, Incorporated, of which Bilton :
president, Bruce, vice president, and S. E. McDonald,
son of Millard, secretary and treasurer. Bruce McDonal
is one of the organizers and is vice president of tb
Guyan Valley Bank, and is a member of the board o
directors of the First National Bank. He is a steward an
trustee of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Soutl
and has helped to build several churches. Fraternally h
is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and Chapter, Wes
Virginia Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite at Whee
ing, and Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic ^ Shrine a
Charleston. He also belongs to the Elks and is a demc
crat. Mr. McDonald is unmarried.

Millard McDonald, the oldest son of his father's secon*
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uug luau he married Vicia Buchanan, daughter of
Buchauau. Sho was born near Ma to wan on Big
y. They have four liviug childron: 8. Elmer, who
crctarv of the W. W. McDonald Land Company, is a
tor of the First National Bank of Logan and prc*i
of the Merchants and Miners Bank; LilUe May, wife
. H. Oakley, who is associated with the Guyan Supply
>any of Logan; Nora, wife of W. D. Phipps, of the
n Mercantile Company; and Mabel, wife of Dr. C. B.
is, a deutist of Stollings in Logan County.
Hard McDonald and wife are Mcthodiats, and he is a
;>er of the board of stewards in his home church and,
lis father and brother, has assisted actively in church
ing. Millard McDonald was born in 1S5S. For four
\ he was a merchant on Huff 's Creek and for many
\ has continued his operations as a stock dealer.

hschel Coombs Ooden, publisher of the Wheeling Intel-
er, is one of the most successful newspaper men in
| Virginia.

(was born at Worthington, West Virginia, January 12,
eon of Presley Benjamin and Mary Ellen (Coombs)
h. He was educated in the Fairmont State Normal
|d and graduated A. B. from West Virginia University
J7. He aoon afterward entered the newspaper business,
n 1890 established the Wheeling News. He made the
the first permanently successful evening paper in
ling, and still continues the active head as secretary
r News Publishing Company.

1904 Mr. Ogden purchased the Wheeling Intelligencer,
: has been an institution in the life of Wheeling and the

Ohio Valley since prior to the Civil war. Mr. Ogden is
ttry of the Intelligencer Publishing Company. Besides
eavy responsibility involved in the managements of
two leading papers of Wheeling he is the principal owner
Srector of a number of other daily newspapers.
. Ogden holds two honorary degrees, LL. D. from
ny College and D. C. L. from West Virginia Wesleyan
;e. For years he has been an influential figure in repub-
politics in West Virginia. He is a member of the Epis-

Church, the University, Masonic, Wheeling Country
'ort Henry Clubs. On October 15, 1890, he married
Frances Morehouse of Brownsville, Pennsylvania.

»td Geohoe Beerbower. In the citizenship of Pres-
ipunty among other outstanding Uves of usefulness devel-
[rom humble childhood environment, one whose career
lete with victory, whether in the varied activities of
ms and professional engagements or in that social con-
>ith his fellows which is an unfailing barometer of the
rithin, is Dr. Lloyd George Beerbower, the efficient and
lie dentist and the successful business man of Terra

file the accident of birth makes him a native son of
ylvania, Doctor Beerbower'a life interests have been
»ted with the people and the thinga of West Virginia,
|/hat he ia and what he has accomplished has been
eh inspiration received in this state. He was born just
Hie West Virginia line in Fayette County, June 2, 1877.
mote American ancestor was Philip Bierbauer, who with
pther Casper and a sister, who died at sea, left Germany
kn 1700, and in 1732 they emigrated from Amsterdam
fettled in Pennsylvania, Philip Bierbauer apent the
f his life in York County. His son Philip moved into
I'D County when this was a country still undelivered
Ihe domain of the wilderness. He established hia home
ide Farm, where at the close of hia life he was laid to
Among hia numerous children was Philip, the third,
-ithatood the temptation to join his brothera and aistera
West and apent his life where he married and reared his
. His thirteen sons and daughters were the ancestors
it of those of the name atill living in this section. The
child of Philip the third waa George S. Beerbower,
ras born near the aite of old Fort Morris in the Glade
: community March 22, 1820, and died July 19, 1879.
rat wife, Catherine DeBerry, waa born April 8, 1818,
ied March 18, 1857. Her children were: William D.,
as a minister of the Lutheran Church; Silas; Allen; and

Lydia, who married Milton Robinson. Saloma Laub, second
wife of George S. Beerbower, was born March 24, 1840, and
died January 19, 1896. Her children to reach mature years
were: Martha J., who married J. Allen Reckard; Charlea W.;
Emma Alice, wife of T. L. Gribblc; and Dr. Lloyd George, of
Terra Alta.

Lloyd George Beerbower waa an infant when hia father
died. Hia training therefore fell to his mother, who had scanty
means to provide for the neceaaities of her family. His married
sister, Mra. Reckard, exercised a chrietian influence over the
boy, and it is due to these two good women that he has
achieved a large measure of success and good deeds. He and
his brother Charles were long closely and intimately asso-
ciated, and as boys they shared in the heavy labor of the farm
and realized the value of economy and the necessity of per-
sonal sacrifice. Both were endowed with capacity for larger
things than their environment offered, but it required a
teacher to develop thia. About the time hia father died
Doctor Beerbower's parents returned to Glade Farm in
Preston County and he remained there to the age of seventeen,
getting the fundamentals of his education in the nearby achool-
house. About that time his mind waa diverted from the com-
monplace routine at home by Professor McGrew of Phila-
delphia, who furnished the opportunity for delivery from the
monotony of the farm by offering him a place in the crew of
young men he headed selling Bunyan'a Pilgrim's Progress.
He soon developed the art of aaleamanahip, and in hia expe-
rience as a aaleaman through Pcnnaylvania, Maryland, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia acquired a really liberal education
and the polish of a man of affairs. After returning he waa
induced by his brother Charlea W. to join him in a selling
campaign of their own. They equipped themselves with a
wagon fitted for the work, aold Pilgrim's Progreaa by day and
created interest in the book by giving stereopticon lectures at
night. It was a program successfully and profitably carried
out, and while they were making money they were also gaining
an indispensable knowledge of the world and affairs. They
quickly grasped the advantages of the learned over the un-
learned, and while stimulating knowledge they alao perfected
themselves in that eaay address which carriea men through
life. At the aame time they were doing something more than
a selfish service, since the literature they distributed brought
enlightenment with it to those who craved knowledge.

The next phase of progress of these two brothera was to fit
themselves for teaching, and to that end they became pupils
of the revered and accomplished historian and teacher, the
late Samuel T. Wiley, who proved himself a firm friend of the
brothers and placed them under lasting obligations for the
wise counsel he gave as well aa the knowledge he dispensed.
Through that inspiration the brothera entered the Wesleyan
College of West Virginia at Buckhanan, of which Dr. Beer-
bower is now a member of the Board of Trustees. After an
experience as a teacher George Beerbower accepted an offer to
travel again, this time representing Underwood & Underwood
of New York, selling stereoscopic views in the capacity of a
general agent. Among the student body of various colleges,
furnishing employment to many young men and women to
earn money during their vacation period, to enable them to
pay their way through college.

In the meantime he had descended upon dental surgery
aa his proper vocation. In June, 1895, he graduated from
dental college and during hia aummer vacations he had em-
ployed his growing knowledge and skill among hia friends
and acquaintances at home. Before graduating he had de-
cided to locate at Galveston, Texas, but he abandoned that
idea and chose to settle in the little commercial metropolis of
Preston County at Terra Alta, a community that has known
him and esteemed him now for nearly thirty years. His
dental offices are on the second floor of the Beerbower-Zeller
Building, which he helped build in 1910. Doctor Beerbower
is a charter member of the Weat Virginia Dental Society, has
been constant in attending its meetings, has aerved on some
of ita important committees and in 1913 was chosen preaident
of the aociety. In July, 1911, Governor Glasscock appointed
him a member of the Board of Dental Examiners.

Doctor Beerbower ia also preaident of the Terra Alta Light
Company, preaident of the Terra Alta Development Company,
a corporation for the promotion of the city's growth, is a

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director of the Terra Alta Bauk and member of its Finance
Board, and is cashier of the Preston Republican Publishing
Company.

Hie ancestors were Lutherans, but Doctor Beerbower is a
Methodist, faithful in attendance and for several years was
superintendent of the Sunday School. He is a Knight of
Pythias, a past master of hia Masonic Lodge, ia present high
priest of the Royal Arch Chapter, and in politics is a republi-
can, with independent leanings in local affairs. He has heen
three times mayor of Terra Alta, and served four years on the
Board of Education of Portland District.

June 28, 1906, Doctor Beerbower married Mary Elizabeth
Stafford, daughter of William E. and Mary (Shahan) Staf-
ford. Her father was a Union soldier in the Civil war, and
the Stafford's and Shahans were early represented in the
settlement of Monongalia and Preston counties. Mrs. Beer-
bower finished her education in a preparatory school at Key-
ser, and was a teacher until her marriage. Doctor and Mrs.
Beerbower have two sons: Alhert Stafford, born April 9 T
1909; and Fred Vance, born July 30, 1912.

Ulysses S. Welch. Terra Alta in Preston County esteems
Ulysses S. Welch as one of the most substantial of its citizens,
not only as a business man hut as one whose helpful interest
and cooperation is extended to any of the affairs of the com-
munity, particularly the schools.

Mr. Welch, who for a number of years has operated the
custom mill at Terra Alta, was born at Alhright, Preston
County, March 23, 1867. His remote American ancestors
were Welsh people. His father was Samuel E. Welch, whose
brothera and sisters were T. Jefferson, Jacob, Joseph, Mrs.
Jacob Feather, Mrs. Harry Feather and Mrs. Josephus Childs,
all now deceased. Samuel E. Welch was a Union soldier dur-
ing the Civil war, being in a cavalry regiment under General
Sheridan in the Valley of Virginia. The loss of a finger was
the only important wound he received. At the close of active
hostilities in the East he was sent -with his regiment to the
West, where he participated in several Indian campaigns.
He was married while still in the army, and after the war he
became a locomotive engineer. For some years he was on
the Pittsburgh Division of the Baltimore & Ohio, and then
made his headquarters at Kansas City and was in the service
of the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific. He died in the
spring of 1880, at the age of fifty years. Samuel E. Welch
married Rachel L. Bishop, daughter of Samuel Bishop, who
spent his life as a farmer in the Albright community of Preston
County. She is now seventy-three years of age and living at
Albright. Her children were Ulysses S., Frank D., of Cumber-
land, Maryland, and Reed F., of Morgantown.

Ulysses S. Welch was thirteen years of age when his father
died. He had attended the common schools of Alhright, and
after the death of his father he moved to Terra Alta and began
earning his hread as an employe of J. W. Rigg Son & Company
in their woolen mills. He learned the carding business or
trade in that factory. Leaving that firm, he became a partner
in Freeland, Casseday & Company, millers, and was an active
participant in the business until their mills burned. He then
rebuilt the plant, took over the interests of hia partners, and
has ever since been doing business as a miller at Terra Alta.
He has a forty barrel mill, and its operations have been
carried on steadily for the grinding of feed of all kinds. One
special product is buckwheat flour. Much of its output is
shipped to markets outside the county, and in this and other
ways the plant has proved a useful industry of the town.
Mr. Welch is also a stockholder and director of the Terra Alta
Bank.

The two years he spent on the council was an era of prac-
tical progress of municipal improvement in Terra Alta, and
during that time the first brick pavements were laid, the
aewer system and city water system installed, and gas mains
laid. Mr. Welch is now on his second term as a member of
the Board of Education of Portland District. The most im-
portant matter being considered by the board is the building
of the new high school, and an architect has been requested to
submit plans for that purpose. Mr. Welch grew up in the
atmosphere of the dominant political party in Preston County
and cast his first vote for James G. Blaine. About the time
he reached hia majority he joined the Terra Alta Lodge Of
Odd Fellows and is also a member of the Woodmen of the

World. He was reared under Methodist influences, h
now a memher of the Church of the Brethren.

In Preston County, near Tunnelton, August 14, 189*
married Miss Elizabeth Casseday, daughter of John
Elizaheth (Bucklew) Caeeeday. She was born near Tu
ton, youngeat of twelve children, the others surviving I
James, Mrs. Harriet Fike and John B. Mr. and Mrs. V
have one daughter, Iva M. She is a talented young wc
and a very capable educator. She is a graduate of the
versity of West Virginia, is now an instructor in the 1
Alta High School, and is continuing her advanced eti
during the summer vacations in Columbia University at
York.

A. Staley Shaw, justice of the peace for the Por,
District and former sheriff of Preston County, has lived j
tically all his life in the Terra Alta community and has b<
prominent figure therein.

He was born near Alhright in that county April 6, 1
His grandfather, Benjamin Shaw, was horn in the nort
Ireland, and identified himself with Preston County cons
ahly more than a century ago. He lived out his life here
farmer and married Mary Martin, daughter of Daniel Ma
another representative of one of the oldest of Preston C
ty's families. Benjamin and Mary Shaw had one son, Wil
Shaw, and by a second marriage Benjamin Shaw had c
descendants.

William Shaw was born in Preston County Decembe
1S12, and grew up on Muddy Creek in the locality of V
Point. There were few and limited schools during his yc
and his own knowledge of books was meager, though h<
came a man of practical industry. He married Sarah G
and they lived on the Gibbs farm near Terra Alta.
father, Aaron Gibbs, came into Preston County and ma
here, and spent his life as a farmer near Terra Alta. Wil
Shaw died in August, 1891, surviving his wife just six wi
He was reared a democrat, hut from the time of the I
war until his death was a republican and was a membi
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Hia children were: Ni
A., who was first married to A. P. Jenkins and then toD
Wolfe and died near Cranesville in Preston County; W
who was married to Garret T. White and died in Terra J
Sarah A. who was first married to J. W. Chidester and
to J. H. Rigg, and died just east of Terra Alta; and A. Sti

A. Staley Shaw was a pupil in the early schools off
locality where the family lived, all of his education l\
acquired in subscription schools. He responded to the!
for militia at the time of the Civil war, hut did not Bl
away from the home locality. His tasks and responsibilf
were with the home farm until he was twenty-four, whe
married, and then remained at the old homestead as a far |
Subsequently he bought a farm nearby, and continue^
career as a practical man of agriculture until 1912. Atj
death of his wife he turned over the farm management t<
sons.

Squire Shaw, as he is generally known, has for many y
been a useful factor in the public service of the county.
1877 he was made deputy under Sheriff F. M. Ford, andaei
throughout that term. In 1884 he was elected high sheri
successor of Elisha Thomas. He made the campaign!
republican, with which party he affiliated from the castin
his first vote. He won the nomination and convention as
of four candidates, and is now the only one of the four '
living in the county and the oldest living ex-sheriff. I
service from 18S4 to 1888 waa a rather peaceful and law a'
ing period, only one murderer being tried and only elt
persona being taken to the penitentiary at Moundsville «•
he was sheriff. On leaving this office Squire Shaw resit
farming, but soon afterward answered another call to pfl*
duty, when he was elected to the County Court as succe-
of Commissioner J. P. Jones. He waa president of the Col]'
Board and served four years. During this time the col
purchased the poor farm. In 1916 he was elected justic
the peace of Portland District, succeeding Squire Gi
Whitehair, and in 1920 he was re-elected and is now aerv
his second term.

On May 27, 1869, Squire Shaw married near Newbi
Sarah A. Jones. She was born in Staffordshire, Engli
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553

•areata, Thomas and Sarah (Whitebouee) Jones, came to
ttnerica and eettled in Preston County, living on Scotch Hill
ear Orrs, and in that community Sarah grew up and mar-
ied. Her parents are buried at Newburg, and she was one of
large family of children. Mra. Shaw died April 13, 1912,
fter forty-two years of married life. Of the children of
quire Shaw the oldest ia Emma M., wife of M. H. Dodge,
f Terra Alta, and they have a daughter, Edna L. The other
wo children are twin aona, "William Roy and Thomaa Ray,
oth farm owners near Terra Alta, but William R. ia officiat-
pg as principal of the Terra Alta High School, while Thomas
i connected with the People's Store of Terra Alta. William
\l. married Edna Mayer and Thomas R. married Stella
mith, but neither has children.

Judge Shaw since the age of twenty has been an active
lethodist, serving in an official capacity in the church, for
Dine years was a trustee and is the present church treasurer,
lis only fraternity is the Knights of Pythias, and he is a past
jhancellor of Alpine Lodge No. 35 at Ten-a Alta.

Squire Shaw's first recollection of Terra Alta was when he
•as about five years of age and when hia parents first moved
n that community. It then contained its first log cabin,
hat of E. E. Alfred, who owned much if not all of the ground
ow embraced within the townsite. The old pioneer cabin
as long aince been destroyed and ita owner died not far from
he town he founded upon the mountain top of the Alleghanies
»i Preston County. In 1S50, when the Shaw family settled
►here, the Baltimore & Ohio Railway was constructing ita
ngle track line through Preston County. Staley Shaw,
ow the venerable district justice, frequently witnessed the
rogress of the work and saw the diminutive locomotive
uffing and atruggling under its heavy drag of material until
. passed on toward the West and then saw the introduction
f freight and passenger traffic, observed its growth from
ecade to decade, the building of a second track and then a
hird one, the improvement of the roadbed by the replaee-
lient of the iron rail with the heavy steel rail, the superseding
[f the primitive engines and freight cars and passenger
caches by powerful, stronger and better ones, the introduc-
ion of the Pullman and the dining ear as the culmination of
ailroad equipment. Terra Alta was developing apace with
hese improvements as its main traffic artery, and it became

little metropolis marking the east entrance of West Virginia,

beacon light in the march of progress for several genera-
ions. Judge Shaw is one of the few survivors of the old
•layers on this human stage, and all who know him say that
e has played well his part.

E. Floyd Scaggs. From the quality of work he has done
n elevating the standards and promoting the efficiency of
he schools of Logan County E. Floyd Seaggs is a notable
eader in West Virginia educational affairs. With long
•xperience and at the same time with youth at his eom-
nand, his earnestness and high ideals arc the qualities
Qoat needed in a state where the educational processes are
<ing made to serve the insistent requirements of modern
ife.

Mr. Scaggs, who is county superintendent of schools,
vas born on his father's farm near Latrobe on Buffalo
?reek, Logan County, January 30, 1889. His grandfather,
Joseph Scaggs, was a pioneer of Logan County, served as a
Confederate soldier in the Civil war, was taken prisoner on
Tuff's Creek and was confined at Johnson's Island in Lake
2rie during the greater part of the war. After the war he
■esumed farming, and he was killed by a falling tree on
lis farm at the age of sixty. Rush F. Scaggs, father of the
county superintendent, was born in Montgomery County,
j'irginia, December 27, 1857, and was a child when the
'amily moved to Nightbert in Logan County. He has been
i farmer as well as a carpenter, and for four years was
justice of the peace in the Tridelphia District. Rush F.
^caggs married Louisa Chambers, who was born on Rum
Zreek in Logan County, November 20, 1867. Her father,
Uapt. L. E. Chambers, was commander of what was known
is the Logan Wild Cats in the Confederate army. His
lome was at the mouth of Rum Creek. He twice served as
i member of the State Legislature, was chairman of the
democratic County Committee several times, was an official
nember of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and

served on the Board of Education, lie built the Chambers
Church and school. Captain Chambers died In 1916, at the
age of eighty-nine. Rush F. Scaggs and wife now live
at Man in Logan County. Of their seven children three
are teachers, Floyd, Alfred D. and Ina M.

E. Floyd Scaggs acquired his early education in the
graded schools of Logan County, and' without meana be-
yond his own earnings he had to secure his higher educa-
tion through his own efforts and in the intervals of his
career as a teacher. While teaching he took extension
work in the University of West Virginia, pursued courses
in Marshall College and at the Concord Normal at Atheus,
and took a course in law with the American Correspondence
School of Law of Chicago. He began teaching at the age
of eighteen on a third grade certificate, at a salary of
*30 per month, paying $5 a month for his board. He
taught his first school on Rum Creek, and after that he
taught every year until he was elected county superin-
tendent in 1916. Mr. Scaggs taught the graded schools
at Man, Earling, Rich Creek and Accoville. He continued
his own studies constantly while teaching. As county
superintendent he has largely reorganized and systematized
the school work of the county, and all the modern school
buildings have been erected under his supervision.

In 1913 he married Miss Emma Burgess, daughter of
Park Burgess, of Man. They have one aon, Luther L.
Mr. and Mrs. Scaggs are members of the Nightbert Me-
morial Methodist Church of Logan, and he is teacher of the
Bible Class in the Sunday school. In Masonry he is affili
ated with the Masonic Lodge, Logan Chapter, R. A. M.,
Scottish Rite degrees, Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Charleston, and belongs to the Odd Fellows Lod^e
at Amherstvale, and the Elks Lodge at Logan.

T. Fred Baowx is the manager of the Brown Coal Com-
pany, with headquarters at Princeton, Mercer County and
his associate in the ownership of the business is his father,
\\ imam A. Brown.

Thomas Fred Brown was born near Oakvale, Mercer
County, June 15, 18*7, and is a son of William A. and
Olivia (Broyles) Brown, both likewise natives of Mercer
County. The latter died in 1901. William A. Brown who
was bornAugust 10, 1S63, has long been prominent and in-
fluential in connection with business and civic affairs in his
native county, and in earlier years was here actively en-
gaged in farm enterprise. He served as county superin-
tendent of roads and also as county sheriff, his political
allegiance being given to the republican party. In addi-
tion to being identified with the coal business he is a suc-
cessful contractor in concrete work and in road and street
construction. He is a member of the church organization
formed by Pastor Russell, and in adopting this faith he
gave up his affiliation with the Masonic and Elks fraterni-
ties.

T. Fred Brown supplemented the discipline of the public
schools by attending the Concord State Normal School at
Athens, and thereafter he was for ten years associated with
his brother J. W. in the retail grocery business at Prince-
ton. He then became associated with his father in the or-
ganization of the Pioneer Coal Company, with coal yards
on the east side of the Virginian Railroad, at Princeton.
Later the father and son organized the present Brown Coal
Company, which has well equipped yards and which controls
a substantial wholesale and retail trade.

Mr. Brown and his wife are members of the First Bap-
tist Church. In 1908 Mr. Brown married Miss Bessie Curt-
ner, daughter of Crockett Curtner, of Mercer County, and
the two children of thia nnion are Isabelle and T. Fred, Jr.

Thomas Maurice Far, president and manager of the
Farmers Supply Company at Princeton, judicial center of
Mercer County, and vice president of the Bank of Prince-
ton, was born on a farm in Loudoun County, Virginia, Sep-
tember 20, 1868. He is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Stone)
Fry, both likewise natives of the Old Dominion State, wherp
they passed their entire lives, the father having died in
1 ^99, at the age of aixty-nine years, and the mother having
passed away in May, 1918, likewise at the age of sixty nine.

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Both were earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church.
The two surviving children are Thomas M., of this review,
and Mrs. Lena J. Cost, who still resides in the old home
county. Prior to the Civil war the Fry family had been
one of substantial prosperity, but the ravages of the war
brought disaster to this as to many other families in Vir-
ginia. What remained of the old estate was sold by Thomas
M. Fry after the death of his father, whose entire active
career was marked by association with farm enterprise.

Thomas M. Fry gained his rudimentary education in an
old log schoolhouse that required yearly treatment with
mud, which was crowded between the logs to keep the wind
from entering too freely, the Civil war having so lowered
the prosperity of the community that no means were avail-
able for supplying a better school building. Later on Mr.
Fry attended high school in the City of Washington, D. C,
for one year. In 18S8 he went to St. Johns, Stafford
County, Kansas, where for three years he held a position
in the First National Bank, at a salary of $35 a month. In
1891 he went to Kansas City, Missouri, and after having
there been employed one year in the National Bank of Com-
merce he returned to his native county. After rcmaiuing
for a time on a farm he again went to Kansas, where he
held a position in a bank at Downs until the institution
failed. For a time thereafter he was clerk in a dry-goods
store, and in May, 1893, he went to Hudson, Michigan,
where for seven years he held a position in Thompson
Brothers Savings Bank. For two years thereafter he was
again on a farm in Loudoun County, Virginia, and he then
became cashier of the Purcellville National Bank at Pur-
cellville, that state. After retaining this executive office
four years he came to Princeton, West Virginia, where for
the ensuing eleven years he was cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank. Since' that time he has been vice president
of the Bank of Princeton, and his has been a potent influ-
ence in the upbuilding of this substantial institution. In
1919 Mr. Fry organized the Farmers Supply Company, and
the Mercer Motor Company, handling Ford products, and
he has since continued president of both companies, the
business of which has become one of broad scope in the
handling of automobiles, motor-trucks, tractors and all
kinds of farm implements, machinery and general supplies.
Mr. Fry has been identified with banking enterprise for
more than a quarter of a century, and he reverts with
agreeable memories to his pioneer experience in Kansas,
especially in view of the fact that there, at St. Johns, was
solemnized in 1891 his marriage with Miss Neva Benford, a
native of Indiana. They have two children : Harry B.
graduated from Roanoke College, Virginia, and thereafter
attended the School of Finance & Commerce in New York
City, where he now resides and where he follows his pro-
fession as a certified public accountant; Dorothy is the wife
of Dr. W. C. Epling, who is engaged in the successful prac-
tice of dentistry at Princeton. Mr. Fry is one of the liberal
and progressive citizens and representative business men of
Princeton, is a republican in politics, is affiliated with the
Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in their home city,
he being a member of its board of stewards.

Adolphus R. Fike is an undertaker and embalmer at
Terra Alta, and has been a citizen of that town since October
2, 1907. Mr. Fike is a man of many gifts and versatile
accomplishments, has been a farmer, merchant, carpenter
and contractor, and has administered some public offices
with credit and efficiency.

This versatility has been a decided characteristic of the
Fike family during its various generations in Preston County.
The members of the family have been distinguished for their
steady industry and also for the devotion that is the out-
growth of deep religious impulses. The first American of
this family came from the Province of Hanover early in the
eighteenth century. His grandson, Christian Fike, married
Christina Livengood. Their five sons were Christian, Jacob,
John, Joseph and Peter, and their two daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Lichty and Mrs. Barbara Shrock.

Of this family Peter Fike was born in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, November 3, 1794, and in 1851 removed to

Sang Run, Garrett County, Maryland, and in 1854 to Presli
County, West Virginia. He spent the remaining years f
his life as a farmer and cooper in the Eglon communi;
where he died November 28, 1871. In 1818 Peter Fike m.C
ried Magdalene Arnold, daughter of Elder Samuel Aroo,
of Burlington, West Virginia. The children of their unii
were: Samuel A., David, Moses, Aaron, Susan, who mil
ried John Snider, Mary, who married Phenis Miller, Christij,
who was the wife of Jacob Weimer, Annie, who marril
Jeremiah Miller, Lydia, who married Henry Speicher, al
Magdalene, Mrs. John Weimer. All the sons were farme,
and three of them, Samuel, Moses and Aaron, were ministi»>
of the Church of the Brethren. They gave little attentii
to politics, and Moses only was a militia soldier during tj
Civil war and is the only survivor of the ten children, s
home heing near Eglon.

Elder Aaron Fike, father of Adolphus R. Fike of Terra AIL
was born April 25, 1840, on Indian Creek in Fayette Coun j,
Pennsylvania, was reared in Garrett County, Maryland, al
after the age of fourteen in Preston County. He map
the best possible use of the limited educational opportunity
that came to him. He lived and reared his family on a fan
and farming was always his chief vocation. After his mi\>
riage he and his wife lived for a year with his father, a!
during that time he employed his mechanical skill in maki-
furniture, and continued that until he had sold enough .
equip his own home for housekeeping. On June 3, 18(
he was elected to the ministry of the Church of the Rrethre
after having been a member of the organization one yei'
He preached four years and was then ordained an elder ffl
thereafter much of his time and energies were given to preac>
ing and to ministering in church affairs. He went abo
these duties with singular disregard of his own comfort ai
hardships entailed in riding horseback to distant congreg
tions. As is the custom of that denomination, he did all 11
ministerial work without compensation. The intervj,
between his church duties were diligently employed on 1 1
farm and in providing for his family's comforts. He ro<
about over the country in all kinds of weather, preachinj
baptizing, and frequently rode hack a distance of fiftei
miles. Oq two occasions he reached home frozen to hj
saddle and had to be helped from tha horse, his hands ai 1
feet being thawed out in cold water. He paid little attentull
to swollen streams, fording or swimming them on his horsji
Once he tried to urge his horse into Cheat River when it w «
high, but his faithful animal refused to make the ventui
and later he discovered that the stream had washed a ne|
channel ten feet deep at that point. During his young 1
years he endured the hardships easily, but later an afflictid
came upon him which made it impossible to travel on hors|
back, and he then walked to his appointments. His sc
Adolphus occasionally accompanied him, they walkir*
together eight miles to the services and then walking bad,
Adolphus as a boy once accompanied his father twent
miles away to fill an appointment, and they made the di
tance on foot on Saturday, and after preaching on Sunds
they returned home together. Aaron Fike's health begs
failing him at the age of thirty-five, and during the remaindt
of his long life he suffered much pain and inconveniencj
without ceasing his lahors. For forty years he was assistai
elder in charge of the German settlement congregation, ar
then became elder in full charge. Aaron Fike reared -
numerous family of healthy children, ministering to the
physical needs when sick in some homely way and nev»
spending more than five dollars for doctor's services whi»
they were growing up. Affection and love for his childre
was one of his predominant characteristics, though he wi"
positive in exacting obedience from them, and he alwaj
set them an exemplary deportment. Aaron Fike passe
away on a Sunday in December, 1916, and his funeral ws
preached by Elder Jonas Fike, his nephew.

On March 29, 1860, Aaron Fike married Rebecca Ji
Rudolph, a daughter of John Rudolph. She was born nea
Eglon January 7, 1841, and died March 29, 1916. The chi
dren of this good old couple were: Matilda, wife of Joh
Vought, of Eglon; Tabitha, who married Charles P. Joncj
and lives at New Windsor, Maryland; Amelius, a farmer si
Eglon; Adolphus Roland; Lucinda, who married Denni
Biser, of Eglon; Phenis L., of Peace Valley, Missouri; Emrr

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a farmer and minister uear Eglon; Lorenza lives at Red
House, Maryland, and, like his brothers Phenla and Emra,
is a miniater of the Church of the Brethren; Elimina, died
at Eglon, wife of Bcrtis Bucklew; Celesta, Mra. Joseph
Livengood, of Salisbury, Pennsylvania; and Hurley W., of
Myeredalc, Pennsylvania.

Adolphu9 R. Fike, whose history ia now taken up after
reviewing his honorable ancestry, was born at Eglon October
19, 1866. As a boy he attended the Slaubaugh School,
worked for his father on the farm, was employed on public
worka, and also in the lumber woods for the J. L. Romberger
Lumber Company. About that time he married and began
farming. He lived on his farm at Hebron for seventeen
year9, and supplemented the income from his farm by car-
penter work and by undertaking. He kept a stock of under-
taking goods at his home in the country, and his hearse was
the first one in that locality.

Mr. Fike sold hi9 interests at Eglon in 1907 and removed
to Terra Alta, where he has since been a leader in the under-
taking service. For seven years he did carpenter work aa
a side line. He also put in a furniture stock, and after six
years he made an exchange with his competitor, turning over
the furniture to him while he concentrated on the business
of undertaking and embalming. Mr. Fike bought and
brought to Terra Alta the first automobile hearse in Preston
County, in 1917. He has also been a dealer in harmess, and
to some extent still carries on his trade aa a carpenter and
contractor.

Mr. Fike was for four years a member of the Council of
Terra Alta and for one year mayor. He is a republican and
has served as a deacon in the Church of the Brethren.

On September 28, 1S90, he married in Preston County
Miss Mary Ann Wiles, who was born in Eglon July 12, 1S67,
daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Stemple) Wiles. She
was the only child of her mother, but her father had children
by hia two other marriages. Mr. and Mrs. Fike have four
daughters: Delia Frances is the wife of Reed F. Martin, of
Washington, D. C. Olive Ruth is a graduate nurse of a
Uniontown Hospital in Pennsylvania, and is now super-
intendent of Fricks Hospital in that city. Violet May is a
teacher at Cayford, West Virginia. Lula 2. is teacher of
music in La Plata Institute in Maryland.

Nathan C. Musgrove was for many years in the tanning
industry and for the past twenty years has been a mill owner
and operator at Fetterman, a suburb of Grafton.

Mr. Musgrove was born in the Laurel Run community of
Marion County, September IS, 1858, son of Nathan Mus-
grove. His father was born in Frederick County, Maryland,
in 1824, and in 1S49, came to West Virginia. He acquired a
liberal education, and taught achool for a time after settling
in Marion County. He finally established hi9 home on White
Day Creek, and continued his life as a farmer there until his
death. He waa never in politics beyond voting as a democrat,
and waa an active member of the Christian Church.

Nathan Musgrove waa the only member of his family to
come to West Virginia. At Old Palatine, near Fairmont, he
married Irene Corrothera, a daughter of Andrew Corrothers.
She was reared on White Day Creek, near Smithtown. Her
people were farmers, and her brother, John W. Corrothers,
was at one time called the timber king of West Virginia, and
the family aa a whole were very prosperous and substantial
people. Nathan Musgrove, Senior, died in 1S9S and his wife
in 1S93. They were the parents of seven sons and four daugh-
ters, nine of whom are still living, the youngest being fifty
years of age. Their son John W. died at Satsop, Washington;
Andrew J. was a locomotive engineer when he died at Paynea-
ville, Ohio, September 24, 1913; Robert Q. lives at Fairmont;
Nathan Columbus is next in age; Samuel M. is a member of
the Grafton Bar; Lizzie married A. J. Matthew, of Preston
County; Thomas J. operates the old homestead farm on
White Day Creek; Milton R. is justice of the peace at Fair-
mont; Mrs. Belle Henderson lives at Grafton; Iantha, widow
af I. T. Hawkins, operates a dairy near Fairmont; Daisy ia
the wife of C. M. Stanley, of Benton's Ferry, West Virginia.

Nathan C. Muagrove grew up on White Day Creek, ac-
quired his education in the Laurel Run country school, and
ifter reaching his majority left home and for a time waa a coal
miner in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He then re-
turned home and built a tanyard on Laurel Run, and took

up the industry, which was satisfactory in that locality for
nineteen years. The capacity of his plant waa a thousand
hidea annually. His product was harnesa and rough leather.
The market for hia finished harness leather waa in Baltimore
and Wheeling, and other products were marketed in the
East. When he abandoned the tan yard it went into disuse
and haa practically disappeared. On leaving his old home
Mr. Musgrove moved to Fetterman and erected a feed mill.
He did a large amount of custom grinding, and alao handled
flour, feed, sugar and salt by the wholesale. He was one of the
charter members and a former director of the Jerry Run Coal
Company, and ia now a stockholder in the Grafton Banking
and Trust Company.

Mr. Musgrove has participated in polities only to the
extent of voting the democratic ticket, and is an earnest
follower of democratic principals. His first presidential vote
went to General Hancock in 1SS0, and he has participated in
every national election since then, voting twice for Mr
Cleveland and twice for Mr. Wilson. He ia a member of
the Odd Fellows, and is a contributor to the work of the
organized church in his community. During the World war
he was a member of the wholesale committee of the Food
Administration at Grafton, and otherwise participated in the
drive for funds.

On September 3, 1885, at Morgantown, Mr. Musgrove
married Misa Sarah Kisner, daughter of Samuel Khmer.
She died July 25, 1889. Their two children were Nora C.
who ia now the wife of Lincoln Mason, of Grafton, and has
two children, James and Sarah Marie; and John, associated
with hia father in business, who married Flo Pinnell and has
one child, Sarah. For his second wife Mr. Musgrove mar-
ried Anna J. Kisner, sister of his first wife. She died Feb-
ruary 27, 1920. Their surviving daughter, Phronie, ia the
wife of George Coulson, of Fetterman, and they have one
child, Nathan Coulson.

Efexezer Archer Freshwater is a venerable and
honored native son of Hancock County whom it is most
gratifying and consistent to accord representation in this
history of West Virginia. Though he is now living virtually
retired in his attractive home at Chester, this eounty, he has
been in the most distinctive sense a man of thought and
action, and marked the passing years with large and worthy
achievement. The following statements concerning Mr.
Freshwater are well worthy of preservation in this connection.
"He is big physically and mentally, and in his business career
he never found contracts too large for him to assume and
carry through. He keeps in full touch with the trend of the
times and feels that his span of life has embraced the most
interesting and important period in the world's history. His
memory compassed much of the splendid development and
progress of Hancock County and he takes just satisfaction in
the knowledge that he has been able to contribute his share to
this civic and material advancement in one of the finest
sections of a great and prosperous commonwealth."

In a modest home on King's Creek in what is now Hancock
County Mr. Freshwater was born March 21, 1S39, a son of
Philip and Eleanor (Archer) Freshwater. Philip Freshwater
was born in Brooke County, this state, and was a son of
Reuben Freshwater, one of five brothers who settled in the
Upper Ohio Valley in the early pioneer days. Philip had
four brothers, David, William, George and John. Mrs.
Eleanor (Areher) Freshwater likewise was born and reared
in Brooke County, and alter their marriage she and her hus-
band came to what is now Hancock County and established
their home on a farm on King's Creek. Remains of an old
iron furnace on this creek are still in evidence and marking
an historic point, in that this furnace was used in connection
with the manufacturing of firearms used in the War of 1812.
On the old homestead farm Philip Freshwater and his wife
passed the remainder of their lives, noble, self-sacrificing
pioneers who were well equipped to face the problems and
responsibilities that fell to them and who reared their chil-
dren to lives of honor and usefulness. Mr. Freshwater was
one of the early breeders of Merino aheep in this part of the
state, and became one of the extensive and successful agri-
culturists and stock-growers of Hancock County as now
constituted. He died at the age of seventy-six years, his
devoted wife having passed away at the age of sixty-one

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years, both having been active members of the United Pres-
byterian Church. Of their children eight attained to ma-
turity: Elizabeth, became the wife of Malcolm Cameron,
and both died at Highlandtown, Ohio, she having been
seventy-nine years of age at the time of her demise; Nancy,
the wife of John Carothers, died at Franklin, Pennsylvania,
at the age of eighty-one years; Reuben, who is, in 1922, in
his eighty-sixth year, owns and resides on a farm adjoining
the old homestead of his parents; Mary J. became the wife
of Robert Carson and died at Toronto, Ohio, when about
sixty-eight years of age; Ebenezer A., immediate subject of
this review, was the next in order of birth; Sarah Jane is the
widow of David Carothers and resides at Steuben ville, Ohio;
Martha Ellen is the widow of Benton Langfitt and resides
near the old home farm of her father; Philip married Miss
Ellen Woods and was a resident of Ironton, Ohio, at the time
of his death, when in middle life.

Ebenezer A. Freshwater was reared on the old pioneer
farm and received the advantages of the schools of the lo-
cality and period. He early learned the dignity and value
of honest toil and endeavor, and soon developed individual
initiative as one of the world's constructive workers. After
his marriage, which occurred in the spring of 1867, he estab-
lished his residence on the excellent farm which he had
purchased, three miles distant from the old homestead on
which he was born. He developed one of the best farm prop-
erties of his native county, and remained on the farm thirty
y ears — un til 1916, when he removed to the village of Chester.
He became the owner of three excellent farms in Hancock
County, and in connection with his farm enterprise he oper-
ated a brick yard at the mouth of King's Creek, on the Ohio
River, where he manufactured paving brick of superior grade.
He also bought and shipped wool on a somewhat extensive
scale. With the expansion of his brick manufacturing Mr.
Freshwater eventually engaged in business as a contractor
in the construction of brick pavements. He took contracts
for city street paving, and manufactured the brick used for
this work, his activities along this line having been initiated
fully forty years ago. In his contracting business three of
his sons eventually became associated, under the title of
E. A. Freshwater & Sons, and this concern has become one
of the leaders in this line of enterprise in West Virginia, its
extensive operations including both city and country paving
contracts. The firm built twelve miles of modern cement
road in Hancock County in the year 1921, and the business
of the firm aggregated more than $1,000,000 for that year.
While Mr. Freshwater is still at the head of this firm, in the
development of whose business he has been the most potent
force, he has retired from active association with the busi-
ness, the operations of which are safety entrusted to the
three sons who have proved his able coadjutors. He keeps
in touch with the contracts assumed by the firm, and has
status as one of the substantial and specially successful busi-
ness men of his native state. The firm has taken contracts
in which bonds to the amount of $2,000,000 have been re-
quired, and the credit of the firm at banking institutions has
been practically unlimited. Mr. Freshwater has reason to
take pride in the work which he has achieved in connection
with enterprises of broad scope and importance, and in the
inviolable place that is his in popular confidence and esteem.
He is a republican in political allegiance, and while he has
had no desire for public office he Berved several years as
justice of the peace and has ever been loyal and liberal in
his civic attitude. Both he and his wife are active mem-
bers of the Presbyterian Church.

On the 27th of March, 1867, when he was twenty-seven
years of age, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Freshwater
and Miss Clarinda Ellen Campbell, who was twenty-two
years old. The ceremony occurred at the home of the bride's
father, James Campbell, near the mouth of King's Creek,
and it is pleasing to record that when Mr. and Mrs. Fresh-
water celebrated their golden wedding, or fiftieth anniversary
of their marriage, in 1917, Mrs. Margaret (Orr) Anderson,
wife of Frank Anderson, of East Liverpool, Ohio, was present
as an honored guest of the venerable couple, whose marriage
she had attended as a bridesmaid a half century previously.

In conclusion is given brief record concerning the children
of Mr. and Mrs. Freshwater: George Washington is an oil
operator in Pennsylvania; James Campbell is a member of

the previously mentioned contracting firm of E. A. Fresl
water & Sons; Francis Lee is a successful oil operator in thi
West Virginia fields; Eleanor Archer is the wife of Williai
James, of Chester, Hancock County; Miss Nancy Belle like
wise resides at Chester, as a member of the parental hom
circle; Philip is the second of the sons to be a member of tb
firm of E. A. Freshwater & Sons^ Milton is the executiv
head of the Freshwater Construction Company, a distinc
organization engaged in the paving-contract business, wit.
headquarters in the City of Cleveland, Ohio, his father bein
financially interested in this business; Elmer is the younges!
member of the firm of E. A. Freshwater & Sons; and Ebeneztl
A., Jr., who resides at Painesville, Ohio, is constructio
foreman for E. A. Freshwater & Sons. Of the above mei
tioned children: James Campbell Freshwater marrit
Nora Herron, of Hancock County, West Virginia. The.
have no living children. Francis Lee Freshwater marries
Maud McDole, of East Liverpool, Ohio. They have foil'
children, Sarah E., Nancy E., James A. and Frances A,
Philip Freshwater married Alma Montgomery, of Ada, Ohicf
Milton Freshwater married Carrie B. Wiggins, of Johnstowr,
Pennsylvania, and their two children are Richard A. anJ
Milton, Jr. Elmer Freshwater married Fern Montgomery '
of Ada, Ohio. They have four children, Harold L., Fred M
Jeanette and Dorothy F. Ebenezer A., Jr., married Mar
Given, of Wellsville, Ohio.

Samuel Austin Pratt, M. D. The oldest practicin
physician in Preston County is Dr. Samuel Austin Pratt o
Kingwood, who ha3 been a resident of that city since 187 1
and has been practicing medicine steadily for forty yean 1
He has lived on the same spot of ground for more than a thirl
of a century.

Dr. Pratt was born on Pratt Run, nine miles from Middle,
burn in Tyler County, West Virginia, August 13, 1849. Hi I
father, William Pratt, was born near Norfolk, Virginia, abou «
1793, and before his marriage moved to West Virginia an^
was a farmer in Tyler County. He died in 1858, and hatf
served as a soldier during the Mexican war. William Prat
married Martha Underwood, one of the eight sons and thre;
daughters of William W. and Hannah (Willis) Underwood
and she died in 1906, at the age of eighty-four. William W
Underwood was one of the most substantial farmers of Tylej
County, and represented that district many terms in thi
Legislature. William and Martha Pratt had the following
children: Ellis, William, John, Thomas, Samuel A., Eliza,
beth Jane, Sarah E., Nancy and Leah. Four of these childrei J
intermarried with members of the Weekley family, the soi ;
William marrying Ethalinda Weekley. Elizabeth was th||
wife of Daniel Weekley and became the mother of Bishoj 1
Weekley of Parkersburg. Sarah was married to Willian
Weekley. Nancy was three times married and her las
husband was Bamberlidge Ash. Leah was the wife o
Isaiah Weekley. I

Samuel Austin Pratt spent his boyhood and youth on tin
farm in Tyler County. He continued his education througl
high school and for a time was a teacher, being the younges.
teacher in the county when he began the work. He har
pupils from two different counties and from three differen ,
districts. After two terms as a teacher he became clerk a ; j
Wick Post Office and for several years was employed bj
J. B. Smith, a merchant at Shirley in that county. ]

About thi3 time he began the study of medicine, reading
under the direction of Dr. Malloy at Middleburn. Fronj
there he went to West Union in Doddridge County, elerkee]
in a drug store for Mr. Martin, and his employer, appreciation
his industry and hia ambition to become a physician, paid hit]
expenses for one term in Starling Medical College in Ohio I
In the meantime Mr. Martin removed to Kingwood and en-
gaged in the drug business, and Dr. Pratt took charge of th< I
business after Mr. Martin's death. He continued with thtj
store until May 1, 1880, when he began the practice ol
medicine. He practiced as an undergraduate because he
was without funds to continue his studies in college, and it
was his intention to go on with his course after he had the
money therefor. In 1882 the West Virginia Legislature
passed the law requiring a physician to be a graduate of a|
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notice. To meet these requirements Dr. Pratt took the
xamination for his diploma at Grafton and was properly
pgistered under the law. He has now practiced for more
ban forty years, and for a long time he did the heavy duty
xacted of a country physician who is riding and driving
lmost contiouously, but is now getting ready to retire from
his heavy labor.
Dr. Pratt early in his career was deprived of his patrimony
nd consequently had to earn his own living and the surplus
eeded for his education. Even when he began practice in
Cingwood he had no surplus above a bare existence. Hie
lother furnished him with some bedding, and he placed it
pon boxes in his office for a bedstead, and in the morning
i ut it away in the boxes out of sight of the public. He had

0 wait for business, and it came slowly. During this waiting
eriod he wrote in the county clerk's office at night for the
loney to pay his board, and he also made money guarding

notorious prisoner to prevent his being taken from the jail
y unfriendly hands. In time his abilities gained their proper
jcognition, and for many years Dr. Pratt has been one of
he leaders in his profession. He was one of the examining

|tirgeons of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway and for thirty
ears was examining surgeon for the United States Govern-

1 lent.

I In addition to his profession Dr. Pratt has been interested

1 industrial development, and is a stockholder in the Francois
Joal Company of Clarksburg and interested in the same com-
any at Lowesville, and is also interested in the Astor Mines
t Flemington.

Doctor Pratt has not been in politics, though always voting
! he republican ticket. He married in Preston County, August
I 3, 1884, Miss Jennie R. Wheeler, daughter of David and Jen-
ue R. (Parsons) Wheeler. Mrs. Wheeler died at the birth of
ier daughter, Jennie, and the latter three days later was
•rought by Mrs. Bonafield from Tucker County to King-
irood and placed in the home of her grandparents, Mr. and
Vlrs. James W. Parsons. Mrs. Pratt has therefore spent all
ier life in Kiogwood, where she was educated. Dr. and Mrs.
.'ratt have a daughter, Martha, wife of James A. Haislip, of
Clarksburg. Mr. Haislip is a civil engineer. The four grand-
children of Doctor and Mrs. Pratt are Jane Rebecca, Jamea A.,
fr., Pattie and Bettie.

Doctor Pratt says that "he is a physician by profession and
i gun crank from choice." The sports of the field have fur-
lished him an inexhaustible pleasure since early youth. His
Hinting expeditions have extended out to Wyoming and Mon-
sna, and his collections of fine rifles and other weapons include
in old time long barrel rifle of his grandfather Parsons. This
;un was in its time a weapon of defense against Indians as
veil as an instrument in the slaying of the big game of the
nountains. Mrs. Pratt also has a special hobby, and that
a china decoration. She took up this art without any train-
ng beyond her individual practice, and the shelves of her
liningroom are laden with china ware showing her artistic
alents and the possibilities of training native talent in this
lirection.

Milton H. PaotrorooT, M. D. While he has been busy
n his work as a physician at Rowlesburg for over thirty
reara, Doctor Proudfoot has always exemplified the all around
nterest and good service of a citizen and one willing to work
or the welfare of his community. Hia is a position of peculiar
lonor and esteem in that part of Preston County.

Doctor Proudfoot was born at Grafton, West Virginia,
August 20, I860. His grandfather came from Old Virginia and
wttled in Barbour County. He was a slave owner, but very
sonscientious and religious, and when John Brown raided Har-
Jera Ferry for the purpose of freeing the slaves he took this
>pportunity of freeing his own blacks. His family consisted
>f three sons and three daughters by his marriage to Miss
Reed. The daughters are all deceased. The sons were: Mack,
who died unmarried in Upshur County; Francis R.; and James
V7., now a resident of Grafton.

Francis R. Proudfoot, father of Doctor Proudfoot, was born
n Barbour County, August 18, 1834. He had a common school
education, lived on a farm but learned the carpenter's trade,
ind in 1863 entered the service of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company at Grafton in the car shops. He spent all
the rest of his active life in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio.

He was promoted to general foreman of car repairs, sub-
sequently transferred to Baltimore and was general foreman
of car repairs at Camden Station and remained there on duty
until 1899, when he retired on a pension and subsequently
lived at Rowlesburg, where he died March 20, 1918, at the
age of eighty-four. He had hia father's strong religious
principles, was a Methodist, and exemplified his religion in
everyday life. He was a republican, a Master Mason and a
member of the Knights of Pythias. Francis R. Proudfoot
married Emily C. Freeman, daughter of Evan Freeman, who
came from old Virginia to Taylor County, West Virginia, and
was a blacksmith by trade. Mrs. Proudfoot died May 23,
1911. Her children were: Doctor Proudfoot; Mrs. Frank
Menefee, of Denver, Colorado; Gordon F., of Franklin,
Pennsylvania; and Ernest J., of Rowlesburg.

Milton H. Proudfoot spent his early life at Grafton, that
city being hia home until he was twenty-four. He was educat-
ed in the public schools, and as a young man spent two years
in the railway mail service on the Baltimore & Ohio between
Grafton and Wheeling. In the intervals of that work he studied
medicine, and when he resigned he entered the Starling Medi-
cal College at Columbus, Ohio, where he was graduated M. D.
in the spring of 1884. Doctor Proudfoot after practicing medi-
cine at Rowlesburg for two years abandoned his growing
patronage in that locality to identify himself with a new and
rapidly settling community in Kansas, at Kendall, where he
located in 1886. A man of hia professional ability was greatly
needed and esteemed among the pioneers there, and he shared
in all their vicissitudes, traveling great distances to see hia
patients, and being lost on the prairie was a very common
occurrence. There were crop failures that soon discouraged
moat of the settlers, and though Doctor Proudfoot was well
contented with the country otherwise he could not remain
in the face of rapidly decreasing population, and after four
years he too retired from the unequal struggle and in 1890
returned to West Virginia and re-established himself in prac-
tice at Rowlesburg. He has had a large private practice, and
has also for thirty years been local surgeon for the Baltimore
& Ohio Railway, for four years was a member of the Weat Vir-
ginia State Board of Health, and is an active member of the
Couoty and State Medical Societies. He is also Preston
County examiner for the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and
during the World war he and Mrs. Proudfoot took an active
part in Red Cross work.

Doctor Proudfoot cast his first presidential ballot for the
plumed knight of Maine, Jamea G. Blaine, and the only excep-
tion to his party regularity was due to his devotion and admir-
ation for the personality and character of the late Colonel
Roosevelt, with whom he went into the progressive party.
Doctor Proudfoot is a member of the Board of Education at
Rowlesburg and is a trustee and treasurer of the Methodist
Church there.

At Baltimore, Maryland, June 29, 1887, he married Miss
Lida D. Sawtelle, daughter of W. D. Sawtelle. She was born
at Wheeling but was reared and educated at New Orleans,
Louisiana, and in 1886 returned to West Virginia to teach
in the schools of Tucker County. Her father ia still living
at Shreveport, Louisiana. The other members of the Sawtelle
family still living are Mrs. C. H. Hooton, of Baltimore;
Frank, of Brooklyn, New York; Mrs. 0. A. Annan, of Balti-
more; and the wife of Rev. Robert Wynne, of Shreveport,
Louisiana.

Doctor and Mrs. Proudfoot'have one daughter, Eva, now
Mrs.C.W. F. Coffin, of Englewood, New Jersey. Mr. Coffin is
vice president of the Franklin Railway Supply Company.
Doctor and Mrs. Proudfoot have two grandchildren, William
Allison and Charles Floyd Coffin.

Daniel James Rudasill, M. D. An accomplished and
successful physician and surgeon Doctor Rudasill has been a
resident of Kingwood fifteen years. He located there soon
after finishing his medical education, and along with a growing
medical practice he has won a host of friends in hia adopted
community and is regarded as one of Preston County's most
valued citizens.

Doctor Rudasill came to Weat Virginia from old Virginia.
His great-grandfather on coming from Germany established
his home in Rappahannock County, where he spent hie remain-
ing years as a planter. The grandfather of Doctor Rudasill

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

was also a planter in the same county. James A. Rudasill,
father of the Doctor, was a merchant in Culpeper, Virginia,
and after the war conducted a farm and lived out hia life in
Madiaon County. During the war he was in General Mosby's
command of Confederate troops, and aa a private soldier was
in many campaigns but escaped wounds or capture. He had
no political ambitions, though he served as a squire in hia com-
munity. At the time of hia death he was the oldeat member
of his Masonic Lodge. James A. Eudaaill married Misa
Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter, daughter of John Carpenter, and
of a family that waa identified with the first settlement of
Robinson Valley in Madison County. She died in 1897. The
children of Jamea A. Rudasill and wife were: Charlea M., who
died as a farmer in Madiaon County; Nannie B., wife of
William B. Lacy, of Madiaon County; Harry Carpenter, who
died in Chicago at the age of fifty yeara; William Albert, of
Orange, Virginia; Kate, wife of C. M. Thomas, of Madiaon
County; Nellie, wife of J. H. Tanner, of Culpeper County;
Lucien Albert, of Orange; Dora Dean, wife of James P. Bick-
era, of Madiaon County; and Daniel Jamea.

Daniel James Rudasill, youngest of the family, waa born on
the old farm in Madison County, Virginia, July 18, 1879.
While a boy there he attended the public achoola, was also a
pupil in the Locuatdale Academy, and at the age of twenty
left home to enter the Medical College of Virginia at Rich-
mond. Doctor Rudaaill graduated in 1905, and for aix months
following waa an interne in the Newport Newa General
Hospital. He then removed to West Virginia and located at
Kingwood. During 1912 he attended the Post-Graduate
school of Medicine and Hospital in Chicago, and during 1912-
13 he conducted a hoapital in Kingwood. He haa aerved aa
county health officer and is a member of the County and
American Medical Associations.

Dr. Rudaaill waa for a time a member of the City Council
of Kingwood. In politics he haa alwaya voted and given a
rather independent aupport to the democratic party. He is
a Master Mason and ia a member of the Session of the Pres-
byterian Church. At Carmichael, Pennaylvania, October
3, 1917, Dr. Rudaaill married Mra. Mary (Laidley) Groom,
a native of Carmichael. They have one daughter, Sarah
Elizabeth, born February 16, 1920.

L. Bert Hartman. While for many yeara hia energies
have been concentrated on business and home affairs at
Tunnelton, L. Bert Hartman, member of an old and well
known family of this section of Preaton County, had some
half dozen yearB of varied experience and hardship in the
frozen North, attracted there by the famous Klondike gold
diacoveries.

Mr. Hartman was born within three miles of Tunnelton,
August 1, 1875, and is a son of George W. Hartman. A
more complete account of the Hartman family ia given else-
where. Hia father waa a farmer and died at the age of
aeventy-six.

L. Bert Hartman left the home farm when about sixteen
yeara of age and finished his education in the Kingwood High
School about the time he reached hia majority. He then
worked around the Tunnelton mines, helping aa a car-
penter to set up the tipple and other preliminary work. He
was then in the train aervice of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway
at Grafton aa an extra fireman for eighteen months.

He left thia, obeying a audden impulae for great adventure
in the gold country under the Arctic circle. He joined several
others leaving Preston County, including Marion Boone,
William Smalley, Adam Albright, and they first went to
Seattle where they spent three weeka outfitting and shipped
from there to Cook'a Inlet on the ateamer Del Norte, making
the run without incident in twelve daya and landing at Sun-
rise City May 5, 1898, The country waa still covered with
ice and snow and the party waited for the ice to go out before
attempting work. They prospected in that vicinity without
reaulta, and aoon all of his companions deaerted Mr. Hartman
and returned to Preaton County. Mr. Hartman, however,
was not satisfied to go back without something to hia credit
beside the journey itself. With other aasociatea he went
into the interior, continuing his search for precious metal.
At Cook'a Inlet he met an old prospector from Los Angeles,
N. D. Shippey, and the two were together as partners until

he finished his exploration of the Copper River count .
They trailed on foot the full length of the Matanooaki Ri\
crossing the divide between that and the Copper Ri r
country, trailed the full length of the Nelcina River, crosii
Tazlina Lake and trailed the river of that name to the Cop r
River and eighty miles by aled up that stream. They it
their sleds May 6th, went into camp and built a boat, wh-
sawing a tree into lumber for that purpose. June 12th tip
started in their boat up the Copper, following the atrea
until it became a mere creek. The voyage terminated a
near the foot of Mt. Rangel, an active volcano, that the eaa
about waa all volcanic, with no metal. Returning to 16
scene where the boat waa built, they loaded their out,,
dropped down to the mouth of the Sustichina River, atari 1
up that stream, and on the 6th of July the boat was ol
turned and practically all the proviaiona and other equ-
ment lost. The boat itself waa saved, and in it they drift 1
down to Copper Center, where they replenished their p-
viaiona. They started to pack across to Cook'a Inlet, thf
first landing place, a distance of about 450 miles. Eai
carried a pair of blanketa, hia food, and a aweater to sleep L
and they made the trip in thirty days.

Having thua covered by trip and boat over three thouaal
miles in hia proapecting adventurea, Mr. Hartman decidl
to reat. He remained at the Inlet, working at niaki
hydraulic pipea, until he earned the money to carry him bat
to Seattle. Then for a few weeks he was employed by b
electric light company, and was then approached by a par '
desirous of his companionship in another trip to the froz
North. He could not resist the lure of adventure, and aflr
landing at Skagway they crossed White Pasa Summit wi.
a dog team, encountering some of the greatest hardshi
of a frigid winter, though they made the trip of forty-fii
miles without other incident than the suffering caused 1[
a temperature of 55 to 60 degrees below zero. At La
Bennett Mr. Hartman arranged to take a one-horse aled lo;
of hardware to Dawson City, a distance of 600 miles. I
covered thia journey alone in twenty daya, once in extrer!
danger, when the horse broke through the ice, the animj
and himself being saved by what seemed mere chance. I,
continued on and landed his merchandise at Dawson Cit
and while there he did teaming and freighting and also ca
penter work. At timea he prospected, but waa never atj
to change hia luck, and out of seven claims never realized
penny. In the fall of 1903 Mr. Hartman returned to Seattl!
after having apent five and a half yeara in the Far Nor
and having endured what to moat people living in a tempera \
clime aeem almost unbelievable hardships and difficulti
and sufferings. Again and again he waa plunged into i<
water, endured the pangs of hunger and extreme fatigu'
and had to fight awarma of moaquitoea whose attacks fr
quently caused the blood to ooze from hia face and nec
While in the North he paid from fifty centa to a dollar U
every letter received from frienda at home, and these lette
were delivered only months after having been poated.

On reaching Seattle in 1903 Mr. Hartman spent thrt
weeka in a logging camp, and then reaumed his journey horn
arriving in Tunnelton in November of that year. For
time it waa difficult to readjuat himself to the slow routir
of the old neighborhood. In the meantime he attended a
embalming school at Pittsburgh, where he received a diplomi
and on returning to Tunnelton engaged in the undertakiu
and furniture business March 1, 1904. He has continue
in thia line ever since, and in addition is a coal operato
being associated with hia brother, A. W. Hartman, in tb
Hartman Brothera Coal Company. He ia developin
another property near Grafton, known as the Reynold
Coal Company, of which he is the president.

In the spring following hia return from the Klondike M)
Hartman married Misa Mary J. Cumminga, daughter t
George and Jane (Lloyd) Cummings. Her mother waa
daughter of John Lloyd, a Welshman. Mra. Hartman, wh
was born in Preaton County in 1882, is the mother of a sor
Ralph Maxwell, born May 31, 1909. Mr. Hartman vote
aa a republican, i8 affiliated with the Junior Order Unitei
American Mechanics, Daughters of America, Knights o
Pythias, Pythian Sisters, the Dokeys, and is a thirty-aeconi
degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner.

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

559

Koo&b B. McKauan has thowu bis initiative aud exe-
cutive ability in the building up of one of the largest and
best automotive establishments in West Virginia, and in
general equipment and service facilities this modern estab-
lishment, at Moundsville, county scat of Marshall County,
is maintained on the highest plane. Here Mr. McKahan
has the agency for the ever popular Ford automobiles, and
in his building and its equipment is now represented an
investment of fully $100,000. The building was erected in
1915, by II. W. Perkins, who later sold th« property to
II. W. McDowell, from whom Mr. McKahan purchased the
same on the 9th of February, 1920. The present owner has
expended $32,000 in enlarging and remodeling the building,
which is now 70 by 120 feet in dimensions, a portion of
the structure being two stories in height and in bringing
the facilities and appointments of the office, sales and
storage rooms up to the best modern standard, besides
installing the most approved machinery and other acces-
sories in the repair department. In the operation of the
enterprise Mr. McKahan retains a corps of thirteen assist-
ants. Here are handled not only the Ford automobiles but
also Fordson tractors, trucks, etc, and at all times is to be
found a full supply of accessories and parts, so that the
service is of the best in all of the departments. The original
contract into which Mr. McKahan entered with the Ford
Company provided for his handling ninety-aix of the Ford
ears annually, and the splendid success which has attended
his vital enterprise is shown in the statement that in the
month of May alone, in 1921, he sold 110 cars. His aver-
age on annual sales has now become three times the volume
represented in his original contract.

Mr. McKahan was born April 22, 1S90, was reared and
educated in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, receiving his col-
legiate degree from Waynesburg College in 1911. He went
to Pittsburgh and was later engaged with H. J. Heinz Com-
pany, the gTeat pickle manufacturers. He won advance-
ment through effective service and the experience which
he gained in connection with a nation-wide industrial enter-
prise proved of greater value to him than could any salary,
and he held responsible positions that gave him a very
appreciable income in this connection. He later entered
the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland.
I When the nation became involved in the World war Mr.
McKahan was among the first to enlist, and from the
position of private he won promotion through the various
grades and was commissioned a first lieutenant. He con-
tinued in active service two years, and during the major
part of this period he was on duty with American Expedi-
tionary Forces in France. Upon entering the United
States Army his ability soon led to his being detailed to
hervice as purchasing agent for army supplies in France.
3a had previously studied the French language, and he
»ioon perfected himself in the colloquial usage of the same,
I ind as a purchaser of government supplies he paid out
I )everal millions of dollars and made an enviable record.
I3e received his honorable discharge after the signing of
he historic armistice had brought the great war to a close.

A number of years ago Mr. McKahan decided to await
inly a proper opportunity to establish himself independently
n business as an agent for the Ford products, and after
evering his association with the Heinz Company and mak-
ng extended investigations, he selected Moundsville, West
Virginia, as the most eligible point in which to establish
ihnself in business. He was determined to own and equip
in automobile establishment second to none in facilities
»nd service, and his achievement at Moundsville has proved
•is capacity for winning results, besides making him a most
'aluable acquisition to the local business community. His
nterprise and his success have prompted others to emulate
ib example, with the result that so many other automobile
►lants have been established at Moundsville that no other
ity of its population in the state has superior buildings or
nore enthusiastic salesmen in this particular line.

Mr. McKahan married August 28, 1917, Miss Mazie It.
Smith of Port Norris, New Jersey, daughter of B. F. and
31izabeth (Souder) Smith. He is a member of Park Lodge
fo. 676, Free and Accepted Masons, West Virginia Con-
istory No. 1, of Wheeling, West Virginia, Osiris Temple

Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of
Wheeling, also a member of Moundsville Chapter No. 86,
Royal Arch Masons, and tho Moundsville Chamber of Com-
merce.

J. Allen Bucklew, a veteran Union soldier and retired
railroad man at Terra Alta, has spent his life in Preston
County, and haa contributed his share to the honorable
record of the Bucklew family in this section of West Virginia,
where they have lived and performed their work since pioneer
times.

His great-grandfather waa the founder of the family here
before the close of the eighteenth century. J. Allen Bucklew,
his father and his grandfather were all natives of the county.
The grandfather, William Bucklew, was born in the Whctsell
settlement of this county, where he lived to old age. He
married a Miss Elzy, and they arc buried on the old home
farm. Their children were Jacob; Annie, who died unmar-
ried; Rebecca who married Baldwin Fairfax; DcIIab, who
married Andrew Hawley; and John E.

John E. Bucklew with three of his sons served in the Union
Army during the Civil war. John E. Bucklew waa born
in 1818, near the old Fairfax Ford of Cheat River, in the
locality of Caddell, and all his life was passed in Preston
County. He had no education because of the lack of school
facilities in his day, but was a man of great vigor and lived
usefully and honorably. He came out of the war much
broken in health, and though he kept his home on his farm the
rest of his years he could do little of ita practical work. It
required the help of two canes to enable him to get about,
and he auffered more or less the many yeara he survived.
He died near Terra Alta June 6, 1892. He married Abigail
Sipolt, who died April 28, 1898. She waa the daughter of
Christopher and Mary (Martin) Sipolt. The children of
John E. Bucklew were: Eugene, a resident of Terra Alta; J.
Allen; Christopher C, who died during the Civil war; Mary
Ann, whose first husband was John Knotta, a aoldier, and her
second was Washington Shaffer, and she died in Jackson
County, Kansas; and Ruth, who married Isaac Whiting and
died in Preston County.

J. Allen Bucklew was born January 16, 1843, on Beech
Hill, near Albright, but grew up on the Sipolt farm in the
same vicinity. The family subsequently moved to Pint Run,
where he remained until he entered the army. He had only
a common and private school education, but has alwaya
passed as a man of substantial knowledge and judgment.

Mr. Bucklew and his father and his brother Eugene were
all in the same company and regiment, Company O, Sixth
West Virginia Infantry, under Captain Joseph M. Godwin
and Colonel Wilkinson. J. Allen enlisted in September,
1861, while his father, John E., joined in February, 1862.
Eugene served three years lacking two months, and waa
mustered out in June, 1865. The other son, Christopher C.
was in Company A of the Seventh West Virginia Infantry.
He was wounded at the battle of Weldon Railroad, taken
prisoner, and while at Belle Isle was starved to death in that
prison. The Sixth West Virginia was broken up into squads
and detachments for guard duty along the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad from Martinsburg to Wheeling and Parkersburg.
The regiment was never assembled until its fifteen companies
were ordered to Wheeling to be mustered out on June 15,
1865. The aquad with which J. Allen served waa captured
while guarding the Oakland Railroad bridge, but the Federals
were pursuing the party so closely that the prisoners were
released after being paroled. The little party remained
out of the service and in camp for some days and were then
exchanged at Wheeling and returned to duty. Bushwhack-
ing formed a part of the service of the regiment, and in thia
J. Allen had aome part, covering Tucker, Hardy and neigh-
boring counties.

The war over, J. Allen Bucklew returned home and entered
the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Company at Oakland on
the section as a track man. For twenty-four years he waa
watchman at Rodamera, guarding the tunnel and other
intereata there. He then _became assistant foreman in the
camp of the company and'later resumed section work. He
continued in the aervice until he retired as a pensioner of the
company in 1905, after forty years of usefulness. lie enjoys
the privilege of an annual pass for himself and wife.

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In 1906 Mr. Bucklew established hie home in Terra Alta.
He was elected constable in 1906, and served eight years in
that office and as town police, after which he resigned to
retire permanently.

At Oakland, Maryland, February 19, 1863, Mr. Bucklew
married Louisa Chambers, daughter of David and Mary Ann
(Bosley) Chambers. Mrs. Bucklew was born and reared
near Oakland and died November 27, 1904, more than forty
years after her marriage. A brief record of her children is:
Mary A., who married Allen Shaffer, of Somerset, Pennsyl-
vania, and died January 1, 1893; Ida May, wife of Sam
DeWitt and a resident of Manheim, West Virginia; John D.,
an employe of the M. & K. branch of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railway; Albert, also in the Baltimore & Ohio service at
Keyser, married Kate Riley; Maude, wife of John Hoben,
of Grafton; Margaret, who died in Baltimore as Mrs. Roland
Shields; and Eugene, who died at Trinidad, Colorado, while
a soldier in the Regular Army, on February 19, 1908.

J. Allen Bucklew in August, 1905, married Mrs. Permelia
Henline, widow of John Henline and daughter of Chris
Guthrie and Almyra (Smith) Guthrie. Mrs. Bucklew was
born in Preston County, February 28, 1850.

J. Allen Bucklew is a republican, and he voted while in
the army for Abraham Lincoln for president, but his first
ballot was cast when he was only eighteen years of age and
in favor of Western Virginia remaining in the Union. For
more than fifty years he has been active in the work of the
United Brethren Church. He joined the Grand Army of the
Republic late in life and is a member of Preston Post at
Terra Alta.

John W. Kelley, of Terra Alta, now retired, was one of
the youngest soldiers recruited for service in the Union Army
during the Civil war, and the half century or more since the
war he has usefully employed in the work and business for
which his training and qualifications best fitted him. For a
number of years he was in public service in Preston County.

Mr. Kelley was born in Preston County, in Pleasant Dis-
trict, July 14, 1847. He is a great-grandson of a native of
Ireland, who on coming to this country settled in Old Vir-
ginia. While there he enlisted with the volunteers in the
War of 1812. In one battle he was struck by a bullet in the
forehead, which passed backward, lodgingjust under the skin
on the top of his head. The bullet remained plainly visible,
but he declined to have it removed, saying that he wished to
carry a British bullet to his grave, and he did. This old
soldier ancestor came to Western Virginia after the war,
establishing his home in the northern part of Preston County,
then Monongalia County, and he was laid to rest on the soil
of the farm where he settled.

Edwin Kelley, father of John W. Kelley, was born in
Pleasant District and was a prosperous farmer there. He
died in 1857, at the age of forty-six years. He married Ann
Falkenstein, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Falken-
stein, came from Germany soon after their marriage. Mrs.
Ann Kelley survived her husband until 1901. Her children
were Harrison, Smith, Lucy, James A., Dovie Jane, who
became the wife of Sylvester Stockman, John W., Ellis,
Margaret, who married Harrison Shaw, and Marshall. One
other son, James A., was a LFnion soldier and lost his life
when struck by a falling limb.

John W. Kelley was reared near'Cranesville and had only
the limited educational advantages of the country schools
there. He never attended a free school. Of this period of
his life he recalls one old log cabin schoolhouse with paper
window lights, slab benches, an iron stove known as the ten
plate stove, and there were no such modern facilities as maps,
charts or globes, though a tough hickory stick stood in the
corner close to the hand of the master, and many times he
saw boys punished with this implement to the extent that
the blood came. Mr. Kelley studied the old speller, the first
reader, and some arithmetic, but no geography or grammar.
The schoolmasters of that time could usually read, write and
cipher, but were not more advanced than their best pupils.

John W. Kelley was only thirteen years of age when the
Civil war broke out. He was unable to get into the service
until September, 1864, when he became a volunteer recruit
of Company F, Seventeenth West Virginia Infantry, joining
at Wheeling and serving under Captain Morris Snyder and

Colonel Davis. During the remaining months of the wi
his command was in the southwestern part of West Vlrginl
scouting and skirmishing, and his regiment was at Bi'
Town, Braxton County, when the news of Lee's surrendn
arrived. A few days later the regiment moved on to Clark
burg and then to Wheeling to be discharged, July 9, 186
Mr. Kelley received his discharge while in the hospital, ar,
he was unable to work during the remainder of that summe.
During the next eight or nine years he remained on the hon
farm, spending his winters in the cooperage industry and tl,
rest of the year in the fieldB. The first year of his marrir
life he spent at Cranesville, and then moved to a farm 1
the Craborchard community, where he steadily follow*
agriculture for many years. Mr. Kelley left the farm i|
become superintendent of the County Home, serving eig ;
years, and leaving that office in April, 1920. Since then I)
has been retired at Terra Alta.

In February, 1874, Mr. Kelley married Margaret Recor
daughter of Lewis Record. She was born in Preston Count
and died in 1913. She was the mother of four children: Y
Fletcher, of Terra Alta, married Lena Benson, and the'
children are Darwin, Dade and Carlet; B. Harrison, #
Masontown, married Jessie Carico, and their family consisj
of Mary, James, Helen and William; Dessie is the wife
George Hahn, of Morgantown; Howard, the youngest chil
died unmarried at the age of twenty-three.

In Preston County in July, 1917, John W. Kelley marri<
Mary Conner, who was born in Preston County in 1867, oi
of the nine children, eight surviving, of Benjamin and Mail
Ann (Feather) Conner. t m J

Mr. Kelley grew up under conditions that naturally inclint
him to support the republican party. As a soldier in tl
field he accepted the privilege of voting for Abraham Linco
in 1864, though he was only past seventeen years of age, an
curiously enough, when the next general election can;
around in 1868 he was not old enough to be accorded tl
privilege of the ballot. He has been a stanch Methodi
for over fifty years, and is one of the Official Board of tl
Terra Alta church. Mr. Kelley is affiliated with the Knigh!
of Pythias and with the D. O. K. K., and for his faithf
membership of a quarter of a century wears a veteran's jew*
of that order.

William Forrest Dailet, M. D. Since 1894 the tin]
and talents of Doctor Dailey have been subject to the ct f
of duty in the medical profession. Except for brief perio«,
all his practice has been in the Terra Alta community, ar
he has been a resident of Preston County since 1889. I

Doctor Dailey was born in Forest County, Pennsylvani
June 17, 1868. His father is the venerable James Dailej
a retired lumberman now living at Buckhannon, West Vi
ginia, where for some years he served as justice of the peac
James Dailey was born in Jefferson County, New York,
June, 1836, and when about twenty-four years of age enters
the lumber business, which thereafter was his active vocatio
He was a manufacturer of lumber in Pennsylvania and |
West Virginia, his plants in the latter state being at Rowk
burg and Newburg. During the Civil war he served with t.
New York Zouaves in the Fifth Army Corps and was a parti*
pant in thirteen battles. One of these was Gettysbui'
where he was stationed at the post of danger on Little Roun
top. He was also taken prisoner, and for ten months e
dured the indescribable tortures of Andersonville. Asi
from the honorable part he took in preserving the Uni,
he has never been interested in the practical side of politi"
merely voting the republican ticket. James Dailey marri.
Elizabeth Williams, who was born and reared in Clarii.
County, Pennsylvania. They have been married now f
more than fifty-five years. Their children are: Doct,
Dailey, of Terra Alta; Mrs. Olive Hammond, who died
1919 at Moundsville; James Thomas, an attorney at Kin
wood; Mrs. Martha J. Francis, of Connellsville, Pennsylvani
and Jerome Dailey, present prosecuting attorney at Buc
hannon. *■

William F. Dailey spent most of his boyhood in Jeffere
County, Pennsylvania, where he attended public schoo
the academy at Corsica, and after coming to West Virgu
was a student in the Wesleyan University at Buckhannc
He graduated in medicine from the University of Louisvi

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561

i 1894, and at once located at Terra Alta. In 1S9C be
iterrupted bis practice to do post-graduate work in Johna
Iopkins University at Baltimore. In 1S9S he responded to
he call of patriotic duty and entered the military service for
he Spanish-American war. In June, 1 898, he was appointed
ssistant surgeon in the Second West Virginia Volunteer
ofaotry, spent a brief time in camp at Charleston, then at
■amp Meade at Middletown, Pennsylvania, and went into
inter quarters at Greenville, South Carolina. While there
rders were received to prepare for transport to the zone of
ostilities, but this order was rescinded, and realizing that
• e would not get into active service Doctor Dailey then re-
gned. Before returning home he went to New York and
pent three months in the Post-Graduate School of Medicine,
*om which he received a diploma. He undertook to eatab-
sh himself in practice at Moundsville, but after a month
ecame ill and this caused him to return to the mountain
•Mintry and now for over twenty years he has steadily
racticed in Terra Alta, enjoying a large private clientage
nd for twenty years has also been a Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
-ay surgeon. He is a member of the Railway Surgeons'
ssociation, the County, State, Tri-State and American
ledical Associations.

Other than professional interests have claimed a portion
f his abilities. He is vice-president of the First National
tank of Terra Alta and a stockholder and director in the
Lowlesburg Wholesale Grocery Company. He cast his first
residential vote as a republican, and has never deviated
*om that allegiance. In 1908 he was nominated without
ppoaition as candidate for the House of Delegates, was
ected, and in the session that began the following year
elped elect Speaker Strickland and served on some important
immittees, including public health. He attended strictly
3 his duties in the Legislature, but declined to serve a second
irm. Doctor Dailey is a York Rite Mason, a member of
ae Lodge and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a past
hancellor of the Knights of Pythias in Terra Alta and is
eeply interested in fraternal work. He was reared in the
resbyterian faith.

In Preston County in October, 1900, he married Augusta
'odd Adair, daughter of Joseph and Ella (Gill) Adair, of
illicott City, Maryland. Mrs. Dailey was born in the old
.dair house in Terra Alta in 1878 and was educated in the
ublic schools and county normals. Doctor and Mrs. Dailey
ad two children: their daughter, Eleanor Elizabeth, was
orn April 25, 1910, and died May 2, 1916. Their surviving
jo, William Lorenz Adair, born April 15, 1903, is now a
;udent in the University of West Virginia at Morgantown.

Enoch S. Gibson, whose home since 1912 has been in the
icinity of Webster in the Court House district of Taylor
'ounty, is a native of West Virginia, comes of an old and sub-
antial family, and has given the sturdy efforts of his man-
ood to the tasks and responsibilities of farming and
itizenship.

His grandfather was Smith Gibson, who came from old
Irginia in company with his mother and his brother Enoch,
ie latter locating near Buckhannon. Smith Gibson estab-
shed his home in Lewis County, married there Malinda Hall,
ad they lived out their lives on a farm not far from Weston
ad were buried on the home place. A brief record of their
tuldren is: Lucy, who married Fortunatus White and lived
l Lewis County; William, mentioned below; Joseph J., who
as in Minnesota before the Civil war, and afterward returned
3 West Virginia and made his permanent home at Freemans-
urg; Enoch S., who when a young man went to California,
od died in Round Valley, that state; Addie, who married
bram Bond, and died near Lost Creek, Harrison County;
lartha, who died in Lewis County, wife of George Gaston;
lary, who married Captain Van Lightburn and finished her
fein Arkansas; and Charles E., who resided in Lewis County.

William Gibson, father of Enoch S., was born in Lewis
•ounty in 1829, and had the limited education available to
3e average youth of that time. He was reared on a farm
ad devoted hia adult life to agricultural interests. He
nally removed to California, and died in Round Valley,
fendocino County, in 1913. His wife, who died in 1878,
as Elvira Lawrence, her father, Alexander Lawrence, having
*ioved from Eastern Virginia. William Gibson and wife had

the following children: Florence, whose first husband was
Henry Sherwood, and she is now the widow of William Sadler
and lives at Belpre, Ohio; Enoch S.j'Loella, who married
William C. Sherwood, of Doddridge County; Edwin, of Oak-
land, California; and Martha A., a resident of Weston and
wife of William Kemper.

Enoch S. Gibson was born in Harrison County March 22,
1S54, but spent most of his early years in Lewis and Dodd-
ridge counties. He represents a family of farmers, people
who in every generation have done their share in the improve-
ment of the country and the production of agricultural wealth,
and have seldom permitted themselves to be known as candi-
dates for political office, and few of them became soldiers.
Three of Mr. Gibson's maternal uncles were in the Civil war,
Union soldiers, George L., William and John Lawrence, the
first going out with an Ohio regiment, while the other two
went to the army from West Virginia.

Enoch S. Gibson secured a country school education, and
as a youth divided his time between the farm and public
works. After his marriage he located on a farm in Doddridge
County, and in 1912 moved to hia present home near Webster
in Taylor County. Outside the work that has constituted
his main business in life, he has served as a trustee of schools
and has been active in church. He is a republican in national
and state politics, but supports the best man in local elections.

In Harrison County November 8, 1882, Mr. Gibson
married Miss Alice Davisson, who was born in that county
in August, 1S5S, daughter of William and Eliza (Allman)
Davisson, the former a native of Harrison County, where he
apent his life as a farmer. The Davisson children were:
George; Sarah, who married Marion Stonaker; Mary, Mrs.
John McWhorter; Edgar; Mrs. Samantha Edmonds; Parker;
Reason; Catherine, who married Alexander Stewart; and Mrs.
Alice Gibson.

Wayne E., the oldest of the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Gibson, was liberally educated in Salem College, the Wesleyan
College at Buckhannon and in summer normals, has devoted
seven years to highly successful work as a teacher in Taylor
County, and during vacations has written insurance and
taken part in the labors of the home farm. The second child,
Edwin G., is connected with the Hope Gas Company at
Salem, West Virginia, and is the father of two children, Ruby
and Paul. Miss Ila K., a teacher in Taylor County, was
educated in Wesleyan College at Buckhannon and completed
a course in the Fairmont State Normal School in 1922.
Gretna, wife of B. Harrison Wolverton, of Doddridge
County, is the mother of Catherine, John, Mary, Harold and
Eugene. Mrs. Delpha Curran, at home with her parents,
has a son, James. Ralph is a miner in Taylor County, Osie,
the youngest, graduated in 1922 from the Lost Creek High
School.

Lawrence S. Schwenck. Twenty years a member of the
West Virginia bar, Mr. Schwenck has kept his interests
and work strictly defined by his profession, without im-
portant diversions or excursions into politics, and he ranks
as one of the leaders of the Marion County bar and also
the bar of the state.

Mr. Schwenck, whose home is at Mannington, was born
April 7, 1877, at Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. His fa-
ther, Samuel S. Schwenck, was born in the same county,
November 22, 1851, son of Hieronomus Schwenck, who
came to the United States at the age of seventeen with his
parents who located in Crawford County, Ohio. Samuel S.
Schwenck in 1886 removed to St. Mary's, Auglaize County,
Ohio, where he is still living. He married Lovina Fralic
who was born in Crawford Connty, December 6, 1857,
daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hardin) Fralic, the
former of German ancestry and the latter of Scotch-Iriah
ancestry.

Lawrence S. Schwenck acquired his early education in
the common schools near St. Marys, also in the high school
of that city, and was a teacher in Auglaize County until
he entered the Ohio Northern University at Ada where he
was graduated A. B. with the class of 1899. Subsequently
for the credit his career had reflected npon the university
he was given the Master of Arts degree in 1905. On leav-
ing college Mr. Schwenck taught school for three years

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in Pennsylvania. In 1902 he entered the law department
of West Virginia University, and received credit for two
years work. While still a student he was admitted to the
bar of West Virginia in 1903. In that year he began prac-
tice at Mannington, and his success has earned him a stand-
ing among the ablest lawyers of the county. Aa uoted
ahove he has kept studiously aloof from the allurements
of politics. He is a democrat, and on one occasion in 1908
without his consent and practically without his knowledge
until the day following the convention, he was nominated
as democratic candidate for the state senate, his successful
opponent being the present Circuit Judge, Winfield S.
Meredith. Mr. Schwenck was appointed and since 1915
has served as Divorce Commissioner of the Circuit Court
of Marion County, and is the only commissioner for those
special duties Marion County has had. Mr. Schwenck has
an extensive private practice, involving his appearance in
all the courts of West Virginia and in the Federal Courts
aa well.

He is a member of the County, State and American
Bar associations, is a charter member and presideut of the
Mannington Kiwanis Club, and is a prominent layman
in the Methodist Church. From 1905 to 1911 he was as-
sistant superintendent and since 1911 has been superin-
tendent of the Methodist Sunday School at Mannington.

August 5, 1903, Mr. Schwenck married Miss Leila Sloan,
daughter of Francis M. and Phoebe (Billheimer) Sloan of
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Her father for many
years was a prominent Pennsylvania Railway official. In
the maternal line Mrs. Schwenck is a descendant of Capt.
Philip Null, an officer of the Pennsylvania line in the
Revolutionary war. Mrs. Schwenck is a member of West
Augusta Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Schwenck is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State
Normal School at California, Pennsylvania.

Mabcellus N. Taylor. The geographical limits in which
Marcellua N. Taylor has spent his life are those of Portland
District in Preston County. Here he has found his duties,
has discharged his responsibilities, and has earned an honored
place in the citizenship.

He was born about six miles west of the little city of Terra
Alta May 10, 1870. His grandfather, William Taylor, mar-
ried Sarah Whetsell, of the same Whetsells that occupied
and made famous the Whetsell settlement of Preston County.
One of their large family of children was William W. Taylor,
who was born in Portland District May 14, 1834, and died
there in 1906. His active years were devoted to the practical
side of farming and an intelligent use of his opportunities
as a citizen and voter. He married Julia Garner, who was
born in the Albright locality of Preston County in 1847,
daughter of William R. Garner, a farmer. William W.
Taylor and wife had three children: Martha, wife of Buckner
Bucklew; Mary J., wife of Grant Whitehair, of Preston
County; and Marcellus N.

Marcellus N. Taylor grew up at the old homestead and
remained there until long past his majority. He had a rural
school education, and farming was the vocation to which he
was trained and the only one he followed until he came to
Terra Alta. Here for several years he was an active factor
n the woolen mills, both in its practical operation and as a
stockholder and treasurer of the company. He was asso-
ciated with that industry until about a year before the plant
burned. For five years following he was in the retail meat
business, and about that time came his first election to the
post of justice of the peace of the district. For a time he
shared the duties of the office with work at the carpenter's
trade, but for the past two years has resumed his business
as a meat dealer. Mr. Taylor was elected justice of the peace
of Portland District in 1914 to succeed S. N, Taylor. Two
years later he was re-elected, and he is now serving in his
third term. He had handled with firmness and good judg-
ment a large volume of business in his court, most of it arising
from the enforcement of the prohibition law. For several
terms Mr. Taylor was a member of the Terra Alta Town
Council, finally declining another term of that duty. While
on the council the problem of paving the town was acted upon
and also a water system installed by the company to which

a franchise was granted. Mr. Taylor served as overseer
the poor for Portland District ten years, and gave caref j
attention to those needing public care and authorized financi
allowances to such persons.

Mr. Taylor may be said to have been born a republics
and he cast his first presidential vote for Harrison in 189
and has never missed voting at a presidential election. F. :
is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

In Preston County March 8, 1894, he married Miss Lizz
Whitehair, daughter of Edmond and Alcinda (Freelam
Whitehair. Her father is in the marble business at Philipp
West Virginia, as manager of the Tygarts Valley Marb
Company. He responded to the last call for troops to defen
the Union in the Civil war, going in when very young. E,
and his first wife had three children: Walter, who was kilk
in an explosion a number of years ago at North Branch whi)
in the railroad service; Mrs. Taylor; and Sammie. By h:
second wife, Susan Sanders, Edmond Whitehair has
daughter, Mrs. Missouri Smith.

Mrs. Taylor was educated in the public schools and ws
married at the age of twenty-one. Mr. and Mrs. Taylo
have three children, William Clarence, Charles Ray an
Franklin Darrell. Charles is a clerk in the Terra Alt
hardware store. William Clarence, who lives at Oaklanc
Maryland, married Ruth De Berry, and their children ar
Mildred, Wayne, Clyde, Lawrence, Howard and Lillian.

Charles T. Kelly, postmaster of Terra Alta, has th
broad capability of practical business knowledge and thoroug;
training in business affairs. He is a native son of Presto
County, and is undoubtedly one of the county's best knowi
citizens.

He was born at Valley Point July 25, 1873, son of Smitl
E. and Mary E. (Browning) Kelly, also natives of the sam
county. His maternal grandfather, James Browning, wa
grandfather of ex-sheriff J. D. Browning, elsewhere men
tioned in this publication. The paternal grandfather of th\
postmaster was Edward Kelly, who was born in the Pint}
Swamp settlement of Preston County and spent his life in
the vicinity of Cranesville, where he was buried. He mar
ried Miss Falkenstein. Their children were: Ellis ami
John W., both of Terra Alta; Smith E.; Jane, wife of Bucj
Stockman and a resident of Terra Alta; and Margaret, wif<
of S. H. Shaw, of Terra Alta.

Smith E. Kelly was born April 3, 1839, and spent all bit'
active career as a farmer, moving to Terra Alta just a fen
months before his death, which occurred in 1894. He en%
listed in the Union Army at the time of the Civil war, bulj
could not meet the physical qualifications of a soldier and
was discharged. He took a genuine interest in the welfare
of his community, was a member of the Official Board of the]
Methodist Episcopal Church, superintendent of the Sunday.
School, was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and always an enthusiastic republican. His widow,
who was born in November, 1840, is now in her eighty-second
year. Their children were: James Albin, of Grafton;
Stephen Fuller, of Terra Alta; Edward Howard, of Buck-i
hannon; Frank, who married Miss Laura Cuppet and died
as a young man at Bruceton Mills; Charles Thatcher; Grace,
wife of John Sellers of Oakland, Maryland; Lettie, Mrs.
S. H, Jackson, of Oakland; and Loye, wife of M. O. Miller,
of Terra Alta.

Charles T. Kelly acquired a common school education,
and he reached manhood with a practical knowledge that did
not reach beyond his experience as a farm boy. On leaving
the farm and coming to Terra Alta he entered the service of
the firm of Offutt & Lakin, leading merchants of the village.
He was with them sixteen years, and had been promoted to
the responsibilities of buyer and manager when he resigned.
He resigned to become farm superintendent and superinten-
dent of construction of the new buildings of the Tuberculosis
Sanitarium of the State at Terra Alta. This service required
three years of his time, and at the end he returned to the
Offutt-Lakin Company and was in that employment four
years more. He then accepted a second call to the state
government, as storekeeper under the State Board of Control.
He had supervision of all the provisions of every institution
in the state, and this was an office requiring a great deal of
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[ppointment of postmaster of Terra Alta, which was made
isptember 20, 1921. lie succeeded Mrs. B. F. Scott, who
ad been acting postmistress. Mr. Kelly is a member of the
ompany that owns and publishes the Preston Republican,
he only paper of Terra Alta, republican in politics and of
reekly issue.

r In politics he needed no coaching from his father to attract
Lim to become an enthusiastic supporter of the republican
''arty and principles. He cast hia first presidential vote for
•Villiam McKinley, and in every national election since then
I'as continued to give his support to the republican candidate.
[Ie has been county committeeman of his party, and has
xerted himself to see that the party program was properly
Supported. Ue was one of the local citizens who urged the
[election of Terra Alta as the site for the State Tuberculosis
Sanitarium, and was delegated as a representative to accom-
any and chaperon the State Board, who came to inspect
aia property. When the location was finally fixed he handled
[ae matter of the petition to make up the deficiency of twenty-
we hundred dollars in the purchase price agreed upon be-
ween the site owner and the commission, due to the fact
bat the owner raised his price to that extent after the loca-
tion had been made. This money was immediately pledged
nd preparations began for the construction of the first build-
ag. Mr. Kelly at different times was a member of the Town
Council, and was on the board when bids were let for street
aving and the paving work begun. He waa reared a
tfethodist, and has been closely associated with the work of
hat church since boyhood. Fraternally he is a Mason, Odd
"ellow and Knight of Pythias, has filled the chairs in the
Jaaonic and Odd Fellows Lodges and Mrs. Kelly is a member
f the Eastern Star.

December 10, 1901, he married Miss Nina Fry, a native
f Terra Alta and daughter of Dr. Robert R. and Catherine
^Sturgia) Fry. Her father was long prominent as a practicing
Member of the medical fraternity at Terra Alta, where he died
fa 1916, at the age of seventy-two. He is survived by his
Wdow and his two children, Mrs. Kelly and Laverna, wife
ff G. M. Ridenour of Terra Alta. Mrs. Kelly completed
'.er education in Washington City. Since her marriage she
'as been deeply interested in all the business and civic affairs
[a which her husband has taken part. She is head of the
bcal missionary work of the Methodist Church, and both
if them were loyal workers at the time of the war, assisting
>a the various drives, while Mrs. Kelly did much knitting
>nd other work for the local Red Crosa Chapter. She is a
bember of the Eastern Star.

' Ceesteb L. Goldsmith, M. D. took up his work as a
♦hyaician and surgeon in West Virginia ten years ago, and
'11 of his practice has been done in Preston County.

Doctor Goldsmith was born at Everett, Massachusetts,
December 4, 18S0, and he inherits the sturdy Americanism
f ancestors that located in Massachusetts at the time of the
Jayflower. His parents, Thomas and Eva (Mason) Gold-
'mith, both represented old family lines in that state. Hia
ather was a seafaring man and spent his last years at
V orcester.

1 Cheater L. Goldsmith attended the public schools of
Massachusetts, the Massachusetts School of Pharmacy, did
Preparatory work for medical college in Milton Academy,

nd in 1911 graduated from the old Maryland Medical Col-

?ge, the second last class before amalgamation with the
Baltimore Medical School. Since then he has taken con-
siderable post-graduate work. Doctor Goldsmith opened his
h&t office aa a physician at Hazelton in Preston County,
I nd three years later removed to Terra Alta. He is a member

f the County, State and American Medical Associations.
| Doctor Goldsmith married in Massachusetts Miss Ethel
lJurrier, whoae ancestors also run back to the days of the
Mayflower, she being the seventh descendant of John and
J'riacilla Alden. Doctor and Mrs. Goldsmith are Methodists

nd Mrs. Goldsmith is much interested in church work at
Terra Alta. Doctor Goldsmith is a Scottish Rite Maaon

nd a noble of Osiris Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S.

Chablbs F. Dodoe, of Terra Alta, has had a busy and
ffective career in Preston County, covering forty years or

more aa teacher, farmer, business man and, latterly, in the
service of Uncle Sam at the Terra Alta Poat Office.

The Dodge family was established in Portland District of
Preston County about 1S46 by hia grandfather, Amoa Dodge,
lie waa probably born in New York State and aa a young
married man left Block Island, New York, and moved out
to Ohio overland. He remained in the Ohio Western Reserve
for a number of years, until forced out by malarial conditions
there, and with team and wagon returned East and located
permanently in Preston County, West Virginia. He lived
until death in Portland District and resumed farming aa hia
vocation. Hia old homestead, on which he and hia wife and
other members of the family are buried, is now the property
of T. B. Taylor. Amos Dodge married Rachel De Long.
Their children were: Marvin, a Union soldier, who died in
Preston County; Austin; William; Hiram; Allen; Eliza, who
became the wife of James Childs; and Jane, who married
John Lewis. All these children settled about their parents
and all left descendants there. Austin waa another soldier in
the Union Army. Austin and William became republicans,
while Hiram and Allen retained the family allegiance with
the democratic party.

Hiram Dodge, father of Charles F. Dodge, was born in
Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1830, and waa about ten yeara of
age when the family settled in Preston County. Though his
early advantages were confined to the subscription schools,
he subsequently taught school, though his main vocation
throughout his years was farming. He died at the homestead
near old Daugherty. Hie wife waa a Dunkard, and he joined
with her in that religious faith and became a factor in the
progressive wing of the church. Her maiden name waa Sevilla
Ridenour. Her father, John Ridenour, came to Preston
County from Germany and always conducted his affairs in
the German language, and when he died it waa necessary to
secure someone familiar with the German tongue to settle up
his estate. Sevilla Dodge died July 23, 1918, when about
eighty-four years of age. The children of this old couple
were: Doctor W. B., of Stuarta Draft, Virginia; John A., a
farmer near Terra Alta; Mary A., wife of George W. Wilea,
of Preaton County; Eliza E., who married T. P. Albright, of
Cumberland, Maryland; Charles Franklin, whoae record
follows; Emma J., wife of W. J. Rader, of Stuarta Draft,
Virginia; Jennie, who married D. A. King, of Accident, Mary-
land, and died at Eglon in Preston County; M. Howard, an
implement dealer at Terra Alta, who married Emma Shaw,
daughter of A. Staley Shaw; and Scott T., who Uvea in Cali-
fornia.

Charlea Franklin Dodge waa born at old Daugherty in Prea-
ton County March 8, 1863, and he kept his home and intereata
in that community until recent years. He attended the public
schools of the diatrict, took a normal course and at the age of
aeventeen taught hia first term. Thereafter teaching was hia
regular vocation every winter for twenty years. It supple-
mented his efforts aa a farmer, and when he finally gave up
the farm and the schoolroom he removed to Terra Alta and
for three years waa in the implement buaineaa. He then
entered the Government aervice aa a mail carrier, and when
the new poatmaater took charge in 1921 he was assigned to
clerical duties in the office.

Mr. Dodge for a number of yeara owned the Dunnington
Hotel at Terra Alta, which he improved and enlarged, finally
disposing of it. He still owns his farm, and for several years
it haa been worked by hia son, Bruce A. Dodge. Mr. Dodge is
a democrat, and some years ago he made a most creditahle
race as a candidate for the House of Delegates, running far
ahead of his ticket. He is a Methodist, and formerly was a
trustee and member of the Building Committee of the Cedar
Valley Church. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias.

In Portland District May 1, 1890, Mr. Dodge married Mias
Clara A. Beatty, daughter of George R. and Sarah (Trow-
bridge) Beatty, farmers in that locality and now deceaaed.
Mrs. Dodge has a sister, Martha S., wife of Sheridan A. Chi-
deater. Three children were born to Mr. and Mra. Dodge.
Their only son, Bruce A., is a prosperous young farmer at
the home place, married Reba Teets, and they have two
children, Clarence and Marie. Miss Bessie is atill in the home
circle. Georgia E. ia the wife of L. S. Wilson, of Kingwood,

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and their children are Mervyn, Argyle Deane, Sara Etta,
Martha and Marjorie.

D. E. Shildts, who is giving most officieut executive serv-
ico as captain at the West Virginia Penitentiary, at
Moundsville, Marshall County, was born in Harrison Coun-
ty, Ohio, October 4, 1880, a son of David and Amanda
(Barnes) Shildts. He was reared and educated in the Old
Buckeye State and came to West Virginia in 1903, as an
electrician in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company,
his service with the company here continuing four years,
at Wheeling and Moundsville. In 1907 he engaged in the
feed and flour business at Moundsville, with a well equipped
mill, and he successfully continued this enterprise ten years,
at the expiration of which he sold the business, just prior
to entering his present oflicial post at the penitentiary.
Since 1920 he has been the owner of a meat market on
Jefferson Avenue, the same being in charge of a responsible
employe. He is also a director of the City & County Bank
at Moundsville.

In October, 1918, backed by strong influence, he was ap-
pointed captain at the state penitentiary, at the time when
the present warden, J. Z. Terrell, began his administration
at the institution. Captain Shildts has shown marked ability
in directing the service of the forty-five guards on duty
at the prison and is an efficient and valued official. He is
affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

At Moundsville was solemnized the marriage of Captain
Shildts to Miss Lillie Gorby whose father, Samuel S. Gorby,
is now living retired, at Moundsville. He was formerly
associated with Captain Shildts in the flour and feed busi-
ness at Moundsville. Captain and Mrs. Shildts have no
children. Mr. Shildts is interested in oil and coal develop-
ment and production in West Virginia.

Thomas Jefferson Wysong is a member of a family
that has taken an active part in the affairs of the southern
part of the state for several generations. His home has
been in Logan County for over two decades, and the greater
part of that time has been devoted to official service. He
is the present clerk of the County Court.

Mr. Wysong was born at Hamlin, county seat of Lincoln
County, West Virginia, June 17, 1873, son of John and
Rebecca (Spurlock) Wysong. Both the Wysong aud Spur-
lock families were pioneers of Lincoln County, going there
from old Virginia. The grandfather of Thomas J. Wysong
was Creed Wysong, a prosperous farmer. John Wysong and
wife spent their lives in Lincoln County, where he died in
1912, at the age of seventy-three, and she in 1904, aged
fifty-three. John Wysong was a merchant at Hamlin. He
was a Confederate soldier in the Civil war, participating in
many battles, and was wounded at the battle of Spottsyl-
vania Court House, where his brother Calvin, a member of
the same regiment, was killed. John Wysong for four
years was deputy sheriff of Lincoln County and also justice
of the peace, and was a loyal democrat. He and his wife
had five children, and the four now living are: Albert,
who received an appointment in the Government service at
Washington during Cleveland's administration and has
lived at the capital ever since; he is now connected with the
Highland Baggage and Express Company; Thomas J.;
Ward, who owns a farm near Hamlin; and Emma, wife of
Russell Duke, of Huntington.

Thomas J. Wysong acquired his early education at Ham-
lin, and at the age of sixteen was given a second grade cer-
tificate, the highest possible certificate that could be granted
to a person of his age. However, be taught only one term
of school, that school being on the Guyan River, and shortly
afterward he was appointed deputy county clerk of Lincoln
County under P. M. Johnson, and acted in that capacity
for six years. At the beginning of the Spanish-American
war he enlisted in the First West Virginia Volunteers as a
member of the regimental band. He was trained for service
at Columbia, Georgia, at Chickamauga and at Knoxville,
Tennessee. After leaving the army he was bookkeeper for
the firms of Sloane and Midkiff on Guyan River, Coleman
and Chambers, and Crane and Company.

In the meantime, in 1900, he removed to Logan County i
aud in 1908 became deputy county assessor under Doi
Chafin. Later he was deputy sheriff in charge of the bookij
at the office during the term of Sheriff J. W. Chambers
and held a similar position under Sheriff Chafin from 191S
to 1916, and under Sheriff F. P. Hurst from 1916 to 1920 1
In the latter year he was elected county clerk, and is nov
in his fifteenth consecutive year of service in the Court
House at Logan.

Mr. Wysong married in 1906 Harriet Dingess, daughter
of Henderson Dingess, and a native of Logan County. Theb
five children are named Thomas Earl, Sally, John, James
and Emma. Mr. Wysong is a past grand of Island Lodge
No. 160, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Jacob David Smith, prosecuting attorney of Lincoln
County, is one of the ablest lawyers practicing at the bar
of Hamlin, and a man whose fearlessness and resourceful-
ness have won him prestige and resulted in the conviction of
a number of criminals and the enforcement of law and or-i
der in a marked degree. He was born in Lawrence County,*
Ohio, April 28, 1870, a son of Jacob and Barbara Jane
(Lewis) Smith, natives of Ohio and Virginia, respectively.
The ancestors of Mr. Smith are traced back in the annals'
of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and a distinguished
member on his mother's side was the historian Lewis. Ja-
cob Smith was a farmer, an earnest Christian and active in
the work of the Baptist Church.

Prosecutor Smith's educational training was commenced I
in the common schools of Ohio and West Virginia, and con-j
tinucd later on in the summer normal school held at Ham-
lin, where he fitted himself for teaching. For eighteen years I
he was an educator, during which period he studied law. He
completed his legal studies in the State University at Mor-;
gantown in 1900, and passed his examinations before the
state board and was licensed to practice law. In addition \
to teaching and studying law he also served as deputy
county clerk of Lincoln County during the year 1905, and I
he had full charge of the office. In 1908 he was appointed i
assistant prosecuting attorney, serving as such until 1912.
In the fall of that year he was the candidate for prose- |
cuting attorney, but was defeated, and entered upon a gen- 1
eral practice of his profession. In 1920 he was again a j
candidate, and was elected prosecuting attorney by a very
large majority. From 1915 to 1919 he was a clerk in the !
State Legislature, attending every session, and had the
honor of being the clerk in charge of the enrollment of
every bill passed, and took them to the governor for his
signature.

On December 25, 1904, Mr. Smith married at East Bank,
Kanawha County, West Virginia, Miss Rose Alexander, a \
teacher in the school of that county, and a daughter of
Houston and Sarah (Mitchell) Alexander, natives of West
Virginia and Ohio, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Smith be-
came the parents of the following children: Virginia May,
Houston A., Rose Marie and Jacob David, Jr. Mr. Smith
is a sincere member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He is a Scottish-Rite Mason, and belongs to the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the
Modern Woodmen of America.

Lincoln County has the reputation of being the cleanest
county in West Virginia, and this admirable state of af-
fairs has been brought about by the aggressiveness and
fearlessness of Mr. Smith and the sheriff, Dan Vias, both
of whom are recognized to be the best men in their several
offices this region has ever had. Mr. Smith is one of the
most conscientious of men in his profession, and stands
very high with the public generally, and particularly with
the best element. He is unwavering in his determination
to make all respect the law and live up to the requirements
of decent people.

Arthur W. McLean is one of the active factors In the
commercial development of Lincoln County, and a man
whose efforts, always successful, have not only given him
a fortune and high standing, but have also brought about
many desirable changes in the several localities in which
he has labored, and brought into affluence more than one

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565

l>rsea who has been associated with him. It is such men
|i he who are the real leaders, for through them come the

laacea in business life which mark the difference between
I ere existence and a proper manner of living. At present
[t. McLean is devoting much of his time and attention to
Le management of the West Hamlin Mercantile Company

id the Lincoln Feed & Produce Company, of which he is

le of the owners.

Born at Wilkesboro, North Carolina, November 12, 186G,
rthar W. McLean is a son of Isaac and Harriet (Perkins)
tcLean, both of whom were born in North Carolina. Isaac
IcLean was a farmer and took a very active part in church
rad school work, and served for years as a trustee of his
hhool district. The paternal great-grandfather was Dun-
| m McLean, and he and his son, David McLean, the grand-
► ither of Arthur W. McLean, were very early settlers of
[ftlkes County, North Carolina, and closely connected with
luch of its pioneer history.
Growing up in his native city, Mr. McLean attended its
ublic schools and a private school conducted by Rev. R. "W.
harbor, which institution, for boys only, was located two
liiles outside of Wilkesboro. It was a very high-class
Ehool, and Mr. McLean remained a student of it nntil he
>/aa eighteen years of age. At that time he went just
►cross the state line into Virginia and worked in a saw-mill,
t is duties being firing the engine that furnished the power,
nd he remained on this job for six months, and then went

0 Cranberry, North Carolina, to run the ateam drill in the
Ton mine. Leaving the mine after a year, he obtained em-
ployment on the construction of a tunnel at Alban, near
iirmingham, Alabama. This tunnel begins near Leeds, and
iO worked on it for nine months, but then left for Point
feasant, "West Virginia, to help build the Baltimore &
)hio bridge across the Kanawha River. After four months
»n this construction job he began steamboating on the
Kanawha River, towing coal barges, and this occupied him
"or two years. He then began railroading, and for eight
'ears was a brakeman for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad,
during all of this time Mr. McLean was gaining an experi-
ence of men and affairs which was to be very valnable to
lim later on in life, but it was not nntil he entered the
nercantile field that he found the work for which he was
•minently fitted by nature and inclination. It was upon
eaving the Chesapeake & Ohio that he formed connections
*ith Charles Love, of Barboursville, West Virginia, which
le maintained for fourteen months, in that time acquiring

1 knowledge of merchandise that enabled him to take a
oosition as traveling salesman for Blake, Bell & Company
af Huntington, "West Virginia, and he remained with this
concern for a year, leaving them to occupy a similar posi-
tion with the Newberry Clay Shoe Company. After three
years on the road as this company's representative he went
into the hotel business at Logan, West Virginia, where he
opened and placed upon a paying foundation the popular
Buskirk Hotel, but subsequently sold it. In the meanwhile
be organized the Logan Laundry and Bottling Works, of
which he was president for eighteen months, and retained
his interest in it for some time after he sold his hotel, but
eventually he disposed of it also. In 1907 he came to West
Hamlin and organized the West Hamlin Mercantile Com-
pany, which has been developed into the leading establish-
ment of its kind in Lincoln County.

In 1S93 Mr. McLean married at Barboursville, West Vir-
ginia, Miss Nellie Blake, and they had three children:
Birdie, Mary and Virginia. Mrs. McLean died in 1911. In
1917 Mr. McLean married Mrs. Nettie Davis, of Barbours-
ville, and she died in 1919. of influenza. In November,
1920, Mr. McLean married Miss Matilda Craig, of Yates,
West Virginia, a daughter of Joseph and Lucy Craig. For
a number of years Mr. McLean has been a zealous member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He belongs to
the Junior Order of American Mechanics. His interest in
West Hamlin is a strong one, and he has displayed bis faith
in the future of his home by supporting its best develop-
ment in every way. As a high-class merchant he is giving
his fellow citizens a service, and placing within their reach
timely stocks of the best goods at prices uniformly as low
as is consistent with market quotations. While he has not

cared to go into politics, he gives a hearty support to those
measures and candidates he believes best suited to the needs
of the community, and in every way proves his good citi-
zenship.

James Albert Habless, assessor of Lincoln County, is
one of the reliable and public-spirited citizens whose capa-
bilities are finding adequate expression in the discharge of
the onerous duties of his present office, nis popularity is
remarkable, and is evidenced by the fact that he was elected
to his office on the republican ticket ia a democratic strong-
hold. For some years he was connected with the business
life of Hubball. He is known all over the country, and no
one man enjoys more of the public's confidence than he.

A native son of Lincoln County, Mr. Harless was born
at Branchland, November 15, 1883, and has always contin-
ued loyal to this region. His ancestors were of good, old
Virginian stock, of Scotch origin, and members of the fam-
ily served in the American Revolution. He is a son of J.
M! and Emma (Eplin) Harlesg, both natives of West Vir-
ginia, born in Lincoln County. The mother died when
James Albert Harless was two years old, but the father sur-
vives and is today one of the leading men of Lincoln
County. He is still engaged in mercantile business at
Branchland. Although too young himself to participate in
the great war between the two sections of the country. J.
M. Harless had an elder brother in the service under Gen.
"Stonewall" Jackson, the sympathies of the Harless family
being with the Confederacy.

The educational training of James Albert Harless was
limited to that afforded by the common schools of his na-
tive county, and after completing his attendance at them
he never had any further instruction, except that gained in
the great school of experience, of which he still considers
himself a student. Going into the mercantile field, he and
his brother for eight years conducted a store at Branch-
land, and then Mr. Harless, selling, was left free for other
operations, ne went to Hubball and established himself in
a similar business, but at the termination of two ye^s sold
his store to A. J. Harland so as to give his time and atten-
tion to his campaign for the office of county assessor.
Elected to this office in November, 1920. he assumed the du-
ties of his office in January, 1921, and is making a won-
derful record for thoroughness and fair dealing.

In 1913 Mr. Harless married at Ironton. Ohio, Miss Katie
Row. Her father is conducting extensive timber opera-
tions in the South. Mr. and Mrs. Harless have one daugh-
ter. Opleimagine. Mr. Harless is a Baptist, and his wife
belongs to the Christian Church. He belongs to the Knights
of Pythias, in which he is a dokie, the highest rank in that
order, and is also a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Mod-
ern Woodmen of America, and is deservedly popular in all
of these organizations. Mr. Harless' career affords proof
of the statement so often made that the best officials are
those who have had a successful business experience. It
stands to reason that one who can manage his own affairs
profitably and efficiently will give to the taxpayers an
equally judicious conduct of public business, and the people
of Lincoln County feel satisfied in their choice of James
Albert Harless to regulate matters ia the office of county
assessor, for they not only have confidence in his ability,
but also in his integrity nnd realize that he is a man who
will show no favors, but make his levies impartially, giv-
ing exact justice to all. no matter what influence may bo
brought to bear upon him.

In April, 1922, Mr. Harle^ established a general mer-
cantile business at Branchland. Lincoln County, West Vir-
ginia, where he now resides.

Oeorce Washington Nelson. The "good roads" move-
ment is gaining impetus with each day and is here to stay.
The increase in the use of automohiles hns been a potent
factor in awakening the people all over the country to the
necessity and importnnce of improving the roads, and there
is scarcely a community which has not felt the effects of
this urge. One of the first requisites for permanent improve-
ment is the securing of the services of an expert engineer,

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and Lincoln County has taken a wise step in the right direc-
tion in selecting for this important work George Washing-
ton Nelson, a very substantial man who thoroughly under-
stands his calling, and who as county engineer in charge of
the roads of this region is doing a remarkable work.

George Washington Nelson was born at Chatham, Vir-
ginia, July 29, 1875, a son of George W. and Mary (Scol-
lay) Nelson, natives of Virginia and Jefferson County, West
Virginia, the former coming of English origin and the
latter being of Scotch descent. Both families were estab-
lished in Virginia during its Colonial epoch, and their mem-
bers were connected with its development. When war was
declared between the North aud the South George W. Nel-
son cast his lot with the Confederacy, and while serving as
a captain in the Hanover Artillery had the misfortune to
be captured by the Union forces and confined at Fort Pu-
laski and later at Johnston Island and Fort Delaware until
the close of the war. A man of high educational attain-
ments, he was a professor in the Episcopal School at Alex-
andria, Virginia, later becoming a sub-professor in the theo-
logical seminary at Alexandria, and, finally entering the
ministry, became a rector of the Episcopal Church at War-
renton, Virginia, where he remained for twenty-three years,
or until his death.

George Washington Nelson attended the public schools
of Virginia, the Cleveland High School at Markham, Vir-
ginia, the Military Academy at Warrenton, Virginia, and
then for two years was a student at the Virginia Polytech-
nic School, which he left in 1895. He then went on a United
States coast and geostatic survey for three years, leaving
this in 1898 to enlist for service during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. Following his honorable discharge from the army
Mr. Nelson was on a preliminary survey and location for the
Southern Railroad for two years, on 160 miles of road be-
tween Bergin and Jellico, Kentucky. He then went as a
student with the Westinghouse Company in the shops to
learn the electrical end of engineering, and was with this
corporation from 1901 to 1903. Following his completion of
this course Mr. Nelson was for a year assistant engineer
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, leaving it to become lo-
cating engineer for the Raleigh & Western Railroad. For
a year he was draftsman for the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
road, and for another year was transit man for the South-
ern Railroad. The subsequent year he was with the At-
lanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad as assistant engi-
neer on construction. For another year he was with the
Cape Fear Lumber Company's railroad as locating engineer.
From 1909 to 1912 he was engineer for the Blue Creek
Coal & Land Company, the Elk River Coal & Lumber Com-
pany and the New River Colliery Company; from 1913 to
1914 he was with the Boone County Coal Corporation; from
1914 to 1916 he was a member of the firm of Ewing &
Nelson, engineers, but in the latter year went with the
White Ash Coal Company at Alco, West Virginia, as su-
perintendent for a year, leaving it in 1917 to become en-
gineer and superintendent of construction for the C. Crane
Company. During the two years he was with this concern
he built four miles of railroad and located twenty-two miles
for the road. In 1919 he came to Lincoln County as assist-
ant engineer on the construction of roads in the county, and
held that position for a year, and then was engaged in lo-
cating the road between Mullens and Amegan, Wyoming
County. In February, 1921, he was made county engineer
of Lineoln County, and is still holding that office. He is
unmarried. Mr. Nelson has been a communicant of the
Episcopal Church from his youth. Fraternally he belongs
to the Knights of Pythias and the American Association of
Engineers. A quiet, hard-working man, Mr. Nelson goes
about his work with characteristic efficiency, always know-
ing just what he wants to accomplish and the best way to
do it. His record for accomplishment in his calling is un-
blemished, and under his capable supervision the roads of
Lincoln County will soon be placed in excellent condition.

Rev. William Delbert Reed has not only gained prestige
as one of the able and honored clergymen of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, but has shown also much constructive
power in connection with practical business affairs. He is

actively identified with the coal industry as an operat
and has also been successful as a dealer in real estate. ]
is now associate pastor of the Diamond Street Method
Episcopal Church in the City of Fairmont, Marion Coun
Mr. Reed is a native of West Virginia and is a represeii
ative of two of the old and honored families of the sta
His paternal grandfather, Benjamin Reed, was borni 1
Barbour County, West Virginia, as the state is now cons
tuted, and was of English parentage, his parents havi
been very early settlers in that county. Ananias Cast
maternal grandfather of the subject of this review, w
born in what is now Upshur County, West Virginia, 1
parents, of Irish lineage, having become pioneers of th.
county.

Levi D. Reed, father of him whose name initiates th
sketch, was born in Barbour County in 1853, and his dea<
occurred in 1916. He was for many years numbered amor
the successful exponents of farm enterprise in Harrisc
County, and since his death his widow has continued 1
reside on the old home farm near Janelew, that count;
She was born in Upshur County.

On the farm of his father near Janelew, Harrison Count.
William Delbert Reed was born, May 7, 1876. After havin
profited fully by the advantages of the public schools h\
was for three years a student in the West Virginia Wesleya
College at Buckhannon. In 1897 he was ordained a clergj
man of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he has sine
continued an honored member of its West Virginia Cor
ference. He held pastoral charges in turn at Moundsvilh
Grafton and Fairmont, and for six years he was presidin
elder of the Oakland District of the West Virginia Confer
ence. In 1915 he was pastor of the Diamond Street Methol
dist Church at Fairmont, and he is today an associate pasto '
of this church, with his zeal in all departments of churcll
work shown in effective service and gracious stewardship)
In 1912 he was a delegate to the General Conference o;i
the Methodist Episcopal Church at Minneapolis, Minnesota,
and in 1916 he was again a delegate, the conference beinj' ;
held on that occasion at Saratoga Springs, New York. Ill
1921 he was a member of the Ecumenical Conference oi
Methodism, held in the City of London, England.

In 1916 Mr. Reed virtually retired from the active work,
of the ministry as a vocation, and at that time he initiated
his association with the coal industry at Fairmont, where
he became secretary and treasurer of the South Pittsburgh
Coal Company, the Fairmont & Masontown Coal Company,
and the North Fairmont Coal Company. He is still continu-'
ing his executive service with each of these corporations and
has his office headquarters in the American Building at
Fairmont. Mr. Reed is affiliated with Acacia Lodge No.
157, A. F. and A. M.; Grafton Chapter No. 12, R. A. M.;
Crusade Commandery No. 6, Knights Templars; Osiris
Temple of the Mystie Shrine at Wheeling; the Knights of
Pythias; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and the
Modern Woodmen of America. He is a loyal and valued
member of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce.

In 1897 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Reed and
Miss Attie Reed who was born near Clarksburg, this state,
a daughter of William B. and Olive (Cottrill) Reed. Mr.
and Mrs. Reed became the parents of four children: Foster
Dale, William Cranston (died at the age of six months),
William Arbuthnot and Ruth Beatrice. Foster D. Reed,
who completed a course in the Pennington Military Acad-
emy in the State of New Jersey, is now associated with
his father in business. He married Miss Clauda Layman,
of Fairmont, and they have one child, Patricia Ann.

Garfield L. Pauley. Within recent years the interest of
the public has been awakened and stimulated in the matter
of improving the country schools, so that they are today,
all over the country, in much better condition than ever
before, and the efforts of educators and citizens are directed
toward a further raising of their standard. One of the
men of Lincoln County who is attaining some very grati-
fying results in this important connection is Garfield L.
Pauley, county superintendent of schools and an educator
of experience and popularity.

Garfield L. Pauley was born in Lincoln County, Septem-

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»cr 6, 18S1, aud cornea of old ami houored families of the
touth, his mother's people being prominent in Kentucky
md his father's in Virginia. Tho McClures are of Irish
[escent, and the Pauleys of Dutch origin, and both lines
iave been established in this country for many generations.
At. Pauley is a son of Lafayette W. and Martha F. (Mc-
>lure) Pauley, both of whom were born in West Virginia,
^afayette W. Pauley was a farmer and lumberman. He
emained loyal to the Union when war was declared be-
ween the two sections of the country, and enlisted in Com-
>any I, Second West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, in which
ie served as a second lieutenant under Capt. Charles Smith,
Fas wounded at the second battle of Bull Run, but his in-
ury was but a light one, a ahell wound in the shoulder,
rom which he fully recovered, and after he was honorably
Jacharged, at the close of the war, he returned home and
esumed his farm work. He was a great worker in the Bap-
: st Church, in which he was a dcacon ? and a leader in the
rohibition movement in West Virginia, much of his time
•wing his last years being devoted to this cause.

Garfield L. Pauley attended the common schools of Lin-
oln County, and when he was sixteen years of age he went

0 work in a general store at Siota Post Office. After about
year there as a clerk he went into the timber and saw-

lill business, and continued to work in it until he was
wenty-six years old, but during all of this time he contin-
ed his studies, for it was his ambition from childhood to
t himself for the profession of teaching. Passing the ncc-
ssary examinations, he secured his teacher's certificate and
entered the educational field, continuing in it for eleven
ears, or until his election in 1918 to the office of county
uperintendent of schools for Lincoln County. During the
ime he was teaching he was elected a justice of the peace,
|<ut resigned that office before the close of his first year
a office.

> On July 11, 1902, Mr. Pauley married at Snowden, West
^irginia, Miss Alice Harless, a daughter of James H. and
lary E. (Mann) Harlesa, both natives of Virginia, who
loved to West Virginia. Mr. Harless was a farmer, tim-
erman and also conducted a general store at Snowden. Mr.
nd Mrs. Pauley have eight children, all of whom are at
ome, namely: Earl, Opal, Zema, Lyman, Brookie, Arno,
>oc and Dell. Mr. Pauley belongs to the Missionary Bap-
tat Church. Fraternally he maintains membership with the
ndependent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pyth-
is aud the Improved Order of Red Men- Not only is he
endering a great service through his office, but he is also
xerting an influence for good in his community through
is strong personality and his rigid stand for those princi-
les and things which make for good citizenship and true
"hristianity, and few men in this region stand any higher

1 popular esteem.

Everett J. Elkins, county clerk of Lincoln County, is a
iember of the old Elkins family of Virginia and West
irginia, of English descent, which in early times played
p important a part in the history of the Old Dominion,
nd from which representatives have gone forth to all parts
f the Union. Everett J. Elkins was born in Lincoln
ounty, West Virginia, January 29, 1887, a aon of Alaman-
er and Lucinda (Cooper) Elkins, both of whom were na-
ves of Lincoln County. Alamander Elkins waa a merchant
t Bernie, Lincoln County, and is one of the leading men
f hia locality, active in all public affairs, and from 1904
) 1908 served the county as assessor. He ia one of the
•ading members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
l the county.

Growing up in his native county, Everett J. Elkins at-
;nded the common schools and the aummer normal school
eld at Hamlin, and after completing his schooldays took
le position of deputy county clerk, holding it until he was
ected to the office of county clerk in November, 1920, when
s assumed charge of its duties. During the late war he was
ae of the moat zealous of war workers, and was exempted
rom service because of the position he held.
» In 1910 Mr. Elkins married Miss Myrtle Bolt at Hamlin,
(ra. Elkins waa born in Kentucky, a daughter of Sylvester
nd Mattie (Lawson) Bolt, both of whom were born in Ken-

tucky and came to Uainliu in 1905. Mr. Bolt ia a carpenter
and builder. Mr. aod Mrs. Elkins have two children, Eloiao
and Everett J. Mr. Elkins does not hold membership in
any religious organization. He belongs to the Knighta of
Pythias. A careful man of orderly habits, ho takes a pride
in his work, and the records of the county are being kept
in admirable shape under his supervision. While he has
always faithfully discharged his duties, he has never for-
gotten his responsibilities as a citizen, and does all that
lies in his power to further the cause of education, promote
the industrial welfare of hia city and county, and bring
about improvements which he feels will be of permanent
value. Such men as he are a tangible asset to any com-
munity, and should be prized accordingly.

Joseph C. McConnell is giving a most effective ad
ministration as mayor of the City of Princeton, judicial
center of Mercer County. His birth occurred on a farm in
Mercer County, Pennsylvania, on the 30th of March, 1876.
His parents, Joseph and Sarah (Welker) McConnell, were
born and reared in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and
ahortly after their marriage removed to Mercer County,
that state, where they passed the remainder of their lives on
their excellent homestead farm, the father having died in
1895, at the age of fifty-two yeara, and the mother having
been aixty-three years of age when she passed to the life
eternal in 1903. All of the twelve children attained to
years of maturity, the subject of this aketch having been
the eighth in order of birth, and of the number ten are
still living. Four of the sons became auccessful contractors
in the coal fields of West Virginia, and these four had
previously been teachers in tho public schools. One aon is a
clergyman of the Prcsbytcriau Church, of which the par-
ents had been earnest members. The son, Norman is now a
contractor in Tazewell County, Virginia; Harry resides on
a farm near the old home in Mercer County, Pennsylvania;
George is a contractor and resides at Princeton, West
Virginia, the four brothers, including Joseph C, of this
review, having come to this state in 1895 and having been
partners in their original contracting operations in the
coal fields, all of the number having previously learned the
trade of brickmasou in their native county. The father
served many years as justice of the peace in Springfield
Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and was otherwise
a prominent figure in community affairs. One of his broth-
ers was killed in battle while serving as a Union soldier in
the Civil war, and another brother likewise waa in the
service of the Union, he having been captured and having
been held a prisoner both at Andcrsonville and Libby
prisons, notorious in the history of the war. The lineage
of the McConnell family traces back to Scotch-Irish origin,
and the Welker family is of the old Pennsylvania Dutch
atock.

Joseph C. McConnell supplemented the discipline of the
public schoola by attending Volant College, and in his early
experience as a teacher in the district schoola he received
$28 a month for his services. He devoted four years to
teaching, a work which he greatly enjoyed, but low salaries
then paid in thia profession caused him to abandon the
same. He learned the trade of brickmason, and joined his
brother Norman at Clarksburg, West Virginia. Thereafter
the four brothers engaged in contracting at Huntington,
this state, and one year later removed to Williamson, where
they continued operations five yeara. In August, 1909,
Joseph C. McConnell came to Princeton, Mercer County, to
complete a small contract and with no intention of remain-
ing here. The city was then a mere village, as this was
prior to the building of the railroad roundhouse, which
greatly spurred the civic and industrial advancement of the
town. He was led to eatabliah here his permanent residence,
and has been closely and infloentially associated with the
civic and material development and upbuilding of the thriv-
ing city of the present day. His civic loyalty and progres-
siveness led to hia being importuned by leading citizens to
become a candidate for mayor of the city in 1920, in No-
vember of which year ha waa elected by a majority that
emphatically ahowed his secure place in popular confidence
and esteem. He had been a member of the city council In

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1919, but had resigned after making a vigorous fight for
better city government. His election to the office of mayor
shows the popular estimate placed upon his course in thie
connection, and he is making every effort to bring about a
clean and adequate administration of all departments of
the city government. As a contractor and builder Mayor
McConnell's operations have extended throughout the coal
fields of West Virginia, and for the past seven years his
brother George has been his associate in this extensive
business which is now conducted under the title of The Mc-
Connell Construction Company, with Princeton's mayor as
president of this important industrial corporation. As a
builder he has been associated with the construction of all
manner of buildings, from mine houses to bank and achool
buildings of the most modern type. In national politics the
mayor is a democrat, and in a fraternal way he is affiliated
with the Knights of Pythias and the Loyal Order of Moose.

In 1907 Mr. McConnell wedded Miss Macie Rodgers,
daughter of Richard Rodgers, of New Castle, Pennsylvania,
and they are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church,
in which he is a deacon, as had also been his father.

Charles W. Hall is president and general manager of
the Princeton Foundry & Supply Company, which conducts
one of the substantial and important industrial enterprises
at Princeton, Mercer County. This company, with a modern
plant of the best equipment, specializes in machine, boiler
and foundry work, and in the manufacturing of the " Per-
fection" Cone Stove Sand-drier and Hall's Improved
Shaker Grates for stationary engines, of both of which
remarkably effective and valuable devices Mr. Hall was the
inventor and both of which have proved of great practical
value in connection with the coal-mining industry of West
Virginia and other states. Mr. Hall 'b experience in the
West Virginia coal fields began in 1888, and he has been
actively identified with the development of the coal industry
in the state.

Mr. Hall was born at Christiansburg, Montgomery County,
Virginia, April 9, 1867, and is a son of John Newton John-
son Hall and Margaret (Pannell) Hall, the former of whom
was born at Fincastle, Craig County, Virginia, and the
latter in Montgomery County, that state. The father was a
pioneer in the mining of anthracite coal in Virginia, where
his operations were conducted on the rather small scale that
then marked the industry in that state. He was a loyal
soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war, took part in
numerous engagements, was wounded at the battle of
Manassas, and in the latter part of the war was held a
prisoner of the Federal Government for a few months at
Elmira, New York. He was a stanch democrat, and he and
his wife were zealous members of the Baptist Church, in
which he served as a deacon. The original American repre-
sentatives of the Hall family came from Scotland, and
members settled in Massachusetts, Virginia, and in other
parts of the South prior to the War of the Revolution. The
family was thus founded in Craig County, Virginia, in the
Colonial period. John N. J. Hall was fifty-three years of
age at the time of his death, in 1896, and his widow passed
away in 1917, at the age of seventy years. Of the seven
children Charles W., of this review, is the eldest. Another
son, Edward D., is a machinist in the employ of the Norfolk
& Western Railroad Company at Eckman, West Virginia.

Charles W. Hall gained bis early education in the schools
of his native place, and thereafter passed one year as a stu-
dent in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg.
At the age of nineteen years he entered upon an apprentice-
ship in the foundry of J. P. Witherow & Company of New
Castle, Pennsylvania, and he continued seven years in the
employ of this company. He then came to West Virginia
and became a machinist in the employ of the Norfolk &
Western Railroad Company at Bluefield, where he was thus
stationed at the time when the company's roundhouse was
constructed at that point. After a period of four years Mr.
Hall re-entered the employ of J. P. Witherow & Company,
with which he was in service at Graham, Virginia, while
the company was building Its furnaces at that place. He
next entered the employ of the Carter Coal Company at
Tom's Creek, Virginia, where he remained aeven years as

master mechanic, the title of the company having in jtl
meanwhile been changed to the Virginia Iron & Coal Co !
pany. For twelve years thereafter Mr. Hall was masl
mechanic and chief electrician with the American Coal Co; I
pany at McComae, Mercer County, West Virginia, and up '
severing this connection he became the executive head '
the Pocahontas Foundry & Machine Company at Kingetc
The plant of this company was later destroyed by fire, a;
in 1920 Mr. Hall became associated with the organization |
the Princeton Foundry & Supply Company, which forthwil
initiated the construction of the present modern plant, ai
he has continued as president and general manager of t I
progressive corporation. In the manufacturing departme
the company gives major attention to the production of t,
two inventions of Mr. Hall, as noted in an earlier paragra
of this sketch. He has marked inventive ability, and bj
recently perfected a device that will prove a valuati,
attachment for the lighting systems of automobiles. 9
Hall is a democrat, and in the Masonic fraternity is affiliat |
with the Blue Lodge at Coburn, Virginia, and the Chapt}|
of Royal Arch Masons at Bramwell, West Virginia. B j
wife is a member of the Baptist Church.

October 2, 1889, recorded the marriage of Mr. Hall ai,,
Miss Barbara Kirk, daughter of John Kirk, of MercS
County, and of this union there are five sons and thri
daughters. Two of the aons were in the nation's service r
the World war period. John W., who received his pil
liminary training at Fort Worth, Texas, became a gun i i
structor at Mount Clemens, Michigan. Charlea W., wll
entered the United States navy on the 6th of April, 191
became an electrician on the battleship Florida, and was
the convoy service in the transportation of American trooi
to the stage of war. He received his honorable discharj(
after a service of eighteen months.

Houghton A. Robson, of Huntington, senior member <l
the firm Robson & Nelson, real estate, coal and oil l&n&t
has been associated with many of the large deals and tranf
actions in properties involving the important natural rl
sources of West Virginia.

He was born at Cotton Hill in Fayette County, West Vi
ginia, February 1, 1856. His grandfather was a native <
England, and on coming to America settled in Culpepii
County, Virginia, where he was a planter and slave holdei
He married Ann Reed, a native of Culpeper County. The
old homestead is still owned by their descendants. Thomn
S. Robson, father of Houghton A., was born in Culpep<
County in 1819, grew up there, was married at Harrisoi
burg and immediately afterward settled at Cotton Hill i
Fayette County, West Virginia. For many years he w?j
county surveyor of Fayette County. During the Civil W£j
he had charge of the county records, and by order of ttj
court had these records conveyed to Southwest Virginia, 1.
Montgomery County, where his deputies guarded them a
through the war. He himself entered the active service 2
the beginning as a quartermaster in the Confederate Arm:
and at the close of the war he returned the records safel'
to their home county. He never received a penny for tk
faithful discharge of this trust, and eleven commissioner]
said that he should have taken the records north instead c|
south, though he was ordered by the court. For man'
years, until his death, he was commissioner of School Lane
for Fayette County. He died at Cotton Hill December U
1888. He was a democrat and a memher of the Bapth
Church. Thomas S. Robson married Mary Elizabeth Abbo
who was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 1831, and die
at Charleston, West Virginia, in 1913. Their children were.
James S., a farm owner at Charleston, and in the moder|
growth of that city part of his farm land has been buii|
over; Annie L., of Charleston, widow of James G. Parto,
who was a merchant at Cotton Hill; Houghton A.; Edwi
and William, who died in infancy; and Cora R., wife of ]
A. Rosenheim, in the transfer business at Huntington.

Houghton A. Robson spent part of the Civil war perio.
in Montgomery County, Virginia, and while there he ha
the privilege of attending school three months, and thi,
with another brief period in Fayette County gave him hi:
only formal school instruction. He was busy on his owj

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ceount In gaining knowledge by the proceaa of doing, and
is asaociatea bave always recognized in bim a man of
plendid judgment and well informed on all tbe issues of
1 he day. The family at tbe close of the Civil war bad noth-
og, and Mr. Robson had to contribute bia share to the up-
, eep of the household. At the age of twelve be was doing
)uch work as was suited to his strength and years. About
hat time his father took a contract to carry tbe mail from
hayetteville to Lewisburg, and the son performed this duty
or two years, getting a dollar a day for himself and mule,
•aying his board out of thia and also fifty cents a week for
erryage. Shortly after his service as a mail carrier be
Ipent three weeks in Huntington working with a pick and
(hovel in the streets. Then, though young and weighing
nly eighty pounds, he gained a position as a brakeman with
he recently constructed Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, serving
ine months. He then went back to the home farm and as-
isted in its work, and also did some surveying until the
eatb of his father in 1888. His father in the meantime
ad been agent for some large tracts of land owned by
Eastern people, and Houghton A. Robson succeeded to this
esponsibility as well as to the work of commissioner of
cbool lands of Fayette County. It was a business rcquir-
ng good judgment and tact and a growing knowledge of
wd values, and the work really laid the foundation of his
ubsequent business career.

In 1900 Mr. Robson removed to Charleston and began
he buying and selling of real estate, coal and oil lands,
n partnership with J. M. Payne, an attorney, he bought
. tract of 3,000 acres of coal land on Boomers Branch in
•'ayette County, paying $35,0C0, though only $5,000 in
ash. Mr. Robson immediately took an option on 1,000
djoining acres at a contract price of $25,000. lie also
•aid $1,000 on this transaction. The first 1,000 acres was
sjased to tho Masters Coal Company. In his second pur-
hasc he was associated with Dr. Lewis Prichard, and this
fas soon followed by his taking an option on 6,200 acres
.djoining. By that time he and his associate had ex-
tended $3,500 on options. The 7,200 acres were subse-
inently sold at a fair profit to the Kanawha & Hocking
iailroad Company. Mr. Robson continued in the real es-
ate business as a partner of Doctor Prichard until the
leath of the latter on July 20, 1919. In the meantime, in
018, he had removed to Huntington, and since 1911 bas
»een associated with Fred C. Prichard, son of Doctor
Mcliard, under the firm name of Robson & Prichard. Mr.
lobson is also associated with his son-in-law, C. P. Nelson,
a tbe firm of Robson & Nelson. They have seldom acted
.s brokers, but as principals in the buying and selling of
eal estate, coal and oil lands, and their transactions com-
)rise a large volume of this class of business in the state,
dr. Robson is a director in the Huntington Banking &
Crust Company, in the Charleston National Bank, the Mont-
fomery National Bank, is president of the West Virginia
nsnrance Agency, president of the Battle Ridge Land Com-
>any of Charleston, and president of the Elk Ridge Colliery
Jompany. His offices are in the Robson-Prichard Building,
•wned jointly by him and Fred C. Prichard. This
raa the first large office structure erected at Huntington,
t is ten stories high and was built in 1910. The ground
loor furnishes space for the Huntington Banking & Trust
/ompany, and the remaining nine floors are used for office
mrposee. Mr. Robson also has an office in the Charleston
National Bank Building at the capital city. He is a demo-
crat in politica, and one of the very active and liberal mem-
>era of the Baptist Church.

In 1884 he married Miss Jennie C. Shoemaker, daughter
•f James K. P. and Mary Elizabeth (Carna) 8hoemaker, tbe
atter deceased and the former a retired real estate broker
ind oil operator living at Homestead, Pennsylvania. The
rnly child of Mr. and Mrs. Robson is Mary E., wife of C.
5 aul Nelson.

O. Paul Nelson is a member of the firm of Robson &
ielson, real estate, coal and oil lands, at Huntington. Mr.
kelson is a civil engineer by profession, and bad a wide
nd successful experience in that work for a number of years,
•oth in West Virginia and elsewhere.

He was born at Brentsville in Prince William County,
Virginia, December 21, 1876. This is an old and honored
family name in Prince William County, where his grand
father, Thomas Nelson, at one time owned a large planta-
tion and worked it with slave labor. Edwin Nelson, father
of C. Paul Nelson, waa born in Prince William County
July 5, 1831, and remained a resident of that county all his
life. He was a Confederate soldier, enlisting in the Prince
William County Cavalry and serving until the final sur-
render. From tbe close of the war, by repeated re-elections
and without any opposition to his candidacy, be served as
clerk of the courts of his county until his death on February
12, 1911. He died at Manassas. He was a stanch democrat
and an active member of the Primitive Baptist Church. He
married Bettie Weedon, who waa born in Prince William
County October 14, 1837, and who died at Manassas Feb-
ruary 22, 1911. Of their five children C. Paul is the
youngest. Elizabeth Weedon, the oldest, is the wife of
Austin O. Weedon, an attorney and banker at Warren-
ton, Virginia. John H. Nelson is an attorney at Washing-
ton, D. C. James E. also lives at Washington and is in tho
service of the Government. Effie Lee is the wife of Albert
Speiden, a resident of Manassas, Virginia, while be is a
member of the firm Speiden & Speiden, architects, at Wash-
ington.

C. Paul Nelson attended the public schools of bis native
county, also went to school at Baltimore, and graduated in
1898 from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington,
Virginia. For one year he taught school in his home
county, for nine months was connected with the Lewis
Nixon Shipyard Company at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and in
October, 1899, first came to West Virginia, at Marling-
ton in Pocahontas County, as a civil engineer in the serv-
ice of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company. He was
on this road's staff of civil engineers until 1901, when he
went west and practiced as a civil engineer at El Reno,
Oklahoma, a year, and other engineering work employed
him over considerable areas of Texas and Arkansas. Re-
turning to West Virginia in 1904, he located at Charleston
and resumed his service as an engineer with the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad, remaining until 1907. Some of his duties
in this position took him into Kentucky. In 1908 Mr. Nel-
son organized the Nelson Transfer Company of Charleston,
and served as its president until 1911. In that year he
became associated with H. A. Robson. whose record is
given elsewhere, in the buying and selling of real estate,
coal and oil lands. Mr. Nelson's headquarters were at
Washington, D. C, until 1916, in which year the office of
the firm was established at Huntington and is in the Rob-
son-Prichard Building. Besides bis extensive connections as
a member of this firm Mr. Nelson is also a director of the
Huntington Banking and Trust Company.

He is a democrat, a member of the Baptist Church, and is
affiliated with Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M.,
Huntington Chapter No. 6, R. A. M., Huntington Com-
mandery No. 9, K. T., West Virginia Consistory No. 1, of
the Scottish Rite at Wheeling, and Beni-Kedem Temple of
the Mystic Shrine at Charleston. He is a member of the
Guyandotte Club and the Guyan Country Club, both at
Huntington.

April 26, 1906, at Charleston, Mr. Nelson married Miss
Mary Elizabeth Robson, daughter of H. A. Bobeon.
She finished her education in the Lewisburg 8eminary of
this state. The four children born to their marriage are:
Betty Jane, born April 5, 1907; Edwin Robson, born May
15, 1908; Mary Elizabeth, born June 17, 1909; James
Houghton, born October 12, 1910.

Thomas Henry Huddy is one of the progressive business
men of Williamson, Mingo County, where be is general
manager of the Bailey and the Sudduth Fuel companies of
Kentucky.

Mr. Huddy was born at Redruth, Cornwall, England, on
tbe 2d of February, 1871, and is a son of John and Mary
(Glasson) Huddy, both likewise natives of Cornwall, where
they remained until coming to the United States. The
father was identified with the Cornish mining industry dur-
ing virtually his entire active career in hia native land, and
his father waa a wholesale fish merchant. John Huddy died

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iu 1905, at a venerable age, his wife having passed away
when her son Thomas H., of this review, w$s thirteen years
old. Her mother was born the same day as was Queen
Victoria, and she survived this revered English sovereign.
Of the children of John Huddy two sons and two daughters
are living at the time of this writing, in 1921.

Thomas H. Huddy acquired a rudimentary education in a
kindergarten in his native land, and was about five years of
age when he accompanied his mother and his two sisters to
the United States and joined the father, who had come
ahout two years previously and who was residing at Nelson-
ville, Ohio. Thomas H. attended the public schools at
Nelsonville until he was a lad of twelve years, when he
began service as a trapper boy in the mines of the Hocking
Valley at that place. His vitality and effective service led
to his rapid advancement, and by the time he had attained
to his legal majority he had gained broad experience in
connection with mining enterprise in the Hocking Valley,
where he had been employed in various mines. At the ag£
of seventeen years he came under the benignant influence of
a Sunday school teacher, who inspired him with ambition for
better things. His desire was to become a mine superin-
tendent, and his ambition has been fully realized in later
years. At the age of nineteen years he began to attend
night school, and he has supplemented his early education
further by reading and other self -discipline. At the age
of twenty-two years Mr. Huddy left the parental home
and became helper to a mine electrician. In nine months he
was in charge of all machinery and repairs at the San Run
Mine, and in 1895 he assumed the position of directing en-
gineer with the Jeffrey Company, builders of mining
machinery, at Columbus, Ohio. In this connection he had
occasions to visit mining districts in all parts of the United
States in the installing of electrical machinery. He was
thus engaged seven years, and in the latter part of this
period he acted also as advisory engineer of the sales de-
partment of the business. In 1902 Mr, Huddy became
superintendent of six mines in Central Pennsylvania fields,
in Cambria County. He thus continued three and one-half
years, and then entered the employ of the Ellsworth Colliers,
a large corporation at Ellsworth, that state. The next year
he accepted the position of superintendent with the George
M. Jones Company of Ohio, and about two and one-half
years thereafter he severed this connection to join the
Pittsburgh & Buffalo Company at Cannonsburg, Pennsyl-
vania, in the capacity of superintendent. Each of these
changes represented an advancement, and about six months
after taking the position at Cannonsburg he was offered a
still better post, that of superintendent with the Bloomer
Coal & Coke Company at BJoomer, West Virginia. He ac-
cepted this proffer, and as the business of the concern
expanded he was promoted general superintendent of the
fifteen large mines of the company. June 12, 1920, Mr.
nuddy resigned this responsible position to become general
manager of the corporations designated in the opening
paragraph of this sketch, and in each of these he is an
equal stockholder with the other interested principals. While
a resident of Boomer, Fayette County, this state, Mr. Huddy
served as a member of the Board of Education. In national
and state politics he is a republican, but in local affairs is
independent of partisan lines. He is a director of the
Montgomery National Bank at Montgomery, Fayette
County. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist
Church, he is a member of the Kiwanis Club at Williamson,
his home city, and is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity.

November 9, 1895, recorded the marriage of Mr. Huddy
and Miss Belle Wallace, a native of Nelsonville, Ohio, her
parents having been born in England. Mr. and Mrs. Huddy
have one child, Ruth, born July 22, 1903.

Wade Hampton Bronson is one of the older residents
of Williamson, becoming acquainted with that village as a
boy before the advent of the first railroad. His ambition
to study law was frequently thwarted by lack of funds, and
only after overcoming a number of difficulties was he ad-
mitted to the bar. Since then he has been steadily making
his way to the front rank of lawyers in this section of the

state, and is the senior member of the prominent firm
Bronson & Straton at Williamson.

Mr. Bronson was born at Warfield, Kentucky, Novemb
13, 1880. His father, J. L. F. Bronson, was born in 1837
South Carolina, and was a soldier in the Confederate arm
After the war he settled in Kentucky, and he died in 188
when his son Wade was six years of age. The motht
whose maiden name was Lou Salyers, was born in Louis
Kentucky, in 1853, her parents having come from Virgini
Besides Wade Hampton there were two other sons and oij
daughter.

Wade Hampton Bronson acquired his early education
the public schools of Warfield, Kentucky, and was abo-
fifteen years of age when he came to Williamson with hi
mother in 1895. In 1898 he entered the Concord Norml
School at Athene, West Virginia, and remained a stude 1
there two years, and then earned a salary as an employe <
his brother, then clerk of the Circuit Court of the distri
including Mingo County. In 1901 he entered the law scho
of the University of Virginia, and remained there one yea
He then resumed work in the office of his brother, W
carried on his legal studies at the same time, and in Marc
1903, after examination, was qualified and admitted to tl
bar of West Virginia. In the fall of that year he returnc|
to the University of Virginia, and soon proved his capacil
to keep up with his studies in the senior class. Haviu
gained the equivalent of a university law course, and haviu
already been admitted to the bar, he did not deem it nece
sary to remain to obtain the law degree. He therefore ri
turned to Williamson and became a partner in the law offi<
of Attorney John B. Wilkinson. The latter was electe
to the bench in 1904, and Mr. Bronson then formed a par
nership with Mr. S. D. Stokes, under the name of Stoke
& Bronson. In 1914 this firm was dissolved by mutut
consent. Mr. Bronson was then alone until 1916, when 1
was elected prosecuting attorney of Mingo County. He wa
reelected, but resigned after having served four years an
three months. On retiring from office he formed his preser
partnership with Mr. Straton, under the name of Bronson «
Straton.

Mr. Bronson is secretary, treasurer and a director of th
North Matewan Land Company, is secretary and directo
of the Williamson Ice & Coal Storage Company, loca
counsel for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Wester
Union Telegraph Company, Sycamore Coal Company, Chal
taroy Coal Company and other coal companies. During th
World war he was government appeal agent of the Locs
Draft Board, was a "Four-Minute" speaker and leader i:
several of the drives. He is a member in the local an*
state bar associations, a democrat in politics, is affiliatei
with O'Brien Lodge No. 101, A. F. and A. M., at William,
son, is a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Presbyteriai
Church.

On June 23, 1909, Mr. Bronson married Edith Embleton
of Montgomery, West Virginia. She was born in Masoi
County, this state, of English ancestry. Their five childreil
are: Margaret, born April 7, 1910; Wade, Jr., born Sep'
tember 6, 1911; Elizabeth, born November 23, 1913; Rober
and John, born January 3, 1917.

James Abney Hogg. Ever since the first white settle
ments were planted in the Kanawha and Ohio valleys, undei
the protection of military force and against the oper
hostility of the Indians, members of the Hogg familj
have played their part here, as soldiers, as home-makers
as engineers and in many other avenues of service.
Obviously it would not be possible here to give an account
of the family in all interesting detail. The member named
above was born at the original seat of the family in Masos
County, but his business interests brought him some years
ago v to the great mining district of Logan. He is the
present mayor of that city.

Mr. Hogg's ancestry begins with Capt. Peter Hog,
spelled with one "g" at that time, a native of Scotland,
who came to America and settled in Augusta County,
Virginia. He was an officer of the crown in the Dunmore
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*aa an intimate friend of George Washington and fought
ia the Revolution. His son Peter came West to occnpy a
'and grant of 8,000 acres given by King George. This
land waa located at the month of the Great Kanawha
River, in what ia now Maaon County, West Virginia. His
»n, Thomaa G. Hogg, waa born in 1800, waa a land sur-
veyor, and waa a prominent pioneer in this western region.
Many members of the Hogg family have been civil en-
gineers. The mayor of Logan waa named for hia grand-
father, Jamea Abney Hogg, who waa born in Maaon
bounty, was a thrifty farmer, and he married Lucy Ball,
langhter of Capt. Jamea Ball, who settled in Mason
bounty about 1785. Among the sons of Jamea Abney
3ogg one waa the late Charles E. Hogg, one of West Vir-
nnia'a greatest lawyers and legal authors. He studied
aw while teaching school, and while in practice handled
tome of the moat important cases in the State and Federal
onrts. Lawyers knew him as anther of several important
forks, found in nearlv all law libraries, and he also im-
parted his abilities and character upon the legal profession
»v his work aa teacher of law and as Dean of the College
»f Law of West Virginia, a poat he took in 1906.

The father of Mayor Hogg waa Thomaa G. Hogg, who
ras born at Clifton in Mason Connty, Jnly 26, 1856, and is
low living at Huntington. He married Matilda Robinson,
fho was born in Mingo Connty, Ohio, February 14, 1857,
ind died February 12, 1919. Thomaa G. Hogg followed
he profeasion of civil engineer and also was a farmer
nd teacher, and for twenty-seven years waa active in the
fork of the schools of Mason County. All the family had
>een democrats. Jamea Abney Hogg of Logan ia the
econd in a family of sir children. His aister Daisy is the
fife of Cleo Fox, foreman in the Chesapeake & Ohio
*hopa at Huntington. Eay is a public accountant at
,)klahoma City.^ Edna lives with her father at Huntington.
Tohn has to hia credit a service of sixteen years in the
Jaited 8tatea Marine Corps, in which he holds the rank
i»f lieutenant, was in service in Mexico and later in the
Vorld war and is now located at San Diego, California.
(.Tie youngest of the family is Harry.

Jamea Abney Hogg of Logan waa born at Point Pleas-
.at in Maaon County, February 9, 1879, and graduated
rom the Point Pleasant High School in 1904. For thir-
|een yeara he taught school in Mason County, and tanght
I he aame school which had been conducted by hia father.
vTiile teaching he studied law, bnt has never been ad-
mitted to the bar. While not teaching he also employed
tis time in the profession of civil engineering, and he
nrveyed lands and mines along the Tng Fork of Sandy
I tiver in West Virginia. His chief professional work for a

umber of years haa been as a public accountant, and he
id work in that line at Huntington. In 1916 he came to
I *each Creek, Logan County, representing the E. R. John-
oa coal mining interests. At one time he was accountant
or the Jones interests at Charleston.

Mr. Hogg haa been a resident of Logan since 1919, and
ere continues hia practice aa an anditor and public
ccountant. He was elected mayor of Loean in 1921, and
* now in hia second term of a very successful municipal
dministration.

In 1907 he married Merlia Wavbright, daughter of
Jolnmbna Waybright. of Ripley, West Virginia. Their
wo daughters are Elizabeth Harding and Evelvn Way-
right. Mr. Hogg is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
"hnrch, South, is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Point
'leasant, Logan Lodge, Knighta of Pythias, and the Elka
-edge at Charleston.

Bernard Shell. A modern coal mining district like
.ogan County requires an enormous aggregate of machinery
nd appliances used in the mines, in the surface equipment
nd for the handling and transportation of coal. For
eeping thig in order such a plant as that of the Guyan
lachine Shops at Logan is one of the indispensable
oxiliariea. This plant was established in 1913 by W. H.
liver and Bernard Shell, and in 1914 the business was
icorporated with Mr. Oliver as president, and Bernard

Shell, a machinist and mechanical engineer of long and
varied experience, aa vice president and general manager.

Mr. Shell was born at Eggleaton, Gilea County, Virginia,
March 30, 1882, son of A. V. and Sallie Caroline (Burton)
Shell, who were also natives of Gilea County. Hia father,
now sixty-five years of age, had his home at Graham,
Virginia, far thirty-five yeara. He is a skilled mechanic,
and for a number of yeara was boss blacksmith in the
Norfolk & Western Railroad shops at Bluefield, West Vir-
ginia, held a similar position at Switchback for the Poca-
hontas Consolidated Fuel Company, was then in charge of
the shops of the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated
Fuel Company at Berwind, West Virginia, taking charge
there after his soa Bernard moved to Logan, and in 1917
A. V. Shell came to Logan and is now general utility man
in the Guyan Machine Shops. He is a Presbyterian and
democrat, and his wife is a Methodist. They have two sons
and four daughters, the other sons being Sidney Herbert, a
resident of Graham, Virginia.

Bernard Shell acquired hia early education in the Graham
public schools, and aa a boy began learning the same trade
aa his father. He served, beginning at the age of fourteen,
an apprenticeahip in the Norfolk & Western Shops at Blue-
field under his father, and on completing that apprenticeship
began another as machinist at Switchback under James
Jones. He completed this period of training in two and a
half years, and then as a journeyman worked in many shops
through Canada, the United States and Mexico. In 1908
he waa appointed master mechanic of the Raleigh Coal and
Coke Company at Raleigh, West Virginia, two years later
took a similar position with the New River and Pocahontaa
Consolidated Fuel Company at Berwind, and left there in
1913 to join Mr. Oliver in establishing the Guyan Machine
shop at Logan. These shops have had two conaecutive fires,
but each time the plant waa built bigger and better. The
businesa started on a small scale, haa steadily grown and
increased its facilities apace with the development of the
coal fields and the Town of Logan. In the plant are all
facilities for handling every class of repair to the me-
chanical and electrical machinery used in mining, including
armature winding. It is a business that gives employment
to a large force of expert mechanics.

Mr. Shell in 1913 married Bessie Berenice Bayleas, daugh-
ter of H. A. Bayleaa, of Berwind. Their three children are:
Bernard Bayless, Bettie Ann and Robert Louis. Mrs. Shell
is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Shell ia affiliated
with Logan Lodge of Masons, the Royal Arch Chapter at
Logan, Wheeling Consistory of the Scottish Rite and Beni-
Kedem Temple of the Myatic Shrine at Charleston. He is
alao an Elk and in politics i9 a liberal democrat.

John Clatpool. The Claypools have played a vigorous
part in the development of Logan County, for more than
fourscore years. Three generations of the family have been
represented here. They have cleared away the woods, im-
proved farms, worked up the timber resources, have been
business men and influential factors in their home districts.
One of the present generation is John Claypool, member of
the real estate and insurance firm of Claypool & McGnire at
Logan.

His grandfather waa named John Claypool, was a native
of Tazewell County, Virginia, and with his family moved to
Huff's Creek in what is now Logan Connty in 1840. At
that time he paid $500 for 500 acres ^ of land. It was
covered with heavy timber, and almost his first task was to
clear away a portion of the wood so aa to have room to
cultivate a small crop. In time he made a farm and steadily
grew in prosperity. The land which he acqnired aa a pioneer
is today easily worth a million dollars. It haa two coal
operationa on it, one by the Logan Elkhorn Corporation and
the other by the Faulkner Coal Company. When the Clay-
pools were enjoying their pioneer home in Logan Connty
their nearest rail transportation was at Marmet or old
Brownstown. They hauled salt and other supplies from
there. John Claypool died at the age of eighty-two, in
1878. He waa the father of three sons and one daughter,
and the last survivor of these children was William Claypool.

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William Claypool, who represents the second generation
of the family, was born near Tazewell Court House, Vir-
ginia, February 28, 1832, and was about eight years of age
when he came to Logan County. He was a man of strong
and virile qualities, which made him conspicuously useful
in spite of the fact that they were never polished by educa-
tion. All told, he attended school only three weeks, and he
could barely read or write. However, he had an intuitive
knowledge of mathematics and could instantly compute
interest and the cost of cattle, in which he dealt on a
growingly increasing scale. He was a shrewd, keen trader,
prospered in his business affairs, and had overflowing
physical energy. He stood six feet tall. His enterprise was
not confined to his own affairs. He built the Claypool
Methodist Church, donated land on which the Claypool
School is located and served as a trustee of the church. He
and the other Claypools were absolutely opposed to secession,
and William always voted as a republican. Though he had
prospered without an education, he did not for that reason
believe that his own children should go without advantages.
He did a great deal to maintain a good school in his. home
community, boarding the teacher of the district free of
charge and also furnishing a mule for the teacher to ride to
school, and by this liberality he secured for his own and his
neighbor's children a better instructor than had many
similar districts. William Claypool died at the old home-
stead at Mallory in 1901. He married Amanda Buchanan,
who was born at Matewan, in what is now Mingo County,
daughter of John Buchanan, who was a Confederate soldier.
After the death of her husband Amanda Claypool married
H. C. Avis, of Logan, president of the Guyan Supply Com-
pany. The four children of William Claypool and wife
were: John; Mary, wife of C. Abdo; G. R., who is secre-
tary, treasurer and general manager of the Guyan Supply
Company; and R. H., who was connected with the Guyan
Supply Company, was a commercial traveler, and died of
influenza in 1918.

John Claypool, the Logan real estate man, was born on
the site of the present town of Mallory, on Huff's Creek,
March 22, 1876. He was one of the children who benefitted
by the advantages of the Claypool School, later attended the
Oceana High School in Wyoming County, and at the age of
twenty, one leaving school, he went to work for Adkins &
Garred on Huff's Creek. He remained with them as book-
keeper, also as timber and lumber inspector, for five years,
and he inherited some of his father's keen ability of a
calculator and learned to estimate the value of trees as
quickly as his father computed the value of a steer. On
leaving that firm Mr. Claypool opened a store at Man, at
the mouth of Huff's Creek. His stock of goods had to be
hauled from Dingess in Mingo County, thirty miles across
the mountains, since at that time no railroad had come
down into the valley. He remained in business there three
years, and then for a time was in the timber and sawmill
business on Huff 's Creek. He manufactured large quantities
of lumber and sent rafts of timber down the Guyan River
and also to Catlettsburg, Ashland and other points on the
Ohio River.

Mr. Claypool since 1909 has been a resident of Logan,
and since then has done an extensive business in the buying
and selling of real estate and the handling of insurance.
He has operated in the real estate market of several towns,
and has handled many tracts of coal lands. In 1903 he
married Lettie Spratt, daughter of A. D. Spratt, of Gilbert.
She died in 1918, the mother of five children, Marie, Ruby,
Amanda, Frank D. and John E. In 1919 Mr. Claypool
married Mrs. Daisy Miller, a daughter of W. H. Buchanan,
of Pearisburg, Virginia. They are members of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, and fraternally he is affiliated with
the local lodge of Masons, Athens Chapter, R. A. M., Hunt-
ington Commandery, K. T., and Huntington Consistory,
thirty-second degree, at Huntington, West Virginia, and he
is also a member of the Elks, Knights of Pythias and
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a
republican.

George R. Claypool is secretary, treasurer and manager
of the Guyan Supply Company at Logan. He possesses

ideal qualifications for a business man and worker in
section of country that is of comparatively recent develo \
ment. Physically powerful, he was an adept in the roug
work of the timber and lumber camps for several years, art
has been a man of force in whatever he has undertaken.

Mr. Claypool was born at what is now Mallory in Logs
County, September 24, 1882, a son of William and Amand
(Buchanan) Claypool. William Claypool, who died in 190
at the age of fifty-nine, was eight years of age when h
father, John Claypool, moved from Greenbrier County 1
Logan County, establishing his home on a farm. Joh
Claypool later served as a commissioned officer in the Coi
federate army. William Claypool was a farmer. Befoi
railroads penetrated this district the Claypool home wf
the place of entertainment always sought out by the trave
ers running through this region, and its generous hospitalit
was shared by ministers of the gospel, commercial travelei
and all classes of men whose business took them into th?
neighborhood. After the death of William Claypool hi
widow married H. C. Avis, and they now live at Logai
William Claypool and wife had three sons and one dauglj
ter: John, of Logan, formerly a merchant and now in th.
real estate business; George R.; Roscoe, who was a travelin
salesman and died at Huntington in 1918, at the age o
thirty-one; and Mary, wife of Charles Abdo, of Logan.

George R. Claypool attended school at Mallory arid th
Oceana High School in Wyoming County. Leaving schot
at the age of eighteen, he became a clerk in the store of hi
brother John at the mouth of Huff's Creek. He remaine
there five years, laying the foundation of his business ei
perience. He then opened a store of his own at Cyclont
also on Huff's Creek. This store was established before
railroad came down into Logan County. He hauled all hi
goods from Dingess on the Norfolk & Western Railroad,
distance of thirty miles. After six years as a merchant Mi
Claypool took up the timber business. He engaged his ow:
labor and also his capital in this enterprise, cutting off ,
tract of timber and working it up in his own sawmill. H
rafted a great deal of lumber down the river. While hi
splendid physique and perfect health made him well fittet
for the lumber industry, Mr. Claypool has been equall;
successful as a merchant.

After two years in the timber business and three year
on the farm he came to Logan, and for a time was a sales
man in the store of William Ghiz. He then organized th
Guyan Supply Company, wholesale dealers in groceries, flou
and feed, and the business of this firm is now distribute
all over the adjoining coal fields.

Mr. Claypool for eight years was a member of the Boar<
of Education in the Triadelphia District of Logan County
After moving his home to Logan he became a member of th<
city council, and in August, 1921, when the commissioi
form of government was adopted, he became one of the cit;
commissioners. He is a director of the First National Ban!
and has supplied capital and his personal influence to th<
development of several coal properties.

In 1904 he married Miss Vinia Altizer, daughter of P
G. Altizer. She died in 1910, leaving three daughters
Orpha, Opal and Gladys. In 1914 Mr. Claypool married
Minnie Patterson, daughter of John Patterson, of Bar
boursville. Mr. Claypool is a member of the board oi
stewards and board of trustees of the Methodist Church &r
Logan. He is a Royal Lodge Mason, is a past grand oi
Logan Lodge of Odd Fellows, and is a republican.

J. Cart Alderson. The oldest bank in the length and!
breadth of the Guyan Valley is known as the Guyan Valley,
Bank of Logan. It has performed all the service expected
of an institution of this character for over twenty years,
and its resources as well have steadily improved. The
chief personal factor in its prosperity has been J. Cary
Alderson, who organized it, became its first cashier, and I
since 1912 has served as its president.

In his capacity as a banker and business man of Logan-
County Mr. Alderson has contributed additional dignity to
a name that has been one of historical distinctions in West
Virginia for more than a century and a half. He is 8
descendant in the sixth generation of an old Yorkshire Eng-

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ish family. The Aldcraons for several generations were
Imminent ministers. His Yorkshire ancestor was Rev.
I ohn Alderaon, a minister. A second generation was also
-presented by a John Alderson, who in time also took up
ae profession of the ministry. He was born in 1699. As

youth he formed a romantic attachment which was not
svored by his father, and his father as a means of break -
ig up the match gave the eon £200 to enjoy a period of
ravel. In the course of his journeys he reached Liverpool,
nd by that time had expended all bis capital. He was
'lduced to accept passage on a ahip then atarting for Amer-
ra, and the first record of him in this country finds him in
ifaw Jersey in 1719. He became a Baptist preacher, preaeh-
ig in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and finally moving
b Virginia, where he bought a farm adjoining one owned
y the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln. On his farm
lere John Alderson built a Baptist Church. His last days
'ere spent at Fincastle, Virginia, where he died in 1780.
la married Jane Curtis, of New Jersey, and they were the
arents of seven sons and one daughter.

The third generation of the family was also represented
y a Rev. John Alderson, who was born in New Jersey in
738, and was the pioneer of the family in West Virginia.
Ie had all the enterprise and the fondness for adventure
hat characterize the pioneer, and he turned this disposition
b the advantage of the Baptist Church, of which he was
ne of the most honored pioneer missionaries. He explored
»he Greenbrier and Kanawha valleys during 1760-75, and in
ne trip went as far as the Ohio River. He was probably
he first preacher in the Kanawha Valley. During 1774-75
a laid out the first road to Jarretts Ford on Wolf Creek,
iow in Monroe County. Soon afterward he removed his
lamily to the Greenbrier River, at what is now the town of
Jderson, and here he set out the first orchard and built
fce first church west of the Alleghany Mountains. The
ommunity became known as Alderson 'a Ferry and neigh-
borhood. He carried the gospel to many isolated commu-
ities in the mountain district. The church he and his
ollowers built on the Greenbrier River recently celebrated
>ts 150th anniversary. The present church is the third edi-
ce to stand on the same foundation. At the anniversary
ust mentioned the father of Cary Alderson read a paper of
•eminiscences. Rev. John Alderson frequently preached to
■he Indians, and it is literally true that in going about on
is duties as a minister he carried a Bible in one hand
nd a gun in the other. He died at what is now Alderson
a 1S21. He married in 1759 Mary Carroll, a relative of
ifliarles Carroll of Carrollton. Of his three sons one was
Jeorge Alderson, who became distinguished in the pioneer
ffairs of the Kanawha Valley and whose son, James O.,
j&s at one time pastor of the Greenbrier Church. The
econd aon, Joseph, waa the father of Lewis A. Alderson,
iho was a pioneer in the Baptist ministry in Kansas, and
ounded Ottawa University in that state.

John Alderson, the fourth to bear that name in as many
;enerations, was born at Alderson in Monroe County and
j&a a business man. Among his various enterprises he was
ssociated with the pioneer salt manufacturing industry of
he atate. This John Alderson was the grandfather of the
Logan banker.

George Alderaon, father of Cary Alderson, was born at
Mderson November 13, 1833, a date which old timers al-
ways recalled as the night the stars fell. He married Vir-
rinia Stevens, who was born in Monroe County in 1842,
aughter of a Yankee schoolmaster. George Alderaon and
/ife have been married fifty-four years, and both of them
►re still living. Ha has been an official in the old Green-
Tier Baptist Church. At the time of the Civil war he en-
tered the Confederate Army and served with the rank of
aptain on the staff of General William C. Wickham. He
.as always been a loyal democrat, has represented his
•ounty in the State Legislature, and for forty years he waa
. justice of the peace, until he declined to serve longer. For
>aany yeara he was master of Alderson Lodge of Masons,
>jid was a director of the First National Bank of Alder-
fon. George Alderson and wife had a family of five aons
f .nd one daughter, and of these only J. Cary survives. Of
>hoae deceased Bernard C, who died at the age of forty,

was a graduate of West Virginia University, waa a teacher
and founded the Alderaon Baptiat College of Alderson.
William W. Alderaon graduated from tha College of Phy-
sicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, practiced in Alderaon
and later in Texas, to which state ha removed for his health
and where he died at the nga of thirty. George Alderaon
was a farmer on tha old homestead, a member of tha State
Legislature. Cabell died in childhood. The only daughter,
Virginia, died at tha age of thirty-five nnd was the wife of
C. B. Rowe, of Alderson.

John Cary Alderson was born at Alderaon in Monroe
County September 29, 1868. He gained a liberal education
before beginning his business career, attended schools in his
native county, and in 18S3 entered Hampdeu-Sidney College
in Virginia, where he graduated A. B. in 1887. Ho took his
law course in the University of Virginia, graduating LL. B.
in 1890. Prior to graduating from law school he was for a
time assistant professor of Latin and Greek in the prepara-
tory department of Hampden-Sidney College. Later he
taught a private preparatory school of his own at Greeu-
brier, five miles from Lewisburg, West Virginia. After
graduating from law school in 1890 his choice of a place
for his professional career was Aracoma, now the town of
Logan and county aeat of Logan County. He is one of the
oldest residents of this community, and in thirty years has
not only witnessed but has been an influential factor in the
development of the town and surrounding couutry. For
five years he was associated in the practice of law with
H. K. Shumate, and after that was alone in practice until
1900, when he organized the Guyan Valley Bank and be-
came its cashier. For six years he was deputy clerk of the
County Court under his father-in-law, S. S. Altizer.

While in law practice Mr. Alderson gave his special at-
tention to civil and chancery casea. Outside of his business
as a banker be has been interested in the development of
the coal fields of this section, and has been president and
otherwise officially identified with several coal land and
coal operating companies.

On May 16, 1S93, Mr. Alderson married Julia Altizer,
daughter of S. S. Altizer. Her father, who was a candi-
date for Congress in 1906, died in Cabell County, West Vir-
ginia, in 1907. Mr. Alderson has been a deacon of the
Baptist Church for many years, is a past master of the
Lodge of Masons, a member of Logan Chapter, R. A. M.,
and the Knight Templar Conimandery at Charleston. In
politics he is a democrat, and was chairman of the demo-
cratic county committee for eight years.

William V. McNemak. Logan County claims an ex-
cellent contingent of able and successful lawyers, and
among the number is he whose name initiates this review
and who is established in practice at Logan, the county
seat.

Mr. McNemar is a scion of Scotch and Irish ancestry,
his paternal grandfather, Col. Joseph McNemar, having
commanded a Virginia regiment in the Confederate aervice
in the Civil war, his home having been in what is now
Grant County, West Virginia, where he served aa sheriff
and waa otherwise influential in community affaira. He
married a young woman who had been abducted from the
coast of Ireland and brought to this country, where she
became the wife of Colonel McNemar.

William V. McNemar waa born at Lahmansville, Grant
County, this state, on the 4th of March, 18S6, and is a aon
of Samuel B. and Lizzie (Harris) McNemar, the former of
whom was born in that county and the latter in the State
of Illinois. Samuel B. McNemar became a successful
teacher in the schools of Grant County, there gained prece-
dence as a progressive farmer, and, while influential in
community affairs, he invariably refused to become a candi-
date for public office. Ha died in 1912 and his widow
atill maintains her home in Grant County. Samuel B.
McNemar waa a member of tha Southern Methodist Episco-
pal Church, and Mrs. McNemar is a Baptist.

To the schools of his native county William V. Mc-
Nemar is indebted for Ms preliminary education, which
was advanced by his attending a preparatory school at
Keyaer, Mineral County. Thereafter he attended the

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University of "West Virginia until ill health compelled his
retirement, but in 1910 he graduated from the State Normal
School at Shepherdatown. In the State University he
graduated in 1913, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
and from the law department of that institution he received
in 1915 the degree of Bachelor of Laws, with virtually
concurrent admission to the bar of his native etate. His
professional novitiate was served at Parsons, Tucker
County, where he remained one year, and for the ensuing
three yeare he was engaged in practice in the City of
Charleston. He then removed to Logan and entered into
a law partnership with Charles S. Minter, with whom he
has since been associated in successful and representative
practice in this thriving little city. In the World war
period Mr. McNemar was not called into military service,
but he was vital and zealous in the furthering of all
patriotic activities in the City of Charleston, where he was
residing at the time. He ia identified with the Logan
County Bar Association, the West Virginia Bar Association
and the American Bar Association. In the Masonic fra-
ternity he has received the thirty-second degree of the
Scottish Bite, ia affiliated also with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, and he and his wife hold mem-
bership in the Presbyterian Church.

At Oakland, Maryland, in the year 1913, was solemnized
the marriage of Mr. McNemar and Miss Helen Babb,
daughter of John L. and Margaret M. (Mathes) Babb, both
natives of Grant County, West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs.
McNemar have two children: Margaret E. and Anna D.

Charles Zeller. The following account of the career of
Charles Zeller will explain the grounds for the confidence and
esteem in which he is held at Terra Alta, where for forty-five
years he has been a reaident, a sound American citizen, and a
busy worker at his trade of shoemaker.

Charles Zeller was born at Daetzingen, Oberambt Boe
Blingen, about nine miles northeast of the City of Stuttgart
in Wuertemberg, September 22, 1847, a son of Bernhard and
Margaret Zeller. His father, who waa a carpenter by trade,
died young, leaving hia widow and only child, whose name at
christening waa Carl August.

Charles Zeller waa required to attend the Government
school until he was fourteen, and then began his apprentice-
ship as a student of ahoemaking. The arrangement provided
for the payment to hia master of fifty guldens, amounting
to about one hundred and fifty marks. After learning his
trade he went to Stuttgart, worked as a journeyman three
and a half yeara, wagea being about a gulden a week, and then
returned home and after three weeks joined another young
man and they puraued a real journeyman's exiatence to
different portions of Southern Germany, including a portion
of Bavaria and going on into Austria, where they worked for
a time in a amall country town. He alao worked in Radolfzell
in Baden, then went to Switzerland, and for three years waa
employed at Zurich.

In 1871 Mr. Zeller sailed out of Bremen Harbor on a ateam-
ship which eighteen daya later landed him at Baltimore.
From there he went to Frostburg, Maryland, apending the
winter, and in the apring located at Cumberland, where he
remained working at hia trade^for five years. The only
English words he knew when he landed were good morning.
He bought a German-English dictionary, but it proved of
little benefit. He mastered the new language largely by actual
practice among his new American friends. For the first few
years he made progress slowly, since hia associations were
largely with German speaking people, but after coming to
Terra Alta, where hia busineaa and social relatione were
largely with Americans, he picked up the language rapidly.

Mr. Zeller came to Terra Alta in 1877, and from that year
to the present haa been the old and reliable, steady working
and faithful shoemaker of the village and city. His business
haa undergone a marked change during his reaidence. For
yeara he made boota and shoes for a large territory around the
town, but his work ia now altogether repairing. For many
yeara he was the only shoemaker in the town, hence his
acquaintance extended to all the old families and hia efficient
workmanship was an important factor in hia popularity. Mr.
Zeller haa carefully laid away in hia ahop three hickory ham-
mer handles, each showing deep indentations worn by his

fingers aa they gripped the handles, this wearing progress ci
tinuing until new handles had to be substituted.

Mr. Zeller took out his first citizenship papers in Cumh •
land and finished the naturalization process at Kingwot
In 1880 he cast hia first presidential vote for President Gi
field, and has voted with the republican party ever since, j
served aa a councilman of Terra Alta under Mayor Crawfoi

At Cumberland Charles Zeller married Misa Rosa Reiche
daughter of Valentine Reichert, of Baden, Germany, wht
Mra. Zeller waa born. Mr. and Mrs. Zeller have had aev
children: Frank, a jeweler and merchant at Terra All
Maggie, wife of Ira Parsons, of Terra Alta; Theresa, at hon
Alexander, a telegraph operator in the service of the Baltimc
& Ohio Railroad Company at Terra Alta; Mary, who died
childhood, and Carl and Anna, still members of the ho T
circle.

Jeremiah Ringer. The duties of life aa presented av
cessively to him through a period of over forty years Jeremii
Ringer has discharged to the extent of his ability and in su<
manner as to merit the esteem and respect in which he
held. He recently sold his farming interests, which co
etituted his active career, and ia now living retired at Ter
Alta.

He was born in Portland District of Preston Count
December 17, 1858. His grandfather, Philip Ringer, probab
a native of Preaton County, was one of several brothers wl
in their day were accounted among the best citizens and lea«
ing farmers in the community of Centenary Church. Phil:
Ringer ia buried on the farm he owned at Centenary. He m
a Methodiat, a democrat, and took an unaaauming part i
local affairs.

John Ringer, father of Jeremiah, waa born near the Cei
tenary Church in Pleaaanta Diatrict March 2, 1823. He live
there and followed farming until about the opening of ti
Civil war, when he moved to the Crab Orchard communit
of Preaton County and remained there the reat of hia year
During the Civil war he drilled as a militiaman, but waa neve
called to front line duty. Hia holdinga eventually becam
extensive and occupied him aa one of the leading farmera c
the county. Hia apecialty aa a farmer was raising hay, grai
and stock. He represented the family tradition and charat
teriatica of quiet and unpretentious citizenship without seel
ing the notoriety of politica. He waa active in the Albrigh
Evangelical Church, was a republican and voted for the part,
candidate at every opportunity. John Ringer marriec
November 5, 1846, Suaan Bishop, daughter of Henry Bishop
and representative of one of the old families of Presto;
County. Their children were: William Henry and Harrison'
both of whom took up farming aa their vocation and lived ii
the Crab Orchard Diatrict and were survived by children
Elisha, a farmer on Muddy Creek near Lenox; George A., i]
retired farmer at Eingwood; Jeremiah; Amanda J., whoa
first husband waa M. L. Feather and her second Clark May o]
Terra Alta; Rhuey Belle, who died near Terra Alta, the wifi
of Robert A. Seal; and Joseph R., a farmer at Lenox, alonj
the Brandonville Pike.

Jeremiah Ringer acquired hia early education in the Licl
Run achoolhouse in the community where he was born anc
reared. Hia advantages were auperior to those of his father
chiefly in the matter of more abundant and better text books
From such books he atudied reading, spelling, geography
grammar and writing. Jeremiah Ringer waa exceptionally
faithful to hia parents aa long as they lived, waa the mainstay
of hia father on the farm, and even after hia marriage, at tht
age of twenty-five, he remained and took charge of the home
atead. In the past eighteen yeara hia home has been at oi
near Terra Alta, and he sold his farm there in September,'
1921, and ia now living in comfort in the village.

February 7, 1884, at Lenox in Preaton County, Mr. Ringei
married Miaa Dorothy Isabel Chidester, who was born October
3, 1862, daughter of Harrison Cbidester and aister of Mra.
Daniel C. Feather, under whose name more detailed mention
of the family is made. Mr. and Mrs. Ringer have one daugh-
ter, Nora May, wife of Earl Freeland of Terra Alta. Mr. and
Mrs. Freeland have two children, Leslie Earl and Lucile L.

Jeremiah Ringer votes aa a republican in national affairs
and in local politics gives his ballot to the man he considers
best qualified. He and Mra. Ringer are members of the

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utheran Church, he joining that church after being reared a
Methodist. He ia affiliated with the Knights of Pythias
lodge.

i: Casstxtb E. Clovis, cashier and director of the Bank of
fcundred in Wetzel County, has been actively identified with
hat institution for over ten years. It is one of the most pros*
•rous banks in the entire county. Mr. Clovis is a thorough
osiness man and banker, and has made use of his years and
iportunities for a varied and effective service aa a teacher
id in various lines of business.

He was born at Wadeetown in Monongalia County, July 23,
$75. The name Clovis was associated with the pioneer his-
»ry of Monongalia County. His great-grandfather, Mathias
lovis, was born, reared and married in Germany, and then
roueht his family to the United States and settled on a farm
t Monongalia County, where he lived out hia life. Jacob
lovis, grandfather of the Hundred banker, was born in
fonongalia County in 1817, and owned a farm and also oper-
ted a flour mill known as Brown's Mill in that county. He
ied near Wadestown in 1893. His wife was Miss ChaKant, a
'ative of Monongalia County, where she was born in 1818
bd died in June, 1893.

[Elijah C. Clovis, father of Cassiua E. T is still living near
l7adestown and has been a resident of Monongalia County
prer seventy years. He was born at Brown's Mill November
p, 1848. His active career of half a century has been devoted
b farming, and he still owns his farm three miles northwest
if Wadestown. He is a republican, a leading member of the
[lethodiat Episcopal Church in this community and has
erved as class leader and superintendent of the Sunday
chool. Elijah C. Clovis married Catherine Lemley, who
fas born in Monongalia County September 19, 1848. This
(d couple are the parents of six children: Clark L„ a farmer
ear Wadestown; Casaius E.; Norah E., wife of George H.
Tostutler, a farmer at Colerain, Ohio; Benjamin F., a farmer
ear Wadeatown; Forna J., at home; and Charlea H., a
•hysician and Roentgenologist who has charge of the X-Ray
od Radium work in the Ohio Valley Hospital at Wheeling,
le served during the World war as a second lieutenant.

Casaius E. Clovis was reared on hi9 father's farm near
Wadeatown, attended the rural schools there, was also a
tudent in the Fairmont State Normal School, and in 1899
raduated from the Wheeling Business College. He began
eaching at the age of twenty-one, and altogether spent five
ears in the rural schools of Monongalia County. When he
ift buainess college he remained at Wheeling for two years aa

bookkeeper for the Center Foundry <fc Machine Company
f that city. He then taught another year in Monongalia
'ounty, following which for a short time he was employed in
he County Court clerk's office at Morgantown and, going
>ack to Wheeling, was for six years bookkeeper and assistant
ecretary for the Fort Henry Club. He then concluded his
eaching with another term in Monongalia County, finally
saving the school room in 1909.

The Bank of Hundred in Wetzel County waa established as

state bank in 1903. In 1910 Mr. Clovis became bookkeeper
Dr the bank, was promoted to assistant cashier in 1911, and
ince 1915 has been cashier and a member of the Board of
)irectors. The solid prosperity of this bank is reflected in a
ew items from a recent statement. It has capital stock of
wenty-five thousand dollars, surplus and profits of forty
housand dollars, and the deposits aggregate six hundred
housand dollars. The active officials of the bank are: San-
ord J. Talkington, of Hundred, president; John Mapel, of
lurton, vice president; C. E. Clovis, cashier; the directors
re S. J. Talkington, John Mapel, C. E. Clovis, William F.
Itockdale, J. E. Shull, all of Hundred. R. S. Clovis, of Jolly-
own, Pennsylvania. Simon Moore, of Metz, West Virginia,
Laron Furbee of Glover Gap, West Virginia, and Joseph
lellers, of Deep Valley, Pennsylvania.

During the war Mr. Clovis went to the limit of his means
nd influence for the Government, and was chairman of all
he loan campaigns in the Church District of Wetzel County,
le is a member of the Town Council and town treasurer of
lundred, is a republican, is a steward of the Methodist
Spiacopsl Church, and is affiliated with Hundred Lodge No.
4, Knights of Pythias. He and his family live in a home with

all the modern conveniences on Hamilton Avenue. In Jan-
uary, 1909, at Fairmont, Mr. Clovis married Miss Elizabeth
A. Rixey, daughter of Charlea W. and Rose (Allen) Rlxey,
of Wheeling, where Mra. Clovis waa born. To their marriage
have come four children: Catharine, born December 1, 1910;
Virginia, born May 27, 1912; George W., born February 23,
1915; and Mabel, born June 24, 1917.

James G. Tootjiman, who for the past ten years has been
associated in an official capacity with the Bank of Hundred,
came into this business with a thoroughly successful record aa
a teacher and school administrator.

Mr. Toothman was born at Anthem in Wetfel County
December 7, 1882. Hia great-great-grandfather, Christopher
Toothman, waa a native of Germany and established hia home
at Hageratown, Maryland, in 1760, fifteen years before the
beginning of the Revolutionary war. It waa one of hia sons
who moved over into what is now West Virginia and estab-
lished the family in Marion County. Davis Toothman, grand-
father of James G. Toothman, was born in Marion County
and spent practically all his life there. He was a farmer, and
died at Brink at the age of eighty-four. His wife was Sarah
Snodgrass, who was born in Marion County in 1822 and died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Hayes, in Wetzel
County in 1912. Jesse 8. Toothman, representing the next
generation of the family, was born in Marion County, July

21, 1847, and was a youthful soldier in the Civil war. He
enlisted in 1863 in the 14th West Virginia Infantry and served
until the close of hostilities. He participated in the battle of
Cedar Creek and waa also in Hunter'a raid. After the war he
became a farmer, but after his marriage moved to Wetzel
County, and during hia active career was a farmer and car-
penter in the county. He haa lived retired since 1911 and is a
resident of Hundred. He is a republican and a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Jesse S. Toothman married
Susanna M. Snider, who was born in Marion County October

22, 1849, and died at her home near Anthem in May, 1913.
Their children were: Marcellus A., a farmer in Wetzel Coun-
ty; Christopher J., a coal mine operator living at Fairmont;
Ella J., twin sister of Christopher, wife of William J. Devine,
who haa charge of the meter department of the Carnegie
Natural Gas Company at Hundred; Bertie, born in 1876 and
died in 1910, was the wife of Ulysses G. Thomas, a farmer
living near Hundred; Jessie C. is the wife of Dr. George W.
Anderson, a physician at Littleton, West Virginia; the sixth
child was Jamea G., and the youngest died in infancy.

James G. Toothman spent hia early life on hia father's farm
in Wetzel County, attended the country schools, was a student
for one year in the Wealeyan Seminary at Buckhannon, and
for two years was a special student of civil engineering in
West Virginia University at Morgantown. He left the Univer-
sity in 1904. At the age of sixteen he taught hia first term of
rural school, and altogether waa a teacher in the rural achools
of Wetzel and Marion countiea four years. In 1904 he became
principal of a graded school in Marion County and for three
years was principal of achools at Hundred, thus forming his
first connections with that community where his interests are
now permanently identified. Following that for a year he
was principal of the eighth grade in the Mannington School
and for one year waa an employe of the Carnegie Natural Gas
Company, with headquartera at Hundred. Mr. Toothman in
1911 became teller in the Bank of Hundred, and since 1913
haa been assistant cashier of that prosperoua institution, one
of the strongest banks in Wetzel County.

Mr. Toothman ia a republican, haa served as mayor of
Hundred, is a member of the Christian Church and a past
grand of Hundred Lodge No. 200, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and is a past chancellor of Hundred Lodge No. 84,
Knighta of Pythias. During the war he gave much of hia
time to promoting the Liberty Loan and Savinga Stamps salea.

Mr. Toothman owns a modern^home at the corner of
Cleveland Street and Hamilton Avenue. He married at Oak-
land, Maryland, in 1905, Miss OHie Kennedy, a daughter of
Nathaniel and Vina (Reid) Kennedy, residents of Hundred,
where her father is a carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Toothman had
three children: Jamea E., born October 2, 1905, a aophomore
in the Hundred'High School; Robert, born August 2,' 1909,
died in July, 1910; and Virginia, born February 6, 1914.

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HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

William F. Farley, M. D., of Holden, Logan County,
has been engaged in the successful practice of his pro-
fession in this county for nearly thirty yeara, and has
special prestige as a physician and surgeon in important
service in connection with coal-mining industry in this
section of the state. The doctor is one of the honored,
influential and progressive citizens of the county, and in
1922 is serving his second term as president of the County
Court.

Doctor Farley was born at a point near the mouth of
Pond Creek, in Pike County, Kentucky, on the 19th of
February, 1866, and is a son of Thomas and Nancy (Pil-
son) Farley, the former a native of Virginia and the latter
of Kentucky. Thomas Farley as a member of the Third
Virginia Regiment served as a gallant soldier of the
Confederacy in the Civil war, he having been in the com-
mand of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson at the time when that
intrepid officer met his death in battle, and he served also
in the command of General Lee, with whose forces he was
at Appomattox at the time of. the final surrender. Thomas
Farley became a substantia] farmer in what is now Logan
County, West Virginia, and here he served as justice of
the peace and also as county assessor.

Doctor Farley gained his early education in the schools
of Pike County, Kentucky, and Logan County, West Vir-
ginia. After leaving the high school at Pikesville, Ken-
tucky, he was for ten years a successful teacher in the
public schools of Logan County, West Virginia, and in the
meanwhile he determined to prepare himself for the medical
profession. In 1893 he graduated in the medical depart-
ment of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and after
thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he was for
ten years established in the successful practice of his
profession at Logan, judicial center of Logan County.
Upon the # organization of the United States Coal & Oil
Company in 1903 Doctor Farley became its official physician
and surgeon at Holden, and under its reorganization as
the Island Creek Coal Company he has continued in charge
of the medical and surgical service of all of its mines and
incidental operations, besides having executive management
of the excellently equipped and thoroughly modern hospital
which the company established at Holden, the building
having been erected and its equipment installed under the
personal supervision of Doctor Farley. This hospital,
which was erected in 1907, has accommodations for fifty
patients. In the war period, when work at the coal mines
was brought up to the maximum production, Doctor Farley
found exigent demands upon his time and attention in this
connection, but he found opportunity also to give effective
service as a member of the Logan County Medical Exam-
ing Board in connection with the drafting of soldiers, and
also to give vital aid in the advancing 0 f the various pa-
triotic enterprises and movements in the county. The
doctor has taken two effective post-graduate courses in
the medical department of his alma mater, the University
of Kentucky, and a similar course at Miami Medical Col-
lege, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is an active and valued member
of the Logan County Medical Society, and is identified also
with the West Virginia State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association. He has completed the
circle of both the York and Scottish Rites of the Masonic
fraternity, in the former of which his maximum affiliation
is with the Commandeiy of Knights Templars at Logan,
and m the latter of which he has received the thirty-second
degree, besides which he is a member of the Mvstic Shrine,
Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and Improved Order of Red Men. His religious faith is
that of the Baptist Church, and his wife holds membership
in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

In 1904 Doctor Farley wedded Miss Matewood Moore
daughter of F. R. and Belle (O'Brien) Moore, of Louisa^
Kentucky, and the three children of this union are Mildred,
Thomas Frederick and Elizabeth. The elder daughter is, in
1922, a atudent in Chatham Institute at Chatham, Virginia,
and the two younger children are attending the public
schools at Holden. The doctor is unwavering in hia alle-
giance to the democratic party and, as previously noted, is
president of the County Court. He is a grandson of John

Farley and a descendant of one of the three FarlJ
brothers who came from their native Ireland and becanl
early settlera in the Kanawha Valley, in what is now Wei
Virginia. Doctor Farley has five brothers who likewise a 'j
physicians, and are individually mentioned on other pag
of this work.

Clahk S. Fortney, M. D. After graduating in medicii
in 1905 Dr. Fortney established hia home and office at Huijj
dred in Wetzel County, and for over fifteen years has heti
recognized as a physician and surgeon of aplendid attaii]
ments. He also has the good fortune of practicing with j
most capable partner, Mrs. Fortney, his wife being a graduati
physician, and they have shared in their practice and prrj
fessional work as well as in their home.

Dr. Fortney represents an old and prominent Presto?
County family and was born in Kingwood in that count
August 24, 1869. The family was established in Presto'
County by his great-grandfather. His grandfather, Dani«|
R. Fortney, was born near Reedsville in Preston County i
1817, and spent practically all his life on the old Fortney home
stead near Kingwood, where he died in 1904. In additio
to his duties as a farmer he was a minister of the Methodis
Protestant Church. Daniel R. Fortney married Mahala Pel
who was born in Preston County in 1817 and died at the hom
farm in 1889. Francis A. Fortney, father of Dr. Fortney
was born near Howesville in Preston County in 1837, an«
though a carpenter by trade nearly his entire life waa spen
on the home farm near Kingwood, where he died in February
1918, at the age of eighty-one. He had an honorable recon
as a Union soldier in the Civil war. In 1861 he enliated ii
Company C of the Third West Virginia Infantry, being j
fifer in the regiment, and later was transferred to the Sixtl
West Virginia Cavalry as bugler. He was captured at th<
second battle of Bull Run and was in Andersonville Prisor
five months. He also participated in the battles of Shiloh
Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. H(
never fully recovered hia health from the hardships of hit
prison experience. Francis A. Fortney married Louraint
Virginia Pickering, who was born near Elizabeth in Wirl
County, West Virginia, in 1847, and died at her home neai
Kingwood in July, 1917. Dr. Clark S. was the oldest of hei
children. Ellen is the wife of Claude E. Keefover, a farmei
at Reedsville, Preston County. Dr. Frank D., a physician]
and surgeon at Newburg, was a captain in the Medical Corps,
during the war, stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.;
Florence is the wife of George W. White, a farmer and school
teacher with thirty years of service in educational affairs,
their home being at Pleasant Dale in Preston County. Re-
becca, whose first husband was Alonzo A. Pell, a coal miner,
is now the wife of Mr. Phillips, of Newburg. Evelyn is a
graduate nurse connected with the Hope Mont Tuberculosis
Sanitarium at Terra Alta, in Preston County. Millard H. is
a veteran of the World war and is now a practicing physician
at Peoria, Illinois. Milford D., twin brother of Millard, is a
former school teacher and now a student of dentistry at
Baltimore; Pansy died at the age of eight years of diphtheria.

Clark S. Fortney acquired his early advantages in the
rural schools of Preston County. For eight yeara he taught
in the country districts of that county and subsequently en-
tered the Maryland Medical College at Baltimore, where he
graduated M. D. in 1905. While in college he was a member
of the Phi Chi college fraternity. Dr. Fortney did post-
graduate work, specializing in diseases of children and of the
stomach, at the New York Post Graduate School in 191 6 and
in 1919. After graduation he located at Hundred in Wetzel
County in 1905, and in addition to hia extensive medical and
surgical practice in that community he has served as city
health officer, is a member in good standing of the Wetzel
County, State and American Medical^ Associations, and was
liberal with his professional abilities, time and money in sup-
port of all patriotic measures during the war. Dr. Fortney is
a republican and is affiliated with Hundred Lodge No. 84,
Knighta of Pythias.

Mrs. Fortney, whom he married at Washington, D. C,
in 1905, was before her marriage Dr. Mary J. Fansler, daugh-
ter of William L. and Ruth M. (Morrison) Fansler. Her
father was a farmer and cattleman of Preston County, and
served as constable of Union District a number of years.

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577

Mrs. Fortney is a graduate physician from (he Keokuk Medi-
;&1 College at Keokuk, Iowa.

1 Sanford J. Talkinoton ia a native West Virginian and
las been a resident of Wetzel County over thirty-five years.
During that time he haa become a recognized leader in the
liveraified agricultural enterprises of the country around
Hundred, and from the farm his interests have extended to
».he town, where he ia president of the prosperous Bank of
[Hundred.

1 Mr. Talkington was born in Marion County, West Vir-
,rinia, August 24, 1855. His father, Alexander Talkington,
jras born in Pennsylvania in 1804, moved to Marion County
ffhen a young man, married there and set up a pioneer
blacksmith shop. His skill at this trade made him a very
jseful member of the community, and he lived there until
\is death in 185S, at the comparatively early age of fifty-
our. He was a democrat in politics and a member of the
3aptist Church. Alexander Talkington married Mary
Johnston, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1814, and sur-
vived her husband forty years. She died at the home of her
ion in Hundred in 1898. Sanford was the twelfth and young-
*t child of his parents. Lucinda, the oldest, became the
rife of George L. Furbee, a farmer, and both died at Man-
lington, a large part of the modern city of that name being
juilt on the old Furbee farm. Hannah became the wife of
lackson Efaw, a minister of the Baptist Church, and both
lire now deceased, she passing away in Monongalia County.
Elizabeth died as a young woman. William died in Preston
bounty. Margaret, who died in Greene County, Pennsyl-
vania, at the age of seventy-five, was the wife of Shelby
Pumberledge, a farmer still living in Monongalia County.
Elvira lives at Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, widow
pf Aaron Cross, who was a farmer and died in Oregon,
klbert is a farmer in Monongalia County.

Sanford J. Talkington was three years old when his father
[lied, and in IS66 his mother moved to Monongalia County,
knd he remained with her and had an increasing share of the
abors of her farm until he was twenty-four. He finished hia
Education in the country schools of Monongalia County and
'or six years combined farming with teaching. When Mr.
Talkington came to Wetzel County in 1885 he located on the
arm which he owns and occupies today, a mile and a half
;aat of Hundred. His farm comprises a hundred twenty-
peven acres and has been made the scene of some very suc-
cessful diversified farming. He has a modern home and
[thoroughly up-to-date outbuildings, his place being on the
[State Road, between Hundred and New Freeport, Penn-
sylvania.

Mr. Talkington was one of the founders of the Bank of
Hundred in 1903, and except for two years haa been presi-
dent of the institution from the beginning. It is a bank that
•has grown and prospered, and its capital stock is now worth
toiore than double the par value. Mr. Talkington was
►deputy assessor of Wetzel County from 1908 to 1916, and at
all times has been deeply interested in community affairs, and
[during the World War bore his share of the burden both finan-
cially and in active leadership in promoting the cause of the
Government. He ia a democrat, and a trustee of the Met-
hodist Episcopal Church.

I In 1884, in Monongalia County, where ahe was born, he
[married Miss Margaretta Maple, daughter of John and
[Catherine (Throckmorton) Maple, now deceased. Her
[father was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Talkington became the
parents of seven children: Nora, who died at the age of
pour months; Miss Sadie, a teacher in the public schools of
[Hundred, who finished her education in the Fairmont State
pormal School; Ida, twin sister of Sadie, housekeeper for her
parents; Bertha L., wife of James A. Sanney, owner of a farm
adjoining the Talkington homestead; Clarence, who grad-
uated from the Clarksburg Business College and is a traveling
salesman, with home at Cameron, West Virginia; Emma, who
died in infancy; and Miss May, a teacher in the schools at
Hundred and a member of the class of 1922 at the State
Normal School of Fairmont.

James E. Dotle, former sheriff of Marshall County, ia
now engaged in the real estate and insurance business at
McMechen, this county, where he ia vice-president of the

McMechen Bank. He was born at what is now the village
of Benwood, this county, October 3, 1856, a son of William
and Rebecca (Piatt) Doyle. The father was formerly identi-
fied with river navigation in this section and later was em-
ployed in steel mills. He was venerable in years at the time
of his death, which occurred at McMechen. He was twelve
years of age when the family came to Marshall County,
Winchester, Virginia, and his father, Peter Doyle, was one
of the first school teachers in the county, hia school having
been held in an old brick church and among his pupils having
been members of the McMechen family. He died of small-
pox when his son William was about nineteen years old. Mrs.
William Doyle was born and reared in Ohio County, thia
state, and was fifty-seven years of age at the time of her
death. Of the two children James E., of this sketch, is the
elder, and the younger, Albert W., died at the age of forty
years.

James E. Doyle attended school until he was fourteen
years old and then found employment in the mills of the
Wheeling Steel & Iron Company, with which he continued
his alliance from 1871 until 1896, in which latter year he was
elected sheriff of Marshall County on the republican ticket.
From 1910 to 1914 he served as United States marshal for
the Northern District of West Virginia, in which office he
likewise made an admirable record. Mr. Doyle attended
every republican State Convention in West Virginia from
1884 to 1896, and in political and official lines he has gained
a remarkably wide acquaintanceship with leading citizens of
the state. He continued his service as sheriff until 1900, and
was mayor of McMechen in 1903-4, the main issue on which
he was elected to this office being the enforcement of law in
the city. He gave a vigorous and effective administration of
municipal affairs, brought about the early closing of saloons
and a general cleanup of adverse conditions which existed.

Mr. Doyle haa been a prominent exponent of the real
eatate business at McMechen for several years past, and
among his operations was the opening of an attractive addi-
tion to the city and the improving of several blocks now in
the center of the town. He was one of the organizers of the
local bank and has been a director of the same from the be-
ginning, besides which he has been its vice president since
1909. The bank bases its operations upon a capital of
$60,000 and its deposits average about $500,000. The insti-
tution haa paid regular five per cent cash dividends, besides
stock dividends. Mr. Doyle is actively affiliated with the
Masonic fraternity.

At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Doyle wedded Eliza-
beth Quigley, who waa born in Ohio County, thia atate, a
daughter of Andrew Quigley, a brick manufacturer in that
county, where he served for many years as justice of the
peace. Of the children of Mr. and Mra. Doyle the eldest,
William E., a bachelor, and a machinist by trade, died at the
age of forty-one years; Earl and Jesse are employed in the
ateel mills; Rosella is the wife of Alvin J. Kit tie well, of Mac-
Mechen, who ia in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company; Carrie ia the wife of Charles B. Dailey, who
ia in the employ of the same railroad company; James E., Jr.,
who remains at the parental home, is employed in a local
foundry, he having served in the Quartermaster's Depart-
ment of the United States Army in the period of American
participation in the World war; and Luella ia the youngest
member of the parental home circle.

Thomas R. Park haa attained venerable years, and half of
his lifetime has been spent in Parkersburg. He is especially
widely known for his long service in the oil barrel cooperage
business with the Standard Oil Company.

Mr. Park was born April 2, 1837, one mile from Creston,
then in Wood now in Wirt County, West Virginia. His
mother was born in 1800. His father, Joseph Park, was born
in 1791, and by trade waa a blacksmith. He waa a youthful
volunteer for service in the War of 1S12, joining Captain
Willoughby Morgan's Company and was in every engagement
of that command up to and including the battle of Blackrock.
He was taken prisoner there, and remained a prisoner of war
at Quebec until peace was declared.

Thomas R. Park waa a man grown when western Virginia
waa made into the State of West Virginia, and he acquired his
education in the subscription and old field schools. For several

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

years he taught school as a profession, and at an early period
in the history of the petroleum industry he became identified
with the cooperage business in the manufacture of oil barrels.
In 1878 he removed to Parkersburg, and thereafter for over
a quarter of a century was superintendent in charge of the
oil barrel and stave business at Parkersburg for the Standard
Oil Company.

A quiet and efficient business man, Mr. Park has rather
avoided the responsibilities of public office, but he has the
distinction of being one of the few surviving delegates to
the Constitutional Convention of 1871-72. He was elected
to represent Jackson County. He also served one term as
justice of the peace. He is a democrat, and he cast his first
presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas in 1860 and has
never missed a general election, casting his vote in 1920 for
Mr. Cox. He was initiated, passed and raised in Ashton
Lodge No. 12 of the Masonic Order at Ravenswood, West
Virginia, and has filled all the offices in the Blue Lodge and
has also taken eighteen degrees in the Scottish Rite. He has
been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, since 1859. „. . .

March 25, 1858, at Burning Springs, West Virginia, Mr.
Park married Miss Lucretia C. Petty, daughter of William
and Margaret (Ball) Petty. The Petty and Ball families are
both of Old Virginia stock. Mr. and Mrs. Park have six
children; William Van Allen, who married Vera Stuart;
Margaret Anna; Alice Elma; Joseph Roger, who married
Ora C. Poland; Elizabeth May, wife of E. A. Ingersoll; and
Minnie Myrtle.

Joseph Roger Park, known everywhere among his busi-
ness and social companions in Parkersburg as Joe Park, has
lived in that city more than forty years, and his active man-
hood has been devoted to business with success and honor.

He is a son of Thomas R. Park, prominently known in
Parkersburg, and one of the surviving members of the State
Constitutional Convention of 1871. Joseph R. Park was
born on a farm in Jackson County, West Virginia, November
4, 1864. The first twelve years of his life his home was at
Ravenswood, and for two years at Burning Springs. He
attended school there, and io the fall of 1878 came to Parkers-
burg, where his father became superintendent of the local
cooperage interests of the Standard Oil Company. Here he
completed his public school education and subsequently
attended night school.

Mr. Park at the age of sixteen became an employe of the
Standard Oil Company. He left that service to become
shipping clerk in a wholesale grocery house, and for fourteen
years was identified with the wholesale grocery business.
Since then he has conducted a profitable enterprise as s
merchandise broker, and is also first vice president of the
Wood County Bank. For ten years he was a director of
the Traders Building Association.

Mr. Park served a time as a member of the Parkersburg
Board of Education, is a stanch democrat, and a member of
the Board of Stewards of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. In Masonry he is a Knight Templar and thirty-second
degree Scottish Rite and a member of the Mystic Shrine.
In 1903 he married Ora Cornelia Poland, daughter of John T.
Poland, of Parkersburg. Their two children are Lucretia
Virginia, born April 3, 1909, and Joseph Roger, Jr., born
September 7, 1913.

Edwin Brice Thompson, M. D 1 ., who is in charge of mine
practice for the Cleveland Cliff Iron Company and the
Wood Coal Company at Ethel, Logan County, was born at
Lore City, Guernsey County, Ohio, on the 20th of October,
1890, and is a son of John A. and Mary A. (Todd) Thomp-
son, both likewise natives of Guernsey County and repre-
sentative of pioneer families of the Buckeye State. The
father became one of the substantial farmers and influen-
tial citizens of his native county, where he died in July,
1918, at the age of sixty-nine years, and where his widow
still resides on the old homestead farm. Mr. Thompson
achieved distinctive success in the breeding and raising of
high-grade sheep, cattle and horses, and his authoritative
knowledge of values led to his being frequently selected as
judge at stock shows and similar exhibitions at county
fairs. He was one of the founders and became president

of the Byesville First National Bank, was a member of tl
Presbyterian Church from his early youth and served as 8.1
elder in the same, his widow likewise having long been p
devoted member. William, eldest of their five sons, is v«,j
president of the First National Bank at Byesville; Elm(|
is one of the principals in the Thompson Hardware Con]
pany at Grandville, Ohio; James, a graduate of Woosttl
University, is agricultural agent of Guernsey County an]
is associated with his brother Frank in the management c|
the old home farm on which they were born.

The preliminary education of Doctor Thompson was
gained in the district school near the home farm, and i
1910 he graduated from the high school at Cambridge i
his native county. He completed his technical course in th
Medical College of Virginia at Richmond. He graduated z
a member of the class of 1917, and after receiving his dej
gree of Doctor of Medicine he gave several months of serv
ice at St. Vincent's Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia, where hi
gained valuable clinical experience. On the 1st of Novem;
ber, 1917, he came to Logan County, West Virginia, afte
having passed examination before the State Board of Med
ical Examiners, and he is making here a most excellent reel
ord in his profession. He is a member of the Logan Countjl
Medical Society, is affiliated with the Benevolent and Pro!
tective Order of Elks, and is a member of the Presbyteriai
Church. April 25, 1917, recorded the marriage of Docto)
Thompson and Miss Nellie Cronley, daughter of Jame.'
Cronley, of Frostberg, Maryland, and she is a popular fac
tor in the social life of the home community. She servec
three years as a nurse at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Mary
land.

Naaman Jackson, president of the First National Bank
of Logan, which he helped organize, is a lawyer by profes-
sion and also made a very successful record as an educator.
He is a citizen of well balanced character and ambitions,
and has found his best satisfactions in work somehow asso-
ciated with the welfare and vital interests of his fellow men
rather than in money seeking.

Mr. Jackson was born at Trace in Boyd County, Ken-
tucky, November 13, 1873. His grandfather, Richard Jack-j
son, was a native of Russell County, Virginia, and was an]
early settler in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Richard Clay-
ton Jackson, father of the Logan banker, was born in Law-!
rence County, Kentucky, grew up in Boyd County, in 1900!
moved to Greenup County, and is now living at the Town
of Greenup. He is sixty-nine years of age. He married
Anne Elizabeth Campbell, who died in 1915. She was a
daughter of Nimrod Campbell, formerly of Metz, Marion
County, West Virginia. Richard C. Jackson is a member
of the Methodist Church and a republican.

Naaman Jackson is the oldest in a family of four chil-
dren. His brother John W. was formerly a teacher and is
now a resident of Barboursville, West Virginia. Lora
Deane has devoted most of her active life to teaching, stud-
ied in the Universities of Kentucky and West Virginia, and
is now a teacher in the Lincoln High School at Charleston,
West Virginia. Inez Ota, who also had some experience as
a teacher, is the widow of Charles A. Vinson and lives at
Greenup, Kentucky, with her father.

Naaman Jackson acquired his early education in Law-
rence and Boyd counties, Kentucky, and set the example
for the younger children in the teaching profession. After
teaching five terms of school he entered, in 1896, the Na-
tional Normal University of Lebanon, Ohio, taught after
he left that school, and during 1900-01 completed his legal
education in the Huntington Law School at Huntington,
Tennessee. After coming to West Virginia he taught in
different rural districts, and also taught a private normal
school of his own at Effie in Wayne County, where he had
many pupils as old or older than himself. He was princi-
pal of the Oak Hill School in Fayette County and of the
school at Mount Hope. Mr. Jackson has been admitted to
the bar in Greenup and Carter counties, Kentucky, and in
Logan, Cabell, and Fayette counties, West Virginia. He
began practice in 1903 at Aracoma, the little community
which subsequently was renamed Logan and is the county
seat of Logan County. Mr. Jackson retains a strong liking

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!or the practice of law, though after helping organize the
y*irst National Bank of Logan in 1906 he nccepted the post
)£ cashier, and has been continuously in the service of that
nstitution. In February, 1921, he was elected its president.

In 1906, the same year that be became a banker, he mar-
ked Julia Yantus Dingess, of Chapman ville, West Virginia,
laughter of Allen Dingess. Mrs. Jackson is a member of
±e Baptist Church. Fraternally Mr. Jackson is affiliated
ivith Aracoma Lodge No. 99, A. F. and A. M., which he
served as master two years, is a member of Logan Chapter,
R. A. M., Huntington Commandery, K. T., and Beni-Kedem
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston, He is a re-
publican in politics.

Don CHAriN. Logan County's best known citizen is Don
Chafin, business man and public official. His abilities have
jiven him an unusual sphere of usefulness from early boy-
aood. He has taught school, been a merchant, is interested
in banking and coal operations, has twice filled the office of
(sheriff, and represents a family that has supplied a number
of courageous and capable officials to the county.

Don Chafin was born on Maribone Creek, near the present
site of Kermit, in what was then Logan County but now
Mingo County June 26, 1S57, son of Francis Marion and
Esther (Brewer) Chafin. His mother is now living near
Logan, on Island Creek, in a home built by her aon Don.
Francis M. Chafin, who died in 1903, at the age of fifty-
Ifour, was the son of a lieutenant in a Virginia regimeut
in the Confederate Army. Francis M. Chafin served as
sheriff of Logan County from 1S94 to 189S, before Mingo
I County was separated. His brother John was county and
►circuit clerk for eighteen years, until his death, and another
(brother, James Chafin, was county clerk of Mingo County
from 1S96 until his death in 1900. A cousin of Don Chafin
>was the late Judge J. B. Wilkinson, who for twelve years
was prosecuting attorney of Logan County and for twelve
I years circuit judge, resigning from the bench and dying
in 1900. The Chafins came to Logan County from Taze-
well County, Virginia.

Don Chafin was the sixth in a family of eleven children.
There were four sons. William has been blind for the past
four years and lives with his brother Don. John B. at
the time of his death was a railroad engineer of the Nor-
folk and Western Railroad. James A. died when thirteen
years of age.

Don Chafin acquired his early education in the Town of
Logan while his father was sheriff, and later at the Din-
gess School in Mingo County, and also did work in Mar-
shall College and took a commercial course in the Mountain
State Business College at Parkersburg. He taught his first
term at Dingess at the age of fifteen. In the intervals of
school teaching he clerked for the firm of Hurst and Per-
ainger for eight years. He was employed in the commissary
and business offices of the Pearl Coal Company of Fair-
mont, and in 190.4 joined the business firm of F. P. Hurst
at Island Creek for two years. Then for a few months he
was associated in business with Alex. Mounts, his brother-
in-law.

Mr. Chafin was only twenty-one years of age when he
was elected assessor of Logan County, in 1908. In 1912 ho
was elected for his first term as sheriff. At the close of
that term, in 1916, he was appointed county clerk, and in
1920 was again made a candidate for sheriff and elected,
beginning his official term January 1, 1921. The efficiency
he has exemplified in the conduct of his office is too well
known to require comment.

In 1905 Mr. Chafin married Mary Mounts, who was born
on Gilbert Creek in Mingo County, daughter of Moses
Mounts. Mr. and Mrs. Chafin have six children: James A.,
Marion Rathburn, Lillie Hazel, Mary Frances, Charlotte
Jane and William Al.

Mr. Chafin is affiliated with the Elks Lodge. He was one
of the organizers of the Aldredge Coal Company, operating
near Logan, also of the Cliafin-Jones-Heatherman Coal Com-
pany, whose operations are at Peach Creek. He is a direc-
tor and one of the large stockholders in the Bank of Logan,
which was established late in 1920, with a capital of $100,-

000, and already has deposits aggregating $1,000,000. He is
also a heavy stockholder in the Guyan Valley Bank.

Franklin Earnest Flowers, M. D. A physician and
surgeon who has rendered a splendid service in the community
of Mannington for a dozen years past, Dr. Flowers is the aon
of an old and well known physician in the same county.

His father waa the late Dr. A. J. Flowera, who waa born in
Marahall County, West Virginia, March 9, 1S56. For aome
years he was a minister of the gospel, later studied and took
his degree in medicine at Weat Penn Medical College, and for
many years waa a capable practitioner in the Mannington
district of Marion County. He died January 5, 1916. Dr.
A. J. Flowera married Sarah Earnest, who waa born in Mar-
shall County, April 28, 1865, daughter of Henry Earnest and
Rebecca Ott. Henry Earnest was a Union soldier in the
Civil war.

Franklin E. Flowera waa born while his parents lived in
Armstrong County, Pennaylvania, on Auguat 7, 1884. He
acquired a public achool education, attended the Weat Vir-
ginia preparatory medical achool, and then entered the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, Maryland, where
he was graduated M. D. in 1907. On the same date the
University of West Virginia conferred upon him the honorary
degree of M. D. Before beginning praotice Dr.
Flowera had the experience of an interne in the Haskins
Hospital at Wheeling for about eighteen months, and after
eighteen montha of practice in Monongalia County located at
Mannington. Dr. Flowers ia a member of the Marion County,
Weat Virginia State and American Medical Aeaociations.
Since April, 1919, he haa held the office of president of the
Mannington Board of Health. In 1918 he was commissioned
a first lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps, but was not
called to duty before the armistice waa signed. Dr. Flowera
ia a member of Mannington Lodge No. 31, A. F. & A. M.,
West Virginia Consistory No. 1 of the Scottish Rite at Wheel-
ing, is alao" affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks, the Knights of Pythiaa, the Mannington Kiwania
Club, and ia a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On September 27, 1906, Dr. Flowera married Miss Ruth
Miller. She was born October 8, 1885, at Straaburg, Virginia,
and her parents, John and Laura (Mort) Miller, were also
natives of that state. They have one child, Helen B.

James Philip Cliffobd. It requires the help of no friendly
pen to bring to public notice the good citizenship and high
profeasional standing of such a man as Jamea Philip Clifford, a
representative member of the Clarksburg bar, for his fellow
citizens have known him all hia life and, commanding their
reapect and confidence aa neighbors and frienda, he haa
steadily made his way and has honorably earned hia large
measure of professional success.

Mr. Clifford waa born at Clarksburg, West Virginia, Octo-
ber 5, 1889, and ia a aon of Jamea Philip and Galore Virginia
(Stout) Clifford, and a grandson of Jamea and Sarah (Ruddy)
Clifford. The grandparents were nativea of County Mayo,
Ireland, but the greater part of their lives were spent in
Harrison County, West Virginia. In this county their aon,
Jamea Philip Clifford, was born in 1858, and died at Roawell,
New Mexico, in 1898. For many year9 he had been aucceaa-
fully engaged in the practice of law at Clarksburg, being a
graduate of Rock Hill College, in the State of Maryland, and
of the University of Virginia, earning his degree of Bachelor
of Arts in the former institution and of Bachelor of Law in
the latter. He waa prominent and influential in republican
politica, and served four yeare in the office of county prosecut-
ing attorney.

James Philip Clifford married Miss Calore Virginia Stout,
who died in Tucaon, Arizona, in 1912. She waa a member of
one of the large and highly respected old families of Harriaon
County. Mr. and Mra. Clifford became the parents of four
children: Lucy Clare, now Mrs. M. O. Bond; James Philip,
of Clarksburg; Charles Patterson, of Wheeling, West Vir-
ginia; and Mary Ruddy Clifford, residing with her sister,
Mrs. Bond. Mr. Clifford waa a faithful Catholic.

Jamea Philip Clifford not only bears hia father's honored
name but has followed in hia professional footsteps. After
attending Broaddua Inatitute at Clarksburg, he entered Rock

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Hill College, as did his father, from which he was graduated
with the degree of A. B., then entered Harvard University,
where he won his degree of LL. B. in 1912, was admitted to
the West Virginia bar and ia the same year began the practice
of his profession at Clarksburg a ad has rapidly forged his
way to the froat.

Ia 1913 Mr. Clifford married Miss Georgie B. Edmiston,
of Buckhannon, West Virginia, who is a granddaughter of
Hon. Mathew Edmiston, who for several years was a Supreme
Court judge in West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford have
two daughters: Mary Virginia and Catherine Calore.

Active as a citizen, Mr. Clifford is ever watchful concerning
the best interests of Clarksburg and is influential in many
directions, but in an unofficial capacity, for he has never con-
sented to serve in a public one. He is identified with several
law associations and is a member of the order of Knights of
Columbus.

Anthony T. Morris (Dedicated to the Memory of my
Father aad Mother— Pressley D. Morris). For many years a
member of the Wetzel County bar, Anthony T. Morris was
also a successful farmer and stockman, and was a dutiful
soldier of the Union during the Civil War. He and his good
wife reared a large family of children, and these sons and
daughters honor their parents even more for their character
than for the material achievements of their lives.

He was born in Wetzel County December 11, 1846, son
of Micah A. and Elizabeth (Smith) Morris. He was only
fourteen when the Civil War broke out, but on August 11,
1864, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted as a private in Com-
pany P of the 6th West Virginia Infantry and served until
honorably discharged June 10, 1865. Anthony Morris after
the war took up farming and stock raising and developed
extensive interests in that line. In the meantime he also
became associated with public affairs in the county, and this
led to the study of law, aod in 18S2 he was admitted to the
bar, and from that year enjoyed an extensive practice in all
the local courts until his death which occurred August 26
1906. He was elected Justice of the Peace of Center District
in 1876 and was re-elected in 18S0, but resigned two years
later. He was an active member of the Grand Army of the
Republic.

March 22, 1S65, Anthony T. Morris married Tabitha E.
DuLancy. Of their children the oldest was Franklin M., born
January 4, 1S66, and died May 4, 1876. The second Sylvania
born May 9, 1868, died July 23, 1873. Amanda A., the oldest
now living was born July 22, 1870, and is the wife of William
U Mayhall, a hotel proprietor of New Martinsville. Florence
E., born January 20, 1873, died March 2, 1873. The oldest
living son is Pressley D. Morris, now Judge of the Second
Judicial District and whose successful career as a lawyer and
jurist is noted elsewhere. Mary E. was born October 7, 1876
and died December 8, 1904. Clark J., born January 21, 1879'
is in the oil business at Bristow, Oklahoma. Eliza J born
heptemher 22, 1881, is the wife of Dallas Clark, a merchant of
Wetzel County. Riley J., born April 3, 1884, is a farmer at
Maud in Wetzel County. Cynthia, born October 10, 1888
is the wife of Wilhur Brown, a merchant at Pine Grove in
Wetzel County, and who was a sergeant of Infantry during
the World War, being in France six months. Romeo, born
November 6. 1895, is an oil field worker at Bristow, Oklahoma
Another son, Newman A. Morris, born December 11, 1891
is one of the honored soldier dead of Wetzel County He
went to Camp Lee at Petersburg, Virginia, with his West
Virginia comrades on September 19, 1917, was assigned to
duty with the 314th Field Artillery and on December 20,
1917, was transferred to Company C, Eighth Machine Gun
Uattahon at Camp Green, South Carolina, where he was in
training until March, 1918, when he went overseas. He was
put on front line duty June 1, 1918, and was in the major
offensives of the Aisne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne,
ht. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and on July 15, 191S, at Chateau
1 hierry was wounded, sustaining a compound fracture of the
leg and was taken to a base hospital and died in the American
Red Cross Hospital No. 2 at Paris September 27, 1918. He
was buried at Saresnes, France, a suburb of Paris, but his
body was returned to the United States August 25 1921
and is now at rest beside his father aod mother at Limestone
cemetery in Wetzel County. The mother died January 9,

1919, within three months after receiving news of her son
death.

The following letter was sent to the mother of Newma
Morris by Mrs. William Barclay Parsons, nurse at America
Red Cross Hospital No. 2.

Military Hospital No. 2,
n t AT „ . September 30th, 1918.

.Pvt. Newman Morns
No. 554034, 8 M. G. Co.
American E. F.

^ , , (Tabitha Morris, Maud, W. Va.)

Dear Mrs. Morris:

I cannot possibly express to you my sorrow and my sya
pathy for you in the death of your dear and splendid sol
Newman.

Truly "greater love hath no man than this that he la
down his life for his friends." For two or three weeks w"
had been deeply concerned about your son, and you may fee
perfectly sure that everything known in surgical science wa
done for him. Everyone loved him, and nurses and doctor
and orderlies were only too glad to do anything which then
could for him. The infection from the wound was too strong
and though his strength was wonderful, it was not adequat<
to resist.

A week ago they amputated his leg; it was the one chanct
to save him. He was most anxious to keep this from you
and he and I talked about it and agreed that when he got
home you would be so glad to see him that you would not
mind about the leg, but that if I should write about it before
hand you would feel so badly for him that it would worry
you too much. His thought was of you always. He told
me after the amputation that he could bear such a thing
better than many of the men because he was so placed in life
that he would not have to go out aod work but could be useful
at home and be taken care of. He had the bravest heart and
never complained; he would always answer when 1 asked
him how he felt, "I'm getting on alright, just a little pain in
my leg."

A few days before he died they moved him into a room by
himself. A big vase of flowers was on a table near him, placed .
so that he could look at them, and he was as comfortable as
was possible. He kept up his courage and had hope that he I
would recover up to the last, although he knew he was fighting
for his life. He became delirious and unconscious several
hours before the end so he was spared that suffering.

He spoke again to me during his last days about not writing
to you that he had lost his leg, and I assured him that I
would not and he said again that it would be easier for you
if he told you himself. The doctors found that the infection
was so general all through his body that recovery was abso-
lutely impossible.

I send you a little blue flower from those which lay on his
coffin; the others were chrysanthemums and some white roses
and lilies. The American flag covered the coffin and he Lies in
the cemetery at Saresnes, just outride Paris, besides many of
his comrades who also gave their lives for the greatest cause
men have ever fought and died for.

Dear Mrs. Morris believe that you have the deepest and
most sincere sympathy of all of us who knew your brave son.

Faithfully yours,

Mrs. Wm. Barclay Parsons.
American Red Cross Home Communications Service.

Pressley D. Morris, Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit
of West Virginia, has been a member of the New Martinsville
bar for over twenty years. He was born in Wetzel County
February 15, 1874, and as he grew to manhood he not only
had the advantages of good schools but derived even greater
strength from the enobling influences from hia father and
mother. At the age of twenty he began teaching, and for four
years was a teacher in the Wetzel County public schools. In
the meantime he attended West Virginia University Law
School, was admitted to the bar, and in the spring of 1899
began practice at New Martinsville. He was associated with
his father in a growing professional practice until the death
of the latter in 1906. At that time he formed a partnership
with his cousin Moses R. Morris and this firm continued until
January 1, 1913.

Mr. Morris was elected Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit

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581

November, 1912. This Circuit then comprised the coun-
h of Doddridge, Wetzel and Tyler. In November, 1920, he
3 re-elected for a second term of eight years, and in the
antime the Second Judicial District has been reformed and
isista of Marshall, Tyler and Wetzel counties. For six
irs before his elevation to the bench he was Commissioner
Chancery for Wetzel County. On the bench or as a private
zen Judge Morris has had a career associated with impor-
it usefulness throughout Wetzel County. He is kindly, a
>ical lawyer, and with a thorough talent for leadership,
ring the World war he was chairman of the Legal Advisory
ard for the County, made speeches in behalf of the various
Ives throughout the county, and his natural inclination for
riotic activity was supplemented by the deep interest he
: because of the service of his brother and other members
his family.

*udfre Morris is a Republican, is a Deacon of the Baptist
urch, a member of the West Virginia Bar Association and
Affiliated with Wetzel Lodge No. 39, F. & A. M., Magnolia
dge No. 42 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and New
*rtinsville Lodge Loyal Order of Moose,
fn 1895 in Wetzel County at Wileyville Judge Morris
Krried Miss Virginia Nancy Barr, who was born June 24,
73, daughter of Michael and Nancy (Morgan) Barr. Her
»ther lives at Kingtown in Wetzel County and her father,
iO died there was a farmer and flour miller. Michael Barr
.8 born in Marion County, West Virginia, November 15,
(36, and was thirteen years of age when his parents, Nicholas
id Sarah (Jones) Barr, moved to Wetzel County where he
\& reared and where he married, March 13, 1860. The chil-
.sn of Michael and Nancy Barr were: Nicholas, born March
[1861, who is unmarried and ia a farmer living with his
)ther at Kingtown; Achilles, born June 7, 1862, a farmer at
ngtown; Roland, born September 30, 1863, a merchant at
^ngtown; Eliza, born July 30, 1865, wife of William Little,
reman for the Carnegie Natural Gas Company, living at
,ue in Tyler County; Sarah M., born June 19, 1867, who
"ea at Uniontown in Wetzel County, widow of John Lavelle,
10 was a merchant and farmer there; Samuel, bom July 4,
69, a farmer at Kingtown; Mary B., born April 20, 1871,
fe of George Phillips, a farmer at Newark, Ohio; Nancy
rginia. Mrs. Morris; Delia E., born May 5, 1875, wife of
r. McGilvery, a lumber merchant at Cleveland, Ohio;
aria, born May 1, 1878; John, born September 19, 1880;
id Samantha. born May 24, 1883, and died May 31, 1883.
Judge and Mrs. Morris are the parents of eight children,
a, who ia official court reporter of the Second Judicial Ch-
it is the wife of Patrick Barr, a special policeman with the
iltimore & Ohio Railroad and they live with Judge and
rs. Morris. Russell A., who served in the Navy during the
orld war, is an oil operator at Cisco, Texas. Warren F.,
bo was in the officers training camp of the University of
eat Virginia, ia still a student at the University, preparing
r the law; he married Goldie Brooks of Mannington,
est Virginia. Thomas W. is a student in the Mountain
ate Business College at Parkersburg. Michael D. and
ugene R. are both in the Magnolia High School at New
artinsville. The two younger children are Chester and
oses T., attending the public schools of Martinsville.

George W. Bishop, general manager of the Williamson
apply Company, one of the leading business concerns in the
ity of Williamson, Mingo County, was born at Powell,
elaware County, Ohio, March 30, 1838, and is a son of
ames and Julia (Britton) Bishop, both likewise natives
f the Buckeye State and both of English ancestry, the
•iginal American representative of the Bishop family hav-
ig come from England and settled in Virginia. James
ishop has been one of the representative farmers of
elaware County, Ohio, and is a substantial citizen who
is always taken loyal interest in community affairs, ha
iving served as a member of the school board and having
ftld other positions of local trust.

In the public schools of his native county George W.
ishop continued his studies until he had profited hy the
flvantages of the Powell High School, and thereafter he
as for three years a student in Bliss College at Columbus,
bio, where he took both academic and business courses. He

then, at the age of eighteen years, found employment in the
transportation department of the Norfolk & Western Rail-
road, in its terminal offices at Columbus, Ohio, where he
remained six months. He was then transferred to Blucfield,
West Virginia, where for aix months he was chief clerk in
the office of the trainmaster. He then, in 1906, accepted
a position with the Superior Supply Company at Blucfield,
with which concern he remained eight years and with which
he eventually won advancement to the position of assistant
general manager. In 1921, at the organization of the Wil-
liamson Supply Company, Mr. Bishop became treasurer and
general manager of the new corporation, and his long
experience in this line of enterprise, combined with hia ex-
ceptional initiative and executive ability, is proving potent
in the developing of the substantial and important business
for the company. He is president of the local organization
of the National Association of Credit Men, is vice president
of the Chamber of Commerce, ia one of the progressive and
valued members of the Kiwania Club at Williamson, and
he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian
Church.

At Bristol, Tennessee, in 1907, was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Bishop and Miss Hazel Shumate, a daugh-
ter of John and Nancy Margaret (Roberts) Shumate, the
former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky.
Mr. and Mrs. Bishop have one son, George W., Jr.

Spotswood H. Goodloe. Prominent among those who
have contributed to the business growth and development of
Mingo County is Spotswood H. Goodloe of Williamson. As
a business man, in scope of comprehension, in breadth of
action and energy of administration, he ranks with the lead-
ers of his day and community. During a career that is just
attaining its fullest fruition he has been identified with
a number of enterprises, all of which have been benefited by
his natural ability, irresistible energy and versatility of
thought and action.

Mr. Goodloe was born February 1, 18S0, at Greenfield,
Virginia, a aon of A. M. and Jennie R. (Page) Goodloe,
natives of Virginia. He belongs to an old Virginia family
and is of Scotch and English descent. A. M. Goodloe in
early life was engaged in railroad contracting, and built a
part of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, but later turned
his attention to farming, in which he spent his last years.
During the war between the states he fought in the ranks
of the Confederate army and established a splendid record
for bravery and faithful performance of duty. A great
friend of education, ha interested himself actively in spread-
ing the influence of the public school aystem, and all worthy
religious and charitable movement8 likewise received his
support. In civic affairs he was constructive, and in every
way he was a valuable man in the life of his community.

Spotswood H. Goodloe attended the graded and high
Bchools at Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and upon the completion
of his studies, when he was sixteen years of age, secured
employment in the general store of an uncle, T. B. Goodloe,
at Afton, Virginia. He remained with his uncle for two
years and then went to Red Jacket, West Virginia, to work
for the old Logan Coal Company, now known as the Red
Jacket Consolidated Coal Company. He remained with this
concern for about aix years at the different points where
operations were being carried on, and for two and one-half
years was clerk and assistant store manager at Red Jacket
and later at Thacker. He next joined the Roanoke Coal and
Coke Company, as purchasing agent, a position which he
filled for about five years, and in 1903 joined the Vulcan
Coal Company as purchasing agent, remaining with that
concern until 1909. In that year he came to Williamson,
We9t Virginia, to look after some interests which he had
at this point. During the years he had been with the Vulcan
Coal Company he had embarked in the men's furnishing
goods and clothing business at Williamson, placing his
brother in charge, and on locating at Williamson he added
to his interests by establishing himself in the real estate
business, acquiring coal properties and selling them. He
was thus engaged until 1916, when he entered the coal busi-
ness and organized the Wilhelmina Coal Company and the

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East Williamson Land Company. About this time he with
his brother, H. A. Goodloe, of Williamson, West Virginia,
sold a large tract of land, about 5,000 acres, in Kentucky, a
transaction that proved very profitable. In 1919 he waa
the organizer of the Pond Creek By-Product Coal Company,
which was later sold to the Norfolk & Western Railway
Company, and in 1920 he organized the Knox Creek Coal
Company, which he still controls with its accompanying
1,800 acres of coal lands. Mr. Goodloe was also the organ-
izer in 1918 of the Kirkland Coal Company in Mingo County.
In December, 1921, he effected the consolidation of the
Wilhelmina Coal Company and the East Williamson Land
Company, which took the new name of Wilhelmina Collieries
Company. In 1920 he purchased the West Virginia By-
products Company, and in the same year sold the same
company to some Williamson business men. He also organ-
ized the Leckieville Land Company, a holding company.

At the present time Mr. Goodloe is president of the
West Virginia By-Products Company, the Knox Creek Coal
Company, the Kirkland Coal Company, and is secretary and
treasurer of the Wilhelmina Collieries Company. His
record as a business man has been one which reflects the
greatest credit upon his integrity and business ideals, for
the huge interests that he controls have all been fostered
and developed in a strictly legitimate way and have attained
their prosperity under his capable and entirely above-board
direction. Mr. Goodloe is a Presbyterian in hie religious
faith and a supporter of worthy church movements. Like-
wise he takes an active part in the civic life of his com-
munity, and his name has been identified with a number of
progressive and constructive enterprises. As a fraternalist
he is a Scottish Rite Mason and a Knight Templar, and
as a clubman belongs to the Kiwanis and Old Colony clubs.

In 1914, at Roanoke, Virginia, Mr. Goodloe waa united
in marriage with Miss Willie Charlton Goodykoontz, daugh-
ter of William and Lucinda (Woolwine) Goodykoontz, na-
tives of Virginia and prominent agricultural people, and
sister of Hon William Goodykoontz, member of Congress
from this district. Mr. and Mrs. Goodloe are the parents of
one son, William Spotswood, who was born in 1920.

John Gut Prichard, who is established in successful prac-
tice at Fairmont, judicial center of Marion County, has made
a record that marks him as one of the representative members
of the bar of his native county. He was born in Paw Paw
District, this county. March 24, 1879, and is a son of Alfred
S. and Sarah E. (Cunningham) Prichard, both likewise
natives of Marion County, the father having been born in
March, 1849, and having died in December, 1915. Alfred S.
Prichard devoted his attention to farm industry until his
removal to Fairmont, where he continued to be engaged in
business pursuits until the close of his life. His wife, who
was born in 1854, and died in 1915, was a daughter of Fielding
Cunningham, an early settler and prominent citizen of
Marion County.

John Guy Prichard after availing himself of the advantages
of the public schools of Fairmont entered the State Normal
School in this city, and in the same he was graduated in 1901.
In 1906 he waa graduated in the law department of the
University of West Virginia, and after thus receiving his
degree of Bachelor of Laws he took a post-graduate course in
the law school of Harvard University, 1906-7. In 1907 he
engaged in the practice of his profession at Fairmont, and his
success has been unequivocal, his practice now extending into
the State and Federal Courts of West Virginia. He served
two terms, 1913-1915, as clerk of the House of Delegates of
the West Virginia Legislature, was chairman of the Marion
County Republican Committee in 1912, and in 1914 was
chairman of the Republican Committee of the First Con-
gressional District. His clientage is of important order, and
hie practice has specially to do with industrial interests in
this section of the state. Since 1915 Mr. Prichard has been
executive secretary of the West Virginia Manufacturers
Association and also a member of the advisory committee of
the National Industrial Council. He is likewise a member
of the executive committee of the National Conference of
State Manufacturers Associations.

In the World war period Mr. Prichard was active and

influential in the furtherance of patriotic work, especial
in promoting the sales of the Government war bonds a I
Red Cross interests. He is affiliated with the Knights I
Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and tl
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, besides which
holds membership in the local Rotary Club, Country CI
and Fort Henry Club. His wife, whose maiden name w
May me E. Wertz, was born at Huntington, this state, and
a daughter of Harry and Ida B. (Shifflett) Wertz, the form
of whom is deceased and the latter of whom resides at Fs
mont. Mr. and Mrs. Prichard are members of the Method
Episcopal Church, South.

David J. Carter has achieved prominence at the bar
his native county, Harrison, where the Carter family h
been one of substantial prominence for nearly a century.

Mr. Carter was born August 19, 1879. He is a son
Robert Marion Carter, who was born in 1856 on a farm ne
Marshville, and spent all his active life on that homestea
He was a substantial farmer, also interested in banking i
Salem, and fully maintained the honorable traditions of tl
family. He married Mary Rebecca Ritter, who was boi
near Salem, West Virginia, in 1860. She died in 191
Both he and his wife early in life united with the Baptu
Church.

David J. Carter, the oldest in a family of seven childrei
was born and reared on a farm, acquired a common schoc
education, supplemented by the advantages of Salem Co
lege, later the State Normal School at Fairmont, and too
both the literary and law courses in West Virginia Universit
at Morgantown. Mr. Carter was admitted to the bar i
1906, and immediately began practice at Clarksburg. He i
senior member of the law firm of Carter and Sheets. Mi
Carter is a York and Scottish Rite Mason and a member o
the Mystic Shrine, and also belongs to the Elks.

On October 19, 1910, he married Blanch Opal Hardesty
daughter of Robert R. Hardesty, of Shinnston in Harrisoi
County.

James Clifford McManaway, who is engaged in th<
practice of law at Clarksburg, with offices in the Goff Build [
ing, is one of the representative lawyers of the younger
generation in his native city and county, which he likewise
honored by his loyal service with the American Expedi*
tionary Forces in France during the World war period.

Mr. McManaway was born at Clarksburg, county seat of
Harrison County, September 24, 1889, and is a son of John
J. and Bee (Clifford) McManaway, both likewise natives of
Clarksburg. The parents of John J. McManaway were
John and Julia (Foix) McManaway, who were born in Ire-
land and who early established their residence in West Vir-
ginia, where they passed the remainder of their lives. John
J. McManaway became influential in political affairs hi
his native county, as a stalwart democrat. He served as
deputy county sheriff and circuit court clerk, and was but
thirty-four years of age at the time of his death.

James C. McManaway gained his early education in the
schools of his native city, and in 1909 he received the de-
gree of Bachelor of Arts from Rock Hill College, at Elli-
cott City, Maryland. In 1912 he received the degTee of
Bachelor of Laws from Harvard University, and was ad-
mitted to the bar of his native state in November of that
year. He engaged in the practice of his profession at
Clarksburg, and his law practice here has been interrupted
only by the period of his military service in the World war.

In 1916, Mr. McManaway enlisted in Company A, First
Regiment, West Virginia National Guard, and in June of
that year he was made first lieutenant of his company; he
became captain of Company K, First West Virginia In-
fantry, in March, 1917. With his regiment he entered the
Federal service on the 27th day of March, 1917, in com-
mand of Company K of the First West Virginia Infantry.
When that regiment became part of the Thirty-eighth Di-
vision, U. S. A., he was made personnel officer of the
division, at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

In February, 1918, Captain McManaway crossed over to
France, as a casual officer assigned to the Army General

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583

taff College at Langres, from which he graduated; he
-rvcd as observer with various French, British and Amer-
an units in action and was then attached to the Nintieth
ivision A. E. F. as Asst. G2.; served through the St.
ihicl campaign and was promoted major at the close
! that action. He was engaged with the Nintieth Division
i the Mcuse-Argcnna battle, and after the signing of the
nnistice was with the allied army of occupation in Ger-
any, where he was made A. C. of S. G. 2 of the Eighty-
fcond Division. After his return to the United States he
»ceivcd his honorable discharge in May, 1919, with the
ink of major, lie is a member of the American Legion,
\e Clarksburg Country Club, Benevolent and Protective
rder of Elks and the Knights of Columbua, is a democrat,
nd he and his sister are communicants of the Catholic
hurch in their native city.

Cecil Omar Post, M. D., has gained by hie professional
bility and sterling personal characteristics a place as one
I.* the representative physicians and surgeons of his native
[>unty and is established in successful practice in the City of
llarksburg, the county seat. He was born on a farm in
Harrison County, September 10, IS88, and is a son of Michael
.olandus Post and Sarah (Norman) Post, both likewise
atives of Harrison County, and representatives of old and
onored families of this section of the state. Michael R.
ost is a son of John Burnside Post, who was a eon of Jacob
ost, the latter having been a son of Isaac Post. When it
i stated that each of these representatives of the family
r as born and reared in Harrison County it becomes evident
bat the family was here founded in the early pioneer era,
|he lineage being traced back through numerous American
enerations to German origin.

! Doctor Post found his childhood and early youth com-
assed by the benignant influences of the home farm, and his
>arents reared their children earnestly in the faith of the
Jnited Brethren Church, of which they are zealous members,
.""he father is a republican in politics and is affiliated with
he Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He gave to his
hildren the best possible educational advantages, and after
)octor Post had completed the curriculum of the public
chools he was enabled to continue his studies in the West
Virginia State Normal School at Fairmont. In 1908 he was
rsduated from Salem College, and for two years thereafter
i8 was a student in the medical department of the University
i West Virginia. He completed his professional course in
he College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of Bslti-
aore, Maryland, from which he received in 1912 his degTee
f Doctor of Medicine, the University of West Virginia con-
erring upon him a similar degree in the same year. He has
ince been continuously engaged in active general practice
t Clarksburg, where he is a member of the regular staff of
ihysicians for St. Mary's Hospital, and he is actively affil-
ated with the Harrison County Medical Society, the Weat-
[irginia State Medical Society, the Southern Medical Asso-
iation and the American Medical Association. In the time-
onored Masonic fraternity the Doctor has received the
hirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, besides being a
fable of the Mystic Shrine. He is affiliated also with the
)elta Tau Delta college fraternity and the Kappa Psi medical
raternity. He is a republican in bis political proclivities
nd allegiance, and he and his wife are members of the
Jnited Brethren and Methodist churches, respectively, in
heir home city.

In 1912 Doctor Post wedded Miss Clara Clayton, who was
iorn at Wilmington, Delaware, but who was a young woman
rhen she accompanied her parents on their removal to
Clarksburg, where she is a popular figure in the representa-
ive social activities of the community.

George Lee Duncan is prominently identified with
anking enterprise and other important business activities
a his native city of Clarksburg, Harrison County, where his
dvancement and distinctive success represent the results
f his own ability and well directed endeavors. He received
he advantages of the public schools of Clarksburg, and at
he age of sixteen years he assumed the position of book-
:eeper and office clerk for R. T. Lowndes, with whom he

has been continuously associated during the intervening
years. In 1896 he entered the private bank of R. T. Lowndes
& Company, and in 1905 he became secretary and treasurer
of the newly established Lowndes Savings Bank & Trust
Company, of which he has eince continued the incumbent.
Mr. Duncan is president of the West Virginia Bank, one of
the oldest banking institutions at Clarksburg, and is also
vice president of the Merchants National Bank of this city.
He is treasurer of the Clarksburg Gae & Electric Light Com-
pany, and is associated with other enterprises of importance,
including oil and gas production in this section of the state.
His is a record of substantial and worthy achievement, and
he commands secure vantage place in connection with the
civic and business activities of hie native county. He is
a loyal supporter of the cause of the democratic party, but
has had no ambition for public office of any kind. He has
received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite of the
Masonic fraternity, besides being a Noble of the Mystic
Shrine and a member of the Elks. He and his wife are com-
municants of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

In 1898 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Duncan and
Miss Gertrude Smith, a daughter of the late A. G. Smith, of
Clarksburg. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have four children,
George Lee, Jr., Elizabeth Rankin, Meade Lee and James
Jackson.

Mr. Duncan was born at Clarksburg on the 30th of Novem-
ber, 1872, and is a son of James Jackson Duncan and Maude
(Lee) Duncan, who likewise were born and reared in this
county, and who are representatives of old, honored and
influential families of this section of the etate.

Frank Valentine Langfitt, M. D., has made in his
profession a record of worthy and successful achievement
that has fully justified his choice of vocation , and he is
numbered among the representative physicians and surgeons
of Harrison County, where he is engaged in practice at
Clarksburg, with office at 505 Prunty Building.

Doctor Langfitt was born on a farm in Doddridge County,
this state, March 24, 1883, and ia a son of Valentine and
Caroline (Davis) Langfitt. The father was born in Brooke
County, West Virginia, (then Virginia), April 14, 1833, and
died in Doddridge County, April 1, 1904. He was a son of
John and Martha (Farquer) Langfitt, the former of whom
was born either in what is now West Virginia or in Pennsyl-
vania, in 1776, he having been a pioneer in Brooke County
and having thence removed to Doddridge County, where he
remained until his death, at the age of seventy-three years.
Family tradition has it that two brothers named Langfitt
came from Scotland to America in the Colonial period, one
settling in Pennsylvania and the other in Virginia, the West
Virginia family being descendant from the Pennsylvania
branch. Mrs. Martha (Farquer) Langfitt was born in what
is now West Virginia, in 1787. She was killed by a rolling
log which ehe had dislodged while attempting to extract a
stick that was beneath it, and her husband likewise met an
accidental death, from injuries received when he was thrown
from a horse.

The mother of Doctor Langfitt was born in Doddridge
County, June 30, 1836, and there she passed her entire life,
her death having occurred June 26, 1920. She was a daughter
of William F. Davis, who was born in the part of Virginia
now constituting West Virginia, and who was a prosperous
farmer of Doddridge County at the time of his death, in 1865,
at the age of seventy-one years. Valentine and Caroline
(Davis) Langfitt became the parents of twelve children:
Elizabeth J., wife of Lewis Bond, deceased; Silas W., a banker;
R. Belle, wife of Rev. M. A. Summers; Columbia L., wife of
James Jones, deceased; Ila M., wife of J. E. Trainer, deceased;
John H., a banker; Samuel E., a dentist; W. Creed, a traveling
salesman; Effie M., deceased; Bruce B., a glass manufacturer;
Mona G., wife of Dr. C. L. Parks; and Frank V., subject of
this sketch. The father was one of the substantial exponents
of farm industry in Doddridge County, and represented the
same in the West Virginia Legislature. He was a democrat
in politics, and he and his wife were zealous members of the
Baptist Church. He acquired a large landed estate, and
was a man whose life was guided and governed by the highest
principles of integrity and honor. Of alert mentality, he
became a man of broad information and mature judgment,

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

and he was well fortified for leadership in community senti-
ment and action.

Reared on the home farm, Doctor Langfitt early began to
assist in its work, and after attending the rural schools he
continued his studies in turn in Salem College and the West
Virginia Wealeyan College. His pre-medical course was
obtained in the University of West Virginia, and in 1907 he
was graduated in the medical department of the University
of Maryland, in Baltimore. After thus receiving his degree
of Doctor of Medicine he further fortified himself by a year
of service as an interne in the Maryland General Hospital
at Baltimore, and in 1908 he engaged in the active general
practice of his profession at Salem, Harrison County, West
Virginia, where he built up a large and successful practice
and where he remained until Octoher, 1918, when he was
commissioned first lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the
United States Army, he having volunteered his services
when the nation became involved in the World war. He
remained at Camp Greenleaf. Georgia, until December, 1918,
when he received his honorable discharge. He then passed
the following six months as assistant resident surgeon at
St. Agnes Hospital in the City of Baltimore, and thereafter
remained one year as resident surgeon in this institution.
In 1920 the Doctor returned to Harrison County and estab-
lished his residence at Clarksburg, the county seat, where he
has since continued in an active practice that is largely in
the surgical branch of his profession. He is a member of the
staff of physicians at the Mason Hospital in this city and
is actively identified with the Harrison County Medical
Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association. Doctor Langfitt is aligned
in the ranks of the democratic party, is a Knight Templar
Mason and has extended his Masonic affiliations to include
the Mystic Shrine.

The year 1913 recorded the marriage of Doctor Langfitt
and Miss Veda Davis, daughter of Owen T. and Zeta (Sum-
merville) Davis, and the two children of this union are June
Leanore and Frank Valentine, Jr.

Ransel Johnson, one of the influential citizens and
successful business men of Clarksburg, Harrison County, was
born on a farm on Shinn's Run, this county, June 5, 1865,
and is a son of Ransel and Elizabeth (Richardson) Johnson,
the former of whom was born in Loudoun County, Virginia,
in 1829, and the latter in Clark County, that state, in 1824.
Soon after their marriage the parents came to what is now
West Virginia and settled on a farm on Coons Run, removal
later being made to the farm on Shinn's Run, where the father
became one of the energetic and successful exponents of farm
industry in the county and a leader in community affairs.
He and his wife were life-long members of the Baptist Church,
of which he was a most generous and liberal supporter, and
in his honor the Johnson Baptist Church of his community
was named. He was one of the organizers of this church,
aided liberally in the erection of the church building, and
was for many years one of the strong pillars of the church.
His death occurred in 1885, and his widow passed away
in 1906, venerable in years and loved by those who had
come within the sphere of her influence. Of their children
the following named attained to adult age: Athela J., Wes-
ley R. (now deceased), Samantha, Roberta, Zorada(deceased),
Turner A. and Ransel, Jr. Both the Johnson and Richard-
son families were founded in Virginia in the Colonial days,
and representatives of both were patriot soldiers in the war
of the Revolution. Joseph Johnson, grandfather of the sub-
ject of this review, eventually followed his son to Harrison
County, and here he passed the remainder of his life.

Ransel Johnson (II), immediate subject of this review,
was reared on the home farm, and that he profited by his
early educational advantages, those of the public schools of
the period, is shown by the fact that as a young man he be-
came a successful teacher in the schools of his home county,
he having advanced his own education by attending, for three
years, the State Normal School at Fairmont. Upon the
death of his father in 1885 he became administrator of the
family estate, and after the old homeatead farm had been
sold he purchased a small tract of land near Clarksburg.
There he maintained his residence from 1889 to 1901, in
which latter year he moved to Clarksburg, where for a time

he was in the employ of the Stout Lumber Company. E
finally purchased the retail end of the business, which wt
thereafter continued under the title of the Stout-Johnsof
Lumber Company until 1907, when he sold his interest an.
engaged independently in the wholesale lumber trade. 1
1912 the Johnson-Garrett Lumber Company was forme<|
and it continued a successful wholesale and retail businei
until 1915, when Mr. Johnson became the sole owner. B
continued operations successfully, but in August, 1920, i
consonance with his judgment concerning business condition
in general, he began to restrict his business, which is nov
confined to minor wholesale dealings. He gives the majc
part of hia attention at present to stocks and investment!
Mr. Johnson has achieved substantial financial success and
reputation as a fair, honorable and progressive business ma
and loyal and public-spirited citizen. He has been a directo
of the Farmers Bank of Clarksburg from the time of it
organization.

Mr. Johnson and his wife are zealous membera of tfo
Baptiat Church, with which he united in his early youth, anc!
while residing on the farm he served as deacon of the loca
church of this denomination. Politically he chooses to vot»|
for the candidate who in his judgment is the one best fitted
for office. Yet he leans strongly to democratic party policies J
He has been for many years affiliated with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.

The year 1896 recorded the marriage of Mr. Johnson andl
Miss Annie B. Goodwin, daughter of Peter I. Goodwin, s
well known citizen of Harrison County. The two children
of this union are Paul and Mary, and both are members of
the Baptist Church.

Hugh Gordon Smith, of Clarksburg, Harrison County, isj
prominently identified with the coal production industry}
in this section of West Virginia, and is a popular citizen'
of the state that has represented his home from his boy-
hood. He was born at Stevenstone, Ayrshire, Scotland,
November 4, 18 79, and is a son of David O. and Jane
(Kelso) Smith, both of the stanchest of Scottish ancestry.-'
In 1887 David O. Smith, in company with his wife and
their eight children, came to the United States, and on the
17th of April of that year the family arrived at Clarks-
burg, West Virginia. Soon afterward removal was made to
Rosemont, Taylor County, in which locality David O. Smith
worked two years at his trade, that of expert coal miner.
Removal was then made to Elk Garden, Mineral County,
and six years later the family home was established at Mid-
land, Maryland, where the father is now living retired, at a 1
venerable age, his wife having died while the home was
at Rosemont, West Virginia. All of the eight children sur-
vive the mother and all are now married and well estab-
lished in life.

Hugh G. Smith was seven years old at the time of the
family immigration to the United States, and he received
his early education in the schools of West Virginia, though
he was but twelve years old when he did his first work
in a coal mine. His experience extended until he became a
skilled miner, and at the age of twenty-one years he was
appointed mine foreman for the Davis Coal & Coke Com-
pany at Thomas, Kanawha County. Within a short tima
thereafter he gained still more gratifying recognition, being
chosen manager of mines for the Consolidation Coal Com-
pany at Midland, Maryland. In 1907 Mr. Smith opened the
Harrison Mine at Rosemont, West Virginia, and this mine
he continued to operate until 1919, with residence at Rose-
mont. In that year he removed with his family to Clarks-
burg, where the home has since been maintained, as ara
also his business headquarters, his offices being in the Union
Bank Building. He was associated with his brother, Alex-
ander G., and their father in the forming of the^ Harrison
Coal Company, of which he is vice president, as is he also
of the Smith Brothers Coal Company, of Lumberport, Har-
rison County. He is also a director and the general manager
of the Franklin Coal Company, is secretary of the Lau-
retta Coal Company, vice president of the Smith Big Vein
Coal Company, and president of the Percy Oil Company.
In addition to these important connections Mr. Smith is a
director of the Clarksburg Trust Company, the Liberty

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

585

sa Company of Clarksburg and the Prunty Real Estate
npanv of this city. He was formerly a director of the
Tr County^Bank; at Grafton. Ue ha 9 served two years
Vhirman of the Clarksburg Coal Club. While the , bus^
s interests of Mr. Smith are many and varied, he has
en most of his time to the coal industry and has . found
x>rtunitY also to give helpful manifestation of his un-
^ded civic loyalt/ and progressives. He is . i valued
mber of the Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce and hoi Is
mbership in the Kiwanis Club, the Old Colony Club, the
Tksburg P Country Club and other represent at ive .local

anhations of business and social order. Since .1919 he
iTcr^d as commissioner of the Boy Scouts, in the affairs

which organization he takes deep interest. He and his
^ are zealous members of the First Presbyterian Church
their home city and the year 1922 finds him in earne
vice as auperintendent of its Sunday school. He is

Hated with the Masonic fraternity, the Independent
der of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective

The ^ar^uO recorded the marriage of Mr. Smith to
ss Jean Kelso Gibson, who was born and reared in
£t Virginia and who, like himself, is of Scotch lineage
•and Mrs. Smith have two sons, David K.and Thomas M.
' is also a versatile writer. The follewing verse is on
native country:

' ' Scotland is a grand old place,

The land where I was born.

Its beauty and its grandness too —

May it forever dawn.

The garden spot of peace and love,

And friendship with the land above.

Long may the thistle wave in peace,

The emblem of my country."
Howard Harwood Holt is editor, owner and pubbsher
the Grafton Sentinel, one of the oldest and most influential
wspapers in the state. Practically from the beginning and
rough its early destiny the chief figure in its moment
d editorial policy was the late James W. Holt, father of
e present owner. _ , . »

The Holt family has been in Virginia, Pennsylvania * nd
est Virginia for a number of generations. John W. Holt, a
.tive of Virginia, was an early shoemaker in Fayette County,
mnaylvania, later a farmer there. His son, James i W.
olt moved to Lewis County, West Virginia, and followed
rming. His son, Alfred T. Holt, was born in Pennsylvania
vd after his marriage settled at Kingwood in Preston County,
e was a farmer and one of the highly respected citizens of
t locality. He died at Grafton in 1902. His wife, Mana
^Stone, was born in Virginia, in Culpeper County but from
.rly childhood was reared at Kingwood. She died in lh/ 7,
ie mother of four children: James W.; Keturah who mar-
sd Joseph N. Brown; Katherine, who married Scott Uarner,
,d the late Judge John Homer Holt of Grafton, whose career
briefly sketched elsewhere. . .

James W. Holt, who died in January, 191S, when in hia
xty-ninth year, was for more than forty years connected
ith the Grafton Sentinel and retained an interest in the
»per until his death. He was born at Kingwood February
I I 849, was educated in the old Kingwood Academy and
e and former Governor William M. Dawson as boys together
arned the printing trade in the office of the Preston County
ournal at Kingwood. He was not twenty years of age when
8 was called to Grafton at the request of John W. Mason,
Ambrose Snively, Samuel McCormick and others who
Wned and were attempting to publish a newspaper in Tay or
bounty, then strongly democratic, and thus the young printer
S>ok charge of this enterprise as editor and pubbsher and
nthin a year purchased the plant. In a aenae the Grafton
entinel is the result of the merging of several old weekly
apera of Taylor County. The publication for several years
/as known as the Eagle-Sentinel, but for half a century it
us been the Grafton Sentinel. It was James W. Holts
onnection with the struggling effort that made it a final
uccese and incidentally had something to do with changing
:he politics of the county. James W Holt held a position
\ the revenue service in the early '80s, was elected mayor
i West Grafton in 1885, and under Harrison s administra-

tion he was postmaster of Grafton until 1894. For several
terms he was a member of the School Board and for one term
its president. He was an active Lutheran, interested in
Sunday School work, was a Mason and a member of the
Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and for one year colonel
of the Rank in the state.

In May, 1873, in Taylor County James W. Holt married
Anna Jordan, daughter of John Jordan, who was a pioneer
of Grafton, in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company. Mrs. Anna Holt died in 1896. For his second
wife James W. Holt married Florence Stemple, member of a
prominent old family near Aurora in Preston County. She
is still living. By his first marriage James W. Holt had the
following children: John A., of Gage, Oklahoma; Alfred A.,
a Grafton druggist; William A., of Elaworth, Kansas; Howard
II • Lillian, wife of W. E. Rightmire, of Grafton; and Cather-
ine, who was married to Frank W. Shrewsbury, of Mont- •
gomery, West Virginia, but died the same week as her father,
leaving a son, David Thompson Shrewsbury.

Howard Harwood Holt was born at West Grafton Sep-
tember 13, 1S83, and he practically grew up in the atmosphere
of a printing office. He attended the Grafton High School
three years and took freshman work in the University of
West Virginia. During 1903 he engaged in a subscription
canvass for the Grafton Daily Sentinel, and then entered the
Iron CUy Business College at Pittsburgh, finishing a short-
hand course. On returning home he was appointed official
court stenographer by hia uncle, the late Judge John H. Holt,
who presided over the old Third Judicial Circuit, then the
lareest circuit in the state, comprising the counties of Tucker,
Randolph, Barbour, Taylor and Preston. He continued his
service with Judge Holt until 1907, when he resigned and
entered the law department of the State University. He
completed hia course in 1909. While engaged in his work
as a law student he served as court stenographer in Monon-
galia County for Judge John W. Mason and also did similar
work in the Federal Court. After hia admission to the bar
for a few months only he practiced in the office with A. W.
Burdett. In the spring of 1910 he was offered and accepted
a place as assistant secretary to Stephen B. Elkins, then
United States senator from West Virginia, and he remained
a member of the Senator's official staff until his death.
Soon after returning to Grafton Mr. Holt took up some
matters in connection with the Sentinel office, although at
that time he had no particular aspirations for a career as a
newspaper man, but as a result of circumstances he became
manager of the business, and later he bought the Sentinel,
acquiring the controlling interest in the plant «n 1911. Since
then he has become owner of all the stock. The Grafton
Sentinel Publishing Company was incorporated in 1907, and
while the corporation has since been dissolved the plant
continues under the old name. The Grafton Sentinel has
for a number of years been both a daily and weekly paper.
The weekly Sentinel has heen published continuously since
1869 by the Holts, father and son.

A newspaper man is almost ex-officio a public servant and
leader in church affairs. During the period of the World
war Mr. Holt was one of the "four-minute men, and devoted
much of his time and a large amount of the space in the
columns of the Sentinel to promoting war aentimenta and the
measures of the Government. He has been very active in
politics, and the Sentinel is generally recognized as the
mouthpiece of the republican party in Taylor County.

The Sentinel office is one of the modern newspaper plants
of the atate. lta job plant is hardly to be surpassed, and
the general equipment comprises three linotype machines,
a Duplex web press, cylinder job press, automatic self feeding
press: The machinery is electrically equipped, current
being generated in the plant. Mr. Holt is a member of the
Associated Press and has been active in editorial meetings
in the state and district. As a youth he joined the Lutheran
Church at Grafton, and has been active both in church and
Sunday School, serving on the church council for some years
Mr Holt ia affiliated with the Knights of Pythias the Elks
and the Moose, ia a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha college
fraternity and ia a Rotarian. »„u„
October 18, 1911, at Grafton, he married Abce Barber.
She was born at Alliance, Ohio, daughter of Findlay and
Ella (Crandon) Barber. Her maternal grandfather, James

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Crandon, was one of the prominent citizens of Niles, Ohio.
Mrs. Holt was reared in Taylor County, West Virginia
The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Holt is James Findlav,
born in 1912.

Hon. John Homer Holt was one of West Virginia's strong
and able lawyers and jurists, and for a number of years was
Circuit Judge of the old Third District, now included in the
Fifteenth District.

A son of Alfred T. and Maria A. (Stone) Holt, he was
born in Gilmer County June 19, 1857. He attended the
common schools, the Preston Academy at Kingwood, and
taught for five years, three of them at Kingwood. He began
the study of law in the office of William E. Brown and George
H. McGrew at Kingwood, finished his studies in the office
of Jamea A. Brown, and waa admitted to the Kingwood bar
in 1878. He began practice among the friends and neighbors
he had known so long and so intimately, but in 1881 he
removed his office to Grafton. He continued his practice
in that city except for two yeara while engaged in special
and important duties as a counselor and advocate at Wash-
ington, D. C,

In politics he waa stanchly identified with the protection
principle for American industry, and for many years had
a prominent part in the councils and organization of the
republican party. Soon after reaching his majority in Pres-
ton County he was elected a member of the Legislature in
1878, and he was a delegate to many of the early state con-
ventions. He waa chairman of the state convention at
Huntington in 1892 that named Thomas E. Davis of Grafton
for governor. He was also a prominent figure in the Elkins
convention which nominated Alston G. Dayton for Congress
in 1894. He was also chairman of the republican convention
that nominated George W. Atkinson, the first republican
governor since the Civil war. As a speaker Judge Holt
proved himself effective at all times, and was considered
almost invincible as a debater. His knowledge of politica
and economic history put him at an advantage over his
adversaries, and his good address and pleasing voice supple-
mented his logical and analytical mind. Judge Holt was
nominated and elected Circuit Judge of the Third Circuit
in 1896 and in 1904 Was re-elected. After retiring from the
bench he remained a resident of Grafton until hi3 death.

Oliver Irvin Montgomery, one of the proprietors of
the Exchange Mill Company of Grafton, ia also president of
the County Court. Mr. Montgomery has lived in Taylor
County thirty years, and prior to engaging in busineaa was
in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company.

He was born on a farm near Pennsboro in Ritchie County
September 24, 1873. His father, John F. Montgomery,
waa a, native of Rockbridge County, Virginia, born in 1844.
Not long after the outbreak of the Civil war he left Virginia
and came into West Virginia, and at Buckhannon in 1863
enlisted in the Union army. Though he waa in the service
until the close of the war, he escaped wounds or capture.
After leaving the army he settled in Ritchie County, and ia
now a resident of Richwood, West Virginia. In Barbour
County he married Miss Virginia C. Murphy, who died in
January, 1919, at the age of seventy-six, daughter of Marshall
Murphy, who came from Virginia to Taylor County, where
his daughter was born. John F. Montgomery and wife
had eight children: Margaret C, of Akron, Ohio, widow of
George Plymale; Oliver I.; Mary, wife of Norman McCoy,
hying at Flat woods, West Virginia; Miss Savanna Lee, of
Richwood; Minnie R., wife of Jamea McKenzie, of Richwood;
Ida, wife of Walter Rogers, of Taylor County; Joseph F ,
V„ me . r . m Ta y lor County; and Mrs. Annie Hoskine, of
old Virginia. '

Oliver I. Montgomery acquired hia country school educa-
i ??*{. n P ltch ? e ' Upshur and Braxton counties. When he
il i e J. arm he . took U P railroading, entering the service of
the Baltimore & Ohio as a brakeman. He spent fifteen
years with the company, and after a period as conductor
in the yard service he waa appointed assistant yard master
at Grafton. When he left the railway company he resumed
farming seven miles from Grafton, and waa one of the pro-
gressive men in the rural districta of Taylor County and gave

his personal attention to hia farm and its personal manai
ment from 1906 until the fail of 1920.

In February, 1921, Mr. Montgomery and A. B. Shroi
purchased the Exchange Mill. Thia ia one of the old indi
tries of Grafton, having been founded by Whit Heironim,
who was succeeded by A. B. Blue, and later by a stock co;
pany of which Ona C. Jefferya and others were membe
ihe plant is a custom and jobbing mill, grinding buckwhe
flour cornmeal and feed. The company also handles
line of feeds and farm machinery. They are jobbers for t
International Harvester Company and distributors for ft
Johns Manville Roofing and dealers and handlers of Atl
Portland cement.

Mr. Montgomery waa reared in a republican atmoaphe
and when he cast his first presidential vote it went to Mai.
McKinley. He has been taking a more or less active pa
in local campaigns for many years. He was elected count
commiasioner from the Fetterman District as successor .
Charles R. Burbin in 1916. He entered the office in Januar,
1917, and two years later was elected president of the boari 'l
his time expiring December 31, 1922. While he has bee"
with the County Court the firat permanent road work mi
done in Taylor County, and since then a dozen miles of har
surface road haa been constructed, besides a number of amai
concrete bndgea, making an effective unit in the prograr'
of modern highway construction in the county.
iL M £ Montgomery waa reared a Methodist, waa active i
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen while in the servicd
and his only other fraternal connection is Grafton Lode*
No. 31, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In Tavlo,
County June 16, 1892, he married Miss Louisa A. Murphy
who was born in the county February 6, 1870, daughter o
James G. and Christina (Rogera) Murphy. She is tin'
youngest of four children, the others being Sylvanus, ThonV
J. and Virginia O., the latter the wife of J. E. Newcomb. ?

Warren D. Cline, M. D. For many years Dr. Warrer
iJ. Uine has been a prominent citizen of Williamstown,
West Virginia, an acknowledged leader in civic affairs and a
successful medical practitioner. In more than one field
of effort hs haa demonstrated notable qualities that for ova
a quarter of a century have been largely used to further ths
best interests of Williamatown, where public respect and
private esteem are his. Doctor Cline was born in Waah-1
ington County, Ohio, October 3, 1856, a son of Reuben and

7*?-n\ V?,. y) CUne > and a grandson of David and Sarah
(Mills) Ciine.

On the maternal side Doctor Cline'a anceators were Ver-*
mont people who settled very early in Washington County,
Su °* It *, l .« reIated tha * one of his great-grandfathers
Ihomas Mills, was most aerioualy injured on one occasion
by savage Indians, who attacked him while he waa fishing
in a skiff by moonlight on Fishing Creek, a lonely stream
running near Wheeling. David Cline, the paternal grand-
father of Doctor Cline, was of German parentage but was
born in Monroe County, Ohio, in which state he spent his
life as a farmer. Of his family of thirteen children the only
daughter died in childhood, twelve sturdy sons growing to
manhood around the home hearth, and at least four of these
served as aoldiera in the war between the states.

Reuben Cline, father of Doctor Cline, spent the greater
portion of his life aa a farmer in Washington County, Ohio.
Late in life he retired to Williamstown, West Virginia, whera
his death occurred at the age of eighty-five years. He was
a man of great personal industry, and reared his children
with practical ideas in relation to the duties of life. His
family consisted of six sons and three daughters, Doctor
Cline being the seventh born. The eldeat, Luther A who
is a veteran of the war of 1861-65, still survives and lives in
Illinois.

Warren D. Cline grew up on the home farm, assisting his
lather during the summers and attending the country schools
in the winters. Later he had graded school privileges and
also instruction in a private school at Marietta, where hs
applied himself closely to his books in order to secure a teach-
er a certificate and after fairly earning the same taught nine
terms in the country schools. The money thus earned paid
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t Cincinnati, for which he had been prepared by his brother-
i-law, Dr. E. Sloan of Williamstown. He was creditably
raduated at Cincinnati in 18S6, located for practice at
lancheater, Illinois, and spent eight years there. In Septem-
er, IS94, he came to Williamstown, and has engaged in a
eneral practice ever eince, on numerous occasions attending
ourses in the New York City Post Graduate College and
lospital.

Although the practice of medicine has largely engaged his
ttcntion fince coming to Williamstown, Doctor Cline baa
ten very active and immeasurably useful in other directions,
t was largely due to bis earnest efforts in furthering the
welfare of the city that eo much has been done in the way
f educational progress and opportunity here. During the
fteen years he served as president of the Board of Educa-
ioo he labored ceaselessly for the establishment of the high
ichool and for the erection of the present well equipped build-
og. He served as mayor of Williamstown for four terms,
.nd during this time the place was practically developed
rom a village into a modern city. In July, 1913, he was
appointed postmaster, and is now serving in his second term.

Doctor Cline married in December, 1887, in Illinois, Miss
Vlice Husted, who died July 2, 1S91. In 1896 he married
Miss Frances Leonard, a daughter of Augustus Leonard, of
Jewel's Run, Ohio, who served in the Union Army during
he war between the states. Doctor and Mrs. Cline have

three daughters: Helen D., Frances D. and Celia E.

[ In political life Doctor Cline is a democrat, having come
rom a long line of that political faith. He was one of the

pharter members of the Masonic Lodge at Williamstown

knd its third worshipful master, and belongs also to the Odd

IFellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen.

He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church and is the unosten-

,atious contributor to many worthy charities.

1 Isaac James Coston. In the twenty years that he has
been a resident and in the business life of' Clarksburg Mr.
Coston has enjoyed that widening diversity of interests
that is the synonym of success. His chief business is the
Empire Laundry Company, of which he is secretary, treas-
urer and general manager.

Mr. Coston was born on a farm in Somerset County,
Maryland, November 16, 1876, son of Isaac James and
Rosena (Humphreys) Coston, his father of English and
his mother of Scotch ancestry. The parents were also
natives and life-long residents of Somerset County, where
they gained their livelihood from a farm. The maternal
grandfather was Samuel S. Coston also a native of Somer-
set County.

The youngest in a family of four sons, Isaac James
Coston was left an orphan at the age of twelve years, and
from the age of fifteen he had to be self supporting. His
early life was spent on the farm and his education was lim-
ited to the common schools. From the age of fifteen until
he reached his majority he worked at the printer's trade
in Princess Anne, Maryland. At the age of twenty-one he
became associated in the firm of Hayman & Coston, dealers
in fancy groceries and confections at Princess Anne. In
1901 the firm sold their place of business, and in the same
year established at Clarksburg a similar business, which
was conducted under the firm name of Hayman and Coston
for ten years. Mr. Coston 's business associate was Newell
I. Hayman. On leaving this business Mr. Coston in 1910
organized the Empire Laundry Company, which was in-
corporated with a $20,000 capital. The present capitaliza-
tion is $200,000, a figure that reflects in a measure the
constant growth and development of the business. I. Wade
Coffman is president; Dr. C. C. Jarvis, vice president; and
Mr. Coston, secretary, treasurer and general manager. A
modern plant on West Main 8treet was built in 1914, build-
ing a two-story brick building 40 feet wide and 300 feet
deep, and equipped with all the intricate and efficient ma-
chinery devised for laundry work. The company handles
Bn immense volume of business, from a large territory sur-
rounding Clarksburg, and besides the routine laundry work
they have dry cleaning, carpet cleaning and pleating de-
partments.

Mr. Coston is also an owner and manager of the Coston
Printing Company, n stockholder in the Hayman Green-
House Company and a director in the Community Savings
& Loan Company. In politics he is a democrat, is a mem-
ber of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Clarksburg,
and fraternally is Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, and
holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary
Cluh, and Country Club,

In 1905 Mr. Coston married Miss Allena May Holden,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee D. Holden of Harrison
County. The five children born of their marriage are:
William H., James D., Dorothy R., Charles D. and Louise.

Alonzo C. Pinson, sheriff of Mingo County, and one of
the popular citizens of Williamson, the county seat, was
born in Pike County, Kentucky, December 26, 1876, and ie
a son of Thomas B. and Louisa (Matney) Pinson. the for-
mer of whom was likewise born in Pike County and the lat-
ter of whom was born in Virginia, both families having
been founded in America many generations ago. It is sup-
posed that the lineage of the Pinson family traces back to
Spanish origin and that fhe first representative of the lino
in America was a Spaniard named Pinzon, who came over
with Columbus. Thomas B. Pinson long held prestige as
one of the substantial farmers of his native county.

The sheriff of Mingo County profited by the advantages
of the public schools of his native county, and his disci-
pline included four months' attendance in high school. At
the age of sixteen years he initiated his service as a teacher
in the rural schools, and he continued his successful peda-
gogic work four years. He then came to Mingo County,
West Virginia, and became manager of the general store
of Morgan & Judd at Matewan. Later he became manager
of a branch office of the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company at
Buekhannon, where he remained one year. In 1899 he came
to Williamson, where he continued to be employed as clerk
in a general store until 1905, when he resigned to give hie
attention to his duties as mayor of the city, to which posi-
tion he had been elected by a gratifying majority. In 1903
he had served as city recorder, and he was a member of
the city council in 1904, at the time of his election to the
office of mavor, in which he served seven consecutive terms,
or until 1915, when he was retired by the provisions of the
act^ passed by the State Legislature that changed the mu-
nicipal government of Williamson to the commission form.
His long tenure of office shows alike the efficiency of his
administration and the estimate placed upon him by the
community. After completing his regime as mayor Mr.
Pinson was here engaged in the real estate business three
years, besides conducting a retail grocery hnsiness. He then
became a traveling salesman for the Williamson Grocery
Company, with which concern he continned his connection
until he assumed the office of county sheriff, on the 1st of
January, 1921.

Mr. Pinson is affiliated with O'Brien Lodge No. 101. Free
and Accepted Masons, at Williamson, with the local chapter
of Royal Arch Masons, with the Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Charleston, and has received the eighteenth de-
gree in the Scottish Rite of the time-honored fraternity.
He is a popular member also of the Williamson Lodge of
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. During the
World war he served as a member of the draft board of
Mingo County. He is a staunch democrat, and he attends
and supports the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife is
an active member.

On December 4, 1902. Mr. Pinson was united in marriage
with Miss Belle Msvnard. who was bora and reared in
Pike County. Kentucky, a representative of a family early
founded in America. Sheriff and Mrs. Pinson have no chil-
dren.

Joseph Butcher Rtraton, -junior member of the repre-
sentative law firm of Bronson & Straton. with offices in the
Patterson Building at Williamson, judicial center of Min™
Connty, was bom at Myrtle, this county. September 10,
1S88, and is a son of the late Allen Butcher Straton. who
was born in Logan County, this state. The family was es-

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tablished on the Guyandotte River in this section of West
Virginia for more than a century. It is evident that the
Straton family was here founded when this section, then a
remote part of Virginia, was little more than a wilderness,
and in the succeeding generations the family name has been
closely and worthily identified with the record of civic and
material development. Allen B. Straton was engaged in
both the hotel and the insurance business, and was one of
the well-known and honored citizens of Williamson at the
time of his death. Here his widow still resides, and he is
survived also by four sons and three daughters. The maiden
name of Mrs. Straton was Sarah J. Deskins, and she was
born in Wayne County, this state, of sterling American
lineage of several generations.

Joseph B. Straton was seven years of age at the time of
the family removal to Williamson, and after here profiting
by the advantages of the public schools he continued foT
three years a student in Alderson Academy at Alderson,
Monroe County. Thereafter he passed two years in the
Ohio Military Institute in the City of Cincinnati He next
passed two years at the historic old University of Virginia,
where he took studies in the academic department, but
gave most of his time and attention to the pursuing of a
course in the law department. He thereafter continued the
same system of study in the University of West Virginia.
During the summer vacations from 1902 to 1907, inclusive,
he held a clerical position in the railroad yards at William-
son. At the Ohio Military Institute he became a member
of the Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity, and at the University
of Virginia he became affiliated with Delta Chi. At the
University of West Virginia he was elected a member of the
Mountain Club, an honorary society. During three years of
his college work he was piteher of the baseball club.

In September, 1912, Mr. Straton was admitted to the bar,
and forthwith opened an office at Williamson, where he built
up a substantial and representative individual law practice
and gained secure standing at the bar of his native county.
On the first of January, 1920, he became a member of the
present law firm of Bronson & Straton.

The political convictions of Mr. Straton caused him to be
staunchly aligned in the ranks of the democratic party, and
he has held various official positions. In 1917 he repre-
sented Mingo County in the State Legislature; in July of
that year he became city attorney of Williamson, in which
position he served until 1919; and from June 1, 1919, until
he resigned, April 1, 1921, he served as assistant prosecut-
ing attorney of Mingo County.

Mr. Straton is a member of the American Bar Associa-
tion and the Mingo County Bar Association, holds member-
ship in the local Kiwanis Club, and is a Scottish Rite Ma-
son, in which his basic of ancient-craft membership is in
O 'Brien Lodge No. 101, Free and Accepted Masons, at Will-
iamson. During the nation's participation in the World
War Mr. Straton was food administrator of Mingo County,
and also was active in the local drives in support of the
Government war loans and in other patriotic work.

March 3, 1915, recorded the marriage of Mr. Straton and
Miss Mae Sullivan, who was born at Milton, Cabell County,
this state, her father having been born in Ireland and her
mother being a representative of an old and honored Vir-
ginia family. Mr. and Mrs. Straton have no children.

John Lewis Stafford, who is engaged in the practice
of his profession in the City of Williamson, judicial cen-
ter of Mingo County, has held for more than a quarter of
a century a secure place as one of the able and representa-
tive member of the bar of this section of the state, and he
is now senior member of the law firm of Stafford & Rhodes,
with offices in the Goodman building.

When Mr. Stafford came to Williamson in 1895 and
opened a law office in a bnilding at the corner of Pike Street
and Third Avenue, the present vigorous industrial city was
but a village, with no paved streets and with but few
sidewalks, and these of board construction, Third Avenue
having been the main street, and the Thacker Mine having
been about the only one in operation in this now important
coal field. Mr. Stafford continued in the independent prac-
tice of law about ten years, and then formed a professional

partnership with D. W. Brown, under the firm name o:
Stafford & Brown. This alliance continued about threi
years and was dissolved when Mr. Brown was appointed tt!
judicial office. Mr. Stafford thereafter continued his indi
vidual practice four years and then admitted Mr. Rhode
to partnership, under the present firm name of Stafford I
Rhodes. In 1896, the second year of his residence here
Mr. Stafford was elected prosecuting attorney of the county
and served the regular term of four years. In 1909 he wa'
again elected to this office, and his second term of fou'
years was marked by the same efficiency that had attend©
his former incumbency of the office. During the nation';*
participation in the World war he was active in patriot*
service, was a Four Minute Speaker and aided greatly h\
the local campaigns in support of the Government war loaiu!
Red Cross work, etc. He is a member of the American Ba
Association, the West Virginia Bar Association and th 1
Mingo County Bar Association. He is a stalwart in thi
local camp of the republican party, and he and his wifij
hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South;*
October 4, 1900, recorded the marriage of Mr. Stafi
ford and Miss Minnie B. Mullens, who was born in Lini
coin County, this state, and of the two children of thii,'
union the first, John Lewis, Jr., was born May 2, 1905, an(j
died March 26, 1908, while with his parents in San Fran
cisco, California. The surviving son, Paul Edwards, wai,
born August 2, 1915.

John L. Stafford was born in Mercer County, West Vir
ginia, which was still a part of Virginia, on the 22d of Oc
tober, 1856, his father, William M. Stafford, likewise having
been born in that county, a representative of a familjl
founded in America in Colonial days and of English origin
For many years William M. Stafford was a farmer in hii
native county, and there both he and his wife remained un'
til their deaths. Their children were ten in number — foul
sons and six daughters. Mrs. Stafford, whose maiden namO
was Harriet Shumate, was born in Giles County, Virginia '
of Colonial ancestry.

The early education of John L. Stafford was acquired ii
the country schools of his native county, and he began t(
help in the work of the home farm when he was a inert I
boy. In pursuance of higher education he next attended
the Concord Academy at Athens, Mercer County, and ixl
this institution he was graduated as a member of the class 1
of 1878. He then began the study of law in the office of
Johnston & Hale at Princeton, the county seat, and in 1880'
he was admitted to the bar. He soon afterward opened fll
law office at Oceana, Wyoming County, and almost imme-l
diately was elected prosecuting attorney of that county, hi
which office he served three consecutive terms. Finally he
returned to Mercer County and engaged in practice at Blue-
field, where, shortly afterward, he formed a law partner-
ship with J. M. Saunders, under the title of Stafford &
Saunders. This alliance continued about two years and Mr.
Stafford then removed to Williamson, which has since con-
tinued the central stage of his law business, which has been
of broad scope and importance and involves his appearance
in both criminal and civil departments of practice. He has
made a record of large and worthy achievement in his ex-
acting profession, and is one of its leading representatives
in Mingo County.

William Preston Tatjlbee Varney, vice president and
cashier of the Day and Night Bank of Williamson, Mingo
County, has been closely associated also with important
commercial and industrial enterprises in this section of West
Virginia. He was one of the promoters and organizers of
the Pond Creek By-products Coal Company, is secretary
and treasurer of the Leckieville Land Company, and is presi-
dent of the Ira Coal Company and the Tug Valley Fuel
Company. In his home city he^ is a loyal member of the
Kiwanis Club, his political allegiance is given to the demo-
cratic party, he and his wife hold membership in the Bap-
tist Church and he is affiliated with O'Brien Lodge No.
101, Free and Accepted Masons, as well with other York
Rite bodies and with Lodge of Perfection No. 4, Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite, at Huntington, and with the Tem-
ple of the Mystic Shrine in the City of Charleston. Mr.

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nev gave active service in local patriotic work In the
kid ^ar period, especially in furthering the campaigns
bpp?rt ©5 the Government war loans, the serviee of the

Krne%as born on a farm in Pike County Ken-
Sv Oetober 28, 1886, and is a son of Asa Harmon Var
t and Nancy (West Varney, both likewise natives of
I County" fhe Vest family/ early founded in Virginia
ting numbered representatives among the first to sett c
I Pike County, Kentucky. Asa H. Varney was actively
Laged in farming and school teaching for the long period
fforU-four years* made a splendid reeord in the pedagogic
LSon and was honored by being presented by Ken-
Ky a life eertifieate that entitled him to teach , in any
&nty of the state whieh he might choose. In all of his
Es of teaching he never failed to attend the annual
kchers' institutes until the final one before his death
fen HI health caused his absence. The Varney family was
fund d in Virginia in the Colonial period of our national
btory. Of the children of Asa H. and Nancy Varney four
tea 7nd four daughters are living W. P Taulbee Varney
rly began to assist in the activities of the home farm
dhe continued to attend the district schools .of ^
tunty until he was seventeen years old. Thereafter he
bsed a year in the graded schools at Pikeville, the county
Ct, andttrc© years^s a student in Pikeville College In
Fe meantime he taught about five months of each of three
immers in the rural sehools, and in January, 1907, he
m fto Williamson, West Virginia and took a powtiog in
ie weighmaster's office of the Norfolk and Western RaJ-
,ad In the depression in the railroad business that came

the following year he lost his position, and he thereupon
turned with his family to Pike County and resumed ^his
ferviee as a school teacher. Somewhat more than a year
Eter he returned to his former railroad position at WUl-
1 on, was transferred to Portsmouth Ohio, in 19 0 ^ and
I 1912 was appointed weighmaster of the Norfolk & West-
rn at Williamson. At the expiration of one year Mr. Var-
,ey resigned this office to take the position of bookkeeper^ in
.he National Bank of Commerce, in whieh he waa^ eve, at£
illv advanced to the position of cashier and with which he
on y tinued n his eo°nnect?on until the spring of 1919 when he
3ecame associated with other citizens of the > county in or-
ganizing the Day and Night Bank, of which he was made
'ashier and, in the latter part of the same year the vice
president also. He has since retained these execute offiees
and has been the foremost factor in developing the substan-
tial business of the representative financial institution He
is one of the loyal aad progressive citizens of Mingo Coun y,
and has a secure place in popular confidence and good will.

On June 7, 1907, Mr. Varpey wedded Miss Emma Pinson,

On June 7, lyuv, Jnr. vuruej tr., " — , -a- '

who likewise was 'born and reared in Pike County Ken-
tucky, where the marriage was solemnized. The Pinson
family is one of long American lineage and one of its rep-
resentatives Alonzo C, is now sheriff of Mingo County.
Mr? and Mrs. Varney have three children: Golfrey Wendei,
bom August 25, 1908; Frances Helen born June 7, 1912,
and Anna Margaret, born September ^.6, 19iy.

Day and Night Bank, of Williamson, is one of the
newer financial organizations of that city, and was msti-
?uted not only to furnish general banking facilities, but also
to give a service through hours not included in ordinary
^Tt^^cated in the Goodman Building on Logan
Street, was organized in March, 1919, and opened its doors
May l^of that year. Mr. Hurst, Mr Greene and Mr. \ar-
ney were primarily responsible for the organization. The
first officer's and directors were W A. Hurst, president, J.
H Greene, viee president, J. M. Smith, vice president W.
P -Tvarney, cashier, and H. F. Carper. Through the acci-
dental death of Mr. Hurst a change in the personnel was
instituted, and the present officers and directors are J. H.
Greene president: J. M. Smith, vice president; W. P. T.
Varney, cashier and vice president; Dr. G. T. Conley and
A. B. Scott

Curtis Earl Prtjntt. The business of real estate in a

thC M r Prrut/r'horn on his father's farm in Doddridge
Coun y West Virginia, February 22, 1878, son of Hugbic
Sn and Martha Ann (Cross) Prunty the ) former a
native of Harrison County and the latter of Ri clue County.
His parents spent their married life on a farm in Doddridge
County where the father died in 1906 at the age of fifty-
nuie whiTe the mother passed away in 1889. The.r children
consisted of three sons and four daughters flcauire d
Pnrtis E Prunty had as youth on the farm, acquirer
his ed^aUon in the country schools. Ilia last experience
after farming was as a wage worker for James Maxwell
a Doddridge County farmer. The wages were too small to
&£%L of any future, and at ^*f™£™?«
left the farm to becomo an employe of the Eureka ripe
Line Company, lie was with that company one year and
in 1899 removed to Salem, West Virginia, where he soon
afte Took up building construction work. With accumula^
inTcapTtal, credit and experience, he invested in real estate
n Salem but his ambitions soon led him to a larger field
for ht proving business and in 1900 he Seated at Clarks-
burg Since then he has handled real estate and building
Sruetion, and has been instrumental in developing some
of C arksburg's most attractive sub-divisions and vacant
urorerty He organized in 1909 the Prunty Real Estate
Knany of which be is president. This company laid out
Srma/keted a sub-division known as the. White and Stone
tall Park additions. The Prunty building in Clarksburg
W as erected in 1914, as a modern office building, and Mr.
?runty now has under way a supplementary building froj -
ing on Third Street and connecting on the rear with the
present Pmnty building. This new structure is planned
ultimately to rise eleven stories.

Mr Prunty has never married. He is president of the
BW Realty Company, a director in the Percy Oil Com-
pany%nd the Cla/ksburg Trust Company o winch he wa
an active organizer. He is a repubhean and a member
of The Old Colony Club of New York.

David Mosser Good haa achieved reputation and suc-
cess S his professional work as a civil and mining .en-
gineer? and Is a consulting engineer he has developed a
substantial and representative husiness with ■^^ ften

th« Hill Reservation, Williamson, Mingo County.
3 Mr Sod was born at Ragersville Tuscarawas County,
Ohio Tulv 27 1871, a son of David Mosser Good, Sr.,
waVkabeth Ann (Shunk) Good, both, of whom were
native^ of Pennsylvania and representatives of famihea
?arlv founded in that state. The father was born Decem-
ber 12 1812 and died at the age of seventy-three years
The mother 'was born in May, 1833 and passed to the
life eternal in 1900. They V^™!^ ^ followed the
sons and two daughters. David M. Good, Sr •» » n °^ e a
tanner's trade in his early manhood, and later became a
hSe [ keeper, besides building up a substantial general
^r handfse 'business. He became one of the ^ honored and
influential citizens of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and there

b °He h whose d JiAtaS this review attended the p,b-
lie ^hods of hTs native plaee until he was sixteen years
of age and in the meanwhile he had found employment
at fam work, besides working at intervals , in i tb hverj
o^ f^d stable conducted in connection with his father a
notel He wa finely placed in charge of the livery barn
and thus continued until he waa nineteen years old, when
?e took the position of maaonry Rector in the offiee of
the chief engineer of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at
SneSi Ohio. A few months later he bceame ' roto"
^connection with civil engineering service, with th*
Sad, and in the ensuing two years was located in torn
It Alderson, West Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, and Thy.
mo^d! TWest Virginia. By study and practical work he had

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

in this period gained valuable experience in civil engineer-
ing work, and in 1893 he entered the employ of h. W.
Atkinson, a mining engineer at Thurmond, in the capacity
of transit man. In June of the following year he became
engineer for the Quinnimont Coal Company at Quinnimont,
West Virginia, where the company was operating two coal
mines. In the spring of the following year Mr. Good
became associated with J. M. Clark, a contracting engineer
at Kanawha Falls, this state, but in the fall of the same
year he again took the position of engineer of the Quinni-
mont Coal Company. In 1898 he became mechanical drafts-
man for the Covington Machine Company at Covington,
Virginia, and while thus engaged he took a course in
mechanical engineering through the medium of the Inter-
national Correspondence School of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
In 1900 Mr. Good once more became engineer of the
Quinnimont Coal Company, and was also made its assistant
superintendent. In 1902 he joined the War Eagle Coal
Company, for which he had supervision of the entire work-
ing plant for its four mines, and with which he continued
as engineer for a period of eleven years. On the 28th of
August, 1912, he established himself in independent busi-
ness as a civil, mining and mechanical contract engineer,
with residence and professional headquarters at William-
son, and he is now mining and consulting engineer for the
Williamson Fuel Company, the War Eagle Coal Company,
the JStone Mountain Coal Corporation, at Matewan; the
White Star Mining Company, at Merrimac; the Sullivan
Pond Creek Company, offices at Tralee; Triangle Coal
Company, at Pinson, Kentucky; Sudduth Fuel Company,
Bailey Fuel Company, Black Gem Coal Company and
Carry-On Coal Company, all at Toler, Kentucky; Grey
Eagle Coal Company, Grey Eagle, West Virginia; Webb
By-Products Coal Company, at Webb, this state; Inspira-
tion Coal Company, at Krum; Katona Coal Company, at
Wayne; West Williamson Coal Company, at Williamson;
Standard Thacker Coal Company, at Chattaroy; Burning
Creek Coal Company, at Kermit.

Mr. Good is president of the Good Construction Com-
pany, which has been recently organized. His professional
ability has further been demonstrated in his building of
the suspension bridge at Matewan and the free public
bridge across the Tug River at Williamson. In nearly
all of the important mining companies with which he is
associated, as noted above, Mr. Good has installed the
operating plants, and he is financially interested in several
of these corporations. During the World war period he
gave effective service in promoting the various patriotic
agencies in his home district and volunteered his services
to the Government, the authorities deciding that his work
could be of greater value in connection with fuel produc-
tion than in military service, so that he continued his
zealous activities in advancing coal production through the
medium of the various companies with which he was con-
nec ted a t the time. He has the distinction of having been
elected to full membership in the American Institute of
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. He is a republican
in political allegiance, and he and his wife are active
members of the First Presbyterian Church of Williamson,
in which he is serving as an elder.

March 24, 1889, recorded the marriage of Mr. Good
and Miss Mary A., daughter of Frederick F. and Eliza-
beth Snellenberger, the former a native of Ohio and the
latter of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Good was born in Ohio,
August 12, 1872. The names and respective birth dates
of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Good are here recorded:
Ethel Blanche, January 13, 1890; Vida Fern, May 15,
1892; William Earle, May 21, 1898; Orpha Elizabeth,
February 15, 1903; and Margaret Alice, March 20, 1910.
The only son, William E., was a student in the Virginia
Polytechnical Institute at the time when the nation became
involved in, the World war, and he there remained in study-
ing for a commission after he had enlisted in the Marine
Corps. Miss Ethel B. Good served as secretary of the local
chapter of the Bed Cross during the war period, and she
still retains this position.

Russell A. Salton, M. D., who is engaged in the gen
eral practice of his profession at Williamson, Mingo County
has demonstrated in ability and effective service the con
sistency of his choice of profession. The doctor was born
at Walton, New York, August 12, 1887, a son of Boberii
E. and Margaret (Henderson) Salton, the former of whom!
was born in the State of New York and the latter in Nortll
Carolina. Robert E. Salton gained much of success in the
raising of and dealing in live stock, especially horses, and:
became a leading representative of these lines of enterprise:
in his section of the old Empire State. He served a nam-/
ber of years as county superintendent of roads.

The public schools of his native place afforded to Dr. J
Salton his preliminary education, and after his graduation!
from high school in 1905 he was for one year a student ii>
the University of Syracuse, New York. During the ensu-j
ing year he was employed, and he then began preparing
himself for his chosen profession. In 1911 he was gradu-''
ated from the Baltimore Medical College, Baltimore, Mary-
land, and after thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medi-
cine he became house surgeon in the West Virginia State]
Hospital at Welch, McDowell County, this being Miners 1
Hospital No. 1. After an effective service of eighteen!
months at this institution Dr. Salton established his resi-l
dence at Williamson, judicial center of Mingo County, and
here he has developed a successful and representative gen-
eral practice, the while he has gained specially high repu-
tation as a skilled surgeon. His private practice was inter-
rupted when in June, 1917, shortly after the nation became
involved in the World war, he became a member of the
Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army. On the
4th of January, 1918, Dr. Salton was called into active serv-
ice and assigned to duty at the base hospital at Camp Stu-
art, Newport News, Virginia, where he remained, with the
rank of first lieutenant, until the 18th of the following Oc-
tober, when he was assigned to duty with the Forty-eighth
Infantry, Twentieth Division, at Camp Sevier, Greenville,
South Carolina. His command had orders to sail for
France, but the outbreak of the great epidemic of influ-
enza caused the entire command to be quarantined, and be-
fore this quarantine was lifted the armistice was signed and
the war came to a close. Dr. Salton remained at Camp
Sevier until January 23, 1919, when he received his hon-
orable discharge. He was commissioned captain in the Med-
ical Reserve Corps, and is still an active member of this or-
ganization.

Soon after his return to Williamson Dr. Salton initiated
the vigorous and well ordered campaign that resulted in
the establishing of the Williamson Hospital, and though
he encountered many obstacles and difficulties he has the
satisfaction of knowing that the county seat of Mingo
County can now claim one of the best equipped and most
effectively conducted hospitals in this section of the state,
an institution whose benignant service stands to his en-
during credit and honor. In the conducting of the hospi-
tal he has as his able and valued coadjutor Doctor Hatfield,
who is engaged in practice in the City of Huntington. Doc-
tor Salton is a member of the Mingo County Medical Soci-
ety, West Virginia State Medical Society and the American
Medical Association. He is affiliated with the American
Legion, is a Knight Templar Mason and affiliated also
with the Mystic Shrine, and he holds membership in the
Presbyterian Church in bis home city. The doctor is a
wide-awake and progressive citizen, and is essentially one of
the leading physicians and surgeons of Mingo County. On
both the paternal and maternal sides the ancestry of Doc-
tor Salton traces back to staunch Scotch origin. His pa-
ternal great-grandfather came from Scotland in 1837, with
wife and seven children, and established his residence in
the State of New York. On the maternal side the doctor
is a scion of the Henderson and McDonald families, which
were early established in North Carolina.

In his native town of Walton, New York, in the year
1912, Doctor Salton wedded Miss Ella Robertson, daugh-
ter of Alfred and Mary (King) Robertson, both natives of
the State of New York, whence they eventually removed
to California, where Mr. Robertson engaged in ranch en-

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591

■be. Doctor and Mrs. Saltou became the parents of
i children: Virginia, Robert (deceased), and Russell
Jr.

eland James has been a resident of West Virginia
3 boyhood, is now a leading exponent of the real estate
ness at Williamson, Mingo County, and is a former
ber of the State Legislature.

r. James was born in Martin County Kentucky, on the
of September, 1S87, and is a son of David and Mary

(Hall) James, both likewise natives of the old Blue
33 State. David James was engaged in the real estate
mess in Martin County, Kentucky, a number of years,

in 1898 he turned his attention to the timber business,
p logging operations in the vicinity of Diagess, Mingo
fjty, West Virginia. After four years of activity in this

of enterprise he removed to Williamson, where he en-
«d in the real estate business, in connection with which
platted and placed oa the market an attractive sub-
Ision to the city. He continued his active association
a the real estate business and did much important de-
Vpment work until 1920, when he retired. He and his
,e are still residents of Williamson, and both are members
the Baptist Church.

n 1904 Ireland James graduated from the Williamson
jh School, and after being associated with his father s
1 estate operations for a time he served four years as
w dispatcher for the Norfolk & Western Railroad. For

ensuing four years he was a locomotive fireman for this
» and he then resumed his active alliance with hie
her's real estate business, with which he had continued
be connected during the period of his railroad service.
3 father and son conducted also a grocery business, but
s they sold in 1920, when the father retired from active
nness. Since that year Ireland James has successfully
itinued the substantial real estate business in an indi-
ual way, and he is one of the leading representatives of
s important line of enterprise in Mingo County. He is
iliated with both the York and Scottish Rite bodies of the
isonic fraterriity, and also with the Mystic Shrine. He
1 his wife hold membership in the Baptist Church, and

is a republican in political allegiance. Mr. James has
3a active in the local councils of the republican party,
d served one term as representative of Mingo County in
s State Legislature, to which he was elected in 1915. (
At Louisa, Kentucky, in 1914, Mr. James wedded Miss
ice Vinson, a daughter of Lazerus and Vicann (WDey)
nson, both natives of that state. Mr. and Mrs. James
ve no children. The James family, of English origin, was
rly represented in Virginia and Kentucky, and on the
titeraal side Mr. James is of Irish lineage.

i James W. Peters has been one of the progressive and
iccessful exponents of the real estate business at William-
n, judicial center of Mingo County, and has contributed
finitely to the material and civic upbuilding of the city
id county. . .

Mr. Peters was born at Parisburg, Giles County, Virginia,
pril 7, 1864, a son of John D. and Mollie (Sublett) Peters,
>>th likewise natives of the Old Dominion State, where the
spective families were founded in an early day. ^ John
I Peters was a gallant soldier of the Confederacy in the
<vil war, doing scont duty. During the entire period of
le war he was in a Virginia regiment under the command
If General Lee. He was a shoemaker by trade, was in-
nential in public affairs of local order, served as mayor of
adford, as justice of the peace for many years and also
s assessor of Giles County, Virginia. As a young man he
mght successfully in the schools of his native state, and
aere he and his wife continued to reside until their deaths,
i James W. Peters attended the schools of his native town
atil he was fourteen years old, when, owing to the ill health
f his father, who also had given earnest service as a local
reacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, he be-
ame the main support of the family and assumed active
harge of the home farm. The ambitious youth applied
umself diligently to getting out timber and firewood on the

home place, hunting game, and otherwise worked vigorously
to support the family and also to gain advancement. He
gained excellent reputation as a woodsman and guide, and
this led to his being employed as guide and pilot in con-
nection with the first or rcconnoisant survey for the con-
struction of the line of the Norfolk & Western Railroad
from Virginia through to the Ohio River, he having been
but sixteen vcars old at the time. He aided also in the
final location of the line and also as guide to the English
engineer who represented the English capitalists who were
interested in the promotion and construction of the new
railroad. To Mr. Peters is thus due much credit for the
work he did in connection with the defining of the line of
this railroad through Virginia and West Virginia, As an
expert rifle shot he was retained as guard in charge of
convicts who were employed on the construction work, and
after the road was completed he acted as mail carrier at the
general offices of the company at Parisburg, Virginia.
Finally he learned telegraphy, and thereafter he served as
operator and station agent for the Norfolk & Western Rail-
road at Bramwcll, Elkhorn and Richland, West Virginia.
In 1S92 Mr. Peters left the employ of the railroad and en-
gaged in the hotel and mercantile business at Gray, West
Virginia. Seven years later he sold his business at that
place and purchased the hotel known as the Esther Arms?
at Williamson. After successfully conducting this hotel five
years he sold the property and turned his attention ex-
clusively to the real estate business, in which he had
become interested at the time when he established his resi-
dence at Williamson. He has since continued a leading
representative of this line of enterprise in this city, and
his operations, always fair and constructive, have done
much to further the progress of the city and county. When
Mr. Peters began work for the railroad he received $16 a
month and board, and considered his compensation adequate.
Later the railroad company paid him a salary of $200 a
month. He has advanced to substantial prosperity, and
that entirely through his own ability and efforts. He owns
and occupies one of the finest residences at Williamson, is
the owner of coal property of valuable order, and is spe-
cially interested in the promoting of coal properties, the
while he still retains his fondness for hunting and general
outdoor recreation. He and wife are democrats in politics
and are members of churches. In 18S8, in Washington
County, Virginia, Mr. Peters married Miss Lettie Thomas,
daughter of the late John L. Thomas, who was born m Vir-
ginia, as was also his wife, her family name having been
Winn. Mr. Thomas was one of the prosperous farmers of
Washington County. He served under General Lee in the
Civil war, was captured at the battle of Gettysburg, and
thereafter was held a Union prisoner until the close of the
war Mr. and Mrs. Peters have three children: Ethel is the
wife of S. D. Stokes, of Williamson, who is (1922) prose-
cuting attorney of Mingo County; Gladys is the wife of
Richard Dreschler, superintendent of the foreign-exchange
department of the Buffalo Trust Bank, Buffalo, New York;
and Clarence E., the only son, remains at the parental home
and is associated with his father in the real estate business.

Hon. James W. Flynn as a banker and business man has
been vitally identified with many lines of the fundamental
industrial development of West Virginia. His home and
many of his interests are centered at Kingwood, he is a
native of Preston County, and at this writing represents the
county in the legislature. . , ~ .

Mr. Flynn was bonTin Lyon District of Preston County
March 13, 1S61. His grandfather, James Flynn, settled here
in 1S48, and, like many of the other early settlers, came out
of old Virginia. The Flynns for several generations lived in
Fauquier Countv, and "more remotely the family came from
Ireland. James'Flynn on coming to Preston County bought
some of the landlnow owned and operated by the Austen
Coal & Coke Company, and the ten years he lived here were
devoted to farming. He was born in 1806 and died m 1858.
His life was fitly and industriously spent, and represented a
modest contribution to the improvement of the community.
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592 HISTORY OP

old Northwestern Turnpike through Winchester. He buried
his first wife in Fauquier County, and his two sons and five
daughters all reared their families and died in Fauquier
County except Benjamin Flynn.

Benjamin Flynn was born in Fauquier County, was edu-
cated there, and as a young man left his family to enter the
Confederate Army as a memher of the 20th Virginia Infantry.
He was a scout in the mountain sections of Kentucky,
Virginia and West Virginia. Following the war he became
a furnace man in Lyon District, and at the time of his acci-
dental death in 1883 was superintendent of the Irondale
Furnace. Benjamin Flynn married Miss Lydia Buncutter,
of Winchester Virginia, daughter of George Buncutter, who
spent his life m the Shenandoah Valley. Mrs. Lydia Flynn
died in 1869, and the only one of her five children to grow
to maturity is James W. Flynn. The second wife of Benjamin
Flynn was Miss Mary Montgomery, and she and six of her
nine children survive.

James Willoughby Flynn was born at the opening of the
Civil war, and the first stories he heard of the world outside
of his own home were incidents of the great conflict. He
attended the common schools and finished his education in
the Wheeling Business College. He had grown up around
an iron furnace, and eventually became superintendent of
the industry his father conducted at the time of his death.
Mr. Flynn in 1889 left the iron business and for three succeed-
ing years was a merchant at Kingwood, as a partner of Hon.
C. M. Bishop. He left merchandising to become associated
with the financial and industrial interests of the syndicate
whose two principal figures were Stephen B. Elkins and
Henry G. Davis, and he has been more or less associated
with this group ever since. He was in their real estate depart-
ment and was a cruiser over various coal properties of the
Elkins-Davis Company, and gave his time to this and similar
work until 1904. Since then he has rather concentrated his
energies at Kingwood in the real estate business and banking.

Mr. Flynn organized in 1903 the Kingwood National Bank,
with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars, and
which now has surplus and capital of fifty thousand dollars.
He was elected vice president and since 1914 has been pres-
ident. The vice presidents are George A. Herring and U. A.
Craig, and the cashier is Ivan Davis. Mr. Flynn is finan-
cially interested in the Logan Developments of Logan County,
in the Kingwood Stone Company, in the National Fuel
Company of Morgan town, and the Deaker Hill Coal Company
of Kingwood, and has some important private holdings of
his own, which are not yet developed.

Mr. Flynn cast his first presidential vote for James G.
Blaine. For sixteen years he was chairman of the Preston
County Republican Committee, has been a member of the
Senatorial and Congressional Committees, and has served
in hoth branches of the Legislature. In 1908 he was elected
to the State Senate, then presided over by Hon. L. J. Fore-
man, during the administration of Governor Dawson. His
senatorial district comprised Preston, Tucker, Mineral, Grant
and Hardy counties, and he was the unanimous choice of
his party for the senatorial nomination. While in the Senate
he was a member (i the committees on banking, finance,
judiciary, and was chairman of the banking committee. His
chief interests in the legislation of that session was prohibition
and the income tax. He championed the former and was an
opponent of the income tax law as then presented to the
body, though he favored fifty per cent of the income going
to the government of West Virginia. Mr. Flynn was one
of the fifteen republican senators who left the state to keep
the democrats from organizing the Senate. One of those
fifteen senators has since been governor of the state and
another one United States senator from West Virginia. After
his senatorial term there followed a considerable interval
before he was chosen, in 1920, to the Lower House of the
Legislature. He entered the House in January, 1921, under
Speaker E. M. Keatley^ and has been a member of the
finance, banks and banking, mines and mining committees.
A project in which he is deeply interested for the welfare
of the state as a whole is the development of water power.
Hardly second to water power development has been road
improvement. He supported the general road measure pro-
viding for the connection of all the county seats of the state
with permanent highways,^ and favored the fifty million

1ST VIRGINIA

dollar bond issue as a revolving fund until the state highwaii
system is completed. Mr. Flynn also sought to increase tr
efficiency of the state police force, and whether as a legislate
or private citizen he is for law and order first of all. Improvi
ment of the facilities and advancement of the welfare t
locality or state are matters that enlist his co-operation witll
out solicitation, and his contributions to the practical achievu
ments of such objects is commensurate with his ability to pa]

Mr. Flynn has a wide personal acquaintance with eminer
West Virginians, including Governor White, Governs
Dawson and Governor Atkinson, with United States Senatoi
Stephen B. Elkins and N. B. Scott, snd he voted for Scol
for United States senator, while he himself was a membe
of the State Senate, and also supported Davis Elkins t
succeed to the unexpired term of his noted father. He kne
Senator Goff, and these and other political leaders of tr
state met in many conventions. He was campaign manage
for this district for Congressman Dayton and for Georg!
Bowers, who now represents the Second West Virginia DistricJ
in Congress. Mr. Flynn is a Royal Arch Mason and a membe
of the Eastern Star.

In Preston County March 6, 1886, he married Miss Anni j
V. Klauser. Both before and after her marriage her lit
was one of such service and influence as to require no mem(
orial of the present generation of Preston County people
She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 1
1861, and died February 9, 1919. She was granted the firs!
four year certificate to teach ever issued in Preston Count;'
and was a valuable factor in the educational affairs of tni
county for eight years before her marriage. She was actiw
in the Presbyterian Church and its various societies, an<!
was deeply concerned in auxiliary war work, and at tht 1
time of her death some French orphan children were depend
ing upon her for support.

Levi Klauser, father of Mrs. Flynn, was one of Prestoi
County's best loved and most influential characters. H<
represented a branch of the Pennsylvania Dutch who settlec
in Pennsylvania in the seventeen hundreds and becami
founders of Churchtown, that state, where Levi Klausa
was born in 1818. He received the college education whid
was a matter of tradition in the family and his first calling
was that of a civil engineer. From that he entered journalism."
and one of his first ventures was at Pittsburgh, where hi
became editor and proprietor of the Pittsburgh Times, suba&i
quently consolidated with the Pittsburgh Gazette. Or.
selling his interests in Pittsburgh Mr. Klauser removed tel
Kingwood, West Virginia, and about 1866 founded th«|
Preston County Journal, and remained its proprietor until
his death in 1871. He made this the leading paper of thef
county. His writings were characterized by a sound literary
style, and were especially effective in influencing the develop-
ment and social improvement of the county. Personally
and through his paper he insisted that the people should!
show a proper civic pride in Kingwood, and that has been
accounted as one of the imporant influences in making King-'
wood a good, clean place in which to live. Levi Klauser was
born in an environment of sound ideals, and in his active
life he never departed therefrom. He was a republican in
politics, was affiliated with the Odd Fellows and Masons,
was a member of the Methodist Church, in physique was of
medium size and though he lived in Preston County only a
few years he enjoyed an immense popularity. He married
Caroline Silkknitter, of German ancestry, a family still
represented in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Levi
Klauser and wife had two children, and they were reared
in a printing office, an environment that gave a practical
turn to their education. The son is John R. Klauser, a
printer and newspaper man of Indianapolis.

Mr. and Mrs. Flynn had three children, the oldest being
Ben L., referred to in the following paragraph. The second,
Charles Willoughby^ Flynn, is an electrical engineer in Logan
County, West Virginia, and by his marriage to Miss Ellen
Gore has a daughter Martha M. The daughter of Senator
Flynn is Nellie M. now the wife of Russell C. Burnside, of
Kingwood.

Benjamin L. Flynn, who died of the influenza at Logan,
West Virginia, November 1, 1918, was then thirty-two years
of age, yet his effici ncy in his profession and his talent for
business had enabled him to create a modest fortune in less

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593

in a decade of activity. He was a civil and mining engineer,
ing a graduate of the Kingwood High School and the
temational Correspondence School of Scranton, and began
i active career as a civil engineer during the construction
the Morgan town and Kingwood Railway. He became an
igineer for the Elkins Coal & Coke Company, and subse-
lently established himself in a general engineering practice,
hile so engaged he became superintendent for the Logan
ining Companv at Logan, and was filling that position
hen he died. He was a young business man with a very
hgnctic personality, had a peculiar faculty for handling
bor easily and without friction, attracted friends to him
fc>m all walks of life, and was a nature lover, fond of the
bods and of all the life and things of natural creation. He
rved three years as a member of the West Virginia National
uard, and had few equals as a marksman. lie stood high
1 Masonry and was a member of the Temple of the Mystic
^rine at Wheeling. Benjamin L. Flynn married Miss Mamie
ilworth, who survived him with three children, James W.,
ernard E. and Donald J.

Captain John Porter. A most unusual and distinguished
gure in the business and industrial affairs of the Upper Ohio
alley was the late Captain John Porter, who died February
, 1922. As an estimate of who he was and what he did in
le world of affairs nothing better could be said than to repeat
ae words of an editorial in the Evening Review of East
liverpool :

"The East Liverpool District today joins with Hancock,
Irooke and Ohio counties, West Virginia, and, in fact, the
btire Ohio Valley, in mourning the death of Captain John
'orter, of Kenilworth, West Virginia, originator as well as
ioneer in the paving brick industry in the United States,
wt his home in the West Virginia town he died last night
t the age of eighty-three, after a successful career in business
,nd public life.

"Wherever paving brick is used — and there is not believed

0 be even a hamlet in the broad expanse of America in
?hich vitrified fire clay is not used for street purposes — the
lame of Captain Porter is honored, for he is the oldest paving
brick manufacturer in the United States, and it was due to
'lis efforts that brick was adopted for this purpose by munici-
palities.

1 "Captain Porter's success in the business world should
encourage ambitious men of the present and future genera-
Jons. Discouragement on all sides — even ridicule — proved
10 obstacle when his experiments in the manufacture of brick
convinced him that vitrified fire clay was adaptable for street
paving. He introduced paving brick after members of coun-
cils in cities laughed at the idea. But when his arguments
failed to win over skeptics he adopted the novel plan of
shipping a nominal number of brick to cities to be used in
paving a portion of a street for testing purposes. And after
each test came a substantial order.

"To Captain Porter belongs the credit for manufacturing
the brick used for the first paved street in Wheeling. This
was in the early '80s. In 1S84 he introduced paving brick
in Ohio, his product being used to improve a section of Third
Street in the City of Steubenville. And so satisfactory did
the vitrified fire clay prove that twenty-six years later — in
1910 — authorities of Steubenville forwarded a letter, pointing
out that no repairs had been necessary to the portion of the
thoroughfare paved with brick from his plan except when
the street was torn up to lay pipe or street car lines.

"Not only in commercial affairs did Captain Porter make
his mark. He was a familiar figure in the river trade and
was a leader in West Virginia politics. He served one term
as sheriff of Hancock County and two terms in the West
Virginia Legislature, of which one of his four sons, J. Nessly
Porter, is now a member.

"The Ohio Valley has suffered a great loss in the death
of Mr. Porter."

Captain Porter was born at Martins Ferry, Ohio, August
7, 1838, son of Moses Porter. It was in the early period of
his life that he had his experience as an Ohio River man.
He operated a line of steamboats and barges on the Ohio
and Mississippi between Pittsburgh and New Orleans. He
was'owner of the steamboat which bore his name and which
in 1877 came up the river from Memphis with several of the
crew suffering from yellow fever. None of the towns along

the way would permit the boat to land so as to secure medical
attention, and the ill-fated barge had its ending near Gal-
lipolis t where the disease raged all winter, six persons dying
from its effects. When he became a manufacturer of brick
the old hand processes were still in use, and it is said that he
and his helpers could make about thirty-five hundred brick
a day, firing about two kilns a week. The first brick pave-
ment laid in any city in America was at Charleston, West
Virginia, where building brick was laid on Summers Street
in 1871. Although these brick were not so satisfactory as the
later vitrified paving brick, they served their purpose for
thirtv-eight years, and some of these brick are still preserved
in the state museum at Charleston. This brick us?d at
Charleston was manufactured and sold by Captain Porter,
and he always took a great deal of justifiable pride in that
conception.

On December 7, 1S70, Captain Porter married Miss Carrie
Mahan. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversurv
a little over a year before the death of Captain Porter, anil
Mrs. Porter survives him with four sons and one daughter:
Fred G., James Bennett, J. Nessly and Sidney C. Porter,
and the daughter is Mrs. Fred B. Lawrence. Captain Porter
was also survived by thirteen grandchildren.

In politics Captain Porter was a stanch republican, his
first vote being cast for Abraham Lincoln. His service as
sheriff of Hancock County was for the term 1S91-95. He
was twice elected a member of the We?t Virginia House of
Delegates, serving his first term beginning in 1911.

The Globe Brick Company, one of the largest plants of
its kind in the Upper Ohio Valley, is located at Kenilworth,
one mile below Newell and about two miles from Liverpool,
Ohio. The entire community of Kenilworth is an outgrowth
of the brick plant.

This industry was established at Kenilworth bv the late
Captain John Porter in 1S93. In that year he erected the
first units of the plant. That was a year of stringent financial
conditions, and the hard times following compelled him to
sell the property, and it was only irregularly operated until
the plant was burned in 1900. Somewhat later Captain
Porter again secured the property and in 1906 rebuilt the
plant. In 1909 the business was incorporated with a capital
stock of $150,000 under the name of the Kenilworth Brick
Company. In 1920 this name was changed to the Globe
Brick Company, and Captain Porter continued the active
head of the business until his recent death. The stock in
the company was held by himself and others of his family,
including his sons Fred G., James Bennett, J. Nessly aiid
Sidney C. All but James B. are directly interested in the
operations of the company, James B. being a director in the
company but giving his chief time to the management of
his farm near Kenilworth. Since the death of Captain Porter
Fred G. has been president and general manager; J. Nesslv,
secretary and treasurer; and Sidney C, in charge of the
mechanical department. The company's property embraces
twenty acres, about half of which is covered by the kilns,
yards and other operations. The plant has the equivalent
of twenty-three standard kilns, each with a capacity of
sixty-five thousand brick, and the annual output ranges
around twenty-five million brick. The plant has always
been operated primarily for the production of paving brick,
though a considerable portion of the output is building brick
and fire clay brick. The company has about one hundred
employes, with a pay roll of about $9,000 per month, while
about a similar amount is paid out for coal for fuel. The
company also owns the clay under several hundred acres of
adjacent land, and this clay is sufficient for three or four
generations of continuous operation.

Fred G. Porter, president of the company, like his two
younger brothers, grew up in the business, and their exper-
ience has given them a practical familiarity with every phase
of brick manufacture. Fred G. Porter married Margaret
Allison, and their four children are: William Frederick,
Richard Allison, Jane Caroline and Robert Grant. Mr. Fred
Porter is a prominent Mason, and has taken both the York
and Scottish Rite, with all the degrees and orders except the
thirty-third in the Scottish Rite, and is a member of the
Mystic Shrine. He belongs to all of these bodies in Wheeling,
West Virginia.

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Lape Chafin, one of the representative attorneys of the
younger generation in Mingo County, is engaged in the
practice of his profession at Williamson, the county seat, in
which city he was born February 1, 1896. He is a son of
Rev. James M, and Elizabeth Susan (Bevins) Chafin, the
former a native of West Virginia and the latter of Ken-
tucky. The father, a clergyman of the Christian Church,
was actively interested in public affairs and was specially
influential in the movement which led to the creation of
Mingo County, after the organization of which he was
appointed the first clerk of the County Court.

In 1913 Lafe Chafin graduated from the Williamson
High School, and he then entered Washington and Lee
University, where he carried forward his studies in both the
literary and law departments, in the latter of which he was
graduated in 1917, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
Almost immediately after his graduation he found the call
of patriotism greater than immediate professional ambition,
for in July, 1917, he enlisted for service in the World war.
He passed three months at Fort Benjamin Harrison, In-
diana, where he received commission as second lieutenant
and was assigned to the Forty-fifth United States Infantry.
With his command he was transferred to Camp Taylor,
Kentucky, later to Camp Gordon, Georgia, and thence to
Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, where his regiment
received orders for overseas service. The command pro-
ceeded to Camp Mills, New York, and soon afterward sailed
from the port of the national metropolis. When the trans-
port was two days out it received orders to return, owing
to the signing of the historic armistice. Mr. Chafin and his
comrades landed at Hohoken, New Jersey, November 14,
1918, and then returned to Camp Mills. After a brief stop
at Camp Sheridan, Alabama, Mr. Chafin 's regiment returned
to Camp Gordon, Georgia, where it was assigned service in
connection with demobilization. He there received his
honorable discharge in September, 1919, and upon his return
to Williamson he entered the law office of B. Randolph Bias.
In March, 1920, he was admitted to the bar of his native
state, at Charleston, and then became associated with Mr.
Bias in practice. On the 1st of January, 1922, Mr. Bias,
one of the leading members of the bar of the state, admitted
him to professional partnership, under the firm name of
Bias & Chafin, and thus he initiates the practice of his
profession under most favorable auspices, while his admis-
sion to this partnership betokens alike his sterling character
and professional ability. The firm is retained as counsel
for the Coal Operators Association, and its practice is thus
largely of corporation order. Mr. Chafin is a member of the
Mingo County Bar Association and the West Virginia Bar
Association, is affiliated with the American Legion, the
Alpha Chi Rho college fraternity and the Masonic frater-
nity, and in the Masonic fraternity he has membership in
the local Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the
York Rite and the Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling.
He is a democrat is political allegiance, and he and his
wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church.

In New York City, in 1918, Mr. Chafin wedded Miss
Gladys Claire Pierce, daughter of W. Frank and Clara
(Miller) Pierce, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, where Mr.
Pierce is engaged in the timber and lumber business. Mr.
and Mrs. Chafin are popular figures in the representative
social activities of their home city.

Lafayette E. Lawson, D. D. S. In the career of Dr.
Lafayette E. Lawson, a leading dental specialist of Wil-
liamson, there are to be found those elements which make
interesting hiography. Success in professional life, varied
experiences of a military character, interest in civic affairs
and modest personal deportment serve to make him a figure
to be singled out in his community, where, however, he is
inclined to prefer to be known merely as an earnest follower
of an honorable profession and a citizen who respects the
laws of his state and country.

Doctor Lawson was born February 22, 1890, in Mingo
County, West Virginia, a son of Harry and Ella (Murray)
Lawson, natives of Virginia. His father has been engaged
in the real estate business for many years, and is one of the

prominent and influential men of his locality. After attend-
ing the public schools Lafayette E. Lawson pursued a courae I
at the Williamson High School, from which he was gradu-l
ated as a member of the class of 1906. He then entered the
University of Kentucky, at Louisville, and in 1910 was
graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery,
He began practice at Hempstead, Texas, where he remained
for two years, and in 1912 took up his residence and opened
an office at Williamson, West Virginia, where he now spe-
cializes in dental reconstruction work.

On January 4, 1916, Doctor Lawson enlisted in the army I
recruiting service, and while stationed at Columbus, Ohio,
was commissioned second lieutenant. In March, 1917, when
his detachment was transferred to Fort McPherson, he was
put into field work as a field officer, and later was stationed
for two months at Camp Stuart, Newport News. Ordered
overseas, Doctor Lawson was attached to the British forces
at Saint Dizier, France, whence troops were dispatched
to the front, and remained with the British until the
American troops got into the field, when he joined the
Second Pioneer Infantry, Second Army Corps, under General
Huiler, remaining with that outfit during all its numerous
engagements in the Meuse, Argonne, St. Mihiel and Verdun
sectors. When the armistice was signed Doctor Lawson
was attached to the S. O. S. salvage department, and after
being at Dijon and Buda Pesth, Germany, for the Red
Cross, returned to Belgium, sailed from Antwerp, and
arrived at Hoboken in 1920. He went then to Camp Grant,
where he received his honorable discharge, with the rank of
captain, having received his commission as such in 1919.

Upon his return to Williamson Doctor Lawson joined the
state troops as captain and went into Logan County, where I
he remained in the state service for a month, during all the I
trouble with the striking miners. Receiving his honorable 1
discharge in September, 1921, he returned to Williamson
and resumed his practice, in which he has been very success-
ful. He has reached a high place in his profession and
belongs to the various organizations thereof, likewise hold-
ing membership in the Elks and the Kiwanis Club.

Marvin Lambert. Nearly twenty years of experience in
the coal industry has given Marvin Lambert a thorough in-
sight into the business, and the various position which he
has held and the territory which he has covered have com- i
hined to make him well and favorably known, particularly 1
in his present location, Borderland, Mingo County, where he [
is cashier and assistant secretary of the Borderland Coal
Corporation. Mr. Lambert is a native of Rush, Kentucky, '
and was born February 2, 1883, a son of Samuel T. and ^
Margaret Elizabeth (Simpson) Lambert, natives of Ken- •
tucky. The Lambert family came originally from Virginia,
while the Simpsons have been known for many years in
Kentucky.

Samuel T. Lambert, one of the pioneer coal men in this ;
district of West Virginia, came here from Kentucky in
1893 and located at Thacker, where he worked as a miner
for the old Maritime Coal Company. When he left Thacker
he became superintendent of the Red Jacket Consolidated
Companies, and came to this locality before Mingo County
was formed. After its organization as a county he was
honored by election as first justice of the peace, and served
capably and honorably in that capacity. Embarking in busi-
ness for himself, he became the organizer of the Magnolia
Coal Company, but later went to Logan County, where he
had charge of the Shamrock Mine. Next Mr. Lambert went
West as superintendent for a Colorado mining company, but ;
after one year in Colorado returned to West Virginia and
located in Mingo County as superintendent of the Stone
Mountain Coal Company, an industry with which he re-
mained two years. On leaving that concern he went into the
mercantile business at Matewan, West Virginia. At the
age of sixty-one years Mr. Lambert is still active not only
in business life but in civic affairs as well. A republican
since his early manhood, he has been one of the wheel-
horses of his party, and his political record is an eminently
honorable one. In fact his honesty has been such that on
several occasions in the past he has been betrayed and
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i integrity and belief in his follows to further their own
ds. Mr. Lambert's name haa been prominently men-
>ned in connection with the ofliee of mine inspector for
is district.

Marvin Lambert was given the advantages of attendance
the country schools of Carter County, Kentucky, and for
ur and one-half years worked as clerk for his father, who
is serving in the capacity of postmaster. Next he took a
urse at the National Business College, Roanoke, Virginia,
id upon its completion returned for a time to the postoffice,
»t in November , 1903, began his experience with the coal
dustry when he started to work as pay roll clerk for the
:»d Jacket Coal Company. He remained with that con-
rn until September 30, 190S, when he resigned to venture
to the hazardous field of politics as a candidate for the
Bee of Circuit Court clerk. Being defeated, he secured
nployment as cashier and purchasing agent for the Crozer
sal and Coke Company at Elkhorn, West Virginia, with
hich firm he remained two years and nine months. On
etobcr 1, 1911, he came to Borderland as bookkeeper and
ishicr for the Borderland Coal Company, remaining until
'ay 5, 1913, when he moved to Bluefield as bookkeeper for
ie Baldwin-Felt Detective Agency. After eight months he
>ined the Guyandotte Coal Company at Kitchen, West
irginia, and remained three and one-half months, then
'turning to Bluefield and becoming a traveling salesman,
i July, 1914, he returned to Borderland, where he has since
een cashier and assistant secretary of the Borderland Coal
orporation, located on the main line of the Norfolk &
Western Railroad, six miles west of Williamson. Mr. Lam-
ert bears an excellent reputation in mining circles, and is
Dnsidered one of the thoroughly informed men in his line.

On October 11, 1905, at Edgarton, West Virginia, Mr.
.ambert was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Adams,
aughter of Charles J. and Elizabeth Adams, natives of
fentucky, where Mr. Adams was superintendent of a coal
line. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lam-
>ert: Evelyn Francis, born in 1906, and Helen Adams,
>om in 1907. The family are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and are generous contributors to
.11 worthy movements, either of a religious, educational
•r civic character. Politically Mr. Lambert gives his
Jlegiance to the democratic party. He is a Scottish Rite
Hffason and a member of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

Benjamin J. Read, M. D., who since 1911 has been in
charge of mine practice in the coal district of Mingo
bounty, where he is in charge of the professional service of
:his order for the Red Jaeket Consolidated Coal Company,
maintains his home and headquarters at Red Jacket. He is
l skilled physician and surgeon who is aiding effectively in
maintaining the high standard of his profession in the
*tate.

Doctor Read was born on the family homestead farm in
Bedford County, Virginia, August 11, 1876, and is a son
of Thomas G. and Imogene Penn (Jordan) Read. Thomas
G. Read was born on the same old homestead, in 1851, and
there his death occurred in 1913, his widow still remaining
there. Thomas G. Read was a university graduate, but was
content to devote bis attention to the basic industries of ag-
riculture and stock-growing, of which he continued a suc-
cessful exponent in his native state until the close of his
life. He was a democrat and was influential in public af-
fairs of a local order. His father, Dr. John Thomas Wyatt
Read, was named in honor of three Read brothers who died
at Valley Forge while serving as patriot soldiers in the
War of the Revolution. The American progenitors of the
Read family came from the ancestral seat of the family at
Readsdale in the North of England, one representative of
the name having settled in New Jersey, one in Bedford
County, Virginia, and one in a state farther to the south.
George Read, another member of the family, wa9 a resident
of Delaware and figures in history as one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence. Dr. John T. W. Read
owned a fine landed estate of 2,500 aeres on the Lynchburg
and Salem Turnpike in Bedford County, Virginia, and most
of this property is still in the possession of the family. He
was long one of the leading physicians and surgeons of that

section of the Old Dominion State, and was a man of far
reaching iufluence in connection with civic and public af
fairs.

Dr. Benjamin J. Read, the only son in a family of five
children, gained much of his early education in New Lon
don Academy, near the old home, this institution having
been founded in 1793 and is still one of the important in-
dustrial schools of Virginia. At this academy the doctor
continued hia studies until he was eighteen years of age,
and in 1896 he matriculated in the medical department of
the historic old University of Virginia, in which he was
graduated as a member of the class of 1900. After thus
receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he was for two
years established in practice at Bellevue in his native
county. For five years thereafter he was connected with
the medical department of the United States Bureau of
Pensions in the City of Washington, D. C, and he next
passed one year in Oklahoma as special examiner for this
bureau. In April, 1911, Doctor Read established his resi-
dence at Red Jacket, West Virginia, where his large general
and mine practice places heavy demands upon his time and
attention and marka him as one of the representative phy-
sicians and surgeons of Mingo County. Until its destruc-
tion by fire Doctor Read also had charge of the hospital at
Matewan. He is a member of the Mingo County Medical
Society, West Virginia State Medical Society and the Ameri-
can Medical Association. In the Masonic fraternity he is
affiliated with Marshall Lodge No. 39, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, at Lynchburg, Virginia; the Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons at Wayne, West Virginia; Bluefield
Commandery No. 19, Knights Templars, at Bluefield, this
state; and the Consistory of the Scottish Rite at Wheeling.
The doctor is a past noble grand of Friendship Lodge No.
12, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Washington,
D. C, is a member of the Lodge of Elks at Huntington, his
religious faith is that of the Presbyterian Church, and
his wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South.

June 8, 1921, recorded the marriage of Doctor Read and
Miss Chloe Dymple Spriegel, daughter of E. L. Spriegel, of
Red Jacket, and she is a popular figure in the representa-
tive social life of the community.

Evan Thomas. A leading figure in the coal industry of
Mingo County is Evan Thomas, superintendent of the Cin-
derella Mine and a man who has had much experience in his
line of endeavor. Mr. Thomas has been a constructive force
in the activities which have contributed to the development
of this region, and has played his part in the movements
which have uncovered some rich coal mining properties. He
was born at Monmouthshire, England, March 10, 1873, and
is a son of James and Elizabeth (Williams) Thomas, natives
of Wales and England, respectively.

On the paternal side Mr. Thomas is descended from an
old Welch family, while on the maternal side he is con-
nected with the Williams family, which at one time con-
ducted the famous Whistle Inn at Blan Avon, England, one
of the most noted of the old English inns. His parents
immigrated to the United States and located at Scranton,
Pennsylvania, in 1881, and there James Thomas, who had
been a skilled and experienced miner in the old country,
secured as his first employment the work of sinking what
was known as the Saloan shaft. In this line he was ac-
counted an expert, and followed the same specialty at
various places, including Glenlyon, Luzerne and other places
in Pennsylvania, until 1890, when he removed to Randolph
County, West Virginia.

Evan Thomas attended the common school at Scranton,
Pennsylvania, but as he started to work when he was only
eleven yeara of age his education waa somewhat limited,
although later he attended school intermittently dnring the
winter months when it was not possible for him to be at his
employment. His first work was as a trapper, after which
he was made a mule driver, and before he had reached the
age of twenty years he had been advanced to the post of
boss driver. About this time he came with his father to
Randolph County, West Virginia, and first located at
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as a buyer of lumber for the Kele & Morgan Company,
and also acted as an inspector. During the five years
that he was identified with this concern he spent two years
in North Carolina. Later he became identified with the
Keyes-Fannon Company as superintendent of their lumber
mill, and for five years continued as the head of this band-
saw and circular-saw mill. In 1911 he left this firm and
joined the Sycamore Coal Company, opening up all their
properties, including the Cinderella Mine, erecting the build-
ings for the housing of the miners, as well as the office,
stores, etc., and getting out much of the lumber, for, while
he was a miner, he was likewise a lumberman and his ex-
perience in both directions assisted him greatly. Since
then Mr. Thomas has continued as general superintendent
of the Cinderella Mine, located at Cinderella Post Office,
about two and one-half miles up the branch of the N. & W.
Railway, which turns off the main line about three miles
east of Williamson. He is widely and favorably known in
coal mining circles of this part of the state, and has the
confidence of his employers and the respect of his men.
Mr. Thomas is a thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite Mason,
a Knight Templar, an Elk, a Shriner and a Pythian Knight.
With his family he belongs to the Presbyterian Church. On
May 9, 1908, Mr. Thomas married at Pikeville, Kentucky,
Miss Josephine L. Francis, daughter of D. L. and Katherine
(Dean) Francis, natives of Kentucky. Mr. Francis, who at
one time was engaged in the lumber business with the W. M.
Ritter Lumber Company, is now engaged in the insurance
business at Pikeville. Mrs. Thomas is a direct descendant
of the distinguished Dr. James Draper of Philadelphia, and
on her mother 's side belongs to the Gibson family of which
Charles Dana Gibson is a member.

Eevin Prentice Stepp, M. D., is another of the able
physicians and surgeons engaged in successful general prac-
tice in the great coal-mining districts of West Virginia, his
residence and professional headquarters being at Kermit,
Mingo County.

Doctor Stepp was born at Pilgrim, Martin County, Ken-
tucky, September 30, 1888, and is the only child of Moses
and Elizabeth (Payne) Stepp, whose marriage was solem-
nized in that county, where Mrs. Stepp was born and reared.
Moses Stepp was born in Tennessee, and after his marriage
he was actively identified with the timber business on Tug
River in Kentucky and West Virginia, his death having
occurred when he was still a young man and when his only
child, subject of this sketch, was a small boy. The widowed
mother later became the wife of C. C. Fannin, a lawyer in
Martin County, and later they came to Mingo County, West
Virginia, and established their home at Naugatuck. There
the death of Mr. Fannin occurred, and his widow now resides
with her son, Dr. Ervin P. Stepp, who is still an eligible
bachelor.

Doctor Stepp acquired his early education in the public
schools of Martin and Lawrence counties, Kentucky, and as
a young man he was a successful teacher in the schools of
Martin County and also Mingo County, West Virginia, he
having taught six different schools. Finally, with his sav-
ings and the further financial reinforcement gained through
money lent to him by friends who approved his ambitious
purpose, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, and there
entered the National University, where he completed his
high school course the first year and also passed the
examination that enabled him to enter the medical depart-
ment of the institution. In hia last year at the university
he again did double work, by taking not only the regular
studies of the medical school but also specialized in the
study of diseases of children. After receiving his degree of
Doctor of Medicine from this institution he was for two
years engaged in practice at Parma, New Madrid County,
Missouri, and he then returned to his native county in
Kentucky, whence, shortly afterward, he came to Kermit,
West Virginia, where he has since built up a most successful
practice, in which he is associated with Dr. H. Haws, This
representative professional firm has the practice of the
Himler, Earlston and Grey Eagle mines in addition to a
large general practice. Doctor Stepp is a member of the
Mingo County Medical Society, the West Virginia Medical

Society and the American Medical Association, he is i
democrat in politics and is affiliated with the Lodge of
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Lnez, Kentucky. Hia
revered and devoted mother presides over the domestic 1
economies and social hospitalities of their pleasant home,
she having been his inspiration, his guide and counsellor,
and he having provided for her since his boyhood days, with
utmost filial solicitude.

Thomas A. Shewey has the characteristics and the ample
experience that combine to make him one of the efficient'
and popular executives in connection with coal-mining
operations. He is manager of the GTey Eagle Mine of ths |
Grey Eagle Coal Company at Grey Eagle, in the extreme
lower end of Mingo County, West Virginia, and also of the |
Dempsey Coal Company, the mine of which is situated ini
the adjoining Kentucky County of Martin, the tipple of |
this mine being over the line in West Virginia. The Grey j
Eagle Mine was opened in 1908 and the Dempsey Mine, in
1919, under the direct management of Mr. Shewey, who |
has been actively identified with operations in this field j
since 1916.

Mr. Shewey, who maintains his home and executive head- .]
quarters in the Village of Grey Eagle, was born on Mb
father 'a farm in Bland County, Virginia, December 13, !
1877, and is a son of Walter and Ellen (Fry) Shewey, the 1
former of whom died in 1915, at the age of fifty-eight years,
and the latter of whom remains on the old home farm, she I
having attained to the venerable age of seventy-eight years
(1922). Mrs. Ellen Shewey is a daughter of Abram Fry, 1
who was born in Wythe County, Virginia, and who died in i]
Bland County, that state, in 1920, at the remarkable age of.
ninety-eight years, his active career having been one of I
close association with farm enterprise. Walter Shewey was |
a son of Washington Shewey, who was an early settler and i
representative farmer in Bland County and who also served *
the United States Government as collector of internal,
revenue. When the Civil war was precipitated Washington
Shewey was so determined not to be drawn into the Con- )
federate service, owing to his intense loyalty to the Federal: I
Government, that he set forth with wagon and ox team and'
made his way across the plains to the gold fields of Montana, |
where be gained pioneer honors. He eventually returned to [
Virginia, where he passed the remainder of his life. He
was a stalwart republican, as have been the other men of •
the family in later generations, he was affiliated with the | '
Masonic fraternity and was a member of the Methodist '
Episcopal Church. Walter and Ellen (Fry) Shewey became I
the parents of four sons and one daughter : Charles A, is a
merchant at Carus, Bland County, Virginia; William F, is !
engaged in the cotton-seed oil business in Kansas City, Mis- 1
souri ; David F. is a farmer of Virginia ; Thomas A., of this i
sketch, was next in order of birth; Mande is the wife of
P. A. Conner, and they reside in the State of Florida.

Thomas A. Shewey attended graded school in his native 1
county, and at the age of twenty years was graduated in the
high school at Sharon. Thereafter he was for two years '
a student in the department of liberal arte in Grant Uni- 1
versity, Athens, Tennessee, and in 1902 he came to the |
Pocahontas coal fields of West Virginia. He became a
salesman in the general store conducted by the Mill Creek
Coal & Coke Company at Cooper, McDowell County, and six
months later he was transferred to the company's engineer-
ing department. He severed his connection with this com-
pany two years later and entered the employ of the Cirus
Coal & Coke Company at Big Four, McDowell County,*
where he remained seven years — first as bookkeeper and
thereafter as manager. During the ensuing seven years he
was manager of the Margaret Mining Company at War
Eagle, Mingo County, and since 1916 he has been connected
with the GTey Eagle Coal Company, of which he is mine
manager, as is he also of the Dempsey Coal Company. He
has been actively concerned in virtually all of the great
coal development in this section of West Virginia. Mr.
Shewey is uncompromising in his allegiance to the republican
party. His basic Masonic affiliation is with Vivian Lodge
No. 105, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, at Vivian, Mc-
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I Royal Arch Masons at Northfork, that county, the Com-
ndery of Knights Templars at Blucfield and the Temple
ithe Mystic Shrine in the City of Charleston.
The year 1910 recorded the marriage of Mr. Shewcy and
ss Mae Peetry, daughter of Mrs. Virginia Peetry, and
> three children of this union are Virginia, Thomas A.,
, and Frederick.

John Carl Lawson, M. D. One of the younger men in
j profession, Doctor Lawson is an exceptionally able and
illful surgeon, and has the heavy responsibilities of being
ysiciaa and surgeon in charge of all the mining practice
r the Borderland Coal Corporation, the Chattaray Coal
mpany and the Winif rcde-Thacker Coal Company 's mines
Mingo County. His home and office are in Borderland.
Doctor Lawson is a native of Mingo County, born on
-camore Creek, near Williamson, July 20, 1S94. He is the
n of Harry and Ellen (Murray) Lawson, residents of
illiamson. His father is fifty-five and his mother is fifty
e Harry Lawson, beginning in early manhood and cen-
tring until a few years hence, was an active timber man
i Tug River. He rafted a great volume of timber to mar-
•t on the Ohio River and became widely known as a
iccessful business man. He also was born on Sycamore
reek in Mingo County, while his wife is a native of Louisa,
entucky. The Cinderella Coal Mines arc located on the
awson lands. Doctor Lawson is the second in a family of
>ur children. All three of the sons saw active service in
ie World war. Dr. L. E. Lawson, a Williamson dentist,
ecame a first lieutenant, was trained at Camp Gordon, and
Bring the fifteen months he was in service was first with
ie Fifty-seventh Engineers and then in the Third Pioneer
ofantry, and while on duty in the battle lines was severely
•ounded. He received his discharge at Camp Grant. Lee,
he youngest son, trained at Camp Houston, Texas, and
ompleted his early literary education in the University of
larvland and is now in the University of West Virginia,
'he daughter, Lena, is a student in West Virginia Uni-
ersitv. .

John Carl Lawson acquired his early education in tne
tandolph-Macon Academy and Randolph-Macon College, and
n 1917 he graduated from the College of Medicine and
iurgery of Chicago. While in school he made surgery his
pecial study, and after graduating he was house surgeon of
?t. Anthonv's Hospital in Chicago. From there he re-
urned to West Virginia and was connected with the Logan
Winers' Hospital at Logan. In April, 1918, he was com-
nissioned a first lieutenant. He began his medical training
it Camp Grant, and later was assigned to Camp Lec and
•.hen to Camp Mills and from there went overseas. After
the armistice was signed be was with the Eighth Division
ind the Embarkation Hospital, taking care of the wounded,
and after his return to the United States he remained for
eight months in charge of hospital trains from Hoboken to
all parts of the United States. Upon his discharge from the
army Doctor Lawson eame to his* present duties at Border-
land. . ,

He is a member of the various medical associations, and
is affiliated with O 'Bryan Lodge No. 101 at Williamson,
Wheeling Consistory and a Shrine in Charleston. He is an
active member of the Presbyterian Church.

October 4, 1919, he married Esther Clyde, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Clyde, of Olean, New York. Doctor and
ters. Lawson have one son, John C, Jr.

Benjamin Blaine Wheeler, M. D. As chief of staff
and surgeon of the King's Daughters Hospital at Beckley,
Dr. Benjamin Blaine Wheeler occupies a recognized position
of prominence in medical circles of Raleigh County. His ac-
tivities, however, are not strictly confined to the limits of
his profession, for he is likewise well known in public affairs
and in business and financial affairs. He has contributed
materially to the advancement and progress of the various
communities in which he has lived and labored, and in all
respects has proven himself a man of broad mind and ver-

6a Doctor* Wheeler was born at Clay Court House, Clay
County, West Virginia, July 24, 1876, and is a aon of Ed-

ward B. and Sarah J. (Hamrich) Wheeler. Edward B.
Wheeler was born at Jane Low, Lewis County, West Vir-
ginia, in 1836, and as a young man engaged in fanning.
When the war between tho states came on his sympathies
were with tho North, and he accordingly enlisted in the
Union Army and was assigned to Company F, First West
Virginia Volunteer Infantry. At one time he was a pris-
oner for six months, but escaped while being transported
from one prison to another, and later took part in the
heavy fighting around Petersburg and before Richmond,
he also being present at Appomattox. At Droop Mountain,
Pocahontas County, ho was shot through the body, and
this wound left him an invalid for the remainder of his
life, although he still engaged in farming to some extent
and rounded out a useful career. Always active in repub-
lican politics, he served as postmaster at Clay, as justice
of the peace and as a member of the County Court, and at
one time was elected to the State Senate on the first count,
but lost his seat in the recount of votes. He died in 1899,
respected and esteemed. Mrs. Wheeler, who was born in
1856, at Braxton, West Virginia, died in 1912. They were
the parents of six sons and two daughters, of whom three
sons are now living: G. B., a graduate of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, who is now engaged
in practice at Cressmont, near Lexington, Kentucky; J. B.,
who is assistant cashier of the Elk Valley Bank at Clay;
and Dr. Benjamin Blaine.

Dr. Benjamin B. Wheeler attended public school at Clay
Court House, and during his spare time worked on his fa-
ther 's farm, cut and rafted timber on the Elk River,
worked in construction camps for the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad Company, and turned his hand to whatever honor-
able employment came his way. He also taught two schools,
and then entered Glenville State Normal School, from
which he was graduated in 1900, at that time becoming
principal of the Clay schools, which he bad attended as a
lad. Doctor Wheeler spent only one term in educational
work, and then entered the Medical College of Louisville,
Kentucky, from which he was graduated in 1904, with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine. This training was later sup-
plemented by post-graduate courses in 1906 and 1908 in
the New York Polyclinic, where he specialized in surgery.
After leaving medical college he located at bis boyhood
home, Clay Court House, and in 1906 became superintendent
and surgeon in charge of the McKendrie State Hospital,
where he remained until 1917. In that year he became su-
perintendent and surgeon of the Chesapeake & Ohio Hospi-
tal at Clifton Forge, Virginia, resigning in September,
1921, to take charge of the King's Daughters Hospital at
Beckley. Doctor Wheeler keeps fully abreast of the won-
derful advancements constantly being made in medicine and
surgery, and is a member of the Raleigh County Medical
Society, the West Virginia Medical Society, the American
Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons.
He is a registered pharmacist in West Virginia. Doctor
Wheeler has a number of prominent business connections,
and is president of the Elk Valley Bank, and a director of
the National Bank of Thurmond and of the Carver Fork
Coal Company of Clay County. An active and influential
republican, as early as 1893 he served as general clerk in
the West Virginia House of Delegates. In 1916 and 1917
he was chairman of the Fayette County Republican Central
Committee, and in 1920 was delegate-at-large from Vir-
ginia to the Republican National Convention at Chicago
which nominated Warren G. Harding for the presidency.
Fraternally Doctor Wheeler is a member of Warren Lodge
No. 109, at Berry, West Virginia; Sewell Chapter, R. A. M.,
at Thurmond; Hinton Commandery, K. T., and Beni-Kedem
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Charleston, as well as West
Virginia Consistory, S. R. M., thirty-second degree, at
Wheeling. Ho is a life member of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks at Hinton, and holds membership
in the Clifton Forge Kiwanis Club.

In 1903 Doctor Wheeler was united in marriage with Miss
Fannie L. McMillan, of Louisville, Kentucky. They are
members of the Clifton Forge (Virginia) Methodist Epis-
copal Church.

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Perrt C. Williams. Until he waa well on toward middle
age Mr. Williams kept his energies concentrated upon his
farming and stock-raising enterprise. For over twenty years
he has been a resident of Clarksburg, and though a man of
ample means has never been satisfied with a career of leisure.
His activities and interests make him an associate of some
of the busiest and most influential men in that city.

This is one of the oldest of Harrison County families, and
descendants of the original settler are numerously represented
here. In the different generations, covering more than a
century, the people of this name have taken an important
part in the development of both town and country and in
public affairs.

The original settler in this county was ^William Williams.
One of his descendants, George W. Williams, of Harrison
County, has made some investigation as to the family lines
and has concluded that William Williams was not, as some
have thought, born in Wales, but that his father was a native
of that country and came to America in 1740, settling near
Philadelphia. William Williams was born April 10, 1772,
probably in Pennsylvania, and as a young man removed to
Maryland, where on August 22, 1797, he married Sophia
Freshour, who waa of German lineage. For a time they
lived in the vicinity of Baltimore, and in 1799 William Wil-
liama crossed the mountaina by wagon and aettled in Harrison
County, near the present site of Wilsonburg. He arrived
early enough to take some part in the development of what
was essentially a pioneer district, and lived there the rest of
his life. The children of William and Sophia Williams were:
Mark, John, Jeremiah, Thomas, Isaac, William and three
daughters.

Mark Williams, grandfather of Perry C. Williams, waa
born October 22, 1798, and waa about a year old when the
family came to Harrison County. He, _ therefore, lived in
this county practically all his life, and died here March 25,
1847. He married Jane Tate, who was born August 13,
1803, and died October 10, 1856. Their children were:
Anna, William J., Isaac, Thomas, Margaret, Sophia, Jane
and Hugh. Of these the only survivor at this time is Hugh.

William J. Williams was born in Harrison County, August
6, 1826, and devoted all his active years to the farm. He
was a man of fine intelligence and possessed sterling qualities
of both heart and mind. He died November 21, 1901, at
the age of seventy-six. William J. Williams married Eliza-
beth Jane Riley, who was born in Taylor County, September
8, 1825, and died November 12, 1895. Her father, Freeland
Riley, came from Ireland. The children of these parents
were Margaret Ellen, Riley M., Jahuh, Sarah Ann, Mark,
John T., Isaac, Polly, Perry C, James E., Thompson H.,
Alice, Andrew J. and Ida May. The parents were Baptists,
and the father was a democrat in politics.

Perry C. Williams, who was born on the old homestead
farm in Harrison County, February 2, 1861, spent his youth
in a rural environment, and when not in school was helping
his father carry on the work of an extensive farm. Later,
by purchase, he acquired two hundred acres of the old home-
stead, and with that he continued his own aucceasful efforts
as a farmer and stock man until thirty-nine years of age.
Mr. Williama inherited a strong constitution, and he put it
into effective service through hard work and good manage-
ment, and laid the basis of his prosperity while on the farm.
After leaving the country he lived for a brief time in Salem,
and in 1901 came to Clarksburg, where he completed his
beautiful and dignified residence on East Main Street.

During the past twenty years Mr. Williams has handled
a considerable volume of real estate transactions, buying
chiefly with hia own capital. More important atill haa been
his effort and the use of his capital in developing vacant
property in the city. He waa also one of the organizers of
the Empire National Bank of Clarksburg, was for a time
vice president and is still on the Board of Directors.

Mr. Williams acquired a good common-school education
as a boy, and for six years he was engaged in teaching, for a
period from 1881 to 1887. While on the farm he also served
four years, 1892-96, as justice of the peace. He is a demo-
crat and a member of the Baptist Church.

On October 21, 1886, Mr. Williams married Miss Rosa B.
Randolph, who was born at Salem, Harrison County, No-
vember 3, 1861, daughter of Lloyd F. and Elizabeth (Davis)

Randolph. The Randolpha were another early and pro A
nent family of Harrison County, coming here from the St j
of New Jersey. Their original settlement was at Salt 9
Mra. William's great-grandfather was a aoldier in the Amd.*
can Revolution, and by virtue of her direct descent she Is
memberahip in the Daughters of the American Revolution pi
Mr. and Mrs. Williama have reared four eons, all n,
progressive young men in the buainesa life of Clarkabvl
Their namea are Warren Lee, Lloyd W., Harvey C. 8t
Jesse D.

Frank B. Haymaker. Hia forty-five years of residei-
in Clarksburg also meaaures Mr. Haymaker's experience m
the drug business here. He is one of the oldest active m
chants in continuous service, and among both his older t (
younger associates he is esteemed as a business man N
sterling integrity.

Mr. Haymaker waa born at Morgantown, Weat VirginL
September 9, 1861. Hia grandfather, Leroy Haymaker,
born at Winchester, Virginia, in 1808, and in 1824 moved i
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where in 18)
he married Sarah Sutton, who was born in that county in 181

A son of Leroy Haymaker waa John Hamilton Haymak-
who waa born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, May ]\\
1833. Early in life he learned the tailor'a trade, and did 1
work in that line at Morgantown for a number of years. ,j"
Morgantown he married, September 4, 1859, Mary Virgin j ,
Wells, who waa born at Paw Paw, West Virginia, July 1
1843. Her parents were Marmaduke and Elvira Ja:
(Smith) Wells, the former born at Paw Paw, October 2, 181]
and the latter in Loudoun County, Virginia, July 23, 181
The parents of Marmaduke Wells were Richard and Nand
(Evana) Wella.

John Hamilton Haymaker and wife had the followii
children: Charles M., Frank B., Ella S., Horace L., Willi!
C, Edward E., Flora M., Sallie E., Richard B. and Blanclj
L. All were born at Morgantown, and lived there um
their parents in 1877 moved to Clarksburg. At Clarksbuil
John H. Haymaker continued to work at hia trade as a tailo
and followed that vocation the rest of his life. At the tin
of the Civil war he was a Union soldier four years in Con
pany I, First Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Marylam
Cavalry. He was a republican and a Methodist. H
widow lives at Clarkaburg at the age of seventy-nine.

Frank B. Haymaker was sixteen years of age when 1
accompanied his parenta to Clarksburg. He acquired h:
common achool education at Morgantown. Soon after con
ing to Clarksburg he entered the drug store of his unci)
Horace L. Wells, and that early experience proved the opei
ing for his permanent career. In 1892 he acquired an interes
in hia uncle's business, and the firm name waa then change
to the Wellr-Haymaker Company, and though the aenic
partner has been dead some years Mr. Haymaker still cor
tinues the busineas under the old name.

Mr. Haymaker ia a republican, has served several term
on the Clarkaburg City Council, and for four years, 1888-9S
waa deputy revenue collector under A. B. White. He i
affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk
and Knights of Pythias and the Clarksburg Rotary Club. L
addition to the business over which he has presided for a<
many years Mr. Haymaker has interests in the oil and ga
fields, and ia a director of the Clarksburg Light & Heat Com
pany and the Empire National Bank of Clarksburg.

On December 28, 1888, he married at Tullahoma, Ten
nessee, Miss Florence Edna Gray. Their children are
Genevieve, wife of George G. Lynch; Alma Earle, wife o
Charles G. Coffman; Grace B., wife of J. Lee Hornor; an<
Edna V., wife of John Koblegard, all residents of Clarksburg

James Walker WoonnELL ia one of the veteran hotel mei
of the state. It ia a business in which he grew from boyhood
and he developed those qualities akin to genius required ol
the succeasf ul landlord. He haa managed several well knowi
hotels, and is now manager of the Waldo at Clarksburg.

Mr. Wooddell waa born at Green Bank, Pocahontai
County, Weat Virginia, May 14, 1873, son of William J
and Mattie (Gum) Wooddell, and grandaon of Jamea Wood-
dell, a native of Virginia. William J. Wooddell waa bori:
at Monterey in Highland County, Virginia, was a successful

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kner and merchant, served as sheriff of Pocahontaa County
k~was a member of the Legislature. He was an active
Locrat. After many years of residence in Pocahontaa
llinty he moved to Webster Springs, Webster County, and
|i soon afterward at the age of sixty. His wife, Mattie
'm, was born at Green Bank, Weat Virginia, daughter of
fliam Gum. She is still living, at the ripe age of eighty-
|i, at Webster Springs, where for a number of years she
i< proprietor of the old Wooddell House. She became the
ither of three sona and ai.x daughters.

tames Walker Wooddell learned the hotel business in his
ither's hotel at Webster Springs, and for twenty ycara
inora was actively connected with its management. After
I Webster Springs Hotel wa3 built Mr, Wooddell leased
; property, and conducted this popular house for fifteen
i.rs. For three years he was manager of the Hotel Willard
Grafton, and on April 24, 1916, took charge as manager
the Waldo, the leading hotel of Clarksburg.
Jr. Wooddell ia a democrat, and in 1907-08 represented
bster County in the House of Delegates. He is a Master
ison and Elk.

"n 1907 Mr. Wooddell married Miss Rebecca Keasler, of
iholaa County. She died in 1916, leaving four children,
ned Beatrice, Martha, Virginia and James W. In 1919,
\ Wooddell married Miss Gae Morgan, of St. Petersburg,
:>rida.

Oltob Alonzo Cole is one of the prominent young bankers
i West Virginia. His experience since leaving university
3 been concentrated on banking. His home is at Shinnston,
iere he is cashier of the First National Bank.
Mr. Cole was born at Grafton, June 2, 1880, son of Taylor
and Emma V. (Henning) Cole. The parents were natives
Winchester, Virginia, and for many years lived at Grafton,
iere his father was in the furniture business. The father
now deceased and the mother lives at Shinnston.
Clyde Alonzo Cole acquired a common school education
his native city, and apent two years in Weat Virginia
uversity. He took up his work as a banker in 1905, and
lor to coming to Shinnston in 1914 was caahier of the
*afton Bank. In Shinnston he has been cashier and has
erted a great deal of influence in building up a splendid
lancial institution. The bank was established in 1909,
s a capital atock of $90,000, and total resources of $1,500,-
0. The president of the bank is George W. Harrison, and
e directors include some of the best known citizens in this
ction of Harrison County.

Mr. Cole ia a democrat, a member of the Lutheran Church
nd ia affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Iks. In 1902 he married Miss Florence M. Stroh, of
rafton. Their two children are Richard E. and Katherine
ole.

Grover C. Worrell. A leading member of the Wyom-
tg County bar, who is also prominent in public and politi-
ll affairs of his county and district, is Grovcr C. Worrell,
f Mullens. His career has been one in which he has dem-
nstrated high professional ethics and marked executive
bility, thoroughly warranting the confidence reposed in
un by the people of his community.

Mr. Worrell was born at Hillsville, Carroll County, Vir-
inia, March 13, 1885, and is a son of Christopher C. and
jnerica V. (Watson) Worrell. The great-great-grand-
ather of Mr. Worrell went from Pennsylvania with two
rothers during the Revolutionary war to North Carolina
nd was on the battlefield of Guilford Court House the
ay after the battle. Later the family moved to Virginia,
•here, in Carroll County, was born John Worrell, the
jandfather of Grover C. Worrell. He was stationed at
\>rtress Monroe during the War of 1812, and the powder
iorn that he carried during that war is now one of the
•rized possessions of hia grandson. Later he became one
f the distinguished citizens of his community, and was
ccidentally killed by a horae during the latter part of the
Jivil war. A cousin of John Worrell introduced General
jafayette at Philadelphia on his second visit to the coun-
ry. John Worrell married Ollie Jones, a cousin of John
*aul Jones.

Christopher C. Worrell was born in 1835, in Carroll
County, Virginia, and was reared on a plantation, adopt-
ing agricultural pursuits for his life work when atill a young
man. When the war between the atatea came on he enlisted
in the Confederate service, joining the Forty-fifth Regiment,
Virginia Volunteer Infantry, under General Floyd, and saw
much service in West Virginia, He rose to the rank of first
lieutenant, and participated in the engagements of Carne-
fax Ferry, Cotton Mountain, Fayettcville and Lcwisburg,
and was shot through the right hand at Cloyd's Farm. A
stanch and unwavering democrat, he was chairman of the
Carroll County Democratic Executive Committee for thirty-
five years, and always led hia party to victory, but never
aspired to public office on his own account. Honorable in
his methods and way of living, he had the cateein and re-
apect of all, and when he died, May 28, 1920, his commu-
nity lost one of its best and most public-spirited citizens.
He waa thrice married. One of his wives waa a Miss Wood,
to which union were born five children. After her death he
married America V. Watson, who was born in Carroll County
in 1852, and died in li>97, and they became the parents of
five children. Of the two families 8even were eons, two
now being residents of Wyoming County: Edgar Watson,
engaged in the practice of law at Pineville; and Grover C,
of this review. A twin brother of Grover C. Worrell ia a
well-known physician of Mount Airy, North Carolina.

GTover C. Worrell received his early education in the
home schools and academy, and subsequently attended
Washington and Lcc University, after having taught in four
rural school districts in Carroll County. In January, 1910,
while still a student, he took the bar examination and was
admitted to practice, and in June of the same year gradu-
ated from Washington and Lee with his degree of Bachelor
of Laws. On August 14, 1910, he went to Pineville and
engaged in practice, and in February, 1912, came to Mul-
lens and took the census of this community, at that time a
hamlet of only 241 population. Later he wrote the pres-
ent charter of Mullens. Mr. Worrell was appointed prose-
cuting attorney to fill out the unexpired term of Judge
Bailey when the latter was called to the Circuit bench, and
made a very satisfying official from every standpoint. At
present he is being mentioned very favorably as the nominee
for Congress of the democratic party in his district. He
has a large and lucrative law practice, and is acknowledged
one of the most learned, thorough and able legists in Wyom-
ing County, while his qualifications as to citizenship and
personal probity are of the highest. Mr. Worrell is a stock-
holder in the Bank of Mullens and a member of the Board
of Directors and attorney for the First National Bank of
Pineville. He is a Methodist in his religious faith, while
Mrs. Worrell is a Baptist. Judge Worrell is now master
of Mullens Lodge, A. F. and A. M.; a member of Prince-
ton Chapter, R. A. M. ; has attained the Scottish Rite de-
gree at Huntington; is a Knight Templar at Wheeling, and
a Noble of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston. He also holds
membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Loyal Or-
der of Moose, and is a past dictator of the latter.

On September 3, 191 3, Mr. Worrell married Ethcllena
Jennings, daughter of Charles L. Jennings, of Camp, Vir-
ginia, and they have one son, John Carroll.

Jedediah D. Frum. While change of scene and routine
are no doubt desirable and beneficial, the welfare of humanity
seems to depend chiefly on the work which continuea day
after day and is an elaboration of small tasks well done.
An example of this type of faithfulness is the person of
Jedediah D. Frum, whose life since childhood haa been apent
on a farm in the Rosemont community of Taylor County,
engaged in its duties and in the performance of those respon-
sibilities that arise from the community need.

The Frum family was established in the new world by a
colonist from Germany, and the family has been in Weat
Virginia for considerably more than a century. Some of the
hiatory of the family is published on other pages, and with
a few exceptions here ia supplementary to that data. The
grandfather of Jedediah Frum was Solomon Frum, who'waa
born in Monongalia County In the closing yea r a of the
eighteenth century. John G. Frum, father of Jedediah,

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was a blacksmith and farmer in the Rosemont community
of Taylor County. April 13, 1865, he enlisted as sixth
sergeant of Company L, of the Third West Virginia Cavalry,
and was on guard duty at Washington and along the Potomac
until mustered out and discharged at Wheeling on June 9,
1865. He had been appointed sergeant on the second of
June. The mother of Jedediah D. Frum was Elizabeth
Allen. She was married to John G. Frum June 22, 1856, in
Doddridge County. Her father, Joshua Allen, was born
on West Fork River in Harrison County and died in Dodd-
ridge County in May, 1867, when almost seventy years of
age. Barnes Allen, the father of Joshua, married Eve
Swiger, and their sons were: Stephen, Joshua, John and Israel,
and their daughters were Katie and Rebecca, who married
brothers, Starling and Tom Bartlett. Joshua Allen mar-
ried Rebecca Whiteman, of a Quaker family from Pennsyl-
vania. Their children were: Rachel, who became the wife
of John T. Swiger; Pindall, who lived in Doddridge County;
Doddridge, who was a farmer in that county; Israel, who
died on McElroy Creek; Osburn, who spent his life as a farmer
on Indian Creek in Tyler County; Washington, who lived
out his life at Rock Camp, Harrison County; Eve, who mar-
ried Winter Hutson, of Doddridge County; Elizabeth;
Stephen, who died in Webster County; and Abram, who
died in young manhood.

Mrs. Elizabeth Frum is now nearly ninety years of age.
Her son Jedediah was born at Center Point, Doddridge
County, June 28, 1857, and was about eight years of age
when his parents moved to Taylor County, reaching the
community of Rosemont November 28, 1865. Here he
spent his boyhood and youth and acquired a common school
education. Mr. Frum still lives with and takes care of his
aged mother. In all the sixty-four years of his life he has
never been absent from her as long as six months. While
he was teaching school he was away four months. Although
not specially prepared for schoolwork, he began teaching
at the age of seventeen and taught four terms altogether.

Following that for eight years he worked around the
mines of Tyrconnell, now Rosemont, with the Newburg-
Oral Coal Company. Aside from this his attention has been
given to farming and stock raising. His farm is a part of
the Solomon Frum homestead.

While he deserves honor for the material success he has
accomplished as a farmer and his devotion to home duties,
Mr. Frum has been a valuable member of the community.
He has served fifteen years as a member of the Board of
Education of Flemington District, was president of the
board eleven years and he served fifteen years as road sur-
veyor or supervisor. Good roads and good schools are the
matters closest to his heart in the way of community improve-
ment and advancement. While he was on the board the
first high school was established in the district and two good
grade schools were also erected. Mr. Frum has been a
staunch republican in politics, though in local elections he
votes for the man rather than the party. While not a member
of any church, he believes in the wholesomeness of churches.
He is a past noble grand of the Odd Fellows Lodge and four
times was a representative to the Grand Lodge.

In Taylor County May 5, 1895, Mr. Frum married Misa
Sarah L. Curry, who was born near Rosemont in 1863,
daughter of Lloyd Melvin Curry. Her mother was a Hous-
ton. She was the second of three children, the other two
being Ella V., who married John F. Finley, and Luther
Curry, who died near Boothville, Taylor County. The
one child of Mr. and Mrs. Frum is a son, John Morris, born
May 13, 1898. He is a graduate of the Flemington District
High School and finished the electrical engineering course
in West Virginia University, graduating June 13, 1921.
He is now in his practical apprenticeship as an electrical
engineer in^the shops of the Westinghouse Company at
Pittsburgh. While a student at Morgantown he enlisted
for the Coast Artillery, was trained at Camp Lee, Virginia,
and received his honorable discharge at Fortress Monroe.

William Clinton Frum. The Frum family was estab-
lished in the wilderness of West Virginia soon after the close
of the Revolutionary war, and members of some four or five
generations have left their impress as good citizens in several
localities, including Taylor County, where William Clinton

Frum has lived most of bis life. Farming and coal mini
have perhaps been the chief activities of the family, and
members have also been noted for their readiness to respo
to military service when the nation required it. The t 1
sons of William C. Frum are both ex-service men of t
great war.

The grandfather of William C. Frum was Solomon Fro
who was born probably in Monongalia County in 1793. I
career was that of a farmer, and as a young man he mov
to that portion of Harrison County that is now Tay!
County, and his last years were spent at Rosemont, wtu
he died November 9, 1869. He married Tabitha Goodw:
who died December 10, 1872, at the age of seventy-fi
years and eight months. They had fourteen children, and
brief mention ia made of the following: Sylvester, who di
in Doddridge County, leaving two children; John Goodw-
whose record follows; Nancy, who married Thomas Shiei
and died in Doddridge County; George W., who spent 1
last years as a farmer at Bridgeport; Sallie, who became t
wife of Samuel Douglass and died in Doddridge Count
Andrew J., who waa a farmer of Doddridge County; Zad
M., who lived in Taylor County and is buried at Baileytoi
Church; Hamilton G., who was a Union soldier in the Ci
war and died in Randolph County; Porter, who loat a 1
while in the Union Army, died at Rosemont and lies in t
National Cemetery at Grafton; Elizabeth, wife of Alfr
Williams, living in Harrison County; Malinda, who marri
Charles Lanham and lives on the waters of Ten-Mile
Harrison County; and Frank, one of the older children, wl
died in Doddridge County.

John Goodwin Frum, father of William C, was born
1824 at Rosemont, Taylor County, and the log cabin that w
his birthplace is still standing on the farm of his son Clinto
He grew up there, had little opportunity to attend achoi
and could barely sign his name and do a little reading. I
learned the blacksmith's trade, and work of the trade ai
farming constituted the employment of his active yeai
Prior to the Civil war he removed to Doddridge County, ai
while there, toward the close of the war, he enlisted as
ninety-day man in the Third West Virginia Cavalry. B
regiment was ordered to Washington, and its chief aervi
was guard duty at Washington and along the Potom:
River. He never saw any active fighting. He was a republica
and he died May 10, 1886, and is buried in the Baileyto*
Cemetery of Taylor County. His first wife was Mary Mc
row, and to that marriage were born two children: Solomo
who spent his last years at Harold, South Dakota, where 1
died, leaving a wife and two daughters; and Miss Irena, wl
is living at Rosemont. The second wife of John G. Fru
was Elizabeth Allen, who was born in Doddridge Couni
April 22, 1833, and is now living, in her ninetieth year, beii
one of the children of Joshua Allen and wife. Her childn
are: Jedediah D., of Rosemont; William Clinton; Osbor
of Adamston, West Virginia; and Jerome, of Webster.

William Clinton Frum was born November 28, 1859, whi
his parents were living in Doddridge County, and on h
sixth birthday the family returned to Taylor County, ai
practically ever since his home has been in the vicinity <
Rosemont or Tyrconnell. He acquired a common scho
education in the Tyrconnell School, and aa a boy he wi
trained to the strenuous work of a farm, learning how 1
wield all the simple instruments contained in the farm equi]
ment of that time, chiefly the ax, the maul, the grubbing h<
and the plow. About the time he reached his majority 1
took a contract to clear a piece of ground, but on accouil
of the hard winter made such a slow progress that he abail
doned the work to go into a coal mine. Mr. Frum spei,
thirteen years aa a practical miner, and since then his sctiviti<
have been with the farm and as a carpenter. His first pu
chase of land included a portion of the Solomon Frum horn*
stead at Rosemont. This is chiefly grazing land, and I
raises on it sheep, cows and horses, and devotes the cult,
vated land to corn and wheat. Outside the farm hia chi<
business interests are as a stockholder in the Farmers Ban
of Clarksburg, as a stockholder and director in the Taylc
County Bank at Grafton, and he is one of the original pre
motors and stockholders of the Flemington Bank at Flen
ington.

In politics he has been a republican all his voting year

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601

1 has served as one of the trustees of the Rosemont or
rconnell School. During the World war he took an > active
ft in the aala of bonds and stamps and worked with the
Uemont committee that put the community "over the top
>very drive. He and Mrs. Frum are members of the Bailey
>thodist Protestant Church, of which he ia one of the
stees. His two sons are Masons, Shendan being a

While in Harrison County Mr. Frum made the acquaintance
• Nora E. Morris, and they were married April 20, IS5M.
b is the daughter of John M. and Emilia J. (Robison)
Diris. Her father, a aon of George Morris, an early settler
Harrison County, was born in that county, and lived on
) farm whers he died May 26, 1901. His widow survived,
tt. Frum was born February 24, 1873, and the other chil-
»n of her parents were: Flavius C, who was killed by
htning and unmarried; Cora, wife of William Nicholson,
ing in Harrison County; and George, who died unmarried,
re Frum was educated in the common, schools and was
enty years of age when she married. Three sons were
rn to Mr. and Mrs. Frum, but the youngest, Jerome Bud,
»d when about three years of age. The two survivors are
Teridan and William Hobart. Sheridan is a designer and
aftsman for the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company at Clarksburg,
arried Ethel Gibson and has a daughter, Margaret. Wil-
tm Hohart is still in the home circle at Rosemont.
Sheridan Frum was called to the colors during the World
Lar, was trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, with the Eightieth
ivision, and remained at Camp Lee to the end of the war
t a boiler inspector. A e

The younger brother, Hobart, volunteered May 29, lyis,
; Pittsburgh, as a machinist, and was sent to Fort Sam
ouston, San Antonio, Texas. He was in the automobile
pair shop for training in the 304th Mechanical Repair
bop This outfit was sent to Camp Merntt, New Jersey,
nd thence overseas on the transport Armenia, landing at
iverpool, and nine days later went through Southampton
, La Havre, and then to the Argonne Forest, where it was
ttached to the Ninety-first Division. Subsequently his unit
-as sent to Belgium to help the French and English break
be German line at Ypres and was at Audenard when the
rmistice was signed. Hobart was with his command when
crossed the Hindenburg line. He witnessed the destruction
i that famous line on September 29, 1918 The barrage
■eean at two o'clock in the morning and five hours later
he famous line was completely in ruin. Hobart Frum
tarted back from Iseghem, Belgium, stopping enroute to
he coast to work in different repair shops, and from Brest
[ailed in August, 1919, on the U. S. S. President Grant,
Irhich landed in New York the seventeenth of that month.
Ie received his honorable discharge at Camp Dix, New

hr^came home August 28 following, and a lew days later
I ntered the West Virginia University, where he took the
nechanical engineering course and remained two and one
lialf years. Since then he has been employed by the Rose-
mont Coal Company as electrician and also in construction
irork as a carpenter. Ha is a member of General David
Morgan Post No. 548, Veterans of the Foreign Wars at
I Morgan town.

1 Jameb EnwARO Wilson, M. D. Holding prestige in the
ranks of his profession because of the possession of marked
natural and acquired ability, aided by a comprehensive train-
ing and wide experience, Dr. James Edward Wilson is firmly

I established in the confidence of the people of Clarksburg. He
is secretary of the staff of physicians and surgeons at St.

' Mary's Hospital, and of recent years has become known as an
authority on X-Ray work.

Doctor Wilson was born at Princess Anne, Somerset Coun-

i ty, Maryland, August 3, 1881, a son of Levin James and Mary
Evelvn (Dougherty) WUson, also natives of Maryland, the

, forme? born in 1844 and the latter in 1850, They still make

' their home at Princess Anne, where Levin J. WUson was
engaged successfully in agricultural pursuits for many years.
Mr and Mrs. Wilson are numbered among the highlj ' es-

I teemed residents of their community and are noted for their

I many excellencies of heart and mind. Of their children three

grew to maturity, namely: Mary E., Jane D. and Jame*

E< The r primary educational training of James Edward Wilson
was acquired in the graded schools of his native city, following
which he attended high- school, thus receiving a good ele-
mentary education. After some further preparation he en-
rolled as a student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
the famous Baltimore institution, and, completing the re-
quired course, was duly graduated and received hia degree of
Doctor of Medicine May 18, 1904. In the following month he
began his professional career at Clarksburg, which has con-
tinued to be hia home and the scene of his accomplishments.
Doctor Wilson came to Clarksburg aa superintendent of the
Harrison County Hospital, which afterward became, as now,
St Mary's Hospital, an institution with which he is still
connected, being secretary of the staff'ofphysicians and sur-
geons. During the past few years Doctor Wilson has devoted
much of his time and attention to research and investigation
in the interesting and inexhaustible field of X-Ray work, a
department of his profession in which he has gained some-
thing more than a local reputation. He is frequently called
into consultation in connection with work of this character,
and his associates have the greatest confidence in hia knowl-
edge and application of the subject.

Doctor Wilson is a member of the Harrison County Medical
Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society, the Amer-
ican Medical Association, the Southern Medical Society, the
Southern States Association of Railway Surgeons, the Balti-
more & Ohio Railway Surgeons Association, the West Vir-
ginia Hospital Association, the National Catholic Hospital
Association, and the Radiogical Society of North America.
He acts as local surgeon at Clarksburg for the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad. Fraternally Doctor Wilson is a thirty-second
degree Scottish Rite Mason, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine
and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. He is interested in civic affairs as a public-epinted
citizen, and holds membership in the Clarksburg Rotary Club
and the Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce. In politics the
Doctor is allied with the democratic party, but has not been a
seeker for public preferment. In religious relationship he is a
communicant of the Episcopal Church, while Mrs. Wilson is

a member of the Catholic Chuch.

On September 6, 1906, Doctor Wilson was united in mar-
riage with Miss Mary Evelyn Boggesa, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. Stringer Boggess, of Clarksburg, and to this union
there have been born the following children: Mary Evelyn,
James Edward, Marie Antoinette, Jane Boggess, Ann Persh-
ing, Margaret Dougherty and Rohert Stringer. Doctor
Wilson has a pleasant home at Clarksburg, and maintains
offices at No. 21 1 Empire Building.

Hahrt Wilbur Sheets represents an old family of Harrison
County, was born and grew up in that section of the state,
and has justly earned a commendable position at the local
bar. He is a member of the prominent law firm of.Carter &
Sheets at Clarksburg. .

Mr. Sheets was born on a farm near West Milford in Harri-
son County, February 14, 1885, son of Arthur and Annie
Jane (Wooddell) Sheets, and grandson of George H. Sheets
and William Wooddell, all of\West Virginia or Virginia birth
and ancestry. Arthur Sheets was born in Harrison County
and his wife in Pocahontas County. Their four children are
Harry W., Earl W., Hazel, wife of Earl Romine, and Miss

M Harry W^Sheets while a boy on the farm attended the rural
schools. He also took some courses in West Virginia Wesleyan
College, and a source of valuable training to him in his subse-
quent career was an experience as a teacher in the public
schools for four years at Bridgeport. He completed hia law
course at West Virginia University at Morgantown with the
LL B. degree in 1909. He was admitted to the bar, and in
tha same year began practice at Clarksburg as a partner of
David J. Carter. , . . ....

Mr. Sheets votes as a democrat but is not active in politics.
He is a Methodist, is a Knight Templar Mason, has attained
the thirty-second dejrree of Scottish Rite and is a member of
the Mvstic Shrine. He also belongs to the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. In 1909 Mr. Sheets married Miss Hazel

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LaMont, of Aahland, Wisconsin. They have one child,
Alberta Lee.

Ernest M. Merrill, whose home ie at Charleston has a
state wide and in fact national reputation as an authority
on the technical and practical side of coal mining. The
w practice of his profession has brought his extensive interests
as a coal operator and he has been interested in West
Virginia mining industries for nearly twenty years.

Mr. Merrill was born at Newark, Ohio, in 1878. The
Merrills are a new England family and he is a member of
the Sons of the American Revolution, through ancestors on
both his father's and mother's side. Mr. Merrill was
liberally educated, attended Denison University, and
graduated with his degree in engineering from the Ohio
State University in 1902. In that year he came to West
Virginia as an engineer on the location of the Virginian
Railway extending from Deepwater through the southeastern
section of the State. Since then both as a mining engineer
and operator he has been progressively useful and
prominent in the coal mining industry of West Virginia.
His profession of engineering has taken him into the coal
fields of other states.

His professional work is carried on under the corporate
name of Ernest M. Merrill Engineering Company, with head-
quarters office in Charleston, and with branch offices at
Beckley, Mullens and Madison, West Virginia. As an
operator he is financially interested in and a director
of eight coal mining companies, these interests being
located in the Winding Gulf and Coal River districts.

Mr. Merrill is author of "American Coals for Export"
published in 1913. This work is the basis of much of his
national reputation as an authority on the technical as
well as the practical side of the coal mining industry. The
book deals largely with American and European coal pro-
duction and the marketing opportunities for American coal
in foreign countries.

Mr. Merrill is a member of the American Institute of
Mining _ Engineers, being on the coal committee of this
association. He is also a member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers and belongs to the college fraternity
Beta Theta Pi. He married Miss Faith C. Welling of
Columbus, Ohio. Their two children are Ernest M. Jr
and Frances.

Hon. Joe L. Smith. During a very busy and successful
career Hon. Joe L. Smith has been printer's devil, editor
and bank president, and in the meantime has found time to
devote to civic and public affairs. He was formerly state
senator, and at present is well known in financial circles of
Raleigh County aa president of the Beckley National Bank
of Beckley. He was born at Marshes, in the Trap Hill
District of Raleigh County, May 22, 1880, and is a son of
Hulett A. and Angeline (McMillion) Smith, natives, respect-
ively, of Patrick and Carroll counties, Virginia.

'Hulett A. Smith was reared to agricultural pursuits, and
as a young man moved to Raleigh County and settled at
Marshes, where he carried on farming until the outbreak
of the war between the states, when he enlisted in the
Thirty-sixth Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and
subsequently fought under the leadership of Colonel Mc-
Causland. At the close of his military service he returned
to the Marshes, but about 1885 or 1886 took his family to
the locality of Beckley, and there rounded out the re-
mainder of his life, his death occuring in 1916, when he
was eighty-three years of age. Mrs. Smith, who was a
child when brought to this section by her parents, still sur-
vives her husband and resides at Beckley, at the age of
seventy-eight years. They were the parents of six sons and
three daughters.

The eighth in order of birth of his parents* children, Joe
L. Smith passed through the graded BchoolB at Beckley and
finished his education at the age of seventeen years. How-
ever, prior to this time he had to start to work, and when
less than fourteen years of age, in 1893, became printer's
devil in the office of the Raleigh Register. While thus
engaged he learned the trade of printer, and eventually,
with E. L. Ellison, purchased the Register, which was th«

first paper printed in the county, it formerly having b
issued as the Raleigh County Index, and the partner*
continued until 1905, when Mr. Ellison withdrew and ]
Smith remained as editor and publisher. He disposed
his interest in 1911, and in 1914, with others, took over
Winding Gulf Bank, which had been moved from Hotcoal
Beckley, and effected its reorganization as the Beck
National Bank. At the time of the reorganization 1
Smith became vice president, and since then has advant
to his present position as president. He has contribui
materially to the success of this organization, and has mj
the name of the institution an honored one in banki
circles.

Senator Smith is an ardent democrat, and has been int
ested in erne affairs from the time that the court ho
was the only brick structure at Beckley, and when !
weekly stipend for work on the Register was fifty cents
week. He was the first mayor of Beckley after the char
was granted, and during the years of 1908, 1909 and 19
also served at different times as a member of the C:
Council, and in 1908 was elected a member of the Sfe
benate, in which he acted from 1909 to 1913, serving
numerous important committees and conscientiously la
mg his constituents. He and his wife are members of t
Presbyterian Church, in which he is president of the Bil
Class in the Sunday School, and as a f raternalist he hoi
membership ,n Beckley Blue Lodge, Beckley Chapter, Hi
ton Commandery, Lodge of Perfection at Huntington a
Bem-Kedem Shrine, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Charleston. J
likewise belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and t
Kiwanis Club of Beckley.

In 1914 Mr Smith married Miss Christine Carlson,
daughter of L. P. Carlson, of Annapolis, Maryland, and
this union there have been born two sons: Joe L., Jr., ai
-Hulett C.

Grant E. Tompkins, a citizen of Cedar Grove, Kanawl

f^ 7 ' J epresents one of the old and prominent famiU
of the Kanawha Valley.

He was born at the Tompkins homestead at Cedar Gr<n
July 19, 1898, son of Henry Preston and Addie L (El
wick) Tompkins. His grandmother, Rachel (Grant) Tom
kms, was a sister of Jesse R. Grant, father of General U
Grant. The home of Grant E. Tompkins is the old hom
stead at Cedar Grove, one of the finest and oldest homes
the valley. The residence was erected in 1844 by his gran-
father, William Tompkins, a pioneer salt manufacturer <
the Kanawha Valley. William Tompkins was the first ma
in America to utilize natural gas, applying it to his sa
furnaces in 1841. Henry Preston Tompkins was one of tl
first steamboat operators on the Kanawha River, and w;
also engaged in farming, the coal business and flour millin'
Grant E. Tompkins attended public school at Cedar Gro^
untd he was sixteen, graduated in the academic and con
mercial courses from the West Virginia Trade School £
Montgomery, June 13, 1919, and since then has been I
the coal mining industry, now holding a responsible positio
with the Empire Fuel Company.

He was elected and served as a member of the Ceda
Grove Council in 1922. In his national political views h
is a republican, but at all times votes for the man rathe
than the party. He is a member of the Southern Methodis
Episcopal Church. At Gallipolis, Ohio, January 22, 1921, h !
married Violet Lenora, daughter of George and Margare
(Ballanger) Holland. Her father is one of the pioneer coa
operators of West Virginia, coming to the New River coa
field when a young man and ia now operating the Ballinge
Coal Company 'b mine at Winona. Mr. and Mrs. Gran
Tompkins have a daughter, Dorothy Lee.

Grant E. is a younger brother of Harold P. and Roge'
W. Tompkins, the latter a veteran of the World war, mem!
ber of the Thirty-third Division, Light Field Artillery, M
which he flaw eervice in both Belgium and France. He ha
two Bisters also, Rachel (Tompkins) Settle, of Pineville
Kentucky, and Helen A. Tompkins, of Cedar Grove.

Robert Finley Dunlap. In range of interests as ;
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603

nber of years enioved recognized prominence nt Hinton.
has become well known over the state as well, oartien-
|v an a democratic leader. He is the present chairman
the State Democratic Committee.

tfr Dunlap was horn in Giles County. Virginia. July
1872. son of Henry and Minnie (HumphrevO Dunlap.
nry Dunlap was horn in Monroe County, Virginia, in
19. served as a Confederate soldier in the last venr of
i Civil war. was a merchant and farmer in Monroe
inty, and since 188f> has lived in Pulaski County. Vir-
lia. He Is an elder in the Presbvterisn Church, a demo-
t and a Maann. His flr<»t wife. Minnie HumnhTevs, was
rn in Augusta County, Virginia, daughter of a Preshv-
ian minister who at one time had charge of a school in
es Conntv. She was horn in 1852 and died inl8S4. The
ond wife of Hcnrv Dunlap was Ma^oqe Nicholson of
irfolh. Virginia. There were three children hv the first
irriage. the two daughters being: Tda. wife of Tohn S.
aper of Pulaski. Virginia, and of this marriage there are

0 daughters. Margaret and Marv B.; and Marr. who died
the age of thirtv-three. the wife of Andrew Ho^eman,
d waa survived hv a daughter. Nancy. Henrv Dunlap
n two Rons hv his second wife: MeClnre, in charge of the
me farm: and Lonis. who graduated from Washington and
p University in 1922.

Robert Pinlev Dunlap attended public and private school"
Monrop County, also private schools at Newhern and
ihlin. ViT(rinia. He completed his literary education in
impden-Sidnpv College of Virginia, graduating with the
grees A B. and P». R. in 1894. He taught school at Hot
>rinpa. Virginia, and spent three vears in the study of
w with I. H. Larew. of Newhern. Virginia. He was ad-
itted to the har before the West Virginia Supreme Court
Mav. 1897. and located at Hinton against his father's
■slips, who desired that he locate at Bluefleld. Having made
9 own independent choice in this matter, he felt that he
old not ask his father for further financial aid. and hnr-
wed *40 00 to make his etart in Hinton. Heroomed with
e Sheriff, and soon formed a law partnership with John
ihorne of TTnion. West Virginia. The firm of Osborne and
nnlap continnpd for a bripf time and then followed a part-
►rship with W. H. Garnett. as Dunlap & Oamett. Since
>01 Mr. Dnnlan has carried on an independent practice,
e won his first case at court, which was a precedent for
anv other successful efforts as a lawyer. He became citv
■corder in 1901. serving two years, was city attorney until
J04, and also held the office of prosecuting attorney one
irm.

From the first Mr. Dunlap has been a party worker, and

1 was a dplpgate tn the National Convention at Baltimore
I 1912 when Mr. Wilson was nominated for the first time,
fe has attended many state and district conventions and
i 1920 was made state chairman of the party, an honor
nd respnusihilitv fully in keeping with his individual
ower and Influence.

Mr. Dunlap is a director and attorney foT the First
rational Bank, is nttornev for the Citizens National Pank
f Hinton. Virginia Western Power Company. Virginian
►ower Comr>anv, and hss a wide varietv of business
iterests. He is vice-president in charge of opeTRting the
.aval Sand Company, is president of the Zenith Sand Com-
ftnv. Princeton Water Works Companv. and Hinton Tn-
Brance Comnanv. is an official in the West Virginia Rand
i Gravel Companv of Charleston, the Dayton Sand &
Jravel Companv of Davton, Ohio, the Acme Limestone
Jompanv and Woodson-Mohler Grocery Company of Alder-
on West Virginia, the Hinton Water. Light & Supplv
Company, New Biver Hardware Company, Biverview Land
Jomnanv. Chipola -Florida Land Company, Hinton Tol
Wdge Company, Pulaski Land Company. Gravine Coal
Company. Gnvan Fruit & Produce Company, Bine Flame
Ml and Gas Company, the Kanawha City Oil and Gas Com-

>anv and others. ,

In 1004 Mr. Dunlap married Emma Wysor. daughter oi
T C Wysor, of Pulaski, Virginia. Their two children are
May Lncile and Emma. Mr. Dunlap is an elder in the
Presbyterian Church, is superintendent of its Sunday School.
•hRirman of its building committee erecting a handsome new
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church, and Is a York and Scottish Pite Mason, a Pntarlnn.
mpmber of White Oak Country Club, of Oak Hill. West
Virginia, Willow-wood Country Club. Hinton. Allegheny
Sportsmen Association. State and American Bar Associa-
tion and of Sigma Chi fraternity. Tn 1903 he organized
the Elks Lodge at Hinton. became its first exalted ruler and
ie a life member. He was president of the Elks "Improve
ment Company and Hinton Masonic Development Company
when both the Elks and Masonic homes were constructed
in Hinton.

Mr. Dunlap is now president of the Chamber of Com-
merce of Hinton. and during the waT he was chairman nf
the Council of Defense for Summers County, attorney for
the Draft Board, chairman of the County Fuel Administra-
tion, and of the Summers County Bed Cross Chapter.

William J. Martin Is associated with his brothers David
E. and Giles P. in the control of a large and important
contracting and building business, with headouartcrs at
Hinton. connty seat of Summers Connty. The Martin
Brothers have been the contractors in the erection of many
of the fine dwelling houses and other bnildings not only at
Hinton and 1n otheT parts of Summers Conntv. but also at
numerous other points in the state, especially in the enal-
prnducing districts. All of the brothers werp bom in Pipe-
stem district. Summers Conntv. There William J. Martin
wns born September 10. 1881. The parents. Pichnrd and
T onisa (Houchins^ Martin, were born respectivelv In Giles
County and Summers County. Virginia, the latter county
V>ein<» now in West Virginia. Pichard Martin was bom .Tulv
31, 1843, and his wife was bom on the 5th of November of
that year. This honored couple have celebrated the sixtieth
anniversary of their marriage, and thev are numbered among
the venerable citizens of Hinton. Pichard Martin was a
loyal soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war. took part
in the battles of Clovd Mountain. Cedar Ocek and Gettys-
burg, and was once captured, but friends soon effected his
release. He was a bov at the time of his parents' removal
to Summers Conntv. where he waa reared to manhood and
where he continued his successful and active association
with farm industry until 1904, since which time he has
lived retired at Hinton. He is a republican, is affiliated
with thp United Confederate Veterans, and he and his wifp
still retain mem>>pr8hip in thp Primitivp Baptist Church
known as Knob Circuit, in Pipestem District. Of their tpn
children, six are living: Nancy is the wifp of W. H Pplcber,
nf Hinton; David E. was the next in order of birth, the
date of his nativity hein<? February 22. 1876: Cora is the
wife of Pobert Hill, of Hinton: William J., of this review,
is the npxt younger: Giles P.. the youngest member of the
firm of Martin Brothers, contractors and builders, is the
next In ordeT of birth: Dr. E. L. Is engaged in the practice
of dentistry in the Citv of Charleston. Of those deceased
It mav be nntpd that Alice, who died in 1902. wns the wifp
of Lpvi Mstteson Neelv. she having been the mother of
Dr. Pobert S. and W. Clyde and P. Claude Neelv. of whom
individual merition is made elsewhere In this work: May.
who was still a vonng woman at the time of her death, was
the wife of Pobert Bosh am. of Summers Conntv. Pobert
died at the age of nineteen and Maude, at the age of
eighteen yeaTS.

William J. Martin and his brothers wPTe reared on the
home farm and received the advantages of the local schools.
William J. waa eighteen years old when hp initiated his
apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade. He became a
skilled workman and waa employed by the Snvder Con-
struction Company nf Mount Hope, his two brothers who
are now his associates in bnsiness having likewise learned
their trade with this concern, in the employ of which ^he
three brothers continued a number of years. Tn the initial
stage of their independent activities as contractors the
Mariin Brothers established their headquarters at Hinton.
thev having been assigned by their former employers to erpct
the Warren residence in this city, and after completing this
work thev started their independent enterprise as contractors
nnd builders. 1n which their success and prestige have
proved unequivocal.

William J. Martin has been active in the local ranks of

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the republican party since his early youth, and he and hia
brothers are known for their civic loyalty and progressive-
neaa. He has had the management of many local cam-
paigns in Summers County, and has been influential in the
councils of his party, many of whose leaders in West Vir-
ginia are well known to him. In 1914 Mr. Martin was
elected city treasurer of Hinton, and in 1916 was chosen
mayor of the city, his administration as chief executive
having been marked by most vigorous and progressive
policies. He has served also as chairman of the Summers
County Republican Committee. He and his wife are active
members of the Christian Church, and he is treasurer of the
building committee which is to supervise in the near future
the erection of the new church edifice at Hinton. In the
Masonic fraternity Mr. Martin has thrice served as master
of the Blue Lodge, and has been high priest of the local
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. He is affiliated also with
the Commandery of Knights Templars at Hinton and with
the Temple of the Mystic Shrine in the City of Charleston.
He and his brothers are representative members of the Hin-
ton Chamber of Commerce, and are loyal supporters of its
progressive policies.

December 28, 1908, recorded the marriage of William J.
Martin and Miss Ona Morris, daughter of C. E. Morris, of
Hinton. The three children of this union are William J.,
Jr., Raymond and Marguerite.

David E. Martin married Miss Lessie Falls, daughter of
Louis Falls, of Hinton, and they have four children: Hallie,
Eva, Neta and Luther. Mr. and Mrs. David E. Martin are
zealous members of the Christian Church at Hinton, and
he is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the
Mystic Shrine, his brother Giles R. likewise being affiliated
with the Masonic fraternity and being also a member of
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Lewis N. Tavenner was admitted to the bar in 1876,
and from that year to the present his name has been as-
sociated with the best abilities of a lawyer, with public
service on the bench, and with the highest attainments of
good citizenship. Judge Tavenner is still in the vigor of
manhood and in active practice as a lawyer.
# He has been deeply interested in the history of his sec-
tion of West Virginia, and has rendered much valuable
service in connection with the present history as an advisory
editor. His grandfather was one of the most distinguished
men in the pioneer citizenship of the country around Parkers-
burg.

His grandfather, Thomas Tavenner, was born April 18,
1776, in Loudoun County, Virginia. As a young man he
visited Kentucky for the purpose of settlement, but eventu-
ally took up land in what is now West Virginia. A survey
was made for him in what is now Wood County in November,
1798. His first home, however, was on the property known
as Lake Farm, on Elizabeth Turnpike. During the next half
century he became one of the largest land owners, his home
estate consisting of about two and a half square miles of
land extending from the mouth of Neal's Run, and he owned
much other property in Wirt County and elsewhere in the
state.

Thomas Tavenner was a man of upright and kindly
character. His personal magnetism drew to him many
friends and admirers, and his active interest in public affairs
resulted in his holding numerous public offices. In the first
organization of militia of Wood County he was elected
ensign, and was promoted from time to time until he retired
as colonel of the 113th Regiment. At this time, it must be
remembered, militia service was not a mere formality, but
frequently involved real warfare. In April, 1794, the
Armstrong family were attacked just below Parkersburg
near the head of Blennerhasset Island, and it was such
events as this and the subsequent treaties with the Indians
of the Northwest Territory, just across the Ohio River, that
required active service on the part of the militia. During
the Burr-Blennerhasset excitement, when there were no
orders from the President of the United States nor from
the Governor of Virginia, and when the affair seemed
threatening to the true welfare of the nation, the citizena
assembled on October 6, 1806, adopted resolutions, for-

warded to the President and to the Governor, and enlis
volunteers for the suppression of any treasonable enterpr
Among those who served on the committee that recommeni
the adoption of resolutions and the enrollment of volunte
were Colonel Tavenner and William Beauchamp, and Colo
Tavenner was one of those selected to "hand around
subscription papers." Some modern writers have sta
that these volunteers were a mob, as they were not un
official orders, but the truth of this statement is cont
verted by the fact that they placed themselves under
direction of Col. Hugh Phelps, who was at that time
commaud of the Virginia militia. At all events, they r
dered their country valuable service at a time when it neec
action rather than formalities.

Colonel Tavenner served as deputy for Sheriff Hu
Phelps as early as 1802; as presiding justice of the Com
Court, 1819-21; as high sheriff, commissioned by the gov
nor of Virginia, 1821-23; and as deputy marshal of i
Fourth Chancery Circuit, 1816. He was a member of 1
House of Delegates in the Virginia Asembly in 1805-6-7-:
and 1811-12. When the County of Wirt was formed Colo?
Tavenner gave the square of ground where the puh
buildings now stand. He was active in securing for 1
county Elizabeth Turnpike, the Staunton Pike and 1
Northwestern Turnpike. He contributed $1,000 toward seo
ing the Northwestern Virginia Railroad and, though ther
man advanced in years, he rode about the county describi
the benefits to be derived from the railroad and urging otl
citizens to subscribe. His will records the emancipation
eighteen slaves, or "servants," as he called them. As
lived near the underground railroad, some of his slaves (
serted, but these he made no attempt to recover. He sa
that if they could find a better home than he gave them th
could go, and he would prosecute anyone who tried to hri
them back. Colonel Tavenner was a liberal, warmheart
and hospitable man, and his useful and puhlic spirited li
caused him to be held in great confidence and esteem hy 1
fellow citizens. It was one of his peculiarities never to li
his hat to a man, though he was scrupulously polite
women. He was a stanch upholder of justice and strong
defended his rights. If compelled to go to law he fought
the end. The case of Tavenner vs. Emerick, found in Nin
Gratt, in which he was appellant, established a precedent
regard to the rights of the landlord and the tenant that h
been followed many years.

Thomas Tavenner, who died May 23, 1857, married Fe
ruary 22, 1807, Elizabeth Beauchamp, daughter of Willia
Beauchamp, who moved with his family from Delaware abo
1794, becoming a large land owner at what is now Elizabet
West Virginia. His son William, a brother of Elizabe
Tavenner, was a pioneer minister and church builder of tl
Methodist denomination throughout several eastern and wes
em states. He was also a teacher, civil engineer, lawyer ai
master mechanic. Elizabeth Beauchamp was a devout Met
odist. Colonel Tavenner had been brought up a Quaker ; ai
though he never allied himself with any church mimste
were frequently entertained at the Tavenner home. Mi
Elizabeth Tavenner died September 30, 1844. Her olds
child, Cabell Tavenner, gained distinction in the professi<
of law at Weston and married a daughter of Col. Alexandi
Withers, author of "Chronicles of Border Warfare."

Isaac Tavenner, father of Judge Tavenner, gave his li:
to the farm. From 1837 to 1865 he lived on a farm adjoi
ing the Town of Elizabeth and thereafter on a farm at whi
is now Warthmore Station in Wood County. During the Cn
war he declined to take an oath binding him to the support
either the Federal or Confederate government. He basi
his objection on the fact that he would stay where he wi
and would support which ever eide was victorious, and sui
was his reputation as a citizen that he was allowed to abn
by his resolution by the troops of both armies. Both he ai
his wife were devout Methodists. He died March 13, 189
and his wife, on January 20, 1891. Her maiden name w:
Priscilla Harriet Warth, whose grandfather, George Wart
was a soldier in the Dunmore campaign of 1774, and aftc
ward fought on the Colonial side in the Revolution. Aft
the war for independence he came into the Ohio Valley. H
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605

trn in 1771 and became famous as a scout and frontiers-

au, being at ouo time a companion of Daniel Boone, and
b was also entrusted with the dangerous duty of carrying
fail and dispatches from Marietta down the Ohio River in
[ canoe. He became a large land owner along the Ohio
Mvcr, and in his home the County of Jackson waa organized
h May, 1831. He waa elected presiding justice and was
iammissioned first sheriff of the county, afterward justice,
n office he held until hia death on October 27, 1837. One
t his sons, John Warth, served on the bench and compiled
taree codes of West Virginia, and a grandson was Judge
ohn Warth English, for twelve years a member of the West
'irginia Supreme Court of Appeals.

Lewis N. Tavenner, youngeat child of Isaac and Priscilla
'avenner, waa born at Elizabeth, in Wirt County, February
7, 1855. He was educated in the public schools and con-
inued his preparatory work in the John C. Nash Academy
f Parkersburg, concluding his course there at the age of
ighteen. He then taught school for two years, studied law
nder Judge George Loomis and waa admitted to the bar
n April, 1876. For sixteen years he practiced law with his
•receptor in the firm of Loomis & Tavenner, until 1892.
"he honors of his professional activity have been constantly
iccumulating since then, but it is worthy of note that former
Jovernor Atkinson as early as 1891 wrote of him: "He en-
oys to an unlimited extent the confidence of his fellow citi-
ens, practices law in an honorable way and has always
naintained an upright life."

For a period of over forty years Judge Tavenner has been
> leader in public affairs and in politics. He was a demo-
ratic committeeman from 1878 to 1834, and he has cam-
laigned on the stump every year since then except while on
he bench. He was city attorney of Parkersburg in 1831-82,
ras commissioner of the United States Circuit Court from
S83 to 1S96 when he resigned, and in April, 1896. was ap-
pointed by Gov. W. A. MacCorkle as successor of Hon. Ar-
hur I. Boreman to the bench of the Fifth Judicial Circuit,
omprising Wood, Wirt and Pleasant counties. While serving
he unexpired term he was unanimously nominated by the
[emocratic party, and overcame an adverse majority in the
ircuit and was elected by over 400 votes. Judge Tavenner
ras on the bench until January 1, 1905. In 1910 he came
rithin twenty votes of being nominated for governor. He
ras a delegate to the national convention at Baltimore in
912 and supported the late Champ Clark for the nomination,
le was an instructed Clark delegate, and it waa also a
natter of personal choice, since he was distantly related to
tfr. Clark through the Beauchamps of Kentucky. Judge
ravenner has served as counsel for the board of education
f Parkersburg, and during the World war he served without
►ay as permanent member of the legal advisory board. He
ias been active in the membership of St. Paul's Methodist
Jpiscopal Church since 1871, more than half a century.

His membership in the Masonic Order has been an oppor-
unity for important service to that fraternity. He became
.filiated with Monnt Olivet Lodge No. 3, F. and A. M., in
883, served two terma as master, grand master from 1891
o 1892, as grand commander of Knights Templara in 1897-98,
md was crowned honorary inspector general, 33rd degree, of
he Southern Jurisdiction of Ancient and Accepted Scot-
ish Rite in October, 1897. He was the first illustrious poten-
ate of Nemesia Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has served
>n the committee on ways and means for the Masonic Home
or West Virginia as chairman, as chairman of the committee
hat visited other Masonic homes in other states, as chair-
nan of the committee to select a site for the home, and
ince 191S has been president of the board of governors of
he West Virginia Masonic Home.

At Parkersburg October 27, 1886, Judge Tavenner mar-
ied Carrie Moore Kraft, daughter of William and Ann
Sliza (Moore) Kraft Her father was a native resident
if Wheeling. Judge and Mrs. Tavenner have two children.
Fhe daughter, Helen Louise, was married October 24, 1921,
o William George Mundinger, formerly of Baton Rouge,
-.ouiaiana, now a sugar refiner at Central Lugarcno, Cama-
juey, Cuha, The son, Lewis N. Tavenner, Jr., is unmarried
ind" Is an employe in the Laboratory at Parkersburg of the
Standard Oil Company.

Roscoe D. McMillan, M. D., one of tho able and popu-
lar physicians and surgeons of Summers County, baa been
established in successful yencral practice at Hinton, tin-
county seat, sinco 1921. Ho was born at Rowland, North
Carolina, September 13, 1887, and is a son of Dr. Benjamin
F. nnd Lou (Purcell) McMillan. Dr. Benjamin F. Me
Millan provided by his service as a teacher in the public
schools the means with which to defray the expenses of his
higher academic and his professional education. In 1882
he was graduated in the medical department of the Univer-
sity of Maryland, and ho baa since taken post-graduate
courses in New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
After his reception of the degree of Doctor of Medicine
ho was engaged in practice at Rowland, North Carolina,
until 1899, since which time Red Springs, that state, has
represented the stage of his professional activitiea. The
Doctor served one term as a member of the North Carolina
Legislature, in which he was assigned to important house
committees. He is a democrat, a progressive and public-
spirited citizen, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity
and the Knights of Pythias, is actively identified with the
North Carolina State Medical Society and the American
Medical Association, and is local surgeon for the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad. He is a director of the Bank of Red
Springs, and in that place he and his wife are zealous mem-
bers of the First Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Roscoe D. McMillan attended the North Carolina
Military Academy, and in 1905 he graduated from the Uni-
versity of North Carolina. In 1910 he graduated from the
medical department of his father's professional alma mater,
the University of Maryland, at Baltimore, and he further
fortified himself by one year of service as an interne in the
University Hospital in that city. Since receiving bis de-
gree of Doctor of Medicine he has taken supplementary
courses in the New York Post Graduate Medical College,
in 1919 and 1921, besides which, in 1912, he took a post-
graduate course at Baltimore. In the World war period be
became a member of the Medical Corps of the United States
Army, with the rank of first lieutenant, but he was not
called into service overseas. Dr. McMillan was associated
with his father and his cousin, Dr. J. L. McMillan, in prac-
tice at Red Springs, North Carolina, from the time of his
graduation in the medical college until December, 1921,
when he came to Hinton and opened an office, which has
since continued the central point of the substantial and
representative general practice he has here developed and
which is constantly expanding. The Doctor is a member
of the Summers County Medical Society, the West Virginia
State Medical Society, the Tri State Medical Society
(North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia), the Atlantic
Coast Line Surgeons Association, and the American Medical
Association. He is a member of the Rotary Club at Hin-
ton, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, the Knights
of Pythias and the Elks, and he and his wife bold mem-
bership in the Presbyterian Church.

The year 1912 recorded the marriage of Dr. McMillan
and Miss Gertrude Garrison, a daughter of Lewis E. Garri-
son, who resides in Northumberland County, Virginia, and
is a pilot in the merchant-marine service. Dr. and Mrs.
McMillan have two children: Roscoe D., Jr., and Franklin
Ellison.

Adrian D. Daly began h!s career as a railway telegrapher,
studied law while acting as a train dispatcher at Hinton,
and about fifteen years ago resigned from the railway to
establish himself in practice in the county seat of Sum-
mers County. In his profession and in public affairs he has
earned a merited place among the first citizens of influence
in the county.

Mr. Daly was born at Bridgeport, Alabama, July 11, 1876,
son of P. E. and Margaret (Loving) Daly, who were also
natives of Alabama. His mother died in 1883. P. E.
Daly, now living at Knoxville, Tennessee, at the age of
seventy-five, has spent many years in the service of the
Southern Railway Company, chiefly as a conductor. His
second wife was Martha Gray, of Powells Valley, Tennessee.
By the first marriage there were two children: Adrian D.
and Maud, the latter the wife of Sam P. Frost.

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Adrian D. Daly spent his early childhood and youth in
Knoxville, Tennessee, attended school there, and at the age
of fourteen began learning telegraphy in an office of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, now part
of the Southern Railway System. At the age of sixteen he
was in the service of the Chesapeake and Ohio at Quinni-
mont, West Virginia, and he rose to the responsibilities of
train dispatcher and acted in that capacity for a number
of years at Thurmond and at Hinton.

He hegan the study of law in a private office, and in 1902
entered the law department of West Virginia University,
passing the bar examinations in 1903. He was examined
for the bar by the West Virginia Law Faculty and his
license was granted by Judges H. C. McWhorter, Henry
Brannon and George Poffenbarger on January 30, 1903.
Though qualified for practice, he continued with the rail-
road company as dispatcher until 1907. In that year, when
a law was passed establishing the office of police judge for
the city of Hinton, he received the appointment, and by his
energy gave that office a standard of efficiency that well
justified its establishment. Mr. Daly has also served as city
attorney and as commissioner in chancery, and in 1916 he
was elected prosecuting attorney of Summers County, enter-
ing that office January 1, 1917, and serving until December
31, 1920. He was prosecuting attorney and in charge of
the law enforcement in the county throughout the period of
the World war. In addition to the unusually heavy burdens
of his office he acted as Government appeal agent for the
Draft Board, and was a leader in the sale of bonds and
other war campaigns. He is an ardent democrat in politics.

In 1905 Mr. Daly married Vella V. Flanagan, daughter
of Andrew G. Flanagan, of Hinton. They have two children,
Dorothy and Nancy. Mr. and Mrs. Daly are members of
the Methodist Church. He is a Royal Arch and Knight
Templar Mason, a member of the Shrine at Charleston, is a
past grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a
charter member of Hinton Lodge of Elks and was formerly
secretary of the Masonic Development Company. Mr. Daly
is an adjutant in the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and is
brigade commander of that order for West Virginia.

William Clyde and Richard Claude Neely are brothers
whose fraternal and business relations are specially close
and noteworthy. They own and conduct a well ordered
clothing establishment at Hinton, Summers County, and
have made the title of the Hub Clothing Company a potent
one in connection with the business interests of their native
county. Apropos of their fraternal associations it is special-
ly interesting to note that they are twins and that in a
sense are able to celebrate their exact birthday anniversary
only once in four years, as they were born February 29,
1888. The place of their nativity was the family home-
stead farm in Pipestem district, Summers County, and they
are sons of Matthew and Alice (Martin) Neely, the father
being still one of the substantial and representative ex-
ponents of farm industry in this county, he being fifty-five
years of age at the time of this writing, in 1922. His first
wife, mother of the subjects of this sketch, passed to eternal
rest in the year 1902, and the maiden name of his present
wife was Neely, the two families, however, being of no
kinship.

The twin Neely brothers, who are familiarly known by
their second personal names, Clyde and Claude, worked to-
gether on the home farm until they were twenty years of
age, and in the meanwhile attended the same school and
kept pace in educational advancement. When they were
twenty years old, in company with their younger brother,
Dr. Robert S., who is individually represented on other
pages of this work, they borrowed from a local bank
sufficient money to enable them to open and stock a small
grocery store in the Masonic Building at Hinton. The twin
brothers continued to be associated in the conducting of this
enterprise nine years, within which period they pur-
chased the interest of their brother, the Doctor. Their
success and experience justified their progressive move in
expanding their mercantile operations by opening the Hub
Clothing Store on Third Avenue. Here they initiated busi-
ness August 28, 1913, and two yearB later they removed to

their present modern and handsomely equipped quarters
213-215 Temple Street, where they have ample space for tb
display of their comprehensive and select stock of higl
grade men's clothing and furnishing goods and where the
cater to a large and appreciative patronage. Their snccee
has been based alike on their fair and honorable dealing!
effective service and personal popularity, and they are vits
and progressive young business men. Both are active men
bers of the local Chamber of Commerce and the Rotar
Club, both are staunch republicans, and both are affiliate!
with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Froi
their childhood the companionship of the twin brothers ha
been of the closest and most gracious order, and now tha
both are happily married they and their families occnp,
the same house.

There has been one lack of coincidence in the careers c
the two brothers— in that Clyde anticipated his brother i
appearing at the hymeneal altar, his marriage to Miss Gei
trude Mannix, daughter of Patrick Mannix, of Hinton'
having occurred in 1910. Claude Neely did not long con
sent to be a laggard in the matrimonial field, however, fo
on the 2d of July, 1913, was solemnized his marriage I
Miss Amy, daughter of J. W. Shepherd, of Hinton. H
and his wife have four children: Harold, Richard Claude
Jr., Virginia and Caroline.

George S. Abbott, one of the progressive citizens ant
substantial business men of the City of Hinton, Summer
County, has here given effective service as a member o>
the City Council and at the time of this writing, in 1922
he is chairman of the executive committee of the City oj
Hinton. He is senior member of the firm of George S
Abbott & Son, which here conducts a large and prosperou
wholesale and retail business in the handling of flour anc'
feed. Mr. Abbott came to Hinton in 1907, to assume chargi
of the business of the Domestic Laundry, of which he con
tinued the active manager ten years, when he retired to be
come associated with hie only Bon in the flour and feec
business. When Mr. Abbott took charge of the laundry &1
Hinton its equipment was somewhat meager and the estab
lishment was hampered by debt. He brought the laundrj
up to the best modern standard of equipment and service 1
and when he finally sold the property, which he had freec
from indebtedness, he realized 125 per cent, more thai
represented in the original investment.

Mr. Abhott was born in Pendleton County, Kentucky'
May 18, 1861, a son of Alexander and Mary (Rush) Abbott
his father having been a prosperous farmer in that county
In 1880 the family removed to Kansas and settled at Del
phos, the father having hecome one of the pioneers of the
Sunflower State, where he and his wife passed the remaindei
of their lives. Their children were thirteen in number.

George S. Abbott gained his early education in the schools]
of his native state, and was about nineteen years of age a9
the time of the family removal to Kansas, where he aided;
in the development of his father's pioneer farm and where,
he continued his studies for some time in the public schools-
at Delphos. At the age of twenty-one years he left the]
farm and learned telegraphy. He was thereafter operator,
and in charge of other station work at various points on the
Union Pacific Railroad, and finally he turned his atten-l
tion to the laundry business, as manager of a laundry at
Concordia, Kansas. He later had supervision of leading
laundries at Covington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio,
and after being identified with this line of business in
Covington for a period of ten years he came to Hinton,
West Virginia, in 1907, noted in the opening paragraph of
this review. Mr. Abbott has shown deep and loyal interest
in civic affairs at Hinton and is one of the most progressive
and public-spirited men in this vital little city. He is a
member of the Hinton Chamber of Commerce, in the Knights
of Pythias he is a past chancellor of the local lodge, and is,
in 1922, deputy grand chancellor of the Grand Lodge of
West Virginia. His political allegiance is given to the
democratic party, and he and bis wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church.

In 1906 Mr. Abbott wedded Miss Genevieve N. Robin,
daughter of John Robin, of Kankakee, Illinois, and the one

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Lid of this union, Otis 0., is not only associated with his
ther in the flour and feed business but is also fitting him-
,f for the dental profession, he being, in 1922, a student
the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in the City of Cin-
ema tL

kTHOiiAS J. Noon an. Though only forty-one Thomas J.
ponan has been engaged in the work that constitutes a
usiness career for more than thirty years. He has
Ibieved more than the ordinary success by an uninterrupted
tfnstry beginning in boyhood, when the necessity of self-
ipport forced hbu into the ranks of wage-earners.
Mr. Noonan who has lived at Huntington since early
,fancy, was born at Honeywell, Kentucky, April 14, 1881.
is father John Noonan, was born in the same locality in
$56, was reared and married there, and became a rail-
*ad mechanic. In 1882 soon after the birth of his son
nomas, he moved to Guyandotte, West Virginia, and was
, the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad as a
.echanic until his death in 1887. He was a republican and
i member of the Catholic Church. John Noonan, married
ilizabeth Mclntyre, who was born near Honeywell in
351, and is now living with her only son in Huntington.
le wa3 the second child, and his four sisters were: Nora,
idow of Edward Maddy, who was a pipe fitter for the
hesapeake & Ohio Railroad and died at Huntington in
914; Mary Ellen, wife of William Chamberlin, auper-
itendent of a large steel plant and a resident of High
fridge, New Jersey; Anna, wife of George Swentzel a
raveling salesman for the McClintock-Fields Dry Goods
tompany and a resident of Huntington; and Miss Catherine,
rho died at the age of thirty-one.

Thomas J. Noonan was six years old when his father
ied. Consequently he had the privilege of attending
'arochial Schools of Huntington only two terms. His
eal education has been the result of continuous reading
nd long confabs with men of affairs. When he was eight
ears of age he went to work in a grocery store, putting
a his hours before and after school. At the conclusion of
is brief schooling he was given regular employment in
he grocery store of Brady Brothers and remained with
hat firm five years at eight dollars per month. Mr.
(oonan's longest working service was with the Chesapeake
s Ohio Railroad. He learned the machinist's trade in
he shops, and was in the railroad service until 1918. His
hrifty habits and his good judgment in making adjust-
aents enabled him to lay the foundation of hia financial
»rosperity while atill with the railroad. Since 1918 he has
[fr-en his active attention to the real estate and iusurance
msiness, conducted under the name Thomas J. Noonan,
leal estate and Insurance, with offices at the Florentine
Hotel Building at 907 Fourth Avenue. While he does a
Hrokerage buaineaa he ia mainly concerned with the
>uying and aelling and the handling of city property
joth in the business and residential districts with his
»wn capital. He owns considerable business property in
.he city. In addition Mr. Noonan is President of the
Lincoln Land Company of Huntington, and is a stockholder
n the Marietta Coal Company, the Royal Block Coal Com-
pany and the W. E. Deegans Consolidated Coal Company, all
Suntington organizations.

Mr. Noonan is a republican, a member of the Catholic
Church, ia affiliated with Huntington Council No. 963
Benights of Columbus, and the Huntington Lodge No. 313,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is a member of the
Huntington Real Estate Board and the Chamber of Com-
merce.

He resides at 1829 Third Avenue. February 4, 1917,
it Huntington, he married Miss Hanna Shaw who was born
Bear Jackson, Ohio and was educated in the grammar and
high schools of Wellston, Ohio.

Edwabd Calvin Eagle, who has been a very successful
lawyer of Summers County for years, was elected prosecut-
ing attorney in 1920 on a platform that called for the
suppression of moonshining and law-breaking in general
While the task has been a difficult one, he has never wavered

in tho performance of his duty so far aa the power of the
law and his personal courage and energy avail to that end.

Mr. Eagle was born on a farm in Pocahontas County,
Weat Virginia, May 24, 1873. His parents, Charles F. and
Elizabeth Anderson Eagle, are now eighty-four years of
age, and have heen married since 1866, a period of fifty-aix
years. The father was born in Clay County, Weat Virginia,
and haa devoted his life to fanning. The mother ia a
native of Greenbrier County. Charles F. Eagle was a Con-
federate soldier in the Twenty-second Virginia Infantry,
but since the war has always voted as a republican. He
and his wife have been loyal Methodists for many yeara.
Edward C. Eagle is one of five living children. The othera
are: Maggie, at home; Ruth, wife of Rev. T. M. McCarthy,
a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church; John, a
farmer of Frankfort, West Virginia; Meta, wife of A. W.
Hill, of Pocahontas County.

Edward C. Eagle attended the common schools of Poca-
hontas County and Hillsboro Academy, and for five years
was a teacher in country districts. Through teaching be
paid his way through West Virginia University, graduating
in 1896, and in 1898 located at Hinton, where for nearly
a quarter of a century he has enjoyed a place of leader-
ship in the local bar. While engaged in general practice
his specialty has been real estate and chancery law.

Mr. Eagle served hi3 first term as prosecuting attorney
of Summers County from 1902 to 1904. For twenty years
he was United States commissioner at Hinton. In the
campaign of 1920 he was urged by his numerous friends
to make the race for prosecuting attorney, and entered the
contest on the republican ticket. The county is normally
democratic, and he was elected by five hundred votes of his
democratic rival. Since he took this office he has directed
the forces of the law in the capture of seventy-twp moon-
shine stills in the county, and altogether haa secured two
bundled and tweuty-five convictions in court.

Mr. Eagle married in 1900 Miss Mollie Baker, daughter
of W. A. Baker of Sweet Springs, Weat Virginia. They
have one son, Harold. Mr. Eagle is a member of the
Board of Stewards of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
for years was superintendent of Sunday School. He took
an active part in local affairs during the World war, serv-
ing on various committees.

John Francis Bigony, M. D. A professional service
that has met every test of proficiency and faithfulness as
well aa time has been that of Dr. Bigony, who for nearly
thirty years haa practiced medicine and surgery over a wide
extent of country around Hinton, and in connection with
his private practice established and has conducted a high
class private hospital.

Doctor Bigony was born on his father's farm near
Columbus, Ohio, May 22, 1869, son of Joseph and Caroline
(Bury) Bigony, who are atill living on their farm in that
locality. Ihe great-grandparenta of Doctor Bigony came
from Switzerland, and to repay their passage money over
the ocean they worked two and one half years in the
Stephen Girard Sugar Factory in Philadelphia. Mary
Czircle, his grandmother, when a girl of six years walked
with her mother behind the wagon that carried the family
possessions from Harrisonburg, Virginia, to Ohio. Joseph
Bigony in the course of a long lifetime has been a very
prosperous farmer in Central Ohio. He was the father of
five sons: Doctor John; Joseph II., who ia a scientific
gardener and has kept in close touch with the agricultural
department of Ohio State University; Hiram Franklin, a
graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, now practicing
at Millersport, near Columbus, Ohio; Warren Ellsworth, a
successful attorney at Columbna, who waa educated in the
Ohio State University and the University of Texas; Win-
field Scott, a scientific farmer at the old homeatead and who
haa also been trained in the Ohio State Agricultural Col-
lege. All these aons at some period in their lives were
teachers.

John F. Bigony attended home achoola, and later entered
the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, graduat-
ing Bachelor of 8cience in 1891 and with the M. D. degree

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io 1892. Hia period of teaching comprised four years. He
begaa the practice of medicine at Kirkersville, twenty-one
miles east of Columbus. After being there two years he
came to Hinton in 1894, and for some years he performed
the arduous labors of a country physician, traveling thou-
sands of miles on horseback in all kinds of weather to look
after his patients. During the influenza epidemic of 1920
he fell from hia horse while on a professional visit, broke
a leg, and was in the woods for noura before being dis-
covered and rescued. Doctor Bigony so far as his busy
practice has permitted has been a student and kept in
touch with the advancement of medical and surgical
knowledge, and during 1906 he took postgraduate wont in
diseases of women and children at Philadelphia. The
Bigony Hospital was established in 1904. There were only
four rooms to begin with, but it is now a modernly equipped
hospital with twenty-three rooms. Doctor Bigony served as
county health officer of {Summers County five years and as
jail physician seven years, and is former secretary and
president of the bummers County Medical Society and a
member of the State and American Medical Associations.
He has also served on the City Council and the Board of
Education.

On May 24, 1893, he married Mattie E. Charlton,
daughter of Joseph and Sarah Jane (Wilson) Charlton.
Joseph J. Charlton waa born December 30, 1826, in Monroe
County, Virginia, and was of English descent. He was
educated in private schools, was a school teacher and vocal
music teacher, was ordained a Baptist minister, was a
temperance lecturer and served four years in the Confederate
Army. He joined the regular army at Salt Sulphur Spring,
belonged to Company B. Edgars Battalion, Twenty-second
Regiment, under Captaiu Reed. He was in the battles of
Lewisburg, Dry Creek and New Market, and was wounded
in the battle of Cold Harbor in June, 1864. Mr. Charlton
married twice, first Miss Nancy Parker in 1847. To them,
three children were born, E. Tillie, Mary and Jesse. He
married for his second wife in March, 1858, Sarah Jane
Willson and to them were born ten children, Ida, Nannie,
William, Annie, Mattie, Charles, Aldine, Edgar, Sarah and
Edna. Mr. Charlton died October 3, 1905, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Mattie Bigony in Hinton, West Virginia.
Dr. and Mrs. Bigony have five children: John Charlton, the
oldest, is now a student of medicine in the Ohio State
University, and during the World war was a cornet player
for a year and ten days in Sousa 's Band at the Great Lakes
Training Station near Chicago. Joseph Clare, the second
son, is a clerk in the Hinton offices of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad. Ellsworth is a student of mechanical engin-
eering in Ohio State University and has also taken military
training there and is Major of Cadets. Philip H. is a stu-
dent in the Hinton High School and Frances Louise, the
youngest, is also in school at Hinton. Doctor and Mrs.
Bigony are members of the Missionary Baptist Church,
and both are teachers in the Sunday School.

Judge James H. Miller has given forty years of his life
to the law and the public service of Summers County.
Judge Miller is author of the history of Summers County,
written in 1907, a book that will stand for all time as an
invaluable source of local history in that section of the
state. His dedication of the history is indicative of his
fine loyalty to the county ; ' ' This book is dedicated to the
people of Summers County, who have, for thirty years, so
loyally shown their faith in a penniless youth of their own
soil, and to whom he is indebted for whatever of success
he has attained in their midst. ' '

His pioneer ancestor in America was Patrick Miller, who
was of Scotch-Irish descent and was born on the Atlantic
Ocean while his parents were coming to America. The
family were pioneers at Staunton, Virginia. John Miller,
son of Patrick Miller, waa born in Bath County, Virginia,
October 13, 1772, and on account of some family differences
he left home and about 1800 moved with his family to
Greenbrier County. He waa a carpenter by trade, ana on
his land he erected one of the beat homea of that time.
He died at the age of seventy-four. On January 27, 1803,

he married Jean Hodge, who was born in Highland Count
Virginia, February 26, 1780.

Their youngest aon waa William Erakine Miller, who w
born at the old homestead August 18, 1825, and died Ft
ruary 3, 1901. He spent the greater part of his life
Greenbrier County, but for several yeara before his dea
lived at Foss. He was held in high esteem in Summt
County, being regarded as a most unselfish character,
consecrated Christian, honored for his service aa a Co
federate soldier, and in his daily life he touched and i
fluenced for good a large circle of friends and acquaintana
He was never a candidate for any office.

William E. Miller married Sarah Barbara McNeer,
Monroe County. They were married February 8, 1849, ai
were the parents of four children: Charles Lewia, who w
born in lb52, and was a school teacher, a telegraph operat
and ageut for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, subs
quently became a farmer and merchant, and built the fir
ailo in Summers County. The aecond child of William '.
Miller is Judge James H. The third, Anderson E., boi
in 1859, has been a wholesale merchant, banker and a bu£
ness man. The fourth child waa Miss Mary Benson Mille

James Henry Miller passed his early life on a farm, ai
as a boy attended a noted place of learning known aa tl
old Gum Schoolhouse on Lick Creek. He was a studei
under James Huston Miller at Green Sulphur Springs :
1876, and in 1879 he graduated at the Concord Norma
winning the prize for the best oration and the best essa;
Judge Miller taught school thirty months, four terms of thi
time at Hinton. While working aa a clerk to pay his ej
peases he studied law with William W. Adams at Hinto)
took a law course at the University of Virginia, and W£
admitted to practice in 1881. He waa associated with Elbe)
Fowler until the latter ; a death, and then with his formt
preceptor, W. W. Adams, until the death of Mr. Adams i
1894. During the following ten years the firm was Milh
& Reed.

Judge Miller served as superintendent of schools froi
1882 to 1884. In 1884 he was elected prosecuting attorne
of Summers County, and held that office for sixteen coi
secutive yeara, finally declining to be a candidate for n
election. In 1900 he was on the democratic state tickt
as nominee for state auditor. In 1904 he received tb
nomination without opposition for judge of the Circu:
Court of the Ninth West Virginia Circuit, comprisin
Summers, Raleigh and Wyoming counties, and was electe
by about twelve hundred majority in a republican distrie'
Judge Miller served sixteen yeara on the bench, and in 192
he was again the democratic nominee for state audito:
During his long time on the bench it is said that onl
rarely was a decision of his reversed by higher courts. I

Until his election aa judge he waa active in the demt
cratic party as a delegate to every state convention and aeij
atorial and congressional conventions. He was a delegat
to the Chicago convention of 1896 when William J. Brya
was first nominated, though he was not an original Brya:
man. He is chairman of the State Democratic Committet
and chairman for some twenty years of the Third Cor
gressional District.

Judge Miller has been prominent in business affairs i
Summers County. He has served as president of the Green
brier Springs Company, director of the National Bank o
Summers from its organization, and president of the Hin
ton Hardware Company.

February 1, 1882, he married Jane Tompkins Miller
daughter of James H. Miller, Jr., of Gauley Bridge. The;
are the parents of four children: James H., Jr.; Grace Chap
man, now the wife of S. S. Rose, a Hinton druggist; Jeai
and Daisy Corinne, both at home.

The son, James H. Miller, Jr., is now associated wit!
his father in law practice. He graduated in law fron
Washington and Lee University in 1915, and he then eervei
a year by appointment aa circuit clerk of Summers County
For two years he was in the internal revenue service unde
Sam Hayea, and on July 13, 1918, joined the army in th
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609

I Anderson Embury Miller. A career devoted to solid
md substantial lines of business and Industry has been that
Lf Anderson Embnry Miller, who for a score of years has
Ibeen general manager of the New River Grocery Company
ht Hinton. The gTeater part of his life has been spent in
[Rummers County, and for several years he was interested
in the timber and lumber industry in thia vicinity.

The Xew River Grocery Company was incorporated in
1901 and opened for business January 1, 1902. The execu-
tive officials are: G. A. Miller, president; IT. L. Johnson,
secretary and treasurer; and A. E. Miller, general manager.
It is one of the larger wholesale concerns handling groceries
(throughout the southern and eastern portions of the state,
[it commands a large and extensive patronage over the
territory adjacent to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
from Kanawha Fall3 te Covington, Virginia, including the
Icounties of Summers. Fayette, Raleigh. Greenbrier, Monree
land Pocahontas, and portions of Mercer and Nicholas
|counties.

Anderseu Embury Miller was born at Green Sulphur
I Springs, in what was then Greenbrier, now Summers County,
October 1, 1859, son of William Erskine and Sarah Barbara
(MeNeer) Miller. In thi3 locality his grandfather, John
Miller, settled more than a century ago on coming from
Bath County, Virginia, William E. Miller was born at the
old homestead at Green Sulphur Springs, August 19, 1825,
and died February 3. 1901. In 1891 he moved from this
locality to Foss, where he lived until his death. He was a
Confederate soldier, was a farmer and 3tock man and was
never active in politics. His wife, Sarah Barbara MeNeer
was born May 10, 1827. and died February 6, 1897. Her
father was Richard MeNeer, an early settler on Hands
Creek. Monroe County, and the McNeers were originally
from Paisley, Scotland. William E. Miller and wife had
three sons and one daughter: Mary B. living at Hinton:
C. L. Miller, a retired farmer at Belle Point in Summers
County; Judge James H. Miller, a prominent lawyer and
man of affairs at Hinton; and Anderson E.

Anderson E. Miller attended both free and private schools
and taught four winter terms of school. His first active
business enterprise was in association with his cousin, W.
N. MeNeer, in operating a sawmill at Blue Hope Tunnel.
Later he was in the lumber industry on Lick Creek, in the
vicinity of Green Sulphur Springs, and he continued active
in saw' milling operations for ten years. Later he was asso-
ciated in the store business with John MeNeer at Belle
Point and for eighteen months lived at Buckley, where he
was cashier of the Bank of Raleigh, an institution he helped
organize. Mr. Miller was also at one time associated with
his brother C. L. in a milling business on Pipe Stem and
on Tallory Mountain, and for seven years he owned a
store at Belle Point. Since 1902, however, his time and
energies have been quite fully taken up by his duties as
general manager of the New River Grocery Company at
Hinton.

On June 22, 1S87, Mr. Miller married Jennie I. Hutchi-
son, who was bern at Elton, daughter of Michael Hutchi-
son. Mr. Miller lost his wife by death January 24, 1908.
There were five children: Owen, associated with the Sterling
Meter Company of Hinton; Fay, at home; Harry L., Josie
and Barbara Hutchison, both at home. The son, Harry
volunteered and entered the First Officers Training Camp
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, was commissioned as first lieu-
tenant of infantry, and was sent for duty to Camp Funston.
He failed to go overseas with his command because of an
attack of appendicitis, which developed into ohlebitis, but
he was continued on duty for twenty-three months. Since
the wax he has been associated with his father in the whole-
sale grocery business. Mr. Miller is an active member of
the Green Sulphur Methodist Church, South. He is a
democrat and is a York Rite Mason and Shriner.

Geobgk Edward Klenckk Not only has George
Edward Kleneke been one of the constructive citizens
of Piedmont, but he has actually done more of the con-
tracting and building of this little city than any other
man now living, and is the oldest of the contractors
in this part of Mineral County, although for aome

time he haa been living retired- He is a native son
of the county and was born on the street on which his
present residence is located, and all of his life has been
spent here, so that naturally his interest is centered around
Piedmont and Mineral Ceunty.

George Edward Kleneke was born July 10, 1854, and he
Is a son of Ferdinand Kleneke, a German by birth who earne
to the United States in young manhood, and after his
arrival in this country first worked as a teamster between
Cumberland, Maryland, and Piedmont, West Virginia. This
was before the building of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
and at a time when there were few bridges and it was
while fording the Potomnc and struggling with his horses,
that was laid the foundation of the illness whieh resulted in
his death in 1856. He was a carpenter by trade, at which he
sometimes worked, and he erected the first house built on
Main Street, Piedmont, in which his son, George Edward
was bern, now the home of William Simmons.

Ferdinand Kleneke married Theresa Zacharias, born in
Baltimore, Maryland, of German parents, who subsequently
settled at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Kleneke 's four
a quartermaster in the same service during the war of the
'60s. The latter, William Zacharias, died at Pittsburgh, and
all of his sens have also passed away. William Zacharias
served as quartermaster in a Pennsylvania regiment during
the Civil war, and after the close of the war returned to his
home in Pittsburgh, where he became night agent for the
Union Station and held this position at the time the station
was burned during the railroad strike of 1877. Mr.
Zacharias. although engaged in seme of the bloodiest
battles of the war, did not receive a scrateh. His three
sons also returned to Pittsburgh and engaged in the tobacco
business, afterward managing the Merchants Hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. Kleneke had three sens, namely: Michael
and William, both of whom are now deceased, and George
Edward, whose name heads this review. The mother of
these children married for her second husband, John Hartell,
and of the seven children born to them but one survives,
namely: Frank Hartell, of Cumberland, Maryland. Another
son, John Hartell, reached maturity, as did a daughter,
Emma, but both died uumarried.

Growing up at Piedmont George Edward Kleneke
attended its schools until he was fourteen years old, at which
time he began learning the carpenter trade under Captain
Jarbee and his father, John Jarboe, the last named having
been the first mayor of Piedmont, and these two being the
oldest builders and among the earliest settlers of the place.
After completing hi3 apprenticeship Mr. Kleneke remained
with the Jarboes for a time as a journeyman, when he left
them going with Henry Kight and still later with E. J.
Fredlock, a contractor and builder and large factory
owner. When he reached the age of twenty-five years
Mr. Kleneke formed a partnership with Henry Kight, under
the name of Kight & Kleneke, contractors and builders
and this association was maintained for twenty years.
Among other important contracts of thi3 firm were the
erection of the Murphy heuse, now owned by Dr. J. H.
Welverton, the erection of the Phligar Heuse, now owned
and occupied by H. Clay Thrush, several public scheol-
houses of Piedmont, a number ef residences at Luke. Mary-
land, the store building of Graham & Company and many
residences at Piedmont. In all of their work the partners
were noted for their conscientious fidelity in living up to
the spirit as well as the letter of their contracts and the
buildings stand as monuments to their skill and honesty.
With the burden of his years pressing upon Mr. Kight, the
firm dissolved and Mr. Kleneke continued alone for five
years and then retired from the building industry. While
a member of the firm of Kight & Kleneke, Mr. Kleneke also
built several houses in surrounding towns, namely, Keyser
and Barnum, West Virginia, and Lonaconing and Midland,
Maryland.

In addition to his work aa a contractor and builder, Mr.
Kleneke has had other interests at Piedmont and fer years
was one of the directors of the Davis National Bank of
which he is still a stockholder. Although several times
elected as a member of the City Council of Piedmont, Mr.
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Hartell served as the third mayor of the city, in which for
years he had substantial interests and in the beginning of
his career Mr. Klencke found his connection with this most
excellent citizen and reliable business man of great value to
him. The first presidential ballot of Mr. Klencke was cast
for Rutherford B. Hayes, and in national matters he has
continued to give his hearty support to republican candidates,
but in local affairs he shapes his course according to the
qualifications of those seeking office. In 1896 he was first
elected county commissioner, to succeed Michael Ma stellar
in the office, and served a six year term. With John Dayton
and George Arnold as his colleagues on the board Mr.
Klencke built two of the finest bridges spanning the Potomac
River in West Virginia, as well as numerous smaller
bridges, and did this in the face of considerable opposition
from reactionists. Some dirt-road building was done, but at
that time the people had not been educated to the present
day appreciation of good roads. At the expiration of his term
of office Mr. Klencke retired. Subsequently he was again
elected to this office, this time to succeed Doctor Cross, and
his associates were Robert Dayton and Robert Bane. This
board decided not to build any but concrete bridges, several
of them of the two-span type, and a number of the one
span-type were constructed during the life of this body. It
was this board that began the movement in favor of good
roads by constructing five miles of hard-surface road up
New Creek from Keyser, for which they provided the
machinery, and while doing this inaugural work on the new
type of road they also maintained the old dirt roads. A
bond issue was floated about this time, its promotion being
backed by Mr. Klencke and as a result of his zealous work
in its behalf was voted for at the polls. The Piedmont
District was bonded for $75,000, and the New Creek District
for $250,000 and with the money thus raised the county
built a concrete road between Piedmont and Keyser, and
Main and Fairview streets of Piedmont were hard-surfaced
with Warnite with this fund. With the expiration of his
second term Mr. Klencke once more retired to private life.

On January 26, 1877, George Edward Klencke married at
Piedmont, Annie Sullivan, a daughter of John Sullivan who
was killed while serving as a soldier in the Confederate
Army during the War of the '60s. Mrs. Klencke was born
in Rockingham County, Virginia, in March, 1857, and she
passed away April 16, 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Klencke had the
following children: Frederick, who is a carpenter of Pied-
mont, married Virginia Parks, and they have a son,
Kenneth; Buena Vista, who married Andrew Harmon of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has two children, Reginald and
William,- Carrie, who is the wife of John R. Keller, of
Westernport, Maryland, has three children, George, Evelyn
and Rohert; May, who married John Baldwin, lost in the
service during the World war, has two children, John
Edward and Vivian. Mr. Klencke was reared in the
Lutheran faith and although he is not a member of any
church, is inclined to follow the teaching of that denomina-
tion in spiritual matters. A sound, dependable and upright
citizen, Mr. Klencke has always striven to do what he
believes is his duty, enjoys in the highest degree the con-
fidence and respect of all with whom he is associated. Mr.
Klencke at the present time is the oldest citizen now living
in Piedmont. He was born and raised on the same street
and he recalls when there was but one house on the north
side of the main street. This was in the early '50s. The
street is now built up through its entire length.

Avis Layton Wampler is connected with the Baltimore
& Ohio Railway, but his most interesting distinction is that
he was elected mayor of Littleton before he had been a
resident two years. He is giving Littleton a progressive,
moral and businesslike administration that fully justifies
the confidence of the voters who chose him to this responsi-
bility.

Mr. Wampler was born uear Staunton, Virginia, July 26,
1891. His grandfather, Jonas Wampler, was also a native
of Augusta County, where the Wa"mplers settled in Colonial
times on coming from Germany. Jonas Wampler was born
in 1813, owned a large farm, and did a prosperous business
as a stock raiser, and lived in Augusta County all his life.

He died near Staunton in 1903. His wife was a Miss Long
a life-long resident of Augusta County. Samuel L. Wamp
ler, father of the Littleton mayor, was also a resident oi
Augusta County throughout hia life. He was born In 1838
and died at his farm near Staunton in 1912. His interesti
were those of a successful farmer. He served in the Civi
war, in Company E of the First Virginia Cavalry, joining
that organization before the formal outbreak of the war
and continued until the close. He participated in the first
battle of Bull Run and in many other campaigns. Aftei
the war he became a republican, and was the only republican
who ever held the office of judge of elections in his precinct
He was a leading member of the Church of the Brethren.
Samuel L. Wampler married Mollie Grove for his first wife.
She was born and died in Augusta County. By this union
there were eight children: Ida, deceased; Bertie, wife of
Jacob M. Jones, of Augusta County; Betty, wife of Sandy
T. Weller, a painter at Staunton; Robert Luther, a contract-
ing painter and decorator at Los Angeles, California;
Mamie, wife of William M. Harris, a progressive farmer of]
Augusta County; Samuel Elmer, a merchant, paper hanger
and contractor at Pittsburgh; Jennie, wife of Samuel H.
Driver, a farmer in Augusta County; and Charles F., a
carpenter at Manteca, California. The second wife of
Samuel L. Wampler was Lydia Sniteman, who was born in
Augusta County May 7, 1851, and died near Staunton Janu-
ary 10, 1919. Her only child is Avis L. Wampler.

Avis L. Wampler was educated in the rural schools of
Augusta County. His experiences were found on his father 's
farm until he was twenty-seven, and when he left home he
entered the railway mail Bervice and for fourteen months
had a run out of Washington, D. C. After the death of his
mother in 1919 Mr. Wampler came to Littleton, and was
in the service of the Hope Natural Gas Company until
October 1, 1920, when he became assistant agent at Little-
ton for the Baltimore & Ohio Railway, and was later pro-
moted to agent and located at Glover Gap, West Virginia.

Mr. Wampler was elected mayor of Littleton January 27,
1921, on the republican ticket, beginning his one year term
February 7, 1921. In the campaign he opposed one of the
strongest citizens, a democrat, but was elected by a sub-
stantial majority. It was his personality and his platform
that gained him the election. He proposed if elected that
the poolrooms of the city should be closed, since these were
a constant source of moral deterioration to the youth of the
city, and undoubtedly a majority of the citizens believe that
this reform alone justified the election of Mr. Wampler.
Since becoming mayor he has closed the pool halls. His
activity in moral reform is not the only credit to be be-
stowed upon his administration. He is a good roads advo-
cate, and has constantly kept the attention of the citizens
directed to such improvements as sidewalks, city pavements
and similar work that will realize the ideals of a good town.
Mr. Wampler was urged to become a candidate for a second
term and was elected in one of the biggest and hottest
contested elections ever held in the town. It was a three
cornered fight, with platforms as follows: square deal,
citizens improvement and law and order. He was elected
on the law and order platform.

June 12, 1911, in Highland County, Virginia, he married
Miss Flo M. Coffman, daughter of Rev. Henry A. and Emma
(Johnson) Coffman, the latter deceased. Her father, a
minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is now living in
Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Wampler have five children: Emma
Lydia, born June 27, 1912; Samuel Alfred, born March 29,
1914; Luther Avis, born March 28, 1917; Marvin Edward,
born October 7, 1919; and Fred Eugene, born February 17,
1922.

Edward Earl Maston is a representative young business
man at Fairmont, Marion County, where he is manager of
the Mid-West Box Company. He was born in the City of
Wabash, Indiana, February 23, 1886, and is a son of William
David and Alice (Rowand) Maston, natives respective of
the state of New York and Ohio. William D. Maston was
eleven yearB of age at the time of the family removal from
New York to Dayton, Ohio, whence removal was later made,
by team and wagon, to Indiana, with settlement on a farm

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outh of Wabns.li. The Rowaud family removed from Ohio
ad settled near Goshen, Indiana, William D. MaBton was
or many years in the employ of the Chicago, Cleveland,
Cincinnati & St. Louis (Big Four) Railroad Company, at
\nderson, Indiana, where his death occurred and where his
ridow still resides.

Edward E. Mastoa gained his early education in the
•ublic schools of Anderson, Indiana, and later attended the
•elebrated Armour School of Technology in the City of
Chicago. At the age of sixteen years ho initiated his ap-
prenticeship to tho printer's trade, but after six months he
ibaadoned this work and entered the employ of the Sefton
Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of wooden boxes
ind corrugated fibre containers at Anderson, Indiana. lie
began work as a common laborer in the factory in 1903,
and won consecutive advancement until he was made fore-
man of the corrugating department, in 1911. In that year
he was transferred to the company's plant at Chicago, as
|supcrintendent of the corrugating department.

In 1914 Mr. Maston returned to Anderson and became
general superintendent of the newly organized Mid-West
Box Company. In 1918 he was transferred to Fairmont,
[West Virginia, where he has since had active charge of the
i local manufacturing plant of this company. He has made
his influence felt as one of the loyal and progressive citizens
and business men of this city, is a director of the Chamber
of Commerce, an active member of the Kiwanis Club, and
a member of the Industrial Board of the local Young Men 's
Christian Association. Both he and his wife hold member-
ship in the First Presbyterian Church.

June 18, 1915, recorded the marriage of Mr. Maston and
Miss Sarah Reed, who was born at Ithaca, New York, a
daughter of Prof. John S. Reed, a member of the faculty
of Cornell University in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Maston
have a daughter, Jean Louise, who was born November, 12,
1918.

James C. Forinash. His many friends and associates at
Weston have for years known of and spoken of James C.
Forinash as a prosperous business man, and comparatively
few are aware of the early struggles and vicissitudes he went
through in his determined efforts to earn a substantial suc-
cess and make a name and reputation.

Mr. Forinash was born near Weston March 4, 1857, son
of Jonas C. and Elizabeth Ann (Stanley) Forinash. His
father was born in Lewis County, February 28, 1829, and
his mother was born February 28, 1828, in the same county,
on Stanley's Run, one and one-half miles south of Jane
Lew, where her grandfather, John Stanley, had settled. He
was born in England in 1736, and died in 1822. His wife,
Nancy Gibbons, was born in England in 1749 and died in
1S37, and both were buried in the home graveyard on Stan-
ley's Run. Nancy Gibbons was shipped to America pre-
sumably to get a fortune left to her, but her stepfather
had received it and had sold her to pay for her transporta-
tion. John Stanley, met Nancy Gibbons at Red Stone,
Pennsylvania, and here they were married. Jacob Stanley,
the father of Mrs. Elizabeth Forinash, was born at Red
Stone. John Stanley owned all the land from Fisher Summit
to Jane Lew, from hill top to hill top on Stanley's Run.
The following children were born on the home farm on
Stanley's Run to Jacob Stanley, namely, Ruth, Diadema,
Matilda, Sarah, Margaret, John, Jonathan, Maxwell, Mary,
Elizabeth Ann and Ruby.

Jonas C. Forinash and Elizabeth Ann Stanley were mar-
ried July 22, 1847, by Rev. John Hardman. Jonas Forinash
did farm work for a number of years, and in 1862 moved to
Weston, where he worked at various things. He was always
industrious, but not an accumulator, and died comparatively
poor on February 28, 1877. In politics he was a whig and
later a republican. The mother was an active member of
the Methodist Episcopal Chnrch, and survived her huBband
forty years, passing away February 6, 1917. James C.
Forinash contributed in many ways to the eomfort of his
aging mother. There were six children in the family, and
the three now living are: James C. ; Anna, wife of John
Lake, living at Three Rivers, Michigan ; and P. C. Forinash,
of Elkhart, Indiana.

Jnines C. Forinash when teu years of age went to live with
an uncle for two yeurs, and then for two years worked on a
farm at five dollars a month. Those circumstances did not
favor regular attendanco at school, but as boy and man ho
has always made tho best of his opportunities. When he
came to Westou Mr. Forinash was employed in the brick
yard making the brick for the construction of the Central
Building of the Insane Asylum. From the brick yard he
went into a planing mill, and after considerable experience
there the company sent him out to supervise the building
of houses, a work he followed four years. His next em-
ployment was in the McBride furniture business, where he
learned the art of making furniture according to the hand
made methods of that day. He spent seven years with this
plant, learning the furniture trade and business and also
undertaking.

When he left the McBride firm Mr. Forinash entered
business for himself under the firm name of J. C. Forinash
& Company. That was in 1883. His partner and financial
backer was Samuel A. Steele. Mr. Steele died December 23,
1917, and in his will he bequeathed all his personal and real
property to Mr. Forinash, including the building where the
Forinash furniture store is. Besides being head of this
prosperous furniture business and undertaking establish-
ment Mr. Forinash owns an eighth of the stock in the No
Leak Paper Dish Company of Wheeling, a corporation capi-
talized at a hundred thousand dollars, all paid in.

June 6, 18S2, Mr. Forinash married Lizzie Ridgeway.
Three children were born to their marriage, but the oniy
one now living is Minnie, a graduate of Mount de Chantal
Academy of Wheeling and now the widow of Dr. H. S.
Hefner, a dentist at Weston. Dr. Hefner died Jane 11, 1922.
The family are members of the Methodist Church. Mr.
Forinash is affiliated with Weston Lodge Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past noble grand. He is a
republican.

Melton Harold Taylor, whose farm is in the Masontown
community of Preston County, was a farmer before he
really learned farming as a vocation and business, and his
work in recent years has demonstrated the value of knowl-
edge as a supplement to brawn in handling the complicated
technique of agriculture and stock husbandry.

Mr. Taylor represents an old and prominent family of
Preston County. His father, George Washington Taylor,
was born Octoher 24, 1828, in Monongalia County, and in
184S married Eliza Jane Emerson, daughter of John Emer-
son. She was born about eight miles north of Morgantown,
January 25, 1825.

Milton Harold Taylor was the youngest of the nine child-
ren of his parents and was born October 7, 1869, at the
old Taylor homestead four miles east of Masontown. He
learned the work of the fields co-incident with his lessons in
reading, writing and arithmetic in the rural schools. He
became an old school farmer, but some years after his mar-
riage and after he was the father of several children he
decided to know more about farming, particularly the scien-
tific reasons that underlie agriculture. He entered the State
University Agricultural School, taking the special work
provided for men who had not completed the regular pre-
paratory training leading up to university. He stndied
three winter terms, receiving a diploma as a graduate, but
all the time he earried on the work of his home farm, direct
ing it over the telephone and in accordance with the new
ideas he was getting from day to day and week to week.
Mr. Taylor was a classmate and roommate as well in
university with Hon. W. D. Zinn, the widely known writer
on agricultural topics whose theory and practice of farming
have opened the eyes of many to the best methods of get-
ting results on a West Virginia fann.^ For a time after his
graduation Mr. Taylor was in the service of the State Board
of Agriculture lecturing and speaking before farmers insti-
tutes, and carrying his own knowledge by extension from
the laboratories of the university to men whose duties kept
them close to the farm.

Mr. Taylor among various agricultural methods exercises
a selection of seed, doing this while the ear of corn is still
on the stalk or saving the small grain for aced where it

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has matured the best. His methods of planting and tilling
are such as harmonize with the suggestions from the Agri-
cultural Department of the State, and the results far out-
weigh the haphazard and arhitrary methods in vogue in
his childhood and, for that matter, among many of the men
on the farm calling themselves farmers today. Mr. Taylor
found it a matter of profit as well as satisfaction to elimi-
nate the scrub animal and introduce registered stock. He
is a short horn-Durham cattle breeder, and has a stock of
hlue-blooded Barred Rock poultry. He has also tried the
Bronze turkey, the Roscomb Brown Leghorn and the Pekin
duck with satisfactory results.

Mr. Taylor's present farm is adjacent to Masontown on
the south. At the time of his marriage thirty years ago,
he located on a farm two miles southwest of Masontown,
bought another place two years later, and in 1901 moved
to a farm just north of Masontown, coming to his present
place in April, 1903. His farm includes some of the first
land cultivated in this part of the state, it having been
settled about the time of the Revolution. The improvements
are of Mr. Taylor's own planning and construction, and
include a house and barn and the first silo erected in Preston
County west of Cheat River. He helieves in modem ma-
chinery, and uses a tractor for power to operate his corn
binder, grain binder, harrow, plow and soil packer, tools
that are essential to a farmer who believes in getting the
work done without loss of time or motion. Mr. Taylor is
also a road representative in Preston County for the Inter-
national Harvester Company, selling motor trucks and
threshers and tractors in addition to the varied line of farm
machinery manufactured by that corporation.

Mr. Taylor was reared in a republican family, casting
his first vote for Benjamin Harrison in 1892. He has been
a notary public, was elected a justice of the peace in 1908,
and served two terms as county committeeman, hut does not
indulge in polities for the sake of office for himself. As a
youth he was a member of the Evangelical Church, but is
now a Preshyterian. He is affiliated with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows at Masontown, of which he is a past
grand, and is also a member of the Encampment. He has
held all the chairs in the Lodge of Knights of Pythias, is
a Mason and a member of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics. However he has done most of his fraternal work
in the Patrons of Husbandry, becoming affiliated with the
Grange in 1898. He has held a number of offices in local
and state Grange, acted as organizer of subordinate granges
and has assisted in influencing the program of state legisla-
tion through the Grange. He was one of the organizers of
the Grange Mutual Fire Insurance Company of West Vir-
ginia, and served as its secretary. He was one of the organ-
izers and a director of the Bank of Masontown, a director
of the Masontown Telephone Company, and was vice presi-
dent for West Virginia of the Farmers' National Congress.
He has been actively associated with a number of the
prominent leaders and educators in the West Virginia
Farmers' Movement, and has heen a member of the State
Poultry Association, State Live Stock Association, State
Horticultural Association, State Dairy Association and other
similar organization.

In Preston County, January 25, 1893, Mr. Taylor married
,o n ^ a ?' Martin - who was bom at Clifton Mills, June 18
1869 daughter of Simon R. and Sarah A. (Liston) Martin!
Her father served as a Union soldier three years with the
Third Maryland Regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have a
family of childreen inspired with all the progressive ideas
and community ideals of their parents. The oldest, Ferris
A., graduated from the Old Dominion College near Win-
chester, Virginia, taught for several terms, and was in the
undertaking business in Morgantown when he enlisted in
1917, as sergeant mechanic in the One Hundred and Thir-
teenth Ammunition Train, Motor Section, was sent over-
seas, but the armistice was signed before he reached the
tront. The son Lynn A., who graduated from West Vir-
ginia University in 1922, was in the navy during the war
but did not get into action. James O., the third of the
Taylor brothers, was a volunteer and a sergeant in the
One Hundred and Thirteenth Ammunition Train. Ruth
who married Glenn Pyles, of Mount Morris, Pennsylvania'

is a graduate of the Masontown High School and taught
S ™ Va ? ey Dl ^ nct m gh School. Martin is attending
the Masontown High School, while Dolly and Viola the
younger children, are pupils in the grades.

S. Charles Steele. In the profession of certified public
accountant S. Charles Steele, of Fairmont, is one of the
older men in point of service in the State of West Virginia
His abilities have hrought him many important honor? and
responsibilities in this comparatively new field

i 8 - . the .g. randsoi i of a sometime distinguished pioneer
Methodist minister of West Virginia. His grandfather, Rev
bamuel Steele, was born in Ireland, and came to the United
Mates when a young man. He was liberally educated, and
almost his entire adult life was a consecration to the service
of his church. He was chaplain of the Third West Virginia
Infantry of the Union Army during the Civil war, and
among other communities that recall his work as pastor were
Wheeling and Huntington, and he had charge of the Meth-
0dl ^ o £ Urc A. at Buc ^annon, Upshur County, when he died
in 1886. After coming to West Virginia he married Miss
Victoria Lorentz, a native of Weston, Lewis County, and
member of an old and influential family there.

The father of S. Charles Steele is George C. Steele, who
was born at Parkersburg, Wood County, October 30, 1860
but since early youth has lived in Morgantown, where he has
liad a prominent part in both business and civic affairs
He was for several terms mayor, being the first mayor of
Greater Morgantown," when the several adjacent inde-
pendent municipalities were merged with the then Morgan-
town. For many years he has been engaged in the insurance
business George C. Steele married Laura May Williams, a
native of Greensboro, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and
daughter of Charles and Melissa (Johnson) Williams.

At the home of his parents in Morgantown S. Charles Steele
was born July 24, 1885. His education was one in prepara-
tion tor a business and professional career. He attended the
grammar and high schools of his native city, West Virginia
Vvesleyan College and the University of West Virginia, An
employment that had much to do with the choice of a per-
manent vocation was with the office of the attorney general
of West Virginia where he devoted nearly a year to making
confidential reports from Richmond, Virginia, to the attorney
general on the Virginia debt settlement. July 1, 1908 Mr
Steele entered the office of Thomas B. Dixcy, a prominent
certified public accountant of New York City, and under
whom he enjoyed an exceptionally broad range of experience
and training until March 5, 1910, at which date he estab-
lished himself in the independent practice of his profession
at Morgantown and Fairmont. His certificate as a certified
public accountant is dated Septemher 9, 1911. He was the
first accountant in West Virginia to he elected a member of
the American Institute of Accountants, the date of his af-
filiation being Septemher 1, 1917. In the past decade he
lias handled a large volume of important work both for
corporations and individuals. Mr. Steele is a member of the
West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, the
National Association of Cost Accountants, the Old Colony
Club, the Fairmont Country Club, and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks.

March 15, 1918, Mr. Steele volunteered his service to the
Government. His ambition was to get overseas, but the
authorities found a man of his profession more useful in this
country. He was employed as a civilian in the construction
division of the quartermaster's department of the army
As a supervising traveling accountant he had supervision
over the field auditors at the various army cantonments He
was given discharge from Government service December 15
1918, and has since given his attention to his substantial and
important professional business at Fairmont

November 1 1911, Mr. Steele married Miss Margaret
Estelle Denmston. She was born in San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, but was reared and educated in New York City and
is a graduate of Hunter College. Her parents were William
and Annie Denmston.

George L. Pence, M. D. One of the most accomplished
physicians and surgeons of Summers County is Doctor

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613

ieorge L. Pence of Hinton. Doctor Pence was a captain
d the Medical Corps during the World war, Baw active
ervice in the field hospitals and light artillery in France
>oth during the war and after the armistice.

Doctor Pence was born at Pence Spriogs in Summers
bounty, February 24, 1881, son of Andrew P. and Sallie
^nn (Lewis) Pence. His father, founder of the noted re-
tort and mineral springs known as Pence Springs, was
norn near Greenville in Monroe County, West Virginia, in
R839, and died in 1915. The family were pioneers of
[Monroe County. Andrew P, Pence served four years as a
Confederate soldier in the artillery branch of the army.
After the war he became a merchant, conducted a store at
3reen Sulphur Springs and Sandstone, now known as New
[Richmond, and subsequently was the partner in the busi-
ness at Aldersoo. About 1877 he bought from the Jesse
Beard estate about 300 acres, including the Pence Springs.
|He subsequently sold two-thirds in order to enlist capital for
| the development of the springs, but later bought back the
interest. He did much to give publicity to the fine qualities
I of the mineral water, and established a large hotel that was
rilled with guests seeking the benefit of the water and the
other attractions of the locality. Pence Springs is one of
the noted resorts of the state, and is located twelve miles
east of Hinton. Andrew P. Pence served as a member of
the Legislature in 1910-12, for a number of years was
president of the Board of Education in Talcott District,
and he was an ardent democrat. His wife, Sallie Ann
Lewis, was born at Blakes Mill in Greenbrier County, and
is living at Pence Springs nt the age of seventy-eight.
They have five children: Jacob D., of Pence Springs;
Bessie S., wife of 0. C. Carter of Aldersoo; Silas H., of
Pence Springs; George L.; and Nellie K., at home.

George L. Pence grew up on the old homestead at Pence
Springs, was educated in the public schools there, and was a
student in West Virginia University from 1901 to 1903. In
the latter year he entered the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Baltimore, graduating M. D. in 1906 and
receiving a similar degree from West Virginia University.
From 1906 to 1910 Doctor Pence was associated with The
Hinton Hospital. In June, 1911, he was a student specializ-
ing in laboratory work in the Post-Gradnate School of
Medicine in New York. Following this experience in
preparation Doctor Pence was engaged in a general prac-
tice at Pence Springs until July, 1917.

At that date he joined the army, attending the Medical
Training School at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was com-
missioned a first lieutenant and later promoted to captain.
Doctor Pence went overseas with the Fifth Division in
June, 1918, and until September was located in the Vosges
sector, was in the St. Mihiel campaign and was with the
Light Artillery during some of the great operations in the
closing months of the war. He was transferred to the
Nineteenth Field Artillery on the Moselle River, and was at
Thieacourt at the time of the signing of the armistice. He
was performing the duties of major in charge of a hospital
for some time. After the armistice he was at Luxemburg,
Esch, and Mondorf, a summer resort, in all about ten
months. Doctor Pence had command of the Twenty-ninth
Field Hospital, located at Mondorf for two months previous
to returning to the United States in July, 1919.

Since leaving the army he has been established in practice
at Hinton. He is a member of the County, State and
American Medical Associations, is a Royal Arch and
Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, a member of the Elks,
the Chamber of Commerce, and is a democrat in politics.

William W. Gsaham. One of the most essential and
important departments in the municipal service of a city
like Charleston, the proper conduct of which requires un-
usual abilities of an executive character and rare diplomacy
in the handling of a large force of men so that the machine
may operate without friction, is the fire department, William
W. Graham, the present fire chief of Charleston, possesses
the qualities noted, and is also known as a man of much
personal courage and cool and broad judgment.

Chief Graham was born en Elk River, Kanawha County,
West Virginia, in 1879, a son of Rev. C. B. Graham, a

Methodist Episcopal divine aud a native of Kanawha
County. Ho preached for thirty years at Wheeling and
Charleston, where he was presiding elder, alternating be-
tween the two cities. For twenty five years he was pastor
and presiding elder at Wheeling, and he returned to
Charleston in the latter capacity, although his last work
in the church was as a local pastor. He is now living re-
tired at Charleston, where he is held in the highest esteem
by his former parishioners and by those of other de-
nominations who recognize and appreciate his many splen-
did qualities of heart and mind. His wife, formerly Miss
Antoinette A. Hill, of Kanawha County, also survives, and
has proven a most faithful helpmate and wise business
counselor. William Graham, the grandfather of Chief Gra-
ham, came to West Virginia at an early day and became
interested in salt plants. He is said to have organized the
first Sunday school in the salt section.

William W. Graham attended the public schools of
Wheeling, where his boyhood was mainly passed, and sub-
sequently pursued a course at the West Virginia Consoli-
dated Seminary, now Wesleyan College, at Buckhannon.
When he was nineteen years of age he engaged in coal opera
tions in the Elk River section, and until 1915 was engaged
in producing coal on land owned by his father. In 1915,
when Mayor Breece assumed bis executive chair and duties,
he desired that all departments of the city be placed upon
an efficiency basis. Knowing of Mr. Graham's abilities, he
prevailed upon him to accept the office of chief of the
Charleston Fire Department, which at that time consisted
of twenty-eight men, with all horse-drawn vehicles. Dur-
ing the following two years be did much to improve the
efficiency of the department, but when the United States
entered the great war he left Charleston and went to Nitro,
located ten miles below Charleston, on the Kanawha River,
where the Government established and operated a great
ammunition plant during the war. While there Chief Gra-
ham acted as the head of the fire prevention department,
but in 1919 returned to Charleston, where he resumed his
duties as fire chief. The department now consists of forty-
three men, with two automobiles and two steam-pumpers,
and with the exception of one span of horses is completely
motorized. In addition to the central station there are four
outside stations, equipped with electric alarms, Chief Gra-
ham having installed an entirely new alarm system, both
at headquarters and the outside houses. Headquarters are
in the new City Building, just completed, the fire depart-
ment being the first to be installed in the new structure.
The chief of the Charleston Fire Department is forty-three
years of age, a vigorous, wide-awake, experienced man,
and can be depended upon to maintain the service of which
he is the head at it3 present standard of superiority, and
incorporate into the system the methods and improve-
ments indicated by the advancement of mechanics and
science. He is a popular member of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks.

Chief Graham married Miss Clyde Meadors, of Putnam
County, West Virginia, and they are the parents of one
daughter, Josephine, who is attending school.

Geosge H. Trainer. Through the process of one modest
operation leading to another George H. Trainer has for
years been recognized as one of the prominent oil and
gas operators in Central West Virginia, His home for
many years has been at Salem, and he is one of the most
substantial business men and citizens of that locality.

Mr. Trainer was born on a farm in Doddridge County,
West Virginia, March 27, 1861, aon of William and Louisa
J. (Hoult) Trainer. His people were farmers in Dod-
dridge County, and their family consisted of three sons
and three daughters. The grandfather of George H. Trainer
was Rev. John Trainer, a native of Virginia, who combined
the vocation of agriculture with that of a minister of the
GospeL

George H. Trainer acquired a district school education,
and he lived on his father's farm until he was twenty -one.
On leaving home he became a merchant at Seymour, re-
maining there four years, and, disposing of his interests,
next moved to West Union, where he continued merchan-

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dising for ten years. While at Went Union he became in-
terested in the business of handling oil and gas well sup-
plies, and from this his capital and equipment were called
into the scene of practical operations in the oil and gas
district. He began production on leased land, and is now
associated with his brothers Edward and Frank in the oil
and gas business. The oil produced by them is sold to
the Standard Oil Company, and at times they have had
as many as sixty oil and gas wells in production at once.
An important by-product of their business is the manu-
facture of gasoline from natural gas.

A resident of Salem, Mr. Trainer takes an active part
in its business and civic affairs. He is a director in the
First National Bank of Salem, is a director in the Clarks-
burg Trust Company at Clarksburg, a stockholder in the
Union National Bank and the Merchants National Bank
of Clarksburg and has been a director in Salem College
for twenty years. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club,
is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs.
Trainer is a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church.
She taught in the public schools for a number of years.

On September 27, 1884, Mr. Trainer married Miss Viola
C. Davis, a native of New Milton, West Virginia, and
daughter of Eev. James B. and Emily V. (Davis) Davis.
Her father was a preacher and a farmer.

William Spindler, whose home is near Clifton Mills, is
a man of many interests in Preston County. For many
years he has farmed on an extensive scale, is an auctioneer,
a licensed veterinarian, and is one of the members of the
County Court.

He was born in Grant District, Preston County, October
4, 1860. A full account of the Spindler family, one of
the old and honored names of Preston County, is given
in the career of his brother, Charles Spindler. William
Spindler grew up on the home farm, attended the com-
mon schools, and after reaching his majority he left home
and found his first work in the grading and construction
of the railroad between Uniontown and Brownsville. From
this he went to Pittsburgh, was employed a short time
in a box factory, and then worked at monthly wages on
a farm in Allegheny County. Returning to Grant District,
he bought a farm, and since then he has had farming
interests of his own to engage his personal attention. He
owns a large amount of land, and his specialty is the
growing of high class Poland China hogs and Shropshire
sheep. For more than a quarter of a century Mr. Spindler
has been a licensed veterinarian, and is a recognized and
well qualified expert in treating all diseases of domestic
and farm animals. For twenty-one years he has been
crying sales, and has officiated perhaps at as many sales
as any other one auctioneer in the district which he covers.

Mr. Spindler was deputy sheriff four years, beginning
in January, 1909, under his brother Charles. In 1909
he was also elected to the County Court as successor of
Jeremiah Guthrie. He served one term, and in 1920 was
again elected to the County Court. The important work of
the present hoard is road construction of a permanent
character, appropriations for the expense of the public
schools, the purchase of a set of indexes for the County
Clerk's office and the general routine of the court. Mr.
Spindler has always been a republican and ia a member of
the Lutheran Church.

In Preston County, March 25, 1883, he married Mary
F. Maust, daughter of Jonas and Mary (Haynes) Maust.
The Maust family were identified with the first settle-
ment of Preston County and is of German ancestry. Mrs.
Spindler was one of the following children: Wakeman T.,
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Spindler; Elma May,
wife of Clayton Wolfe, of Cranesville; Nora, wife of J. M.
Kelley, of Bruceton; and James D., of Clinton Mills.

Oldest of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Spindler is Lucy
E., wife of Frank Collier, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
James It. lives at Youngstown, Ohio. Harry A., on his
father's farm, was with the colors at the time of the World
war but did not get overseas. Lizzie is the wife of Walter
Barkley, of Uniontown. May, the youngest, is the wife of
Russell Smith, a farmer near Clifton Mills. Mr. and

Mrs. Spindler also have five grandchildren: Harold W.
Collier, Jona and Robert Spindler, children of J. R. Spindler.
Sarah Lou Barkley, daughter of Lizzie and Walter Barkley,
and Herbert Eugene Spindler, son of Harry A. Spindler, of
Clifton Mills.

Judge James Paull was one of the moat prominent mem-
bers of the old Wheeling bar and enjoyed a widespread
reputation as one of the profound jurists and able public
men of West Virginia. He was born in Belmont County,
Ohio, in 1818, the son of George and "Elizabeth Paull.
George Paull was a member of the Twenty- seventh Regi-
ment of U. S. Infantry (Ohio troops) in the War of 1812,
and served bravely under General Harrison in the Northwest
Army. He was a son of Col. James Paull, who was a soldier
of the Revolutionary war and who also served under Wil-
liam Crawford in his disastrous encounter of the 5th of
June, 1872, on the plains of Sandusky, Ohio.

Judge James Paull was thoroughly educated in childhood
and youth, and after completing preparatory studies in
Cross Creek, Pennsylvania, he entered Washington College
in that state, at which he was graduated in June, 1835. He
then came to Wheeling and, choosing law as his profession,
rented the office of Z. Jacob and finished his legal studies
in the law department of the University of Virginia. Nearly
the whole of his career as a lawyer and public man was
spent at Wheeling, where he was locally esteemed as an
estimable citizen. In 1872 he was elected a judge of Su-
preme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, a high position
which he filled with honor and credit, performing its la-
borious duties with an industry and application that fatally
impaired his health. His decisions rank with the permanent
and valuable contributions to the law of the state. Judge
Paull also represented Ohio County during two terms in the
State Legislature of Virginia. He died May 11, 1875, be-
ing at that time a resident of Wellsburg, Brooks County, to
which place he had removed eighteen months before.

Judge Paull was twice married, first, to Jane A., daugh-
ter of the late Judge Joseph L. Fry, an eminent lawyer
from 1831-1852 and Circuit Judge of the First Judicial
District of Virginia. His great-grandfather was Col.
Joshua Fry, an English gentleman of worth and education,
who held many distinguished offices under the Colonial Gov-
ernment, was a civil engineer, professor at Williams and
Mary College, commissioner of the Crown, one of the com-
missioners at the treaty of Logstown and was appointed
commander of the Virginia forces by Governor Dinwiddie
in 1754. The highest honors of the Colony were within the
grasp of Col. Joshua Fry when his death at Willes Creek,
en route to Fort Cumberland, closed his career and placed
Lieutenant-Colonel George Washington in command. (See
Sparks Life of Washington, page 104-126.) The three sona
born to Judge James and Mrs. Paull are: Archibald W.,
Joseph F. and Alfred, all citizens of Wheeling. By his sec-
ond wife, Eliza J. Ott, daughter of Samuel Ott, deceased, of
Wheeling, Judge Paull had five children, as follows : James,
Elizabeth, Harry W., Samuel O., and Margaret Susan,
deceased.

Alfred Paull, senior member of the firm of Alfred Paull
& Son, which conducts one of the leading general insurance
agencies of West Virginia, with headquarters in the Board
of Trade Building in the City of Wheeling and with sub-
agencies numbering about 135 at different points in the
state, is not only one of the vital and progressive men who
have done much to further the civic and material advance-
ment of Wheeling, but is a son of the late Judge James
Paull, who was a distinguished member of the West Vir-
ginia bar and who served as a member of the Supreme
Court of the state. A tribute to bis memory is given in
the preceding sketch.

Alfred Paull, son of Judge James Paull and Jane A.
(Fry) Paull, was born in the City of Wheeling, October 14,
1854, several years prior to the creation of the State of
West Virginia, of which his native city became one of the
two original capitals. Reared in a home of culture and
gracious influences, he supplemented the discipline of the
local schools by a course in Washington and Jefferson Col-

me, Pennsylvania. From Lis youth to the present time he
ii been actively associated with business interests in Wheel-
I*, and his influence has been wide and important. He
■red ae secretary of the Manufacturers Insurance Corn-
Bay* a West Virginia corporation with its general offices
Wheeling. In January, 1885, he became secretary of the
iderwriters Insurance Company of that city. He wielded
ich influence in the upbuilding of the business of each of
»se corporations and gained authoritative position in con-
ction with the insurance business in the state. He gavo
lg and effective service as secretary of the Ohio Valley
■ncral Hospital, from which office he retired January I,
21. He is vice president of the Bank of the Ohio Valley,
[►eply interested in all things pertaining to the welfare
id progress of his native city, his civic liberality has been
• a parity with his civic loyalty. He served four years as
member of the City Council and eight years as a member
' the Board of Education. Mr. Paull haa been influential
the local councils and campaign activities of the repub-
:an party, and was specially prominent in the time honored
lasonic fraternity, in which his affiliations may here be
kiefiy noted: Bates Lodge No. 33, Ancient Free and Ac-
fcpted Masons; Union Chapter No. 1, Royal Arch Masons;
yrene Commandery No. 7, Knights Templars; and Osiris
cmple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
fe is a past grand commander of the West Virginia Grand
'ommandery of Knights Templars, and past potentate of
he Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

Alfred Paull married Lee Singleton, a daughter of Cap-
ain W. T. Singleton, of Wheeling, West Virginia. Four
hildren have blessed this union: Alfred S., who is men-
ioned in later paragraphs; Mary Irwin, married to Arthur
r. Hubbard, and they have four children, Lee A., Elizabeth,
Jhester and Paull; Lydia P., married to Lyman B. Kirk-
•atrick, of Rochester, New York and their two children are
lelen and Lyman; Lee C. married Mary Glessner, daughter
f William L. Glessner, and they have two children, Lee C.
nd William Glessner.

Alfred Singleton Paull, the junior member of the repre-
entative insurance firm of Alfred Paull & Son and presi-
ent of the Saturn Foundry and Machine Company and the
IcClaskey, Inc., of Wheeling, was born in this citv on the
th of April, 1883. He attended Linsly Institute at Wheel-
tig and later a preparatory school at Lawrenceville, New
r ersey, after which he entered Princeton University, of
rhich Woodrow Wilson, former president of the United
States, was then the president. In this institution he was
Tadnated as a member of the class of '05 and with the
egree of Bachelor of Science. Since that time he has been
ctively associated with his father in the insurance business,
nd his energy and progressive policies have contributed dis-
inctly to the expansion of the enterprise. He is a repub-
ican of unwavering allegiance, and holds membership in, the
iotary, Country, Fort Henry and Hamphshire Clubs of
Vheeling.

In April, 1913, was solemnized the marriage of Alfred 8.
^ull and Miss Mary Virginia Sands, daughter of Lawrence
2. Sands, who was formerly connected with the National
Exchange Bank of Wheeling and who is now an executive
f the First National Bank of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ir. and Mrs. Paull have one child, Eugenia.

Edward K. Toompas is in the most significant degree a
elf-made man, and his achievement since coming to the
Jnited States from his native Greece marka him as a man
>f strong mentality, determined purpose and worthy am-
rition. By self-discipline he has broadened his education
ar beyond the meager compass represented in his limited
chooling in his native land, and in material affairs he has
von substantial success that now marks him as one of the
epresentative business men of the City of Clarksburg,
Tarrison County, West Virginia.

Mr. Toompaa was born at Pialia, Trikhala, in Thessaly,
Greece, on the 7th of January, 1884, and is a son of Kon-
itantinos and Vasileke Toompas. both likewise natives of
hat place. In the schools of his native land Edward K.
roompas received a limited education, in which he learned
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variously employed in his home district until he had attained
to tha age of twenty-one years, when, in 1905, he came to
the United States, determined to win in this land of oppor-
tunity a place of independence and prosperity. A stranger
in a atrange land, entirely unfamiliar with the English
language and with the customs of the country, he landed
in the port of New York City and thence proceeded forth-
with to Manchester, New Hampshire, where kinsfolk and
other friends were living. There he found employment as
an ordinary laborer in a textile mill, and in this connec-
tion he applied himself diligently for three and one half
years, within which, by study, reading and observation, he
substantially advanced himself and learned to read and write
the English language, in the speaking of which he had
rapidly gained proficiency. After leaving New Hampshire
he was employed eighteen months in a restaurant in the
City of Annapolis, Maryland, and he continued to avail
himself of every possible opportunity for expanding his
education and fitting himaelf for a broader field of en-
deavor.

In 1910 Mr. Toompas came to Clarksburg. West Virginia,
and purchased a one-fourth interest in the Manhattan Cafe,
in the conducting of which his associates have been from
that time to the present three other ambitions and pro-
gressive fellow countrymen, Victor Charpaa, John Pappaa
and Charles Theodorou. The firm conducts two of the best
equipped and moat popnlar restaurants in this section of
the state. The firm owns the Manhattan Bnilding, on West
Pike Street, a modern structure in which is located the Man-
hattan Cafe, a most attractive marble and tile restaurant
with the best of modern appointments and service. Here
is to be found the best type of independent refrigerating
plants, and here the firm conducts its own bakery, which
supplies bread, pastries and other products of the best
order. The second place owned and conducted by the firm
is the Clarksburg Restaurant, at 110 Third Street, opposite
the post office, and both establishments cater to a sub-
stantial and representative patronage. In this field of enter-
prise Mr. Toompas has been most successful, and he also
has other business interests of important order. He is vice
president of the Palace Theater Company and the Palace
Theater Realty Company, of Manchester, New Hampshire,
the former corporation operating the Palace Theater, a high
grade amusement place. Mr. Toompas is interested also in
other theater enterprises in New Hampshire and is asso-
ciated in the ownership of a fine grain ranch of 2.000 acres
in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The record of his
career offers both lesson and incentive, and he richly merits
the substantial success which he has won.

Mr. Toompas gives his political support to the republican
party, is a communicant of the Greek Orthodox Church, and
in the Masonic fraternity he has received the thirty -second
degree of the Scottish Rite, his maximum York Rite affilia-
tion being with the Clarksburg Commandery of Knights
Templars, besides which he is numbered among the nobles of
Nemesis Temple of the Mystic Shrine, at Parkersburg. He
haa gained a host of friends in business and social circles
at Clarksburg, and his name is enrolled on the list of eligible
bachelors in this city.

Henry M. Cole, owns and conducts one of the leading
undertaking establishments in the State of West Vir-
ginia, His place of business is in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County. He was born in Falling: Waters District, Berke-
ley County, and in the same district his father, Samuel
W. Cole, was born May 10, 1843, a son of William Cole,
who was born in Eastern Maryland, where his father.
Alexander Cole, passed his entire life, the family name of
his . wife having been Van Zant. William Cole came to
Berkeley County in an early day and purchased land near
the present village of Marlowe. He reclaimed a productive
farm and also worked at times at his trade, that of car-
penter, but log houses being the rule at that period there
was not much demand for skilled carpentry. He married
Catherine Lewis. William Cole died at the age of sixty-
five and his widow at the age of eighty-six years, their
children having been five in nnmber: George T., William
llenrv, Samuel W., James H., and Joanna. Samuel W.

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Cole taught in the subscription schools of the early days,
assisted in the work of the home farm and learned the
trades of carpenter and cabinetmaker, he having natural
mechanical ability and having become a skilled artisan in
both wood and iron. He was a soldier of the Union in the
Civil war, in which he served in turn in the quartermaster's
department and as ambulance driver, in which latter capac-
ity he visited many battlefields in his humane work. In
1875 he settled on his present farm, in Falling Waters
District. In 1872 he married Isabelle Virginia Kershner,
who was born in Berkeley County, August 21, 1851, her
father, Samuel Kershner, having been born in this county
in August, 1822, a son of Solomon Kershner, a pioneer who
came from his native state of Maryland and who remained
in Berkeley until his death, the maiden name of his wife
having been Elizabeth Van Zaut. Samuel Kershner mar-
ried Ann Isabelle Williamson, who was born September 7,
1814, a daughter of Samuel and Ann (Johns) William-
son. William and Isabelle V. Cole became the parents of
the following children: John S., Henry M., Katherine J.,
Core V., Samuel Dal ton, Charles W. and Mary A. Charles
W. became a clergyman of the Methodist Protestant Church
and died at the age of thirty-one years.

Henry M. Cole acquired his early education in the rural
schools and in his youth he learned the trade of cabinet-
maker, under the effective direction of his father. He com-
pleted his practical apprenticeship at Uniontown, Penn-
sylvania, and he continued to follow his trade until he
engaged in business as an undertaker and funeral director,
his present business having been established at Martins-
burg in 1916, prior to which, in 1914, he took a course
in anatomy at Johns Hopkins University and became a
licensed embalmer. He is afiiliated with Berkeley Lodge,
No. 37, A. F. & A. M.; Lebanon Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M. ;
Palestine Coniniandery No. 2, Knights Templar; and Osiris
Temple of the Mystic Shrine, in the city of Wheeling.
His fraternal affiliations are further extended to include
membership in the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters,
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Patriotic Sons
of America, the Junior Order of United American Mechan-
ics, and the Improved Order of Red Men.

April 29, 1908, recorded the marriage of Mr. Cole to
Miss Rose Helen Duke, who was born at Front Royal,
Warren County, Virginia, a daughter of Tiinothv and
Amanda (Thompson) Duke, both likewise natives of that
county. John Jackson Duke, father of Timothy, was a
native of England and a pioneer of Warren County, Vir-
ginia. Timothy Duke was a farmer in his native county
at the time of his death, aged thirty-three years, his
widow having later contracted a second marriage and hav-
ing been a resident of Berkeley County at the time of her
death, when sixty -seven years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Cole
have two children: Norman C. and Amelia Catherine.

George A. Kershner. In May, 1725, a band of sturdy
German Reformed churchmen left their native forests, be-
cause of the unceasing persecution attendant upon the rise
of Lutherism and other faiths which did not acknowledge
the supremacy of the Church of Rome, and, attracted by
the offers of religious freedom which prevailed in the ter-
ritory granted to William Penn, settled in Berks County,
Pennsylvania. In this community was the stock from which
George A. Kershner descended.

Part of the family came south into what is now Washing-
ton County, Maryland, where they became farmers and mill
owners. Here in 1740 Elizabeth Kershner was married to
Jonathan Hager, who founded Hagerstown and named it
Elizabeth Town in honor of his wife. This name persisted
until changed by an act of the Legislature in 1813. She
died April 16, 1765, and lies in the Reformed Cemetery in
Hagerstown. *

Elizabeth Kershner 's kinsmen formed a part of that de-
tachment of Virginia and Maryland border men who saved
tbe remnant of General Braddock's army after his
disastrous defeat by the French and Indians before Fort
Duquesne. Later Martin Kershner, Jr., served with the
Revolutionary Army, first as captain and later as major,
and the Kershner family through preceding years has been

represented in every war in which the United States h
participated.

George Albert Kershner, the subjeet of this sketch w
born and reared near Marlowe, West Virginia, and spe
his childhood and youth on the farm of his parents. 1
is a son of Cyrus and Sarah A. Kershner. Cyrus Kershn
was born December 11, 1825, son of Solomon Kershner ,
Washington County, Maryland, spent his life in BerkeL
bounty. He was apprenticed to a building contractor, ai
followed that occupation for a number of years. He b
came interested in the establishment of a more liberal ay
tern of free schools, and because of his qualifications w*
called upon by the people of his district to become
teacher. In addition to his teaching he found time to sen
with credit eight years as justice of the peace. He died i
1893, and lies in the churchyard at Old Harmony, near t»
scenes of his life 's work. His wife was Sarah A. Brichnei
born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1840. Her fathe
Henry Brichner, married Miss Sourbierj both of the san
county. They moved to Berkeley County in 1847. Cyrv
Kershner and wife had seven children: Charles E., Davi
C, George A., Daniel G., Lucy C, Teresa and Henry I
The mother is still living at the old home farm.

George A. Kershner spent his youth on the farm, ge
a rural school education, and at the age of eighteen wen
to Harrisburg and worked as clerk for two years. Returr
ing to the home farm, he shared in its work until his mai
"age. After spending several years in Hagerstown h
located at Bedington, Berkeley County. There he bough
property and built a home where he still resides. H
engaged in the repair business at this place. He wa
twice elected justice of the peace of Falling Waters District
Mr. Kershner inherited mechanical genius, and the worl
that presented the greatest attractiveness to him and ii
which he has found satisfaction and success has been alons
mechanical lines.

In 1906 he located at Martinshurg a garage and sales
room for automobiles, at the time when automobiles wen
just coming into general use. For a period of twelve-
years he gave his personal attention to this growing anc
successful business. In 1920, on account of the ill health
of his wife, he leased his establishment at the corner oi
King and College streets. In 1922 he resumed busmcss
with Robert H. and Raymond E. Kershner, his sons as
partners.

t^^. 1 ?. 0 866 of twen ty-one Mr. Kershner married Amelia
M. Wilhngham, who was born in Mill Creek District, Berke-
ley County, a daughter of James W. and Mary C. (May-
hew) Willingham. She was of English and German ex-
traction. Her maternal ancestry extends back to John
Ludwig Sensenderfer, born at Brettach, Wurtemberg, Ger-
many, in 1690, Martin Scnsenderfer, immigrant and founder
of the Sensenderfer family in America, and a Revolutionary
soldier, born in Germany June 11, 1739, and Captain
Lewis Sensenderfer, of the War of 1812, who married
Catherine Imboden in 1793, are in the direct line of descent.
Her father was a Confederate soldier and of English
ancestry. She was an exemplary wife and mother. She
died February 18, 1921, and rests in New Norbourne Ceme-
tery. There are four sons: Robert H., Raymond E.,
George F. and William E. Robert graduated with honors
from the Martinsburg High School. He married Mildred
Mclntyre and has two sons, Robert Jr., and Rex Eugene.
Raymond was valedictorian of his graduating class of the
Martinsburg High School and attended the West Virginia
University at Morgantown and also Washington and Lee
University for a time. George F. is also a graduate of the
Martinsburg High School, and is now a midshipman at the
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. The
youngest son, William, graduated from the Martinsburg
High School in 1922.

Mr. Kershner is a public spirited and progressive citizen,
and is always willing to lend a helping hand to anything
which he feels is for tbe benefit of the community.

Albinus Poole, M. D. With the conclusion of his medi-
cal education Doctor Poole chose as the scene of his profes-

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Dual labors Wert Union, and has been one of the busiest
,d most useful citizens of that community ever
Doctor Poole was born on a farm near Frederick Mary
nH August 29, 1869, son of John W. and Mary M.
&s) Poole also natives of Maryland and of English
ncestry. His father was a miller by trade, but <Uwaya
vfd on the farm and died at the age of ^ty^one The
tother passed away at the age of ^"y-*^^!^
tethodists. Their three children were: Albinus, Hattie

IS Poole, grew up in the environment of the farm
n bis father's mill, attended publie school and after
.?Uinmg manhood he completed his literary education w
be Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio. He took nw
lit mediS lectures in the College , of »f.
?ureeons at Baltimore, and from there entered toe uni
S of Maryland, where he completed his course and
■ j L m n dPtrree Mav 1. 1900. Doctor Poole at
JKtoLted* Wert^nionYn Doddridge County, begin-
Zl the practice of medicine and minor surgery. He has
Gained a W practice, is noted for his Pregressiveness
fn his profession, in the matters of public health .and in
ther incidental duties of «<»V«1^^
took a post graduate course at Johns Hopkins i^iversuy.
He is a member of the Doddridge County and West Vir-
ginia State and American Medical Association For fifteen
Scars or more Doctor Poole has been a member of toe
Board of Pension Examiners for the Federal Gover^ent
He is a democrat, a Methodist and a Mason and Knight
nf Pvthias He has taken a commendable interest in
publl 7 affairs and baa worked with bis fellow citizen, , »
various organized movements for the welfare of the city

an in C0 ^97' Doctor Poole married Miss Helen Virginia
Fleming, who was born and reared at Fairmont West
VhS3a daughter of Harrison Fleming, a banker - Doctor
and^Mrs. Poole have one daughter Helen Fleming Poole
Wt, Tnlv 11 1901 who is a graduate of the iairmont
B-Ygh Sch-ooi n spen°t two years in %st Virginia U^sity
and finishing her education in Wellesley College of
Massachusetts.

T H Lilly. One of West Virginia's most prominent
bJb>£ characters is T. H. Lilly of Hinton In , businea
lines he has achieved success that has made his name
one of national and internation al standi ng in the lum-
bpr industry. For years be has been a leader re a ay to
a sum^ es 7 ponsibintl8 in behalf of every Pjo^ve
undertaking at Hinton and in the eounty of Summers

Mr TiSv was born May 23, 1868, near the foot of the
Plit To Mountain™ Uleigh County. His parents . were
Thomas P Edmond and Abigail (Turner) LUIj ^ and h» grand-
father was Elijah Lilly, a descendant of Robert LJ y, who
about 1760 made a pioneer settlement in what is now
Sgh County. The Lilly family, includes many men
of ditinction n the affairs of Summers County and
other of West Virginia. Thomas E. Lilly was a
prominent farmer in the vicinity of Flat Top Mountain

Thomas Hubbard Lilly did not take kindly to the en-
vironrS of his birth and the responsibilities put upon
?™ « Hov Plowing among the roots and over the

§ underneath . A few days later the same oxen under his

W ere roS^g saw dust from the mill, but he soon learned
7o set toe blocks, learned to operate the saw, and in time
learned every detail in the operation of a saw mill.

Mr! Lilly -a first teaeher was Robert Neely, in a school

bouse with a half «lirt Ooor. His last teacher was Joseph
Thompson He made u U for lack of continuous school ad-
vantages by the rapid acquisition of knowledge

After a time Mr. Lilly was able to buy an interest in a
sawmm located on Jumping Branch. He also learned he
Xe mason's trade, and at Hinton he worked on he
CdaUon for the Hinton High School and the building
{hat now contains Rose Pharmacy. There was apenod of
two years when he again worked at farming but this he
never considered as a permanent occupation. In Maj,
Ts95 MT Lilly bought a Griffith & Wedge sa* r mill
from' Cook and Burkes, agreeing to pay about $11 00 tor
it in five months time, the payments to be made as he
disposed of his product In case of fa dure to pay the
full amount by the end of five months toe mill *as to
JevertTits former owners and he was to forfeit all money
paid as rental. By phenomenal industry and energy be
Se the mm pay the debt, and be continued its opera^
?ion until the spring of 1897, wben be sold out. He hen
opened a store at Dunns in Mercer County and then
another store at Flat Top, near bis birthplace. He also
derated a mill on Tommies Creek. Selling the store and
S in 1899, be removed to Coburr Virginia an pur-
chased two mills from Griffith & Wedge at Za^sville,
Ohio. He manufactured lumber on contract for John
A Taylor & Company, a firm that failed in the fall of
1900, causing Mr. Lilly a large incidental loss.

September 15, 1901, Mr. Lilly moved to Hinton ^ and
enmed in the wholesale lumber business, an industry he
buUt up in subsequent years to a flourishing condition,
in 9u7 h* organLd the T. H. Lilly Lumber Company,
I^ornorated However, in 1914 be surrendered the ehar-
te, ^ anTtoo'k over the business alone. With mills a various
pointe in West Virginia and as a wholesale jobber fo .other
mills Mr Lilly sold lumber all over the United States,
with a laVee export to European countries, until toe time
Tf toe Wo?ld war. He maintained an office at 1 Madison
Avenue in New York, and in April, 1908, he made a
trip to Europe, being absent four months, and while there
7ab£hed s P ales offces at 29 Clements Land London
and 2 Exchange Street, Liverpool. His T. H. L. brand
of lumber became known and commanded a premium in
manrEuropean markets. This business reached a volume

° f ffl connected with the welfare and prosperity
^ Sr i been a matter of eoncern to Mr. Lilly. In
^gofn was" toe first to advocate paving the ^streets and
he also advocated the building of a modem hotel, becom-
ing a stocS director in the company that erected
The McCreery Hotel, now one of the finest in the state
tt „ QO n n earnest advocate of good road building, and
ft 'is due in To tlu vvt to hi/leadership and influence
that every district in Summers County has voted bond is-
sues Wood roads. It was his activity on the, good road
issle that led to bis elcetion as eounty commissioner by
r^r 300 maiority on the republican tiekct in a county
decidedly democratic. He served as chairman of toe

^jS^SS firSSf&kk car in Summers Coun£
That was in 1909. He soon beeame agent for that car
over a number of southwest Virginia counties but later
exchanged this territory for Kanawha County and also
Boon? and a part of Fayette County. At Charleston he
S the famous garage and sales room in that city, but
recently sold that Mr. Lilly is the largest stockholder
S the Ruffnei Hotel at Charleston. More banquets have
h^en held in the Ruffner at Charleston than in any other
httel in the state. Mr. LUIy is a member of Trinity
Bap is" Cnurch, and is affiliated with the m 8 Lodge

The Lilly home at Hinton adjoins that of William
Plumlev Mr Lilly made his first acquaintance with
M Plumley soon after he ran away from home. Gomg
into thePlumley store to make a purchase, he saw there
ffiddle! wS he also purchased. His sons say thai when
Ms fiddling is accompanied by a good banjo P^yer he
can product music that will make a preacher dance. Mr
lX and Mr. Plumley have been staneb friends ever since
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Mr. Lilly ia a stockholder in the Bank of Summers, has
been president of the New Kiver Land Company and the
Hinton Steam Laundry.

Thomas Clark Atkeson. All who know anything of
the organized and cooperative farm movement of America
are familiar at least with the name of Thomas Clark
Atkeson, for many years prominent in the National Grange.
Many who know his work and leadership in national
affairs do not associate him with West Virginia, his native
state, where for many years he haa been known and honored
as a practical farmer and teacher of agriculture.

Doctor Atkeson was born at Lawndale Farm, Buffalo,
West Virginia, in 1852, son of Thomas and Virginia
Harris (Brown) Atkeson. He grew up in a rural com-
munity, attended country schools, the Buffalo Academy,
West Virginia University, and in 1874 graduated in law
from Kentucky University. In later years, in recognition
of his attainments and services, Barboursville College in
1892 bestowed upon him the honorary Ph. D. degree, and
he received the Master of Science degree from Morris
Harvey College in 1897.

For many years Doctor Atkeson had a busy program
of activities in journalism, the practice of law and farm-
ing as well aa teaching. He was a farmer and lawyer from
1878 to 1891. During 1891-93 he waa professor of agricul-
ture in West Virginia University. The years 1893 to 1896
were again devoted to farming. In 1896-97 he was presi-
dent of Barhoursville College, and from 1897 to 1911,
was dean of the College of Agriculture of West Virginia
University. He served the University as professor of
animal husbandry from 1911 to 1914, and since the latter
year has been professor of animal husbandry emeritus.
During 1914-15 he was statistician of the State Depart-
ment of Agriculture and editor of the West Virginia
Farmer at Charleston. **

As a young mau he hecame interested in the Patrons
of Husbandry or the Grange, and for twenty-four years
was master of the West Virginia State Grange. For eight
years he was overseer of the National Grange, a member
of the National Grange Executive Committee, and since
January 1, 1919, has been Washington representative of
the National Grange, residing in that city. Doctor Atke-
son ia author of "Bookkeeping for Farmers," puhlished
?, ; o a " Cateehisi n of Agriculture," published in
1913; "Semi-Centennial History of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry," published in 1916; and has" written hundreds
of articles and bulletins on agricultural, economic and
political subjects.

His home is still at Lawnvale Farm, near the village
of Buffalo. He is a director of the Buffalo Bank, has
served as a member of the Board of Education, of the
Board of Regents for West Virginia University, as sec-
retary of the State Geological Commission, as memher and
president of the State Board of Agriculture. He is a
democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South. r '

July 8, 1878, Dr. Atkeson married Miss Cordelia Meek,
at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, daughter of Rev. Z. Meek, D D
There are four children, Thomas Z. Atkeson, who mar-
ried Nina Beach; Karl C. Atkeson, who married Lizzie
1 nomas; Mary Meek Atkeson, Ph. D., author of the chap-
ter ' West Virginia Literature and Literary Writers,"
published in Doctor Callahan's History of West Virginia-
and Leda C, wife of Prof. E. W. Sheets, now connected
wiUi the Bureau of Animal Husbandry at Washington
and formerly professor of animal husbandry in West
Virginia University.

Mathew E. Hymes, mayor of Buckhannon, is one of
that city '8 progressive business men, and as mayor has
set a high standard of efficiency in the administration of
local municipal affairs.

Mayor Hymes was born on a farm in Barbour County,
West Virginia, November 9, 1879. His parents, John C.
and Phoebe (Edmonds) Hymes, were natives of old Vir-
ginia but were reared and educated in Barbour County, and
after their marriage settled on a farm there, where they
lived out their lives. John Hymes became a prosperous

farmer and waa one of the influential men of his community
He waa a republican, and both he and his wife were active
memhers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their six
children five are living: Mathew E.; Rosa J., wife of 0. C. ;
Williams; H. C, a merchant at Junior, West Virginia; Sher-
man G., also at Junior; and James R., who served as a
soldier in the World war.

Mathew E. Hymes grew up on the farm in Barbour
County and had a share in its work and toil. He finished
hia common school education at the age of fourteen, and
soon afterward became a teacher and for thirteen years waa
closely identified with the educational interests of Barbour
County. In the meantime he volunteered at the time of the
Spanish-American war and served as a non-commissioned
officer in a West Virginia regiment. After his discharge
he resumed teaching, was principal of schools at Junior
and when he gave up educational work he became a general
merchant there. Mr. Hymes served as mayor of Junior.

In 1911 he removed to Buckhannon, primarily to educate
his children. Here he has engaged in the theatrical business,
was chief of police three years, and wa3 then elected mayor
an office he is now filling for the fourth term. Mt. Hymes
owns the Grand Opera House at Buckhannon, has a half
interest in the Inland Auto & Supply Company, and is owner
of considerable real estate and lands valuahle for eas coal
and oil. & '

On June 30, 1897, he married Misa 0. E. Thacker. They
have three children. Myron B., the oldest, ia a high school
graduate, graduating from West Virginia Wesleyan Col-
lege, and is now completing his'education in Harvard Uni-
versity, specializing in law. The two younger children are
Florence E. and Harry M., the former a graduate of and ,
the latter a student in the Buckhannon High School Mr
and Mrs. Hymea are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks, and is a republican in politics.

J. Ernest Lambert, treasurer and manager of the Vir-
ginia Supply Company, dealers in lumber and building
materials at Princeton, Mercer County, was born in Rock-
^J"}™. 00 * 11 ^ Vir S inia > November 20, 1876, and is a son
of William J. and Barbara Jane (Michael) Lambert, each
of whom attained to the age of seventy-seven years, the
father s death having occurred February 2, 1908, and that
of the mother on May 2, 1921. William J. Lambert
gave his entire active career to the basic industry of
agriculture, and was one of the prosperous farmers of his
native state, both he and his wife having been born in
Augusta County, Virginia. He was opposed to secession of
the southern states in the climacteric period culminating
in the Civil war, and was one of only two men in his
community to vote against secession. When the war was
precipitated, however, he was loyal to his home state, and
represented the same as a soldier in the Confederate Army,
though his military enthusiasm was diminished by hia firm
helief that the principle of secession had been wrongly
adopted by the South. He was a republican in political
allegiance after the war, and he and his wife were mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was a
member of a remarkable family of twenty-two children,
his father having been twice married.

John Ernest Lambert, one in a family of seven children,
attended the free schools of his native county and also
a well conducted "pay school" in the Valley of Virginia.
Thereafter he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he
worked four years in the City of Nashville, Tennessee.
By this means he defrayed the expense of his course in the
Dinsmore Business College at Staunton, Virginia, and upon
leaving this institution, at the age of twenty-six years
he came to the coal fields of West Virginia as timekeeper
for the Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company at
Maybeury, McDowell County, where he remained four years.
Thereafter he entered the employ of J. W. Doss, a con-
tractor and builder, and assisted in the erection of a bank
huilding at Rolfe and a hotel building at Keystone. Later
he formed a partnership with Mr. Doss, and in 1907 he be-
came associated with the Roai Construction Company and
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Luflfleld. In 1909 he formed a partnership with Hogc
|ason, and they came to Princeton and engaged in the
imber and brick business, the enterprise proving suc-
[aaful and leading to the organization of tha present Vir-
Inia Supply Company, which is one of the substantial and
ordered concerns of its kind in this section of the
*te. Mr. Lambert has taken loyal interest and part in the
rvelopment of the coal fields of Southern West Virginia,
id has assisted in the construction of hundreds of build-
gs in various parts of this section of the state. In politics
i is a progressive republican, he is affiliated with Algoma
odge No. 94, F. and A. M. at Northfork, West Vir-
nia, and with Athens Chapter No. 26. and he and his
ife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
roth.

In the year 1908 Mr. Lambert married Miss Cosa Warf,
ho was born near Marion. Virginia, and who is a daughter
' Andrew Warf. Mr. and Mrs. Lambert have no children.

The First National Bank op Williamson is the oldest
inking house in Mingo County, and was organized in
)03. W. J. Williamson was the first president, and has
»en the effective head of the institution ever since. Ben
'Hliamson was the first vice president and Alexander
ishop was cashier, and the fourth director waa John
uasell. This bank opened for business in a small wooden
lilding on Second Avenue, but in 1905 moved into its
resent quarters, a substantial business structure at the
wtheast corner of Second Avenue and Logan Street. It
a three-story brick building, the first floor being occu-
ied by the bank and stores, and the other floors divided
to offices.

This is a commercial bank, now has a capital stock of
!00,000, surplus and profits $90,000, and there are only
ven stockholders. The present officers and directors are:
r . J. Williamson, president; Ben Williamson, vice presi-
nt; M. Z. White, vice president; Alexander Bishop, vice
■esident and cashier; A. B. Varney, assistant cashier.

stock dividend of $100,000 was declared July 1, 1922,
it of the undivided profits and the capital stock in-
eased to $200,000.

Clarence Eveeett ILvwoaTH. vice president and pro-
ssor of literature at Marshall College, \e one of tie most
Tsatile men in his intellectual gifts in the state. In
s early career he was a successful physician, later an
litor and publisher, and outside the routine of his work
; Marshall College he is nationally known as a musical
mposer.

Doctor Haworth was born at Portland, Ohio, May 10,
160. The Haworth family is English and for some
merations lived in a hamlet of that name in the north of
aeland. Doctor Haworth is a son of Samnel Milton
td Hannah Louise Haworth. Hia father was a practicing
lysician from 1849 to 1886.

Clarence Everett Haworth attended public schools at Rav-
iswood, West Virginia, and finished his literary cduca-
an in Colerate Academy and Colgate University, then
lown as Madison University, in New York State. He
•adnated from the Academy in 1878 and from the Uni-
rsity in 1882. He has also done post graduate work

the University of Chicago. He has the degrees A. B.,
. M., Ph. B., while the Doctor of Medicine degree was
nferred upon him by Starling Medical College at Co-
mbns in 1885. Doctor Haworth devoted himself to his
ueral practice as a physician and surgeon from 1885

1895. In the latter year he bought the Huntington
erald, with James J. Peters. This joint ownership, with
octor Haworth as editor, continued until 1897, but from
(97 to 1907 his time was fully taken up with his duties
i sole owner and editor of this newspaper. In 1907 he
Id the Herald, at which time he accepted appointment as
ce president of Marshall College, together with the
iair of literature, and his congenial tasks in this institu-
on still engage him.

Doctor Haworth served n<* a member of the Board of
?gents of West Virginia University for two terms from
>01 to 1910. He is a republican and a member of the
piscopal Church. As a musical composer he has pub-

lished a considerable body of both secular and sacred
music. He is author of the words and music of the aong,
"West Virginia," sacred compositions for Episcopal eerv-
ice including a Te Deum, Jubilate, KyTie Eleison, O Dear
Redeemer and others. His secular compositions include
Slumber Song, Tell Me, Roses, Love Me Till I Die, At
Thy Voice, At Last, Love Light, Light of Mine Eyes and
others.

Doctor Haworth married at Ironton, Ohio, in 1885, Miss
Hattie Vinton, daughter of T. A. Vinton of Parkersburg,
West Virginia. At Chicopce Falls, Massachusetts, in 1903,
Doctor Haworth married Louise Fay. By his first marriage
he has two children, Samuel Vinton who married Mary
Watscll in 1920, and James Rodgers who married Mar-
guerite Whitaker in 1915. The son James R. Haworth
has two children, Vinton and Elizabeth.

Olbert C. Noble is vice president and general manager
of the Tygert Valley Glass Company, one of the most im-
portant industrial establishments of Grafton. He is him-
self a past expert in the glass business, which he has
followed aince early youth, and has been an executive
in the present plant at Grafton over ten years.

Ha was born at Taylorstown, Pennsylvania, November
15, 1881. His grandfather was a native of Ireland, ouo
of the early stage drivers over the Alleghaniea, served as
Union soldier in the Civil war, and later was a successful
farmer in Washington county. He became wealthy through
the development of oil on his farm. He had a family of
five daughters and two eons. Lafayette Noble, his older
son, was born at Taylorstown. had the advantages of only
the common schools and devoted his active life to farm-
ing. He died at Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1909, aged
fifty-two. He is survived by his widow, whose maiden
name was Mary Houston, a daughter of Abram Houston.
Of her four children Olbert is the oldest; Harry is super-
intendent for the contracting firm of Regan & "Hormel at
Charleroi, Pennsylvania; Charles ia an upholsterer at Wash-
ington, Pennsylvania; and Mabel ia married and living in
Washington.

Olbert C. Noble began his business career with a com-
mon school education. His early training was on a farm,
and he was about nineteen when he left the farm and
went on the payroll of the Hazel-Atlas glass plant at
Washington, beginning as a common laborer at 70 cents
a day of ten hours. He liked the work because he felt
that ha waa accomplishing something for himself aa well
as for his employers. That has been the spirit dominating
him and his work throughout, and is doubtless the chief
explanation of his advancement. Within six months he was
shipping clerk of the factory, and in 1905 waa made
assistant superintendent of an industry with 400 employes.
In 1909 he was promoted to superintendent, and con-
tinued theae duties two years longer at Washington.

The Beaumont Glaas Company, manufacturers of table-
ware, moved their plant from Martins Feny, Ohio, to Graf-
ton, in 1894. Later it was converted into a plant for the
manufacture of glass food-containers, and about that time
the business was taken over by the Tygert Valley Glass
Company. Its exclusive output is glass food containers, and
from a plant employing 100 men and with a daily output
of one carload, it is now an industry with 300 persons
on the pavroll and manufactures four carloads of goods
daily.

Mr. Noble moved to Giafton and assumed the active
management of this plant in 1911. He is one of the di-
rectors of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce. He was
superintendent of the Tygert Valley Company two years,
then general manager, and aince 1917 haa been vice
president and a director and general manager. Edward
C. Stewart of Washington, Pennsylvania, is president of
the company, and S. A. Waller, secretary and treasurer.

The Christian Church of Grafton was organized in Mr.
Noble's home November 7, 1911, with twelve members, and
he has been a stimulating and sustaining member ever
since. The congregation has recently completed a new
house of worship on McGraw avenue. Mr. Nohle is a
Master Mason and in pob'tics a democrat. At Washing-

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ton, Pennsylvania, August 21, 1901, he married Catherine
Clemens, youngest of the four daughters of Peter Clemens,
a farmer in that county. She completed her education in
the Washington high school. Mr. and Mrs. Noble have
three children: Harold, who graduated with honors from
the Grafton High School in 1921 and is now in West
Virginia University; Frances and Olberta, who are in the
public schools.

Amos E. Kennet, attorney at law at Spencer, is a
member of a family that has given a number of success-
ful men to the profession in West Virginia.

Mr. Kenney was born at McConnellsville, Ohio, Septem-
ber 13, I860, but has spent most of his life iu West
Virginia. His father, Martin Kenney, was born near
MeCounellsville, Ohio, in 1841, grew up in Morgan County,
was a flour miller at McConnellsville, and ahout 1869
removed to Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia,
.•ittraeted hither by the newly opened oil fields, the first
important oil operations in the state. He finally retired
to Parkersburg, where he died in 1916. He was a democrat
and a devout Catholic. His wife, Mary Hosey, was born
near Pittsburgh in 1836, and died at Parkersburg in 1916,
two weeks after the death of her husband. Amos E., the
Spencer attorney, was the first of their children. Alfred,
who graduated in law from Georgetown University at
Washington, is practicing his profession at Parkersburg.
Arthur was a gold prospector in Alaska and died during
a temporary sojourn at Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1906. Rose
and Lillie are Sisters in the Visitation Academy at Park-
ersburg, West Virginia, their convent names being Sister
Mary Baptista and Sister Mary Angela. Frank, who
graduated from the University of Maryland, Medical De-
partment, is a physician and surgeon at Martinsburg, West
Virginia. Miss Evelyn lives with her brother Alfred.
Elizabeth is a teacher in a Young Ladies Seminary at
Buffalo, New York. George, who graduated in medicine
from the University of Maryland, is now practicing in
New York City. t *

Amos E. Kenney was about four years of age when the
family moved to Burning Springs, and he finished his
education in the high school there and later entered the
University of West Virginia, where he took his law
course. He graduated in 1898, and was the first to be
awarded by the State University the degree Master of
Laws. Mr. Kenney practiced two years in Calhoun County,
and since then for over twenty years has been one of the
active and successful members of the bar in Roane County.
Besides his private practice he is secretary of the Roane
County Building & Loan Association and a director in
H 1 . 0 T r . aders Trus t & Banking Company of Spencer, West
Virginia, and was for a number of years engaged in the
newspaper business. Mr. Kenney is a democrat, a mem-
ber of the Catholic Church, a fourth degree Knight of
Columbus, affiliated with Parkersburg Council No. 694
a memher of Parkersburg Lodge No. 198, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, the Spencer Rotary Club and
the Roane County Bar Association. He has acquired con-
siderable property in Roane County, including a farm
near Spencer, his modern home on Locust Avenue and a
husiness huilding on Main Street. During the war he
did committee work for the Red Cross, Liberty Loan and
other drives.

In 1885, at Elizabeth, West Virginia, he married Elyetta
Wise, daughter of John and Harriet (Hoffman) Wise,
now deceased. Her father for many years was an active
lumberman on the Little Kanawha River. Mrs. Kenney
who graduated > from Broaddus College, died in 1903 at
Spencer. She is survived by two children: Mary Tracy
is a graduate of the D'Youville College at Buffalo, New
York, with the A. B. degree, and is now teacher of Latin
and English in the City High schools at Lockport, New
York. The son, Patrick, is completing his education in a
Trades School at Arlington, New Jersey.

William Roy Shaw. One of the ablest men in the
educational affairs of Preston County has been recruited
from that county where he grew up and acquired his early

education, and following the vision of important servi
for his fellow men has devoted his life so far to enth
siastic leadership in school, agricultural development, ai
practically every other interest and movement associate
with the real welfare of his community.

William Roy Shaw, now superintendent of the Ten
Alta schools, was born in Portland District November IS
1877, son of A. Staley Shaw, the venerable justice of th
peace and the oldest ex-sheriff of Preston County. Th
interesting career of his father and other members of tli
family is sketched elsewhere in this publication.

William Roy Shaw exhausted the opportunities of th
common schools in his home locality and at the age 0
sixteen qualified and began teaching. For three years h
taught in a rural school, and then entered upon 'his owi
higher educational training. At the University of Wes
Virginia he pursued all the studies in both the preparator
and college courses, performing eight years work in fiy
years and one term and graduated with the A. B. degree ii
the spring of 1903.

After his university career Mr. Shaw was for four year?
a teacher in # the State Normal Schools at Fairmont and
Athens, and in the summer took special courses in Harvard
University. Following this he was for three years in
Florida, where he was principal of the Normal Industrial
High School at St. Petersburg, and came into close touch
with the educational affairs of that state. Returning to
his home state, Mr. Shaw while not immediately resuming
his duties in the schoolroom took up what is essentially an
educational work, in connection with the organization of a
local farm bureau. In association with the county farm
advisor and associates he perfected the first farm bureau
in Portland District. He also promoted and was made I
secretary of the first Federal Farm Loan Association in \
Preston County and one of the first in the state. After two \
years of energetic labors in this direction Mr. Shaw re- '
signed, and since then has been head of the school system.*
at Terra Alta. For two years he was also district super-
intendent of Portland District, but declined the respon- )
sibilities of that position, though he is still secretary of the
District Board of Education.

The Terra Alta schools under Mr. Shaw's supervision |
have held to a high standard, the spirit of thorough
education has been completely infused among the pupils, |
and iu recent years more than eighty-five per cent of the 1
graduates go elsewhere to supplement their education in
colleges and universities. Terra Alta has honor students f
at Wellesley College, Goucher College at Baltimore, Uni-
versity of West Virginia, and, in faet, in nearly all the
larger colleges of the East. The course of study in Terra
Alta has been particularly strengthened in the sciences and
languages, and the work done there has generated a repu-
tation that attracts many students from outside the district.
The schools comprise twelve grades, and the high school is
affiliated with the state institutions so that its graduates
enter the freshman year at the university.

Mr. Shaw is not altogether the common type of suc-
cessful school man. His interest in public affairs led him
to serve four conseeutive years as mayor of Terra Alta.
In that time the greater part of the paving work in the
town was accomplished and the program for concrete side-
walks put well under way. After leaving the office of mayor
he was recorder and a memher of the council for a time.

Mr.^ Shaw has had a talented companion and adviser in
his wife. Before her marriage she was Miss Mary Edna
Mayer. They were married Decemher 28, 1904. Her
father was the late John C. Mayer, who was born in
Germany and became one of Preston County's leading
business men, merchant and lumberman, and widely known
over the county. He married Arahell Byrer, of Philippi,
West Virginia, who died in 1910. The children besides
Mrs. Shaw were: Carrie, wife of Harland L. Jones, as-
sistant cashier of the Garrett National Bank of Oakland,
Maryland; Frederick B., assistant cashier of the Terra
Alta Bank; and Mrs. Virginia Zaccharias, of Chambers-
burg, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Shaw completed her college work
in the Wesleyan College at Buekhannon, West Virginia.
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I. ami her husband lived in Florida she was assistant in
I grade school there.

I ames A. Campbell, M. D. In 1S94, nearly thirty
rs aeo, Doctor Campbell began the practice of medi-
e and surgery at Beckley, and through the intervening
ir s he has not only looked after a large private practice
t has established and conducted a splendid private hos-
al for this community. Doctor Campbell is one of the
5t progressive surgeons and physicians in the state, ana
s kept in touch with the advancing knowledge of the
bfession by association with some of the greatest sur-
nms and clinics in the country. .
Doctor Campbell was born at Cliff Top in lajette
untv, West Virginia, October 4, 1873, son of Anthony
d Margaret (Nickell) Campbell. The ancestry of the
Lfacll family is a long and distinguished one running
ck into the earliest times of Scotland and also of Colonial
nerica. This ancestral record is too long to go into
it some of the facts are interesting in connection with
,e career of Doctor Campbell. It ie i a matter of record
,at Archibald Campbell, the seventh Earl of the House of
ravle was associated with one of the very earliest projects
b colonize Virginia. There was a Rev. Isaac Campbell who
as ordained and licensed by the Bishop of London to
reach in Virginia on July 6, 1747 Two cousins, enl ed
Slack David and White David Campbell, were among the
ioneer settlers of Culpeper County, Virg^ia and Black
Ivid, who was born in 1710, moved from there to Augusta
buntv. Another branch of the family was represented hy
ohn "and Mary Campbell, who immigrated to America
rst settling in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and about
730 moved to Virginia. Robert and Dugal Campbell
soved from Pennsylvania to Orange County. Among the
Us of John Campbell, just mentioned, were Patrick,
iobert and Davis, who settled in Orange County in 1<3„.
Phe grandfather of Doctor Campbell was William Camp-
bell, and he was descended from the pioneer Campbells in
Wn<*e and Culpeper counties. The Campbells were nu-
nerouslv represented in the Revolutionary war period

The father of Doctor Campbell was also born at Uift
Top in Fayette county, while his mother was bom at
Piokway in Monroe County. Anthony Campbell was a
Inner. He was a Union soldier at the time of the < lvil
war He and two comrades were captured by some Hush-
whackers. Watching his chance as his captors lay asleep
he made his escape, reached the home of Bob Sent ts at
Crow, near Beckley, and after explaining his identity of
a Union soldier and his affliction from rheumatism, he was
taken in and cared for and was kept in hiding whenever
the Southerners came around looking for him. He finally
reached home, and had to stay in bed with rheumatism
for six months. He was a man given to adventure and
had been one of the California forty-niners in search of
gold, going out to the eoast when only seventeen. At one
time he left West Virginia and went out to P;;™ tur -
Illinois, where he took up a land claim, but fell sick
with the chills and fever and soon returned to West
Virginia. Both he and his wife are now deceased.

James A. Campbell after completing his common school
education went out to Concordia, Kansas where an older
married sister lived, and while living with her he worked
and paid his way while getting a high school course.
Later he entered the University of Louisville Medical
School, where he graduated M. D. in 1894 Immediately
I after qualifying for his profession he located at Beckley,
! and has long stood in the front rank of physicians and sur-
geons of Raleigh County. Doctor CampbeU since the early
vears of his practice has been taking time to attend
► medical conventions and clinics and schools of medicine.
He returned to Louisville in 1«99, took a course in the
New York Polyclinic in 1906, took special work under
Job Prices at Philadelphia in 1908 and also under J B.
Beavers in the same city in that year. He was a student
in the Johns Hopkins University in 1920, attended climes
of the Mavo Brothers at Rochester. Minnesota, in 1921
and of Doctor Ochsner at Chicago in the same year and
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work he has largely specialized in diseases of women and
abdominal surgery. , . _ ,

February 14, 1910, Doctor Campbell organized and
began the building at Beckley of the Campbell Hospital,
ne also built what was known as Hospital No. 2, both
of which were burned in a fire that nearly destroyed the
town He is now financially and professionally inter-
ested in the Kings Daughters Hospital, which when com-
pleted will rank as one of the very finest hospitals in the
state in point of equipment. It contains scventy-six rooms.

Doctor Campbell is president of the County Board of
Health in Raleigh Countv, and during the war was a
member of the Examining Board, ne served in 1920-21 as
mayor of Bccklev, and when he retired from office January
1, 1922, it was 'conceded that he had given the city the
best administration the community had ever had. Doctor
Campbell is not in politics, but his heart and soul are in
any community undertaking. He is a member of the
Episcopal Church, belongs to the County and State Medi-
cal societies, the Southern and American Medical associa-
tions, and is a Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason
and Shriner. _ , „ . .

October 12, 19H6, at Beckley, Doctor Campbell married
Hallie Mae Payne, daughter o*f Charles Henry and Kizzie
(Lindsay) Pavne, of Newport News, Virginia. Her father
was a farmer and stock man. Doctor and Mrs. Camp-
bell have a son, James A., Jt., born in 1911.

William Pallister Hubbabd. The recent death of Hon.
William P. Hubbard of Wheeling makes appropriate a re-
view not only of his notable career but of his father and
grandfather. These citizens, constituting three genera-
tions afforded a splendid succession of abihties arid serv^
ices 'that are linked with the fundamental history of
Wheeling and in many respects with the history of West
Virginia as a whole.

Dana Hubbard, the pioneer settler of Wheeling, came
of a long line of sturdy New Englanders, a descendant m
the "ixth generation from William Hubbard, who arrived
in Plymouth. Massachusetts, in 1630, and for six years was
a member of the General Court of the Colony. His son
William was one of the early graduates of Harvard College
and a minister and historian. The next three generations
were represented bv John Hubbard, Rev. John Hubbard, of
Connecticut, and Maj. Gen. John Hubbard. Dana Hub-
bard son of General Hubbard, moved with his family from
Connecticut in 1S15 to Pittsburgh. In 1819 he came with
his family down the river in a flatboat. and the family
remained on the boat while he was building a log cabin at
Wheeling. Prom that time forward an important share of
Wheeling's industrial enterprise originated in the impulse
and management of Dana Hubbard, ne built in 1^27 the
first saw mill and the first grist mill at Wheeling, and later
«et up the first steam saw mill in Western Virginia. Dana
Huhbard lived for some vears on a farm in Ohio County.
He died October 16, 1^52. His wife, Asenath Durman,
died April 23, 1878.

His oldest son, Chester Dorman Hubbard, was not only
a leader in the industrial and financial affairs of Wheeling
but exercised a great influence in the formative shaping
and development of the new state of West Virginia He
was born in Connecticut, November 25, 1814, acquired his
early education at Wheeling, worked around his father s
mills and later entered Wesleyan University at Middletown,
Connecticut, where he graduated valedictorian of his class
in 1S40 He soon returned to Wheeling to assist his father
in business, and continued the management of the lumber-
mills and related industries until 1852. In that year he and
others established the Bank of Wheeling, of which he
became president, and later for many years, until his death,
he was president of the German Bank of Wheeling. His
was one of the most important influences in making and
developing Wheeling as an important eenter of the iron
and steel industry. C. D. Hubbard & Company in 1859
leased the Crescent Iron Mills, and later he was an or-
ganizer of the Wheeling Tin Company and for twenty years
was secretary of the Wheeling Iron & Nail Company. He
was amon^ the promoters and builders of the Pittsburg,

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Wheeling & Kentucky Railroad in 1873, becoming president
of the road in 1874.

A brief statement of his public record is all _ that is
necessary to indicate the great influence he exercised for
many years. He was elected and served as a member of
the Virginia House of Delegates in 1852-53. He was a
member of the State Convention of 1861 and strenuously
opposed the ordinance of secession. At the beginning of
the war he promoted the organization of military com-
panies for home defense and these companies proved the
nucleus of some of the first Union regiments raised in
Western Virginia. He was a member of the Wheeling
Convention of May 13th, and also the convention of June
11, 1861. He was a member of the first State Senate of
the new state, and subsequently represented the First
District in Thirty-ninth and Fortieth congresses. Chester
D. Hubbard was for many years a trustee of Linsly
Institute at Wheeling and also one of the founders in
1848 of the Wheeling Female Seminary and later presi-
dent of the trustees of the Wheeling Female Seminary and
later president of the trustees of the Wheeling Female
College.

Chester D. Hubbard died August 23, 1891. September
29, 1842, he married Miss Sarah Pallister, who was horn
in England in 1S20 and was brought to the United States
when a child. Chester D. Hubbard and wife had five chil-
dren: William Pallister, Dana List. Chester Russell. Julia
A., who became the wife of W. H. Tyler, and Anna G., who
married Joseph C. Brady.

The late William Pallister Hubbard, though he chose
the profession of law rather than banking or industry,
had the broad and comprehensive spirit of the man of
affairs which distinguished his father. He was born at
Wheeling December 24, 1843, and was granted # seventy-
eight years in which to achieve his destiny and service, pass-
ing away December 5, 1921. He was educated in the
public, schools of Wheeling, in Linsly Institute, in his
father's alma mater, Wesleyan University, Middletown.
Connecticut, where he graduated A. B. in 1863. In 1S66
Wesleyan conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree.
Following his college career he read law at Wheeling, was
admitted to the bar, and during the closing months of the
Civil war served as a lieutenant in the Third West Virginia
Cavalry. He was in active practice as a lawyer at Wheel-
ing for nearly forty years. From 1865 to 1870 he was
clerk of the House of Delegates, served as a member of
the House of Delegates in 1881-82, was chairman of the
commission to Tevise the text laws of the state in 1901-03,
and in 1906 was elected by the First West Virginia Dis-
trict to Congress and served two terms, retiring in March,
1911. He was a delegate to the National Republican
Convention in 1888 and in the same vear on the state
ticket for attornev general. In 1912 he was a delegate
to the National Convention, and proved a strenuous sup-
porter of Roosevelt in that campaign. Mr. Hubbard had
put his business affairs in order a number of years before
his death, and that left him leisure, with the blessing of
good health, to attend to many public and charitable
interests. He was a leader in the Liberty Loan and Red
Cross campaigns during the World war. He and his
brother Chester Hubbard donated a valuable tract of
ground in South Wheeling to be used for playground
purposes.

May 21, 1868, Mr. Hubbard married Miss Anna E.
Chamberlin of Louisiana. He survived her about twenty
years. The children born to their marriage were: Julia
P. now deceased, who was the wife of William I. Kelly;
Nelson C, his father's successor as a member of the Wheel-
ing bar; Miss Alma R., Louise P., Mrs. W. E. Hudson,
of Staunton, Virginia; and Sarah P., who died in infancy.

It is men most prominent in the affairs of Wheeling
over a long period of years who can best appreciate
and value the character and services of the late Mr.
Hubbard. As a lawyer his portrait is presented in resolu-
tions by the Ohio County Bar Association in the follow-
ing words: "He was a lawyer in the broadest sense, and
above that a law giver. Whether in the making of laws
or giving them the proper interpretations, the ground

was a

whereon he stood, to him was holy ground. He was
statesman; recognized as a leader among statemen; easily
chief in West Virginia; called before the Cabinet, and
advised with President Roosevelt. In the practice of the
law he walked with those whose final declaration was the
law, and he walked their equal — often their counsellor.
In all his varied activities — local, state, and national — he
was a leader among men, public spirited and generous,
always for the right, because above all he was an honest
man."

But for the tribute that passes current without depre-
ciation on account of its source, and because the writer
spoke with discrimination derived from intimate knowledge,!
the best that can be appended as a final estimate on the
life and character of the late Mr. Hubbard was the
editorial in the Wheeling Intelligencer, quoted herewith:

"Death at any time brings a shock to loved ones and
to friends, but death that comes in the fullness of years
to one who has finished his work well; who has lived a
useful and honorable life; who has enjoyed the price-
less privilege of seeing his children grow up around him
in strength and^ honor, comes not as a tragedy, but as the
seal upon a finished work, a crown of glory.

"Such was the death of Hon. William Pallister Hub-
bard, who passed away at his home near Elm Grove yes-
terday morning.

"Mr. Hubbard was born in Wheeling and lived far
more than the allotted years of three score and ten in
this community. It would have been difficult to find in
our citizenship a man whose personality through so many
years had been so closely associated with the public, the
civic and the industrial development of Wheeling and
its immediate section. The name of Hubbard is stamped
upon our public places. The imprint of his life will long
be felt in numberless organizations and activities having
to do with the industry and the business conditions and
the social and civic life of this community.

' ' William P. Hubbard was more than a. citizen of Wheel-
ing. _ He was a _ citizen of West Virginia and of the
American Republic. More than that he was a world
citizen, and through the long years of his useful activities
he gave many and varied evidences of his profound inter-
est in all things that made for the welfare of humanity.
In short space it is impossible to sum up and to estimate
the value of Mr. Hubbard's contribution to his city, his
state, and his nation. When that contribution is rightly
valued it will be found to be splendid not to say monu-
mental.

"Mr. Hubbard's most important public work was un-
doubtedly in the commission created by the State of West
Virginia in 1903 for the purpose of studying the tax laws
then existent in the state, and suggesting reforms there-
to. Mr. Hubbard took his duty most seriously, and the
report of the commission finally made was largely the
product of his brain and his hand. Later, in a most
memorahle campaign of public education, Mr. Hubbard by
his writing and his speaking largely effected a change in
the puhlic mind in the matter of taxation, which has since
been reflected in most of the tax legislation in West
Virginia. The power of the influences set in motion at
that time is still felt in this state today. Later, as a mem-
ber of Congress and in private life, as a profound student
of public question, Mr. Hubhard took a prominent part in
shaping the policy and influencing the thought of the
citizenship of this state.

"Admitted to the bar in his early youth, he soon took a
leading place as a practitioner, and in the course of time
came to be regarded as easily the first lawyer in West Vir-
ginia. His grasp of difficult questions and his profound
knowledge underlying the principles of law commanded
the admiration and wonder of the members of his own pro-
fession who were associated with him, and at the time of
hie voluntary retirement from active practice it is
fair to say that he had no superiors and few, if any,
equals in the general practice of the law, not only in
this state but even in the country at large.

"During recent years Mr. Hubbard had voluntarily re
frained from much active employment, preferring to devote

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m»olf to liia books, to the study of literature and history
3 to the intimate aviation of a few warn
evertbeless, he was fortunato in continuing to enjoy good
faith and his mind was 30 broad and so liberal that all
Sd <Uutes appealed to him and found in him sympn hetc
rpport The charities and the public institutions of thib
Enitv shared liberally his bounty and {he erne con-
Eions of the cirv and the state commanded his thought
,1 attention It is hard to realize that one so full of

\ he would have willed it himself."

Tholes E Ward. With one exception the largest and
,o C sf1^p1rtont manufacturing industry at .Char es on , is
h« Charles Ward Engineering Works. Their distinctive
.utput "as been water tube boiling, triple expansion mann
urines and shallow draft river steamers, and in the fie «1
retire equipment for river crafts this company is prob-

^The^nd'er of the business, Charles Ward, was an in-
-Jtor and an expert in every line of steam machinery. He
'Z a m mir oMhe American Society of Naval Engineers
he sS of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,
fche American Soeiety of Mechanical Engineers and the
American Association for the Advancement of Science He
was born in 1841 at Southam, near Leanington, England.
STgrew up there, and until he was twenty-two years of
aze he was employed by a local gas company, learning all
?he details of gas manufacture. Subsequently he was con-
nected with the Liverpool Gaa Company awl was made
manager of the Large Metal Works in Liverpool.

In 1866 he married, and four years later he came to
Cincinnati In 1871 his services as an engineer were sc-
cSedTuring the construction of the Charleston Gas Plant.
He was made superintendent of the new plant and «m-
tinued that responsibility until 1SS0. In 18,8 ^f™*
Ward T demonstrated the value of the Ward I boiler on steam
packet boats on the Kanawha River. He bought the Katy
did substituted his own boiler and made other needed
inVprovementJ an d since these early demonstrations the
Wa P rd boilers' have proved a marked superiority over all
others designed for use on steamboats.

The Charles Ward Engineering Works is incorporated,
with Charles Ward, treasurer; Charles E Ward, present
Ind general manager; Harold M. Ware L vieo president
and WUliam Keely, secretary. Charles Ward married in
??66 at Liverpool Margaret G. Mackrille a native of
Halifax. Their two sons are Charles E. and Harold M.,
and they have a daughter, Mrs. Clifford Ramsden The
Ward family are Presbyterians. Charles Ward is j. Knigh
Templar Mason and a member of the New York \aciit
Club.

W,lliam B. Poinpexter. Among the younger genera-
tion of business men who have come rapidly to the front
n the coal industry during recent 7™**™*™
advancement that has been achieved by William B. I oin
dexter, vice president of the American Export & Inland
C?S Corporation, and West Virginia representative of this
concern. With the exception of the time that he was serv-
ing a soldier during the World war, his entire career
ha? been passed in connection with the coa ^stry, his
advancement in which has come as a result of his own

a native of the Old Dominion SUite
bom at Rideeway, Virginia, January 13, 1894, a son ot
San1er R B g a^ y Sally?arnelia P^^g^
ander B. Poindexter was born m Yadkin County, £ortn
Carolina March 15, 1S61, but has spent practically his
entkf life in Henrv County, Virginia, in his younger
he was a mechanical engineer, but ater turned h s
SStion to other activities. A democrat in polities, he is
promment and influential in civic affairs, and heH many
l -iL for venrs. He is a member of the Unnstian

Surch and a a 7 fraternalist is affiliated with the Mason,
Mr Poindexter married Miss Rally Carnelia Perry, who
™ bo n aT Farmington. Davie County, North Carolina,

£ agricultural pursuits in Henry County where his u.eath
oeeuLd. Three children -re born to Mr and Mj A^R

%^&%£&('T& %? %*f §r 0 r dge '

twins who are students of the Ridgeway nigh School

W Ham B. Poindexter, was educated in different schoo
whYrc he finished in 1012. and in «« »^^J^^
connection with the coal pastry, ^hen he 1™"**™
a position with the U. S. Coal & Oil Co., wi 1, *tnc!i con
eern he remained for scvera months. On leayng the U >
Coal & Oil Co., he entered the employ of the Gay Coa

^i d was assigned to the American Expeditionary Forces Ho
arrived in France in September 1917. The early part of
Ms earee? was with the French Forces, in the vicinity of
Relfort France. Later after some American units began to
Arrive he ;"a" assigned to them as instructor in trench war-
ia re 6 taking part" in. five major operations in which the

Fourth lection o the Genefal Staff with headquarters at
Chan nont France. On March 1, 1919, he was detailed as
^ American General Staff representative with the French
Ministry of War at Paris to co-opera e vuth tb« Fwneli
^ department on demobilization and transportation of
Ihe AnSan Army to the base sections of France for re-
turn to the United States, luring th^ time he r^iv^.
eral citations of great value. He returned to the Umted
States in December, 1919, and was mustered out of the

"On Jarni™!^; Mr'poindexter accepted a position
in the purchasing department of the Chesapeake & Vir-
0. an Coal Co., °of Lynehburg, Virginia, his Headquarter
however beiii" at Huntington, West Virgima which has
IZ ThTs place" of residence ever since. From this position
he transferred his serviecs to the purchasing department
of the American Export & Inland Coal Corporation of
West VifgTnia, general offices of which company are located
at Cine nnati Ohio. Mr. Poindexter is now vice president
and W «t vVrginia representative of this
handles upward of a million tons of unequalle West A »
crinia and Kentucky coals annually He is "kewise vice
S-esidcnt of the Island Creek Monitor Coal Co., of Gin-

Virginia • West Virgin a Consistory No. 1, of wneeung
ington. Mr. Poindexter ia unmarried.

ir rrrwinv Tonkin. M. D. While one of the valued
J^S"Vf Martinsburg, Doctor Tonkin is
X well known for hU service as mayor of that city,
and his plaved a spirited part in the community life there

f0 H: rs U a b native y o e f "oncord, New Hampshire Both his
father, h! Glenvillc Tonkin, Sr., and bis grandfather V ^
if, m Tonkin were horn in Cornwall, England, and the
SSr was of pure English ancestry, the line running back
in authentk record to the time of WUliam the Conqueror.
WiUUm T?nk£ served his apprenticeship as a machinist,
S a number of years later brought his family to America
and mcamlat Concord. New Hampshire, where he became
WentSed with the stone quarry Industry as tool maker

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and tool dresser of the tools particularly required in the
quarries. He died there at the age of seventy-three. His
wife was Mary Eeynolds, a uativo of Cornwall, who died
at the age of sixty-eight. They reared four children,
named John, Glenville, Mary and Lucy.

H. Glenville Tonkin, Sr., was reared and educated in
Cornwall, serving his apprenticeship as a machinist there,
and, coming to America with his parents, also located at
Concord and followed his trade in the quarry industries.
He died at the age of forty-three. The maiden name of
his wife was Christina Peterson, a native of Sweden, who
came when a young woman to the United States with a
sister. She died at the age of thirty-three, leaving three
children, named Alice M., H. Glenville and Alfred.

Doctor Tonkin acquired his early education in the public
school of Concord, New Hampshire, graduated from high
school, also attended the New Hampshire Institute, and
as a youth he earned a wide reputation as a baseball
player. For several years he played professional ball in
New England, Western and American Leagues. In the
meantime he was working toward a professional career,
and in 1908 graduated from the medical department of the
University of Maryland, and at once settled at Martins-
burg to begin practice, where he has enjoyed an excep-
tional professional business for the past fifteen years.
During the World War in 1918 he was commissioned a cap
tain in the Medical Corps and was stationed for duty at
Hospital No. 23, Hot Springs, North Carolina.

In 1912 Doctor Tonkin married Miss Mary Licklider, a
native of Martinsburg and daughter of Thomas and Amelia
Licklider. Doctor Tonkin cast his first presidential vote
for Theodore Roosevelt. He was elected mayor of Martins
burg in 1918. His administration of two years was char-
acterized by much progressiveness in the matter of public
improvement, and a large amount of sewer construction
was done, the filtration plant was completed, and street
paving inaugurated. In May, 1922, he was re-elected
mayor by a handsome majority. Doctor Tonkin is
affiliated with Robert White Lodge, No. 67 A. F. and A. M.,
Lebanon Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., Palestine Commandcry
No. 2, K. T., and Almar Temple of the Mystic Shrine at
Washington. He is also a member of the Tri County
Medical Society, the West Virginia Medical Society, the
Southern Medical Society and the American Medical
Association.

James Spicer Humphreys, whose only son and child,
Albert J. Humphreys, is a prominent Charleston banker and
business man, achieved success in business but was even
more widely known for his fine character and the great in-
fluence he exercised for good among people of his own age
and younger people in particxilar.

James Spicer Humphreys, who died at* his home in
Charleston July 10, 1912, at the age of nearly eighty-two,
was born December 3, 1830, in the Shenandoah Valley, near
Charlottesville in Albemarle County, Virginia. His father
was also named James Spicer Humphreys and was a Vir-
ginia planter. The Humphreys are a long lived family, and
while James Spicer Humphreys died at the age of eighty-
two, his brothers and sister who preceded him in death
all lived to a good old age. His brothers and sister were:
Ira; A. Humphreys, who was the father of Col. A. E.
Humphreys of Denver, Colorado; Jacob; Joseph; William;
and Mrs. Marian Jones, of Kanawha County.

James Spicer Humphreys as a young man moved to
West Virginia, locating at Sissonville, Kanawha County.
He was a carpenter and building contractor and later a
merchant, and for many years conducted a successful busi-
ness at Sissonville. About twenty years before his death
he retired and moved to Charleston, building one of the
beautiful homes of the city, at Delaware Avenue and
Fayette Street.

James S. Humphreys married Cynthia Martin, daughter
of Dow C. Martin, a prominent old time resident of Kan-
awha County. James S. Humphreys and wife were lovers
all their lives and were singularly devoted to each other's
welfare and interests.

The late Mr. Humphrey 's personality and principles, that

seoiued a part of him, compelled everybody's friendship and | t
esteem who met him, and to know him was to love him. {,
He was manly, sympathetic, of profound religious faith,
and acted in daily life on the principle of the Golden Rule. ^
He loved to encourage young people to do their best and act f>
their best, and while he was a teacher in the true sense he ,
was never a preacher at people. He always believed in f
putting oneself in another's place when the other person f
was an object of criticism.

It is appropriate to quote here a special tribute of esteem: I
"As a teacher — or rather an inspirer of young men in r
all that is best and highest in manhood, Mr. Humphreys was I
unique and certainly has won a place on the honor roll of
West Virginia's sons by reason of his strong, well rounded,
sympathetic character and life long devotion to the great f
ideals of the Christian religion — in the practical way he J
carried them out in his daily life. He stamped his im- 1
press on the manhood of the State."

He lived simply, was regular and temperate in all his V
habits, and that no doubt contributed to his long life. He
not only lived clean and moral himself, but inspired others
to emulate him. It was said that he had a host of friends |S
and not a single enemy. Of a retiring disposition, he did
not seek a multitude of friends, but naturally all who came
iu contact with him were attracted by his fine qualities.
Only his intimate friends knew his deepest and finest traits
of character. He liked to discuss with those intimates the
deepest or highest topics that fire and touch the soul and
inspire the reason — faith, religion, God, immortality were
to him actual things and not names merely.

Albert J. Humphreys is a well known West Virginia
banker, being vice president and managing director of the
Elk Banking Company of Charleston. He represents a
family of prominent connections with financial and in-
dustrial affairs in this state and elsewhere. His cousin,
Col. A. E. Humphreys, now of Denver, Colorado, is one
of the famous mining and oil operators of the West and
Southwest.

Albert J. Humphreys was born at Sissonville, Kanawha
County, West Virginia, January 9, 1863, son of James
Spicer and Cynthia (Martin) Humphreys. This branch of
the Humphreys family came from old Virginia, and has been
in West Virginia for several generations. James Spicer
Humphreys was born near Charlottsville, Virginia, and as
a young man located at Sissonville in Kanawha County,
where he was a carpenter and later had an extensive busi-
ness as a building contractor and finally was a merchant.
He died at Charleston July 10, 1912. He was a democrat
and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Albert J. Humphreys was educated in the public schools,
in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and
during his early years was associated with his father in
the contracting business and merchandising. In 1887 he
removed to Charleston, where he entered business and
where lie was joined by his father several years later. He
continued his interests as a merchant until the growing im-
portance of his banking enterprise called for all his time
and energies.

Now one of the financial bulwarks of Charleston, the Elk
Banking Company had a singularly modest beginning. In
1902 Mr. Humphreys and Harrison B. Smith organized
and started a small bank on the west side, their banking
quarters being window space in a department store. The
company has steadily grown in resources and patronage, and
for a number of years the Elk Banking Company has
occupied large and handsome quarters at Charleston Street
and Tennessee Avenue. From the first Mr. Humphreys has
been in close touch with every department of the bank, as
vice president and managing director.

He has done much disinterested and unselfish work as a
citizen. When Charleston adopted the commission form
of government he was appointed one of the first three
commissioners, and continued in that post for three years.
He is a member of the Board of Education of the Charles-
ton Independent School District, and was formerly vice
president of the City Board of Affairs and for two terms

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625

nomber of the City Council. He is ademocrat P 011 " 68 /
affiliated with the Knighta of ^iaa, Independent
dcr of Odd Fellows, Elks, the D. O. K. K and other orders
clubs, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

^Humphreys married Miss Gertrude Harless, a native
t Charleston, and daughter of Judge Lcroy Harless i, a
■ominent citizen of Charleston, who died October 5, 1011.

Colonel John Stuart was the most famous pioneer
' Greenbrier County, the founder of a family of con-
iieuous citizenship there, and his descendants are still
■presented in that seetion of the state.
His father, David Stuart, waa horn in Scotland, a eounec-
ion of the House of Stuarts, and participants in the move-
ent to plaee Charles Edward Stuart on the English throne,
movement that culminated in failure at the battle of
uHoden in 1746. David Stuart camo to America soon
ftcr that hattle, settling on the Shenandoah River in
Lugust County, Virginia. He waa a personal friend of
Jovernor Robert Dinwiddie, who appointed hun in 17o.>
:ounty lieutenant of Augusta County, with the rank ot
•olonel. He was well qualified to serve this important office.
David Stuart died in 1767, having been drowned while
•rossing a branch of the Shenandoah River. His wife was
•Margaret Lvnn Paul, widow of John Paul, a granddaughter
of the Laird of Loch Lynn, Scotland, a niece of Margaret
Lynn, wife of Col. John Lewis and the mother of General
Andrew and Col. Charles Lewis, heroes of the Battle of
""oint Pleasant.

Col. John Stuart was the only son of David and Mar-
garet Lvnn Stuart, and was born at Hebron in Augusta
County, "March 17, 1749. 11c exhibited at an early age
extraordinary vigor both in body and mind. By the time
he waa seventeen years of age ho waa said to have ac-
quired an excellent education both from hooks and the
affairs of life. While young he participated in a number
of surveying and prospecting expeditions to the west and
north of the then permanent settlements in August County,
which brought him into eontact with men of various classes
and character. On these expeditions he saw much of Indian
life

All of the attempted settlements in Greenbrier having
failed prior to that time, in the year 1769 an expedition was
organized by citizens of Augusta and adjoining counties,
having for its purpose a permanent settlement m that
beautiful and inviting country afterwards called Greenbrier
Countv. Of this company John Stuart, then only twenty
years 'of age, was a member. These pioneers eanie to Green-
brier in the spring of 1769. After arriving in this wild
country tho settlers found it necessary to organize for
definite course of action, on account of developments to he
made in their new home, for protection against the Indians
and the many danger's by which they were surrounded. John
Stuart waa chosen their chief adviser and first officer.

He first located near where the town of Frankford now
stands, where he built his first home, overlooking a beautiful
view towards the east. This place he called "Grunhle
Thorp ' ' Here he erected the first mill built in Greenbrier,
which wae propelled by a subterranean stream of considerable
volume flowing through a channel ent out by the Indians,
to which they had aecess through the mouth of a large
cave. The dam, a large part of which is still standing,
was built of stone, and located about 200 feet from the
entrance to the cave. The mill itself stood just outside
of the mouth of the eave.

He soon moved from his first residence to what is now
known as the "Old Stuart Plaee," about four miles below
Lewisburg on the Fort Spring road. Here he first erected
a log house, in which he lived nntil the year 1739, when
he built a large atone house of the old English style, which
is now the oldest house in the country. This building is
still in a state of good preservation and is at this time
the residence of his great-grandson, Samuel Lewis Price.
Here John Stuart lived for many years, leading an aetive,
busy life, engaged in various occupations and acting for
the settlers aa adviser and chief defender against the
Indians.

Within a quarter of a mile from tho place whore the
stone house was afterwards built there waa erected what
was first known as "Fort Stuart" and afterwards called
"Fort Spring," at tho spot where tho old Fort Spring
Church now stands, which was placed under the command
and supervision of Colonel Stuart. At the time this fort
was built a largo number of settlers of Greenbrier County
lived near, and it was used as a refuge during several Indian
attacks, of which no mention is made in history.

Colonel John Stuart commanded one of tho companies
from Greenbrier County in the expedition commanded by
General Andrew Lewis at the bsttle of Point Pleasant in
1774. After that battle, on account of the heavy loss of
officers, he was put in command of a large portion of the
army. The last of the desperate attacks made by tho
Indians upon the settlers of Greenbrier occurred in 1778.
when a band of Indians crossed over from beyond the Ohio
River surprised and surrounded the settlers of Fort Donally,
in what is now known aa Radus Valley. The fort was
located about eight miles northwest of Ft. Union, where
Lewishurg now stands. Colonel Stuart led the enforcement
from Ft Union, raised the siege and drove tho Indians off.
Within a few days after this attack he waa able to raise
a sufficient force to drive and frighten the Indians out of
the country. .

Colonel John Stuart was appointed elerk of the County
of Greenbrier, which was organized in 1776. He was ap-
pointed in 1780. He waa a memher of the Virginia Con-
stitutional Convention of 1738, and was a strong advocate
for the ratification of the Federal constitution. He was
appointed colonel of the Seventy-ninth Regiment of Militia
in 1793. He and his wife, Agatha, were largo contributors
for the building of the old stone church at Lewisburg in
1796. Col. John Stuart possessed a large lihrary for a
pioneer, was a man of splendid literary attainments and
a finished scholar, was a memher of the American Philosoph-
ical Society in Philadelphia, and in 1797 he wrote "Memoirs
of Indian Wars and other Occurrences," which remained
in manuscript until published in 1833 by the Virginia Histori-
cal Society. This is one of the important sources of history
for everything connected with the early settlement of the
Greenhrier. He also left another historical work, entitled
"A Narrative," also descriptive of conditions in Green-
brier and the great Kanawha Valley. Colonel Stuart pos-
sessed great executive and financial ability, and amassed
a large fortune for his time. Some of the lands he acquired
are still owned by his descendants. He resigned his post
as clerk of the County Court December 22, 1807. Tho
first clerk's office was built hy him in his own yard, and
that building is still standing. He also gave the site upon
which the first Court House was erected. Col. John Stuart
died August 18, 1823, in his seventy fifth year.

November 18, 1776, he married Mrs Agatha Frogg,
widow of Col. William Frogg, who was killed at the battle
of Point Pleasant. She was a granddaughter of Col. John
Lewis, and a daughter of Thomas Lewis, who was a brother
of General Andrew and Col. Charles Lewis. Tho four child-
ren of Col. John Stuart and wife were: Margaret Lynn,
born Decemher 31, 1777, and married Andrew Lewis; Jane
Lewis Stuart, born February 16, 1780, married Rohert
Crockett; Charles Augustus Stuart, born April 23, 17»J,
married Elizabeth Robinson; and Lewis Stuart, born May

H Lewis' Stuart, second son of Col. John Stuart, succeeded
to the possession of the old Stuart home place, and lived
there all his life. He served as clerk of the County Court
as successor to his father from September 22, 1807, until
Juno 1 1830. He waa commissioned tho first clerk of tne
Superior Court of Law and Chancery of Greenbrier County,
April 17, 1809, and held that office until 1831. Aside from
his official duties he maintained a generous home, was fond
of good horses, had a genius for friendship and is said to
have been one of the best loved men in the whole Greenbrier

^totbber 15, 1807, he married Sarah Lewis, daughter
of Col John Lewis, of Bath County, and granddaughter of
Col Charles Lewis, who was killed at Point Pleasant. To
their marriage were born five sons and five daughters: John,

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born July 26, 1814, Charles A., born June 5, 1818, Lewis,
born September 7, 1820, all of whom went West where
John died February 19, 1838, Charles, July 4, 1888, and
Lewis, December 19, 1860. Henry Stuart born October 31,
1824, lived on a farm at Richlands Greenbrier County, and
died September 5, 1902. He married, July 12, 1871, Nannie
Watkins. Andrew Stuart born March 12, 1827, lived at
the old Stuart place near Fort Spring Church, and died iu
1892. He married Sallie Cabell. Elizabeth Stuart, born
January 13, 1809, died August 9, 1819. Rachel Stuart, born
May 30, 1816, became the wife of A. W. G. Davis, and they
lived near Fort Spring Station. Agnes Stuart, born Sep-
tember 2, 1812, died January 15, 1899. She married Charles
S. Peyton, and they lived at Richlands. Margaret Stuart,
born September 15, 1822, and died in 1903, married Col.
James W. Davis, and they lived on a farm half a mile below
the old Stuart place. Jane Stuart, born September 17, 1810,
was married Fehruary 6, 1837, to Governor Samuel Price.
She was woman of remarkable intellect and great personal
charm. She died August 14, 1873.

After Lewis Stuart's death Beau Desert and the large
estate connected with it remained in the possession and
under the management of his widow, Sarah Lewis Stuart,
until after her death, which occurred March 5, 1853. She
was born in February, 1790. She was a famous beauty,
and until her death was noted for her striking personal ap-
pearance. She was fond of the social side of life, and
maintained as a widow the hospitality which had character-
ized the home during the life of her husband. She was
also a woman of remarkable strength of character, of a
cultivated, forceful and vigorous mind, and she displayed
remarkable executive ability in the management of the
estate.

Governor Samuel Price, of Lewisburg, one of the dis-
tinguished men of his generation in the two Virginias, was
lieutenant governor of Virginia during the war between the
states.

He was born July 28, 1805, in Fauquier County, Virginia,
on the maternal side being a descendant of a prominent
Revolutionary officer, Major Morris of New Jersey. His
mother was Mary Clymann. His father, Samuel Price, moved
from New Jersey to Fauquier County with his parents, and
in 1815 he established a home in Preston County, in what is
now West Virginia. Governor Samuel Price was reared in
Preston County, acquired his primary education in old Vir-
ginia, and studied law with Judge Hason at Paris, Kentucky.
He returned to Virginia and took the census of Nicholas
County in 1830, in 1831 was elected clerk of court for that
county in 1832 was admitted to the bar at Summersville.
He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1S33, was chosen
for the Legislature in 1834 and re-elected for two succeed-
ing years. While in the Legislature he introduced an im-
portant bill providing for the building of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway. In 1836 he moved to Wheeling, but sub-
sequently established his home in Greenbrier County. At
that time the sessions of the Federal District Court, the
Supreme Court of Appeals, the Circuit and County Courts
were held at Lewisburg, one of the most important judicial
centers of the Virginias. In the intensely competitive field
of this court town, where some of the greatest lawyers of
the time gathered, he held his own and was regarded as the
peer of any who practiced there.

Vice President Henry Wilson estimated Samuel Price as
"the best land lawyer in the two Virginias/' In 1847 he
was elected representative from Greenbrier County, and was
in the Legislature four years. He was a member of the
Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850-51 and again
in 1860-61. He opposed secession, but sided with his state
when it went into the Confederacy. He was elected lieu-
tenant governor of Virginia, and held that office until the
close of the war. In 1865 he was elected circuit judge, but
declined to qualify.

Governor Price was a member of the Constitutional Con-
vention of West Virginia in 1872, and was chosen presi-
dent of the convention. His last important public service
was his appointment to the United States Senate, follow-

ing the death of Allen T. Caperton. He served in that body 1.
from December 4, 1876, to January 31, 1877.

On February 6, 1837, Governor Samuel Price married Jano j
Stuart, daughter of Lewis Stuart and granddaughter of Col.
John Stuart of Greenbrier County. A brief account of the
distinguished Stuart family of old Greenbrier is contained iu
another article. Governor and Mrs. Stuart had nine child-
ren, three of whom died young. Mary married J. C. Alder-
son. Margaret Lynn is deceased. John S. married Susan
McElhenney, and died about twenty-five years ago, hia
surviving daughter being the wife of John C. Dice. Sallie
Lewis became the wife of John A. Preston, and is survived
by two sons, who are individually mentioned elsewhere in
this publication. The fifth of the children is Samuel Lewis
Price. Jennie Stuart Price lives at Lewisburg.

Samuel Lewis Price was born July 10, 1850, was reared
at Lewisburg, attended private schools, aud in 1860 went
to Kansas. He taught school in Doniphan County and for a
time farmed there, but sold his interests and after a year
returned to Lewisburg. His life for a half a century has
been largely devoted to farming and stock raising, and he
is also interested in coal properties in the state. His home
is the oldest house in Greenbrier County, the large stone
house erected by his great-grandfather Col. John Stuart, in
1789. On the same property is another stone building, now
used as an office and which, as stated elsewhere, was the
first office of the clerk of Greenbrier County.

October 23, 1878, Samuel Lewis Price married Mary A
McCue, of Augusta County, Virginia. Seven children were
born to their marriage: Elizabeth W.; Samuel, a lawyer at
Lewisburg j Jane Stuart; Sallie Lewis, wife of Prof. W. W.
Wood, of Davidson, North Carolina; Edward Clayton, who
died while nearly qualified to graduate at the University of
Virginia ; Mary McCue, a graduate of Columbia University,
who served as a nurse during the World war; and Thomas
Lewis, of Lewisburg. Samuel L. Price is an elder in the
Presbyterian Church and an active member of the Masonic
fraternity.

Charles Tarnay, president of the Tarnay Collieries Com-
pany, the mines of which are situated on Sulphur Creek,
near Matewan, Mingo County, maintains his residence and
executive headquarters in the City of Matewan.

Mr. Tarnay was born in Hungary, on the 15th of March,
1878, and is a son of Charles and Helen Tarnay, his
father having been a man of wealth and influence in his
native land, which is now suffering direly from the
effects of the great World War. The subject of this review
was for two years a student in the University of Buda-
pest, and thereafter continued his studies for a similar
period in the University of Berlin, where he studied law.
At the age of seventeen years he came to the United States,
and from New York City he came forthwith to the West
Virginia coal fields. He found employment in the coal
mines on Cabin Creek, and took pride in thus numbering
himself among the world's productive workers. He has
been employed in various capacities and at many different
places in connection with the coal mining industry in
West Virginia, and also in mines in Pike County, Kentucky.
His ambition caused him to continue his reading and
study, and in 1912-13 he attended George Washington
University, Washington, D. C, where he specialized in
chemistry and engineering. In 1914 he was employed as
chemist in the Cabin Creek coal district, and he next be-
came superintendent for the Bessemer Coal & Coke Com-
pany at Bessemer, Pennsylvania, where he remained four
years. He then became an independent operator in the
Pennsylvania coal fields, and the negative success of his
enterprise was so pronounced that he lost all of the money
which he had previously accumulated. Under these depress-
ing conditions he bravely faced the problems that confronted
him, and took the position of track man in the Pond Creek
District of Kentucky.

In February, 1920, Mr. Tarnay started a wagon mine
at Naugatuck, Mingo County, West Virginia, notwithstand-
ing the fact that he was in debt to the amount of $400 and
had in his possession only thirty-five cents. His energy
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627

success, and he is now a substantial figure m connechon
h coal production. Ha organized the Shum ate i Coal
Spany at Naugatuck, and is president of the same and
lAoril 1921, he organized the Tarnay Collieries Com-
B y, of' which he is president and general ^nager this
npany having 600 acres of extremely ■valuable > coal lend,
e sterling character and recognized ability of Mi. Tarnay
re gained to him the co-operation of some of he best
own and most influential coal men of thia field, .and
thlt the mining companies of which he » Picsidcnt are
'^.working their mines si, days a week, while ^many
her mines of the district are closed down. Mr. Tarnay
a loval and appreciative American citizen and in the
nd o/his Udopfion has won substantial and worthy auc-
ss He is a man of superior intellectuality, and as a
iSiist speaks reads and writes the Hungarian German,
eX Si English languages with almost equal facility.
P?he World war period he was . instant in patriotic serv-
E especially in connection with the work of the Ped Cross.
Tom the general headquarters of which he reived a letter
igSy commending him for the efficient service which he
radered during American participation in . the war. In
olitics he is a staunch republican and both he and h s
if*, ire earnest communicants of the Catholic unurcu.
'L^istic attainments Mrs. Tarnay excells her husband,
i hf spcaJ eleven different languages, she having
fcrmerlv been a successful and popular teacher and having
"en during one vcar employed by the Government as an
"Tterpretex in the City of Washington

In 1906 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Tarnay ana
is" Mary Kovalik. who likewise is a native of Hungary
md they 7 have three children: Isabel, Helen and
ktrlcs, Jr.

women in this vocation in West Virginia.

She was born at the village of Turtle Creek ,
Pountv Pennsylvania, and is a lineal descendant of Capt.
jZ McbTe7who came to America in 1721 A comp etc
history of the McCune family has been comp Jed by Alex
aider Kerr, and in that history every generation is repre-
sented by men of usefulness and honor. Doctor McCune 's
father and grandfather both bore the name Alexander and
were natives of Pennsylvania. Her father was born at
Ligonier in Westmoreland County and married Agnes , Hamd-
toS. also a native of Westmoreland County and daughter of
Duncan Hamilton. Duncan Hamilton was a millwrigh bv
trade and in 1872 removed to Martinsbnrg, where he lived
untU hi death. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church
The Hamilton family is of prominent Scotch origin, and
Doctor McCune has the family coat of arms inscribed with
the motto: "Virtue alone is true nobility." while another
motto is "Let us go through." Doctor McCune s great,
^andfather Hamilton and great-grandfather McCune
fought for liberty in the Revolutionary war, and in the
second war with Great Britain assisted in building ships
for Commodore Perry's fleet at Erie Pennsylvania, fhe
father of Doctor McCune died in eaily life, and her mother

^octof McSrJe^ended public schools in Allegheny
Countv. and aftei coming to West Virginia was a student
in the'Berkelev Female Seminary at Martinsburg. where she
came nnder the instruction of Mrs. Peyton Harrison and
Bettie Hunter. Her course completed in that institution,
she taught in Berkeley County for a time and then went to
Richmond, where she completed the course and graduated
as a trained nurse from St. Luke's Hospital. For a time
she had charge of the training department of that institu-
tion, and from there entered the Woman's Medical College
of Philadelphia, where ahe graduated M. D. in 189o. Doc-
tor McCune was an interne for eighteen months at the
Woman's Hospital, and then had charge of the woman a
division of the insane department of Bnckley Insane Hos-
pital at Philadelphia. She was chief of chUdren'e civics
at the South Third Street Dispensary until 1898, in which

year she returned to Martinaburg and established the
Shenandoah Sanitarium, which under her management has
had a broadening scope of service and patronage, f**™
McCune is a member of the Tri-County and West Virginia
and American Medical Associations.

She is a member of the American Historical Association
and the Academy of Science, the Woman's American College
Alumnae and the Presbyterian Church.

John D. McCune. One of the largest industries in the
Eastern Panhandle is the stone quarries, and «Je principal
representative of the Department of Mines of the State
Government located in that region is the inspector of sand
mines and quarries. The present incumbent of that office
is John D. McCune, one of Martinsbnrg 'a best known

01 Mr n9 McCune was born in the Turtle Creek District of
Mleghenv County. Pennsylvania, November 18, 1863, one of
the two children born to Alexander and Sarah A^es Hamil-
ton McCune. The McCune family came to West Virginia
in 1873. when John D. McCune was ten years of age. He
began his education in schools of his native locabty in
Pennsylvania, attended school in Berkeley County, West
Virginia, served an apprenticeship at the machinist a trade,
and for a time was an employe of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. Later he specialized in the finer
branches of mechanical work, and for years has been noted
as an expert safe and lock and cash register mechanic. He
was bnsily engaged in this line nntil he was appointed to
his present position in 1921 for a four year term. _

Mr. McCune is a republican, active in his party and la a
member of Pobert White Lodge No 67, A. F. and A. M,
of Martinsburg. He ia a Presbyterian, while Mrs. McCune
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1886
he married Annie B. Stuckey, daughter of Daniel and Eliza-
beth (Grantham) Stuckey. Of their four children two are
deceased. Ernest L. and John L. The two survivors are
Arnold C. and Larene. Arnold married Miss Etta Wolford,
of Martinsbnrg.

Jacob Milton Harper, has been a member of the Roane
County bar twenty years, and is a gifted lawyer, senior
member of the law firm of Harper & Baker at Spencer

He was born in Roane County January 25, 1875. His
family has been in this section of West Virginia almost a
century. His grandfather, Henderson Harper, was born in
old Virginia in 1818, and was a child when his father. Arm-
sted Harper, brought his family ont of Eastern Virginia
and settled in Poane County. Both Armsted and Hender-
son Harper were fine examples of the early frontiersmen,
both noted hunters, and their lives were lived in the country
and their serious occupation was farming. Henderson
Harper owned several thousand acres of land in Poane
County, and lived there until his death in 1910, at the
advanced age of ninety-two. He married Deborah West-
fall, who was born in Poane County in 1826 and died in

18 pfev John L. Harper, father of the Spencer attorney,
was born in Poane County February 22 1851, and devoted
his active life to the ministry of the Methodist Protestant
Church He was eloquent, devout and able, and exercised a
wide influence through his preachings in Poane Jackson,
Mason, Bitchie and Pleasant counties. When he retired from
the ministry in 1912 he located at Spencer, where be died Sep-
tember 2, 1920. He was a democrat in politics. His wife,
Melissa Jane Hopkins, was born in Poane County in 18o4,
and is still living at Spencer. Their children were: Mary,
wife of Silas G. Ferrell, a farmer at Dunbar, Kanawha
County: Pobert H., a blacksmith at Spencer; Jacob Milton:
John M., in the oil and gas and real estate business at
Parkersburg; Martha E., wife of Dr. William W. Noyes, of
Dunbar; Emma, who died when eeventeen years of age;
Alda wife of William E. Griffith, n real estate and msur-
ance'man at Dunbar; Eliza, wife of Theodore Ryerson a
merchant tailor at South Charleston, West Virginia; Lilhe,
wife of George Walker, an employe of the United Fuel Gas
Companv at Gay in Jackson County; and Virgil L., the tenth

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and youngest of this large family, associated with his brother
John in the real estate and insnrance business at Parkers-
burg.

Jacob Milton Harper, was educated in rural schools, spent
two years m the Glenville State Normal School, leaving in
1896, and in the meantime, at the age of twenty, had
besrur. teaching m the rural districts of his native county.
Altogether his exertions and abilities were devoted to school
work ten years. In November, 1898, he was elected county
superintendent of schools of Roane Countv. filling that office
four years. 1899-1902. Mr. Harper attended the law school
a *i 6 * Y n i 1Ve !. t V f We9t Vir ^ ni a and in June, 1901, was
admitted to the bar, and now for fully twenty years has
been busied with the affairs of his profession; embracing
both the civil and criminal branches. He has been practic-
Tarn™ 17 Shl ^ Wlth John M ' Baker 8inc * December,
IT" A 8 a ». , they their office building, and other
real estate and oil royalties.

Mr. Harper was for two terms a member of the City
Council of Spencer, and has been on the Board of Educa-
tion. He is a stockholder in the Ravenswood Wholesale
Grocery Company and vice president of the Traders Trust

•?v aT lv n >, Company -, Mr - Har Per " a democrat, is affiliated
w i£5 e t, MaS0, i S and ° dd Fellows and Petersburg Lodge
No. 198 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Roane
County Bar Association, and the Spencer Country dub
Sp ?f™ ******** freely to the Government at

the time of the Wor d war, and was especially helpful in
filling out questionnaires for recruited men P

September 12, 1900, in Pleasants County, Mr Harper
married Miss Bessie Kester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Wil-
ham Kester, now deceased. Her father was a farm'er at
Belmont in Pleasants County. Mrs. Harper finished her
education m the West Liberty State Normal School, and
taught seven years m Pleasants County before her marriage.
They have two 'interesting yonng danghters: Camille, born
December 26, 1901, is in the sophomore class of the UnT
yersity of West Virginia. Frances, born December 22 1904
is a student in the Spencer High School.

John M. Baker, member of the law firm of Harper &
Baker at Spencer, has been practicing law in Jackson and
Roane counties for a quarter of a century, and his reputa-
tion as an able lawyer, successful business man and high
minded citizen is widely extended throughout that section of
the state.

He represents an old family of West Virginia. His grand-
father, Elijah Baker, was born at Horseshoe Bend, Ran-
dolph County, West Virginia, October 4, 1815, was reared
m Wirt County, and from there moved to Jackson County
where for many years he was a farmer and merchant, served
in the State Guards during the Civil war and was active in
all matters of community welfare. His wife was Nancy
Wolfe, who was born in 1819, and was a life long resident
of Jackson County. Both were interred in the family burr-
ing ground at LeRoy. ' '

Their son Dallas M. Baker, father of the Spencer attorney,
was born at LeRoy September 19, 1846, and lived all his
life in Jackson County, where he was a farmer and
merchant, and he died at Sandyville November 12, 1911
He served as a school trustee, was a republican and a mem-
ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Dallas M
Baker married Mary E. Johnson, who was born in the town
of Chesterfield, in the Adirondack Mountains of New York
state, September 17, 1846, and is still living at Sandyville
Her father, John Johnson, was born in England in 1814
came to America at the age of seventeen and after a brief
residence m Canada moved to New York state, where he
married and about 1854 brought his family to Jackson
County, West Virginia. He was a farmer, justice of the
peace, member of the State Legislature and a captain in
the Home Guards during the Civil war. Captain Johnson
died at Ravenswood in Jackson County in 1884. John
M. Baker was the oldest child of Dallas M. Baker and wife
Delia, the second in age, is the wife of Lee C. Knotts, whose
home is at Sparrow Point, Maryland, Mr. Knotts being a
captain in the United States Army and had a year of

MSe e tta n Ohr C ?, fS^S? 6 ^°S d War " Nan « at
Marietta, Ohio, Is the widow of Robert H. LeBlanc who

was a non-commissioned officer in the army and I had a recorS

Rev^wV h £ Phili PP™«- Mary Gre^k is the wi f f ° 0

™7'(W* t ♦E ene f T inister of the Methodist Episco

mere J«»fcm ^.ISffiX 1 ° f h '

vlfoLfoo^*^"^^ and in 1895 entered The
C™ y of West Virginia, being graduated LL. B in 1896
From the year of his graduation until 1909 Mr BaS

Mr. Baker served as prosecuting attornev of Jack™*
County four years, 1905-08, and for five years was a member"

the brand Lodge. He is a member of the Roane Countv
West Virginia State and American Bar Associations the
Spencer Country Club, is a stockholder in the Raven Uod
Wholesale Grocery Company, and was one of the organTzers
of Spe^ce'r 6 ^ ° f the Pirst Nationfl BaxS

During the World war Mr. Baker was a member and the

ZT 317 l £ th - e tTL Advisor 7 Board of Roane County!
and a worker m behalf of the success of all local drives
He has an interest fa his father's old homestead at Sandy:
ville, is owner of oil royalties and has a fine, comfortable
home on Spring Street in Spencer. ' comronabIe

On December 19, 1899, at Pomeroy, Ohio, he married
Jessie Riley, daughter of Benjamin F. and Virginia (Tay
• $ of Detroit, Michigan. Her father

vear, Z^t^ W f * YiT &™> for * number of

iZll'Jf 6pU + ty ^?r ff and Jailer there > later owned and
operated an automobile and repair shop in Detroit, and is

owtl? ^ 1Dte ; \ trade - Mr ' *** Mrs. Bak <* have two
StS^w^q^ 26 ' 1900 > ^ a ^ated from the

Spencer High School in 1919, attended West Virginia Uni-

Srftn?" 6 - 7ear and . iS 3t h0me - Mar ^ V " bo ™ October
i SiL^ a tea 1 cher i; in * h e Spencer grade schools.
^iLoTt It be Te ^ r J*^ year high echool course in
J n n l r ^. three y ears > ™to an average grade in her studies

Spencer High School before beginning work as teacher.

Fleming N. Alderson. Both in the professiou of law
and as an influential figure in connection with public
affairs in hi S< native state Captain Alderson is well up-
holding the high prestige of the family name, his father
having long been one of the influential citizens and leading
members of the bar of West Virginia and having repre"-
sented this commonwealth in the Congress of the United
mates.

Captain Alderson, one of the representative lawyers of
Nicholas County, with offices both at Summersville, the
county seat, and at Richwood, where he maintains his resi-
dence, was born in this county on the 8th of January 1884
and is a son of Hon. John Duffy Alderson and Eugenia A*

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629

•dor) Alderson. John D. Alderson was l*>rn at Sum-
•svUlo, thia county, November 29, 1854, a son of Joseph
AlderaoD and a great-grandson of Col- George Alderson,
ioneer and influential citizen of Monroo County, where
town of Alderson waa named in his honor, the Alder-
family having been founded in Virginia in the Colonial
of our national history. Joseph A. Alderson was a
versity graduate and was graduated also in a law school,
was long engaged in the practice of law at Summers-
e and served as prosecuting attorney of Nicholas County,
ich then included Webster County. He was a mem-
of the Virginia Senate during the Civil war, one of the
idental results of this conflict having been the creation
the new atate of West Virginia.

Hon John Duffy Alderson, whose death occurred at Rien-
,od December 2, 1910, was a mere youth when he became
lively identified with political affairs, as a vigorous ad-
-atc of the principles of the democratic party. He was
pointed a pago at the West Virginia Constitutional
nvention of 1872, later served as doorkeeper for the
ite Senate, of which he subsequently became clerk, and

an able lawyer he gave effective service as prosecuting
tornev of Nicholas County. In I8S8 he received the
mocratie nomination for representative of the Third
ngressional District of West Virginia in the Congress of
o United States, to which he was elected and m which,

re-election, he served two consecutive terms, lie then
sumed the practice of his profession at Sunimersville,
!d in connection with public affairs he subsequently
rved as a member of the House of Delegates of the State
egislature. He was one of the strong, upright, broad-
,nded citizens of West Virginia, held an inviolable place
. popular confidence and esteem and achieved high stand-
ee in his profession.

To the public schools of Summersville Capt. Fleming
Newman Alderson is indebted for his earlier educational
iscipline, which was supplemented by his attending St.
'ineents College and the West Virginia University, and in

conservatory of music at Oberlin College, Ohm. and prior
to her marriage had been supervisor of music m tho public
8 ohools of Riehwood. She is a popular figure m eonnr.-
tion with tho representative social nnd cultural activities
of Riehwood, and is the gracious chatelaine of ono of Un-
attractive and hospitable homes of this city.

Captain Alderson is attorney for the First National Bank
of Riehwood and the Nicholas County Bank at Summers-
ville, besides being similarly retained by a number of im
portant industrial and commercial corporations in this sc.-
tion of the state, lie is a stockholder and director of the
Nicholas Hardware & Furniture Company at Riehwood.
and is vice president and secretary of the Tioga l.onl Loin-
pany.

Lewis II. Miller, a successful attorney of the Ripley
bar, has engaged in many useful activities during his bnet
lifetime of little more than thirty years. He is a man of
exceptional educational attainments, and in former years
was a teacher. He also has a record of service in the
World war. , . _ , _ .

Mr Miller was born at Millwood in Jackson Count),
November 19, 1890. Remotely the Miller family is of Ger-
man origin, and the name was established in Pennsylvania
in Colonial times. His grandfather, Lewis M. Miller, was
born in Pennsylvania in 1812, and settled as a pioneer in
what is now Jackson Count)', Wcat Virginia, and was a
farmer near MUlwood, where he died in 1889. He married
Elizabeth Shinn, a life long resident of what is now Jack-
son Countv. Leander Miller was born on the present site
of Millwood in 1850, and has lived in that vicinity all his
life Altogether he has taught in the rural and graded
schools of "the county forty-five years, but in conjunction
has also conducted his fanu, and though he started farm-
ing with limited capital he has developed an extensive
estate. In the line of public duty he served as deputy
sheriff four years uuder Sheriff J. O. Shinn and four

mcents uoucge aim me V * i ion?

he law department of the latter he was graduated in 190/.
)n the 8th of October of that year he was admitted to the
,ar of his native state, and for several years thereafter
te was associated in practice with his father, with head-
marters at Summersville and with a law business that
'xtended into the courts of counties adjacent to Nicholas
bounty He finally established an office at Riehwood, and
n this citv he now maintains his residence and profes-
sional headquarters, the while his distinct achievement
marks him as one of the representative members of the
bar of this section of the state. During the legislative
session of 1911 Captain Alderson represented Nicholas
County in the Lower House of the State Legislature, at
Wen session he had the act passed establishing the
Nicholas Countv High School at Summersville In 1913
he was appointed assistant United States district attorney
for the Southern District of West Virginia, an office of
which he continued the incumbent three years His retire-
ment prior to the expiration of his term of four years
resulted from his having been, in 1916, made the democratic
nominee for representative of his district in the United
States Congress, his defeat being compassed by normal
political exigencies. As military aide to Governor ( orn-
wcll of West Virginia in connection with the nation s
participation in the World war he was appointed chief of
the Department of Military Censors and Enrollment, with
the rank of captain, and in this important position he
gave most loyal and effective service. He and his wife
are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and he is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
church of this denomination in his home city. In the
Maaonic fraternity Captain Alderson is affiliated with Sum-
mersville Lodge No. 76, A. F. and A. M.; Riehwood Chap-
ter No 37, R. A. M. ; Sutton Commandery No. 16, Knights
Templar; Ben-Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine in the
City of Charleston; and the Consistory of the Scottish
Rite in the City of Wheeling.

On the 8th of June, 1921, was solemnized the marriage
of Captain Alderson and Miss Rebecca M. Wigton, of
LaGrange, Indiana. Mra. Alderson graduated from the

ioicrill lour years uuuui oucnu. ^.

years under Sheriff I. M. Adams. He is a republican, on
active supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is
affiliated with Asliton Lodge, F. and A. M., at Ravenswood
and the Knights of Pythias. Leander Miller married Jessie
B Harrison, who was born near Point Pleasant in Mason
County in 1870. Of their large family Lewis II. is the
oldest. Benjamin W., now in the insurance and real estate
business at Parkersburg and also a farmer, was a first
lieutenant in the 89th Division of the American Expedition-
ary Forces, spent one year in France, and was on duty in
the St. Mihiel campaign. Blanche is the wife of Henry F.
Pfost, cashier of the Bank of Ripley, and the other child-
ren are: Miss Edith, at home; Kate, wife of Dr. Ray
Kessel a physician and surgeon at Charleston; Miss Luella,
a teacher in the public schools at Ripley; Pauline, a student
in Ohio University at Athens; John, a student in the
Ravenswood High School; Hazel, attending high school at
Charleston; and Starling, a pupil in the Ripley public
school. , . , xl , .

1 ewis H. Miller spent his early life on his father s farm,
attended rural schools, and at the age of sixteen taught
for one year in Cooper District of Masou County. There-
after he'taught school alternately with his advanced work
as a student and partly paid the expenses of his liberal
education. For one year he attended West Virginia \\en-
leyan College at Buckhannon, and spent five years in the
regular course of Ohio University at Athens, where he
graduated in 1913 with the degree of A. B. He was a
member of the Sigma Pi college fraternity. On graduat-
ing in 1913 he became superintendent of schools at Ripley,
remaining there one year and for another year was super-
intendent of schools at Alderson, a town located in both
Greenbrier and Monroe counties.

Mr Miller graduated LL. B. in 1917 from the West Vir-
ginia University Law School, and was admitted to the bar
October 2, 1917. He at once began practice at Ripley, but
turned over hia accumulating interest as a lawyer to enlist
in the Aviation Corps of the U. S. Navy on July 1, 1918
The firat month he waa stationed at Cherry Stone Island
Naval Base off Cape Charles, Virginia, was then transferred

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to Norfolk until October 1, 1918, and was ou the U. S. S
rilgrim, hut subsequently transferred to Pelham Bay Park
in the Officers Training School and on November 1, 1918
joined the Officers Training School at Princetou University'
where he remained until December 22, 1918, when he was
relieved from active duty but was held in the Reserve
Corps until September, 1921, when he was finally discharged
Since his war service Mr. Miller has been busy with his
genera law practice at Ripley, being a member of the firm
ot Miller, Boggess & Bell, with offices on Front Street a
partnership that was formed January 1, 1921

Mr. Miller is a member of the Jackson County and West
Virginia State Bar Associations, is a director and member of
the Executive Board of the Bank of Ripley, a member of
the Advisory Board of the West Virginia Mortgage and
Discount Corporation at Charleston, and has accumulated
some valuable property interests. He is a republican a
member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and is affiliated
with Ripley Lodge No. 16, F. and A. M. Purnell Lodge

hnZ n C %° n { Uth A GSr ? e o£ * he Scottish Mte at Parker?
burg, O S. Long Chapter of the Rose Croix at Parkers-

Ohio, and Union Grange No. 90 in Jackson County
December 23, 1917, at Millwood, Mr. Miller married Miss

fpl'ev^tambow'^^n^ ™* m H ' -d Enta
innJ \r Eambow .> wb ° 8tll] Mve on their farm near Mill-
bTr 0 n'jan M uary a ^ ^20. r *™ one daughter, Ruth Lee,

Concord Normal School, now Concord College t„
the year 1865 at the close of the Civil war, Me?cer County
hke many of her sister counties in Virginia and o her'

un^f^

ZZtl^'r-T ° f the , C °, Urt H ° USe at P^eTon. 166 t0
Through the influence of the "Board of Registration"

^JSfTtTi "^'"H to t a of the people, whkh
resulted m the location of the Court House at Concord

MethnnC r^V*^ Wbich had been built around la
Methodist Church and a post office, Concord Church. After
the Court House had been removed from Princeton to Con
cord the people of Princeton, now in Session of the

X ZoT h ne 7' 'rr 6 VCry a ^ns eS to ob^i
again. Before the Court House was completed another
vote was taken, which resulted in redocating P a t Prfnceton
The lower end of the county having been Sut off to heb
form Summers County, there was left no hope of ever re
ffnZ g th /- C T l H °V Se for Co ™ rd , the unfinished Court
i > *J ai1 ? V6 I tin , g r t0 the 0li Z™ 1 owner of the land
d?tion th.f 7 I 00 * u Ue J^rea it to the state on con

Accordingly, on the 28th day of February, 1872, the
K iV 886 ' A f act to locate a Branch State Normal
School at Concord in the County of Mercer." This act re
quired buildings to be fitted and furnished for he con-
venience of said school, free of charge to the state. Before
anything was done toward the completion of the builduTa
the owner of the land died, leaving his affairs n such c^f
fusion as to render it impossible to procure such a title to
the property as the state would accept. The friends of the
measure, on the 2nd day of December, 1873, procured the
fo fnf ?J an i a . Ct - a » thorizin S ^e procurement o^ '1 tit e
to any other lot m Concord and the erection of suitable
buildings thereon without cost to the state. The act further
prodded this should be done within twelve months from the
Scfton/ ^ bm ° r SCh ° 01 -ould'be" 0 ^^'^
«#r« b * e hlBt ™ med ^iaion stimulated the people to supreme
l^L ' °. a r + ? abzation that ^mediate action was

necessary to retain the school. The village consisted of five

™7t e \* ""J? DUmber f0r 80 ^ eat and momentous an
undertaking. Capt. WlRiam Holroyd, who was the oldest

3Stt IZ V h 5 ma J ter in hand aud ^Pre^ed the peopkS
with the great advantages and benefits to be derived frZ
such a school. On the 29th day of May, 1874, WilUam H fco
2 ?:J n M lf °,i convo ^.to the State of West VuSdK
six acres ot land upon which to erect the Normal School
building. One of the conditions was that no money^aS

LtlVVTl^ hy } he state for the buildings s 7 o The
money had to be secured by subscription. With this mone™

On"°F"y UC -"I! 3 ! C ^ CtGd at " C ° St ° f ^ul%T70 0 t

S/fK^f & St« in^oSf

accepted it in compliance with the act oHhe Legtlature ,
At this meeting of the Regents, Capt. James Harvey Frenc h
was appointed principal, salary $700 and Hon. FrS y
M. Reynolds, assistant, salary $600 The Regents orZS

Say C l 0 8 n 75 0r and 0 ?^ ^ ^ ^ SCtffl^J
May 1875, and continue twenty weeks, then take an inter I
mission until the first Monday i£ March, 1876. T L^nvTron S

th« 7 hi,Vf i ^ - eD ^ Seh001 was first °P en ed. Imagine 1
the beautiful rolling lawn, upon the summit of which now 5

bvfh* th i C ^ Cord , Nomal School oLe occupSd

by the splendid and commodious brick building which waa ft
burned in November, 1910, but on that momenfou7occas!on
n tL W midS eS nf° f ^ dbru ^ /hinquopin bushes and stump™ E
in the midst of which stood a rough, unfinished wooden

wXnt ^t ng ab r t 39x f feet ' two stori( * i° ^i ? gh°
Si J + i windows or doors, and you can gain a flint I
1^1 ?>f a ?P earaDC « of «*e first school building as "
S p od . n in ., th6 M ^ s^shine, guiltless of paint or ornament
The inside was not more inviting. There was a floor in

buildfaS'dSSl^ ' f rtiti ° U °, f r ° Ugh h0ards across *S '
building, dividing it into unequal rooms. With an unob-

structed view of the weather-boarding without and the

rafters overhead, many of the boys, for want of better

seats, sat upon the joists and studied. There wa 7 To

apparatus whatever. No stoves or furnace, so' on chX

?n* g A* yS Xh t 1 U ? eUtS ' When not redting/were hoveS i
around fires out of doors made of the logs fnd debris which '

ZlZ? S tlfUh ThGre WaS 110 bel1 t0 riQ S the assembling of 5
Hvr I'nl ■ f- rraD f ment ^° r , that P Ur P° se bein g ^ther prim°
tne, consisting of a cow's horn, which in 1878 gave place to
a very sweet toned bell. The frame building wis used untS
commencement, July 2, 1886. Early in July of that vear
work was begun on the new brick building 7 f 0I ^ whlch^he
Legislature of 1885 had made an approprif tion of $5,000
Wil a ft S /° T m P ,eted th « ^ week in January, 1887. On the
10th of January, with Captain French unable to leave his
rooni and John I). Sweeney in the Legislature, James f!
Holroyd began school in the new building

The transfer of the school from the old church to the
new school house marks the beginning of a period of

?riS S n b /^ nd ^-/T' 8anguine 4>ectations of ^ the
friends of the institution. The Legislature of 1887

It PP w r fl °s P " a i ted f'^zt r m P lete and f--sh the build^g
It wa enlarged in 1888 by an addition costing $3,500. The
Legislature of 1897 realizing the beneficent influence of
this progressive school appropriated $20,000 for the erection
of a still larger budding, which, with its many convenient
class rooms fine library, its large auditorium; capable of
seating 1,000 people, its literary society halls, its
model school- rooms, was the one destroyed by fire in

11 n»J* % } a ^tl 8 - Hal1 was built on a lot donated
by Captain Holroyd. This building has thirty rooms and is
now occupied by young men, as the handsome and com"
7%Tk™1^°T£ ^? al1 has been buUt °» ^e camZs
In 1886 the name of the post office was changed from
Concord Church to Athens, but the school still retains the
name of Concord. On the morning of November 10 1910
three o clock, peals from a church bell roused the citizens of
Athens to witness the deplorable spectacle of the handsome
Normal School building being consumed by fire Even

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

631

lile the massive eoluinns of this structure of architectural
lauty were tottering upon their foundations and the coetly
hiipnient was smouldering in the debris, plans for the con-
tiuanee of school were being laid and by daybreak sixteen
©ms were at the disposal of the school officials. Students,
i lachers and citizens, all loyal and enthusiastic, met at eight
Vlock in one of the churches and they were all so per-
| ictly in accord in their sentiments and determination to
| 5 on in spite of all obstacles that the hymn they sang
»emed very appropriate, "Blest be the tie that binds."
(any other towns and communities were anxious candidates
br the relocation of the school, but the people of Mercer
•ounty and especially of Athens had made many sacrifices,
And had struggled with many discouraging problems in
lostering the growth of the school and malting it an institu-
tion worthy of the name it now proudly maintains among
he leading educational centers of the state, and so, after
oany anxious days, were made glad by its relocation at
Uhens, with the provision that the community donate the
and for the new building. Twenty-six acres were secured
>n which now stands a large, commodious building, fireproof,
Excelled by none in the state. A fine baseball and athletic
ield, tennis courts, a bowling alley in the basement, and
che management is planning for a new gymnasium. This
ear 's summer school enrolled 550, and at the last meeting
£ the State Board of Education, Concord State Normal
?as placed on a Teachers College basis and is now Concord
College, granting degrees.

Thus, from a very small beginning, has risen to eminence
and distinction the Concord State Normal School.

Edward Calvin Lambert, superintendent of the Yukon
Pocahontas Coal Company at Yukon, McDowell County,
was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, May 1, 1875, a son
of Vincent H. and Sarah (Campbell) Lambert, who now
maintain their home at Crumpler, McDowell County, West
Virginia. The father was born in Nebraska, and the mother
in Pennsylvania, of Scotch parents. William Lambert,
grandfather of the subject of this review, came from Eng-
land and settled at Lambert's Point, Virginia. Vincent H.
Lambert has been associated with mines and mining since
boyhood, and in charge of mining operations conducted by
I the Means & Russell Iron Company, he was for twenty-
seven years in iron ore, limestone and clay mines in Ohio
and Kentucky.

The subject of this sketch Edward Calvin, is the eldest
of seven children. He gained his early education in the
schools of his native city, Ironton, Ohio, and when but
nine years old he began work in the mines with which his
father was identified. After leaving school he served an
apprenticeship in a plumbing establishment at Portsmouth,
Ohio, but he never worked at this trade as a vocation. He
found employment with the Means and Russell Iron Com-
pany in the mining of limestone and fire clay, with which
company he continued until he was twenty-four years old.

On July 5, 1S99, he was united in marriage with Miss
Rebecca Brewster, of Ironton, Ohio, whose mother was a
member of one of the oldest and highly respected families
of West Virginia. The father of Mrs. Lambert was a native
of Virginia. Mr. Lambert established a home for himself
and wife at Ironton, Ohio, where he remained for two
years, being employed as general manager by the Chas.
Taylor Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. In the winter of
1900 he came to Mingo County, West Virginia, and found
employment in the mineB of Tug River District. These
mines are now controlled by the Red Jacket Consolidated
Coal Company. He began work on the grades at ninety
cents a day, and by efficiency and effective service he won
continuous promotions until he was finally made general
superintendent of three mines, the Maritime, Lick Fork and
Grapevine. He next became superintendent for the Wil-
liamson Coal & Coke Company at Williamson, West Virginia,
later was manager of mines at Glenalum, West Virginia, and
thereafter he was identified with production in one of the
finest mining camps of the district, that of the Excelsior
Pocahontas Coal Company. In 1917 he went with the George
L. Carter Coal Company as general superintendent, remain-

ing for one year, and going from thero to the Yukon
Pocahontas Coal Company, as general superintendent, by
which eompany ho is still employed and enjoye their respect
and esteem.

In 1913-14 Mr. Lambert served as state mino inspector
of distriet No. 12, under appointment by Governor Hntneld,
and he held the position of chief deputy under Sheriff Green-
way Hatfield. He was a member of the County Court of
Mingo County, and within his incumbency of this position
the new court house was ereeted. He is an enthusiastic
advocate and supporter of tho republican party. In the
Masonic fraternity he is a member of the Blue Lodge at
Williamson; a member of the Chapter of Royal Areh
Masons at North Fork; Ivanhoe (Jommandery No. 10,
Knights Templars, at Brain well; Scottish Rite Consistory
at Wheeling; and tho Mystic Shrine at Charleston. He is
a life memoer ot the lodge of Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks at Bluefield, No. 209.

Mr. Lambert's family consists of four bright interesting
boys and one girl. Charles, a graduate of R. M. A., Bed-
ford, Virginia, and now a sophomore at Washington and Lee
University, entered the United States Marine Corps when
the nation became involved in the World war, he having
been at the timo only sixteen years old. Like his father,
he is a splendid athelete, and he was captain of the football
team, while a student of R. M. A. Walter, a graduate of
R. M. A. Front Royal, Virginia, will enter Washington and
Lee University this fall. Hildred, the only daughter, enters
Lewisburg Seminary this fall. Paul, the youngest member
of the household, attends his home school. Three members
of Mr. Lambert's family are affiliated with the Baptist
Chureh.

John Morgan Prickett is a newspaper man, his father
was a printer and publisher before him, and for a quarter
of a century he has been associated with the Jackson Herald
at Ripley, being business manager of this well known and
inilucntial newspaper.

Mr. Prickett was born at Ravenswood in Jaekson County,
September 25, 1873. His grandfather, John T. Prickett, was
a native of Marion County, but spent the greater part of
his life as a farmer at Ravenswood, though he also con-
ducted a store for a few years in Wood County. He died
at Ravenswood. He married a Miss Morgan, a native of
Marion County. Their son Charles Prickett was born in
Marion County, grew up there, and as a youth learned
the printer 's trade. This trade he followed as a journeyman
at Fairmont, Charleston and other places, finally locating at
Ravenswood where he later became owner and publisher of
The Mountaineer, one of the pioneer papers in that section
of the state. About 1896 he removed to Ripley, and con-
tinued the publication of The Mountaineer at Ripley until
his death in 1911. In the Civil war he fought on the Con-
federate side all through the period of hostilities, and was
a staunch democrat in his political affiliations. Charles
Prickett married Matilda Knotts, who was born in Jackson
County in 1846, and is still living at Ripley. John Morgan
is the oldest of her children. Mary is the wife of Joseph A.
Wooddell, postmaster at Pennsboro in Ritchie County.
Mrs. Daisy Whittington died at Hinton. Charles S. is
employed in the rubber industry at Akron, Ohio. Ada is
a teacher in the public schools at Ripley, and Isaiah, the
youngest of the family, is manager for the O. J. Morrison
Store Company at Huntington, West Virginia.

John Morgan Prickett attended the common schools of
Jackson County, but from the age of fifteen his education
was more directly the result of his apprenticeship and ex-
perience in the printer's trade. Mr. Prickett worked as
a journeyman printer at Charleston, at Huntington, at
Cincinnati, and in various towns and cities. In 1896 be
located at Ripley and became a printer in the office of the
Jackson Herald, and has been continuously associated with
that paper ever since. He has been its business manager
since 1919. The Jaekson Herald was established in 1875,
and for many years past has been the official republican
paper of Jackson County. It is owned by a stock company
known as the Herald Publishing Company. The Herald

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is a substantial business institution, and as a paper Las
a large circulation and influence throughout Jackson and
surrounding counties.

Mr. Prickett married at Ripley in 1900 Miss Hallie Kidd,
daughter of Dr. Washington W. and Margaret (Vail)
Kidd. Her father was a physician and surgeon. Mr. and
Mrs. Prickett have a daughter, Ruth, born July 17, 1901,
who now has completed her education and is assisting her
father in the Herald office.

Tom B. Bowman early in life learned the value of a
knowledge of law and under the guidance of his father
acquired legal acumen, though he found the most effective
field for his energies and talents in real estate, and that
has been his business and profession for a quarter of a
century. Mr. Bowman for the past half dozen years has
been one of the most successful real estate operators at
Charleston, if not the leading dealer in that vicinity, where
he is president of the Bowman Land Company and inter-
ested in a number of other affiliated companies.

He was born at Valley Furnace in Barbour County and
is a son of the late Capt. Adam C. Bowman, one of the
distinguished sons of West Virginia. Captain Bowman
was born in Randolph County, May 1, 1839, and was a
captain in the Confederate Army during the war, being
twice wounded. During a portion of his service he was in
the cavalry under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. Captain Bowman
after the war enjoyed a wide and successful practice as a
lawyer, his office being in Philippi, county seat of Bar-
bour County, hut his practice took him to all the courts
of Barbour, Taylor, Preston, Tucker, Randolph, Upshur
and Harrison counties. Captain Bowman, who died August
25, 1909, married Tacy J. Wilmoth. Their oldest son is
Stuart H. Bowman, of Huntington, who is, like his brother,
an extensive real estate operator. Mr. Bowmau has but
one sister, Maud, now married to E. Ray Jones, a success-
ful lawyer at Oakland, Maryland.

Tom B. Bowman was educated in the public schools,
taught at the early age of sixteen and for several years
worked on a fa rm, hoeing out his own row in the corn-
field, and hauling tanbark during the summer months. He
attended the Fairmont State Normal School and the Uni-
versity of West Virginia at Morgautown. While working
his way through school at the West Virginia University
he associated himself with H. L. Swisher and prepared the
first city directory of Morgautown, West Virginia.

When a mere youth Mr. Bowman contracted to sell
twenty town lots for Fred S. Byers at Philippi. That
was his introduction iuto a vocation to which few men have
brought greater natural abilities. He opened a real estate
and insurance office at Philippi. Mr. Bowman made good
in the insurance field, and was at one time state agent
for the Indiana & Ohio Live Stock Insurance Company,
the Walla Walla Fire Insurance Company, and the Florida
Home Fire Insurance Company.

With Hunter Atha and Cal Arnett of Fairmont Mr.
Bowman promoted the sale of what is known as the Ice
Addition to Philippi. It was a profitable undertaking and
gave Mr. Bowman a substantial capital for other enter-
prises. Following this they put on a sale at Beliugton
of the Truman Elliott Addition, in which they sold 336
lots in one day, bringing in about thirty thousand dollars.
Mr. Bowman then formed a partnership with his brother,
Stuart H. Bowman, under the name of Bowman and
Bowman, at Philippi, Tom conducting the real estate end
of the business, while his brother looked after the law
practice.

Changing business conditions took Mr. Bowman to the
Southland. He went to Florida and started in, so to say,
"on his own hook," making good, and today is the owner
of hundreds of Florida lots and acres of sunshine. In 1917
he came from Knoxville to Huntington with but $5 cash
left, bound for Charleston, paying his railroad fare out
of this sum to the capital city. It must not be understood
he was broke, far from it, but from that time to the present
he has made wonderful strides in business ventures without
calling on his outside resources. With this unfavorable
introduction from the standpoint of financial resources Mr.

Bowman set to work to build up a real estate organization $
and in the Bowman Land Company he now has a busi
ness that controls more real estate than any other firm ir if
the city, and probably more than any two. He is presi !Ii
dent of the company and owns the controlling stock of th( \t
company. Amoug the larger interests held by this com- sei
pany in the Kanawha Valley might be mentioned the Bow- to
man Land Company Addition to South Charleston, the U
Highland Terrace Addition to South Charleston, the Bishop \v
Donahoe Addition to South Charleston, the L. C. Massey Se
Addition and the Chilton Addition to Spring Hill, and if;
other tracts and subdivisions in that locality; Chemical p
City Addition near St. Albans; and two large additions jn
to Nitro, and several farm tracts. The company also has Si
extensive holdings of farm properties around Milton, and
parcels of lots and miscellaneous properties at Point g
(Pleasant, Clarksburg, Brushton, Danville, Barboursville, £-
Albrightsville, Buckhannon, Logan, Parkersburg, Philippi, j
Belington, Kingwood and elsewhere; in fact, in about ; i
twenty counties of West Virginia. He owns the controlling «
interest in the South Side Highlands Addition of the City [
of Charleston, destined to be a high class residential sec- f
tion.

Mr. Bowman has made a specialty of promoting and I
conducting auction sales of city and suburban property and
farm lands. This business is not confined to West Virginia,
but extends over the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ala-
bama, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Texas.
These operations alone run into millions of dollars. During
the winter months Mr. Bowman takes personal charge of
his Florida office at Orlando as a central operating point,
but has subdivisions at Orlando, Acadia, Bradentowu,
Lakeland, Clermont, Tampa, Titusville and a few lots at
scattering points.

Mr. Bowman is interested in the Security Bank & Trust
Company, Merchants & Mechanics Bank, Kanawha County
Bank, and Equity Finance & Loan Company, all of Charles-
ton; and the Mountain Trust Company of Roanoke, Vir-
ginia.

Mr. Bowman is a member of the Charleston Chamber
of Commerce, and Kiwanis Club, is a Royal Arch Mason,
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Maccabees, and belongs
to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He is a democrat
in politics, and active. He married Dollie J. Nutter, daugh-
ter of ex-sheriff Eli Nutter of West Union, Doddridge
County, West Virginia, and has one child.

Charles A. Miller, a wholesale grocery merchant at
Martinsburg, has been busily active in the commercial
affairs of that city for many years, and has earned an
impregnable position in the esteem of the community by 1
his business ability and the public spirited manifestations
of his character.

Mr. Miller was born in the village of Hedgesville in
Berkeley County, and both his grandfathers were farmers
and planters in that section. His father, Harley Miller,
was born on a farm near Cherry Run, grew to manhood
there, and on leaving the farm engaged in the mercantile
business at Hedgesville for several years, when he retired
and was so living at the time of his death, at the age of
seventy. He and his wife had nine childreu, seven of whom
reached mature years: J. William, deceased; Adelaide, who
had a son, Clarence, by her marriage to Doctor Mitchell
and her second husband was Frank Rickard; Charles A.;
Laura, who married George W. Applehy; Eugene P.;
Rohert S.; and Minnie D., who died at the age of twenty-
one. The only three now Jiving are Charles, Eugene and
Robert.

Charles A. Miller attended school steadily until he was
about fifteen years of age, and then went to work as a clerk
in his father's store, where he laid the foundation of his
commercial experience. At the age of twenty-two he came
to Martinsburg, and with his brother J. William engaged I
in the farm implement and fertilizer business. The asso-
ciation was continued with mutual profit for fifteen years,
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associated with Ins father in the wholesale grocery business,
as J. H. Miller & Soo. After the senior Miller's death the
[company was incorporated under the name of the C. A.
rMillcr Grocery Company, which was dissolved December 31,
11920. After devoting many years to the personal manage*
iment of this business Mr. Miller utilized a leisure interval
to go abroad and also make a tour of his own country to
the Pacific Coast. While abroad he was in Scotland, Eng-
land, Italy and many points of interest in battle-torn France.
He sailed for home from Cherbourg. Back at Martinsburg
Mr. Miller could not be satisfied with leading a retired life,
and in November, 1921, again embarked in the wholesale
grocery business as sole proprietor of the C. A. Miller
Grocery Company.

At the age of twenty-seven he married Miss Sarah Eust
Bryarly, who was born near Darkesville in Berkeley County,
daughter of Richard and Mary (Payne) Bryarly. Mrs.
Miller died in I91G, aged forty-six, the mother of four
children: May Dunbar, who died at the age of twenty-six,
wife of Doctor Griggs; Sarah Averill, who died aged
twenty-three, wife of Dr. Nelson Osborne ; Elizabeth Nelson ;
Charles A., Jr. The only son, a student in the Martins-
burg High School, in this year will enter the Junior Class at
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

Mr. Miller is an active member of the Trinity Episcopal
Church, and is vestryman and senior warden. Fraternally
he is affiliated with Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A.
M., Lebanon Chapter No. 2, K. A. M, Palestine Commandery
No 2, K T., the Scottish Rite Consistory and Osiris Temple
of the Mystic Shrine at Wheeling. He is also a member of
Martinsburg Lodge No. 778, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. Mr. Miller married, May 18, 1922, Miss
Sally Scollay Evens at the "Little Church Around the Cor-
ner," New York City.

Colonel, John Q. A. Nadenbousch, was one of the
distinguished native sons of that portion of the Shenandoah
Valley that is now within the boundaries of the State of
West Virginia, was a gallant officer of the Confederacy in
the Civil war, and was one of the most honored and in-
fluential citizens of his native county at the time of his
death, in the fulness of years and honors.

John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch was born in Berke-
ley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), on the
31st of October, 1824, and he passed the closing period of
his life at Martinsburg, the county seat, the family of which
he was a representative having settled in this county in
the early pioneer period, when this section of the Old
Dominion was virtually on the western frontier. Colonel
Nadenbousch received a liberal education, as gauged by the
standards of the locality and period, and he was in both
character and intellectual powers well equipped for the
leadership which long was his in connection with civic and
material progress in his native county. As a young man
he became an active member of the Virginia State Militia,
and soon was chosen captain of the Berkeley Border Guards,
which was the local military organization. He was ordered
with his company to Harpers Ferry by Governor Wise at the
time of John Brown's historic raid, and assisted in the
capture of Brown, besides having been stationed with his
company at Charles Town, in the present Jefferson County,
West Virginia, at the time Brown was there executed by
hanging.

When the Civil war was precipitated Captain Nadenbousch
and his command were called into active service in the
Army of the Confederate States, on the I8th of April, 1861,
and proceeded again to Harpers Ferry. He won promotion
to the rank of colonel, and commanded his regiment in
many important engagements, his service having continued
until the close of the war. He took part in the first battle
of Bull Run, and at the battle of Gettysburg he was in
command of the right wing of the Confederate forces, on
Culp's Hill. Colonel Nadenbousch commanded the Second
Virginia Infantry in the "Stonewall Brigade,' ' and was
second in command in that famous organization. He
commanded the brigade at the battle of Fredericksburg. He
was badly wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville, at the

time and near the place where "Stonewall" Jackson was
fatally wounded. He was brevetted for gallantry in action
on two occasions, and declined promotion to brigadier gen-
eral, preferring to continue in command of his regiment,
which was chiefly recruited from Berkeley and adjacent
counties in the Valley of Virginia, near his home at Martins-
burg.

After the close of the war Colonel Nadenbousch re-
turned to his native county, and with the same fine spirit
of loyalty he bent his energies to the rebuilding of the
prostrate industries of the community, lie became the
owner of a large landed estate, and he also owned and
operated a flour mill at Martinsburg. A man of command-
ing ability and high ideals, he made his influence felt in
connection with all communal interests, and he was one of
the most prominent and revered citizens of Martinsburg
at the time of his death, in 1891.

December 13, 1848, recorded the marriage of Colonel
Nadenbousch and Miss Hester J. Miller, whom he survived
by a number of years, their children haviug been six in num*
ber, namely: Smith M., James Frederick, Mary Ella, Eloise
Riddle, John Miller and Jane Gray.

Alexander Parks. As a citizen, business man and
public official, Mr. Parks, former member of the West
Virginia Senate, has played a large and benignant part in
the community life of his home City of Martinsburg, ju-
dicial center of Berkeley County, where he has maintained
his residence for over fifty years.

Mr. Parks was horn in the City of Baltimore, Maryland,
on the 22d of April, 1847, and in the same city was bom
his father, Alexander Parks, Sr., who was a son of Edward
Parks, the latter having been born about 1785 and having
served honorably in the United States Army. While
stationed at Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, Edward Parks mar-
ried Mile. Elise deLoupt, who was born in France. Alex-
ander Parks, Sr., was well educated and became a skilled
chemist. For many years he was supervising chemist in
the laboratories of the great pharmaceutical house of
Powers & Wightman in the City of Philadelphia, where he
continued to reside until his death. He married Miss Sarah
Jackson, who likewise was born in Baltimore, her father,
James Jackson, having been born in County Down, Ireland,
and having been a kinsman of General Andrew Jackson, who
when president of the United States appointed James Jack-
son to a responsible official position in the City of Balti-
more, where the family home was established. The maiden
name of Mrs. James Jackson was Bethia Rennie Moore,
and she was of Scotch ancestry. Alexander and Sarah
(Jackson) Parks, the latter of whom likewise died in
Philadelphia, became the parents of seven children: Sarah
Jackson, Ann Eliza, Alexin, Mary Roberts, Alexander, Jr.,
George and Thomas Powers.

lie whose name initiates this review was educated in the
public schools of Philadelphia and was there graduated in
the high school. Upon coming to Martinsburg, West Vir-
ginia, he turned his attention to the milling husiness, of
which he has here continued a successful representative to
the present time. He first operated the Nadenbousch mill,
and since IS98 he has owned and operated the Equality
mills, which have the best of modern equipment, and in con-
nection with which he has a large grain elevator, which was
erected by him. He is also in active management of his
several farms and other real property in Martinsburg and
vicinity.

Mr. Parks has been an exponent of liberal and progres-
sive citizenship, and has taken lively interest in all things
pertaining to the welfare of his adopted city and state.
He served for some time as chairman of the Democratic
County Committee of Berkeley County, was for three terms
a member, from 1906 to 1909, inclusive, and was president
of the County Court of the City Council of Martinsburg,
during which period he served one term as city treasurer.
In 1890 he was elected to the Senate of West Virginia, as
representative of the Thirteenth Senatorial District. In the
Senate he gave four years of characteristically loyal and
effective service, and he was assigned to important Senate

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coniniitteos, including those on privileges and elections,
banks and corporations, militia, enrolled bills, public print-
ing, and agriculture, of which latter committee he was the
chairman. He did much to further wise and constructive
legislation and to advance the best interests of his con-
stituent district.

At Martinsburg was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Parks and Miss Mary Ella Nadenbouseh, who was there
born and reared and who is a daughter of Col. John Q.
A. and Hester J. (Miller) Nadenbouseh, of whom more
specific mention is made elsewhere in this publication. Mrs.
Parks is deceased, she having been a devout communicant
of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church in her native city,
of which church her husband likewise is a communicant, a
member of the Vestry and a trustee. The loved wife
and mother is survived by five children: John Nadenbouseh
(individually mentioned on other pages), Elise deLoupt,
Hester Gray, Sarah Kennie and Alexander B. Mr. Parks is
a past master of Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A. M. ;
is affiliated with Lebanon Chapter No. 2, E. A. M. ; is a
past eminent commander of Palestine Commandery No. 2,
Knights Templars; and is a past most eminent grand com-
mander of the West Virginia M. E. Grand Commandery of
Knights Templars. The family home at Martinsburg is a
fine old stone mansion that is one of the oldest houses in the
city, its interior finishing and decorations being of most ar-
tistic type, and on the walls of one of the rooms of this resi-
dence is to be seen fine wallpaper that is nearly a century
old. The home is further made attractive by an ancient
spinning wheel and other relics of other days and of family
history.

John Nadenbousch Parks is one of the popular and
influential citizens of his native city of Martinsburg, Berke-
ley County, is a former member of the House of Dele-
gates of ' the State Legislature and gave distinguished
service in connection with the nation's military activities
incidental to the World war, he being now a member of
the Officers Keserve Corps of the United States Army, with
commission as major of infantry. He now commands the
Third Battalion, Three Hundred and Ninty -seventh Infantry,
One Hundredth Division, Organized Reserves.

Major Parks was born at Martinsburg on July 22, 1876,
and is a sou of Hon. Alexander Parks, of whom individual
mention is made in the preceding sketch. After pre-
liminary training in the public schools of his native city
Major Parks took a college preparatory course at Potomac
Seminary, at Romney, his education having then been ad-
vanced by his attending the University of West Virginia and
the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia.
His final course of study was in the historic old University
of Virginia, after leaving which he returned to Martinsburg
and became associated with business affairs. In the autumn
of 1916 he was elected to the House of Delegates of the
State Legislature, where he served during both the regular
and special sessions, in 1917. He was assigned to various
important committees of the Lower House, including the
finance committee and the committee on roads, of which he
was chairman. At the end of the special session he re-
signed, in April, 1917, to enlist in the nation's military
service, in the same month that the United States formally
became involved in the great World war. He proceeded to
Camp Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and on the 26th of the
following November was commissioned captain of infantry.
He was assigned as instructor of infantry units at several
camps and was then transferred to Camp Wheeler at Macon,
Georgia, where he was engaged in drilling his troops for
overseas service when the signing of the historic armistice
brought the war to a close. He received his honorable dis-
charge and was commissioned major of infantry in the
Officers Reserve Corps of the United States Army. The
Major is a prominent and valued member of the Martins-
Durg post of the American Legion, which he organized,
and is affiliated also with Martinsburg Lodge No. 778,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which lodge
he is a trustee. He was a member of the sub-committee that
drafted West Virginia's first "Good Road Law," in 1917,

and as chairman of the coinniitteo on roads was chiefly re- sat
sponsible for the passage of the bill in the form recom- tie
mended by his committee.

Da. Luther H. Clark, came to McDowell County as f
a young physician and surgeon in the service of the con- '
tractor who was building a branch of the Norfolk & j \m
Western which opened up one of the largest coal districts = ?
iu the county. This work finished he remained as physi- 1
cian and surgeon to a number of coal mining companies jo
and also in general practice at Northfork and Kyle. < ;
Doctor Clark has been busied with many affairs outside <,
his profession, and among others is president of the Clark i\
National Bank of Northfork.

He was born January 19, 1868, at Peterstown, Monroe $
County, West Virginia, and represents the old and prom-
inent Clark family of Augusta County, Virginia. One
member of this family was the Clark of the Lewis and
Clark expedition. His great-grandfather Capt. Jack
Peters was a prominent character in Monroe County, West
Virginia, and Peterstown was named for him and also
Peters Mountain. The parents of Doctor Clark, Lewis
Floyd and Cynthia Annie (Byrnside) Clark were both born
in Virginia. His father was a merchant at Peterstown and
during the Civil war was in the service of the Confederate
Government and toward the close of the war into the field
with a Virginia regiment.

Luther H. Clark acquired a common school education at
Peterstown, and spent four years in the Academy at
Pearisburg, Virginia. Following this he worked for an older
brother and also for his father in the store, and from his
earnings he accumulated the money needed for his medical
education. In 1889 he entered the College of Physicians
and Surgeons at Baltimore, where he was graduated M. D.
in 1892. Since then he has attended post-graduate courses
in New York City and elsewhere as often as his business
permitted. Almost immediately after his graduation he
returned to West Virginia in association with Dr. C. A.
Johnson engaged to handle the medical and surgical work
for Samuel Walton, contractor for the construction of the
Norfolk & Western Railroad in McDowell and other counties.
This contract was finished in September, 1892, and at the
opening of the railroad through the coal field Mr. Clark
determined to remain and established his home at Kyle.
For nearly thirty years he has been physician for the Lynch-
burg Coal & Coke Company, Powhatan Coal & Coke Com-
pany, Elkridge Coal & Ceke Company, and Algona Coal &
Coke Company, in addition to looking after an extensive
general practice with office at Northfork, though his home
is still at Kyle.

As a pioneer in this section Doctor Clark availed himself
of some opportunities that were presented at the time. He
and some others discovered that a tract of forty-three acres
across the Creek from the railroad station had been over-
looked in entering the lands, and they secured possession
of this tract, platted it and leased it for a long period,
and Doctor Clark was at the head of the Development
Company that handled the land. The locality was long
known as Clark's. The Clark National Bank of North-
fork was organized in 1912 and in 1913 Doctor Clark
bought the controlling interest and became president, with
Mr. John Bane cashier.

In 1894 at Baltimore, Maryland, Doctor Clark married
Miss Minnia Pinkerton. They have four children, Helen,
Mildred, Lewis H. and Wyndham Stokes. Lewis graduated
with the class of 1922 from the University of Pennsylvania.
The son Wyndham graduated in 1922 from the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Doctor Clark is a
member of the Episcopal Church. He is one of the very
prominent Masons of West Virginia, active in both the
York and Scottish Rite and the Shrine. He was Grand
Master of the West Virginia Grand Lodge of Masons in
1904, was High Priest of the Grand Chapter of the Royal
Arch in 1918, Grand Commander of the State Knights
Templar in 1916, Illustrious Potentate of Beni-Kedem
Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. of Charleston in 1921, and
is a member of the Board of Governors of the Masonic
Home at Parkersburg. He is a member of the County,

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Unite and Anwriean Medical Associations, and belongs to
tile Blucficld Country Club and the Guyandotto Hunting
Club of Huntington.

Robert White, who bears the name of l™"^***
tincUon in Hampshire County, has been a m^l'JJ
ber of the Romney bar for over twenty years » «e«
ing his third consecutive term as prosecuting ^tojney

His great-grandfather was named Robert ^hite. Ihxs
Robert White was a grandson of a Scotchman, who was a
surgeon in the British Navy, and on leaving the service
settled in New Jersey, where he married a Miss Ilogue
Their in John subsequently became a PJ?neer , in the
Valley ef Virginia. Robert White, representing the third
generation 0/ the family, served as an o^er in the
American Army during the Revolution lived at ncbestcr,
Virginia, and was judge of the Circuit Court of that dis
trict. Judge Robert White married Miss Baker.

Their son John Baker White was a citizen of premm
in tois section of Old Virginia, and he served as . clerk
of the County Court of Hampshire County b e £o " * h .J
war At the beginning of hostilities he identified himself
with the Confederate Government at Richmond and died
there before the close of the war. His second wife was
a daughteJ of Christian Strife a Lutheran minister of
Winchester. The children of this marriage were: Robert
WMte who served West Virginia as attorney general;
Frances, who became the wife of S. L. Flournoy
Charleston, West Virginia; Alexander, a farmer who died
near Wardensville in Hardy County; ^ n8tia » ^ qt ^" y .'
who married Robert Ferguson; Mrs. Susan Armstrong,
and Henry, who spent his life at Romney.

Christian S. White, father of the prosecuting attorney,
waabOT? to Hampshire County in 1840, and was a volun-
Teer toThrConfederate Army, at first in the infantry and
1 Subsequently %as commissioned a captain of Company I
* S S Twenty-third Virginia Cavalry. He was never dis-
' rhinred since his company left the army about the time
?M r e d in^nr«nder/.uSed. down through jthe Carohuas
but finally came back to Virginia and d »^ e ^ t .^P{f"
White participated to many battles was struck with bull ets
several times, and was twice severely injured and felt the
effects of his wounds all through life. After the recon-
struction of the state he was elected clerk of the County
Court of Hampshire County, and served in that capacity
I a long period of years, until 1903. He was a lawyer by
?raintog P and after leaving public office he was associated
n practice with his son, Robert, at Romney until his death
on January 21, 1917, at the age of seventy-seven. He was
a past master of the Masonic Lodge and was affiliated
with the Presbyterian Church, the church of his ancestors

Pant C S White married Catherine Steele, whose father,
Thomas Steele, was the first secretary of the 'Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows of West Virginia and served the order in
that capacity until his death. Thomas Steele was a native
of Dublin! Inland, and died in the early '80s and is buried
at Grafton, West' Virginia. His daughter Catherine wa
also born in Dublin, was seven years of age when her
parents came to the United States, and she grew up at
Fairmont and was married there She died in 1914, at
the age of seventy-two. Her children were: Louisa A
of Romney; Robert; Christian S, Jr., superintendent of
mines in Southwest West Virginia; Bessie, wife of B C.
Howard of Baltimore. The first wife of Capt. C. S. White
Sas Bessie Shultz, and their only child was John Baker
White who became a member of the Charleston bar.

Robert White, the prosecuting attorney, was born at
Roman I May 28, 1876. He attended the public schools
at hi na ive town, and at the age of sixteen began ac-
quiring his first experience to public affairs as deputy
clerk of the County Court under his father. At the age
of eighteen he graduated from the old Potomac Academy,
and two years later began the study of law in West Vir-
5£a University. He was graduated to 1899 and, retarn-
ing to Romney, soon had a promising practice. From 1903
he was associated with his father until 1912, when he was
elected for his first term as prosecuting attorney, succeed-
ing J S. Zimmerman. He has since been twice reelected

to the same oflk*. During his term of uffire the c ood ro a. I«
movement has received a great impetus in llai iipahin
County, und the first concrete bridge was built by tin
County Court after ho became prosecuting attorney. Mr.
White comes of a family devoted to democratic P^M >U ^;
and he cast his first vote for president for Mr. Hrjan in
1900. He is a past master of the Masonic Lodge and 1-
also affiliated with the Odd Fellows.

January 7, 1903, at Washington 1). C, Mr White married
Miss Mabel Glasscock Fitch, a native of Jaycburg, Ken-
tucky, and daughter and only child of L II. and Laura
(Glasscock) Fitch. She attended Marshall College at
Huntington while her family resided there, and finished her
education in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. White had ^ fije
children: John Baker, Mabel Glasgow, Elizabeth Steele,
Roberta Huston and Robert, Jr. Mrs. White, the mother of
these children, died July 5, 1915. She was an active mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church.

Hon. Hugh A. Dunn. Since 1900 Hon. Hugh A. Dunn
has been a member of the Beckley bar and during this
long period of time had made steady advancement, being
accounted today one of the leading members of the Raleigh
County legal profession. He is likewise a prominent and
influential member of the republican party, and has on
numerous occasions rendered efficient public service , hav-
ing been the incumbent of various offices, both appointee
and elective. He is a native sen of West ^ Virginia born
on a farm at Peterstown, Monroe County. April 12, 137,2,
a son of James Patterson and Sarah A. (Workman) Dunn
Both the Workman and Dunn famdies are old and
honored ones in Monroe County, of English ano Ir sh
descent James Patterson Dunn was born in Monroe
County to 1832, and in young manhood adopted farm-
fng in w^ieh he was engaged until ending for service
in the Union Army during the war between the states.
He again engaged in agricultural pursuit, .after the close
of hte military service, and continued there" «nU hi.
death in 1917, when he was accounted one of the we I-to
do men of his community. He was an active republican
in politics, was a deacon in the Baptist Church for years
and was president of the Board of Education in his district
for £0 erms. Mrs. Dunn died at the age of seven y- two
years to- 1915. They were the parents of five children:
John P. a farmer, stockraiser and merchant of Princeton
Mercer County, West Virginia; Mary E the widow of
J C Lucas, of Peterstown, Monroe County, died May 7,
1922- James W., who is engaged in farming in the vicinity
of Snyder, Oklahoma; Robert E. Lee, formerly an engineer
on the Norfolk & Western Railroad, later a locomotive en-
gineer in the Southwest, whence he went to Cuba, final y bc-
fame an engineer in Panama, on the Panama RaUroad,
where he lost his life on his second trip across the Isthmus,
on July 23, 1906; and Hugh A. w„„» M
Hugh A. Dunn attended the free schools of Monroe
County and at Athens pursued a course at the Concord
Normal. He began to teach school at the age of eighteen
veaw and for ten or twelve terms continued as a teacher in
^meantime being married the first time While teaching
he had applied himself to the study of law, and »nlS9i
entered the University of West Virginia, where he took the
law bourse and was graduated in 1899, with his degree of
LLB In the following year he located for practice at
Beckley, where he has since made rapid strides m his
profession and attracted a large and ^P^f^^^^
In 1909 he formed a law partnership with John M Ander-
son, an association which continued until 1921,. when Mr.
Anderson was elevated to the bench of the ^ Criminal Court.
pW 1901 until 1905 Mr. Dunn was United States com-
missioner, and in 1906 was elected mayor of Beckley. In
1907 during President Roosevelt's administration he
was appointed assistant United States attorney of the
Treasury^ Department, with headquarters at New York City,
where he remained for nearly a year. In 1909 he became
prosecuting attorney of Raleigh County, a position in which
he served until 1913, and again served as mayor of the
City of Beckley, in 1914 and 1915. His entire, public
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performance of duty and high ideals of the responsibilities
of public servants. A republican in politics, he has been
active in party work, and has served as chairman of the
county committee and attended state and county conven-
tions. His fraternal affiliations include membership in the
Masons, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks.

On December 24, 1893, Mr. Dunn was united in marriage
with Miss Virginia Gertrude Basham, daughter of John
L. Basham, of Peterstown, West Virginia, and she died
two years and three months later, leaving one son, Oakley
Waiteman Dunn, who is now in the employ of the Gulf
Smokeless Coal Company at Tarns, Raleigh County, West
Virginia. In March, 1918, he volunteered for service in
the United States Army, and was assigned to the air
service and trained at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas.
He was at Newport News, ready for embarkation for
overseas duty, when the news of the signing of the
armistice was flashed to this country. On January 3,
1913, Hugh A. Dunn was united in marriage with Mrs.
Mollie (Bailey) Trump, daughter of George Bailey, of
Beekley, and widow of Robert Trump. By her former mar-
riage Mrs. Dunn has one son, Robert S. Trump, now with
the Raleigh County Bank at Beekley, West Virginia, who
in April, 1919, enlisted in the United States Navy and
served until honorably discharged in 1921. Mr. and Mrs.
Dunn have one daughter, Eula Edna, born in 1914, who
is attending school.

Henshaw Family. The Henshaw family, one of the
most honored names in West Virginia, was founded in
the American colonies by Joshua Henshaw, born in Eng-
land in 1672. Through the act of a dishonest executor
he was shipped to Massachusetts and thus deprived of the
inheritance of a large property left by his father. His
son, John, engaged in business at Dorchester, Massachusetts,
and later moved to Philadelphia. After passing the middle
period of his life, consulting with his oldest son, Nicholas,
they journeyed together to the colony of Virginia, ami
after examining the country decided to move their families
to the beautiful valley between the Blue Ridge and Great
North Mountain, called by General Washington ' ' The
Garden of America.' ' John Henshaw bought a tract of
land from Lord Fairfax in Frederick County, about thirteen
miles from Winchester, and subsequently was the means of
inducing a number of other families to locate in the then
wilderness. His own home was erected on Mill Creek.
He died a wealthy and influential man, having established
a reputation for honor, honesty, progressiveness and justice.

Nicholas, of the third generation, and son of John, was
born in 1705, and died August 19, 1777. His wife, Rebecca,
accompanied him to Virginia. Their son, William, was
born at Mill Creek, the family homestead in Berkeley
County, March 16, 1736, and died in June, 1799. He was
educated by private tutors. In 1775 he was one of the
first volunteers in the company raised by Col. Hugh
Stephenson in Berkeley County for the Continental Army.
He was elected one of the lieutenants. He was with the
company in the three days of successive skirmishing at
King's Bridge, New York. He was also in the battle
of Point Pleasant prior to the outbreak of the Revolution.
There are many references in published work to the serv-
ices he rendered the cause of American independence. He
married about 1767, Agnes Anderson, a beautiful woman
and a belle of Colonial Virginia. Her father, William
Anderson, was descended from an ancestor who arrived
at Jamestown in 1634.

Levi Henshaw, oldest of the eleven children of William
and Agnes (Anderson) Henshaw, was born July 22, 1769,
and died September 9, 1843, spending all his life at Mill
Creek, Berkeley County. He was educated in private
schools and devoted his active career to planting and mill-
ing. He was elected justice of the peace in 1810, and
served in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1821-22-30-
31, and in 1840 as sheriff of Berkeley County. He was a
vestryman of the Episcopal Church. His first wife was
Nancy Davidson, mother of four children. His second

wife was Ann MeConncll, born in 1778 and died in 1838, $
daughter of William and Mary (Cowen) MeConnell. Levi
Henshaw was the father of fourteen children altogether. $

His eleventh child, Levi Henshaw (2), was born at the BJ o
Henshaw homestead on Mill Creek, July 14, 1815, and died jotbi
February 21, 1896. He was educated in the private schools jjtio
supported by the families of the neighborhood, became a ^
planter and miller, owning the Henshaw Flour Mills, and ^
throughout his long life was known and honored as a if]
courtly, polished gentleman, and of sterling worth and D
integrity. He was an old-line Whig, voting for Harrison ^
in 1840, and was a republican after the formation of the OT(
new party. As justice of the peace he became noted for ^
the impartial justice he meted out to rieh and poor, white ,ii
and black alike. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge jii
of Shepherdstown, and for years was a vestryman in the \
Episcopal Church.

December 16, 1851, at Church Hill, Berkeley County, he ^
married Sarah Ann Snodgrass. She was born at Tomahawk q
Springs in that county, November 1, 1827, daughter of
Col. Robert Verdier Snodgrass and Sarah Ann Snodgrass. j.
She was a descendant of William Snodgrass, who with two ,j,
brothers came to America in the early days of the Eight- j a
eenth century. His first son, Robert Snodgrass, was born
in 1742, and died in 1832. Robert, Jr., sixth son of
Robert, was born March 16, 1773, and died in 1830. His
daughter, Sarah Ann Snodgrass, born October 14, 1806, and
died November 21, 1891, married her first cousin, Col.
Robert Verdier Snodgrass, a son of Stephen and Elizabeth
(Verdier) Snodgrass. Colonel Snodgrass was born in Vir-
ginia, September 21, 1792, and died January 6, 1861. He
was a descendant of the Verdier family, prominent in
the history of the Huguenots in France. Nicholas Verdier
came to the colony of Virginia about 1688, and Louise
Verdier, wife of Stephen Snodgrass, was his descendant
in the fifth generation.

Levi and Sarah Ann (Snodgrass) Henshaw were the
parents of ten children, the oldest, Robert Levi, dying in
infancy. Lillie, the second child, married Dr. M. S. Butler,
of Hedgesville, West Virginia. Annie Laurie became the
wife of Edward Claggett Williams, of Martinsburg.
Robert Levi married Mildred Shoemaker, lived in Clarinda,
Iowa, and is now in Seattle, Washington. Edgar Caven,
the fifth child, served as postmaster of Hedgesville, also
of Martinsburg, is a horticulturist and vice president of
the Peoples Trust Company, and married Sallie M.
Lingamfelter. Ella Snodgrass, the sixth child, died in
infancy. Valley Virginia married Rev. Francis C. Berry,
of Dallas, Texas. Francis died in infancy. The youngest
of the family, Mabel and Frances Little, are twins.
Frances Little is a graduate of Shepherd College State
Normal School, and a teacher in the city schools of Martins-
burg.

Mabel Henshaw graduated from New Windsor College,
Maryland, and taught from 1898 to 1903 in the Fairmont
State Normal, being then transferred to Shepherd College
State Normal School of West Virginia. She received her
A. B. degree from the West Virginia University in 1915.
She is the wife of Dr. I. H. Gardiner, of Baltimore. Her
daughter, Anna Henshaw Gardiner, is a graduate nurse and
enlisted in the World war May 30, 1917, and was a nurse
in France for twenty months. Her son, Robert Henry
Gardiner, is a pharmacist, a graduate of the University of
Maryland.

C. A. Fleger, M. D. Numbered among the self-sacrific-
ing and skilled physicians and surgeons of Boone County,
Dr. C. A. Fleger is rendering a wonderfully efficient serv-
ice in the mining camps and mines of this region and
establishing a reeord of which he can well be proud. He
was born at Montgomery, Fayette County, West Virginia,
August 26, 1881, a son of Joseph and Mary (Fath) Fleger.
The paternal grandfather was born in Germany, hut came
to the United States at an early day and settled in Penn-
sylvania, where his son, Joseph Fleger, was born. The
paternal grandmother was born in England, of English
parents, and she came to this country direct from England.
The mother of Doctor Fleger was born in Alsace-Lorraine,

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and was brought to the United States by an uncle when a
girl of fifteen years. She was born under the French
flag, and her nativo tongue was French, but before ehe
left Alsace-Lorraine that region bad come under the Ger-
man domination, and the speaking of French was positively
forbidden. It was, in part, because of the unhappy con-
ditions which arose after the Germans took possession of
her old home which led her to seek a new one across the
seas. Joseph Fleger was a miner, and a substantial man
of Fayette County.

Doctor Fleger attended the public schools of Nicholas
County and the Fayette Normal School, from which he se-
cured his certificate to teach school, and for two years
thereafter he was an educator of Nicholas County, West
Virginia. lie then began the study of medicine, and,
going to Baltimore, Maryland, attended the Maryland
Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1905,
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Immediately there-
after ho entered upon a general practice at Summcrs-
villo, West Virginia, and remained there for about eight
years. In 1913 he came to Seth for the Lackawanna Coal
& Lumber Company, and has remained at this point ever
since. He is now the physician and surgeon for the Rock-
castle Lumber Company and the Laurel Creek Coal Com-
pany, and his work takes him into the lumber camps and
the coal mines. During the late war, he was examining
physician for the Draft Board of hia district, and did
everything else in his power to aid the administration to
carry out its policies.

In 1907 Doctor Fleger married at Summersvillc, Miss
Emma Umbarger, a daughter of Robert and Orinoco Um-
barger, fanning people of Virginia. Doctor and Mrs.
Fleger have two children: Robert and Lucile. They be-
long to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally he
maintains membership with the Masons, in which he has
been advanced to the thirty-second degree, and the Mystic
Shrine, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.
Since he cast his first ballot Doctor Fleger has been a
zealous republican, but he has not eared to come before
the public for office except as a member of the School
Board. Professionally he belongs to the Kanawha County
Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society
and the American Medical Association. The work Doctor
Fleger is now doing necessitates much self-sacrifice, but
he recognizes that in these connections he is able to ac-
complish much, and render an aid that is greatly needed.
While he has not entered public life, he takes a warm
interest in the welfare of bis home community, and always
gives a cheerful and hearty support to those measures
looking toward its advancement. Personally he is very
popular, and among the men to whom he ministers he is
held in the deepest affection.

Reuel Edwin Sherwood, of Charleston, official court re-
porter and secretary of the West Virginia Coal Mining
Institute, has been conspicuously a man of diversified in-
terests and experiences. He has courted the dangers of
military service, and as a man of action haa sought the
front line of activities in various fields.

He was born at Newark Valley, Tioga County, New
Fork, in 1878, son of E. A. and Polly (Woodmansee)
Sherwood, who in 1882 established their home at Parkers-
burg, West Virginia. Through his mother Mr. Sherwood
is of Revolutionary ancestry and has membership in the
Sons of the American Revolution.

He grew up and received his early schooling in Parkers-
burg. In 1S9S, at the age of twenty, he joined the West
Virginia Volunteers for serviee in the Spanish-American
war, and was in the training camp at Chickamauga. Later
by re-enlistment he went to the Philippine Islands, was in
service during the insurrection there, and for several years
remained in the volunteer army in the Philippines. He
achieved the difficult promotion of rising from the status
of. an enlisted man to an officer in the Volunteer Army.
After leaving the army service Captain Sherwood remained
in the Philippines and was treasurer and vice governor of
the Province of Masbate under Governor William Howard

Taft. His experience in the Philippines covered a period
altogether of ten years.

After returning to the United States Captain Sherwood
established his home at Charleston. Ho was made assistant
adjutant general of the state under Adj.-Gcn. C. E. Elliott,
and as such served throughout the strikes and riots in
the Cabin Creek Mining District in 1912. Subsequently
he took up shorthand reporting as a profession. He cstab
Iished offiees in Charleston, now in the Professional Build-
ing, and has organized a complete service, employing a
staff of expert shorthand reporters. He is official reporter
for the three courts in Charleston, the Circuit Court, In-
termediate Court and Court of Common Pleas. He is also
official reporter for all their sessions in West Virginia
of the Interstate Commerco Commission, United States
Court of Claims and the Federal Trade Commission.
Through his staff he handles practically all the convention
reporting work in the state and an extensive legal report
ing business in the various courts.

Captain Sherwood takes special pride in his duties as
secretary of the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute, which
is the oldest organization in West Virginia devoted to the
improvement of the mining industry. Its aims have al-
ways been along the lines of progress and education, and
it has always worked so far as possible in cooperation
with the state department of mines and the mining de-
partment of the State University.

Captain Sherwood is a member of the Charleston Kiwanis
Cluh, the Army and Navy Club of Manila, and the Order
of Elks. He married Miss Edith Bickel, a native of West
Virginia. Their three children are Reuel Edwin 2d, Elliot
Bamford and Charles Gordon.

Millard Gilmore Whitlow as a young man, graduate
of a commercial school, looking for a place in which to
utilize his energies and abilities to the best advantage,
chose the new town of Bluefield in Mercer County, has
lived there thirty years, has linked his own with the larger
destinies of the city, and for a number of years has been
head of the largest hardware business there.

He was born in Franklin County, Virginia, December 27,
1870, son of E. II. Whitlow, who was of Scotch Irish, and
of Sallic C. (Gilhert) Whitlow, of English ancestry. An
original spelling of the name was Whiteley. E. H. Whitlow
and wife were both born in Franklin County, Virginia,
and the former spent his active career as a farmer, but
retired some years ago. During the Civil war he was with
a Virginia Regiment in the Confederate Army, and was
once captured, but otherwise sustained no bad results from
the service.

Millard G. Whitlow acquired a common school education
in Franklin County, attended school at Martinsville in
Henry County, and in 1S92 graduated in the commercial
course from the Roanoke Business College. Soon after-
ward he came to Bluefield, and almost from the first was
in business for himself in metal working and plumbing.
Gradually he expanded his interests to the handling of
a general stock of hardware, and since 1904 has been
proprietor of a growing and prospering hardware business,
now the largest store of its kind in Bluefield and Mercer
County. Mr. Whitlow is a thorough business man, but
had the broad interest of one who reads a great deal of
good literature and keeps in touch with the welfare of
his community.

In March, 1915, at Appomattox, Virginia, he married
Miss Margaret Fleshman, a native of Virginia. Mr. and
Mrs. Whitlow are members of the Presbyterian Church.
He is a Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason and
Shriner, a member of the Elks, and is identified with the
Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club at Bluefield.

John H. Riner. With all the calls upon his time and
labor involved in the caTe and ownership of Ms farm and
orchards, John H. Riner acts upon the principle that some
of his duty is owed to the community where he lives.
He haa been an influence for good and orderly government
in Berkeley County for a number of years, and is now in
his second year of service as county assessor.

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HISTORY OP WEST VIRGINIA

Mr. Riner was born on a farm in Falling Waters Dis-
trict of Berkeley County, son of George P. Riner, who
was born on the same farm in 1840, a grandson of Henry
Riner, whose birth occurred in Bach Creek Valley. The
great-grandfather, Peter Riner, was a pioneer in Bach
Creek Valley, bought land there and later acquired a tract
in Falling Waters District, but did not complete the pay-
ments, since his son, Henry Riner, assumed the indebted-
ness and undertook the further improvement of the land
in the Falling Waters District at the beginning of his
independent career. When he located there only a few
acres had been cleared, and one or two log buildings con-
stituted the other improvements. His industry carried him
through, and in later years he enjoyed the revenue from a
well developed farm, and lived in a commodious brick
house and had a large bank barn for his crops and stoek.

George P. Riner succeeded to the ownership of the old
homestead in the Falling Waters District, and lived there
the rest of his life. During the war between the states this
region was overrun by both armies, and he lost a great
deal of produce and live stock. George P. Riner died on
April 5, 1906, and his wife died just one week later. Her
maiden name was Mary Quilliams. She was born in Ope-
quan District, daughter of Henry Quilliams. George P.
Riner and wife had a large family of thirteen children,
named Annie, John Henry, George, Lillic and Rosa twins,
Mary, Maggie, William, Walter, Bessie, Theodore, Daisy
and Elmer.

John Henry Riner grew to manhood in a large house-
hold where industry and other good habits prevailed. He
attended the common schools, worked in the fields with his
father, and at the age of twenty-two he began his inde-
pendent career as a farmer on rented land. One year later
his father bought the farm he had been operating as a
tenant, and he continued its management for five years
and then acquired the property from his father. That
has been his home ever since. The farm is on the Warm
Springs Road, and when it first came into his possession
it contained ninety-five acres and he has since added about
thirty acres. He has good buildings, and ten acres are
devoted to orchard.

At the age of twenty-two Mr. Riner married Sarah Eliz-
abeth Beard, who was born in Falling Waters District, a
daughter of William and Isabelle (Cline) Beard. Mr.
and Mrs. Riner have seven children, named, Mary, Nora,
Maggie, Jane, Coe, Emma, and Miller. Nora, who was
killed in a railroad accident at the age of twenty-four,
was married to Harry Seibert. Emma is married to Gratton
Hyer. Mary, is the wife of Champ Payne, and has a
son, named Riner. Champ Coe married Agnes Lefevre,
and they have three children, Helen Durward, Henry Coe
and George. Mr. and Mrs. Riner are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and he is a steward
in the church. In politics he has always acted as a repub-
lican, casting his first presidential vote for Benjamin Har-
rison. He has been a delegate to several county conven-
tions, and was elected county assessor in 1920, his offices
being in the Court House at Martinshurg. Fraternally he
is affiliated with the Junior Order United American
Mechanics and Patriotic Sons of America.

J. Frank Thompson is engaged in the real estate and
insurance business in his native city of Martinshurg,
Berkeley County, where he formerly served as postmaster.
His father, Samuel J. Thompson, was born on what is
known as the Bower farm, in the south part of Berkeley
County, in the year 1831, a son of James Thompson, who
was born in County Down, Ireland, his father, Joseph
Thompson, having been an Orangeman and his property
having, therefore, been confiscated by the government, a
property now said to be held by the Duke of Antrim.
Upon leaving his native land Joseph Thompson came with
his family to America, soon after the War of the Revolution,
and he settled in what is now Berkeley County, West Vir-
ginia, where he became superintendent of the Dandridge
estate and where he remained until his death, he having
served as a soldier in the War of 1812 and on this account
having been granted a tract of land in Iowa. James

Thompson was twelve years old at the time of the family
immigration to America, and prior to this time he had ^
read the Bible through three times 2 his parents having been ^
devout members of the Presbyterian Church. He learned 'f.
the trade of weaver, and in this connection eventually was W
placed in charge of the woolen mill on the Dandridge es- f 1
tate. He was eighty years of age at the time of his & c
death. Samuel J. Thompson was reared on the farm, and he f"
continued his alliance with farm industry until he went ^
forth as a Confederate soldier in the Civil war. He en- T
listed in Company B, Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry, which i ?
became a part of the famous Stonewall Brigade and with «
which he participated in many engagements, including a J
number of the important battles of the great conflict, tf'
After the elose of the war he entered the employ of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and he served several F
years as a conductor on its lines. After his retirement he
continued his residence at Martinshurg until his death, pi
at the age of eighty-three years. His wife, whose maiden
name was Sally Reed, was born at Martinshurg, a daugh- at
ter of James and Ann (Snyder) Reed, the former of whom at
was born at Martinshurg in the year 1818, the house in li
which he was born being now occupied by his grandsons I
and being one of the landmarks of the city. His father 11
was a weaver and operated a mill on Tuscarawas Run, at p
East John Street, his son James having succeeded to f
ownership of the mill and having also erected and oper- m
ated another mill, on Tuscarawas, Run, 1% miles west of
Martinshurg. Samuel J. and Sally (Reed) Thompson be- J
came the parents of ten sons and three daughters, namely: j
James F., Annie Lee, John M., Chester E., Robert S.,
Harry S., Mildred E., J. Frank, George C, Lewis H.,
Benjamin J., Sally Virginia and Earl B.

J. Frank Thompson gained his early education in the
public schools and thereafter became a clerk in the store
of his brother, Col. John Thompson, who was a dealer in
men's furnishing goods. He later became a partner in
the business, and with the same he continued his active
connection until 1913, when he was appointed postmaster
of Martinshurg. He served eight years in this office and
then resigned, on account of a change in the national ad-
ministration. He had since been successfully engaged in
the real estate and insurance business, of which he is a
leading representative at Martinshurg..

Mr. Thompson has taken a lively and loyal interest in
civic affairs and has been influential in the local councils of
the democratic party, he having served as a member of the
party's committee for this congressional district, as well
as its executive committees for Berkeley County and for
the City of Martinshurg. He is a member of the local
Kiwanis Club; Washington Lodge" No. 1, Knights of
Pythias; the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America and
the Improved Order of Red Men. He east his first presi-
dential vote for William J. Bryan and has since con-
tinued an admirer of the " Great Commoner.*' He and
his wife are zealous members of the Baptist Church in
their home city, and he has served on its Official Board
for twenty-five years as a trustee and also as treasurer.

September 19, 1897, recorded the marriage of Mr. Thomp-
son and Miss Bessie L. Sydnor, who was born in Shenan-
doah, Virginia, a daughter of Dr. Charles W. and Mary
(Davis) Sydnor. The father of Dr. Sydnor came from
England to the United States and served as a member
of the American Navy in the War of 1812. He was
captured by the British and received ill treatment at the
hands of his captors. After his release he was placed in
charge of an American war vessel, and as its commander
he had the satisfaction of capturing the vessel and crew
of the British boat that had captured him. Dr. Charles
W. Sydnor became a member of the faculty of the medical
department of the University of Maryland, and in the
Civil war he served on the staff of General Magruder.,
The wife of the Doctor was a representative of the same
family as was Jefferson Davis, president of tho Con-
federacy. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have six children: C.
W. Sydnor, Joseph L., Mary Louise, Bessie Sydnor, Annie
Lee and Helen.

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639

Thomas Elkins Lejc In the course of his early busi-
es | noes experience, Mr. Lee became associated with the for-
^ [tunes of that phenomenal industry, the Coca Cola Com-
fpany of Atlanta, and when, 9ome fifteen or sixteen years
*> ago, he selected Clarksburg as his permanent business head-
* quarters he built the plant for the bottling and distribu-
tion of Coca Cola products, and he has since made that
one of the mo9t prosperous concerns of the kind in the
state.

Thomas Elkins Lee is a native of old Virginia and a
descendant of a chain of the Lee family of that date. He
was born at Liberty (now Bedford) in Bedford County,
June 6, 1870, son of Thomas Newell and Sarah Leak
(Gills) Lee. The parents were also born in old Virginia,
and while his father lived on a farm he was a man of
i pronounced technical ability, was at one time a professor
of mathematics and for many years a civil engineer en-
gaged extensively in railroad construction work.

One of a family of eight children, Thomas Elkins Lee
at aa early age stood face to face with the serious respon-
sibilities of life, and after securing an academic educa-
tion, and at the age of twenty-one, he left home and began
the battle of life for himself. For three years he was in
the lumber business at Lynchburg, Virginia, then followed
farming in his native county four years, and after selling
the farm removed to Atlanta, Georgia, where he was con-
nected with the Coca Cola Company for two years. On
returning to Virginia he opened up the territory for the
sale and bottling of coca cola in the territory adjacent to
Danville.

Mr. Lee removed to Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1906,
and acquired the Coca Cola interests for this territory.
He is now sole proprietor of the bottling works, and has
one of the most thoroughly modern plants of its kind in
the state, the building being after his own plans of con-
struction, and equipped with every mechanical device for
a thorough and efficient handling of the product. In ad-
dition to his bottling works Mr. Lee is vice president of
the Acme Ice Company of Grafton, and is vice president
of the Federal Carbonic Company of Fairmont.

The reasons that prompted him to locate at Clarksburg
have many times been justified, and incidental thereto he
has invested heavily in local real estate and is one of the
city's most ardent friends. He is a member of the Chamber
of Commerce, the Kiwanis, Country, Allegheny and Cheat
Mountain Clubs, is a democrat in polities, a member of
the Baptist Church and for thirty years has been a member
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In 1895 Mr. Lee married Miss Eustous Wells, a native
of old Virginia and of a prominent old family of that date.
The six children of Mr. and Mrs. Lee are Edward, Jimmie
(Miss), Russell, Virginia, Thomas and Eustous.

J. Logan Hill is president and general manager of the
Hill Motor Company, with headquarters in the City of
Welch, McDowell County, and with branches at Blaefield,
Northfork Williamson and Mullens. The company in the
fall of 1921 completed its fine new plant at Welch, and
the same is said to be the sixth in relative size and capac-
ity in the entire United States. Its equipment is main-
tained at the highest modern standard, with the best of
repair shops and storage rooms. The building is six
stories and basement, and is used exclusively for the ac-
commodation of the business of the Hill Motor Company.
Here the company has the agency for the celebrated
Cadillac and Buick automobiles and the White and Com-
merce Motor Trucks. The company's trade territory in-
cludes MeDowell, Mercer, Wyoming and Mingo counties,
West Virginia, and Tazewell County, Virginia, and the con-
cern figures also as wholesale dealers in gasoline and
lubricating oils, as well as in general lines of automobile
accessories. The central plant at Welch is probably the
most complete in West Virginia, and the business is of
broad scope and importance, with a constantly cumulative
tendency. The company was organized by Mr. Hill in the
year 1916 and was incorporated with a capital stock of
$20,000. The business of the company for the year 1921
aggregated about one million and a quarter dollars.

John Logan Hill was born at Alderson, Mouroe County.
West Virginia, on the 24th of May, 1885, and Is a son of
Albert and Lcoua (Tincher) Hill, the former of whom
was born at old Brownstown, near Charleston, and the
latter in Greenbrier County. Tho father was engaged in
the insurance business at Alderson at the time of his
death, in 1889, his wife having died in 1887. The
subject of this sketch was thus doubly orphaned when lie
was a child of four year9, and he was reared in tho home
of his maternal grandfather, James G. Tincher. After
having duly attended the public schools Mr. Hill continued
his studies in the Alleghany Collegiate Institute at Al
derson, and after leaving school he drove a milk wagon
for one of his uncles at Richwood, Nicholas County. Later
ho devoted about eight years to clerking in mercantile
establishments, and thereafter he was engaged in the
livery business at Alderson two years. He next accepted
the position of collector for the firm of Hoffmyer & Deg-
gaus at Mount Hope, and after serving three years in this
capacity he removed, in 1914, to Welch. In 1916 he here
organized the Hill Motor Company, and in this connection
he has gained fine vantage-place as one of the progres-
sive and representative young business men of the city.
He is a republican in politics, and has given loyal service
as a member of the City Council. He is a Knight Templar
Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine.

In 1907 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hill and
Miss Arlie E. Sly, of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, and
they have one son, Howard.

Rev. John McElhfnney, D. D., was one of the re-
markable characters in the ministry and citizenship of old
Greenbrier County. For more than sixty-two years he was
pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Lewisburg. This
church itself is one of the oldest in the state, established
in 1796.

Rev. John McElhenney was born in Lancaster District of
South Carolina, March 22, 1781, youngest of the six chil-
dren of John and Ann (Coil) McElhenney. His father
fought as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died soon
after the close of that struggle. The educational training of
the son was largely directed by his older brother, Rev. J.
McElhenney. Rev. John McElhenney also attended Wash-
ington Academy and the old Liberty Hall Academy, gradu-
ating from the latter in 1804. He was licensed by the Lex-
ington Presbytery in 1808.

In the Spring of 1809 he was assigned to the pastorate
of Lewisburg, in what is now West Virginia. The Presby-
terian Church at that time was the central institution of the
community, and its pastor was not only the recognized
head of the flock, but a leader in every department of the
community's affairs. He had the character that well fitted
him foT such responsibility, and his life was a long and
utmost devotion to his church, the cause of Christianity, the
counsel and guidance of his fellow men, and both in Green
brier County and in wider sections of the state he was
thoroughly beloved. Few men had as many friends. He
administered the affairs of the church and the neighborhood
for over sixty years, though in later years he was given an
assistant.

Mr. McElhenney, who died January 2, 1871, married on
December 7, 1807, Rebecca Walkup. Their children were
James Addison, Elizabeth Ann, John Franklin, Samuel
Washington, Mary Jane and Susan Emily.

Alonzo C. Kelly is county superintendent of schools for
Mason County, and has given about thirty years of his active
lifetime to educational affairs.

He was born in Putnam County, West Virginia, May 29,
1863, son of Isaiah Kelly, a native of Pennsylvania, whose
active career was spent as a flour miller and farmer in
Gallia County, Ohio, where he died in 1875. He was a
Union soldier in the Civil war. The mother of Superinten-
dent Kelly was Ramantha Jane Barcus, who was born in
Ohio In 1844 and died in Mason County, West Virginia, in
August, 1918. Her children were Alonzo C.j John, deceased;
Nelson, of Huntington; Maggie; and Isaac.

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schools of Gallia County, and in 1876 his mother moved to
the Arbuckle District of Mason County, where he continued
to attend school and at the age of twenty-one began teach-
ing. In the intervals of teaching he attended Marshall
College at Huntington, in 1884-5-6 and in 1915, took a
teacher's training course at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1890, and for
two and half years was a student of medicine at Louis-
ville, Kentucky. Mr. Kelly was elected county superinten-
dent of schools of Mason in November, 1918, and his four
year term began July 1, 1919. Under his supervision are a
staff of 194 teachers and a scholarship enrollment of 5400.

Mr. Kelly has figured prominently in the affairs of the
county for many years. For four years he was justice of
the peace in Arbuckle District, where he owns a farm of
100 acres, and has a residence at Henderson. He was
elected on the republican ticket to the State Legislature in
November, 1907, and again in 1911. He served during the
sessions of 1908-09 and 1912-13. For two terms he was
assistant member of the Teachers Examining Board of
Mason County, and is active in all the school organizations.
He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Point
Pleasant Lodge No. 33, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and Junior Order United American Mechanics.

In 1895, at Gallipolis, Ohio, he married Miss Cora Lay-
well, daughter of Rev. Abraham H. and Catherine (First)
Laywell. Her father, now deceased, was a minister of the
Missionary Baptist Church. The following children have
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kelly: Lowell G, the oldest, saw
service in France for a year, being assigned to clerical duty,
and is now an employe of the post office department at
Washington. Maggie May is a teacher in the rural schools
of Mason County. Gladys is the wife of Robert Durst, a
mechanic at Henderson, West Virginia. The younger chil-
dren are Marvin L., Evelyn, Vivian and Lawrence.

John Marion Sydenstricker, whose death occurred on
the 31st of January, 1901, was a life long resident of
Greenbrier County, and his character was the positive ex-
pression of a strong, noble and loyal nature that made him
a man of influence in the county and that gained to him the
high regard of all who knew him. His age at the time of
his death was sixty-four years and two months, and his
sterling character and worthy achievement make most im-
perative his recognition in a tribute in this history.

A son of the late Andrew and Frances (Coffman) Syden-
stricker, the subject of this memoir was born on the old
family homestead farm in Greenbrier County, the second iu
a family of seven sons and two daughters, all of whom with
his exception are living. The parents provided for their
children the best possible educational advantages, and four
of the sons are clergymen of the Presbyterian Church,
while another is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Of the earlier phases of the career of Mr.
Sydenstricker the following statements have been written:
"John M. Sydenstricker, though not a college graduate,
was yet a well educated man, receiving his training in some
of the excellent classical schools of the county prior to the
Civil war, and having been a student at Frankford in 1861,
when the war broke out. He taught school a number of
years, read extensively, and acquired much literary and
general information that was of great service to him in
after years.

"Upon the outbreak of the war between the states, in
1861, he volunteered in Company D, Sixtieth Virginia In-
fantry, Confederate States of America, but was afterward
transferred to the Twenty-sixth Virginia (Edgar's) Bat-
talion, in which he served three years, seeing much hard
service in battle and on the march. Escaping the dangers
of the war, he returned to Greenbrier at its close, taught
school for some years, then married and settled down to
the active life of a farmer, in which he took a most com-
mendable interest, being always an intelligent leader in
every moment for the hetterment of his class and the
improvement of agricultural and horticultural methods. He
studied both from the practical as well as the scientific
standpoint, and in all meetings of the Grange or other

organizations of the kind was ever ready with valuable
suggestions gathered from careful study and observation. ' '

From the same source as the above quotation, a news-
paper article that appeared at the time of his death,
are drawn, with minor changes, the following additional
words of appreciation: "Mr. Sydenstricker held many
public positions of more or less dignity and importance,
and the number and character of these positions show the
esteem and confidence in which he was uniformly held.
He was elected justice of the peace in 1872; president of
the County Court in 1874; member of the House of Dele-
gates of the State Legislature in 1880, 1886 and 1890 ; was
a director of the Second Hospital for the Insane at Spencer
in 1887, was made president of the board of this institution
and served five years; received a flattering vote for the
democratic nomination for governor of West Virginia in
1892; was commissioned by the Governor, delegate to the
International Farmers Congress, Chicago, in 1893, to the
Farmers National Congress at Parkersburg, West Virginia,
in 1894, and to the National Good Roads Congress, Atlauta,
Georgia, in 1895; was a member of the Board of Trustees
of the Union Theological Seminary, by appointment of the
Virginia Synod of the Presbyterian Church in 1871; was
three times a delegate to the General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church, and in 1893 was appointed
state commissioner of labor by Governor Mae Corkle, holding
the office four years. His instructive reports as labor com-
missioner were highly valued by the press and the people.
In the latter years of his life Mr. Sydenstricker was presi-
dent of the Farmers Home Life Insurance Company. He
long gave earnest service as an elder of the Presbyterian
Church at Lewisburg, from which his funeral was held.

"Mr. Sydenstricker was entirely free from anything like
ostentation. He was modest, of a retiring disposition, and
inclined to underestimate his own capacity. He was never
self-assertive, shrank from contention and strife, and,
though holding decided views and opinions, was always
modest in asserting them. He was an excellent neighbor,
kind and helpful to the poor, liberal in his contributions
to any good cause, active in church werk, and interested in
all movements, social, political or religious, advanced for the
good of the people among whom he lived."

In the year 1866 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Sydenstricker and Mrs. Mary Surbaugh, a widow with one
daughter, Nannie, both of whom survive him. Mr. and
Mrs. Sydenstricker became the parents of 'three sons i John
B., who was born December 5, 1866, was reared on the. old
home farm, received excellent educational advantages~and
has continued his allegiance to the basic industries of
agriculture, horticulture and stock-growing in his native
county. He has been a vital supporter of progressive move-
ments in the advancing of farm industry, and is one of the
representative farmers of Greenbrier County, besides which
he is serving, 1922, as president of the Greenbrier County
Fair Association. His political allegiance is given to the
democratic party, and he and his family are members of
the Presbyterian Church. October 2, 1889, recorded his
marriage with Miss Mary B. Farrier, and their four children
are Ernest F., John M., Robert E. and Charles Thomas.
Thomas A., the second son of the subject of this memoir,
was born June 5, 1868, and is now identified with milling
enterprise at Lewisburg. August 11, 1891, he wedded Miss
Mary B. Clark, of Pocahontas County, where they main-
tained their heme until removed to Lewisburg, Mr. Syden-
stricker having been a farmer in that county thirty years.
They have two children: Annie Grace (Mrs. George E.
FuIIct) and Mary Agues. Edward W., youngest of the three
sons, was born October 27, 1869, has been a successful ex-
ponent of farm enterprise and has been prominently identi-
fied also with the raising, buying and selling of live stock.
He now resides at Lewisburg. December 1, 1919, he
married Miss Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Andrew J. and
Bettie (Tuckwillcr) Wilson. He was elected a member of
the County Court in 1919, and is serving in this capacity at
the time of this writing, in the spring of 1922. In the
Masonic fraternity he has received the Knights Templar
degree.

HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Icu\rlf.s S Elliott, manufacturer and business man of
Lrkshurg, grew up in a rural district of Southeastern
Lnnsvlvaiiia, ami while ho lived in a bonie nntjuched by
Iher" dire poverty or the luxury of wealth his future
tended largely on opportunities of his own contrivance,
i the prosperons business man of today there is nothing
. reveal the youthful struggles and problems ho had to
eet. His ambition for proper educational equipment
as not satisfied until he was twenty-six. Soon afterward
e came to West Virginia in tho capacity of a civil ami
kining engineer. For twenty years his home has been in
Wksburg, and throughout this period he has been one ot
he citv's most forceful business men.

Mr. Elliott was born at Redstone, Fayette County, Venn-
vlvania, February 24, 1S72, son of Robert and harab
"Gore) Elliott, who spent their lives as Pennsylvania
armers. They had a family of ten children and reared
tine, six sons and three daughters, Charles being next
o tho youngest. In such a large household Charles b.
Slliott had to be satisfied without speeial privileges and
wvond the common schools of his home district he largely
>a'id for his own education. For eighteen months he at-
tended a state normal school in Washington, Pennsylvania,
*nd subsequently he entered West Virginia University, at
Morgantown. He graduated in 1S98, with the degree
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.

The Pittsburg Coal Company then employed hun as a
mining and civil engineer, and for a time he was employed
in a similar capacity by the Monongahela Coal Company
Ho removed to Clarksbnrg in 1902 and was the technical
Wert in opening the Perry Mines at Adamston and the
Lucas Mine at Lumberport, both these being Perry prop-
erties. After two vears Mr. Elliott sold his interest in
this business and for eighteen months was superintendent
of the Short Line Coal Company at Dala. <

About that time Mr. Elliott acquired some stock in the
Clarksburg Window Glass Company, manufacturers of hand
made glass. For the past twelve years he has been actively
associated with this company and for ten years has been
its president. He has made this one of the important
glass^ industries of West Virginia, the output being shipped
all over the country. It is a business employing about
three hundred men.

Mr Elliott in 191S helped organize the Hudson Loal
Company of Clarksburg, and was its president two years
and is kill a director. He was one of the organizers in
1914 of the Clarksburg Trust Company, and is one of tlie
original Board of Directors still in service. As a success-
ful business man he has diversified his interests and in-
vestments, and is owner of considerable real estate in and
around Clarksburg. . , _ _ -

Mr Elliott is a York and Scottish Rite Mason and
Shriner, and he and Mrs. Elliott are Presbyterians and both
of them active republicans. Mrs. Elliott is chairman of
the Harrison Countv Republican Central Committee. Sep-
' tember If). 1901, he married Miss Emma K. Kinder, of
Washington County, Pennsylvania, daughter of H. H. and
Marie (Bailey) Kinder. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott live in one
of the commodious homes-of Clarksburg, at 950 West Pike
Street.

George Parks Whitaker. The name Whitakcr has been
practically synonymous with the iron and steel industry
of the Wheeling District for a great many years. It makes
up part of the title of the Whitaker-Glessner Company, one
of the largest steel industries in the Ohio Valley and
subsidiary of the Wheeling Steel Corporation.

George Parks Whitaker, assistant treasurer of the \S hita-
ker-Glessner Company was born at Wheeling, February 24,
1S91 son of Albert C. Whitaker and Jessie Parks Whita-
ker He attended the Linsly Institute at Wheeling, and
graduated in 1909 from Lawreneeville School in New
Jersey From Lawreneeville ha entered Princeton Univer-
sity graduating A. B. in 1913. While at Princeton he was
a member of the Campua Club. After his university career
Mr Whitaker returned to Wheeling and went to work in
the Whitaker-Glessner Company, filling a successive round
of responsibilities until his promotion to assistant treas-

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lle is also- assistant treasurer of tho Wheeling
rugating Company, is secretary and treasurer of the TVlnta

rutraiuig company, is bwu-wi; - - . , - .

ker Iron Company and a director of tho Indus "al «avn g
and Loan Company. He is a republican, is affiliated *i H
tho Episcopal Church, and is a member of the Wheeling
Country Club. His home is at Beech Glen Wheehng, and
Ms offices are on the eleventh fioor of the Wheeling Steel

^M^&W P. Whitaker married Miss Marie
Stifel, daughter of Louis F. and Fredericka (^ r j in 8>
Stifel Her mother lives at Wheeling. Her father the late
Louis P. Stifel, was prominently identified with the Gnan^
cial life of Wheeling, and enjoyed a place of spec ia 1 honor
and esteem with the Dollar Savings and Trust Company, of
which for many years he was vice president and also sec^
retary of the Trust Department Mr and Mrs. Whitaker
have two children: John Ocsterhng, born May 29, 191 S,
and Jessie Parks, born July 3, 1920.

Nelson Evans Whitaker, son of A. C. Whitaker and
Jessie Parks Whitaker, was born at Wheeling, January 11,
1S93 He attended the local Linsly Institute, and spent
eight years in Lawreneeville Preparatory School and Cornell
University, graduating from both. He was a student at
Lawreneeville from 1907 to 1911 and at Corne l Uni«r«ty
from 1911 to 1915. He had the A. B. degree from Cornell
and is a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity In
1915 he entered the steel industry with the \\ hitaker-
Glessner Company plant at Portsmouth, Ohio. lie
remained there until August 1,1920, with the excep-
tion of eighteen months in service as First Lieutenant
of \rtillerv He then came to Wheeling and was elected
secretary of the Whitaker-Glessner Company. He is also
secretarV and treasurer of the Beeeh Bottom Land

C °Mr a Whitaker is a member of the Episcopal Church, the
Wheeling Country Club, and is a republican. His home is
at Bae Mar, Wheeling. April 3, 1918, at ZauesviUe Ohio
he married Miss Augusta Connolley Haldeman, daughter at
Lunsford and Grace Haldeman, residents of Portsmouth.
Ohio, where her father is president of the Kentucky I ire
Brick Company. Mrs. Whitaker finished her education at
Dana Hall, Wellesley College, Massachusetts. They have
two sons, Nelson Evans Whitaker, Jr., born November 11,
1919, and Harry Cecil Whitaker, born August 26, 192..

Edward Hines, who died December IS, 1909, was one
of the early settlers of White Sulphur Springs, and one of
the men who from the beginning played a very important
part in the development of this part of Greenbrier County.
Always public-spirited, he looked forward and was able to
see the value of a project, not only for the immediate
present but to those who were to eome after him, and acted
accordingly. So it is that although his earthly career is
ended the influence of what he accomplished while here
lives after him and will for a long time have its effect on
the lives of the people among whom he spent so many of his
useful years.

The birth of Edward Hines occurred at Acres, near
Balleyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland, August 9, 1831, and
there he grew to manhood, during that period receiving but
few educational opportunities. In 1852, with his parents
and their other children, he immigrated to the United States
and on the samo vessel with the Hines family came that
of the Leonards, the head of which was Peter Leonard.
Edward Hines, or Hynes as the name was originally spelled,
found employment after landing in the new country in the
construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. In 1869,
while a resident of Greenbrier County, he took out his
naturalization papers. His father died about this time
and was buried at Point Pleasant, Mason County, West
Virginia. .. , , * *

After the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad was completed
Edward Hinea came to White Sulphur Springs and here
embarked in mercantile pursuits, in which he continued to
be active for many years, but prior to his death, be retired
and for a short period enjoyed the leisure and comforts his
industry entitled him to have. On one of his journeys to

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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA

Baltimore, Maryland, to buy goods for his store ho came
up with the family of Peter Leonard, and the pleasant
acquaintanceship begun on board ship several years previous-
ly was renewed, with the result that on May 5, 1867, Ed-
ward Hines and Mary Leonard, a daughter of Peter Leonard,
were united in marriage. To them were born the following
children: John Leonard, Mary, Michael Lawrence, Edward
Alphonsus, William Sherman, William Bartholomew and
Edward Vincent. From the above it is to be seen that two
of the children were named William and two Edward. Of
all of these only Mary, John Leonard and William Bar-
tholomew are now living.

The eldest of the family, John Leonard, has attained to
world-fame, and is the pride of Greenbrier County and
West Virginia. He was educated at West Point, and had
become a major in the regular army prior to the World
war. With this country's entry into that gigantic conflict
he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel; was subsequently
promoted to the command of the Twenty-sixth Infantry,
and when the armistice was signed he was a corps com-
mander, with the rank of major general.

The only other surviving son, William Bartholomew, was
born August 21, 1878, at White Sulphur Springs, and
there attended the puhlic schools. He has always been very
prominent in the life of his home city, which he served as
postmaster for fifteen years. With others he assisted in
organizing the Bank of White Sulphur Springs, of which he
was first cashier and later president. At present he is eon-
ducting the only moving picture theatre at White Sulphur
Springs, and through it giving the people clean and enter-
taining recreation. He is a republican, an Elk and a
Catholic.

On September 15, 1915, William B. Hines married Miss
Norah Cahill, a daughter of Mathew Cahill, a native of Ire-
land, where he died. Mrs. Hines was born in County Gal-
way, Ireland.

Charles L\ Bowman. One of West Virginia's native
sons who has won his success in the state of his birth is
Charles D. Bowman, cashier of the Franklin Bank, of
Franklin, and a prominent and influential citizen of his
community. For some years he has been identified with the
public-spirited movements that have contributed to the ad-
vancement of Pendleton County, and formerly was prom-
inent in mercantile affairs at Moorefield and served as
sheriff of Hardy County.

Mr. Bowman was born in Lost River District, on Lost
River, Hardy County, West Virginia, February 5, 1867,
and is a son of Jacob Bowman. He belongs to one of the
old and honored families of the Shenandoah Valley of Vir-
ginia, where was born his paternal grandfather, John Bow-
man, who spent the greater part of his life in agricultural
pursuits in Shenandoah County, but in the evening of life
moved to the Lost River country of Hardy County, where
he died in 1888, when about seventy six years of age. On
the issues of the war between the states he was un-
equivocally a Confederate sympathizer, but was not eligible
for military service. John Bowman married Mary Hine-
gardner, who belonged to a family which, like the Bowmans,
was of German origin. The Hinegardners were also farm-
ing people. Mrs. Hinegardner passed away some years
prior to the death of her husband. They were the parents
of the following children: Silon, a Confederate soldier dur-
ing the war between the states and after that a farmer in
Hardy County, where his death occurred; Mary, who be-
came Mrs. Bowman; Isaac, who was a farmer throughout
life and passed away in Hardy County; Sallie, who married
John Harper and died in Augusta County, Virginia;
Amanda, who died as the wife of Benjamin Hinegardner;
Asenath, who married Joseph May; John, who is engaged in
farming in Shenandoah County, Virginia; Laura, who mar-
ried John See and resides in Hardy County; and Eliza, who
is Mrs. Frank Miller, of Hardy County.

Jacob Bowman was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia,
and passed his life in the pursuits of the soil, but while he
was a man of industry he did not accumulate a competence,
as he lived; only to middle life, passing away when his son
Charles D. was still young. He and his wife bad only this

one son. After his death his widow married for her sceon f) i
husband John Mathias, and they had the following children ja ij
Jimmie, who died in boyhood; Kate, who married Mose %'
Snyder and is a resident of the Lost River locality of Hard;
County; Philip S., who is a farmer and merchant o, , re
Mathias, that county ; Martha, who married Arthur Snyde, £ ■
and is a resident of the Mathias community; John, wh r(
is engaged in farming in the Lost River section; and Etta
the wife of Loy Moyer, of Rockingham County, Virginia. ^

Charles D. Bowman attended the district schools of th ^
Lost River community and spent part of a term at the Fair ; . .
mont Normal School, following which he remained at homi lp
and learned the trade of carpenter. After following hi «
trade for something under two years he found that it wai
not congenial and turned his attention to merchandising ai I(
Lost City, where he remained as a merchant for about ah m
years. Thereafter he left that community and establishec T
himself in the hotel business at Moorefield, conducting i
wcll-patronizcd establishment for four years, at the enc ,
of which time he was elected sheriff of Hardy County, tc •
succeed Sheriff John C. Fisher. He served four years it „
that office, from 1905 to 1909, and when he returned to civil «
life became a clerk in the general merchandise store of R. A. „ (
Wilson of Moorefield. He remained with that establish-
ment for four years and then, in February, 1914, came to V
Franklin, Pendleton County, which has since been his home. '
At the time of his arrival Mr. Bowman succeeded C. F. J
Hammer as cashier of the Franklin Bank, which was J
organized in 1910 and opened the doors for business in 1911. |
It is capitalized at $40,000 and is accounted one of the |
strong and reliable banking institutions of the county. Mr. I
Bowman has formed many pleasant associations since his J
arrival at Franklin, and has made lasting friendship which
have redounded to his own benefit and to that of the bank
of which he is a representative. A democrat in politics, he
cast his first presidential vote for Grover Cleveland and has
helped to elect two democratic presidents. He was a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. While a
resident of Moorefield in addition to being a member of
the Official Board of the church and one of its active workers
he served capably as superintendent of the Sunday Sehool.

Ou November 4, 1895, Mr. Bowman married at Hagers-
town, Maryland, Miss Bessie Seldon, who was born at Exeter,
Devonshire, England, a daughter of John and Jane (Bur-
rows) Seldon. Mr. Seldon brought his family to the United
States in 1873 and established his home on a farm in
Hampshire County, West Virginia, where he spent the re-
mainder of his life as a wheelwright and vehicle builder, his
death occurring at Cape Bridge about 1890. Mrs. Seldon
survived him some years, passing away in 1909. They were
highly respected people of their community and had numer-
ous friends. Mr. and Mrs. Seldon had the following chil-
dren : Will, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Hamp-
shire County; Charlotte, who died as the wife of John
Nelson; Dan, a resident of Moorefield; Bessie, who became
Mrs. Bowman; Fred, who is engaged in farming in Hamp-
shire County; Frank and Eli, who are both deceased; and
Eliza, who married Robert Miller, of Akron, Ohio. The
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Bowman are as follows:
Mabel, Harold, Ernest, Irvin and Raymond. The first
three children have finished their high school work and
Ernest is a graduate of the commercial department of the
Keyser Preparatory School. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman take
an active interest in all that affects their community, and
have been contributors to enterprises which have made for
advanced education, better morals and higher citizenship.

James S. Chase takes just satisfaction in being able
to further a work that is of enduring value to the com-
munity in which he resides, and he is giving a most effective
administration as the incumbent of the office of county road
engineer of Clay County, with headquarters at Clay, the
county seat.

Mr. Chase was born in Jackson County, West Virginia,
May 24, 1873, and is a son of Henry F. and Nancy M.
(Windon) Chase. As a youth Henry F. Chase learned the
miller's trade, to which he was giving his attention at the
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' the Confederacy was shown by bis enlistment in the
^ prenty second Virginia Infantry, with which he took part
I ; many engagements and made a record a9 a gallant young
idier. Alter the war he continued his active association
J ith milling enterprise for many years, and be and his wife
1 ero residents of Jackson County, this state, at the time of
* r eir deaths, she having been a member of the Presbyterian
burch and his political allegiance having been given to
. le democratic party. Of their four children three are
7, ving at the time of this writing: John J. is engaged in the
i 'al estate business at Pleasants, this state; James S., of
3 »is sketch, is the next younger; and Linnie E. is the wife
t Frank Ronsh, of Ripley, Jackson County.
The public schools of Jackson County afforded James S.
Iiase his early education, and later he took a eorrc-
pondence conrse in civil engineering. Under the direction
f his father he learned the trade of millwright, and he fob
Bved the same for a time, his independent career having
^ ten initiated when he was seventeen years of age. lie gave
feectivc service as county road engineer in Jackson County,
nd this experience fortified him greatly when he assumed a
imilar office in Clay County, where he is doing a mo*t ex-
\ ellent work in connection with the improvement of the
toads of the county. In politics he is independent, and he
(.upports men and measures meeting tbe approval of hU
judgment. lie is a past master of Ripley Lodge No. 10.
\ncicnt Free and Accepted Masons, at Ripley, Jackson
Pounty, and is affiliated also with Pleasants Chapter,
Royal Arch Mason, at Pleasants. Pleasants County. Ilis
.vife is an active member of the Baptist Church.

Mr. Chase married Miss Myrtle A. Childs, who was born
ind reared in Jackson County, and they have five children:
Maxine M. (wife of K. Muller). Bertha" E., Henry C, Helen
and James J.

William L. Foster. The remarkable industrial develop
meat of Raleigh County has had an actor as well as a
witness in the person of William L. Foster, who has con-
tributed some of the physical labor as well as husincss man-
agement to tbe progress of this locality. While his early
years brought him familiarity with considerable hardship
and privation, he is reckoned" one of the most prosperous
men of the county, and is undoubtedly one of the best
known citizens.

Mr. Foster, who is a former sheriff of the county, is presi-
dent of the Raleigh Herald Company and general manager

lof the Electric Light and Power Company at Beckley. He
was born at Sophia on Soap Creek, in the town district of
Raleigh County, September 3, 1872, son of Joseph and Romp

| (Gray) Foster. His parents were born in Montgomery
County, Virginia, and were children when their respective
parents moved to West Virginia. They were married in
Raleigh County. The paternal grandfather was Hugh Foster
and the maternal grandfather was John W. Gray, both

Lfarmers. The Fosters were Methodists and the Grays were
members of the Dunkard C'hurch. Joseph Foster, now
seventy-one years of age and living at Pipestem in Sum-
mers County, has spent his active life as a farmer, and is
now a republican, though in early years a democrat. He is
a Methodist. William L. Foster was the only child of his
mother, who died when he was five years of age. The sec-
ond wife of Joseph Foster was Martha, daughter of Silas

. Lemon and sister of Captain James Lemon of Franklin
County, Virginia. She died in 1914.

William L. Foster acquired such education as the schools
of the town district could afford, and as a boy he labored
long honra on the farm, in the lumber woods and the saw
mills. At that time Raleigh County had no railroad. It
was a very easy matter to know every voter in the county
and even his horse and dog. No mining development had
been done, and the only use of coal in the locality was in
a blacksmith shop. William L. Foster as a youth hauled
wood over tracts of land underlaid with a six foot vein of
coal. He was one of the very first to work in the coal
mine at Glen Jean, under superintendent J. J. Robinson.
He himself became a mining superintendent. In 1898 he
removed to Beckley, and waa employed in the store of E. D.
George and later in the store of the Raleigh Coal Com-

pany. He then engaged in the fuel loudness for himself.
Mr. Foster in 1908 organized the Raleigh Bottling Works,
and hud active charge for a time. In 1912 ho took charge
of tho Beckley Electric Light & Power Company. His olc<*
tion to tho office of sheriff came in 1916, and during the
four years he was in office he resigned tho management hut
still remained vice president and director of the Electric
Light Company. During his term of sheriff Mr. Foster
probably captured moro moonshine stills than all other
sheriffs in the state of the county put together.

At the close of his official term on January I, 1921, he
resumed his post as general manager of the Beckley Light
& Power Company. The Herald Publishing Company, of
which he is president, publishes the Herald, the leading
republican paper of Raleigh County.

On June 20, 1900, Mr. Foster married Lottie Sclater.
daughter of Hamilton Sclater. Their three children are
Edgar Sclater, Roy Gray and William L., Jr.

Under the provisions of the second draft law at the time
of the World war Mr. Foster was just a few days too old
and his son Edgar just a few days too young to be included
within its provision. Mr. Foster is clerk of the First Bap
tist Church of Beckley, is interested in the Sunday School
work. Is a Royal Arch Mason, a republican and a member
of the Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce.

Oliver Lee Foster. Many years of successful farming
and stock raising and performance of the duties of local
citizenship in the Forrest Hill district of Summers County
gave Mr. Foster a reputation over the county that enabled
him to command a majority vote of confidence when he was
candidate for sheriff in 1920. In this office he has made
a splendid record of efficiency, and he is one of the ablest
men in the court house at Hinton.

Mr. Foster was horn on New River Mountain in Sum
mers County, August 29, 1864, son of James E. and Mary
W. (Allen) Foster, both natives of Monroe County. His
father died at the age of seventy in 1902, and his mother,
at the age of seventy-one in 1898. James E. Foster was a
lifelong farmer and widely known as a dealer in livestock,
which he bought and collected in this section of the state
and drove to market. He was a republican and a Baptist.
Oliver Lee Foster is the youngest in a family of six sona and
six daughters. He has three living brothers: J. D. Foster,
a retired farmer at Columbus, Ohio; J. A. Foster, a farmer
on Little Wolf Creek; and P. M. Foster, a farmer at Forrest
Hill.

Oliver Lee Foster acquired a free school education. When
lie was thirteen years of age he joined his older brother,
J. D. Foster, then fifteen, in the practical management and
work of their father's farm and business. His father had
become a cripple, and the management of the farm and
the support of the household depeuded upon these young
men. From this rugged apprenticeship O. L. Foster found
his business vocation and farming and stock raising have
heen his main pursuits ever since. He takes special delight
in the raising of good livestock.

Mr. Foster in his home locality has been much intcrcslcd
in local politics and local improvements. Some years ago
he was drafted as a candidate for member of the School
Board, being defeated by only four votes in the Forrest
Hill District. In 1912 he was put on the republican ticket
for county commissioner, being defeated by one hundred
and twenty votes. Summers is one of the strongest demo-
cratic counties in the state. In the campaign of 1920 he
was elected sheriff by a lead of three hundred votes.

On January 4, 1883, Mr. Foster married Etta Frances
Turner, daughter of S. P. Turner, of Forrest Hill. To their
marriage have been born eight children, five sons and three
daughters. Sheriff Foster is a member of the Board of
Stewards in the Methodist Church, and for yeara was re-
cording steward of hia church at Forrest Hill.

The Jabrett Family. In every community there arc
certain familiea deserving of particular consideration, some-
times because of the prominence of their members, and
again on account of the length of time during which the
name has been associated with local history. The Jarrctt

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family is one of those of Greenbrier County which can
claim distinction on both counte, for it is one of the oldest
in this section, and those bearing the name have been more
than ordinarily active along numerous lines.

James Jarrett I came to Greenbrier County in what is
now West Virginia, but was then included in Virginia, in
the latter part of the eighteenth century. His first wife be-
longed to the Griffith family, and his second one was a
Vinson. He was the father of eighteen sons and four
daughters born to these two marriages. An extensive land-
owner and slaveholder, he was a man of large wealth, and
the Jarretts of Southeastern West Virginia are descended
from him.

One of his sons, James II, married Buth Gwinn, and they
had twelve children, and one of them was James III, who
married Elizabeth Hickman, and after her death, Ann
Boyd, and for his third wife, Julia Ann Ellis. The children
of James II were: Samuel, Joseph, Andrew, Ira, Jacob,
James IH, Belle, Bose, Margaret, Buth and Delia. The
children born to James III were: Margaret Victoria, who
married H. H. George, Thompson, Hickman, Floyd, James
Henry, Mark and Ira. James II also became a large land-
owner, and it appears to be a family practice to invest
heavily in real estate. He was a magistrate for a time, and
by virtue of this was also county sheriff, ex-officio, but
instead of serving as such he turned his office over to his
son, James III.

James III was born April 25, 1815, and died January
4, 1884. He probably was the largest landowner among the
Jarretts. After the close of the war of the '60s he moved
to Monroe County, and was elected to represent it in the
State Legislature when the capital was at Wheeling, and
discharged the obligations pertaining thereto with dignified
capability, as he had those of sheriff of Greenbrier County
with effective courage. He was a man of strong mind and
unusual intellectual attainments, a shrewd trader, equal to
his surroundings in all respects, and by reason of his in-
tegrity commanded universal respect. He had exemplary
habits, and did uot use liquor or tobacco in any form. His
effort in life seemed to be to educate his children, to give
them a start in life, and to bring them up to the dignity of
American citizenship.

Thompson Hickman Jarrett, son of James III, was born
June 25, 1851, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, He
graduated from Boanoke College, Virginia, in 1877, and for
some months thereafter followed the occupation of school -
teaching at Henrietta, Texas, but then returned and bought
the Andrew Hamilton place near Blue Sulphur Springs in
Greenbrier County. Here he has since resided, being en-
gaged in farming and cattle raising. Ever since the
Alderson National Bank was organized in 1909 he has
served as its president. Prior to that he had become
identified with the Bank of Alderson, of which he was
president, which, in 1902, became the First National Bank
of Alderson, and served the latter as president until 1909.
His father was a republican, but he is a democrat, and he
was elected to the State Legislature on his party ticket in
1895. re-elected in 1899, and again in 1901. In 1909 he
was elected sheriff of Greenbrier County, and served as such
for four years. It is a somewhat remarkable fact that
both he and his father served as sheriff of Greenbrier
County and in the State Assembly, and he, too, is an ex-
tensive landowner, holding a larger amount of acreage than
any other man in Greenbrier County.

On October 5, 1877, Thompson Hickman Jarrett married
Gcorgie Bussell Morgan, and they have the following chil-
dren : James H. IV, who as mentioned below ; Leake, who is
Mrs. D. W. Watts; Vivian, who is Mrs. John Malcom
Wood; Nellie Gordon, who married Dr. D. B. Nikell; and
Pauline, who is Mrs. J. W. Huff. Of these children James
H. Jarrett, IV, married Lelia McClung, and they have eight
children: Winnifred, James Hickman, V. Mary, Floyd,
Stuart, Georgia, Samuel and Joseph Wing.

Mark Jarrett, another son of James III, was horn in 1855,
and possessed a brilliant mind and achieved high honors.
At Boanoke College, where he was educated, he ranked high
in oratory, and it was said of him that he stood second only
to his father in intellectual attainments among the Jarretts.

Becoming a lawyer, he maintained an office at Lewisbui ^
and later at Hinton, West Virginia, and was recognized t&at
an attorney of unusual ability. He married Lula Garst j D«
1883, moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1886, and died thei j^t
in October, 1888, passing away in the prime of life an jjt,
the full power of his capabilities. 1 g <

The only survivor of the children of Mark Jarrett is Mai; je i
L. Jarrett, of Alderson, He was born at Portland, Oregoi
September 4, 1886, and was there reared. He completed h JJ9
scholastic training at the University of Virginia, from whic &
he was graduated with honors in 1907, and with the degrc fte
of Bachelor of Arts. For two years thereafter he was > ^
law student there, and was admitted to the bar in 1908, an c
immediately thereafter opened his office at Lewisburg, bu y
he maintains his residence at Alderson. In 1912 Ms p
Jarrett was elected prosecuting attorney of Green Count $
and served very acceptably as such for two years.

On September 7, 1907, Mark L. Jarrett married Mis |i
Katherine Hill, of Tama, Iowa, and they have one eon, Joh ft
Franklin. j ^

From the above brief record of the Jarrett family it i ' ;
not difficult to determine the reason for classifying it a J
distinguished. Its members have in each case cited, prove: i
themselves worthy of the approval and emulation of thei j,
associates; they have built up large estates and capabb ft
managed them; their contributions to the professions havt P]
been noteworthy, and as puhtic officials they have beet g
fearless, upright and dependable. In private life they havr u
been equally trustworthy, and the name has become i \
synonym for integrity and highest ideals.

J. T. Ferhell, M. D. The master spirit of the town oi
New Haven in Mason County is Doctor Ferrell, who beside*
his busy practice as a physician and surgeon is president oi
the bank and president of nearly all the important institu-
tions that give significance to this community, while his in
terests also extend to the adjacent town of Hartford.

Doctor Ferrell was born in Boane County April 9, 1886;
and at the age of thirty-five he has all the attendant energy
of youth and with the mature experience of a man oJ
affairs. He is of Irish ancestry, the Ferrells having come
from Ireland to Virginia in Colonial times. His grandfather,
William Ferrell, was born in Boane County in 1823, spent
his active life there as a farmer, and when well advanced
in years moved to Jackson County, where he continued farm-
ing until his death in 1893. He was a Confederate soldier
in the Civil war, going in at the beginning, and fighting
at Gettysburg and in other campaigns. He married Be-
becca Hammond, who was born in Jackson County in 1829,
and died there in 1897. Joshua Ferrell, father of Dr.
Ferrell, has spent nearly all his life in Boane County, where
he was born February 22, 1861. He is still active in busi-
ness as a farmer at Higby. Joshua Ferrell is a democrat,
a very active member of the United Brethren Church in his
community, and is affiliated with the Odd Fellows. He
married Senith Audelia Casto, who was born in Jackson
County April 6, 1864. Virginia Josephine, the oldest of
their children, is the wife of Holley L. Bhodes, a farmer
at Vicars in Boane County. Dr. J. T. Ferrell is the second
in age. William P. is a farmer at Belgrove in Jackson
County. Delia May is the wife of Garland Riser, a farmer
at Fletcher in Jackson County. John Wesley lives with his
brother Doctor Ferrell and is an employe in the porcelain
plant of New Haven. Maggie Florence lives at home and
is a teacher in the public schools at Higby.

Dr. J. T. Ferrell was educated in the rural schools and
normal schools, taught seven terms in his native county and
adjoining counties, and in 1907 graduated in the commercial
course from Kentucky University at Lexington. Subsequent-
ly he spent a year in medical studies at Louisville, and from
1910 to 1913 pursued his course in the Chicago College of
Medicine and Surgery, where he graduated M. D. At the
same time he received a diploma from the Northern Illinois
College of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Beturning to his
native state, Doctor Ferrell practiced at Walton for one
year, at Clendenin in Kanawha County one year, and
since the fall of 1916 has been established at New Haven,
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.^byslctan and surgeon. He Is specializing in nose and
*Ii roat.

^■Doctor Ferrell in November, 1910, organized the Mason
**©unty Bank of New Haven, and haa alnce been Its presi-
'■put. It was opened for business January 20, 1920, and
Jka capital stock of $25,000 and deposits of $100,000
*Whe vice president is Hugo Juhling, of Hartford, and the
^flashier, Harry L. Dyer, Doctor Ferrell also organized in
fl9I9 and is president of the West Virginia Porcelain Com-
pany of New Haven, an important and distinctive industry.
Ifbe company operates on a capital of $50,000,00, employs
i'orty people, and manufactures lnrge quantities of electrical
•korcelnin, a product that is shipped all over the United
f^tntes and Canada.

Doctor Ferrell is also vice president of the West Vir-
ginia Orchard Company, owns a coal mine, and is president
of the West Point Coal Company at Hartford, is a director
in the New Haven Flonr Mill and owns the Star Theater
Building in New Haven. He haa other property there, in-
:luding his residence and office on Pike Street.

Doctor Ferrell is a democrat, a member of the Baptist
Church, and is affiliated with Higley Lodge No. 143, F. and
A. M., at Higby, with Point Pleasant Chapter No. 7,
R, A. M., and with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
[Banner Lodge No. 22, Knights of Pythias, nt Hartford,
Clendenin Camp No. 14287, Modern Woodmen of America.
He was a member of every committee to Taise the quota
and perform the service needed by the Government in his
llocality at the time of the World war.

In October, 1909, at Charleston, Doctor Ferrell married
Miss Lonise Kerr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David D. Kerr,
'Her fnther was a teacher nnd died at Ripley. Her mother
now owns and conducts the Hassler Hotel at Ripley.

Oscae P. Vines, cashier of the Citizens National Bank at
Hinton, judicial center of Summers County, was born in
Mercer County, West Virginia, October 17. 1880, and is a
son of John W. and Elizabeth (Ellison) Vines, both like-
wise natives of what is now the State of West Virginia,
1 the father having been born in Monroe Comity, in 1848,
f and the birth of the mother having occurred in 1856, she
being now a resident of Princeton. Mercer County, where
the death of her husband occurred in 1909.

John W. Vines was reared in his native county, and in
I 1870 he established his residence in Mercer County, where
he became a prosperous farmer, besides conducting a general
country store at Barn. Thereafter he was for twenty-five
years a leading merchant at Princeton, the county seat,
and he was one of the honored and representative citizens
of Mercer County at the time of hia death. His political
allegiance was given to the democratic party, nnd he was
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, as is
also his widow.^ His father, Silas S. Vines, wns one of the
early settlers in Monroe County, whither he came from
Augusta County, Virginia. He established bis residence
near Sinks Grove, Monroe County, and being a tailor by
trade, he was called upon to make uniforms for Confederate
soldiers in the Civil war. besides serving as a soldier in
that conflict. Oscar P. Vines, of this review, is the eldest
in a family of six children ; Daisy remains with her widowed
mother at Princeton; Cora is the wife of C. A. Brown, of
Chicago, Elinois; Hallie is the wife of W. E. Rice, of
Minden, West Virginia; Charles L. is in the employ of a
coal-mining company in Favette County; and Abney holds
a position in the Virginian Bank of Commerce at Princeton.

Oscar P. Vines received the advantages of the public
schools at Princeton, the Concord Normal School and the
Capital City Commercial College at Charleston, in which
last named institution he was graduated in 1900. As a boy
he bad clerked in his father's store, and after leaving the
business college be served two years as bookkeeper in the
office of the Noyes-Thomason Company at Charleston. Dur-
ing the ensuing two years he was employed in the Bank of
Raleigh, at Beckley, Raleigh County, his next position being
with the National Bank of Summers at Hinton. Later he
was prime mover in the organization of the First National
Bank of Peterstown, Monroe County, and after serving five
years as cashier of this institution he returned, in 1916, to

ninton, where be has since continued the efficient cashier
of the Citizens National Bank.

Mr. Vines is a loyal supporter of the principle* of the
democratic party, his religious faith is that of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, bis wife being a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church, and ho is vice president of the
Hinton Chamber of Commerce. In the Maaonlc fraternity
be has received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish
Rite, and he is affiliated also with the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks and the Knighta of Pythias.

The year 1914 recorded the mariage of Mr. Vines nnd
Miss Mabel Ould, daughter of William T. Ould, of Glenlyn,
Virginia, and the one child of this union is a son, Sterling.

Mr. Vines takes deep interest In all that concerns the
city and material welfare nnd advancement of his home
city, and here he is serving ns a member of the Board of
Education.

G. L. Titus. An enterprise identified with the auto-
mobile industry which has been developed to appreciable
proportions in recent years is the garage and salesroom of
G. L. Titus & Son, sole agents for Studebaker automobiles
at Huntington. The head of this firm, G. L. Titus, i3 one
of the successful self-made business men of his citv. as he
started his career in a bumble position in the Ohio oil
fields and has worked his own way to the forefront through
the exercise of diligence, intelligence nnd good manage'
ment.

Mr. Titus was born in Elk Countv, Pennsylvania, July
13. 1861. and is a son of J. L. and Maria (McCracken)
Titus. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Titus, was born
in 1800. in Scotland, and as a younir man. accompanied
by his two brothers, immigrated to Oil Creek, Pennsylvania,
where he settled in the community now known as Titus-
ville, which was named in the brothers' honor. Samuel
Titus Tesided at Titusville for some years but eventuallv
moved to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he eneraged
in agricultural pursuits until his death in 1895. He was
a man of natural business industrv and -thrift and made a
success of his activities. His wife, who bore the maiden
name of Marv Titus, belonged to a different familv. early
settlers of Pittsburgh. She also died in Crawford County.

J. L. Titus, father of G. L.. was born at Titusville,
Pennsylvania, in 1S37. and was reared in his native com-
munity where he received a public school education. He
was married at Cochranton. Crawford County, following
which he spent three years in the lumber business in
Elk Countv, Pennsylvania, but finally went to Crawford
County and applied himself to the vocation of farming, in
which he like his father became quite successful. He died
in 1906 in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, of which
he had been an active supporter. Politically he was a
democrat, nnd his fraternal affiliation was with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Titus married
Maria McCracken, who was born in 1845, in Crawford
Countv, Pennsylvania, and died in that county in 1909,
and thev became the parents of the following children:
Ella, who married George McElroy, a retired farmer of
Crawford County; G. L., of this notice; William, who is
a salesman for the Standard Oil Company, nt Franklin.
Pennsylvania; Priscilla, who is the wife "of Frank Mc-
Daniel, a retired farmer of Franklin, Pennsvlvania :
Charles', a traveling salesman of Cochranton, Pennsyl-
vania; Ida, who is the wife of* James A. Bowen, a lense
ho«*s in the oil fields: Elizabeth, who is the wife of Allen
Oakes, nn agriculturist of Cochranton; and Frank M.. a
salesman for gas engines at Bradford, Pennsylvania.

G. L. Titus was reared on his father's farm until he
reached the age of sixteen years, in the menntime receiv-
ing a rural school education, and then went to the Ohio
oil fields. By youthful industry nnd thrift he had acquired
a team of his own, and with this as his stork in trade
entered business aa a teamster, a line which he followed
one year. He then became an oil well worker or driller,
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he went to Chattanooga, Tennessee and continued the same
line of work for one year. Following this Mr. Titus con-
tinued the same line of work at points in Butler County,
Pennsylvania, for two years; in Washington County, Penn-
sylvania, for a like period, and at McDowell, in the same
state, for one year. In 1892 he invaded West Virginia,
settling first at Sistersville, where he continued working
as an oil well driller for iy 2 years. His uext location was
Verona, Pennsylvania, where he remained one year, going
then to his former place of residence, McDowell, where
he passed eight months. Vencie, Pennsylvania, was then
his home and the scene of his activities for two years, and
in 1896 be returned to Sistersville, West Virginia. About
this time he engaged in contracting in tbe oil fields of
West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio, and con-
tinued to be thus occupied until coming to Huntington in
1908, this city having since been bis home and the com-
munity in which he has made his success. Mr. Titus con-
tinued interested in the contracting and oil well drilling
business, in partnership with W. O. Dunham, and they are
now running tools in West Virginia and Texas.

In 1917 Mr. Titus embarked in another line of activity
when he purchased the business of the Three States Auto-
mobile Company, at Huntington, changing the name to
G. L. Titus & Son, his sou, William Roy Titus, being his
partner. The salesroom, repair shop and offices are situated
at 930 Third Avenue, Huntington, and the firm are
the sole agents for the well-known and popular Studebaker
ears, not only at Huntington, but for Lincoln, Mason and
Wayne counties, West Virginia, and Rome and Union
townships, Ohio. They have built up one of the leading
enterprises of its kind in West Virginia. Mr. Titus is
well and favorably known in business circles and is re-
spected for his absolute integrity and honorable dealing.
He is independent in his political allegiance, preferring to
use his own judgment to that of party leaders. His
religious connection is with tbe Methodist Episcopal Church,
in which he is a member of the official board, and also
holds membership in the Guyan Country Club of Hunting-
ton. Fraternally, he belongs to Huntington Lodge No.
53, F. and A. M., of Huntington; Huntington Chapter
No. 6, R. A. M. ; Huntington Commandery No. 9, K. T. ;
Keni-Kedem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Charleston;
Huntington Lodge of Perfection No. 4; Huntington Chapter
No. 4, Rose Croix; and West Virginia Consistory, thirty-
second degree, of Wheeling. His civic connections include
membership in tbe Huntington Chamber of Commerce, the
Retail Business Men 's Association and the Kiwauis Club,
in the movements of all of which he takes an active and
constructive part. Mr. Titus has faith in the future of
Huntington and the vicinity and has evidenced this con-,
fidence by investing a part of his means in real estate,
being the owner of a modern and comfortable home at
501 Teuth Avenue, one of the finest in the city, where he
resides; eight dwellings on Guyan and First avenues; and
a farm of 320 acres in Lawrence County, Kentucky.

In November, 1893, Mr. Titus married Miss Sarah
Bowen, who was born at Woodland, West Virginia, a
daughter of William and Sarah (Rulong) Bowen, farming
people, both of whom are now deceased. Four children have
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Titus: William Roy; Mary El,
a graduate of the Ward-Belmont Female Seminary, at
Nashville, Tennessee, who is now teaching in the public
schools of Huntington; Mildred B., who attended Carnegie
Institute of Technology, at Pittsburgh, aud is now the
wife of Thomas Gracey, a stonecutter of Huntington; and
Robert, who died at the age of 4*4 years. William Roy
Titus, who is his father's partner in the firm of G. L.
Titus & Son, received a good practical education at Hunt-
ington and received his business training under his capable
and experienced father. During the World war he enlisted
in the United States Army and was in the service for one
year, being stationed first at Fort Leavenworth, Kausas,

later at Camp Sherman, Illinois, and finally at Little,
Silver, New Jersey. He was already on board a vessel-
bound for France when the armistice was signed and the
vessel was recalled. Mr. Titus married Miss Catherine
Freice, formerly a resident of Roanoke, Virginia.

T. Wilbur Hennen was one of those rare men who can
keep tbeir energies apace with the broadening spread of
their interests. Most men as tbey grow older have to
eliminate tbe less essential things from their program. He
continued active in business, church, fraternal and civic'
affairs, and death found him while still young and com-
pletely engrossed in the affairs of life.

Fairmont was always his home. He was born in that
portion of the city once known as Palatine, February 21,
1878, son of Thomas J. and Mary Sterling Hennen. His
mother died only a few years ago. There are two surviv-
iug brothers, William S. and Lawrence M. Hennen, both 1
at Fairmont, and a sister Mrs. Eva M. Mestrezat of Morgan-
town.

T. Wilbur Hennen acquired a public school education in
Fairmont, attended the State Normal School, and as a
youth entered the merchant tailoring business, being asso-
ciated for several years with George Morrow. He was in
business for himself in that line several years but after 1913
his energies were chiefly bestowed on real estate and bank-
ing. He organized the Community Savings & Loan Asso-
ciation, and under his management it became one of the
sound and prosperous financial institutions of the city.
Among other tributes one of the most significant is the
following: "Wilbur Hennen in business was a banker, and
he was really more. When sickness, death or other mis-
fortune came to the home of the lowly, he was not only
their banker, but their friend. The little loans that he made
to the masses alleviated a world of suffering and of sorrow
and made for him a following that did not end until his
body was placed in tbe grave."

For a number of years Mr. Hennen bad been one of
the ranking Masons of the state. He was master from
1902 to 1904 of Fairmont Lodge No. 9, F. & A. M., was
grand master in 1915, held the official chairs in Orient
Chapter No. 9, R. A. M., and Crusade Commandery No.
6, K. T., in the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite
he was affiliated with West Virginia Consistory at Wheel-
ing, and was a member of Osiris Temple of the Mystie
Shrine. He was secretary -treasurer of the Masonic Build-
ing Association at Fairmont, having charge of the con-
struction of the building and acting as its manager since.
He was a member of the board of governors of the
Masonic Home now in course of construction at Parkers-
burg. It was while attending a meeting of the grand
lodge in Huntington that he was taken seriously ill, an ill-
ness that ended in his death on November 2G, 1920. He was
a member of the Knights of Pytbias Lodge at Fairmont.

Another prominent interest of his life was the First
Methodist Episcopal Church. At the time of his death
he was church treasurer and member of the official board.
February 21, 1905, Mr. Hennen married Miss Nellie A.
Cochran, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Cochran. Her
father for many years was in the jewelry business at Fair-
mont. Surviving Mr. Hennen are Mrs. Hennen and two
children, Thomas Wilbur, and Mary Emily.

An appropriate conclusion of this brief article is the
following editorial from a Fairmont paper: "Mr. Hennen
has been prominent in tbe business, religious and fraternal
life of Fairmont for many years, and he was one of tbe
city's best known residents. His range of useful activities
was remarkably wide and he will be missed sorely not only
in his immediate family but in his church, his lodges and
among his banking associates. In all of those fields he was
always willing to do more than his share of the work, and
whatever he undertook he performed well. Coming as it
does in the very prime of his life, Mr. Henuen's death will
be a great loss to tbe city."

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Samuel A. Palmer just graduated from the University
of Virginia and had been practicing law about a year
when America entered the war with Germany. Ue served
throughout the entire period of that war, and was awarded
the Croix de Guerre for special gallantry in France. Mr.
Palmer recently located at Charleston where he is win-
ning a successful place in the bar of that eity, and still
continues an active interest and leadership m military
affairs, being captain of a local company of the National
Guards. _ . TT . . .

Captain Palmer was born at Petersburg, ^ lrgmia, in
1J>95, son of Malvern H. and Jessie Key (Arrington) Pal-
mer Ilis parents were natives of Virginia and his lather
a lawyer by profession. Samuel A. Palmer was reared
and received his early education at Petersburg, and took
both the literary and law courses of the University of
Virginia. He graduated from law school in 19 1G and in
the same year began praetiee in his native city.

In April, 1917, he took the examination for commis-
sioned officer in the regular army, was made a second
lieutenant and assigned to duty in the training camp at
Fort Virginia. Although in the artillery branch his du-
ties were almost entirely with the Ninth and Twenty-
third regiments of infantry, to whieh he was attached as
liaison officer. These regiments formed a part of the
Second Division, with whieh he went overseas in December,
1917. Mr. Palmer's service was attended with distinction
and "gallantry and he was in all the great offensive move-
ments in the summer of 1913, and after the armistiee was
with the Army of Occupation on the Rhine. He returned
to Ameriea in September, 1919, and was soon afterwards
discharged after having served over two years continuously.
The Croix de Guerre was awarded him by the French
Government for gallantry in action at Blanc Mont Ridge
in the Champagne in October, 1918. _

Captain Palmer in March, 1921, established his home
in Charleston, West Virginia, where his talents and ability
quickly gained him special recognition.

In September, 1921, Captain Palmer was selected by
the Adjutant General of West Virginia to organize and
take command of Charleston's first company of the re-
organized National Guard. This company, now comprising
approximately sixty-five men, is a maehine gun company
known as Company D. Captain Palmer is a member o±
the Delta Psi fraternity. He married Miss Helen Swisher
of Charleston.

James A. Moftett. Known in later years as one of the
leading officials of the Standard Oil Company and promi-
nent in financial eireles both east and west, James A. Moffett
began his career in Parkersburg and gained his first dis-
tinctions as an expert on the refining and other branches of
the petroleum industry in that eity.

He was born at Marlins Bottom in Pocahontas County,
Virginia, April 12, 1851, son of Dr. George Boone and
Margaret (Beale) Moffett. The Moffetts were one of the
most numerous families of Augusta County and lived there
practically from the beginning of white settlement. Dr.
George Boone Moffett was a Confederate surgeon throughout
the period of the Civil war, and later became prominent
in the affairs of West Virginia.

James A. Moffett was one of three children, his sister
dving in infancy, and his brother being Kobert H. Moffett.
All are now deceased. James Moffett had an academic
education and at the age of eighteen eame to Parkersburg
on the advice of his relative by marriage Col. William
Payne Thompson of Wheeling. After coming to Parkers
burg he attended for a time the public schools, though his
reputation for learning and the great fund of special knowl-
edge he acquired in later years was largely due to private
study. Incidentally he read law, not for the purpose of
practicing the profession, but to give him a superior equip-
ment for business. Colonel Thompson and Senator Camden
of Parkersburg had for several years been prominently
interested in the pioneer oil belt of West Virginia, and
Mr. Moffett as their elerk was sent to Burning Springs
in Wirt County, but shortly afterwards was brought back
to Parkersburg and went into the refinery established here

by Senator Camden for the purpose of learning tho details
of the oil business. The Parkersburg relinery eventually
became consolidated with the Standard Oil Company, and
during his experience there and elsewhere Mr. Moffett
achieved recognition as a foremost expert in all branches
of the xefining art. While still superintendent of the
Parkersburg refinery he and others helped build the old
pulp mills, afterwards destroyed by fire and flood, and
was ever alive to the best interests of his city.

It was the great American capitalist and offieial of the
Standard Oil Company, the late II. H. Rogers, who ap-
preciating the wonderful abilities of Mr. Moffett induced
him to move to New York and become superintendent of
the Charles M. Pratt refinery, belonging to the Standard
Oil group of interests. Six years later he went to Chi-
cago to build and take charge of the Indiana refinery at
Whiting, and for eleven years made his home in that city
and as superintendent had jurisdiction over several sur-
rounding states. He also became president of the Cali-
fornia Standard Oil Company.

Mr. Moffett returned to New York City in 1901 and
was made a member of the manufacturing eommittee,
member of the executive board and later became a vice
president of the Standard Oil Company. He also had
general eharge of the Standard Oil interests in most of the
western states and in a large measure he was the practical
successor of II. II. Rogers in the Standard Oil Company.
The relations he enjoyed with this corporation are of
themselves the highest word of praise that eould be spoken
of his capability, his integrity and the specialized knowl-
edge that means power in business. Ilis business character
was combined with a kindly, generous and just nature.

2.1 r. Moffett continued aetive in business until his death
on February 2o, 1913. On January 25, 1883, he married
Miss Kate Ingersoll Jackson, who survives him and re-
sides at her New York City home, 903 Park Avenue. Her
father James Monroe Jackson was long a prominent citizen
of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Moffett were the parents
of five children: George Monroe; James Andrew; Helen
Seely, now Mrs. Harold Oakly Barker; Margaret Beale and
Robert, both deceased.

George W. Bowers, address, Mannington, West Virginia.

Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, September 6, 1878.
son of Frank W. and Margaret Bowers, both natives of
Wheeling.

Educated in the public schools of Wheeling and Jersey
City, New Jersey high sehool.

Married Sara George, youngest daughter of Samuel and
Eliza George of Wellsburg, West Virginia.

Manufacturer. — President and general manager of Bowers
Pottery Company, Mannington, West Virginia, manufac-
turers of plumbers earthenware.

Active in public affairs for years in both Ohio and
Marion counties.

Elected to the Senate of West Virginia, in November,
1920, from the 11th District composed of Marion, Monon-
galia and Taylor counties by a majority of S,087 votes.

Charles William Bell of Zela, Nicholas County, is an
attorney by profession, but the big work and service of his
active lifetime has been education with whieh he has been
identified for fully a quarter of a eentury.

Mr. Bell was born January 7, 1874, on Peters Creek
near the present post office of Zela, and represents two lines
of early ancestry in Nicholas County. His father was John
A. Bell, grandson of Samuel Bell, one of the first set-
tlers of the county. His mother was Margaret Virginia
Dorsey, whose people were also among the pioneers of this
region.

Charles William Bell was about three years old when his
father died and he grew up under handicaps that made
his personal advancement dependent upon his self re-
liance. He attended the free schools during their limited
terms, and by hard study and close application he obtained
a teacher's certificate and began teaching at the age of
eighteen. He taught his first term of school in 1892, and

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in the thirty years since then has missed only five years
from the work of the school room. He received a diploma
from the Summersville Normal School in 1897, has a life
certificate as a teacher, and has been a student all these
years. Mr. Bell owns one of the largest private libraries
on general information in Nicholas County. He .has been
a member of the County Board of Examiners and a grader
for State Uniform Examinations, was District Supervisor
of Free Schools for Jefferson District, Nicholas County
for the school years 1919-20, and since June 15, 1915, has
been commissioner of school lands. He was democratic can-
didate for the office of county superintendent in 1902. Mr.
Bell is a recognized authority on local history, and at the
present time is engaged in writing a history of Nicholas
County.

While teaching he took up the study of law, and in 1909
graduated LL. B. from Cumberland University at Lebanon,
Tennessee. During the practice of his profession he was
assistant prosecuting attorney in 1919-20. Mr. Bell has
prospered in his material affairs, and is interested in farm-
ing and stock-raising, owning two farms comprising 200
acres. He is also a stockholder in the Nicholas County
Bank. Mr. Bell has been a notary public since 1900, was
a justice of the peace in 1903-04, and was candidate for
the House of Delegates in 1920. He was one of the selective
service men during the World war. He is affiliated with
the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias and the Patrons
of Hnshandry, but his chief interest outside of education
and his profession has been the church. He has been clerk
in the Salem Baptist Church since November, 1914, clerk of
the Hopewell Baptist Association since 1915, and repre-
sented that association as a member of the Executive Board
of the Baptist General Association of West Virginia since
1916; was clerk of Hopewell Baptist Sunday School Con-
vention 1904-09 inclusive and again in 1911; for seven
years has been secretary of the Hopewell Baptist Sunday
School Association and for four years president of the
Hopewell Baptist Sunday School Convention for 1917, 1918,
1920, 1921. He was a trustee of Broaddns College in 1919.

Wilmam York, M. D. A very successful physician and
surgeon and also a highly respected citizen of Williamson,
Dr. William York has had his professional and business
interests in that community for the past fifteen years.

He was born at Glen Hayes in Wayne County, West Vir-
ginia, September 10, 1880, and comes of rugged stock of
mountain people who have been in this country for sev-
eral generations. His paternal grandparents lived to a
good old age, were natives of Ohio, and in search of tim-
ber and mineral lands his grandfather emigrated to the
Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River in early times. He ac-
quired timber and mineral lands on a large scale. Doctor

York's maternal ancestors were natives of Kentucky. His
father John Y. York, was a pioneer of Wayne County and
a man of prominence in that locality, serving on the county
court and for several years was State Senator, 1901-05.
He had a very successful business as a lumber and timber* I
man, and was also extensively interested in agriculture
and merchandising. He was a lifelong republican and he'
and bis wife devout church people. For the greater part^
of his life he was associated with the Christian Churchy
He died at his home in January, 1917, at the age of seventy- 1
one. His wife, whose maiden name was Fanny S. Keyser,
was a daughter of Martin Keyser, an old Kentuckian, and
she died in 1S91 at the age of forty-three. Their family
consisted of seven sons and four daughters.

William York acquired a common school education in
Wayne County, and in 1907 was graduated M. D. from
the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati. In the mean-
time as a boy he had worked on the farm and he was also
associated with his father in the timber industry. Soon i
after graduating in medicine he established his home at
Williamson and has been a resident of that town since
June, 1907, and his work has been accorded high recogni-
tion so as to rank him among the ablest physicians and
surgeons of this county.

Outside the activities of his profession Doctor York is
president of the Mud Lick Coal Company of Sharrondale,
Kentucky, secretary and treasurer of the Victor Coal Com-
pany of Pinson Fork, Kentucky, and has some large inter-
ests in Kentucky oil fields and real estate holdings in
both Mingo and Wayne counties, West Virginia. Doctor
York has been a member of the West Virginia State Senate
since 1918, and is an influential worker in some of the
most important committees including finance. He is the
present clerk of the City Commission of Williamson, being
first elected to that office in the spring of 1919 and again
elected in 1921. A lifelong republican he has directed his
efforts in every appropriate way to promote the success of
the party and its program. Doctor York is a memher of
the Kiwanis Club of Williamson and is a Royal Arch and
Knight Templar Mason, a member of the Beni Kedem
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston and is affiliated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Moose, Knights
of Pythias and Improved Order of Red Men. While not
an active memher he is a firm supporter of the Christian
Church.

Opposite the old home where he was born and reared and
on the Kentucky shore of Tug River, Lawrence County,
March 2, 1902, Doctor York married Elva H. Hughes,
daughter of John W. and Bettie Lola Hughes. Her family
originally came from Fluvanna County, Virginia. Doctor
and Mrs. York have one son, William Edward York, born
in 1911, now attending public school at Huntington.

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